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being then 500 years DID, Later the
church, of course, became Gothic, and
an old print shows it as small build
ing with two aisles and a low tower
of timber. Old Stowe evidently thought
little OF it, for in his survey he merely
mentions that fact that the church is
called "Allhallowes in the Wall stand
ing close to the Wall of the Citie"
The new View of London (1708) says
that the church was of Gothic and
Tuscan orders, and, mot having been
consumed by the late fire, is not so
beautiful as those that are wholly new
erected" The really interesting part
of the church is it's vestry, which is
formed in one of the bastions of the
wall, and from which flight of stairs
leads through the north wall of the
church into the pulpit,
Now there is exposed a part of the
Gothic church of All Hallows in the
Wall which is not mentioned by the
guide books, old or new, SO far as tho
present writer is aware. In New
Broad street, behind the church, that
is to say, beyond its north side, row
of nine fine old eighteenth century
houses is being demolished to make
way for new Offices, and you can walk
right through any of them and obtain
a view of the north side of the church.
There, in ruins. but Of exceeding in
terest and high picturesqueness, are
some considerable remains of, appar'
emily, the fourteenth century architec-
in the accompanying drawings, and are
we'll worth visit from all who are in.
terested in old London
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fEx-Secretary of Navy Who Has Taken
Charge of Equitable Society
than any other to bring him success,
aside from absolute, old-fashioned
rugged honesty, is his fearlessness.
They know there is not living man
or thing Paul Morton fears, and the
bigger the fight the better he likes it.
Fearlessness is quality the policy
holders of the Equitable certainly re-
quire in the present emergency.
Paul Morton's loyalty is historic in
the railway world. He never was
never known to betray friend nor an
interest with which he was connected,
and as a. railroad president expressed
it the other day: "He is as indepen-
dent as the most Independent wood
chopper that ever lived"
President Roosevelt selected Paul
Morton for place in his cabinet. not
outstanding the belief that his ap-
pointee was democrat and in face
of all the facts about~the Santa Fe re-
bate question. Railway people knew
that President Roosevelt knew all
about that matter before he picked
Morton. He believed in Morton's hon.
esty and loyalty and he was just the
man he wanted for the cabinet. It
was the same qualities that attracted
the Equitable interests.
The belief among Paul Morton's
friends is that he will run the affairs
of the Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety just as he has run the business
of the government, of the Atchison
railroad, of the Office he held with the
Burlington railroad, but, above all, he
will run the company his way or he
won't run it at all. And they have
absolute faith in his ability to extricate
the Equitable from the nasty mess in
which it has become involved and
place it once more in the ranks Of re-
spectability and public confidence.
They believe this because they know
Paul Morton.
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OLD HORSELESS CARRIAGE
Odd Looking Vehicle Said to Be the
First Automobile Built I'm
America.

Racine, Wis.-A picture of what is
said to be Americas first automobile
has been discovered here in a :ollec-
ton of old photographs, and the
horseless carriage of that early day
was a strange looking machine. The
automobile was built in 1870. and the
designer was Rev. j. W. Carhart, an
early-day Wisconsin preacher, who is
still alive in Texas. A brother OF
physics at the University of Mich.
igan.
The horseless carriage caused a
panic on the streets when it first ap
peared, and was such an object OF
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RELIC OF THE WAR.
REMAINS OF OLD BRITISH GUN.
BOAT SUNK IN 1913,
Hull Of Ancient Vessel Is Raised Alto,
Nearly Century-Was Burned to
Prevent Falling Into Hands
of Americans,

Detroit, Mich.-An interesting relic
OF a bygone age is shown in this re-
production of photograph of an old
British gunboat, which lay at the bot
tom of the Thames river for nearly a
century after being burned by the re-
treating British to prevent her from
falling into the hands of the Amer
leans.
Early in October, 1913, shortly be-
fore the battle of the Thames, Gen.
William Henry Harrison, the American
commander, reached the vicinity Of
Chatham, and his approach was the
signal for a general retreat by the
British troops up along the shore of
the lake and in the direction of Chat
ham. With a view to keeping their
movable base of supplies as near at
hand as possible, the British took
with them their bateaux and two or
three small gunboats. The river WAS
then, as now, navigable only as far as
the town, and knowing that the Amer
lean forces were closely in their rear,
the British burned their boats.
The skeleton shown belongs to one
of the gunboats, which was raised a
few years ago by a company of men
who desired to dispose Of it to the city
of Chatham for the purpose Of placing
it in the city park as memorial. The
residents Of Chatham, however, de-
clined to accede to this plan, saying
that they did not care for a memorial
that was reminiscent of a British re-
verse, and for some time the old hull
was left on the river bank, without
becoming the property of anyone but
those who had raised it. Vandals began
the work of destruction, taking away
small and large pieces of the wood for
mementos, and finally the remains of
the hull were secured by the secretary
of the Tecumseh Historical society, j.
S. Black, of Chatham.
When Mr.. Richard P. Joy, Of De-
troit, was in the neighborhood of Chat
ham with his launch recently he Sc
cured some photographs Of the old
boat, together with sufficient wood
from the hull to make an appropriate
frame for them. In addition to the
wood. he got hold of couple of old
round shot, made Of iron, that had
been fired into sde old crafts wood
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PRINCE CARL.
(son of King Oscar Who May Assume
Throne of Norway
armies and navies even are separate.
They were, in short, two separate sover-
eign states-under one king.
Norway has the most democratic con-
stitution in the world All the men,
bers of the .storthing, both chambers,
are elected by the people. And it is pro-
vided that if three consecutive storth-
ings vote measure it becomes law,
even though the king veto it.
The judicial systems, the systems of
taxation are different, the trades and
resources different and even the fiscal
policies of the two countries are differ
ent. Sweden is protectionist; Norway
has free trade.
The Norwegian parliament in 1892
resolved to establish a separate con-
sular service. But for IL years no agree
ment on the matter was reached, and
the conflict continued until feeling
of bitterness and even hatred grew up
between the Norwegians and the mild
er, city inhabiting Swede, whom they
have come to hold in contempt.
When the consular bill was presented
10 King Oscar on May q he vetoed It,
The Norway minister at once resigned
as matter of course. The king could
not form new ministry.
''The crown" explained DR.. Nausen,
''had consequently placed itself out Of
function in not being able to form a
new ministry, and as the country can
not remain without government the
step secession and the formation of a
new government became imperative.
-. may add that there is no feeling
against Sweden or the royal house,
which is clearly proved by our wish to
see prince of the house of Bernadotte
on the Norwegian throne" ~-
Whatever may be Norway's wish on
that head, King Oscar has put his foot
down and said positively that no men,
Der 81 his family shall go to the Norwe-
gian throne. King Oscar has four sons:
the Crown Prince Gustavus; Prince Os-
car, duke of Cortland formerly, but since
his marriage to his plebeian wife, Ebba
Munck, plain Prince Bernadotte, with
out the right to succession; Prince Carl
and Prince Eugene. .r@..-..
Whom the Norwegians have in mind
for their new throne is not definitely
known. But II King Oscar persists in
his attitude it doesn't matter. -
Indeed, all along the possibility Of a
republic has had its place in the discus
sions. There has been some talk Of DR.,
Nansen as probable candidate for pres
ident of Norway. -.
In the meanwhile the provisional gov
eminent of Norway is quietly working
along establishing a foreign Office and
preparing to send a mission to the pow
srs and ask them to recognize Nos.
ways Independence. 1855
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terror to horses that the state legis:
lature was asked to pass law barring
such contrivance from the roads.
The first time the preacher appeared
in his machine the putting '"devil
wagon" threw shower of sparks 16
feet into the air., and caused several
runaways. A famous race horse of
that period, one of the stud from
which Jay-Eye-See was later d.evel-
uped, in the stables of J. I. Case, was
so frightened that it jumped upon a
fence and was Killed. while the driver
was seriously injured.
The early automobile was a four
wheeled machine, like a blackboard,
with a vertical engine on the rear
axle. The boiler was made at Wa
tertown IN. " factory, CIT ef spe-
cially prepared charcoal iron. The
machine was later entered in compe-
tition for $4,000 prize offered by
the state for successful horseless
carriage, but another machine, built
at Oshkosh, on a similar model. won
the prize.
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body Of men as a browning move for his
victory in the legislature. Though John
Barnes is democrat and La Toilette
a republican, the former is looked upon
as one of the best attorneys in the state,
and he is the man who carried to sue
cess, last summer, Gov. La Follette's
contention that his faction was the
regular republican," The case was
fought in the courts and Barnes Prov
ess as lawyer was demonstrated in
his victory against some of the ablest
talent which Wisconsin could produce.
The term for which Barnes is selected Is
the longest, ending in 1913.
Prof. Meyer is head of the bureau Of
labor and statistics, and his efforts in
this capacity have been of no small i'm
port to the governor in collecting evil
dence with which to carry on the con-
test against the railroads. Although
Meyer has proved himself an invaluable
aid to Gov. La Toilette in this direction.
his selection was looked upon as some
thing of surprise, it being ths general
opinion that the executive would pick
for his place Prof. Commons, prominent
in state university circles.
Halford Erickson, like Prof. Meyer,
has proved himself a great aid to the
governor in his efforts to secure evil
dence alleging that the roads were
usurping their privileges in this state
Erickson has made a thorough study
of Wisconsin conditions, and he is re.
garded as an infallible authority on the
question of railroad tolls.
When Gov. La Toilette first sent the
appointments to the senate for con-
firmation, Nils Haugen occupied the
place now awarded to Barnes. When
the selections were read in the gov
ernor's message to the senate, the digni-
fed upper house was set in an uproar
Objection was made to Haugen, but the
remaining two names were confirmed.
Then the governor bethought himself
of John Barnes, who everybody had
firmly believed, before the names were
chosen, would be member of the COM
mission. The Rhinelander man was
consequently placed upon the roll, and
his name approved by the senate, thus
giving Wisconsin an excellent array OF
talent to carry on the rate-makine
work. The commission as it stands con-
sists of an attorney, statistician and
a man versed in the railroad systems
of the country.
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YOUTH OF JEFFERSON
INCIDENTS IN CAREER OF THE
FAMOUS ACTOR.
Began Life Behind the Footlights AZ
Property Child-Struggles Of His
Father - How Lincoln
Helped Them.

Washington.-Josep JeffersOn's rec
elections of the theater, as related IN
his autobiography, began with his
earliest years in Washington, where
the playhouse he saw was "a rickety
old frame building with broad gable,
facing on wide avenue. The door
from our back entry opened upon the
stage, and as a toddling little chap in
short frock I was allowed full run
of the place." He saw many rehears-
ais, and sometimes got a peep at the
play, having been taken on in arms
as q property child in groups of happy
peasantry" He made little plays that
were acted in impromptu style by him.
self and playmates; and wien alone
he would act by himself before the
great mirror in the green room. AS
the stage child in "Pizzaro" he acct
dentally pulled off Rolla's wig. At the
age of three he represented Living
Statues" and when little older was
poured out of T. D. Rice's bag in the
guise of a little darby, who also
jumped Jim Grow. The audience
SnOWered money upon Inc lttle imp
to the extent of $24. "For years after
ward,". Mr.. Jefferson wrote, 81 was
given to understand that this money
was placed in bank to my credit, and
1 fear I often borrowed small sums
on the strength of my prospective
wealth"
The Jefferson family at the time
consisted of Jefferson's father and
mother, his half brother, Charles
Burke, himself and an indispensable
person whose name was Mary, house
keeper, nurse, friend and attendant,
who would never take any wages.
Mr.. Jefferson insisted that he was
by no means model child. II am not
quite sure as to dates, and many Incl
dents come up before me in confused
form, while a number are traditional;
but there are certain facts connected
with my early life about which there
can be no mistake, and it is quite clear
that I was what is understood to be
bad boy and hard to manage.
In 1888 the Jefferson family went to
the new town of Chicago by way of
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But SmOOCn.)
the Erie canal and the lakes. Though
Chicago then had but 1000 inhabit-
ants, it represented busy scene and
boosted new theater that was largely
constituted of paint. After a short
season in Chicago, moderately success
full, the company went to Galena, Du-
buque and several towns in the same
region: In Quincy the courthouse
served as theater; in Terre Haute
warehouse, and in Pekin a pork house.
The company decided to winter at
Springfield, ILL.,, and-rash idea-to
lease lot and build theater When
the building. which INTELLECTUALLY re-
sembled dry goods box with roof,
was completed, an unexpected disaster
occurred in the form of revival. And
in addition the town demanded heavy
license before the theater could be
opened.
I'm the midst of their trouble young
lawyer called on the managers. He had
heard of the injustice, and offered, if
they would place the matter in his
hands, to have the license taken off, de-
claring that he only desired to see fair
play, and he would accept no fee wheth-
er he failed or succeeded. The case was
brought up before the council. The
young lawyer began his harangue He
handled the subject with tact, skill and
humor, tracing the history of the drama
from the time when Thespis acted in
cart to the stage Of to-day. He illus
trated his speech with number of anec-
dotes, and kept the council in a roar
of laughter; his good humor prevailed,
and the exorbitant tax was taken of.
This young lawyer was very popular
In Springfield, and was honored and be-
loved by all who knew him, and; after
the time of which write, he held rather
| an important position in the govern
| ment of the United States. He now lies
buried near Springfield, under monu-
ment commemorating his greatness and
l his virtues-and his name was Abraham
AT the end of the Springfield season
the Jeffersons made their way to Men,
phis, where the father, who was scene
painter as well as actor. raised little
money by painting signs. This pro-
cured steerage passage to New Orleans
and Mobile. In few weeks the father
died in Mobile Of yellow fever. The
son and daughter were engaged for
fancy dances and comic duets at S. a
week, and Mrs. Jefferson opened a.
| boarding house for actors. This did not
suffice to keep the wolf from the door.
In some way the belle of Mobile, Nine,
LIE Vert, became interested in Mrs. JEFF
ferson and arranged for her a success
fHl benefit. Young Jefferson acted in
minor parts with Macready AID Buoth
during the Mobile season.
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ANCIENT LONDON.
Interesting Relic Of Fourteenth 0sn-
tury Revealed Through Demo-
lition Of Old Buildings.

London.-All Hallows In the Wall ia
one Of the London city churches which
have special interest for the anti
quarry, because adjoining it is a piece
of the old wall of London. The church
itself, however, Is not thing OF beau
ty or interest, Dance, junior, who
built it in 1861, not having been ex-
actly a great architect.
The first church that stood on the
site, it's north wall probably resting,
as the present one does, on the ancient
wall of the city. was built, it is said,
in the eighth century, the city wall
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COMMISSION IS NAMED.
aov.s'1a Toilette, Of Wisconsin,; Ap.
points Body to Regulate Rail-
- way Rates in State.

Madison, Wis.-1Gov. La ollette's VIC
tory over the railroads in pushing hin
state railroad commission bill to suc-
cess through both houses OF the 1egis-
lature has been clinched as law by hia
signature and the appointment Of tho
body OF men which will control the tolls
in Wisconsin.
john Barnes, of Rhtnelander; Prof
Meyer Of Madison, and Halford Erick-
son. also Of Madison, constitute the
commission, and it is declared by econ
omlsts, that it is doubtful il the execu-
tive could have selected a more able
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Postal Cards That Talk.

:. A Paris inventor will soon put on the
market talking postal cards. You in
troduce a card into, an apparatus of
the nature of monograph, talk a
message and dispatch the card as a
postal. There is similar apparatus
at the other end, and when the card
Is introduced it gives the message in
q nasalized reproduction. Talking post
ais will hold just three times the guam
tity of words that can be written on
one.
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a NOVEL R EV OLUTION
CAUSES THAT LED TO sCAMpI-
NAvIAN SPLIT. =
Rupture Occurred Over Consular Bill
~ Favored by Norwegian storth-
ing and Which King Oscar
Refused to Sign.

New York.-On June z the storthing,
or Norwegian parliament, declared tho
union between Norway and Sweden
severed and announced that King o.
car IL. Of Sweden was no longer king Of
Norway. All the press dispatches
made point Of emphasizing the calm
ness with which the news was taken
both in Sweden and Norway.
The Norwegian army and navy
quietly took the oath of allegiance to
the provisional government formed by:
the Norwegian state council, and the
Swedes, on the other hand, shrugged
their shoulders, so to speak, at the bad
taste of the Norwegians in seeding
from the union. King Oscar alone
seemed to show excitement. He regis
tered his emphatic protest against the
Norwegian act of secession and 4mphat-
ically declined to receive formal dele
cation from Norway.
The reason for this lack of perturba-
ton in both countries is that since the
king refused to sign the consular bill
passed by the Storthing the act of dis
union was practically a foregone con-
clusion. Besides, the national feeling
in Norway, which eliminated in the act
of June is about a century old, and tho
Swedes as well as the Norweglans have
grown accustomed to it.
In 1814-15 the congress of Vienna rec
ognized the union of Sweden and Nor
way. Gen. Bernadotte, the French
man, who was selected by the Swedish
mobiles to succeed the childless Charles
XIII, last of the old dynasty of Swed-
ish kings, had just wrested Norway
from Denmark. Norway didn't mind
being free of Denmark, but almost from
the first its democratic spirit made it
chafe in the union:
That union was nowise like the union
Of Ireland and England. There was
never any question of home rule The
two nations have always been wholly in
dependent of each other in all domestic
affairs.
Their constitutions are different;
they have separate parliaments, sepa-
rate laws, separate churches, separate
customs and rates of duty. Their
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NEW SUMMER HOME.

NEW SUMMER HOME
Hot Weather Retreat of Mrs. Roosevelt
in Virginia.)
to it, and porch has been built
around the dwelling. All the pard-
lions on the lower floor have been re-
moved, making one large room. Mrs.
Roosevelt bought the property so that
when she wishes a week or so of rest
she can go to the little retreat among
the Virginia mountains, which is so &C.
cessible to Washington.
Mrs. Roosevelt went to the Vir-
ginia home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer
recently, and while there made an in
spection of her small estate. The
president Joined her the following
Saturday, and returned to Washington
Sunday night Mr.. and Mrs. Roose,
velt 1re delighted With the rotzsat 8.
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New York.-By those who know his
qualities, Paul Morton, ex-secretary Of
the navy, and who has been named AZ
chairman Of the board of directors OF
the Equitable Assurance society, is
considered the best man in America
to tackle q hard job. That he has such
a task ahead Of him In the manage
ment of the Equitable there can be no
doubt. There is no more doubt in tho
minds Of those who know him that he
will emerge triumphant.
The quality in Paul Morton which
his friends believe has worked more
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CECIL CALVERT MEMORIAL.
Statue to Be Erected to Man Who Gave
Name to Baltimore by Mary
land Colonial Society.

Baltimore, Md.-The picture repre-
sents the noble $4,000 bronze statue
which the Maryland Society of Colo
NAL Wars proposes to erect to tue
memory of Cecil Calvert, Lord Balti-
more. the original proprietor Of the
colony, and the man who gave his
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NEW SUMNER HOME.
Mrs. Roosevelt Has Purchased House
and Fifteen Acres Near
Scottsville, Va.

Washington.-Mrs. RooseveIt's sum
mer home in Albemarle county, Va,
near Scottsville, was a part of the
beautiful Springfield farm owned by
w. N. Wilmer, of New York. The
Springfield farm consists of about 500
acres altogether, but Mrs. Roosevelt
purchase comprises, only Is acres and
a small house.
This dwelling, by Mrs. Roosevelt's
order, has had a rock chimney added
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name to Cecil county and the city Of
Baltimore The sculptor is Albert
Weinert, Of New York. It will be about
nine feet in height and will be cast
in American standard bronze. Call
vert is to be represented In the act of
addressing the British colonists, who
are about to sail for the new world
under the leadership Of his brother
Leonard. In his left hand he holds
the charter which was granted to
him by Charles Stuart.