Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1901 — IN THE PUBLIC EYE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Samuel Preston 1 Davidson, who died recently at London. Ohio, bad selected the material for his coftfn, which was

built according to his specifications, l long before -’vliia death. T went y years ago he felled a tree which he had raised, and from it he obtained walnut slabs, which he laid away to season; and told his friends that he wanted this lumlier made into a

coffin, in which he desired to.be buried. Three carpenters worked twelve hours upon it after his death. The boards were planed to inch thickness, suWed ami mortised for a coffin six sept three inches long, twenty-four inches across the top, tapering to twenty inMies at the bottom, the height being eighteen inches. Mr. Davidson was a unique character. King Edward VII. has not resigned from any of the London ehibs of which he was a uwmber. Marshall Field's only daughter, Ethel,

has been sued for divorce by Arthur Trge nt; Learnington, England. Both husband and wife live in the village close to Warwick Castle. Both are friends of the Countess of Wartvick. Mrs. Tree has certainly not "deserted” her husband, although’ his suit is on that ground, but she has shown open

repugnance to him for more than a year. Ex-Senator Charles A. Towne, after looking over New York, as a ijeld for the practice of law, has returned to Duluth. He prefers the West. x Over IO.OOd pcbply contributed $40,000 to the memorial fund for the late Gov. Wolcott of Massachusetts.

Louis Godard, the ; famous French aeronaut who will soon attempt to cross the Atlantic frqm New York in a balloon

with six passengers, has already made numerous periJous and successful voyages in the air, often alone, and sometjines , accompanied by as many ns twenty people. His father was a famous aeronaut ami reared his son to the profession. From his childhood Godard has been accustom-

ed to sailing through the air. He has traveled over the surface of almost all of continental Europe, lifts founded schools of aerostatics, exhibited nt numerous expositions and is probably the most successful aeronaut in the world. The Czar of Russia has twenty-seven physicians, and they are all selected from the medical celebrities of Russia. Prince Lujgi Amadeo, Duke of Abruzzi, who is making active preparations for

itarctic regions, with the hope of di scoring "farthest south,” already holds the record for the farthest north. In his last expedition to the north p o 1 a r regions Abruzzi passed the point reached 1 by Nansen. The prince is a son of the late Prince Amadeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, and for a time King of Spain.

He is 2R years old, anil has long beeu noted as an enthusiastic traveler. '

Ezra P. Savage, by virtue of the election of Gov. Dietrich to the. United States Senate, will become Governor of Nebraska, is a typical Western ranchman. and twenty years ago occupied a “sod house” on the plains near Ouster, Neb.

Phil McGovern, the young brother of that marvel of fistic artists, Terry Mc-

Govern. recently made his debut ns a jockey, wearing the colors of the stable in which Champion Terry is interested. In his first race he did not steal the laurels from “Tod” Sloan or make Lester and Johnny Reiff look like "wooden Indians, ” but he made n favorable impression that augurs well for a successful career on the turf. Young Phil is said to have much of the strength and pluck

that hnre made his brother famous in ring contests, and these two eharacteriHtiea are what count mostly in a horse race. 1

Sir Edwin Arnold, upon whom n terrible calamity hbs fallen’, is not dismayed or dishegrtemxl by alllictinn. lie writes to a friend in this country: "My condition would be n sad one without patience and resignation. I am now totally blind and nbld to work only with assistance! But I never despair, and go on with my work, thanking heaven for my unimpaired menial powers. , Brig. Gen. Funston was once a candidate for a West Point cadetship, bul failed to pass ths examination.

S. P. DAVIDSON.

MRS. TREE.

LOUIS GODARD.

DUKE OF ABRUZZI.

PHIL M GOVERS.