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Evening star., 1908-01-28

enthusiasm and interest. displayed las;
night that the meetings will he held more
frequently in tho future. j. ". Bell
president of the association. presided.
Joseph Allen Lash OF Mansfield. Ohio. and
Elton A. Gongwer OF Akron. Ohio, We're
elected 10 membe rshp last night
Tie following persons contributed
toward the entertainment of the evening.
William ID. Slaughter. reciiations: Cor
naius J. Desmond. piano solo: Nell NJ.
Neal. piano solo. and +. t. Bryan, tenor
srl..
Evening star., 1908-01-28
WEALTH A BLESSING
BenevoIence of the Late Nor
ris K. JeSup.
A MODEST PHILANTHROPiST
Active in Cause of Religion. Charity
and Education.
PATRON OF ART AND SCIENCE
Gov Hughes Novel Principles Re-
garding the Subject of Rewards
for Political Service.
PATRON OF ART AND SCIENCE
RY WILLIAM r. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence" OF The Star and the
chicago Record Herald

III W ii.IiAh f. Y l itii".
Special Correspondence" Of The Star and the
chicago Record Herald.
NEW YoRK January - 19os.
The late Morris X Jesup. who was
buried in Greenwood cemetery today was
never accused Of being a rich malefac-
tor or O. possessing predatory wealth.
although he was one of the richest men
in America His career is a permanent
contradiction Of the assertion 50 often
made by Mr. Bryan and his cheap imi-
tatorS that 10 man can accumulate
million dollars honestly. Mr.. Jesup was
a banker in this city for nearly sixty
years and lie financed and promoted many
large and important enterprises, including
the Canadian Pacific railroad. j d was his
business to loan money and float bonds
and conduct financial negotiations and he
dealt in very large transactions. by which
he amassad many millions of dollars. and
no one can say that any of them were
dishonest.
His life was as simple and his habits as
unostentatous as those Of any ordinary
citizen. No anarchist was ever made by
Mr.. JcsupS good fortunes: no socialist
was ever MADE by his success in acquiring
more than his share Of the worlds goods
lie never leased a suite of apartments In
a conspicuous hotel for $4,000 d year.
He never lost or won SJc,Goo on horse
race or in a game OF poker. lie never
bought u railway on the stock market or
managed a corner in grain. His name was
never mentioned in connection with stock
jobbing operations. He was better known
rs president % the chamber of commerce
and as president OF the American Museum
of Natural History and for his activity
in religion. charity. education. art and the
advancement of science than for his oper-
atoms Wall street When men spoke
o Mr.. Jesup they usually mentioned the
money he was spending for the welfare of
his fellow-men rather than the money lie
was making by his financial operations.
Evening star., 1908-01-28
Woman Saved Twice in Half Minute

WU.KESBARRE. Pa. January %.
Tcrrence Bradigan. Il LchiSh Valley ra n
WAY brakeman. yesterday saved the He
of an Italian woman on the tracks near
p;,+.,o, twice in half 4 minute Inc
6ret time he pulled her from IN iron
nf = coal train barely in time. sue WIS
picking coal and did not hear me 1fa."
pp,,,i,a.,,b she was so confused ana cN-
"pP b.r narrow escape that she
tann.d IN The adjoining track directly
;: -, of !, fast-running train. AS
t,r,a;nan pulled her from the track lile
second time thr locomotives pinot su u"
and bruised her.
Evening star., 1908-01-28
London Court Season.
,,.i.;I Csblacram Ia The Star.

Special Cabagram Ia The Star.
LONDON. January 2S.-The opening Of
parliament the first of this week will
bring many Americans back to London
because the season commences again at
that time. Two courts whicn VIII then
be held Will have many American brides
and dcbutantes. Mrs. Whitelaw Reid.
the wife of the ambassador. Will return
for the second Of these affairs, as she is
to introduce many of her countryWomen.
Evening star., 1908-01-28
The College at Beirut.

Bat perhaps the most useful and inn
nortant contribution for education VA"
toward tho extension and maih; h;enancc
or the American College at Beirut, where
seven or eight hundred young men from
all parts OF the near east can obtain
modern education and become teachers
Of civilization in reyiring the irdustries
and promoting the welfare Of the ancient
world. Al Of the oriental races NEE; in
those college halis--Jews. Greeks. Egyp-
tians. Hindus. Persians, Turks. ArGan;-
ans. Druses. SuGanese. Arabs. Abyssini
ans-and are instructed by American pro
fesso,s in the modern sciences, the morals
OF Jesus Chris. the dignity OF labor and
the advantages of democracy.
Princes and peasants are taught the
doctrine of human equality. the most i'm
porta1t lesson that young men can learn,
the tirst day they enter that institution.
instruction in that branch o. learning is
largely carried on in the tennis courts.
on the foot bah :ridsron. and Oh the cindeI
track. It's graduates are gradually rcvo-
litioniZinc social. commercial ana indus
trial conditions in the near east. This
school Of civilization owes more To Ny
Jasup perhaps. than to any other man
except it's late venerable president. DR.
Bliss for he has been its financial man
ger for many years: and. Somc one
has truly said. lit thus happens that "A
the uttcrmost end of every camel track
tsiuinS 2GFpSS lDe SNTldl utSeTI MT. JeS-
ups name has come to be well known
and loved and the features of his face as
familiar they in Central Park
West where the American Museum of
Natural History stands.
Mr.. JesJp's usefulness to the latter in
stitution may be judged by a compa rison
of conditions. past and present. When
ne took offica there were 500 members
today there are nearly 1000. He began
with ai5'o feet Of floor space, where
there is now 42S.a4J feet: the investment
has increased from SJ1J.G0o to Si0bo. 600
and the endowment fund from nothing 10
sl.ui1.Ho. o: which Mr.. Jssup himself
contributed S3".tto and raised all the
rest.
lie not only financed the several Peary
EXPEDITIONS. but sent many other explor-
ing parties into different parts OF the
earth. There are now several IN the field
supported hv his munificence. lie has
been particularly interested in establish
ing the origin Of the American aborgines
Evening star., 1908-01-28
Treasure Seekers in Hard Luck.

SAN FRANCISCO. January 2S.-More
disaster has attended the efforts OF G r.
Johnson of Boston to recover the gold lost
on the beach at Manzanillo. Mexico. III
1867 by the burning of the old side
whee' Pacific Mai! steamer Golden Gate.
A letter received here yesterday states that
two of the men engaged in the work We're
drowned and a third killed by blow from
"A large. timber during a storm "A: Manzanll-
10 some days ago \ gasoline launch
which had been sent down from the city
bv Johnson to assist in the operations
was sunk during the same storm.
Evening star., 1908-01-28
Liberal Patron Of Science.

lie was the most active and liberal pa
tron OF science in New York city: was
one of the founders and for quarter of
century the president of the American
Museum of Natural History. and during
the same time was president of the Amer
lean Sunday School Union and managed
The famous mission school al Five Points,
the center OF the slums of New York
He contributed the larger. part of the
funds for Peary's several expeditions to
The north pole and was president of the
New York Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty 10 Animals.
lie was a director in TIE Western Union
Telegraph Company. the Metropolitan
Trust Company and in many other impor-
tant corporations and divided his time
between them and the management or tho
American Tract Society. the Union Theo-
logical Seminary. the Slater. Funds for
the Education Of Freedmen. the Sailors
snug IIarbcr and various other of the
most important charities in New York
city.
lie built the Dewitt Memorial Church
in memory of his father-in-law. the la.e
Rev. Thomas DeNiet. for many years
pastor of the Collegiate Dutch Reformed
Church ,th avenue. lie gave IA build
ing 10 Williams College. another to Union
Theological Seminary. and bestowed lib
sral-.iffS upon Princeton University.
Evening star., 1908-01-28
TAFT SENTIMENT MANIFEST
OHIO ASSOCIATION CHEERS
MENTION OF HIS NAME.
Republicans of Buckeye State Hold
Meeting and Listen to Addresses
by National Representatives.

That Secretary William H. Taft is the
choice of the Ohio people who are living
in Washington for the republican presi-
Dental nomination was made evident in
Iargr degree at weii-attcndad meet
ing Of the Ohio Republican Association
OF Washington. held AT Grand Army Hall
las. night The Taft boom was given
a rousing Endorsement. and every time
the Sacretary's name was mentioned in
connection with the Presidency it was
met with cheers.
Addresses were made by Gen. J. War
rem Keifer. representative OF the seventh
Ohio Congressional district; Representa-
tive j. f. Lanning of the fourteenth
Ohio district. and Representative Albert
Douglas who succeeded Gen. Grosvenor
in Congress. Mr.. Lanning confined his
talk 10 Ohio. declaring the commonwealth
the greatest in tine Inion. particularly
so for furnishing fighters and statesmen"
Bat Cen I<eifer and Mr.. Douglas caught
the sentiment of the gathering and made
enthusiastic speeches indorsing Secretary
Tafj.
Caught the Crowd.
Mr.. Douglas. in his opening remarks.
said. Every republican President elect
ed since Lincoln's time. except the in
cumi,e Mt was either born or reared in
th,. good old state of Ohio. but / think
! car say without fear of contradiction
that Mr.. Roosevelts successor viii be from
Ohio. ard that successor will he Villa n
II Taft And this provoked enthusiastic
applause.
ol Mr. Tafts fine points as presidential
candidate and told of his equipment and
ability. which. he said. admirably iii
him for the highest position in this ma
,lUn f.a. f Ut
he met Taft when the latter had just
graduated from college. ard said they
have been warm friends ever since.
..E, IS big and isirong. said Mr.. Doug
Ia : ..aEd is as KIND ana hoheSt as ne
is big He is brilliant and fearless: h@
Is i.yial and "A good miNer-jGst the KIND
of man every one likes and respects. and
whom YOU like to rnb elbows with during
tn everyday walk Of life. llls many
4utias as a public servant have particu-
larly fitted him for the pre- 3idency. No
man is better acquainted with the Roose-
Welt policies than IS MI. iait, ana no
onr is more familiar with the handing
o: insular possessions than ne Is. ana
can say that the people of this coun-
try would make 10 mistake in electins
him to the presidency.
Gen. Keifer's Address.
. The remarks of Cen Kcifer we've on
the same lines as those of Mr.. Douglas.
only he went linl one oettei pS SaS iis
that the next President Will not only
come from Ohio next year. but viii come
from, that stale ever after. lie hoped.
After celebrating little OF Air. Doug
las eulogy Of Secretary Taft, Gen. keifer
coItcluucd hy relating "reminiscences o.
prominent generals and statesmen VINO =
h MAS associated with twenty or thirty
years ago.
This is the first meeting tina; the Ohio
r publican Association has held since
last spring, but it is evident from the
Evening star., 1908-01-28
A Modest Philanthropist.

No stranger VAS ever taken to see the
house where Mr.. Jesup lived. 1t was not
pointed out by the men with megaphones
on the ''rubberneck wagons" that take
sight-seers about the New York streets
He never erected q palace on 9TH avenue
or a castle on Riverside drive. He spent
his life in a modest little house at 1871
Madison avenue Just across the street
from the home of Cornelius ~ Bliss. his
lifelong friend and associate i'll many
great public undertakings. When Mr..
JeSAp made great bonefaction he did not
carve his name over the door of the build
ing or advertise the fact in the newspa-
pers. His monuments are many and he
erected them himself They represent the
great variety and scope of his business
and banevolenCe.
He was the leader in the movement that
made health preserve Of the Adirondac *
mountains in northern New York and he
brought the Rev. Hugh Black from Edin-
burgh to fill chair he founded in the
Union Theological Seminary Ito spread
the teachings of Jesus
He was chairman of the rapid-transit
commission which devised and supervised
the subway railroad and the tunnels under
the East river between New York and
Brooklyn. and he built the NewSJOyS
Home on the Bowery.
lie was president for many years of the
New York Chamber Of Commerce. the
most important and influential business
raised the money for and directed the
construction of its beautiful buildinS-one
Of the finest examples of architecture in
modern times. He was one of the found
ers and for many years the president of
the Young Mems Christian Association
and raised the money for and managed
the construction OF its s10o0o0 building on
l,d street
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Grew Rich Honorably.

lie came To New York "A poor boy from
Connecticut He amasscd his enormous
fortune by honorable business transa-
tons. and not only shared his profits very
literally with thu public, hat when his VIII
is opened am sure YOU will find that he
has made generous bcGuests for the good
ri his feiloN-men. Mir. Jesup had no chill
drc1. His wife Miss Mary Dewitt.
daughter of the lat" Rev. Thomas Dewitt.
paste. OF one Of the nromir ant New York
churches half n century ago. and she
survives him. His only other living rela-
t!Ves are his cousins. Francis W. Jesup
a banker of Brooklyn. and Charles w
Jesup. a retired merchant at White Plains
y. Y; two uephews, Thomas Dewitt Guy
ier Of Philadelphia and Corneliu- G.. Guy
Ter Of New York. ard . niece, Eleanor
DeGraf Cuyler OF this city.
Mr. Jesup was for many years an elder
in the Brick Presbyterian Church. on 18th
avenue. where his funeral was held, and
the services We're conducted by Dr Rich
ards. tne prcsan, pastor: Prof. Henry
Van DYKE or Princeton the former pastor
and the Rev. Hugh Black. recently from
Edinburgh. who fills the chair which Mr.
JesuD founded at Union Theological
Evening star., 1908-01-28
Gov. Hughes Novel Policy.

Now that Gov Hughes has consented
To allow his friends To make him Il candi-
date for the presidency. it Will be not
only interesting but exceedingly lmpor
tant to ascertain whether he has changed
his views on the subject Of rewards for
pol!tical service. lie has declared re-
peatedly that a citizen should perform his
duty 10 the public from motives Of pa
triotism and not Tor preferment. In
China people who have passed a civil
service examination showing their quail
fication TO hold office are called "eNpcc-
tants" and there always a great
many "expeCtants Oh the stump. IN the
clubs at The primaries and II, the polls
III poiit !cal campaigns who are endearOr-
inc to secure the nomination and election
OF the man whom they think Will y" most
snerous and ccnsderatc toward them u
elected Won have perhaps observed this
phenomenon. II occurs In al! climates
and lat'fudes il Indiana as well as New
York Mr. Flanagan OF Texas Won inn
mortality several years ago, when that
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The rule for old people is
ONE Cascaret daily.

The bowels like other muscles, grow less
active with age They need help.
Most old people give the bowels some regular help
else they suffer from constipation.
The condition is perfectly natural
is Just natural as il is for old people to walk slowly
For age is active as youth
The muscles arc less elastic.
And the bowels muscles.
So - G peep
nj most o hem
nemfgh esus o aid .
.
The bowels he acdv a
II
Age j. no a y
rouhn cas5mauwh h,u
tA,s IL and lton. rha
anGy used
n .
lie only
price . c,n and
Cents Bon.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-05-28
People Talked About.

John Fl. Bradford. one of the most
prominent horsemen Of New York, is
dead OF pneumonia.
Eugene Francis Marie Henri. ninth
duke of Harcourt. is dead in Paris.
He was born in 1864.
Clarence r. Paul, ifty-six years old,
editor Of the Ohio State Journal, was
found dead in his room at Springfield,
Mo.
J. Scott Richman, one of the oldest
practicing lawyers in Iowa in years of
service, died at his country home
near Muscatine.
Capt. John A. Rodgers has been d.
rected to hold himself in readiness for
duty as commandant of the Bremen
ton navy yard, to succeed Admiral
William T. Burwell. who retires in
July.
John A. Hamlin. owner of the Grand
opera house In Chicago, died sudden
iy In his apartments in the Virginia
hotel. He was one of the most wide
ly known theatrical men in the coun-
try. Mr.. Hamlin vas seventy-one
years old.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-05-28
DEATH AND ruin
IN TEXAS FLOODS
Seven Dead, a Dozen Reported
Dead and 5000 Homeless
Property Loss Heavy.
CROPS PRACTICALLY RUINED
Cutting Of of National Gas Suspends
Business at MuskOgee-T0wns
Under Water.

Fort Worth, Tex, May &c. - Seven
people are known TO be dead, 5000
are homeless and a dozen or more are
reported 10 have been killed in Fort
Worth and North Fort Worth as a re-
suit of the greatest rise in the history
OF the Trinity river, which, beginning
at 1880 Saturday evening, reached a
climax at 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon Five of the deaths occurred
yesterday and two Saturday night.
Following the t%orrential rains Of
Saturday and yesterday, a volume of
even inches, the river went three
inches above the record-breaking
flood of 1889.
Stock valued at many thousands OF
dollars, including $500 sheep penned
up in the stock yards in North Fort
Worth, was washed down stream and
destroyed. The property loss cannot
be estimated as yet. The paralysis of
railroad service is almost total.
Oklahoma Roads Tied Up.
Muskogee, Okla, May 26. - Not a
railroad in Oklahoma was in opera
ton last night as the result of the
heavy rains and cloudbursts that have
occurred in various parts of the state
during the past three days. The last
road to suspend operations was the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas, which was
forced to quit at noon yesterday, when
the bridge on the main line at Eufau-
la went down. To add to the disaster
the main supplying natural gas to the
Indian Territory part of the state was
carried away with the GAINESVILLE
bridge late yesterday, and the supply
of gas for Muskogee and several other
cities in the southeastern part of the
state has been entirely cut off.
Business Suspended.
officials of the gas company say it
will be a week before repairs can be
made sc that the gas supply CAN
again. be carried. AS natural gas is
used for light and heat, business will
be suspended in a measure. Eleva-
tors have been forced TO stop running
and hotels and restaurants have prac-
~tically been put out of business.
Dui ing Tic past lSD uOuiS tltIt mas
been a rainfall of twenty inches in
this section of the state.
The Canadian river rose ten feet
during the past twelve hours, and the
Arkansas river eight feet. The en-
tire country is under water.
Crops Are Ruined.
Late yesterday afternoon a message
was received from jerks, Okla, say
ing that the town was under water
and that help was needed. The rail-
road is powerless TO send aid, as much
track and a bridge went out early. 1t
is feared that a number of persons
have persisted.
1t is impossible to estimate the
damage done in the outlying country,
as telephone and telegraph service is
crippled. 1t is known, however, that
in the lowlands crops are practically
ruined, and much live stock has been
drowned.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-05-28
From Other Shores.

Acting Secretary Bacon and Am
bassador Bryce OF Great Britain have
signed a treaty which provides regula-
ton for the exchange OF prisoners n
for salvage and ~wreckage.
Gerard A. Lowther, the British min
lister at Tangier, has been appointed
to succeed Sir Nicholas r. O'Connor.
who died at Constantinople in March,
as British ambassador to Turkey.
Extensive preparations are now be-
ing made among high Catholic clergy
men and laymen Of Mexico City and
throughout the republic for a pilgrim
age TO Rome during the coming fall.
The project Of police Of Paris has
issued an order forbidding the use OF
revolving doors in restaurants, hotels
and other buildings capable Of holding
more than 100 persons, on the ground
that they are dangerous In the event
Of fire or panic.
II is reported in London that Queen
Alexandra and Princess Victoria will
accompany King Edward on his visit
TO Russia. The royal party will pro-
coed TO Reval, in the Gulf OF Finland,
on the yacht Victoria and Albert, ar
irving there June 8.
According TO advices received at
Hongkong, the rebellion In Yum Nan
province is becoming more serious.
The revolutionists have captured a
railway and have defeated the govern
ment troops. They are continuing the
advances. Urgent requests have been
sent TO Pekin for reinforcements.
The recent warning to intending
emigrants, issued by the minister of
the interior of Hungary, that the
economic situation in America had not
shown sufficient improvement to give
prospect of obtaining work, has failed
to check the outflow from that coun-
try. The minister now announces that
emigrants who have gone to the Unit
ed States since Jan. / last will not be
given the privilege OF returning to
Hungary gratis.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-05-28
BIG SENSATION IN MEXICO.
Millionaire Charged With Misappro-
ton of $4,000, 900.

Mexico City, May "a. Financial
and business circles Of Mexico City
have been shaken by the greatest
sensations in years through the order
of the judge of the Second instruc-
ton to bring Martin Jacoby, a million
aire and head of the mercantile house
OF Jacoby, into court on the charge
of Misrepresentation of funds which it
is claimed will total between $1,000
900 and $4,000, 900. The order was is
sued on the representation made to
the court by prominent bankers and
financiers.
The house of Jacoby constitutes the
largest cotton buying concern in the
republic. To all practical ~intents, 1t
held a corner on the market. 1t is
declared that out Of a series of spec
ulations and perhaps partly resulting
from the October panic, the house
during recent months has suffered a
loss Of millions of dollars.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-05-28
Crimes and Criminals.

John r. McGaughey, fifty-fve years
home in Irvington, Ind.
Jud b. Vance OF Des Moines, Iowa,
shot and killed himself in his oom at
the Savoy hotel at Kansas City.
Robert z. Garrett, aged thirty, in a
fit of jealous rage shot and MORALLY
wounded his wife, and then blew out
his brains at Springfield, Mo. The
couple had separated.
The Personnel OF the court.martial
to try Maj. Charles p. George has
been announced. He is accused Of ir-
Irregularities in his accounts as recruit
ing officer at Des MOines, Iowa.
Temporarily insane, according to
his owu statement, Rev. S. A. Coff-
man. fifty years old, a prominent
Methodist Episcopal minister, killed
his wife at Fairmont, w. Va, by cut
ting her throat.
H. v. Battey, clerk of the district
court OF Pottawattamie county, Iowa,
was found guilty of malfeasance and
corruption in Office. The Judgment
will have the effect of removing the
defendant from Office.
William l.. Wilson. on trial at Port
Huron, Mich, charged with embezzle-
ment of upward Of SIS, 900 of the
funds Of the United Home Protectors
Fraternity, of which he was secretary,
was found auilty
News just received at Mexico City
states that every occupant of two
sleeping cars attached to a train
which left that city Saturday for Vera
Cruz was held up by two negroes and
at the points of pistols relieved of
money and valuables amounting to
about $4,000.
Jennie Blunt, who shot and wound
ed Charles M. Sanford, a Brooklyn
lawyer, in his office last February az
ter he had refused to give her money,
vas denounced by Judge Dixie as a
blackmailer and ~perjurer and sentenc-
ed to serve not less than three nor
more than four years In the state pris-
On at Auburn.