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C h i e f a m o n g t h e s e i s t h e A s t o r f o r t u n e ,v a r i o u s l y e s t i m a t e d a t f r o m $ 1 2 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0t o $ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 . W i U i a m V i n c e n t ' A s t o r ,t h e t w e n t y - o n e - y e a r - o l d s o n o f C o l . J o h nJ a c o b A s t o r b y h i s f o r m e r w i f e , M r s . A v aW i l l i n g A s t o r , w i l l, i f t h e r e p o r t s t h a tC o l o n e l A s t o r i s a m o n g t h e l o s t p r o v e t r u e ,b e t h e c h i e f h e i r o f t h i s v a s t e s t a t e .I n t h e s e d a y s o f t r u s t - f u n d e x e c u t o r sw h o h a n d l e a n d k e e p i n t a c t f o r t u n e s f o rb e n e f i c i a ri e s i t i s c o n s i d e r e d u n l i k e l y t h a tC o l o n e l A s t o r w il l h a v e t u r n e d o v e r t o h i ss o n t h e f u l l c o n t r o l o f t h e A s t o r m i l l i o n s .S pe c u l a t i on i n t h e f inanc ia l d i s t r i c t y e s t e r d a y w a s t h a t t h e A s t o r m o n e y w o u l d g oi n t o a t r u s t f u n d t o b e a d m i n i s t e r e d f o r t h eb e n e f i t o f V i n c e n t A s t o r a n d h i s s i s t e r , A v aM u r i e l , w h o w a s t a k e n i n c h a r g e b y h e rm o t h e r w h e n t h e f i rs t M r s . A s t o r m o v e d t oL o n d o n , f o l lo w i n g t h e q u i e t l y s e n s a t i o n a ld i v o r c e .I t is s u p p o s e d b y m e n w h o h a v e f o l lo w e dt h e m o v e s o f t h e A s t o r s t h a t t h e f irs t M r s .A s t o r w a s a b u n d a n t l y t a k e n c a re o f b o t hb y p r e n u p t i a l a g r e e m e n t s a n d b y t h e s e t t l e m e n t w h i c h \fa,s m a d e i n h e r b e n e f i t a tt h e ti m e t h e d i v o r ce w a s g r a n t e d . T h e i rd a u g h t e r , i t i s s a i d , w i l l , h o w e v e r , i n h e r i te n o u g h o f t h e v a s t e s t a t e t o m a k e h e r o n eo f t h e r i c h e s t o f A m e r i c a n h e i r e ss c iS .

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{Continued from page 892)Isidor Stra us, the eldest son. of Laz arusSt r aus , was born in Rheni sh Bavar i a onFeb ruary 6, 1845. At the age of sixteen heenl isted in a company of Confederate volunteers and was chosen a l ieutenant , butthe Confederate Government refused toacce pt him on acco unt of his age. His firstemployment was a clerkship in a paper-

miU in Colum bus, but h e soon af terwardentered his father 's store as a clerk. Twoyears later he went to Europe as secretaryfor John E. Ward, of Savannah, whom theConfederacy had dispatched abroad to purchase suppl ies for the arm y. In 1864 M r.Straus for a while was a clerk in the officeof a ship-ow ner in Liverpo ol. In 1865 hejoined his father in New York Ci ty to engage in the crockery business of L. Straus& Son.In 1874 this f i rm enlarged i ts operat ionsby taking charge of a glassware and chinadepar tmen t which R. H . Macy & Co. hadopened in thei r 14th Street store. Thisventure met wi th success, and residted in1888 in Mr . S t r aus and h i s bro ther N ath anbecoming memb ers of R. H. Ma cy & Co.,of New York, wi th Char les B. Webster as

the senior par tner . Under t he new man agement t he var ious depar tment s of t he14th Street store were mul t ipl iedFor his act ive par t in the campaign of1892, in behalf of Mr. Cleveland, he wasprominent ly named for the place of Postmaster-G eneral , a place, however , for whichhe had no aspirat ions. He was led f inal ly,in 1893, owing to the fight on the WilsonTar i f f -Bi l l which was then at i t s hot test ,being an a rde nt tariff-reformer, to acc epta nom inat ion at th e special election inJan uar y, 1894, for mem ber of Congressfrom the 15th Dist r ict of New York, and,af ter a hot ly contested campaign, waselectedMr. Straus was one of New York's leading phi lan thropists. The Edu cat iona l Al l i ance, known as the " People's Palace," ofthe congested Eas t Side teneme nt-housedist r ict , of which he was president , i s amonument to his t i reless interest in thefield of sociological reform. He was a director in several char i table organizat ions,regardless of creed.FRANCIS D. MILLET

While Mil let did not rank at the verytop in journal ism or in ar t , he was ear lyin his career a successful newspaper man,and later a dist inguished mural painter .The principal incidents of his life arefurnished us by the New York EveningPost:Fra.ncis D. Mil let , ar t i st and wri ter , wasborn at Ma t tapo iset t , Mass. , in 1846. Heenl isted as a drum mer boy towstrd theend of the Civi l War , and was promoted tothe post of assistant in the Surgeons'Corps, which he held for a year . Wh en thewar was over , he entered Harv ard . Aftergradua t ion, he joined the staff of the BostonAdvertiser. Later he was ci ty edi tor ofthe Boston Courier, and a member of theBoston Saturday Evening Gazette staff.In 1871 he took up the stu dy of ar t a tt he Royal Academy V: Antwerp , where he

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A f t e r t h a t he w e n t to P a r i s and d e v o t e dh i m s e l f to s e r i o u s a r t - s t u d y . He wasc h o s e n a m e m b e r of t he F i n e A r t s J u r y oft h e P a r i s E x p o s i t i o n in 1 8 7 8 . R e t u r n i n gt o B o s t o n , hem a r r i e d a n d s e t t l e d d o w n f ora w h i l e , but in 1 8 8 1 he was a g a i n on th em o v e , m a k i n g s k e t c h e s for th e H a r p e r s inE u r o p e . S o o n a f t e r he s e t t l e d d o w n inW o r c e s t e r , E n g l a n d , and m a d e hi s h o m et h e r e .

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A m o n g t he i n s t i t u t i o n s p o s s e s s i n g c a n v a s e s by M i l l e t are th e M e t r o p o l i t a nM u s e u m of A r t h e r e , t heD e t r o i t M u s e u m ,t h e U n i o n L e a g u e C l u b , t he D u q u e s n eC l u b of P i t t s b u r g , and the N a t i o n a l G a l l e r y of N e w Z e a l a n d . Of l a t e he h a d b e e ne n g a g e d in m a k i n g m u r a l d e c o r a t i o n s fora n u m b e r of p u b l i c b u i l d i n g s , i n c l u d i n g t h eS t a t e C a p i t o l a t S t . P a u l , M i n n . , t h e C o u r tH o u s e a t N e w a r k , t he C u s t o m s H o u s e a tB a l t i m o r e , an d the F e d e r a l B u i l d i n g a tC l e v e l a n d .

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a c o n t r i b u t o r to s o m e of o i u * l e a d i n gm a g a z i n e s an d as L o n d o n c o r r e s p o n d e n to f the H e a r s t n e w s p a p e r s , b ut t h a t is o n l ya s m a l l p a r t of his w o r k as a p u b l i c i s t .H i s c a r e e r is s u m m e d u p by th eN e w Y o r kSun:

W i l l i a m T h o m a s S t e a d , e d i t o r of TheReview of Reviews, a u t h o r of m a n y b o o k so n e c o n o m i c a nd s o c i a l t o p i c s , e l i a m p i o no f w o r l d - p e a c e , and r e f o r m e r , was th em o s t ta l k e d - o f j o u r n a l i s t in E n g l a n d . Hen a t u r a l i z e d t he A m e r i c a n " i n t e r v i e w , "i n t r o d u c e d i l l u s t r a t i o n s , e s t a b l i s h e d " ext r a s , " a l t o g e t h e r e a r n i n g for h i m s e l f f r o mM a t t h e w A r n o l d t h e t i t l e of " t h e i n v e n t o rof the n e w j o u r n a l i s m in E n g l a n d . "

B o r n s i x t y - t h r e e y e a r s a g o in E m b l e t o n ,t h e son of a C o n g r e g a t i o n a l m i n i s t e r , heb e g a n l i f e as a c l e r k ; b u t w h e n he w a s s ti l la lad he b e c a m e a j o u r n a l i s t . He wase d i t o r of The Northern Echo w h e n b a r e l ys i x t e e n , and l a t e r , u n d e r J o h n M o r l e y ,

Charles D. SigsbeeRear Admiral V. S.Navy, writes:"After a tlioroughtrial of Sanatogen, Jam convinced of itsmerits as a food ai.dtonic. Its beneficialeffects a re I) c y u n ddoubt. ' '

Sir G.Parker, M.P.The eminent novelist,statesman, writes fromLondoni"Sanatogen is to myminH a true food-tonic,ffcding tlie nerves, in-crcubing the energy andRiving fresh vigor totlie ovt.M-vvorlnjd bodyand m ind . "

The Most R everendThe Archbishop ofBombay writes :*' I use Sanatogenevery now and then,unde r my doctor 'sadvice, and alwaysdoiivo groat bnnefitfrom it . ' '

John BurroughsThe dlstinguishodnaturalist and author,writes:" I am sure X liavcbeen greatly benefitedby Sanatogen. Mysleep is fifty per cent,better than i t was onevear ago. and myniind and &tr-iistharc much improved."

I T I S t r u e t h a t t h e w o r l di s c o l o r e d b y o u r n e r v e s ." W h e n the n e r v e s arew e l l t h e w o r l d l o o k s g o o d .B u t t h e s t r e s s ofm o d e r n h f eh as put soh e a v y a s t r a in onm o d e r n n e r v e s t h a t c o u n t l e s s t h o u s a n d s of m e n andw o m e n h a v e l o st t h e c h e e r f u l o u t l o o k of b u o y a n tT o r e s t o r e n e r v e h e a l t hto su ch su f f e r e r s is to o p e nu p a n e w w o r l d .This is ikemission of Sanatogen ^ the food tonic,S a n a t o g e n c a r r i e s t o . s t a r v e d n e r v e s the ^eryelements of food r e q u i r e d to replenish the lo s ses

t h e y h a v e e n d u r e d .S an a to g en / i f f ^^ j to t h e n e r v e s th e v i ta l b o d y su b s t a n c e s w h i c h h a v e b e e n t a k e n f r o m t h e m b y f r e t ,

Sanatogen Opensa New World toNerve Sufferers

i c t i v i t y or i l l n es s w h i c ht h e i r e n f e e b l e d c o n d i t i o nf ta s p r e v e n t e d t h e m ' f r o mt a k i n g o u t of th e d a i ly d ie t .S a n a t o g e n i s t h u s a natu-ral restorer of t h e n e r v e s , arebuilder of ce l l s and t i s s u e s , a specific nourishmentf o r i m p o v e r i s h e d c o n d i t i o n st h a t d i s t u r b the b a l a n c e oft h e s y s t e m .T h e w r i t t e n o p i n i o ns of1 5 , 0 0 0 p r a c t i s i n g p h y s i c i a n s ,w h o h a v e nvatched the ac-tion of Sanatogen, s p l e n d i d l y s u p p o r t a co n f i d e n c e in t h e p o w e r s of t h i s r e m a r k a b l e r e v i t a l -i z e r of t h e n e r v e s .

If your n er v es a r e d i s to r t in g l i f e f o r y o u , i s i t n o ty o u r d u t y t o a c c e p t S a n a t o g e n ' s n o u r i s h i n g h e l p 't o w a r d t h e c h e e r a n d c h a r m of a " n e w w o r l d " ?

A R e m a r k a b l e B o o k F R E E U p o n R e q u e s tThe work of a physician -author , beautifu lly il lustrate d , which tells you some reallyin terest ing th ings about your nervous system, facts which v itally af fect your well-being and which , therefore, you oug htt o know . This book also tells the s tory of Sanatogen convincingly f rom tiie poin t of v iew of a physician , but so th a t an y lay mancan u n d er s tan d it. A sk for a F R E E c o py o f . " O u r N e r ve s of T o m o r r o w . "Sanatogen is sold in three sizes: $1.00, $1.90,$3.60

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T H E B A U E R C H E M I C A L C O M P A N Y , 24>D Irvine P l a c eN E W Y O R Kfi FEL TO I D J ?^"f "* Casters and Tips" ^ '* * - " ~ 1 Will not scratch, mar, or stain the finest polished floors norinjure costly rugs, as do old-fashioned hard-wheel caste rs.T h e r e a s o n is t h at " F E L T O I D " C a s te rs a n d T i p sa r e m a d e of an i n d e s t r u c t i b l e , r e s i l i e n t m a t e r i a l w h i c h p r o d u c e s a so f t , iv e lv e ty t r ead an d r ece iv es an d ab so r b st h e i m p a c t , t h e r e b y i n s u r i n g a b s o lu te f lo o r an d r u g p r o tec t io n .Furniture and Hardware dealers willsupply you

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became subedi tor of The Pall Mall Gazette.He succeeded Mr. Morley as edi tor of thatpubl icat ion and star ted a crusade of sensat ional ism. He was imprisoned in 1885 forthe publ icat ion of a book ent i t led " TheMaiden Tr ibute of Modern Babylon ," anexpose of cer tain monstrous cr imes againstchi ldren and young women, for which thelaw then provided nei ther prohibi t ion norpen al ty. I t resul ted in the p assing of theCr iminal Law Amendment Act of 1885a law which successive Minist r ies had beenunable t o ge t enact ed .

He left The Pall Mall Gazette in 1891 tofound The Review of Reviews, to which hegave his t ime almost exclusively thereaf ter . The Am erican Review of Reviewswas founded one year later and theAust r a l i an Review of Reviews in 1894;. H ebegan the " Mast erp i ece Library of PennyPoets, N ovels, an d P rose Classics " in1895. Shor t ly af ter this he star ted on apeace crusade, and af ter visi t ing the Czarin 1898 he founded a nd edi ted th e weeklypaper . War Against War. At the HagueConference he st rongly opposed the war inthe Transvaal .He came to America in 1907 as the guestof Andrew Carnegie to be present at thefounding of the Carnegie Inst i tute inPi t tsb urg and to fur ther the cause of world-peace in Ame rica. A great sensat ion wascreated by his book, " I f Chr ist Cam e toChicago," wri t ten as the resul t of his -visi tto the World's Fair in Chicago. Hepreached in the pulpi t of many of thechurches in New York, and at a conferenceof the Methodist Church on Apri l 8, 1907,he declar ed tha t t he M ethodi s t amens w ereof no use toward br inging abo ut univers alpeace . " Nob ody g ives a dam n for youramens unless you do something," he toldthe Methodi s t s .He also took up spir i tual ism and in 1909declared that he was receiving dai ly let tersf rom his son Wil l ie, who had died a yearbefore. The let ters were wri t ten by hisown passive r ight hand, he said, movingautomat i ca l ly .Among h i s many publ i ca t ions ar e " TheTruth about t he Na vy ," " The Pope andthe New Era ," " Sat an ' s I nvi s ib l e Wor ld ,"" Mr . Carnegie ' s Conundrum," and " TheAmericanizat ion of the World." Mr.Stead ' s home was Cambr idge House ,Wimbledon Park , S . W. , Ha nt s .

CHARLES M. HAYSOut in Western C anad a men ar e b l as t i ngtheir way throug h the almost im passableRockies, opening the way for one of thegreatest rai l roads on the cont inent , onetha t i s expected to help make the Dom inion a ver i table agr icul tural and indus tr ial

empi r e , and the man who i s accredi t ed"with having conceived an d ini t iate d theproject was Char les M . Ha ys. Unl ikesome of our own rai l road men, he wasknown for his construc t ive abi l i ty; he wasnot a mere stock-juggler , but a masterbui lder . We quo te f rom The Sun a briefsketch of his life:

Char les Melvi l le Hays, president of theGrand Trunk and the Grand Trunk Paci f i crailways, was described by Sir WilfridLaur ier at a dinner of the Canadian Club

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April 27, 1912 T H E L I T E R A R Y D I G E S T 897o f N e w Y o r k at the H o t e l A s t o r l a s t y e a ra s " b e y o n d q u e s t i o n the g r e a t e s t r a i h - o a dg e n i u s in C a n a d a , as an e x e c u t i v e g e n i u sr a n k i n g s e c o n d o n l y to the l a t e E d w a r dH . H a r r i m a n . " . H e w a s r e t u r n i n g a b o a r dt h e Titanic w i t h his wife and son- i n - l a wa n d d a u g h t e r , Mr. and Mrs. T h o r n t o nD a v i d s o n of M o n t r e a l .M r . H a y s w a s b o r n at R o c k I s l a n d , 111., in185 6 . A t s e v e r i t e e n h e b e c a m e a c l e r k f o r t h eA t l a n t i c a n d P a c i f i c R a i h o a d in St. L o u i s .I n 187,7 he w a s m a d e s e c r e t a r y to t h e g e n e r a l m a n a g e r of the M i s s o u r i P a c i f i c anda f t e r n i n e y e a r s he was a s s i s t a n t g e n e r a l' m a n a g e r of t h a t r o a d . In 1887 he - w a sa p p o i n t e d g e n e r a l m a n a g e r of t h e W a b a s h ,S t . L o u i s , a n d P a c i f i c a n d w a s s o o n p r o m o t e d to the g e n e r a l m a n a g e r s h i p of the- W a b a s h W e s t e r n . . W h e n t h e W a b a s h l i ne sw e r e c o n s o l i d a t e d h e b e c a m e v i c e - p r e s i d e n ta n d g e n e r a l m a n a g e r . At t h a t t i m e hew a s a d i r e c t o r of m a n y o t h e r M i d d l e -:w e s t e r n t r a f f i c l i ne s . He l e f t t h e W a b a s h; in 1895 to b e c o m e g e n e r a l m a n a g e r of the; G r a n d T r u n k at M o n t r e a l . In his f ivej y e a r s . at t h a t p o s t he r e o r g a n i z e d the. C e n t r a l , V e r m o n t R a i l w a y C o m p a n y , a s u b s i d i a r y of t h e G r a n d T r u n k ; c o m p l e t e d; t h e V i c t o r i a J u b i l e e o p e n - s p a n d o u b l e -. t r a e k b r i d g e a c r o s s the St. L a w r e n c e atM o n t r e a l and the s i n g l e - s p a n s t e e l - a r c hb r i d g e r e p l a c i n g the old s u s p e n s i o n - b r i d g e a t N i a g a r a F a l l s . U n d e r his m a n a g e m e n tt h e G r a n d T r u n k was d o u b l e - t r a c k e d for8 7 8 m i l e s , m a k i n g it at t h a t t i m e thel o n g e s t s t r e t c h of c o n t i n u o u s d o u b l e t r a c ku n d e r one m a n a g e m e n t in the w o r l d .

W h e n C o U i s P. H u n t i n g t o n d i e d , theS o u t h e r n P a c i f i c got Mr. H a y s as p r e s i d e n t . He r e m o v e d to San F r a n c i s c o onJ a n u a r y 1, 1 9 0 1 , b u t in the faU. of t h e s a m ey e a r he r e s i g n e d and r e t u r n e d to theG r a n d T r u n k as v i c e - p r e s i d e n t a n d g e n e r a lm a n a g e r . He c o n c e i v e d in 1 9 0 2 t h e p r o j e c t of the G r a n d T r u n k P a c if ic R a i l w a y ,t h e b u i l d i n g of w h i c h , m a d e p o s s i b l e byl a w s p a s s e d at the i n s t a n c e of Sir Wi l f r i dL a u r i e r a r i d the G o v e r n m e n t , is s t i l l go i ngon . T h i s w i l l be t h e on l y t r a n s c o n t i n e n t a lr a i l r o a d w h o l l y w i t h i n C a n a d a , e x t e n d i n gf r o m M o n o t o r i , N. , B , , . to P r i n c e R u p e r t ,B . C , a d i s t a n c e of 3 , 6 0 0 m i l e s . It wil lc r o s s the R o c k y M o u n t a i n s w i t h a m a x i -; m u m g r a d e of o n l y 21 f e e t to the m i l e .

M r . H a y s w a s e l e c t ed to the p r e s i d e n c ya n d a d i r e c t o r s h i p of the G r a n d T r u n kR a i l w a y C o m p a n y on J a n u a r y 1, 1910,a l so to the p r e s i d e n c y of all the s u b s i d i a r yl i ne s , w i t h a t o t a l m i l e a g e of a b o u t 1 4 , 0 0 0 .M r . H a y s w a s in f u l l c ha r ge of the G r a n dT r u n k ' s a f f a i r s in A m e r i c a , the d i r e c t o r sof the c o m p a n y and m o s t of its 5 4 , 0 0 0s t o c k h o l d e r s b e i n g in E n g l a n d .A m o n g the c o m p a n i e s of w h i c h Mr.H a y s w a s p r e s i d e n t are the N e w E n g l a n dE l e v a t o r C o m p a n y , theP o r t l a n d E l e v a t o rC o m p a n y , the C a n a d i a n E x p r e s s C o m p a n y , the St. C l a i r T u n n e l C o m p a n y , theM o n t r e a l W a r e h o u s i n g C o m p a n y , and theI n t e r n a t i o n a l B r i d g e C o m p a n y .

T h e f a i l u r e of the G r a n d T r u n k P a o if lot o s t a n d by a d e c i s i o n of an a r b i t r a t o ra p p o i n t e d by the C a n a d i a n G o v e r n m e n tw i t h the r a i l r o a d ' s c o n s e n t was r e c e n t l yt a k e n up in P a r l i a m e n t at O t t a w a , andM r . H a y s was on his way b a c k h o m e tod e f e n d his a c t i o n in r e f u s i n g to a b i d e byt h e c o m p a n y ' s a g r e e m e n t w h e n he l o s this l i f e in the Titanic d i s a s t e r .

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