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CHARLOTTE ' DAILY OBSEKVEU, DEOEMBJSH i':M0CL V 1 t 'A MEMBERS OF -. '- RF IFjTIIF PIIRI BY GEORGE ROBERT Tha session of. Congress that opens . V.- n tha last month of 10 marks tha v and of many careers, an tha begln- nlng of sundry others, which promise u i treat things. - While ths. approach- A Ing aeaalon will b short, and prob- n ably unmarked , by ' momentous de i "bates,; It -really, stands as a turning , point la many particulars. . Tha day of radicalism la at full ; dawn. The -" old days of conservatism are passlnc. v;i The pcopla have spoken of change, fvw fVnnua will Minnn IT-A nnu f-; where Is popular feeling so quickly . . . .felt and 'expressed as In Congress, - 'particularly In tha House of Repre , sentattves. Men ; whose political ', " Uvea depend upon, executing the will of their constituents ' will not be mealy-mouthed.- t , v In tha Senate it Is different, since a Senator's term outlasts the ordln . sry outburst of popular will. The ' Issues of yesterday are not the Issues i . of to-morrow. A Senator who de : fles and spits upon the Instructions of his State, as some of them -have, may be a hero by the time he comes up for re-election. Some Senators are so fortunate, as to have' a constl i. enoy which elects them, whatever -" they may do and- however tlrey may vote. It is these Senators, making the job a lifelong study, who control af - . . fairs in Congress. . The new voices -. may be loud, but the grip of the old timers is strong. Amotut the newcomers who is attracting much attention and who . promises to become still more prom inent In the cbmlng session Is Rob ' art Marlon La FoUette, Senator from , ,. gogue, as his enemies assert, or Is he John the Baptist In advance of the mlllenlum, calling upon the peo- ' , . pie to make their paths straight? LA FOLLETTE HAS MADE ENEMIES. Senator La Follette has aroused in tense enemltlea since he entered the .Senate. He has made strong friends, also. He does nothing by halves. He in not a moderate in any sense wnen ne ngnts ne runs amuca, ana burns his ships behind him. Either he believes in the reform he advo catts with his whole soul, and is feady to burn at the stake for them, or he Is a consummate actor, who delights In fooling everybody. Includ lng himself. La Follette Is a small man. stock lry built. He wears a long frock coat He Is always highly scented ton hlgMy scented to be agreeable to some of his colleagues. His hair ah. his hair! What a tale of true ulrnce that staring upright hair tells If atlrVa afralrhl lin aa stiff am a. broom. It la brown, with a tint of red. It gives the Wisconsin slatea man a terrlblo aspect a he shakes his head and bellows. He does not shout; he bellows. Of a sudden his bellow shrinks to a soft, cooing whis per. Ho caresses his hearers with that slnuons voice. It even whines as he squirms his shoulders about and looks up sldewise from under bushy brows. Then he bursts out aaaln. his arms shoot forward and upward, his horrted hair rears as if to strike, and from that undersized body Issues a bellow that would stir up envy in an Andalusian bull, on it ,ls fine! And it takes the ground- line by storm What is tho effect upon the Senate? Well, that Is different. Theso old Senators are not totally Ignorant of them are sorry specimens when they . . - A. 1 .4.- Una J 9 Vm I l u mil mniiiOTiiir., . of them do not listen to La Follette at all. xThey read, or tell stories, or fro out for a smoke. La Follette keens his eye on the empty seats around him. but his soul is In the galleries. He knows the American people are listening to him. He speaks to them. HAS ACCOMPLISHED GOOD. This man has done some good dur ing his brief term In the Senate. Grant that he is an actor that his voice and Its accompaniments are ex erted solely for the use of the gal leries. He has. notwithstanding, forced honest treatment of the In dians. He has forced an Investlga - tlon of the grain elevator trust. He has forced consideration of the bill limiting the hours of railroad em ployes. This bill Is now the unfinish ed business of the Senate, thanks to La Follette's persistence. It cotpes up at once, and so long as he Is there It cannot be squelched. He pours out facts, figures, argument, logic. In an Inexhaustible stream. It over whelms the Senate. Purely to get rid of him and his tireless stream, the Senate Is likely to pass the bill. At first the Senate tried to squelch-) La Follette. It would not work. It sent-him down In the sub-basement, In the Committee on Improvement of the Potomao River Front a dead and mummified committee, which nev er meets, and which could not do any good If It did meet La Follette bob bed up serenely, "butted In" all along the line, trampled on a few sacred Senatorial precedents, got himself rflnllkeri here and there. nd won in. plause from the plain people through out, the whole country. During the past summer, Senator T.a Follette ha been emnlovlna his " time criticising his colleagues In the Senate. The last session had hardly v closed before he was on the Chau- tiniii n 1 a t f rr m nniirlnf Vint ihnt In. to the Senators, who are popularly supposed to represent railroads. Standard Oil, mining swindles, land frauds, meat trusts, and everything . A . 1 T V.. 1 1 t 1 . .... UUI 1110 D"JJ to. LJt .Ilk VUV In all directions. He gave "Steve" Elklns a dig. He struck Alrlch. He took time to strike a vicious blow at Foraker. Tom Carter came In for a swipe. He did not forget Henry Cabot Lodge. He lnntlmated that his colleague. Spooner, was an enemy of tha republic. At 8alt Lake Senators Rmoot and Sutherland, of Utah. Intro duced him to an audience of Gentiles and Mormons. La . Follette then launched Into strong Croast" of Smoot and Sutherland. That helped soma. Finally, La Follette jumped upon Senator Fulton, of Oregon. When Fulton waa asked what ha had to say In reply, he remarked, with Senatorial blandness, "It's a waste of Jather to shave an ass." SENATOR LOVES A FIGHT. So La Follette comes to Washing. ort with a fine assortment of ene mies, who will do their best to make ' hla term In the Senate Interesting. I As he loves to fight ha will be In - clover during the whole session, y , Soma people think they would like ' to see a combat between Senator Tillman and Senator La Follette, . They think It should be - Interesting., it would not. La Follette Is not a dangerous man In debate, as debate. Is conducted In the Senate. Tillman , v would make mincemeat of him. Tlll ; ,i man's powers of repartee, his Baton - lahlng mental agility, his savage eg- t V gressiveness, and his willingness to e:o to any length, including a fist ' fight, make' him a dangerous adver , sary Of course, much of his ear-- agary is gallery play, i That satanlo scowl of his Is not nearly as omin ous as It appears. Ha Hoes not con- template drawing a knife and dlsem bowsllng his opponent the gal lery ' fears. v Yet tthe. gallery knows,' . and every 'Senator knows, that Till' man would, If goaded to 1t, snatch an Inkstand or draw knife and to CONGRESS 1VILL lr FF .if at his tormentor without 'regard to consequences, so Ms scowl la always Interesting as a hint ot what might be.'. -V ' -'.T .-.y ..'.. r i,-. i : Senator Tillman' Is one of tha: read, lest debaters who - aver ', sat in tha Senate, t Ho . ta not a smooth talker anything but that, , But ho speaks with such startling ., frankness that tha Senate cocks Its ear to listen. It never knows whet is coming. next. Ha . seems always,, when angry, to be on the verge of an outburst of violence and profanity, When not angry, but . merely disgusted, his tongue drops distilled ' scorn. It Is like the whip of scorpions. It liter ally lashes tha subject of , his con tempt.. , ' - ;', .).' : ' ' " The Senate)' has seen Tillman in acUon so often that it ta never satis fied with him unless be Is on the rampage." Tet TUlmaij Is a hard student, and has managed to dig up a lot of rascality, which he has mer cilessly exposed. It Is said he has discovered a lot during the past sum mer, especially In relation to the coal carrying railroads. He Is sure to be One of the most prominsnt figures In the Senate this winter, BAILEY A QUEER MIXTURE. Next to Tillman sits "Joe" Bailey, of Texas. Bailey and Tillman had a row during the closing1 days . of the last session. Tillman made one of hla slurring remarks about lawyers ha Is only a farmer himself, he says and Badley resented It. Bailey prldea himself upon being a lawyer. He proceeded to dress Tillman down to the queen's taste. Tillman made a ' bluff at repliylng, but he had nothing handy' to use except verbal bomba, and he likes Bailey too well to call him names or hurt his feel ings. Bo he took his medicine. If the medicine had been administered by anybody else the patient might have made a scene. "Joe" Bailey's make-up Is peculiar. He Is young, but ponderous. He is slow of speech, but quick as light ning in thought He Is destitute of humor, but often he displays a sharp wit. His manner Is modest, but his egotism Is enormous. He is scrup ulously polite, but quick to take of fense. He has great reverance for the dignity of the Senate, but has done much to violate its dignity. He is a profound student, but does not hesitate to use sharp and shallow tricks in debate. He Is alternately broad-minded, sectional, patriotic, partisan, visionary, practical, concil iatory, vindictive, and otherwise con tradictory. But Bailey is never stu pid, never prosy, and never Ignorant or his subject His discrimination In keeping out of debates which would reveal his ignorance ta much keener than that of many of his colleagues on both sides of the cham ber. Senator Bailey Is so constituted that he will always be prominent In the Sons to as long as he stays there and If the people of Texas are wise, they will keep him there for the rest of his life. It Is the univer sal belief In Washington that "Joe" Bailey has In him the making of a statesman of 'the good old kind a real statesman, not a temporary makeshift or counterfeit. His faults are those of youth, such as hastiness of temper, surplus pgotlttm. too In tense partisanship and sectionalism, art undue regard for -shifty expendl ents in the excitement of debate. When Senator Bailey can look upon his foe with unruffled temper: when his egotism has settled down Into a Just estimate of his powers and lim itations; when he has broadened out Into an American Instead of being merely a Texan and a Southerner, and when he has learned to scorn vain transitory forensic triumphs gained at the expense of candor or scrupulous fair play, he will have be come on iy of the great figures In the lengtheng line of famous Senators. THINKS HE HAS ARRIVED. It In a curious fact, proving Mr. Bailey's oversupply of egotism, that he resents all descriptions of himself which speak of what he will be. He thinks he Is full-blown and complete. as he Is. He does not like the Idea that he has not reached hla growth. But although he Is past forty. It is nevertheless true that he is still growing. He la an oak, and not a willow. It will be surprising If, In the session about to begin. Senator Bailey does not unconsciously reveal that he has developed depth and bal ance since his last appearance in the Senate chamber. Other men are likely to loom large at the coming session. One of them has loomed large st many previous sessions Eugene Hale, of Maine. His grip has -been strong for years, but It Is tighter now than ever. As Senator Allison, crowned with years nd honor, begins to take in sail. Senator Hale comes forward as the loaicalv successor to the man from Iowa. He will become chairman of the Committee on Appropriations when Allison steps out. This may be very sooa. as Mr. Allison Is not In condition to stagger much longer un der such a load. Eugene Hale's, chief characteristic 4s absolute Independence. He Is not tied to any man or set to men. He Is rich and Is assured of a seat in the Senate as long as he lives. He Is as frank of speech as Tillman him self, while possessing greater ability and infinitely greater pow er. Senator Hale performs his services of untold value to his country. He Is an In defatigable worker, and the quality of hla work Is of the, highest. He completely dominates the Committee on Naval Affairs, of which he Is chair man. It Is hardly too much to say that he dictates to Congress what It shall do in naval matters. The navy credits Hale with all that It gets, and blames him for all. that It falls to get arfd ltls usually right. g-nator Hale, however, does not con fine his labors to naval affairs, but watches' all the machinery of the government from the President down. STIRS UP THE ANIMALS. Once or twice during a session the man from Maine says a few words In Hhe Senate, apparently for the saks of seeing the fur fly. He takes a whack at the President dis tributes a few well-placed Jabs at ths Cabinet officers, and thumps minor officials unmercifully. His criticism of naval officers is' some times painfully frank in showing army officers where their weak spots are. Whenever Senator Hale begins one of these brief speeches tha news Is In stantly telephoned down to tha State, War, and 'Navy building, and the three big departments are on the tiptoe of excitement. , Then never know what Hale la likely to say. , He la Just as spt as not to blurt out a department secret ' Mora than once ha has trown a Javelin or two at tha State Department and Its conduct of foreign-relations, with the result that he has had foreign offices In various European capitals by the ears. Senator Hale's manner Is not en- ? raging to the stranger In the galler ea. .Ha has a ' haughty air aa h rises and stands motionless, awaiting recognition. After having been rec ognized, ha stands silent until Ben ators are absolutely quiet - This slight mannerism baa something about It Which grates upon the stranger. He la provoked still further when Sena- tor Hale begins, for tha Senator's voice Is . audible. He speaks directly at s the Vice president, and 't seems ,. to care , nothing for '.the people above v him They an. hear ' , him 1 or ; not- he doesn't .care. " ? - ' - But after Senator Hale has spoken a moment or two ha Is easily heard. He speaks. quietly always, although audibly after tha ,' first sentence 1st out He ' indulges In no flourishes ' of any klnd. His- language Is compact and bluntly to the point, but not devoid of imagination. Mr. Hale can use -sarcasm -when he Ukes -with withering effect His tongue Is sharp and polished. He chooses his words with deliberation, but without hesi tation. Some of his phrases are epi grammatic. Occasionally he employs a word that 4a so pat as to pass Im mediately Into current use. It Is probable that during tha coming ses sion, which will be devoted largely to matters of appropriation and expenditure,.- Senator ' Hale will be more prominent-on the ' floor than during the last' session when the railroad rate bill waa up.' He does not make - speeches on - such things. He la not seeking, the bubble repu tation and Jie does not appear to care how .the public regards him. ALDRICH IN FINE FETTLE. Senator Aldrlch, of Rhode Island, Is coming to Washington in fine shape this winter. Ha Is In good health, and has Just completed a palace near Providence that would put Newport to shame. People who say that Aldrlch'a grip on the Sen ate Is loosening do not know i the ways he keeps. He Is Btronger than ever, more resourceful, and more popular with hla colleagues. As the taiia question seems to loom up Sen ators of ordinary caliber run tl Al drlch as little chickens run to the mother hen. He Is master of the finances and tariff schedules the only master there Is. Aldrlch Is finance minister of the government also not In name, but In fact Last spring, when San Fran cisco people came here to ask for a loan of 1 10.000,000 of government money, they went to Secretary Shaw first funny blunder. Of course, he sent them to Senator Aldrlch. Al drlch listened to them, tvld them how powerless he was, and what a small figure he cut in Congress, and ad vised them to drop the plan. They went back to Secretary Shaw. Shaw said: "111 lend you the money If you will get a note from Aldrlch say ing it will be O. K." The committee trotted back to Aldrlch, but they didn't get the note. He merely shrugged his shoulders and told them he was only a Senator. Senator Wlnthrop Murray Crane, of Massachusetts, also confes to Wash ington in fine shape for a winter's work. He is a bridegroom, having married one of the charming Board man sisters, of Washington. Senator Crane is another Aldrlch, when diplomacy and mixing qualities are needed. He In becoming a power in the Senate. Yet he never made a speech in his life, and would faint If called, upon to do so. His Influence Is entirely personal and based on the fact that he is not only the prince of good fellows, In a gentlemanly and quiet, way. but an amazing business genius. He can unravel a tangled situation with tha skill of a Houdlni. His genius is purely modern and of the Yankee type. He neither looks nor dresses like a statesman, and he would laugh If he were addressed as one. - SENATORS WHO ABE POTENT. Among the potent ones in the Sen ate during the coming business ses sion, will be Morgan, of Alabama, who watches Lho Panama Canal with never-clotrinff eye. Lodge, of Massa chusetts, who can turn his hand to anything and who docs everything well: Foraker, who loves a scrim mage; Spooner, who can split a hair finer than any other lawyer in the Senate; Dolllver. who can make the rafters ring with the real old genu ine Star-Spangled Banner oratory; Knute Nelson, of Norway, who knows a thing or two In English; Beve ridge, of Indiana, a brilliant fighter and debater; Perkins, the sailor, who stands behind Hale in naval affairs; Culberson, of Texas, who Is regarded by many people as superior intel lectually to his brilliant colleague; Daniel, of Virginia, a descendant of Pocahontas; John Rolfe, and a doz en others on both sides of the political Tences. In the Houso well, Unole Joe Cannon Is still on deck, so every thing Is lovely In the House. Sever-i al old-timers will sing their swan song In the House this winter. Chief among them Is Oen. Qrosvenor, of Ohio "Old Flggers," the only man in the United States who knows In advance what the people will do on election day. He could not foresee his own victory, but that was not his fault. It wasn't there. He will be Joined In the Journey across Styx by "Jim" Wadsworth. of Genesee, N. Y., a man who owns a whole county, and still was beaten. Another who crosses the ferry Is McClesry, Of Minnesota, the aboriginal standpat ter. IBs constituents did not stand pat or' he never would have Joined the houseboat party on the Styx. Bigger than them all. among the signers of swan-songs, is Hancock, of Wisconsin, who defied the Speaker's lightning last session, and who was mortally hit in the heel by La Fol lette. But the Mouse will swing along, even with these great men gone. They will be there this winter, and by the time another session arrives the government will have become ac customed to the prospect So long as Uncle Joe Cannon Is on deck, a quorum Is present, snd tha House Is ready to do business. Ha has been spending the past few days hunting quail with his old chum "Jim" Hem- enway, now a Senator from Indiana. On December I, Uncle Joe's eagle eye will gaze down the aisles of the House, looking for something bigger than quail. He Is reparted to be In fine physical condition, and mentally he Is fit aa a fiddle, aside from a dull, mysterious bussing In his ears. But you can't keep these youngsters from trifling with the Presidential bee. Whlto People's Monument to a Ne gro. Mobile Reglstsr. At the quarterly meeting of the Mobile District Conference. Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which clos ed on Sunday the death was reported of Andrew Dennis Nicholson, a Color ed member of the congregation of Fort Madison church. ln , Clarke county, Ala. On ths suggestion of Dr. J. 8. Fraser, presiding . elder of the Mobile District, a large sum was obtained by collection for the pur pose of placln a monument., over the grave of the negro. Nicholson was for many, years and to the end of his life a consistent member the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, ths last ana of the country who before 'the war was -a member of the "White Church." The money given by tha white neighbors of the dead negro was handed ovVr to Dr.' Frsser and yesterday ha pur chased a monument In Mofolle, which will be placed over ths . grays of Nicholson and will to"- tha follow Jng Inscription: f ", . To tha memory of Andrew Dennis Nichols. ,,:"' .. '.'V.-.p-t.. " Born' about It year ' ago: died Jane, 100. , -..,.'::'- r He was . faithful member of the Methodist Kplscopal. Church, South.v ' tirected by ths white people of. the community, , , . , , 1... f v f : 5,iJ j''.,t, ' ? ' LONDON NEWS AND VIEWS M 1 I, ' 'i hB WILLUM TRVU v. London. Nov. t,A rather ghoul ish judicial proceeding, for ' which American authorization was claimed, has been reported to the chief sec retary for . Ireland, with an urgent request that be deal st once with this amazing affair. The incident grew out of tha death In the United States of Jtaon Sullivan, a native of Cork, who . left: an unbequeathed fortune of a - million and a quarter dollars. Various claimants came for wadr, and In determining the 'right ful heirs ttwv as found to be of Im portance to obtain evidence of cer tain burials of the Sullivan family, or tribe, in St. Joaeph's Cemetery, Cork. Accordingly) the oourts at Washington authorised a commission to go to Ireland to obtain the desired evi dence. Flrat securing; permission to open certain graves, the commission er from Waahlngton held an auasl- Judlclal sitting in th cemetery. With a tombstone serving as the bench, the commissioner, surrounded by the lawyers engaged in the sitae and a curious crowd of the public, sat in solemn deliberation, while the grave diggers opened the graves and brought to tha surface the coffin of a woman burled two years ago, seme coffin plates, four skulls, and other human bones. These were grouped to good advantage for a photogra pher, who had been brought along for the purpose, and the Inquiry was then adjourned to the city, where, at a subsequent sitting, the cemetery clerk swore to the accuracy of a burial certificate copied from the cemetery register. Examination of the register, however, disclosed the fact that no such entry had been made, and the clerk then remembered that he had made out the certificate from a coffin plate which was un earthed at a previous opening of the same grave. This certificate, thus Irregularly obtained, had been used in the litigation in the United States In support of a claim to heirship, and It was Intimated at the Cork grave yard Inquiry that a spurious coffin plate had been mysteriously placed in the resting-place of the departed Sulllvans, in order to obtain the dis puted certificate of burial. Now it develops that the opening of the graves and the exhumation of the bodlea waa a flagrant breach of the law, for which It Is demanded that all persons concerned be pros ecuted. While a scandalized public Is discussing the local aspects of the affair, the lawyers over here are curious to see now the courts on your side will deal with the tainted evidence, which will be submitted by the commission appointed to estab lish the Identity of the rightful heirs to John 8ulllvan's million and a fraction. CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST ACCUSED OF MURDKll. A case which will bo celebrated in legal annals as the first of its char acter Is that of Robert Kellowes Chlxholm. committed for trial In the Central Criminal Court on the charge of causing the death of hlH son by withholding medical aid from the boy. The circumstances surrounding the casn are of uncommon Interest, and Its development is being followed by lho Christian Scientists of England and by the public. tit lurre. with strained Interest. The defendant, who is an architect living In Bedford Park, tlvo years ago adopted th faith of the Christian Scientists, which pre cludes medical assistance. When his son hocAmo 111, Miss ,Maud Turner, described" as sa falth-healer,' was call ed in, an prayed with the littlo patient for half on hour, each day. There was also a Christian Science nurse, who assisted In the reading of Mrs. Eddy's devotional books. Af ter an Illness of ten days, the child died, having suffered from diphthe ric. Instead of mum pa as the healer and nurse had diagnosed the chhp. At the police court hearing which followed the prisoner stood erect and perfectly self-possessed while the crown prosecutor stated the facts and expressed the belief that with proper medical treatment the boy probably would be living now. The law on the subject was perfectly dear, he de clared, and the defendant was liable to be Indicted for manslaughter. A large number of Christian Scientists, mostly women, followed the proceed ings, generally with closed eyes. In dicating an attitude of prayer. Chlslom'a trial will take place In the Old Bailey, and will probably be the last celebrated case ui that his toric tribunal, as the New Old Bailey will shortly be ready for occupan cy. KINO HAAKON'S GOLD CASKET. The formalities Incident to the visit of King Haakon and Queen Maud, of Norway, having bean carried outr the royal pair are now quietly enjoying their vacation In the house they oc cupied long before being called to the Norwegian throne. The proceed ings at Guildhall on the occasion of King Haakon being Invested with the Order of the darter by King Ed ward at Windsor Included the presen tation to the royal guests of an ad dress Inclosed In a gold cssket, the gift of the city of London. This cas ket Is a triumph of the goldsmith's art. A prominent feature Is sn alle gorical group of figures representing the welcome or the hardy Norsemen by the city of London, with the ideas of pescn and commerce also suggested. The Initials of the King and Queen or Norway, In . diamonds and rubl, are also Included In the beautiful and costly design. The greetings to Haakon and Maud by the crowd in the streets proved that the Queen, always a favorite with the British public, has lost nono of her popularity, though long absent abroad. SHRIEKINO SISTERHOOD UNDIS MAYED. "It seems so nice to be) free again," said Miss Sylvia Parkhurst, the artist and chief martyr of the suffrage raid on Parliament, as she left Hoi loway prison at ths expiration of her sentence. After going straightway to suffrage headquarters and arrang ing for a monster demonstration in Trafalgar Square, Miss Parkhurst talked more freely of the prison ex perience of herself and ten fellow martyrs, most of whom are still lan guishing In Holloway, having receiv ed longer sentences than their lead er. "I have no complaint to make of the prison officials." she began, "but the conditions of life - there were hard. I slept in a plank bed six feet long and three feet wido and raised from 'the ground not , more than three or four Inches. It proved to bo o hard and draughty couch at best I wis put to work sewing, end the' first thing I made was a Jlannel shirt for a mala prisoner, I sup pose, . But the hardest thing was the solitary confinement . Wmhat good can this solitude doT I it good for a woman lo brood T I was sent Into the . exercise yard not oftsner than three tlmss a week. . On leaving my cell the first time,. 2 found my pow ers of observation greatly : accentu ated. I seemed to sea everything. I shall always remember the coto I shall . always remember the color of thes ky that day and the driving clouds. Going among tha prisoners, U looked up; they bent, theirsyes ;on the ground.. Theirs was the, walk of despair. ' Soon I had caught the com mon feeling and was walking up and . 1 c f , k ' i ' i ) ' , HAWTHORNE. ' down the yard keeping step with the others.' ' " ..;. ,.v- ,.: , Such a. glimpse of the "martyr dom' 'Miss Parkhurst and her fol lowers had so eagerly sought and so bitterly found. And yet they are nothing, daunted by solitary confine ment and hard labor. "I havo come out mora determined than over that women shall have tho vote," Miss Parkhurst declared, as she turned to her mall, humming- a verse of the suffrage hymn "Upward Ufa your banners Bravely to the breeze; Let each tyrant tremble When the sight he sees; Gladly raise your voices In Inspiring son, Claim the rights all boldly They've denied you long." TIME BRINGS ITS REVENGE TO A WOMAN. The reproach put upon British womanhood by the female, suffrage agitators finds Its antithesis this week in the bestowal of the Hughes Medal upon Mrs. Ayrton for her own un aided researches In science. A few years ago the same Royal Society which now signally honors Mrs. Ayr ton refused her admission on the score that she was a woman, and Had she been single she might have atood a chance, masculine prejudice against women of achievement has softened, and Mrs. Ayrton Is admit ted to the ranks of the highest among British associations. Mrs. Ayrton also enjoys the distinction of being the only woman member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, a distinction gained for her by her investigations on the electric arc. She has been of great help to her husband. Prof. Ayr ton, the well-known electrical engi neer and Inventor. INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE OF ROGUES An all-nations syndicate of thieves which has been operating In London, Berlin, and Paris principally, has been broken up by what might be termed' a detectives' syndicate. Va rious members of the robber gang were tracked to Paris by detectives from London or Berlin, and these, joining forces with the latter-day Vldocqs, organised a successful quest. The leader of the gang was located at the Grand Hotel, where he posed aa a wealthy South American mer chant A close watch was kept on his movements, and the other night, disguised and In company with two others, the detectives followed. The trio broke into a bookstore in the BoulevardSt. Marttn and cracked the safe with dynamite a la Amerlcalne. The noise roused the janitor, and the burglars fled, only to be captured by the detectives In waiting outside. They left behind the latest appli ances for safe-smashing, including a powerful steel drill operated by elec tricity, and a number of dynamite cartridges. "Made - in - America goods" was the remark of a London sleuth who was one of the captors. Three accomplices, two men and a woman, have sinco been nrenled, and the sleuth sydlcato 1h Hftor still other members of tho roguo syndicate. Half a dozen big buirinn burahiries nre supposed to have been committed within the last few months by mem bers of the same organization, the headquarters of which is believed to bo In Italy. About 50 tons of Dutch cheese are conaumud annually In Barcelonla and tho provinces of I'atalonla and Valen cia. Every Thursday evening a car load of about 500 raws leaves Am terdam for Barcelona. The Most have been instalment issuo of justly his. 1 A Don t Miss the whtte-moron tor ajotbodt. . 4 " " i i 1 Generous Impulse of an Indian at a v ' Trying Moment. . , . Oatlng. ' 'i v "-'-j , Nsar the and. of a brilliant match between our oldest -university and the Carlisle Indians one of' the llndlan backs ' suddenly got away with , the hall and was off down the field with nothing between , him and the goal posts but one man. If the runner succeeded In getting by htm It meant everlasting athletic glory for himself, and perhaps a vic tory for" his small college over this mighty Institution learning, con taining the flower" of the civilization which had swept bis forefathers away from the lands they once possessed. The crowd in the stands had arisen, gasping In their excitement as crowds always lo at such moments. But Just as the Indian had almost gained the coveted line that one man. famous sprinter, brought the runner down with a beautiful tackle. The stands rocked with relief, and the usual "piling up" of other play ers took place. As the two lay there together, the fair haired representa tive of New England, while still Best Christmas Gift For Wife, Mother. Daughter Sister or Sweetheart BY THIS YOU MAY KNOW AND WILL These machines are now being sold at lower prices, quality considered, than any other. 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Mrs. Kobevltch had changed .so' greatly since, her husband had, -last seen her that It was necessary, to In troduce the couple to each other. ' FIND SiMm STORES) gVTJTYWHallg i -4 V V r: the Year and the first the Christmas j 'ma;;.;' . .( ' -i ' . . . ' t . V i I
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