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
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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
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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
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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.
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“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.
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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
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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