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Omaha Illustrated Bee.
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Pen and Picture Pointers
A nowly nppulntcd Judge will soon take
his placa on tho bench of tho federal court
for tho Southern district of Iowa In the per
son of Hon. Smith iMcI'hcrson of Red Oak,
who la now serving tho Ninth Iown district
as Hh congressman at Wnfhlngton. Mr.
Mcl'hcrson'f) portrait Is presented as tho
frontlspleco of this Ikhuo of Tho Poo, ropto
duclng n now photograph taken specially
for this purpose. Mr. McPhorfon Is well
known all over tho stnto of Iowa, having at
tained prominence nt the Iowa bar, of which
ho Is recognized n ono of tho leading ex
ponent. Ho will doubtloss Imprers his
personality equally strong upon tho bcncli.
As tho unanimous cholco of tho Iowa delega
tion In congresH for this ponttlon, ho suc
ceeds to tho placo mado vacant by tho death
of tho lato Judgo Wool son under most
auspicious clrcumfltnnces. A detailed skotch
of his life Is given In another column from
tho pon of our Washington correspondent.
Omaha people mako their mark abroad as
well as nt home, ns Id evidenced by tho
plcturo wo give of a well known Omaha
young woman who secured tho prlzo rocontly
nt a rag-tlnio party In St. Louis. Tho cos-
MISS GEORGIA SHARP AN OMAHA
PRIZE WINNER IN A RAQ TIME PARTY
AT ST. LOUIS.
tumu shows originality and attention to do
tall; It le not excelled ovon by the pooo
caught by tho camorn. Wo hopo to glvo
charnctor pictures of other woll known
figures In local eocloty from tlmo to tlmo,
as thoy scorn to crcnto Interest as well as
amusemont among our readers.
Ono of tho pictures accompanying Car
po n tor's lottor this week Is a portrait of
Gonoral Schwan, who Is familiar to Omahnns
by reason of bin connection with tho De
partment of tho Missouri, whoso head
quarters Is located In this city, whoro Gen
oral Schwnn, previous to tho outbreak of tho
war with Spain, officiated as adjutant of I ho
department. General Schwan wns promoted
In recognition of Ills brilliant sorvlce In
Cuba and Porlo Rico nnd Intor transfcrro l
to tho Philippines, whoro ho has been as
signed to somn of tho most rcsponslb'o com
mands. In tho oyo of many army olllc-s
ho Is regarded as tho most logical succea-o-of
tho lato General Lawton that the army
has produced.
Tho advent of ShakCTpcqrp'H birthday nn
nlvorsary comes tomorrow, April 1, and wl'l
bo colobrnted generally by tho various clubs
which mako u specialty of thu study of
Shakiwpearo. A number of theso c'ulu
throughrut Nebraska havo been qu'te
active In literary work, their special thome
this year being "Macbeth." Tho Niobrara
Shakospenro club, led by Prof. E. P. Wil
son, principal of tho High school nt that
placo, a group portrait of which Is given bv
Tho lice, was organized last wlntor wl'h
fifteen members and will cIobo Its work
with a Shakespeare birthday recept'lon nnd
banquet In honor of Its literary patrens.
Plfty farmers' Institutes havo boon he'd
In Nebraska slnco January 1 and thoro havo
been no failures, and In nenrly overy local
ity thora Is great enthusiasm ovor tho proi
poets for an Institute noxt year. Prof. E.
A. Burnett, rocontly appointed to tho chair
of Animal Husbandry of Nebraska Sta'o
university, has boon In chnrgo of this work.
Ho has holped local officer to nrrango pro
grams nnd luis furnished lectures. Prof.
Ilumott was bom In Livingston county,
Michigan, October 17, 1865. He Is a grad
uate of tho Michigan Agricultural college,
ZilZ lTSTl iTV!0U8
September 1, 1899, held tho poal-
tlon of professor of ngrlculturo
In tho South Dakota Agricultural
college Ills work In Nebraska
will bo directed largely to tho
Interests cf tho stock feeder and
stock breeder.
Tho new president of tho
Omaha city council, Myrcn D.
Knrr, was 11 years old yester
day. Ho was born nt Battlo
Creek, Mich., which was his
homo until ho moved to Omaha
In 1887. Ho learned tho car
riage Ironing business aftor fin
ishing his education In tho
schools of his natlvo city and
followed It for flfteon yoars. At
tho November oloctlon In 1890 ho
was elected ward councilman
from thq Sixth ward. Ho served
threo months, when tho now city
charter went Into effect, which
ousted him from office. Ho wns
elected to tho new council In
1897 nnd re-clontcd again this
spring. Should Mnyor Mo.ros
bo nb.ent from tho city nt any
tlmo dining tho next three
years Mr. Karr, by virtue cf his
olTIco, would bo acting maycr.
PROP.
MAL
Convention hall, Kansas City's
nrldo, whoreln tho democratic
nntlonnl convention wns to havo been
hold on July. 4, wan laid In ruins
by flro In less than thirty minutes
Wednesday afternoon, April 4. Tho Hen
thl week prints a plcturo of tho Interior of
tho hall, showing tho bent and twisted stcol
arches as thoy appeared after tho flro In a
vlow from tho cast Bldo. Tho enterprising
cltlzons of our neighboring city havo raised
sufficient monoy to rebuild and havo already
lot tho contract for tho erection of another
convention hall, to bo completed In tlmo for
tho nntlonnl democratic convention.
Sovornl young Nebrnskans, both In the
mIKtnry and naval branches of tho United
States services, distinguished thom3olvcs
during the Spanish-American war and tho
Filipino rebellion. This week wo print tho
pictures of threo Nebrnska cadots who havo
successfully passed tho two preliminary ex
aminations for admission to tho Went Point
Mllltnry academy nnd hnvo been ordered to
report nt West Point Juno 10, when they
will bo given a final oxamlnatlcn, nnd If
thoy stand tho test will nt onco begin their
nrmy sorvlce.
At tho recent municipal elections In No
braska a majcrlty of tho men elected to fill
tho olllco of mnyor woro business men, who
havo nover nwplred to fill n political p sl
tlon, but hnvo boon forced Into tho political
arena by their business associates. This
week Tho Beo prints tho pictures of oight of
tho recently elected Nebraska mayors.
Tho plcturo of a group of Omaha working
men la BUggoatlvo cf the prosperous times
wo are now enjoying. Fcur or llvo years
ngo a much larger group could havo been
photographed on nlmost any prominent street
corner In Omaha at tiny hour of the day.
but It would havo lackod tho tools of In
dustry and the men wculd hnvo had a hun
gry out-of-n-Job appearance.
Tho First Christian church of Omaha ro
contly called Itov. Sumner T. Martin of Mn
son City, la., to fill tho pulpit that had been
occupied for sevonil ycurs by Rov. Howard
Cramblet, who accepted a call from a
church In tho cast. Rov. Martin Is an ablo
preachor and a successful pastor. During
OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE,
E. A. 11URNETT PROFESSOR OF ANI
HUSHANDRY IN NEBRASKA UNIVERSITY
his pnstornto at Mason City over 300 now
mombors wero taken Into tho church.
About Noted People
Sequoynh, tho Indlnn chief who reduced to
written characters tho language of tho
Cherokees, will havo a monument erected to
his memory. Tho porplo of Chcrokeo na
tion propose to plnco tho monument In tho
public squaro at Tahloquah, capital of tho
REV SUMNER T. MARTIN NEW PAS
TOR OF FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH,
OMAHA.
nation. Sequoyah died about forty-two
years ago.
aoncrnl Botha (pronounced Boat-a) Is a
farmer and modestly claims to know moro
about shcop raising than ho docs nbout
lighting. Ho Is only 3G years of ago and al
most, overy year of that tlmo ho has spont
In raising sheep and cattlo on the large
ranges of land In tho Vryhold district of
tho Transvaal.
Mr. Cortolyou, who succeeds Mr. "Porter
ns tho president's secrotary, Is voted by
ovorybody In Washington who tins dealings
GROUP OF OMAHA WORKINOMEN.
fljp K
with tho Whlto Houso to bo the greatest
success as a buffer for tho president, with
tho posslblo exception of Dan Lamont,
known In tho history of Washington. His
loyalty to tho president, his discretion and
tact with politicians, his kindly nnd court
eous treatment of tho press and his shrewd
Judgment of persons and ovents havo con
tributed materially to tho personal popu
larity of President McKlnlcy.
According to tho London Chronlclo tho
tolcHccpo which Napoleon used to carry has
boon discovered In tho possession of nn In
habitant of Turin. It has tho Inscription,
"Napoleon, I. R.," engraved on It and Is
kept In a velvet case, with tho nrms of
Queen Olga of Wurtemberg stamped on It.
Napoleon loft tho telescope, which, curiously
enough, bears tho mark of Holland, Eng
Innd, In tho drnwer of his camp table when
ho fled from Waterloo and It wns taken by
a French sergeant, who nftcrwnrd gave It
to Its present owner.
A writer In tho London King describes
Henry Lnbouchcro as a clever man of Im
monso conceit, who will say nlmost any
thing In order to bo noticed. Dress and
such things ho cares nothing whatever
about; Indeed, ho Is nn untidy fellow, of
cnreless appearance. Ho dees not, more
over, enro twopenco for food or drink and
ho smokes bad cigarettes, but ho has p.
lovely old houso In Old Pnlaco Ynrd and
another nt Twickenham. To his wlfo ho Is
devoted, but 'tho great lovo of his life Is
his llttlo daughter Dora, who Is all In all to
him. To seo "Labby" with this llttlo girl
Is to seo n very different man from him of
below tho gangway.
Poultncy Blgelow, writing h the Inde
pendent, sizes up Undo Paul as "a single
minded, courngeruB, gruff, Illiterate cattle
driver, with tho soul of a Cromwell and the
education of a red Indian. " nut Steyn
of tho Freo Stnto reminded Poultncy In n
way of our Governor Buckingham. Poult
noy visited Steyn at Bloomfcnteln (as he
visited Undo Paul at Pretoria) and had
many long talks with him. Conversing
with Undo Paul is like conversing with n
"shepherd out of tho seventeenth century,"
ho tells no, but Steyn's tnlk Is tho talk of "a
trained lawyer and a practical statesman."
This Is rnthcr Interesting nnd wo quote
further: "President Steyn Is ono of tho
best nll-rcund types of mnuhood It has been
my fortune to meet. Ho has a calm, pene
trating eyo full of human Interest and at
tho samo tlmo suggeatlvo of latent fire.
Steyn seemed to mo about six feet
high, with broad shoulders slightly drooping;
not tho stcop that comes from desk work,
but rather from carrying n gun after gnmo.
I havo met many Americans who reminded
mo of Steyn dellbernto men and shrewd
Indifferent to mero display, yet careful as
to their personal appearance. Everything
about Steyn and his houso spoko of clean
liness, tidiness, good taste. Everything
about Kruger's houso suggested slovonly
housekeeping If not dirty personal habits.
Stoyn Is politically a clean man at
tho head of a dean community; Krugcr Is
chief of a stato whero much corruption In
high plnces exists and whero his own namo
even Is not always spared. Nowhero In
South Africa did I hear Stoyn's name men
tioned savo In terms of tho highest re
spect." Told Out of Court
A bookkeeper In n Georgia case who
claimed an exemption of wages as n laborer
testified In support of It ns follows: "It
requires n right smart of muscular forco
and exertion sometimes. I do a great deal
of Jumping around nnd handling bsoks."
Once upon a tlmo when Judge Gary of
i
April 22, 1000.
Chicago was trying a case ho was dis
turbed by a young man who kept moving
about In tho rear of tho room, lifting chairs
and looking under things.
"Young man," Judgo Gary cnllod out,
"you aro making a great deal of unneces
sary noise. Whnt aro you about 7"
"Your honor," replied tho young man,
"I hnvo lost my overcoat and am trying to
find It."
"Well," unld tho vcnornblo Jurist, "people
often loso wholo suits In hero without
making all that disturbance."
While in a peculiar mood ono day the
lato Justlco Stephen J. Field severely rep
rimanded Pago Henry McCall for an offense
of which tho page was Innocent. But the
member of tho highest court In tho land
could not bo persuaded that his courso was
not tho correct ono. McCall left humiliated,
but ho was a llttlo gentleman and held his
peace.
Later In tho day Justlco Field tent for Mc
Call. "Como to my houso nt 7 o'clock this ovon
Ing," was all ho said.
With mingled feelings of doubt nnd do
Bpalr tho pago called at tho Field residence
at tho tlmo specified, was ushered Into tho
Jurist's library and told to hold tho books
which Mr. Field began, without explana
tion or ceremony, to tnko from tho shelves.
When tho veteran lawyer had piled about
fifteen volumes Into Pngo McCall's arms
ho grultly remarked:
"Henry, I'm very Borry for tho wny I
treated you today. I reallzo that my con
duct was unwarranted, nnd I beg your par
don. Hero nro some choice books. Keep
them as a nucleus for your library. Keep
them, young man, and keep your tompor,
too, whatever you do! Good night!"
In ono of tho remoto counties of tho pan
handle of Texas two lawyers wcro trying a
MYRON D. KARR PRESIDENT OF
OMAHA CITY COUNCIL.
caso beforo a Justlco of tho peace. It was
sixty miles a3 tho crow flics to tho nearest
law book, and tho attorneys dlffored, of
course, as to tho law upon the main Issue
In tho case. Thoy woro trying tho case
without tho Intervention of a Jury, and his
honor, who conducted n gambling houso In
connection with his hotel, saloon and llvory
stablo, was In doubt as to what bis de
cision ought to be. Finally Miller, tho
plaintiff's counsel, offorcd to bet Hoover,
tho defendant's attorney $10 that he was
right. Hoover did not happen to havo that
much of tho circulating medium concealed
about his person and was naturally at a loss
how to parry this forcible argument. Tho
court wultcd a few moments for Hoover and
finally said:
"Well, Mr. Hoover, tho court has waited
long enough. Miller's proposition seem
bo a fair one, and, slnco you don't put up,
I will docldo this caso In favor of tho plain
tiff."
Pointed Paragraphs
Chicago News: A fearless man Is the
gtentost of feminine attractions.
A concolted young lady says tho mon aro
a covet-us lot.
When a man doubles his fists ho naturally
becomes four-handed.
It Is always safer to bo ahend of tlmo cr a
mulo thnn bohlnd either.
Tho shooting stars may yet discover that
tho earth Is a good revolver.
There is nothing moro gratifying than tho
consciousness of doing good.
Many a man's good opinion Is not worth
tho prlco you have to pay for It.
Don't complain If you I030 your tompor.
You nro probably better off without It.
No man Is bravo onoiigh to allow a woman
to seo him making fncos at her first baby.
A small man Bhould nover marry n buxom
wIl'ow. Ho might bo called tho "widow's
mite."
When a woman resorts to art for a youth
ful complexion sho Is only trying to mako
up far lost tlmo.
When a man discovers that ho has had
enough ho also discovers that ho has over
estimated bis capacity.
A philosopher who has undoubtedly been
up ngalnat It says: "Tho best throw n
man can mako with dlco Is to throw them
awny."
No man on earth Ih ever referred to as
ono of nature's noblomen. Ho must oc
cupy a spaco In tho earth In order to ao
quire tho title.
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