The Jewish outlook., 1905-07-14

and his distinction is undoubtedly in recog
milton of Mr.. Lauterbachs services in be-
half of education. He is regent of the Uni
versity of the State of New York.
A banquet was rendered Under Sheriff
julius Hamburger by the attaches of the sher-
ifs office. On behalf of them Hon. Frank
G. Finn presented very valuable diamond
studded badge to which the under sheriff re-
sponded and then recited the history of the
office, as managed by Sheriff Mitchell l.. Err
langer in the cause of humanity, and his
firing efforts for the betterment Of the condi-
tions of the prisoners and the accomplish
ment of benefcent results.
Governor Higgins has appointed Mr.. Mar
Stne member Of the commission on the
probation system. This committee is author
lied to spend So 900 in investigating prison
probation as practiced in other states, with
a view to the establishment of new depart
ment which will regulate such a system in
this state. The governor has also named
the delegates of this state to the National
Conference of Charities and Correction,
which is to meet in Portland, Oregon. On
this committee appears the name of Nathan
Blur.
Had to Marry His Own Wife.-Last week
Jewish girl arrived on one OF the steamers
and was taken charge of by Miss Rosenberg,
superintendent of the Home for Jewish I'm
migration Girls. day after she arrived
several men came, and one Of them stated
that he the husband of the girl The
girl too, said that that was the case but as
neither could produce marriage certificate.
nor did the girl have ring, the superintend-
ent then and there decided to have the cou-
pie married by a rabbi AS soon the cere
mony had been completed the husband ex-
claimed: What a strange country this
America is! The first thing it does is to
make me marry my wife again!"
Colonel Vershinin, the mayor of Port Ar
thur, who recently in New York, tells
the following story of Jewish soldier,
which is of more than passing interest:
Most curious of all, perhaps, because of
the sort of prophecy attached to it, is the
case of Jew connected with the ambulance
department. One day shell burst in the
town and splinter flying through the glass
in one of his windows pierced the head of
his Photographic portrait Gone in group of
three persons) the opposite wall. The
man himself attached no Importance to it;
but several of his comrades laughngly de-
clared that it was an omen-that he would
be killed by wound in the head. Months
passed; nothing happened, although the man
travelled constantly in the discharge of his
duty, back and forth between the town and
the front over very dangerous roads, often
a number of miles in length. One day, on
starting to return to town, he bade the men
at the front last farewell, saying that he
was sure he would be killed that day, as he
had been unable to get the impression out
of his mind for several hours past. He
reached town in safety, and, as his own
quarters were pretty well wrecked and in
the line of fire, he joined ten men who had
come to live together for similar reasons.
They all slept in one During the
night a shell came through the roof, dropped
on this mans head and killed him, without
exploding or injuring anyone else"
Michael H. Cardozo, Jr. son of the senior