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AN IDEAL EDUCATOR.
Charles W. Eliot, President of Har-
ward University.
One of His Granlest Achievem c t. II
the Introduction of the Elec-
tive System in American
Seats Of Learning.

Charles w. Eliot, of Harvard uni
versity, who has recently been elected
president of the National Educational
associate has for 80 critical years
been the prime minister of our educa-
tional realm. He was born in Boston
in 1884, and his preparatory educa-
ton was acquired at the Latin school
in that city. Graduating from Har-
ward with the class of '53, he became
tutor in mathematics in the university,
and later assistant professor in math-
ematics and chemistry. Being ap-
pointed to the chaid of analytical
chemistry at the Massachusetts lnsti-
tute of Technology, he served until he
began his official life as president of
Harvard in 49, He regards the ad
ministra ton of a university as bust
ness. He is not, as are many edu-
Gators, first an author or a teacher,
and secondly an administrator. He
illustrates the fact of making such
presidency a business. President Eliot
brought to his work vigorous and
impulsive personality, distinguished
alike for moral and int llectual quail
ties. Some one has said that the nor
NAL man is two-thirds will and one
third intellect. Perhaps the two quail
tiles possessed by DR.. Eliot which have
done much to make all things possible
to him in the line of his endeavor are
the wonderful strength of his will and
biS abs Olute fearleSSnpSS
The relations which university
president holds are probably more nu-
merous and more important than
those held by the average public Off
Ger. He holds relation to the stu
dents, the faculty, the various gov
erning boards, the. preparatory
schools. and, more important still, to
the community at large.
President Eliot has put himself in
close relation with the commonwealth
of Massachusetts and he has closely
identified himself with their system of
public school instruction. He has
pointed out serious defects in the
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GOOD BUSINESS MAN.
Heir to Maclkay Millions Respected
by Financiers.
Suggested Some Successful Schemes
to His Father-His Weakness
for Horses HnY Never Be.
come Vice.

Clarence Hungerford Mackay, who,
by the death OF his father, John w.
Mackay, becomes the head of the fam
lily and of the great business inter
ests which it controls, has for years
been familiar with the various BUSH
ness enterprises in which his father
was engaged. Up to the present time
he has never taken active part in the
direction of the Mackay business con-
Germs, but it is well known among the
friends of the family and among the
men who were the business associates
of John w. ,Mackay that Clarence IL.
Mackay had the confidence of his ia
Their in business matters, who gave him
credit for having suggested some OF
his successful business schemes.
Clarence H. Mackay was born in San
Francisco April II, 1874 With his broth
er, who died in 1895, he was taken to
Europe, and his boyhood days were
spent at Villebon, near Paris, the beau
tiful estate now leased by w. X. Van
derbilt, who has converted part of
the place into horse breeding estab-
lishment, where he keeps Halma and
other famous horses. .l
If Clarence II. Mackay has weak
ness it is for horses. HeNhad owned a
number of good horses, but had never
become known on the turf until he
won the great international stallion
race at Paris with Sweaze. The Amer
lean colony at Paris was deeply inter
ested in the race, because many promi-
nent owners had entered horses. Little
was known of the animal which Mr.
Mackay had purchased at Little Sill
YER, N. j., for $4,000. TO the surprise
of the natives and the great satisfac-
ton of the Americans, Mr.. Mackay's
horse won in straight heats in 2:1s
each. This was on the turf, and not
on a level track, and the performance
has not been equaled since that time.
Mr.. Mackay's first venture on an
American track was with Banastar,
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with whom he won the Metropolitan
handicap. The Mackay stable was
gradually enlarged, and although it
is now not as large as many of the
American stables, it contains about
IS horses which, according to an ex,
pert, shave bright future"
Clarence II. Mackay, although he is
a sportsman in everything that the
word implies, has never been sport
He is never seen in the places frequent
ed by the sporting fraternity; he is a
temperate man, but not total alb
stainer, and is not gambler, although
he occa sionally sits in friendly game
of poker. He is an all-around athlete,
but is not big man.
Mr.. Mackay married Miss Katherine
Duer in May, 1898, and daughter was
born to them on February 5, 1900. His
home at Roslyn, Long Island, is beau
tiful place, which was completed re-
Gently at cost of more than 81 ,000,-
600. ...a.. .=
As to the fortune which will come
to the young man there are no positive
figures, says the New York Tribune,
and while it has been variously esti-
mated from $50, 100000 to $6O,OOOO0O,
some persons who know the value OF
the investments place it as high as
$SO, 900, and contend that John w.
Mackay, despite his great business ca
pacity and his thorough knowledge Of
the enterprises with which he was con-
nected, did not know within $20,O00,00O
how much he was worth. He was so
meth odical and had the uncertainty of
life so constantly before him that he
left his affairs in perfect order, and
even without his directing hand every
thing will go on in the Mackay concerns
Just as though he were still conduct
ing them.
Among the larger concerns of
which Clarence H. Mackay will be-
come the head are the Mackay-Bennett
Gable company, the Postal Telegraph
company and the Pacific Commercial
Gable company. The large sugar re-
finery at Yonkers, the Canadian Pa
rife railway, the Southern Pacific rail-
road and the White Knob Copper COM
pany are among the corporations in
which he will be prominent figure.
There are also several large companies
in the new gold fields in the klon-
dixie in which much Mackay capital is
invested.
John W. Mackay was always proud
of his good name, and in this respect
the young man also resembles his ia
Their, for whom he always showed
great love and affection.
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doubted. AS Interpreter at the Chi
nese embassy during the incumbeNcy
Of Mr.. Chang some years ago he tc-
came very popular in cabinet circles.
His diplomatic accomplishment has
been conceded by the various special
appointments he has filled. On a mis-
sion to Japan, and later to London, on
the occasion of the queens jubilee, and
as one of the party sent to Germany
as apologists for the murder of Baron
Won Ketteler, he has served his country.
His latest position has been that of
the coronation embassy in London.
His work at the jubilee secured his
knighthood.
AS to the United States relations
with China, Sir LANG Chen Tung said
recently in Paris:
"You can assert emphatically that
not only the Chinese government, but
the people of China, are most CRATE
full for the United States fair dealing
and for the friendly disposition shown
throughout the recent difficulties, 'a:ld
her late action in the Tentsin CUES
ton has still further increased China's
gratitude. The United States will GER
tainly receive as good treatment as
any power in the commercial and in
dustrial development of the Chinese
empire. ..... .-..--.
''This mission returns to Picking by
way of the United States. I shall nc
company the mission to Picking, return
ing to Washington at the end of De-
cember or the beginning of 1908. l
am going first to my home in Canton,
in order to take my two boys to The
United States with me, a desire tn EN-
to receive an American education,
which has been such great benefit to
myself.
I return to Washington, with the
greatest pleasure. had many friends
there, and college mates who are now
prominent men, and had friendship
of several years standing with Secrc
tary Hay, whom l warmly liked"
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system and has suggested practical
methods of eliminating evils. The
teaching Of elementary science in the
grammar and high schools is due to
his recommendations. He believes
that it is the duty of every educator
to make American education OF every
grade better, and it is due largely to
his criticisms and directions that pub
lie education has been organized upon
a wiser and better basis. His ideas
have resulted in increased respect for
the teaching profession, less unneces-
sary labor for the student and have
saved the people much unwise expend-
iture.
And it is in President Eliot's relation
to public education that we touch the
KEYNOTE of his career. In reality the
success of his administr ia ton lies in
the fact that he has kept himself and
the university in vital touch with the
community. He has coordinated it
with the other social, comm ercial and
educational forces Of the time. He
has made it a university for the men
who are to rule affairs.
Perhaps President Eliot's most con-
spicuOus work has been the introduce
ton of the elective system, subject
which he discusses in nearly every one
of his reports. According to his views
on the subject. this system will pro-
mote concentration, individuality and
equip each man to make the largest
contribu ton to the betterment of the
race. It's chief aim is to adjust col
1ege educa ton to at once the practical
and the higher life.
His reforms have all been rooted in
principles and purposes which are es-
sentially moral and religious. He has
gone the whole length of the educa-
tional line. condemning every defect
and rebuking every form of ineffi-
cheney as an injury to the community
and a crime against the individual. OF
a university he says that it should be
its principal function to train leaders
men who have the originating pow
er. who reach forward in all fields of
activity and push beyond the beaten
paths of habit. tradition and custom.
The National Educational associa-
ton has chosen for It's residents man
who stands for the highest ideals and
new and progressive meth DDS in ecu
cational reform. In truth. man of
eight and leading" who stands for
the advancement of real knowledge in
contrast to mere education.
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TOLD ABOUT MACKAY
British Death Duty May Be Imposed
on His Estate.
Mackay Mausoleum at Greenwood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, Il a Prince.
IL TOmb-MilliOnaire Was
Good Fighter.

Estimates published in London put
the late John w. Mackay's fortune at
$40,00O,000 to $70,O00,0OO, and in legal
circles it is considered a nice point
whether the British government is not
entitled to claim death duty of five
per cent. on what Mrs. Mackay inner
its under her husbands will, as, though
not naturalized, she is domiciled in
England. Then death duty will have
to be paid on all the testator's invest
>nents in English securities, so the
chancellor of the exchequer calculates
making a handsome haul out OF his
estate, as Mackay's English invest
900.
His friends declare that four years
ago, foreseeing a prospect of his es-
tate being mulcted by the English
treasury, owing to his wife being domi-
.ciled there, he assigned to her the
greater part Of the fortune he intend
ed to bequeath to her, including his
English investments, and that the re-
mainder of his fortune goes to his
son.
The Mackay mausoleum at Green
wood, Brooklyn, where the body of
John w. Mackay will be laid at rest,
is one of the most magnificent tombs
in the world. 1T cost 100000.
The mausoleum is situated on pro-
montory near the Ninth avenue en-
trance to the cemetery, facing the
east. 1t is built of Hallowell granite,
and is in the form of Maltese cross,
surmounted by Grecian cross.
On each corner of the tomb is a
large heroic group cast in bronze.
The statues symbolic different at
tributes of sorrow and faith, death
and life. With the exception OF the
carving on tAs cross surmounting the
structure and the frieze around the
pillars, the exterior is severely plain.
The entrances are guarded by four
massive bronze doors. Fronting the
main entrance is the altar. The base
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Der, 1862, to the close of the war, Is
above criticism. He enlisted at the
age of 16 (having been born in 1886
in the MacClernand Guards, which sub
sequently became company L, Six
tenth Illinois volunteer cavalry, and
was consequently only 10 when dis
charged.
"When prisoner of war at Ander-
sonville and other places, his excellent
qualities as a soldier and comrade
were fully tested. He refused re-
peated offers from the rebel au-
thorities Of assignment to duty
outside the stockade, preferring to
decline all favors and remain with
his fellow prisoners in distress. He
was known to all as Little Illinois,,
and was member OF the band of Reg
ulators, who arrested, tried and hanged
six raiders July H., 1864, and thus
contributed to the restoration of law,
order and security to life among the
$4,000 prisoners then confined at
Andersonville, many of whom were
helpless and wholly at the mercy OF
the lawless. This incident shows his
mettle as boy, and was prophetic OF
the answering loyalty he has shown
his comrades and the untiring efforts
he has made to advance their inter-
ests continuously since the war.
''As q grand army man he requires
no introduction anywhere among his
comrades. His membership in the or
ganization dates back to 1866, and he.
has been at all times during the in
tervening SO years the loyal and un.
failing friend of the order, never evad-
ing or Sinking any duty or service
within his ability to perform for the
advancement of it's interests or those
of his comrades.
I'm 1874 he became managing edit
or of the Toledo Blade, Toledo, O., a
paper of wide influence and extensive
circulation throughout the country,
and Immediately made it a strong adj
vocate of veterans rights, and in 1884
he accepted the managing editorshir
of the National Tribune, at Washing
ton, d. c., which he yet retains; thus
making period of 20 years during
which he has had editorial control Of
papers of national reputation and in.
fuence."
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and Is Well-to-Do.)
dition financially, a man of wealth, in
fact, as fortunes are estimated in
Amiens. His eyes, however, have long
been source of trouble and anxiety
to him.
He lives in plain house Oh che Boule.
ward Longueville with hiss devoted
wife, who speaks of him with great
admiration and recites his virtues with
eloquence. It was she who received
the representative of the World.
"Yes, he has some trouble with his
eyes," she admitted, "but he has not
been hampered with his work. the
study where he works being so ar
ranged as to let in only ray or light.
Of course, the operation for cataract
will be postponed as long as possible,
on account of the danger which might
result from it at his age"
In order to show how exaggerated
the newspaper reports were, Nine.
Verne went out on the porch and
called: "Jules," and in came the novel
list, in his morning gown.
Tall, with his white curly beard, he
looked the picture of strength. The
half-closed condition of his eyes was
the only indication Of his infirmity.
He is now "a years of age. The idea
that his American friends were con-
cerned about him was gratifying to
him, and he began at once to give many
details about his work. He expects
not to lay down his pen until he has
reached his hundredth book.
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TRUTH ABOUT VERNE.
Been Blind and Il In Excellent
Financ tal Condition.

There have been so many contradic-
tory reports recently about the con-
dition of Jules Verne, the most famous
writer of purely imaginative fiction
that the world has ever known, that
the correspondent of the New York
World visited his home the other day
at Amiens for the purpose of ascer-
tanning the exact truth.
It has been said that Jules Verne
had become blind, that his eyesight
had been restored, that he was in des-
titute circumstances, and that he was
living in comfortable retirement upon
the proceeds of his successful novels.
The truth is that he has never been
blind, and that he is in excellent con-
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HAS A FINE RECORD
Gen. Neville G. Lyttelton Who Sue
ceeds Kitchener as Commander
In South Africa.

Gen. the Hon. Neville Gerald Lyttel-
ton, who succeeds Lord Kitchener as
commander in chief of the British
forces in South Africa, was appointed
to the command of the Fourth division
at the front in 1900, and has also been
at the head of the Fourth brigade and
the Second division. Born at Hagley,
Worcestershire, he is the third son
of the fourth Baron Lyttelton, and one
of the many old Etonians who have
served in the war. He entered the
Rifle brigade in 1865, went through
the Fenian rebellion in Canada in the
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SIR LANG CHEN TCNG.
New Chinese Minister Attended Phil.
lips AndOver Academy and
Yale University.

Sir LANG Chen Tung, just appointed
Chinese minister at Washington, has a
peculiar affection for the United
States in that he was one Of the first
detachment of Chinese boys of high
caste to be sent to America fo:- edu-
cation. Early in the seventies he was
placed for study inan Amherst (Mass.)
family, and la ter attended the Phillips
Andover academy, remaining there
from 1878 to 1881. He conceived the
highest regard for Dr.. Bancroft, the
then principal, and has taken occasion
many times since to manifest it.
He is a Yale graduate and man
whose ability and integrity are UNI
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GRAND ARMY HONORS.
Friends ana Comrades of jobs -.
Elroy boom HimafeF CommaA.
der IN Chief.

A circular has been issued by the de-
partment Of the Potomac, Grand Army
of the Republic, setting forth the
claims of Senior Vice Commander -in-
Chief John McElroy for the Office Of
commander-in-chief, to be voted for at
the national tencampment in Washing
ton, D. c., in October. It is believed
that he has the lead in the race, be-
cause of being in line of promotion.
The circular gives Comrade McElroy's
record, and the reasons for his cleo
ton as follows:
''Comrade McElroy's military rec
ord, covering the period from Octo-
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THE MACkAY MAU SOLEUM.
(said to Be the Most Expensive Tomb in
the Country.)
is of white Carrara marble, and the al
tar proper is one large slab of black
Irish marble from Connamara. 1t is
striking piece of work.
On the platform of the altar rest
four columns of onyx, which are sup
ported by two ornamentations of
green small Irish marble. Between
the ornamentations, over the altar,
is bas relief of pure yellow Carrara
marble, representing the Virgin hold
ing the infant Jesus in her arms.
Both figures are of nearly life size.
Beneath the mother and child is the
figure of cherub.
Underneath the altar are two OF the
catacombs destined to receive the
bodies of the Mackay family. Large
bronze doors guard the entrance to
these vaults. On the other side of the
main chamber are arranged ten more
tombs. Each one will be Theoretically
sealed as soon as an occupant is placed
in it. ....-
On each side of the tomb is large
solid pillar, arching overhead into
fretwork The sides are composed OF
many varieties of marble. The floor
is of Italian mosaic, and large ar
rangement of the family monogram in
cluded in it. The ceiling is of mosaic
work in glass, and the side windows
are of stained glass.
The dimensions of the tomb are 33
feet from side to side, SO feet from
front to rear, and AZ feet from base
to summit.
That Mackay was fighter physically
as well as with his brains was shown
on January 20, 1891, when he thrashed
w. C. Bonynge, San Fran
cisco broker, in the presidents
room of the Nevada bank. Mr..
Mackay thought he had reason to con-
slider that certain cowardly attacks
upon his wife had been instigated by
the broker, and he beat him within an
inch of his life.
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The Scriptures i'm Japan.

Thirty years ago in japan the Scrip
lures were printed secretly, and cop
les were sent out only after dark.
Those who were engaged upon this
work did it at the risk of their lives.
Now there is Christian printing
company in Yokohama, issuing the
Scriptures, not only in Japanese, but
in Chinese, Thibetan, Korean, and two
dialects of the Philippines islands.
Last year there were circulated in ia
nan alone over 13S, 900 copies.
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following year, receiving the medal
and clasp; the Jowaki expedition OF
1877; and the Egyptian campaign of
1882, including the battle of Tel-el-
Kebir, for which he was mentioned in
dispatches, awarded brevet-lieuten-
ant colonelcy, the medal and clasp, the
bronze star, and the fourth class Os-
manieh. In the Nile expedition of
1898 he commanded a brigade, was
present at the battle of Khartoum
was mentioned in dispatches, and pro-
NOTED major general. His appoint
ments in time of peace include A. D. G.
to the viceroy of Ireland, 1s6s-73; mil
itary secretary to the governor of
Gibraltar, 1885, and to the governor
of Bombay, 1s55-90; A. A. G. at the
war office, 1895; and assistant military
secretary, 1S97-9S. He held COM
mand at Dublin until 1895, and was
head of the Second infantry brigade
at Aldershot in 1899 and 1900. Gen.
Lyttelton is married to Katharine,
youngest daughter of the Right Hon.
James Stuart-Wortley.
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Veterans of Spanish War,

There are $50 camps of the Spanish
American war veterans. Thirteen of
them bear the name of Lawton, four
of William Mckinley, ten of Theodore
Roosevelt, three of Guy v. Henry, three
Of Allyn Capron, three of Emerson h.
Ijscum and two of Worth Bagley.
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watchdog of the treasury" is one of
the most picturesque members of the
present congress, and has always been
a power in the house during the IA
terms he has represented his constitu-
ency back in Illinois. Mr.. Cannon's
recent outburst against the eNtrava-
gance of congress is deserving of rec
ord in history. 1t is not generally
known that this sturdy republican oak,
of Danville, ILL.,, is a southerner by
birth, but such is the fact. He first
saw the light in Guilford, N. C. He
went to Illinois as a lad, and at % was
attorney general of the state. Mr..
Cannon has made lasting impression
by his recent plea for conservatism in
national expenditures.
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CONGRESSMAN CANNON.
He Is Now Recognized by House MI m.
bers nN the "WntchdoS of the
Treasury"

Congressman Joseph G. Cannon, who
has suddenly sprung into prominence
as the successor of the late Congress-
man Holman, of Indiana, as the
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VEST NOT DISABLED.
numor Tint Miasouri's Famous Sen.
atOr II Going Blind IL Emphatic
cAlly Denied.

United States Senator George Ora.
ham Vest, who was falsely reported as
going blind, is now 70 years old, but
of as keen sight and clear an eye as
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Thpoe Kinds NJ Men.

It is wise man who knows when to
change his mind, plucky man who
does it, lucky man to have one to
shange.
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The Best Panama Hats.

The best and finest Panama hats
are manufactured in Jipijapa, Ecua-
dor.