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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-01
aud ali about Is tthe green silk taresty
and the mnlOgaiiy woodwork.
Where the Frugal Board Is

aud oil about Is the greet, SILK tnnesty
and the mahogany woodwork.
Where the Frugal Board is
Spread. i.5
81 The dining-room Is thirty by forty feet.
finished IN mahogany 5nnd ornamented
VITA rare paintings. Great doors lead
4 from the dlning-rooin, or 4 banq uet- nall,
asst might be appropriately styled, to
the spacious plazsns. s
Ascending tho giant stairs to the inez-
szaninc floor one finds q luxurious louns-
ing room with easy chairs, sofas, inch
efisconccd among palms and other, plants
which give the place almost he air or
tropical luxury. Large art glass WIN,
dows add to the beauty5of this floor. VI.
III From the meazanine5 TO the second; 1io q;
tie stairway parts In twain 70 right
and 10 left, 4 to the promenade balcony
on Tie second floor. On the second foor.
there are large and airy bedrooms and
suites for the family and guests. There
are eight marble baths on this MOOR,
alone Another flight Of stairs $& leads
ono to}thc third floor where there are
more gorgeolsly furnished suites for fam-
ily and guests, and another promenade
balcony. 5fl /.
Where PAIRING and Quilting
Bees" Are Held.
Fl There Is a roof garden over the north
d crn portion Of the house. where open-nil'
I entertainments may be had on q large
scale. At the time5thls roof garden was
planned &Sfor the Mccall house q It was
considered q now departure In the Sarcll-
lecture Of homes. and, indeed, there nre
< few GUNNER residences In this country
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tha evening hours, when he may ba found
at at tho theatre with his family or dlh'hs
with friends. =,

or. Mr.. Aicca charities and donations ms
little is known. Tn 1909 he gave g pulP pi.
which cost $4,000 TO the Roman Cathollc
Cathedral of tho Immaculate Concepl!om
at Albany, and that same year gave away W
Thanksgiyllng presents amounting 70 VI
500 TO tho men who We're at work upon
his magnificent country estate at LONE
Branch, !, a.,
Albany, March 2. 1sl9, Ilo began \, WORK .1,aS
as a clerk for the Connecticut Mutual
Life Insurance Company, OF Albany, az
a very small salary. Later he was en-
sployed by tho New York State Insurance
Department. and by and by became an
examiner. Grover Cleveland, while Coy
e,uor OF New York, appointed him State
SupeI nj endent of Insurance. David .,
Hill Uttered him the same place, but no
Declined and accepted the position Of
comptroller for tho Equitable Life AS
fsurance Society. Subsequently he be-
cnlne president OF the New York Life
Insurance Company.
\ Mr. Mccall is "A member OF the Metro
Spolltan, the Manhattan, the, City, the
New York Athletic. the Catholic and the
National Arts Club. He has entertained
on a liberal and most hospitable scale
at the Metropolitan Club. where no has
given dinners TO insurance eommis.
sloners from foreign countries and Other
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-01

8dignltaries, AT some OF these dinners
letters have been read from Presidents
of the United States who were invited
and who Expressed regret at not being
able to attend.
But te Is not "wealthy."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-01
No Millions Here.

From the porte cochero to the great re-
ceptlon yestbule, italian lanterns Of
bronze light the way at night This
vestbule opens Immediately upon an;
elaborate parlor, or reception hall. Hero
one finds oneself surrounded By an ems
chanting panorama Of Nile green silk
l,angings, with beautiful embossed pat
tern, and Intricate ornaments in relief
add to the beauty Of the walls above the
! wainscot, af
Portieres and curtains of the Same ma
terlals are about the windows and doors.
and the window scheme Is completed
by Italian lace panels. Tho grand hall
Of dark green color scheme Is OF Flemish
oak with wall freize above and panels
|iflled with tapesty. The centre Of the
! house forms a large court, seventy by
eighty feet, and sixty feet high with q
glass dome. X 32Sa 3! ~ = d g85 Il
From the main floor rises staircase,
which is the marvel OR all guests within
the Mecca gates. This magnificent stair
way Is tWenty-nvo feet wide and leads
to a !mezanine floor above. AZ each end
of the main hall are two colossal fire.
places. Each of these Is twelve feet
Wide and fifteen feet high. The man
| tells are Of mahogany and richly carved.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-01
IT. Mccall has been a generous patron.
A Hard Sum.

i ~ ~ - S4AA -
People not. yersed in life Insurance
arithmetic will figure that Mr. NlcCall's
Insurance amounts to $500 900. and that
the great ter part of his fortune" Is thus
tied up until he, dies OF his 100000
salary he turns back to the New York ., RS
Life Insurance Company every year ono
fourth or $4,000. III
The day before he gave his testimony,
It was easy enough-or the every day
man thought 1t waste understand the
style In which Mr.. McCall@llves. TO be
president of big life insurance com
Fpany meant. after the Hyde revelations,
TO have a stray million lying forgotten
In the change pocket Of every coat. But
now that Mr.. Nc Calls working fortune
is reduced to, say, $3.50, 600 Sor 100000
his winter and summer houses and OTHER
things which he possesses have a new
interest. "A a555
The swlftness with which these things
have come to him in itself Is magical,
for 1t has been only three decades since
he was working for fifteen dollars q
week. People down along the Jersey
shore, who have looked upon the Mccall
place at Long Branch as the French or
English peasant looks lat Versailles or
Windsor will wonder more than ever
now, and sit up nights trying to figure
out how he does 1t. .ls t8
Home Of Simple New York Life.
shadow Lawn" is the name John A.
Mccall gave his beautiful summer home
and country seat near Long Branch.
N. j., but 1t is better known throughout
the countryside among the millonairesp
colony as 1.-THE White House by the Sea, :"
Here the McCalls pass the summer
months when they are not travelling for.
recreation and pleasure - 1t
Acres Of green sward enclrcle the ap-
proach- to the magnificent house, which
rises Enthusiastically from the TERRACES about
IT. Roads of white sand and sen shell
wind through the bewilderng green which
is everywhere, Large and stately granite
posts at both the Norwood Avenue and
the Cedar Avenue entrances toathe Me-.
Call estate bear. the name Shadow
Lawn" shrubbery-lined roads lead from
these entrances to the porte cochero.
StairWays OF stone adorn the terraces
which rise ono above another towards
the great mansion OF white. @
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-12-02
Looping OFF MANY HEADS.
Secretary Root to improve Diplomatic
and Consular Service.

Chicago, Dec. IA dispatch to
the Tribune from Washington says.
Secretary Roots knife is busily en-
gagged In looping off the heads of dfplo-
matte officers and consuls who are not
efficient. It is estimated that ait least
100 persons, who for various reasons
are unfit to represent the United States
abroad, will be invited to tender their
designations. Bright American young
men will be named in their stead.
The foreign affairs of the govern
ment have attained such a tremendous
Importance and proportion that small
army is required to give them atten-
ton. The diplomatic service is grow
| ing larger every year. The consular
service is in need Of reorganization,
and in some cases Of expansion, as a
| result of the enormous extent of Amer.
| lean commerce and the need of fur.
nishing our exporters with information
as to markets abroad and methods OF
business of European and Asiatic com
| petitors. There is no legislation by
which abuses may be eradicated, but
the president and secretary Of state
by the character of the appointments
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-12-02

waged end ia victory for the people? Will
congress join with the public in it's battle
against the inequalities which practiced
under the of protection? The proper
kind of a protective tariff is that which pro-
tects all the people and not the combinations
which robbing right and left The Free
Press cannot be guilty of heresy to the re-
publican party and it's principles when it
advocates the adoption of tariff schedules that
will give to the consumer his just due. He
who defends tariff duty which permits trusts
to get the advantage of the people is not safe
representative. He has not got the welfare of
the public at heart He is aiding the trusts in
their work of plumber and spoilation.- Mankato
Free Press.
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SQUEEZING THE PUBLIC,

IF putting hides on the free list would
Ftake a crimp in the packers trust, we are for
it remarks The st. Cloud Journal-Press.
"II. butchers trust is run the same pr1n-
Clip as the first and last chance saloon-robs
the farrners in bringing in their cattle and robs
the people who buy the meat and the leather
1t 5 able to fix the price for the farmers who
raise the cattle and also for the great public
which purchases the manufactured and man1p-
'ulated products If the farmers prohted even
in small degree with the recent advance IN
the price of leather, there might be some ex-
cuse 10 retain the protective tariff, but when
the farmers are robbed as we'll all other
American citizens who wear Shoes or who use
heather in any form, from the heavy harness
on the farm horse, to the leather bound family
bible-al for the graft of the big packers, there
is not the slightest for retaining the
tariff duties BY putting leather and hides or
the free list the manufacturers of boots ant
shoes trunks and valises, book binders, har
ness makers, and other American manufacture
ers would have club to hold down the prices
to reas Enable figure
And so the against the trusts goe
merrily OH. Bnt will the contest now beins
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-12-02
The Potato Crop.


From Orange Judd Farmers report
on the potato crop it appears that the
yield in the states of heavy production
is much smaller than last season ana
the crop. as a whole, less than for
number Of years. Wisconsin ana
Michigan have been hardest hit by
blight and ret. Conditions farther
east are relatively more favorable.
New York has reasonably good crop.
The quantity is short in Maine, but
the quality exceptionally fine. The
shortage is very largely in the north
west, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and
Minnesota having scant 60,O0OooO
bushels against 100000 last year.
Prices quoted the country over the
second week in October range from as
low as q cents per bushel to 70 cents.
The new crop is moving rapidly, yet
many growers show disposition to
hold for better prices. Potatoes OF
fine quality are being very freely snip
ned out from the Aroostook (Me.) dis
trict at 40 to so cents. Sixty to 20
cents has been paid in Oneida coun-
ty, N. z, where rot has reduced the
crop.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-12-02
SQUARE DEAL REPUBLICAN LEAGUE.

The Square Deal Republican league has
been organized. Its birthplace is Iowa, and
one of it's prime objects is the humiliation of
the machine in politics. Also the forcing OF
corporations to the of the political pro
cession Its platform is made up of the follow
planks:
"To prevent by law the use of free railroad
to influence public officers and
political delegates.
"To Danish by law from our state and
national capitals the corrupt lobby maintained
there by selfish corporate interests.
"To destroy the corporation caucus and
restore to the whole people the power of select
ing their candidates for United States senators,
congressman and all state, district, county and
township officers by means of state primary
based on the Australian ballot system.
"To secure the honest and thorough revis-
ion of the interstate commerce law as recon-
mended by President Roosevelt, as to pre-
vent unfair discrimination in railroad rates
and to provide speedy hearing and adequate
remedy in case of abuses.
ITO oppose and endeavor to break down
by law monopolies and harmful corporate
mbinations of every sort, which serve to
prevent the fair and equitable distribution of
wealth among those who creating it by
honest industry, and to support the repeal or
reform alton of laws which foster the interests
If such monopolies at the expense Of indepen-
lent industry and the public welfare.
ITO carry into effect the republican doctrine
# reciprocity, proposed by James G. Biaine
md advocated by William Mckinley: also tol
ecure the revision of the tariff articles
by monopolies and sold cheaper
broad than at home."
All good republicans can endorse such +
principles, They of such a broad character
hat who has the good of the party at T
cart can decline to subscribe to them
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-12-02
LUCKY TO BE BORN poor.

There is nothing so valuable as to be born
in poverty and to be compelled to go forth and
battle for yourself"
So says Andrew Carnegie Many will ap-
plaud the aging.
But is it true?
BIOLOGISTS tell us it is not struggle that
develops and species, bat the favoring
environment that permits them to struggle
successfully.
Were it otherwise the Esquimo would be
the "superman."
Very many-Carnegie among them-have
developed from poverty to eminent success,
But these men of unusual talent OF genius
They are men with whom environment counts
the least. The exceptional man of inherited
wealth also conquers his environment and
attacks his task with energy of educated ambi-
ton,
| The difference between poverty and wealth
! is the effect upon real character, is largely a
matter of imagination. We cannot grasp it
because it is thin air.
4 The youth marked for success creates his
lown atmosphere. Whether he dwells in a
lhovel or in mansion, wears jeans or broad
CLOTH eats the toughest meat or the tenderest,
his ideals are the same above the clouds and
unobscured by daily commonplace.
) It is common error that as we eat and
drink and sleep we live, These things have
! the least to do with our real lives Socrates,
: with his coarse fare and hard bed, lived an in
; Iinite1y higher life than does the modern mill
i ionaire whose every bodily want is anticipated
by troop of trained servants
Ha l,o rise
nent aud become master of it, whatever his
) environment be- has not in him the stuff that
Isuccess is made Of
3 It is character not condition, that counts
yl-St. Paul News
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-12-02

According to some of the daily papers, the
foht aoainsa Senator Nelson is "petering out
The people generally are beginning to believe
thgt there never was anything more in the
fight against him than little hot air, exhaled
by some of the fellows who would like to wear
his misunderstanding Gazette.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-12-02

they may make, are in position TO
bring the two services to hlgn state
Of efficiency.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-12-02

SATURDAY. GEcEMB Err 1905.
According to some of the daily papers, the
FIGHT againsl Senator Nelson is "petering out.
The people generally are beginning to believe
tibet there never anything more in the
foht against him than little hot air, exhaled
bv some of the fellows who would like to wear
his Notwithstanding Gazette.
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A committee of Washington citizens and
the governors of theseveral states have select
ed the last Thursday in April presidential
inauguration day. Considering the number of
lives that have been sacrificed to having the
inauguration on March 4th, it is wonder that
the change not made years ago.
The Browns Valley Tribune is worrying
because the gubernatorial chances of it's favor
ite-Frank Eddy-may be injured by his living
so near Alexandria. With the responsibility
there is the party to nominate and elect it's
best man, all discussion as to how near man
lives to some of the political foci of the. state
should be cut out
Massachusetts, insists on abolishing the
duty on hides. saying that the duty hurts her
shoemakers and because of the beef trust helps
no farmers. Why not abolish the beef trust
for the relief of the shoemBkers, the farmers
and the beef eaters generally? Wouldn't that
be the greatest good to the greatest number of
people?--Blue Earth rost.
q
If there a cent line in all the articles
sent newspapers for gratuitious publication
they would have business enough without
local support. Every mail brings copy from a
stick" to two columns of matter that the
society or corporation releases for your especial
benefit. How kind these philanthropists are
to consider the welfare of country publishers.
Others that are semi-philanth ropists would be
priced highly by the recipient all his days. So |
il goes. The Chicago 1--we Stock Exhibition
kindly sent up what would have come to at [
least 5000 worth or matter for publication be-
cause known to be friendly to the
propagation of stock but nary red Of coin-L
Granite Falls Tribune |,
boom for Judge w. B. Douglas for the
nomination for governor has been
started at Moorhead and Samuel Lord has an
nounced in his local paper at Kasson that he
would be pleased to receive the nominations.
Douglas was for brief space judge of the
supreme bench, but on account OF being Van
SAINT appointee, he fell heir to lot of dis y
pleasure at the hands of the Dunn supporters
in the last convention, and failed of renomina-
ton. Samuel Lord has been among the strong
men in the senate for several years. Both of
these men good men, and at any other
time would make good governorship timber 9
but doubt whether their virtues are of the .
kind tnat the people demanding
jus now. u
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-12-02

SATURDAY., DEcEMB Err 1905.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-12-02
THE MORRIS TRIBUNE

j. C. MORRISON, Editor and Publisher.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-12-02

A committee of Washington citizens and
the governors of thesevera1 states have select
ed the last Thursday in April as presidential
inauguration day. Considering the number of
lives that have been sacrificed to having the
inauguration on March 4th, it is wonder that
the change not made years ago.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-12-30
Death Valley Scott Is Missing.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 23. - 1t is
now confidently believed that Walter
Scott, the cow-boyminer who lately
attracted such widespread attention
through his lavish scattering of
money, and various spectacular cpl
sodes, has been murdered in Death
valley. On December 10 he left his
mine in Death valley, riding mule
and carrying with him $500 and two
repeating rifles. According to letter
received by Rol King, Scott's manager
in this city, from Scott's brother, Will
liam, at Benefits Wells, the miner's
mule galloped riderless into camp
there on December with the saddle
pierced with bullet and the blanket
and saddle covered with blood. To-
day King telegraphed $1,000 reward to
Parstow and Bullfrog for the recovery
of Scott's body. King is satisfied that
Scott bas been murdered for his money
somewhere on the desert.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-12-30
Trade Report.

hradstreet's says: Holiday buying
gains force, an early prediction of
unprecedented business being fully re-
aiized. Retail trade in heavy winter
goods still drags, owing to unseason-
aple weather Open fall weather still
iaVors building activity, and another
Dig year is indicated by high prices
and active demand for material, par.
tlcularly lumber, the outlook being for
heavy cut this winter.
Winter wheat is in good condition
with fair snow covering. Demand for
money is active, but collections could
re better Cash is still moving tc
tie Interior but the liquidation OF
three Chicago banks has not appar
entity affe the situation seriously
Business failures in the United
States for last week number 235
Failures in Canada number 3S.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-12-30

Valdosta Ca, Dec. ga report has
reached here from Ewing, between
Fargo and st. George, the new colony
town, that a crowd of negroes tried to
mob a white man who was manager of
large turpentine still at that place.
He barricaded himself and opened fire
on them, killing five men and two wo-
men and wounding seven others.
Another report from Ewing states
that it was a negro riot. Two were
killed instantly, three were fatally
wounded and eight others were more
or less seriously wounded by bullets.
Several women were among the
wounded and one woman was killed.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-12-30
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Under the auspices of the Cambridge
Historical society, the 275th annivers-
airy of the founding of Cambridge,
Mass was celebrated at public meet
ing, was held recently. Brief addresses
and responses were given.
The dam recently constructed by the
Rathdrum Water Power company
brok one day last week, and tor
reut of water and logs rushed down
the mountainside, flooding all streets
in the north end of the town.
Charles E. Shiveley of Richmond,
supreme chancellor of the Knights of
Pythias, has designated February 10.
1906, as the time for the Celebration
of the anniversary Of the founding of
the order.
John ID. McGillivray, mining engi-
neer and newspaper correspondent,
died in San Francisco recently. as the
result of an operation. He was a ma
tive of California, 40 years of age.
Vienna. Rejervary had an
audience with Emperor Francis Joseph
recently and rendered the resignation OF
the entire hungarian cabinet.
Richard Hodgson LII. D., one of the
foremost authorities in the world on
psychioal research, died suddenly OF
of ~heart disease while playing hand
ball at Boston recently, aged 90 years.
The steamer Mariposa, which ar.
rived in San Francisco from Tahiti Oh
the Goth, brought the news that a ru.
NOR is current throughout Tahiti that
the United States government has
offered France $4,000, 600 for the
island.
Reports received at the weather
bureau record the prevalence of al
electric storm with heavy fall OF
rain and a wind reaching velocity
of 80 miles an hour at Jacksonville
Fla, recently.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-12-30
Passenger Trains Collide.

In one of the most extraordinry ac-
cidents known to American railroad
ing, two heavily loaded passenger
trains came together on the elevated
tracks of the New = TX Central & Hud-
son River railroad One man, J. w.
Knapp of New Rochelle, was killed
and 40 persons were more or less in
jured. Both of the colliding trains
were east bound, and had left the
Grand Central station at Forty second
street within few minutes of each
other. Rushing along on parallel
tracks the two trains suddenly came
together. The local was switched from
the third track to the fourth, and ir
an instant the engine of the express
had crashed into the day coach follow
ing the smoking car of the local. Fire
apparatus from several stations were
summoned and many persons were res.
cued by means of ladders placed
against the structure.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-12-30
O'Brien Bested Fitz,

San Francisco, Dec. 20.-Robert Fitz-
simmons collapsed at the close of the
18th round of his fight with "Philadel-
phia Jack" O'Brien. He had fought
hard, but nature could no longer stand
the strain, and, after the gong rang
the close of the 18th round he walked
to his corner and sat in his chair.
Then his head fell over on his breast,
his whole body collapsed, and the fight
ing wonder of the age was "all in. "
Referee Graney saw his condition and
awarded the fight to O'Brien.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-12-30
For Irritation Purposes.

The secretary of the interior has
withdrawn the following described
lands in Washington from any form of
|nection with the Yakima project:
Willamette meridian, Lake Chealum
reservoir site, township % north, Of
range IA east all of sections 81 and
|93 (unsurveyed), township 81 north,
range IA east; all of sections to 8
inclusive; 16 to 81 inclusive, and 81
to "a inclusive; Lake Kachess reser-
voir site, township 20 north, range 10
east, all of sections 2 and 8.