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Show PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT J CAREER LIKE A ROCKET l Wlicn n deputy shorlft, armed with a writ ot y?S&Ss attncliment Issued from tho Biipremo court, tho M k other day served copies of that paper upon John If Urandt Walker, wizard of Wall street, and on I other brokers with whom Walker has accounts, wl,nt ,nny 1,0 tho flnnl chnPtcr waa written In tho I lB romantic story of Ilrandt Walker's kaleldocoplo 1 1!?$ f?$' Hwfft advent, rlBo nnd crash "on tho street." Tho at- wt- tachnicnt was Issued on a 23,500 claim of a ' xwWf hrokorngo flrm which asserts a balance duo on jBjWk , a series of wheat and stock deals. That Walker I "y 8 Bj '"'I nt)t fln(l It convenient to settle so compara W&iltnrL. "vo'y trivial a bill Is taken to mean that he has "i ty$.jJ?Zjjh struck tho bottom of the financial toboggan chute, MJWi nni "''H 'ca 'B trno out by his recent sale of Li"'m n'8 expensive garngo, Btahlo and team of big-irlRm!W big-irlRm!W bred trotters nt figures said to bo far lower than tho prices ho paid In their purchase Only a year ago John Ilrandt Walker was tho sensation of tho stock brokers' world. Ills plunging methods or lack of method on tho board of trade attracted the attention of veteran speculators who had Been scores of men tempt fortune by bold or blznrro cnmpnlgns. Wnlker's campaign waa unlnuo, In thnt It went farther than most others had dnred, and alao In that It was successful. A million dollars a month for 90 days was tho measure of bis winnings nt tho closo of Ills big benr campaign, which closed only last December. De-cember. His olllco deBk had six phones, connected with various brokerago houses, and nt his country residence ho kopt tickers, blackboards, clorks, telegraph tele-graph operators and his secretary to carry on his nudaclous light with fortune. for-tune. Walker Is 40 yenrs old, son of Edwin Wnlkcr, a famous Chicago railroad lawyer, and enme to Now York from tho former city a few years ago with $1G,000. This ho promptly lost, nnd ho repented tho performance several times, ns often ns ho could got enough cash or backing to mako a now Btart. Then, laBt summer, ho began tho boar campaign which beat down tho market and rolled gold into his pockets In a swelling stream. SHREWD WOMAN POLITICIAN I Mrs. Frank W. DodBon, who Is seeking a sec- tond election to tho office of county recorder ol. I'olk county, Iowa, put to rout a bold band ot jury fixers In Des Moines and completely revolutionized revolu-tionized tho drawing of Jurors throughout tho cntlro slnto. Sho Is known as the shrewdest poll tlclnn In Iown. Five years ago sho was tho wlfo of Attorney Frnnk W. DodBon, a candldnto for district Judge To his wlfo ho confided his hopes and ambitions. Ho also confided to her tho llttlo Ins and outs ol politics. Dodson died suddenly and his widow was left with n llttlo son to support. Mrs. Dod-son Dod-son turned hnr attention to politics nnd ran foi ' county recorder. Tho politicians fought hor, but , sho went direct to tho peoplo with convincing arguments, laying baro tTio Becrcts ot tho corrupt ward heelers, and sho won. Tho Iowa statuto at that time placed tho drawing of Jurors' In tho hands of tho clerk, auditor nnd recorder, and Mrs. Dodson discovered thnt tho draw Ing of Jurors was a farce. Sho set to work to correct tho abuse. Sho stirred up such a fuss as tho stato had never seen. Corporations which always had enough friends on tho jury panel to protect their Interests, saw that a revolution revolu-tion of tho system wns Imminent, nnd got very busy. So did tho political machines. Again did Mrs. Dodson go to tho peoplo. So great was her Influence In-fluence thnt tho Civic league, which labored for puro government, joined In tho movement. Tho contest reached tho courts. Mrs. Dodson personally presented hor sldo of tho Jury situation to tho Judges. Tho fight was blttor. Sho explained to tho court thnt tho jury boxes wero tied with pieces of thin wire, whereas tho law required that thoy should bo securely scaled. Tha court ordorcd the boxes securely sealed and directed that no juries bo drawn In secret. Then Mrs. Dodson wont farther. Sho nppcalcd to tho legislature, nnd after days nnd dnys of Indefatlgablo labor, opposed by tho politicians at ovory Btep, sho brought about tho passago of n new Jury law that put an ond to tho selection of tho jury lists by election officers. Mrs. Dodson announces thnt sho is a candidate for re-election on her pi lltlcal record. MINISTER TO PANAMA i 1 Herbert C. Squlers, United States minister 0t to Panama, who has just passed successfully Jfc3?SPi through a critical Intcrvlow with Secretary of J'iaSSSSfcjJgs Stato Itoot touching tho diplomat's reported lack Hi SSft of Political neutrality In tho Panama olectlon r<fm! .11 iflH campaign, will return at onco to his post. His W 5. report to tho stato department gnvo tho sccro- "m I tnry nn excollent Ideu of tho rufllod situation In iV-Jt JJ Panama over tho light for tho presidency, which -J 7 '8 I11"0 Hkcly to result in serious outbreaks on $qy f l election dny, July 11. IgLj, ' v Heforo being sent to Panama ho wns tho first ra&B'' inlnlstor this country hnd nt Havana, a post ZSrr smnWti which ho resigned in Dccombor, 1905. His pro-ftSJjSn'flflm pro-ftSJjSn'flflm vloUH diplomatic cxpcrlenco Included servlco as 7MES$S!!f7iH1"A lit eccrotary of the American embassy at Berlin In 1894 nnd secretary of legation at I'okln In 1898. During tho boxer troubles In tho latter year ho served as chief of staff to Sir Charles Macdonnld, tho Ilrltlsh minister. Tho diplomatic llfo uppoals particularly to Squlers on account of Its Infinite In-finite variety nnd tlngo of adventure Ills hns been nn unusual enreor to end In such u servlco. Horn In Canada In 18S9, ho wns educated In a Minnesota mllltnry nendemy, a Maryland agricultural school and tho United States Artillery Ar-tillery school. He entered the army and sorved us a lloutonnnt in tho western Indian wars, leaving tho servlco to ho dotnlled ns teacher of mllltnry science In n Now York college Ho gnvo this up to got Into nctlvo servlco onco moro In tho Pino Itldgo ngency Indlnn troublo In 1891, and then gave up tho army altogether and turned his attention toward politics. WITH PERRY IN JAPAN i. I Chlof Knglnoor Edward Dunham noble, U. y -"V. S. N., ranking as a rear admiral on tho retired tffj "s1, nn(1 w'10 colourtltCl1 I''8 Roldon wedding nn- i'jJfcjc-sS nlvorsnry nt Wnshlngtou tho other dny, Is nn In- ffljtjf terestlng flguro In ono of tho most momornblo iflkljS:v-t naval expeditions thnt ever sot out from this tiK country, Ho Is ono of tho Ilvo surviving officers tV ot tno 200 wno accompanied Commodoro M. C. VaHM&'M&'ij Poiry ' 11,0 famous expedition which oponod up JnI)an ,0 tno civilized world In 1852-18G4, nnd thus Wfn'vBxt&fti ,ml lnoro towuri1 tno rnn,(1 advancement of that jdmp' V progressive nation to tho first rank of powors LSffitirf1' V nn(l to cement its peoplo In friendship to tho JffljAL people of tho United Statos of America than all WSi tho rest of tho world combined. Ijigjf Admiral Koblo was born in Uurllngton, Vt., prmvrvK.iw, .t g0j)tomj)0r jj g3j( an(j jB n B()n of Jncob rjnrt.or nnd Ioulsa Dunham Hoblo. Ho was educated at the Wnghamton acadomy, ninghamton, N. Y., whoro ho won tho scholarship prlzo, nnd wns subsequently warranted an assistant engineer In tho United States navy. Ho was ono of tho naval cnglncoring class of 19, In 1852, which, nftor competitive examination, examina-tion, was ovolved from 100 contestants. Ho won his wny to the head of that class and bocamo its ranking ofllcor. , At tho early ago ot 30 ho was commissioned by President Lincoln chief onglnoer of tho United States navy, his commission bolng ono of tho vory fow which President Lincoln signed with his full nnmo, Abraham Lincoln, Instead ot with (ho familiar signature, "A. Lincoln." After an eventful llfo, rich In accomplishment and full of exciting lucl-dents, lucl-dents, ho was rotlred for ago Soptombor 11, 1893, wth tho rank ot commodoro, bolng tho only one ot his class to attain that rank; und In 1900, by act of congrosa, his rnnk was raised to that of rear admiral tor his creditable record In tho civil war, |