BROTHER CHARLES P.
■HAS GREATLY AIDED WM. H.TAFT
IN RACE FOR FAME.
Cincinnati Editor Is a Man of Hobbies,
the Biggest of Which Is the Re
publican Candidate for
President.
Cincinnati. —In a quiet corner office
of a high building which he owns, in
this city, with only a bookkeeper to
keep him company, you will find any
day, when he is not in New York
looking at old masters and porcelains,
a quiet, slim, white bearded man. But
for him William 11. Taft might never
have gone to the Philippines or be
oome secretary of war or a candidate
for president.
"Did we beat the P on the base
hall extra last night?" Charles P. Taft
calls downstairs to the editor of the
newspaper which he owns. He en
joys his newspaper which has as live
ly headlines as any in the middle
•west. Baseball interests him equally
■with Gainsboroughs and Sir Joshuas.
He owns a large interest in the Cin
cinnati baseball club, in the gas works
and the street car lines, in the leading
hotel and the opera house, not to men
tion much real estate; or rather, he
and his wife together. Her fortune
he has multiplied.
One day the editor told him of a
smart baseball reporter who was look
Ing wistfully at a broken down league
team and sighing for capital. "How
much do you want?" Charles P.
asked the reporter. "One hundred
thousand dollars." "Very good," said
Charles P., who had been watching
that young man for a year. "We'll go
into partnership." A quiet man who
makes business deals in this fashion
naturally needs only a bookkeeper,
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Charles P. Taft.
an«l when he wants a stenographer he
•can send for one downstairs in tho
editor's office.
Everything the "Herr Doktor," as
he was called among his fellow Amer
ican students at Hiedelberg, huj
touched since he came home from
finishing his education in Germany
3eems to have turned into money or
art. He has been a Republican, most
ly with the local boss, though some
times against him. On the boardings
of the city he has been cartooned vil
lainously as a sinister "interest," and
smiled over it and bought another
china jar. In matters of music and
art, Cincinnati agrees that he is her
foremost citizen. "How do you like
the interior of the hotel?" he asks the
visitor from out of town, for Charles
P. looked to the mural decorations in
person. They are deservedly praised.
In the evening he goes to an old
fashioned house, once tho Long
worths', whose domestic establish
ment is' maintained for less than that
af many houses occupied by a man of
one-twentieth his income. But no one
Df moderate means could afford such
furnishings. To be vulgar about it,
there are well over a million dollars'
worth of art treasures in the Taft
home.
Dealers say no false masters or Imi
tation hawthornes have been sold to
him. He has the discrimination of
the wise buyer and the taste of the
connoisseur. Seated among china of
the Ming dynasty, he reads the base
ball extra of his lively newspaper. He
never brings business bome unless it
is William H.'s campaign. William
H. is poor. He knows nothing of for
tune winning. The only way he could
make money would be practicing law.
Charles P. is willing to have fame
in the family, but it must all descend
on one member. From the day that the
elder brother saw the gift of Will for
making friends and for dictating in an
easy way a legal analysis of a bundle
of documents, that younger brother
has been a hobby surpassing all the
old masters. He has always been try
ing to show Will the road to oppor
tunity, knowing that once Will was
started he could do the traveling him
self.
New York the Venice of America.
It is a surprising thing to know that
New York city, although not known
as the American Venice, contains
more islands than any city but Venice,
for within its boundaries are 31 sep
arate and distinct islands, most of
■which, encircled by deep water, will
afford unlimited shipping accommoda
tions and dockage for the commerce
of future years, to reach undre.-tnied of
proportions, judging from past and
present growth.—The Giant City New
York," National Magaziue.
FORMER WATER BOY RUNS ROAD
Patrick H. Houlahan Promoted to
General Manager of Alton.
Chicago.—Patrick Henry Houlahan,
general superintendent of the Chicago
& Alton and the Toledo, St. Louis &
Weslern railroads since January 1,
190S, has assumed the duties of his re
cent promotion—general manager of
two great combined railway systems,
with headquarters in this city.
From a water boy and track hand in
1870, to one of the country's most
prominent railroad men in 1908, has
been the experience of Mr. Houlahan,
P. N HOULAHAN
and each step he has taken in his up
ward climb has shown him to be the
posaesor of those qualities of pluck
and energy which are the essentials
of really forceful men.
Mr. Houlahan was born March 13,
ISGS, at Ottawa, 111., and at the age of
12 years entered the railway mail
service. In IS7O he was a water boy
and track hand on the Ottawa, Oswe
go & Fox River Valley road. Later he
was employed on the same road in
various positions from track hand up
to baggageman and station agent. In
1575 to 1880 he was brakeman and
conductor on the Chicago & Alton,
and in ISSI was promoted to assistant
trainmaster of the St. Louis division.
On July 1, 1884. he was appointed
;rainmaster of the St. Louis division
~>f the Burlington system; May to
Vovember, 1886, master of transpor
ation, Missouri and Kansas division,
3t. Louis, Arkansas & Texas railway.
From November, 1886, to April, 1890,
rainmaster, and April, 1890, to May,
IS9!, assistant superintendent; May,
1891, to June, 1892, superintendent
west division; June, 1592, to Decem
ber, 1901, superintendent, Hannibal &
St. Joseph railroad.
From December, 1904, to date, Mr.
Houlahan has been general superin
tendent of the Toledo, St. Louis &
Western, and from January 1, 1890,
also general superintendent of the
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company.
BLIND MAN RUNS FOR OFFICE.
Murry Sandusky Hopes to Win by
Means of His Wife and Voice.
Macon, Mo. —A man totally blind is
making the race for the Democratic
SIU£P-YJ/IN£>C/(J&Y'
nomination for treasurer of Macon
county, an office which pays about
$1,200 a v»ar. He is Murry Sandsky,
md he ri.tnkly admits that personally
he will not be able to perform the cler
ical duties of the office, but his wife
is bright and familiar with figures, and
she is ready to attend to the real
work of the office.
Mr. Sandusky is a barytone singer,
and when attending political meetings
or rallies he sings instead of making
speeches. He has become popular be
cause of his strangely sweet voice.
At one night meeting the lights went
out, but he did not know it, and kept
on with his song.
Mrs. Sandusky accompanies her hus
band on his campaigning tour and
guides him about from place to place.
They make no secret of the manner in
which the office is to be run, but
pledge themselves that the duties will
be faithfully performed.
Mr. Sandusky was born In Sullivan,
Ind., 39 years ago. The greater part
of his life has been passed in Mis
souri. For some time he tilled a
large farm northwest of Macon. One
day he suffered a sunstroke. He re
covered the use of his body, but h«
has not be w a l, 'e to see since.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1908.
Picked Up in-##--<M>-
-I*#- Pennsy Ivan ia
POTTSTOWN. —Peter Frank), ageil
18, and' Marion Engle, aged 17, were
drowned in the Schuylkill canal.
KITTANNING.— Mrs. Harvey Mont
gomery, aged 45, was struck by light
ning and instantly, killed near her
home at I.awsonham.
KITTANNING.— One of the oldest
building* in this section, built 50
years ago across the Allegheny' river
from here, has burned, causing a loss
of $5,000.
MONONGAHELA.— WiIIiam Kistler,
fire boss at the mine of the Charleroi
Coal Co., was caught between two
wagons and so crushed that he died
two hours later.
PHILADELPHIA.— One Chinaman
was killed and two white men were
injured in a pistol fight in Chinatown.
The fight was the result of a quarrel
among a group of Chinese.
CARLISLE.—Jacob I). Peckman,
a well-known farmer, was found dead
in a cornfield on his farm about two
miles east of Scotland. He was
probably overcome by the heat.
BEAVER.— Judge Richard S. Holt
announced from the bench at the
opening of a special term of criminal
court that liquor drinking within the
walls of the courthouse must stop.
ALLENTOWN. —Spontaneous com
bustion of coal dust in a bin at the
Atlas cement mill, Northampton,
burned Howard School to death and
caused severe injury to six others.
H ARRISBURG. —Of 212 applicants
for license to practice dentistry who
took the recent examination before
the Pennsylvania state dental exam
ining board, 36 failed and 176 were
successful.
CALIFORNIA. —At Daisytown, near
here, burglars entered the home of
John Mlchens, a Hungarian miner. A
trunk was broken open and S3O se
cured, but the thieves missed SI,OOO
that hail been hidden there.
V AND ERG RlFT. —Charles F. John
son, aged 30, was found dead in Van
dergrift park with a bullet hole
through his heart. A revolver in his
hand', with one chamber empty,
showed how his death came about.
BUTLER.—I 'assongers were bespat
tered with mud and slightly hurt and
windows in a Pittsburg & Jiutler elec
tric car broken by a shower of mud
and rocks from a blast set off along
the line three niles south of here.
FRANKLIN.— The cltv of Franklin
recently came into possession of tlie
plant of the Venango Water Co.,
paying $260,000 therefor. Thus a
fight for municipal ownership extend
ing over a period' of 30 years is at an
end.
CONN ELLSVILLE. —l'eter liutsek,
the missing foreign banker, who
owns a chain of banks in Connells
ville, Uniontown and Brownsville,
has been located in Hungary through
information received by .John Bilpuk
of Dawson, a depositor in the de
funct institution here.
BUTLER. Alleging that Joseph
St raw bridge made love to his wife,
Mabel Jones, in Sunday school, anil
passed endearing notes to her across
church pews, thus alienating her af
fections, Thomas H. Jones, a fore
man in the Standard mine at Hil
liard, brought suit to recover $5,000.
MONONGAHELA.— MichaeI Dalve
zo, an Italian 16 years of age, was
arrested near Finleyville by County
Detective William McCleary, charged
with cutting Frank Minott, a labor
boss of the W. 10. Howley Construc
tion Co., on the new road being con
structed between Finleyville and Li
brary.
OIL ClTY. —Glenn Kgbert, aged 15.
was found dead in a field near his
home at Sandy Lake by a party of
searchers. The boy left home to
drive cows from a pasture, taking at:
old muzzle-loadir g shotgun to hunt
woodchucks. It is thought the gun
caught on a stump and was dis
charged, tearing a hole in his left
sid'e.
HARRISBURG. Attaches of the
state division of zoology are at work
gathering specimens for use in a
publciation on the ins?cts of Pennsyl-
vania which will be issued by Dr.
Surface. A number of rare bugs
have been taken and will be photo
graphed and picturas produced.
When they are found to be danger
ous or destructive, information as to
means for their extermination will be
given.
WASHINGTON.—A piece of iron
pipe carried by Baptiste Salvad'eo, a
foreign miner, touched an electric
*vire charged with 500 volts in the
Arden mine of the .Meadow Lands
Coal Co. and Salvadeo was instantly
killed.
PUNXSUTAWNEY. Crazed by
jealousy Steph: n Joshua, proprietor of
a store at Wishaw, near here, drove
his family from home, barred the
doors and aft.'r setting lire to a kero
sene-saturated bed shot himself, dying
almost instantly.
EVERETT.— A midnight fire, be
lieved to have been of incendiary
origin, destroyed the main buildings
of the Elk Tanning Co. of this place.
WASHINGTON.— As a result of
keeping their places of business open
on Sunday, warrants were served on
27 of the leading merchants of Char
leroi.
SHARON. —Twenty-four hours after
going to work for the Union Tele
phone Co. Earl Carringer, aged 22
years, of Jamestown, Pa., was shocked
to death by a live wire.
HARRISBURG. Archibald Sellers
of Highspire was drowned in the Sus
quehanna river. Sellers, who was 19
years old, had gone in swimming,
when he was attacked' by cramps.
INDIANA. —The barn on Woodward
Walker's farm in Armstrong township,
and all the contents, have been de
stroyed by lire. The lire originated
by a spark from a threshing machine.
KITTANNING. —MiIton Jack, a gro
ceryman here, went into a coop to
catch a chicken, when a game rooster
flew at hiin and sank both spurs into
his kneecap, completely disabling the
limb. The injury will be permanent.
GREENSBURG. —Campers in the
Ligonier valley have been greatly
troubled this season by wandering
foreigners, who prowl about the
camps, beg food' and sometimes steal
such equipment as they take a fancy to.
WAYNESBURG.—A deal has been
closed here by which Dr. W. J. Haw
kins of this place purchased the Far
mers & Drovers' National Bank build
ing. The consideration is $15,000,
which includes all the banking fixtures.
HARRISBURG. —The state depart
ment of health has taken cognizance
of an outbreak of typhoid fever at
Hastings, Cambria county. The coun
ty medical officer has been ordered
to the scene and precautions will be
taken.
PHILADELPHIA.— In a vain at
tempt to save the life of his cousin
Pierce Baron was drowned in the
Schuylkill river. The cousin, James
Hilsey, fell into the river and Baron
went to his aid, but both were
drowned.
WASHINGTON.— With his clothing
on lire and his face and hands badly
burned from a gas explosion, James
Smith, a well digger at Waynesburg,
was drawn to the surface from the
bottom of a 32-foot hole in the
ground.
UNIONTOWN. —The big plant of
the Cheat Haven Coal Co. near Point
Marion resumed, giving employment
to over 100 men. The plant is one of
the largest on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad between this city and Mor
gantown.
FREEPORT. Dewey Costello, 10
years old, was run down by an auto
mobile here and badly Injured. The
machine was driven by A. Huglison
of Pittsburg. The boy was riding on
a bicycle and was unable to get out
of the way. He will recover.
BEAVER FALLS.— The Aeme Key
stone Specialty works of this place,
that has been running in a desultory
manner for the past year, has about
completed arrangements for starting
tip in full every department, giving
employment to several hundred' men.
ELLWOOD ClTY.— While playing
in the streets here with companions,
four-year-old Thomas Lellers was seri
ously shocked when he caught an arc
wire, which had broken and hung
front a telegraph pole. Two fingers
on his left hand had to be amputated.
NEW CASTLE. —Twenty-five thou
sand dollars' loss was caused by
flames that destroyed the big lime
stone ore crusher of the Carbon Lime
stone Co. The crusher was located
about ten miles west of here and was
owned by Robert Bentley of Youngs
town.
SOMERSET. —By the foreclosure of
a $200,000 mortgage the extensive
holdings of the Southern Coal Co. in
several different townships of the
county were sold by the Somerset
Trust Co., trustee, to the Baltimore
Trust and Guaranty Co., Baltimore,
Md„ for $70,000.
OIL ClTY. —Alphonse C. Beason, 30
years old, was drowned in a mill pond
near Tionesta while recovering logs
that had been carried away by a flood.
Season's clothing caught in a sub
merged' tree, holding his body under
15 feet of water. He was a prominent
lumberman of Forest county.
WASHINGTON. Two tanks of
the Producers' and Refiners' Oil Co.
near Claysville, were struck by light
ning and burned the entire night.
The tanks contained 1,000 barrels of
oil each.
PHILADELPHIA. —During an elec
trical storm which passed over Ogontz
the country house of George W. El
kins, «on of the late William L. El
kins, was struck by lightning and' In
the fire which followed was com
pletely destroyed. The loss is es
timated at $200,000.
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r The fact that the other
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112 falling to you. Would it
I not be well to give the
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