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mKNUY C. PAYNE, tho now post
tnnEtcr general, lias long been n
M prominent flmiro In Wisconsin, but
ji'IJjl only of lato yenrs has ho como to
bo known gcncinlly. Even now tils
10 rests moro on bis nblllty nn a political
nngor than on bin more solid nchlovo
tits nn n business man. It Is not to Mr.
nio's discredit that ho has been a repub
iii leader In Wisconsin practically ulnco
2, when ho wns made secretary of tho
mg Men's Republican club of Mllwnu
'. Ho did not seek olllco for himself, nor
ilrol of politics for ulterior or sinister
Uvea. Ho la a republican because ho bo
res In republican doctrines nnd to put
ni Into prnctlco ho believes Is to do good
tho wbolo people. This Is why ho has
'lied for tho success of his party.
natlvo of Massachusetts, Mr. I'ayno
ies of good old Puritan stock. Ho was
11 In 18 in nil 1 npent his boyhood years at
1 1 Itii r n Falls, In tho western part of his
Ivo stnte. Hero ho attended tho public
ools nnd really served bis apprentice
) to tho postofheo trade, ns ho was clerk
ho general Hloro when tho olllco was lo
sd. When tho war broke out be nt
ipted to enlist, but was rejected becauso
lis height. After tho war ho was clork
l dry goods storo at Northampton, nnd
o n partner. Ho removed duilng tho 'COs
n Massachusetts to Wisconsin, settling
dllwnukoo. Hero ho engaged first In the
irnnco business. In 1872 ho entered poll-
In tho cnmpalgn made In bchnlf of
nt ngalnst Greeley. Since then ho has
n an actlvo worker. His fortune dntcs,
irdlng to his own account, from tho In
iment of an endowment Insurance policy
jn out when ho was 20 years old. Threo
rs before It was matured he borrowed
has been able to resume her social position,
gracing It by her accomplishments. Mr.
I'nyno's busy llfo has afforded little lclsuro
for amusomcnts. Ho likes his gamo of
whist, nnd passes nn hour or two every day
at the Milwaukee club In conversation with
prominent citizens or In tho enjoyment of
bla fnvorlto game. Ho haa no eccentrici
ties. Mr. I'ayno Is n communicant of tho
Eplscopnl church, of which Mrs. Payne nnd
her relatives aro all zealous members. Ho
has been a liberal but unostentatious con
tributor to this church.
"Ilcautlful snow" In nil right out In tho
country, but In tho "heart of tho busy city"
It's qulto different. Hero tho biiow loses nil
nf Its beauty nnd every veetlgo of Its
poetry ns well, becoming merely a sordid
condition with which commcrco must deal.
Modern city life In so orgnnlzcd that It
must go on, no matter what tho weather
may be. So a snowstorm la merely an nn
noyanco nt beet, and a serious Inconvcnlonso
nt worst. When tho snowllnkca begin to
sift gently down through tho nlr, the
organized forces of tho city's llfo proparo
MRS. ADELAIDE BALLARD OF HULL, la.,
MEMBER OK EQUAL SUFFRAGE COMMITTEE.
THE ILLUSTRATED BEE.
Lincoln tho Elkhorn Railroad company do-
aired to run a track up Ninth street, skirt
ing tho postofTlco square on tho west. An
ordlnnnco to allow this was put through tho
city council, but tho mayor declined to elgn
It. Such, a little thing did not deter tho
railroad company. It merely massed n
largo forco of men nnd went to work one
night. In tho morning tho track was down.
Tho pictures In this number wero taken the
next morning nftcr tho railroad company
bad kidnaped tho street.
i
Tho first statuo to tho memory of William
McKlnley In now almost completed, nnd
will bo unveiled nt Muskegon, Mich,,
on next Memorial day. It Is of
heroic size, mado of bronze, mounted
on a specially deslgnpd grnnlto pedestal.
Tho lato president Is represented In tho
attitude In which ho stood when he de
livered his Inst speech the day preceding
his assassination. Around tho bnso of the
statuto will bo graven the words of thnt
spocch which aro Immediately recalled ns
ono nf his chief uttcrnnces and which now
bear a most pathetic significance: "Our
futuro conquests must llo In tho victories
of peace; In concord, not In strife." Tho
sculptor, Charles Henry Nlehaus, has been
obliged to work rnpldly on tho statue, since
ho promised to havo It ready for unveiling
In n western city on next Memorial day,
but ho tins tho advantngo of having mado
n bust of President McKlnley from sittings
nt which ho took many measurements nnd
photographs. This bust was Intended to be
ono of tho features of tho Inauguration of
his second campaign for tho presidency,
but It developed Into such n serious under
taking that It wns not finally completed
until two months beforo tho tcrrlblo tragedy
at Buffalo. In making his measurements
nnd photographs, tho sculptor remarked
that tho late president's head was largo for
his body and thnt this fact explained tho
general Idea that bo was a largo man, since
tho Impression of largeness Impressed It
self In his photographs and pictures. Ha
wns, as n matter of fact, below medium
height. His proportions wero on tho sldo
of width his weight being nenrly 200
pounds but so well did ho carry himself
nnd with such dignity nnd unaffected graeo
that ho was not regarded as a fleshy man.
Tho sympathy and sensitiveness of his face
also mado It nppcnr symmetrical.
February 2, 1002.
lilBnr
ssj
'. J. W. CONLEY. WHO TAKES
IAIKIE OF THE FIRST RAPT I ST
IURCH OF OMAHA THIS MORNINO.
0 on It nnd with tho lato Roawoll MI1
)ought a tract of ground in tho north
ern part of Milwaukee On this dcnl
leared I7B.000, nnd ho anys: "If I had
norvo I could hnvo mndo a million."
vas postmaster of Mllwaukeo for four
1 and during thnt time placed tho office
r civil servlco rules nnd established
nib-stations, to cxpedlto tho service. In
sslng his policy beforo entering on tho
nrgo of his duties ho said ho favored
y postago, but not at the exponao of
freo delivery. Until rurnl frco do
y Is mado gencrnl and self-supporting
'III not recommond nny reduction In
go.
sonnlly, tho now postmaster general
u.ost nffablo man, Few men havo
er nblllty to mako nnd rotaln friends.
3 who know him best nttrlbute his
political strength to tho fact that
nrsenscs tnct as well ns great foro
Ho Is unnssumlng In his mnnnor
ibovo nil unswerving In his ndherenco
nsclontlous political convictions. Ho
t coerclvo In his methods, but rather
counsel of thoso who differ with him
0 presenting his own views. Thoso are
aetoristlcB of leadership which would
lilm pre-eminently successful In ni
nny lino of work. In his prlvnto life
nyno Is liberal In bis elnrltles, broad
s Interest In ptiblle nftnlrs and clvlo
ena, nnd generous In his sympathies,
bly no better llluatrntlon can bo pre-
1 of the character of tho man ,than
llmpso nfforded of his kindly nnturo
o trentmcnt nccorded to his Invnlld
For ninny years Mrs. Pnyno wns on
d nnd many of his neighbors rccnll
nmlllar, dally sight of tho husband
Ing hla Invnlld wlfo along tho sldo-
of tho neighborhood nnd enrryltig
nek and forth from tho vehicle to
homo. Theso romcmbrnncea nmnng
who know tho man ntteat moro
ily nnd endurlngly to tho devotion of
an to prlnclplo thnn moro professions
irocepls. Happily Mrs. Pnyno has
t entirely recovered hor health and
to keep tho chnnneU of commerce clear.
Unless the snowfall should bo uncommonly
heavy, this Is accomplished with llttlo ef
fort. Janitors with brooms and shovels
Bwccp and scrnpo tho sldownlks cloar, whllo
In tho Btrcots tho over-flowing currents of
t radio, whoso motlvo power Is horseflesh
and electricity, effectually prevent nnythlng
llko a stoppage. Great brooms propelled by
electric motors move Bwlttly nlong tho car
tracks and snow nnd dirt in n dark cloud
Ily beforo them, piling up nt tho sldo of
tho tracks. Hero tho constant pcund of
horses' hoofs nnd crunching grind of
brood tired wheels supporting loads of tons
In weight knead and tumble nnd pack tho
mass. What In tho country lano Is a
beautiful fluffy heap of fleecy flakes In tho
city becomes a dirty, gniyluh black sludgo
as offonalve to tho oyo na It Is to the feet.
In time tho street cleaning department
scrapes It from tho gutters, levels off the
ridges and waits for the sun to romovo It by
melting. In enso of nn unusually heavy fall,
when a real blockado Is threatened, gangs
of men with ehovols nnd wagons remove
tho drift.
People hurry about tholr outdoor business,
t tiger to escape as soon as posslblo from
tho unpleasant conditions of tho wenthor.
Somo forget tho dumb brutes and leave
them to faco tho Btorni, ns shown In ono of
tho photogrnphs. To tho professional mon
dlcnnt tho snowstorm Is ns welcome ns
tho rain of July Is to tho farmer. Ho alts'
on tho street corner nud grinds his dolorous
organelle, or holds forth his hand In mis
erable expectancy, rolylng on tho wenthor
to oxclto philanthropy for his pltlablo
plight. Ills nbject nppearanco In a snow
storm has tho effect of drnwlng ninny n
coin from pcoplo who would hurry by with
out soolng him on n flr dny. To the
householder the snow menns n busy session
with a shovel, clearing wnlks, for tho sldo
wnlks of n city nro kept elenn even ns wero
tho streets of Jerusalem In tho olden days,
when each man swept hl own doorynrd.
Roys and girls aro tho samo nil nround tho
world, but thoso In n city llko Omnlia find
somo advantage over their country cous
ins. Smooth brick or nsphnlt pavement
innketj n much better basis for n coasting
Blldo thnn dneB tho rut-worn surfneo of n
country rond. Resides, -tho path la straight,
tho grade Is even and nil conditions for en
joyment aro nenror perfect. And tho city
youngsters enjoy coasting as much ns any.
Another of tho features which ndd to tho
complexity of urban llfo Is tho control of
tho streets. Theoretically thla Is vested In
tho public corporation known ns tho city
that Is to eay tho people, Prnctlco fre
quently lends to n conclusion nt variance
w'lth theory. Now nnd then tho belief Is
forced upon ns thnt tho atrects nro con
trolled by tho private rather than tho pub
11a corporations. At nil events, whenever
a private corporation wants a street for any
purpose It seems to get It, whether tho peo
ple llko It or not. Except, however, It
happens to be opposed by nnothor prlvnto
corporation which also covets that partic
ular thoroughfare, In which event tho peo
ple havo tho privilege of standing by nnd
watching n real pretty light botween two
prlvato corporations for tho possession of
something which belongs to the public. In
Frederic W. Taylor, who Is chief of tho
agricultural department of tho Ioulslnna
Piirchnso exposition to be held nt St. Louis,
has had extensive oxpcrlcnco In tho lino of
work which he Is now called on to direct.
A. R. CRUZEN OF CURTIS, Neb.,
NEW COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS
FOR PORTO RICO.
Ho was born nt Wcoplng Water, Neb., In
18C0. Ills fathor, William Taylor, was n
well known nurseryman nnd horticulturist.
P. W. Taylor first entered tho nursery
business at Crcston, la. At tho tlmo of his
roturn to Nebraska In 1887 ho wns presi
dent of tho Southwestern Iown Horticul
tural society. In Nebraska ho wns twice
president nnd for several yenrs secretary
of the Stato Horticultural society. In 18!)1
ho becamo professor of horticulture In tho
University of Nebraska, and wns placed In
chargo of farmers' Institutes and university
extonslon work. With tho exception of tho
tlmo given to bringing together and ex
hibiting tho Nebraska stato fruit exhibit nt
Chicago, his tlmo was given to university
work, until his appointment In 1807 to the
hend of tho departments of ngrlculture nnd
horticulture nt tho Trntismlsslsslppl Expo
sition, held In 1898 nt Omaha. Almost
Immediately after completing that work Mr.
Tnylor wont to Buffalo nnd becamo con
nected with the Pan-American exposition.
Whllo employed by tho Pnn-Amorlcnn ex
position Mr. Tnylor was sent nbroad In
ordor that ho might visit tho expoaltlon of
1900 nt Tarls. On former occnslons ho hnd
mado extended trips to Europe, as well na
to Moxlco, In the Intcreat of agriculture nnd
horticulture. Much of the work of the lat
tor character dono by him haa boon In Rus
sla, which Mr. Tnylor h.-u twlco visited. He
was thero in 1892 nnd again In 1896. He
visited many sections of Russia nnd traveled
extcnslvoly In Turkey, Austria, Hungary,
Roumnnln, Germany, Switzerland, Franco
and other European countries.
A. R. Cruzen, who hns just tnkon tho
olllco of collector of ports for tho district
of Porto Rico, Is known to hundreds of
Nebrnrknns, norn nt Oskaloosn, Ia In
18SS, ho becamo a student of Pcnn collcgo
nt that place, nnd when still n young fellow
he wont to Corning, In the same state, and
engaged lit tho stockrnlslng business. Ho
got a llttlo money ahead and moved Into
PROFILE OF THE MUSKEGON
STATUE OF M'KINLEY.
town and entered upon tho general mer
chandizing business nnd when he enmo to
sell out In 18S6 to take up his resi
dence In Nebraska he had ono of
tho best Btorcs in the county seat
of Adams county. In 18S0 ho removed
to Nebraska, locating In Curtis, which has
been his homo over since, nnd engaged In
tho banking business. He had never Been
tho liibldo of n bank book before ho started
In this new line, but ho had a sot of
"blind" books opened by nn expert In order
that ho might famlllnrlze himself with tho
minutiae of the work. Ho closed out his
hunk In 1901 nnd also his elevators at that
place, and when ho retired ho hnd the
largest banking business In that section
nnd tho oldest In tho county. Mr. Cruzen
took nn Interest In politics from an early
age and hns always been nctivo in cam
paigns. Ho was elected to tho legislature
In Nebraska In 1889. During the drouth
from 1893 to 1897 ho furnished seed to his
customers to bo sown in the county, and
as a result ho had shipped Into Curtis
nearly twenty-ono cars beforo the farmers
were ablo to raise their own seed. He Is
an actlvo and energetic mnn and says that
Nebraska will ever remain his home, where
ho still retains intorcsts, nnd to which
stato ho wll return aftor tho termination
of his position In Porto Rico.
Dr. J. W. Conley, who hns been called to
the pastorate of the First naptlst church,
wi'.B bom at Cedar Rapids, la., in 1S52. All
of his early llfo was spent In Ioivn. Ho at
tended country schools nnd nfterward was
graduated from Cedar Valley seminary at
Osage. Ho then attended tho Stnte Univer
sity of Iown, from which ho was graduated
In 1877. In 1881 ho completed his theo
logical education nt tho Morgan Park Bap
tist seminary. Immediately after gradua
tion ho was called to Joltct, III., whero ho
wns In chargo of a church for eight years.
Ho then went to Oak Park, III., to accept a
pastorate. Whllo at Oak Park ho was also
Instructor In tho English Now Tcstnment
nt tho Morgan Park seminary. Later he as
sumed tho chair of missions in the Univer
sity of Chicago, and was in chargo of tho
Chicago Baptist missions. Eight years ago
ho was called to tho First Baptist church of
St. Paul, Minn. Four years ago ho was re
called to tho Oak Park church, which he
loaves to accept tho Omaha pastorate. Dr.
Conley will assume his duties In Omaha
today. His wlfo and two children, a son 18
yenrs of ngo nnd dnughtor of U, will not
como to Omaha until April 1.
Mrs. Adelaldo Ballard of Hull, Iowa, will
bo ono of tho commlttco of tho Iowa Equal
Suffrage association, engnged during tho
winter In urging tho Iowa legislatures that
they poss an nmendmont to tho constitution
giving women the right to vote in Iowa.
Mrs. Ballard la n veteran worker In tho
cause nf woman suffrage. Sho becamo In
terested a dozen yenrs ngo, and, nlthough
living qulotly in n smnll town In north
western Iown, where tho opportunity for
advancing tho causo of woman suffrage
was limited, Bho went to work resolutely,
and her labors wero recognized by the state
association, making hor superintendent of
petition nnd enrollment. Tho next year
sho was mado corresponding secretary.
Then sho engnged for a tlmo In field work
nnd organizing societies. For this she waa
rowarded by being made president. Her
health wno not equal to tho task, and sho
declined olectlon nfter two terms, but this
year sho Is ngnln at the head of the state
association na president, and together with
tho ox-prcsldent, Mrs. E. H. Boldon. and
the state aecretnry, Mrs. M. Nelson, the
Iown legislature will be urged to approve
of giving women tho voting right. Mrs.
Ballard is nn enthusiast In her work and a
woman of great forco of character.
FRONT VIEW OF THE MUSKEGON
STATUE OF M'KINLEY.
Eggs Two Centuries Old
In tearing down an old house In tho town
of Marlborough, Conn., tho other dny a
curious discovery was made, relates tho
Now York Sun. Between tho partitions nnd
surrounded by the huge timbers used in tho
construrtlon of farm houses In the oldon
days was a hen's nest, nnd In It four per
fect hen's eggs, very, very brown with nge,
but not cracked or broken in tho least.
By shaking them n faint rattlo could be
heard on tho Inside, showing thnt tho con-
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FREDERIC W. TAYLOR, DIRECTOR
OF AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
OF ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR.
tcnta had dried lntn n vnrv fimrill mnaa. An.
Pilriltnf- In tho nMeat Inhnlittnnta )hn Iiaiibh
was erected 200 years ago, and as no altera
tions or repairs wero over mndo at this
particular spot, judging from tho condition
of the timbers, plank nnd hand-wrought
Iron nails used, It Is argued that tho nest
and eggs must havo been there over since
the house was built.
The theory is that during tba process of
construction biddy entered between tho
partitions, laid her llttlo clutch and wns
debarred from completing her maternal
plans that of laying a full number of eggs
nnd rearing a brood of chicks by tho fact
that her nest was boarded in. The timbers
wero so heavy and tho planking so thick
that no rata or mice could enter, so hero
the eggs remained, their mission unful
filled. Tho nest nnd eggs are now In the
possession of Henry Lord.
The houso stood near tho Congregational
church and was occupied for many years by
William Bolles, familiarly known as
"Frozo-to-Death" Bolles, owing to tho fact
that ho habitually woro two or threo pairs
of trousers, four or five waistcoats, three or
four coat8, besides comfortera around his
nock, winter and summer, becauso, he said,
"ho was bothered with asthma."
Bollea was an exceedingly bright mau,
but vory eccentric. He was graduated from
Yalo college and taught school for a timo In
his natlvo place, Marlborough, nnd always
took a great Interest In schoola.
When he appeared beforo a school com
mlttco which was to examine him for tho
place of teacher, some of tho mombera
thought to feazo him by asking him rldlcul
oua questions, but ho took It all In good
part, and when thoy woro through with the
questioning bo asked to be permitted to ask
a question or two himself. The request
being granted, when the membors, nearly
all farmers, wero asked how many spokes
there were In a cart wheel, they could not
answer and looked rather sheepish.
"Fourteen," Bollea said, and after that no
further attempts were mado to jolly him.
