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flJEWa NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUG SECTIONS.
ALL SUBtlEGTS TOUCHEO UPON
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Rcliglous , Social , Agricultural , Po lit.
leal and Othc Matters Given
Due ConclderOltlon.
Former Governor Hicle ' is sard to
1.1e In very 11001' heallh.
A serIes of rellgious revival meet : ,
'Jngs have been plannml for Tecumseh.
The Adams County MedIcal socIety
held Its annual 'meeting and elected
, officers for the ensuing 'ear.
In the K arnoy IndustrIal schooL
.thero are nIneteen cases of smallpox
.nnd the institution LIas been quaran.
tIned.
The Iftl has been put on b ' t113
mayor of Yorl" and drinks hereafter
.on Sunday w111 lJo conspIcuous lJy their
: scarclt ) . .
Ed Galbraith , ; ; ho recently com.
111eted n. three'ear service in the
UnIted States army , has been appoint.
.ed delJUty sherUt of Tharor : county lJy .
. SherIff A. L. Townsend.
Mrs. Jennlo Liltle of Lincoln has
: suct ! 'Peter Helser , W11Iiam Hahn and
Peter Hahn for $10,000 damages. She
: alleges that the three saloonl.eepers
-debanchell her husband.
The now Baptist church at Peru ,
"with modern equlpmont. completed at
.n cost of $7.GOO , was detlcatet ! last
'Sl111da ' . The dedicatory -sermon was
y H.ev. A. O. WlIlIams of Lincoln.
Harry FIx , the seventeen.year-ohl
'Son of Phillip Fix , residing five miles
-northwest of Clatonia. Gage county.
'Was ldlled while out hunting. by the
: nccldental discharge of a shotgun.
The Am&rIcan Beet Sugar company
is worldng the territory around Snth.
'crlanll for contracts , , -ith the farmers
1.0 grow bects the coming season. It
Is expected that a good acreage w111
e planted.
The Farmers' National bante of Yorlc
is III receipt of $25,000 new circulation
, 'secured by purchase and deposit or
Panama. bonds. ant ! is advertising for
'farmers and business men to bring In
r 'their checls.
I Mr. and 1\Irs. G. Fisher of Assump.
'tlon celebrated theh' golden wedding
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, .anniversary. A number of friends ant !
, I TOlativcs gatheret ! to help them maleo
, . - ' 1.he affair a happy one and a goot ! time
. . . 'was enjoyed by aH.
I The Territorial Pioneers' assocla.
J 1.lon , in session at Lincoln. elected the
: following officers : President , A' N.
'J Yost ; vi co president. R. R. H.andall ;
f ; ; ' - : secretary. C. S. Payne.
" ! The bnslness portion of Deweese
was almost wiped out by Oames which
- < lestroyed the largo Hedrlclc general
'Store. Soucheck's Imrtwaro store.
Clino's restaurant ani ! the IJOstoffice.
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.Ample Insurance covers the loss.
Scott Kimball. the thirteen'ear-old
'Son of C. H. Kimhall , a ranchman
. . . llear Rosebud. accidentally shot hIm.
'Self while playing with a revolver , the
bullet going through his abdomen.
'The wound wIll probalJl ) ' prove fatal.
Joseph Sloby was ldlled at the Rocl.
Island depot In Falrbury while driving
the mail wagon to meet train' No. 17.
'The switch engine was baeldng down
. ; the slto track and ho attempted to
drive across the track ahean , } mt was
> caught and crushed under the tender.
C. A. Snyder. manager of the Au'
burn Electric Light and Power com.
pany. has purchased the plant of the
Blue Springs Electric Light company.
The affairs of the company have heen
in the hauds of the district court for
. some time and were ordered sold by
JuIIgo Kelligar.
As a result of "putting on the lid"
< at the Soldiers' homo In Grand Island.
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. ) Jenslons were , for the first time. paid
? . this year directly at the home , the au.
' . . . thorlties securing.$3.000 at the banlm
\ ' ( . . : . and ma1ting payment at the Institu.
\ " . . tlon. maldng it unnecessary for the
, " . . . . men to go to the city.
; , 'j ' , . ' . 'rho other morning when H. Schmidt
. " _ ' 'r ' qivlng near Blue Hill , went out to his
I farm. ho discovered that someone had
. , . . ' molen his $50 harness. which he had
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, . . just purchased. Ho at once sent for
J the Beatrlco bloodhounts. The dogs
traced the party who stole the harness
- and the goods were recoveret ! .
, A tramp broke into the farmhouse
J of WIll Stouder , two and a half mil os
, ' , south of Loulsv11l0 , while 1\11' . Stouder
. and his wife were In town. The man
had just gotten out to the gate as Mr.
Stouter returned , and opened the gate.
for which Mr. Stouder than1ted him.
" On entering the house the family
found ever.thlng had been o'lJrturned
and searched.
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George King , an old man who said
he was 70 ) 'ears old , and loolted as
though ho might bo olter , was an ap.
pllcant for lOdging at the police sta.
tlon In Fremont. Ho said he was on
his way afoot to W 'omlng , where he
had acquaintances who would give
him a chance to do what tittle worl ,
ho was able to tlo in pa'ment of his
IlOard. Ho was Iwlped alons on his
journey.
The Hastings COl1ogo Ol'atorlcal
association held Its annual tJrelimlnar ) '
contest. H. Clare 'Vel1ter , on "GO\ ' ,
ornment Ownorshlp of the Railroats. "
won first place and wlIl represent the
cell ( > go In the state contest to bo hel
in Omaha next month.
During 1OG ! ) County J udgo Wilson 01
Otoo county Issuet ! 284 marrlago Jt. .
censcs am } the numhor decreaaed III
1907 to IG.1. In 1OG ! ) , he married forty. .
six couples. ani } In 1907 , 1'o1'tfiYO
-'fho otllco was : uoro than aelf.sustain. .
lng , as ho turned over to the count
treasurer the sum of 172.7G.
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QUARANTINE FOR CATTLE.
Governor Issues Order Affccting Coun.
tics In Western Nebraska.
On the recommendation of the nu.
reau of Animal Industry of the Depart.
meut of Agrlcu1turo Goyernor Shellion
has Issued quarantine proclamation
against certaIn counties In the state ,
us follows :
' 1'ho Bureau of Animal Industry or
the United States Dcpartment of Agrl.
cul uro hus seen fit. ou account ot the
xlgtenco of scablJes ! In cattle to some
extent In certain counties of this state ,
.to regulate the movement nnd shllo
ment of cattle therefrom.
South Omaha Is a public mnrkot.
. Therefore there must bo maintained
at the stoclt yards a quarantlno tllyl.
aion. All cattle shipped from parts
ot tills state under quarantlno lJy the
Bureau of Animal Industry to South
Omahn , whether infected or not. must
be tnlondOlI into the quarantlno dl.
\'Islon. ' 1'hls necessarlly worls a hard.
ship upon the shipper In the quaran.
tine district wh so cattle are clean.
The Dureau of Animal Industry. upon
the request of the teputy state veter.
Inarian , hag concluded to cooperate
with the state In the control of scab.
hies in catttle within this stilte. To
amellorato the present conditions and
to pre\'ent the spread of scabbles
throughout the state to the injury of
the cattle industry , It is hereby or.
tiered , subject to the approval of the
governor , tlm t , the regulations of the
honorable secretary of agriculture ,
Imown as Ortqr No. 143 , now effectlvo
In the interstate movement of c'lttle ,
bo nnd the same is hereby extended
so as to control the movement and
shipment of cattle from the , counties of
Bltnner. : Blaine. Box Butte , Cedar ,
Chase , Cherry , Cheyenne , Dawes ,
Dawson. Deuel. Dunty. Gurfield ; Grant.
Greele ' . . .Keith Kimball , Lincoln , Lo.
Gan , Loup , l\cPhers.on , Perldns , ' Rocl"
'ScoUs ' Bluff , Sheridan , ioux , Thomas ,
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All cattle in countics within this
state not above enumerated may bo
shipped wIthou t inspection to any
v lnts within this state mr "uninspect-
ed cattle" until such tlmo as It may bo
oreretl otherwise.
Smallpox at Kearney.
Llncoln-Nincteen cases of smallpox
were 1'oported in the Kearney Indus.
trIal school. County Physician Gib.
hens reported the malady to Health
Inspector . H. WIlson. There are
201 inmates , and the tlsease has 'been
raging since December 24. -1
Guard Company Will Not Disband ,
Beatrice-At a meeting of Comnany
C , Nebraslm Nallonal Guards. It 'yas
decited not to disband. A commIttee
was appointed to secure cheaper qtlar.
tel's for the company and It Is nowup :
to the cillzens to assist the COlp J , ny
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CHANCELLOR \'fILL REMAIN ,
Regents Icsue Ol Statement RegLlrdlng
' . Rumors.
C. S. Allen , president of the Board of
Hegents of the University of Nebraska.
has Issued the follo\vIng statement :
"The rumor that Chancellor Andrews
has resigned has been given such pub.
liclty that It is due the public and the
university to st.ate . the facts.
"Last spring the chancellor was in
III health , resulting from an attacl , of
lagrlppe , His recovery was slow , and
fearing that he couhl not regain his
health wit.hout . a complete rest. ho
tendered his resignation at an Inform.
al execullve sessIon of the board. 'rho
board b ) ' unanimous acllon refused the
resignation and voted him a leave of
absence for four months. At the end
of his vacation he returned greatly 1m.
\roved in health , and the hnprovement
has conllnued to this date. All t1'l1ces
of the malady from which ho suffered
last spring have dlsappeared. Ho Is
Ihysically able to attend to the duties
of his office and is n.ttendin to them
to t.ho . satisfaction of the board. He
has not tendered his resignation nor
wUl he so long as' his present g od
health continues. "
Date Soon to Be Fixed.
I..lncoln-A telegram has been received -
ceived from Commander Nicholson of
the battleship Nebraslm by Governor
Shelton stating that It Is probable the
ship w111 he at San Francisco when the
Atlantic fleet. . arrives. The commander
saId , however. that only the Navy de.
1Jartment knew for cortaln. Gove111or
Sheldon at "nco wrote the Nav ) ' ! Je.
partment. If the Nebraslm remam at
San Francisco until the Atlanllc fleet
arrives It Is the intention of the gov.
ernor to delay the presentation of the
sliver sl'ovlce to the shl1) until that'
time.
Both Prison and Fine.
GrandIslandAt a session of the
United States district court. John \V11.
5'on of Scotia , Greeley county , was are
ralgned on the charge of depositing a
letter of an indecent and lascivious no. .
turo in the United States mans , ad.
dressed to aoung womn.n of Scotia.
The accllsed plead guilty and was sen.
tonced to sixty days In the Lancaster
county ja11 at hart ! labor conditions
In the IIall county jail ; ' to pay a fine or
$200 and the costs of the prosecution.
Dates for Court Set.
\\'est Polnt-Judgo Guy T , Gr\\'es
has set the torl11s of court for the 'ea1'
1908 or the several counties in the
Bighth judclal ! district as follows :
Cumlng county , t'ebntnl' ; ) ' 3 t ld September -
tember 14 ; Dalwta county , Pebruary
17 and September 27 ; Stanton county ,
. March 2 and October 19 ; Cedar coun.
ty. March 16 and November 9 ; Dixon
count . , ? tlna'ch 30 and November 30 ;
'fhurston count . , April 13 and Octo.
bor 5 , The first day nt each term Is
aet fOJ the hearing of uPllllcatons ! tor
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S0l110 'ears ago a ) 'oung man who
had just finished his porlod of con.
scription entel'ed my service. lie was
a capable stenographer. and had command -
mand of several lan uagos. I had en.
gaged him that he might lighten
somewhat the arduousness of m '
work by cop 'lng manuscripts fOl'
publication , but IH'incipally that I
might Intrust to him the managp- .
ment of mauy minor matters ,
Very SOOn cruo Fate strticlc him
blow after blow. 'I'he death of his
first child , then of his wife. and
finally of his mothOl'-one loss suc.
ceeding another with sad swiftness-
overwhelmed him with grief 11.1111 de.
spall' . I have always founll that in
great sonow wOl'k is the supreme ale
leviator. I " 'decldet ! that If I could
, give him work up to the lImits of his
physical endurance I should make it
possil..1Io 1'01' him to SUJlpOl't his af.
mctions and sustain him In his soli.
tude.
Just then I heard of Nownk's In.
vention for the blind , ant ! I had some
of hIs machines procured. I had for
a long time sought to aid the lJlInli
in m ' own and othel' countries in a
manner that ethers had not till then
attemllted. I hall found that those
who instructed the blind lIemanted
not enough of brain work and too
much manual labor. which eprived
their hands of that fineness of touctl
which helvs them to 11erform the i
functions of' e'es for those bercft' of ! .
theIr visual organs.
The machlno did not justify its rei"
ututlon , and I had anothol' sent frol1l
AmerIca. a very hea\ ' ) " und expensive
printing machine , which cost almoB
.c 120. and the 111anlpulalion of which
was so fatiguing that a vigorous
) 'outh could not olernto It for longel'
than three hours each day.
'Vo had established an asylum for
the aged. As I traversed its passages ,
whence opened tlttlo rooms where the
patients were already installed two
in a room , I passed a yout.h . wearing
tark spectacles and with the gait of
0. blind man. I asked about him. lIe
was lJllntl. "Dut , " I replied , "he is stili
young. " My remarl , suggested that
ho ought to worl" and that a home
for the aget ! was not his propel' place.
I was told that the 'outh had been
a tYIQgrapher in a newspaper office.
earning ubout 8 a month even
when his sight had begun to I .
fail. and he had finally becom blind ,
But his employer died , and the youth ,
who was married. Was driven to beg ,
ging. Charity is not always wiHe.
Some charItable ladies. thinldng to
succor him , parted him from his wife.
nnt ! Illaced him with ono of the aged
inmates.
If I cannot see far , God has placed. .
in m ) ' heart eyes that can see at
once when prompt help is needed.
When I had returnet ! homo I bade
Monsle hasten with all speed and
hlro a small house , where he was to
install Theotoresco aild his wife.
The blind man began at on co to
make proofs of the pages which
Monsko then printed. and they
worked In harmony In a lIttle garret
in my residence. Again Theodol'esco
earned his bread and IIvet ! happilY
with his amiable 'oung wife. than I , .
in Got ! duily for his fortuno. In the
summer wo went to Sinula. whllo 'fhe.
odoresco was sent to the waters , as
ho sufferet ! from musculal' atrophy.
Ilrobabl ) ' caused b ' lead Iloisonlng , to
which ty\lOgralhors \ } 0.1'0 sUbject. 800n
after our retul'U Monsko Came to 1110 ,
"I think that Theodoresco has dlseov.
eretl sonlCthng. ! ' " And he explained
that his blind frIend had Imssed the
summer months in ta' 'lng to invent a
bettel' vrintlng machine than that ho
was using , lIe had decided that the
Braille chnracters made uJlon palJOI'
could te mounted m a pallOr cyllndor
In Buch a manner that t.o . talw fur.
thel. impressions was easy. Only a
practical tnogrnphel' would have
solvCll the IlI'oblem tllllG.
Monsko worlwd day nnt ! night.
rnaklng eXIorlmeuts UIon paller , UpOI1
card , upon wood , IInd flnall ) ' , upon
I metal , until the invenlion owed noth ,
Ing to 'l'heodoresco except. the first
divine Inspiration.
Wo patented the machine in the
principal countries of the world ,
Monsko wOl'ked ! nc.essantly. Christmas -
mas , 190G , he presented me with a
lIalnty little mOllel , but wh'n ! I worked
wllh It It reveled some fmv dofecls.
110 set himself to worl. ugaln , antl at
Il1st IlI'oduced the present pattern. so
Incredlhly sl1nplo that my comment
was " 'rho egg of Columhus. "
A mun completely blind is noW'
able to print 6,000 sheets every day .
withont fatigue , and Hoon the bllnll
will have as many lJoolm us they cau i
desire. This tlten will como to pass !
We shall bo atlo to imllllrt to the
blind a high cultme , and shall llrofit
hy theIr teaching. ' 1'ho ) ' will lJo de.
balTed only from stltliea donHlnding
the use of the micr03copo and the
tOloscope , but In the empll'o of
thought the ) ' shall be lclngs , hecauso
they will be free from distraction.
1\Iollsl\O \ nnd I develollcd Olll' plans
aftcr Ilrolonged consultations. I aslccd
Olll' first oculist how many blind } leo
pIe WOI'O In HoumanIa , amI when ho
Informed me that tltoro were 20,000
I was astm1ished. Wo soon boeamo
conscious that It. . was l llpossiblo to
} Iroceed as in othm' countries. In my
native town of Neuwled Is situate,1
the blind asylum for the provinco. It
contains only 70 Inmates , and it cost
2GOOO in round figures. But hero
wo hlld absolutely no money , only the
Imowledgo that we had a valhablo
commercial aHset In the machino.
Neither Theodoresco nor Monsk ! )
wished to make any persona1 profit.
although their patents might have
brought to them enormous wealth.
We decided to deliver the mnchlnes
at extremely reaaonablo } Irices. 1'e.
talnlng only a small profit for the
cause of our blind. Business began
durIng October , 190G. We could havc
made deliverIes much soonOl' If we
had gene to foreign manufactmers ;
but to this I would nQt agree. as I
wishet ! the money to remain In Hw
country. TI1\ts wo had to practlco
the vlrtuo of patlonce. but the caB of
the blind was impatient. Just at this
time our exhibition was opened ; anlt
we hat ! an exhibit , mounting both an
old machine and a new one , and have
ing both manipulated by blind opora.
tors. thereb ) ' showing to the worlt ! the
superiority of OUl' Invention.
I have novel' felt within mo a sen.
satlon of greater prhle than when I
wrote Ullon ono panel of wood "PrInt.
ing Machlno for the Blind-old Amot' .
ican S'stem" and upon n.nothor :
"Now Invention by the Roumanian
Theodoresco. " 1\IonslO refused abso.
lutely to talto any credit to himself.
His solo desire was that to Rou.
mania _ should como the glor ) ' of the
invention and that the name of a
Roumanlmi should bo pronOlll1ced
1..11esset ! by the world. Ant ! when the
article had been expose ( ] to public In.
sIlectlon , offers 1I0wed in mO a swol.
len torrent. In a short time our capItal -
Ital was .E3.200. hut what was this
when wo had to consider 20,000
blind ?
Our III an developed. Wo tleter.
mined to found a colony of the blind ,
11 city of the blind , where both thOBO
with and without sight might dwell
together. for the greater nnmber of
the tHnd wel'O married. or wished to
be.
They should como to us with wives
and children , and we should form a
hive of industry. We had already 21
fat.hers . of families , remuneratively
emplo'ed In chair making. Formerl '
they begged , now they sang as they
worked.
A lad ' presented mo wllh n field of
50 acres , and wo laid this out flS a
garden. We huilt all around it small
cottages , and had fOI' all a common
ltitchen. so that the women might he
fl'oo to work without burdenin the
blind hushands with the care of the
families. Wo startet ! many indus.
tries-a rOle anlt twine malting do.
IlIlrtment , a brush factory. a shot
foundry , and others which are suited
for tlind ollCratives. Wo ostahllshed
a school , Ill'csided ovel' ty hlind mas-
ters. \\0 taught music , ono of the
blind teachorl3 helng an expert violin-
Il3t , and he mastered the piano so as
to convey Instruction In that Instru ,
ment also.
Onr city of the blind promises to
bo bright amI Its inhabitants happy ;
hence I have christened It "Vatrn
I..uminoasa , " the 1I0mo oC Light.
Women love dress because they enjoy -
joy the mmlrntion ) of men and the
chalrln of oUlr women.
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1.leut. E. 11. Shackloton , M. V. 0" the you , t
British omcor , introducell seI'al Innovations
whC'n ho started for the south ] lole with an EnJ ; '
IIsh ] lart . 1'ecentl ) . , Pl'Ofiting by ] laRt cxporlonqc.
ho WC'nt llraetlcatly without vegeta } es , It holng
found that they do not lWCII wl-ll , am. carried onlY
the hC'st ot meats , lIe will \tso a specially built
automo1\lIo \ for the cm'lIer Rtnges of the Journey
and , iustead of 1'ol 'lng on dogt' for the final dash
over the snow l\1ul icc , ho w1ll rol ) ' mainl ' on the
hal'd ' little Siberian Ilon ' .
As coml11n1ulor of the expeditIon ho has tn1um
with him 28 men. "Success" haA heen painted on
the funnel of the 0111 Nowfotlndland Beallng ves'
sel. Nlmrot ! , WhOBO name hna been changed for
tho. trill h Btulurat co , I\n.l I..leut..Sh.cl.t.leton ! .ox-
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Iwcts to } III\I1t on tllo SOUllIOIO Itse ! [ tllO ul1lon
jacl" ] lrcsented to hIm hy Qucon Aloxandm.
Almost ns many fl'uitless oXlodlUonA ] have hcC'n made to the Antarctle
regions as to the Arctic , with the odds In favor , howovcr , of the Antarctic ex.
lllorers gottlng bncl , to a warmer ntHl moro conrcnlnl clhnate.
Shncltloton's vessel salloll from 1. . .ttIeton , Now Zcaland , ntHl is expectOll
to reach llng Edward VIT. il11alHI FclJruary 1 , which will bo midsummer in the
Antar tie regIon. The vessel wlll then 1'otm'n to l..yUloton and walt \tntll
JI\I1\tnr ' , 1909. before Going to the lJallO of oJlorations on ICIng Edwllt'l VII.
il3land to brIng the OXlllol'crs back to elvillzatlon. ' 1'ho molor car Is not lJullt
fOl' Sleed. It wlll carr ) ' the provisions.
' 1'ho lJaso of olleratlons la 760 geogmphlcnl milcs from the } Iolo. It Is
oXIected n the rotul'll of the spring to ostalJ1Ish dCIoll3 to within GOO geo.
graphical miles ot the pole. ' 1'ho lIush to the 1)010 will bo made ty enl ) ' three
111embors of the party.
Llout. Shaclcloton wont with Calll. Scott five 'enrs ago In the lattor's
hlstorlo dash to the 11010 , In which recorll fOl' "furthest south" was estl\b.
llshml. DurIng the 9G duya' jOlll'ne ' over the ico. Llout. Shackloton was
strlelen , vitlt suow bllndnl'S8 and so hall to be fastened to the sledge , when
all the dogs were deall , In ordm' to do his shl\re ot the pulling. lIe spent
Chrlstmus day , 1902 , 300 mites from the shill , and the party had 1Illul11
Illlltlng which welghell olll ) ' nine ounces , On hIli rturI1 to Bnglntll Llout.
Shackleton WU8 matlo a memlJel' of the Victorian orller.
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I DEFENDER OF ROCKEFELLER I
DI' . IIarrr Pratt .Judson. lIreahlenl of the Unl.
yorsity of Chicago. comes forward a8 the defond.
01' of .10hn D. Hoclwfoller. whom ho ropresontu
as the burdonbearor of the communit ) ' , conve 'ln
Inferentlull ) ' the I1npresslon that the multl.million.
alro takes the money of the Amol'lcan people
with 1\ solo view to using It for the best Interests
of humanity by establluhlng unlyorsltles at Chlca.
go. general educntlonal boarlls nnd Institutions
of rcsearch. And DI' . Judson Is no doubt sincere
in the olllnion , ho expresses , for ho Is 1\ man of
consillerublo lIulepondenco or thought and not
a 111Qre trucltler to the mono ) ' Ilower.
110 comes of an old American family that was
mainly instrumental in organizing the Buptist
church In Amorlca , a fatnll ' that was of conshlor-
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able importance in the early days of Now York
state. Incidentull ) ' , ho is a nephew of Grover Cleveland , hut he does not
trade upon that.
'rho Iloctor was hol'l1 In'.lamestown In 1849 and was graduated from Williams -
liams college In 1870. lIe was for 12 'ears assistant principal of the high
school at 'l'roy. N. Y. . and in 1885 accepted the chair of history and n lecture.
shill on pedagogy In the Univorslty of Minnesota , Seven years lateI' 110 went
to the University of Chicago as uSllistanl Ilrofcssol' rf IloUlical sclenco , and
wau nhortly aftorwa1'lls } lromoted to head of hla delll\l'tment , 'I'he mlminlstru.
tlvo ltl lIties ho dlspla'ed wh11e acting preshlont durIng DI' . 1Il\1'IOr's Illness
cllusell him to be selected as president of the 11111\'ersit ) ' at the latter's death ,
DI' . Judnon is the author of a numbol' of lluthorItutl\'e worls. Including :
"Elll'ollo in the Nlneteonth Centlll. ) . . . . " 'rho Growth of the American Nation. "
" 'rho IIlghel' Education as a ' 1'ralnlng for Business. " " 'fho l\lIssissllllll Valloy. "
and a number of others on a wldo range of sulJjects. 110 has been decorated
hy the German emlleror as a comllllment to hla literary ublllty.
I THAW TRIAL JUDGE I
Victor J. Dowling , justice or the rmpremo court
of Now Yorlr , who is sitting as trial judge in the
Thaw murder casO' . is one of these jUdges who be-
1I0ve I.n deciding every queatlon as it arises.
promptly and definitely. and allowing no criticism
of his rnling aftorwards. Al the Itlst 'l'haw trial
Justice Fltzgorald aliowet ! the lnwyers the
fuliest latltudo lu argning every 1Itt10 point of
law , and after ho hud decided the point would
permit them to carr ) ' on Ilnothel'10ng drawn-out
debute. 'fhis Is a thing that Justlco Dowling has
novel' been Imown to tolerate. lIe holds the
record for the shorteat murder tl'lal In New York.
Dy h01l1lng the attol'l1eys down to the case a1lll
excluding all extraneous matters ho had a verdict
In 40 minutes from the time the case was stal'ted.
Dowling studied law in the ofllce of Justlco
Fltzgeralt ! . At the University of New Yorl , ho won mllny honors , particu-
Illrl ) ' the Devlin prlzo for classics. and also prizes for both the best written
and the best oral oxaminatlons. From the beglnnlug ho has been nn ardent
politician and 110 has served two terms in the state senate. besides being
fOl' severnl ) 'ear6 ono of the party leaders ant ! ono of the secretaries of the
' 1'ammany hall oxecutlvo committee. In 1905 he was elected by a huntsoDle
majority jurtlco of the supreme court. the term for which Is 15 years and the
salary $17fiOO a ) 'ear.
The judge is 41 ) 'ears of age. Ho is a recognized authority on constltu'
tlonal law and is the suthor of the Dowling anti-gambling bill. which ho 111'6-
son tell \\'h11o in the senate. 110 belongs to a. number of Catholic tenevolent
flocletiea , several hstorlcal ! societies and th : ) Oaltland Golf club. Ho hns
fought many battles for the labor unions.
I NEW OKLAHOMA CONGRESSIVIAN I
That ho is seven-sixteenths Chickasaw anI !
Cherokee Indian and nlne-sixtoonths Scotch.Irish
Is the boal3t of Cllarleft D. Carter , new memhor
from the fourth Oklahomn. dIstrict. His llUternal
ancestol' . Nathlln Carter Sr. . was captured when
a small boy b ' Shawnee Indians at the Lackawan.
na valley mllssaCt'e. when un of the other members
of the fam11y except ono of Nathun's sstors ! were
killed. Nathan Carter was afterward traded to the :
Cherokees. ono of whose full.blooded squaws he
married , Mr. Carter's futher , a cwtain in the
confC1ernto al'm ' . udted to this strain of Inlilan
bloot ! by maro'inl ; a one.folll'll ! breed Chielmsaw
woman , a sistel' of Gov. Guy. chief of the ChIcka-
saws.
'rho now reII'csentative } wau bo1'l1 In a tittlo
log cahin J1Cal' Boggy depot , an old fort of the
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Choctaw nation , as ) 'cal's ago. Whcn seven 'ears old lie 'was taken by illS
) laronts to MIll Creel" a stngo statu } and } > ostofllco on the westcrn frontlor of
the Chlcknsaw nation. When ] 1 ho started to school at a log school house
n nrb ' . When 13 ho entered the Chickasaw Manual Labor Academy , where
ho flnll3hed when 1S. ' 1'wo of these flvo years at the academ ) ' he missed In
: > rd 01' to work as a cowhoy on his futher's ranch.
As a cow-puncher : ind hroncho'buster 110 began lifo fOl' hlmsott at "Dia-
mont ! Z" ranch. whore the city of Sulphur now stands. 110 was then 18. When
20 ho uccelted } a 110sitlon In II. stOI'O whore he advanced from clorlt to book.
Iwoller , colton buyot' and colton woigher. When 23 ho was appointed auditor
: If IJubllc accOtlllts for the Chlclmsaw Nation , and thl'eo 'cnrs later became
II. member of that nntlon's council. From this position ho advunced to superintendent -
tondont of schools nnd mining trustee of Indian torritory. At the time of biB
& /Iectlou to the new congress he wus in the Insurance business.
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