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cast their shade over houses which
have records and atmosphere. 1t was
planned by some of the iconoclasts
to rae these trees TO the ground in
order to find suitable site for a
statue of Steuben or Pulaski, thus
giving four monuments, sticking like
posts, one on each corner of the
square. The Cosmos club got wind of
it and began to make a noise. They
stirred up so much sentiment that it
has been decided to let the trees
alone and find some other place for
the statues.
1t would be pity to make many
changes in the vicinity of Lafayette
square. There are more historic
spots in that immediate vicinity than
in any other part of Washington.
The white house, ST. Johns church,
the old Webster-Corcoran house, the
George Bancroft house, the annex
to the Arlington hotel, where
Charles Sumner lived and died, and
the Dolly Madison house ere only a
few of the historic places bordering
the park. LOUIS A. COOLIDGE.
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he has been stationed at the white
house ever since Lincoln 5 day, and be-
cause he was the last person who ever
saw Lincoln in the white house-the
one who babe him good-by when he
set out for Ford's theater that fateful
night-who closed the door on him as
he went down the steps.
"'Good night, Pendei,' We're his very
words to me as | opened the front door
for him as he went out and down the
walk on his way to death" Those are
the very words with which the faithful
Pendel concludes every daily lecture to
visitors after he has shown them
through the red room, the green room,
the blue room and the state dining
room.
Pendel is an old man now and his
chief delight is in revealing his identity
to sightseers, who always look him
over with the same degree of interest
that they would study piece of parch-
ment dating back to the days of the
Ptolemies.
Pendel tellsa good story-how about
ten o'clock on the dread night he saw
confused mass of lights approaching
the white house-a sharp ring at the
beli-Charles Sumner at the door ask
ing anHiously if the president had re-
turned and if anything had happened
to him-quick footsteps-another vio-
lent ring-Newton, commissioner of
agriculture, hurting out, my God!
they've shot the president!"-telling
the news to Robert Lincoln and John
Hay-and all the rest of it. But Pen
del tells his own story and tells it well.
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The News Condensed.

DIR. Louis b. Lacount, a civil war
veteran. died at his home in Merrill,
aged 60 years.
Joe Prentice and Percy Campbell,
two Superior young men arrested at
Ashland for the robbery of the Great
Northern passenger depot at Super
ior,. confessed their guilt.
All of the nine Ashland sawmills
were closed by the owners rather
than grant the demands of settlers
and carriage riders for an increase of
so and 25 cents per day, respectively.
The price of beer to the Milwaukee
trade is to be raised from six dollars
a barrel 20 $3.50 or 81. The increased
price of labor and materials is given
as the cause of the change.
Father Andrews, whose latest
scheme is TO start a restaurant. has
resigned his pastorate at Oshkosh
and will withdraw from his MINISTRY.
He has been the principal in several
sensational episodes.
The Oldest twins i'm the United
States. Mrs. NJ. Noggie, of Monroe,
and Mrs. Hiram Johnson, Of Omaha.
Neb.. celebrated their eighty-eighth
birthday anniversary with family
reunion at the home of the former
in Monroe.
The annual meeting of the Northern
Wisconsin Press association will be
held at Superior during the middle
week in july.
A discrepancy of nearly $4,000 has
been found in the books of the Milwau-
kee house of correction and the coun.
ty officers have ordered an investiga-
ton.
Nathan Myricl, who laid out the city
of La Crosse, died in ST. Paul, Mimi,
aged 80 years.
Olaf o. Olabekken shot John We'll
len, a prosperous retired farmer of
the town of Lincoln, to death in a
lonely hut. three and half stiles
from town. Jealousy over woman
is said to have been the cause of the
tragedy.
The death of Sarah Dewey ended
an action commenced two months age
by George Dewey for separation at
Racine. The couple were married at
Milwaukee July 4, 1860.
Capt. George Williams, Of the
schooner Ishpeming was fatally in
iured at Racine by fall while trying
to beard his vessel.
Emma Lonstorf, of Milwaukee, can
not recover 100000 from her former
mother-in law for the alienation OF
her husbands affections, according
to the supreme court.
: At meeting of the officers of the
La Crosse County Old Settlers assoc
citation it was decided to hold the an
nua1 reunion in West Salem on
June II.
The city council of Mayville has ae-
cepted the resignation of Mayor
Charles Barwig, who removed TO Wau-
sau to open a wholesale liquor house.
Tt was resolved to hold special clsc-
ton June 20.
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Delaware d Hudson, this is com
paratively small. affair in mileage and
in the amount of its EQUALIZATION;
but it is eminently prosperous.
Here is the strange thing: This
man, still living, was president of the
New York central before Commodore
Vanderbilt. He was old-fashioned
then as he is to-day, born admins
traitor. as Vanderbilt was born or
ganizer. When Sloan took the Cen
trail its stock was worth ST. per
share. When he left it the price was
$40; that was in 1864, time of war
and excitement. The Central has be-
come from big road a big system.
but it's stock sells away below $40
in a time of peace and great prosper
ity.
1t was after he left the Central that
Sloan became the head of the Lacka-
wanna. There again he was conserya-
tive, old-fashioned. So long as he re-
manned president there were few Sun
day trains upon the Lackawanna, but
on week days its service was better
than that of its rivals, and its track
and property kept in better shape
while its comparatively small stock
issues paid seven per cent profit.
And the old-fashioned man is alive
and hearty; his successor in the Cen,
trail chair. Commodore Vanderbilt, is
dead; the commodore's successor. w
H. Vanderbilt, is dead; the commo.
dore's grandson and next successor
in the management, Cornelius, is
dead. The old-fashioned man has out.
lived them ALL and [ fancy that he is
Weather than any Vanderbilt now
on earth.
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ject, by the way, of almost as much
anxiety to architects as the land they
really use for their top-heavy work.
On the northeast corner of New
and Exchange place, is the site Of the
building. The street on one side IS
81 feet wide, not from curb to curb,
but from building to building; from
building to building on the other
street measures the magnificent dis
lance of Is feet. The width of the
proposed structure is to be &c feet,
its length Al feet, its height seven
teen stories. And its sarcastic own
ers. Mr.. Havemeyer, the sugar king,
and Mr.. Sayin, are to call it the Day
light building, cruelty twitting their
neighbor upon what it is going to
deny him.
This neighbor is the Commercial
Cable building of 20 stories. The top
three will be very ligitt after the
Daylight has been built against
them; as for the rest there is al
ways electricity.
The HarDers i'm JOurn Iism.
The sale of Daily America by its
receiver is said to have been made in
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The Stnte Trcnsnrv.

At the beginning of business June
/ the general fund of the state treas
ury contained $3.50, 109.95. There will
be no considerable additions until the
railroad taxes for the second half of
the year are paid, in July. The taxes
will amount to about 100000. Bal
ances in the different trust funds are
unusually low just now, which indi-
Gates that most of this money is out
drawing interest. The common school
fund contains only $1,S53.39, the uni
versity fund $457, the college of agri-
culture fund $243.11, and the normal
school fund, $53SS2.
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lulS. LuClC dIN
guns here captured from the French
and the English. Here also is quaint
old gun brought to America by Her
nando CorteZ, which was captured by
the American troops during the war
with Mexico. This gun is made Of cop
per. 1t has a breech block which looks
like a crude fiatiron. Each gun of this
type was supposed to have two breech
blocks, from which the charges were
fired. After one fire the block was
taken to the rear and reloaded, while
its companion was placed in position
and fired by means of a torch. Yet,
primitive as this gun is it was in active
service during the war with Mexico
against the American troops. manned
by volunteers from the City of Mexico.
Still more ancient are some of the
smaller relics stored in the museum,
and of equal interest are some of the
more modern exhibits. There is gun
Ia breech loader-designed by JohR
B. FLOYD when he was secretary of war
under Buchanan. The gun was sent
south at the beginning of the war and
was captured by the union forces at
Harper's Ferry. Of interest also are
the boarding helmets worn by Ameri-
can sailors and marines during the war
of 1812-queer looking leather affairs,
with steel band frames to protect the
head from cutlass strokes.
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he worked as banker. Not,as a bank
president who exists mainly to fin
ance" the schemes of ambitious pro-
moters, but as a banker pure and sim
pie. The results of his work are re-
markable.
The Chemical national bank, of
which he was so long president. is a
small onc-in one way. It's capital
is only 100000 against the 5000
600 Of the City bank. But the divi-
dends paid on the stock are $50 per
cent, its surplus is above $7,000,0OO,
and the market value of its stock has
risen steadily for years. 1t was $4,1OO
per share at the end of 1901; by the
end of 1902 it had risen to $4,000. A
man who owned single share of
stock during that year drew upon his
"a, 100 capital $50 in dividends and
5000 in the enhanced value of stock;
if he then sold be gained $500 IN all,
or about SH per cent.
Mr.. Williams was a courteous old
gentleman whom it was a delight to
newspaper men to ''interyiew'-and
to ewspaper women. He never in
SuIIeu them WIN the klHu VI JClSOh-
al, sickening insult which any known
form of redress would only make
worse as / have known some new
fashioned Wall street men to do. He
had his rules in life. One was to be
polite; another not to ask useless
questions.
They used to call the Chemical the
Vanderbilt bank. There are so many
Nanderbilts that the name means
nothing now. Hetty Green is the
largest stakeholder and depositOr.
Like Russell Sage she always keeps
good supply of ready cash for emerg-
encies. 1t was the talk of Wall street
when in the money panic" few
years ago she found Judge Hilton
hard up for immediate money and
loaned him more than a million at
six per cent. for three years. upon the
Stewart building-a gilt edged loan
such as had not for long been heard
OF and has not since.
A banking quarrel of Importance is
now simmering In this city because
the president of an institution many
times larger than the Chemical re-
fused to allow its assets to be used
to bolster up promoting schemes.
TxvO nfhax. ssGranI old Mon
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He is going to be opposed by John
Stockton; and Stockton is the leader
of one of the Florida factions which
owe their origin to a remarkable in
cident-a dispute over the grave of a
a worthy bishop.
Years ago Bishop Young, of the
Episcopal diocese of Florida, died.
He was greatly beloved throughout
the state and somebody proposed
that his body ought to be buried in
the churchyard of st. John at Jack
sonville. The church is situated on
one of the highest and most slightly
knobs in Jacksonville, and the propo-
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when working out of doors in the hot
sun.
Most of these pallid females, if one
goes up close to them, are observed
to be nibbling starch, thus preserv-
ing this doubtful advantage of COM
plexion by inward and outward pre-
cautions
mo uncooked rice" once appeared
in a doctors dietary prescribed for
an ailing north-country servant. puz-
cling the mistress exceedingly until
she was enlightened as to the habits
of the Northumbrian peasantry.
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III one uJIle sec
ton of Chicago a
boy who is now a
coxswain in the
United Sta tes navy,
left a name behind
aim when he enlist
ed that was des-
tined to stand as a
terrible eXamp | e
for every OF h e L
youth in t h a t
neighborhood for
half a dozen gener-
ations.
The b o y w a s
D;nIorJ wv Do;Iol
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Lost His Life.

While moving furniture in n boat
from his home, isolated by floods
Paul Wickers was drowned at La
Crosse. The water had passed the
government danger line and was ris-
ing rapidly. On the north side many
small houses were afl6at and two feet
of water stood in many houses. La
Crosse was drowned by water and a
rise of another foot would inundate
the wholesale quarter.
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Singular and Plural.

Whenever she thinks how much
they're in debt it affects her nerves.
1.-The way it affects her husband is
singular"
How singular?"
''Just singular; it affects his nerve
He braced me for fifty to-day
Philadelphia Press.
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preacher of ma
tional repute a
man of whom the
country KIN 0 w S
and in whom it
takes an interest.
DR.. Cortland Ny
ers may be fitting
himself for filling
the Talmag e a n
shoes in some re-
spec t S. II e i $
worth watching.
DR.. Myers pro
ceeds somewh a t
uDOn Parl<hll T. { I
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sition was TO put the grave tight IN the
middle oil q splendid lawn which
stretches in front. It was planned
to build monument there. Now it
happened that among the parishion-
ers of st. John was a family named
L'Engles, very old and wealthy, de-
scendants of the Huguenots. They
objected decidedly to turning the
lawn into a cemetery, and they did
not hesitate to express their opin-
ion. Their opposition prevented the
bishops burial in the spot his adj
mirers desired.
Not much ground for a feud there,
it may he said. But Bishop Young
was a brother in law of John Stock
ton, and Stockton never forgave the
affront. He and his brothers de-
clared war on the L'Engles. They
withdrew from the church and built
one of their own. Whenever LEN
gle or a friend of the L'Engles be-
came candidate for Office the Stock
tons took off their coats to beat him,
and the L'Engles retaliated in kind.
In time the entire state divided polit-
ically along the lines of the feud,
Governors, congressman and United
States senators were involved in the
fight, and they were elected or de-
feated according as they were fa-
vored or opposed by the Stockton
faction.
The Stocktons kept Call in the SEN
ate for several terms. They elected
his successor in Senator Mallory. but
they were beaten when Taliaferro
became a candidate, greatly to the
disgust of John Stockton. who was
at one time Taliaferro's law partner
and friend.
John Stockton is going to come out
into the open the next time and Tai
iaferro may have to go by the board.
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tiAC lhbCi GU
the Daily Tele-
graph. If this is
true the sedate
old book publish
ing firm of Har-
per & Bros. will
presently be con-
Quoting, singly or
more p r o b a b ly
C o M b j ned, two
S p o + t j II g and
sporty dailies of
the kind that in
London are com
monty printed on
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of the old world
might envy. For
nothing more pic
turesque could be
i m a G i ned than
the vine covered
remnants of an
enterprise which
in its day-not SO
very far back
promised to be
one of the strilI-
i n g institutions
of the national
capital.
During Harri-
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There is a field here for such pa
pers, on account of the absorbing in
terest in sports. They can be sold at
five cents a copy, the paper costing
less than half a cent. Advertise
ments Of certain sorts pay fairly well.
What a tremendous field for daily
journalism there is in New York is
shown by the recent statement of the
World that in the 20 years of Mr..
Pulitzer's management its total re-
ceipts have been upward of $67,000,-
900. AS they were very small in the
beginning and have not yet shown
any sign of having reached a maxi
mum, it is perfectly safe to conclude
that the present income of the paper
is not less than five millions year.
That of the Herald may be a trifle
less, but as it is sold at three cents a
copy and its advertising patronage is
enormous, it's profit must be greater
than that of the World or of any
other daily existing.
The sporting interest is so much a
speciality that great sporting paper
III NC phIlG AZ III IhC CITY WIN On
income of hundred thousand or
more year without hurting in the
least the bigger general newspapers.
Col. Harvey, the leader in reorgan-
izing Harpers' since their tremendous
slump two years ago, is newspaper
man. He was Mr.. Pulitzer's secre-
tary and manager for time, drifted
into trOlley-car management, came
back into journalism again as presi-
dent of Harpers' with j. p. Morgan
as his hacker and a staff of news
paper men and women drawn from
the World and other papers to assist
him. 1t was hard shedding for the
first year, but the venture is supposed
to have turned the corner and to be
paying interest upon the greatest
load of debt that ever burdened a
publishing house, with something
over for profits.
Col. Harvey is young, energetic,
fond of golf, not anxious to break
himself down by hard work. There is
nothing old-fashioned about him; but
there are presidents to show that a
man of any fashion can arrive if he
manages right.
Brooklyn Needs IA TaImage.
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A Successful Experiment.

mabel married that awfully dissi-
pated young Flutterby TO reform him. .
land is she satisfied with her
choice?"
Il should say she was. His uncle
died last week and left him half mil
lion. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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His Only Worry.

eyes. Borroughs does look worried
these days"
worrying because he can't pay his
debts, perhaps"
'sHuhl you don't know him. IL he's
worrying about debts it's because he
can't contract Observation-Disclosures
Press.
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Fire In Rmcine.

Fire swept the southern manufac-
turing district of Racine, doing over
100000 damage. The losses in part
follow: Racine Boat manufacturing
company, factory and lumber, $ll5,-
900; j. I. Case Threshing machine
shops, $15O,000; Standard Oil com
pany, tanks and sheds, $4,000; half a
dozen residences and small factories,
$4,000.
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p,ooeer Teacher DIes.

Edward West, S5 years old, the first
teacher of public school in the ter
ritory of Wisconsin at Milwaukee in
1887, died at Appleton. He was the
promoter of the first organization to
use water power on the Fox river.
His son, William West, now of Chi
cago, was the first white boy born in
Milwaukee.
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The pranks which he had not been
guilty of have never been enumerated
or invented. Every goat, every dog,
every cat, and, yes, every other boy
within his ward had heard of young
Reidel to his sorrow. There was no
weeping and gnashing of teeth when
he left for the ocean. He was not
followed by prayers for his good for
tune, but rather by curses for his
past sins. "'Tis good radiance" said
the women, and the dogs and cats cho-
rused an approval of the sentiment.
But young Reidel has turned sud-
denly from villain to hero. To-day
he is the envy of every boy he ever
thrashed, and it is expected that he
will be wearing gold lace and shout
der straps when he again returns to
Chicago, for Reidel has broken the
worlds record at naval gunnery by
sending eight 13-inch shells from tie
Indiana's big guns through the naval
target at which he fired only eight
shots. It was a remarkable perform
ance, so remarkable that it has never
before been equaled, and it will in all
probability bring to the young sailor
promotion from the hands of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, who is a firm believer
in naval proficiency.
Reidel is now but 81 years of age.
His father is the driver of a delivery
wagon on the West side, and for
eigner. He displaims any responsibility
for his sons remarkable record. as he
is not particularly in sympathy with
either soldiers or sailors
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Meant wnar He snid.

Cassidy-Oi want wreath av flow
ers, an put on it, He rests in
pieces"
Florist-Don't you mean, "He rests
in peace?"
Cassidy-Oi name phwat OF sed.
IT'S for Casey, thot was bowed up in
the qaarry.-Tit-Bits.
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SAYS II Was Accidental.

Oscar Frederickson was shot and
instantly killed at Homestead by
Louis Nelson, who was arrested and
taken to Florence, where he was In
confinement. awaiting the verdict of
the coroner's jury. The gun, was dis
charged during scuffie. Nelson
claims the deed was an accident.
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- ever IlllOA ilNN
visitor to the man.
sion, Thomas +.
Pendel stands on
guard.
Pendel is not a
great figure in his
tory. He could
drop out of the
Washington equa-
ton without up
setting the equi-
librium in the
S i g, h t e S t; but
while he remains
he is worth talk
ing about, for the
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II 3 hO h(AA
he comes up for
reelection.
+ V cry m a n
elected t 0 t h e
senate from Flor
ida has a lively
fight of it for
that matter. That
state has one of
the most extra or
binary political
feuds to be found
anywhere. b IL t
Taliaferro is in
for an especially
interesting time
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the fine old trees
w h i C h h a V q
a d o rned Lafay-
cite park time
out of mind.
The G. o S IN o g
club occupies the
historic mansion
k n o w n as t II e
ID o lily Madison
house ON the cor
ner of Madison
p | a C e a n d H
street, adjoining
the park, and its
windows look di-
rectly over the
big trees which
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ouSIlC W NC du oo-
ject of greater at
tention, is the old
war museum at
the navy yard.
Z h e principal
reason for its neg
lect by the hurried
sightseer is it's dis
lance from the
center of the city,
but there is no
place in Washing
ton which con-
tains more inter
esting relics of
former wars than
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the latter in Chi
ca go. Good men
who weigh success
by what they have
accomplished for
Humanity IA tn e r
than by what they
have accumula ted
for themselves.
Of these men,
Rev. Father Chat
tin is typical. He
is making men out
of the waits and
strays of the city
stree t S. H e j :
l-eeoiuo tba hove
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It's typical char
acters.
Hall was a ma
tive Chica goan. He
knew the city
from end to end,
and loved every
section of it. He
is even supposed
to have had a
softer place in
his heart for a
Chicago b o r n
criminal than for
those from other
places. Sitting in
his court room one