The news=record., January 06, 1909, Wednesday Edition, Image 3

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of the
Wm
Horace White.
THE trial of tbe
Halns broth
ers at Flush
ing, N. Y.. fur the
slaying of William
E. Ann Is nt the
Bnyslde Yacht club
last summer Is a
proceeding that nat
urally excites more
than local Interest
on account of the
promiuence of the
families concerned
and the sensational
JUDGE CRANE.
character of the tragedy. Military,
society and literary circles are espe
ctally absorbed In the outcome of the
trial, for the name of Ilains has been
an honored one In the army and a
noted one In literature, white In lead
ing social circles lu Washington, Bos
ton and New York the families now
enjoying so much undesirable public
ity were formerly conspicuous.
The distinction of presiding at this
trial one bound to become celebrated
In legnl annals belongs to one of the
younger judges of the supreme bench
of the state of New York. Frederick
E. Crane of the borough of Brooklyn.
On the opening morning of the trial
when the court attendants rapped for
order the standing audience saw
Judge Crane advance In his black
robe, very fair In complexion, clean
shaven, youthful looking and Indicat
ing by every action that be was brim
ful of energy. The lawyers had al
ready learned that he did not purpose
tolerating any delay that could possi
bly be avoided. lie had Informed
them that he would hold night ses
sions, and from .the outset he expedit
ed the preliminaries.
Judge Crane is a graduate of the
Adelphla academy and the Columbia
Law school and before elevation to
the bench was counsel In many noted
civil and criminal suits.
Joseph Pulitzer, who Is accused by
Tresldent Roosevelt of libeling the
United States government through
publications in his newspaper, the
Kew York World, celebrated the twenty-fifth
anniversary of his connection
with the World only a few weeks ago,
As the president's recent special mes
sage to congress was devoted chiefly
to the alleged offenses of the World
In connection with the charges of scan
dal In the negotiations associated with
the purchase of the Panama canal,
the personality of Mr. Pulitzer is
thrust into the foreground. It Is an
unusual thing for a private citizen to
ibe mentioned specifically and singled
out for criticism and denunciation as
the proprietor of the World was lu this
message. Mr. Roosevelt's action was
based on his belief that the circum
stances of this case Justified a de
parture from precedents.
Mr. Pulitzer was born in Budapest,
Hungary, in 1847 and, coming to this
country in 1804, entered the array and
served until the end of the civil war
In a cavalry regiment. Taking up his
residence in St. Louis at the close of
the war, he Joined the Westllche Post,
3erman, as reporter, rising to the
managing editorship. In ' 1878 he
flxrotfht the St Louis Dispatch for a
price aid to have been $500. "and ex
pensive) at that." He united it with
the St. Louis Post, and by application
of his ideas be turned the Post-Dispatch
into oue of the best paying and
strongest papers in Missouri. In 1883
be bought the New York World and
JOSEPH FULRZEB.
duplicated his Post-Dispatch success.
He served lu the Missouri legislature
And In 1885 was elected to congress
from a New York district, but resigned
after a few months' service.
Frederick: Kohler, chief of police In
the city of Cleveland, O., Is the best
chief of police la America, In the opin
ion of President Roosevelt. That
crime in the cities can be reduced to a
minimum. If not actually checked, by
the simple observance of the Golden
Itule Cblef Kohler thinks he has prov
ed. A year's trial of this policy In
dealing with crime and criminals In
Cleveland has convinced him of It,
and now other cities are preparing to
follow the example of Cleveland In ln
atltutlng the Golden Rule policy. It Is
only a question of time. Its advocate
a. until It will be adopted every
wVre throughout the United State
Cblef Kohler was the first man to em-
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Hour
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Chief Kohler.
ploy the Golden Rule In treating with
crime, so to him belongs the credit of
whatever success It has attained.
The Goldcu Rule policy was put Into
effect a year ago, and statistics for
the first nine months, which have Just
been compiled, prove It to be an un
qualified success.
The Earl of Warwick, who Is on a
visit to this country and who has been
talking over with Tresldent Roosevelt
the subject of game lu Africa, has
made a number of hunting trips to the
section the president
expects to visit. He
prophesies that Mr.
Roosevelt will have
no end of sport and
would not be sur
prised if he bagged
n elephant, though
the earl himself has
not been fortunate
enough to get one.
The British noble
man has been
brought to notice in
this country more
on his wife's ac
EARL OF WAKWICK.
count than his own. The Countess of
Warwick, who has been in turn bril
liant society lender, philanthropist and
Socialist advocate, visited this country
not long since for the especial purpose,
It was said, of studying the condition
of the Socialist movement here. It was
reported at one time that the earl had
a leaning toward socialism, too, but
his utterances during his American
visit do not bear out such a view. In
deed, he intimated that his wife was
like a good many women, somewhat
changeable in her Ideas, and therefore
he did not like to define her position
ou economic questions because it
might have shifted a little by the time
of bis return.
The earl and his accomplished wife
expect to entertain President Roose
velt at Warwick castle during his stay
in England, and the earl has undertak
en the commission of having a pair of
hunting boots built in London for Mr.
Roosevelt specially suitable for serv
ice In the African jungles.
Douglas Robinson, President Roose
velt's brother-in-law, whose name fig
ures in the Panama canal controversy,
has made specific denial that be bad
POPGLAS UOBINSON.
anything to do with the transactions
regarding the sale of the canal prop
erty to the United States. He is con
nected with banking and railway en
terprises In New York and is at pres
ent coreceiver with Adrian H Jollne
of the Metropolitan Street Railway
company. He Is a brother of the pres
ent Mrs. Roosevelt and Is reputed a
man of considerable wealth.
Much general Interest attaches to
the investigation of methods of finance
In Wall street which Is to be made by
a commission recently appointed by
Governor Hughes of New York. The
commission is charged to report if any
changes are desirable In the laws bear
ing upon speculation in securities and
commodities or relating to the protec
tion of investors. At the bead of the
commission is the noted author and
editor Horace White.
Mr. White was born In Colebrook,
N. II., Aug. 10, 1834. and was gradu
ated from Belolt college, Wisconsin,
In 1853. He early went Into newspa
per work, becoming city editor of the
Chicago Evening Journal in 1854 and
Chicago agent of the New York Asso
ciated Press in 1855.
In 1857 Mr. White Joined the CbU
cago Tribune In a position which
brought him froquently into relations
with Abraham Lincoln. He reported
the entire series of Lincoln and Doug
las debates for the Tribune and In
! 1800 was secretary of the Illinois Re
; publican state committee during the
: presidential campaign. During the civil
war he spent four years lu Washington
i nnd with others formed the first syn
' dlcate of newspapers in this country
for the reception of a Joint news serv
ice from the front. From 1805 to 18T4
he was chief editor of the Chicago Trib
une, resigning because of ill health.
He Joined the New York Evening Post
on Its reorganization by Mr. YUlard
In 1881. He has for years been known
J as one of the greatest financial author
ltles In the United States and is the
I author of a half down scholarly works.
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BILLY AND
"B 112."
By COLIN S. COLLINS.
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To Billy Baxter every moment he
spent In the theater was to his liking,
but the best of all was when the band
tiled lu and. the house lights went up.
Then the music and the rush of arriv
als made a delightful stir.
These were busy moments for the
ushers, because in the teu minutes pre
ceding the rise of the curtain half the
house had to be sealed, and it was
hard for Billy to bear in mind the
managerial caution that the right hand
nisle was uot a cinder track laid for
his amusement.
It is hard to walk when the music
plays a lively air, and there were times
when Billy would sprint up the aisle
as though bent upon breaking all rec
ords for the hundred yards.
These teu minutes twice a day re
paid the boy for the rest of the work,
and It was work for all who were em
ployed about the Century theater.
Calkins, the manager, had spent his
days devising a system that was al-
HE WOULP STAND IN UAPT ADMIRATION.
most perfect in its schedules. Every
body cleaned house In the morning,
with just time for a hurried lunch be
fore squeezing luto the uniforms for
the matinee, and as soon as the rush
was over all but two of tho boys were
taken off to perform other duties.
Those who remained were water
boys, parading the aisles with trays
of glasses, which they offered to the
patrons. Now and then a penny or
even a nickel or a dime fell to the wa
ter carrier, but Billy was content If
the ladies smiled their thanks.
Ail this was before "E 112" came.
After that there was but one wuman
lu the world for William, just as tnere
Is but oue woman for each of us at
some stage of boyhood.
"E 112" was worthy of his worship.
Even the box office boy had confided
to Calkins, the manager, that it was
"a dead swell dame who took up the
seat for Tuesday mats," and the man
ager had condescended to approve the
statement, though Calkins' own pref
erence was for blonds. "E 112" had
dark hair of the soft, wavy kind that
makes a fellow long to stroke softly,
admiringly.
But Billy remembered nothing but
her eyes after he bad received one di
rect glance. Ha could look luto those
liquid depths clear down into the un
troubled soul beyond.
Every Tuesday afternoon the girl
occupied the same seat. The Century
reserved seats for its regular patrons
by the season, and once when the head
usher sought to shift Billy to the bal
cony, where there was a better chance
of making tips, Billy promptly forgot
the fact that It was supposed to be a
favor and pummled his benefactor
until the latter promised to put him
back on bis old aisle.
To such an extent had Billy become
enslaved that he even rejoiced In the
water Job. He would work the front
rows very slowly, waiting with pa
tience for each patron to finish with a
glass, and when "E 112" asked for a
drink he would stand lu rapt admira
tion, ignoring the request of others for
glasses from the tray until she bad
returned hers and there was no longer
any excuse for standing nt her side.
Long before the middle of the sea
son Eleanor Golden, otherwise "E
112," had come to know the earnest,
freckled little face, and the day that
she pnsscd him In the street and gave
blm a nod and a bright smile was a
golden one In the Baxter calendar.
Then came the day which even now
Calkins hates to' recall because of Its
one moment of nightmare. There was
an act at the house that opened with
the supposed explosion of an automo
bile off the stage, the comedian enter
ing with a tire and part of the rim of
a wheel bung about his neck.
The effect was obtained In the time
honored fashion of firing Into the air a
shotgun loaded with salt Instead of
shot. The salt scattered harmlessly,
and yet the report was louder than
when powder alone was used.
On this day a tiny bit of the wad
ding was carried Into the air and flut
tered against one of the huge drops
hung above the stage.
There were four of these hung close
together, and no one noticed the spiral
of flame run up between this drop and
the next. The scenery was fireproof
ed, but the rough surface of the can
vas was coated with dust, and the
dust carried the flume.
A watchful fireman discovered the
smoke and turned lu an alarm, while
he gave the signal to the stage man
ager to lower the fire curtain.
As the great asbestus shield de
scended one of the actors stepped be
fore the curtain line and made an
announcement that an accident had
occurred.
"There is positively no danger," he
assured, "but merely as a precaution
you are asked to leave the house as
quickly as possible."
Tho band was still playing and tho
people In the roar of the house were
moving toward the entrance when the
stage hands in the files cut the ropes
and permitted the scenery to fall to
the stage, where the fire could be
fought with greater ease.
Until then there had been an orderly
movement. At the speaker's sugges
tion the people In front were waiting
until those in the rear seats had gone
that there might be uo crowding.
Billy, watching over "E 112." had
his sharp eyes on the people in liis
section, and as the heavy battens
from which the scenery was hung
came erashlug to the stage one man
sprang to bis feet.
He was sitting In the fourth row,
and In a flash Billy realized that
should this man break the order of
departure there would be a crush in
which many would be hurt.
Billy still carried his now useless
tray, and quick as a flash he pretend
ed to stumble and fall against the
panic stricken man. In falling he
i tnrust the fellow back into his seat,
j and the lee cold wnter drenched the
man's face and neck and trickled
down inside of his clothing.
Those near by laughed, and the
crowd, which had been upon the verge'
of a panic, cooled down. The panic
was averted.
But Billy had slipped on one of the
thick tumblers rolling under his feet.
T" nn Instant he was on the floor of
ine aisle on top of the clutter of
broken glass, and his face and arms
wore badly cut before the girl In "E
112" could spring to his relief.
Strong arms bore the boy to the
head of the aisle, where already the
doorkeepers were turning back the
crowd with the nssurance that the fire
was all over. And almost before he
realized it Billy was lying on the sofa
In the retiring room, and "E 112" was
bathing tho cut hands and face with
soft cloths, while Calkins stood help
lessly by.
"Gee," said Billy ruefully, "I bet I
have to pny for a new uniform. ' This
looks like I been working in a butcher
shop."
"Nonsense," broke In Calkins, who
could be human nt times, though It
was seldom that he exhibited this
trait. "You saved the day, Billy, and
you can have a new uniform every
week If you want one. This lady tells
me that In drenching that fool you
stopped a panic."
"Well, he had It coming to him,"
said Billy. "lie was a husky guy In D
112, and he had the willies, be was so
scared. I says to myself that if he
got 'em runnin' 'E 112' would have the
chance of -a snowball In-well, you
know where. So I plugged hhn wit"
tho glasses, and then he was good for
awhile. I wouldn't let them walk all
over you," ho ndded to tho girl.
The glorious eyes grew more tender
as she realized what the boy was say
ing. Men had sought to do great thing:?
to show their love for their ladyloves,
but this boy of twelve was as brave
and as fearless as any knight who
ever wore his lady's favor In his hel
met. Ills thought had been solely for her,
yet he had probably saved scores from
death or Injury, and It was she who
wns responsible for the deed. Slowly
she bent her beautiful head and press
ed her lips against his own.
"It was very brave of you, dear,"
she said In a whisper. "I am very
proud to think that It was for me you
did so fine a deed."
Billy blushed; then he looked with
adoring eyes Into the brown ones that
were senrchlnn his fp.ee.
"I'd burn down the theater every
Tuesday when you come for that,"
he declared ns ho lapsed Into uncon
sciousness, and It was Miss Golden's
turn to blush. Could he but know It
Billy had for the moment become
more than a boy. He was a man and
the knight of "E 112."
Russian Education,
Tho "Intelllgeuzlu" of Russia, writes
the Hon. Maurice Baring In "A Year
In Russia," Is, properly speaking, com
posed of every one who can read or
write. But the term Is generally used
to designate those members of the
middle class who belong to the profes
sional classes doctors, professors.
I teachers and literary men. The nver
j age man r womnn of the Russian
mlddlo ciass is better educated than
I the average English man or woman of
j the same clurrs.
They are saturated with the foreign
clasFl -s. They often upeak two lan
guages besides Russian, nnd they are
I conversunt with modern thought In
I tho various European countries so far
; ns It Is allowed to reach them. They
, are taught at school things which will
be useful to them.
Every one receives a general fotin
I datlon of knowledge. The overage Rus
sian boy knows more about English
history thnn the average English boy,
let alone European history. A cultl
I vated Russian of the middle class Is
J saturated with John Stuart Mill. Rus.
kin, Morley and Carlyle, and Shake
: speare, Milton and Shelley are treated
as Russian classics.
The Mystery of
the Yellow Room
BY GASTON LEROUX
ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN SLOAN
A Genuinely New Sensation in a Detective
Story to Be Published in This Paper
For sheer originality and ingenuity we reckon
this the best detective story published for some
time . ... as original as it is fascinating.
Nor often does a detective story end with so to
tal a surprise, which, nevertheless, when known
seems logical and natural. N, Y. Evening Post.
The Foregoing from High Literary Authority
Assures Our Readers that We Continue
to Give Them the Best in Fiction
Information Concerning Eighth Grade
Final Examinations.
1. Dates:
Three examinations annually. Each
.:o.inty superintendent to solect
months for his county.
(a) January 21-22, 1903.
(b) .May 13-1 4. l!)on.
(c) June 10-11, 1J09.
(d) September 2-3, l'.IOS.
2. Program:
(a) Thursdays Arithmetic, Writ
ing, HUtory, and Civil Govern
ment, (h) Fridays Grammar, Physiol
ogy, Geography, and Spelling.
3. Sourcei of Questions:
(a) Civil Government United
Stales Cons'.ltuii.jn.
(h) Geography State Course
of Study: He.lway and Minmau's
Natural School Geography.
(c) History LIU of topics from
History Out lne in State Course
of Study and Current Events.
(d) Language Uuehlor's Modern
English Grammar, no diagram
ming. (e) Reading The teacher will
sr;nd to the Cojnly Superintend
ent the applicant's class standing
in reading, which shall be; taken
by such superintendent us the ap
pllcants standing on the subject.
tf) Spelling Eighty per cent
H
from Re ;d's Word Lessons, and
twenty p.T cent, from manuscript
In Language,
(g) Writing Spuclmens of pen
manship as Indicated In copied
matter and from manuscript in
Language.
lie ipoel.fully submitted,
J. II. ACKEUMAN,
Supt. Public Instruction.
The first Eighth Grade examina
tion for tho year 1903 will be held
January 21-22.
Teachers pre;; a l:ig classes for this
examination wl 1 phase report to this
office tho number of applicants at
least thirty d:iys before above date.
Respectfully,
J. C. CONLEY,
Supt. of Schools.
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