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that I probably will not serve it for fifty-seven years more is that I possibly
will not live that long. If I do, however, you probably will find me still here
at the end of that time.”
In April, 1855, Johnny Shields, sixteen years old, entered the govern
ment's employ as a messenger boy. He put in his spare time studying law.
In 18C9 John A. Shields, thirty years old and a member of the bar, was ap
pointed United States commissioner. In 18S8, at the age of forty-nine, he
was made clerk of the United States circuit court, which office he has held
continuously ever since. Thousands upon thousands of dollars have been
received by him for the government in the ordinary routine of his office
duties, a single day's fines once amounting to over SIOO,OOO in some railroad
rebate cases. t
JUDGE WALTER BORDWELL
I ... - —
Judge Walter Bordwell was the pre
siding judge in the McNamara trial
at Los Angeles, which abruptly ended
by the confession of guilt of the ac
cused, and it was he who pronounced
the prison sentences upon the broth
ers. The judge issued a formal state
ment giving his views as to the trial
and especially what brought about its
termination. This, he said, was done
with the hope of correcting if possible
some misconceptions due to errone
ous publications.
In the first place, the judge declared,
the claim or suggestion that the ter
mination of the cases was due to the
efforts of outsiders who undertook to
influence the officers of the court —
other than the judge—was without
justification in fact. He also de
nounced the claims of a certain writ
er and of other persons for him that
the change of pleas from ‘‘not guilty”
to "guilty” was due to his efforts as
groundless. The district attorney, the
judge said, acted entirely without regard to the outsiders and on lines de
cided upon before the latter appeared on the scene. The district attorney,
according to Judge Bordwell, could have had James B. McNamara’s plea of
guilty long before if he had been willing to dismiss the cases against his
brother, but he refused.
“The lesson taught by the cases,” Judge Bordwell concluded, “is that
the law must be rigorously enforced against all offenders —whether they be
rich or poor, high or low, capitalists or laborers—and that only by obedience
to the law can society be maintained or its blessings enjoyed.”
BRITAIN’S UNIONIST LEADER ~
he succeeds in rehabilitating the Unionist party, succeeding where Balfour
failed, he will achieve a notable triumph. The party is badly rent and per
haps there is no question upon which the various elements can agree except
opposition to Irish home rule.
His father was a clergyman. He was educated in Scotland and engaged
in the iron business in Glasgow until he entered politics in 1900. From 1902
to 190 Ghe was parliamentary secretary of the board of trade. He is a strong
protectionist.
CAPTURED SHIP CONTRACTS
Rear Admiral Francis Tiffany
Bowles proved his great enterprise
when he bid against the world for the
contract to build two mammoth battle
ships for the Argentine Republic and
walked off with the prize. The price
is not given, but it must be a large
sum, judging by the figures that show
size and armament. The two vessels
are the Rivadavia and the Moreno, the
former of which is now being built at
the Bowles shipyards in Quincy, Mass.
Each boat is of that huge type which
will dwarf the battleships of the ear
lier Dreadnought class having a dis
placement of 28,000 tons, an Indicated
horsepower of 39,000, and carrying 12
of the 12-inch, 12 of the 6-inch and 16
of the 4-inch guns.
Rear Admiral Bowles was for sev
eral years chief constructor of the
United States navy, until 1903, having
previously graduated from the naval
academy. He was the builder of the
original battleship Texas and the pro-
tected cruiser Raleigh. He belongs to the younger generation of great ship
designers, having only recently passed his fiftieth year. At his Quincy yards
he is engaged in ship building on a large scale, being considered one of the
most eminent naval architects of the times.
In 1891, twenty years ago, United
States Commissioner John A. Shields
of New York, then fifty-two years old,
and for thirty-seven years a federal
office holder, was spoken of in a news
paper article as having held office as
long as any other public official. Re
cently Commissioner Shields celebrat- j
ed his seventy-second birthday, and it
found him still holding office after
fifty-seven years of service.
Commissioner Shields is the patri
arch of all federal officials. Mention
is never made of the commissioner in
print without speaking of his whis
kers. They are snow white, silky,
long and full, and he wears them part
ed in the middle, like Lord. Dundreary.
They bespeak venerability, but they
are the only symptom of age to be
found anywhere in the commissioner’s
personal neighborhood.
“I have served the government fifty
seven years,” the commissioner said
to a reporter, “and the only reason
The new leader of the Unionist par
ty in Great Britain, Arthur Bonar
Law, is first of all a business man and
has little of the politician in his make
up. While he has been in parliament
since 1900, representing a Lancashire
district, he has not taken any very
notable part in political management
and is regarded as much inferior to
Lord Balfour, whom he replaces, in
statesmanlike grasp of public affairs
and in political sagacity. Although
the ostensible reason for Balfour’s res
ignation is given as poor health, it is
well known that he was almost forced
out of the leadership by the standpat
element, or the “last ditchers,” as
they are called, which was dissatisfied
with the conduct of the fight waged
in connection with the reform of the
house of lords.
Mr. Law is a native of New Bruns
wick and received his earlier educa
tion at Hamilton, Ont. He is now a
wealthy iron merchant of Glasgow. If
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WILLIAM J». CALHOUN, American minister to China, and others in authority, are doing all in their power to per
suade Americans and Europeans In China to seek safety in the treaty ports and in Pekin. The foreign lega
tions in the latter city, of which a view is here given, already are becoming crowded with refugees.
LOVERS ARE BALKED
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“Princess Pretty” and Young
Marquis Meet Obstacle.
Indian Maharajah Will Not Allow
Daughter to Marry Heir of the
Duke of Sutherland.
London. —The course of true love is
not running smooth for the East In
dian Princess Pretiva, the young
daughter of the Maharajah .of Cooch-
Behar, and the young Marquis of Staf
ford, heir of the Duke of Sutherland
and his millions.
Pretiva,, whose intimates rightly
call her "Princess Pretty,” and her
mother passed the summer at Bex
hill, where Stafford, who is 23 and an
amiable youth, was a constant visitor.
And small wonder, for the charming
Princess excels in outdoor sports.
Although her lovely features have
an Oriental cast, her skin is almost
as fair as that of an English girl.
She loves England, where she has
passed most of her life, and has de
clared that she will not marry an In
dian potentate.
Os course no one but Stafford
knows how much he had to do with
inducing her to form this resolution.
Now the Princess has gone to India
with her mother, the Maharanee of
Cooch-Behar, carrying the late Maha
rajah’s ashes.
Stafford swears he will follow his
inamorata, making the durbar his pre
text. His father, whose lineage runs
back to a Gower who followed Wil
liam the Conqueror, and his intelli
gent mother, who was Lady Millicent
St. Clare-Erskine, daughter of the
Earl of Roslyn, strongly oppose such
a match for Stafford. They have
asked the war office to refuse him the
leave he must ask to go to India.
And there are other obstacles in the
way of his pursuit of the girl he loves.
The Maharanee has informed Stafford
that he cannot visit her daughter in
India, as she will live In retirement
in the palace of her brotheh, who is
now the Maharajah of Cooch-Behar,
and will not attend the durbar. Be
sides, the new Maharajah objects to
Boom Black Art In London
Witchcraft Act of 1736 to Be Used
Against Fortune Tellers
of Metropolis.
London.—This city is at the mercy
of a veritable plague of fortune tellers,
palmists and other self-proclaimed nec
romancers, who prey upon the rich
and poor alike, particularly in the
shopping districts. They have even be
come so fearless that they are adver
tising by means of sandwich men
along the Strand, in Piccadilly Circus
and in Regent and Oxfard streets.
It seems impossible to convict them
of obtaining money under false pre
tense of foretelling the future, and it
is almost impossible to get evidence
against them, as they receive no un
recommended clients. Their success
among the superstitious and the credu
lous is due to the fact that their cli
ents unconsciously reveal information
concerning would-be visitors.
“It is all very well to say that the
official police view is that, so long as
fortune tellers and palmists do not
dupe the poor, they should be allowed
to take money from the rich. Cath
cart Wason, M. P., has communicated
with the home secretary suggesting
that these persons who pose as necro
mancers in any way can be proceeded
against by the witchcraft act of 173 G.
which Imposes penalties upon persons
“who pretend to exercise or use any
kind of sorcery, witchcraft, enchant
ment, or conjuration.’’
As to those particularly dealing with
the wealthy, Mr. Wason adds:
"It is all very well to say that the
ladies who patronize these fortune tel
lers are above the superstitions of the
his sister marrying an Englishman,
as calculated to further weaken his
subjects’ loyalty. It has been strained
by his own prolonged visits to Europe
before his father’s death and by the
fact that he and his family are so
largely Anglicized.
BABY SECURITY FOR DEBT
Mother Successfully Appeals to the
Court for Infant Held by
Woman for Beard.
Oakland, Cal. —Her baby held as se
curity for a board bill. Mrs. Estelle E.
Ramos of Berkeley applied to the su
perior court for an order compelling
Mr. and Mrs. John Rudy of 2100 Sixth
street. Berkeley, the people to whom
the board bill is due, to give up the
child. Mrs. Ramos won her petition
before Judge Wells after a hearing
that lasted only about ten minutes.
Women Spoke In a Church
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As a Result, Louisiana Presbyterians
Are All Torn Up—Appeal to
General Assembly.
New Orleans. — Because women
made verbal reports at an interde
nominational meeting in the fashion
able Lafayette Presbyterian church
here factional strife has been started
among Louisiana preachers of the
Presbyterian sect and the shades of
John Calvin are being invoked to call
down wrath upon those who permitted
such a violation.
The Rev. J. C. Barr, pastor of the
church, and whose congregation In
cludes many of the wealthies families
in New Orleans, announced today that
he would carry to the general assem
bly, the highest body of the church,
the verdict which the state synod at
its meeting this week at Ruston, La.,
found against him. The Rev. W. M.
Alexander, pastor of the Prytania
church, brought the charges. He said
that the alleged violation of church
rules was of the gravest importance.
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ignorant and not likely to be duped;
but I maintain that the practice is a
grave danger to society. Suppose a
woman asks—as many do —how long
her husband is likely to live, and the
fortune teller discovers that there is
another man in the case, and the name
of that man. Imagine the possibilities
of the situation.
“The more humble fortune tellers
are causing enough trouble in the prov
inces. Welsh miners have refused to
go down to work because a local ‘wise
woman’ has foretold disaster. In New
castle it was proved that 25 girls had
visited one fortune teller in a single
afternoon. In the Isle of Wight it was
proved that one woman had correctly
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Uses Champagne for Shave
$
Seattle Visitor Makes Lather With
Wine Because of Water
Famine.
Seattle, Wash. —It has been forbid
den for any person to take a bath
either in a private residence, public
bath, club or hotel, because the city
has been without water since the
pipes were carried away.
J. J. Forster, of Chicago, an officer
of the Atlantic steamship service of
the Canadian Pacific railway, staying
at the Calhoun hotel, went without
a shave and a bath as long as be
thought he could and then he rang
for a pint of champagne, mixed his
- shaving lather with it and had a de-
Mrs. Ramos recently secured a di
| vorce from John W. Ramos and an or-
I der for $25 a month alimony. Since
then Ramos has been out of work, un
- able to find it, he says, while his wife
declares he will not take employment
’ offered him. Unable to secure any
thing from her former spouse, Mrs.
Ramos herself went to work and
' placed her baby with the Rudys with
' the understanding they should be paid
for its keep out of the alimony.
Ramos paid nothing, and Mrs. Ra
mos decided to try to care for the
F child herself; but the Rudys refused
to surrender it until the bill was paid.
I At the hearing today Ramos appeared
in court with the Rudys. but did not
participate in the proceedings.
A clash between Mrs. Ramos and
• Mrs. Rudy occurred when Mrs. Ra
■ mos went to take her child from Mrs.
■ Rudy’s arms, after Judge Wells had
> given her its custody. The two worn
i en scolded each other despite the
i warnings of the bailiff, hurling angry
s accusations at each other as they filed
i out of court. Ramos has a petition
; for appointment as guardian of the
child.
and the state body sided with him.
The synod raised its hands in hor
ror at the mere idea of women not
keeping silent in churches. True, the
women who spoke were not preaching
sermons, and the meeting was not
strictly a Presbyterian meeting, but
it was in a church and women broke
away from the "keep silence in pub
lic” mandate.
Dr. Barr admits the charge in gen
eral, but says that the women were
not speaking in the rhurch. He says
the congregation is the church and
that the place of worship is merely
the church building.
“Our buildings do not represent the
church itself,” he declared.
Kin of Fairbanks a Suicide.
Marysville, O.—Miss Alice Fair
banks, aged forty, a niece of former
Vice-President Fairbanks of Indianap
olis. committed suiced with poison at
the home of her mother, Mrs. Matilda
Fairbanks, near Chickery. The mo
tive is unknown.
foretold the future, but that did not
save her from a fine. A disguised de
tective went to her to have his fortune
told, and she informed him that he
would shortly undertake legal proceed
ings in which he would be successful.
She was right. He took out a sum
mons against and successfully proved
his case. But the fact that these pro
vincial peopl^ were all - penalized
shows that the local authorities are
alive to the danger. Why do the Lon
don police refrain from taking action
against the West end fortune tellers?"
Shuns All Churches 50 Years.
Middletown, Conn. —Gedrge H. Ward,
the oldest newsboy in New England,
who has just passed his seventy-third
birthday, went to church Sunday for
the first time in 50 years. He enjoy
ed the service so much that he will
be a regular attendant hereafter.
lightful shave, he says. Then be or
dered eight gallons of milk and in
dulged himself in a milk bath.
Changes Son’s Name.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.—To perpetuat<
the name of her grandfather, Mrs.
John Toler petitioned the supreme
court that after January 1 her son’s
name be changed from John to John
Watts De Peyster Toler.
82,546 Women to Vote.
Los Angeles, Cal. —The official count
of voters eligible to cast ballots in the
city election on December 5 totals
192,177. Os these 109,628 are men
and 82,546 women
Example
Effect
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OjUfTI
My pa he says to save each dime 4
An’ 'conomize, an’ then in time
I’ll be as rich as John D. is,
Or Carnegie—but then, gee whiz!
When pa an’ Mr. Jones sits down
They whack their fists an’ fuss an"
frown
An’ say no man’s a millionaire
Without he’s robbed folks here an’ there
An’ that some day us folks ’ll rise
An’ grab their wealth before their eyes.
So, honestly, I don’t want to be
As rich as Andy or John D.
My pa he says to study hard
An’ learn the feet that’s in a yard
An’ to talk Latin, French an’ Greek
An’ other things that people speak
An’ then some day, w’y, I can be
Head of some university.
But pa an’ Mr. Jones, they say
All colleges teach the wrong way
An’ that they waste folks' time an’ torn
Out students that ain’t worth a durn.
So, honestly, now, I declare
That I can’t see no future there.
My pa he says that some day I
May boss the country if I try;
He says if my time’s wisely spent
Some day I may be president.
But pa an’ Mr. Jones sometimes
Set down an’ talk of all th’ crimes
An’ ruination that’s brought on
By presidents that's come an’ gone—
They saw the air an’ 'most go daft
When they tell what they think of Taft.
So, honest, now, I ain't to blame
If I don’t hanker much for fame.
Adds to the Atmosphere. 1
“Pardon me, Mr. Meddergrass,”
says the lately arrived guest to the
landlord of the Sylvan Glade Summer
hotel, “pardon me if I seem imperti
nent, but my curiosity has been
aroused.”
“I am sure you could not intention
ally be impertinent,” replies Mr.
Meddergrass. “What has aroused
your curiosity?”
"I notice that in speaking to me
and most of the boarders you —er —
you use language—that is, you speak
plain, good English. But when talk
ing to the Justgottits and one or two
others you adopt a quaint, old home
stead dialect such as is heard on the
stage or read in so-called rural nov
els.”
“Yes,” smiles Mr. Meddergrass.
“You see, the people you mention
would not enjoy country life unless
they had the accepted country dialect,
so by paying a few dollars extra on
the week they induce us to use noth- 1
ing bjat that style of conversation to
ward them.”
Annoying Delay. f
“I’ve got the greatest hair tonic in
the world,” declares the enthusiastic
man. “I’ve got a name for it that will
make everybody remember it.”
“That’s splendid,” replies the bald
headed man.
“And I’ve got a picture of a man be
fore he used it —an actual photo,
mind you!—showing him bald as an
egg, and another showing him after
using it, with the finest head of hair
you ever saw in your life.”
“That ought to help. What —”
"And I’ve planned a series of ad
vertisements and posters that will
make the public flock to the stored to
buy it.”
“Great! And what —”
“And I’ve got signed testimonials
fron< men and women famous in lit
erature, the drama and politics.”
“Great! When will it be on the
market?”
“That’s just the trouble. I don’t
know what to make the stuff of.”
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Trifling Mistake.
“I don’t see why people criticise
Henry James so much,” says the man
with the big book in his lap. “I picked
up this novel of his this morning, and,
while it is a wee bit disconnected in
spots, still it is easy to read and not
difficult to understand.”
“What?” asked the man in the
porch chair. “Why, man, you’ve got
a copy of the dictionary by . mistake.”
Always Buoyant.
“Let’s organize an air ship com
pany,” suggests the first promoter.
"But you can’t make an air ship
float,” objects the second.
“Who cares for that? We can float
the stock all right.”
