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Show Panorcima. JVebo President of Purdue. Dr. - Wlnthrop Ellsworth Stone, who. has succeeded the late James . H. Smart as president of Purdue nnJ-versity, nnJ-versity, Lafayette, Ind., served the college; aa view-president view-president from ; 189? until his election elec-tion to the presidency presi-dency last July. Dr. Stone Is a young - man, en-thusiastlc en-thusiastlc In ed- .. cational work. Although only SI years old he. has wnn wiria recornl. Dr. Stone. tIon Dy hlg for,. ing and his progressiveness. Re was graduated from the Massachusetts Massa-chusetts Agricultural college and later studied at Gottingen, where he received re-ceived a doctor's degree. From Boston Bos-ton university he received the degree of bachelor of science, an honor earne by his reasearches in chemistry- After completing his studies in Germany Ger-many Dr. Stone was for a time con- nected with the chemical department of the University of Tennessee. I 1889 he left the Tennessee university to accept the chair of chemistry at Purdue university. Dr. Stone is a great favorite wit the students at the Indiana college an the opening of the institution wiB bring him enthusiastic greetings trom the members of his old classes. Hero of "Big "Riots. Police Lieutenant Edward J. Steer of Chicago, .who .died suddenly , the other morning, took a prominent part in suppressing, the Haymarket riot his company being at the head of the column that advanced to disperse the anarchists.' His clothing was riddled with bullets and he injured his wrist in clubbing one of the rioters senseless sense-less with his empty revolver. Lien-tenant Lien-tenant Steele was out for two days EDWARD J. STEELE, and two nights, and nine of the twenty-four members of his company wer seriously wounded. . .v. - , ri .mi nf Arab! 1 AH cey, mo - Pacha, is soon to be married in Kandy to the daughter of the kcts Jacob Samy Pacha, who died last year in Kandy. The bride-elect is said to be an intelligent young woman and to Bpeak English, fluently, i Arabi Pacha intends making the wedding a big social so-cial function and in view, of that the presents are already very numerous. The honeymoon will be spent In Egypt Bryan's Home "Ran Hit. Back tn the '80's when William J. i Bryan the standard bearer of the Democracy, De-mocracy, was a lawyer at Jacksonville, lit., ne was a uw ball-.- esthuslast and belonged to a club there, the baseball club of Morgan county bar. Recently this fact was brought to light by the finding of John W. Springer, one of the leading citizens 'of Denver, of a faded photograph, photo-graph, showing M. Bryan In the uniform uni-form of a ball ' i - player. bpram Bryan in Base Ballof tne matter M. costume, 1884. springer says: "The picture of Mr. Bryan was taken after the club had participated In a vigorously contested game, one of a series of charity games played at Jacksonville, in the summer of 1884. The day the picture was taken. Mi. Springer recalls that the club ol which Bryan was pitcher and himself catcher had been victorious over a team made np of the best players among the town store clerks. He also recalls that victory was pulled ont of defeat in the ninth Inning by Brynj. home ran hit.' |