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The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
A Few of His Kind.

Mr.. Lucy, a working newspa-
per man OF London. who has re
ported the proceedings of parlia-
ment for nearly thirty years, is
one OF the few of his profession
who have accumulated wealth
He has just given $1,000 as the
nucleus Of fund for the benefit
Of the families Of deceased news
paper workers, and 5000 more
for the endowment of bed in the
Westminster hospital to be occu.
pied by members of the guild.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
The Mon Behind tho Bidder.

The new owners Of the PAila-
delphia Record turn out to be
John Wyeth, a rich drug manu-
facturer; Henry B. Gross, a
rich soap MANUFACTURER; James
Kerr, ex-congressman and former
secretary of the Democratic con-
gressional committee, and w. 5.
Stenger. Ali are Pennsylvanians
and Democrats. That they
bought the paper for political rea-
sons does not appear, although
they may have desired to keep
che Record out of Republican
hands. Their chief inducement
to buy, probably, came from the
value of the Record as an Garner
of big dividends. 1t is announced
that the paper will be run on the
old lines.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
HatIess Girls Here Again.

"She began triAe ahead Of the
season, the hatless girl, but there
she was, all right, at the corner OF
fremont street and Temple place,
a dinky white satin bow and an
ornamented comb in place of the
accustomed feminine headgear, >;
says the Boston Herald. The
busy crowd in passing gave her a
searching glance. Was this spec
linen. the real article, or some
shop maiden who had run to the
sidewalk for, a breath of air: No,
for there were gloves on her
hands and a Boston bag stuffed
with parcels dangling on her arm.
She was suburban shopper in
town without her hat
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Bryan's Waning Popularity.

The Nashville American, Dem,
says: "Mr. Bryan had $50 per-
sons to hear him lecture at Gala
tin. He had less than 800 by act
ual count. in Nashville, although
the American reporter was liberal
and gave him 500. Several
months ago he offered to lecture
at Union City and he had less
than eighty in his audience. He
refused to lecture and refunded
the few persons their money. Mr..
Bryan's audiences are dwindling
all over the country, still he man
ages to pick up several dollars at
the business. He is working the
mine for all it is worth as long as
1t will hold out
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
To Test Novel S;n9le-RaiI Line.

The first practical trial of a
new system OF the single-rail rail
road is TO be made AT the Crystal
Palace, London. The line. which
is to be one and a half miles in
length. will be worked by electric
itv. The difference between this
system and the prevalent type
OF monorail is that the line is on
the ground and large wheels pro-
jecting from the middle Of the car
riage run on ii, while on each side
Of tte carriage there are safety
rollers upon guide rails. In the
nonorail the line is elevated.
with the carriages overhanging
on each side.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Millions Made in Politics.

Even should Tammany be
beaten again at the next munich
pal election the real leaders in
New York will not have to go to
work. Other. besides Richard
Croker have made millions of dol
lars by following politics as a
business. Hugh Mclaughlin, of
Brooklyn, is the richest demo-
cratic politician in New York
state. He has 100000 and two
daughters who will get it. Nc
Laughlin has not held Office in
twenty years, but his influence
enabled him to get in on the
ground floor in the ownership OF
stocks in corporations that re-
quired franchises from the board
Of aldermen. He is a heavy
holder of Telephone, Gas, Elec-
trio Light and Rapid Transit
stock He is the largest owner OF
real estate in Brooklyn. His first
lieutenant, James Shevlin, has
S., 100000 to his credit Bob
Furey can draw on ST 900, 900 and
John McCarty's fortune long age
passed the million mark. These
are only a few OF the Willoughby
street Democrats who have big
bank accounts. In Tammany
John F. Carroll is rated million
aire. Patrick keenan, is a $780,
900 man. "Charlic' Murphy long
ago passed the 100000 mark
Thomas +. Gilroy has real estate
and stocks that run we'll into SIX
figures. No one rates ohm
Whalen under $1,000 900. James
p. keating has blocks Of real es-
tate. SO has Senator Plunkitt.
Tim Sullivan has theaters, a rae
ing stable, uptown property and a
big bank account. These are only
a few, and yet not one OF them
had $4,000 ten years ago.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
What She Was Waiting to Play.

An English paper tells story
of some childrens theatricals. A
party of children were giving a
little drama of their own, in
which courtships and weddings
played leading part in the plot.
While the play was in progress
one of the grown ups went be-
hind. the scenes and found a very
small girl sitting in the corner.
"Why are you left out' he asked,
Aren't you playing, too?" ooh,
Use not left out" came the reply.
Use the baby waiting to be
borned."
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
One of Those Wonderful Sleuths.

A man who was wanted in
Russia had been photographed in
six different positions, and the
pictures were duly circulated
among the police departments.
The chief OF one OF these wrote
to headquarters a few days after
the set of portraits. and stated :
Sir, ! have duly received the
portrait OF the six miscrants
whose capture is desired. |
have arrested five OF them, and
the sixth is under observation and
will be secured shortly
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
A Portrait of John Brown.

An tertainment planned for
a Tacoma. (Wash.) theater re-
Gently, the proceeds Of which
were to be used to buy portrait
of John Brown for the city's art
museum, had to be given up On
account OF a lack Of patronage.
The portrait. which is said to be
genuine work of art, belonged to
the collection OF James Sutton,
the New York publisher, and was
offered by his son at low figure.
It was painted by ], Boiling a
short time before the tragedy Of
Harper's Ferry Hope is still en-
tertained at Tacoma in spite of
the present disappointment that a
way NAV be found to procure the
portrait. .
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
olstoi Again Well.

Count Tolstoi is again enjoying
good health. apparently, as he has
renewed his interest in the public
affairs OF Russia. The count has
written a letter to the car de-
scribing the misery of the Rus
sian peasantry and calling on the
car to aid i'll bettering the coll
dition OF the people. In address,
ING the czar Count Tolstoi calls
HIM dear brother and through
out the letter refers to him in the
second person singular.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
King Christian and the Beegar.

A story OF King Christian and
an enterprising beggar is going
the rounds in Copenhagen. The
king takes habitually an early
morning walk, accompanied by
Prince Waldemar and his favorite
dog. Recently, during one Of
these walks, a ragged man with
all the typical cringing Of a beg
gar approached him. "Well," ;"
said the king, what is it?"
Dare l ask your majesty for
your portrait as memento:?"
said the beggar, humbly.
Naturally the king was both
surprised and pleased at this dec
laration of loyalty, but regretted
that he did not carry his portraits
about with him.
Pardon me, your majesty
retorted the tramp, slyly; If you
will look in your purse you will
probably find one!''
The king amused at this novel
way asking for aims, gave the
man two crowns: but the police,
to whom such smartness does not
commend itself, have duly marked
the man.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Now It's a Relic Trust.

A relic trust has been organ
lied by the Omaha and Winneba-
go Indians. The president Of this
grasping monopoly is Great
Thunder. a Winnebago, whose
speciality is making bows and ar
rows. Green Rainbow and Prai-
rie Chicken. makers OF snakeskin
belts, and John A. Logan, manu-
facturer of eagle feather head
dress, are directors. These lead
crs will hereafter fix the prices Of
Indian goods made for white pur-
chaserS.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Minister Wu's Real Name.

WI Ting Fang acquired his
pungent English in London. He
was student in the Middle Ten
pie in 1876. and was known by
his proper and unpronounceable
name OF Ng Choy. Subsequently
after he had entered the public
service of his country at lien
Tsin and had been promoted to
be a mandarin he followed the
custom af adopting an official
name. Tingfang is said to mean
"hall fragrance and is intended
to Indicate that the one SO desig-
mated is SO just and eminent a
lawgiver that the sweet SAVIOR OF
his reputation fills the court"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Magician Herman and His Baton.

The first time Professor Alex
ander Hermann. "Hernann, the
Great. who died Jew wears ago,
went on the stage he carried a
cheap little imitation rosewood
baton, with a silver plated band
around one of it's ends. He made
a success CT il from the first, and
he cot the idea firmly fixed in his
curious old head that the baton
was somehow responsible for it.
Thereafter and for more than
thirty FIVE wears he would carry
nothing else than the tawdrv lit
tie toy onto the stage with him.
King Edward. Of England, then
the Prince of Wales. once gave
him a handsomely carved and
gold mounted baton. and. for a
special performance. he consent
ed to carry the gift. 1t happened,
for a wonder. that Herman fell
down that afternoon in one OF his
most complicated tricks. and he
blamed it all on the new wand.
From that time on he could never
be persuaded to start a perform
ance without his old baton.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
The Way We Are Governed.

At dinner at the Republican
Club in New York the other
evening, General Horace Porter,
American ambassador to France,
explained how this country is
governed. The people across the
Atlantic, he said, didn't under
stand it; but it is perfectly simple
The daughters govern the moth
ers, and the mothers govern the
fathers, and the fathers govern
the country"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Bio Prices for First Editions.

Some first editions of Oliver
Goldsmith brought high prices in
London recently: The Citizen
of the World" $3.50; "Te Vicar Of
Wakefield" 500; "The Life Of
Henry St. John, Lord Niscount
Bolingbroke,' $50. Horace
Walpole's copy of Gray's "Odes"
broguht 1855; Herricks Hes
perides, S375; Popes Essay on
Man" $3.50; FitzGerald's "Rubai-
yat," $500, and Charles Tenny-
sons "Sonnets, 5" with pen and ink
sketches by Thackery, ST, 500.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
No Difference of Opinion.

Ex-Governor Boutwell's Grant
"reminiscences include a horse
story. President Grant was at
tracted by horse owned by a
Washington butcher, and he
bought it for $500. Subsequently
he took Senator Conkling out to
ride behind his new acquisition,
and the president asked the sena-
tor what he thought of the ami
NAL. 1T strikes me- said the
senator, that | would rather have
the $500" We'll, that's what
the butcher said" remarked the
president.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
The Electric Light and the Eyes.

A Russian specialist has decided
that, contrary to the general opin-
ion, electric Eight plays less havoc
with the eyes than other forms of
artificial light. He bases his de
ductions on the fact that disease
and damage to the eye are proper
toned to the frequency OF the
closure of the lids. He found that
tie lids close in minute 6.S times
with candle light, 2.S times with
gas light, 2.2tlmes with sun light
and rs times with electric light.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15

ambassador, Horace Porter,
home on short leave from Paris.
regaled his companions at . din
ner in New York the other night
with description of how the;
Americans in Paris celebrate the
Fourth of July when they set
about it. At the last anniversary
of the immortal Declaration
somebody proposed that the
American flag be run up on top
of the Eiffel tower. This was con-
sidered rather rash proposition
at first, but the enthusiastic Yam
l<ee who made it wouldn't be
discouraged He made the neces-
sarv arrangements with the Elf
fel tower management, and the
stars and stripes f1oated from the
top OF the tower all day. 1T re-
minded me-" said Ambassador
Porter, of the small boy when
they said to him on the Fourth of
July to stop wiping his nose. He
said: 1T is the Fourth Of July
and it is my nose, and I am going
to wipe it off the face of the
earth.'"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
What They Drink In Philadelphia.

A hot, tired-looking man walk
ed up to hotel bar yesterday af-
ternoon and asked for a sherry
cobbler, says the Philadelphia
Record. He drank it leisurely
and walked out with an air Of
having been much refreshed. Il
don't know when I've had a call
for a sherry cobbler before, said
the bartender. Give almost for
gotten how to make one. You
see, we don't have the call for
fancy drinks that we used to have
even in warm weather. The
liigh-ball, which is just whiskey
and seltzer, with a lump of ice,
seems to have driven the mixed
drinks to the wall. The ginhzz
is a dead one; the rickey is no
longer popular, and even the va
rious cocktails aren't nearly SO
much in demand as they used to
be. l guess it's good thing, too.
Men who drink liquors have come
to realize that the straight article
does less harm to the stomach
than the more palatable mixtures.
It makes it easier for us, too"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
She Tied Up the Rrong Shoe.

An amusing incident occurred
the other day in Brookline
(Mass.) J electric car. which was
comfortably filled, when we'll
dressed young woman entered
and took seat next to man.
Presently she leaned forward and
began to tie up her shoe lacing.
1t proved rather difficult to do
with her gloves on, but after a
while the passenger witnessing
the performance saw the feat ac
complished and the woman sit
back, calmly gazing out of the
window, as ii she was always
tving her shoe" in electric cars.
At the next stop the man beside
her rose to get off There came a
struggle, and then horror mutual
and general. The two were fast
ened, not exactly hand and foot,
but shoe and shoe! So diligently
had the Young woman tied the
knots that the lacing had to be
cut by a ready pocketknife before
the couple could be separated.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Hahett Kilbourne Insane.

Hallett l\ilbourne has been ad-
judged of unsound mind and com
nitted to the st. Elizabeth's hos
pital for the insane at Washing
ton. Mr. kilbourne was formerly
one of the prominent real estate
brokers OF Washington. He be
came widely known about
twenty-five years ago because of
his suit against the sergeant-at-
arms of the house Of representa-
tivcs to recover 100000 as dam
ages for false arrest and imprison-
ment, The jury which heard the
testimony awarded Mr.. Kill
bourne damages in the full
amount asked. The sum vas af-
terward reduced to sas7oooI which
was paid by congress.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Women May Try for the Prize.

The Paris Academy of Beaux
Arts decides that in future wo
men shall be allowed to compete
for the Grand Prix de Rome
Renaud-Maury, Gennaro Chre.
iten. Depecker Renie and Miss
Boulanger, who is blind, have
distinguished themselves since
1876, when women were first al
lowed to follow the course OF
composition at the conservatory
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Mrs. Livermore Becoming Blind.

Mrs AIRY A. Livermore, the we'll
known woman suffragist, is
threatened with blindness. For
two weeks she has been confined
to her home, near Boston, under
the care of eye specialists. and it
is feared that she may become
blind The disease has been pro-
crossing long time, despite the
efforts of specialists to check it..
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Stevenson's Brilliant Ward.

Robert Louis Stevenson's ward
and step-grandson, Austin
Strong, is turning out to be ge-
Mus. \ boy Just out OF school, he
mas come to the front OF his pro-
t@ssion, that OF landscape archi-
lecture. by laying out successful
ly one Of the greatest public gar
dcns in the world-Cromwell
Park. in Auckland. New Zealand.
He was 20 years of age when he
accepted the commission. His
father was ]. D. Strong, one of
the foremost artists of the older
school in San Francisco, and his
mother, Isabel Strong, writes and
illustrates for the leading maga
zines.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Copies Of tho o eolsrstlon.

Several communications have
recently reached the Philadel-
ohia Record asking if the original
copy of the Declaration of lnde-
oendence was in existence, and if
duplicate copies could be had.
The Record says it is rather Gu
rious fact that while facsimiles OF
the declaration were common
enough several years ago, and
were largely used for advertising
purposes, they are now very
scarce-so scarce that a Phila-
delphia collector only last week
paid $40 for one bearing the ad-
vertisement of a Western rail
road. The original document,
preserved in glass. is still to be
seen in the possession CT the de-
partmcnt OF state in ashington,
but it has become so faded as to
be nearly illegible, by reason OF
which a Photographic reproduc-
ton would be valueless. James
D. Mcbride had plates made and
secured a copyright to them in
1874, but these plates were later
destroyed by fire, and none are
now in existence. Consequently
the copies that have been pre-
served are constantly increasing
in value.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Best SELLING Books.

The best selling books just now
are Dorothy Vernon" The Mis-
sissippi Bubble" Audrey" "The
Hound Of the Baskerville" and
"TheLady Paramount" with
Dorothy Vernon scoring 23
points against 7 for it's nearest
competitor.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Fort Benjamin Harrison.

The decision Of President
Roosevelt to direct the secretary
of war to have the new infantry
military post at indianapolis
named Fort Benz amin Harrison
meets with popular approval, not
only in Indiana, but throughout
the United States.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Harte'sl Joke Lost Him q

While Bert Harte' was
the Overland Monthly
Francisco there was a ra
we're earthquake shock. IEsV
respondents OF Eastern papers
were requested to draw it mild
for fear cf driving away new COM
ers, but the notification failed to-
reach Harte, who wrote an anus
ing skit by way of editorial in
his magizine. 1t gave such dire
offense that when his name alter
ward came up for election to a
chair in the state university he
lost the vote and support of the
most influential trustee, the bank
er, William c. Ralston.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
A Cabinet of Press Men.

Mr.. Asquith, the English
statesman, said in a speech at d
recent press banquet. that nearly
every member Of the present
British cabinet. from the premier
down, had worked for the press
at one time or another.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-15
Gold Mine 1000 Years Old.

Governor MARITIME Unsupported
to the. Italian government the dis
covery near Asmara, in Eritrea, of
a gold mine which evidently was
worked by the natives more than
a thousand years ago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-02
BEL0IT'S ORATOR WINS
"GEN1Us OF THE REFRIGERATION,
This Grafton by Oscar e.. sIaurer
~ Pronounced Best In the In Z
terstate Contest. 81

& Oscar E. Maurer, Of Beloit college, Wis
consin, won first place in the Interstate
Oratorical association debate held in ST.
Paul last night under the auspices. OF
Hamline university. His subject was
The Genius of the Refor1na don Second
place was awarded by Frank Brown, Of
Knox college, Galesburg, Ill, who spoke
on The Patriotism of Sltenhen a. Doug
las; and third. to. C. "A. Culver, OF Garlic
ton college, whose subject was 'sThe
Trend of the Age
: H. S. Woodward, Of Hiram college, Ohio.
was given fourth. place for his Grafton on
The Greed that Curses.''
Other speakers and their subjects were,
George A. Mitchell, Iowa Wesleyan uni-
versity, The Blot On the scutcheon =:
Homer Hoch, Baker suniversity, Kansas,
The Patriot in Politics.; ,Joseph w.
Kenny, Earlham college, Indiana The
First EmanciDator";; Loring 2. Beck
with, Denver university, Feeling and
Thinking; Their Focus James =. Wood
ward Creighton university, Nebraska. rs
Christianity a Failure ~ David Milton
Proctor, i1liamt Jewell college, Missouri,
Modern Egotis1n. :" s.
The election of officers for the ensuing
year resulted in the selection. Of George
Leach Topeka college. Kansas, as presi-
dent; H. B. Turner, Hiram college, Ohio,
vice president; and e.. w. Weiser, Coll
orado college: secret ary. The contest
next year will be held at Cleveland, Ohio,
under the auspices of Hiram college.
The Judges, had a d hieuit task. as the
orations were of an unusually high. grade.
Maurer scored first cIace Ia delivery, but
was beaten on thought and composition
by both Frank Brown and g. Culver
who were tied for first clace,
Ten states were repFeserted In the CON
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-02
lnLabor' FieId
STRIKES OF May DAY
Minneapolis Is Fortunate in Having
But Few Complications.
ONE SERIOUS DISAGREEMENT
That Is the One Involving Night
Il Work by Bakers-Other
Demands.

May 1, portentous day with LABOR,
lIshered in the usual assortment OF labor
troubles over the country, and Mlnneapo-
lis. while more fortunate IN this regard
than many other cities, has not wholly
escaped complications between employer
and employee. In only one case, however,
does it now seem likely that there is des-
tined to be any long drawn out deadlock
between the two forces, and that Is the
case involving the iourn eymen bakers and
their employers. There are about 200 men
concerned in this affair, Of which about 80
per cent are members of the union. The
employers declare that they cannot see
their way clear to yield to the demands
of the men; that they can't do it and sup
ply their trade.
1 The main contention of the men is for
the abolition, of night work, and, next to
that, they insist that none but members
of the union be employed They have long
looked ahead to the time, they say, when
might work should be abolished. It is not
a strict necessity in the trade, they de-
Glare, and the employers can, without
much difficulty, adjust their business to
the new conditions. The union gave notice
a year ago that on May | of this year
they would demand the abolition of night
work. Naturally they think that this was
long enough notice to the employers. and
shat they should now be ready to concede
The point 3'MostSef the employers, how
ever, are not yetprepared to put the ex-
sclus ive day regime into effect, and they
declare that it will work great damage
and hardship to the trade to enforce the
measure at this time. Others. notably
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-02
THE BRITISH BRICKLAYER
How His Work Compares With Hi,
Yankee Colleagues.

How His Work Compares with His
Yankee Colleagues.
The construction OF the Westinghouse
plant at Manchester, England, has in
spired a wealth of discussion among the
trade journals of fAnierica and England
over the relative merits of American and
English sworkmen, particularly brick
layers. Much has been heard
from both sides and neither side
IS probably any nearer con-
wired of its error to-day than at the
start. The statement has been made
from the American side, notably by the
manager of the westinghouse plant, that
the average days work of the British
workman was 800 bricks, while American
bricklayers would lay from 1900 to $500
bricks in the same time. The statement
aroused a storm of protest from the other
side and rightly, too, according to the
evidence Of we'll advised men on both
John Chick, for instance, the we'll
Known Minneapolis brick contractor, who
learned his trade in England, while con
cedtng marked superiority for the
American bricklayer as regards ability
to turn off work, declares that the differ
ence is nothing more than so per cent in
his favor Under the same conditions as
regards length sof day and depth of wall ),
the Britisher, he says, will lay only about
one-haf as MANY brick -er day. Good
men In this country will rarely lay to
exceed from 1,200to 1,500 bricks day, he
holds. and where they are: engaged. on
laying pressed bricks, 800 is a. good days
work He SAYS he has. seen as high as
1000 bricks laid in a day, but y was