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NOVEMBER 27, 1908
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THE PORTUNE TnAT CAME IN TIME
Omaha. Neb. Mrs. Marearet Cousins a
widow, who ha&; been struggling ,' for the past
year to support her Ave Children, washing
clothes, in spito of her poor health, has just
received word that a sister of hof husband has
.died in Belgium:-and bequeathed the children
a sum of inducy amounting to $6,000'.
Mr.. Cousins, died over a year ag6, and since
that time it has been a struggle for the family.
Mrs. Cousins has washed clothes at the detention
.home, ,often being so ill that she. could- Scarcely
,'flpisn her WQF,kr Tbe children, raugo. inn ago
from wo.tQ fourteen years. They lived nCar
Sixth and Doixas, streets. n
Judge Leslio Monday appointed Mrs.
CouBins guardian of tho estate.
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THE FORTUNE CAME A LtTTLE LATE
, , Chicago, j. Ilj-v-An hour after James L.
Dixon was sworn' in as a .recruit in . tho United
States marine corps yesterday ho was apprised
.his father had. .djed and left him ,$.100,000.
'lx0h s'ai'd '$e . would 'stick for the big show"
and prepared,' to. go to the marine barracks in
Washington ,just as, if he ha.d never .heard, of
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TIIE. CHILDREN WERE "MIXED''
'' .New ?T6rlLt.N. . Y. -A unique case In, the
children's court io'd,ay is that lriyplvjng, $. dis
pute between ';h"e,I5bwn town Jursery t and , the
Society for the 'Prevention of Cruelty to Child
ren. The cause of the muddle Is a charge that
the children's society "'mixed Up" two babies.
i.'A tot nanwid Joe Jana'us'fctiok lWa'a tagged as
Stephen Burns W ' mistake, resulting, In tile
further complication that the Janausctiek child
was baptised a Protestant, though Its mother
was a Catholic. Mrs. Janauscbek waB compelled
to give up.ho,r,cb41d because of the, complaint of
neighbors and is said that, pn. the same day
' Stephen Burns, achild of somewhat similar ap
pearance, was' turned over to the society, with
tho resultant confusion, ,. , . ,
A HERO BUT, SAVED ON,LY A PARROT
Wilmington, Del. Fire of an unknown, ori
gin destr6yed the home of Richard L. Walker,
at Hill Crest, a suburb of this city, this morn
ing, and a parrot in the burning dwelling gave
neighbors a bad scare, for they thought mem
bers of tho family were perishing in the flames.
The family left at 6:30 o'clock to spend the
day in Philadelphia, but their neighbors did
not know of this, so when shrill .cries for help
came from the bjazlng building they thought
some one was being burned to death.
Risking bis life, a man dashed into the
'building. Instead of returning with a man,
' woman or child, as tho crowd of excited persons
expected, he carried a parrot in a cage. Polly's
feathers were badly singed and tho bird was
pretty "Well overcome, but when it recovered it
began to "cuss."
The loss on the house will amount to about
515,000. Nothing was saved but the parrot and
its cage. . i
FROM DISTANCES WIDE APART
Chicago, -TO. The voice of tbe homo yes
terday called the sons and daughter of Mrs.
Louise Kaup from thousands of miles to be
with their mother at tho ninetieth anniversary
of her birthday. Separated for almost half a
century, tho eignt men and women gathered
at the resident of Mrs. Kaup, 719 Artesian ave
nue, and spent jthe day laughing, chattipg and
recalling pleasant memories. "Oh, I am so
' bnppy to see all my babies again!" exclaimed
the mother In a shaking voice as she looked
on. At tbo reunion Avorc thirty-eight grand
children and forty great-grandchildren. The
cons and daughters presented the mother wltn
a purse of gold and the grandcbildren gave
her a silver tea service. The three daughters
of Mrs. Kaup live in Chicago. Mrs. Fred Kuet
termeier resid.es at Grant Park, Mrs. Charlotte
Bauer at the Artesian avenue homo, and Mrs.
Matilda Miller at 909 Ninth Grand avenue. One
son, Henry, 68 years old, lives in Glen View.
August, 60 years old, came from Oregon to at
tend tbe reunion, and from Western, Neb., came
William, 59 year; George, 57 years, and Charles,
Some Stories That Run
the Gamut of Emotion
53 years. Mrs. Ka.up, was . born in Germany,
camo to this country when a young girl and
married at the ago, .of .qinoteon. The Kaup
. fatally for f&rty:six years .lived. ton, a farm abqut
twenty miles frcm; Chicago., '
,. PAID FOR THE WJMSKERS
Philadelphia, Pa.--4-It cost Thomas White
of Philadelphia, $35 for tho fan of' cutting off
half of Jacob Wynn's whlskors, that being tho
fine imposed by Judge.. Jollno. in Camden crim
inal court today j when WhitQ pleadod -guilty to
a charge of assault and battery. Wynu peddles
goods through South Jorsey, and one day last
summer tlje .peddjer was. making hjs rpunds at
Atco, wjieri White, whp was. theo. on a visit,
thought, i,o. hayp some fun wfth. the, Itinerant
merchant. He seized tho peddler and with a big
pair of t sheanr sliced, off half tho long heavy
be'ard Tvhjph Wynri bad 'beph cultivating for
forty years, and which was his especial prjdo.
BOY HIS OWN LAWYER, AND WON
: -St. Louis Times: Without . friend , or rela
tive present to lencourago- him, Willie- Morris,
seven years old, 1111 A Glasgow avonue, was in
;thp. Dayton Qtjeet police court Friday, to, prose
cute Edgar Arrant, merchant,-1,1.14 Glasgow nve-
.nuc, charged with- disturbing bis peace. Arrant
was fined $25. Against Willie was a. .lawyer.
Arrant and six witnesses. Willie told the court
Arrant had "smacked" him, pausing his, nose to
bleed. Arraut denied be. struck the child and
introduced his array of witnesses to prove Willie
a bad boy. "He stuck his tongue out at me,"
testified Arrant, to which Willie replied "yes."
"Ho also knocked down my stovepipe" contin
ued Arrant. Tp eaoh accusation Willie' nodded
assent. Tho lawyer took a hand in trying to
break' doWn the little fellow's testimony.' It
looked for a time as though ho would be suc
cessful. Then the court asked Willie, "Where
are your parents?" "My papa' h dend, and my
mother is sick," said the child, displaying a half
fare street car ticket which a neighbor had hand
ed him. "Twenty-five dollars and costs," shout
ed the court, and tho next case was called,
NO HOLMES TO SAVE THIS SHIP
Boston, Mass. The St. Mary's, ono of the
few survivors of the American navy's wooden
war ships, was set on fire at Point of Pines to
day for the metal that is in the dismantled hull.
It will take several days to demolish tho ship.
For many years the vessel was used as' a school
ship In the service of tho state of New York.
MISFORTUNE C03EES TO TOM L. JOHNSON
A story that will carry sorrow to many
American homes was sent out recently by the
Associated Press. It relates to the misfortune
that has fallen upon Tom L. Johnson, a man
who has devoted the recent years of hltf life to
the public Interests and who Is recognized every
where as ono of 'the great American patriots.
The story follows:
Cleveland. Mayor Tom L. Johnson, who for
years has been credited with possessing a very
large fortune, today announced that ho bad lost
everything and Would be compelled to give up
his beautiful home on Euclid avenue and raovo
into smaller and less expensive quarters. The
mayor also stated that ho would give up his
automobiles and other luxuries because ho could
not longer afford to keep them. His fortune
was wrecked, the mayor declared, by his de
votion to tho affairs of the estate of his dead
brother, Albert, who was heavily interested in
traction properties In tho east.
After Albert's death a question was put to
him whether he should resign bis office as mayor
and take up the management of Albert's estate.
"I decided that I would not," ho said. "I
had entered tho fight In this city with certain
ideals before me. I wanted to fight privilege
and special Interest and I had already decided
to give up working for dollars. So I concluded
to stay right hero and do what I could to help
my brother's children at long distance.
"Why did I chooso tho course I did? I'll
toll you. It is not becauao I am a philanthro
plat, for I am not. I acted on a puroly Bolflnh
motive. I wanted hnppincHH and nothing olsa
whon;I closed up my bualuous affairs and took
up civic. activity.
"And I'vo been happy, too. Tho post sovon
yonrtf have boon tho best of my life, leaving out
of consideration tho loss of my brother.
"I'm -going Vd bo happy yot, too. Wo may
havo to gp.Jack.to a cottage, but that's tbo way
wo started, and Wo can look upon life Just oa
joyfully thcro as wo did in tho big house on
Euclid avpnuo. . .
Whoy tell mo my onouiios aro planning to
4 .bring financial trouble upon mo. I'vo boor) ox
pQcUug It. jrfioro's ono mistako I hnvo not mado
that of failing. to foresoo tho offorts of tliojw
who wouta like to destroy mo if opportunity
presented., My .enemies aro capable of doing
that, Ono may expect nothing olso from special
privilege. ? However, I rcalizo that any othbr
sot of inl In tho samo circumBtancoa would
act tho some. Lot them do what thoy mar.' Lot
thorn mnkb any sort of attack upon mo thoy
. Phoosb with, whatever success, and thoy will find
mo with a thousand fights loft in mo.
v'Tll never give up. I'm well and strokg
ami qpnfldpnt, and they'll always find-mo at
tho frqn;. ... ..
, "If had beon,a coward If T had tunnray
from .thjB frt . f't,ho people of Cleyclandr-I
could JinYQt8avojd1.my fortuno and built lb up.
But I had chosen my course and r did nut Jiaro
anywindfor altorlng it.
:. '".Th'dr pursuit of hicro dollnra does not in
tjflrest raq,, I suppose I couJd go down. In Vall
Str66t hoW and mnko somo money. I'vo bought
and sold with J3. II, Hrtrrimnn, and I mipposo
J-c?lMd SOWd do Jt again. But I'm not going
to "do anything of tho sort. I don't want you
to misunderstand what I havo been working
for aB mayor. I havo not been laboring with
tho expectation of being rcwardod by tho grati
tude of tho people Ono can not count on that.
It is plcasuro In doing work that I liko that
has kept mo in the fight.
"I have novor mado a singlo penny out of
tho street railways since I became mayor. No
body elso has worked as hard as I, and I havo
not drawn a cent of pay from tho Municipal
Traction company as treasurer. I don't propose
to ask a cent for my work In helping tho re
ceivers. "I havo never spent money in politics -In
no campaign havo I ever paid moro than myfas
seBBment, $G00 on tho $0,700 salary of mayor.
Somo times I have not paid that much In cash
when the committee has allowed mo a certain
amount for tho use of my tents. Wo havo never
boon in debt at tho end of a campaign but onco.
When I gave up active business affairs, I did It
because tbo requirements of my work did not
squaro with my principles.
"I supposo I could havo taken up a life
of case when I retired, had I wished. I was
welcome at tho clubs, FaBt horses, yachts and
other allurements were open to rao. For mo,
though, happiness lay in another direction, -
"My only recreation has been au to mob II
ing. I'd like to keep one of my automobiles,
but I'm afraid I can't. Back in my prosperous
days I gave tho home on Euclid avenue to my
wife. It is hers yet and she'll own it still, even
though wo can't afford to live in It. I don't
feel discouraged. I'm a free man and that
meana a great deal to me, and I have my friends,
too.
"Don't you supposo it will be worth some
thing to me to have my friends realize that I
entered the mayor's office rich and left It poor?
Tho realization of what all that means Is worth
more to me than all the money I'vo lost.
"I'm going to keep on Just as I'vo started.
I'm going to be a candidate for mayor again
when thjs term Is over."
Tho Municipal Traction company, of which
Mayor Johnson was treasurer, passed Into tho
hands of receivers In tho federal court several
days ago. Following this caihe the transfer to
two local banks of tbo Depositors Savings and
Trust company, of which the mayor was presi
dent. It Is said this action was precipitated by
the threats of Mr. Johnson's individual credi
tors to file suits to obtain payment on notc
endorsed by the mayor.
It Is, said Mr. Johnson has recently lost
approximately 1400,000 in connection with hi
interests at Lorain, Ohio.
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