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ADDRESS CRITICISED
Prcs'dsil Revtrls to Lynchings
in His Memorial Oration.
NEW YORK HERALD'S COMMENT
Democrats arid Few Republicans Say
His Remarks Were in Bad Tasto
and Will Engender Bitter
Feelings.
A Washington special says: Demo
crats are inclined to severely criticise
President Roosevelt for what they
term his political speech at Arlington
on Memorial day. They say the presi
dent was guilty of bad taste, to say the
least cf it, in his reference to lynch
ings in his Decoration day address,
which, they assert, could have been
made for no other purpose than to
have political effect.
The view of the independent press
upon this speech of the president's is
reflected in The New York Herald of
Saturday morning in this way:
“In the essay on ‘discourse’ penned
three hundred years ago, Sir Fran
cis Bacon lays stress upon /the fact
that ‘discretion of speech is/more than
eloquence.’ President Roosfevelt in his
address at Arlington yesterday lost
sight of this important truth. Pie was
eloquent in his tribute to the men who
fought for the union and in his defense
of the troops in the Philippines, but in
discreet in makng needless reference
to things scarcely in keeping with the
sentiment of the .occasion, and calcu
lated to stir up unpleasant feelings.
“It was doubtless resentment against
Senator Tillman for his bitter speech
Pen the Philippines that led him on
to an untimely reference to lynchings
in this cougitry—‘Carried on in circum
stances of inhuman cruelty and bar
barity—pi cruelty infinitely worse
than hafs ever been committed by our
troope/in the Philippines’—and to say:
‘The/men who fail to condemn these
lynyhings and yet clamor about what
hag been done in the Philippines are
Ihraeed guilty of neglecting the beam
Ifn their own eye, while taunting their
/brother about the mote in his.’
“More unfortunate was the presi
dent’s citation of the charges of ‘law
yless cruelty,’ and worse made against
union troops by the confederate con
gress in 1862.
“It is deplorable that he should have
been led to revive unpleasant memo
ries of forty years ago, and his friends
must feel that they would be better
pleased with a less eloquent address
marked with that discretion which, the
great English philosopher says, is
‘More than eloquence.’ ”
PATHETIC AND PITIFUL.
Number cf Those Bereaved by the
Fraterville Mine Horror.
V Official statistics given out by the
citizens’ relief committee and prepared
at the scene of the terrible Fraterville
mine horror at Coal Crekk, Tenn.,
show that 216 persons lost their lives
in the horrible accident. Of this num
ber 121 were married or had near rela
tives dependent upon them for sup
port.
Those left without support from the
above mentioned 121 are as follows:
One grandmother, aged 70; one moth
er in law, one aunt, eleven mothers,
ninety-nine wives, 142 daughters, 102
sons, eleven children, age and sex not
given; one niece, two grandsons, one
granddaughter, two brothers, nine sis
ters, a total of 383 persons left with
out support.
Nine children are left without either
father or mother, six being sisters
in one family. Forty-three of the chil
dren are under one year of age. Thir
ty-six are between 2 and 3 years of
age. In one instance a mother and
seven daughters are left, the ages of
the latter being 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9
and 8.
A meeting will be held at the scene
of the disaster to consider a plan for
the permanent relief of these unfor
tunate persons.
CHARLESTON SHOW ENDED.
With Sounding cf Taps and Salutes
•Lights of Ivory City are Turned Off.
At midnight Saturday night Presi
dent Wagener turned off the electric
lights, the buglers sounded “taps.” a
salute was fired, and the South Caro
lina Interstate and West Indian expo
sition of Charleston had passed into
wistory.
The exposition opened on the Ist
of December last, and the six months
of its existence have made a most bril
liant season for Charleston. The first
half of the time was not so prosperous
for the fair but during the last three
months great crowds visited it.
DEMAND TARIFF REVISION.
Wisconsin Republicans Cry Out
Against Trusts and Combines.
The republicans of the eleventh con
gressional district of Wisconsin took a
stand in their convention
'jrhursday, demanding complete revis
rion of the tariff and the placing of all
trust-made or controlled articles on the
fxee list.
tOST IN BLOOD AND MONEY.
Summary cf Losses Entailed on Both
Sic. vs in Long and Sanguinary
Struggle in South Afripa.
The following summary shows dura
tion of Boer war and its frightful cost
in men and money:
Began October 11. 1599. Ended May
31, 1902. Duration two years and thir
ty two days. Total available fighting
roue of Boers (estimated) 50,000. To
ta. number of British troops engaged
from first to last. 500,000. Largest
number of British troops in field at
one time, 280,000.
British officers, 1,014; men, 21.142;
total, 22.206. Sent home invalid —
Officers, 3,030; men, 70,952; total, 73,-
£92. Boers (not exactly known).
Losses reported of all kinds up to
1902, 78,320. Losses of all kinds in
1902, 6,500. Probable actual number of
Boers engaged, 70,000. Boers reduced
at end of war to 8,000. Prisoners at
Ceylon, St. Helena, Bermuda and Cape,
40.000. Cost in money to Great Brit
ain (estimated, $1,250,000,000). Stages
of the fighting—Relief of British gar
risons, October, 1899; May, 1900. Kim
berly relieved February 15, 1900; La
dysmith relieved Februi y 28, 1900;
Mafeking relieved May 18, 1900; Lord
Robert's march to Pretoria 5, 1900;
June 5, 1900. Guerilla war and block
house campaign under Lord Kitchener,
November, 1900; May, 1902.
Lord Salisbury, prime minister of
Great Britain and Ireland; Joseph
Chamberlain, secretary for (he colo
nies; Lord Milner, home commissioner
in South Africa; Lord Roberts and
Lord Kitchener, commanders in chief;
Generals French, lan Hamilton, Bruce
Hamilton, Tucker and Kekewich;
President Kruger, of South African
republic; President Steyn. of Orange
Free State; General Schalkburger, act
ing president of the Transvaal; Gen
erals Joubert( dead) and Louis Botha,
commanders in chief; Commandants
DeWet, Delarey, Cronje, Viijoen and
Kritzjnger.
Memorable Incidents.
British “Black Week;” disasters at
Stormberg, Magersfontin and Colenso,
December 10-15, Ig Q P . ,*Rir .Redvers
Buller suspended by Lord Roberts as
commander in chief, with Lord Kitch
ener as chief of staff, December 18,
1899. Spion Kop, January 23. 1900.
Cronje surrenders to Roberts at Paar
deberg with 4,000 men, February 27,
1900. Bloomfontein occupied March
13; Pretoria June 5, 1900. General
JeTiibert dies March 27. 1900. Free State
proclaimed. May 28, 1900. Annexation
of the Transvaal October 25, 1900. Sur
render of Prinsloo, with 3,000 Boers,
July 11, 1900. DeWet's raid in Cape
Colony, December and January, 1901.
Unsuccessful negotiations for peace.
February, 1901. Botha’s unsuccessful
raid on Zuluiand, September, 1901.
Kitchener’s big drives of DeWet and
Delarey, spring, 1902. Delarey’s cap
ture of Methuen in spring of 1902.
Peace negotiations begun March 23,
1902. Death of Cecil Rhodes, March
26, 1902. Terms of surrender signed
May 31, 1902.
ROTTENNESS IN 3T. LOUIS.
April Grand Jury Uncovers Sensational
Wholesale Robbery of the City.
The April grand jury, which has been I
investigating municipal corruption in
St. Louis, made final report Saturday
to Judge W. B. Douglas.
Indictments against the following
who had already been arrested on
bench warrants and released on bond
were made public: Fred W. Zeigen
heim, secretary to former Mayor Zei
genheim, charged in five counts with
bribery and obtaining money under
false pretenses; Charles F. Kelley, ex
spnaker of the house of delegates;
Delegate Charles L. Geraghty and
Councilman Louis Schnell, charged
with misdemeanor in office.
The grand jury in its final report
says that, “while there may have been
corruption in other cities as great as
we have had here, yet in no place in
the world and in no time known to his
tory has so much official corruption
been uncovered. These revelations
have been so appalling as to be almost
beyond belief, and it will be years be
fore the extent of the discoveries are
fully reaped.”
STANDING ARMY DECREASED.
By Root’s Orders 10,790 Soldiers are
Relieved of Duty.
By direction of the president, Sec
retary Root has issued a general order
decreasing the strength of our perma
nent military establishment and chang
ing the ratio of its make-up as provided
in the geferal order issued last May
to carry out the array reorganization
law.
Under the general order of last May
the total strength of the army was
fixed at 77,287 men. The order issued
Saturday reduces the figure to 66,497
a reduction of 19.790.
WILL APPEAL TO ECKELS.
Labor Federation at Chicago Ask
Banker to Help Teamsters.
At a meeting of the Federation of
Labor at. Chicago Sunday night it was
decided that an appeal should be made
to James H. Eckels, president of the
Commercial national bank, to take up
the teamsters’ cause with the pack
ers. Mr. Eckels is a member of the in
dustrial committee of the National Civ
ic Federation.
SPINNERS IN COMBINE
Proposed Merger oi Southern
Mills Meets With Favor.
IS NECESSARY FOR PROTECTION
Roosevelt Delivers Oration at Wach
and are Willing to Join
Forces ifjthe Contemplated
CjAsolidation.
The prosper ts are that all of the
spinniiig mills of the' south will be
combined wi-Uin the next sixty days.
A meeting rf prominent null men
held in Atlanta Friday morning practi
cally confirmei' this statement.
This meansjthat the south, through
the instrumentality of northern pro
moters, will Control the bulk of the
yarn output q: the country, and that
the combine, | aving general charge of
of some 1, spindles, will regu
late the price of arn for the entire
country.
For some nonths past a movement
has been on foot to consolidate the
spinning milts of the south on a basis
which wouldjadmit of a more economic
management and a more consistent
schedule of iutput. The initial move
ment was fiiore ambitious than the
present one/ It contemplated not only
the consolidation of the spinning
mills, but tje weaving mills as well.
The latter flan proved impracticable
for the reasin that the majority of the
cloth mills af the south are in prosper
ous conditio,l.
The presjlnt plan, which is headed
by F. L. Unl'.erwood and Leonard Paul
son, of Nev York, contemplates the
combination of mills which make a
specialty of spinning yarn. With the
admission from various mill owners
that they hre not operating at a sui
cidal rate and are not making any
money, the purpose of the promoters
is to so harmonize the various inter
ests as to discourage the building of
more mills and to put the ones now in
operation on a paying basis.
Some days ago F. L. Underwood and
Leonard Paulson, of New York, came
south with a view to visiting various
states and effecting an economic revo
lution in the mill industry of the south.
North Carolina, which is the biggest
cotton mill state in the country, was
first visited. A meeting of mill men
was held in Charlotte on Wednesday,
at which many of the most prominent
owners were present. The consensus
of opinion was that a combine would
be the best thing for all interests con
cerned.
The Meeting in Greensboro.
A dispatch from Charlotte, N. C.,
says: Yarn mill men, representing
175,000 spindles in North and South
Carolina, held a meeting in Greens
boro Thursday afternoon and had fur
ther conference with U. L. Underwood
and Leonard Paulson, of New York,
relative to the plan to form a merger.
The decision was unanimous in fa
vor of accepting the plan .proposed by
Underwood, which is that 60 per cent
of stock be merged under one control,
leaving 40 per cent in the hands of
the separate corporations as at pres
ent. A committee was named to visit
mills not represented and explain the
proposed plans.
Mr. Underwood left for Atlanta.
Thursday night, where a similar meet
ing of the spinners was held Friday.
GRAND JURY ON MINE HORROR.
Judg e Instructs that Fraterville Disas
ter be Thoroughly Investigated.
A special from Clinton, Tenn., states
that Judge W. R. Hicks has instructed
the circuit court grand jury of Ander
son county to investigate the cause of
the Fraterville mine explosion of May
19 at Coal Creek, in which 216 men
and boys lost their lives. Major Camp
and George Camp, president and state
Mine Inspector Shifflet, and the men
who went with him on the official in
spection and members of the rescuing
party have been subpoenaed.
ACCIDENT AT GRADE CROSSING.
Train Demolishes Carriage Killing
Three and Maiming Others.
A shocking fatality occurred at an
Erie railroad grade crossing, near Su
gar Grove, Pa.. Saturday evening
which will result in the almost trot
ting out of one family and the maim
ing for life of every member of anoth
er. Three are dead and three badly
injured.
The party ocoupied a double-seated
carriage on their way to visit relatives
at Jamestown, Pa. The carriage was
struck by train No. 3. which was run
ning about sri-L- miles an hour. ,
Receivers For Oil Company.
Judge Tarvin, in the Kenton county
circuit court at Covington, Ky., has
appointed a receiver of the Texas and
Louisiana National Oil Company,
which has a registered capital stock
of $2,000,000.
Meg/is Death to Train Robbers.
Senator Piatt, of New York, Thurs
day introduced a bill making train rob
bery a felony and providing the death
penalty for the offense.
LIVELY DAY IN SAVANNAH.
Primary Election Brings Out Weapons
of Warfare and Considerable
Gore is Spilled.
Savannah, Ga.. began a disgraceful
primary election for county officers
Thursday morning.
Representatives to the legislature
and a full county ticket was voted for.
About the polls there were fights and
scraps innumerable during the morn
ing. The conflicting Union and Clti
cens C üb. or administration forces,
met at the court house shortly before
six o’clock and at once began to fight.
The Citizens' Club followers had
been informed that a strong 'bully had
been imported to whip John Garrity,
one of their workers, and when the
man resting under that suspicion ar
rived he was set upon so quickly and
so effectively that he vanished, crying,
“Enough.”
While the fighting was general the
police only arrested Union Club men
so far as the records at the barracks
go.
Ishmael Carter had his head split
open with a billy or policeman’s club,
and he is in the barracks. Sam Davis,
an ex-policenian, had his head cut open
with a club. He claims to have been
held and beaten. There were others
more or less hurt.
President W. P. Laßoche, of the
U*iOn Club, called upon Chairman. T.
M. Cunningham, Jr., of the democratic
executive committee, to declare the
election off before the polls were opn
ed because of the unfair treatment ac
corded his forces by the police, whom
he declared were partisan. The chair
man declined to do so.
Anew plan for paying off those
whose votes are sold has been devised.
After a voter whose influence has been
bought has deposited his ballot and is
properly accounted for, he is given a
meal ticket on a restaurant properly
indorsed. These tickets are good for
ten dollars at headquarters if whole
and for $5 if the corner is torn off.
Chatham county's representatives in
the next legislature will be Messrs.
Pleasant A. Stovall, J. Ferris Cann and
William Harden.
All the present county officers were
re-elected. W
Shortly after noon, in a general fight
in White square in front of the court
house, John Markcn drew his revolver
and fired twice into the crowd. Alex
Butler was struck In the shoulder.
Marken has been arrested on the
charge of assault with attempt to mur
kier.
ROBBER GAME EXPOSED.
Railroads of Cbuntry Have Been Vic
timized in a Novel Manner.
A member of the National Associa
tion of Railway Claim Agents, in ses
sion at Milwaukee Thursday, made the
startling disclosure of a series of
frauds being perpetrated on the rail
roads of the country. The evidence
produced showed that there is an at
torney who, with three other men, is
engaged in holding up railroads in
nearly every big accident which oc
curs. Two of the men in the deal pre
tend to have been seriously injl red in
an accident, and by means of I pecu
liar ability to dislocate a hip Joint or
some other part of their anatomy at
will they lay claim to damages. The at
torney follows them to the scene and
a third man swears that lie saw the
two injured in the train prior to {he
wreck and a claim far heavy dam
ages results.
SLOGAN OF DEMOCRATS.
Trusts and the Tariff to be Made Lead
ing Issues of Coming Campaign. ,
The executive committee of the
democratic congressiorfej committee
was in session at Washington Thurs
day. Ben T. Cable, of Illinois, chair
man, and Judson Harmon, of Cincin
nati, were present with the senators
and representatives on the committee.
Other members were represented by
proxies.
Although the meetings were private,
it was learned that the.committee con
sidered plans for making the trusts
and the tariff leading issues of the
coming campaign for the election of
members of congress.
CANADIANS ARE JUBILANT.
They Rejoice Exceedingly .that the
Costly Boer War is Eh'ded.
The peace news from Smith Africa
was greeted at Ottowa, (At J by.dcmon
strations of joy. The bell in the olty
hail was rung for ten minutes. The
mayor arranged for a demonstration
Monday to celebrate the ending of the
war. Flags were hoisted on public and
private* buildings; a royal salute was
fired at noon, and the school children
were given a half holiday. Monday
night there was a display of fireworks
and a military parade.
CHICAGO TYPOS TO GO OUT.
All the Job Offices in the City Will
Be Affected by Strike.
Typographical Union No. 16, of Chi
cago. has been given pc rmission by
the International Typographical Union
to order a strike in all the job offices of
that city unless a settlement over the
apprenticeship question is effected.
The typothetae asked to have one ap
prentice to five printers. The union
allows one apprentice to ten printers.
BIG LUMBER COMBINE
Sawmill Interests in Southeast
Georgia are Consolidated.
AMOUNT INVOLVED $2,1109,008
Many Thousand Acres of Uncut Tim
ber Corr.es in Under the Deal.
Which Has Already Been
Closed.
11. M. Atkinson, of Atlanta. Ga., has
just consummated one of the biggest
lumber deals ever put through In the
south in combining the Union Lumber
Company, of Moultrie, Ga., and the
Pineopolis Sawmill Company, of Col
quitt county, the combined interests
of the two companies being valued at
approximately $2,000,000.
The deal was put through last Wed
nesday, and Mr. Atkinson and T. J.
Cooledge, of Boston. Mass., are the
principal owners of the new company,
which is to be financed by the Title
Guarantee and Trust Company, of At
lanta.
By the transaction the combined
company comes into possession of
100,000 acres of uncut timber. The
Union Lumber Company owns 60,000
acres of uncut timber and the Pineop
olis Saw Mill Company owns 40,000
acres. The combined value of the prop
erties controlled by the two companies
is estimated at from $1,500,000 to $2,-
000.000.
The Union Lumber Company has
been controlled by the Title Guarantee
and Trust Company, and the Pineopo
lis Saw Mill Company was controlled
by Martin Amorous and the Bacon es
tate.
The Union company owns 47 miles
of railroad, the Tifton, Thomasville
and Gulf railway, and the Pineopolis
company owns 27 miles of railroad, the
Tifton and Moultrie railway.
Besides a number of other valuable
properties, the new company will
come into possession of four sawmills
and will have facilities for cutting and
handling more Umber than any other
company in the southeastern states.
The new company will probably be
known as the Union Lumber Company.
It is understood that a sum in the
neighborhood of $425,000 was paid for
the Pineopolis Saw Mill Company. The
new company will be controlled by
(lie Title Guarantee and Trust Com
pany. The arrangements for combin
ing the companies have all been made
and the merger will be put through
within a few days.
The combination was brought about
through the efforts of Mr. Atkinson,
who reprsenets himself and Mr. Cool
edge in the purchase.
TENNESSEEANS IN CONVENTION.
Democrats Nominate Frasier for Gov
ernor and McKnight for Railroad
Commissioner—The Platform.
Tennessee’s democracy met. at Nash
ville Thursday and amid enthusiasm
and stirring scenes nominated the
Hon. James H. Frazier, of Chattanooga
for governor and Hon. J. Neil Mc-
Knight for railroad commissioner.
The platform was reported to the
convention without comment, and the
committee gave out no statement as to
how that body stood on the points at
issue, principal among which were the
Philippine question and the manner
of expressing indorsement of the Kan
sas City platform. The essential parts
of the platform finally adopted are
these:
Kansas City platform and position
of the democratic members of con
gress indorsed; declaration denounc
ing trusts; plank favoring tariff for
revenue only; denunciation of the ship
subsidy bill and the republican posi
tion on the Philippines, favoring the
speedy restoration of peace in the east
and giving them independence. The
platform declares against the in
creased standing army, denounces re
publican extravagance and favors the
construction of the Nicaraguan canal.
The planks following express sym
pathy for the Boers, liberal commercial
relations with Cuba, indorse the ad
ministration of Governor McMillin, de
clare for such revenue laws as would
reasonably limit the lien or right of
recovery for taxes and such assess
ment a* would make back taxes or
reassessment unnecessary. The plat
form next indorses the public school
system and the uniform textbook law
and the establishment of good roads.
Less important features are the de
claration in favor of the state fair
proposition, which has so agitated the
people of Tennessee who favor the pro
motion of the agricultural interests of
Tennessee, a revision of the state laws
on the inspection of eoa mines and
factories to afford better protection
for the laboring classes.
PROBE FOR GENERAL WOOD.
Resolution in House Calling for Salary
and Expense Account.
In the house Wednesday Represen
tative Bartlett, of Georgia, infrroduc?4
a resolution requesting information
from the secretary of war as to the
amount of salary or other compensa
tion paid General Leonard Wood as
governor general of Cuba and by what j
authority such payment* ware made
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Injuries Inflicted
Car in New
Dr. M. Palmer
leans W-dn -s.-ay aft* fSjIHI
o'i lock, never having rci
the complere stale of coma in
he. entered Tuesday morning
8 o'clock.
The venerable divine was run down
early on the afternoon of May sth by
a trolley • car, and dragged fully a
block.
His Tight great toe was cut off and
injuries were inflicted on the forehead
and his right leg was broken in two
places just above the ankle. He lin
gered from the time of his injuries
23 days.
Sketch of His Life.
Rev. Dr. Palmer was born in Charles
ton, S. C., January 25, 1818, son of Dr.
Edward Palmer, who after sixty years
of service ‘in the church, died in 1882
at the age of 92. Dr. Palmer passed
his boyhood at McPhersonville and
w as sent to Amhurst college when only
13 year* of age. There he met Henry
Ward Beecher, then a student in a
higher class, and the two became fast
friends. At the age of fifteen he re
turned to South Carolina and taught
for two years, thence matriculating
at the University of Georgia, whence
he graduated in 1838 and entered tho
Theological Seminary at Columbia. In
1841 he was licensed and entered upon
a career destined to make him famous
as a preacher.
Shortly after his ordination he was
called to tho First. Presbyterian church
of Savannah, taking with him his
bride, Mary Augusta McConnell. In
1843 he went to the First Presbyterian
church in Columbia, S. C., remaining
there until 1857, when he wentto’New
Orleans. In 1847 he established the
Southern Presbyterian Review which
he edited for a number of years, win
ning wide fame, and in 1860 1 was elect
ed to the chair of pastoral theology
in the seminary at. Princeton Univer
sity, though lie declined the election.
Many other fluttering offers were made
to him throughout his career, including
the pulpit of Dr. Alexander’s church
in Now York, but all these offers he
refused, preferring to remain with his
old congregation in New Orleans.
Dr. Palmer was one of the strongest
leaders of the south in the pulpit
immediately preceding and during ths
civil war and on Thanksgiving day,
1860 preached his famous secession
sermon in his church in New Orleans.
In 1861, when the southern churches
withdrew from the Presbyterian as
sembly at Philadelphia, and met at
Augusta, Dr. Palmer was chosen as
moderator, taking his place as head
of the southern Presbyterian church.
His service in the army was irregular,
but his intimacy with General Polk
and General Beauregard (helped to
turn his attention to the spiritual ne
cessity of the troops, and at one time
ho, had full charge of detailing the
southern ministers in the army of Ten
nessee. Dr. Palmer was a profoundly
impressive orator and his reputation
as a preacher was national.
BEER OFFENDED “TOPS.”
Circus Elephant Kills Keeper Who
Offered Beast an Insult.
‘‘Tops," a female elephant of the
Forepaugh & Sells circus, killed a man
Wednesday at the show grounds of the
circus In Brooklyn, N. Y. The victim
was Joseph Blount, of Fort Wayne,
Ind. He went to the elephant incios
ure, where the anlma s were waiting
for their breakfast, and each stuck
out his trunk to ‘‘shake hands” as
Blount passed down in front r A tfieru,
it being the custom of tho trainers to
salute each elephant with a gentle tap.
Uloniit had a beer glass in his hand,
and when he approached “Tops” he
| shoved it at her instead of giving the
usual greeting. This act seemed to of
fend the greast boast. In an Instant
! she seized the man with her trunk and
after hurling him violently to tho
; ground, knelt on him and crushed him
lo death.
PLANS OF SEABOARD.
Scheme by Which Road is to Enter
Birmingham is Financed.
Financin' arrangements have been
completed for the entrance into Bir
, mingham, Ala., of the Seaboard Air
Line. New York, Baltimore and Rich
mond interests compose the underwrit
j ing syndicate which has agreed to un
derwrite $5,300,000 of bonds which
will be a first mortgage on the Bir
mingham extension and a direct lien
on the Seaboard Air Line.
CLEVELAND WILL TAKE PART.
For First Tims He Consents to Speak
at Democratic Gathering.
Ex-President Grover Cleveland has
accepted an invitation to speak at the
opening of the new Tilden Club at.
New York on June 19. About 1,500
men prominent in the democratic par
ty have been invited.
This is the first time that Cleveland
has consented to address a political
audience since his retirement, from
office.