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Show IN THE LIMELIGHT "EATS PIE WITH A KNIFE" " X Jacob P. Jncobson bids fair to become n now JssSp". and unique figure In politics as "tlio mnn who gr" ,t) cats jilo with a knife." Ho wan unanimously I" llii3iL nominated for governor by tho Republicans ot I jjSSHk Minnesota a fow days ago. In placing his namo Ljhjtte. bP9H boforo tho convention former Congressman W NRH fiH Frank M. Eddy declared that Jacobson's op- r t .'mi ponents had found only ono thing to say against myA, 'vW l'int '10 cats 1)10 w'"1 'l'8 n,fo "Wo plond gu"ty t0 tho Indlctmont," sold Kr J" Eddy, "nnd ho says that as ho has followed this Cmljii.'HmWK md or procedure for a good many years with-jjWni with-jjWni out cutting himself he oxpectB to contlnuo It MyjmfiPc unt" 1,0 flni18 80mo better way." ff(lfffffjmDJ Jacobaon's nomination was seconded by the x7KMml(illllm((u0' othor candidates who had been campaigning against him for four months without bolng able to shako his hold upon the convention. Jacobson Is a whiskered Implement dealer from the llttlo town of Madison Ho was born In Norway In 1849 and settled In Minnesota In 1871. Ho standi for tho squaro deal In politics and was fighting for RoosovoK measures In th state legislature 12 years ago, beforo they becamo popular. His first try at politics was In 1873, when ho was elected auditor of his county. Ho held the job six years and ten years later went to tho legislature Ho knew little about state Issues and still less about parliamentary practlco Consequently, during his first term ho was llttlo heard from. Hut ho sat still and listened. Tho next session he took an active part In affairs In tho house, and when he was sent back for a third term ho was recognized as ono of th strong men of the body. Six years ago ho was a candldato for stato auditor, but was beaten by a narrow margin. Two years ago ho sought tho nomination nomina-tion for governor, but was again beaten. Ono of Jacobaon's most notable nghts In tho legislature was on his bill to Increase the taxation of railroads and othor largo corporations and to make them bear a more equltablo proportion of tho cost of government and public maintenance. Ho succeeded In passing a bill to Increase the gross earnings tax of tho railroads from three to four per cent. RULES FOR "OPEN SUNDAY" r s Justice William J. Gaynor, of tho appellate ""tS division of tho Now York supremo court, has turned loose a moving picture show man, m charged with violating the Sabbath, who had yh 'mm been convicted in a lower court. Tho law pro- mji yMW.,rfsl vldes for tho keeping of a "Christian Sabbath," ML 'tH9L and Justlco Gaynor declared that when John JkW ' l$lfiv! Calvin, founder of tho Presbyterian church, 1 y (JMmffiiWf played bowls on Sunday after tho, Bcrmon, he es-Vi' es-Vi' 'Afmt tabllshcd a precedent which will prevent tho V; ?GiSHW stopping of harmless sports and recreation on k(W$mSw Sunday. Gaynor's decision will probably permit jft MlmWEFk. Sunday baseball. t frtimA yAl few American Jurists of tho day enjoy a vlllllllllhS yKSSbm higher reputation than Justlco Gaynor, both as W'wH Trar KR&W to ability and personal character. Upon tho bench of New York's highest court, his rulings nave been gcnorally accepted without question by Interested litigants. 13 ut the greatest renown attaching to tho namo of Justlc Gaynor is as a smasher of powerful and corrupt rings. Ho began this pleasant paBtlmo long before ho had donned tho Judgo's ermine, when ho broko up tho water swindle swin-dle that mulcted New Yorkers out of svcral millions of dollars, under tho direction di-rection of tho all-powerful Boss Hugh McLaughlin. So greatly was tho latter feared that It was with tho utmost difficulty Gaynor could And a man who would permit tho uso of his namo as a party to tho court proceedings against tho ring. In the end, howevor, Gaynor triumphed and McLaughlin was unhorsed. un-horsed. Then Police Chief John McKano, political boss, was mode tho target. Ho was a puissant debaucher of tho ballot boxes of Now York, and ho landed In the penitentiary with 1G ot his principal lieutenants. Gaynor was offered tho nomination and election for mayor of Drooklyn, and refused It. Later ho was offered the mayoralty of Greater Now York, and this, too, ho declined. He was elected justlco ot tho supremo court first In 1893, by tho Republicans nnd Independent Democrats, although ho was and Is a Democrat In his own politics. Ho has refused tho nominations for governor gov-ernor of the stato and for other positions, but was elected to tho appellate division, di-vision, his present position, two years ago. DUKE IN NEED OF MONEY Probably the present duko of Wellington, wno recently availed himself of tho prlvllego, . which ho Inherited from his famous ancestor, of MriMmjuX standing In tho presonco of tho king of Spain 2Mt,tib wltn lnt on' woul(1 v'ow. w,tn equanimity n VmcV v&7 IiIn" for n,or0 ncar'y equalizing his honors nnd 'WfcHK 1 his purse. For It Is no secret that ho has moro !j .VM! than he will ever need of the former nnd less "" ftLiaH "mn k "en desires of tho latter. In othor jpT words, ho is one of tho "hard ups" of tho British SsZ Tno present duko may bo said to havo been Sv AIIi treated pretty badly by fate. Thoro was a tlmo v Mftjj when tho title was worth much to Its possessor. 5 T1, flrst ,,oIllor 4,10 conqueror of Nnpolton, had Xfrrftfftyifti Sfly V.-igy not only honors but money as well showered upon him. Tho British parliament gave him $2,000,000 and tho grateful peoplo of his country bought him his magnificent cstoto, Strnthfioldsayo, In Hampshire, at a cost of something llko 11,300,000. In addition ho was granted an annual pension of $25,000, so that ho appears to havo been fairly well fixed In a financial way. Unfortunately, howovor, for tho present duke, who Is tho fourth to hold tho title, It wns arranged that tho pension, which was granted to tho Iron Duko, waa only to run for threo generations, gen-erations, nnd this expired with tho death ot tho third duko In 1900. So tho present holder of tho title Is "strapped," Strathfloldsayo Is closed and awaiting await-ing a tenant, and ApMey house, tho big Hydo park mnnslon so closely associated asso-ciated with tho great duke, is In tho niarkot for any fair price that can bo obtained ob-tained for It. A wny out of tho difficulty, could It bo arrnnged, would bo to pormlt tho duko to sell his surplus titles. With theso ho is so heavily endowed that they cannot bo anything but a mockery to their Impecunious holder. To begin with ho Is K. G G. C. V. O., nnd D. L. Then ho Is Baron Mornlngton, carl of Mornlngton, Viscount Wcllesloy, Viscount Wellington, Baron Douro, enrl of Wellington, Marquis Duro, Condo do Vlmloro, Marquoz do Torres Vedras and Duquo do Vlttorla of Portugal, Duquo do Cludad Rodrlgo nnd a graadeo of tho first class of Spain, duko of Wellington and prlnco of Watorloo In Belgium. 1 MAKES WAR ON DIVORCE s Paul Bourgot, tho French author, has mado figSjj3SV hlm&olf conspicuous by his Irreconcilable oppo- sltlon to the act which has Just boon passed by pp tho French parliament legalizing dlvorco. During iM tho wholo history of Franco marrlago has boon Jf'""'"'flfl Indissoluble, oxcopt for n fow years during tho Wf revolutionary period whon rollglon Itself becamo Vv." an lllognl thing. Full liberty of union and dls- f J union was allowed, until at tho restoration of tho x VKJ monarchy In 1810, tho old order of things waa fwu asSa restored. A dlvorco law was again passed 70 jlWjfv " years later, whon tho rupture between tho stato jiWJXrJ nml 1110 cmircu WflB becoming acuto, and now sMSIESWJB' ",0 ,,,re,,cn parliament has, in ordor to empha- B'zo "8 hostility to tho Vatican, gono so far na VSSssSS rf1CvWw to authorlzo either of tho parties to a Boparatlon to convort It Into a dlvorco aftor threo years, on moro application. In this campaign Bourgot took part with tonguo and pon. Ho wroto a problom play In which tho ovlls of dlvorco woro shown up nnd a vivid plcturo drawn of tho wreck of a homo by tho separation oi paronts, but it was all of no avail. Bourget was born In Amiens In 1802, and was only 22 years of ago when ho published his first work, "Tho Restless Life." Almost Al-most every year slnco ho has turned out ono or two books on widely dlvorso ubjects. |