Will JFacctd A>. iten. WHlifcm H. Hunt, who will succeed kauri«» H. Allen as governor of Porto •Jco S«pt l, has been secretary of the under Governor Allen and la |hly familiar with its affairs. Be. WaB born in New Orleans forty- fOnr years ago and is the fourth son «f the late William Henry Hunt, who wa« Secretary of the Navy in the cab- tnets of Presidents Garfield and Ar thur, and minister to ^Russia. The greater part of his life, however, has fetes passed in Montana, where he has held prominent political positions ever etnee he was 27 years old. Mr. Hunt was educated at Tale, but ill health yrtnrented the completion of his rfiliae. As a recompense for this loss -eif a degree and as a tribute to his ttfter fUceesses, Yale University made Utt an honorary master of arts In 1IM. In 1884 he was elected attorney general Df Montana, and he was a member of tbe constitutional convene "ftut when the 8tate was admitted to WM. RHUNT "the Union. Pour years later he served the Legislature, and since then he las held important judicial positions tl the State. ^Otfarships on ihm LaJt«r. By the Rush-Bagot treaty, or ••agreement" of 1817, neither Great Britain nor the United States can Maintain on the great lakes more titan four small armed vessels, Includ ing one on Lake Ontario and one on Lake Champlain. No such vessel tray exceed 100 tons burden, nor may MS armament exceed one eighteen-pound cannon. "And no other vessels of twar shall be there built or armed." It is stipulated that either party SWy terminate this agreement by giv ing six months' notice, and there is a demand in certain quarters that our government give this notice and re- wmo the right to build war vessels «s the lakes without restrictions of any kind. Ousttdfrom "Russia. 01 When a newspaper man accepts of flie hospitality of the Russian govern* Stent and is given every chance to Judge Russian life and character, and then, as soon as he gets out of range of Russian influence denounces the Russians and their form of govern ment he is not likely to retain the good opinion of men in general and those he has wronged in particular. The Russian government claims that George Kennan, who has Just been ex* pelled from Russian territory, has basely betrayed the confidences here tofore reposed, in him because he was an American, by publishing falsshoods about Russia's penal system--falsa- hoods that have been repeatedly dis proved by reputable American writers such as John W. Bookwalter, Dr. T. DeWitt Talmagq, William B. Curtis and othere. Kennan went to Russia, lately, knowing full well that he would be expelled. His visit is supposed to have some connection with an intrigue which has for its object the creation of ill-feeling between Russia and the V. United States, in Russia Kennan Is regarded as an Englishman in pay of the British foreign office; otherwise he would not have been deported. ? Mrs. William J. Bryan has erected a ridsome monument to the memory her father, John Baird, who died recently. The stone is of granite from Massachusetts and has been set up in the family lot in Wyuka cemetery, sear Lincoln, Neb. - Theodore Chartran, the French por trait painter, has decided not to return to America this year, as he intended doing. "I have," he says, "a bsautlful house in Paris which I have been able to live in for only a few months sine# it was built and I want to spand more time there among those who a#a 4<aar* •est to me." Fqf the Rosa Bonheur inonumeni Jnst set up in the public square at Foa» talnebleau Isadore Bonheur, the art* ist'js brother, and Hippolyte Peyrol. her nephew, were the sculptors «n1 Alexander Jacob the architect. President Diaz of Mexico has com pletely recovered from the illness from which he suffered so severely during the latter part of the past winter and Its last ill effects are now said to have disappeared. Work on the statue of General John >Bagan Howard, destined for one of Baltimore's parks, has been nearly smpleted and it Is expected that the [bronze will be placed la position early [tnthefa* * d I***-," % * . i, : M^dbmwd JSot a JoK*r> • ttoqM VlMtle and female American to*di«S pri wilted to Queen Alexandra, Xing Edward of England, a medal a&d a servile address. The king, acknowledging in a bored way the trouble taken, alluded to their "loyal, dutiful sentiments." This was no slip of the tongue on the part of the Eng lishman. There was good reason for alluding to Americans of the class ad dressed as "loyal and dutiful," and by the Mune token King Edward will find In this country a good many others who would also deserve to be called "loyal" by him. We possess among our Inhabitants an individual who has just gone abroad to receive some trilling decorations from the Hiwgifah iqonarch, says Hearst's Chicago Amer ican. This Individual spent thousands of American dollars fitting out an ambu lance corps for the British war against the Boers. He never spent a penny when the United States was fighting tbe Spanish. It was right that he should not spend anything In an American war, for there Is nothing American about him except some money which he got by marrying a woman whose ancestors bought cheap land on Manhattan Island. The Amer icans who presented the medal to King Edward of England had helped to fit out a hospital ship to take care of tho British soldiers shot by the Boers. Those same Americans had done noth ing, had shown no interest, when their own country was at war in a righteous cause except to go about prating thai England ."sympathized with us" in our war against Spain. \s fife May 3>ucc**4 ftettitor. Professor Joseph French Johnson of the University of Pennsylvania may succeed Charles G. Dawes as comp troller of the currency. Professor Johnson Is regarded as one of the best Informed authorities upon finance In the country and several years ago. If he had chosen to accept, he might have been comptroller. He preferred, though, retaining his place as a teacher In the Wharton School of Fi nance and Economy In the University \Will France, the only great repub lic of Europe, give way to the pres sure and allow the Imperialists to put Victor Napoleon in the Emperor's chair? There are many indications of a coming revolution. For thirty years the rich of France have been growing richer under a republic, but naturally they want a monarchy, as It would be more favorable to wealth. The masses of the people who have been growing poorer wfil not give armed aid to the republic, which without xeason they connect with their poverty. On the other hand, the royalists have all the aid they need and may begin hostili ties at any time. Nothing seemed at one time more Improbable than the accession of Na-: poleon III. to the throne of France. He was regarded as a charlatan of the first water. He spent the earlier years of his life in England, where no one took him seriously; and yet for twenty years he managed either as President or Emperor to sway the destinies of France. The unexpected has ever hap pened 1n that home of political sur prises. There are, therefore, many reasons which make it possible. If not probable, that Victor Napoleon may one day reign as Emperor of the French. Victor Napoleon combines within - i U til ? I PRJMTOR-MPOHOH himself contradictory elements. He Is, the eldest son of Prince Jerome, and the grandson of the King of West phalia. On his mother's side he can lay claim to not only the bluest blood of Europe, but to that reputation tor orthodoxy that was her great charac teristic. * Prince Victor may therefore appeal not only to those who still believe In the Napoleonic legend, but to many wnose loyalty to the Legitimist prin ciple has been shaken by the irre sponsibility of the Duo d'Orleans. In some respects, however, he is at a dis advantage; he is by no means so well provided with worldly goods as bus rl- vai; for he depends entirely on an al lowance mads to him by the Empress Eugenie. This is his greatest weak ness, for It is said that she wishes to end her days in France. Were her nephews to make an unsuccessful "coup d'etat," this would cease to be within the limits of possibility, and many of his supporters fear he would then forfeit his allowance. He has, therefore, everything to lose should he spell failure, and tals must tell against him In France, where dar ing is the one essential for success. On the other hand, many elements are fighting in his favor, and his ultimate triumph Is quite within the region of practical politics. The republic has lost Its glamour. Many of Its champions will argue that it has produced able and? distinguished men, but they will admit that they are all more or less tainted hy their contact with Govern ment One scandal after another has driven men from public life. Panama, the decorations, boulanglsm, and "af faire" have successively destroyed many a reputation. ^ V ROF. 1. F. JOHNSON. of Pennsylvania. The Republican party has been under great obligations to Professor Johnson for service's ren dered during the campaign in 1896, and he stands clo&e to the present admin-: istration through tbe many friends he has holding high official posl Lions, Professor Johnson has just returned from Europe, where he journeyed with Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Vanderlip, and is now spending the summer on his farm In Massachusetts. Comptroller Dawes' successor will be appointed Oct 1. Louisiana' The New Orleans Times«Deinocrat calls attention to the fact that a short time ago a negro was lynched at Glr- ard. La., because he had assaulted a white man. After the lynching it was found that the victim was a member of a society known as "Sons and Daughters of Jacob," popularly called "Jakes" In that section. The conclu sion was jumped at that the "Jakes" were hostile to the whites and were conspiring to disorganize labor and produce race disturbances.. Thereupon public meetings were held and resolu tions of an incendiary kind adopted which have produced a panic among the negroes of that locality. The ex citement next spread to Logansport, where a number of negroes have or ganised under the name of "The Seven Stars of Consolation.' Similar meet ings of whites were held and the ne groes were ordered to disband on pain of death. There are a few people left in Louisiana, however, who have not lost their heads, and they are represented by the Shreveport Times, which Is printed in that section of the state where the panic exists. It produces evidence to show that "The Sons and Daughters of Jacob," instead of being an organisation hostile to the whites and conspiring against them, Is a so cial and benevolent society which has no more dangerous purpose than im proving the conditions of its members, and that "The Seven Stars of Conso'a- tlon" is an organization twenty years of age, with lodges In various parts of the south, founded upon the teach ings of the Bible and intended to ele vate the negro morally. Jobs for your\§ JTeiefHffMt. The civil service commission In Washington is said to be .unable to account for the fact that young scien tists do not present themselves for examination for scientific positions in the departments. Special mention is made of the fact that not a single candidate appeared Schley\r Famous Loup. Thty JLrOm on Fish. The city of Cebn has something like 200,000 inhabitants, but this popu lation Is largely made up of people who are huddled together in native huts," said Capt. Going of tne Forty- fourth. Just back from service in the Philippines, the other day. "They live year in and year out on rice and corn. There is no hunting, but thousands of sn\all fish, less than six inches long, are caught and dried for local con sumption. We had a contract with an old man who controls the fishing at Dumanjug, to furnish us with all the big fish he might catch. Once in two or three weeks he would bring us a fish a foot long, but such ace very rare. The natives, even of the lowest classes are extremely fond of cock- fighting. They arm the birds with saber gaffs, and nothing is regarded as a fight unless both the birds are killed, the money, of course, being awarded to the backers of the bird that sur vives the longer. A native who Is able to get as much as 50 cents knows no more delightful way to spend it than to wager It on the outcome of a cock- fight" MOXPO CASTLE (1 -rxMPt Xt*9 7wMPocxrzyMS *AT7HSJ^T72S on the 6th Inst for examination for positions of laboratory assistants in the national bureau of standards cre ated by the last Congressv The two positions are worth |1,200 and $1,400 a year respectively to the incumbents. These and other like positions are said to be desirable In many ways, and especially because the govern ment laboratories are the best equipped In the world. There may be very good reasons why young scientists do not scramble for these positions. 'TJiey may not like the sort of examinations to which they know they will be subjected. They may not care to be thruBt into a government rut and kept there with no opportunity for pursuing original lines of scientific Investigation or for developing their individuality. It Is easy enough to Imagine rea sons why young men of brains and scientific enthusiasm do not care to place themselves where they may never have an opportunity to do any thing but perform tasks assigned by others or to get either credit or de cent pay for the good work they may be graciously permitted to do* PRIMITIVE CHINESE MONBY. WaMNe a Work (MM Wa » BIMIMI, The little brass cash, the Chinese coins, the lineal descendants, in un broken order, of the bronze axe of re mote Celestial ancestors. From the regular hatchet to the modern coin one can trace a distinct. If somewhat broken, succession, so that It Is im possible to say where the one leaves off and the other begins. Here Is how this curious pedigree first worked it self out: In early times, before the cola was Invented, barter was usually con ducted botween producer and consum er with metal implements, as It still Is In Central Africa at the present day. At first the Chinese in that unsophis ticated age were content to use real hatchets for this commercial purpose, hut after a time, with the profound mercantile Instinct of their race, it oc curred to some of them that when a man wanted half a hatchefs worth of goods he might as well pay for them with half a hatchet Still, as it would be a pity to#spoil a good working im plement by cutting it in two, the worthy Ah Sin ingeniously compro mised the matter by making tin hatchets of the usual sise and shape, but far too slender for practical usage. By so doing he Invented coin, and. what Is more, he Invented It tar earl ier than the claimants to that proud distinction, the Lydians, whose eleo- trum staters were first struck in the seventh century B. C.--Cornhlll Magsr sine. XOeei "Panorama. NICKELS ABEDK3PI3HD. Unit Venrterm Who MI Nothing Th«t » D>n*'i Worth. There are many stories in this city where a nickel Is not a welcome me dium of exchange, because nothing so Cheap is sold, but it is hard to believe that there Is a street stand which would not welcome a five-cent pur* Chase. If any one is curious In this re gard let him go to one of the fruit stands in Cortlandt street, near the Pennsylvania railroad ferry, and try to make such a purchase, says the New York Tribune. "Let me have five cent# worth of cherries," said a man the other day, pointing to a loose pile of the little red fruit. "As much as all that!" exclaimed the street merchant* and not for a single minute did he cease dusting a bunch of bananas. The Intending purchaser waited a moment, then crossed the street and repeated his request to another stand. "Well, you're a cheap one!" exclaimed the vender. "You want to spend a whole nickel do you?" He did not stop sort ing oranges. The man who longed for cherries tried a third stand. "We can't sell you less than a dime's worth of anything at these stands," replied the man In charge. "You'll find an Ital ian up the street who will take the lead money. The "cheap" man decided he didn't want cherries after all, and, going into a cigar store, bought a whole bunch of cigarettes with the money. An JEn&iith 'Beauty. Lady Milbank enjoys the sai Ity of a greater number of Inches ; any other of the high-tosifc beaatiss": of London society.* Lady Mill proudly boasts that she Is a over the perfect hight of a niast: hot none the less Is she graceful far an that > ' She is blonde and blue-eyed, typical English skin of milk roses, and the artists who have ed her portrait say she has the tlest little ears in all England. Aa.fk/1 rule Lady Milbank dresses in 0^-^ clinging fabrics, draped with a sprirlH ' view to accentuating' her ittfldf -3 inches, and a big black hat lnsi<i ; with plumes, is the Invariable aefesls* paniment of all her charming gowSflU In spite of her good looks and g&ist social talents, this vigorous young WS- man wastes little of her time In { frivolities. She Is an expert yachts* i: woman, holding a pilot's certiScal% and also a great huntress, whether th§ game is deer in Scotland, foxes la land or pigs in India. All tbe way from England she one season to fish for tarpon In Flofe mi Hail "Baden- "Potmttl. General Baden-Powell haa arrived at Southampton, England, from South Africa. He was formally welcomed by the mayor and dvil authorities of Southampton at the pier head. He boarded a train for London amid a Scene of Intense enthus:asm. He da- trained at Woking to visit Captain McLaren, who served with him In India and at Mafeking. Woking was tbe scene of a great demonstration, with bands, bonfires and decorations. The members of the fire brigade de tached the horses from the carriage and hauled the bero to Captain Mc Laren's residence. "General Dewet," says an American acquaintance of the Eter soldier, "is the finest horseman liirgouth Africa. He sits on his horse as gracefully as s fcriaee and sticks on like a cowbcv." When the court that is to try the Sampson-Schley controversy meets In September It will discuss the object of the famous loup cut by the Brooklyn (Schley's flagship) while fighting Cer- vera's fleet Schley was on board the Brooklyn, which, while very swift, was equipped with comparatively light armor. The Infanta Maria Teresa headed toward her, aa If to ram her, and Schley or dered her to be turned In the direc tion opposite to that taken by the Spanish fleet, thus making a loop from left to right, while the Spanish ships were turning In the opposite direction as they emerged from the harbor. In making this turn the Brooklyn crossed the bows of the Texas. Sanishtd from Francr. Jules Guerin, whose sentence of ten years' imprisonment in a fortress has just been commu ted on account of ill health, was con- vl c t e d, together with two other members of the A n t l - S e m i t i c League of Paris, of conspiracy. He gained (foasiderable notoriety in Au gust. 1899, by bar ricading himself tn the headquarters of tbe league In tbe Rue de Chabrol and defying arrest for several days, during which tiiQe the house was besieged by firemen, police and soldiers, who were under orders not to use force In tak ing him prisoner, as it was evident that be wished to pose as a martyr. He has been fairly successful In poli tics, and has made considerable money out of bis paperthe Anti-Juif. Prior to entering the ffelc| of Journalism be Is said to have been a tripe seller. His sentence has been commuted to ban ishment from Franca. V,- Rear Admiral Schley hss explained that he made the loop because be wished to avoid being rammed by the Maria Teresa. Admiral Cervera said that it was his purpose, if possible, to put the Brooklyn out of action. After the loop had been made the Brooklyn steamed in the direction taken by the Spanish fleet, pouring a dreadful lire into' the enemy. All that Rear Admiral Schley will say in answer to criticism of the course of the Brooklyn during the bat tle of Santiago is that she inflicted 58 per cent of the damage inflicted by the American vessels and sustained 52 per cent of the damage inflicted by the Spanish fleet He considers the show ing quite sufllcfent. "Fas met ab Host* "Doceri." Captain Eulate of the Vizcaya does not think that any of the maneuvers of the Brooklyn during the battle of Santiago, the famous loop made by that ship Included, evidenced any cowardice on the part of its command er. In his opinion the making of the loop was quite proper under the cir cumstances, for the Teresa was try ing to ram tbe Brooklyn and the Viz caya was sailing towards It. Admiral Cervera says the battle of Santiago was so short and decisive that cow ardice Is hardly thinkable. It Is his opinion that Admiral Schley showed ability and bravery. He ought to know, for he was an eye witness. There Is no Impropriety In these Spanish officers expressing their views concerning the Santiago campaign.-- Chicago Tribune. According to his own account. Red Cloud, the noted chief of tbe Cayugas, is now civilized "a heap lot" He Is 83 years old. * CTh* DuKfi af CcrnbuaTf. It Is announced semi-official ly that the Duke of Cornwall, son of the Eng lish King and heir to the throne of Great Britain, will not come to the United States. He would like to come very much indeed and to study at closer range the men who are causing his native land so much trouble. But he Is afraid that the Americans will not receive him respectfully. His idea of a proper reception In New York would Involve official rec ognition of his superiority, based on the fact that his father spent more than fifty years of a worthless life gambling and waiting for a place that he ought never to have had, says Chi cago American. The millionaire Idiots who produce so rapidly in this country, the foolish, empty-headed eo-called society, which divides its time between toadyism and snobbery, are sufficiently anomalous In a republic without inviting vis.ts from the regularly appointed ridiculositles of monarchical rule. We advise the Duke of Cornwall, who seemB to be an amiable young sapbead fond of being photographed In a very large top bat, to confine his visits to Canada, where they still pre fer being ruled and protecteu at a dis tance to the responsible work of rul ing themselves. The crack scholars of Harvard 1901 were Freund, Bauer and Peterson- two Oermans and a Swede, For years Dr. R. Johnson Held of New York had been preparing an ex haustive treatise on diseases of tbe eye, ear and nose. The other evening he completed the last £* the 6.532 tyoe- written pages, and wl.h a sigh of satis faction sat back In his chair to enjoy a cigar. He fell off into a nap, from which he awoke to find that the burn ing end of his perfecto had ignited ths cloth of a table on which he had laid the manuscript. The pages were nearly all consumed and lay In a heap of ashes. William's XtfhisKftr** Too M*nv DARdil'MM, and, in fact the whole of Gallatin county, Mont, Is afflicted with a scourge of dandelions. They are to be seen In every garden, and in nearly every field of the county. In the Summer the little globes of fluffy, cot tonlike substance, containing the seeds of the dandelion, float through the air and alight in every nook and corner No matter bow poor tbe soil the dan delion flourishes. Old-timers say that thirty or thirty-five years ago there was not a dandelion in the country. A farmer's wife some thirty years ago longed for dandelion greens and sent to friends In the east and asked them to send out some seed. They complied with her request and the seeds took root In the lady's garden. They spread from the garden into the lane which runs by the ranch and In the summer either side Is.a yellow mass of flowers, and later It looks like a miniature cot-' ton field; When tbe winds come tho little puff balls of seeds are blowup hither and thither, and now the plaatig are worst evil in the country. LADY MILBANlt * Ma waters, and she Is said to have piinhand a share In a western cattle ranch. In order to have a chance ts try the strenuous life of the jinsl . plains and experiment at shooting to •: the Rockies. ~ England's Haider. Dean Fremantle contributes to thov; Times sn interesting and Important letter to show that "the causes of de population, which are exciting such dismay," are not peculiar to Krance, but that "all Europe, except Russla^-lS going in the same direction, and Bsgv lftfiu is leading the way." He ssy^ttl' the present decline in the birth-MiKt^v continues in the next 25 years it wilt have coma down from 29 to 23 per 1,000; and in less than 50 years from'f! this time it will have been reduced tof 17, the lowest figure which we can im agine the death-rate to reach. Thers- will then be no increase of the natiiie, but, as now In France, the prospiei of actual diminution. He deftUMs there is no reason te doubt that &e . ̂ limitation of families will go on ho- ^ yond any assignable limits unless the conscience of the nation awaksis tO-ihl tremendous danger. The wish for Silft and material enjoyment are Indicated as the general cause of the evil. $ Emperor William has turned down the ends of his mustache and allowed his beard to grow.--New York Press. The* king' of Italy received 96,000 telegrams of congratulation in the first day or second after the birth of his daughter and, in honor of the event 10,000 requests for money,, Ctio*p Unl< la lioadna. •flitting of cheap restaurants,* said a gentleman who has just return ed from a visit to London, to a Wash ington Star writer, "reminds me of a dining saloon in the Whitecbapel dis trict of London, where a relishing and fairly substantial meal may be had for balf a penny, or one cent In our money. This cheap repast is not served up inp the shape of a cut from a joint and two' vegetables. It Is a big brown pie, very juicy and very hot The absence of beefsteak Is evident when you cut the?: pie, but you find Inside a liberal sprinkling of sheep's liver, onions and turnips, and a plentiful supply of gravy. For a half penny extra two slices of bread and a cup of tea are supplied. Between the hours of twelve end two tbe poor and hungry from all parts of the east side of the city flock to the dining room. Mdst of the pat rons are shoeblscks, penny toy men, eostemongers, and now\and then young clerks whese salaries\ will not permit them to indulge In a mofo cost ly dinner." Bottom for tin ChiNk, There is far more In the oft-repeated statement that old buttons If useful for no other purpose may serve as an offering to the Lord. It Is recorded as a fact that a clergyman's wife was mending clothes for her boys when one of her neighbors called in to have a friendly chat. It was not long oetore the visitor's eye was attracted by a large basket more than half tried with buttons. The lady could not help re marking that there seemed a very good supply of buttons. Thereupon she ba- gan to turn them over and suddenly exclaimed: "Here are two buttons" ex actly the same as those my husband had on his last winter 6uit. I should know them anywhere." "Indeed." said the clergyman's wife. "I am surprised to bear it. As all these buttons were foui i In the col ection bag I thought I mifjht 88 well put them to some us®." Before she had finished speaking tbe visitor hastily arose and said she must be going. That Man Mactay. ( Here Is a portrait of Maclay, the a»> cuser of Admiral Schley. He la s Scotchman by birth, a newspaper mas by choice, and a historian by necessity. When all the facts become known II •: WSTORIAN MACLAY. win he found that down at the bottom of his charges against Schley Wis the ambition to do something that would attract national attention to his work. He has succeeded in making himself rich In dollars If not In the esteem ot the American people. He was edu cated at Cornell. He worked as a re porter on the New York Tribune. He got a situation In the lighthouse ser vice, and later got >f clerkship Is th* navy. \ A,:\ Conceit may puff a man np, hat It Is not a good prop. • Itutmr of tb* BIKr. Charles E. Pickett, the newly ed grand exalted rulelr or the Order of Elks, is a native of Iowa. He 4s only SC years of age and a lawyer by profes sion. bring a mem ber of the law firm Of Mullan A Pick ett of Waterloo^ Mr. Pickett gradu ated from the Iowa State University and ts at present a member of the state board of re gents of the University of Iowa. Ha baa been prominent in fraternal ordeis for years, both as a Pythian and an , Elk. As a Republican he has been prominent, and his friends feel that he may yet become the successor ot Speaker David B. Henderson from the third Iowa district when that congress* man concludes to retire. Two year! ago Mr. Pickett was temporary ehaftv man of the Republican state tion. and the eloquent addreea livered then was used in the .natiosal campalgsik I , tv