Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1901 — IN THE PUBLIC EYE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Lieut. Thomas F. O'Reilley has just been reinstated as a second lieutenant in the rank, the rank which he held when

he was dismissed by a court martial in 1872. In that year Lient. O’Reilley, who had fought through the rebellion, coming out a brevet colonel, ‘was stationed at Fort Randall as a second lieutenant. Col. (now Gefl.)

Otis was his superior officer, and ona evening Lieut. O’Reilley escorted the wife of another officer to the colonel’s house and introduced her to those present. A scene followed, and as a result Col. Otis preferred charges and O’Reilley was dismissed. During the last thirty years his is snid to be the only case on record in which an officer so dismissed has been restored to his rank. Alexander Graham Bell, the telephone man, a millionaire several times over, has been serving as a special agent of the census bureau. He had charge of the enumeration of deaf, dumb and blind population, nnd is now preparing his report. Mr. Bell, who in early life was an instructor in a deaf ami dumb asylum, draws $6 per day from the government while engaged in this census work. Queen Sophia of Sweden, who is reported seriously ill with the influenza, has not for some years been popular with

her subjects. The story of how she came to lose the respect and admiration which she formerly enjoyed is a strange one. When the Salvation army movement first beca m e prominent Queen Sophia was one of the first to espouse it. Finally a brutal murder was committed in

QUEEN SOPHIA.

Sweden, and a‘Salvation army officer was accused of it, and public sentiment demanded that lie be punished to the full extent of the law. Great pressure was brought to bear on the Queen by the friends of tlie man, and at last she yielded and secured his release, ller action was bitterly condemned, and her popularity suffered a blow from which it never recovered. Senator Tillman of South Carolina has had the unique distinction of being twice elected to the same term in the United States Senate. The Legislature elected him week before last, and, finding out that it had acted too soon, went through the formality again last week. Col. Peter Miehie, who for more than thirty years had been the professor of philosophy at West Point, is dead. ■ Col.

Miehie was a Scotchman by birth and graduated front the military academy in 1863. H« got out of thb school in plenty of time to see active service, and inside of two years he had risen to a brigadier

general. In the spring of 1871 he came to West Point to fill the position which he had ever since occupied. One of his sous, Lieut. Dennis Miehie. was killed at the fight at San Juan Hill, nnd another, William, died soon after in Pennsylvania. Sir George Williams, who founded the Young Men’s Christian Association in London, in 1844, may attend the convention of the association in Boston next June. Sir George is now 80 years old. He is at present in southern Europe for his health. Miss Irene Brodie, the eldest daughter

of the late Steve Brodie, falls heir to about $85,000 by her father’s will. Miss Brodie. who is co-legatee with her brother, sister Helen and her stepmother. will receive the bulk of the fpr* tune left by the jumper, the rest of the money going to the other three heirs.

Congressman Galusha A. Grow’* hobby is the care As deaf and dumb children, and he is now’ endeavoring to have the government send children from the other States tfnil territories to lie educated at the Mary S. Garrett School in Philadelphia. Bamuel It. Artmun, Speaker of the lujlanu House, was born in Augusta, Marion County", Ind., In 1806. He lsdh£ Son

Of Joseph ami Elizabeth Duulap Artman, Imth of whom were born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Hp was given a common school education. Inti-r attending the Indiana State Normal Sehool, from which he was grad-

unted. In 1889 he was married to Miss Addle A. Cobb. He is now serving his second term in the General Assembly. The present heir to Queen Wllhelmina's crown Is a German, the rieh and young Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, considered the best royal match ia the world. His grandmother, the late Grand Duchess Sophia, was the aunt of the present Queen of Holland. Jndge Ray, one of the New York delegation in Congress, Is said to be able to smoke a cigar faster and to smoke more cigars in a day than any other Congress man. He never neglects an opportunity to amoks.

LIEUT. O'REILLEY.

COL. MICHIE.

MISS BRODIE.

S. R. ARTMAN.