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Honor for Mrs. Fairbanks.
Among tho candidates for tlio presi
dency of tho D. A. H. at tho coming
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Model Tobun Hutlt by Exports.
Ono of tho mo3t Interesting cxpsrl
mcnts now In progress Is that being
nmdo at Dcllcmcad, N. J., where a
model manufacturing town Is being
built up, under tho direction of Dr.
Joslah Strong nnd William II. Toltnan,
respectively president and secretary of
tho League for Social Service. Not
long ago tho land on which tho town
stands was entirely unoccupied. It
was first laid out by an eminent land
scape gardener, provision being made
for factory sites, public buildings and
homes, parks and driveways. Tho land
Is owned by William J. Robinson,
whoso principal object Is to do some
thing In n practical way to relievo tho
congestion which Is now tho problem
of tho great cities. Incidentally Mr.
Robinson expects to make money In
tho operation, as he does not bellevo
that any reform can hope for general
adoption until It Is put on a paying
basis. Ho offers free sites for new fac
tories, and under tho direction of Dr.
Strong and Mr. Tolmnn, who call
'themselves social engineers, every
provision Is made for tho comfort and
welfaro of tho working men and wo
men employed. Every cottage will
bavo a flower and vegetable garden
nttnehed, and all kinds of technical
schools will bo established for tho
benefit of tho children. The new model
"Rebelled Against 1hc Trust.
Miss Henrietta Grossman has lately
been playing "Nell Owyn" at tho Savoy
theater, New York. As the play was
Indiana. In her own city Indianapo
lis Mrs. Fairbanks Is accounted an
nll-arouud 'club woman. Sho was tho
founder of tho Fortnightly Literary
club, nn organization of several hun
dred women. As tho vice president
general of tho Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution In Indiana sho Is con
spicuous among tho patriotic women of
the country. As a member of tho Con
temporary club, tho leading mixed
club In Indianapolis, and a worker In
tho Art association, sho Is also well
known in her state. When In Wash
ington with her husband sho affiliated
with tho women's clubs In tho na
tional capital. In appearanco Mrs.
Four Kjfigs
of the "Rail.
Tho biggest rallrond deal co.isum
matcd In recent years was closed In
Chicago tho other day when tho Rockc-follcr-Morgan-Hlll
syndicate gained
control of tho Chicago, Milwaukee &
Bt. Paul line, thereby linking the
Great Northern road with tho cast,
completing a great transcontinental
route from ocean to ocean. President
Earllng of tho St. Paul system was
handled ten million dollars for his
shares while lesser holders wore mado
glad with nmountr ranging from ono
to three million dollars.
It cost tho syndicate $30,000,000 to
Groat Northern under a lease, where
by tho preferred stockholders will bo
guaranteed 8 per cent, common stock
C per cent for two yearn nnd 7 per cent
thereafter. Under tho lcaso tho
general officers of tho Great Northern
will direct the lino from St. Paul to
Chicago.
Earllng was not tho only big Chl
cagoan to part with hla stock. Mar
shall Field is reported to havo dis
posed of his stock amounting to $3,
000,000. Tho Alexander Mitchell es
tate parted with $2,000,000 worth and
tho heirs of tho lato Georgo T. Smith,
The big purchases mado by Hill and
his supportors did not figure In tho
market transactions. They were made
outside the exchanges and In, direct
dealing with tho holders,
Concisely stated, tho Hill-Morgan-Rockefeller
Interests now control west
MISS CROSSMAN.
about to begin tho other night, she
stepped before the curtain, and In a
speech to tho audience announced that
tho play would not bo given becauso
sho could no longer bear tho petty
nersccutlons of tho theatrical trust
managers, Klaw & Erlanger, who se
cured control of the Savoy since Miss
Crossman began her engagement there.
MRS. C. W. FAIRBANKS.
Fairbanks Is unusually proposscsslng,
having that Indcflnnblo stamp of a
gracious and' refined woman.
WILLIAM J. ROBINSON.
town differs from Its predecessors In
that It Is being directed by men who
havo made a life study of factory and
social conditions all over the world.
Ttar-Oatton in Torto "Rico.
In tho last annual report of the
secretary of tho Interior attention was
cnlled to tho fact that, the death
rate In Porto Rico was still high in
several places, notably in Ponce nnd
A'djuntas. "The commonest causo of
death" Bays Secretary Hitchcock, "ap
pears to bo anaemia, brought on by
poor nutrition nnd unsnnltary sur
roundings." This statement Is now
corroborated with rather startling em
phasis in a report by Surgeon Wil
liams, ono of tho assistants under the
recent military regime, In which ho
says that the most harrowing stories
from Porto Rico havo understated
rather than exaggerated tho truth. He
tells of laboring families, industrious
people, who wcro In a state of starva
tion oven durlnc the Issue of relief
supplies, nnd who are now In a piti
able plight.
Crime tn the Xnitcd States.
Tho statistics of homicide in the
United States for 1900 aro not encour
aging. From 1S95 to 1899 there was a
steady decrease year by year, the to
tals falling from 10,500 to G.225, but
this year tho reports show a totals of
8,275, an increase over last year of
2,050. If this year tho figures Increase
proportionately tho first year of tho
now century will bo as largely marked
by crime as was 1895. From tho pres
ent outlook tho Indications are that
tho record of tho passing year will bo
even darker, for human life was never
held cheaper than at tho present time,
and hanging and lynching make little
impression. Rudyard Kipling was
not far out of tho way when ho said
that murder was the national crlmo of
tho United States.
An Army Angel.
The daughter of Gen. Mile3, whoso
husband, Capt. Samuel Rebcr, Is sta
tioned on Governor's Island, Is a lead
er In tho work of army relief, and has
a warm spot in tho hearts of tho sol
dier boys, for whom sho has done so
much.
As Miss Miles, Mrs. Rebcr was most
Stjcty-Stje Million Cents Coined
Thoro were coined last year at tho
United States mints CG.S33.700 bronzo
cents. Tho number was almost large
enough to supply every inhabitant
with ono of these useful coins. The
mints turned out more cents last year
than over before, but they have not
been Inactive in preceding years. Their
output In 1895 was thirty-eight mll-
Mons, In 1S9G thirty-nine millions, in
1S97 fifty millions, and In 1898 forty
nine millions. Tho cents which aro
In circulation seldom aro much worn,
They disappear some how before they
have had time to get rubbed smooth
as nickels and silver coins do. What
becomes of tho cents Is ns'inuch a mys
tery as what becomes of tho pins. Mil
lions of tlreso small coins aro minted
yearly, and yet thoro Is n steady de
mand for more. Nobody hoards ce;s.
Nobody molts them down a fato
which befalls gold coins often. Then
what becomes of nil tho bronzo cents?
"Rctuard for Missing youth.
News comes from Providence, R. I.,
that Robert Callender, who is known
to many Yalo men in the West, disap
peared in that city on tho last day of
tho old year. Five hundred dollars re
ward has been offered by his father.
Walter Callender, for Information as
to his whereabouts. Young Callender
had been suffering from insomnia, and
it is feared by his parents that his
mind Is temporarily affected thereby.
Robert Callender, who was graduated
from Yalo In tho class of '98. Is 21
years old, 5 feet and 7 Inches in
height, and weighs 155 pounds. Ho has
brown hair, Inclined to curl, light
brown eyes, and small, regular features.
When ho disappeared ho wore a black
derby hat, a dark sack suit, and an
overcoat. On his llttlo finger was a
gold seal ring, and he carried a gold
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Compatriot of Famous Men.
Tho lato Senator Urndbury of Maine,
whoso death was announced last week,
was tho oldest statesman In tho
United States, nnd a colleague and per
sonal friend of Webster, Clay, Ronton
and Calhoun. He was tho only sur
vivor of tho 100 men who sat In tho
sennto during his sonntorlal term from
1847 to 1853. The departed ex-senator
was tho only living member of tho
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ROBERT CALLENDER.
hunting caso watch In college ho was
a member of tho Kappa Sigma and
Delta Kappa Epsllon, and the Senior
Goclety of tho Wolf's Head, tho em
blem of which ho la also thought to
havo worn pinned on hie coat.
MRS. CAPT. SAMUEL REUER.
actlvo In helping sick and suffering
warriors, nnd her recent marriage has
in no wise dimmed her interest in this
respect. Sho Is an officer In tho New
York branch of tho association.
Mrs. Rcber is n charming young wo
man and her circle of friends extends
far beyond tho hundreds of Undo
Sam's soldier boys who hnvo como
under her watchful and tender caro.
Uhat Wichita Woman.
The nctlon of a lone woman In
wrecking tho bar In tho Carey Hotel
at Wichita, Kas.. Is reminiscent of the
so-called Ohio crusado, during which
a number of saloons were Invaded by
women, whose zeal in a good cause
sometimes led them or their sympa
thizers to destroy property nnd other
wise break the laws of tho state, says
an exchange. Tho exporlenco of tho
Kansas reformer Is also an Illustration
of tho advantage of being a woman
when work of this kind Is to bo under
taken. If n man, for Instance, had en
tered tho bar of the Wichita hotel and
had begun to throw stones tli rough
valuable mirrors nnd paintings ho
might not havo been shot but ho cor
talnly have been badly beaten. As
It was, tho nttendant3 wcro so start
led by tho sight of n well drrsicd wo
man doing such damago that they
stood silent until the damago had been
done. Then they called tho poller, at
whoso pollto invitation the crusader
finally consented to necompany them
to Jail. There sho was visited by a
band of sympathizers, who appealed
to Govornor Stanley to appear and do
fend her.
THE LATE SENATOR BRADBURY,
Bowdoln class of 1825, which Included
Longfellow, Hawthorne and John S, C.
Abbott. Tho career of the venorablo
statesmnn covered a period of Anierl
can history unexampled in tho expert
enco of any other mnn. Ho was ono
of Andy Jackson's warm supporters.
Ho wns 98 years, six months and 28
days old when ho died. He never chew
ed nor smoked tobacco, nor drank In
toxicating liquor.
Uhc Late 'Bishop JVindc.
Tho late Bishop William X. Nindo,
enmo of a long lino of Methodist
preachers, and was himself a survival
of tho circuit riding days of tho Moth
odlEi ministry. His work in and for
the church was In many .and different
Holds. Ho wns first a teacher, then a
minister, winning wido fnmo as ono
of tho most powerful pulpit orators of
tlio church, a missionary to India, a
professor In Garrett Biblical Insti
tution, nnd llnnlly for tho last sixteen
years a bishop.
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Dr. A. Donaldson Smith, tho famous
Philadelphia explorer, who has recont
ly returned from Africa, has been
awarded tho Ellsha Kent Kano medal
by tho Geographical society of Ponn
sylvanla. This Is tho first medal tho
society has awarded.
Mr Wilfred Laurior, tho Canadian
premier, is noted for tho unstinted
manner In which ho dispenses privato
charity. Ho has been known to go out
on cold nlghtB to carry food to some
poor person In whom he took an inter
est.
get tho controlling Interest In com
mon stock. Rockefellor has been
credited for some time with owning
75,000,000 of tho stock nnd Morgan
with having f 1,000,000 of It In his pos
session. This would leave $21,000,000
to bo purchased, and when Earllng's
stock was secured tho majority of the
stock wns safely In tho possession of
tho syndicate.
Tho St. Paul lino passes over to tho
ho eccentric Scotchman, aro said to
invo disposed of $5,000,000 more, tho
ale having been mndo through Alex
tndor Gcxldcs, who represents the os
i.ato on tho directory of the board.
Under tho stress of the heavy pur
chases being made by tho syndlcnto tho
Btock of tho Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul road advanced yesterday from
$145.02 to $152.25 n shnrc. Brokers
wero overwhelmed with buying orders,
nnd as It bocamo apparent that thoy
wore coming from mon on tho Inside
of tho deal tho speculative clement
took a hand In running up tho price
and tho short Interests wore squeezed
to tho wall.
HcLrHJa,rd' 'Bible Mtietim.
TRANSCONTINENTAL
of Chicago tho St. Paul, tho Northern
Pacific and tho Great Northern. East
of Chicago Morgan has n directing
hand In several roads besides tho Bal
timore nnd Ohio, nnd there la an un
usual choice of routes. Tho deal brlnga
tho Morgan party In rivalry with tho
Vanderbllts, who control tho central
trnns-contlncntal routo through recent
manipulation of the Chicago and Al
ton. Lord Strathcana of Canada la also
said to bo deeply Interested In tho
deal. Ho Is said to havo sold all his
stock In tho Canadian Pnclllc road to
tako up heavier responsibilities -with
tho new syndicate.
part, nnd thero nro strictly biblical mu
seums, but thero Is no other Semitic
museum at once comprohenslvo and
and cxcluslvo In tho world. It was
founded In 1889 by a gift of $10,000
from Mr. Schlff, who had recently boon
appointed ono of a now committee to
report to tho overscors on tho condi
tion of tho Semitic department, thon as
now under tho chargo of Professor Toy.
and Professor Lyon.
JACOB SCHIFF'S GIFT TO CHICAGO.
Tho now building which is in pro
cess of erection for Harvard's Semitic
museum, through tho generosity of
Jacob II. SchlfT, of New York, calls at
tention to ono of tho most Interesting
special collections In tho country a
museum Illustrating tho Ufa and
thought of tho Semitic peoples, ancient
nnd modetrn, Including tho Babylonian-Assyrian,
tho Arabian, tho Phoon
clan, tho Moblto, tho Ethiopian, tho
Syrian nnd other branches, with tho
Henry Should Uc .Content.
Duke Henry, who has Jimt loft Hol
land In disgust nt his treatment by
tho Dutch States General, should put
a curb on his bad temper, llo Is cha
grined bernuso tho grant of $80,000 a
year for his personal support was not
paid without a dissenting volco nnd
because ho was refused tho titlo of
Prince Consort. So far ns tho money
is concerned tho Dutch arc famous as
a thrifty people, nnd Duke Henry
should bo thankful that the grant
wns passed nt all, instead of sulking
becauso a few members mado objec
tions. On tho whole, Duko Henry is
ono of tho luckiest young men allvo
and has no reason to rail nt fato. With
in a mouth he Is to marry tho mo.it
charming and beautiful of girl queens,
who Is evidently much In lovo v1 h
him. That should be sufllclent to mako
him happy in splto of a few Imaginary
slights. If ho carries his fit of plquo
too far it may bo that Wllhelmlna may
exorclHo tho prlvllcgo of every woman
nnd chnngo her royal mind about tho
ndvlsablllty of wedding a man who
sulks. In that case thoro will bo a
hundred Princelings ready to tako his
place, to suy nothing of any numbor
of American gentlemen who have been
somewhnt handlcnpped herctoforo by
tho fact that they did not happen to
bo German dukes.
Hebrew-Palestinian, so cnlled, as tho
nucleus and central features of tho
whole. It In, In fact, In a broad nnd
scientific sense, a I) I bio museum, In
tended not only to lllustrafo tho In
struction given In tho Semitic depart
ment at Hurvard, but to bo a work.ng
aid to serious bible students every
where, both in tho university and out
of It.
Thero nro oriental museums In which
Semitic collections form nn Important
The fcto "Pacific Totuer.
With tho first day of tho new cen
tury tho federation of all tho Austra
lian colonics was formnljy completed
by tho swearing In of tho Earl of
Hopetdun as tho first govornor general
of tho Australian commonwealth. Tho
peaceful organizing of what might bcr
called tho United States of Australia
has nttracted llttlo attention In tho
outsldo world, but thero Is every reason
to bellevo that long beforo tho comple
tion of tho now century tho Australian'
commonwealth will not only bo tho
dominant power In tho south Paclllo
but also ono of tho grcnt powors of tho
world. Tho advent of tho now ern
of n united Australian Is something
that may well bo looked upon with
lively interest by tho American republic.
Judgo Dcomer liny declined to lenvo
tho Iowa supremo bench to accept tho
chancellorship of tho I own, stato university.
Palisades to Tic Sa-Ocd.
Tho two legislative commissions ap
pointed by New York nnd Now Jersey
with tho object of preserving tho pali
sades, forming tho Now Jorsey bank of
tho Hudson rlvor opposite tho upper
part of New York city, have finally so
cured an option on tho proporty whero
tho obnoxious quarrying has boon go
ing on, and they propnso tho establish
ment of an Intcratale park which shall
Include theso picturesque bluffs. Such
a result will bo a fortunato culmlnntlon
of efforts -which havo been under way
for several ycara looking to this end,
which havo been especially promoted
by "The Society for tho Preservation
For the Department of Justice
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Tho nbovo Is a design for tho now
building soon to bo erected for tho de
partment of justico at Washington, Its
cost will exceed $2,000,000. Several
months ngo tho attorney general se
cured plans for tho building from
Architect Post of Now York. Tho lat
ter named seven or eight bulldliu;
of Scenic and Historic Places and Ob
jects In New York."
William Wallace Campbell.
William Wallace Campbell, who has
Just boon elected director of tho L ck
Obsorvatory, to succeed tho Into James
E. Keolor, was born on a farm In Han
cock county, O., In 1802. Ho studied
natronomy nt the University of Michi
gan under Professor Schaoborlo, anil
took tho chair of mathematics and uu-
firms, all of high standing, to whom
tho bids should bo limited. It was
only to theso flrnia that tho plans woro
accessible Some objections woro
raised and tho attorney gonornl there
fore invited proposals which wero
opened In Washington last week.
A Now Yorker got tho contract.
tronomy at tho Unlvorsity or Colorado,
and later at Ann Arbor. Ho has writ
ten Bovoral text books.
"School of the Trophcts. "
Another newly organized association
calling Itself tho "School of Prophets"
Ib now In session in Chicago, itn
founder, a Chlcngo man, has convinced
hlmsolf and his followers that tho end
of tho world Is at hand, nnd tho ob
ject of tho present meeting Jb to pre
paro fitly for that tromondous event