. Record of the class of eighteen hundred and seventy-six of Princeton university. d the first omnibusline in St. Louis. Erastus Wells also secured thefirst charter for and built the first railroad in thatcity. His son, Rolla, when a young man, drovea car on this line for a while. The campaign for Mayor this year was particu-larly interesting because the man elected will serveduring the Worlds Fair to be held in that city incommemoration of the Louisiana purchase. Mr. Wells is about fifty years old. He votedfor Palmer and Buckner in 1896, being one of theorganizers of the National Gold Democra
. Record of the class of eighteen hundred and seventy-six of Princeton university. d the first omnibusline in St. Louis. Erastus Wells also secured thefirst charter for and built the first railroad in thatcity. His son, Rolla, when a young man, drovea car on this line for a while. The campaign for Mayor this year was particu-larly interesting because the man elected will serveduring the Worlds Fair to be held in that city incommemoration of the Louisiana purchase. Mr. Wells is about fifty years old. He votedfor Palmer and Buckner in 1896, being one of theorganizers of the National Gold Democratic has never held a public office. This is from a western newspaper: ROASTED BY BRYAN. Lincoln, Neb., March 16.—W. J. Bryan, in aneditorial entitled A Sample of Harmony, in theCommoner, roundly scores the St. Louis Democ-racy for nominating Rolla Wells for Mayor. Wellsrenounced his allegiance to the Democratic partyin 1896 and openly supported McKinley in 1900,since which time, Mr. Bryan says. Wells has givenno evidence of having a desire to return to the fold.^ 160. Later Daisan, Koto-Gakko,Kyoto, Japan, July 9, dear friend Harrison: I beg your pardon not to have answered to yousooner, notwithstanding of your kind letters sent torrie several times. The fact was this, that it is quite a labor to me tocompose English, so I have often laid it aside onaccount of interruptions, of daily occurrence. I have not much material to report to you. I have eight children, six bo3^s, two girls. Theyare all well. Is there any one among our classmatesto contest with me in getting so many offsprings? The first and second boys are now in the StateMilitary College, expecting to offer their lives forthe sake of defense of humanity and honor of theirown country. The rest are going to secondary and elementary-schools, excepting the last, who is only two years,old. I am still serving in the college as before. The most important work to promote the welfareand standing of our
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