OVER THT STATE.
Mrs. Hall of Auburn last week cele
brated her 89th birthday.
A series of evangelistic meetings
are under way at Hastings.
Fire broke out in the Methodist par
sonage at Humboldt, but the structure
was saved by prompt action.
Chicken thieves have been operating
of late very successfully around Beat
rice.
Five cases of diphtheria in a malig
nant form have developed in the fam
ily of Fred Hagemeir, four miles
northwest of Pickrill.
Henry P. Kelly was found dead in
his bed at the Elkhorn hotel in Chad
ron. He was aged 73 years and only
a few days before had followed his
daughter to the grave.
Secretary of State Galusha was in
Red Cloud, where he cast a vote for
the issuance of bonds to construct a
water works system. The bonds
amount to $10,000 and the proposition
carried.
Several cases of scarlet fever are
reported in the vicinity of Cook, but
it seems to be of a light form. All
persons affected are quarantined and
every precaution is being taken to
avoid its spreading.
The board of purchase and supplies
granted a contract to the Kerr-Kipp
company of Hastings for groceries for
the insane asylum at that place.
Grainger brothers won the contract
for the Lincoln asylum.
Governor Mickey has issued a re
quisition upon the governor of Iowa
for the return to Nebraska of J. C.
Morgan. Morgan is wanted in Seward
on an embezzlement charge. He is un
der arrest at Atlantic, la.
Sheriff Ress of Lancaster county
left for New York City. He will bring
hack Charles .1. Liugreen. a farmer
accused of disposing of $1,400 worth
of mortgaged property. Governor
Mickey issued a requisition.
A committee nas oeen appomteu 10
secure a successor to Rev. E. Van
Dyke Wight as president of Hastings
college, whose resignation will take
effect June 13. Thus far the commit
tee has no one in view for the place.
As a sequel to the fire at the Depot
hotel in Chadron Tom Wilkes, colored,
a former cook at the hotel, is bound
over to the district court of Dawes
county, which convenes March 19. to
answer to the charge of arson and
theft.
Attorney General Brown filed in thf
supreme court a motion for a rehear
ing in the Bartley bond case, which
was recently decided against the state
on a technicality, the court holding
that the record had not been authenti
cated according to the statutes.
A young man was taken off the
through stock freight at Seward in a
half frozen condition. He was about
19 years old and said his home was
at Colorado Springs. He had ridden
between two box cars fr>un Ravenna
through the blizzard without an over
coat.
Lincoln has enjoyed prosperity in a
marked degree, during the year just
ended. An annual review shows tha;
$2,440,000 was expended during the
year on new buildings and public im
provements. while a forecast, based
on announcements already made, indi
cates that a much greater sum is to
be spent in 1906.
Miss Edith, the 16-year-old daughter
of the proprietor of the Jamison hotel.
Grand Island, was seized with an epi
leptic fit, and fell against a red hot
stove just over the threshold of her
room. She had just left the hotel of
fice. Her sister came in a few mo
ments to her rescue, but the unfortu
nate young lady had been seriously
burned and will be disfigured for life.
C. D. Robinson of Pawnee City, in
the year 1890, planted forty acres of
land some six miles, southwest of Table
Rock to catalpa and Osage orange
trees, which are now fifteen years old.
He has commenced to cut the catalpas
in pole lengths and thinks he will hav?
50,000 catalpa poles of good size, which
he is preparing to ship and from
which he expects to realize quite a
sum.
A fight between a drunken sailor and
three policemen in the gallery of Lar
son's theater, Fremont, during a per
formance almost precipitated a riot.
People jumped from tfleir seats and
ran for the door. The performance
was stopped, the lights turned on and
Charles B. Hanford, the leading man.
requested the audience to be calm,
adding there was no danger. The dis
turber was jailed for three months.
A fire destroying property valued
at $2,000 was started by an incendiary
at Edgar in the second story of the
two-story frame building owned by
Howard Brothers and occupied by the
B. F. Rooney Implement company. The
fire alarm beil refusing to work, it
was found that the bell clapper hao
been tied so that no alarm could be
sent to the firemen until the flames
had gained such headway that all at
tempts to check them proved futile.
The Bell Telephone company has
completed the line from Broken Bow
into Callaway. This gives the people
of Callaway the opportunity of reach
ing out over the eastern part of the
country, which has long been the bone
of contention.
Captain C. E. Adams of Superioi
has gone to Washington to attend the
meeting of the national committee ol
the G. A. R. on pensions. It is ex
pected that the action of this commit
tee will resuit in harmonizing and sys
tematizing the conflicting interests in
volVed In matters of pension legisla
tion in congress.
Governor Mickey has received his
commission as aide-de-camp on the
staff of John Tanner, commander-in
chief of the Grand Army of the Re
public. The announcement of the ap
pointment of the governor was made
some time ago.
The body of Fred Stopf. a man 4(
years of age, tvas found back ol
Smith's bowling alley iu Bellwood
Sheriff West was notified and im
mediately upon his arrival an inquesl
was held resulting in a verdict thal
the man came to his death as the re
suit of accidentally falling and break
ing his neck.
SCANDAL ON STATE.
Senator Millard Berates Nebraska
Cattlemen.
WASHINGTON Dispatch—Senator
Millard's attention was called to an
interview in which Former Senator
Dietrich berates the cattlemen of Ne
braska for breaking their promise
with the president and secretary of
the interior. Discussing the matter
Senator Millard said:
‘ Mr. Dietrich is right when he says
the Nebraska cattlemen made a posi
tive promise to take down their fences
within a year. 1 think it was dur
ing the winter of 1902-03 that the
leading cattlemen visited Washington
and consulted with members of the
Nebraska and Wyoming delegations as
to the proposed action by the govern
ment in forcing the fences down.
Members of the delegation accom
panied the cattlemen to the office of
the secretary of the interior and to
the president's office and had satisfac
tory interviews with both the high of
ficials. They were told most emphati
cally that all fences cumbering the
public domain must be removed, but
that the government did not intend to
distress the cattlegrowers by precipi
tate action. It was agreed, as Sena
tor Dietrich says, that the cattlemen
should begin soon to prepare for the
work of removal which was to have
been effected and completed by June
of the following year, ample time in
which to make the change without
loss of animals on the ranges.
"It is deplorable.” continued Sena
tor Millard, "that the cattlemen did
not keep their promises. The failure
to do so incensed the secretary of the
interior, which has led to indictments
and removal of officials in Nebraska,
resulting in a scandal which has hurt
the state.”
MUST BE REMOVED AT NIGHT
New Rule With Reference to Handling
Codies.
LINCOLN—At a meeting of the
state board of health, the salary and
expenses of State Health Inspector
Spalding, from October 1 to January 1.
amounting: to 12. were allowed. The
rule was also made, at the request
of the secretaries of the state embalm
ing board, that dead bodies may be
disinterred only in ihe hours of the
night in Nebraska in the future. The
rules of the National Embalmers' as
sociation are to he enforced in the
state.
Permits for moving bodies must
be secured from W. N. Hill of Hebron,
secretary of the hoard of embalmers
who will have charge of the enforce
ment of the new rules. Besides the
change being made at night, when
the streets are the least frequented, it
is required that all bodies be sealed in
air tight receptacles as soon as re
moved from the grave, and that none
except those actually engaged in the
work of disinterment he present. It
is- thought that the spread of conta
gious or infectious diseases may he
'eyened by these precautions.
Battleship Builder at Lincoln.
LINCOLN—Frank G. Moran, the
junior member of the firm of Moran
Bros., the Seattle ship builders, who
only recently completed the battleship
Nebraska, spent a day in Lincoln. Mr.
Moran denied himself to interviewers,
declaring that he was away from
home for recreation and wished to
forget all about business. He con
fessed. however, that the construc
tion of the Nebraska was the most
formidable contract ever undertaken,
but the ship wheu completed would
be a worthy accession to Uncle Sam's
navy.
New Postmasters to Appoint.
WASHINGTON Dispatch — Con
gressman Hinshaw has been notified
by the post office department that the
terms of the postmasters at Exeter.
Stromsburg. Geneva and Wymore.
Neb., 'expire within a few days. In
the cases of Geneva and Wymore, the
services of the incumbents are satis
factory to the department and it was
stated by the officials that, unless
conclusive reasons for a contrary ac
tion were shown, they would be re-ap
pointed. acting upon the almost un
animous endorsement of the patrons
of the two offices.
Almost Frozen to Death.
HASTINGS—In going out to a
straw stack near his farm home east
of Kenesaw, I. P. Evans found, a
tramp lying in the straw with both
hands and feet frozen and perfectly
helpless. It is believed his hands and
feet will have to be amputated.
Lands Appraised Too Low.
Members of the Board of Educa
tional Lands and Funds looked over
the school lands in Webster county
recently and passed upon the ap
praisement. In several instances the
board concluded the appraisement
was too low and ordere a new ap
praisement.
Biennial Election Law.
LINCOLN—Motions for rehearings
in the biennial law cases were filed
in the supreme court. The biennial
election laws were declared unconsti
tutional just before election. The ap
peals were filed from Buffalo and
Gage counties.
Railroad Fireman Fatally.
ALLIANCE—Fireman F. W. Kraft
was run over in the yards here and
had both legs and his right arm
crushed so bady that they had to be
amputated. He will not live.
Reward for Murderer.
Governor Mickey has issued a proc
lamation offering a reward of $200, on
the part of the state, for the arrest
and conviction of the murder of
the unidentified man whose body was
found on the banks of the Platte near
Cedar Bluffs.
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The records of commitments at the
Nebraska penitentiary show a greater
number of prisoners for December
than in any single month for several
years. Forty-two men were added to
the prison rolls during that period.
Battleships in Danger
The almost serious disaster on Jan.
7, involving three of our battle-ships
will greatly disturb the American peo
ple. Five of the more modern battle
ships of the eight t.iat make up the
battle-ship squadron of the North At
lantic fleet (one of the finest in the
Arorld) were engaged in an ordinary
or routine maneuver. Working against
wind and tide the line of battle-ships
was thrown into confusion by one
ship running aground, and it required
the greatest exertion to prevent the
destruction of the Kearsarge, the
Kentucky, and the Alabama.
As it was. the Kearsarge was run
aground to prevent a collision with
the stranded Kentucky, and the Ala
bama. the third ship in line, crashed
into tl*a Kentucky. All the vessels
except the Kentucky were able to pro
ceed to Hampton roads, but the squad
ron was crippled as badly in getting
iil.u 1 ' ~'B
DUt of New York harbor as it would
have been in an ordinary naval en
gagement.
The disaster will provoke the more
discussion in foreign naval circles be
cause each one of the battle-ships in
volved had a fine record for seaworth
iness as well as for fighting evolu
tions. The Kearsarge. the Kentucky,
and the Alabama, had come victor
ious from the severest tests in long
voyages and in all sorts of weather. |
The Kearsarge and the Kentucky had
just left the dry dock at the New
York navy yard after slight repairs.
The Illinois had been thoroughly
overhauled at the Boston navy yard.
All the vessels of the battle-ship
squadron, including the Missouri and
I the Indiana, were in splendid condi
tion for a cruise. The Indiana, re
modeled in the last two years, has
! just been put in commission to take
the place of the Massachusetts, which
goes out of commission for repairs.
In fact, the North At’antic fleet, in
cluding the four new armored cruis
j ers, was never in better condition ‘'or
effective work. All the vessels ex
, cept the coast squadron were to pro
ceed to Culebra for the winter ma
neuvers, and yet at the very begin- .
ning of this active campaign the very
flower of the fleet narrowly escaped
disaster in getting out of a home har
bor.
It seems clear that the navigators
were not at fault. It is officially re- :
ported that the vessels were proceed
ing in the regulation formation, fol
• lowing the flagship in line at a dis
tance of 1,200 feet. But if the dis
tance interval is not great enough to
permit a battleship to maneuver in
safety, why should it have been main
tained in this case or in any other?
The sinking of the hattle-ship Vic
toria by the battle-ship Camperdown.
June 22, 1893, aroused the Britsh
naval department to the folly of fol
lowing literally routine or standing
orders under all circumstances. The
British Mediterranean fleet was ma
neuvering off Tripoli. The Victoria,
the flagship of Vice Admiral Tryon.
was leading one column of the fleet,
and the Camperdown, the flagship of
Rear Admiral Markham, was leading
; the other.
i The order was for the columns, at
a signal, to reverse sailing direction. ■
turn inward, each ship to follow its
leader at a distance of 3.600 feet. In
making the turn the ram of the Cam
perdown struck the Victoria at an
angle of eighty degrees on the star
board how, about twenty feet forward
of the turret, and the Victoria went
■ down with Vice Admiral Tryon and I
| 430 officers and men.
i The court martial that investigat
ed the disaster held that the manen
i ver was dangerous and expressed re
gret that Rear Adlntiral Markham
i had not disobeyed the order the car
rying out of which seemed to him cer
tain to result disastrously.
The Camperdown episode resulted
in several important changes in Brit
ish naval routine. It is possible that
the recent “mix-up” in our battleship
squadron may tesult in changes In
our own naval routine.
Community Honors Colored Man.
Stephen Bales, a colored rran. has
been chief of police and city sheriff of
Vergennes. Vt.. for twenty-six con
secutive years. He was born of free
parents in Shirley, Va., nearly sixty
four years ago. Bates is a very intel
ligent man, entirely self-taught and oc
cupies a high place in the estimation
o£ the community where he lives.
To Improve Japanese Harbors.
All the principal harbors of the Mi
kado’s empire will be conspicuously
improved. The municipality of Yoko
hama has just appropriated the
amount of $1,500,000 for harbor Im
provements at that port. Large sums ,
have also been set aside by the gov- [
eminent for increasing the capacity
of its arsenals and naval yards.
Japanese Coin for Korea.
The Japanese government is intro
ducing new silver coins into .Korea. |
This new coinage is of three denomin- ;
ations. The silver half “won” corre- j
spends to the Japanese half yen (25 ;
cents American currency); the 20 j
“chon” and 5 chon pieces have re- i
spectively the same value as the Jap
anese 20 sen and 5 sen.
Masterpieces of Marine Painter.
Chevalier De Martino, marine paint
er to King Edward, has completed the
ambition of his life. He has just
completed, after twelve years' work,
a series of pictures illustrative of the
most striking episodes in the battles
of Trafalgar, the Nile and Cape St.
Vincent
I iiesc three battleships figured in a remarkable naval accident in New
York hay Jar. 7. The Kentucky, which ran aground and was rammed
by the Alabama, is in the picture at the upper left. The Alabama is in
the upper right. At the lower left is the Kearsage. which also ran aground.
The diagram in the lower right shows how the accidents occurred. It is
drawn from a description furnished by Rear Admiral Davis.
WHY MOCHA COFFEE IS SCARCE
Methods of Cultivation and Transpor
tation Primitive.
Back in the mountain districts be
hind Aden the Arabs grow mocha
coffee. Each “farmer" has a few
bushes on which he raises enough for
his own use and a little extra to sell
to the traveling buyers who go from
one farm to another collecting the
raw berries in very small quantities.
Finally, a caravan is formed which
transports the precious product to
Aden, a journey taking two or three
weeks. From Aden the coffee is ex
ported. mostly to France and Ameri
ca. where it is worth almost its
weight in gold. Genuine mocha will
not be easily obtainable, or cheap,
until the Arabs adopt modern meth
ods of cultivation and build railroads
from the plantations to Aden, the
seaport. Apropos of this, a contempo
rary thinks it a miracle that statis
tics show that during the last six
years the grocers of this country have
sold 3.500.000 pounds of “pare mocha
and java coffee." while there has
been blit 137.000 pounds imported dur
ing the same period.
America Treasury of World.
Jonathan and his continent hold
the money grip. With one-twrentieth
of the world's population the United
States has two-thirds of its banking
power, capita!, surplus, circulation
and deposits being considered. The
banking strength of the world has in
creased 105 per cent since 1890, while
that of the United States has expand
ed 170 per cent and that of New York
city 200 per cent. New York hank
clearings average greater than those
of l.ondon and far in excess of those
of any other financial center. With
expansion comes responsibility. Seri
otts financial straits in America would
be felt the world over. So inextric
ably intermixed are the fates of Ber
lin: Vienna. l.ondon. Paris, and New
York, that none can suffer without
the others.
First English Rifle League.
The first practical outcome of Lord
Roberts' appeal for national efficiency
in the use of the rifle is the forma
tion of the Northern Counties Indus
trial Rifle league.. In opening the first
competition of the league in St.
George’s hall. Newcastle-on-theTyne,
the Honorable Aileen Roberts,
"Bobs’" daughter, showed how much
she bad taken her father's doctrine
to heart by scoring an "inner,” nar
rowly missing the bull's-eye.
Russians Popular at Capital.
Baron Rosen, the Russian ambassa
dor to this country, took a prominent
place in the public eye during the
peace conference in Portsmouth and
since then has become very popular
In Washington. Democratic in man
ner to a degree, he is a lover of club
life, invariably affable and is hardly
ever seen without a cigar in his
mouth. The baroness is a great social
favorite in the capital.
Paper Milk Bottles.
Consul-General Listoe, of Rotter
dam, reports that he has received nu
merous inquiries for the names and
addresses of American manufacturers
of paper milk bottles. It appears that
these bottles have recently been
noticed at considerable length and
very favorably commented upon by
the Netherlands press.
Boys’ School for Albania.
Shaban Bey, a leader of the Alban
ian insurrection against. Turkey, has
arrived in this country to try to inter
est the American board of foreign mis
sions In his project for a boys’ school
in Albania.
WHEN LIFE BEGAN ON EARTH.
Surface Must Then Have Been Sea
of Molten Rock.
Life on earth began when the sur
face was a sea of molten rock, if we
may accept the theory of Geoffrey
.Martin of Kiel university. It must j
have been based on silicon instead of !
carbon, ami associated with it as j
fundamental elements were perhaps |
phosphorus, sulphur, and oxygen, in i
place of the hydrogen, oxygen, and ni- j
trogen. of modern life forms. This j
silicious life is supposed to have !
flourished in the sea of molten rock, >
with which it blended at death, leav
ing no trace. A possible trace, how
ever, n^ay remain in many remarkable
minerals, whose fiber like structure
may be due to former existence in or
ganic form, asbestos being an ex
ample. With the cooling of the
earth, carbon entered more and more
i into the composition of living mat
ter. and the silicon solidified out.
There may now be worlds at high
temperature, it is contended, with life
in its silicon age.
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MADE RICH BY STANDARD OIL.
William G. Rockefeller a Witness in
Great Lawsuit.
William G. Rockefeller, who is a j
witness in the suit of the state of
Missouri against the Standard Oil
company, is a director in the latter
concern and a brother of the oil mag
nate, .lohn D. Rockefeller. He was
born in Riehford, Tioga county, N,
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Mr (9 /XXyrTTTIZZjP
Y., May 31, 1841. He has been at
’ the head of the oil company in New
: York since 1865. Before he entered
[ the oil business he was a bookkeep
' er and later partner in a produce com
mission firm. He was married in
i 1864 to Miss Almira Geraldine Good
\ sell. His residence is C89 Fifth ave
nue, New Y’ork.
Too Much Providence.
A number of politicians in Washing
ton wore discussing the tendency ot
; a certain well-known political speak
er invariably to allude to his party's
successes as having been "directed by
the hand of Providence.” “It's most
extraordinary.’’ said Representative
John Sharp Williams, “but he really
seems sincere in that conviction. At
the same time, gentlemen, while I
haven’t the least objection to the sen
ator’s having an ace up his sleeve oc
casionally. I do wish he would not
always insist that Providence put it
there!”
English Woman Politician.
Miss Ellen Pollock has the distinc
tion of being the only woman political
registration agent in the United King
dom. She is secretary of the Strand
Liberal and Radical association and is
j agent for the party in the borough of
1 the Strand.
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Banker a Millinery “Artist.”
It is said that Mr. Morosini. the
rich New York banker, designs most
of his daughter's hats and that they
are e delight to the eye
Great Educator Dead
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William Rainey Harper, president
Sf the University of Chicago, died
Jan. 10, at his residence. Fifty-ninth
street and Dexington avenue, Chicago.
Death resulted from a cancerous
growth in the intestines of more than
a year’s standing.
The end was peaceful and without
pain. All the members of the family
were at the bedside when the end
tame. To all Dr. Harper had spoken
his farewell message. His last words
were: "God always helps.”
Sketch of Dr. Harper's Career.
William Rainey Harper was born
in New Concord. Muskingum county.
Ohio, July 20. 18.70. His parents.
Samuel Harper and Ellen Elizabeth
Jiainey Harper, were of Scotch-Irlsh
ancestry. The boy who grew to be
the great educator, was the oldest of
five children.
Dr. Harper received his early edu
cation in Muskingum college, in his
home village. Entering the college
at the age of eight years, he com
pleted the course with honors, and
was graduated when 14 years old with
the degree of B. A. At the graduation
exercises he delivered the commence
ment day oration in Hebrew, the
study of which even then had in
tensely interested him.
Following his graduation Dr. Har
per remained at home for three years,
pursuing his favorite studies, and
when 17 years of age entered the
graduate department of Yale univer
sity, and after two years received .the
degree of Doctor of Philosopny.
Then, almost exactly thirty years
ago, he married the daughter of Presi
dent Paul of the Muskingum college,
and although only 19 years oi age be
gan life as the principal of the Mason
ic college at Macon, Tenn.
Dr. Harper retained his position as
head of the Masonic college for one
year only. He resigned the principal
ship to become a tutor in Denison
university at Granville. Ohio, of
which Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews was
then president. Dr. Harper was ap
pointed principal of the preparatory
department of the college.
In 1880 Dr. Harper went to Chicago,
taking the chair of Hebrew and Old
Testament exegesis of the Baptist
Theological seminary at Morgan Park.
Here he remained for six years, and
not content with the regular duties
of his position organized a summer
school for the study of Hebrew,
taught the same language by mail,
and founded the American Institute
of Hebrew.
The call extended to Dr. Harper
by the trustees of the Morgan Park
seminary was extended with some
misgivings, and upon the advice of
President Andrews of Denison and
the president of their own seminary,
George W. Northrop.
In 1885 President Harper became
principal of the Chautauqua College
of Liberal Arts, which position he re
tained for six years.
One year after accepting this place
he resigned his chair at the Morgan
Park seminary and became professor
of Semitic languages in the faculty
of the Yale university. He also be
came professor of Bibical literature
in the academic faculty. He carried
on • the duties of his three positions
with great success and vigor until
1890. He remained at the head of the
Chautauqua system until 1891, when
he went abroad for a short season of
travel and study.
Immediately preceding this time
plans in which President Harper haa
taken an active part, were in progress
for the reviving of the Chicago uni
versity, which was at that time lead
ing a precarious existence.
In June, 1891. Hr. Harper assumed
his duties of president of the I'niver
sity of Chicago. His aim was to
make the university one of the g-eat
est educational institutions in the
world, and his untiring energy and
devotion to his scholastic ideals en
abled him’ to make his early wish a
realization.
His views regarding higher educa
tion met with the approval of the
greatest minds of the time, and t is
almost entirely due to President lat
per's boundless energy that the en
dowments were secured tor the uni
versity.
Almost in a day after accepting the
difficult task of rehabilitating the uni
versity Dr. Harper gathered around
him the brightest scholars in Ameri
ca and created a faculty of an ah llty
equaling that of a university with a
hislory of a century.
Four children, three sons and a
daughter, were born of his union with
Miss Ellen Patti.
PRESIDENT ALVES OF BRAZIL.
Chief Executive Has Held Many High
Offices.
President Alves of Brazil was elect
ed in 1902 for the four year term.
He was horn in Brazil, and was grad
uated from Dom Pedro college, from
which he holds the degree of doctor
of laws. He was elected a state sena
tor in 1871, and to congress in 1887.
In 1889 he helped frame the new Bra
zilian constitution. From 1889 to 19o2
I '
Piiss FuePjP^I'Zy ur^ie-e^u■?
he was eonsecmively minister of tLe
treasury, federal senator, and gowm
or of his native state of San Paulo.
Newspaper Men in High Offices.
Mayor McClellan of New York, art
old-time newspaper reporter himself,
has put not a few journalists into of
fice in this his second administration
At the head of the (ire department it
Commissioner John H. O'Brien, who
two years ago was a political report
er. Then there is a newspaper re
porter at the head of the bridge de
partment in the person of Commis
sioner Jomes W. Stevenson. Health
Commissioner Darlington was an edi
torial writer. License Commissioner
John N. Bogart was a labor writer.
Assessor Paul Weimann was a poli
tical reporter and Water Registrar
Joseph W. Savage was a political re
porter. Ail of these men are actively
in control of departments and bu
reaus.
Suggestions for Bequests.
The action of George Catt, an Amer
ican millionaire, in bequeathing his
body to be dissected for the benefit
of science indicates a line of investi
gation which might do much for the
advance of medicine. The deceased
gentleman had suffered long from
some obscure malady which baf
fled the skill of his physicians. And
every year a number of people die of
strange diseases which doctors have
been unable to diagnose. If postmor
tem examinations could be held on
such persons the actual disease might
be compared with the symptoms ob
served during life and thus a step
would be taken toward the discovery ,
of a remedy.—London Globe.
Public Spirit Won Him Office.
' Donald Mackay, newly installed
mayor of Englewood, N. J-. is a mil
lionaire banker whose public spirit
and earnest work on behalf of the
city have won hint great popularity.
He Is a republican and was elected in
a democratic community, carrying
nearly all his ticket to success with
him.
Connecticut's “Crowbar” Governor.
Morgan G. Buikeley. the new sena
tor from Connecticut, began mercan
tile life in Brooklyn as a bundle boy.
He was elected governor of Connec
ticut in November. 1888, taking hla
seat in January, 1889. Two years lat
er the election of state officers was In
dispute and as the senate was demo
cratic, while the house of republican,
there was a deadlock and Gov. Bulke
ley remained in office two years long
er. It was in the early part of hla
holdover term that he used a crow
bar to force the door of the executive
chamber, which had been locked
against him. and thus got the title of
the “crowbar governor."
Scholar's Perfect Record.
Sixteen years of school life without
ever missing a day or a session, with
out ever being dismissed or excused
and without ever being tardy is the
record of Miss Ruby G. Stockwell.
now a student at Mount Holyoke col
lege. Miss StockweU's record covers
her school life from the time when
she, at 5 years, entered the primary
school.