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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1899-1-27, Page 3iTI. N0O1B BEHIND BARS 4s a Possibility if the Charges of Fraud Can. Be Proven. 'The iiceaton Pneumatic Tire Deal Makes Hila Liable to Commitment for Trial, try a J,tdge and Jury - Tlin, ]receives Reports Against giro. and Says #iooley Destroyed ISvery Trace of the Trans, action- # („rverr,inent Enquiry, London, Jan, 23, -Tee official report in the Hooley bankruptcy case bas given equal *surprise and satisfaction, ;for the palate doubted whether the reeeiVer would have the courage to indulge In absolute plain speaking in the matter, His obarge of !rand,it proved. renders Hooiey liable to two years' imprison. rnent, with hard 'labor. Aloteover, accords ing to tbo bankruptcy law, the official receiver's report Is in itself prima facto .evidence of tixe statements therein con- rained, Tbe ant; possible sequel is the comuittel of Hooley for trial before a judge and jury on the Beeston pneumatio tire dea1, indictment, ' In this case ]holey bought 26,000 shares of the stock ot the concern. Oa the sense day tbe capital of the company was raised from 430,000 to A70,000 by the ort,atiou of 40.000 £. enure]. Rooloy ten made the «terliieg offer eo buy up the company on the basis at A8 a share, The direotors made the offer Publto, but vent lettere and telegrams to tbe snare - holders urging theta not to sell, on the ground that the company was doing an ellormotie business. The shares rose to 47. The offer was eventually refused, bet derleg the oxc1tatugnt Hooey was -44. ]sealing his shares et the top price. A flet profit was made sof 1;89,501 by what the reeeever calls fraudulent rigging of the market, the allegation being, that 1ioolee and the directors were acting in collu- sion. "She receive; says that Directors Lxtwson and Bradshaw took half the net profit and Booley the remainder. fio fur- ther charges that Healey destrosoa every trace et the transaction, inoludiug bottles and ohegnos. Thema nae been tall; of an application to Parliament for x, Government enquiry Into Bootee's allegatione, mads Last autumn. There is no doubt now *het an groin was made by the public prosecutor to sift by meats of a czeminel trial the whole Wetness. The report a9sarte tbat Hooloy paid 5511,000 on the "frent page dressing", of prospetnuees of his ovens eetwanlns, and, altogether, expended 21,000,000 for Pro- motion expeneee, lis «pont £51,978 in o«tontateoue charity in tho. same 12 months In which he lost X200,000 Tho publio la now waiting to know how some of his nesoolates can bo compelled to dis- Berge their huge illegal galas. tit.Al' ,b,T THE BRITISH .4,RHY, /trend Arrow Tells or Preiudieed Reports I'Int in by Superior,. London, Jan. 28. --Tho leading organ of the nrmy, Tho Broad .Arrow, publishes an article this week which has given a shook to people hero Nebo have lifted up tbelr hands in pious horror at the Frenoh military abortootnings, as revealed by the Dreyfus affair. Tho Broad Arrow draws an etiology between tbe system ot the noniltlontial reports ot the British army and the French secret dossiers. and says tbo British system is a "grievous blot on the military administration, which results in confidential reports being in many cases a n;ore traversty ot justice," Tice Broad Arrow explains that com- manding officers aro empowered to make reports tivhibb reflect on junior officers. hied influence tbe War OMee In its setae - Von for promotion, without the sufferers being informed of the reasons, and says: "Tho effects of prejudlcod reports aro often most disastrous to the officer's prospects. La Chose Juges 1s regarded as a fagots. .A particular, case In point bus been thus far smothered, but we aro in- formed that the facts will sooner or later be published in the press, which will not leave n doubt that flagrant injustice has actually been oommitted. The secret archives of the War Department could tell tales of careers blasted on absolutely unreliable ovidence, contradictory proof of which has been 1n the hands of the .anthoritles, who, in order to avoid a scandal, resisted all endeavors upon the part of the victim for a fair investiga- -tlon." GLADSTONE AND KITCHENER. WOULDN'T KISS THE BIBLE. Dead Civilian at a Discount Compared With Living Warrior. London, Jan. 2.3. -Great Britain nre- sents a vivid oontrast between the potency of civic( and military fame. To put it boldly, Gladstone dead is quoted :at £20,000 in the memorial market, while Kitt/honer, olive, easily commands .£120,000. The protnoters of the Gladstone mem. ,orial, who expected to secure £200,000 to establish libraries in the •prindpal cities ntheough popular contributions. are great- ly depressed at the results of the appeals to the people. enter several months these ,appeals have only resulted in collecting .one-tenth of the sum desired. But in the case of Kitchener, who •dazzled the empire with the laurels of a ,day spent in mowing down thousands of savages by the perfection of military dis- cipline and machinery, tbo British climb over one another in their oagernese ,o pour money into the "college Tor blacks," -otherwise, the Gordon memorial college, ,at Khartoum], to educate a people who have never been in a country they never oared for, as a tribute to the conqueror. The Gladstone fund, however, will be made up by wealthy men, who will glad• ;ly give their money, but who aro griev- ously chagrined' at the lukowermness of the people who called bin leader, and whom they expected to contribute spon- taneously, Kitchener Is the Man. Cairo, Jan. 23.-A dooree has been darned appointing General Lord Kitch- ener Governor-General of the Soudan. Still Pursuing Zola. Paris, Jan. 28. -There was another •pale of the furniture of Emile; Zola, the author, here Saturday, for .the purpose of .defraying the 2,500 francs costs resulting trona the first iiale, His friends offered to %settlethe matter, but the magistrate -re- tossed to allow themto do so. The first ,lot offered` was a looking glass. It was bought by 'Emile, 'Zola's publisher, M. Fasgnelle, torthe full amount of the •olainn. There . was no exbltement, nd /there were only a few people gegen • tjuebec Lawyer Refused Because the Bible Was. DbrtY and inecauae. It Was Bu riish. Quebec, Jan. 23. --One of the leading Liberal lawyers of Quebec, J, E, Bedard,. Q 0„ created a sensation, in court on Saturday morning by refusing to hies the Bible in a caro In which be was a witness, When the attention of the court was called to the matter, Chief Justice Casauit &ekes, hint his reason for refus- ing, ,fie said the book was too dirty, The Chief Justice told him to open the book and to kiss a clean page.. , After opening and examining a page he said that it was not the Bible whose teachings be believed in, but au English Bible, Tbe court expressed astonishment that snob an example should be set to the pubiia by an edueetod man, but another Bibia was sent for, upon which the wit - Pose took the oath.. YA dirt, JONIts WAS BLOWN LIF. Boiler Exploded on Jan, 6 and All on Board Were Killed, Mobile, Ala., Jan. 23,-,--Tbe launob Patti Jones had the fellowin g pleasnro seekers on board: Joseph Brinkman, Louisville; Miss Floreneo Taggart,deugb- ter of Mayor Taggart, Indianapolis; Miss Marjorie Woodland, daughter ot George Woodland, vlee-presldens Prairie State Bank, Chicago: Col. Harry 0. Yocum, Ste Lotlis; Miss Florence Yocum, nis daughter. The crew consisted of three men, whose ?taros are unknown, Naves reporting her losig ]lag jelat been brought i,y oyster fishermen, who bavo known of it for More than, a week. Tho launob exploded, they sac, on or about Jan, 6, uextr Bird Island, and ovorythinn goes to show thea all on board were kill• ed at once or drowned soon after. Tali FATre4II3x etl.IF1.Rr.ED, nveatiture or 111% Crave tate Arahblshalt or Quebec. Queboo, Jan. 33.--,Tbe grand and tm- posing ceremony of he conferring of the meninx) on the Archbishop of Quebec, Mgr, Is. N, Bogle, took place yesterday mermen in the I3as1ilaa, It was Quo of the most :importing of the uany celebra- tions which have occurred in tbe saoretl edifice, Iiia Greco Mgr. J., T. Duhamel, 4robhishou of ()Owe, presided, and there were present more than 100 morl- 'gnome and priests, also a number of stingguiebod laymen, including tbe oat. -Governor, the Premier and his col- leagues. l'bo Foclerel Government was represented by the ellnister of Puhllo Works, Hon. J. I. Tarte. WHITE PA i$ ANP Xis! he Ralire:,d Is Now ('oanplatetl Fro 'ks,L`ury to she Summit. San Francisco, Jan, 23.-PoterL. Bar• per, secretary of 1), 0. rouser, the IE ng- lisp capitalist who is backing the pinks Pass Yukon Railroad, Is hero on his was east. Bo says the railroad is now completed froze Skaguay to the summit of White Pass. Tho company is hiring 1 the wen it oan,ss it is desirod t000m- plote the road as soan as possible as far as Fort Seikirk, 320 miles from Seagaay. About 0,000 anon aro now on the oom- puny's roll, but it is bard to keep them, and stampedes to the gold fields aro fre- quent. PROF. GOLD\VIN SMITH'S LAST. PelltIaal History of the United Kingdom Down to 1830. London,Jan, 23. -Prot. Goldwin. Smith is writing a political history ot the Uni- ted Kingdom down to the Retorts) Act of 183U, to bo published In the autumn. Ho says this is the last work be will under- take. May lie Published In Canada. Toronto, .Tan. 28. -The manuscript Is nearly finisbod and will be placed in tbe bands of the liloMillan's. The learned Professor, asked last night if he intended to publish It in Canada, replied tbat that would rest entirely with his publishers. Sailed With the Doulchobors. Halifax, N.S., Jan. 23. -Tie Beaver Line steamer Lake Huron sailed yester- day morning for St. John, N.B., with her big load of Doukhobors. Only three of the pilgrims were loft in Halifax, be- ing a man named Alixoy Ribben, bis wife and child. Tho child had a ligbt attack of measles, and it was deoided to keep the family here until the steamer arrives from Batoum next week with the second batch of Doukhobor immigrants. Tbe Lake Huron Is due at St. John to- day. The Filipinos' Spanish Prisoners. Washington, Jan. 23. -Tho War De- partment has cabled to General Otis, in command of the military forces in the Philippines, asking it the Spanish pri- soners held by the insurgents have been released. It is evident from tbis that the Government is moving toward the exe- cution of article 6 of the peace treaty, by which the United States undertook "to obtainthe release of all Spanish pri- soners in the hands of the insurgents in the Philippines," and at its own cost to return the prisoners to their homes. Tbe number of the Spanish prisoners is considerable, running into the thou - Kinds.' Quite a number are monks and friars. Kettle River Flglnt Again. Chicago, Jan. 28.-A financial man interested in the proposed Kettle River Valley Railroad said yesterday: "On the opening of the forthcoming session of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada the application .for a charter for the Ket- tle River Valley Company will be renew- ed. It was defeated last session through the opposition of the Canadian Pacific, which will still oppose the granting of a charter. The proposed road is an Ameri- can enterprise, banked by American capital Its object is to open up the rich mining district of southern British Coe nmbba." A lleged Forgery in Barrie. Barrie, Ont., Jan. 23.-F. A, Van- sickle of this town was arrested on Fri- day afternoon charged with forging a ol.eque payable by his father for $20. He got the paper cashed. He acknowledged' the offence, and will receive his prelim- inary trial on Monday. Bail was refused. --' Fresh Fighting in the Congo. Brussels, Jan 28. -There bas been fresh fighting he the Congo State, The Patrlote announces yesterday, between the Belgian troops and the rebels, the former having sustained heavy Isms in - 'hiding some White officers 1tWsd. SOUTHERN GREECE SHAKEN. A Severe Earthquake Throughout the Peloponnesus, Whole Villages Were Destroyed and Many People Rendered llonieless-The In- habitants Camping Out In the Suburbs and Afraid. to Return to Their Homes -Shock Also Felt in the District of Zante. Capital of the Ionian, Islands. Athena, Jan. 23.-A strung seismic disturbance was felt yesterday morning about half -past 9 o'clock throughout the Poloponnesus (the southern portion of the Kingdom of Greece), especially in the southwestern departments of the peninsula. Ali the houses in the town of Pbiliatra. In the department of ?1Ieaseis n on the Ionian coast, have been damaged, and the inbabitauts are now .camping out in the suburbs. Two villages in the vicinity of Pbillatra were completely destroyed, many people being slightly in- jured. The villages of Hypaarlsela sad Btase were also practically destroyed, though it is not known ae yea, whether there were CAUGHT IN AN ICE FLOE. Ferry Niagara',} Narrow escape Froin Going Over Niagara Falls --An Anxiona Tina for Passengers.. 1301110, N. t, Jan. 23. -Locked in a monstrous ice floe, the Canadian ferry Niagara, with 19 persons on board, was swept bolpbessly down the NNlagara River on Saturday night and wrecked on the International Bridge. The boat, 'wbiell plied between the city and Fort l;rie, Ont., left her dook at the foot of Ferry street in the early evening,, on her hast trip of the day, having on board 15passengers, six of whom were women, and two obildrele, Fier grew oon- sisted of four men. The river was fall of floating ice that drifted in from the lake. but the boat headed diagonally against the current and made bar wen to the centre of tbe stream. Here she became Imbedded in a great field of lee, and, her engines were powerless to propel her. The current at this point is exceedingly swift and the momentum of the tae field carried the ferry with It in spite of the. furious working of her engines. The passengers, realizing their sltua- tion, were horrorstricken with the fear of being carried over the falls, and the more imminent danger of being dashed molest a pier of the Internatiopal Bridge. The calla of the ferry wbistio attracted any victims theta.. Much damage to prop- attention from there and fire tugs were erty was done as \avariro, a seaport six started from the, harbor aa mile above to suites north of elodou, whose barber wit= endeavors rescue the helpless Draft, massed the victory of the Fuglish, Fteaoh The passengers and craw of the d. with acid Hessian hoots over those of the put one nifece whiers, end ptoou with Turks and E talanchad fares wltnlo she swept obi with gyptians in 1827; and sort• the current, River navigation being sldorabto damage is reported (rout Gala- closed, the draw* of the International main, capitai of the department ,of Bridge are inoperative and the swnnRMne Me:sonie, near the head of the Gulf of eilglnlls dead, It was obvlons that the Moron, o er works oth lot a ld of clear trila cu n 'T'ha shook was severely felt its the the pan, but The great menace was the pP district of ?ante,. capital of the IOniara pier of rend ruasonry, `the eurrent fav-. island of Ihat Ralno. but there was n0 Dred the beat find swept her between the loss or We or 'Property there, Many span and a, ]lifts ao the east et the centre Blighter shocks have occurred during the, a the river. The iron girders of the • day, and she people at numerous "Awns ` bridge raked the boat clean to bot second and 'anlages aro afraid to return to their dace, carrying away stnokestacet, pilot house, hurtleahe sleek and life boats, without perceptibly impeding her pro- gress. The passengers and crew were be- low deck and escaped injury from the wreekege. Swinging goer of the bridge, the elegem broke free from the lee field and drifted into a paitch at clear water. A handgo:lr svag attlrhed to the redder., homes, The 'authorities are doing alI lu their power to zurnish tents and supplies. WOULi) I.ieen THE COLD CASH, Wbcgatee From ler1itenm and Norwnssd a„ Paris, Jae. 3. -.delegates from. Brit- tany and Normandy are now In Paris, the engine% evilest peeved to be vein - leathering the more Than usuallydbstract'- jured, rammed Their funcilees, and the ed Foreign Minister about the French • dianzotnbereti craft was slowly Worked tri shore question. In this matter trio Bre- a dock on the Atnoricen shore. French Shore 110xboesse tans retard the res; of France as for- rF.RILi, OS' Tills I1ICIDGE. signers eugagetl. In a 3b4tneful conspiracy agsduet them, The abrogation of the French treaty rights in Newfoundland would, ie is mewled, ruin thousands of Breton families, and any aompensatlon given by Englund Would be diverted into abunnols away from the real sufferers. The 'Breton;] want the compensation to take the attractive, tangible form of bard cub, which can be comfortably divided among the Breton Asher folk, AI. Rads. gnat, a Breton, now In Paris, has con- ceived the idea of appealing to the Celtic race all over the world in behalf of the unhappy Celts in northwestern France. Bo denounces Ambassador Canabon as "the agent of Latin decay and the enemy of the Celtic race," and suggests that, If there Is to be a deal over the French share business, It ebould be made atter a deolaion between the British Government and a delegation of elected bodies of Brittany and Normandy: "in ardor to prevent the official thieves of Paris from bating an oppurtunity of robbing aur population of the Indemnity wbloh may be granted them." Unfortunately for the Bretons, their representatives in tbe Chamber of Depu- ties bavo little Influence, and will be unable to divert the course of the Frenob pollee'. whleh is to obtain compensation for giving up the French shorn rights In Siam or Africa, or both, CHINESE ENDORSE 'EI:RESFOISD. Reforms Are Necessary and the Open Door Should Ito Maintained. London, Jan. 23. -Tho Hongkong core respondent of Tho Times says: "A crowd- ed meeting of the leading aommeroial Chinese. hold at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday, unanimously ap- proved the views recently expressed here by Lord Charles Beresford as to the necessity for reform, the mantenanoe of the "open door," and the reorganization of the army and nary ander British officers. It was a spontaneous Chinese meeting, unprompted by foreigners, and was, therefore, highly significant." A Shocking Hospital Scandal. Antwerp, Jan. 23.-A shocking hospi- tal scandal bas come to light here. An American lady of means and refinement arranged with the physicians of the bus- pital for an operation. The terms were agreed upon and the lady prepared her- self for the operation. At the table the doctors demanded the fags before they would use the knife. Tbe patient camp unprepared to meet the demand, being without ready cash, although she is a woman of means, and, known to be such, the physicians refused to overate, telling her to return the next day with moues, and saying: "We have had enough of you foreigners." The operation was postponed, and the following day the patient died from the effect on her nervous system of the ex- citement and mortification. The Anti-Anurohiat Conference. London, Jan. 23.-A despatch from Rome to The Central .News says that the Italian Government is about to send a diplomatic note to the powers that participated in the recent anti -Anarchist conference, inviting them to state defin- itely their conclusions relative to the proposals considered. When the answers of the powers are received Italy will call a conference of the ambassadors with a view of taking united action. .# yiouiae Indy ;old Her l score Carried 400 Ponds on the Ice. Niagara Italia, Ont., Jan. 23. --Tho ion bridge et 1$99 will go down in the blis- tery at Niagara as being the greatest loo jam ever known. The past few days tl.e now of ice over both falls has been tre- mendous, piling up mountains high in the basin below the falls. About 4 o"olnok yesterday afternoon. from the effect 01 the water and the pouring over the foils, and not enough space below the ice to allow It to escape, the great force of the water bodily lifted I. the billions of tons of ice and moved it i down the rlvor 400 yards. At the time about a dozen people were on the bridge and with a hasty scramble all made good i their °soaps on the Amerlcan side, except a young lady and her escort, who were carried down with the shift for 400 yards and Ianded near the outlet of the tunnel on the American aide, and were unable to maks a landing. There being sovoral feet of water between where they were Iand the there, they bad to make their way moss the los jam to the Canadian side, which was a very hazardous and dangerous trip and was wltnossod by the thousands of excited people that lined both banks and bridges. Tbe two young people were C. E. Misenor of Buffalo, N.Y., and Miss Bessie Hall of Johnson - burg, Pa. Tho Maid of the Mist dooks, ticket office and sheds are completed wrecked by the toe, which has burled them out ot sight. The loss will be several thousand dollars. Leo XIII. Offers a Prize. Rome, Jan. 23. -The Pope bas'set, apart the sum of $4,000, which . Is to he given to the winner of an international prize competition of artists for a new picture for the 'Vatican. The subject selected by Hie Holiness is a painting of the Holy Family. The contest will be an international one, and the prize will be awarded in. 1001. Imperial House Feb. 7. LondonoJon. 23. -Lord Salisbury pre - aided over a Cabinet Connell held at the. Foreign Office on Saturday afternoon. There was a full attendance. The meet- ing was the first of .s series which will be devoted to drafting the Queen's epeeoh, ` prenaratory to the meeting of Psrliarene .on • Feb. 7. Dnndurn to Be Closed. Hamilton, Jan. 28. --Tho announce- ment is made that Senator Maclnnes has decided to otos° Dnndurn Park, and will not lease it for any publio purpose. For some years Mr. William Stroud bas bad a lease of the park, a portim of which he converted into a baseball ground. Besides the ball games, Dun- durn was used frequently for celebrations and fetes, and its closing will be regret- ted by those who had such affairs in hand, and the general public/. for there is no other park in or near the city that is the equal of Dnndurn. Years ago the pity had the opportunity to buy the park and castle for a reasonable amount, but refused. A Fatal Southern Vendetta. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 23. -Saturday, on tbe line between Lee County, Va., and Han000k County, Tenn., a section remote from the telegraph, a battle oc- curred between 20 members of the Eddy family of Virginia and the Ramsay fam- ily of Tennessee. Tho battle lasted sev- eral eceral hours, during which a number of men on both sides were killed and in- jured. A quarrel of long standing result- ed in the fight. Rush to Atlin Has Begun. Vancouver, Jan. 23. -Tho rush to At - lin, the new gold fields of northern Brit- ish Columbia, has commenced, Two vessels, steamers Cutch and Danube, left port yesterday with over 100 passengers, who were booked hero. They purchased their supplies in Vancouver, and moat of them are bound for Agin. Grogan Is Paralyzed. Hamilton, Jan 23. -William Grogan, a shooter from St, Louis, was admitted to the City Hospital on Saturday evening. He is paralyzed, having been thrown from a'r-ig at the rape track on Friday. .4 "pot" hunter fired at a stray pigeon and frightened Grogan's horse, which ran away. A Drunken Tailor's suicide Vancouver, Jan. 23. -Despairing of ever being able to govern bis appetite for strong drink, Horace Bourdon,' a Frencb- Canadiantailor of -this city, ,ended his life on Saturday morning by taking enough strychnine to kill half a dozen MOD. Sir "Arther Curtis ,Said to Bo Alive. Vancouver, B.C., .tan. 23. --'Word has been received here, that Sir Arthur Curtle, the Englishman who was geld to Lave lost his life en route 50 We kion - dike, is alive, GOVERNOR OF CUBA. GENERAL JOHN R. BROOKE A BORN SOLDIER AND A BIG ONE. How the Man Who Is the American Successor of Weyler and Blanco Began. ilii Military Career -Elam Won Pistinetton In ,'wo Wars. Major General John J3. Brooke, the newly appointed military governor of Cn- bil, is a big man both physically and men - telly In regard to personal appearance be is probably the most striking and ins- pressive leaking officer be all the army. Be is several inches over six feet in height and weighs more than 250 pounds. His frame is massive, and on his broad, square shoulders is set a well shaped head crown- ed with slivery white hair. He would make a typical field marshal, The Cubans are bound to be impressed by him. General Brooke, Doming after Weyler and Bianco. who are both men of small stature, presents a striking contrast to those officials. It must be remembered that senile he i8 ofYIoialiy the military gev- ernor of the island to the Qubans be will be known as the American captain gen- eral. Each of the six provinces is to have a separate tnilltary governor, but all will be under the direction of General Brooke, Brooke is a born soldier. fie has won distinction in two wars• He may be de- pended upon to rune with an iron handin t"oiln Re is not one of the most popular Plan in tate army, and le is quite probable that wine of the Cubans may not like his ways of Inanaging affairs there. but it wee evident to the adnilnistratian in Washing - tett that a strong elan was needed in Cu. acid so Brooke was selected. In til& Spanish-Aruerlcen war Goneral. Brooke bad but smell opportunitytgsbow hi:i fighting; qualities. During the early part of the contest he was stationed at Chioe:n=11ga, camp There he did vain - /Mist work in organizing the volunteers 'ingot/ bks carefully constructed corps was demolished. once to fit out Shafter'a army end again to sand re -enforcements to Stunti go. 'then General Brooke asked for active servir% and was sent to Perto Rico as seo- nad in centtuand. He was just about to wipe out of existence the Spanish army there when tho peeco protocol was signed and he was compelled to suspend activities (beneral Brooke is a native of Pennsyl- vania, braving been born on the old Mead - BABOdiGENERAL JOHN' R. 'BROOM ow Brooke farm near Pottstown 60 years ago. He began his military career three days after Sumter was fired on. The man who had been obosen captain of the local militia company had resigned after the call for volunteers There was no one in Pottstown capable of taking the command, Then some one recalled the fact that "Big .John" Brooke had boon to a military school and :must know something of tao- tics. A committee was sent out to the Brooke farm, and received by old Major Brooke, John's father. Major Brooke lis- tened to the story of the party and an- swered brusquely: "John tnnst go.' John was busy in the woods with a yoke of oxen gathering a load of stumps Presently he appeared, a big fellow, 83 years of age, in the rough garments of a farmer. He was offered the captaincy "Certainly I'll go," be said. .After finishing the day's work the new captain went to town and strolled into the company's armory and talked over the situation. On the next day -Friday -the company was on its way to the front. The regiment was known as the Fourth Pennsylvania, enlisted for throe months' service, and was mustered in on April 20. 1861. John Brooke proved a good officer, being a strict disciplinarian and getting excellent results with his men. Then he was taken with a slight fever, was placed on the sick list andon his way home on furlough stopped in Harrisburg and interviewed Governor Andrew - G. Curtin. The war governor was so much im- pressed with the young officer that Brooke was encouraged to raise a new regiment, afterward the famous Fifty-third Pennsyl- vania. Few regiments attainea such distinc- tion as did the Fifty-third Pennsylvania under the command of Colonel Brooke. It is said that of the 2,000 fighting regi- ments engaged in the civil war but 45 lost more than 200 men in the field. The Fifty-third was one of these, and, more- over, was frequently chosen for services requiring stubborness, pluck and daring gallantry. As part of McClellan's Army of the Peninsula, the regiment took a prominent part in the battle of Fair Oaks, In June, 1862, whore it was surprised and thrown into confusion, but rallied and quickly forced the enemy from his line. The commanding generalscommended its conduct on this occasion. After a tierce engagement at Peach Orchard General Sumner rode up and complimented the regiment for its brav- ery, saying: "You have done nobly, d know you would do it." After the battle of Chanoellorsville Gen- eral [looker reviewed the army at Fal- mouth and at the conclusion of the cere- monies about 50 of the staff and line offi- cers spent an evening at General Hooker's headquarters, General Hancock among them During the course of the visit an Informal discussion arose the to, the .merits of the several officers bn the general's com- mand, ~Hancock said to Hooker that he bad the 'three best colonels in the United States' aruy--Cross of the Fifth New Hampshire, Colonel Nelson A. Miles of the Sixty -•first New York and Colonel John R. Brooke of the a ifty-third Pennsylvania," The words were freighted with prophetic sig- nificance Colonel Cross went into. the battle of Gettysburg, aaying that on that field he would win "six feet of earth or a yellow Bash."' Be` won for himself a grave, while General Hancook's remain- ing "beet colonels" are today the beading soldiers of the nation. Ltlrttsa R. ROWLZT, A NEW POET. $ensethtng About Arthur J. Burdick.. Author or''Just Jingles." When a poet passes the magazine stage: end sonds out his fancies in substantial cloth covers, he may to said to babe ants - ed. ear. Arthur J. Burdick is here: Bs came recently, A pent little volume of poems, modestly labeled "Just "tingles,"' is bis card of introduction, andit admits bine to a seat among the great chorus of American singers. Most of Alr. Burdick's verses are stash. than jingles. In ]lis more serious moods he gives ns the real ,article. His lines to a, sea gull are an example of this, as a► couplet will show: Soul of bereaved one, troubled and tossed, searching tee sea for one who wsa lost, But be is also happy in his hnmorolts verse. One of his best efforts in this line desoribes old Aunt Keziah, who was the Cnreeusest woman I. ever see, ,Albers a-sayin; "On telli Oa res!" • • a. • • a e his bandonh Reath came and laid her sad, entre come to claim zny own," he said. ,Bat she only said: "La mei .flu tell! I've been expectin ye quite a spell." There are a number of poems for ohiI- dren in "'rust Jinglers," and smutted these ARTHUR. 4. BUPI8CA. aught to appeal strongly to the average: boy. There is one about "The Boy and the Bouncing Rear," which runs This is the story as far as it goes Of the boy and the bouncing bear - The bear with the blacks inquisitive now And tbe Icing and shaggy hair, And the bay with the melting eyes of blur. ,Anda lose of litorie -ab nut lege yea, Tbo bear, be dwelt in a deep, dark wood. And be bunted day by day For tender boys -dust 58 he should. For beers ere built that way, And It's rosily a duty for bears toast Each tender boy that they chance to meet. Mr. Burdick is a native of Genesee, Allegany county, N, Y., and is about 40 years old. He Is now city editor of the Olean (N. Y,) Morning Times. Bo haa been in the newspaper business for a number of years and has contributed largely, both in prose, and verse, to many well known publications. Mr. Burdick's first attempt in verse mea with little encouragomout. When a boy at school, he wrote a rhymed composition, and his teaoher promptly accused him of "(gibbing." Although, of course, the charge could not bo proved, the teacher still looked upon the budding poet with suspicion. But Mr, Burdick lived dower, this season of disgrace and finally con- vinced the schoolmaster, though not until years after, that "perhaps the little fellow might have written it himself, after all." Although Ms. Burdick has written verse ever since he was a boy, it was only about five years ago tbat he could be induced by his family to offer his work for publica- tion. His poems wore readily accepted, and he was encouraged to write more. These have been published in various mag- azines, and now ho is a full blown poet, with a neat new volume on the book stands. HE MAY VISIT US. Crown Prince of Germany Said to Ba Coming Isere Next Spring. Prince/ Friedrich Wilhelm, who, it is said, will visit this country early next spring, is the kaiser's eldest son, and therefore the future emperor of Germany. He is a big, athletic looking young fellow of 18 years and a good type of the German youth. This visit will bean unusual event, and it almost seems improbable that it will occur, but influential dailies of both Ber- lin and London have said that the prints will make the trip, and it may be so. It will be the first case on record of a Ger- man crown prince visiting the new world. It is said that the emperor has ordered that the crown prince shall spend most of the time from now until he becomes at 't.,t PRINCE FRIEDRICH WILHELM IN .HuIrrn a COSTUME. age, in 1901, in instructive travels In tor:' eign lands. tee will begin with a tour of the United States, during which the strict- est trictest incognito will be preserved, though, as the European paperaremark, it requires an artful dodger to eludethe,Amerigan reporters, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm la a groat fa- vorite in court circles, He is a bright: student, but not enough of a bookworm to neglect the pleasures of outdoor sports. he and his younger brother, Primes' Eitel Fritz, are passionatoly.fond of hunt- ing. ing. During his tour of the United $ties;; the crown prince will be chaperoned P ed snit by one cuurt attendant,' a tutor and &, In Siberia 15 a man is diesatiefed the most trifling mote of hls,wifa a or vett from hes facia[ oat ',kat'