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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1899)
Republican Candidates for District Judges in Nebraska A. M. KOBBINS , Ord. Eleventh Judicial District. L. K ALDER , Alnsworth. Fifteenth Judicial District. About Noted People * Mayor Price of Macon , Ga. , who has held his place for fourteen years , Is a great be liever in the newspaper as an educator. For years he has , out of his own packet , paid the subscriptions for a Considerable number of papers which he ordered left at the homes of persons who were unable to pay for such a necessity of up-to-date life. Mr. Price Is fully convinced that his action has baen pro ductive of much good. "In all the two years and a half that 1 have sat at the cabinet table , " said Secre tary Long the other day , "I have never seen President McKlnley give the slightest sign of Irritation or Impatience , even when he was under great stress and In trying cir cumstances. On the contrary , he has always been patient , and even cheerful. He Is the meet amiable of men. " Dr. Mahaffy , the famous professor of Trin ity college , Dublin , la famed for hie many and varied accomplishments. He Is one of the leading historians and Greek and Latin scholar * In the United Kingdom , he speaks French and German like an Interpreter , and not only plays the piano and vlnlln better than mrst professionals , but possesses such an Intimate knowledge of harmony and the theory of music that he Is one of the exam iners for the musical degree In the uni versity. Such Is Lord Kitchener's reputation as a woman hater that the queen herself felt called upon to ask him , during a recent audience , If what she heard of him was true that he did not care f r any woman. He replied that It was true with one excep tion. The queen asked him to tell the name of the exception , and the gallant warrior re plied : "Your majesty. " The queen was amuaed , but she was also pleased. Excitement was caused In a church In London during the morning service last week by a Irud voice from the gallery forbidding the banns of a couple deslr"us of getting married , because the woman had a canonical husband living. The voice was that of the famous Father Black , who takes every op portunity to protest publicly against the marriage of dlvrced persons. Curiously enough , Father Black Is well known and popular In English society and Is much sought after a guest In country houses. Admiral Dewey , though not a total ab stainer from liquors , has a horror cf heavy drinking among naval officers. "I had rather sleep with n madman , " he once said In speaking of n captain who had just been put "on pledge " "I could r'a'raln n lunatic , but not a drunkard. If I had my way ni officer In cither branch of the service who was once dismissed for drunkenness should ever be restored to the active list unless his reformation was absolutely sure , " Captain Charlea N. Oltley of the British navy , who has been detailed is naval at tache at Washington , IB a comparatively young offlc r for his rank and he only re- S.V. . CHUISTY. Clay Center Seventh Judicial District. Photo by Heyn. BENJAMIN S. BAKER. Omaha. Fourth Judicial Dlbtrlct. quires ordinary good fortune to become an admiral In a short time. He gained h s early promotion by winning three Hist-class certificates at college. He was solving iu the Pacific squadron at the time of the en gagement with the Peruvian rebel turiet ship Huascar , In May , 1S77 , and was a lieu tenant of the Monarch at the bombardment of Alexandria. Ex-Senator Mantle of Montana Ii a bach elor and regarded as a great muttim.nlal "catch , " and so much surprised society when ho recently referred to his "sweet heart. " He was plied with questions ab-ut the identity of the lucky woman , but for some tiinie he dodged an answer. At last , however , he replied : "She Is not pretty , she's beautiful , " responded the fcomuor , finally , his face growing tender , "and she's not very young , somewhere between 7U and SO , and her name her name Is the same us mine Mantle. My sweetheait is my mother. " Told Out of Courtj There was a case on trial before Judge Bowling of Kansas City , Kan. , just a few days before ho went out of ofllce In which a party was trying to recover J10 for the 1'hoio LEU HSTELLE , Oin.ihn Fourth Judicial District Photo by Heyn. CHARLES T. DICKINSON , Tekamnh Fourth Judicial District. death of a dog which had been killed by the defendant after the can.ne hud bl.ten the man. The case was nearly through and It was apparent that the plaiuilfl had made a good case and w < uld recover for the lo6 of his animal , when one of the witnesses was asked to describe the color f the cur. "It was yellow , " replied the witness. "Did ycu say the dog was yellow ? " replied the judge , seemingly very much In surprise. "Yes , sir , " replied the witness. "Well , this court don't prop so giving judgment for the loss of a yellow d g , and verdict Is rendered for the defendant , " said the court , and the next case was called. Bowllnp was a deputy sheriff before ho became judge and was sent me cold winter night to arrest a very desperate character who had almost murdered a man. He f und h's man In bed when he reached his home , but after he had made the arrest his pris oner told him that ho was too sick to ac company him. The young officer went to another room to get some one to go for a conveyance , that the man might be taken to Jail , and when ho returned the prisoner had locked the door. Bowling , fearing that the man would escape , burst Into the room and upon entering was km eked sprawling to the floor. He got up , started for bis man , and tbon 0. A. ABBOTT , Grand Ihland Eleventh Judicial Dlstilct W. W. WOOD , Hushvllle , Fifteenth Judicial District hand-to-hand which had 1th a - - fight began , ending 'n Bowling having the handcuffs upon his prisoner. "I guess you are not so sick as you wore , " said the officer , "and maybe you can go now without a carriage , or clothes either. " The prisoner objected most earnestly and pleaded humbly , but he was led out Into the night In his sleeping robe and made to walk barcftoted In two feet of snow to the jail , half n dozen blocks away. "I had i < peculiar case In court the othei day , " said a police court lawyer to a Chicago cage reporter. "An old Irishman named Callahan rod gotten Into a row with hl landlord about some repairs and refused to pay his rent , The landlord was a fussy lit tle college professor , totally unversed In the ways of the world , and ho was Imprudent enough to send word that he would have the family evicted and then called to discuss It personally. Ho emerged yelling murder and said that ho had first met Mrs. Callahan , who told him her husband would do him m > harm , upon the strength of which he hail waited for his return. When Callahan camu In he promptly gave the visitor a beating. The old Irishman and his wife were botn nrrosted and I appeared for the defense. The ugly feature of the cane was the alleged eflort of the woman to lure her caller Into KAIHBUHY STREET FAIH , SEPTEMBER 27 TO 29 THE QUEEN OF THE CARNIVAL AND HER MAIDS OF HONOR R L KKESTER , Alma Tenth Judicial District Photo by lluyn. \V. W. KEYSOR , Oinahii Fourth Judicial District u trap , but when put tin the stand she denied the landlord's story In tote and swore paint blank she had warned him thai her husband proposed to punch liln head Both partita sccinetl perfectly sincere In their statements and I was somewhat puz zled. I finally decided to cross-examine the ex-professnr. " 'Now. repeat to us , ' I Bald , 'exactly what Mrs. Callahan told you In regard to her bun band. ' " 'She assured mo positively , ' replied tl > " landlord , 'that ho had no Intention whatevei of molesting me. ' " 'But she didn't nay It In those words , ' I Insisted. 'What 1 want Is her exact Ian guago. ' " 'Well , sir , ' said the witness , beginning to got flustered , 'she gave mo to under stand ' " 'Oh , never mind that,1 Interrupted the Judge ; 'give us her own words. ' " 'Very well , sir ! Very well , air ! ' ex claimed the llttlo landlord , desperately She snld. "When Mike comes homo ho won't do a thing to you. " "When the Judge got through laughing h < > lot the prisoners off with u reprimand. " At the Any- Old-Timc Club Chicago Tribune " : "When you work " nskod the- man In the mackintosh , "what do you follow ? " "Well , by piofcsslon , " replied the man who had lilH feet on the " " table. "I am n printer. "What are you ? " ho said to the nun , with the squint. "Mel I'm ii carpenter when I work. " "What Is your oatonwlblo culling ? " he asked , turning to the man with the largr Adam's npplo. "I wiis educated for n surgeon. " "And you ? ' he continued , addressing tin man In the armchair. ' 1 ' ' " anythl"8' " nila ored that In "Il'inph ! " exclaimed the man In tin imickljUoBli , lighting a cheap clgnr. "This gang seejus to be made up largely of type sutterH , faw-sotlcrs , hoiio-setterH and sei Doubts Detroit Journal : "But , after all , ought I to marry him ? " Constancewns tortured with doubts. "It IB true , " she argued with herself , that I love him siilllclontly to ho ready to trust my future to lila keeping , hut Is my love for him of such depth ami strength that I would lend him my chewing-gum ? " .Science , let It ho remarked onpnssnnt , had done much , with Us bacteriological re searches In particular , to shatter the natu ral confidence of young people In each other. Moreover , since the Dakota divorce lawn now requited a residence of twelve count them twelve mouths , oue could not be too careful.