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Show I PROMINENT PEOPLE j I PROHIBITION CANDIDATE I 1 Eugene W. Challn, who has Just been nom- lnated by tho Prohibitionists for president of f V tho United States, Is nn attorney of Chicago. Iva IIe was not n candidate for tho nomination nt I. VI the Columbus' convention, for ho had already FOT een namod h? tno Prohibitionists of Illinois KSCB TBT" VS ns their candidate for governor. Under tho cir IT "& tfi cumstnnccs, ho will havo to resign tho latter v iJKS"' Py nomination nnd let another bo named In his j51 Before going to Chicago sovon years ago ho wf??"-. ,L wns n resident of Wisconsin, and was counted JfjfsLri 'jjS . ono of tno 1!atlor8 r tho "dry" party In that MH1 Kfei 8tnt' In two dlfforent campaigns ho wns the IK JH cnndldnto for nttornoy general in tho Henver HH r Mmftm state, and in 1893 ho headed tho, stnto ticket 1 1 i i .., there Tho cnndldnto Is not tied to the Prohibition pnrty In his zenl for tho ollm lnntlon of tho liquor evil. Ho hns been nllgncd with prnctlcnlly evory movement move-ment that has for its object tho wiping out of tho saloon; Ho was tho stnto president of tho Wisconsin Kpworth league for two years, nnd for four terms was grand chief templar of tho Order of doqd Templars, nn orgnnlzntlon which was quite strong throughout the country n scoro of yenrs ngo and still wields consldorablo Influence In soma quarters. Ho Is 50 years old nnd worked on n fnrm to pay his way through collcgo while studying lnw. For 25 yenrs ho practiced his profession, when ho wns not working for temperance, In Wnukcshn, Wis. Ho Is a rendy spenkor, nnd nn orator of somo ability. In fact, it wns n speech that Ho mndo in tho Columbus Colum-bus convontlon, which carried thnt Imprcsslonnblo body off its feet nnd resulted re-sulted In his ji'omlnntlon over men who hnd been nvowed cnndldntes for months nnd who hnd mndo a cnmpnlgn to lnnd tho placo. In that respect his nomination was a fair rcpllcn of tho first Urynn nomination In Chlcngo. Mr. Chnfln hns dnbbled In lltcrnturo somowhnt, nnd hns written two volumes: vol-umes: "Lincoln, tho Mnn of Sorrows," nnd "Lives of tho Presidents." WILL GATHER THE COIN , . I Oeorgo It. Sheldon, nowly nnmed trensurer 2?v-7"a5S of u, Nopubllcnn nntlonnl committee, Is very - Httlo known to tho public generally, nl- -ZTy though In Now York his Is n nnmo to con- fife $1 uro w'th, nart,ou,nrly ln business nnd flnnnclnl wi iSJn nffnlrs- Thero wns n time when ho was a can- TfS" Siy tlldato for tho Ilcpubllcnn nomlnntlon for llou-UA llou-UA jSWr tenant-governor of tho Emplro stnte, on tho jTV ? 'Jm ticket with former Governor nnd formor Boss V" JT B. B. Odoll. Whqn It enmo tlmo for tho con-fi con-fi . ventlon nt Saratoga, however, nnd It looked as VijF5 though Sheldon hnd delegates 'enough on his W ffizft lllJt to mnko him a factor In tho convention, JpiPi, y2ag odoll balked. "Not with his trust connections," declnred X'flmiM&WYtffl" tho boss. "He'll swamp tho ticket." So tho nomlnntlon went olsowhoro. Sheldon never kicked, but went back to his world of business. What Sheldon does not know nbout trusts nnd grcnt corporations It would bo little use for a tyro to study. Ho Is nctlvcly connected with 22 different linportnnt corporations, locnted ln nlno states, with largo interests ln nnother scoro of stntes. Besides, he Is ono of tho confldentlnl representatives of J. Plorpont Morgnn ln Wnll street and noted for him In tho orgnnlzntlon of a number of tho largo corporations promoted a fow years ago. Ab an Indlcntlon ot his taking away, It mny bo mentioned thnt ho Induced thnt snmo Gov. Odell to Invest $200,000 ln tho shipbuilding trust. Sheldon wns trensurer of tho stnte commlttco nnd Odoll wns governor nt tho tlmo. BnnkB, locomotives, street car lines, Iron nnd stool, olectrlo light, heat and power theso aro somo of the lines In which his Interests llo. Incldontnlly, It might bo considered that Dotrolt hnd something moro than a passing Interest Inter-est in tho man, slnco ho Is n director in tho Detroit Edison Co. Soclnlly, ho belongs to 22 different clubs of high standing nnd Is president presi-dent of tho nrlstocrntic Union Lenguo club of Now York city, with Cnrneglo, Rockefeller, Morgan nnd n scoro of other flnnnclors nnd men of nffnlrs ns well known. Sheldon wns born In Brooklyn 51 years ago and was educated at Harvard.' Har-vard.' 1 GOVERNOR OF HAWAII I I Gov. Walter P. Frcnr of Hawaii stopped Into tPJfc tho llmollght ln connection with tho visit to Honolulu by tho bnttleshlp fleet. Tho pooplo n? of Honolulu and othor cttlcB of tho Islands broko UMPi 1 nil records ln tho welcomo oxtonded to tho floot, gl s"tr-msi nn(1 no monY nor t,mo was spared to mnko tho foS' w8 occasion a notnblo ns well ns a pleasant ono. As tho sovernor of tho territory nnd chief rep-V rep-V rcsentntlvo of Undo Snm In his Jurisdiction, vZk viaKwiLs Gov Frear yaB naturally put ln chnrgo of nil JlfSfflB arrangements for tho event. fSMfffVM u u woro not for Buch ""lo things as this, Jk i(Mra tll nveraB newspaper render would bo likely ififiL )n9Kwlv to forfiet thnt t,lcro WUB Bucn n P,aco as Hawaii jpWSjbjA (1 on enrth, or that it Is n regular territory of tho PWri f United States with Its own territorial government govern-ment and organization. Tho Hawaiian Islands nro so far nwny from homeland, nnd tho revolution which cnrrlod tho government govern-ment all tho way from monarch) to republic nnd then to nnnexntlon nro of such comparatively recent dnto thnt only ln tho year of presidential conventions conven-tions do wo recollect moro than tho nnmo of tho Islands. Gov. Frear, although of American birth, hns spent nenrly his entire Hfo In Hawnll. Born ln California 45 years ngo, ho graduated from Onhu college, Honolulu, and Ynla. After graduating In lnw, ho wns mndo n circuit Judgo for Hawaii In 1893, nnd n fow months later ho wns ndvnnced to tho supremo court of tho Islands, then undor tho provlslonnl government. Ho was mado a supremo court Justlco of the republic when It wns organized under President Snnford B. Dole, nnd was offered tho position of minister of foreign nffnlrs and public Instruction In 1&99, hut declined tho change to tho cablnot, preferring prefer-ring to retain his placo upon tho supromo bench. Ho was mado chief Justice, and hold that plnco until tho annexation of Hawaii was carried out. Slnco 1907 ho hns been territorial governor. A FIGHTING ENGLISHMAN I' I It is no secret thnt Ilcglnnld McKennn, who "Si. wns prosldent of tho English board of education ?iSS m tho Cainpboll-Bannerman ministry, has been m 1 promoted to tho post of first lord of tho nd- MM. W mlrnlty to got him out of tho wny. Not thnt SmMtfs. If "llB strenuous son ot nn Irish fnthor Is an un-fmCf un-fmCf S?- w deslrablo colleaguo ln tho eyes of tho now prime WlW M minister; on the contrary, ho Is looked upon, VaIwL iw1 il nnd w"n so01 reaBon nB 01,0 ot tho consplcu-vllw consplcu-vllw rffir-.v r 01,8 BUCceB8C8 of tno ,ato Bovornmont. But ho )Mki'2!J lH n l,orn fl8,101" l,03 not know whnt tho JxSLl wor(l comluom'so means, and theso aro daya jS7L when tho spirit of compromise Is very much 6s3Sn. needed In tho department which Mr. McKennn SteaRffl'Ss. IiaB Just vacatod. Tho now education bill, which wffJj ho brought Into parliament, has aroused no end of antagonism In many quarters and It has been evident for somo tlmo that It wero best for tho government to meet the objectors at loast half way. Mr. McKennn obviously was not tho man to hold out tho olive branch; ho wns for fighting It out to tho Inst ditch. So ho wns conveniently shifted. Incldontnlly his wages woro raised from $10,000 to $22,750 a yenr, and ho haB Just been mnrrled on tho strength of Ills advance In hlu now position Mr. McKennn will havo plenty of opportunities for putting his fighting qualities of mind Into play. For somo tlmo past n largo element In England lin'a bemoaned tho weakness ot chnrnctar of tho retiring Lord Twecdmouth nnd hnvo sighed for a successor strong onough to glvo battle to tho very active opponents ot the government's uavnl policy. |