Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-09
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Ferrer Martyr, the private secretary OF
Aguinaldo, has lad career cnly a little
less remarkable than that OF the dictator
himself Martyr is an American in fact,
was born in Pennsylvania. His parentage
was excellent and he was given every edu-
cational advantage possible which he seems
to have improved, for in addition to being a
proficient lingust he is said to be equally
as able in other directions He studied at
Princeton for the ministry and for a time
after graduation had charge Of a Presby-
terian church in New Jersey. During this
time he married the daughter OF promi-
nent St Louis newspaper man and it is re-
ported that his wife was the cause Of his
leaving the ministry. Anyway they came to
st. Louis where he went to work on
paper, but did not stay long. From there
he went to New York and was for a time
correspondent Of the post-Dispatch, but
after a time he separated from his WIFE, lost
his position and but little was heard of him
until he again came into prominence by
marrying the stepdaughter of Congressman
Aldrich Of Alabama. However, his second
matrimonial venture did not improve his
ways and he only lived with his wife for a
short time Then he disappeared in the
west, was heard of in San Francisco and
then in 1897 at Manila. How he became
acquainted with Aguinaldo is not known, but
he served the Tagal leader in rebellion
against Spain, later accompanied him into
exile, returned with him to the Philippines
and altogether seems to have found job
at last just to his liking.
The presidents salary of $4,000 n year
does not represent, by any means, what the
Office costs the taxpayers of the United
States. His private secretary, clerks, door
keepers, messengers steward and three
servants of minor Importance cost S33,Sbo
per year. Furnishing and repairs for the
White house cost $4,000 more, while fuel
comes at $4,000 and the green house at $4,000
more. All of this is annually appropriated
and is invariably used From this 1T Will
be seen that incidentals cost over $liOOO
more than the presidents salary and make
the total cost of the chief executive to the
country the neat little sum of $ll4,S65 per
year or one term almost a half million of
dollars. Compared with European royalties,
however, this is cheap.
Northamptonshire is preparing to cele-
brate the three hundredth anniversary OF
the birth of Oliver Cromwell. The celebra-
ton will consist, in part of pilgrimage
to the battlefield of Naseby, but what further
will be done has not been decided. rms
celebration comes somewhat tardily and
1t is disgrace to England that ii has not
publicly honored instead OF stigmatized the
memory of, perhaps, the very greatest man
in all her history. Cromwell was born on
April % and that will be celebrated, but
If it were not for the fact that he died on
September 3, that would be the most ap-
propriate day to observe. Cromwell himself
looked upon it as exerting powerful intlu-
ence on his life and history would seem TO
bear out the idea that his superstition was
well founded. The following incidents of
his life happened on that day. He was |
married on September 3. The long Parlia- |
ment in which his career was begun assem- |
bed on September 3. He fought and won |
the battles of Marston Moor, Naseby and !
Drogheda September 8. He formally |
assumed the protectorate on September
and just before midnight on September
he died.