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    MAY BE CHANCELLOR.
BARON VON BIEDERSTEIN IN
HIQH FAVOR.
rho Clone Friend ' or Kmperor William
NoUble Cnreer of the Mnn Who Ii
Talked Of as the Next Foreign Secre
tary for Qermany.
Adolph Baron Mnrschall von Blober
ttcln is frequently montloncd in tbo
cablo dispatches as the next lmpcrl&l
chancellor of Germany. Baron von
Bleborsteln is described as an ablo
man who lacks the dash of Von Bulow,
who succeeded him lately na German
minister of foreign affairs. Ho was
born in 1842 In tho grand duchy of Ba
den. Ho became a lawyer when of
ngo, and entered tho grand ducal serv
lco in 1865. In this career he con
tinued until elected a member of tho
upper bouso of tho Baden diet in 1875.
Thcro ho distinguished himself as n
ready debater and a capable parliamen-
BARON VON BIEDERSTEIN.
tarlan. In 1878 ho was sent to tho
German rclchatag by his constituents,
whero be sorved for flvo years, then
receiving the appointment of ambas
sador of tho grand duchy of Baden at
Berlin. He served in that capacity
until he became tho successor of Count
Herbert Bismarck. After his retire
ment from tho minister of foreign af
fairs ho recoived tho appointment of
minister to Turkey. Von Bloborstcln
waB ono of tho leading men of Ger
many prominent in tho German-American
controversy ovor tho tariff. At
that tlmo It was ho who sold: "Tho fit
ful changes which are pocullnr to
American economic lifo havo
had a greater effect upon Prague
than all tho fluctuations of tho
German-American tariff legisla
tion.'.' Emperor William has been
most friendly in his nttltudo to
tho baron, who enjoyed also tho confi
dence of Bismarck. Prlnco Hohczloho,
tho late chancellor, was forced to retlro
from ofllco on account of the opposi
tion of tho Prussian diet to certain
measures which ho espoused.
WARSHIPS PITCH AND ROLL.
Kvcn In Moderate Halo 1.1 fo on Thorn I)
Very Uncomfortable.
From tho Philadelphia Press: A
well-known admiral has asserted that,
vcn with a moderate sea and galo, an
armor-plated crulsor, if going against
the wind, will find horself In conditions
similar to thoso of a storm at least
tho crow will havo that impression.
Tho movements of tho stern of tho
ship nro violent and very disagree
able. Tho waves, pushed by tho ad
vancing prow, sweep continually ovor
tho ship from bow to stern. All win
dows and portholes must bo closed and
air reaches tho lower decks, where
tho heat increases unbearably, only
through artificial ventilators. With
tho exception of tho specially protected
command brldgo all tho uncovered por
tions ot tho ship are impassablo; thus
tho whole crew must bear as well as
they can tho Inferno of tho closed
decks. In such a ship no ono can feol
comfortable and when thcro Is a storm
In which a sailing ship would feel com
paratively at ease tho crew of an nr-imor-plated
ship Imagines itself to bo
;in n heavy hurricane which threatens
'destruction every mlnuto. Tho long,
narrow forepart of tho ship which Is
mot borne lightly by tbo water and Is
rendered cxtromely heavy by tho ram
and tho armored deck and tho cannon
and torpedoes forces tho ship In a
high sea to pltchlngs and rolling which
are of a kind that cannot bo described.
HONOR FOR M ANDERSON.
Senator Charles Frederick Mander
son of Nebraska, who was recently
elected president of tho American Bar
GEN. CHARLES F. MANDERSON.
association, stands high among his
legal brethren as well as among his
senatorial colleagues.
Born In Philadelphia, Pa., In 1837,
Senator Manderson is at present 62
years of age. In 1859 young Manderson
settled In Canton, Ohio, where ho was
subsequently admitted to the bar.
When the war broke out In 1861 ho on
tercu the army In tho capacity of cap
tain. Later on he became brevet brigadier-general.
In 1869 ho settled In
Omaha.
DRIFTING BOTTLES.
(live Valuable Information ns to tfie
Ocean Current
Washington Spec. Baltimore Sun:
Somo valuablo Information respecting
ocean currents has been obtained by
tho Naval Hydrographlc ofllco through
floating bottles thrown overboard by
steamers and recovered by passing
ships, which report tho exact points nt
which they wero found. Frnqucntly
tho bottles nro picked up and again
tossed overboard after tho latltudo and
longttudo and tho number of tho bottlo
havo been noted, so that tho ofllco In
Washington mny know tho dlroctlon
taken by tho bottlo since put Into the
sea or la3t sighted by somo vessol. In
this way tho direction It has drafted
nnd tho strength of tho current enn bo
accurately estimated. Thcro aro somo
rccnt returns which Bhow that bottles
havo floated thousands of miles, nnd
ono has a record of covorlng 2,400 mllo3
In 92 days. This bottlo was tossed
overboard front tho steamship Furst
Bismarck on May 1, 1898, about 350
miles southeast of Capo Race, and re
covered on Aucttst 1 in tho vicinity
of Gluck stndt, on the Elbe. Tho dlb
tanco botween the two points, follow
ing tbo routo through tho English
Channel, is about 2,400 miles, giving
2C miles as tho lowest posslblo estlmato
of tho daily averago velocity with
which the bottlo traveled eastward.
Tho longest dlstanco mado by any bot
tlo wns ono thrown from tho steam
ship Electrician, which covered 0,300
miles In n little over three years, or nn
nvcrago of nenrly six mllc3 n day. An
other bottlo traveled 0,000 miles In 671
days, or nn averago of eight knots,
while another mado n.OOO miles In 327
days, or an averago of 15.3 knots a day.
Another good record for n bottlo Is 300
miles In 10 days, or nn avorngo of 18.S
knota a day. In conducting Its experi
ments tho navy department has had
tho co-operation of tho Russian gov
ernment, which on tho cruises of two
of its vessels had thrown In tho sea
703 bottles, of which 30 hnvo been re
covered and reported. Taken collco
tlvcly, tho paths followed by thesa
flontlng bottles glvo a good Idea of tho
drift currents of tho North Atlantic.
Tho motion of tho waters seems to bo
westerly, as Is evident by tho destina
tion of tho numerous bottles cast adrift
between Madeira and Cape San Roque,
all of which ultimately found their
way to tbo Windward Islands, the Ba
hamas or to tho western shores ot the
Gulf ot Mexico.
PROUD OF MACDONALD.
Great Britain feels proud of nor gal
lant soldier, Colonel Hector Archibald
Macdonald, aud she expects him to ac
complish wonderful things in South
Africa. "Fighting Mac1' Is tho nlck
namo that his comand gavo him In
Egypt. Colonel Macdonald was born
In 1852. At the ngo of nineteen ho
enlisted as a prlvato In tho famous
Gordon regiment. In threo years ho
was a color sergeant. Thon his regi
ment went to Egypt and his opportun
ity to distinguish himself camo. With
sixty-three of tho Gordon Highlanders
and a few Sikhs he routed an army ot
2,000 Afghans. Again, in a few weeks,
ho was mentioned in tho ofllclal dis
patches for bravery. When tho regi
ment was ordered homo ho had his
choice ot tho Victoria cross or a com
mission, and tho commission ho took.
Most of his Ufo slnco has been spent
In sorvlce In Egypt. No man except
Kitchener came out of tho last cam
paign thero with more glory than ho
did. Omdurmau was his great vic
tory, won la the faco of threatening
annihilation. Great Britain honored
him with many public marks of re-
HECTOR ARCHIBALD MACDONALD.
sped. In height Col. Macdonald is un
der six feet, but ho is compactly built
and every inch a soldier.
A Sonplrs Country.
In spite of British rulo, India is still
virtually a soaplcss country. Through
out tho villages of Hindostan soap is
Indeed regarded as a natural curiosity,
and It Is rarely, If ever, kept in stock
by tho native shopkeeper. In tho
towns it i.s now sold to a certain extent,
but how email this Is may bo gathered
from tfie fact that tho total yearly con
sumption ct soap in India la about
100,000 hundredweight that Is to say,
every 2,500 persona use on an averago
only 112 pounds of soap among them,
or, In othor words, considerably less
than an ounce Is tho averago consump
tion for a person.
Veteran Cardinal!.
Only four cardinals appointed by
Pius IX aro now living. Leo XIII is
looking forward to surviving them,
when he will havo a gold medal struck
to commemorato tho event, following
tho precedent of Urban VIII, tho only
pope that outlived every ono of the
men who elected him. Tho Inscription
on Urban's medals was: "Non voa mo
eleglstjs sed ego olegl vos," referring
to tho fact that ho had selected every
member ot tho Sacred college, Instead
of their having selected him.
LEYDS A STEONG MAN
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE
TRANSVAAL.
A Client ravorlte nt llerlln I'tilly
Able to Ooe with Chamberlain In
tho South African Dlfflcuttlet Friend
of the lloers.
Dr. W. J. Leyds, secretary of stato
for tho Trnnsvnal, Is likely to glvo
Joseph Chamberlain, colonial secretary
of England, many n troublesomo hour
before tho Boer Is anglicized. Dr.
Leyds is described as a mnn of pecu
liarly strong personal power, gifted
with a persuasive tongue, nud fully
alive to tho fact that the Boer and tho
Englishman can never agrco. Dr.
Leyds Is particularly known for his
hatred of everything English. Ho Is
tho statesman who visited Germany
and secured from Emperor William
recognition of the independence ot tho
TranBvrtnl republic. Tho emperor
promised him that ho would appoint
to tho Transvaal a German resident
instead of a consul. That Is the way
In which tho Independence ot tho
Transvaal Is acknowledged. Emperor
William likes the man, for ho decorated
him somo eighteen months ago, nnd
other honors wero shown him. Ho Is
considered one of tho very nblcst mem
bers of tho Transvaal government.
President Kruger Intrusted to him tho
negotiations with Germany which havo
been in progress for somo months past.
These negotiations nro of a naturo by
which In reality Dutch and German
interests becomo as ono In tho South
African country, and make tho task of
England In conquorlnp tho Trnnsvaal
all tho moro difficult. Tho friendship
of Emperor William for President Km-
gcr has been Inspired by Dr. Leyds.
Tho doctor Is now in Holland, whero ho
has also aroused public sentiment nnd
secured action in tho form of protests
to Queen Victoria against tho carrying
out of tho Chamberlain program In tho
Transvaal. Dr. Leyds Is of Dutch de
scent, but Is not a Boer.
LONELY ISLAND HIS HOME.
BtrnnKo Man, Said to Ito uu American.
1'ur.r.lei the Mexican.
"There nro some queer freaks In tho
world," said a visitor from the interior
recently, relates the Mexico Two Ro
publics, "and ono of thorn lives on tho
west coaat of Mexico. Ho 1b nn Amerl
can, according to all reports, but so
far no ono has succeeded In penetrat
ing' tho mystery that surrounds him.
Down toward tho Isthmus, not far
from tho mainland, la a small Island,
and It Is on this that tho American
lives. Very few pcoplo know how long
ho has been there. Tho Indians nil
know him, but none of them enn tell
anything about his first coming. Ho
has resldod on tho Island for so many
years that ho has becomo as much of a
flxturo as tho rugged rocks that stand
out on tho coast. I snw him onco on
the mainland, as ho camo to a little
vlllngo to procuro supplies. About
four times a year ho make3 a trip to
somo vlllngo on tho mainland to buy
such things as ho needs. Ho never has
anything to sell and alwuys pnys in
gold-dust, the origin of which lu as
much of n mystery as tho man himself.
His nppearanco Is patriarchal now, Ills
long gray beard, whlto hulr nnd wild
look mako him nn object of great curi
osity to a stranger. Ho speaks Span
ish brokenly, but with an accent thnt
docs not betray his nationally. His
complexion Is dark, probnbly duo to
tho rays of tho sun, but ho has a cer
tain air about him that Indicates ho Is
not a Mexican. Thero has often boon
much speculation as to whero his gold
camo from. Many think ho hnB a se
cret rnlno on the Islaud which ho
works from tlmo to time. Explorers
who have visited tho Island, however,
report that it is barren, and gives no
Indication of mineral deposits. It Is
(aid that the old man lives In a cave
In tho rocks, and that his food Is birds
nnd fish. Ho Is well armed nnd always
buys considerable ammunition on his
trips to tho mnlnland. A number of
tines peoplo havo tried to draw him
out, but ho refuses to talk ot his past
or present mode of life, nnd such at
tempts aro leldom made now. Ha la
entirely alono on tho Island nuA seems
to love his solitude. Ills trips to nnd
from tho island aro mado in an old
hip's boat, which ho has had ever
slnco tho prceent generation has
known him. His expert handling ot
tho sails and oars lends somo to bellevo
tnat at ono tlmo he was n sailor.
Many think that ho Is the solo sur
vivor of n shipwreck that occurred on
the coast about forty years ago. Among
tho legends ot the coast Indlnns Is ono
which tells of tho wreck of n big ocean
vessel one stormy night and ot tho loss
of every soul on board. Thcro Is n
superstition that at times this vessel
sails along tho cotmt nt night and
flnnlly strikes a rock and goes down,
just no It did so many years ago. It is
eald that tho moans and cries of tho
passengers and crew can bo heard at
these times. Thcro nro other pcoplo
who say that tho old man's Bolf-ban-lshment
Is duo to a crlmo ho com
mitted in California. But nobody Is
sure, aud probably never will bo.
Meantime tho old man continues to
lend lilo mysterious life."
DO NOT SUFFER FROM HEAT.
Heerorn Cilu Slnud the Run' ltajri, but
Knjny Cooling Their licit.
From tho Florida Times-Union: It
tins often been said thut tho capacity
of tbo negro race for enduring heat has
never been fully tested. An Incident
related by a dairyman living In tho
outskirts of tho city ticcms to bear out
this assertion. Ho has u young negro
boy who looks after tho cattlo and
docs tho chores around tho place. Tho
only effect that tho heat produces In
his caso Is n desire to slumbor. Tho
dairyman had a young calf In tho
I barnyard and as tho sun wns pouring
In on tho poor animal his wlfo Bont
"Carllnu" out to turn tho calf looso,
so thnt he could seek a shady spot. Aft
er waiting nn hour .for his roturn tho
housowlfo went to tho barnyard to in
vestigate. Thoro sho found both boy
and calf curled up in the stifling barn
yard. Tho calf was dead from tho ef
fects of tho sun, but tho boy was slum
bering peacefully by its side. Whllo a
negro can stand any amount of heat
on his head, ho loves to cool his heels.
It Is a common sight In tho winter to
see a negro boy on n frosty morning
with his head bundled up to keep out
the cold and at tho same tlmo walking
unconcernedly along tho frosty ground
In his bnro feot. Ono ot tho hottest
places in tho city on n hot day Is at
tho lumber wharves of tho Florida Cen
tral Peninsular railroad. When
tho men knock off for noon they fre
quently tako a nap with their facos
up-turned to tho rays of tho blazing
sun; at tho samo tlmo they get tholr
feet under tho uhadow.of some friend
ly lumber pllo.
A l'rlni'D'n Dilemma.
Tho German emperor likes to study
tho characters of his group of small
sons, and to that end has given them
a room next to tho ono used for busi
ness purposes for himself. A certain
great scientific mnn, having on ono
occasion nn lntcrvlow with tho em
peror, left hlo hat In tho adjoining
vestibule. Thoro tho llttlo brothers
discovered It; and tho crown prlnco,
explaining to tho younger ones that
"papa" sometimes sat on his opera hat
nnd it camo nil right again, proceded
to glvo n practical Illustration of this
stntoment, to tho ruin of tho beaver.
Tho omperor'fl door suddenly opened
nnd "papa" nnd tho professor appeared.
Llko n manly llttlo fellow tho crown
prlnco owned up, apologized to tho
laughing profensor nnd went off to buy
for tho old gentleman a now hat with
his small pocket change.
Hutu Undermined It.
An extraordinary occurrence happen
ed tho ether day lit Urussols. A milk-'
woman with her cart, drawn by two!
dogs, was passing through a street in
tho center of tho city, when of a sud-:
den tho roadway opened and the cart
and dogs disappeared. Investigation
showed thnt tho roadway had been un
dermined by rata, which swam Id the
neighborhood.
"IRISH INDIAN CHIEF.
THOMAS. R. RODDY'S NEW
DISTINCTION.
The Winnebago, a Beml-ClTltlied Tribe,
Adopt Illm a Their Vroteelor floon
to lie Inltlatod nt n Modlclne 1'on
Wow. Tho honor of being mndo chlof of tho
WInnobngo trlbo of Indians, to buc
cecd Black Hawk, has fallen to tne lot
of Thomaa Richard Roddy, who Is per
haps the first white mnn or at least
ono of tho first to enjoy this extraor
dinary distinction. Roddy lino spent
most of his life In dealing with In
dians. On account of his powerful
physique nnd fearless spirit ho long
ngo acquired tho confldenco of tho Win
ncbagos, who showed him every mark
of consideration, declaring that tomo
day they Intended to mako him chief
THOMAS RICHARD RODDY.
of tho tribe. So long as Black Hawk
remalnod nllvo thoy could not do this,
but when death claimed tho old war
rior they at onco choso Roddy to suc
ceed him. For several months past
Roddy has been living In Chicago,
where ho has been prosecuting certain
Indian claims. His rcsldcnco Is flomc
whero In Wisconsin. Long beforo
reaching manhood Roddy embarked in
trafllc with tho Indians. His father be
foro him had boon nn Indian trader
and ho grew up amid tho perils ot tho
frontier, fearing nothing In human
gulso and wholly lndlfforent to dan
ger. Indeed, ho frequently spent wcoks
and months In tho Indian settlements,
acquiring skill In tho oxorcises of tho
bow nnd forming many warm porsounl
attachments.
When ho grew older, Roddy, or Chlof
Whlto Buffalo, as ho Is to bo known In
tho future, found a further flold for
hlB abilities In providing Indian bands
for spcctnculnr purposes. Ho was ono
of tho first men to contract for a Bup
ply ot braves to tuko part In Buffalo
Bill's show. Ho takos Indiana to ex
positions and carnivals, and Is oven
planning to tako a few hundred to tho
Paris exposition next year. Ho want
ed to bring somo to Chicago for tho
fall festival, but his proposal was not
favorably received. If tho WInnobngo
Indians had nny of tho old spirit, tho
now chlof might find his hands full
ot troublo beforo long. Ono of tho
braves, Green Cloud, who Is now In
seclusion In Nebraska, claims to hold
tho real right ot succession to tho
chieftainship. Ho Is a bad Indlnn. Mrs,
Roddy eays ho drinks whisky. Tribal
war might possibly result, but Roddy
Is now on his way to Nebraska, whero
he hopes to convert Green Cloud to his
support. Green Cloud Is credited with
having killed old Black Hawk's only
son three years ago. Tho United
States government pays $28,000 a year
to tho Btipport of tho Winnebago In
dians. Roddy has been tholr buslncfl3
agent for somo time, nnd ns chlof will
have oven grentor authority. When ho
U invested with his rank at n mcdl
clno pow-wow beforo long ho will be
como tho possessor of tho many valu
able wampum belts which tho Wlnno
bagos won nnd which pass from chief
to chief. Ills prlvato collection of wam
pum belts now Is said by his wlfo to
bo bigger and moro valuablo than nny
In tho Unltod States.
I'mnoli Ntudylnj; (lormiui.
It Is said that tho study of German
Is Increasing In Franco, while the study
of English l on tho dccllno, In tho
Ecolo des Sciences Polltlqucs, In Paris,
whero dlplomnts nro trained, many
moro study German thnu English.
Many young Frenchmen nro now being
sent to Germany nnd Austria Instead
of England to get acquainted with tho
languago of tho victors of 1870. In a
Paris lyceo 143 students study German
to 34 English. In nnother school tho
proportion ot German to English la
500 to 188. In tho Marsolllos gymna
sium two-thirds study German, ono
thlrd English. It Is bollavcd thnt this
French Interest In Gormnn will havo a
powerful Influenco lu tho commerce
nnd politics of the world in tho next
genorntlon.
Mnrcheritu' Fondness for White.
Queen Marghcrlta Is passionately
fond of whlto, nnd wears It moro than
nnythlng clso. Ono day sho asked tho
king If ho thought filio wan groving
too old to wear whlto dresses. Tho
king replied that ho would llko to
think tho matter over. In tho courso
ot a weok the queen received a noto
from her royal husband, saying thnt
his answer would bo found in tbo ac
companying box. Tho box contained
threo beautiful whlto dresses,
No DamnRe That lie Could Nee,
Magistrate "You aro charged with
funning over an olu ladv whllo scoroh
Ing. What havo you to my In regard
to thlB awful accident?" Defendant
"Awful nceldont? Why, n llttlo thing
Uka that doesn't hurt a good blcyclo
nv- mlnn Is!" Stra" Stories
A MILLIONAIRE
Whole Untlre 'Wealth Wat Invested In
the Taper on Ills Walla
"Whllo In Johannesburg I saw n
samplo of what wnB probnbly tho most
valuablo wallpaper ever used In a
bouso," says n traveler recently re
turned from South Africa. "It was a
shnro certificate in ono of tho richest
gold mines of the Knnd. In tho early
days nn Englishman who worked in
ono of tho first mines opened took
his pay partly in cash, but chiefly in
scrip of shares of tho company. For
many years tho rnlno yielded little,
nnd tho company was unablo to pay
dividends. After n tlmo tho English
man got discouraged with working thq
pick for these nicely engraved but un
marketable pieces of paper, and left
tho placo for another part ot tho coun
try, whero ho continued to work hard
for a living, barely making both cuds
meet. Tho miner's wlfo used tho
shard certificates, with somo odds ami
ends of prints from papers sent to
them, In papering tho walls of their
cabin, and they remained thero ns n
grim reminder of tho hollowncss ot
mnn'a expectations. Things got
worse, nnd tho miner nnd his wlfo
wero near starvation, when ono day
a broker newly arrived from England
hunted up tho cabin and mado an
offer tor tho wallpaper. Tho prlco ho
mentioned wus so largo ns to oxclto
tho miner's curiosity, nud on Investi
gation ho found thnt ho wns a largo
shareholder In ono ot tho most profit
ablo gold ml n en In tho world. Ho kept
his shares, and todny ho In ono of tho
biggest mining kings. But even ho
probnbly has had no wallpapor slnco
thnt tlmo that represented ns much
wcnlth as did tho covering ot tho walls
of his llttlo cabin."
THE WORLD'S COLDEST PLACE.
ItuMlati llumlot on Ynna ItUer llolils
Thnt Distinction.
From tbo Philadelphia Press: Vor
cholnuBk 1b considered to bo tho cold
est plnco In tho world, It Is a small
collection ot nntlvo log houses, plant
ed near to, but not on, tbo Ynnn rlvor.
Tho street, If so It may be called, ox
tends on cither sldo of n narrow shoot
of water, n kind ot crook formed by tha
autumn overflow ot tho Ynnn, aud
which In winter formo n frozen prom
enndo or driving plnco for sleds. It is
n dreary placo enough. Tho summer
lasts only four months, nnd during the
other eight of tho year It lo btttorly
cold, tho thermometer sometimes Indi
cating 80 degrees below zero, and It sel
dom goes abovo CO degrees until April
30. Corn will not grow in this desolato
region. Bnrloy nnd oats hnvo been
sown, but havo always ouccumbed to
tho enrly frosts. Ot vogotnblcs, thcro
nro only tho rndlsh nnd tho turnip,
with, perhaps an occasional and very
precarious crop of potntocB. Cabbages
Till run to Icnf. Tho ground raroly
thaws, ovon during tho hot season, be
yond twelvo or eighteen inches deop,
and in places much oxpoBed to tho heat
nover bcyoud n yard. Most ot tho
dwellings nro Rrikut huts, built of llr
trees against n squnro framoworlc anil
covered thickly with mud to keep out
tho cold.
DEWEY'S ONLY SON.
Admiral Dowry's only son benrs tho
nanio of Gcorgo Goodwin Dowoy, Ho
lo In tho employ of a largo dry goods
commission houso of Now York city
and Is said to be quite successful ns n
business man. When lu n Cincinnati
dry goods houso tho othor day ho was
Hobsonlzcd by an unblushing fcmnlo
clerk. At tho tlmo his father won tho
victory at Manila bay tho young man
was in Now York city. Ills associates
proposed to fota him nnd mako much
ado bccauEo ho was tho son ot hi
father. Thon tho Dowoy spirit enmo
to tho front, for young Goorgo roso
up and said that any honors of that
sort should go to hla father and not
to him. Ho declnred that ho was only
n quiet American citizen; that his
father bad dono no moro than his
GEORGE 0. DEWEY,
duty, and that if cclobrntlons wero to
bo in ordor they should bo for tho vic
tory Itself and not for tho members ot
tho Dewey family. Mr. Dowoy has de
clined to bo Interviewed or mado fa
mous by tho nowapapcrs. Ho has nover
discussed his father except to say that
ho did at Manila what tho family
know ho would do. Tho son graduated
from Prlncoton In 1890, and Immedi
ately engaged In mercantllo business.
Ho did not enro for tho soa, which was
pleasing to his father.
Deuth Follow VI i Vr'ck.
Birmingham (Ala.) special Now York
Times: Miss Julia Brown, 10 years
old, slstor of Abraham Brown, n prom
inent merchant of Beasomor, died re
cently. Sho pormlttcd n friend to
prick a plmplo on hor faco with n pin..
Erysipelas followed, and lator, despite
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