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a Clerk in the Treasury.

II is a story fun of surprising ro-
nance, this OF the rise of Henry "
DentSon. He comes Of good Vermont
and New Hampshire stock Of a kind
that produces able la vgyers. wise judges,
and journalists of the caIibcr of the
late Charles A. Dana. Mr. Dana was q
cousin of the elder Denison. 1t was
through him that the younger man was
introduced into official life in Washing
ton. but "a was by his own energy and
ability. by persistent hard work and
taking advantage of his opportunities
that instead Of remaining "A mere de
partment clerk - salary of 81 .2O9
year. he advanced from one position TO
another Until. arriving in Japan. he
showed himself capable Of holding his
own with the brightest men OF the
East
Denison's father was jaileF Of the Coos
county jail. The family lived at Guild
Hall before moving to Lancaster, and
at the old homestead just across the
river from the Lancaster Academy
Charles 4. Dana lived and did chores
for the family while attending that IA
nous old school. II was for the sake of
that ''auid lang syne'' that he found
young Deuison a job in the Treasury
Department when he was Assistant Sec
retary of War during the FeconsCs s.ation
period. Denison Is described by those
who knew him as ''an ordinary boy with
q large appetite" a steady-going, mod
est fellow. who. II he had any ambitions
was careful 10 conceal them, always ex-
ceptlng his ambitions to marry Nellie
Cross. the prettiest daughter of the
most prominent family IN the place
That ambition was very clearly defined
II seems 10 have been q worthy one. and
ultimately he realized it.
His mother was a brilliant woman
wssS had been q Miss Mary Copper. o.
zrazburg. VT. One Of her brothers wal
a judge Of the supreme court. anothe
4 prominent lawyer, while nearly ever3
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- IGANT1C skeletons of prehis-
toric Indians. nearly eight feet
tail, have been discovered
along the banks Of the Chop
tank river in Maryland by employees of
the Maryland Academy of Science. The
remains are at the acadeTny's building
in Baltimore where they Will be on Lkib-
lie exhibition.
The collection comprises eight skele-
tons. of which some are women and
children. They are not all complete,
but all the larger bones have been
found and there is at least one COM
plete specimen of IN adult man The cN-
cavations were in progress for months.
and the discovery is considered one of
the most important from the stand
point of anthropology in Maryland in a
number of years. The remains are be-
Heved TO be at least 1,G00 years old The
formation of the ground above aid the
location OF the graves give every eYi-
dence of this. During the excavations
the remains of the camps OF later IN
dians were revealed. These consisted
of oyster shell heaps, charred and
burned earth and fragments OF cooking
utensils These discoveries were made
| fully ten feet above the graves which
contained tie Slsdhtic SheleIoHS-
| There have been other discoveries in
Maryland of remains of men Of tre-
mendous stature. A skeleton was dis
| covered at Ocean City several years age
which measured fIB. ion UV-. feet
| 6 inches. This skeleton was Inferred in
! a regular burying mound and beads
manufactured by white men were found
| upon it. This dead Indian was proba.
bIv ore of the tribe mentioned by Cant
| John Smith, who, in July, 1893, made a
/ voyage of exploration of the Chesa-
| peake bay.
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Cremation in Vogue.

At the point on the Choptank where
the remains were found there are
steep shelving cliffs of sand and gray
el that extend to the waters edge.
Beneath this bank is layer Of mari.
The graves are in the sand few feet
above the hard mari. and have deposits
of between twenty and thirty feet Of
sand and gravel above them. \ Pc
euliaF feature of the discovery is the
charred state of the bones of the wo-
men ana children. Those Of the men
are untouched by fire. This seems
to indicate that the ancient Indians
cremated the bodies of all except their
warriors. The vet resting place OF
the bones for so many centuries has
made them very soft and fragile, and
il was with the greatest difficulty that
they were removed.
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Comes Of a Fighting PANTY.

His father, John P. Denison, was an
elderly man when the war broke out,
but his whole mind was set on fighting
for his country in what he regarded as
a holy war Stories are still told in
Lancaster Of his efforts 70 enlist. He
was rejected several times because of
his age but finally succeeded in get
ting into the Seventeenth New Hamp-
shire. in which he became commissary
sergeant, while one of his sons, Charles.
became captain in the famous Seventh.
So it will be seen that the boy came of
good patriotic fighting stock. So did
the girl whom he was eventually To
marry. pretty Nellie Cross. whom
Bonev Denison almost invariably man
aged To escort to the entertainments
given in the town. Her family had
three colonels in the civil war her ia
ther and two brothers, one OF whom
was Fighting Ed" who when he
raised his regiment at the outbreak of
the war gathered about him the flower
of Coos county.
Young Denison did not particularly
cotton" to life in Philadelphia and
! finally he wrote to Mr.. Dana, and was
soon told to come on to Washington,
where there was q clerkship in the
/ Treasury Department waiting for him.
/ He came and received his Introduction
/ to official life. He had not been here
| long when his health began TO fail. and
! it was feared that his lungs were af-
| fected Colonel Kent his old employer,
was then postmaster of the Senate. and
| he accompanied him back to Lancaster,
| apparently in dying condition. No
! one believed he would live long, but
| the bracing air of the White noun
| tains soon had its effect on the future
! diplomat
/ Before going away he had ben Wig
| orous. Eood-sized young fellow, about
! feet 10 inches in height, and weighing
/ about $50 pounds. and it was not ioEg
/ before he had become his former self
When fully recovered he returned 10
| Washington, where he had already be
gun TO attract attention, and was finally
/ engaged as private secretary by Con
! gresham Bingham OF Ohio.
/ 1t was during this period that he met
| his second love. who, though ne ulti-
mately married his first. had "A determiu-
ing influence on his career She was the
daughter OF Third Auditor Lemon of the
| Treasury Department and is described
by those whom Denison introduced 10
her as Il ffaxen- haired little miss oi
| about hrs own age with whom hc
/ seemed to be infatuated. While DenisoT
was paying her attention her father
was appointed United States consul "A
Yokohama, and when he began To make
arrangements to take his family witt
him Denison was for time in despair
He determined 10 go to Japan, and wa:
successful in securing an appointment a
deputy marshal at the consular court
This was about 1868. and was the be
ginning of Mr.. Denison's career as
diplomat. lie drifted into it through III!
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Henry w. Denison has
Served Japan at Two
Peace Conferences.
Love of a Pretty Girl
Took Him to Domain
of the Mikado.
His Craftsmanship Has
Aided the Progress
of Nippon.
- OR the second time Henry W. Den
- ison. an American, is counselor OF

~ OR the second time Henry ". Den
- ison. an American, is counselor OF
triumphant japanese peace
party IN the spring of 1895 he
accompanied the peace embassy headed
by Marquis to- TO Chefoo, where the
treaty which closed the Chinese Japan
ese war was signed. On July 70 he
landed at Seattle as one OF Baron
Komura's s party on its way 10 Ports
mouth 10 meet the Russian ENJOYS and.
II possible, conclude there "a just and
lasting peace" between the dragon and
the bear
1t isE seventeen years since Mr.. Deni-
son was last in America That was in
1888. when the CleYeIand-B Blaine cam
paign was IN full sway and then il was
close upon seventeen years since he had
been home before. It was In 1859 that
he left Washington and went TO Japan
as deputy marshal OF the consular court
"a mighty small beginning that for a
man who is known TO the diplomats of
the world as the confidential adviser of
the Mikado. and who has had more to
do than any other foreigner with the
making of that new Japan which has
astonished the nations But before that
his beginnings were even smaller. and,
SNiAHsE LO say MS present mission VIII
take him back very close 70 The scene
OF those beginnings For the great East
ern question is TO be settled in his home
State
Denisons boyhood was passed up
Lancaster way" in the White Mountain
region, where the Connecticut river has
its source and flows down between New
Hampshire and Vermont. The friends cf
his youth. who are anxiously awaiting
his eerrs!ng, prefer TO remember him as
Boney" Denison, for it was as '.Boney''
that they knew him in the old days
when he was printers devil in the cfice
OF Col. Kent's Coos County Republican,
and was eourting pretty Nellie Cross.
the village belle His suit was unsuc-
ceSsful. and he went to Philadelphia to
forget IL. though he continued to write
70 her for some time after he had taken
a position in the type foundry of Nc
hellar. Smiths & Jordan. in that CITY
Eventually, however, the correspondence
was dropped, and It was young Deni.
sons wandering after strange goddesses
that led him to Japan and his present
position.
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try. Mr. Denison remained as United
States consul.
He was so successful in the conduct
OF the office that he attracted the atten-
tion. of japanese officials. and when his
term expired ne WIS offered Il position
in the civil department. of the Japanese
government a hard worker and close
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swered, and, after the correspondence
had been kept UP some time, he began
TO make preparations for visit to
America.
One day along in the early T0's he land
ed IN New York Miss Cross had left
Lancaster and was there waiting for
him. They weresmarried in New York,
st the home Of Gen. Nelson Cross. a
haI II brother of the bride
Then he went back TO Japan, taking
his bride with him. And only once since
then has he come to America, for his
duties in Japan have been such as TO
keep him there almost continually. But
Mrs. Denison. after living there q NUM-
Der Of years, found her health failing.
and has been obliged to spend much OF
her time travelling ever since.
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student. he had taken every opportunity
to make himself familiar with the
science of government and political con-
ditions generally, and he now found OPP
portunity to make use Of his knowledge.
Succeeding in winning The confidence OF
the Japanese. he was quickly advanced
from one position 10 another. until he
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London. Aug. ..

London. Aug .
A MERICAN tourists. when they
n do the Thames. cannot fail TO
y be Impressed by the stately
Jacobean mansion which over
looks the river as 1t sweeps by Rich
moud. II has the most prosaic Of names
Ham House the origin of which no
body lluows-but il is full OF historic and
romantic associations. The vandal hand
of the modern rcnovator and restorer
has never been laid upon it. 1t stands
as 1t has stood since IL was built in 1910
The visitor for whom the iron gates of
it's beautiful grounds swing open has a
rare privilege, and it is small wonder
that The garden party held there the
other day for the benefit of the church
army attracted a brilliant throng-
The grounds of Ham House boast no
BILE eIms and bay trees. together with
tail Scotch frs. the first ever planted on
English soil There are roses, irises and
lilies In profusion. while elematis and
honeysucllIe climb the garden walls and
ire lawns are abiaze with the brilliant
c0lorng of rhodUdeudrous and azalcas.
To turn from the old world gardens To
the old house Itself completes the trans
portation from the twentieth century to
the seventeenth. Under its stimulus one
can easily imagine himself in the gay
period OF the cavaliers, when life had not
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as Years in the mikado's Service.

Mr. Denison completed twenty-five
years in the Afikado's service last spring.
The Japanese government celebrated the
anniversary by n dinner in his honor,
at which all the dignitaries Of Japan and
representatives Of all the foregn powers
we're present. He has been trying TO
resign and retire on Japanese govern
nent pension for some years. but he has
been too badly needed. During the COM
plfcat tions OF the war with China the
Nfkado needed him. Then when things
had settled down and were going
smoothly, and It really seemed as il the
time we're ripe for his withdrawal. con-
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had become familiar with the affairs OF
the foreign and war Offices.
With success. however, returned
thoughts of home and those he had left
behind. He took the first opportunity
Of writing to his former sweetheart.
Miss Cross. telling her Of his success and
renewing his suit. His letters were an
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Became United States Consul.

His friends At home, who had been
watching his career. excepted daily to
hear Of his marriage, and among those
most interested was his former sweet
heart, Miss Cross. who continued TO
pend a good part of the time at her old
home in Lancaster. The suspense did
not last very long. For some reason
the term of Mr. Lemon as consul at Yo-
lIohama was very brief. and when he.
with his family. returned to this coun-
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other member Of the family attained
distinction in their native State. She
had much TO do with shaping the char
acter of young Henry who was tee
second son in a family of three boys
and one girl, all of whom went West
soon after Henry left Lancaster.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-07

"1hrcc best tresh eggs, " echoed Mr.. OgtluB
wis over dear fur frequent applica-
tion, as it said on the labbel Haze ye
got doom the hamf"
1.-The ham is duly registered. Mis-
tress Wallace, but I'm yexed aboot
the
AN ye MIGHT send three O. yer best
fresh eggs-jist three, mind ye."
Three best fresh eggs" echoed Mr.
Ogilvy after remolstening the point Of
his pencil
"Ye sent fower the last time said
Mistress Wallace.
did II" said the grocer, somewhat
fiustered.
AYE, did ye, an didna want fow-
er."
Its iist three in the book, Mistress
Wallace"
"Wsel. the skinner ye max II fower
the better fur yer profits"
Are are ye shair 1t was fower SO
gotg'
AS shalr 5 daith Man. dae "
think / wud cheat maser Oot the price
o. an egg at yin an ten the dizzenT
she demanded severely, while Mr. Ogil
Wy perspired with his mental agony
! 4 doot the laddie we've got moo is nas
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"Uch, wen fist walt an haze a smoke
In the kitchen efter yere through wi
the dishes" said David, who had never
yet lighted his pipe in Mrs. Wallace's
parior
"I'm tellln ye ye can smoke here, =
she assured him. Eyer pipes n be nae
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Tourists
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-05-19
run CHICAGO srRIhE.

Conditions in Chicago. on the 9Th.
were somewha, better, SO far As the
work OF making deliveries by the big
department stores and the express
companies were concerned. On the
other hand there were sccessions 10 the
ranks Of the striking teamsters caused
by the discharge of men who refused
10 make deliveries TO boycotted firms.
\ strike OF the Crane company drivers
was narrowly ayerted
The situation in the teamsters'
strike up TO the beginning 81 the week
indicated that unless compromises
were effected speedily the strike
would spread 70 other organizations
including the employees OF the Livery
mems association. which would in
voivc The hearse drivers There was.
however. an undercurrent OF hope that
some basis Of settlement would be
reached
James Jennings. a negro, was shot
and killed by John Cahill. IN Chicago,
during a fracas following a contro-
versy over the strike. Cahil asserts
that he shot in self-defense
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-05-19
SAYS HE HAS A DUAL NATURE
An Alleged Assassin Pleads That lie
is "A DIR. JecLI aud Mr. Hyde
I'm Real Life.

Somerviile. y. j.. May lC.-George
II. Wood. on trial Tor the murder OF
George Williams near Watching. y.
j.. says he is a DIT. Jekyl and Mr.
HYDE in real life
He does not deny killing Williams
He says simply that he has duel per
sonality-that in his better form he
knows nothing Of his deeds when HE
spell of evil Is on HIM
Lawyers say his plea is unique in
the history OF criminology. II is 10 oe
advanced as soon as the jury IS i'm
paneled. in his attorneys onenlng
statement. What evidence viii be OF.
fered in its support the lawyers for
the defense decline as yet to say.
Williams. a merchant at Watching.
started one day last winter 10 drive
with a stranger 10 a farmhouse near
town. A few Aours after his depart
ure he was found dead in his sleigh,
with a bullet in his brain Wood was
arrested and identified as the man
who accompanied him from Wat
chung. Al the time OF his arrest he
professed that for three days his mind
had been blank and that he had no
idea what ne had done
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-05-19
THE DEATH Of YOUNG CROKER
Everything Points To the Fact o.
Ills Being IA Victim 60 Ills
own IndIscretfon.

Kansas City. Mo. May 1.-THE 20
lice have Completed their investlga
ton of the visit OF Herbert V. Gro
ker. son Of Richard Croker. the ex-
Tammany leader. to an opium den
and the north end saloons Of this city
which resulted in his death on a
Santa Re train Aear Newton. Kas..
Friday morning. and unless the rela
tives Of young Croker request il
(which they will noD no further &C.
ion on the case viii be taken b. the
local police. Charles Wilson. The
negro porter al the Coates hotel who
accompanied Croker On his visit To
The opium den and la.er put him on
a train az the depot. has been re-
leased All Lee and Ghee Kee. the
Chinese proprietors Of the opium den.
are being held. and will be prosecuted
in police court for conducting an II.
legal business. Richard Croker. Jr
passed through this city SUNDAY on
his way to Newton 70 get the body OF
his brother
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-05-19
TRIO OF FATAL ACCIDENTS.
Three Painters Lose Their Live. nv
Fail. IN Different sections Of
81. Louis.

s.. Louis. May l6.-Three painters
working on different jobs in diferent
sections Of the city were willed Monday
By falls while al work.
John Guenther. engaged in painting
the residence at 1914 Pestalozzi street
was az work on a scaffold about 50 feet
from the ground He made a rnisstep
lost his balance. fell and was insanity
killed.
Richard Graysey. while painting the
rear Of a house az 56l9 Clemens ave
Lue. stood on ladder swung about 20
feet from the ground. A rung OF the
ladder broke and Graysey fell. fractur-
ing his skull He died on the way 10
the city hospital.
Clarence Rogers. % years old
touched a live wire. stepped back and
fell from a scaffold at 2eD5 Franklin
avenue and was killed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-05-19
WRECK ON THE BIG FOUR.
Two Ne. killed aud six severely
Injured tn the wreck 81 Fast
Passenger Traia No. "A.

Lafayette. Ind. May 1.-two men
were killed Gnd six severely injured.
Monday afternoon. in the wreck % the
Big Four's fast passenger train No. H..
which crashed into an open switch at
Otterbein. 10 miles west OF this city.
while running at the rate OF 40 miles
an hour. The mail and baggage ears
were completely wrecked. and four
passenger coiches were thrown from
their trucks and dashed 100 feet ahead
Of the engine. The parlor car at the
rear end OF train did not leave the
track Almost every passenger was
either cut by flying glass or bruised.
Several narrowly escaped death
The dead
Herbert G. Haller engineer. Indian
apolis
Hugh 5. Robb. travelling salesman.
indianapolis,
The severely injured.
w. 4. Peacock. travelling salesman.
indianapolis.
Walter Freeman. passenger. Chicago
Elmer Hockersmith. passenger. West
port. Ind
]. W Egbert. mail clerk, Hamil-
ton. o.
Day'on Brown. mail clerk. Indianap-
oils.
Thomas O. Fowler. Lafayette.
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POLITICAL PRESS NOTES.

Premier Balfour is silent on the
fiscal question So is Secretary shaw.
But Nine. Deficit has not lost her
voice.-N Y World.
a characteristic bit Of nrofec
ton logic is offered by the Atlanta
Constitution (dem): German next
20 England is Americas best Gus
toner. OF course. the nd-patters
will be supremely Indifferent to losing
Germans trade through their denial
Of a decent measure OF tariff reciproc-
ity."
Secretary Shaw has ordered
drawback OF duties on "bensoyIsurfon
ic. anhydrous sodium salt OF beusoyt
sulfanic imide manufactured wholly
from ortholulosurfamide. and potas
suim permanganate" Its going 20 bs
hard TO beat man for the presidency
when he knows things like that
Tionesta PA Republican.
There is one serious defect in the
governments management u natiOua
banks. While IL would be quite too
great a stretch OF paternalism for the
10 guarantee the safety Of
depositors, there should be a greater
number Of bank inspectors This haz
been frankly conceded by the comp
froller Of the currency. and has beer
true for years. So long a.
the government Processes to inspect
banks. il should do the work we'll
Post.
Vice President Fairbanks 10
'hrcwd enough to know that the world
IS perceptibly firing Of war and val
ords. The nation which seeks an hon.
lrable settlement OF differences with its
leighbors in some other manner than
~ the sword" he told the internatiOn-
u congress OF railroad men. lis mo- de-
adent, 1t is not wanting in national
'irility." The reaction sure TO come
lfter Roosevelt, will find good Indi-
ma man ready and willing TO take
barge OF it.--Albany Argus.
The steel Susts net earnings for
he first three months of the year
we're only s23.025. S9C. or a measly
100000 more than for the CORE
pondins quarter Of last year. AT that
ate the concern will soon in the mcdi-
ant class with the beef trust.-Wash-
ngton Post