No one has made overtures to me with that end in view.

I have set no price on the franchise, because I had not the slightest intention of letting it go."-- Chicago Chronicle.
Temporarily war rumors must sink into innocuous desuetude and other old things.

A matter of more far-reaching importance now claims our attention.

We shall continue to hope that Sampson and Dewey and Miles will do their whole duty, but we shall not be able to give our personal attention to the trifles that occupy them until we have received definite information whether or not Anson is really going with the New Yorks .-- Chicago Post.
As a fielder many have surpassed him, but as a batsman--and batsmen, like poets, are born, not made, and are the kind of players hardest to get--his record has never been excelled.

He has not always stood at the head of the list, but always kept up a steady fusillade .-- Des Moines Leader.
The passing of Anson from the National League removes from the national game its most conspicuous and active spirit.