Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1908 — PEOPLE OF THE DAY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PEOPLE OF THE DAY

Director of the Inauguration. tor* the e’erembnici Attendant on ti& induction of President Ele r into office include'the bigge<i milttary display ever seen at a presiittntial inauguration. The army and inavy, working with Chairman SielivHgen, A have arranged "fttr 1 ‘A" ptfifkfie hn'd review of several thousand soldiers, frefch from the eVachation of Cuba, and almost an equal number of blbdjackets froto their trinmphehftrlf) around the world.’ “ ,,i * The artoy' will be headed by Major Genera! Barry, commanding the Cuban army of pacification, and hia entire staff The bevy Section of the pdradhi

will be headed by Rear Admiral Sperry and all'toe admirals and captains of his fleet ‘Major General J. FrinkUn Bell as grand marshal will be ta supreme Command at thb'head if thb colunft: '■ ' ’’ »« Edward J. Stellwagen. chairman of the Inaugural committee, Is a native of the 1 District of Columbia and experienced in handling big affairs of the kind: Four years ago he whs treasurer of'the idhfiiftrai'committee, a position requiring tact as well as ability. Mr. SteilWagdn lir prominent in the financial and business life of the capital, being president of the Union Trust company ahft director of several other large financial institutions. r < - •"*.<> J , J The’Sultan of Morocco. Mulai Hafid, the new sultan of Morocd, is h‘ busy man/ He rises With the sun and, save for a short' siesta, ( seems never to have any leisure time at all. He makeh a point Of attending personally to all state business, holds reviews of hIS troops frequently; rfr: ceives deputations from all parts of: the' country, listens almost daily to translations of long extracts from the European newspapers and metes out rewards and punishments. He receives many presents. A Fez corre spotident tells how-the other day gifts in the shape of sacks of gold, bales of. silk, spices and 'jewelry poured in, through the palace gates, and the sultan received the value of something like -$125,000 in the course of this one morning's reception. Among the offerings was a splendid ruby ring which seemed to take the royal fancy, for he forthwith put it on his finger and wore 1t during the remainder' "of the day “

Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Herbert Livingstone Satterlee. the new assistant secretary of the navy, is a son-indaw of J. Plerpbut Morgan. Mr. Satterlee knows the navy department -fairly well. He has been a member of the board of visitors tn Annapolis and is now president of the Naval Reserve association. During the war with Spain he was a volunteer lieutenant assigned to the naval intelligence bureau In New York and on the staff of the late Captain John R. Bartlett, chief of the bureau. He served from July to November on that commission. The new assistant secretary was graduated froth Columbia tp 1883 and

distinguished himself in the School of Political Science, where he received a degree. He was admitted to the bar ’in-1885 and entered the law office of Evarts, Choate A Beaman. In the following year he became secretary to Senator Evarts. He'was active in the organisation of-the naval militia, and when be became a colonel on the staffSof Governor Morton he was appointed the navigating officer of the First naval battalion.

EDWABD J. STELLWAGEN.

HERBERT L. SATTERLEE.