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    DEATH STILLS HAND OF
GREAT MASTER OF MUSIC
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.