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DEATH STILLS HAND OF GREAT MASTER OF MUSIC mrQoo^r7//o/z4j | The last note has been sounded, the the Central Park garden for the better -feist chord struck in the life of Amer- continuation of his work. • , ka's, greatest orchestra leader. After In 1SC9 Mr. Thomas took his or an illness of less than two weeks The- chestra on a tour through the country odore Thomas, father of the Chicago and made similar journeys with them orchestra, and one of the city’s most during the two succeeding years, ■feeloved men, passed away on Jan. 5. Mr. Thomas’ work was largely done 4 teal h waved the baton for the last tral wori- upon a large scale, and or oiovement of his life, and the splendid ganized an orchestra for summer con tone.'* of his soul wrere merged with certs, which he began in Terrace gar vtie divine bejond the grave. in the middle west, and a good portion . of it in Chicago. The first concerts of Theodore Thomas Life Work. the Thomas orchestra in Chicago were Theodore Thomas, one of the most gjVen in 1S69 eminent figures In tbe world of music, ,n i872 Mr Thomas dlrected the ™ bo™ “,^s8en’ H“norfr’ 0ct”' first musical festival in Cincinnati ami ! s " f ffh": » ';10Hnist.- *»" h“" had been the conductor in these great fc,s first instruction in music and the musica, evenU- occurrlQg biennially, boy made such progress that he made from that time He was the dlrector successful public appearances at the f ,he Clncianati Co„ e of Music age of 6. The family immigrated to trom ,87s 18s0 and was the di America in 1845 and h,s education was rector o( N,,„ York ard Brooklyll finished under the direction of private DV.,,,_iocu tn , - xt „ 1 Philharmonic orchestras from 18»y to -instructors in New \ork city. Mr. -OQ1 u„ J. i891. He directed the performances Thomas was educated as a violinist j of (he American 0pera company, or and began h,s musical career as a per- ! Mrs. Jeannette Thnrber. former upon that instrument. He was , I885 t0 18s7. ,n the'80s he took rr.>t violinist in some of the leading . . . . , „ .. , . . . , , s his orchestra on a tour from New orchestras, and was for several years v , . . __. , , , . J . \ork to the Pacific coast, giving con i' member of chamber music associa- . . ,, ,, . . .. _ • - „ . , . a. certs In all the larger tow ns on the (ions. Mr. Thomas played in the or * wav chestras which accompanied Jennv Lind. Sontag, Mario. Grisi and other In 1S91 the Chicago orchestra was singers whose names are upon the roil organized, and Mr. 1 homas has given of the wrorld's most distinguished and ' best efforts and achieved the honored musical artists. He also played crowning success of his life in thot in seasons of Italian grand opera in c^>- He brought the efficiencv of the which these singers took part, and organization to the highest standard often conducted the performances. °* art* After making a decided success as Last season the desire of his life a player. Mr. Thomas organized an was fnlSlled. The Orchestra hall was orchestra for the purpose of giving made a certainty, the building was be symphony concerts. The first of these gun May 1 of 1904. and it was dedi was given in Irving hall. New York, ca.ed to its use Wednesday night, in the early ’60s of the nineteenth cen- Dee. 14. of the same year, torj, Hi'3 loss is a stunning blow to cu From this time Mr. Thomas was sical art and his death almost at the known almost solely as a conductor, moment of the culmination of fifty end made for himself a reputation years of work and the realization of that is cosmopolitan. In ISCtf Mr. the great longing of a lifetime is one Thomas interested himself in crches- of tiie most pathetic incidents in lou den. and a year or two later engaged ! sical history. STATE GOVERNOR WORKS HARD. New Hampshire Chief Executive Teils of His Tasks. Nahum J. Bachelder. on retiring from* the office of governor of New Hampshire, gives out a review' of his administration showing the amount of yvork involved in meeting the de inands. mental and physical, made upon the executive of the granite state.' It appears that during his ad ministration Gov. Bachelder has taken part jn 265 public functions, has made 166 formal addresses and has partak en of fifty-five dinners elaborate and dignified enough to be properly styled banquets, in addition to twice as many less formidable gastronomical festivities. In the two years he has traveled, in round numbers. 50,000 miles on railroad trains and steam ,boats, in - automobiles and stage coaches. His range has been from Portland, Mq.. to Portland. Ore., and ■fee feas traversed more or lest? hastily 4ial£ the, states and territories of the -union. New Elixir of Life. James W. Buck of Portland. Me.. wfeo is years old anjd declares he will live to be a centenarian, was a caller at the White House the other day. Mr. Buck says he has a medi cine that will keep him alive for -tw;enty^ve yqaj-s. This is the formu la: *i buy one pound of Epsom salts and add to this five tabiesponfuls of sulphur and the juice of four large iemdns, dissolving the sulphur and salts in the juice. Then I pour in about a quart of distilled w ater or any other kind of water. I put this away ia a bottle and when I feel a little tvooriy I take some for a few' days.” Gen. Kuropatkin a Botanist. Gen. Kuropatkin is an expert in botany and geography, and he is inter ested in the progress made from week to week in all the sciences. Scientific .’periodicals are sent to him in Man churia from Russia, France and Ger many. As an author he is best known by his geographic works. Agricul tural problems engage much of his attention. ’ ---— Veteran Actor in Straits. Harry Mitchell, said to be the oldest actor in the profession, recently cele brated his sixty-eighth stage anniver sary in New York. At one time he was a star and at present acts as an •extra super” at a very small pittance. He began his career with the elder Booth. Blind Man Operates Typewriter. George W. Raper is a blind tye writer operator employed in an Indian apolis factory. He is rapid and accu rate in an unusual degree, and because of his inability to correct errors has learned to make very few. Raper lost bis sight two years ago as the result of s fever. i INDEPENDENT of the east. I - i West and South Amply Able to Fi nance Their Own Affairs. The West and South are now tinanc | ing their own industries. In former I years New York and the Eastern money centers were annually drawn upon for funds to move the crops, handle the cattle shipments and per form ail of tiie sprvice in the mar keting of the products of the West and South. As a natural result when shipping time arrived the producers sent their shipments to the East, most of them being necessary to discharge obligations for money advanced. The men who had loaned the money were interested in the railroads leading toward the Atlantic and thus drew double tolls from the producers. All this has been changed to a very re markable degree within the last few years. The West and the South have their banks filled with money seeking investment and are able to finance their own affairs.—Washington Post. Takes Kindly £o Civilization. Menie, a Greenland Eskimo boy, is cV* of the most interesting of the pu pils in the public schools of New York city. He was brought to New York by Lieutenant Peary, and has been trans formed from a blubber-eating arctic nomad into a clever young American, bright in his studies and captain of a baseball team. The tribe to which he belongs Is very small, comprising less than 250 people, and they are the northernmost known inhabitants of the globe, dwelling in complete isola tion on the barren shores of Smith sound, on the west coast of Greenland —a region of indescribable desolation and gloom. Lost Life Through Good Deed. I^awrence Jones, a Jewell county. Kansas, man, recently saw a nail sticking up through a board. Remark ing that someone might get hurt on it he gave it a kick to bend or break it. Instead, however, it went through his shoe and gave him blood poison ing, from which he recently died, a victim to his thoughtfulness for oth er people. Indian Sachem an Author. Richard C. Adams, hereditary sachem of the Delaware Indians and a descendant from Chief White Eyes, who aided Washington In his cam paign in Pennsylvania, has just pub lished for complimentary distributor among his friends, a souvenir volutin of “‘Poems and Reflections on the An | cient Religion of the Delaware In | dians." Germany’s First Titled Dentist. Countess Helene Von Schweinit2 has just passed a most satisfactory ex aminatien in dental surgety. Germany has many titled practicing lawyers and physicians, but the countess is the first titled dentist LEGISLATURE __°/NEBRASKA A Synopsis of Proceedings of the Twenty/Ninth Gen/ eral Session, In the senate on the 11th, Lieuten ant Governor McGilton delivered a short address on the matter of pre paring bills that are to be enacted nto laws. He urged the senators to be careful in each bill in specifying whatever sections of the statutes were to be repealed and not to wind up the bill by saying that all sections in conflict with the bill be repealed. Be cause of this slipshod way of prepar ing bills he said the section permit ting state officers to give guaranty bonds had been repealed and much confusion had resulted. A message was received from the governor an nouncing the appointment of William S. Askwith to the position of com mandant of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ home at Grand Island for the period of two years from December 1. 1903, and requesting his confirmation by the senate. The following bills were intro duced and read for the first time: An act to prevent the illegal expenditures of public funds by making officials re sponsible for money spent out of any funds in excess of the amount contain ed in such funds. To punish jurors and referees for receiving bribes by a penitentiary sentence of one to five years. To prevent officers from spend ing public funds in excess of statu tory limitation. To define conditions of child dependency, neglect, cruelty and ill treatment, and to prescribe methods for the protection, disposi tion and supervision of dependent, neglected, cruelty or ill-treated chil dren and to provide punishment for the violation of this act. To define bribery of jurors and referees and to fix punishment for the conviction of the same. An act providing for the examination of dipsomaniacs, ine briates and persons addicted to the excessive use of morphine, cocaine or other narcotic drugs, for the deten tion. care and treatment of such per sons in the Lincoln insane hospital, and for their parole. The house, by resolution, on the 11th. invited Congressman Burkett to return from Washington and say per sonally whether or not he will support President Roosevelt’s anti-railroad policy. The resolution was introduced I by Mr. Meradith of York. Speaker Rourse announced his committees, ac-1 companying the same with a letter in which some explanation is made. A motion by Wilson that the printing committee be authorized to ascertain the cost of mimeograph copies of the daily minutes for the members was passed. At the first of the session a motion was passed doing away with this custom on the grounds that $5 a day, the co'st last session, was too much. The committee on rules return ed a report which was adopted and does away with two clerks employed heretofore. Among resolutions intro-1 dueed was one condemning Post mas- j ter Sizer of Lincoln for his activity in j the speakership contest and recom mending that the postal department at Washington investigate his case. These bills, among others, were in troduced: Reapportionment bill, uivides the tsate into sixty-seven rep- i resentatives districts and thirty-seven in the senate. District Xo. 5 includes Douglas county to have foijr sena tors. District No. 6 shall include Douglas and Saunders and have one float senator. Representative district No. 9 shall include Douglas county and have thirteen represenatives. To compel railroads to run passenger and freight train on schedul time; an act to do away wit a the tonnage sys tem. An act making it obligatory on county attorneys to file complaints when in possession of evidence which warrants a prosecution. At present the county attorney may enter a nolle at his discretion. To punish jurors and referees who take bribes, and defin ing the crime of jury tampering. Dividing Omaha firemen into two shifts, each to work twelve hours a day. Defining child dependency and providing punishment for the ill treat ment of children. House Roll No. 40 provides that the county clerks shall do the duty of county assessors in counties under 10.000 population. House Roll No. 41, provides a penalty that, in the discretion of the judge, one who is accused of attempting to poison a person shall be imprisoned or fined. House Roll No. 42 imposes restrictions on traction engines on the highway, and provides they must be stopped within 100 yards of teams or stock. House Roll No. 43 amends the criminal code, allowing prosecut ing attorney six challenges for each defendant. SENATE—'The second section of S. F. 29, introduced by Senator Sehreck on the 12th, for regulation of automo biles, reads as follow: “Whenever it shall appear that any horse or mule driven or ridden by any person upon any of said streets, roans or highways is about to become frightened or is frightened by the approach of any au tomobile or vehicle, or when it shall appear that any horse or horses, mule or mule3, driven by any person or persons upon any of said streets, roads or highways are about to become frightened or are frightened by the ap proach of any such automobile or ve hicle it shall be the duty of the per son driving or conducting such auto mobile or vehicle to cause the same to come to a full stop, unless horse or horses, mule or mules, have pass ed.” Mrs. W. H. Sutton was selected to furnish a journal of the proceed ings at $3.50 a day. she to furnish all material except machines. The ap pointment of W. H. Askwith as com mander of the Grand Island Soldiers’ Home was confirmed by the senate in executive session by unanimous vote. Bills were introduced: S. F. 38, by Giffin of Dawson, an act providing for the election of a prosecuting attor ney for each judicial district in the state, to hold office for a term of four years, the first election to be held in 1906; the prosecuting attorney shall be paid $2,000 a year; in districts containing counties with a population of more than 100,000 he sTiall have two deputies, each to be paid $1,500 a year. An act to establish local option by counties; providing that 10 per cent of the voters can file a petition with the county clerk thirty days be fore a general election and get the question voted on. Providing that when an irrigation district is formed everyone owning land in the district is entitled to a vote. S. F. 35, by Shel don of Cass—Providing that when the Missouri river changes its course and puts a part of Nebraska in an other state, the accretion and the in habitants thereof shall become a part of the other state, the same to be an nounced by proclamation of the gov ernor. HOUSE—Replying to the action of the house demanding information from Congressman Burkett as to whether he would support President Roosevelt in his railroad reform legis lation, the clerk on the 12th, read the following: “Am advised of action of Nebraska house of representatives today, asking my views. Please say to the house for me that I stand squarely with the president and in dorse his message for proper control of railroad rates.” The telegram was received by Speaker Rouse. The house adjourned at 2:50 p. m. out of re spect to the late Governor Garber, whose death wras announced in a tele gram received by Governor Mickey from Joseph Garber of Red Cloud. When the telegram was read Kaley of Webster moved for the appoint ment of a committee to drawr suitable resolutions. The following were pass ert: Whereas, By the death of Hon. Silas Garber the state has suffered the loss of a distinguished and honored citizen, who has served many times in public office and by reason of his exemplary life and honorable service has endeared himself to the people of our commonwealth; therefore be it Resolved. That we honor the memory of the Hon. Silas Garber by adjourn ing for the remainder of the day, and that these resolutions be spread upon th journal of the house and that a copy of the same be forwarded to his immediate family, to whom we offer our sincere sympathy in this their hour of grief.” McAllister of Deuel, introduced his reapportionment bill. It is house roll No. 37, and with one slight change is identical with house roll No. 371,. which he introduced two years ago and which failed of pas sage. The only point of difference be tween the two measures is that the present bill adds one more county, Banner, to district No. 60, represent ed by McAllister, which now includes Deuel, Keith. Cheyenne and Kimball. The new bill reapportions the senator ial as well as the representative dis tricts. It takes Douglas county out of the Tenth representative district and places it in the Ninth, giving it four more representatives, and instead of leaving Douglas in the Sixth senator ial district, as at present, with three senators, the new bill creates the Fifth district of Douglas alone with four senators, and the Sixth, with Douglas, and Saunders, with one sen ator. So under the new bill Douglas county has seventeen and a half mem bers in senate and house together, whereas at present it has twelve. Among bills introduced the following occur: To provide for the erection and maintenance of a hard fiber binding twine plant at the Nebraska state penitentiary and to make appropria tions therefor. Appropriates $45,000 for establishment and $150,000 for op eration. H. R. No. 51, by Warner of Lancaster—An act to provide for the reassessment of all real property in 1905; permits county assessors in counties of over 30.000 to make up assessment books; permits annual re vision of real estate valuation; gives state board power to increase or de crease assessment on any class of property: provides for county levy after state board has made its equali zation, as recommended by the gov ernor in his message. SENATE—The first thing the sen ate did when it get down to business on the 13th was to authorize the pur chase of two thermometers so that the sergeant-at-arms could keep the cham ber at an even temperature. The Sheldon resolution to allow the finance committee to visit the state institu tions and allow expenses to that com mittee only, except in cases specified by the senate, then occupied the time of the law makers until noon. The resolution was tabled. Resolutions in respect to the memor of ex-Governor Garger were adopted. Bills were in troduced: Providing for instructing children in public schools in the hu mane treatment of animals and birds, and to prevent cruel experiments on animals, birds and fowls. To provide for election of deputy assessors. To redistrict, the state of Nebraska into senatorial and represenrative districts. To prevent overworking of and cruelty to animals. Act authorizing corpora tions to act as executor, administra tor, trustee, guardian, receiver, as signee. agent and attorney in fact. To provide for primary elections and to regulate the same. The senate adjourned till Monday noon. HOUSE—The bouse was in session just thirty-five minutes on the 13th, but when it adjourned it had all avail able business cleared up. It adjourn ed until 2 p. m. Monday, and the great majority of members immediately took the trail for home. The only business transacted was the introduction of new bills, the promotion of H. Rs. 53, 54 and 55, the bills for house salaries and incidentals and transfer of funds from the Norfolk to the Lincoln asy lums, so they could be engrossed fo\ third reading, and the announcement by Jhe speaker of additional employes. mmmm—■mm in ■ biiww n ■iww—.j Bills Introduced Included the follow ing: An act authorizing the construc j tion on the state fair grounds of a I live stock pavilion and a fish building and to appropriate for such purpose the sura of $25,000. An act to pro vide for nominating candidates for public office by direct vole of the peo ple at primary elections, except can didates for state offices, and candi dates other than members of congress to be chosen at any special election, candidates for township or precinct offices, and members of the school boards outside of cities. An act re quiring at least one session of the grand jury annually in the district court of each county. An act to per mit the governor to parote a life pris oner after serving ten years, instead of twenty-five. An act defining the crime of slander and providing a pun ishment therefor of not exceeding a fine of $100 or imprisonment of more than three months. THE APPORTIONMENT MEASURE How the Senatorial and Representa tive Districts Are Arranged. If the bill introduced in the house on the 12th becomes a law, the sena torial and representative districts will be distributed as follows: Senatorial Districts. District 1—Richardson and Nemaha, one senator. 2— Pawnee, Gage and Saline, two sena tors. < 3— Johnson and Otoe, one senator. 4— Cass and Sarpy, one senator. 5— Douglas, four senators. 6— Douglas and Saunders, one senator. 7— Washington, Burt and Thurston, ona senator. R—Dakota, Dixon and Cedar, one sena tor. 9—Cuming, Wayne and Pierce, one sen ator. 19—Stanton, Madison and Antelope, ona senator. 11— Boone, Nance and Merrick, one sen ator. 12— Platte and Polk, one senator. 13— Dodge and Colfax, one senator. 14— Butler and Seward, one senator. 15— Lancaster, two senators. 16— York and Fillmore, one senator. 17— Jefferson and Thayer, one senator. 18— Nuckols, Webster and Franklin, ona senator. 19— Adams and Clay, one senator. 20— Kearney and Buffalo, one senator. 21— Hall and Hamilton, one senator. 22— Howard, Sherman, Greeley. Valley, Wheeler, Gartield, Loup aud Blaine, ona senator. 23— Knox, licit, Boyd and Rock, one sen ator. 24— Brown. Keya Paha. Cherry. Sioux, Sheridan, Dawes and Box Butte,’one sen ator. 25— Lincoln. Logan, Thomas. Hooker, Grant. McPherson, Keith, Perkins, Deuel, Cheyenne, Kimball, Banner and Scotts Bluff, one senator. 26— Custer and Dawson, one senator. 27— Harlan. Phelps, Frontier and Gos per. one senator. 28— Furnas, Red Willow. Hitchcock, Chase, Hayes and Dundy, one senator. Representative Districts. 1— Richardson, two representatives. 2— Nemaha, one representative. 3— Pawnee, one representative. 4— Johnson, one representative. 5— Nemaha. Pawnee and Johnson, ona representative. 6— Otoe, two representatives. 7— Cass, two representatives. R—Sarpy, one representative. 9—Douglas, thirteen representatives. 19—Washington, one representative. 11— Burt, one representative. 12— Cuming, one representative. 13— Washington, Burt and Cuming, one representative. 14— Dakota and Thurston, one represent ative. 15— Wayne, one representative. 16— Dixon, one representative. 17— Cedar, one representative. IS—Stanton and Pierce, one represent ative. 19— Knox, one representative. 20— Knox and Boyd, one representative. 21— Antelope, one representative. 22— Madison, one representative. 2:1—Platte, one representative. 24— Platte and Madison, one representa tive. 25— Nance, one representative. 26— Colfax, one representative. 27— Dodge, two representatives. 28— Saunders, two representatives. 29— Lancaster, six representatives. 30— Gage, three representatives. 21—Jefferson, one representative. 32— Saline, one representative. 33— Saline and Jefferson, one representa tive. 34— Seward, one representative. 35— Butler, one representative. 36— Butler and Seward, one representa tive. 37— Polk, one representative. 38— York, one representative. 39— Fillmore.' one representative. 40— York and Fillmore, one representa tive. 41— Thayer, one representative. 42— Nuckolls, one representative. 43— Clay, one representative. 44-Thayer. Nuckolls and Clay, one representative. 45— Webster, one representative. 46— Adams, two representatives. 47— Hall, one representative. 48— Hamilton, one representative. 49— Hamilton and Hall, one representa tive. 50— Merrick, one representative. 51— Boone, one representative. 52— Howard, one representative. 63—Garfield. Wheeler and Greeley, one representative. 54— Sherman and Valley, one representa tive. 55— Holt, one representative. 56— Rock. Brown, Loup. Saline and Thomas, one representative. 57— Keya Paha. Cherry, Hooker and Grant, one representative. 58— Sherman and Dawes, one represent ative. 59— Box Butte, Scotts Bluff and Sioux, one representative. 60— Deuel. Keith, Cheyenne. Kimball and Banner, one representative. 61— Lincoln, ore representative. 62— -Custer, one representative. 63— Custer. Logan and McPherson, ona representative. 64— Buffalo, two representatives. 65— Kearney, one representative. 66— Franklin, one representative. 67— Harlan, one representative. 68— Phelps, one representative. 69— Furnas, one representative. 79—Dawson, one representative. 71— Dawson. Gosper and Furnas, ona representative. 72— Frontier and Hayes, one representa tive. 73— Red Willow, one representative. 74— Hitchcock. Dundy, Chase and Per kins, one representative. Not the Same Place. Two young men met at a Chestnut street theater the other evening. They recognized one another and stopped to shake hands. "Let me see,” said the dapper young man in evening dress to his less elaborately dressed acquaintance, "your face is familiar, didn't I meet you at Bar Harbor last summer?” "No,” modestly replied the other, "it was at Willow Grove.”— Philadelphia Press. Had Long Distance to Go. It was at the terminus of one of the trunk lines in Ireland. The manage ment had been making an effort to in crease the speed of its trains, and one of them, which, had previously been a slow local, was about to start out on^ its maiden trip as through express to Cork. The porter walked up and down the platform shouting: “This train does not stop anywhere.” How It Happens. An Austrian student of the phe* nomena attending suicide says that of those persons who try- to take their life by shooting themselves, only one third succeed in attaining their end at once. Another third die after a long period of suffering from the wound inflicted, while the remaining third survive. He who does not give does not llv* j FOUR TERRITORIES AS THEY ' WILL LOOK AS TWO STATES (Dotted area shows the outlines of the new state soon to be made, com pared with Texas.) RECORD FOR SENATE SERVICE. Longest Continuous Term Has Been That of Allison of Iowa. With the advent of the new year and Senator William B. Allison of Iowa still in his seat, his mind as fresh, his body as active and his ca pacity for work as great as ever, he now holds the record for the longest continuous service in that august body. What is more, his present term does not expire until 1909. And if his health continues good he will seek re-election. Senator Allison’s record to this date is thirty-one years, nine months and twenty-six days. Until two days ago the late Senator Morrill held the rec ord for the longest continuous serv ice. While Senator Allison holds the longest .continuous service record, he has not as yet attained the longest actual service record, which belongs to the history of John Sherman. MYSTERY IN HIS ABSENCE. Rich Philadelphian May Have Been a Victim of Foul Play. Owen Kelly, a Philadelphia grocer, who has disappeared, is believed by some to have been murdered by the Clan-na-Gael and by others to have simply dropped out of sight for a time, it having been discovered that he was leading a double life. Culprit Had His Joke. They are telling a new story about Leroy B. Crane, the New York magis trate who apparently never forgets a face or an offender’s record. A day or two ago after Christmas a weary looking and trampish fellow was brought before him, charged with hav ing been drunk the night before. Jus tice Crane look at him once and said severely: “You have been here before on this charge, have you not?” “Oh, yes, your honor,” was the cheerful re ply, “and I'm glad you don’t turn your back on an old friend. But how stout you’ve grown! How’s the miss us?” The court officer nearly had a fit, and Judge Crane retired to his pri vate room for one short laugh. Missouri Farmers for Mexico. Leslie Marmaduke, representing a syndicate of St. Louis capitalists, has selected a site for a large colony of Missouri farmers on El Celeste haci enda, eighty miles north of Tampico, Mexico. Ur. Elshart, an engineer or St. Louis, Is now making a survey of the land preparatory to locating the colonists. Mr. Marmaduke is a mem ber of the well-known Missouri family of that name, which is most numer ously represented in Saline county. He is a brother of the late Gov. John S. Marmaduke. Another brother, H. H Marmaduke, commanded the fleet of the Colombian government in one of the rebellions in that country. Blackstone the Great Essential. “What is the best course of study to become a successful lawyer?” asked a law student of Senator P. C. Knox. “Blackstone, young man, Blackstone,” answered the senator. “Know Blackstone. Know him inti mately, even to the point of familiar ity. In my student days I copied every word in Blackstone in long hand three times. I do not know how often I have read my Blackstone through and through.” Girl Writes Prize Essay. Miss Doris Clark- has been awarded the gold medal provided by the Mon tana state board of education for the best essay submitted by a public school student of the state on the sub ject of “Pioneer Day.” Miss Clark has done more or less writing since she was 13 years old, some of her later work having met with considerable favor. Many Visit Big Steamship. The Great Northern railway’s huge steamship Minnesota made a sensa tion in San Francisco, being visited by thousands of people. SENATOR DUBOIS’ "FISH HOUND.” Wonderful Dog Idaho Statesman Brought to Capital. Somebody out in Idaho gave Sena tor Dubois.’ baby a dog lash summer. It was a mongrel, but the attachment between the child and the puppy was so great that it was brought on to Washington. One day the pup, which in its early dog days shows more plainly than ever that it is a cur, fol lowed the senator to the capitol. "What kind of a dog is that, Dubois?” asked Senator Bailey. "That? That's a fish hound,” Senator Dubois told him. "Why, that’s the finest breed of dogs w’e have in Idaho. Every morn ing that dog goes down to a trout stream and brings in a trout when we are in Idaho. He never fails.” “He must be a wonderful animal,” agreed Senator Burrows. “Wonderful doesn't half describe that dog,” Senator Du bois continued. "Why, one morning we had no fish in the house and what do you think that dog did? Why, he went out and brought in a can of sar dines.” TOOK BREATH FROM ORATOR. Pretty Tribute Paid by Watson to Woman's Beauty. Before Thomas E. Watson attained his present confidence while address ing audiences he had several misad ventures on the platform. On one occasion he was speaking to a mixed crowd not far from his home and was blazing away in good style when a singularly beautiful young women en tered the hall. The orator, impressed with the girl’s loveliness, lost the thread of his discourse, hesitated and finally stopped; The audience, not understanding his embarrassmbent. encouraged him with cries of "Go on,” but Watson knew he could not re spond with good effect. His quick wit came to his rescue, however. Step ping to the front of the <platform he said in a low voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, I should be glad to con tinue, but the lady who has just come in fairly took my breath away.” Then he sat down amid a hearty round of applause. Choate Popular in England. A London weekly rays of the an nouncement that Ambassador Choate, so long the representative of this country in England, has decided to retire: "The news will be a real blow to the London World, for no ambas sador has known how to make himself so popular with all and sundry as has the representative of the stars and stripes. Mr. Choate knows how to suit his manners and his speeches to his company, and he is, for instance, equally at home at Buckingham pal ace, as when acting as the guest of honor to the Vagabonds’ club. Bismarcks in Imperial Disfavor. It is not probable that Princess Bismarck or any of her four children will be seen at the German court so long as Emperor William lives. This is because of the exceedingly strained relations which existed between the late Prince Herbert Bismarck and his majesty. The princess lives quietly with her children on the Bismarck estates. The present prince, named Otto, after his redoubtable grand father, is seven years old. Kaiser Liberal with Theatricals. Apropos of the kaiser's latest per formance as a conductor of a new op era at a dress rehersal in Berlin, his patronage of music is something as magnificent as are his excursions Into the realms of art, mechanics and chemistry. “I do not think many Ger mans know,” said the emperor at a dinner at Count Von Bulow's a few evenings ago, “that I spent last year out of my private income $1,000,000 on operas and theaters.” English “Mark Twain.” The Maidstone, England, board of guardians was recently astonished to receive a request for a pair of spec tacles from “Mark Twain.” The clerk explained that the writer of the letter was not the famous author of “The Innocents Abroad” and “Huckleberry Finn,” but a pauper inmate of the workhouse. Probably no other person in the world bears the name adopted by Mr. Clemens from a Mississippi steamboat phrase. Love and Teaching Incompatible. Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh of the University of Pennsylvania has been uttering incendiary sentiments. In an address at the Lycoming county insti tute he gave this scandalous advice to the male teachers: “You cannot run a school and a girl at the same time and do justice to both. Do your court ing during vacation.” Canal Cuts Distance. By Cape Horn the distance between New York and San Francisco is about 14,840 miles. The Panama canal will reduce this to something less than 5,000 miles.