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Show IM.N.M.MMPH.PH- I GETTING RID OF MILLIONS I IlUIWliJLUL4Jllllllli'l Dnn,l K PonrsonB ("Dlo-Poor Pearsons"), H II IJJwf?Ul 1 11 1 inlllionnlro philanthropist, who hns given away H jySW4Llll over $4,000,000 to 43 amnll collegoa located prln- H w? UkU) clpnlly In tho west nnd south, In tho courso of an H l( Interview declared that his reason for bo doing H K& " W4 waB nlB doR,ro to nct ns h,s own executor. Mr. H fw&rtfk" VsM PcnrsotiB intends to glvo nway what remains of H l IfPtf K?L $l his fortune before his ninetieth birthdny, noxt H Wf , V" . 'Wl Ar,, ho BnyB- iH W'JteS'Kw tf "I navo boen administrator of a number of os- H K)23LA SvWVrff tatcB," Bald ho, "and I hnvo novor folt H vWmH ' fl I l,mt 8UCU n tru8t cftn bo 8tlBractorlly executed. H WMtL MFjJAhI ' lmvo nlways Intended to dlo a poor H jmmW man at lenBt, that has been my purposo for a jH I JBfeJ'B MvKhI Quarter of a century. I hnvo qulto dollnlto vlows H fWl iff "TlTiriW of now ,ny nionoy Bhould bo invested for tho pub- B MxlilWSSSSaGiW r I He benefit. Why then, should I myself not as- B sumo tho responsibility of mnklng the Investment? H "You want to know whnt Impelled mo to Bot about giving away my for- j, H tuno? Well, I'vo boen a hunter after povorty all my llfo nnd It lBn't hard to H find it even In America. I havo wonted to glvo young men tho ndvnntngos of H education bocauso they need It, and tho country needs educated young men. H "I havo selocted what you might call the wlldornosB for my glftB Just bo- H cnuso in tho wilderness education Is moro needed and thero it ylukly tho. H richest roturns on a smnll invostiuont" H Mr. Pcnrsons IiIiuboII does not know how much monoy ho has given to H educntlounl institutions, ills 'latest gift wns ono of $2f,000 for tho establish- H ment of a woman's department in tljo Chicago Theological eemlunry. At H dlfforeut times ho hns advanced sums nggregatlng $150,000 to needy students. H KNIGHTED BY KING EDWARD I HIIHIlUmilMHDilllHl I a,r' Iloury W Lucy ft8 uo now ,8 entltlod to bo H J JJ(yvvS-yjJ j called, for many years has boen ono of tho most H fcWiMiSsL distinguished of BrltlBh Journalists. Tho honor "" M l f & ot knighthood in this caso Ib paid to ono whoso M &7 ,n08t PPu,nr work hns been published In a hu- H Evf f moroUB Journal. Ab "Toby, M. P.," -ho is world- JM n ' UVW f known, this being his stgnnturo to tho work ho JM I ( 'l! fi'rtW nnB dono for 1uncn doscrlptivo of parliamentary HI ! I m MiUk, WPJ1 happenings, Blnco 1881. Punch, llko tho London HI 1 I DCMlwlItl Times, may porhnps bo called n British lustltu- ' I jbftllni t,on' ratner t,mn n u"t,Bl1 Jonrnal. Its humor not 1 TfvSwSil always in rollshod by Amorlcano, to many of WmfflM. whom it .ordinarily seems dull nnd ponderous. WJTSPllifllllJlli But Punch Is n political and social Tiowor whor- liSSmilM 'I'jWiI ovor tno IJr,t,8h ,,nB flontQ' n,ul not ft lltt, ot ltB ' cyll'l''l w Influonco In rocont yonrs has boon credited to HJ "Toby, M. P." In nddltlon to thlB kind of writing, Mr. Lucy has been a prolltlc writer for Tho Strand and other magazines, and ho has found ttmo In tho courso of his bUBy llfo to wrlto n number of books. Genuinely humorous writing Is popular In till countries, and In England it has found ltB most populnr expression since 1841 through Punch. John Ton- nlel, cartoonist of tho weekly for hulf a century, and F, O. Burnand, Its od- itor, wero given knighthood, bo that Mr. Lucy Is tho third thus distinguished M for making pcoplo smile. H Born atJJrossby, December 6, 1815, Sir Henry ns a boy wns apprenticed fn tho lildo nffd vnlo"nfn'biiBlnL'SBinxtverpool, "IJutSlr'ironryhntoti tho'smoll""""" ' ,"" of hides and vnlonla, a tanning substunco Imported from tho Lovant, nnd after HJ writing some blank vorso for the Liverpool Mercury and Btudylng shorthand, HJ ho became a reporter for the Shrewsbury Chronicle That was In 1804. MJ Later tho young Journalist went to Loudon and Paris. In tho courso of H his nowBpnpor work Sir Lucy has found occasion to visit South Africa, Can- M ada, the West Indies nnd tho United Stntea sovoral tlmos. "DIAMOND MAKER" JAILED I 111 II I II II I 1 1 1 Hill 111 III I II Henri Lomotno, tho Frenchmnn who startled M UjMMklJ the world with his claim that ho had success- H JiWftgZS& fully mudo artificial diamonds as good as thoso 9 T' ""i (,"B m South Africa, by means of an electric fur- M 1 A nnco, has been sentenced to sorvo six yonra' im- M ifcimi Wm ra prlsonmont, to pny a flno of ?G00, and to - pay M WjM &. 1 $2,000 damages to Sir Julius Wohrnor, bend or tho M &4 ' $)l Do Boors diamond ayndlcato of South Africa. M WL OT Whether Lomolno hnB really discovered tho M ffluinilllh? s j(lNin I philosopher's Btono or whether ho 1b a trickster ' KbvMI! II lH Ht'" u "1!ttor ol WHrin debate among ISuropcnn H lAVwlWr i II mon ' ncJnco. H I fflvffijvbwmlUf nll(lfvl At Vftr,ous times Lomolno obtnlned from Sir M lvSiw!Swnl Ur Ju,,UB ?0,000. Of this amount $0D,000 wns for JWT! ll'llll tno form,,m for tno inking of tho diamonds, M JWnimA m fl'lMllll which, in a sealed packet, has been placed In n M London bank, to bo opened only In case of Le- molno's death. Tho remainder of tho $320,000 wan to bo used for tho con H Btructlon of n workshop for tho mnnufneturo of tho nrtlflclal diamonds. M Twlco, after being stripped to tho waist In tho presenco or various mon M , of science, Lemolnu has submitted to a tost In each enso 25 or 30v small -dta; mondB wero found lu tho crucibles after thoy had been baked In his electric'- ' M i furnace. Sir JuIIuh Wehrucr mot Lomolno lu 1001, but did not loso faith in , him until 1007, when he learned thnt ho had onco beforo been convicted of fraud. HJ I Sir Julius recontly predicted that tho sealed packot, when opened,-will bo found to contain wnsto papor. Tho Judge, In sentencing tho "Diamond King," called him a "vulgar humbug." H , MAY REGAIN PRESIDENCY I t IJHIjfjJ 'JAlliJltUKU 111 Gcn IK,iacl Andrndo, formor president of ' H I lr'il Vonezueln nnd ousted from thnt excellent Job by H I 'K "Dictator" Clprlano Castro, Is apparently upon 'H s J U ) very good torms with tho present administration. .3 I ll0 ,II1B 1)C0" nn'ned as minister to Cuba and Is H I ' --ou. 1 l Ht ln'8 mom(,,,t ,n tho United States on his way H 5 W&Z- Wfi) to that post. i ' ? f tf&f General Andrndo had served two yonrs In tho H ! 'i W fvV'X I',,?Hl(1'"cy wllt)l Conornl CaBtro and IiIb rovo- H 1 fetMlSi atJwshn I ' 'ut,on C(llll nlong and created an nbrupt vacancy H 0?vWM I ,n tno 0,,lc:0' t() bo ",led by t,IG ,lttl0 dlctntor-to- fWJwl 11 ',0 slnco tnat t,,no (oneral Andrndo hns been WfA V "$ltir WH a "ve,y olemont ln Venezuelan affairs. Castro H Wtmjlj,r ll ,1I,H "()t dnre,i t0 ,mvo ,llm killed off-hand and H i fifflffiTX uXj '' Andrailo haB pulled off two or threo llttlo per- . r illivillllllirvu,. )'? I mi, onally-conduoted revolts of his own that were " i unfailingly failures, lie will probably bo a can- H : dldate for election at the next shift in administrations. Audrado uns spout some tlmo in this country at various intorvnls. H |