Show 15 L people V aw WOOD TO BE CHIEF OF STAFF maj gen leonard wood now in command of the department of the east will be the thel next chief of staff of the army secretary dickinson made I 1 this announcement recently f gen wood will succeed gen 3 franklin bell whose term at the head of the general staff will expire next next spring gen wood s rise in the any has been one of the most spectacular in its history entering the medical corps as an assistant surgeon in 1886 he has been promoted by leaps and bounds so that next april when he assumes his new nev duties at the war department he will be at the head of the local army array he ile is only 49 years of age TO attention was called to wood before he had 1 JI at I 1 been in the army six months while serving in the capacity of assistant surgeon he voluntarily carried 1 dispatches through a region infested with hostile indians making a jo journey urney of 0 miles in one night and walking 30 miles the next day in tle the same campaign he took command of a detachment ot infantry without an officer when an encounter wa hourly expected with Geron geronimo for his action in this campaign he was awarded a medal of honor in 1898 during the spanish american war he was colonel of the rough riders for his services at las and san juan hill he was made a brigadier general later he was promoted to be major general and was made governor general of cuba after the withdrawal of the american forces from cuba gen wood was sent to the philippines where he be finally became commander of the philippine division although gen wood always has been a capable officer and has fulfilled his duties as a soldier it was the roosevelt influence that pushed him tor for ward with leaps and bounds As Is well known when theodore roosevelt likes a man he likes him and when he dislikes a person he hates him there is no half way business about teddy therefore when roosevelt formed a friendship for gen wood there was nothing in the presidential power that he would not do to advance his friend considerable ill III feeling was caused in the army by the way gen wood was jumped over the heads of other officers who outranked him but he was roosevelt Roosevel ts s friend and the others had bad to stand for it JOHN D JR A GRAND JU JUROR john D rockefeller jr heir to the greatest fortune in the world has been earning 3 a day as a grand juror here he was appointed foreman of the special body called before judge 0 sullivan to investigate the white slave traffic in new ork lork city he has had two weeks of work and at the end received a voucher tor for 24 that will be as much as his regular income for a few minutes charged with the task of inquiring into the traffic in women with a view to rigid tion or an end to sensational slanders against new york city mr rockefeller roc efelder entered the work with the rockefeller spirit which knows no failure charles S whitman the new district actor ney began a similar inquiry on his first official day in office he ile assigned a special assistant to examine witnesses and in a statement given out urged that the public come forward with any and all evidence that such traffic exists when judge 0 sullivan observed rockefeller s name among those drawn for the special grand jury he immediately asked him to assume the foreman ship rockefeller begged to be excused pleading ill health and a stress of per bonal business matters we have a very important inquiry to pursue said judge 0 sullivan and I 1 believe you owe the community this duty rockefeller withdrew drew his excuse was sworn in as foreman and took immediate charge he met with the special grand jury each day during the month or until the body was ready to make its report to the court WORKING TO FREE HU HUSBAND charia charles W morse formerly ice king of new tork lork was barely inside the federal prison walla walls at atlanta ga before his wife who ha has s ficek her home jewels and sealskins to help him in his battle for freedom began work to bring about bis his pardon by the president r mrs morse has started a petition tor for clem clein ency and says she will work night and day to get signers she has received letters from many persons she never heard of before offering ott ering aid and promising to sign the petition now being circulated in several parts of the the country morse has been assigned to the tailor shop where his work will not be bard he ile is registered as convict no 2 and oc capies a steel cell not in the least daffe different rent from those to which are assigned the several hundred other prisoners his immaculate tailored garments gave way t tia a regulation suit of stripes i the distinguished prisoner did not escape the bernillon Ber tillon expect expert the prison photographer the regulation bath and the barber mrs morse followed her husband to atlanta to visit him in his cell and returned to new york to seek a pardon for him she has been the stead fast aid of morse throughout his indictment and conviction early in his struggle against prosecution she sold her furs and other personal prop property erty to raise money for him mrs morse is the beconi wife 6 f the convicted and sentenced new york financier and before her marria marriage gito to him in 1901 was mrs clemence ciemence cowles dodge THE NEW KING OF BELGIUM the new king of belgium formerly prince albert Is 3 ears of age and stands six feet three inches in n his stocking feet the new king is said to be in every way the antithesis of his notorious uncle despite the tact fact that his uncle and his father did not speak he contrived in a diplomatic way to retain the friendship of both and at the same time to propitiate the powerful socialistic element in bis his prospective prospect fe kingdom the prince a marriage to duchess duchess elizabeth of bavaria daughter and assistant 0 duke charles theodore the e celebrated eleb rated oci st who died recently was a love match pure and simple ak the married life of the two has been tree free from scandal the new king is an athletic young man and has undergone extensive mi ml gitary training under both baron who was one of the principal officers of the army of em ew peor maximilian of mexico an uncle by marriage of the prince and dpn harry jungbluth a belgian officer who has english blood in his veins he ile already has been pledged to stop all atrocities in the congo inas much as the congo will become the property of the nation next par reforms may soon be accomplished prince albert visited america for eight months in 1898 u |