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his affection sought q commission as
captain in the army and started to
fight for his country in the Philippines.
Before he reached the firing line he
was recalled for conduct alleged to
have been d~ispleasing to his superiors.
Notwithstanding his record he won the
heart of his present wife, who was
Miss Martha Hichborn. daughter Of
Rear Admiral Philip Hichborn and IA
nous for her wit and beauty. She was
the toast Of army and navy and had
opportunities in plenty for making a
brilliant match. Her liking for young
Nj. Blaine was frowned upon by her
parents, and as she was warned by her
father not to bring the young man to
her home the courtship was known in
Washington society as "an idyll of the
parks and lanes" She was so persist
ent in her course that her parents
finally gave in, and on June 1, 1901, she
became young Mr.. Blaine's second
wife. They lived in New York, but
parted about two years ago, and Mrs.
Blaine afterward made her home with
her parents in Washington. Mr.. Blaine
remaining in New York, where he is in
the brokerage business.
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Wade was dismissed from the service.
McWade has now returned to this
country and not only denies the charges
against him. but has made a counter
charge against Mr.. Peirce. He saws
the latter while in Canton expressed SO
much admiration for a tiger skin rug,
valued at $500. which was In the Office
Of the consulate that he felt compelled
TO give 1t to him. Acceptance Of gifts
nom ~subordinates by federal officers
10 against the provisions Of the stat
utes. Mr.. PIERCE says he was not
aware such a present had been made
to him until his return to America, and
he has sent the rug back to Mr.. Nc
Wade. Mr.. Peirce is ffty-six years Of
age, Is a graduate Of Harvard, has
been many years in the diplomatic
service and served several times rs
charge d'a6aires at st. Petersburg.
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MRS. JAMES G. BLAINE. JI,,
Wife Of Secretary Bj,i-a'x SON Ns.,.
II Land OF E.vorcee,.

Wife of Secretary Bj,i:e'x Son Now
In Land Of E.vorcees.
The report that Mrs. james G. Blaine.
Jr., of Washington has taken w Il resi-
dence in South Dakota. the Mecca of
persons seeking separation from uncon-
genial mates. derives special interest
from the fact that Ter husband. son
and nanlesake OF tn le.e %tary
Blaine, has had 4 somewhat stormy
matrimonial career. Young Mr.. Blaine's
escapades have furnished no end Of
gossip, and his conduct has often given
his family much annoyance. Some
years ago he married Miss Marie New
ms, daughter Of Colonel Richard New
ms Of Ohio and a beauty who was not
ed as an amateur actress. They quar-
relied. and the wife obtained a divorce.
She went on the stage. but after n
short h%istrionic career married Or. VIII
liam 7. Bull. a distinguished New
York surgeon. Young Blaine not long
after laid siege unsuccessfully to the
heart Of the sculptress Kuhne Bev-
eridge, and when she failed to reGuite
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JAI!ES II. RFIE ueTlHS an inquiry
into the methods OF
the Standard Oil trust. The report Of
the commissioner Of corporations.
James r. Garfield, on which the mes
sage Of the president was based. states
that about 26.OOO,O0O barrels of oil are
refined annually in the United States
and that Of this product the Standard
OIL company and its subsidiary corpo-
rations control about 23.OOO.OOO bar
rels. and approximately the same pro
portion Of the other finished products
Of petroleum. The methods by which
the Standard has gained this practical
monopoly over the petroleum output Of
the United States are described in on
siderable detail in Mr.. Garfield's re-
port, and the abuses in the matter Of
improper and unfair railway rates al
legged to exist have been cited az
among the reasons for the passage Of
the railway rate measure now pending
In congress-.
The growth Of the petroleum industry
to Its present gigantic proportions IN
this country is II of the marvels of
the past half century. and as an indus
try the oil business has had even
greater prominence than these proper
tons might naturally have Won 1t on
account Of the fierce battle that has
been waged for years against the at
tempt Of the Standard to secure and
maintain Il monopoly in it.
1t is not quite half 4 century since
Z. l.. Drake struck oil on Watson's
fats. near Titusville. Pa. The exact
date Of this event. 50 important in the
annals of American industry. was Aug.
IS, 1853. The scenes IN the oil fields
which soon followed this discovery
were almost as exciting as those which
were witnessed but 4 few years pre-
vious in the gold fields Of California
Wells were sunk in large numbers T.
western Pennsylvania along Oil creeA
French creek and the Allegheny rive.
The scenes Of industry and excitement
shifted as the oil wells Of different 10.
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Great" persisted Mr.. Stewart.
II cannot yield for e. Speech" said
Senator Bacon.
This sort Of thing went on for some
time. and finally Senator Stewart got
the floor and began to tell the senate
all about Frederick the Great. 1t was
a good speech. but the trouble was that
the senator told the senate about Peter
the Great instead OF Frederick the
Great.
Next morning it was all cut out of
the Congressional Record.
DR.. William Henry Drummond be-
came the poet Of the French Canadian
hNhitant because he loved the habitant.
All the back parishes Of Quebec. in
which the habitant. the descendant of
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college. Iowa. On the completion Of
his course Mt that institution he studied
at the University Of Pennsylvania and
also ut the University Of Halle. Ger
many. He has been active in bringing
about reforms in the tenement sections
Of several large cities, has lahored for
the Improvement Of the laws ON such
subjects and has helped to secure i'm
proved conditions in the matter of SAM
tation, factory employment and food
ad~ulteratiOn.
A southern senator says that n Of
the best and brlefcst of speeches that
he ever heard III the upper house Of
congress was one of four words de-
livered by Senator Proctor Of Vermont.
This speech, it appears. was IL retort to
a sarcastic fling by a colleague from
Massachusetts. He had said, mo man
In Vermont Is allowed to vote unless he
has made $1,000 trading With Massa-
chusetts people,"
Whereupon Proctor arose deliberate
" and observed. "And we nil vote"
Uncle Sans printshop Is n big in
%stitution, ana the head Of it is neces-
sarily II very busy man. SO many de-
tails must come to his attention and
30 many persons are in the habit Of
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basis, and one of
his rules was that no one should be
admitted to his presence until the card
Of the person applying for such ndmis-
sion had been duly passed on by his
secretaries. \ few days ago Mr.. Still
tngs looked up from his desk and OBJ
served a man standing in his office.
"How did you get in herc?" he
shouted.
"Are you the public printer:" the
man asked. apparently not in n hurry
to answer questions.
"How did you get in here?" Mr.. Still.
ings roared again.
Are you the public printer"
II want to know how you cot in
here" Mr.. Stillings shouted again,
pounding the desk.
Because II You are" the visitor con-
hnued, II would like to introduce my
self and tell you a few things about
yourself. My name Is Dick. am n
senator from Ohio. II you will look
In the Congressional Directory you will
ind any other personal details you
may DESIRE"
Twenty minutes later Mr.. Stillings
was still apologizing.
Senator Augustus Octavius Bacon Of
Georgia has been a prominent figure in
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the discussion of the rate bill, and a
sharp passage occurred between him
and Senator Bailey Of Texas a short
time ago over the details of the pro-
posed law. Senator Bacon once had a
controversy With William NJ. Stewart.
who retire. from the senate III 1905.
which meH 2ars of that body still recall
with a smile.
Senator Bacon vas assailiils the plan
to appropriate SS.C0O for a base for the
statue of Frederick the Great which
the German emperor had given to this
country and INQUIRED IL the president
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THE COAL TRUST e K

Object Of the Inquiry Into 1t and the
Counsel In the Case.
The next investigation to focus the
attention of the public is that offered
by the federal government into the op-
erations Of the so called coal trust and
the railroads allied with or forming
part Of 1t. The interstate commerce
commission Is now making an investi-
CATION into the alleged community Of
interests between the railroads and the
coal and oil business, and in addition
to this the attorney general has retain
ed two leading lawyers to assist him In
proceedings OF a similar character. Ac-
cording to the announcement Of the de-
partment of justice, the object of these
proceedings will be ito take under con-
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Republican in his principles. Once
while travelling in Il Pullman car In a
southern state Mr.. Clapp observed that
the porter eyed him narrowly. evident.
" taking him for a Confederate brig
adler.
Thinking to have a little fun with the
darby, the senator asked:
"What are your politics, Tom:"
"Dere is some fool niggers, sah.'
Tom replied, Tin dis company who is
Republicans, but I'll tell YOU, boss, I
amt no fool Niger"
Senator Clapp is u great campaigner
and is constantly called upon to make
speeches. \ year ago he visited Erin
Corners, a Democratic hamlet, with no
Republicans living within its limits.
He got to the village and found the
town hall packed with Democrats. He
tried to talk, and they howled him
down. In all he tried half a dozen
times and each time was compelled to
stop because Of the noise.
He was just about to quit when an
old man who had worked as hired man
on the farm Of Senator Clapp's father
came UP to the platform and said:
Don't mind them, Nose. They're u lot
Of loafers and rowdies. None Of the
decent people would come"
Dr.. Edward T. Deyinc, who is in
charge OF the Red Cross relief work in
San Francisco, has had 4 wide expert
ence IN connection with charitable en-
terprises. The extent Of his activity in
movements affecting the social we'll be-
Ing of the community may be judged
from the fact that he Is professor OF
social economy at Columbia university,
general secretary Of the Charity Or
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0VW~
It. Gowns that had been selling at $25
were advertised to go at $12."
Il couldn't have gone If I had seen
the advertisement" she sighed, 'as l
had no money to buy with"
But you need a new tea gown, don't
you?"
Indeed l do. If you can spare the
money III go down tomorrow and see
what l can do"
Mr.. Bowser slapped his leg and
chuckled.
"Do you mean that you will give me
the money!"
He chuckled and slapped some more
and then walked upstairs and brought
down the mysterious package and said:
"Mrs. Bowser. l don't claim to be a
model husband, but I think I do de-
serve credit for certain things. When
ever l can give you an agreeable sur
prise 1t delights me. You needed n new
tea gown. l saw that you did a month
ago, but l was lying low for a sale. l
kept the paper away from you last
night so that you couldn't see the adj
vertisement."
Bought Her q Present.
"And what-what have you done?'
she asked, with her heart in her mouth.
Nothing to be hanged for. l simply
left the office two hours earlier than
usual and attended the SALE"
"And you bought me a tea gown"
Il bought you a tea gown, Madam
Bowser-the finest one in the lot. You
have an old bulldozer for a husband,
but now ana then lie gets his good
streaks on. My dear woman. I take
pleasure in presenting to you my pur-
chase. Some men might have done
better. but I did the best l could"
Mrs. Bowser had grown pale. With.
out a word as to her bust measure OF
preference for style or color Mr.. Bow.
ser had gone and bought her a tea
| gown, and the chances were not one in
five hundred that he had hit the right
thing. 1t was inevitable that she would
be disappointed. but she must do hel
best to conceal it and not humiliate
him. He saw her perturbation and said
"Thc little surprise rather knocks
you out. ell? Didn't suspect that I had
had my eye on that old tea gown fol
the last two months and meant to re.
place 1t as soon as l could? Open the
paper and see how you like it."
Mrs. Bowser pulled herself together
and made up her mind to praise tina,
gown II it brought on fatal p~alpitatior
OF the heart. She forced a smile, broke
the string and almost at a glance she
discovered:
That the color was lavender-a color
she could not have been found dead in
The bust size was forty-two instead
Of thirty-four.
1t was cut lower In the neck thar
she ever wore one.
The style was more for a girl 81
twenty than for a woman Of forty.
The selling price marked on the care
was 50 higher than she had e thu
same thing a week before.
Was . Great Surprise,
well, why don't you get up anl
dance and shout and swing your hat?'
asked MI. Bowser. as he held the gowr
up to her view.
"lt-it IL very nice. and l thank 70,
many. many times for buying It," she
] replied 1T II indeed a great surprise
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BOWSer
Meant We'll
Showed Poor Judgment, However,
In Buying His Wife's
New Tea Gown.
TRIED TO HER
Neishbor Enlshten. Him on the Folly
Of Trying to Take Advan-
tase Of Bargains.

copyright. 1906. by Eugene Parcells.]
When Mr.. Bowser came home the
other evening with a package under his
arm he entered the house and crept up
stairs and down again so softly that
Mrs. Bowser did not hear him. He did
another tAlng unusual with him. He
did not give away the fact that he had
a little plot on hand until dinner had
been disposed Of and he had skinned
over the contents of the evening paper.
Then he carelessly observed:
Il suppose you We're down to that
sale of tea gowns today"
II haven't heard anything about a
SALE" she replied.
"There was a big n advertised yes
terday, and l don't see how you missed
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tIlc itoIlttt VI VIC
Canadian woods,
makes lis home.
are as familiar to
Or. Drulnm as
are the streets Of
Montreal. in which
he goes back and
forth in the daily
practice of his pro
fession. medicine.
Indeed. they are
more familiar. for
DR.. nrulnmond ad-
mits frankly that
A., ,;,t - <1,A
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alteration all the facts now known or
which can be ascertained relating to
the transportation and sale Of coal in
Interstate commerce, to advise what II
any legal proceedings should be begun
apd to conduct under the direction Of
tie attorney general such suits or pros
ecutious II any as may be warranted
BY the evidence in hand and forthcom-
idg."
The counsel engaged by the attorney
general to have special charge of these
proceedings are Charles e. Hughes Of
New York, who was chief counsel for
% Armstrong committee in the now
Qtnoue insurance investigation. and
Alexan4er Simpson, Jr.. Of Philadel.
ph3a- MI. Simpson u one Of the lead.
6S members Of The Pennsylvania bar.
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%ganizatiOn Society
of New York. eli-
tor Of Charities,
director Of h G
New York School
Of Philanthropy.
and is the author
of several books
on sociology and
philanthropy.
DIR. Devine was
born In Iowa in
1867 and is n grad
uate of Cornell
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ence. 1t was Just
prior to this that
Mr.. PIERCE had Wis
tied China on a
commission to in
vcstignte reports as
to irregularities in
the consular serv-
ice there and in
other parts Of the
orient. He made Il
report, on the
strength Of which
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Cid not usurp q
~prerogative Of con-
grcss by accepting
the statue.
Nov let me tell
you about Freder-
lex the Great" said
Senator Stewart.
II am not in need
Of the senator's
information" said
Senator Bacon.
But l desire to
tell the
ohN,,< H.~r~3pV A0~
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consuming him IN
the course Of a
days business that
he finds 1t irnpos-
sible to perform his
duties without care
full economy Of his
time. When Public
Printer Charles A.
StilllngS came into
office Il short time
3 he put the con-
Germ on Il military
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Short Stories
About People
@~WD ~~

GENATOR MO-
. SEES EDWIN
CLAPP of
Minnesota, who has
been prominent in
advocacy Of rail-
road rate legisla-
ton. is a man Of
fine physique and
IS known as 1.-The
Black Eagle Of
Minnesota" He is
often mistaken for
a s%outherner. The
0nrOtoS ic {,,%4~111~~
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Herbert II. II. Pelrce. whose contro-
versy with Robert NJ. McWade, former
consul general at Canton. China. has
attracted attention. was recently ap-
pointed first minister of the United
States to the new kingdom of Norway.
He was often named In the dispatches
from Portsmouth. n. H.. last summer
while the Russo-Japanese peace com-
missioners were in session, rs he was
then third assistant secretary Of state
and In special charge Of the entertain
ment Of the delegates to the confer
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tesys.ssrissA 0ox

A4N SpNAtlN va liz
backwoodsnen, whom he has made
in literature. is dearer to him
Is that of his English speaking
md more artificial friends. DIR. Drum
best known poem is The
Wreck Of the Julie plante." which is q
example Of the dialect he en-
On wan dark night on Lac St. Pierre
De win she blow. blow. blow,
An de crew Of de wood scow Julie
Plante
Got scarf an run below.
For de win she blow LAX hurricane;
Bimchy she blow some more.
An de scow bus up on La st. Pierre
Wan arpcnt from de shore.
De captinne walk on de fronte deck
An walk de hin deck too.
He call de crew from up de hole;
He call de cook also.
De cook she's name was Rosie;
She came from Montreal;
Was chambre maid on lumber barge
On de Grande Lachine canal.
De night was dark lax wan black cat,
De wave run high an fas'.
Wen de captinne TAX de Rosie girl
All Nt INI W NC kHlS
Den he also tax de life preserve
An jonp Off on de lax
An say. "Goodby. ma Rosie. dear;
go drown for your SAX"
Mex morn!n' very early
Bout ha'f pas two. tree. four
De captinnc, sCow an de oor Rosie
Was corpses on de shore.
For de win she blow LAX hurricanes:
Himebv she blow Rome moro
An de scow bus up on Lac st. Pierre
Wan arpent from de shore.
MORAL.
Now. all good wood scow sailor man,
TAX warnin' by dat storm
An 60 an marry some nice French
girl
An leev on wan beeg farm.
De win can blow LAX hurricane,
An. s'pose she blow some moro,
You can't get drown on Lac st. Pierre
So long YOU stay or shore.
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Very Well Indeed.

"Why are lightning rods like wait
ers?"
Because they have to be we'll tip
ped to make them give good SERVICE"
Baltimore American.
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.-& >-.<
How Rockefeller
Gets His Oil

THE oil bust
j ness has come
very sharply
into the public eye
since the presi-
n special mes
sage ON the subject
and the proceed
ings begun by the
interstate COM
merce commission
under the
EiOnal resolution or
~S saUv
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An Uncommon Trouble.
Hewitt-My wife didn't know what
to say to me.
Jewett-I never knew my wife to be
troubled In that way. New York
Press.
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Senator Augustus Octavius Bacon Of
Georgia has been a prominent figure in
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-28
rHAL.1 aRYAl ] ,rhIRIe,IN,lpoN9ss.

~ one great trouble with our Demo
cratic friends Is that they ask the
people to be so forgetful. Once they
worshfpped Mr.. Cleveland and twice
elected him to the Presidency, but
ever since the memorable days Of 1893
they have been trying 10 forget even
his name. In 1896 and 1900 free sill
yer and anti.impe ialtsm were upper
most in the minds but now they are to
be passed up and forgotten, In 1904
the safe ana sane Democrats put for:
ward Judge Parker, but he Is no more.
Only a few days ago all eyes were
turned to New York to witness the
homecoming Of VILLAIN ]. / Bryan. John
IN. McGraw had invited the great
0Commoner to- visit him at his summer
home al. Deer Park He was riding on
the crest Of the wave. conservatives
and radicals alike had united on him,
but alas!3 his Homecoming speech
struck terror to the hearts Of his fol
lowers. His advocacy of the govern.
ment ownership of railroads chilled
the very -marroweof their bones. so it
came TO pass that the West Virginia
Democrats decided that the Peerless
one must stay out of the State during
this campaign. 'soht what a fall is
there, my countrymen,, las Bill says
Now. the question Is, will we be
asked to forget these things and sup
port the rejected one for President
two years from now2 we will have
to wait and see.
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Is it to be understood that the
organs that are so ciamorops for
citizens having reduced tax bills to
vote the Republican ticket, desire
that those whose taxes have been in
creased do otherwise Charleston
News.
Yes, sir, Mr.. News, we are perfect,
" willing to put it on that basis q and n
such a majority would the Republican
ticket get as was never heard Of be:
fore. 1t would be Ike the preacher
who was complaining Of the small at
tendance Of men at prayer meetings,
He said If the population OF heaven
were made up in proportion to the at,
tendance at prayer meeting there
wouldn't be enough men there to sing
bass. So It would be with the small
number whose taxes will not be re
duced. It might make them dance,
but there wouldn't be enough Of them
ito make their voices heard above the
multitude.
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y # *
The Grafton Sentinel thinks pretty
well Of the Republican party as Wit
ness the following:
"'The Fairmont West virginian IN
.emphaslng the tremendous adyan'
itages the republicans have in this
campaign points to the fact that nine
ty out Of every one hundred taxpay-
ters in the state win pay less taxes
this year than they did last, or under
the, old tax system. This being true
what reason can any Republican Offer
for voting against the party that Y
the author of legislation that has
brought about such an equalization Of
the burdens of government as the new
tax laws have done. 1t is the pnrest
Of presumption to assume that they
will do anything Of the kind. It e
against Intelligent human nature. The lg9
Republican party IS the embo iiment
Of: the enlightened conscience OF the
country, and the voters know when 9
party deserve their support and they
are not going to nakes any mistake
this fall Il
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: Il ~
The Charleston News Seems to
think on the tax question like William
Jennings Bryan thinks on the wool
question. The.New thinks It is mean
for a man to vote for q tax law be-
cause it Is to his interest financially
to do so. Itseems SO selfish. William
Jennings Bryan says It is wrong for
a farmer to vote for aapoltcy because
III holds out the cement Of q high
Ter price for his wool, There may be
IA Theoretical point In the position OF
Bryan and the News, but # will
he observed that both are simply COM
planning because; the people don't look
lat these things as they do and vote
for practical results instead And the
people are right In SO doing.