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ITke City of Pittsburg and T Her Many Millionaires ? Tbs Number Very Large in Proportion to Population—How the ? Fortunes Were Made — Not All “Spenders.” J Pitt; burg's millionaires have cone a great deal to make the city famous. Pittsburg's millionaires have done much to make the city infamous. Of late we have had instances not a few of the latter, until the prosperous .smoky town there at the junction of the Monongahela and Allegheny has become a byword a,id reproach, an il lustration that money is the root of much evil—to again misquote that ofi misquoted proverb. But even the most careless must ad mit that there are millionaires and millionaires, that not all are given over to the world and the flesh. And per haps it were well to consider for a moment other aspect of Pittsburg mil lionaires than the overshadowing one of gay old boys and "the foolish young man" liking their champagne from bigh-heeled slipper of popular chorus girl. To be sure the fabulous wealth did come sc fast to so big a class of men in Pittsburg it is no wender they, a large proportion, lost their heads. Men have gone mad for no less reason, and is not the degeneracy, the indifference to the good old bed-rock virtues, but a kind cf madness? It takes a pretty level brain to stand success, and to rise from a job of a dollar a da., to the controi of multi-millions as a rule is a little too much for a mere man. In a very iateresting article in the Brook lyn Eagle some time ago the reader was given a glimpse at ;he material progress so marked a feature o: tne Smoky City :n recent years. The arti Industrially Pittsburg is most ad vantageously situated; it is the center of the iron, steel and glass industries of this country, and the largest ship ping point for bituminous coal. Coal was the foundation of the Smoky City's wealth, and toal gave the nickname it of late years has been trying to throw off. Some of Pittsburg's men of great for tune made their wealth in steel. Gas greatly inflated the fortunes of other.-. Not a few ‘'struck oil.' Not a few sold out to trusts and combinations and made huge profits, and here, as else where. graft has created and added to golden store. "Some have made their money in beef, and some in beer; some in stogies, and some in sleam engines, to say nothing of the alchemists who have transmitted into gold window glass, plate glass, buttles, lamp chim neys. armor plate locomotives, sewer pipes, air brakes, electric motors, and a thousand and one other things turned out in the world's workshop at the forks of the Ohio.” Many the ways the money has been made, many the ways the money is spent. And having given tacir promise not to dwell on J50.000 banquets to footlight favorites, let us confine our selves to mention of more substantial ways of disposal of wealth. Mr. Car negie'.- unique profession of giving away money is too well known to need any comment. Let us speak of less well-known Mr. Phipps. Henry Phipps started life as office boy and clerk, be came after Carnegie largest owner of ~~j/} ivw ynamm—Mca RESIDENCE OF K | SENATOR W2 FUNN ft ^—_ PEaCEi'«'E OF A or a.p/peacSJk IN PITTSBURG SIGNS ( cle presented such a vivid picture of the newly rich folk of the newly rich town we are tempted to quote the writer's words directly and at some length: “It was said In the time of the first Napoleon that every private in his a* my carried a marshal’s baton in his knapsack. It might be said with equal truth in Pittsburg that etery la borer carries in the bottom cf his din ner pail a dress suit and a blank check book tbat he may be at a!l tmes ready to take his place in society and in the world of business, in case a sudden turn ol the wheel of fortune, or a ncd from the powers that be, lifts him, as it has lifted others as humble to the Seats of the Mighty. Forty obsrure clerks and office men. who used to work tor Andrew Carnegie, blossomed forth into full-fledged millionaires al most in a day, and haif as many more have emerged from the offices of George Westinghouse to take their places on the pedestals set aside for those with bank accounts in seven fig ures. Pittsburg can hardly be called a large city, as cities go these days, but it boasts of more than 250 million aires, or not far from one in every 1, 600 of poplation. Five-sixths of these have won their wealth within the last 40 years, and perhaps three-fourths within the last 25 years. Never before has wealth been piled up so rapidly.” >F PLENTY OF MONEY. I'niteii States Steel, and let us speak of ways in which this second steei magnate manages to reduce his income. Mr. Phipps has a passion lor flowers and holds to the belief that flowers, like music, hath power; and personally we like the idea of bestrewing people's paths with flowers fully as well as the benefaction that provides books. Flow, ers make an appeal to all, no matter the mentality or station or age, and a Flower Benevolence is pleasing to con template. Mr. Phipps not only has beautiful conservatories on his own es tates it* which he takes great interest, but nt has bestowed much better ones upon outsiders. He has given the citj of Pittsburg as perfectly appointed and complete conservatory as exists anywhere. The city of Allegheny has received from him a similar gift, and the Western penitentiary, located in Allegheny, has been presented by Mr Phipps with a conservatory of great value and beauty. Than there is Col. Guffey, probably the largest individual oil producer in the United States, who spends his oil gotten gains in furthering the interests of the Democratic party in Pennsylva nia and in building Methodist church es. Mr. Guffey has loaned for use as a polling place a handsome building ad joining his own mansion, and the piace i is put to no other purpose. To " Id Railroad Philippine Islands Manila, P. I.—The longest railway in the Philippines will be the govern ment line leading through the won derfully fertile interior of Luzon from Manila to Aparri, the northernmost port of the island. It will be. as it were, the great transcontinental sys tem in the islands. The survey calls for a line 33G miles in length. With the exception of one difficult grade, the read will be com paratively level, and trains should make the trip in ten hours. Recently the writer traveled over the line of this survey on horseback. In all the trip there was only seen one hillside of about three acres which was barren land, and here it was being worked for a lime quarry. From Manila the road will run northeast 125 miles through he valley of the Pampanga to the Caraballo mountains, which run north and south from 10 to 30 miles from the west coast of Luzon. It will cross these mountains over the South Caraballo pass, elevation 3.750 feet. The sum mits are covered with immense hard wood trees. The railroad will climb for 35 or 40 miles through these mountains. The country reminds one of the Cumber land mountains of Tennessee. There are occasional little settlements in the valleys where the Indians—Igorrotes from Benguet province—grow coffee. Every little farm is protected with a bamboo fence to keep out the deer and wild boar. There are no native Taga logs dwelling in the mountains. These Indians are stronger and more indus trious than the Filipino of the plains. About 25 miles above Bambang jn >OCOMOS9Soee2eaQeKOK»fiQ2 Nueva Vizcaya province the surrey strikes a tributary of the Magat river at an altitude of a little more than 2,500 feet. From this point until near | Aparri there is an almost impercepti | ble decline in the grade. Bambang is the prettiest little town j in the Philippine islands. The people LIZON RAILWAY ROl'TK. ere "pacifieos" and took no part in the insurrection. Only one company oi American troops has ever been in Bainbang. Fifty years ago the Span ■ ish built great cathedrals and bridges and improved the roads. The country is rolling and the valley is open. The long. low. slanting foothills are dense 1 ly covered with timber. The country is capable of supporting an immense population. Medals for Unde Sam’s Regulars » x i—'an o ± a v ni. staviti u; WEAR NEW BADGE. Regulars Who Went to Cuba, the Philippines or China Will Be Hon ored—Description of the Decorations. " ashington.—To gratify the pride and stimulate the ambition of the soldiers of the regular army the gen eral staff has issued an order requir ing veterans of the Spanish war, the Philippine insurrection and the Peking relief expedition to wear bronze medals as a part of their uni form on dress parade and occasions of ceremony. This will give the boys something to be proud of. The gen eral staff also provided a special badge to be worn by soldiers of the regular army who have been awarded what is known as the certificate of merit. This certificate is bestowed upon en listed men who have distinguished themselves for good conduct, gallantry and soldierly qualities. It is not so high as the medal of honor, but is very much prized and entitles the holder to two dollars a month extra pay. Secretary Taft has orderd similar medals for veterans of the civil war and the Indian wars, under similar regulations. These medals are not for volunteers, but for regulars only. The following is a description of the several designs: Civil War—Obverse: Head of Lin coln ia circle composed of inscription: SERVICE MEDALS TO BE GIVEN TO REGULARS. “With malice toward none, with chari ty for all.” Reverse: The words. "The Civil War." and the dates "1861 1865,” in a circle composed of a branch of oak and a branch of laurel. Indian Wars—Obverse: An Indian in war bonnet brandishing a spear and mounted on a pony in a circle com posed of the words. “Indian Wars." and conventionalized arrow heads ar ranged like a laurel wreath either side of a buffalo skull. Reverse: A military trophy with the name of an Indian campaign, in a circle of the words. “United States Army.” and 13 stars. Merit—Obverse: Eagle in a circle composed of the words. “Virtntis et Audaolae, Monumentum et Praemi um." Reverse: The words, "For Merit,” surrounded by a laurel wreath in a circle composed of the words, "United States Army,” and 13 stars. Spanish War- -Obverse: A conven tionalized “Morro” in a circle com posed of the words. “War With ! Spain." and a conventionalized branch of the tobacco plant and stalks oi .sugar cane on either side, with tht date. "1S98.” Reverse: A military . trophy above the word_ “Cuba” oi | “Porto Rico.” or “Philippines" in a | circle composed of the words. “United Slates Army,” and 13 stars. Philippine Insurrection—Obverse: ! Conventionalized cocoanut palm tree, with the Scales of Justice on the right and the Lamp of Enlightenment on the left, in a circle composed of the words. "Philippine Insurrection.” and the dates, ”1899-1904.” Reverse: A military' trophy above the word “Lu zon." “Mindanao" or other designa tion of a campaign in the islands in a circle composed of the words, “Unit ed States Army,” and 13 stars. China Relief Expedition—Obverse: The imperial Chinese five-toed dragon in a circle composed of the words, “China Relief Expedition." and the dates. “1800-1901." Reverse: A mili tary trophy above the words. “Peking Tientsin" or ether designation of the campaign, in a circle composed of the words, “United States Army,” and 13 stars. The military trophy adopted for the reverse consists of an eagle perched on a cannon, with five standardas sig nificant of the five great campaigns in which the United States army has been engaged; an Indian spear, shield and quiver, a Filipino bolo and a Malay' kriss. The morro selected for the design on the Spanish war medal is intended to be characteristic of Cuba rather than Spain. The eagle on the merit medal is taken from the famous marble Ro man eagle in the possession of Lord Wemyss, formerly Lord Elcho. well known for his great interest in the British volunteers. The design for the ribbons are as follows: Civil War—Blue ground. with stripes of white and red on either side. Indian Wars—Vermilion ground, with narrow edge of dark red. Merit—Red ground, with stripes of blue and white on either side. War With Spain—Yellow ground, with red stripes on either side and narrow edge of dark blue. Philippine Insurrection — Green ground, with stripes of light blue and dark blue on either side. China Relief Expedition—Yellow ground with narrow edge of dark blue. Extraordinary Sight of Birds. A hawk can spy a lark upon a piece of earth almost exactly the same color at 20 times the distance it is percep tible to a man or dog. A kite soar ing out of human sight can still dis tinguish and pounce upon lizards and field mice on the ground and the dis tance at which vultures and eagles can spy their prey is almost incredi ble. Recent discoveries have inclined naturalists to the belief that birds of prey have not the acute sense of smell with which they were once accredited. Their acute sight seems better to ac count for their actions, and they ap pear to be guided by sight alone, as they never sniff at anything, but dart straight at the objects of their desire. NOT THERE TO SING. Applicant for Position on btage Had No Ambition to Be One of the Chorus. The following story is told at the expense of a New York theatrical manager; , "We were engaged one morning testing voices for a summer produc tion, the manager, musical director and myself; there was a rather long line and all looKing for positions in the chorus, and nearly every voice was below the standard, which was very disappointing, and the manager got to be very irritable as we got to the last of the applicants, who was a very melancholy looking man. As he came to the piano he attempted to make some remark, but w-as promptly cut shon. by the manager, who said; “ ‘You will omit all preliminary re marks and get down to business! Try him,’ he added, turning to the di rector. < "The latter began the accompani ment to a popular song, which, with some hesitancy, the applicant for a job attempted with what voice he had. His effort was about as bad as it could have been. ‘"Look here!’ cut in the manager, after the singer had cleared his throat for a second verse, ‘that will do! You actually have the nerve to ask me for a job?’ " ‘Certainly,’ replied the sad one in an injured tone. “ ‘Why, man, you can't sing a little bit!’ “ ‘I don’t claim to be able to sing,' calmly responded the man, ‘and i don't want to sing. I am a stage carpenter. I was only singing to please you people—you seemed to be set on it.’ ” Particular as to Quality. A London butcher has in his win dow a placard reading: "Wanted, a respectable boy for sausages.” Lime Cure Is Now the Latest Tuberculosis Is Said to Lose Its Ter rors Where Calcium Compounds Are Digested. Paris.—“The time is close at hand when children will be made immune to tuberculosis just as they are vac cinated against smallpox now. A child will swallow a few dead bacilli in a cup of hot milk and the thing will be done.” Such is the sensational prophecy and promise made rn a communica tion to the Academy of Medicine by Dr. Calmette, chief of the Tuberculo sis hospital in Lyons, brother of Gas ton Calmette, editor of the Figaro. The doctor says that when his diseov- i ery is perfected the children treated by his method can live next to hope less cases of tuberculosis without the slightest danger of infection. Meantime efforts continue to check the disease after it manifests itself by ever-new means. The newest is the lime cure rec*mmended by Broardet and other scientists. They point out to the Academy of Medicine that where tuberculosis attacks healthy lungs the blood slowly isolates the bacilli by gradually depositing around them a wall of lime. Then the disease cannot spread. The scientists also hote that serious cases of tuberculosis are never found in regions where much lime is manu factured. It is now said positively that the lime cure is especially effec tive with patients whose stomachs are healthy and who are well fed. It will be introduced on a fairly large scale in the municipal and state dis pensaries and the tuberculosis hos pitals. The Indefatigable Police. In order to prove a case of potato stealing against a prisoner two con stables at Mucking, Essex. England, dug up one by one the potatoes which the accused man had planted in his garden. The exhumed potatoes meas ured a bushel, which waa the exact quantity stolen. i I 1 “It's a pretty good crowd and I’d tike first rate to go along,” said the suburbanite with mosquito lumps on his wrists. “That is. I’d like to go if Benderby wasn't one of ’em. See here. I dislike to knock, but did you ever go out on a fishing trip with Ben derby?” “No,” answered the man in the cen ter-creased straw. “Have you?” “I haven’t,” replied the mosquito bitten one, "and I don't intend to. But I know just about how he'd act. If you want peace and concord and amity and a good time generally— well, I'm not going to knock Ben derby." “I won't tell,” said the man who didn't care for appearances. “But I must say that I've always liked Ben derby pretty well. Tell it. Don't in sinuate.” “I won’t," said the man with the lumps. "As for telling, I don't care who knows It. I've been sorry ever sii^e that I didn't tell Benderby what I thought of him at the time. You know that D've got a fire-place in the house. You've seen it, haven’t you?” “No, but I heard you say you werq going to have one built. But tell mq about Benderby. 1 thought I'd please you by inviting him. If you hadn’t introduced him to me—” "I apologize for that. Well, I bought a load of old roots and snags from a farmer out near us who had 'em piled up in his field. It struck me they'd be the ideal thing for the fireplace. There's something so trim and uninteresting about the average stick of cordwood. These were full <5f knots and bumps that were quite picturesque. I didn't really have to buy them. I just paid for the haul ing. I thought that splitting them up into good-sized chunks would just ba pleasant exercise for me. It was, too. I bought a good sharp ax and a maul and a couple of iron wedges and I went at them. ‘• ’T' n ti-.m _ ___i a little work that is really work you just get a lot of old roots. The first afternoon 1 worked at them 1 was sc st iff and sore I could hardly get around at all the next day. and I got my hands so blistered and swelled I couldn't close 'em. But I toughened up in a little while and began to get along quite nicely. My wife used to come out and sit on the back porch and watch me. where the chips wouldn't strike her. “Well, I just plugged away morn ings and evenings when I had a little spare time, you know, and by the end end of a month or six weeks I had a pile that it would have done you heart good to see—all split up but one stump at the time Benilerby butted in. I hadn't been able- to finish it up the night before. Crosby and Smith were over that evening and 1 was telling them what I had been doing and we all went ou£ to look at the pile, the whole bunch of us. Smith remarked that I'd left this one root and I said I'd whack that up right away. So 1 shed my coat, turned the old snag over and went at it. I put in the wedges first and swung the old maul on to them and blamed if they didn't bounce out one after another. The grain had run across. I tried another place and struck another twist and jarred my arm clear up to the shoul der blade. That made me mad and I went at it hard, hut I couldn't make the wedges stick and I knew I was up against a proposition that might take a little time. The crowd moved away, one by one. and sat on the stoop, “I took the ax and scaled the out side away to get an idea of the way the grain ran and tried it again. That time I got the wedge in. but it stayed in and didn't split. I put the other in lower down and that drove pret ty nigh up to the head and didn’t start a crack either. Then I sweat around there for half an hour trying to get the wedges out and the folks guying me all the time. I had to cut those wedges out at last. “I guess that I had been working for an hour or so, I was dripping with perspiration and was pretty near ly played out when Benderby strolled up, big and fat and cool and cheer ful. He watched me for a moment and then he said I wasn't going at it right. “Take the ax and just bust her open." he said. “I smiled, handed him the ax and joined the group on the porch. 1 needed some compensation and I thanked my stars •which had delivered him into my hands. He swung the ax aloft, brought It down with a grunt and—busted the snag wide open “It was a fluke—a pure accident, mind you. As fat as he is I am ten times as muscular. I know more about splitting wood in a minute than he could learn in ten years and I had already split up about 30 of the roots, but if you had heard him brag and blow and belittle what I'd done and— well I haven’t words for him. that’s all.” "Perhaps we’d better find some way to shunt him off this trip, after all,'1 said the man with the straw hat. “What kind of an excuse do you think I could make?”—Chicago Daily News. Varieties of Mexican Cactus. Mexico has a cactus which grows toothpicks; another, ribbed and thick* ly set with toothpick spines, which furnishes the natives with combs; there is another cactus, the long curved spines of which resemble fish hooks; there is another which is an almost perfect imitation of the sea urchin; still another resembles a por cupine; there is another covered with long red hair which is nicknamed the "red-headed cactus.” England Becoming Americanized. Twenty years ago the English hated everything that was American. They now think altogether differently. Th6 American woman is the pattern upon which their women are being remod eled; the American man has wholly altered the British character and that af their business. British institutions are being reconstructed in accordance with those of the United States. Hard Task. It takes a clever woman to refrain from posing as a clever woman. I<XK>000<X>000<><><>0<XKXK>00<>OOOC><><><><><><><>0<>000<><><>0<><X><><><><>0 O PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT f oooooooooooooooooo^^ AN AMERICAN COMPOSER HONORED I Fine work and original, has been done by Ed ward MacDowell, and but for his sad mental and. physical collapse still greater would have been ac complished. The newly formed McDowell club of New York is a tribute to the artist and to the man; for MacDowell’s was a personality to at tract and hold. It is oftener appreciation is shown after a man is dead and gone, but Mr. MacDowell's form of illness means that for him all work is over, his career as composer ended. It is doubly sad in that the musician is. so far as years are concerned, just in his prime. Ed ward Alexander McDowell was born in 1881 in New York city. He had two seasons of study abroad; in Haris three years; and in Germany. Frankfort-on Main, two years. For three years he taught at the Darmstadt conservatory. From Darmstadt he changed to Wiesbaden, and next took up residence in Boston. un ms return to America he became much m teiested in the idea of a school of music distinctly American, letting himself loose from conservative Old World influences. His best musical work was done here, most of it in the log studio on his farm in Petersburg. New Hamp shire. MacDowell was as much poet as musician, and to interpret nature had J.™-"e nature. Among the most admirable of his compositions are Woodland Sketches, "To the Sea,” “Forest Idylls.” His compositions in clude concertas, sonatas, symphonies, songs and pianoforte pieces. His “In ilian" Suite is constructed on themes taken front the music of the Sioux In dians. His work is representative of the modern romantic school in the Uni*e i States. Mr. MacDowell was very happy in his married life, his wife also a musi cian, Marian Nevins. The dark days of his passing are shielded by her de votion. FEDERAL COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION -----1 Dr. Harris’ successor. Elmer Ellsworth Brown, is quite a young man. 45 years of age. Since ISbaJ Dr. Brown has been at the head of the depart ment of the theory and practice of education at' the University of California. Since his graduation from the Illinois State Normal university in 1S81, he has been much in terested in educational matters both in this coun try and abroad. Dr. Brown has had very careful training in the profession of teaching—and today it is a profession—and has contributed no little to literature dealing with the art of teaching. Upon graduation from the normal school he gathered practical experience in the public schools at Belvidere, Illinois, and later served as assistant state secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in Illinois. Then he studied for awhile at the University of Michi gan, this study followed by work at the German universities. He received the degree of Ph. I), from the University of Halle-Wittenberg. riuiu lean—jl _\ir. crown servea as principal of a high school at Jackson. Michigan, leaving this position to take that of as sistant acting professor of the science and art of teaching at the University ■ f California, 1S92-3, and the following year enjoying a full professorship. In addition to various addresses and articles in reviews. Dr. Brown i> author of “The Making of Our Middle Schools" and "Origin of American Stats Universities.” In the University of California studies he wrote Notes on Children’s Drawings; prepared for the Paris exposition, one is a serie-s of mon ographs on education in the United States, a paper entitled Secondary Edu t. tion. He was member of the international congress of arts and sciences .u the St. Louis exposition, last year became president of the National Counci' of Education. THE NEXT RULER. OF SERVIA Servia appears pretty tired of King Peter and not very enthusiastic as a nation about King Peter's sons. The country doubtless will not put. them out of the way by assassination, for it has learned the world does not approve of that methou of change of monarchs—the world still turning a cold shoulder to the little country tucked in there by Austria-Hungary, Roumania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Montenegro. Peter’s oldest son. Crown Prince George, is not a very pleasant youth. He is reported as un fortunate possessor of a most ungovernable tem per. If the stories be true it would seem he is not fit to attempt governing anybody until he learns considerably more about controlling him self. In this day and age a prince may not with impunity shoot at his tuter when the tutor enters the school room to begin the day's work, mav not strike an officer with a whip simply because the officer conveys a piece of unwelcome news. And a youth of IS so foolish as to trv to batter down a iucaeu iron gate wttn a Bicycle is ot a degree of foolishness calling for general contempt. The crown prince recently distressed father and governors bv a show of fondness for the society of a gay actress, and the afTair went so'far the gav actress was informed the air of Belgrade certainly would impair her health if she were to remain. She gracefully withdrew, to Vienna. The prince pre cipitately followed, but was finally brought back by court officials. Montenegrons and Servians are realiv the same people, and there is probability that the second sou of the Prince of Montenegro mav be asked to become ruler of servia. For various reasons Prince Mirko would not be a bad choice. The two dynasties, Karageorgevic and Obrenovic, are united in this prince, he might easily prove a candidate agreeable to both factions of the country. His wife, who is a strikingly beautiful woman, belongs to the Obrenovic family. Prime Mirko is brother-in-law of Peter, his sisfer now dead, was wife of feervia s present king. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF GERMAN NAVY The kaisers's oniy surviving brother has been appointed commander-in-chief of the German navy, succeeding Admiral Edward von Knorr. 1 rince Henry of Prussia is known far and wide as the sailor prince, and now stands at the head of the jiavy of the German empire. A "jolly tar" is the conventional phrase a ; sea-faring men supposedly good fellows It a;> pears Prince Henry of Prussia is no excetion to the remember how often on his reeeir tlu A“f,rlca he was assured of being a goo fellow, a Jolly good fellow in his own count' the prince goes by this name, is accounted pli ant and jovial. v They say a sailor s life is apt to take the r. sense out of a man. and that both King Hast- :: of Norway and Prince Henry of Prussia, two rova sailors, are democratic and simple in their ta- s would give indication that certain virtues lies in a sailor s training. The German prince is said ha\e a great dislike for court life anrswruj mean ne is nothing of a A*n “L.S.E^Cr"""" "m**r bv "'■"“™ « •; y,.ri»x v,‘s“W«x™bXSKi»" ir;Lo«us“'Hr'»,Tf6 .mall boy when he began his apprenticeship. Ind i ,s “ w-red his ft ‘ has been through merit alone. aeciared his advan -e Prince Henry is a prime favorite with the kaiser and rh„ ,, . , , this place is small wonder: Henry once saved his brother'^ Ufe back^'in 104 palace. * “ ‘W° ^ swimm‘“K ln *** Havel, near the stalled marble | SENATOR SPOONER OF WISCONSIN -i One hears more often, does one not. of the | western men in congress than of the gentlemen from the effete east* Perhaps it is but nan of 'r.“h',mVVeSterni3m to mak* tbe statement ‘ but »uih is the superficial impression. " t may bp western energy acconnt^ for r)M prominence, it may be the ^ntlemen from &Z K St =S”» £7SJsJEr2 Senator Spooner hails, as we all knew ss^vjsfr tsarsacS I jxirn in^lndianl! ^hen -heJ wa“ a^yomh^f^^ I «aV5tal>liahed at Madison. Wisconsin He I ^ujv'yeil the advantages of rh*i c, I situated in that | versity of Wisconsin, class ST** °f the 1 al* not find Mr. Spooner entirely absorbed in academic work hhe ^ *,ar dld private tn company \. Fortieth Wisconsin infantry ^rved as a captain and brevet major in the Fiftieth Wisconsin inf->ni-v nd rose *° Mr. spooner was admitted to the bar in lS*r 18*57-70 of assistant attorney general of Wisconsin For ^ th<' P0®11*00 from ticed law at Hudson, that state. Earl, taSe Wv he ws,"/ ^ he Prac' state assembly, was eleeted to the Fnited States senate i«Vm<’Sber, °f ,he was reeleeted to the senate tn 1S9T. and has contin. ^ Jil. 1?*° ,Mr ^P003” body since. His present term expires i* 1909 ,ed nien'ber of that august