: The President's
Private Secretary.
The position of secretary to the Prcs
Idont of Hie United States is an ar
duous one. In the rendering of id
multitudinous services , it calls for tbi
business qualifications of a methodica
systematicclerk , in the perform
of the daily routine of otficia
work , and the finesse of a practica'
diplomat in meeting ; uid satisfactorily
adjusting situations which naturally
< x > me before him as an intermediari
between the President and an assorte (
public , each individual of which be
licves himself entitled to a portion oc
the time and interest of the chief exec
ntlvc.
The task of handling and answering
the White House mail Ls in itself nc
small one , the President receiving fron
two hundred to one thousand and twc
hundred letters a day. Important 01
not , each of these communications re
oeivcs due attention , the secretary
carefully sorting and classifying them
presenting .some to the personal atten
lion of the President , referring othen
10 the department or person to wind
which each properly belongs , while al
receive courteous acknowledgmen
from the President's representative.
The secretary is also required , t <
meet : uid dispose of the numerous vis
It or * who call on the President a ?
times not set aside for his public re
ceptions , and whose business ranges
all the way from that relative to th
appointment of a Supreme Court Judg <
or the Governor of a turbulent terri
tory , to the obtaining of the Presiden
tial autograph for a schoolgirl's al
bum.
To deal with this heterogeneous mas ?
in such a way as to best serve the ends
of both business and courtesy , while
economizing hJs own time and easing
the strain of the President's persona , '
attention by selecting the really Impor
tant from the trivial quest sorting the
grain from the chaff giving offense re
none , and sending all away with pleas
ant words and smiling faces , requires
endless resources of tact and gooc
judgment.
The secretary Is also expected t <
keep at his lingers' ends the details ol
all the official business of the executive
office , and the President is likely tc
send for him frequently each day tc
consult him regarding official engage
monts which have been made by him.
to seek information and advise "witr.
him upon some matter under consider
ation , or , at a moment's notice , to bring
papers ami data in some ease demand
Ing immediate attention. Success.
No Better Off than Before.
A small town in Posen near the Site-
slan frontier still keeps that relic ol
other centuries , the night-watchman
who calls the hours. One night the
London Telegraph tells this remarkable
story one of these watchmen , an old
worthy long in service , failed to blow
his whistle when the clock struck the
hour.
The burgomaster summoned the de
linquent to account for his negligence
After some hesitation he declared thai
lias last tooth had dropped out , and thai
he could not hold in his mouth the
official flat tiu whistle.
A council was called , and the sub
ject was gravely discussed. Finallj
one of the members said that he had
heard of a dentist at Breslau who sup
plied artificial teeth. After long de
bate the council appropriated money tc
send the good watchman to Breslau tc
get a set of new teeth.
In due time the watchman reported
that his teeth had arrived. That nigh !
the burgomaster sat up to hear the re
sult. To his astonishment there was
no whistle at ten. at eleven , or at mid
utight. The next morning he summon
ed the watchman.
"You have got your teeth , " he said ,
indignantly. "Why do you not whis
tie as before ? "
"Yes. I've got a new set of teeth , "
replied the old man. "but the doctoi
told ine to put them in water at night. "
A New Lifncoln Letter.
When Lincoln was in Spriugfield
practicing : law , he had a pass on tlw
Chicago & Alton Railroad , perhaps be-
cause he was attorney for the com
pany. The following tetter asking for
a renewal of his pass or "chalked
hat" the old slang word that Lincoln
uses was found seven years after 11
was written In a box of old papers be
longing to the railroad , and was re-
recently published for the first time ir
the Century Mazazine :
Springfield , Feby. 13 , 1S5G.
B. P. Morgan , Esq.
Dear Sir : Says Tom to John , "Here't
your old rotten wheelbarrow. I've
broke it , usin' on it I wish you would
mend it. f'se 1 want to borrow it this
arternoon. "
Acting on this as a precedent. I say ,
" ' ' hat' I wish
"Here's your 'chalked you
would take it and send me a new one.
case 1 shall want to use it the first ol i
March. " Yours truly ,
A. LINCOLN.
Would Seem So.
Quinn Do you think the comic pa
pers do more harm than good ?
De Fonte Yes. For instance , if they
hadn't started that stolon-diamond joke
I don't believe a single actress would
have thought about it.
Dark Outlook. ;
Ida Don't be so rough on the poor
writer , dear. Remember , he won't al
ways live In a garret.
May I should say not. I heard the
landlady say to-day if he didn't pay his
rent she'd put him out. '
Lots of people find marriage a failure ,
but the grass widow considers it only a
temporary embarrassment )
POLICEMAN'S LESSON ,
Due Tells How Keckless He Was
Hia Weapons at First.
"Experience is certainly a good teae >
? r , " observed a member of the Wash
ngton police force while discussing
the order of Maj. Sylvester concern
mg the establishment of a school of
nstruction. "Some instruction to new
appointees , " he added , "is absolutely
accessary , and with the proper start
ixperieuce will do the rest
"I remember my first tour of duty ,
which was many years ugo , and I also
emewnbor that it not only came near
Deiug my last , but came near result-
ng disastrously for ine. Having been
sworn 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
Jangerous weapons usually carried by
policemen.
"These weapons were not intended
for mere playthings I thought and that
I had a right to use them under any
uid ali circumstances 1 did not doubt.
Should 1 want to make an arrest for
iuy violation of the law and was un
able to overtake the offender I was
satisfied that I had the right to stop
Ijim with a bullet.
"During the evening , " the policeman
? ontinned , according to the Washing
ton Star. "I came across a party of
c-rap shooters on the commons , and
that I thought was an opportunity to
distinguish myself. Being unable to
overtake those who had participated
In the game I proceeded to send bullets
toward them , and only gave up my
efforts when I had emptied my pistol.
So far as I was concerned the affair
was fun for me , but I nearly dropped
Jead when a friend informed me that
I might have been given a penitentiary
sentence had one of the bullets from
my pistol taken effect
"During the succeeding twenty years
Dr more I did not find it necessary to
discharge 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 Per
sons Who Had Claims Upon Him.
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 his experiences in the Detroit
Free Press , he says that when he was
leaving Chamouni he gave fees to the
chamber-maid , the waiter , the porter ,
the bootblacck , the cook , the omnibus
drivers , the mail carrier and all the
bell boys. Then the landload approach
ed and suggested that he had been left
out.
out."But
"But I was your guest. "
"True ; but if you Avill remember , I
received you with three distinct bows ,
where only one is required by custom.
It is two bows extra , monsieur. "
The traveler had just paid ten cents
apiece for the bows , 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 his
clerk came forward , and said :
"And had there been an inquest , I
should have had the pleasure of writ
ing to monsieur's relatives that unfor
tunately , he was dead. "
The traveler handed him a coin , and
then , to be donewith the business ,
asked if there was anybody else in
Chamouniwho had a claim.
"The police have not arrested you1
said the landlord.
"All right ; here's a tip for them.
Any one else ? "
"My night-watchman did not let the
hotel take lire. "
The traveler left a tip for the faith
ful watchman , went down to his train ,
tipped all 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 Equit
able Decision.
In a small town in one of the central
counties of New York State lives an
old German , who , because of the high
esteem in which he is held in the com
munity , was elected justice of the
peace. The old gentleman was once
called upon , says the New York Times ,
to decide a most perplexing question.
One of his fellow citizens owned a
dog which , although not very vicious ,
had a bad habic of barking at passers-
by. A neighbor vowed vengeance. Hia
chance en me when he was returning
from a shootiug trip , gun in hand. The
dog ran out and barked savagely at
him , and he fired at the animal. As
his aim was bad , the dog escaped , yelp
ing , with nothing more serious than a
wounded tail.
The owner of the dog had his neigh
bor brought before the old justice on a
charge of cruelty to animals , and the
court-room was crowded with the par
tisans of both men. The justice heard
the charge , and then the defense that
Ihe dog was a dangerous animal and a
menace to the neighborhood. The old
German cleared his throat and deliver
ed the dictum :
"Der man he has been guilty of cru-
jlty to animals. " And one side of the
jourt-room applauded the justice of
he decision.
"But der tog he vas a vicious tog. "
A.nd the other side voiced its approval.
"I vill fine der man five tollars. " An-
Dther murmur iu the court-room.
"But I vill gif him anoder shot at der
'og. "
If men abused their bodies as they
io their credit the race would soon run
Ut.
THE STRIKE IS SETTLED
President Brings Contending Force *
Together , Day and Night
Conference
PRESIDENT NAA1ES COHMISSION.
Washington , Oct. 2o. The following statement announcing the
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 pnsident has appointed
the members of the commission to inquire into , consider and pass upcn
all questions at issue between the operators and miners in the anthra
cite coal fields :
Brigadier General John M. Wilson , United S ates army , retired ( late
chief of engineers U S. A. , ) Washington , D. C. , as an otlicer of the en
gineer corps of either the military or naval service of the United
States.
Mr. E. W. Parker of Washington , D. C. , a" an expert mining eng-
neer. Mr. Parker is chief statistician of the coal division of the United
States geological survey and the editor of the Engineering and Mining
Journal of New York.
Hon. 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
conductors , 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 bas practically ap
plied his knowledge.
Mr. Trnmvs FT .Vibkin ? of Sjrintm , Pi , as a m an practically ac
quainted with mining and selling of coal.
Bishop John L Spalding of Peoria , 111. The president has addeJ
Bishop Spalding's name to the commission.
Hon. Carroll D. Wright has been appointed recorder of the commis
sion.
STATISTICS OF THE STRIKE.
Statistics of the strike , which began
May 12 , follow :
Miners and others thrown
outofwork 1P3.500
Number of women affected 105,000
Number children affected 285,00i )
Capital invested in coal
mines $511,500,000
Operator's daily loss in
price of coal 433500
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-
ingtowns 22,750,000
Loss of mills and factories
closed 7,320,000
Loss of merchants outside
of district 16,000,000
Loss of railways 34,000,000
Loss of business perm'ntly 7,000,000
Cost of troops infield 1,850,000
Cost of coal and iron police 3,500,000
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. The great
anthracite coal strike is settled at
last. A commission of six persons ,
with a seventh. Mr. Carroll D.
Wright , as recorder , will adjust dif
ferences between operators and min
ers. President Mitchell of the min
ers' union will take the necessary
measures to call the strike off. The
president will urge immediate re
sumption of mining and operations
are expected to begin next week.
Annoucement that the great strike
was off was made by Secretary Root
with exuberant good humor at the
White house shortly after 1 o'clock
this morning.
Organized labor has 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 list of the five members sug
gested bv the operators.
As named thecommission is perfect
ly satisfactory to both miners and op
erators.
REDUCE THE ARMY
Washington. Oco. 17. The order
reducing the army to the minimum
of 59GOO men is in the course of prep
aration at the war department. It is
one of a series of orders that have
been issued cutting down the regular
army as the decrease could be made
as a result of reduction of the force in
the Philippines The manner in
which this order will be carried out
is to discontinue enlistments until the
number has been reached.
Assent of the miners was giver
through President Mitchell and Mr
Sargent , commissioner of immigra
tion , and of the operators througt
Messrs Robert Bacon and George W
Perkins of the banking firm of J
Pierpont Morgan & Co.
The final outcome followed a ser
ies of conferences , beginning witr
two during the day with Mr. Mitch
ell and two during the night with
Messrs. Bacon and Perkins. Evente
moved quickly at the last , the presi
dent Deing determined on a speedj
settlement.
The commission will assemble in ?
few days and choose a chairman ,
probably General Wilson. It theu
will arrange for session and testimo
ny.
ny.President Roosevelt Thursday re
sumed consideration of the strike
situation , taking it up in the light
developed as the result of his two
conferences during the day with Mr.
Mitchell , president of the mine
workers' union.
He went out f.r a long drive after
those conferences and on returning
met Mr. Carroll D. Wright , commis
sioner of labor , and Mr. Sargent ,
commissioner of immigration. The
latter is a personal 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 his come to him as to the senti
ment in the mining regions.
Mr. Wright having made a study ol
conditions in the anthracite fields
and having sources of information
there was able to be of service to
the president.
Later two strangers to those about
the White house called and were
shown upstairs at once. Tt was re
ported that these gentlemen were
Messrs. Robert Bacon and George W.
Perkins , members of 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 30 Years Old.
Evergreen , Ala. , 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 crime was committed , when
Brown faced the court yesterday there
were three eye witnesses to the killing ,
who were prepared to swear that he
inflicted the fatal knife wound.
t JOHN MITCHELL'S STATEJ1ENT CONCERNING THE PROBABLE J
t i
SETTLEMENT OF THE COAL STRIKE
t i
t Wilkesbarre , Pa. , Oct. 16. At 9:55 o'clock this morning Presi
t dent Mitchell issued the following statement : i
C "Appreciating the anxiety and impatience of the public and the ii
t mine workers for some authoritive statement from this office I issue i
t this bulletin to say that I was unalterably opposed to the acceptance i
of or acquiescence in the form of settlement proposed by the coal op
C
erators , because it restricted the President of the Uuited States in
b making selection of the men who were to determine the questions J
t involved in the coal strike. These restrictions having been removed i
i ; and representation given to organized labor as well as to organized i
t capital , I am now prepared to give my personal approval to a settle i
tc ment of the issues involved in this strike by the commission selected
tt
by the President , and shall recommend to the executive officers of i
t districts 1 , 7 and 9 , in their meeting today that an immediate call be
i. issued lor a convention whose authorization is necessary to declare
i.f the strike at an end. i
i.f "In the meantime I trust that the people of our country will be d
c as piAJent as possible , as we are moving as rapidly as the interests of
our people will permit. *
t
"JOn MITCHELL , "
f "President Mine Workers of America. "
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DEATH IN AIRSHIP
PARIS THE SCENE OF ANOTHER
FATAL ACCIDEt
t
CAR DROPS FROM BALLOON
TWO DARING AERONAUTS ARE
KILLED.
STORY OF EYE WITNESS
One Victim De IJrnsky , Owner of the Dir
igible Trnvelcr | the Oilier His Engineer
1'aris i Iloriified.
Paris , Oct. 14. De Brasky , the
aeronaut , and a companion , were
killed by falling from a dirigble bal-
luon today.
The balloon started from the avero-
static station at Vauririard , a suburb
of this city , at 7:55 : on a trial trip.
After preliminary maneuvering with
a rope attachment Bradsky released
the balioon and proceeded southward
at a height of 300 or 400 feet. The
propellers of the machine appeared
to work well. The rudder , 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 in
the clouds.
The prefect of police later received
a dispatch announcing the fall of the
balloon near St. Denn's five and a
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 the Brazilian aeronaut ; Se-
vero , who was killed May 12 last and
whose balloon started from the same
shed.
At the start this morning De Bras
ky first tried the ascensional screw
below the car , and the airship , held
by ropes , rose easily and mainatined
its equiliberium. De Brasky wassat-
isGed and said he would maneuver
over the drilling ground. A whistle
was blown and released the ropes ;
the propelling screw behind was set
in the proper direction when sudden
ly a southwest wind sprang up and
the airship swerved to the northwest
instead of to the northeast.
Crossing the main boulivards the
aerial craft executed a number of.
evolutions , but continued northward ,
eventually disappearing over the
great white basillica of the church of
the Sacrea Heart and the top of the
hill of Mont Macre. The aeronaut's
wife and their friends awaited at the
shed from 8 till 10 and grew anxious
at this prolonged absence. I
When the balloon was later per- ,
celved at an imm nse height this in-j
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
bad relie"ed it of the weight of the
car A few minutes later a telegram
arrived with the news of the disaster.
An eye witness gave the 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. Morin
was leaning out of the car and asked
through a megaphone where was a
siilable 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 heard 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 the spot and found De Brasky
dead and terribly truised. M. Morin
was lying under the remainder of
the car. He lived but a few mo
ments. "
De Brasky was a Hungarian baron ,
thirty-six years of age , rich and clev
er , and had been in the diplomatic
service. He made his first ; ascension
in 1901. Morin was his engineer.
He leaves a widow and three chil
dren.
La Chambre , the constructor of
the airship , says he had no confi
dence in the mechanical part of the
airship.
Fishing on the Peo .
Some fishermen on the Dee , in
Scotland , pursued a royal sturgeon
nad chased it onto a sandbank. It
weighed over 200 pounds and meas
ured 8 feet 8 inches in length.
Will Send flore Warships.
London , Oct. 14. In a dispatch
from Hamburg , the correspondent ol
the Daily Mail says on account of the
murder in Yeneuela of Adam Rus
sell , a German subject and manager
of the Venezuela Plantation com
panythe German government has or
dered the cruisers Yiueta. Panther
and Gazelle to go to Venezuela.
A dispatch recieved frcin Willem-
stad yesterday said the Vineta bad
already arrived at t Guayra.
NEBRASKA
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L. L. Winn , a forger , and another
prisoner broke jail at Madison.
Nels Jorgenseri. a Chadron ranch
man , hung himself with a wire.
The United Presbyterians dedicated
a new church costing $8,248 at Su
perior.
R. C. Boweis' blacksmith shop was
burned at Franklin with a lo sof $800.
Lincoln will hold a big Corn Carni
val in November.
Andy Syec of Geneva was killed on
bhe railroad near Milligan.
Mr. Shieffenbine , an insane man
of Green precinct escaped from the
otlicers atVahoo and can't be found.
Robbers blew the safe of the post
Dilice at Wood River. The ? secured
{ 200 in cash and some stamps.
Arthur B. Matthisori of Gering ,
accidentally shot and killed hi in elf
with a carbine.
The newest baby basket has a pret
ty doll in one corner , dressed in sit-
in to match the outfit.
A. L. Garrison , Burlintgon section
foreman , found live revolvers , a
silver watch and 44 pennies buried
under a tree near Nebraska City.
B. C. Martin of Central City has
purchased the Silver Creek Times of
Mrs. Frances Hutfc and will conduct
the paper in the future.
A person in a position to know ,
but who will not allow his name to
be used says S-'M.OOO was secured by
Burlington tiain robbers.
The eyes of the ten-year-old son of
F. E. Cham pi in of Nebraska City
were badly burned by carbolic acid
splashing into them from a falling
bottle.
J. N. Spence , of Wilbur , who sued
his father-in-law , James K Lane for
5,000 for depriving him of his wife's
affections was given a verdict for
B500.
B500.A
A head-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 Geist
of West Point , was entered by bur
glars and a revolver and $35 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
uiicidal intent. The remains will
be interred at Stamon.
Wood is becoming a favorite luel
this winter. Hard wood is selling
for $7.50 a cord. An Elkhorn farmer
bas 4,000 cords , which he expects to
market befcre spring at an advance
of $1 a cord over its cost.
Governor Savage "as paroled Gro.
Wilson , who is serving a seven-yeai
term for a statutory crime. Wilsrn
his served three years and tlree
monthThe governor paroled the
man because he believed he had been
iufliciently punished before his im-
ansonment.
John Payne , one of the wealthiest
men of Elgin , orsurrounding county ,
ilied suddenly after drinking a glass
Df milk. Heart failure was the cause.
He was president of the bank at
Cleaiwater , vice president at the At
las bank at Xeligh and leaves a son
in each institution.
Chris Kroeger , aged 44 , one of
Schuyler's foremost citizens , was
found dead in a pool of water not
far from his home in the south part
Df Schuyler. He was returning from
an errand up town , and only a min
ute or two before his dead body was
discovered by two passers-by , had
been conversing with a friend a short
distance away. He had fallen from
the sidewalk into a shallow pool left
by the rain The men who found
him attempted to resuscitate him ,
but were unsuccessful. Within a few
moments four doctors were at work
on the body , without avail. There
was no evidence of drowning , and
bhe doctors say he was probably dead
befoie he struck the water , heart
failure being assigned as the cause.
Deceased was unmarried , a member
Df the Odd Fellows aud nights of
fythias. He was sheriff of Fillmore
: ounty from 1892 to 1898.
The relatives of Ernest Hussman ,
the man who disappeared under sus
picious circumstances from Leavitt
have given up their search for him.
They are convinced that he has meb
with foul play and that his body was
Either burned up in the lime kiln or
removed to some distance from Lea-
vitt.
The Nile is the only river in the
world that flows for 1,500 miles with-
nuta tributary.