Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1905 — IN THE PUBLIC EYE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Got. Samuel W. Pennypacker, who in bis message to the Pennsylvania Legislature urged the enactment of a

1a w empowering the State to suppress any newspaper that persists in the publication of libelous and untrut bf u 1 statements, has figured before as an advocate of similar legislation. In giving his approval to the “Quay” libel law, which he signed in

May, 1903, he expressed sentiments much like those in his last message, and raised a storm that spread beyond the bounds of the , Keystone State. He is a descendant oi Hendrick Pannebecker, who was a surveyor for the Penns, and other Dutch ancestors who came to this country in the early part of the seventeenth century. He was elected Governor in November, 1902. Previously he had been judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia. He is 02 years old. Mrs. Maria Weed, whose anti-Mor-mon lectures, under the auspices of the Interdenominational Council of Wom-

en of New York, have stirred the country on account of the Smoot sonntorship hearing, is a Chicago woman who has made a deep and searching study of the Mormon question. It was she who first called attention to the Mormon oath

pricing the church above citizenship, and it was she who exposed the Merman doctrine of the marriage of living people to the dead. She also declares that tlie Mormons allege that both Jesus Christ, and George Washington were Mormons", and employ that piece of mendacity as an argument for the conversion of people to-day. August Belmont, the new president of the National Civic Federation, is one of the foremost men of affairs in

America. As head of the firm of August Belmont & Co., the American representatives of the Rothschilds, his interests are of great magnitude nnd widely diversified. lie is president, trustee or director in no fewer than thirtyfive corporations.

employing many thousands of men. He was born in New York in 1853 and was graduated from Harvard in 1875. Perhaps his greatest single achievement has been to give New York its new rapid transit underground railway system, being president of the company and advancing $56,000,000 in its construction. Mme. Stoessel, wife of tlie valiant defender of Port Arthur, is not less heroic in her temperament than her husband. W h e n

the investment of the fortress was impending Min e. Stoessel was given the opportunity to return to Russia, but she declared that she would on no account leave her husband. To show that she could be of use to

the beleaguered garrison she took charge of the ambulance service, and under her direction it became markedly efficient. She exhibited so much unselfishness and devotion to the welfare of the troops that the men regarded her as a veritable good angel. Thomas K. Niedringhaus, nominated for United States Senator by the Republicans of the Missouri Legislature,

is one of the foremost men in the State. He is a son of former Congressman Frederick G. Nledrlngluius, the millionaire granite ware manufacturer, and received hts education in the public schools. Mr.. Niedrlng ba u s was

chairman of the State Central Republican Committee in the last campaign. He is a leader among the substantial German-American element. Graham K. Mellen. son of President Mellon of the New York, New Haven nnd Hartford Railroad, is a stenographer in the employ of the company. J. \V. Mnffly of Des Moines has written a history of the One Hundred and Forty-eighth Pennsylvania volunteers. He was adjutant of the regiment. Charles Boese, iuventor of a new process of photQsculpture which, it is said, will revolutionize photographic art, has established a studio in Rome.

GOV. PENNYPACKER

MRS. MAUIA WEED.

AUGUST BELMONT.

MME. STOESSEL.

T.K. NIEDRINGHAUS.