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Bissell and his fourth assistant Mr..
Maxwell. recommended Mr.. Cortelyou
because they knew his worth. Mr.. Cor
telyou was appointed and three months
later he became executive clerk.
His next promotion was to the posi-
tion of assistant secretary to the Presi
dent, Mr.. Mckinley having recognized
that he possessed in Mr.. Cortelyou a
man of marked ability. J. Addison Por
ter, who held the position of secretary
to the President. was never robust and
the multitude of duties which devolved
upon him broke down his health. Con-
sequently the burden OF responsibility
fell upon Mr. Cortelyou, but he was able
to meet il. short time before his
death Mr.. Porter resigned, and then
Mr.. Cortelyou became in fact what he
had for long time before been in ef-
feet, the secretary TO the President.
Possesses Great Executive Ability.
He is a man of wonderful executive
ability, and is one of the hardest work
ers in the public service. He is closer
to the President. knows more of his
plans and purposes and renders him
greater assistance even than any mem
ber of the Cabinet. Not infrequently
he labors twelve or fourteen hours a
day. and many times it was after mid
night when he left the late President
at the White House.
Mr.. C<.telyou has rare tact and di-
plomacy. He is never disturbed, no
matter what difficulties confront him.
His position is most trying one, yet
he is always in the same calm and dis
passionate temper of mind. He is af-
fable, approachable, and always oblig-
ing. Mr.. Roosevelt found upon assum-
ing the Presidency that he could not
dispense with the services OF his prede
cessor's secretary. Officially Mr.. Cor
telyou ranks next to the members of
the Cabinet. He is married and has
several children. Mrs. Cortelyou was
Miss Kinds, the daughter of DIR. Kinds.
president of the Hampstead Institute,
from which Mr.. Cortelyou graduated
Success of Law Graduate.
The man at the head of the clerical
force of the Navy Department is Benja-
min F. Peters, whose title is that of chief
clerk. In that capacity he has general
charge of the correspondence and rec
ords of the Secretarys office, and under
the direction of Secretary Moody has to
deal generally with multitude of mis-
cellaneous administrative and finaDcial
duties of the department. He is i native
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inent facts in their history cannot fail
to possess general interest.
Solicitor General Richards.


to possess general interest.
Solicitor General Richards.
The voice of the Government before
the highest tribunal in the land is that
of the Solicitor General. The present
occupant of this important and arduous
office is John Kelvey Richards. Mr.
Richards was born at Ironton, Lawrence
county, Ohio, March Is, 1856. His father
Samuel Richards, was born near Valley
Forpn Pa, February 6, 1914, and was OF
Welsh-Quaker descent. He was one OF
the founders of Ironton. being for nearly
thirty years the secretary and general
manager of the corporation which laid
out and built up that town.
The present Solicitor General gradu-
ated from Swarthmore College, Pennsyl-
vania, in 1875, and from Harvard two
years later. He studied law and was ad-
mitted to the bar in. October, 1879. His
subsequent advancement was rapid. He
was made prosecuting attorney of his
native county in 1880, and held the Of
flee two years. From 1885 till 1889 he
was city solicitor of Ironton, having
been in the former year master com
missioner in the Cincinnati and Eastern
Railway case. He was elected State
senator from the Eighth Ohio district
and served in that capacity from 1890
until 1892. He was attorney general OF
Ohio during Governor McKinley's. ad-
ministration C1sS2-96). In 1885 he was
q member of the commission to codify
the insurance laws of Ohio, and was
counsel for the committee on taxation
Of the twenty second General Assembly
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affairs and the preparation of regula-
tions governing the employment of labor
at the navy yards. AS appointment clerk
Mr.. Peters adapted to the uses of the de-
partment the card index system witch
greatly facilitates the work OF looking
up records. His appointment as chief
clerk by Secretary Long was purely in
recognition of his abilities. Mr. Peters
arranged the Navy Department exhibit
at the recent PAN American Exposlt on
at Buffalo, and he has been appointed as
the representative of the Navy Depart
ment ON the board of management OF the
Government exhibit at the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition, 10 be held in st.
Louis in 1903. Mr.. Peters is well-known
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able among the cases he has won are
the Joint Traffic Association case. the
council for the railroads being Mr.. Car
ter. leader of the New York bar: Mr..
Phelps. cX-Ministcr to England, and eX-
Senator Edmuuds Of Vermont; the case
OF Nicol VS.. Alnes. involving the valid
ity of the Federal tax on sales at eX-
changes and boards of trade, in which
ex-Secretary Carlisle and Mr.. Robbins,
of Chicago. presented the opposition to
the law, and the Addyston Pipe case.
decided in December. 1899, in which the
sherman antitrust law was first ap-
piled to an industrial combination; and
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broglio had reached an acute stage, Mr..
Adse was again called upon to act as
Secretary of State. during Mr.. Hays ill
ness and absence from Washington in
consequence. As before, Mr.. Adee's
handling Of the interests of this country
throughout what proved a most criti-
cal period of the negotiations was alike
thorough and satisfactory.
In 1885 Yale University conferred on
Mr.. Adee the postgraduate degree of
Master of Arts, honoris causa in recog-
milton not only of his diplomatic
achievements. but OF his scholarly at
tainments. He has devoted considerable
attention to Shakespearean research.
and on the subject of the great bard he
is regarded as an authority. Scientific
branches, more especially microscopy
and photography, have claimed a large
part of his leisure hours. Mr.. Adee is
unmarried.
The Rise of Stenographer.
There is IN name no such office as
assistant President of the United States
but in effect there is such position
and it is filed by George Bruce Cortel-
you whose official title is Secretary to
the President. He was not elected, but
appointed by the Chief Executive solely
because of the ability which he demon
strated in less important positions. No
political influence elevated Mr. Cortel-
you from the position of stenographer
in the Postoffice Department a few
years ago to the high post he now oc-
cupies. Merit won for him and was
recognized under the operations of the
Civil Service.
Mr.. Cortelyou is a native of New
York and is not yet forty years of age.
He is a graduate of Hemstead Institute,
New York, of the State Normal School.
Westfeld. Mass, of the law department
of the Georgetown University with the
degree of LII. D., and of the law depart
ment of the Columbian University with
the degree of LII NJ He has been a
school teacher in New York, chiefly in
college preparatory institutions, and
fcials prior to which he was associated
with James E. Munson, as stenographer.
About ten or twelve years ago he was
appointed to a clerkship in the Post Of
fee Department. While serving in this
copacity he was promoted to Acting
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General.
He studied law while holding his posi-
tion in the department. In 1895 a va
cancy occurred in the executive staff
and President Cleveland needed an ex-
pert stenograpber. Postmaster General
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for his genial disposition, is fond Of
gentlemanly sports, and is somewhat CT
clubman
Handles the Postoffice Correspondence.
One OF the best posted men as regards
matters pertaining to the Postoffce De-
partment is undoubtedly he through
whose hands passes all correspondence
that goes out from that important
branch of the Government, and who
| takes cogniZance of all communications
that are received by 1t. This man is
Blafn ". Taylor, the chief clerk of the
department. He is to this Office what
the handspring is to watch. The Cen
eraI Government furnishes the motive
power and Mr.. Taylor directs its proper
application and knows how to produce
the best results therefrom. Mr.. Taylor
is conservative, conscientious, and
highly efficient officer of the Govern
ment, and is we'll liked and highly re-
spected by his chief and by those with
whom he comes in daily contact.
! Mr.. Taylor is a native of West Vir-
ginia, and is proud OF his Common
wealth. After having filed number of
important positions of public trust in
his native State, Mr.. Taylor began his
career In the Postoffice Department in
January 1894 when he was appointed
chief clerk of the Dead Letter Office. In
September, 1925, he was promoted to the
position OF superintendent of the divis-
ion of postoffice supplies. and in Janu-
ary, 1896. his highly efficient services
were recognized by his appointment to
his present position.
Work of Theodore De Land.
In order to successfully manage a
financial institution or, for that matter,
any sort of business, there must be a
personnel that is especially fitted for the
work connected with the concern. The
same principle holds good with the
Treasury Department of the United
States. The man whose duty it is to
furnish Uncle Sam with men and women
TO successfully and satisfactorily do the
actual work connected with the manage
ment of this institution, is Theodore l.
De Land.
Mr.. De Land is the acting examiner OF
the Treasury. and secretary of the COM
mittee on the personnel. body organ
lied by Secretary Gage to do justice to
the personnel of the department in the
application of the civil service rules.
Mr.. De Land is native of Oneida coun-
ty. New York, where he was born sixty
years ago. He has been in the Govern
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Of Harrisburg, Pa, and a graduate of. the
Columbian University Law School. He
was appointed to his present position by
Secretary Long. in March, 1897. Prior
to that time Mr.. Peters had been in the
service of the Navy Department for six
teen years. He acted as confidential
clerk to Secretaries whitney, Tracy. and
Herbert. He is familiar with the bust
ness of the Navy Department in all Its
details and has frequently been called
upon by successive Secretaries to devise
changes looking to the expedition of its
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IDENTIFIED with the conduct of Gov
ernment are number of men who
i are seldom prominently mentioned
in the history of the Administration.
And yet they form the hidden mechanism
of the machine, as it were, and are, per-
haps, more intimately connected with the
real work of running the country" than
those TO whom they are subordinate.
The lives of these men who have such
powerful influence in the management
of public affairs. are, perhaps, little
known. and the recital of the more prom
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1862 he entered the volunteer army of
the United States. He was wounded on
the second day of the Battle of the
Wilderness, and mustered out as cap
tain of Company d, 141st Pennsylvania
Infantry.
in 1861 he was admitted to the bar,
and, after removing to Topeka. he ac-
lively and successfully engaged in the
practice of his profession. For eight
consecutive years he was county attor-
ney of Shawnee county, Kan. From 1873
TO 1877 he was United States attorney
for the District of Kansas. and was a
member of the Forty-fcth and TO the
Fifty-first Congresses.
He resigned from the Fifty-hrst Con-
gress to accept the post of ambassador
to Mexico, which was offered him by
President Harrison.
Successful as an Ambassador.
His efficiency as ambassador to our
sister republic in the south, is attested
by the Strengthening of cordial rela-
tions, and increase in trade.
On his return TO the United States at
the expiration of his foreign mission, Mr..
Ryan was, on April l, 1897. appointed
First Assistant Secretary OF the In
terror by President Mckinley. The late
President had excellent opportunity to
judge OF the ability and worth of Mr..
Ryan, as they were members of the same
six Congresses.
Mr.. Ryan's capacity for hard work
and business seems TO be as limitless
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cotton is damaged also, but being some.
what of dry weather crop II has held its
/ own wei. hut needs rain badly at tho pres
Ont time Grnss Is drying up.
Granger, Williamson County Texas, June
p Yesterday was hvc weeks since there
, has fallen any rain in Williamson county
! During this time tho corn crop has proven
total failure and tho Staih has hcen cut o.
feed the cattle through Hundreds OF hogs
are being shipped for feeders Each morn
lug at 10 o'clock all places Of business Irr
/ being closed and prayer for rain held az
| tho Methodist church. There Is plenty al
water for stock and domestic purposes.
Waco, McLennan County, Texas. June
( "A 80 Falknor one Of the largest fruit
growers Of the State, whose farm is near
! this city, stated TO Tho Post correspondent
yesterday that the severe drouth had not
iuterfcrpd great deal with the fruit in
/ this section of tho state Hc says that
: was young and while there has been some
falling of thrt 1t will not materially AZ
fcct the crop aud that It will be unusunly
B sweet as the dry weather had taken all
/ Of the surplus water out of 1t.
Wharton, Wharton County. Texas. June
2i-lhe continued and undated droulh
which has prevailed In Texas has caused
an Influx OF immigration toward the coast
! counties. Last week nbout thirty odd
wagons, containing contractors. and work,
men. and over II hundred teams passed
where they were seeking employment on
tho rice farms, canals and r1ilroHd cNten
/ sions now building In that county. Crops
/ In the coHsi counties have suffered much
+ less than any other part of the state.
San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas,
june - Drouth conditions nrc becoming
Of sufficient import in this section 10 cause
some apprehension. Tho range and Ike
stock Industry are affected more than any
/ thing disc, since farming Is carried on To
/ limited cXtont only, though, ~ course,
/ commerce. aud trading r. also effected. one
! Wen known stockman told The Post CORE.
! t.n IL
! however. there IS n silver lining 10 the
/ drouth cloud, since tho rain season IN this
! section is IN the simmer and precipitation
/ Ia the near future Is generally hoped for
! with raesnonhlc confidence. cotton Is stand
/ ins mo drouth remarkably well and ore
{ nay crop has already been harvested.
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Lord Paunoefote's Successor.

Springfield Republican.
Discussing the queetion Of a successor o:
Lord PGnncefntc as British Ambassador 90
tie United states, the London Spectator
makes the point that the choice ought not
tp be confined 10 the professional diplomat
ISIS nor even to that particular group tnat
can boast OF American wives. In its search
for some distinguished lawyer. or man or
leitcrs even, who would he an eminent rep.
rpsentative OF hts country, ii is strange
that tho Spectator should abandon the
ou.sr without SO much as suggesting the
,.,rte ~ James BTycc. SIR. Bryce, whl.o
rot a trained dlpiCmatist. is 4 statesman
~ long experience IN parliamentary NE,
ana for twenty-threc years he was regius
nrofcssor of civil law at oxford university.
a. historian ana political essayist ne is
repovned throughout the English-spenslnG
r,srid Nor Il ne without special training
y, forAirn affairs, having been pariianen.
a. serretary for foreign affairs Ia one. OF
vr ttadstone's governments. hut most
,,n1ortaut % al. in connection with tnc
-, .,ipo,.tca1, ambassadorship, is the fact that
~ tpoyys and understands this country bet
~, Than any other living Engiishman, and
MAI none of his countrynen is more popu
- n, the United states. II Is doubtless
~. ~ maj me appointment Of Mt Bryce t.
tut = nost by the Salisbury government
| ;" S.rond the realm OF probability, vet II
-, 10 believed that the American people
n mud he fnrth more Impressed by that Sc
,estlcn than tney could possibly be by any
btheF.
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PIkODIlt,E.

BEEswAN-Frime Texas, 22a23c per
pound.
BEANS Imported navy beans, 3%G39!c;
Bayou, 4c; Euglish dried, SIC pinE, &c.
black eyed, &c; Michigan navy ~;
California navy. iAM4lac; snaps, $40 per
i-laiaS. 3i2nGc: fresh wax beans 61p'ot
per huShci crate.
BUrTEK-B stcr. 2ic: dairy &c: I'll.
gin creamery, 2lu26c; Meadow Golu
2Sa nc: Texas bricks, lie. OlcomaFga'
linc-Liuccn solids 12Gc; Lincoln prints
l5iac. Daisy solids, l6nlIc; prints
lsc: Monkeys special. lSqlDc; Crystal Gem
aud country rolls, l9c, Empire StatS ,spc'
cinI. hoe; special Blue star. 1sc Elsin dairy
bricks 4ec: Ideal, 11i5c Purity creamery
% and a-lh tubs, re; lib prints. 24c; III
gin creamery, solids. lSc; country butter 10
ralls. lpU-bC.
CABBAGl3-idljAc,
CHEESE Wisconsin fall rrcnm rolls, lbe;
Wisconsin, full cream daisies, l1'l5c. WIS
consin half cream, lifllr4c.
EtGS- rexas galuc: kunsaS lM20c
UT.--Ncw, IN half barrels S5.V'h
ONI0Ns- Sew crop, per hushol, 7oasoc,
PEppEB CE,le, new, lJmltc per po'lhu
b1oeR singapore, l5c.
FOTATOES-New potatoes 4a9oc PEI
TTANUrs-Jumpo, per pound, 1Gf4c
farcv hand picked No. J, CMb.2c. -
pECANS-rexas, per pound, lVGl-e' AZ
corning to size. ,,-s,
"a 90; fryers, large, 50 IidJ.n; brolleLH
81 7aGt2O0: mixed lots, S25om3.OO' Sovs
large. old. 81 S0Cf3uO; ducks large $500, ",
*. geese, full feathered. sdWda,Ju
turkeys hens, S5UMToO; sobolers' s''
edn.un ,.,.o. or,tes ,aN
.a@
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cotton Is doing fairly well; stock water IS

cotton Is doing fairly well; stock water Is
getting scarce.
I Leesvile Gonzales County Corn almost
failure; grass all dead; cotton IS smNll
with but little fruit and is suffering Tor
rains general prospects very gloomy,
Dripping Springs, Hays County No ruin
and everything Is very dry; about ~ per
cent Of a corn crop; cotton not sunerins'
grass and stock water s,arce.
Olin, Hamilton county Weather warm
and dry; the corn crop IS burning up, re eSs-
hoppers and lice plentiful ana DONG uAm-
u4c 10 the cotton.
Genoa. Harris CountT.--No laln for I've
weeks: corn ahott ruiHed' cui'ou MS h""h'
Thorn Sp ines, Hood Couuy.-Llght show
crS OH the iTrh. but not enough ram icu ~
do any good; corn Is I'M - a r,mpie,e i9,l.
urc; cotton Is doinG we'll; gardens burning
Crockett. Houston Couuty.-Eot ond dry
nnd all crops damrCed' cotton =, cls i ia u u
iadly and is blooming cu top and shed lluG'
the outlook for the farmer is gloomy nv
{ decd 80,
That could be dcsi.rd: corn almost falIui''
5;iIbtoHW,n. Jick Countr,-corn crop fail.
ure: cotton Is doing we'll; grain Is being Gu >
az Rn g,gp' Kgrncs count, An black laud
| cotton suffering for rain ,.., ,r,.
Yield Cttek Lano tuuntN.-N amor w
and hot: most Of the fodder has been Gu :
/ IN, corn C. op will lac short 'he' oo''on 10
/ sun ring for rain. ,,
/ NcNia. Limestone County no NY
/ cotton will begin to lose It's fruit unless
rain comes soon. . r,t.nu
/ Igu,pssnS. Lsmpasas County 81, on
! locks very well: corn Is being CUT i"i i''
Petty. Lamar Conhty Elmo ms an - .'lI :
I good crop assured; tton In nne conhi'io .i .
pntotot. Mason County ltot anu uiff q
4 6r, y,.iII Inc n light crop. cotton doing wei
eo'" WIN '' Fdwarl II Bowie,
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GRAM AND nAY-

Quo;aions for carload lots delivered on
tracks, li0pstou or other point. t"liHc
tnnr rate. Dealers chdlEc FROM store
amlCc per 100 pounds moro on brar 2I3r
per husho on oats aud c1rn, tdnljc per
lG0 on hay.
bKAN-pcr 100 pounds. oscasLoO.
OATS-Nc = mixed, sacked, jiIsc; No >
white, sacked, sic; Nc. white, sacked,
334c; Texas red rust proof oats slckcd,
460i4SC.
coRN-No. . mixed sacked. sol.; No, .
white. sacked S9Ec.
HAY-Cholco alfalfa, S13.75d14OO; choice
timothy Sl17IMIS00; South Tex Is lrairir
hay, 50 0tMhtu North Texas and fer.l
tory hay, $1,000.
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REroNrs BY coNNnsroNnnNrs.

REPORTS BY CORRESPONDENTS
Claude Armstrong County.-Llght rains
over the county but Just enough to moistcti
the top OF the ground; rain needed for ali
crops.
est Spring. Austin County. weather
very dry; corn three quarters gone: cotton
suffering.
Homer, Angelina County rain since
May Is; corn and gardens almost ruined
cotton doing reasonably Wei.
st. HedWie, BeXar County weather hot
ana dry with high winds, all crops dam
AGED by the dronth; no grass, and cattle
are suffering
NV Boston Bowie County Present con
! dltons we're never better splendid rains
| throughout the county nuC Gopd cogn
crop is assured; two more rains VIII make
IIerwls. Blanco County 1T continues not
ana dry. most of corn crop peyoud re
dcmptlon. everything suffering for rain
I Columbia, Brazoria county. No rain since
/ Mfy 10; all crops ave suffering,
! College station, BRACES county weather
| hot and arg; corn Injured; cotton ho'ding
| its own but Will soon begin TO need ran.
! Indian Greek, Brown county w eather
continues hot and dry; corn ruined cotton
! suffering, prospects gloomy.
| Port Layaca Calhoun County. weather
| dry and unfavorable' corn VIII not make a
| half cron, cotton and sorghum doing wei.
| pialvilic, Cherokee Countt.-Ihc drouth
| is disastrous to the corn CROP cotton looks
| we'll: penches Injured 10y the dt"nth-
| Weiular Calhoun ConntN-Ncather con
! Times NOT and dry, rain would not Dcne-
| III corn as this crop is too Tar gone Tor
| nclp; carly cotton has fruted same but the
| crop generally has stopped growing.
| Blooinfeid. Cooke Cor;iiF.-NerF hot and
| dry; corn almost fai'rre. cotton needs
| rain badly: ardens burned np' Iruit IN
| bad conditions prospects gpnera'y s!oolny'
| Com1nche Comanche County.-No rain
| corn almost a complete fcllufei gardens are
! burning M, cotton hadly IN nced OF ram,
Rowlett Dallas Counts. - burning
| mn: cotton looks very well and IS blOoming
| stock water Is getting scarce
| Fnloe. Delta County. Rain on the lsth
assured an average corn crop; Gotten Is In
4 good condition
| NAV is: corn is burning up; cotton needs
! rain -
Il burning IN. cotton doing fairly wen, but
Is beginning 10 need ram 49, =, -,
mo mn, late corn Is beyond help. cotton
doing fairly well. but the crop needs rain
badly. -, ..o..... !, j.
ROXY, Fisher County. Local showers but
| nj heavr enough to do any good; nil crops
EXCEPT cotton total fahurs anu COTTON
Is beginning to fail r,,,A - -.
| Penrsall, Frlo County Drontn ana nor
| winds very damaging 20 az crops; corn 9
failure and the crop IS being harvested Tor
fodder. .. -, q. -.
worst failure for twenty years; no grass
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RON rIALoUPEs- Bushei crates. TSfs5c;
5'iirprneras, In baskets. 306I ipc.
SIdi.f5 '''o'uN hen' per ooA'
in,EvnsoNS--Me ssinas. $500.
t,rnaAGLS-S Seedlings, s4op.
sns, ~. II ES-Per box, fancy. free stones,
~ syt ,sci choice. 2oQ25c; Abnskct crates. use
u ~, according 20 quality.
Ill, uMs-rcxas, per peek box. asr45c;
FPLES-Per crnte, sAyNd47l.
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METALS.

TIN Firm, s2s5o@2o.5o; lead, un.
GALVANIZED SHEET IRoN-e5 and 5
loo pounds.
ihoutlNG TIN-.iachinc made. S1c5od
boz
suLpER-Half and Half. 17G1sc per
CORRUGATED lRoN-Galvanlzed, $500
pc: square.