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- - - - 11 f c , 1 - - I I- ' -i I " ' , ; t ; , . ' /4I J J JBUILT BIG BUSINESS . - - . Where Stulil QunlltfeM , . German 'l'l1r ; and Industry Made : : POHHI- ' J ble tW Great Shoe UHlncliH of _ the jf. Mayer Hoot & Shoe Com- ; : : 1m : y , Milwaukee : , Manufacturer : ' 'f r Mayer Quality Shoe.1 : ' Most of us see only the present. We see success only as we arc brought face to face with it today. How many I of us ever look back for the cause , the - ' . vital things that make success possi- : ble ? ' t That the key to real business suc , cess is often based on a sound princi ple , rather than money , is best illus ) - trated by the reproduction of the fol , l " wlngr \ biographical sketch of Freder- ick Mayer , founder of the F. Mayei Boot & Shoe Company , reproducec . from an issue of the German Americar National Alliance : \ Frederick Mayer , founder of the fac- tories at Milwaukee and Seattle now bearing his name , came to this country from Niernstein , Hessen Darmstadt , in May : , 1851 , and immediately proceeded to Milwaukee , Wisconsin , where he en- tered the employ of R. Suhm as a. . jour- neyman shoemaker. The spirit that prompted him to seek his fortune in the new world was soon responsible for another change , and in 1852 a year later , he embarked in business on his own accord , making i boots and shoes to order as only a German apprenticed artisan knows how. Subsequently a stock of goods was carried and a retail business con- ducted until 1880 , when the manufac , ture of shoes was engaged in at whole- sale to the trade. The business succeeded from the be- ginning arid it was here that the staid . qualities of German honesty and per- sistency , together with the knowledge of shoe making gained by a strict Ger- man apprenticeship , came to the aid of : a young business destined to become a i . . , factor in the production of shoes in America , for it soon became known that the shoes manufactured by F. Mayer had qualities not ordinarily found : in shoes , and business began to -expand. In 18SO the business was well estab- lished , the foundation firmly laid and the policy well determined. From that time en the growth was more rapid. Faotories , additions , more factories and . mere additions were added , until now , the plant occupies a substantial , group , . of buildings in Milwaukee and Seattle. , The capacity of the , present Mayer fac- , tories at Milwaukee and Seattle is 9- ' . 000 pair per day , giving employment to an army of people , paying annually # over six hundred thousand dollars in J ! wages , and emplpying sixty-five sales- men who travel 24 states in the inter- est of Mayer shoes. Frederick Mayer died on March 16 , 1893 , after building up a large and suc- cessful business. He was succeeded by his sons , George P. Mayer , Fred J. Mayer and Adam J. Mayer , who , by -rigidly maintaining the policy of the founder , have succeeded in bringing the business up to its present magni- tude , where it stands as a monument of German thrift and industry. Fred- erick Mayer was a man of strong char- . acter and amiable disposition. He be - lieved in a square deal for everybody. . He was popular and had hosts of friends , especially among the early set- . tIers of Milwaukee , who admired him for the qualities that were responsible for his success. He was a man of sim- ple tastes , who loved his home and be- lieved in the strict observances of his duty t . God and man. He left behind .him a striking example of what has , in , at least one instance , been contributed by a German to the welfare and pros- perity of , this great country. The leading brands manufactured by the F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co. are : . "Honorbilt , " for men ; "Leading Lady" . . Shoes , "Martha Washington" Comfort Shoes , "Yerman" Cushion Shoes , "Spe- I cial Merit" School Shoes. The savings banks of Germany have some 19,000,000 pass books out , and ueir deposits amount to 3213000000. I Skin Humor 25 "Shears. "Cutlcura did wonders for me. For I twenty-five years I suffered agony I from a terrible humor , completely cov- ering my head , neck and shoulders , so , even to my wife , I became an object of dread. At large expense I consult- ed the most able doctors far and near. , Their treatment was of no avail , nor : was that of the Hospital , dur- ing six months' efforts. I suffered on and concluded , there was no help for me this side of the grave. Then I t heard of , some one who had been cured \ r by Cuticura Remedies and thought c - that a trial could do no harm. In , a cd ct t . . . surprisingly short time I was com- d pletely cured. S. P. Keyes , 147 Con- d ; , gress St. , Boston , Mass. , Oct. 12 , ' 09. . " j \ F Face Covered with Pimples. I "I congratulate Cuticura upon my . . I speedy recovery from pimples which n covered my face. I used Cuticura a d Soap , Ointment and Resolvent for ten a days and my face cleared and I am n perfectly well. I had tried doctors for n several months but got no results. b : Wm. J. : Sadlier , 1614 Susquehanna e . ' Ave. Philadelphia , May 1 , 1909. " b b . In Norway the longest day lasti f from May 21 to July 22 without Inter. h ruption. s h $100 Reward , $100. 11it it I [ TEc readers of this paper will be pleasea itc to learn that there Is at least one dreaded ita disease that science has been able to cure in a I , all Its stages , and that is Catarrh. Hall's a Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now knowa to the medical fraternity. Catarrh e beIng a constitutional disease , requires a T constitutional treatment Hall's Catarrh ir : Cure Is taken Internally , acting directly li 1 upon tfce blood and mucous surfaces of the lis system , thereby destroying the foundation s ] of the' disease , and giving the patient h strength by building up the constitution and hfc assisting nature In doing its work. The ' proprietors ! have so much faith In its cura- fcw tive powers that they offer One Hundred w ; Dollars for any case that it falls to cure. S ( fiend for list of testimonials. Address : : F. J. CHENEY & CO. , Toledo , 0. a : Sold by nil Drug Ists , 75c. fl Take Hall'8 Family -Pills for constipation. flai : aihi I Salting the Action. hi "Wfcen you talk about the ultimate consumer , " said Uncle Jerry Peebles , a : filling kie pipe with the remnants In . . & ' - . his tobacco and - " ' pouch " lighting- , 'Tin In - Jifm. he tl CASTOR I + a b : ( - ; For Infants and Children. & , 'The Kind You Have Always , Bought tu be > ir , r { Bears the s lIJ-I- # _ b < < : \ - Signature of d . . . 51. . ' ah , . - . I' P - - ' \ - ' . . . . . . , , , , , . , . , - , - . , . , . . . . , . . . . . . . _ , - - _ -r.- . . _ : : : - _ _ - . : : ' - --t- > - : : : ,4""L - .t ! : _ . . : J'J1. . " " ' - < - < > ' = . : : : : - _ _ _ I r . , . . . . " "l 1 ' - - l , , . ( - - - , The . lied emption. . fJalid eotson . - By CHARLES FREDERIC GOSS . . . , , ; . . . I Copyright 1900 by The Bowen-Merrill Company. Ali Rights Reserved . _ - : . . 9 - - , . . . \0 ' to. ? " CHAPTER . XXI. Quietly , gently , briefly as he could , David narrated the events of the past few months , and as he 'did so she drew In short breaths or long inspirations as the story shifted from phase to phase , and when at last he had fin ished , she clasped her hands'and gazed up into the depths of the sky with eyes that were swimming in tears. "Poor doctor , poor old man , " Pepee- ta sighed at last. "Oh ! How we haye wronged him , how we have made . . him suffer. He was always kind ! He was rough , but he was kind. ' Oh ! why could I not have loved him ? But I did not , I could not. My heart was asleep. It had never once waked from its slumber until it heard your voice , David. And , afterwards-well I could not love him ! But why should we have wronged hini so ? How base it was ! How terrible ! I pity him , I blame myself-and yet I cannot wish him back. What does all this mean for us , David ? Perhaps you can see the light now , as you used to ! I think from your face and your voice that you are your old self again. Oh ! if you can see that inner light once more , consult it. Ask it if there is any reason why we- cannot be happy now ? 'Tell it that your Pepeeta is too weak to endure this separation any longer. I am only a woman , David ! I cannot any longer ; bear life alone. I love you too deeply. I cannot live without you. " Waiting long before he answered , as if to reflect and be sure , David said quietly but confidently , "Pepeeta , I cannot see any reason why we should not begin our lives over again , start- ing at this very place from which we . made that false beginning three long i years ago. We cannot goback , but , in a sense , we can begin again. " "But can we really begin again ? " she asked. ' "How is it possible ? I do not see ! We are not what we were. There is so much of evil in our hearts. We were pure and innocent three years ago. Is it not necessary to be pure and innocent ? And how can we be- with all this fearful past behind us i ? We cannot become children again ! ! " "I have thought much and deeply about it , " David responded. ' ' ' 1 know not I what subtle change has taken place 1 within me , but I know that it has 1i 1 been great and real. My heart was hard ; but not it is tender. It was full ( of despair , and now it is full of hope. 1 I am not as innocent as I was that < night when you heard me speak in 5 the old Quaker meeting-house , or 5i 5i rather I am ' not innocent in the same way. My heart was then like a spring among the mountains ! it had a sort' of ' virgin innocence. I had sinned only in i thought , and in the dreamy imagi- nations of unfolding youth. It is dif- ferent i now ; a whole world of realized , actualized evil lies buried in the depths of my soul. It is there , but it is there only as a memory and .not as a living force. There must in some way , I ic cannot tell how , be a purity of guilt as well as of innocence , and perhaps it is a purity of a still higher and finer kind. There was a peace of mind which I had as an innocent boy , which I do not possess now ; but I have another and deeper peace. There was a childish courage ; but it was the courage of one who had never been exposed ' to danger. There is another courage in my heart now ; and it is the courage of the veteran who has bared his bosom to the foe'I ! know not by what strange alchemy these di- verse elements of evil can have be- come absorbed and incorporated into this : newer and better life , but this I do know , and nothing can make me doubt it-that while I am not so good yet I am better ; while I am not so pure , yet I am purer. Yes , Pepeeta : think we can go back on our track. We can be born again ! We can once more be little children. I feel myself L little child to-night-I who , a few days ago , was like an old man , bowed and crushed under a load of wretched- ness and misery ! God seems near to me ; life seems sweet , to me. Let us begin again , Pepeeta. We have trav- eled round a circld , and have come back to the old starting point. Let us begin again. " "Oh ! David , " she said , kissing the hands she held ; "how like your old elf you are to-night. Your words of hope have filled my soul with joy. Is t your presence alone that has done t , or is it God's , , or is it both ? A hange has come over the very world iround , us. All is the same , and yet ill . is different. The stars are bright- er. : The brook has a sweeter music. ! 1 I rhere is something of heaven in this ntoxicating cup you have put to my ] ips ! I seem to . be enveloped by a piritual presence ! Hush ! Do you ' " ear voices ? The excitempnt had been too intense 'or this sensitive woman to endure ( vith , tranquillity. Her heart , her con- i science , her imagination had suffered in almost unendurable strain. She $ . ung- herself into the arms of her lover 1 md trembled upon his breast , and he eld her there until she had regained ler composure. "Do 'you really love me yet ? " she ked , at length , raising her face and razing up Into his with an expression l which the simple affection of a lit- le child was strangely always'i le passionate love of an ardent and t .dorlng woman. I "Love you ! " he cried ; "your face has t ieen the last vision upon which I azed when I fell into a restless slums er , and the first which greeted re- urning consciousness , when I waked D om my : troubled dream. My life has 1 een but a , fragment since we parted ; t part of my individuality seemed to b ave been torn away. I' have always , . J b - - felt that neither . time nor space could separate us \ for - " At that instant the horse which had . stood patiently beside them on the bridge , shook his head , rattled his bri- dle and whinnied. "Poor fellow ! I had forgotten all ' about him in my joy ! " said David , starting at the sound" , and patting his shoulder. , "You have had a hard < run , and are tired ' , and hungry. I must get - Ii you to the barn and feed you. They will miss you at the stable to-night , but I will send you back to-morrow , . or ride you myself , that is , if Pepeeta wishes to be rid of me. " He said this teasingly , but smiled at her-a tender and confident smile. ' 'Oh : ! you shall never leave me again -not for a moment , " she cried , press- ing his , arm against her heart. He paused a moment and looked down as if a new thought had struck : him. "What is the matter , ? " she asked. "Do you think they will welcome me home ? " he said , with a penitence and humility that touched her deeply. . "Welcome you home ? " she exclaim- ed ; "you do not knaw them , David. They talk of nothing else. They have sent messages to you in every dir c- tion. The door is never locked , and there has never been a night since you disappeared that a candle has not burned to its socket on the sill of your window ; what do you think of that ? You do not know them , David. They are angels of mercy and goodness. -I have been selfish in keeping you so long to myself. Come , let us hasten. " Just at that instant a loud halloo was heard _ "Pepeeta , Pepeeta , Pepee- , ta ! " , v "It is Steven-the dear boy ! He has missed me. You have a dangerous rival , David. " She said this with a merry laugh and cried out , "Steven , Steven , Ste = ; ven ! " . "Where are you ? " he called. I . "I am here by the bridge ! " she cried , in her silver treble. "She is here by the bridge ! The deep bass voice of her lover went roll- ing through the woods. There was silence for a moment , and then they heard a joyous shout , "Un- cle David ! Uncle Day id ! 6h ! moth- er , father , it is Uncle David. " . There was a crashing in ' the bushes , and the great half-grown boy bounded through them and flung himself " - into the arms extended to him , with all the trust , all the love , all the devotion of the happy days of old. CHAPTER XXII. _ David's welcome home was quiet , I cordial and heartfelt. The Quaker life is calm ; storms seldom appear on its t . surface , even though they must some- times agitate its depths ; mind and heart are brought under remarkable control ; sympathy and charity are ex- tended to the erring ; hospitality is a duty and an instinct ; domestic love is ] deep and powerful. When David had frankly told his i story , he was permitted to resume his , place in the life of the old hom'estead I as if nothing had happened. He ex- pressed to his brother and sister his love for Pepeeta , and his determination to make her his wife in lawful mar- 1 riage. They assented to his plans , and at . the earliest possible moment the min- isters and elders of the little congre- * gation of Friends were asked to meet , t in accordance with their custom , to "confer with him about a concern I which was on his mind. " i They came , and heard his story and his intention , told with straightforward T simplicity. They , too , touched with sympathy and moved to confidence , agreed that there was no obstacle to v the union. , The date of the wedding was placed at the end of the month , which , by their ecclesiastical law , must elapse after this avowal , and an - even ing meeting was appointed for the ceremony. ' In the meantime David remained t quietly at home , and took up his old , s labors as nearly as possible where he 0 had laid them down. Such a life as 0d he had been leading induces a distaste a for manual labor , and sometimes he ' u chafed against it. : Again and again he felt his spirit faint within him when c he recalled the scenes of excitement through which he had passed , and looked forward to years of this un- varied drudgery ; but he never permit- ted his soul t"b question his duty ! He j o had decided in the most solemn refleco tions of his life that he would conquer n himself in the place where hehad been o defeated , perform the tasks which he t had so ignominiously abandoned , and t then , when he had demonstrated his c power [ to live a true life himself , de- . r vote his strength to helping others. The charms of this pastora'l exist- t is ence : gradually came to his support in a his : heroic resolution. The unbroken li lit quiet of the happy life which had ir- t to ritated him at first , grew to be more n and more a balm to his wounded spir si it. The society of the animal world ent its gracious consolation ; the great . horses , the ponderous oxen , the doves 11 fluttering and cooing about the barn- d yard , the suckling calves , the playful a' " colts , all" camo to him as to a friend , sc ( and in giving him their confidence and scm affection awakened his own. ai Above all Pepeeta was ever "near ' f ( urn. It was no wonder that her beau- ty threwits spell over David's spirit. It had been enhanced by sorrow for he human countenance , like the land- scape : ; requires shadow as well as sun " ; shine 'to perfect its charms. But the < g burst of sunshine which h'ad come with h avid's return . had brought it a final II b t fjonsummation which transfigured even he Quaker dress she had adopted. - Her hiei bonnet , would never stay over her face ei but fell back on her shoulders ' her aniS J , , , ' . - ' . ' . Jft- , - - ' - ; . , 1t . . : x. . . : : " . : - - _ ' - : = _ ' _ _ _ . : . . ' _ . - - ' " ' . I , . - I mated countenance emerging from this envelope like the bud of a rose from itssheath. . She was as a butterfly at that critical instant when it is ready to leave its chrysalis and take wing. She was a soul enmeshed in an ether- eal body , rather than , a body which en- sheathed a soul. Quietly and sedate- ly the lovers met eacl other at the ta- I ble , or at the spring : , or at the milk- ing. ing.And And when the labors of the day had ended , they sat beneath the spreading hackberry trees , or wandered through the garden , or down the winding "lane to the meadow , and reviewed the past with sadness or looked forward to the future with a chastened joy. Their spirits were subdued and softened , their love took on a holy rather than a passionate cast , they felt themselves beneath the shadow of an awful crime , and again and again when they grew joyous and almost gay they were checked by the irrepressible apprehen- sion that out from under the silently revolving wheels of judgment some other punishment would roll. Tenderly as they loved each opier ! , and sweet as was that love , they could not always be happy with such a past behind them ! In proportion to the soul's real grandeur it must suffer over its own imperfections. This suffering is re orse. In proud and gloomy hearts which tell their secrets only tp their "own pillows , its tears are poison and its rebukes the thrust of daggers. But in those which , like theirs , are gentle and tender by nature , remorseful tears : are drops of penitential dew. David ! and Pepeeta suffered , but their suffer- ing was curative , for pure love is like a fountain ; by its incessant gushing from the heart it clarifies the most turbid streams of thought or emotion. Each week witnessed a perceptible advance in peace , in rest , in quiet happiness , and at last the night of their marriage arrived , and they went together to the meeting house. ( To be continued. ) , WORKING WOMEN AND BALLOT. , _ Argument to Stio-tv ; : That They "Would Be WoiMe Off with It. " # The lack /JL tne ballot has nothing whatever to do with the fact that wom- . I en jworkers , are paid less than men in the same occupations ; the grant of the ballot would not raise the rate of women's' wages to an equality of that of men's , says the Boston Tran- script. The comparatively low pay of women is due to economic and social causes .which the voting power could not affect in the slightest degree. Briefly put the chief of these causes are ; (1) The lower efficiency of the average woman " worker , 'resulting ' mainly from physical limitations ; (2) ( ) the temporary , nature of the em- ployment ] , which in most cases is , ter- minated ] by marriage ; (3) ( ) the rapid increase of the supply of woman labor , which in recent decades has been crowding into occupations already fill- ed by men ; (4) ( ) the lack of organiza- tion , which has eft , women at the mercy of sweat masters ; (5) ( ) the para- sitic relation of many women toward their industrial occupations , which are not their sole means . of support. These causes would persist even if women , , had the ballot. Whatever the suffrage would or would not do for woman , . it would assuredly not bring her equal- ity of pay with man. ( I Nor would the ballot assist work- , ing women to obtain better legislative protection [ against injurious conditions. of employment. On the contrary , much " * of the present legislation limiting the I hours and regulating the terms of em1 1 ployment : for women would be ren Ic . dered unconstitutional by the proposed extension of the suffrage. This legis- lation , * so far as it applies to adult women , now stands the test of consti- tutionality only because women are in the : same class with minors as regards their : constitutional status. If women were given the ballot and thus were placed in the same class with' adult men , they would be deprived of the special protection now afforded them , by the labor code. In this respect the working ; woman would be worse off ; with the ballot than she is without the ( boomerang "weapon. " t - Hope for the , Victims of Narcotics. In an article in Success Magazine Alexander Lambert , M. D. , says : From t ime immemorial mankind has sought i substances : to help celebrate his joys , . " . or soothe his sorrows , or blunt the drudgery of his existence. Opium and alcohol have most frequently been used for these purposes. Of late years ' ocaine has been added to this list. I Whenever these narcotics have been employed : for these purposes they have t often been used to excess. When the habit of the excessive use o of narcotics has once been formed , so - rare ' indeed have been the instances f individuals successfully freeing af aa hemselves from their enslaving habit f hat they have been regarded as medi a cal curiosities. In , the whole broad t ange of the practice of medicine there n s no ' situation more trying to patient c aiid physician than the struggle to ob t literate the craving for narcotics and a a o I re-establish the patient in a nor- -s it tnal : state in i which he may again face successfully the problems of existence. tl ( Until recently this seemed , all but o possible , but lately treatment / was er iscovered which successfully obliter- h tes the craving for narcotics , and perb i in who enslaved sons were formerly may ow have the opportunity to begin life mew [ without their resistless desire d . . t1 'or narcotic indulgence. rl rld d : An Example. dic < "Some adjectives , " said the teacher , B "are made from nouns , such as dan erous , meaning full of danger ; and a1 : azardous , full of hazard. Can any w toy give me another example ? " clS "Yes , sir , " replied the fat boy at the S ( tI 2nd of the form , "pious , full of pie. " - tIw rting Times. Sporting fc . I- i . . _ _ < "r < ' , _ _ _ _ -----j--- - _ _ _ - _ . - ' - 4 i A . . The Week Weekress in Congres t During a brief session the Senate I adopted a resolution by Senator Cul- lorn calling on the Secretary of the In- terior for information respecting min ing disasters and facilities of the gov ernment for rendering aid in such dIs- asters. Adjourned at 1:16 until Mon . day. The House devoted five hours t6 the District of Columbia appropriation bill , carrying $10,156,473 for 1911. Mr. Hitchcock of Nebraska in a speech de- manded a congressional investigation of the general land office. He attack- ed Secretary Ballinger in connection with the so-called Cunningham coal and cases. , The I Senate was not in session Fri day. Consideration of the District of Columbia appropriation bill again pc- s cupied the day in the House. An , amendment providing $17,000 fbr chIl- dren's playgrounds was inserted. Mr. Mann , of Illinois , attacked Auditor Tweedale , of the District , for criticiz- ing Congress , and Mr. Fitzgerald , of New York , ' intimated that ex-President Roosevelt's bad example was to blame. Adjourned at 3:53 : p. m. until Monday. The' I The nomination of Horace H. Lur : ton to be associate justice of the , Uni- ted States Supreme Court , was con. firmed by the Senate Monday. : Sena- tor Depew made an optimistic Christ- mas cheer speech in reply to pessi- mistic predictions , based _ on the tariff made in La Follette's magazine and in newspapers. A long list of nCmi- nations for ambassadors , ministers and other vappointive officers was sent to the Senate by the President. The ; : District of , Columbia appropriation . bill , carrying : aiout $10,275,000 , was1 ' : passed by the House. Mr. : Mondell of Wyoming upheld Secretary Ballinger in a speech against the proposition to enlarge the government's authority over dams and water power'rights in the different States. The Fitzgerald "unanimpus consent" rule was invok ed for , the first time and two small lo cal bills were passedv , - ; * % The Senate Tuesday adopted a reso lution by Mr. Flint calling for all the papers in the Ballinger-Pinchot case , j and thus put in motion an inquiry into that controversy. After some debate ] adjournment was taken to Jan. 4. In a ten-minute session Mr. Mann report ed to the House' his bill for the sup- pression of the white slave traffic and Mr ! Richardson filed a minority report p against Mr. Mann's bill for the reor- ganization of the government of the Isthmus of Panama. The House ad. journed to Jan. 4. I I Mayor-Elect A. . sni1H Rich. At the dinner of the Southern So ciety at New York , Mayor-elect Gay- < nor , addressing a company which inI , cluded Morgan : : , Gary , Ryan and other < multimillionaires , besides Secretary of f War Dickinson and Gov. Patterson of t Tennessee , very _ bluntly assailed men of large property for systematically corrupting the city officials. These "contemptible bribers , " he said , should $ be dealt with IB the courts without mercy. He called particular attention e to the matter of assessments , and said tiSi the rich men who got their assess- Si ments lowered by bribing the assess- \ ors , thus added the burden on the r small : ; property holder. "How can the rn laws ! be enforced under such condi- tions ? " he asked , and he added that there : is a false moral 'standard , not b only in New York , but throughout the si whole , country with regard to the siV cheating of the government. The same men who would not cheat an in- TJa a divjdual : out of a dollar did not hesi- : t : tate : to steal thousands from the com- ta . a num . y. P t cl "ALL AROUND THE GLOBE. Open-air schools for children in tht tenement : districts are recommended S in the annual report of the New York : ' t' association for improving the condition f' of the poor , which is making a crusade b against tuberculosis. a Mark Hanna , a Russian who took an s. : Xmerican name and sought a license to a wed at Newport , Ky. ' , had to wait two ti days because he forgot the name of a he : prospective bride. Her name was Fannie Dozorthzov. The general committee of home mis- it sions : and church extension work of tha la : Methodist , Episcopal Church , in session ladi ! . Wilkesbarre , Pa. , decided to fix the d amount to be asked from the churches S or home missions and extension work v at $1,500,000. si Mayor. . J. N. Adam , of Buffalo , at a v meeting of the tuberculosis hospital t o ommisslon of that city , announced hat ) he intended buying what is known as the Perrysburg site of 293 acres for re , tuberculosis hospital and presenting p : t t to the city. A W. S. Evans , aged 60 , formerly : ediJ' ; < tor of the Orrville ( Ohio ) Courier , went lrel on his first hunting expedition the othe ] r day and his body was found later in inJ anging over an old fence , where it is J < elieved he accidentally shot himself si n the act of climbing over. t o About 15 per cent of the people wlio Ie in the District of Columbia from K ' tuberculosis ; : ; contract Disease as a ' sioi result of drinking milk furnished from oi oiPI airies in and around Washington acpJ cording to < a declaration made by ti : Health [ Officer Woodward. in Salvatore Demma , a Syrian , is under Columbus , Ohio in le irrest at , connection with the Black Hand cases. He is charged with misusing the mails to q1 [ send blackmail matter and will be L - in Toledo witn the fifteen others v tried t o svhn have been arrested during . thex last , GI tew ! months. ai , . , ' " tr . . , - . - - , - ; . - - ' " T . . : " - . . , --r. r.- , . . . .r- , _ ; ' 4 . ' , " - . ; " - } ' , f . ' J. L MAN WHOSE CLAIMS . . , TO POLAR DISCOVER ABE DISCREDITED. 11 , r - - I , _ , / I g r . - . ' " L' . ' s I ) J k f j ' c t 1,00 t a Yl c1 M ft ! l Dr. Frederick A. Cook , whose claims ' as discoverer of the north pole were ? badly dashed by the decision of the 1 committee of the University of Copen- / I hagen , was born in Brooklyn forty- in. four years ago and was educated the public schools of that city and in , the medical department of the UnIver- sity of New York. Twb years after his graduation from the medical school , at 28 , he signed as surgeon for Peary's expedition of 1893. That was his first ' experience as an arctic trav eler. In 1897 Cook accompanied 'an. expedition to the antarctic and brought back a series of niagnetic observations , , and a profile of the bed of the sea . i south of Cape Horn. From 1893 till 1907 he was engaged in his alleged as- i cent of Mount McKinley , but " his claims that he reached the torof the , peak are also discredited. These are the only important events of his life t previous , to his recent return from the I north. , . e D \ A i \ . - itfl . . . fr rcn , - 'I if + , \ \ . " I , swwwI \ - The rank of rear admiral has been , r . . conferred upon A. C. Dillingham and Hugo Osterhous by the Navy Depart- _ , ment. 4 , ' * - . . - # . - . , Robert S. Parsons , of South Dakota , : former auditor of the treasury for the- i Interior [ Department , was presented. with a handsome gold watch appro- , priately inscribed , by the 150 employes- * of that bureau. & - : - : - Legislation aimed at corporation , lawyers in Congress , especially those- representing , railroads , is the object of .z a bill introduced by Senator Borah , or _ / r Idaho : , and referred to the Senate judi- r " cial committee. Mr. Borah would / make it a crime punishable by a fine ; of $10,000 or two years' : imprisonment for a statesman to serve a corpora tion. : , . - , - : - : - Representative Burke of South Da- kota is endeavoring to increase from 1.25 ; to $2.50 an acre the price of lands ' i opened for settlement within the Chey- enne : : River and Standing Rock reserva . ions. The present rate , Mr. : Burke as- . + serts , is contrary to promises made , when the treaty for the cession of the reservations < was made by the govern- ; " + nent. f . . . - - - - i Senator Nelson , of Minnesota , will aend qvery energy to pass at this ses- ion his bill providing for the conser- vation ! of the timber , resources of the- I , Jnited States. The measure has been I pproved : by the Secretary of the In- f I erior and will soon be taken up for I iction by the Senate committee on i ; I sublic lands , of which Mr. : Nelson is- ' i Jhairman. 'l I . _ ' . * * - - . : - : - Upon the recommendation of the- ' 'I i i Secretary : of Agriculture , the Secre- { ary of the Interior has withdrawn. , , Ii ! rbm all forms of disposition , except ; 1 y mineral entry , vacant unappropri1 - . 1 ted lands in the Sacramento and Su- j , . anville land districts of California as. 1 proposed addition to the Plumas na- , I i i j ional forest. , The withdrawn lands. I I ipproximate ] 118,611 acres. . . . . - - - ; A conservation estimate policy that . : is believed will be written into the aws of the United States -was outlin- " d . in . a bill that will soon be -Intro- . ' / , luced by Representative Frederick C. ! tevens , of St. Paul. The measure pro- ! Idesfor the * _ disposal of water power i iites under conditions that will I prg- ent < monopolization , or any tendency / " I ) monopolization. , - - / ; + : . J * j\ < , . . - - - . . , , t Claiming that the term "Hebrew" is ! I : eligious In its nature , and Has no- I 1 t lace in the reports of immigrants } ' . to- ) : .mericg : , representatives of various \ I fewish societies have appealed to " I it I : the- mmigration commission asking for an i Ji i , ilimination of the word "Hebrew" from" I J : < mmigration reports. They desire that [ Fews shall be known as Germans , Rus- I ; I ilans or other nationalities , according j , , t 1 : ) the country from which . ' . ' , they come. . * : . ' ' I , - : - : - ' i Regardless of the . recent old : age pen- , - I 1 ion legislation , providing- pension 11' 1 ' f 'not less than $12 per month for- ' ' jractically all of the old soldiers of I t he country Congress is still * being \ t J ' mportuned for increases to almost as r rreat an extent as before the general ' ttti ( j l egislatlon was enacted. . . ) _ _ , . \ \ / . , r Nearly : forty paintings recently ac- " : ( "t . I t Uired from the collection of - Klnff- ' . i eopold of Belgium have been brought , ft I New York. Paintings by Van D yck. . ' . . , ' I , : I Joya : , Rubens , Ruysdael .and ' Tenlera-- , p ' re included. 1. > , ' ' .f" ; rl' I. . t . - - ' .f"f f I .ft It , , , t r.I' , I' ; . 4 I'
