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and when he wants a stenographer he
can send for one downstairs in the
editors Office.
Everything the Herr Doktor," as
he was called among his fellow Amer
ican students at Heidelberg. has
touched since he came home from
finishing his education in Germany
seems to have turned into money or
art He has been a Republican, most
ly with the local boss, though some
times against him. On the bOardings
OF the city he has been cartooned vii
lainOusly as a sinister interest" and
smiled over it and bought another
china jar. In matters of music and
art, Cincinnati agrees that he is her
foremost citizen. How do you like
the interior of the hOtel?" he asks the
visitor from out Of town, for Charles
P. looked to the mural decorations in
person. They are deservedIy praised
II the evening he goes to an old
fashioned house, once the Long
worths, whose domestic establish
ment is maintained for less than that
Of many houses occupied by a man Of
One-twentieth his income. But no one
Of moderate means could afford such
furnishings To be vulgar about it,
there are well over a million dollars
worth Of art treasures in the Taft
home.
Dealers say no false masters or imi-
tatIOn hawthornes have been sold to
him. He has the discrimination Of
the wise buyer and the taste of the
cOnnoisseur. Seated among china of
the Ming dynasty, he reads the base
ball extra of his lively newspaper. He
never brings business home unless it
is William HIS campaign William
H, is poor. He knows nothing of for
tune winning. The only way he could
make money would De practcing law.
Charles P. is willing to have fame
i'm the family. but ii must all descend
on one membeg. From the day that the
elder brother saw the g.ft of VIII for
making friends and Cor debating in an
easy way q lego1 analysis If a bundle
of documents. that Younger brother
has beer hobby susgassing all the
old Uas.a-- -ra las always been try
ing TO show ,viU .-- roal 10 0ppor-
tunity. E---f-- -A9- c-ce VIII was
started he could a1 the travelling him
self
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MONUMENT TO BRAHMS.
Marble Statue Of Distinguished Com.
poser Unveiled in Vienna.

Vienna, Austria.-A few weeks ago
there was unveiled the first monument
in Vienna to Johannes Brahms, the IA
nous musician and composer. It
stands in the Karls-platz, through
which the musician walked whenever
he went into the city, and in plain
view of the windows of the house in
which he lived for so many years and
where he died. The ceremony of the
unyeiling was performed by the dep
uty buTgomaster, DR.. Neumayer, in the
presence of a great number of prOmi-
nent musical people and of the mem
bers Of the Brahms society which
raised the funds for the memorial
The sculptor was Prof Weyr,
Artistically considered the work
meets with much criticism. The gen.
eraI conception of the monument and
the figure of Brahms are highly
praised. Especially the pOrtraiture is
said to be very impressive in its like
ness to the original But the lower
part of the monument, representing
muse touching a Tyre, is very severely
criticised and even Tidiculed. The
posture Of the muse and the instru-
ment are both, according to the crit
les, simply impossible.
Three kinds of stone have been en-
ploy ed. The chief figure is executed
in a white Laasen marble, the muse IN
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mand the Gloucester somebody in the
department suggested that the gun
boat be aTmOTed.
Don't worry about the armOr; give
me good men and good guns" Vain
wright is said to have replied. The
guns were soon installed, and the
morning of the battle of Santiago the
little Gloucester was waiting to par
ticipate in the glory enough for all"
fight When the Spanish ships on
that July morning came racing out Of
Santiago, in their last desperate effort
to escape destruction, the Gloucester
was there. Then out came the Span
ish destrOyers, PIutOn and Furor, and,
like a hound on the right scent, Vain
wright's ship was after them.
Later, Commander Wainwright re-
ceived the surrender of Cervera, and
his treatment of the vanQuished Span
ish Admiral was so generous and tact
full that to this day Cervera numbers
Wainwright among his good friends
CeTyeTa said WainwTight's handling
of the Gloucester was one of the
pluCkiest sights he had ever witnessed.
After the war it was necessary to
appoint a new superintendent of the
Naval academy, and the position fell
to Wainwright His friends in the
District of Columbia did not forget
what Wainwright had done at Santi-
ago. In the presence of President Nc
Kinley and his cabinet they presented
to him a handsome sword and silver
service, the secretary of the navy
making the presentation.
There is a roll Of honor, Com
mander Wainwright" the secretary
said, (which is known as that of the
5ravest of the brave. On that i'm
legislsb.e roll your name has been
written by YOUR country men. In token
7t your title / present TO you, to have
nd to hold and hand down to your
ooy, this sword, the loving sift Of your
many friends
Not So ICrE ago there was an order
issued that removed from the decks Of
he hatIasLtps Il th- American navy
about 5G Der cent OF their liteb0ats.
brought about by q suggestion credited
to Wainwright once upon time
Wainwright is said TO have remarked
that in case of trouble he would throw
all of his Hfesaving apparatus ever
|, board. for, as ne put it, II IS fo0lisL TO
try to make fighting a safe business.
10y szEsTEaTg TgyBEp
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IL aaszas kaaass : Isssz aassSaIAslAzss
HAS A FINE RECORD
ACTING REAR ADMIRAL VAIN
WRIGHT A FIGHTER.
Commander of Second Division of Pa
cIfic Fleet Comes of Good Stock
Played important Part in War
with Spain.

Washington.-Th second division
of the first squadron of the Pacific
feet now on its journey around the
world, is commanded by Acting Rear
Admiral Richard Wainwright, and con-
sists of the flagship Georgia and her
sister ships. the Nebraska, New Jer-
sey and Rhode Island.
With the exception of Admirals
Dewey and Evans, no officer in the
navy is better known than Vain
wright, and there are few who have so
fine a record of real achievements to
point TO- Wainwright, who is the son
Of the captain of the Hartford-Farra-
CUTS hagship-was executive officer Of
the Maine when she was blown up in
Havana hArbor 1t was Wainwright,
also. to whom CeTYera surrendered at
Santiago. He was the commanding Of
ficer Of the converted yacht Gloucester,
which did such execution in the battle
Of Santiago.
Wainwright comes of good naval
stock. His father, Commander Richard
Wainwright, who was commanding Of
ficer Of the Hartford, died on board
the vessel in the battle of New Or
leans. His son was at that time lad
Of 13. Just before the close of the
war young Wainwright got an appoint
ment to the Naval academy, and four
years later, in 1868, was graduated.
He was promoted in regular order, but
1t was not until February, 1898, that
the public generally woke up to the
fact that there was another Vain
wright in the navy. That was when
the Maine was blown up.
A few months later, when it was
seen that war was inevitable, Vain
wright lost no time in letting 1t be
known that he wanted no shore duty.
He was then lieutenant commander,
and, of course, could not aspire to the
command of a battleship or cruiser, so
when offered the command of the Glou-
cester, formerly J. P. Morgan's yacht,
the COrsair, he accepted it gladly II
is said that when the navy depart
ment designated Wainwright to COM
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versity of Wisconsin, from which he
was graduated in 1875. He practiced
law in Waukesha, Wis, for 25 years.
He was state president of the Epworth
league two terms and grand chief
templar of the State Good Templars
four terms, a candidate on the Prohi-
bition ticket for attorney general Of
Wisconsin twice and for governor in
1898. In 1901 he came to Chicago. He
is the author of Lives of the Presi-
dents" and Lincoln, the Man of SOr-
rows" He belongs to the Odd Eel
lows and other societies.
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eT, Before he was Is years of age he
taught district school in Howard coun-
ty. He was a slender youngster at the
time, weighing title more than 100
pounds.
Many of Kern's pupils were mora
than 20 years of age and in size were
grown men. He taught one school
for two terms with much success and
gave up the occupation Of "schook
master" to become a lawyer.
While getting his earlier education
Mr. Kern attended what was called
the Indiana Normal School of KOkOmo.
He rode to school each morning on
horseback and carried his luncheon.
He has often admitted that he recited
his lessons to his horse during the
noon hour and that frequently on the
way to and from school he INDUCED
in flights of Orat0ry that made the old
horse prick up his ears.
Affability has always been one Of
Mr.. Kern's prominent characteristics.
He is keenly satiriCal. but his satire
never wounds.
In appearance Mr.. Kern is not a
rugged man. He is of slender build,
but possesses strong vitality. Two or
three years ago his health failed, and
he and his friends believed that he
was rapidly going into a decline. His
physician sounded the warning, con
sumption" in his ears, and he started
IN 70 voaIva q 6Uht for his life ua
sought a moderate climate in the
south, and after six months stay came
home a new man Since then his
health has been good
John W. Kern has for years worn
chin whiskers. II is his habit softly
TO caress his beard when he is at
work often his political friends have
made jokes about John Ksrn's whis-
kers."
Don't you mind them" Mr.. Kern
has frequently replied. They are a
comfort 10 me"
One day two or three politicians
called to see Mr.. Kern at his Office.
One OF them, who was jocularly in
clined, remarked. I'D like to see Mr
Kern without those whiskers" Turn
ing to Kern, he asked: Why do you
wear them, anyway"
Kern stroked his beard thoughtfulIy
for a moment, and turning to his
caller remarked:
Well, think I wear them chiefly
because they belong to ms."
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seEEsas ellRRR
PRoHlBITIoNlsTs NAME cHAFIN.
Nominee for President Known as
"GeniaI Gene"

ChicagO.-Eugene w. Chafn-
Genial Gene" as he is known to his
friends-nOminee of the Prohibition
party for the presidency, is a native
Of Wisconsin, but is now a resident Of
Illinois, and is one of tie most promi-
nent members of his party in this
state. He is an attorney and has been
a candidate for the Prohibition nomi-
nation for governor of Illinois at the
coming state convention of his party
He was born in Walworth county.
Wisconsin, November 1, 1852 He
worked on a farm by the month to
defray his expenses while at the Uni
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ONLY WOMAN cAsBY IN RUSSIA.
Received Rough Treatment at First,
But Is Now Popular.

MoscOW.-Russia can boast only one
feminine "cabby." This phenomenon
is to be found in Moscow. She is
dark, fat and 50-and her name is
Anna Petrovna.
Moscow is more conservative than
even other Russian towns-therefore,
when she began to drive a sledge peo-
pie called her "bezobrazju" or sense
less. She took to cab driving to sup
port her family. Her husband. a ma
son, was injured years ego by falling
from some scaffOlding. This winter
her only son. who kept the family pot
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Poor Toml

It was a dark and stormy night
when two fiat-browed men might have
been seen conversing in a shadowy
corner.
we will release the prisoner" whis-
pered one.
And not moment too sOon!" has
tened the other.
The modern Sherlock arose from
the depths of an ash barrel.
Planning a jail delivery, eh?" he
hissed as he drew his cleaning steel.
Hands up"
The frightened conspirators threw
Up their hands.
Now. where is the prisoner you are
going to liberate," he demanded
In there" faltered one of them,
pointing to a large building
why, that is a vacant hOuse?"
Sure! The people have gone away
for the summer and left their pet cat
a prisoner. If We don't get him out
before"
But with muttered disgust the mod
ern Sherlock leaped into his automO-
mile and vanished
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boiling by cab driving, died of typhoid.
She followed his coffin to the snow
clad cemetery without the town and
on her return home went to the little
stable for the horse. Once, when stu
a well-tO-dO peasants daughter, she
knew how to drive. She harnessed the
horse, put on her dead sons cap and
padded cloak and drove to the open
space near the Kremlin where drivers
wait for fares. The pIucky woman
was greeted by a chorus of jeers from
the men already on the rack and the
crowd which collected piled her with
questions, satirical compliments and
snowballs. AS nobody had the coUr-
age to take a sledge which attracted
SO much attention Anna PetrOvna re-
turned home that night without having
obtained a single passenger and the
little horse got straw instead of oats
its new owner got still less. But next
morning she returned to the Kremlin,
greatly to the joy of the crowd.
Her first fare was a short-sighted
general from the provinces who did
not realize he was being driven by
woman till he reached his destination
and was proud to think his new uni
form attracted so much attention. He
was so angry when he discovered the
truth that he gave Anna Petroyna
only half the amount he had baTgainsd
for (there are no fixed fares in Rus
sia so that you can go as far for
cent as for a dollar If you possess the
necessary talent for haggling) and
told her TO go home and cook her hus-
bands dinner. I've got to earn it
first, excellency," was her spirited re-
tort, which so pleased one of the spec
tatOrs that he hired her for a long
course.
But "Senseless" Annals troubles
were not over The cabbies at the
Kremlin swore revenge. First they
tried to make her drunk and, when
that failed spread a report among the
lOafers that she would give bottle Of
vodka to the first man who hired her
before noon next day. When she
drove to the stand next morning she
was besieged by wOuld-be passengers
and the four strongest, who fought
their way into her sledge, ordered her
to drive to a vodka shop at the other
end Of the town, thinking it best to
get as long a drive as possible for
nothing OF course, on arriving at
their destination they demanded the
vodka. On her indignant refusal they
set about pulling the sledge to pieces
and cutting the harness. The poor
woman fought them Justify, receiving
several cuts on her face and losing
several teeth. At last the police inter
fered and the whole party was taken
to the depot. Anna Petrovna told her
story so well that she was discharged.
Before many hours were over all
Moscow had heard of the woman cab
by and all Moscow went to look at her.
She quickly became the most popular
person in the town. New harness was
bough; fJr her by subscription and It
was considered the thing" to be driv-
en- about by Anna PeroYna. She has
now bought a second horse and plies
so good a trade that, were 1t not for
the fear of sharing the rough treat
ment she got at first. other women
would follow her example.
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NJ ..- --L--.a- a'as.e :. a -.. - SIS -
BROTHER CHARLESP.
HAS GREATLY AIDED WM. n. TAFT
IN RACE FOR FAME.
Cincinnati Editor Is a Man of Hobbies,
the Biggest of Which Is the Re-
publican Candidate for
President.

Cincinnati.-In a quiet corner office
OF a high building which he owns, in
this city. with only a bookkeeper to
keep him company, you will find any
day. when he is not in New York
looking at old masters and porcelains,
q quiet, slim, white bearded man. But
for him William H. Taft might never
have gone to the Philippines or be
come secretary Of war or a candidate
for president
did we beat the P on the base
ball extra last night?" Charles P. Taft
calls downstairs to the editor OF the
newspaper which he owns He en-
Joys his newspaper which has as live
ly headlines as any in the middle
west Baseball interests him equally
with GainsbOTOughs and Sir Joshuas.
He owns a large interest in the Gin
cinnati baseball club, in the gas works
and the street car lines, in the leading
hotel and the opera house, not to men
ton much real estate: or rather, he
and his wife together. Her fortune
he has multiplied.
One day the editor told him Of a
smart baseball reporter who was look
ing wistfully at a broken down league
team and signing for capital How
much do you want?" Charles P.
asked the reporter One hundred
Thousand dollars" ''Very good" said
Charles P, who had been watching
that young man for year. Wen go
into partnership" A quiet man who
makes business deals in this fashion
naturally needs only a bOOkkeeper,
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Not Graceful.

George Harvey, the editor, said Of
literary grace at a dinner in New
York:
Grace makes its absence very keen
" felt. At a funeral that I once at
tended in New Hampshire a farmer
said a thing that was singularly lack
ing in grace. A funeral hymn had
Just been concluded. The farmer
leaned forward, tapped me on the
shoulder and whispered:
Lovely hymn, hey? The corpse
wrote it.
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CACTUS LEATHER NEW PRODUCT.
Giant sasuaro from Mexico Adapted
to New Use.

New York.-The recent discovery OF
a new product. called cactus leather.
was an accident, like a great many
other useful discoveries.
There are almost a thousand species
of cact. large number of which for
est the deserts of Arizona and some
OF the states, and extend far into Mex
leo.
The saguaro cactus, or Cereus gi-
ganteus, the largest growth of all,
which towers sometimes TO q height OF
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New Ycrk ~ V7---s cf America.

Tt is s"rgr.75-- ,E5-- 20 know that
New YORK. ci-y. .L..-sa not known
as the American Teu.-e. contains
more ISLANDS t--a- -ag C. s. bat Venice.
for within .,s 07uEdaa-- are 81 sep
arate ana distinct Islands. most Of
which. erc.rc.sd ly lae- water viii
afford uulLmired sliun;uE acconmoda-
tions and Gockaee for the commerce
of future years. 10 reach uudreamed of
proportions tlag--g lrlu past and
present g-Cwth.--i.- Giant City New
York. Na'io-2I N7gG---e
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Carrara marble, and the pedestal in
Istrian stone. Brahms died Ia April,
1897. He was born in Hamburg. Ger
many, but spent the greater part Of
his life in Austria and 1t was here
that he won his greatest triUmphs as
composer.
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Walter Still 70 ee Heard From

The French do not understand
their own language" is the wall Of
a New York girl travelling in the land
where a fall in the river makes YOU
in-Seine. Il asked our waiter TO bring
me a salad. and he brought me a bot
tie Of beer New York Times.
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Wealth of American Indians.
The Indians OF the United States
oEn about S35,000,000.
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Tree Furnishes Butter.

In Ashantee is = tree which fur
nishes butter.
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It causes smile 'tE to see ~ how th&
E! eleventh y hour converts to local option
and Ilt opposition to the interests r 9
tt ]f;;il;,, garments BECAUSE .Jacobsd5qP
does inot state his: position on local.
optiqp" measures regulating eorpo .,
tons and similar + issues: WlhJaq'
jacobson introduced such measures
years ago he was = opposed BY YOU Young;
a q Others who haye" only re'c;es1n;tig
turned to that side possibly be ss' Sc
it became popular to advocate such
issues. Jacobson fought for these rel
forms ,when 1t Was unpopular to do
sQ.' 1t is not at all likely that he has
changed his mind on thpse issues
now. Jacobson:s entire record
proves him tQ,be an advocate of the
ISSUES THAT Roosevelt has made. pop,
r1oAs. +1A'' IT,, !.
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ventions, which will in turn elect del.
egates to the state convention, to be
held in St. Paul July 1st.
1t is of the utmost importance that
you attend the primaries and vote
your'personal preference for dele
gates who will stand for the interests
of this districts and the state.
Fer Governor we havo two leading
candidates. whose combined follow
ing represents a large majority of the
voters of tke' party. The indications
-arathatt an effort will be made, by
the interests, to create a strife be-
tween thes delegates who; desire the
nomination of one of these two men
for governor, and thusmake it sos,
sible ro>'tpqminates zone ct their own
liking, and the danger lies in the
fact that a DIVIDED convention is IL
able to be stampeded to man d, who
will represent their interests : rather
thai i? !! that s;.! of the people, and Incl
deentally Will mean defeat for 7: The
party next fall, because you will turn
down at the polls any man nomi.
mated in such a, manner. ; ~,
Let us fight tfafd for the man of
our: choice, but also keep good ma
'tured SO that which ever one of the
two NOBLE leaders shall have the
larger following may have our en-
thusiastfc support, both: at the con!
ventioR and at the polls Novem!
bef:' Large attendance at the pri-
maries will mean delegates who will
vote for men who are with the people!
Yours TRULY, =: - :. "
'H ." S. B. Bedford, :"''' y
" % State Senator. -
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s"'S $s3S''q'''aRs
~~f6nnrt+tGEE~ PRESIDENT,
CorteIyou Favored by Roosevelt and
- Taft Forces.


- Taft Forces.
"' Washington, June, ,9.--Indications
are multiplying that Secretary Cor.
telyou will be advanced by the Roose-
welt and Taft forces at Chicago as
their candidate for vice president.
Secretary Cortelyou himself naturally
declined. to discuss the matter of his
candidacy because his native state al
ready has in the field a possible candi-
date for the presidency in the person
of Governor Hughes.
. That fact has 50 far operated to
prevent any open exchanges between
the friends of Secretary Cortelyou
and Secretary Taft''s managers. But
it can now be stated as a fact that in
the opinion of his friends the time has
come when. Secretary Cortelyou should
be placed In position to be recog,
nized as New York's candidate for the
vice presidency in the event of the
elimination Of Hughes. from the presi-
Dental race,
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Washington Notes:

). Preparations, for the annual sum-
mer exodus Of executive, employees
are going on at the, White House
and, in a few days the first. consign-
'ment of office furniture. will be-
shipped to Oyster Bay, where the
Presidents cottage at Sycamore, Hill
is now being put in readiness for bis
arrival there on the afternoon Of
June goth, and tho secretaries, clerks,
telegraph: operators aud messengers
are closing arrangements for acoomo-
'datiops. .: -, -. ~
| Il: Another 1owan we'll Established in
the public estimation Is being con-
stantly mentioned as a candidate for
vice Observation-Disclosures Dolliver,
and Senator Al1ison's' victory has
given renewed impetus to the
candidacy of Dolliver for the second
place Oh the ticket: Tits generally
adm tilted that Senator Delivers elo.
qdence went far toward his COL
leagues success, and this adds
another 'forceful reason for his selec.
ti6h for second place; another reason
[ is bis absolute; loyalty to the Roose-
ve1t policies and still another is his
fitness for the Presidency should hc:
fcid6ht' or unforeseen event throw
that great Responsibility upon Him.
Secretary Taft has assured his
friends that If bis wishes were con.
'sulted he;: would be satisfied with
nothing short of "a Roosevelt plat.
ferm4+one which <wouldsjnot only in
dorse, those of ,the Presidents poll
ciys: already approved by Congress,
hut those, also, which Mr.. Roosevelt
Ehaspromulgated forlthe GUIDANCE of
the.executiva branch of.the govern;
fmbnt' xandrothers which, he,has,reo.
ommend0d Tor neglsiatlVel action.
Secretary ,Taft Isl prepared to'stand
1Dn a. pretty strong tariff ;. aeyision
Eptanky andhe wants. tariff ,sevision as
fsooni :as it is practicable to;aQcom,
plish it. He has expressed satisfac-
ton with the tariff plank of: the Ohio
Epaatform this year, and lit iie prob
able that the Ohio uplank will form
Ethe<, basis forathe national tariff dec.
|daratiou. Ell j. 1914 i. ri III 81;
! 'THefs is'stM much Speculation ,te-
gafaihg the'ehaifhianship W'the ma
tional committee :: aid 7s6hs,Ut tie
politicala 4roFphets Aanethoughtfully
da4EaF9Psea t A thH Place 5lb}aaa assigned
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