LABOR VOTE WILL' L!NE UPFORTENER Republican Nominee Popular With Workinpen. FROM MILL BOY TO GOVERNOR Former President of Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers Tells of In terest of Candidate In Wageearners. L Special Correspondence. J Pittsburg. Aug. 30. Although the gubernatorial cam paign in Pennsylvania has hardly got ten well under way, one fact has been demonstrated, and that is that John Kinley Tener. the Republican nominee or governor, is going to he one of the most popular candidates with the workingmen that ever ran ou a state ticket. This is not surprising to those fa- i miliar with his record and who have 'ollowed hie course both in private and public life. ilis whole history is that of a man j who has worked hard himself and who is in full sympathy with labor j by reason of his associations with the j wage earners from his boyhood days, i Any one who. like Mr. Tener. had to begin at the very bottom of life's lad- 1 ler and depend upon his own energy md resources to win success can ap preciate his concern for the welfare of his fellow men. especially those who make up the great industrial army of this state and nation. "From Mill Boy to Governor." "From Mill Boy to Governor" is a slogan already heard among the en thusiastic admirers of a former worker in one of the great steel plants of western Pennsylvania, and as the can ass shall progress and the great body <f the voters shall become more inti mately acquainted with the career and "he policies of the Republican tiomi lee for governor, it is predicted that le will grow in popularity and -strength with the Inevitable result — in overwhelming victory at the polls in Nov. 8. An idea of the enthusiasm with which the nomination of Mr. Tener is being received and of the reasons for he intenst shown in his candidacy >y representatives of organized labor. I nay be had from a chat with M. M. larland. a former president of the | Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers, j vho has known Mr. Tener for many ears. Appreciation of a Co-Worker. "John K. Tener is essentially a self nade man." said Mr. Garland. "He has •>ver been interested In the cause of | he workingman. and today classes imong his very best friends men who aave been and are high in the ranks if labor organizations. "Tener's first occupation was as an jrrand boy and then as assistant ship ing clerk at the mill of Lewis. Oliver i Phillips. South Side, Pittsburg. He was then advanced to pay roll clerk, lis associates were the men of the nills, and it was while he was em oyed at the plant of the Olivers, at >uth Tenth street, he formed very ose friendships with Miles P. Hum hreys. who had just retired as pres ent of the Amalgamated Iron and eel Workers, then in charge of the addling and muck iron departments; he late William Weihe, then a pul ler; "Jack" Davis, a well known I.» s oiler, and others who were high in abor circles. Once Ran a Locomotive. "Tener spent most of his spare time n the mills and mill yards, and as a ?sult he obtained a thorough knowl dge of the practical end of the busl less. He soon mastered locomotive ngineering and was often found on <ie engines in and about the plant, d when a regular engineer was off ty on account of sickness he would ke his place for weeks at a time. "When Tener left the industrial 'eld to take up base ball he was a rm believer in organization, and dur .g the closing months of 1889 he, ith several other base ball players, dned in a movement which resulted \ the Brotherhood of Base Ball Play 's, and which had for its object the etterment of the conditions then im posed upon the players, and the extent. >f this move has had its effect ever nee. "Tener became a resident of Char- at its inception, and is known to early every man. woman and child in ■at town, and as the men pa«s by hey address him as 'John.' and he in irn salutes them as 'Hello. Bill,' or low are you, Sam?" as the case my be. As a Friend of Labor. "For several years he was engaged i the glass business at Hut khannon, .'est Virginia, where only union men vere employed, and in all business in vhich he has been engaged or has ad a controlling interest, the very ghest wa,'es have been paid. At the eginning of the strike at the Mac eth-Hvans glass factory at Charlerol, ae men appealed to Tener. and he vas instrumental in securing a con erence between representatives of the .orkmen and their employers. He ivas again called upon during a strike t the works of the Charleroi Coal unpany to intercede in behalf of the ■liners, and in tnis he was successful assisting In an agreement satisfac >ry to both sides and winning the oralse of the wage earners. "Tener was sent to congress with the unanimous endorsement of the la bor organizations in the Twenty-fourth district, he having declared for an Mght-hour law. At the second session of the Sixty-first congress he intro "uced a resolution calling for an in ■'estigation of labor conditions In the mills and factories in western Penn vlvania, which went to the commit ,ee on rule*, which body, as every one knows, was soon after the center of a Itter fight, resulting in the delay of his and other creditable proposed legislation. He is a firm believer iu rbltration. as his close friends well "Tener's political enemies have un successfully endeavored to make |io lltlcal capital out of the story that when the Hughes injunction amend ment was before the house of repre sentatives he was recorded as 'n:>t voting ' but they failed to add that at that time he was paired with Repre sentative Taylor, a Democrat, of Ala bama, who was absent from Wash ington, as will be shown on page 9224 of the Congressional Record, and it would have been the height of dis courtesy and dishonesty to have acted otherwise. "While Toner has been liberal to all local charities, his name has al ways been found among the contribu tors to the funds for the widows and children of the unfortunate men killed In the mines and factories, and more than one home has been brightened as the result of his generosity. "I predict his election by one of the largest majorities ever given a candi date for governor in Pennsylvania." How Romans Took Their Food. The Romans reclined at their ban quets on couches, all supporting them selves 0:1 one elbow and eating with their Angers from dishes placed in the center of the table. Each was sup plied with a napkin, and knives were used, though it does not appear that every one was supplied with one. Nothing, it would seem, could be more fatiguing than to partake of a repast in such an awkward posture or less conductive to neatness, it being almost impossible to ketfp the hauds clean even with water supplied by the slaves or to prevent the food and wine from falling ou the clothing and the draper ies of the couch. This manner of eat ing disappeared (luring the dark ages so far as the couch was concerned, but the peculiarity of taking food with the fingers from a common dish con tinued afterward for more than 1.000 years. He Wanted to Know. There was a small crowd at the soda counter when a tall man rushed in and pushed an empty bottle over the drug counter. "Acid!" he whispered, excitedly. "Ten cents' worth of acid, and quick!" The soda water crowd began to sit up and take notice. "What's he going to do with that acid?" demanded one. "It's a secret," answered the drug clerk. "Nothing unusual. I hope." "Well, rather." "What! Vou mean to say he Is go ing to take that acid?" "Oh, no! Listen. There is a silver wedding at his house tonight, arid he is going to test the presents us fast as his friends bring them in." And then and there they voted him the meanest man In town.—Chicago News. The Inspiring Bagpipes. It was at a seaside resort, and along the board walk came marching a band of highland bagpipers in full costume. They were tremendous fellows, but their music, to my untutored ears, was like the squealings of forty stuck pigs. Vet I have never heard strains to com pare with theirs for arousing a drsire to die for one's country. I think bag pipe music must have been fashioned back in the old days by some demon of perversity out of the whistle of ar rows, the clash of claymores, the neigh ing of war steeds and the shrieks of the dying. When 1 hear it I think of the wheel of fortune, the car of Jug gernaut. the mills of the gods and the inquisitorial rack and screw. It whirls along with a cyclonic rhythm that sets the feet to tramping and the blood to boiling.—Robert M. Gay in At lantic. A Scandal Spoiled. "Of course tie and his wife seem de voted to each other now," said the jealnus Miss Gnussip "but do you think she will always be so true and all that?" "Well." replied Miss Kidder. "1 have reason to know that only last night he hrul oof us;. : ... s.-i a inp for her." -Ah: Imp \ .1 uiinw I suspected something" "The\ mure than su>;ie'-ted. They knew there were nii< •- in Hie house."— Philadelphia I i The Nature of Friendship. Friendship may be fostered, but can not be forced. Two are as one, not because it is in the will of either, but because it is in the nature of both. When souls of similar fiber encounter each other the gods preside at the meeting. 1 may not cockily say, "1 will make this man my friend." He either is or is not my friend without any decision of mine or his. The ages have been shaping the two of us, and If we fit into each other well and good; If not, we know it Instinctively and are worlds apart though we toast our shins at the same tire and bandy words till doomsday.—Richard Wightman in Metropolitan Magazine. The Lamp of a Man's Life. I)r. ilolnies said the lamp of a man's life has three wicks—brain, blood and breath—and to turn down any one of them makes the other two go out. The wounds a man will survive and even disregard so long as his head, heart and lungs are unhurt have long been one of the wonders of war his tory. The Burden of Golf. Golfer (with a full bag. looking for a caddie)—l say. my friend, do you hap pen to know of any one who"- Near sighted Villager (testily)— No,l don't. All the folks round here does their own umbrella repairin'.—Puck. Cutting. Young Wife —llow fortunate 1 am in possessing a husband who always stays at home in the evening! Bosom Friend—Yes: your husband never was much addicted to pleasure. Not Impressed. Bobbie—Pa says you're a self made man. Visitor iproudlyi—Yes, my boy, I am. Bobbie—Ain't you sorry now you didn't let somebody else help you? —Boston Transcript. Suggestive. Mary (aged six)— Uncle Charlie. 1 wish you many happy returns of your birthday, and mamma said that if you gave me a dollar not to lose it—Lip pincott's. ASSASSIN HAS Isolation Only Protection of Ruler Against Deadly Bullet. Police Gould Not Have Saved Gaynor on Steamer Deck. ********** * CENTURY'S RECORD £ Napoleon 1., attempt, Dec. 24, ISOOi * I'aul, czar of ltussia, March 24, 1801. »> Spencer Percival, premier of En£- 112 land, May 11, 1812. Y George IV., attempt. Jan. 28, 1817. ... Andrew Jackson, president United }> States, attempt. Jan. 30. 1535. Louis Philippe of France, many at tempts, from IS3O to ISI6. Y Frederick William of Prussia, at- J tempt, May 22, 1850. a Francis Joseph of Austria, attempt, ♦> Feb. 18, 1853. * Ferdinand Charles 111., duke of Par * ma, March 27, 1854. Isabella 11. of Spain, three attempts, ,j, from 1847 to 1556. Napoleon 111., three attempts, from ; * 1855 to 1858. 112 Daniel, prince of Montenegro, Aug:. X 13. 18G0. ( Abraham Lincoln, president United i •> States, April 14, IS-J5. ?• Michael, prince of Servia, Juno 10, 1 * IS 68. Prim, marshal of Spain. Dec. 2S, IS7O. I A Richard, earl of Mayo, governor gen- | g> eral of India, Feb. 8, 1872. 4* Abdul Aziz, sultan of Turkey, June * 4. IS7G. William I.of Prussia, three attempts, i X from 1801 to 1878. Alexander 11., czar of Russia, six at- ( •> tempts and finally killed by explosion 1 *•* of bomb March 13, 1881. 'jf Mohammed All I'as ha, Sept. 7, 1878. % Humbert 1., king of Italy, attempt, .> Nov. 17, 1878. | * Lord Lytton, viceroy of India, at- , * tempt, Dec. 12, IS7B. <• Alfonso XII. of Spain, two attempts, | T 1878-79. X Brattiano, premier of Uoumanla, at ♦J» tempt. Dec. 11. 1 SO. 4» Jnmes A. Gariield, president United i * States, July 2, ISBL Y David C. Hennessy, chief of police of | t♦>♦>*•> ** * *:• ** * *♦> »> •> *♦> v NOT since the simple days before 1 firearms and explosives has [ there been any adequate pro tection or assurance against as sassination. In those early times a ruler in a dagger proof shirt was safe enough If the courtier whose privilege it was to taste the royal food for poison was faithful. Hut no precaution can offset the pis tol or the bomb in tljo bauds of the murderer who disarms suspicion by ap pearing as oue of the crowd of well wishers and admirers of the man whom he is about to slay. Gaetnno Bresci was waving his hat aad cheering with the crowd that sur rounded Italy's king before he fired the three shots that killed him. Leon Czolgosz was in a lino of patri otic American citizens a wailing Ills turn to shake hands with McKinley ( when he drew the revolver that robbed the United States of a president. In both cases there were troops and police present- Ten times as many would have made no difference. Gaynor's Case ail Example. Mayor Gaynor was on the deck of a j ship surrounded by friends, and beyond j the circle of those friends was a larger group of admirers of the man, glad to avail themselves of the opportunity of j seeing ono about whom they had read so much. No one could have asked a \ safer place or safer conditions for him an instant before he was shot Isolation seems to be the only sure j solution of the problem of protecting men in high office from violence. But j no man blessed with the essentials for popularity or of sufficient force to at tract the assassin would submit to that alternative. It has happened so often that the attempt to kill, sometimes suc cessful and sometimes not, lias been made on a festival occasion that it has, almost become a rule. Lincoln was at the theater. McKln- 1 ley was In the Temple of Music at; Buffalo participating in the ceremonies , incidental to the Pan-American expo-1 sitiou. King Humbert was just step-1 ping into Ills carriage after watching j the award of prizes to athletes at a i gymnasium club at Monga. King Al- ! fonso of Spain and his queen bride, j Victoria, were on the way from the I church in which they had been mar ried within the hour when the bomb was thrown that did not harm them, but killed a score of royal wedding day merrymakers. King Carlos of Portugal and his son, the Crown Prince Louis Philippe, were on their way to their capital from a vacation when a squad of assassins armed with carbines killed them both. Mayor Gaynor was about to start on a vacation journey. Festivities Cause Negligence. On festival occasions the guards un consciously relax their vigilance in spite of themselves. There seems to be no room for suspicion Undoubted ly the assassin takes that luto account when he plans to join in the celebra tion. lie knows that on no day in the year is the saying that a cat may look at a king so true as on the day when the king Is to descend from his throne, so to speak, to get in close touch with his people. Unlike the ordinary murderer, who ' kills to rob or to satisfy a private grudge, the assassin seldom makes any arrangements to escape. Ills plan j ends with the killing It would hurt his vanity to have all the world talk ing about the taking off of a notable personage and not knowing to whom to give the credit. There was a marked similarity In the motives for the attempt to take The Cause. "Did you hoar the awful shriek thai engine gave as it flew by?' asked trie first man as they approached a rail road crossing. "Yes. What caused it?" rejoined his companion "I presume the engineer had ll liy the throttle."—Smart Set. Huns In the Family. Sir. Agile (to Mr. Stoutnian, running for a carl—rieilo. old boy! I thought you were 100 lazy to run like that. Mr. Stout mail (languidly)— Easily ex plained. my dear boy. Laziness runs In our family.—Lippiucott's. AN EASY TASK; Table of Slayings and Attempts ot Last Century Shows Vui- 1 nerability of Modern Safe guards Against Death. i REEKS WITH-DEATH. | New Orleans, shot by members of the 4 Mafia, Oct. IS, 1890. * Carter Harrison, mayor of Chicago. ♦ Oct. 28, 1893. T Marie Francois Carnot, president of 2 France, Juno 24. 1594. X I Nasr-ed-Dln, shah of Persia, May 1, ♦ 1896. ♦ | Stanislaus Stambuloff, premier of T Bulgaria, July 25, 1895. T j Canovas del Castillo, prlmo minister X 1 of Spain, Aug. 8, 1897. 2 . Juan idlarte Borda, president of Uru- v j guay, Aug. 25, 1897. T i Jose Maria Keyna Barrios, president T of Guatemala, Feb. IS, 189 S. Empress Kllzabeth of Austria, Sept. A 10, IS9B. 112 ' Governor William E. Goebel of Ken- ♦ tucky, shot Jan. 31. 1900. Edward VII. of England, attempt, 2 April 4. 1900. 5 Humbert, king of Italy, July 23, 1900. •& William McKinley, president United V Slates. Sept. 0, 1901. Alexander, king ot Servla, Juno 11. 2 ! 1303. J Drnga, queen of Servla. June 11. 1903. * Governor General Bobrikotf of Fin- ♦ , land. June IS, 1904. ♦ i Von I'lehve, minister of the interior, 2 ! Russia, July 28, 1904. 2 j Ex-Governor Frank Steunenberg of 5 1 Idaho, blown up by dynamite, Dec. 81, * j 1905. 2 Alfonso XIII., king of Spain, at- 2 tempt, May 31, 1906. 2 Carlos, king of Portugal, Feb. 1,1908. 4 ; Louis, crown prince of Portugal, Feb. ❖ J 1, 1908. * j Ex-Senator Edward W. Carmack, 1 Tennessee, shot by Robin Cooper, Nov. 2 ! 9, 1908. £ i Prince ito of Japan, killed by a Ko- ♦ rean in Manchuria, Oct. 26, 1909. * William J. Gaynor, mayor of New "J* Tork, attempt. Aug. 9. 1910. T <* ❖•: i'•> <• ❖ •; * •> •:< the life of Mayor Gaynor and for the killing of Mayor Carter 11. Harrison of Chicago. Gallagher, the man who attempted murder aboard the German steamship at Iloboken, did so because lie had been ousted from his place in a city department after being found guilty of unfitness and because Mayor Gaynor had refused to act in his be half. Prendergast, the man \*io kill ed Mayor Harrison, explained that the mayor had failed to keep a promise to make him a corporation counsel. Charles Jules Guiteau, who fired the fatal shot at President Garfield as the latter was about to leave Washington on July 2. ISBI, was a disappointed of fice seeker. Belgrade Leads In Brutality. In modern times no assassinations have been so brutal and at the same lime so thorough as those at Belgrade in the summer of 1003, when the en lire royal family of Servla was wiped out and a dynasty ended with swords, j pistols and an ax. King Alexander, his queen, Draga; j the queen's two sisters and brother, j the premier, two ministers, several generals and all of the royal guard were massacred in the palace betweeu midnight and 2 o'clock In the morning. , The country and the army were In i revolt, aud an entire regiment of in- I fantry, led by Colonel Machin. a broth- j er-ln-law of the doomed queen, par ticipated in the slaughter. The queen | was slain with an ax in the hands of 1 the lieutenant colonel. When King Carlos of Portugal and j the crown prince were killed they j were riding in the royal carriage with j Queen Amelle and the infant Manuel ] from the railroad station at Lisbon to j the palace. The streets were filled j with cheering people. A big escort j of soldiers was before and behind the • carriage. But the soldiers had no rea sun to suspect a group of men stand- i fng at one of the corners and cheering ' with the crowd until those men who j had waited until the enrriage was in j front of them threw aside their cloaks, j raised their carbines and began to firo j by volleys. Three shots hit the king, killing him ' instantly. Three hit the crown prince, and he died before the drivers could reach the palace Humbert's Death Affected America. None of the other foreign assassina-1 tions has touched this country so close ly as did that of King Humbert of Italy on July 20, WOO. His slayer, j Brescl, was a silk worker in l'aterson, j N. J. It is not probable that he was j deliberately elected by his fellow an- i archists in the New Jersey town to! cross the Atlantic to kill the king, but that was the Impression at the time, and the Patersou anarchists were so proud of it that they did what they could to have it believed General BobrlkotT. Ihe governor gen eral of Finland, was shot and killed at the entrance to the senate chamber at Ilelsingfors by a young lawyer named Schauniann, a Finnish patriot, who committed suicide after succeeding as an assassin. M.de Plebve, the Russian minister of the interior, was assassinated on July 2S. 1004. A bomb was thrown with deadly accuracy, and the assassin was favored by the fact that traffic where the tragedy occurred was heavy j ••wing to the crossing of lines of sur face cars and the continuous stream of trucks. M.de I'lehve was always apprehensive of utteuipts upon his life and used to drive as rapidly as possi ble Ills coachman, however, was compelled togo slowly at this point Spanish Traasure Found. Workman excavating for a church foundation at Cliico, Cal., found a rotting chest containing hundreds of dollars' worth of Spanish coins. The first relic found was the silver inlaid handle of the chest. Then the diggers came upon some rotting boards and finally some old Spanish coins. Some dated as early as ir>74 were found Good and Sufficient Reason. Editor—Bill, my good fellow, why do you bring this poem to me? Impecuni ous One—Well. sir. becnjise 1 hadn't a Htamp. sir.-London Taller. I THE PURSUIT. J [They are chasing horse thieves )' X with motorcars In Kansas now.— X X News Item.J X a Come, crank your swift auto and ® <|> Jump to the wheel. We need all the strength of its X X quivering steel, £ % For forty-five horses are gone in X X the night, » X And we must give chase to the rob- <£' & bers In flight, 112 If forty-five horses are stolen and V gone X X A motor of sixty should catch them w & by dawn, <jp <§> And we'll run down the thieves as y <§> they gallop away x $ And string them up high, as they X x do in a play. # X Across the "pray-rare-ree" we buoy- X antly bound T ® With wheels that seem scarcely to V stay on the ground. % x The sparker Is working with per- X X feet eclat. $ X The piston Is doing much better & than that. <P The— Hist! There's a cloud In the 2 V distance, and see— X X The robbers are scattering tacks as A X they flee! © <|> Swing off from the path! Tako a S chance at the fence! X The way that she cloared it is X '0 something Immense! X X And now wo are close on the trail— <|> <§> let 'ergo! They're riding their best, but their x <s* best is too slow. A X You tend to your driving. I'll shoot X X when 1 must. $ X Bang! There Is one robber who's © X bitten tho dust. <§> Surrounded by autos, they give up X at last. X X The horses riro saved and the rob- X bers bound fast, <s <|> And tho manager says ho is sure it © <•> will go y As tho finest of films at a vaudo- x X vllle show. X <5, —Puck. & BOSS COX'S SAPPHIRE EYES ONE REMARKABLE FEATURE Cincinnati G. O. P. Dictator Also Quiet In Demeanor. What sort of man is George B. Cox, the Republican dictator of Ham ilton county, Cincinnati? He's the most modest spoken person you'd meet in a day's walk. In the old days he was a butcher. lie is now president of a trust company In Cincinnati, and along with Charles P. Taft and others be Is powerful in the traction interests of Cincinnati. The peculiarity of his makeup is his eyes. They are like sapphires. They shine red and blue aud white, and his face is pink. When he Is angry those eyes are sapphire. Yet his demeanor never changes. It Is calm and Im passive, and, while his voice is hoarse, there is a gentle strain to it, and he never raises it. He seems to keep himself within bounds. No matter whether you believe in Cox or not as a political factor, in the estimation of his friends as well as his enemies he does not 011 public occa sions lose himself. Cox has talked more within the last few months than ever before In all of his thirty years of Republican leadership of Cincin nati. As you get older, said a psychologi cal critic the other day, you are apt to talk more, and this critic recalled that Richard Croker, for twenty years the Democratic master of Tammany Hall, talked more in his later career, and perhaps this talk led to his un doing. Cox's bet of §15,000 that Judge Oren Britt Brown would be nominated for governor, in the opinion of Cox's friends in Ohio, greatly injured Brown's chances. "The moral element of the state," said one of Cox's lieutenants, "was greatly shocked when Cox offered to make this bet." As matter of fact, according to com petent testimony, only $1,200 of that bet was taken up. Thus Cox lost $1,250 by Brown's defeat. "Harding will have to contribute certainly that $1,250 to the campaign fund," said one of Cox's lieutenants, "if he wants to secure Cox's support." LIVERPOOL DOCKS ANCIENT. Founded After Conquast of Ireland by Henry 11. Liverpool's docks, which are to be further extended at a cost of over $15,000,000, were beguti in 1700. when the town constructed the first wet dock in the world. Down to 1813 the docks were confiued to the Liverpool side of the Mersey, but in that year Birkenhead's dock scheme was begun. Liverpool owes its very origin to Its suitabiiily for a port, having been founded when the silting of the Dee robbed Chester of its position as chief port for north Ireland. After Strong bow's partial conquest of the Island under IV'nry 11. a fresh port was need od. and - the foundations of what is now Liverpool were laid. PLAYWRIGHTS ARE CHILDLESS Henry Arthur Jones and Hall Cains Only Exceptions According to an observer, English writers of plays are generally childless. He says: "It seems that the successful drama tist Is at the end of a series and never leaves a successor. Look down the list of them, from Gilbert to Shaw, aud you will find never a child, Further search briugs up Thomas Hardy. Bar lie, Maeterlinck, Pinero. Cecil Raleigh, Maugham, Locke, Granville Parker, Frederick Fenn, Louis Napoleon Par ker. and only Ilenrj Arthur Jones and Hall Caine are dramatists with chil dren. Russia's Clock Trade Limited. German and Swiss manufacturers control the large watch and clock Im port trade of Russia, together selling about $2,300,000 worth a year. A Timely Trip. Little Brother (who has just been given some candy)—lf 1 were you I shouldn't take sister yachting this afternoon. Ardent Suitor—Why do you say that. Tommy ? "Well, I heard her tell mother this morning that she feared she'd have to throw you over.—Llppincott's. Was Willing. Smith —Von and Jones don't seem tc be as friendly ns you were. Does h" owe you money V Brown—No, not ex actly. but lie wanted to. ENGLAND PROBES DIVORCE PUZZLE Royal Commission Now Hearing Proposed Changes. HAVE SEPARATION PREVENTER i Proctor and Detective Force Novel Agent* In Breaking Up Prearranged Cases —More Leniency In Laws la Desired, Though Church of England Is Divided on Matter. In America when a law becomes un workable on account of Its ago and the changing conditions of civilization or from some other reason the people either ealmiy ignore it nnd allow it to sink into desuetude or they have it changed. In England when a similar state of affairs comes about the people usually grumble about it for a generation or j two; then they begin to ask ques- j tions In parliament, and finally a royal ' commission is appointed to inquire in- [ to the whole business. The commission holds an immense number of sittings, takes reams upon reams of evidence and publishes a ' whole library of reports. After the ! lapse of a few more years theso re- ! ports are digested and parliament gets around in its leisurely way to abolish- ] ing or amending the law in question, j English Now Investigating. This process is going on now in rela- I tlon to the English divorce law. Most i Englishmen have been agreed for j years that the divorce law is antiquat- i ed and that a change is needed, and now they have got to the royal com mission stage. Among the members of the commission are two women. Lady Frances Balfour nnd Mrs. J. H. Tennant, and they have to sit day aft er day listening to evidence a great deal of which is quite unprintable. The commission so far hns elicited a i lot of interesting information, but j about the most interesting thing that It ! has brought forth is the existence of the king's proctor. A good many peo- j pie knew iu a vague sort of way there was such an official, and some persons | who had run foul of the strict regula- ] Hons governing divorce in this country j had good reason to know, but what his j functions were or how he exercised | tliem seems to have beeu a mystery ! even to lawyers. Proctor Has Detective Force. The present holder of the office is J. | P. Mel lor, and he gets a salary of $lO,- j 000 a year, lie has an assistant proc- j tor at and a staff of clerks to j help him, and he has an office at the : treasury in Whitehall. lie is supposed j to inquire into every undefended di vorce suit, and for this purpose he can ! call on the detective staff at Scotland Yard. This is why those who think they I have fixed up a nice, friendly little di- 1 vorce case which will go through with out trouble and without publicity are | surprised to find themselves shadowed i by shrewd looking men in the mostj unofficial of plain clothes, but with ex- j tremely broad toed boots, and later on 1 to find that some one or other has in- j formed the judge they were really quite friendly and didn't need a sever- j ance of the marriage bond at all. As a matter of fact, however, the ] king's proctor seldom moves of him self. lie usually is set iu motion by j some busybody or some person who j is Interested in the case. Thus a wife j who has been adjudged by a jury guilty j of unfaithfulness and against whom j a decree nisi has been pronounced may , set the king's proctor on the track of I her complaining spouse, with there- j suit that the judge decides the hus- j band is as bad as she and not entitled i to relief. Divorce Question Divides Church. ' The sittings of the divorce commis sion have brought forth a good many i other interesting things in addition to j the existence of this mysterious offi- ! clal. One of them is the wide diver- j gence of opinion iu the English church ; on the subject of divorce. Officially j the church takes the high Catholic po- i sition that marriage is indissoluble for any cause, and a good mjiny church- 1 men still adhere to this, but apparent- | ly there are more who are thoroughly j dissatisfied with even the present j strict divorce law and wish to have divorce made a good deal easier. Among these are Canon Ilensley lien-1 son. the famous preacher at West- j minster abbey, who declared that the present marriage laws were a danger j to public morals and absolutely mediae- , vnl In their character So far the two demands that seem to be most insistent are that divorce! shall be made cheapt i and the sexes I shall be placed on tin equality as re- j gards the cause !'< i divorce. There j Is a certain limited demand for the ex- j tension of the causes, but apparently j public opinion would be satisfied with the present situation on this point if divorce were within reach of all and the sexes had equal opportunities. In England at present a man may obtain a divorce because of the un faithfulness of his wife, but for no other reason. A woman, however, must not only prove unfaithfulness, but either cruelty or desertion as well. Brazil Plans Rubber Supremacy. By making favorable land terms Brazil plans to retain its supremacy in the rubber production of the world. Precocious tn Spots. Bobby—Do i have togo to school, mother? Mother—Of course, Bobby. Bobby—Why. mother. 1 heard you tell father last night that 1 knew entirely too much. —Detroit free Press. The Unknown Great. "My tooth hurts like Sam Hill:" "Who the Dickens is Sam llill?" "Well, who in Sam Hill is Dickens?" A Reminder. "Since I've come back I find that I'm forgotten by all my friends." "Why didn't you borrow money of j them before you went away?" j 00000000000000000000000000 o o O SIT TIGHT. O 2 o O A O [The departure of Secretary Hitch- o O cock for Europe leaves the govern- O O ment wtfl* Neither cabinet nor pk°s- O Q ldent In Wauhington.—News No«.e.J ® O Taft is up at Beverly studying the o O putt; O j* Knox is off vacationing—office door 0 3 is shut; ® O Wlckersham Is wandering, quieting 2 O his nerves; 0 O Ballinger Is telling how people miss O ® his curves; O 0 Dickinson Is dallying In the sum- J} O mer breeze; x O liltchcock has gone hurrying oft q O and over seas; O ® Nagel takes his ease somewhere, so O ® does Sec. Mac Veagh— O § But! O O The government goes on tn Its 2 O pleasant way. g O Oh, but this Is wonderful! Can It o ® ever be O Q That we do not need a staff In Q o Washington, L>. C.? 9 ° 2 O Not a soul upon (he Job, and still q O the country lives! O O No committees poiifing lovely white- O wash through their sieves; © O No one pointing now with pride or {J O viewing with alarm— x O Just the hustle-bustle in the city, § town and farm. O ® keep still about It while the O Q country runs itself, O O Crops a-crowding fences, whilo the 2 O folks pile up the pelf. q O Capitol deserted by the men of o ~ name and fame— O O £ ut! g O The gentle government Is going on 2 O the same! 2 O Oh, but this is wonderful! Can It o ever bo O £ That we do not need a staff In O O Washington, D. C.? ® O —Jefferson Toombs in Harper's 2 O Weekly. X o o 00000000000000000000000000 EXPENSE IN CRIPPEN'S CASE RECORD IN LONDON. Scotland Yard Never Before Expended $25,000 on One Crime. It Is estimated that pursuit, capture and trial of Dr. Crippeu will cost the taxpayers of London SUo,OOO. Never be fore lias Scotland Yard spent so much iu the pursuit of any criminal. A large item i:i "tlie Yard's" Crippen bill is the cost of telegrams and cables giving descriptions of Crippen, which were sent to many continental, Ameri can and Canadian police headquarters. This item will amount to $11,500. Twenty-five thousand large posters, containing descriptions of Crippen and Miss Le Neve, with reproductions of their photographs and handwriting, were scattered broadcast up and down two continents. Fifty clerks were en gaged night and day for a long time in wrapping, addressing and mailing these posters. That will he a costly item. Then there is the expense of sending Inspector I)ew to Canada and the ex pense of another detective and a ward ress who have gone to Quebec to look after the prisoners 011 their way back to Englnnd. Then there is the reward of $1.200, which will have to be paid to Captain Kendall of the steamship Montrose. There is, too, the cost of the long coroner's inquest, with the fees for analytical chemists. The trial of Crippen will not be very expensive, nor will it last long. Eng lish criminal courts move with swift ness and without technicalities. It is not expected that Crlppen's trial will consume more than three or four days. If he is sentenced to death he will bo hanged on the third Monday morning following the day of his conviction. Convicted criminals under a recent statute have the right to appeal, but the appeal court works swiftly and, like the lower court, pays little atten tion to technicalities. NOTED LIBERIAN IN LONDON. Widow of First President at Age of Ninety-two. As the republic of Liberia is attract ing a little of the world's attention at the present time it is Interesting to note that there still lives near Batter sea park, London, Mrs. .lane Roberts, widow of Joseph .1 Roberts, who was elected the tirst president of Liberia tn 1547 Mrs Roberts was born hi America i:i ISIS, the daughter of a Raptist min ister named Waring, and went to Li beria with her parents, both octoroons, in 1824 She marri ■<< oberts in 1836 nnd visited with I st of the Eu ropean courts iu t'i.- n.. es. She lived for over seventy \ >nrs of her life iu Liberia before to London. Thjrc Is Hope. Spellbinder ton the siuuipi <ientle» men, In all my mreer ) have never been approached with a bribe: Voice From the .'tear—Cheer up. olr| man: Your lu< k may change.--Brook lyn Life. The Sharks. "Did yon • ' - 1 > i»:<- when you croM* ed the ocean, Mr SpiHkins?" asked Miss I'lining. "Yes" replied Splffklns svdly. "I played ( ;ird> with a collide." SWUM IEW! A Flella blo TOT SHOP For all kind of Tin Roofing. Spoutlne nnd General Job Work, Stoves, Heaters, RanfM, Furnaces, eto. PRICES TOE LOWEST! QMLITT TBI! BEST.' JOHN HIXSOiV so. u# a FRONT srr.
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