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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1905-05-26

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acknowledgement in 2iebe s~eoenteu.
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pimmelfabrtstnse Elm S%Onntaes.
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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1905-05-26

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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1905-05-26

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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1905-05-26
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-11
Independent in Politics.

For the rest of his record: He was
born in Baltimore in 1851: graduated
from Harvard in 1871, and from the
Harvard law school in 1874 The fol-
lowing year he married Miss Ellen
Claiming Day. of Newport, R. l.. and
about the same time he plunged into
civic reform. Election frauds have
been his specially From 1882 down.
he has been practically the controlling
force In Baltimore elections. And vet
he has never sought Office himself
Whatever official honors have been
thrust upon him have been in recog-
milton of his unquestioned integrity
and high ideals about public admins
tratton He is strongly Republican
now. He was Democrat in Cleve-
lands time. He has never supported n
candidate whom he considered unfit
for office. and has entered the fray for
either Democrat or Republican, as his
judgment Of political Righteousness
seemed 70 dicsssA WhAa bs bad
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-11
The Baltimore Ring.

It was in 1875 that he first took a hand
In Baltimore politics-and a clean hand
in Baitimores politics was certainly Il
novelty at that time. For Baltimore
was ruled by a ring which could have
given the Tweed ring cards and spades,
which the Ames gang. of Minneapolis.
or the Missouri spoilsmen whom Gov
ernor Folk has recently routed, might
have studied with admiration. and even
the stricken Organization" of Philadel-
phia might have enyied with little hope
of emulating So strongly intrenched
was the Baltimore gang that for years
opposition TO 1t had been a mere pre-
tense. It was worth business life TO
fight It, Its leader and his ieutenants
held the entire State in their grasp. and
the idea OF giving it battle seemed pre-
posterous to practical men.
Young Bonaparte denounced the ring
and started ont to break il up He was
laughed at even by his friends. He was
called silk stocking and told to go
back TO his dinners and dances, for the
gobble-um would catch him If he didn't
watch out Then. for the first time,
Baltimore saw that sIn.le-'the smile OF
the Bonapartes.'' it has been called.
Much will be written about that
smile II Mr.. Bonaparte remains long In
the Cabinet 1t differs from the dee
lighted expression of the President. 1t
seldom rises to the dignity of a laugh,
but 1t is always there, and sometimes It
breaks out into a chuckle, half of ner-
vousEess. which punctuates the greater
part OF Mr.. Bonaparte's conversation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-11

vestigation into the postal frauds. He
has even beer dubbed The Peacock of
Park Avenue" though he must be
very sober peacock, inasmueh as nc
dresses always in black-winter and
summer. spring and fall To be sure,
his linen is immaculate and he has
penchant for the white frilled shirts OF
an earlier day, always with a black
bow tie
A Government official who knows him
well says: He will - 80 ideal anti
machine administrative official. It re-
mains TO be seen how he. will get along
with the other members of the Cabinet.
If the issue ever arises between his own
sense of right and political expediency-
he will not hesitate to break with the
highest men in the party. The Pennsyl-
vanfa politician who wants to control
the appointments to the League Island
Navy Yard. or the Californian who diff
fers with him in the matter of Mare
Island politics, or the Marylander who
has little affair on at the Washington
gun shop will find him singularly unre-
spnESive and unsympathetic
1T Will be woe unto the seeker after
soft berths in the navy; and people who
try to bring political influence to bear
are likely to wish they had never been
born before he gets through with them.
He despises politics. looking on it as a
Shiny game He has probably voted
the Democratic ticket as often as the
Republican
And If the crash comes, which the
politicians are confidently and gleefully
predicting? Well. Mr.. Bonaparte will
give up his position before he will sac
rlfice one jot of his principles. he
would probably go back contentedly to
his present .life-to his office on the third
floor of tls brick building on ST Paul
street, to his historic Baltimore home on
Park avenue, and his beloved farm
in Snowbird Valley
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-11
Married Elizabeth Patterson.

Much has been said of the american
Bonapartes, but the general public has
very hazy idea of how there came to
be any American Bonapartes Mr. Bona
parte is the grandson OF jerome.
youngest brother of Napoleon Bona
parte. and created by him King of
Westphalia. Jerome was a French ma.
val lieutenant and was cruising OF the
West Indies when in 1888 war broke out
between France and England Young
Bcnaparte was socu obliged to take
refuge in New York. and, visiting Balti-
more. he fell in love with Elizabeth Pat
terson. daughter Of William Patterson.
an Irish shipowner and one of the
We2lthfest merchants in America. IL
was case OF love at first sight-young
love. at that, for she was eighteen and
he but nineteen at the time. Mr.. Pat
terson didn't like 1t at all. Napoleon.
when he knew. was furious But It was
too late then to be furious, for the decd
was done. and the Pope declined to undo
II. They had gained the fathers con-
sent. and on Christmas eve. 1909. they
were married by Archbishop Carroll.
For over year they lived happily In
America. In March. 1905, they sailed for
Lisbon In one OF Mr.. Pattersons ships.
Napoleon would not allow Nine Bona
E4rte to land. either in Spain or Hol-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-11
Yrs Cbas LJ5onopa1'M In Hexfaso,uts lo1u<rU
MeNraua0

tersons. notably that of the original
Nine. Bonaparte, who died in Bal
tfmore in 1879, at the age of nine
ty-four, leaving about 100000 and the
reputation of being the best business
woman in America.
There are those who believe that the
new Secretary of the Navy will not last
long in any position They argue that
Mr.. Bonaparte is man of strong views
SO is the President; and SO are other
members of the Cabinet. Roosevelt and
Bonaparte are equally lovers OF open
fight; men of strong ideas and princi-
pies which they are not at all backward
about advoca ting. And they are not ike
ly always to cree. Politically Bona
parte is absolutely impractical, and
proud of 1t. In every sense of the word
he Is non-partisan, with an eye wholly
to good government. He would chop off
a Republican head as promptly as he
would decapitate a Democrat-''for the
good of the service" He will be up
against the other members of the Cabi-
net, if not the President himself They
are all good party men. and would not
stand for any radical action likely to af-
feet their constituents. AS. Mr.. Bona
parte is a man who never in his life
shirked fight or acknowledged defeat,
who combats his dearest friend as
cheerflilly as he goes forth against a
foe. there are likely TO be some warm
sessions when the new Cabinet member
take his place at the council board.
Bonaparte may be counted on TO say
what he thinks-and do 1t, as strenu-
ously as the President timself-perhaps
even more SO.
opinion that free education is as demon
alZing as free food or free drink It l.;
not popular view, but 1t is his. Then
again as one of the overseers of Ear-
ward College he fought vigorously
against It's hestowing upon Mckinley
the degree OF LII. d. Again his position
was unpopular, but it was his
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-11
A Friend of the Cardinal.

In Baltimore they are not given to big
entertainments. In the course of the
winter Mrs. Bonaparte gives several din
ners, but the public never hears OF them
Cardinal Gibbons is almost invariably
one of the guests, as he Is Mr.. Bona
parties very great friend
Mr. Bonaparte is in no sense a club
man. He does not use tobacco In any.
form. He sticks to his Office all day
anSis generally to be found in his
home in the evening. He Is a Roman
Catholic, and a very devout church,
man. He has been called with justice
the foremost Roman Catholic laYman
In America" Mrs. Bonaparte Is not
OF the faith, but he is to be seen reg
ulariy in his pew at the Cathedral in
Baltimore, and Will probably attend
mass daily before he goes TO his desk.
He is essentially a man OF ideals, OF
what ingalls, called irideseent dreams.
He has had the happiness OF seeing
some of his dreams come true And
certainly his appointm snt to the Cab
met is proof Of the value OF ideals In
public life. Steadily and cheerfulIy
for third of a century he has upheld
his standards; against then has blown
more than the average stress and
storm that assai1s the high points In
the currents Of affairs. but he has
never lowered his purpose. compro-
missed principle, or t-inmed so much
as hairs breadth in the thfckest OF
the gale. Indeed, the stronger the
wind. the higher his spirit. and the
larger the smile that has never come
of.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-11
Kept Light in Window.

When Dunbar was small boy he
lived in New Bedford. Mass, and
worked in factory. His mother lived
at the foot of the street on which the
factory was located. and as the lad
work kept him AVA till after dark she
always placed a light in the window TO
guide his footsteps homeward. The boy
grew restless and took a notion TO go to
sea. and off he went for a three years
cruise. During his absence his mother
fell Ill and was at deaths door. She
talked necessarily about her boy. and
every night she asked those around her
tc place light in the window in antici-
patton of his return. When she realized
that the end had come she said:
Tell Edward that 1 will set a light
in the window Of heaven for him. -
These We're her last words.
The lad had grown TO manhood ere he
returned homo and his mother message
had such an effect upon him that he re-
formed and became a preacher. In the
course of his reformation he wrote the
song, There's a Light n the Window
for Thee. Brother
Dunbar married a young woman of
New Bedford. and they lived happily to-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-11
But Dick Doesn't Even SWIM

FOR some are recalling the story of
another appointment TO the same posi-
tlon, when Mr.. Hayes named Dick
thompson, Of Indiana, for the office.
Mrs. thompson, when the news came
is reported as having lifted her hands
in horror and exclaimed. But Dick
doesn't even swimr' Certainly Mr..
Bonaparte Is in a position to sing with
Sir Joseph Porter in ''Pinafore:'
Stick close to your desk and never go
to sea
And you may be the ruler of the Queens
navec:
Tor Mr.. Bonaparte has never even been
to Europe. His elder brother, Jerome
III, after West Point education. and
a Heutenancy in the regular army
went to France and served In the
French army. but the new Secretary of
the Navy has never shown any yearn-
ing for the scenes of Bonaparte's
triumphS.
Naturally there are all sorts of con-
lectures as to what this Maryland
lawyer-reformer, who has only recently
been converted to expansion. VIII do
at the head ~ that department. which
OF al others must do the nations work
In expanding. He himself has said
ana DeiHB d cautious man he puts his
interviews IN writing and edits Them
before trrning them over TO the tender
mercies of the festive reporter: TT Is
certainly clear SO clear as to admit
of neither doubt nor dispute among
reasonable men. that a very careful
preparation for war in time of peace
is now indispensa BILE. An efficient navy
cannot be improvised nowadays.
II sympathiZe heartily with the Pres
dents policy of building up and main
tanning very strong and efficient navy.
By a very strong navy, l mean one
able to hold its own in any combination
OF circumstances which can be reason
ably anticipated; and by very efficient
navy, one ready to do whatever work
the country may demand of 1t, and to
do this work as well as 1t can be done.
Economy is emincntly desirable in
every department of the Government in
the sense that it Is a breach of trust on
tie part Of public officers to let public
money be wasted; but If we wish good
thing, we must be ready to pay for it.
and the cost of a navy which will thor
oughl9 protect the country.s interest and
insure the coIntry's safety whatever
may betide US. will be in my humble
Judgment a very paying investment"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-11
HYMN WRITER IN PAUPER'S GRAVE
= HE Rev. Edward Dunbar, who
wrote the old Sunday school song.
There Is a Light in the Win

1" HE Rev. Edward Dunbar, who
wrote the old Sunday school song.
There Is a Light in the Win
dow for Thee. Brother" sleeps
in pauper's grave at Coffeyvilie, Kan,
where he died a tramp in the town jail
twelve years ago. His name became
byword in the places where he was
known, and from a prison cell he went
forth a vagabond upon the face of
the earth IN 1867 Dunbar was arrested
az Leavenworth while engaged in hold
ing a series of revival meetings and
taken to Minneapolis, MINI. where he
was tried for bigamy, convicted and
sent to the penitentiary for three and
half years.
One night in the spring of 1893 Dunbar
applied 1t me Coffeyville jail for lodg-
Ing He was III and the authorities took
MIN in. He died the next day. Papers
in his pocket revealed his identity and
showed that he had tramped all over
the country. Sorae church people lately
have erected a marble slab over his
grave, on which these words are in
scribed:
Here lies Edward Dunbar. who wrote
There's a Light in the Window for
Thee Brother.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-11

he takes his thirty-n1Ile round trip
drive 1t Is nearly always his colored
coachman who handles the ribbons, for
M. Bonaparte, though he is fond of
bioodcd stock. rarely cares to touch the
reins himself. Generally he sits In the
middle of the back seat of his yellow
surrey. and enjoys. the scenery and the
air and his own reflections.
He owns many farms in different parts
OF the State. but ''tho" farm is Bella
Vista, about fifteen miles from Balti-
more on the Hartford road. There are
some $50 fertile acres of 1t, and while
in public matters, he rather enjoys
criticism and the fun of preparing his
answer, 1t really hurts his feelings to
have anyone reflect on him as farmer.
His house Is built in the Colonial
style with white porches, In circular
form. nearly all around it. This circular
effect is carried out inside the house as
well as outside. Standing at his front
door Mr.. Bonaparte can see nothing that
is not his but the distant top of some
hills beyond the valley. He has great
stables Allied with fine horses, a herd of
cattle, flock of Southdowns. poultry,
growing crops, beautiful gardens, an
army OF employees, and an oyerseer who
lives in house that was a short time
ago the residence of one of the wealth.
lest men in Maryland. It Is here that
Mr.. Bonaparte spends the better part of
his time, living the life Of the scholar
and aristocrat that he is.
His tastes are simple to a degree, ana
he is charming man to meet-that is,
ii he desires the meeting. He will not
go out of his way to meet anyone for
political reasons. He has magnificent
libraries. both in town and country. and
likes nothin~ better than to bury him
self IN his books. He dislikes mipgiing
with people. and as for giving a recep-
ton open to the run OF visitors which
usually throng a Cabinet officers house,
he would be ghast at the idea Though
the Bonapartes will be officially the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-11
.M4on1paTkesI o0nt1y
Hou1e 1T Au1ru Nd

fought his fight he has retired and
taken no active part IN politics until
there was another battle worth fight
ing.
He has served under Roosevelt as a
member of the Board OF Indian Com
missioners, and was the Presidents
personal counsel in the unearthing of
the postal frauds. The two men met
years ago in their mutual interest in
civic reform, and have been warm
friends ever since. Last November he
was elected head of Maryland's cleo
toral delegation, and as the only Re-
publican elector from his State he had
the pleasure Of casting his vote for his
FRIEND.
1t is freely prophesied by Mr. Bon
aparte's friends and political assoc
ciates-the terms are by no means
synonymous-that he Will not last two
years as Secretary Of the Navy. Some
of them say that the President doesn't
want him to. but means to transfer
him to the Attorney Generalship, or
in case of Hays health necessitat-
ing his retirement that the Maryland
man is slated for the portfolio of
State. Either of these Offices would
be more IN the line of Mr.. Bonaparte's
training.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-11
Glass; Bonepart< z,he New Secretary 0f-Uela2y.
l31en' HsLatsst Rdetoa4lHA zakSuL45z 5undW
IT IS a Smile of Fascination Insinuatng,
Seductive, Sarcastic, Sweet, Oily, Ter
rifying, 'Paralyzing, and
Diabolical"

TT IS claimed in Baltimore that
Charles j. Bonaparte, the newly
appointed Secretary of the Navy, is
the original possessor of the smile
that won't come off. 1t is there all the
time, morning, noon, and night. 1t is
there in the morning when its owner
arises to pronounce a eulogy upon
dead judge. 1t is there when he lashes
the t4eaders'' on the stump, and 1t is
there when he is in a case and the wit
nesses on the other side begin to per
spire colby.
This smile, though the owner may not
have known it, was one of the chief
assets of the Baltimore Reform League
in the year of grace 1895, when the
ancient and odorous Democracy faced
"Souphouse Charley and went tum-
bling into a writhing heap of grafters,
scared leader and twisted machinery.
1t is a smile of fascination-woeful,
troublesome, sweet. oily, insinuating,
seductive. deceitful. sarcastic. sardonic,
terrifying, paralyzing, and diabolical-
1t is said in the prize ring that the
most vicious fighter, the one most to be
feared as likely to last longest and hit
hardest, is the man who fights with
a smile And the politicians who have
had to do with Charles J. Bonaparte
bear rueful testimony to the truth of
that assertion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-11
Married an Heiress

"A great revival followed and hundred.
were converted Miss Eunice Belle Lew
10 handsome young heiress of Minne-
apohs, was one of tia converts. She
Ieii In love with the evangelist end n,sr-
r,eo MIN against the wishes of her
friends. --eN
shortly after the wedding Dunbar re-
turned tic Kansas to fill an engagement
d, LeaFenwortli. While he was away the
friends of the bride, who had mistrusted
the evangelist all along, laid their sus-
p;clons before ". D. Webb, lately Judge
OF the Second judicial district of Kan
sas, and Judge Austin H Young, who
were law partners in Minneapolis, and
they took the case. TIE result was that
they soon found evidence sufficient to
warrant an arrest, and Dunbar,s minis
terial career was brought to a sudden
close.
After Dunbar's incarceration in the
penttentiary Juoge Young secured : di-'
yorce for the second Mrs. Dunbar and
married her himself They now reside
in Minneapolis.
Judge Lochren. commit 5sioner Of PEN
sions under President Cleveland, now
judge of the Secoitd United States Dis
trict of Minnesota, defended Dunbar In
the trial OF the case
Judge Webb is practicing law in Atch-
ison. where he has resided ever since
he came TO Kansas from Minnesota
thirty years ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-11
Does Not Resemble Napoleon.

No one in Baltimore has ever heard
the new Secretary mention his connec-
ton with the Bonaparte family, though
1t is possibly that blood in his veins
that makes him such a good fighter.
Occasionally a caller desiring to jolly
his host bit. perhaps a politician who
wants 20 make a hit with him, insists
that nc looks not unlike his great-uncle,
Napoleon. But il doesn't work It
rather irritates than otherwise, as he is
taller and stronger and generally better
built than the Little CORPORAL.
AS a matter of fact there is little of
the great Napoleon to be seen in his
American granddaughter. Perhaps there
is something of Napoleonic suggestion
in the full brow and the cavity about
the dark eyes. Again, there is some
thing reminiscent of the Emperor in the
curve of the nose, For the rest, Napo-
leon was short. Mr.. Bonaparte is tall.
Napoleon had a pale oval face with
deiicateiy curved jaw. Mr. Bonapartes
face is square, rosy, heavy-jawed, and
broad-chinned. with a large nose, long
and firm. but fleshy, and a mouth In
clined to be crooked. He has a massive
head with a full forehead that bulges
at the temples, is rather fat on top. and
nearly bald. He has short stubb-
mustache, turning gray, and he speaks
slowly and in a deep voice, hesitating
at words, And sometimes finishing a
sentence with an involuntary nervous
chuckle{ or wave of his plump hand
which Is all French
His appointment by President Roose-
welt has been most frequently character
lied as unique" which may or may not
apply TO the appointment, but certain
ly does apply to the man. He has been
a politician, or rather a political force
whose influence has extended way be-
yond his native city and State, for thir
fy years. During that time he has held
oif1ce-office with salary attached-for
three weeks. This was In 1895 when
he was appointed supervisor of cleo
tons, and held the position and figured
on the public payrolls until the election
was over. less than month later.
Which Is certainly record unique IN
the annals of American politics.