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THE MORNING ASTOKIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST i 190$, Stories About Folk of Note Secretary Wilton and the Three Tti Cti Mrori Could, Baseball Player. George Horace Lorimcr's Sue- . cess Career of Senator Mitchell of Oregon. J AMES WILSON, who as secre tary of agricul ture may appropri ately be called Uncle Saru's boss farmer. Is just now lu tbe public eye because of the "leak" In the 1 V-! .-- j cotton report by V' s' ' which cotton specu f y : la tore profited. He v was born In Scot land about seventy years ago, came to the United States In 1S5L, received an academic education and became an Iowa faruier. He setred three terms In congress. Is a man of wealth and has a dry wit Sec retary of the Treas JAMES WILSOX. ury Shaw baa been called the David Harum of the Cabinet, and Secretary Wilson might be called the Bill Nye of the executive circle, Shortly after he assumed charge of bis Important department Mr. Wilson made some changes In his office. Sen ators and congressmen came to pro test, but all to no avail, because the secretary felt fJTLTJZ was In ibe Ice. Finally one of the employees whose transfer had been ordered said: "Mr. Secretary, I am afraid that IX you dispense with any more of our men It will impair the efficiency of this de partment I considered It my duty to say this to you and to get your views." For answer the secretary looked Dp at the ceiling and said: "There was once a farmer In Iowa who had three fat cats. His barn was overrun with mice. One day he gave the three fat cats away and got one new cat not so fat He was never troubled with mice after that" The children of George Gould are luuu vl "uu, now a young lady of sweet s xteen, has O Irr-a to Kruxn i HAmn anil ant pa In mi fond of the open air, and Marjorie, 4 n a; a m avu-ij uuu ov Uic IU uui of door play. She Is one of the few daughters of rich American families who can play baseball. She does not play In public, but the ample grounds of Georgian Court, the home of George Gould at Lakewood, N. J afford her and her girl com panions opportuni ty to Indulge in the great American game without be ing observed by the n n d u I y curious. Miss Gould cannot only knock a fly out into the field, but in pitching cau twirl a hot ball over the plate. She Is also a good horse MISS V ABJORII GOCXD. woman and won admiration by her handling of the reins at the Lakewood horse show a year ago. She is tall and graceful and Is said to look very much as her mother did a score of years ago, when as Edith Kingdon she was play ing in the company of the late Angus tin Daly. When Mr. Gould first saw Miss Kingdon she was cast In the part of a girl named Marjorie, and It was in this way the name was chosen for the daughter who Is now approaching womanhood. Miss Marjorie Is a gen eral favorite and even were she with out a prospective fortune would not lack lovers. Thus far the most startling develop ment in the land fraud cases was the recent conviction In Oregon of United States Senator John H. Mitchell. The specific charge against Senator Mitchell j Is that he accepted a bribe of $2,000 In the general land office. Mr. Mitchell ; has been prominent In public life In : Oregon for over forty years. He is J serving bis fourth term in the United 1 States senate and is chairman of the committee on lnteroceanic canals. j Senator Mitchell was born In Wash- 1 inirton county. Pa., and his name origi nally, it is said, was John M. Hippie. In 1857, still un der the name John M. Hippie, he began the (study of law In the office of Samuel A. Pnrviance, and a little later entered Into a partnership with I'urvlauce. In 1WW he (juit Penn sylvania, leaving h's first wife and three children behind. Arriving nt Port land in l.HW, b adopted the name John II. Mitchell john h. Mitchell. and kt'8au tue re markable career wuicn, ror rapid and persistent suc cess, has no parallel In the annals of American politics. One year after going to Portland he ras elected city attorney. One year more aud he was sent to the stale senate. Another two years 'and he wa3 president of the state senate. Again a year, In 180G, and he failed by but one rote of winning the Republican caucus nomination for United Stater senator. Six years later. In 1872, he yoa !rted United States senator, k' 11 1 I 8 jS a it r 1 in Kiarch,' 1ST3, tx'nn . um Washington. He married Miss Martha Price of a well known Oregon family, by whom be had three children one a boy whou fee uaiued Hiram and who Is now t captulu of artillery In the army; the two others, daughters, one of whom died at Washington last winter, the atbor of whom Is married to the Preuch Iifke of Rochefoucauld. In the summer and fall of 1373, aft er Mitchell's election to the United States senate, his assumed name be came known. But the Pennsylvania wire obtained a divorce, and his. Ore gon marriage was legalised. He wits re-elected to the senate In 1SS5, 1891 aud 1001. s George Horace Lorinier, who became a literary celebrity when hia "Letters From a Self Made Merchant to His Son" caught Uie popular fancy to the extent of a sale of 300,000 copies, Is the editor of the Saturday Evening rost ! When the book's popularity was at Its J height Mr. Loriuier received a letter ; from a man In Texas who said: I "I have a patent bicycle, and I know J there are millions In It If you can get Mr.John Graham to take It up 1 am sure It would be a big business success." The man Inclosed prospectus of the patent At about the same time there were 200 business letters at the dead letterofflce at Wash ington addressed to "John Graham, pork packer." GEORCt HORACE LORIMKR. The original of John Graham, the "self made merchant," was the late ITiIlIp D. Armour. Mr. Loriuier was In ' -pVrnumbeTeare d ; year as manager of the canning de . partment of the great Armour packing nouse In Chicago. He was so bent upon ! a literary career that he resigned de I Ilt Me. Armour's protest and became ! a Chicago police reporter at a small ; salary. His rise In his new profession I was rapid, and he has made a fortune j out of his first book and "Old Gorgon . Graham," his second effort I Maurioe Hewlett, who won wide popularity through his books "The For I est Lovers" aud "Richard Yea and Nay," has Just published a new vol ; ume of stories entitled "Fond Adven : tures." He attributes much of his lit- , erary bent to bis fatlier, Henry Gay !HewIt.t who haJ a ;8,ou 7 J ' 1 flinf- was quaint and picturesque In ; mediaeval customs. Educated for the j law and a gradu- 1 ate of Oxford at 'nineteen, young ' Hewlett was coin- pelled by failing health to go to j Italy, where; turn ! Ing to literary pnr . suits, he became so : saturated with the j essential spirit and I charm of medlae- ral Italian senti 1CAL-BICE HEWLETT. ment and thought that he developed Into an acknowl- edged master of mediaeval romance, what Hamilton W. Mable calls "a sig nificant and solitary figure." a creator of historical rowajice which contains no known historical character and pre sents no documentary facts, but Inter prets the spirit and elusive phases of life In historic times. He Is a very painstaking worker and usually writes ! .t kA j a niury several uuies vtriure in; gives it to the world. Three drafts of "The Forest Lovers" did not satisfy him, and the book was completely rewrit ten a fourth time prior to Its publica tion. "There was a sure enough Jim Blud 80, nd be was the' hero of the Im mortal poem of that name which came from the pen of John Hay," according to J. M. Tally of Chicago. : "This Biudso, or Bledso, for the 1 name Is spelled both ways, lived half century at Warsaw, 111., and was a fa mous character among river men. He 1 did not actually perform the feat which Is told In the stirring lyric, but be was possessed of qualities of heroism that , would have caused blin to do just su h a deed, and It was for this reason that his name was taken. Jim Biudso 1 lived to a green old age, dying in lsso, 1 1 and be and Uie late secretary of state , kept up their friendship as long as Jim. lived." Thomas E. Watson, the famous Popu list, who is now running a magazine in New York, was not always at ease on the platform early In his career. Wat son was addressing a mixed audience on a local iHsue near his native beatli ! and was blazing away In a man ner which gave promise of the great oratory which was to come. Like most young speakers, be was keenly sensitive to In terruptions, and when a party of late comers, among whom was a singularly beautiful wom an, entered the room Watson THOMAS E. WATSOJC. stopped short In his speech. "Go on; go on," urged bis audience Indulgently. Watson gathered himself together oaar the stimulus of the encourage ment. nexiDew w ui rr t h nhu- I A 1 I IJL j fom. ro. bowiuj with bis exquisite southern chivalry, he said: "Ladles aud gentlemen, I should lit glad to g on, but the lady who Just came In fairly took my breath away." He sat down amid a buret of ap plause. A I You May Want A furnished house, rooms or store. Make your' wants known to the readers of this paper. If you want a tenant for a house, soma reader may 1 the desired party. Obtained by Advertising In the Want Columns of the Morning Aatorian. I DAILY 7,000 HEADERS SITUATION WANTED. WANTED A set of lxxks to keep even ing. Address R. X. "., Astoriun olliee. 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Milk tmit be lrrh and pura That old and young may enjov It; Few know thot It even omy prove a cure For weakn which Is annoying. )V Handle only Pure Milk fresh ttom Healthy Cows. Morning or night delivery. THE 8LOOP.JEFFERS CO, 10th and Duane streets. WOOD YARDS. wnnnf wnnnf vvrnnt Cord wood, mill wood, bos wood, any kind of wood at lowest priue. Kelly, the transfer man. 'Phone 2211 Blaok, Barn en Twelfth, tppoeiu opera heuee. RESTAURANTS. FlKisT-CLAiS MEAL for 15c; nice cake, coffee, pie, or doughnuts, 5c, at U. S. Restaur ant. 434 Bou.l St BEST 15 CENT MEAL. Vou can always find the best 15-cent meal in the city at the Rising Sun Restaurant. '512 Commercial St PHOTOGRAPHERS. A. A. SAARI, PHOTOGRAPHER. First-Class Work Ouaranteed. ( , Order taken for enlarging 212 Fourteenth street, opposite Foard 4 Stikes Co., Atorin, Oregon. HAMMOND DIRECTORY SALOONS HAMMOND. THE LIBERTY SALOON HAMMOND, OREGON. Under New Management. The Best place in the City to Spend pleasant hour. FRED BRENDELL, Prop. Pscillc.and Henrietta Kt., Ilu.mmond, The Hammond. People do not take time to knock When at the end of the walk. The man on the bunk of the river, Fine lluuors and Hears will deliver To you by the lifrht of sun or moon, If you call at the Hammond Saloon W. STOItM, Prop. MAKTINVS PALACE Vou will niins it if you don't see Mar tin. All Kniuhts of the r.ood.knnd other Knights, will be royally "entertained here. martin Mclaughlin, prop. Hammond, , Oregon, TJIEbTA It SALOON Wines, Liquors and Cigars. You can spniul a pleasant hour here. Pool 'room in connection. CHAS. McDERHOTT, Prop. Iluinmond. ' Oregon. SEASIDE DIRECTORY. HOTELS. PACIFIC COTTAGE Shell road, nnr t ho beach. Rooms with board. Reasonable prices,. Ice err urn parlor and rvfietlinictits of all kind. Short order. CVilTre. take. iti MRS Vfllllf Vtftt4f . rrop. THE OSIER CAFE - A I ' Short Order House 0 iters, Clara land Cubs la any Style. Iloms cooking, nothing but the bent of everything. Short order or regular meat at reasonable' price. MRS. C. C. OSIER, iTop. Siilile, Oregon. COLONIAL HOTEL Located in the mot beautiful pot, over looking the oiau. Ninety pgntly furnUhrd rooms. ' Bath House in Connection. Comfort of home. Meet meal. Mates, and up. McOUIRE'S HOTEL Large and Airy Itoom. Good beds. Everything flrt cla. I!te reasonable Main Street, rn-aslde. Ore. BARBER SHOP. NEW CITY BARBER SHOP Two l'j to dste InfW Shaving, 13c. Hitlr cutting, I'o Main street, npjtt dw to City Bakery, RESTAURANTS. LOUIS OYSrER HOUSE CRACKED CRABS, OYSTERS. Clam Chowder a tpe. iulty. .Served asy hour of the dsy. At the end of the bridge. StHlit Ar Try m. We pha. ytlU. THE HEMLOCK CAFE AND OYSTER PARLOR. I fttlng to be the leading renort at . Short order a Bpe.iulty. Mr.S. II. A. 8TILI-, Prup'rietor. TRY OUR 3jc DINNERS. ' Tate like motiirr ud to cook. The Arlington Restaurant JefT Illock, at the bridge, Seaside, Ore. LIVERY AND EXPRESS. Livery Stable Livery, Salt and Feed Stable. Saddle Horses, First-Class Riji, Baggage and Express. Wood for sale and general de. livery, ND. Bi IN k CO., Si wlde. Ore. WINES AND LIQUORS. THE BRIDGE Hurry Kretwr and Harry Ilulwr Are now running The Bridge Saloon. where they will be plraed to meet their friend. THE GEM While at tha Peach- Up at The Gem. Pure Liquors, Cool Deer, Highest Grade Cigar, a Sipeclulty. THE OCEAN The most popuUr oloon AT (SEASIDE. Billiard and Tool Hall in connection. B. J. CALLAHAN", Prop EAGLE SALOON Choice Wines, Liquors ami Cigar. Finest place in Seaside to pu a pleas ant hour. FRAXK SCOTT, Prop. CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP. H. V. Thompon, condiictlnff the place known as the Pacific Creamery Co., at Seaside, has turned the lAinineis over to eorge Stall. Mr. Stall ha assumed all responsibilities of the firm. HOTELS. HOTEL PORTLAND PORTLAND, ORE. Finest Hotel In the Northwest I