The President's
Private Secretary. J
TV position of secretary to (be Trw
liieiit of the T.nitel States Is an ar
duouj one. Iu the rendering of in
iiiultitudluoug services, it calls for th.
biuiintaiH qualifications of a methodiea
and systematic clerk, in the ierforai
a ace of tbe daily routine of offiela
wk, and tbe finesse of a practica
diplomnt in meeting and satisfactorily
adjusting MitiiHtloiiM which naturaUi
come before him H an intermediary
K-tweeu the. President and an assorted
public, each individual of which be
Leves blmself entitled to a portion ot
the Unit? a;! interest of the chief exec
utive.
The task of handling and answerlni
the White House mall U In iUelf n
small one, the President receiving fron
two hundred to one thousand and tw
hundred letters a day. Important
iot, each of those communications re
reives due attention, the secretary
-arefuJ!v sorting and classifying them
presenting some to the personal atten
tion of the President, referring otheri
to tie department or person to whicl
which ncli properly belongs, while al
receive courteous acknowledgmen
from the President's representative.
ine secretary Is also required U
meet and dispose of the numerous vis
ltors who orJl on the President a
times not set aside for bis public re
venous, anu wuose Dusiness ranges
nil the way from that relative to tin
appointment of a Supremo Court Judg
or the Governor of a turbulent terri
tory, to the obtaining of the Preslden
tlal autograph for a schoolgirl's al
bum.
To denl with this heterogeneous maw
in Buoii a way as to beat serve the endi
of both business and courtesy, -whll
economizing Ids own time and easlni
the strain of the President's persona
attention by selecting the really lmpor
taut from the trivial quest sorting thi
frntln from the chaff giving offense t
Done, and sending all away with pleas
ant words and smiling faces, requires
pndlcss resources of tact and good
Judgment.
The secretary is also expected t
ke"p at his fingers' ends tbe details oi
all the offlcl&l business of the executive
office, and the President is likely tc
send for him frequently each day tc
consult him regarding official engage
ineit.s which have leen made by him
to seek Information and advise wltt
him upon some matter under consider
ation, or, at a moment's notice, to brlnf
imperii and data in some case demand
Ing Immediate attention. Success.
No Better Off than Itefore.
A small town In Posen near the Sile
Ulan frontier still keeps that relic of
other centuries, the nlght-watclunat
Who calls the hours. One night thl
Ixmdon Telegraph tells this remarkablr
tory one of these watchmen, an oli
worthy long In service, failed to blow
tils whistle w-hen the clock struck th
hour.
The burgomaster summoned the de
llnquewt to account for his negligence
After some hesitation he declared thai
Ms last tooth had dropped out and thai
he could not hold In bis mouth th
otnHnl flat Uti whistle.
A council was culled, and the bu)
Jeet was gravely dixcussed. Finally
ow of the members said that he had
heard of a dentist at Breslau who sup
piled artificial teeth. After long de
bate the council appropriated money u
send the good watchman to Breslau tc
get a set of new teeth.
In due time the watchman reportei
that his teeth lind arrived. That nlghi
the burgomaster sat up to hear the re
ult. To his astonishment there wm
no whistle at tii, at eleven, or at mid
night. The next morning he summon
d the watchuiun.
"You have got your teeth," he said,
Indignantly. "Why do you not whls
tie as before?"
"Yes, I've got a new set of teeth,''
replied the old man, "but the doctoi
old me to put them In water at night."
A New Lincoln Letter.
When Lincoln was lu Springfield
practicing law, be had a pass on th
Chicago & Alton Railroad, perhaps be
cause he was attorney fir the com
pany. The following letter asking for
a renewal of his pass or "chalked
hat," the old slang word that Lincoln
uses was found seven years after il
was written In a Imix of old papers be
longing to the railroad, and was re
recently published for the first time is
the Century Magazine:
Springfield, Keby. 13, 18."0.
IL P. Morgan, Esq.
Itwir Sir: Says Torn to John, "Here'i
jrour old rotten wheelbarrow. I'v
broke It, usin' on It I wish you would
mend It, cse I want to borrow It this
artemoon."
Acting on this as a precedent, I say,
"Hcre'a your 'clialkcd hat.' I wish you
would take It and send me a new one
cse 1 snail want to use u wits 101 i
March." Vours truly,
A. LINCOLN.
Won Id Herm Ho.
Qulnn-IX) you think the comic pa
per do more harm than good?
De Foiite Yes. For Instance, If they
hadn't started that stolen-dlamond Joke
I don't believe a single actress would
have thought about It.
JlHrk Outlook.
Ida-Don't be so rough on the poot
writer, dear. Remember, he won't al
ways live In a garret.
May-I should say not. I heard (he
landlady fiy to day If he didn't pay hit
rent she'd put 1.1m out.
I.t of people Hud marriage a failure,
but the grHHs widow consldura It only 0
temporary eiiibarrtiiwuieut.
POLICEMAN'S LESSON.
)ne Telia How barklrx He Was HUi
Ills WeapoMn at first.
"Experience la certainly a good teae
v," observed a member of the Wash
ngton police force while discussing
:he order of llaj. Sylvester concerti
ng the establishment of a school of
nstruction. "Some Instruction to new
ippoiutees," he added, "Is absolutely
Jecesaary, and with the proper start
ixperlence will do the rest.
"I remember my first tour of duty,
which was many years ago, and I also
emwiber that It not only came near
Jelug my lagt, but came near result
ng disastrously for me. Having been
worn in and sent out to do police duty
without being Instructed as to my
rights, I started over the beat to which
i was assigned armed with all the
langerous weapons usually carried by
jolicemeu.
"These weapons were not Intended
for mere playthings I thought and that
I had a, right to use them under any
ind ali circumstances I did not doubt.
Should I want to make an arrest for
my violation of the law and was tin
ible to overtake the offender I was
itlsfled thut I had the right to stop
ijiin with a bullet.
"During the evening," the policeman
?ont!nued, according to the Washing
Eon Star, "I enme across a party of
?rap shooters on the commons, and
'hat I thought was an opiwrtunlty to
llstinguisb myself, Being unable tc
ivertake those who had participated
in the game I proceeded to send bullets
loward them, and only gave up my
jfforts when I had emptied my pistol.
-o far as 1 was concerned the affair
was fun for me, but I nearly dropied
lead when a friend informed me that
1 might have been given a penitentiary
entence had one of the bullets from
my pistol taken effe-t
"During the succeeding twenty years
yr more I did not And It necessary to
ilsebarge my revolver. Experience
proved a good teacher for me, although
proper instruction at the time of my
appointment would have avoided the
possibility of my being sent to prison."
THE LAND OF TIPS.
Traveler Surprised at Number of Her
eon Who Had Claims Upon Hlra.
A traveler who has been all over
Europe believes that the villagers of
the Alps outdo all other people In the
unhappy business of tips and fees.
Relating bis experiences in the Detroit
Free lYess, he says that when he was
leaving ChamounJ he gave fees to the
chamber-maid, tbe waiter, the porter,
the bootblncck, the cook, the omnibus
drivers, tbe mall carrier and all th
bell boys. Then the landload approach
ed and suggested that he had been left
out
"Hut I was your guest."
"True; but If you will remember, 1
received you with three distinct bows
where only one Is required by custom,
It Is two bowg extra, monsieur."
The traveler had Just paid ten cent
apiece for the bowg, when the coroner
appeared.
"But where do you come In?"
"Had monsieur met with a fatal fall
on the mountain, I should have held
the Inquest."
The coroner got a franc. Then bit
clerk came forward, and said:
"And bad there been an Inquest I
should have had the pleasure of writ
ing to monsieur's relatives that unfor
tunately, be was dead."
The traveler handed him a coin, and
then, to be done with the business,
asked If there was anybody else In
Ohamounl who had a claim.
"The police have not arrested you,"
wild the landlord.
"All right; here's a tip for them.
Any one else?"
"My night-watchman did not let the
hotel take fire."
The traveler left a tip for the faith
ful watchman, went down to his train,
tipped nil the railway officials, and con
sidered himself fortunate In having
money enough left to get him out of
the country.
AN UP-COUNTRY SOLOMON.
He Rendered a Very Wise and llquif
able llecielon
Iii a small town In one of the central
counties of New York State lives an
old (Jerman, who, because of the high
esteem In which he Is held lu the com
munlty, was elected Justice of the
peace. The old gentleman was 0'c
called upon, says the New York Times
to decide a most perplexing question.
One of hU fellow citizens owned a
dog which, although not very vicious,
had a bad habit of barking at passers-
by. A neighbor vowed vengeance. lilt
chance came when he was returning
from a shooting trip, gun In hand. The
jog rail out and barked savagely at
1 1 1 111. and be fired at the animal, Ac
his aim w as bad, the dog escaped, yelp
lug, with nothing more serious than u
wounded tall.
The owner of the dog had his neigh
bor brought iM'fore the old Justice on a
iduii'ge of cruelly to animals, and the
ourt -room was crowded with the par
tisans of both men. The Justice heard
tin charge, and then the defense thai
the dug was n dangerous animal and a
menace to the neighborhood. The old
ISerman cleared his throat and deliver
ed the dictum:
"Der mail -be has been guilty of cru
dly to animals." And on side of the
.otirt-room applauded the Justice of
.he diflslon.
"Hut der tog- hn vas a vicious tog."
And the oilier side voiced Its approval.
"I vlll line der man five tollars." An
jiher murmur lu the court-room.
"Hut I vlll glf him anoder shot at der
"K-
If men nbtiKcd their bodies aa they
(o their credit the race would soon run
mt.
DEATH IN AIRSHIP
ARI8 THE SCENE OF ANOTHER
FATAL ACCIDENT.
CAR DROPS FROM BALLOON
TWO DARING AERONAUTS
KILLED.
ARE
STORY OF EYE WITNESS
One Victim ! Hraky, Owner of tbe Dir.
iglbl Traveler, the Oilier till Engineer
Firu l Horrified.
Paris, Oct. 14. De Brasky, tbe
aeronaut, and a compaulon, were
killed by falling from a dlrlgble bal
l'on today.
The balloon started from the avero
static station at Vaurlrlard, a suburb
of this city, at 7:55 on a trial trip,
After preliminary maneuveriogs with
a rope attachment P.radsky released
the balloon and proceeded southwar
at a height of 300 or 400 feet. Tbe
propellers of the machine appeared
to work well. The iudder, however
was net successful. At about 9:20
the balloon had returned to above the
point of departure and then It grad
ually mounted until it disappeared 1
the clouds.
The prefect of police later received
a dispatch announcing the fall of the
balloon near St. Denn's five and
half miles from the center of Paris
and adding that Its two occupants
were killed.
The catastrophe sent a thrill
Of
horror through Paris, following the
disaster at tbe Brazilian aeronaut Se
vere who was killed May 12 last and
whose balloon started from tbe same
shed.
At the start this morning De Bras
icy nrst tried the ascensional screw
below tbe car, and the airship, held
by ropes, rose easily and malnatlned
Its equiliberlum. De Hrasky wassat
isnea ana saia tie would maneuvei
over vne drilling ground. A whistle
was blown and released the ropes
the propelling screw behind was set
io the proper direction when sudden
ly a southwest wind sprang up and
the airship swerved to the northwest
instead of to the northeast.
Crossing tbe main boulivards tbe
aerial ctaft executed a number of
evolutions, but continued northward
eventually disappearing over the
?reat white basllllca of the churcLof
the Sacreo Heart and the top of the
hill of Moot Matre. The aeronaut's
wife and tbeir friends awaited at tbe
shed from 8 till 10 and grew aniious
at this prolonged absence.
When the balloon was later per
uelved at an Imm nse height this In
creased the anxiety, as it was known
the airship was never intended to
rise to such a point. It was, how
ever, merely the Inflated envelope
which drifted back across Paris after
the breaking of the suspension wires
had relle-ed it of the weight of tbe
car A few minutes later a telegram
arrived with the news of the disaster.
An eye witness gave tbe following
account of the accident:
"I was standing on the steps of my
building when I heard a voice call
ing. I looked up and saw an airship
a hundred yards In the air. M. Morln
was leaning out of tho car and asked
fhrougb a megaphone where was a
1 lliable spot to descend. I indicated
a place in the neighborhood and the
airship proceeded in the direction I
had indicated. A few Instants
later I saw the balloon turn sharply
and at the same moment, beard a
noise like the tearing of cloth. The
piano wires followed suit, they be
came detached and It fell to the
ground two hundred yards distant.
The balloon itself bounded up In
the air and disappeared. I hurried
to tbe spot and found Do Urasky
dead and terribly trulsed. M. Morln
was lying under the remainder of
Ibe car. He lived but a few mo
ments.' De Urasky was a Hungarian baron,
tbirty-six years of age, rich and clev
er, and had been in the diplomatic
service. He made his first, ascension
In 1901. Morln was his engineer.
Ho leaves a widow and three chil
dren. La Chanibre, the constructor of
the airship, says he had no confi
dence in tbe mccbaolcal part of the
airship.
FUliIng on the Dee ,
Some fishermen on tho Dee, in
Scotland, pursued a royal sturgeon
nid chased It onto a sandbank. It
weighed over 200 pounds mid meas
ured 8 feet 8 Inches In length.
Will Send "lore Warships.
London, Oct. 14. In a dispatch
from Hamburg, the correspondent ol
the Daily Mail savs on account of the
murder In Veneziichi of Adam Rus
sell, a German subject and nianagci
of the Venezuela Plantation com
pany, the Oeriiuin government has or
dered the cruisers Vlneta, Panther
and Onzelle to go to Venezuela.
A dispatch recleved fr rn VVillem
lad yesteiday said the Vlneta had
already arrived at Lu Guayra.
THE STRIKE
President Brings Contending Forces
Together, Day and Night
Conference
PRESIDENT NAMES COriMISSION.
WaxhSngton, Get. 21 The -following' statement announcing
close of the strike was issued at the White House at 2:20 a. m. :
After a conference with Mr. Mitchell and some further conference
with representatives of the coal operators, the pr.sideut has appointed
the meruijers of the commission to inquire into, consider and pass upen
all questi-ins at Issue between the operators and miners in the anthra
cite coal fields:
brigadier General John M. Wilson, UQited S ates army, retired (late
chief of engineers U S. A.,) Washington, D. C, as an officer of the en
gi cer corps of either the military or naval service of the United
States,
Mr E. W. Parker of Washington, D. C, a an expert mining engi
neer, vi r. I'arker is ahief statistician of the coal division of the United
States geol ical survey and the editor of the Engineering and Mining
Journal of New York.
lion. George Gray of Wilmington, Del., as a judge of a United States
court.
E E. Clark of Cedar Rapids, la., grand chief of the order of railway
couducors. as a sociologist, the president assuming that for the pur
pose of such a commission the term sociologist means a man who has
thought and studied deeply on social questions and has practically ap
plied his knowledge.
Mr. Dhmu if Vitklniof S:ri,iti, I'x,
qoalnted with mining and selling of coal.
Bishop John L Spalding of Peoria, 111.
Bishop Spalding's name to the commission.
Hon C-'-roll D. Wright has been appointed recorder of tbe commis
sion.
STATISTICS OF THE STRIKE.
Statistics of the strike, which began
May 12, follow:
Miners and others thrown
out of work 1P3,500
Number of women affected 103,000
Number children affected 28i,0OJ
Capital invested in coal
mines 1511,500,000
Operater's daily loss in
price of coal 433 600
Total loss caused by strike 197,390,000
Loss In miners' wages 39 350,000
Loss of operators 68,800,000
Loss of merchants In min
ing towns 22,750,000
Loss of mills and factories
cl xied 7,320,000
Loss of merchants oubside
of district 16,000,000
Loss of railways 34,000,000
Loss of business perm'ntly 7,000,000
Oist of troops in held 1,850,000
of coal and. iron police 3,600,000
Loss to railway men in wa
ges 275,000
Cost maintaining non-union
men 545,000
Damage to mines and ma
chinery 5,000,000
The number of fatalities has been
about twenty.
Washington, Oct. 17. Tbe great
anthracite coal strike Is settled at
last. A commission of six persons,
lth a seventh. Mr. Carroll D.
Wright, as recorder, will adjust dif
ferences between operators and min
ers. President Mitchell or tbe min
ers' union will take the necessary
mc'snres to call the strike off. The
president will urge immediate re
sumption of mining and operations
are expected to begin next week.
Annnucement that the great strike
was off was made by Secretary Knot
with exuberant good humor at the
White house shortly after 1 o'clock
this morning.
Organized labor hai a representa
tive on the commission in the per
son of E. E. Clark, grand chief of
the order of railway conductors.
named as a sociologist. The presi
dent added Bishop Spaldingof Illinois
to the hst of the five members sug
gested b the operators.
Asnamed the commission Is perfect
ly satisfactory to both miners and op
erators. REDUCE THE ARMY
Washington. Oct. 17. The order
reducing the army to the minimum
of 59,600 men is In the course of prep
aration at the war department. It is
me of a series of orders that have
been Issued cutting down the regular
army as the decrease could be made
is a result of reduction of the force In
the Philippines The manner in
which this order will be carried out
s to discontinue enlistments until the
number has been reached.
Wilkrsbarre, Pa., Oct. 16. At 9:55 o'clock this morning Tresl
'"iifc Mitchell Issued the following statement:
"Appreciating the anxiety and impatience of the public and the
nine workers for some authoriiive statement from this oflice I issue
ibis bulletin to say that I was unalterably opposed to the acceptance
'( or acquiescence in the form of settlement proposed by the coal op
erators, because It restricted the President of the United States In
making selection of the men who were to determine the questions
Involved In the coal strike. These restrictions having been removed
and representation gWen to organized labor as well as to organized
capital, I am now prepared to give my personal approval to a settle
ment of the issues Involved In this Rt.rlke by the commission selected
by the President, and shall recommend to the executive officers of
dlst.rlctn 1, 7 and it, In their meeting today that an Immediate call be
Issued l'r a oonvention whose authorization Is necessary to declare
the strike at an end.
"In t he meani Imo I trust that the people of our country will be
as patient, as possible, as we are moving as rapidly as tho Interests of
our people will permit.
"JOHN MITCHELL,"
1 "President Mine Workers of America."
IS SETTLED
the
as a m an practically ac
The president hasaddei
1 ...
nsseiii 01 uie miners was given
through President Mitchell and Mr.
Sargent, commissioner of immigra
tion, and of the operators through
Messrs Kobert Bacon and George W.
Perkins of tbe banking firm of J.
Pierpont Morgan & Co.
The final outcome followed a ser
ies cf conferences, beginning with
two during the day with Mr. Mitch,
ell and two during the night with
Messrs Bacon and Perkins. Events
moved quickly at the last, tbe presi
dent being determined on a speedy
settlement.
Tbe commission will assemble in a
few days and choose a chairman,
probably General Wilson. It then
will arrange for session and testimo
ny. President Roosevelt Thursday re
sumed consideration of the strike
situation, raking It up in tbe light
developed as the result ot bis two
conferences during the day with Mr.
Mitchell, president of tbe mine
workers' union.
He went out fjr a long drive after
those conferences and on returning
mei mr. uarron v. wrignt, commis
sioner of labor, and Mr. Sargent,
commissioner of Immigration. The
latter is a persoual friend of Mr.
Mitchell, and as a former labor lead
er himself had talked freely with the
head of the miners' union. He gave
the president the benefit of his views
and Commissioner Wright was able
to communicate some information
that bis come to blm as to tbe senti
ment in the mining regions.
Mr. Wright having made a study of
conditions In the anthracite fields
and having sources of information
there was able to be of service to
tbe president.
Later two strangers to tbose about
the White house called and were
shown upstairs at once. It was re
ported that these gentlemen were
Messrs. Robert Bacon and George W.
Perkins, members or the banking
firm of J. Pierpont Morgan & Co.
The conference with the four gentle
men named lasted from 7 to 8 o'clock,
and then the president walked to
Secretary Hay's to dinner while his
two visitors, whose names were not
announced, went to the Arlington
hotel. Messrs. Bacon and Perkins
are stopping there, having arrived
today.
A Crime jo
Evergreen, Ala.,
Years Old.
Oct. 17. in the
circuit court Albert Brown, a negro,
has been found guilty of killing Levi
Brown in this town in 1871 and sen
tenced to prison for life. The accused
is a gray-haired man, 66 years old.
Although It Is now thirty-one years
since the cri me was committed, when
Brown faced the court yesterday 'here
were three eye witnesses to the killing,
who were prepared to swear that he
inflicted the fatal knife wound.
NEBRASKA
L. L. Winn, a forger, and anotbei
prisoner broke jail at Madison.
Nels Jorgensen. a Cbadron ranch
man, hung himself with a wire.
The United Presbterians dedicated
a new church costing $8,248 at Su
perior. R. C. Boweis' blacksmith shop was
burned at Franklin with a losof $800.
Lincoln will bold a big Corn Carni
val in November.
Andy Syec of Geneva was killed on
the railroad near Milligan.
Mr. Shieffenbine, an insane man
of Green precinct escaped from the
ollicers at Wahoo and can't be found.
Robbers blew the safe of tbe post
oflice at Wood L.iver. They secured
$200 in cash and some stamps.
Arthur B. Matthison of Gering,
accidentally shot ana killed bimell
with a carbine.
The newest baby basket has a pret
ty doll in one corner, dressed in sat
in to match the outfit.
A. L. Garrison, Burllntgon section
foreman, found five revolvers, a
silver watch and 44 peonies buried
under a tree near Nebraska City.
B. C. Martin of Central City ba
purchased the Silver CreeK Times ol
Mrs. Frances Ilutt and will conduct
the paper in the future.
A person in a position to know,
but who will not allow his Dame tc
be used says $34,000 was secured by
Burlington tiain robbers.
The eyes of the ten-year-old sin of
F. E. Champlin of Nebraska City
were badly burned by carbolic acid
splashing imo thent from a falling
bottle.
J. N. Spence, of Wilbur, who sued
bis father-in-law, James K Lane for
5,000 for depriving him of his wife't
affections was given a verdict for
.m
A bead-end collision occurred on
the Burlington railroad near Seward.
Several cars were reduced to kindl
ing wood. Eight head of cattle
were killed.
The saloon cf Mrs. Valentine Gelst
of West Point, was entered by bur
glars and a revolver and 835 in money
taken. Entrance was effected by the
rear window.
Fred Entenman, of Humphrey, died
yesterday from the effects of a wound
Inflicted by himself a week ago with
suicidal intent. The remains will
be interred at Stanion,
Wood is becoming a favorite fuel
this winter. Hard wood is selling
for $7.50 a cord. An Elkhorn farmer
has 4,000 cords, which he expects to
market before spring at an advance
of $1 a cord over its cost.
Governor Savage "as paroled Gto.
Wilson, who is serving a seven-yeai
term for a statutory crime. Wilsr n
his served three years and flree
month-. The governor paroled tbe
man because he believed he had been
sufficiently punished before his im
prisonment. John Payne, one of the wealthiest
lien of Elgin, or surrounding county,
iied suddenly after drinking a glass
if milk. Heart failure was the cause.
He was president of the bank at
Dlcarwater, vice president at the At
Ws bank at Neligb and leaves a son
in each institution.
Chris Kroeger, aged 44, one of
Schuyler's foremost citiiens, was
found dead In a pool of water not
far from his home In the south part
Df Schuyler. lie was returning from
in errand up town, and only a min
ute or two before his dead body was
jiscovered by two passers-by. had
been conversing with a friend a short
Ilstaoce away. He had fallen from
the sidewalk into a shallow pool left
by the ralo The men who found
iiirn attempted to resuscitate him,
but were unsuccessful. Within a few
moments four doctois were at work
in the body, without avail. There
was no evidence of drowning, and
tho doctors say he was probably dead
befoio he struck tho water, heart
.'allure being assignor! as the cause.
Deceased was unmarried, a member
if tho Odd Fellows and nights of
Pythias. lie was sheriff of Fillmore
:ounty from isiui to 1808,
The relatives of Ernest Hussman,
:!m man who disappeared undi r sus
picious circumstances from Lcavltt,
lave given up their search for him.
They are convinced that he has met
llh foul play and ti-at his body was
.llhcr burned up In the lime kiln or
etnoved to some distance from Lea-
fitt.
Tho Nile is the only river In the
world that flows for 1.500 miles with.
nit a tributary.
t