Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1899 — IN THE PUBLIC EYE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IN THE PUBLIC EYE

The birthday of William Makepeace Thackeray, which was celebrated recently, recalls the fact that literary England

now owes a double debt to India, which has given it the creator of the Newcomes and the more modern “Poet Laureate of the Anglo-Saxon; Ra c e,” KiplingJ Thackeray w a sl| born in Calcutta! In July, 18111 When he was 51 years old his fath-' er died and the little boy was sent home to England, where his aunt took charge of him. That good woman one day saw the child trying on his uncle’s hat, which proved none too large for him. She was sure that so large a head on so small a child was unnatural and abnorm a 1. Straightaway she took the

little boy in her carriage and rushed off to consult Sir Charles Clark, the famoua physician. He was apparently wiser than the alarmed aunt. Perhaps he waa a fortune teller and could foresee the future. At any rate he told the aunt to take her nephew home and not to worry about the size of his head. “It is a largehead,” he said, “but there seems to be a good deal inside it.”

Dr. Oronhyatekha, a full-blooded Mohawk Indian, was elected ‘president of the National Fraternal Congress at the

recent session in Chicago. Dr. Oronhyatekha came into prominence through his remarkable record in building up the Independent Order of Foresters. The results of bi» work are represented by a membership of 150,000 and a surplus of over $3,500,000. Oronhyatekha was bora

Aug. 10, 1841, in Ontario, at the Six Nations Indian reservation. His English education was begun in the industrial school, near Brantford, established for the training of young Indians. Later he went to the Wesleyan Academy at Wilbraham, Mass. Being without money,, he supported himself there by doing odd jobs. When the Prince of Wales visited Canada in 1860 Oronhyatekha, then ilk his twentieth year, was selected by the chiefs of the Six Nations to present an address to the son of their “great mother.” The impression made upon the young prince and his party was so favorable that Oronhyatekha was invited to continue his studies in Oxford under the care of the prince. Oronhyatekha returned to America a full-fledged doctor and practiced successfully until he accepted his position with the Foresters.

The Boston police say that George Simpson is the worst man in America, and they have requested that all the jail*

in the United States be searched for him, as they believe he is concealed in one of them. Formerly a Baptist minister, Simpson has been a burglar, horse thief, incendiary, forger and bigamist, and now j he is wanted for a murder committed at Dover, N. H., eight years ago.

Simpson began his career of crime while he was a preacher, and robbed many houses before suspicion was directed tohim. He then traveled around the coun- v try occupying pulpits in small towns on. Sunday and swindling on week days.

W. F. Powell, the United States minister to Hayti and San Domingo, who has shown decided firmness in protecting

American citizens, from the revolutionary mobs on the island, has given Several demonstrations of the fact he possesses a cool head and a quick wit. It should not be forgotten that it f was Powell whor saved Port au Prince, the capital of the Haytian Republic, from being bombarded by Ger-

Word has reached Hastings, Neb., that Viola Horlocker is in the Jacksonville, 111., insane asylum. Miss Horlocker is-

the beautiful young stenographer who, some months ago, sent poUoned candy to the wife of her employer, Ghas. A. Morey. She was said to be madly infatuated with Mo- ' rey, and saw in his wife the only impediment to their

onion. She is under bond for her appearance in Hastings for trial.

THACKERAY.

DR. ORONHY ATEKHA

GEORGE SIMPSON.

W. F. POWELL. man warships.

MISS BORLOCKER.