Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-16

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tics or his grarter enemies. who he
said had kept him shadowed from
the time he reached New York. To a.
lustratc the lengths to which the enc
niles of the prosecution have gone be
thunderedi II want to say that I hal
not been In New York two hours
when | discovered that I was being
shadowed." Since that time two ,um.
an bull dogs have constantly been .;
my heels and they arc right hers in
this hall tonight suppose my enc
mics thought that when Westrn Dr.
trict Attorney came to New York he
might go ostray In the gayety of the
Great White Way. we'll they arr
welcome to ANYTHING they have found
ont about me
Washington. Dec. ls.-Nesotiations
are under wav between the attorney
general and T. H. Hartman looking
to an agreement by which the Union
faoinc will abandon all its direct con.
tlol of the Southern Pacific in return
Tor which the government will agree
not to prosecute f. n. Hartman .o-
violation Of the antitrust law and ot
the competitive clauses In the inter-
state commerce law.
Denver. Dec. 12.-The federal grand
jury to fix the blame for Joseph A.
Walkers death was completed today
with William + Geddis of Denver fora.
man. Judge Lewis delivered elaDo-
rate instructions to the jury.
Washington, ID. c.. Dec 12.---Senate
committee on public lands agreed to
report favorably an amendment to
the land laws that will permit home
steaders to absent themselves from
locations for four months each year
during the winter season. This priv
sioge OF leaving the land will In no
wise prejudice the holding and the
time viii not be deducted from the
five Years required To prove up aad
get final patents. Senator Marlborough
Is author OF the bill.
New York. Dec. i2,-If determine.
ton to bscome an American Is u
praiseworthy ambition, little benjamin
Axelrod. IL years old. Is worthy of
all praise. Six times he has como
10 America as stowaway Six times
he has been deported Recently ths
Liberty for the seventh time. The OF.
iicins at Ellis island expected him,
aud greeted him as an old friend.
Also. they Will continue to send him
back unless someone comes To the
lads assistance But little BENJAMIN
II not discouraged.
BENJAMIN Axelrod Is n little unde-,
sized Jewish boy He was born and
raised in the little, understood town Of
pechunka, In the little, undersized
Russian province Of Podolia. There
were many other little Axelrods at
home, aud not always did they have
enough to eHt.
To Pechunka. in Podolia. thero came
stories OF great land beyond the
seas. where prosperity abounded. ani
where even little boys were able 10
earn more copecks than fulLgrown
men in the land or the Great White
Gar. In that great Iand--so ran the
tale-no one went hungry to his bel.
There brown bread and dried Ash wore
unknown as steady articles OF diet nnd :
- IN f.h,
white bread at every meal.
Such tales appealed to the starved
Benjamin He would become an Amer.
lean. He would make his sisters ftne
ladies and his brothers rabbls. He
would make home for his father and
mother in that great land of peace ana
plenty-that land where none are Pc.
secuted because the cling to the faith
OF their fathers.
Resolutely he set his face towarf
the setting sun. With hamper of
food on his back. he trudged across
Lhhuania. Prussia and other strange
lahuh, 10 ROTTERDAM. no obstacle was
too great for little Benjamin. Where
strong men would have failed. he sue
ceeded He slowed himself away in
the hold OF steamer. and after the
ship had loft port volunteered to earn
his passage as dlshwasher.
Al Ellis island the determined lai
found his FIRST real difficulty. He hal
no money. no friends or relatives
to vouch for him. Therefore-so spake
the stern official who represented hs
strong arm OF the law In great Ameri
ca--therefore Benjamin Axelrod must
go back to Pechunka.
The boy was placed on n returning
steamer bound for Rotterdam. II upy
thought. however. that he would 30
easily give up his mission. they reck-
oned without Benjamin Axelrod. A
few weeks later the Ellis island beeu-
rocrat again saw the homely eager