Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1906 — IN THE PUBLIC EYE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IN THE PUBLIC EYE

ReV. George H. Simmons, who committed suicide in his home, at Peoria, HL, as the result of charges of a sean-

dalous nature, bad been pastor of the First Baptist Church and also was at the head of two banking institutions. Mr. Simmons studied . in Georgetown University, and had held pastoral charges in Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana be-

fore coming to Peoria. He was born In 1864 at Shepherdville, Ky., and lived on a farm until he had reached the age of 13. Then he went to Louisville, and with the aid of friends received primary instruction In the public schools. Prior to the disclosures that led to his death he had borne an excellent reputation. Chief Mathew Kiely, who has been susiMHided on charges- of “graft,” had been at the head of the St. Louis Police

Department for six years, but has been connected with the force over twenty y_ea-rA.~~ Anthony Huebier then was placed at the head of the force, retaining the position eight years, when Harrigan again assumed command. One of his first acts

was to make Kiely captain and to place him In charge of the big central district. While Governor Folk was prosecuting attorney friction arose between him and Kiely, the reason, as alleged, being that Kiely bad refused to place the police department under the orders of Mr. Folk.

Frederick VIII., the new king of Denmark, Is well liked by the people. On the 3d of June next he will be 63

years old. He is the father of eight children, one of whom, his second son, is King Haakon of Norway. Frederick’s brother is King of Greece. One of his slsterais Queen oF~ England; another is the mother of the Czar of Russia. He also is related by mar-

rlage with the German, Swedish and other royal houses of Europe. King Frederick is head of the Free Masons of Denmark, and is chancellor of the University of Copenhagen. He is noted for his culture. By the will of the late William B. Skidmore Morristown, N. J., is presented with a $20,000 library. Brigadier General William Harding Carter, who has assumed his new duties as commander of the Depart-

ment of tbe Lakes, U. 8. A., Is a veteran of the regular army and a noted writer on military topics. For more than two years be has been stationed in the Philippines. He has just come from Japan, where he spent the greater part of a six

weeks’ leave of absence gathering data on the Japanese cavalry for a new edition of bls book, “Horses, Saddles and Bridles,” which is a text for the horse arm of the'service. General Carter is 54 years old. John Sebastian, who has been made passenger traffic manager of the Frisco and the Chicago and Eastern Illinois

Railroad systems, has been with the Rock Island road for twenty -si x years. He has been pa Hscuger tr a manager of the X Rock Island since January, 1903, and his two new appointments place him in charge of the passenger business of more miles

of railroad than any other man. The systems over which he is now in charge comprise an aggregate mileage of more than 16,000 miles of railroad. Mr. Sebastian has been In the railway service since 1869. His birthplace is Newport, Ky., where be was born Jan. 28, 1840, and his Ijjum Is in Chicago. Every line of Mrs. and Mr. Williamson’s novel, ‘“My Friend the Chauffeur,** was written out of doors at their delightful home in the south pf Fra nee. Emil Zerkowltl,t»s written a book dealing with American commerce from the Hungarian point of view. He traveled 16,000 miles collecting data. The late Thomas J. Emery, the Cincinnati multimillionaire, who died recently in Cairo. Egypt, was on hte tenth trip tn Africa and hia ffftiath trtp-to ■amps,

REV. G. H. SIMMONS.

MATHEW KIELY.

FREDERICK VII I.

GEN. W. H. CARTER.

JOHN SEBASTIAN.