T-
YOUNG, SOLDIER WEDS DAUGH
TER OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
IS A BRILLIANT AFFAIR
President, Vice President and Other
Distinguished Guests Present
Union Is Purely a Love
Match.
Washington. In the presence of
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, the
VIco-Prosldent and Mrs. Fairbanks,
the justices of the supremo court and
their wives, several senators, repre
sentatives and other distinguished
guests, Miss Edith Root on Wednesday
became the wife of Ulysses Simpson
Grant 3d, Lieutenant United States
Engineer corps.
Tho wedding was generally recog
nized at tho capital as being the sec
ond in social and ofilcial importance
that has taken placo during the Roose
velt administration, there being only
less interest in the murringo than In
. that which centered alTout tho mar
riage of Miss Roosevelt to Mr. Long
worth. Tho brldo is tho only daughter of
Secretary of State and Mrs. Elihu
Hoot, while the groom, as everyone
knows from his name, is the grandson
of General Grant, his father being
General Frederick Dent Grant of tho
MRS. U. S. GRANT.
army. Lieutenant Grant is a nephew
of Mrs. Potter Palmer of Chicago.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Dr. Stryker of Hamilton college,
who was for several years the pastor
of the Fourth Presbyterian church at
Rush and Superior streets, Chicago,
and who was a college friend of Sec
rotary of State Root, a friendship that
is to be made the closer by tho mar
riage of the 'secretary's son to the
college president's daughter.
The tying of the bonds united two
young people who are very much in
love with each other. There Is not
whisper In any quarter that, position
or namo had the least thing in th
world to do with the engagement.
The former Miss Root has always
rather shunned the gayer life of tho
capital, and Lieutenant Grant has
never been any too fond of it. He Is
studious, and so is his bride and both
aro of domestic inclinations. It was
a good old-fashioned American wed
ding, with Cupid's heart engaged In
every detail.
The cords of invitation to the wed
ding read as follows:
Tlio Secretary of Stnto and Mrs.
Root request the pleasure
of the company of
at tho marriuKo of their daughter
EDITH
to
LIEUT. ULVSSES S. GRANT. Co",
United States Corps of EiiKlncers,
on the afternoon of WcdncHdny, tho
27th of November, at four o'clock
at 1E0O Kliodo Inland avenue, In
tho City of Washington.
Present at the wedding were Elihu
Root, Jr., and Miss Alida Stryker,
daughter of Dr. M. Woolsoy Stryker,
president of Hamilton college. Mr
Root, who is the oldest son of the
secretary of state, will marry Miss
Stryker just ten days from tho day
that saw his sister married to Lieu
tenant Grant.
Tho invitations to the wedding wore
restricted ns far as Washington was
concerned to tho persons who "must
bo Invited." The local invitations were
about 250 in number and they includ
ed only tho closest family friends and
those persons who hold such ofilcial
positions that they had to of neces
sity bo invited to bo present.
The out-of-town Invitations greatly
outnumbered thoso given in Washing
ton, but there were comparatively few
of the out-of-town guesta present. The
ROD
GRANTWEDDIHG
wish of tho secretary of state and hi'i
family, too, for that matter, was to
have the wedding company as small
as possible, and the corcmony marked
by attending simplicity.
Of tho groom's family thoro were
present his father and mother, General
and Mrs. Grant; his aunts, Mrs. Nclllo
Grant Snrtorls and Mrs. Potter Pal
mer, and several of his first cousins,
one of whom, Mrs. SnrtorlB' daughter
Vivian, not long ago married Fredorlclc
Roosevelt Scovel, a cousin of Presi
dent Roosevelt, and so, although
rather indirectly, a connection Is es
tablished between the Root nnd tho
Roosevelt families by the Root-Grant
marriage.
Tho Root residence, where the cere
mony took place, belongs to former
Vice-President Levi P. Morton, who
occupied it for months bctwecti tho
times of the leaving of Count Casslnl,
who leased it for tho Russlnn embus
say quarters, and its renting for resi
dence purposes by Secretary Root.
While the wedding party was compara
tively small, tho house Is big enough
to hold a multitude. It stands on a
triangular piece of ground with Scott
Circle at ono end, Fifteenth street at
tho other end and a street on each
side.
Lieutenant Grant and Miss Root
wore married In tho great south room
on tho first lioor of tho residence, a
room which is as long as the house
Itsolf. It Is a huge drawing-room
known in tho days when tho Countess
Cassini presided over social affairs
in tho residence ns the "yellow room."
Miss Root had no bridesmaids. Sev
eral of Lieutcuant Grant's classmates
and other army ofllcer friends wero
present at the wedding, and his cous
in, Potter Palmer, Jr., of Chicago, was
his best man.
Aftor tho wedding Lieutenant Grant
and his bride left for a short honey
moon trip. They will go to Clinton,
N. Y., to be present, December 7, at
the wedding of the bride's brother and
Miss Stryker. From there Lieutenant
Grant will take his bride directly to
Boston, where In the suburb of Brook
line there is a pretty little house
awaiting their occupancy.
Tho house was selected by tho brldo
whoso mother recently has Interested
herself in furnishing it completely for
housekeeping. Lieutonant Grant was
ordered a short time ago from Wash
ington to Boston to carry on his en
gineering duties under the direction
of Major Edward Burr, who has
chargo of the river and harbor work
along tho Massachusetts coast.
Miss Root made her debut in New
York several seasons ago and has
twice been a cabinet girl, although
sho was extremely young when hor
father was secretary of war in Presi
dent McKlnley's second administra
tion. Sho Is a gifted linguist, an ac
complished musician, and Is devoted
to outdoor sports. She Is an export
horsewoman, and her smart trap Is
familiar to all tho uptown sections of
Washington. - ,
Lieut. Grant has served as military
aid at the white house during tho
last two Seasons, acting with Capt.
Fltzhugh Lee, Jr., and Lieut. Philip
Sheridan.
Ho Is a nephew of Mrs. Potter Pal
mer of Chicago, his mother being Miss
Louise Honore, sister of Mrs. Palmer.
He is a brother of Princess Cantacu
zene of Russia, who was Miss Julia
Dent Grant, and tho only child of the
Grant family born in tho white house.
Lieut. Grant's early education was
obtained in Europe while his father
was minister to Austria-Hungary and
LIEUT. U. S. GRANT 3D.
ito then spent four years in a state
military school founded by Empress
Maria Theresa. Ho entered Columbia
college in New York on his return to
tho United States and' was graduated
in 1898, when ho at onco joined his
father in Porto Rico, where he had
his first experience in warfare. At
tho end of a year ho entered West
Point, graduating sixth in his class of
1902. Ho was ordered at once to tho
Philippines, where he did good sorvlco
for threo years, and, returning to the
United States, was ordered to Wash
ington barracks.
HELPS THE TRUSTS
.ERROR TOO FREQUENTLY MADE
BY THE FARMER.
BUYS THROUGH MAIL ORDER
And In Doing So Contributes To
ward Capital Concentration in
the Big Financial Centers, to
His Great Injury.
Lord bless tho American farmer.
He Is ono of the nabobs of creation
and he hardly knows it. In a single
year his work adds to the wealth of
the nation more by a Hundredfold than
all the mines of tho country, lie gives
to tho world twice tho value In crops
and produce than tho output all the
factories and mills of tho nation pro
duce. He supplies the lubricant to
keep tho wheels or progress in mo
tion, and If ho only knew It could buy
nnd sell a few hundred Rockefellers,
and still have enough left to purchase
a few kingdoms as largo as Spain.
Yet It must bo admitted thut this great
American farmer needs some enlight
enment as to common economics.
While ho Is tho king of wealth produc
ers, and a lot of It stlckB to his ilngors,
ho Is also a philanthropist and doesn't
know It. He works hard to produce
his wealth and then patronizes tho
machinery that, lands a goodly portion
of It In tho coffers of the Captains of
Finance who dlctato things in Wall
street and olso where; in fact he as
sists tho trust magnates to the money
required to build up combinations that
tho good philanthropic fanner is com
pelled to support. Ho does It and he
knows not that he doeth so. Every
time the good tiller of the soli sends
away to the big mall order house for
his supplies, he does his mite toward
capital concentration in the great
financial centers, and hh little mite
seeks a resting place among tho
money held in reserve to feed the
wants of the trusts. It Is about time
western farmers tako a tumble to cold
facts, and como to a realization .that
tholr Interests are best subserved by
keeping their earnings as close to
their homes ns possible.
Patronizing Home People.
An exchange says that war has been
declared on tho great catalogue'
houses of Chicago lind other cities
by the GOO retail merchants of tho
west. In one of tho most striking eco
nomic movements this country has
ever known tho small dealers are
lighting, they say, for their lives. Tho
mammoth Institutions, employing
thousands of workers, doing their
business- entirely through the medium
of their bulky catalogues, spending
no money In the communities whence
they derive annually millions of dol
lars of patronage, aro forcing In
creasing numbers of home merchants
to the wall and so their opponents
claim, aro "making commercial
graveyards of once prosperous towns."
People living in country towns ought
to get wise and trade at home. Phil
adelphia Episcopal Recorder.
List of Microbes Growing.
Tho list of microbes continues to
grow steadily. That of whooping
cough must now be added to tho list.
Dr. H. Albrecht, of the Wllhelm hos
pital, recently spoke on the subject
beforo the Vienna Medical society, de
claring that he had discovered the
specific agent that caused tho com
plaint. There had for somo time been
a suspicion that a kind of bacillus was
at the bottom, but. Dr. Albrecht felt
himself able to assert that whooping
cough buclllUB was Identical with that
of influenza.
Open Air Museum Planned;
An o'pen air museum is planned for
Bremen, of tho type already familiar
in many Scandinavian towns. An
epitomo of tho local culture and art
from the earliest days is to bo offored
In a park doited with old peasant
houses.
Calls for Energetic Action. '
Thero is but ono way for tho coun
try merchant to combat mail order
evil and that is to organize and syste
matically fight and the battle must be
carried on energetically if it Is to win.
This has been done in tome sections
of the country and can bo done In oth
ors. Whero u fow years since the
larger portion of the people have
spont the mnjor portion of their earn
ings with tho mall order houses, to
day thoy do their purchasing at home,
but this has only been accomplished
by hard work by a thoroughly organ
ized body. New Iberln Enterprise
Leader. Benefit for Boston Strangers.
Tho. Rev. Eugene C. Webster, of
Boston, 1ms begun work to establish
a "Little Church Around the Corner"
for tho benefit of tho theatrical per
sons and other strangers In Roston,
whom ho believes ncod such an In
stitution. England's Temperature Rising.
The average temperature of the
year in England has risen. Just over
a decree in tho last half century.
U8E MORE PRINTERS' INK.
Good Advice to the Small Merchant
Who Would Succeed.
The mall order question Is ono that
Is of perennial Importance to nearly
every ono of the smaller cities and vil
lages In tho land, although the danger
that these institutions were bound to
annihilate tho tmnltor stores does not
seem as imminent now as it did a
fow years ago. For Instance, since
the passage of tho pure food law by
congress tunny, if not all of the mail
order people, have discontinued tho
selling or groceries. It was plain in
(his caso that there was a consider
able amount, or adulteration in tho
goods sold or the mall order houses
would not have taken thin stop.
There aro aspects of the mail order
question which may well glvo hope to
tho local dealer. Tito Tacts In tho
case aro that the catalogue bonnes
are not enjoying an unmitigated cinch,
for they aro handicapped In many
ways tti which tho country merchant
is not. For example, tho entire coun
try press almost without exception Is
closed to' nml 1 order advertising. Hero
Is a distinct advantage for the homo
merchant, although sometimes he is
somewhat, slow In taking advantngo
of It. If he Is fossilized and walking
around to pay funeral expenses In a
business way, figuratively speaking,
he will spring that ancient chestnut
that "it doesn't pay" to advertise. Rut
let tho newspaper man take an ad
from a mall order house and place It
In the remotest corner of his paper,
and this same' business man will be
apt to object very strongly.
Tho mail order houses have ad
vanced their business by advertising,
and have been badly handicapped by
having virtually only the magazines
and the catalogues to toll their story.
If the merchants of today expect to
copo with tho mall order" houses and
hold a fair sharo of the trado that
they ought to get, it means that thoy
will have to use printers' ink and ad
vertising space. Furthermore, thoy
will hnvo to advertise intelligently
and in accordance with twentieth cen
tury standards. Don't spring tho
ancient gag about having been In
business so many years. The people
don't caro a rap how long you have
been In business. They aro Interested
mainly In two things: First, what
goods have you got? Second, what do
thoy cost? Unless your, advertising
deals with these questions, It will be
as sounding brass or tinkling cymbal.
The mall order houses have built up
trade by doing Just thoso things, and
their glowing descriptions and prices
have done tho business. San Antonio
(Tex.) Light.
Cheyenne (Wyo.) morchants aro or
ganizing to light the mall order
houses. It is claimed that fully ono
hair of tho clothing and dress goods
purchased by tho people of Cheyenne
come from outside towns, and tho lo
cal merchants' nre deprived of this
business, to say nothing of tho hard
ware, notions, novelties, etc., that aro
secured through the mall order
houses.
Put In a Good Word.
Lord Arlington was arrested tho
other day in England for speeding his
auto. Suid tho arresting pollcoman
in court the next day: "His lordship
was most civil; in fact, it was a
pleasure to moot him, and that is
more than can bo said of some motor
ists." Still, his lordship hud to pay
a fine of $15 and costs.
Mail Order House Competition.
Tho competition of the mall order
houses, one of tho most threatening
perils of the country druggist partic
ularly, continues to grow. Tho pro
viding of successful means for com
bating this unfair competition is Im
perative but exceedingly difficult to at
tain. Conferences with commercial
organizations in other lines of busi
ness concerning this matter aro advis
able, providing no legal entanglement
would result therefrom. Detroit Re.
tall Druggist.
Early Rising Denounced.
Sir James Crlchton-Browno has
strong theories. Copybook rules ho
denounces. Almost as many men have
been killed by tho mnxlm, "Early to
bed and early to rise," us by overeat
ing. Instend of making a man healthy,
wealthy and wise, early rising lowers
his vitality, and results In brain-fag
and early decay.
Overworked Motor Cars.
There Is no doubt that many cars
to-day are being practlcully worked to
death, and If the truth wero known
It would bo found that a good many of
the so-called lazy chuuffours aro qulto
ns much overworked us their cars In
their struggle to drive thorn ovory day
and almost all day, not to mention
night work, and at tho Bumo timo keep
them in proper running order. Auto
cur. Tho greatest folly of ojd ago is si
lently pondering on tho mistakes of
youth and sighing for tho pleasures,
friends and days that are no more.
Largest English Crop.
Hay Is England's largest crop.
THE MUSKOGEE G0N6RESS
Numerous Resolutions Offered and
Referred to Committee.
Senator Gore of Oklahoma Endorsed
National Administration and
Denounced Wall Street.
Muskogeo, Ok. Wednesday's ses
sion of tho Trans-MIsslsslppl Comhier
clal congress was called to order by
John Henry Smith, of Salt Lako City,
ono of the leaders of tho Mormon
church. A number of resolutions
woro Introduced and sent to tho com
mltteo on resolutions without com
ment, as Is the custom of the con
gress. Among the resolutions Intro
duced wero:
Recommending statehood for Now
Mexico, by Governor Prince of that
state. Advising the national congress
to Issue $20,000,000 in treasury noton,
tho same to bo expended by tho gov
ernment In post roads. A resolution
for the deepening of Penrl Harbor,
Hawaii, by Gov. Freai, of Hawaii: In
viting the United States navy to visit
Hawaii by Gov. Frear. Compelling the
railroads to do away with tho car
shortage, by Col. Ike T. Pryor. of San
Antonio, Tex. The later resolution ex
plained the car shortage and suggest
ed an lnter-rallroad ownership of cars.
Thomas P. Gore, tho blind United
States sonator elect of Oklahoma, ad
dressed tho congress Wednesday af
ternoon before ono of tho largest
crowds that ever attended a meeting
of that body. Mr. Gore spoke on ques
tions of public Import, declaring him
self In favor of tho speedy construc
tion of tho Panama canal, advocating
navigable inland waterways, abusing
Wall street for it alleged abuso of
money from the West given to it in
trust and Indorsing and approving of
the administration of Theodore Roose
velt. Muskogee, Ok. Tho following of
ficers wero oleated Thursday by tho
Trans-MIsslsslppl congress: Presi
dent, J. R. Case, Abilene, Kan.; first
vlco president, 1. T. Pryor, San An
tonio, Toxns; second vlco president,
M. G. Lawrence, North Dakota; third
vice president, W. F. Raker, Council
Bluffs, Iowa; fourth vlco president, C.
1). Galbreath, Denver; secretary, A.
Francis, Cripple Creek, Col.
Collision under Water.
Toulon. While engaged In making
a Joint attack on tho battleship Jauro-
guiborry during tho naval maneuvers
off this port, the submarines Bonlto
and Souffleur collided at a depth of
30 meters. The Soufflour's conning
tower window was mushed and tho
water began to rush In, but with rare
presence of mind the commander
operated tho rising mechanism and
tho vessel reached tho surface beforo
It had time to fill completely The
naval author lths havo ordered a
soarohlng investigation as to tho
cause of the collision.
Would Enjoin Jutfge Wallace.
Joffersou City, Mo. Application
was made to tho supreme cour,t Fri
day afternoon by counsel representing
tho Kansas City theater owners and
cigar dealers for a writ of prohibition
to prohibit Circuit Judge Wallace, of
Kansas City, and Prosecuting Attor
ney Klmbrell from prosecuting, and
tho grand jury from Indicting tho
plaintiffs for operating theaters and
selling cigars on Sunday. Tho appli
cation Is based on the alleged illegal
Holoctiou of the grand jury by Judgo
Wallace.
Must Label It Gluclose.
Kansas City. Orders wero Issued
Thursday by Dr. W. P. Clutler, city
pure food inspector, to his Inspectors
to require all grocers exposing for
sale syrup made from'gluoloso and of
fered as "Corn Syrup," to change tlio
labols and mark them "Gluclose Syr
up." Tho order was based on a rul
ing said to have been made by E. W.
Hayes of the federal pure foods and
drugs commission, that the synonym
corn syrup Is not a correct definition
for gluclose.
Prohibitionists Call Convention.
Chicago. Tlio National convention
for tho selection of tho .presidential
nominee of tho prohibition party will
bo held in Columbus, O., (hiring tho
first week of June, 1908. That fact
was announced at the meeting of tlio
party in this city Wednesday. Fif
teen hundred and eighty delegates
and alternates will attend the ratio
being ono delegate and ono alternate
for each 100 votes cast for Jacob
Swallow for president In 1904.
Fort Gibson Postoffice Robbed.
Muskogee, Ok. The postolllco safe
at Fort Gibson was dynnmltcd Thurs
day night by two robbers who os
cuped with $100 In money and stamps.
A Jew Baiter Imane.
Berlin. Count von Pueotyer, the
well-known Jew baiter who at various
times has como into collision with tho
law, owing to his excessive antl-sem-tlo
agitation, has been sent to an
asylum for the Insane at Dalldorf.