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The Washington bee., 1907-01-05

hand, presents a very attractive pic.
ture.
Cane carrying among women ap.
pears to be a natural development OF
a tendency of the time. After the
manner of the London girls, society
bellies tried carrying stuffed bears dur.
ing the summer, but the American girl
is too vivaciOus to keep steady COM
pany with such an inanimate object.
Then more than ever the women took
to carrying their pet pOodles about in
their arms. but the little fellows did
not like it, and their constant squirm-
ing became a menace to lace sleeves.
The cane, however, is a help in itself,
and now that women must carry some
thing to really be in style, it is evil
IDENTIFY to be the thing.
Miss FTench's cane has a handle
shaped like a shepherds crook. 1t is
bound with gold splendidly chased and
is adorned with a ribbon bow which
is changed daily to match the cos
tune.
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Site of R0ekefeIlsrs Artificial Lake.


now engaged in making the excavation
for the lake.
The site of this skating pond was
chosen with much care by Mr.. ROcks.
feller. His estate at Lakewood COM
prises 500 acres, most Of 1t pine forest.
It is back from the road about an
eighth Of q mile and the house is
screened from the view Of ObserVerk
by thick barrier of pine trees. Mr.
Rockefeller has chosen a sheltered
spot for his lake, about 100 yards bes
yond this barrier Should any curious
visitor succeed In getting through this
pine hedge. he would find himself in
a patch Of thickly grown nettles
through which it would be impossible
to break his way.
Beyond this nettle patch is to be the
skating pond. On the border of the
further shore Of the lake is water
tower, which serves also the purpose
Of a watch tower. A balcony has been
built around this tower, and whenever
Mr. Rockefeller is out on the grounds,
whether playing golf or riding his bi.
cycle over the miles of smooth roads
that he has built, a watchman is sta.
toned in this balcony to give warning
of approaching intruders.
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NEW AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA.
Minnesota Man Selected as Successor
to Meyer.

Washington.-Jchn w. Riddle, who
mas been selected by the president to
succeed George Won L. Meyer as am
Dassador to Russia. is now minister
70 houmania and Servia Mr. Riddles
nome Is at st. Paul, Mimi. He is
graduate Of Harvard and of Columbia
law school, and studied international
law, history, and diplomacy two years
at the Eeole des Sciences Poitiques in
Farls. He received a diploma of pro-
nclency IN The Russian language from
the College de France in 1898.
Mr. Riddle viii be in a familiar
field when he goes to st. Petersburg,
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he was swindled out of his business.
He was too old then to make a fresh
START and two years ago had re-
course to that last refuge Of the
goyerJyaJucken--Jhe poorhouse. Of
course. long before this he had heard
OF the vast fortune made by the little
shaver with whom he had gone to
school in Duulermiine. But it never
occurred to him tc appeal to Andrew
Carnegie for assistance. He had too
much Scotch pride for that.
A London journalist happened to
run across him in the poorhouse of
which he was an inmate. and, per
caylng that bee was man who had
evidently seen better times, engaged
nm 10 conversation. In telling his
story Brand casually mentioned his
lo.lood acquaintance with Carnegie
Why don't YOU write TO Mr.. Car
lesle and ask him TO do something
''s YOU. asked the journalist.
No, I couldn't do that replied
brand. "Ae was a nice little chap
'-ea j knew him, but like as not he
las forgotten all about me, and, any
-,", ] have no claim upon him"
The journalist wrote to Mr.. Carne-
s'5 al SEiho castle, putting the case
1s'oge him. IJ elected a prompt re-
s'oase from Mr. Carnegie's secretary,
-24lg additional particulars which
ao-l4 enable Lr. Carnegie to identify
brand, as his recollection OF the COM
s--.ols Of his early boyhood had be.
,.-s somewhat obscure in the course
" busy and strenuous life. Also
~ asked what sort of help would
~ most acceptable to the old man.
"-e- mis- question was put to Brand
-S answered. i think il I was sup
E11u with q small plot of land in
~ native place ] could make a liv-
-s' L The journalist wrote another
.g''5. TO Air. Carnegie, telling him of
.-g o.0 man ideas and supplying the
---'-on4t information. Mr.. Carne-
s.o promptly answered the letter him
So. u have no doubt" he wrote.
~, .--' What Nr. Brand says about his
--E ooyhood is absolutely correct In
's'y detail An Old man of 20 can
~ De expected to cultivate land. He
- Oel'er be considered one of my
s.--'oaers - If he viii go back to his
-. .-1'e place / viii put him on my pen.
~, a-ol list at l5 shiIlings Cs3.751 a
ssA' lie may be able to earn a
SA-lungs a week in other ways"
p. 'aLl gratefully accepted the Of
~ Mr. Carnegie sent the money
Pay his railway fare to Scotland
80. 20 provide him with some decent
e,---s He is now back in Cul-
-, -, and after his experience of the
Ss -oarhouse his humble cottage
seems a yeritable paradise to
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"STORK" MAYOR BUSY
ALTON, ILL, EXECUTIVE MADE
FAMOUS BY BIRDS.
Nrltes Many Letters to Children Ask
ing for Little Brothers and Sis
ters-Gets Live Birds From
Germany.

Chicagc--Mayor Edmund Beau,
who is regarded in Alton as being the
most successful and busiest mayor. Al
ton ever had and who has the record
of putting Alton in the front rank in
Illinois for the amount of public street
improvements made, finds time in ey.
cry day Of the last month to keep up
unique correspondence with the lit
tie children, most of whom he has
never seen. 1t was after the arrival
OF pair Of live storks sent to Mayor
BeaIl by Carl Hagenbeck of StelIingen.
near Hamburg. Germany, as an express
sion of the Endorsement of Mayor
Beall's ideas about having big families,
that the snOw-headed mayor of Alton
began to receive letters from little
folks in neighboring cities. The let,
ters were cOuched in childish terms,
but in many cases between the lines
could be read the promptings OF
fond parent
The letters which the mayor most
delights to answer are those from his
little correspondents asking the mayor
if he would be so kind as to send his
stOrks to bring a little baby brother
or sister to the home to be playmate
for the lonesome little writer. Nam.
ma would be ready with the clothes
for the baby the writer's would say,
''some time within a few weeks or a
month" and if Mayor Beall would just
let his birds make a visit and bring a
The Washington bee., 1907-01-05
A Ute Indian Chief.

fighting, amalgamation with neighbor-
+ ing tribes, and disease continued to
deplete their numbers fearfully. In
[ 1881 they numbered but 1000, and in
1901, when the last enumeration was
attempted, there were scarcely more
than $500 of them.
The Utes have never been known
| either for their docllity or their tract
| ability, and whenever they have come
into close proximity to the paIefaces
there has been trouble.
The Ute Nation consists of Is direct
tribes, but for many years it has been
divided into three greater divisions
OF these the Southern Utes have re-
tanned their residence in Colorado.
while the branches known as the
White River Utes and their kinsmen,
the UncOmpahgres, have lived since
1880 on the Uintah reservation in
Utah. The very interesting customs
and laws Of the Utes, however, are
common to all three divisions There
is a certain appropriateness IN their
living in Utah from the fact that a sig
nificant domestic practice of the peO-
pie is pOlygamy. Time was when it
was very much commoner than ii is
to-day, but that was when warfare
kept the number of braves down, and
the women Outnumbered the men by
more than three TO one. The men
marry at Is, the women at from Is to
16, and if a Ute squaw remains I'M
married at 20. she is treated as a
pariah and stands a very good chance
of being put to death as a witch before
she is 40
Ute marriage customs are peculiar.
When a young girl reaches a marriage
able age her parents shut her up in
the tepee, where she is compelled TO
fast for four or five days. At the end
of that time invitations are sent to
the friends of the family. who gather
about the tepee. where they are feast
ed, and then all. men and women
alike, engage in a weird dance, shak-
ing rattles, blowing on reed pipes and
singing incantations The parents
feign disgust and go frequently to the
door and bid them disperse. A com
monty practiced procedure is TO place
the maiden on d couch of boughs over
heated stones. Upon these stones
water is poured and the victim IS
given a thorough steaming. After that
she is led to the river for a plunge,
and is then considered worthy of a
husband.
The counting time is ordinarily dur
ing the harvesting of the Utes' great
est crop, the mesquite bean. The
young man approaches the father of
the maiden humbly and asks the hand
of the daughter The father Stimulates
rage and orders him away. The youth
obeys, but returns shortly decked out
in his gaudiest feathers, beads and
paint It always happens that the
maiden is alone, whereupon they be-
come acquainted, and then, if she is
favorable to his quest, they go for a
long walk or ride together In the
woods When they return they are
considered married. They at once be-
gin housekeeping in the home Of the
brides mother, where they remain IN
til the first child is born. The young
brave then sets IN his own tepee.
q =
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WHERE JOHN D. WILL SKATE.
Rockefeller to Have Private Pond at
Lakewood, N. j.

Lakewood, n. Next to golf, John
ID. Rockefeller's fayorite outdoor pas
time is skating. Although he is within
three years of attaining the Biblical
fulness Of age, threescore years and
ten, Mr.. Rockefeller, when he puts on
pair of skates and gets gu the ice,
is as agile as a boy of r.
In order that he may indulge his
fondness for this pastime. and at the
same time avoid the publicity which
attends his every movement, Mr.. Rock
efeller is making at his country place
here an artificial lake. four acres in
extent. A small army of WOrkmen is
The Washington bee., 1907-01-05
MISSION LANDMARK IN TEXAS.
Structure at GoIiad Is Almost as An.
cient as the Alamo.

San Antonio. Tex.-One of the best
preserved landmarks Of the early days
of the republic of Texas is LaBahia
mission at Goliad. This structure is
almost as ancient as the Alamo, hav-
ing been built in 1920. It was used as
a stronghold by the patriots i. The
early days of the republic Of Texas
and was the scene Of the Fannin mas
sacre a few days after the fall Of the
Alamo. The mission building is now
being used for church purposes and
is in fair state of preservation. For
a time the mission building was un-
der the care of DeZaYala chapter,
Daughters Of the Republic, but when
the Alamo purchase and preservation
proposition came urgently to the fore,
interest in LaBahia tagged. It is
probable the Goliad chapter of the or
The Washington bee., 1907-01-05
SOCIETY LEADER CARRIES CANE
Pretty Pauline French Starts Fad at
Newport.

Newport, R. !. - Miss Pauline
French, the pretty niece of Mrs. Alfred
G.. Vanderbilt, has taken on the cane.
carrying habit, and every morning
and afternoon, when she is not speed
ing her high-stepping pony she may be
seen hiking up and down Bellevue ave-
nue., using a handsome walking stick,
man-fashion As Miss French Is
leader among the young set Of girls,
it is probable that the fad will be
taken up generally among the young
people and that in the near future the
society belle without her cane will be
an uncommon sight.
Tall and stately, as well as pretty,
Miss French, with her cane in her
The Washington bee., 1907-01-05
UNIQUE DRESS OF RgFoRMER.
australian Woman Has Arms of
Country Painted on Her Gown.

New fork.-Mrs. Harrison Lee Of
melbourne. Australia, who is now in
this country in the interests of world
reforms. Is the owner Of a most re-
markabIe gown. The fabric is soft
"hlte satin, and it is made with a
plain skirt and waist.
Ihe distinctive feature Of the gar.
ment IS its notable decoration. This
IS done IN oil prints and represents
the coat Of arms of Australia in rich
The Washington bee., 1907-01-05
goy Aas MarveIous volce.

The nlustrirte Zeitung speaks Of
Moses Mirsby, the Russian lad, 12
years Old whose voice has attracted
much attention. as the Wundersaen-
ger he is The son OF Russian Jewish
parents and was reared in London
where h. vas heard in public for the
first ,ime three years ago. lie began
as a singer OF sylas que music.
The Washington bee., 1907-01-05
For Good Wear.

According TO statistics collected by
several librarians, books should not
be bound in either calf-skin or Rus
sian leather. as these are most liable
to decay. On the other hand, moroc-
co and pig skin are most durable.
Many librarians object to the use Of
gas, as it has a most deteriorating eff
feet on the binding. the electric light
being preferable
The Washington bee., 1907-01-05
wnmen Value franchise

Answering an assertion that 4
women had votes they would not use
them, a correspondent of the London
Mail gives these New Zealand figures
from the electoral vote Of 1905:
Number of electors on roll-men, 1885,
597: women, 212.7S6. Number Of
voters who recorded-men. %, GIL;
women. 175,046.
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Mas No ,Rrentioe Hand.

On one occasion Mr. Copeland, IN
struetor in English at Harvard, was
expostulating with a student for his
idleness, when the latter said:
ITS of no use finding fault; I was
cut out for a loafer."
well" replied the instructor. sur
veying him critically from head to
foot, whoever cut you out understood
his business"
The Washington bee., 1907-01-05
LONG REACH FOR LIFE.
Wild Fig Tree on Big Rock Sends
Root to Soil at Base.

Among the natural curiosities dis
covered by the Belgian exploring ex-
pedition in the country lying between
the basins of the Congo and the Nile
was a wild fig tree-Ftguier du diable
which, having by the chance of the
winds had its birth on the summit Of
an enormous rock of granite, and find
ing no nOurishment for its expand
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Old Man Still snrlnhtlv.

Recently, while W. D. Phillips was
pulling fodder a fox came trOtting by.
Mr.. Phillips laid aside his handful Of
fodder, rheumatism. asthma and old
age and gave chase through fields,
over bitches, etc, and captured Reyn-
ard with no other weapon or dog than
his old hat, and deserves a medal or
new hat.-Springfeld IN. CD Herald.
The Washington bee., 1907-01-05
Motors Used for HAULING Loqs.

It is in the forests of Canada where
the biggest motors in the world are
seen. They have been specially de-
signed for hauling logs over snow and
rough roads. One of these machines
is capable Of dragging train Of 200
tons weight of logs at a speed OF u
miles an hour.
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ganization will take over the care Of
the mission. The Goliad Organiza.
ton is called LaBahia after the mis-.
sion. Miss Myra Lott, of Goliad. is
president of the chapter and Miss
Kate Davis, also of Goliad, is vice
president.
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4 Natural Query.

Mrs. SnobsOn TO Mrs. Sl-Ith)-
nee We're de Vere-whom she has
been cutting. but meeting her at the
duchesss. makes up her mind 70 be
civiD-Sc glad to see you, Mrs.
Smith! You really must dine with me
one day next week
Mrs Smith - Thanks Why? -
Punch
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ing roots near by, sent one long root
in search Of soil down the face of
the rock until it reached the rich
earth at the bottom. There it buried
itself in the ground, and thus estab-
lished a chain of life for the depend
ent plant above.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-18
GIRL DIES FROM
TOO MUCH DRINK
Automobile Party, Out for a
Lark in San Francisco, Bring
Back a Corpse.

San Francisco. Aug. 17.-An automobile
containing two men, a young woman and
the body of a girl who had been their
companion on a ride through the park
to the Cliff house, reached the park hos
pital at o. clock this morning When
the hospital attendants made the discov-
cry that the girl was dead they immedi-
ately caused the others to be arrested
until the cause of death could be ex-
planned
The dead woman was Miss Francis
Earl, young and pretty and stylishly
gowned Her residence was 1411 Golden
Gate avenue. Her companions were
George w. Forbes of 20l0 Suffer street
who acted as chauffeur, Miss Pearl She1-
ton of 14il Golden Gate avenue and Harry
McHendry of 927 Eddy street. The story
told by the men after they had been ar
rested was that they had gone out to
the beach early in the evening and spent
some time in various resorts along the
boulevard. Miss Earl, they said, had had
& number of drinks with them, and when
they started back from the beach she
was as jovial as the rest. As they were
going through the park it was suddenly
discovered that she had tainted. In the
hope that she might be still alive they
hurried to the hospital but when they
reached there she was dead.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-18
WILL ENFORCE
THE STATUTES
Attorney General Bonaparte
Holds Out No Hope to Men
Guilty of Wrong Doing.

Baltimore, Nd, Aug. 16.-Delayed in
transmission 1.-The News today prints an
interview given its Washington represen-
tative by Attorney General Charles ].
Ronaparte, which constitutes reply to
the charge of Wall street that the attor-
ney general has been treating the great
industrial and financial enterprises of the
country with flippancy. The interview
is really a statement carefully prepared
by Mr.. BOnaparte himself. In part he
says:
I cannot understand how any sensi-
bic person could be affected in dealing
with matters of business by any remarks
which have been attributed to me. L
should say that business men ought to
wish to have the laws strictly and i'm
partially enforced. If this is done every
body knows what he can do and what ne
cannot do, and everybody has a fair field
and no favOrites. The department of JUS
tice proposed to do precisely this and
nothing more. 1t is required by the law
to enforce certain penal statutes which
make certain forms of actions crimes
against the United States, and also pro-
vide civil remedies for such illegal ac-
ton The department, since have been
at its head, has never taken proceedings
to enforce the laws without a very care
full preliminary investigation to deter
mine whether there was any good rea-
son to believe that the laws had been, in
fact, violated. Moreover, il has consist
emily and frequently overlooked merely
formal violations of law or offenses at
tended with trivial consequences, and has
invariably refused to intervene III such
cases when there was any reason to sus-
pect that its Intervention was desired to
further private ends. If the ground of
complaint against the department is that
it proposes to punish prominent and
wealthy men or corporations having vast
amounts of capital and engaged in very
extensive business, when these are shown
to have been wilful and persistent law
breakers on great scale and with grave
injury to the purposes of the law, l may
admit that these complaints are well
founded. That is precisely what the de-
partment of justice is trying to dc and,
while l remain its very unworthy head,
will continue to do, so far as it can"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-18
thinner NOT SENTENCED
Attorney for the Convicted Witness
Unprepared to Present Argu-
ment to the Court,

San Francisco. Aug 17.-Emil ]. Zim-
mer vice president of the Pacific States
Telephone & Telegraph company. con-
victed of contempt of court in refusing to
answer questions at the first trial #
Louis Glass in Judge LAWYERS court, wds
to have been sentenced By Police Judge
Weller today, but when the case was
called his attorney, Charles H Fairali.
stated that he was not prepared for ar
gument on his objections to the passing
of sentence and. by consent OF the pros
ecution. the matter was postponed until
next Tuesday. Mr.. Fairall has raised
the point that the verdict of guilty can
not stand, as the jury was discharged
before it was recorded.
The defense holds the verdict TO be null
lifted by the further fact that the jury
failed to find on the interposed plea of
"once in jeopardy and for, or conviction"
The law, as viewed by the defense will
be stated to the court on Tuesday and
motion will be made to set aside the
verdict and discharge the defendant If
this motion is denied, sentence will be
pronounced and an appeal will at once
be carried to the superior court.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-18
LIMITATION IN THE FUTURE
British Delegates Resolution IMAM
imously Adopted by Peace
Conference Delegates.

The Hague. Aug. 1.-THE peace confer
ence unanimously adopted the resolution
of Sir Edward Grey, the British delegate.
confirming the resolution of the first
peace conference regarding the limitation
OF military burdens and declaring that
las military burdens since then have
been considerably augmented it is highly
desirable that governments earnestly re-
sumo the study, of this question" The
conference listened closely to Sir Ed
wards speech, wherein he recalled that
the convOking of peace conferences had
primarily in view stopping the augmenta-
ton of ornaments. He announced that
Great Britain was ready to communicate
its plans of warships to all powers in
clined to do likewise. The Russian.
French, Spanish and United States dele
cations formally Endorsed the British res
olutions.
NJ. Nelidoff, head OF the Russian dele
CATION and president of The conference
said the disarmament question was as i'm
mature now as in 1899 Discussion of it
may be not only sterile but injurious to
the cause OF peace because it would show
the divergence of opinions, although in
reality unity of intentions exists which
may one day lead to their realization.
Nehdoff therefore proposed the una nj
nous adoption of the resolutions which
was voted accordingly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-18
NEW PAINT FOR WARSH|Ps
Navy Department Endeavoring to
Make the Vessels Indistinguish-
able in Time of Trouble.

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE navy de-
partment is making careful study of
methods of rendering warships indis-
tinguishable in war times. At present
torpedo boat destroyers are given a
coat of green, but the color is declared
by some to be unsatisfactory because
they believe some other shade or color
would render them less conspicuous.
In order to give the question a thor
ough try-out it has been decided TO
select two boats of the torpedo ffotilla
for experiments and place them under
the observation of officers, who shall
report their observations and conclu-
sions resulting from the practical
tests to be undertaken. Many naval
officers hold strongly to the theory
that the drab shade used during the
war with Spain was as satisfactory as
anything that could be selected, and
they believe that no other shade will
be decided on