J^S-J^S^yS^^S^T^cAZ2T I Trials a President's Daughter 'By Mary Harrison McKee She Tells How V/omen In the Public Eye Are Subject to Criticism Newspapers Publish Malicious Accounts Many Ridiculous Demands Are Made Upon Residents of the White House Even the Children Do Not Escape Criticism. • (.Copyright, jSOfi, by Joseph 13. Bowles.) (Mrs. Mar» Harrison McKee, daughter nf President Harrison, was very prom inent in official society during her father's term as the melon's chief executive. She tells here with frankness and humor some of the peculiar experiences which she had while a resident of the White House.) How good it is to laugh! How de lightful either for maa or woman to be blessed with a keen sense of the iridiculous! Some are not thus favored and are •continuously sad and careworn, which .is a misfortune to be truly mourned •over. A school for the cultivation of the humorous faculty might be help ful to future generations. The assertion is made that women Hack a sense of humor, but the actor Ooquelin has publicly denied the ac cusation and says"it is a slander that has lived by repetition." With true .French gallantry he remarks "that it as only another example of woman's 'unselfishness that she has been will •lag to let us think that we men have .a monopoly, as thay say in America, -on humor." So much has been written on wit, 2iumor and fun, aud so many examples every diretcion have come down *to us that wo cannot give the palm for so charming a characteristic to .aay one time or country or sex. An actor or actress who nightly •faces a large audience has an oppor tunity for judging of these qualities in the human race. So has the man or woman who is called upon to occupy .any conspicuous position where he or she is brought in close contact with numbers of men and women, whc.s's field for observation is a broad one and whose perceptions are keen. Well might such a ono exclaim with the pcet: **Oh, wad some power the giftie gle us 'To see oursel's as itliers see us! it wad frae monie a blunder tree us And foolis'a notion." There certainly Is no lack of free • discussion and criticism in the news papers of the day on parties, politics and persons, and the man who enters ■the political arena must take that Jii'e as he does his wife, "for better, for worse, for richer, fov poorer, in .sickness and In health, so long as they •both do live." It would be a good idea to get a bill through congress compelling public men to write down for future genera tions all the amusing incidents, let ters, etc., that form part of their ■careers. Some of these, no doubt, would last longer than their public acts and what a world of entertain ment would he contained therein! Upon entering public life a man would better examine himself and see if he has these qualifications (we will take ability for gran ed): A calm and patient disposition, a sense of the hu morous and the tact to follow St. Paul's injunction of being "all things •to ail men." These qualities arc good /or any po sition in life, hut almost indispensable if or the wear and tear of an official career. The wife o£ a man elected U> fill a high position comes in, of course, for her share of criticism or flattery, as to what she does or leaves undone, and all relatives, even unto the third and fourth generation, must smile sweetly and say nothing, no natter how much they are criticised or map ligned. When you are trying to make a non entity of yourself what would be left to you if you had no sense of the ridi culous? I am only a woman who had a part in one administration and who had to go through four years shining in re flected glory, but that school filled with the lessons that goto make up human existence —joys, sorrows, trials and amusing experiences—was, as a whole, most helpful. In the pursuit of knowledge or a spirit of curiosity such questions as these come to one daily through the mail: Whether you approve of dan cing, whether you drink wine, what you think of the latest novel, how much time you give to your toilet, what is your favorite color, whether you believe in women voting, whether you dress your children in white, etc. How would you like to see the indi vidual who could send the following communication on a postal card: "My Dear Madam—l want a present from Washington city, .and 1 have located on you for the present. Please send a dress pattern (several other gifts were mentioned us being acceptable), and if you send it pleuse prepay the express charges, for 1 have made a vow I will never pay any express charges, as I can't see what 1 am getting in the package." Another woman desired "a piano and some sheet music," as her daugh ter had great "tallents." A pastor wished SI,OOO for his church for the reason "that you are a rich lady and will never miss it." The request for money is, of course, a common one addressed to people ol prominence or those blessed with great riches. Many people are convinced that each member of a president's family is drawing a large salary from the government, or that all of them havo a pneumatic tube running to the treas ury department and upon punching a button large quantities of Uncle Sam's gold finds its way to the punchee. The requests for autographs are al most unlimited and should a president undertake to make the supply equal to the demand but a small portion of each day could be devoted to public Ltssijiess. Then the crazy-quilt artist —and her name is legion—wants at least one silk piece as a souvenir, and if the sig nature of the president or some mem ber of his family is placed upon it, so much the better. One frequently overhears remarks on tho appearance or characteristics of some member of the family and it is well with you when you can smile. Many a friend has enjoyed with mo the following incident, the remarks having been addresesd to the chil dren's nurse: "Which is Baby McKee?" "This is Benjamin." "Which is Mrs. Harrison's littli girl?" "This is Marthena." "Humph, 1 can't see that tlioy look ! any different from any other chU : dren." On another occasion, when the sar ie line of questioning was being pursued, and the nurse had made an elaborate apology to excuse the children's rp pearance, as they had been playing in tho dirt and were not dressed for in spection: "Humph, it wouldn't make ; any difference what you put on them. They are very plain, homely : children anyway." When this speech was reported to 1 me, 1 gave my dear homely babies a hug and laughed heartily, because I knew thc/y were beauties and that it | was a poor, misguided individual who was probably persuadea in her mind I that only Democratic babies vrera ! pretty. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1907 INDICTMENT Against Banker Walsh Contains 182 Counts. BIG SUM INVOLVED Former President of Chicago National Bank Is Said to Have Applied Its Funds to his Own Use. Chicago, 111. —John R. Walsh, for mer president of the Chicago na tional hank, which was closed by the government December 16, 1905, was on Friday formally indicted by the federal grand jury on the charge of misapplying the funds of the bank. The indictment, which contains 182 counts, is based upon 22 transactions ia "memorandum" notes which the government otlicials declare to be fraudulent and upon 13 sales of bonds to the bank, it being claimed that these bonds were unmarketable and of doubtful value. Fifty-seven pay ments of the money derived from these transactions, it is charged in the indictments, were placed by Walsh to the credit of his personal account in the bank and used by him in aiding outside enterprises with which he was connected. The "memorandum" notes have a total face value of $2,000,001). They were discounted between January 21, 1904, and February 15, 1905, and the total proceeds of $2,0:58,176 were used, the indictment charges, by Mr. Walsh personally. It is also claimed that between January 21, 1904. and February, 190H, Mr. Walsh paid out an aggregate of $2,514,377 to his out side interests. It is claimed in the indictment that Walsh knowingly borrowed money from the bank on fictitious notes and that he sold to the bank bonds of doubtful value, and that he was there fore guilty of willful misuse of the funds of the institution. Mr. Walsh was arrested March 2, 1906, for alleged violation of fed eral banking laws and was put under bonds of $50,000. As soon as the in dictment was returned he appeared in the federal court and gave a new bond for a similar amount. He will plead or file demurrers to the indict ment on or before February 6. REVIEW OF TRADE. Manufacturing Returns Could Not be More Favorable Than Those Given Out Now. New York.—R. G. Dun & Co.'s> Weekly Review of Trade says: Trade in winter fabrics improved as the weather became more season able, but reports for the week are irregular on account of varying tem perature. Improvement in the traffic situation was checked by snow block ades and the best railway authorities state that expanding needs of the na tion can only be met by a much greater expenditure for new track and rolling stock than has yet been contemplated. Clearance sales have made good progress and new business for spring I delivery is coming to jobbers and wholesale houses in large volume, while collections show some improve ment. although still slow in many lines. Manufacturing returns could ■ not well be more favorable, contracts in many cases covering deliveries inio 1908. IN AN AIRSHIP. Army Officer Expects Wellman's Ex pedition Will Make the Voyage to the North Pole in 36 Hours. ! San Francisco, Cal. —Maj. H. B. I Hersey, United States weather j bureau inspector, who is here, has j outlined the plans of the Wellman Arctic expedition, which will take the ' aerial route to the North Pole, and of • which he will be the second in com -1 mand. In speaking of the prepara tions for the trip to the poie, Maj. Hersey said that headquarters for the expedition were established on Spitsbergen Island last year. Sup plies were brought to the island from France and Norway, machine shops and balloon sheds have been built : and a staunch arctic ice vessel pur chased as a tender for the airship. The airship is a dirigible balloon, j with a bag 165 feet long and a car 100 ■ feet long. The lifting power is 8,000 i pounds. The airship will be equipped with power to drive her for 15 days, but under ordinary conditions it will take but 36 hours to make the trip. Congress. Washington.—On the 18t!i the sen ate passed a bill increasing the artil lery corps of the army. The house passed it i)i!l providing that after March 4, 1907, the salaries of sena ; tors and representatives in congress j shall be $7,500 a year and the salaries j of the vice president, members of the cabinet and soeaker oi' the house be : $12,00() a year. Indictments for l-ar.d Frauds. Salt Lake City, Utah.—The fed -1 oral grand jury which has been tnves -1 t it'; tint? alleged coal and timber land | frauds made its report Friday, re i turning a number of indictments. One ! i.'di' ini' nt is against Don Robbins, | i ;e of the old'" * coal prospectors in tli state, nad another ia against Kd : win W. Senior, a l<.nii attoraey. Attell Defeats Baker. T.os Angeles.—Abe At toll Friday j niftht, won from Henry Ha':;v in ; the eighth round of the 112 .Uicrwuiehc ! championship contest. HE KILLED HIMSELF. CONGRESSMAN ADAMS A DE FAULTER FOR $70,000. FAMILY SKELETON DRAGGED INTO COURT AT PHILADELPHIA BY DEAD MAN'S BROTHER. Philadelphia, Pa. —The late Con gressman Robert Adams, jr., of this city, who committed suicide in Washington last year by shooting, was on Wednesday declared in the orph ans' court here to have been a default er to the amount of $70,000. The startling assertion was made during an argument in proceedings brought against Carlton Adams, surviving ex ecutor and trustee of the estate of his father, Robert Adams, sr., by his step mother, Mrs. Robert Adams, sr., and his stepsister, Mrs. Charles Moran, of New York. Counsel for Carlton Adams told the court he would show that Congress man Adams had appropriated to his own use $70,000 worth of bonds be longing to the estate of Robert Adams, sr., and to Carlton Adams. It was stated that the congressman and Carl ton Adams had keys to a safe deposit box In whiclt the alleged missing bonds had been kept and that as far back as five years, Carlton Adams had discovered that Pennsylvania canal bonds were missing. He notified hU brother, Robert, and the matter was iixed up. Subsequently Carlton Ad ants' condition became such that he could not attend to business and mat ters were left in the • hands of the congressman. A broker testified that Congressman Adams had pledged Pennsylvania Canal Co. bonds valued at SIO,OOO for a loan of $2,900. Of the remaining bonds, valued at about $60,000, no trace has been found. It was also claimed that a part of the accumulated income of his father's estate, of which Congressman Adams had charge, was unaccounted for. In proof of his assertion the attor ney for Carlton Adams produced in court a letter from the suicide con gressman, written in Washington the day he ended his life, in which he said he was sorry he had caused a "mess" and urged that Carlton Adams be not held responsible for any securities that might be missed. MONEY AND MEDALS. They Are Awarded to a Number of People by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. Pittsburg, Pa.—Ten silver and eight bronze medals besides $9,210 in cash were the awards made at the third annual meeting of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission in this city Wednesday. Among the awards were: A bronze medal and SSOO to Jere miah M. Donovan, of Oswego, N. Y., a sailor, who on October 20, 1905, was employed on the tug Thomas Wilson, on Erie, and in a tremendous storm rescued six men from the schooner Yukon. A bronze medal to Cline Horton, 17 years old, a school boy of Astoria, 111.,, who on December 11, 1905, rescued a companion, Ralph Baxter, 12 years old, from drowning after breaking through the ice while skating. A bronze medal to John H. Young, a coal miner, of Bryant, 111., 15 years old, who on July 16, 1904, rescued Al bert Brookham, a miner, 15 years old, from drowning while swimming. A bronze medal to Leo H. Nokes, a student, 20 years old. of Sac City, la., who rescued Lillie Wingerson, 4 years old, from being run over by a train. A bronze medal to Morris A. Nourse, 58 years old, a railway mail clerk of Des Moines. la., who on July 19, 1905, rescued from drowning in the Des Moines riveV Frank Leonard, 9 years old, a school boy. THE KINGSTON DISASTER. Later Reports State that 1,000 Persons Were Killed and 90,000 Are Homeless. St. Thomas, D. W. I. —Later ad vices received here from Jamaica declare that all people have been warned to keep away from Kingston. The stench there is described as ewful. There is no fodder for animals and famine is imminent. Money is useless. The banks have been burned, but the vaults are supposed to be safe. The misery on all sides is indescrib able. Rich and paor alike are home less. Provisions of all kinds are urg ently needed. The dead are being buried under smouldering ruins. The mercantile community suffered severely. Many professional men are dead or injured. The negroes are looting. Ghastly scenes are being witnessed. All the shops have been destroyed and all the buildings in and around Kingston are in ruins. Very few of them are safe to live in. it is estimated that 1,000 persons have been killed by the earthquake and tirf and that 90,000 persons are homeless. The damage to Kingston alone is placed at $10,000,000. Congress. Washington.—ln the senate on the 10th the Brownsville affair was de bated by several members. The house passed the fortifications appropriation bill and took up the District of Colum bia appropriation bill. Alleged Embezzler Is Arrested. Montreal, Quebec. —W. J. McGee was urn -led Wednesday for the mis appropriation "112 funds in his posses : lon as secretary of the Mutual Loan Building society. The amount in volved, it i.: alleged,• rr;.,.v reach §50,- 0(0. Snow Blockade Is Broken. St. Paul, Minn. —The snow block ifje of tl'i main line of the Great Northern has been broken. Several stall'd pasaenger trains, in Montana and North Dakota started west Wed nesday. I Balcom & Lloyd. I | b WE have th® best stocked |J general store in the county [!| pi and if you are looking for re- u| UJ liable goods at reasonable g* (prices, we are ready to serve you with the best to be found. . 9 J Our reputation for trust- • fij worthy goods and fair dealing Li is too well known to sell any "pi | but high grade goods. jj| P Our stock of Queensware and j| fflj Chinaware is selected with. jk great care and we have soma H of the most handsome dishes P jsj ever shown in this section, |j| IB both in imported and- domestic 9 T makes. We invite you to visit 1 P us and look our goods over. B F | I I i Balcom & Lloyd, j mnmvmmm* w ** m nm HlTmem m wtwwi PI it ii LOOK ELSEWHERE BUT DON'T FORGET |4 THESE PRICES AND FACTS AT || il | LaBAR S|| I M II M II 14 M We carry in stock | - » M fcjg the largest line of Car- -, -fspßgjjggg [ «ul h a?:™ fv '™Bli jj ever brought to this PI town. Also a big line ' |3SSSS=fI Pf II of samples. " limmiinilH M A very large line of FOR TSE ESf *J JJ Lace Curtains that can- Jf M XreVr n ?h='prlce aUy COfMflM LODGING >< Bl ft! Art Squares and of fine books in a choice library El Rugs of all sizes and select the Ideal pattern of Globe- Pi kind, from the cheap- Wernicke "Elastic" Bookcase. M est to the best. I Furnished with bevel French M j) g plate or leaded glass doors. M Dining Chairs, j || Rockers and GEO. J. LaBAR, ** i: Hi gll Chairs. I Bole Agent for Cameron County. I ||3 £2 A large and elegant 1 J line of Tufted and j|s H Drop-head Couches. Beauties and at bargain prices. g^j si II Ns3o Bedroom Suits, COC S4O EVdeboard, qoar- CQfl fc* solid oak at tered cak 3»jU " S2B Bedroom Suits, CO I $32 Sideboard, qnar- C*)IC ffjj solid oak at «s.£} tered cak $3 I* S2O Bed room Suits, COfl $22 Sldeboaid, quar- Clc N M solid oak at «s<£U I tered oak, {ls A large line of Dressers from Chiffoniers of all kinds and H $8 up. all prices. gt* jJI 14 jS The finest line of Sewing Machines on the market, fcj the "DOMESTIC" and "ELDRItGE.' All diop- g| £2 heads and warranted. *3 A fine line of Dishes, common grade and China, in £* ** sets and by the piece. I'l As I keep a full line of everything that goes to $1 make up a guod Furniture store, it is useless to euum- || II crate them all. Please call and see for yourself that 1 am telling kg you the truth, and if you don't buy, there is no harm jig done, as ?t is no trouble to show goods. I GEO. J .LaBAR. \\ || XT 3\T DERTAIEHSL X3NT C 3- M 3
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