Show 4 HEAD OF NATIONAL GRANGE the newly elected master of the na lional grange chosen at columbus ohio Is oliver wilson of magnolia III he ile Is a native of ohio but baa has lived in illinois since childhood he ile Is a farmer and has been a member of the grange 40 years for fifteen years he be has been bead head of the illinois state organization patrons of husbandry as the gran gers are known officially Is a secret I 1 order of the united states which was founded at washington D decem ber 4 1867 its purpose Is to promote ad the interest of persons en wl ap in agricultural pursuits and in business connected therewith gen eral depression in this line of activity following the civil war was the im pulse which brought this excellent or into being men connected with several of the departments at washington conceived the idea and prepared the first ritual but women are gladly accepted as members and have important parts in the initiatory work and conduct of grange lodges today thousands of subordinate granges scattered through nearly every state and territory of the union bear witness to the substantial growth of this beneficial order the grange Is a chamber of commerce produce exchange library church insurance company clearing house tor for the exchange of valuable information and social club all rolled into one outside of its members few are aware of the immeasurable good it has done the arge percentage of farmers among the inhabitants of this country Is sufficient proof that any great bene fit which they derive must of necessity materially benefit the nation as a whole understanding this vital point it Is easy to perceive wherein the grange lis 4 exerting a stupendous force tor for good in the great work it Is doing PERSIAN TREASURER TREASURE PA GENERAL one of the most remarkable situa eions in history Is happening in the case of the young american william morgan who as treasurer general of the persian empire has been besting the keenest diplomats of europe for the past six months this young man Is only thirty lour four years old and he started life as a ste no grapher this youngster who has one of the biggest contracts in the world on bis his hands was born in washington D 0 in 1877 his ills parents live there still after his graduation from columbia obtained a position as a stenographer no in the war department at washington when the spanish war broke out he was made assistant sec see detary of the commission that had charge of the evacuation of cuba he gasthen was wa then only twenty one remained in the cuban customs sery ice three years and when be he got through was special deputy co lector of customs for cuba this was in 1901 and was twenty tour four years old A collector of customs tor for the philippines was needed it was one of the big administrative bureaus of the governments colonial possessions was chosen when had done everything in the way of work in the philippines he returned to washington and started a law practice he lie was a success as a lawyer and relinquished a paying practice to take charge of affairs in persia the p present resent situation in persia which Is well known to all readers of the news Is what took from america and a lucrative law practice to the general of that crumbling empire COLLEGE PRESIDENT RETIRES president george harris the vener able headon bead of the university of am herst believes that he hag has reached the age when he hee should hould retire in favor ot of a younger generation and accord record angly he has sent in his resignation to the board of trustees professor harris has been president of the university since 1899 and dur ing his administration the institution N has progressed and prospered it was as entirely through the efforts I 1 of president harris that the first fund tor for increasing the salaries of 0 the junior professors of the faculty waa was f raised it was nas also through his lifs ef of forts torts that the last fund of was realized the object of which was to increase th incomes of the senior members of 0 the teaching sta professor harris Is sixty eight years old and Is among the foremost edu in the country his ills retirement ti which he wishes to tale tal e place before commencement Is deep ly ir regretted by his workers coworkers co with whom he has labored tor for many years yeara A GREAT ENGLISH PREACHER the man who has earned tor for himmell the title ft rf the modern savonarola rev bernard vaughan S J the great london preacher Is now in this country tor for a long visit and ameri ans tans will have an opportunity to study at range this fiery flery and impassioned clergyman who has gained international fame by bis his ex cor collations coriat lations ions or the sins and tollies follies ot of the idle and the wealthy in the brit tah n metropolis although without any ecclesiastic al title father bernard vaughan has as touch much influence in the church as many prelates he is a favorite at all the catholic courts of europe and he is a frequent guest at buck ingham palace and he is also an honored visitor in the london slums where he Is as much at home in a meeting of as at a king kings s garden party father vaughan will vall visit and will preach in nearly all the big cities of the united states during his visit his ills oratory probably will be a surprise to those who are accustomed to the rather cold formalism ol 01 english preachers it astonished his audience when ha he preached some years ago before pope leo XIII in rome fashionable society Is not the only phase ot of ufa life which tattler bather vaughan has dealt with in his london sermons he Is as bard bara on the sins of tho the east end of the metropolis as he Is on an the tollies follies and faill fallings of the west end a id wherever he speaks ho he adjusts his to hia his audiences audien res |