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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1902)
T. Illustrated Bee. Published Weekly by The Bee Publishing Company, IHe Building, Omaha, Neb. Price, 6c per copy per year, $2.00. Kntcrod at the Omaha PostofTlce a Second CIjifh Mall Matter. For advertising rates address publisher. Communication relating to photographs or article for publication should be ad dressed, "Editor The Illustrated Hee, tmnhn." Pen and Picture Pointers PR1NG SHOOTING has Its advo cates as well as Its opponents. Each side brlnKM much reason to bear In favor of Its position, and agreement will probably never be reached. With the disappearance of snow and Ice from ineidow and pond, shotguns are cleaned and oiled, the dog" sniff the air with real di light, and the Nebraska hunter sallies forth to secure tils per mitted share of the game birds that are not protected by the closed season. Ducks and geene lead the list In this section of the world, but not far behind them come the snipe. Here Is the real test of a sports man's fk 111. Many a man has had good kuccchs against the slow-flying prairie chicken, the duck and the goose, and has come to look upon himself as a fair field hi r JAMES H. A NO ELL, PRESIDENT UNI VERSITY OF MICHIGAN. shot, or maybe a little better. ThU Is before he has tackled tht snipe. After a few rounds with these birds he alters his opinion of his ability as a marksman, (letting action on these birds Is more like shooting at a streak of light than anything else. Their flight Is short, rapid and erratic. One time the snipe zigzags, and the next time It corkscrews. Nothing Is certain further than that It Is getting out of range as fast as Its powerful wings and long legs can carry It. Some men tell of never missing a snipe, but they never do this twice among a crowd of snipe hunters. The snipe most common to Nebraska U the Wilson snipe, often erroneously called the ITUIKTA I - I. I . . I . I some time ago one of the cabinet pasture, when the question was aHked, "How many of us in our boyhood duys drove cows to pasture?" it was developed that every one of the presi dent's official family had performed that service In his youth. A congressman whose parents came from the green isle jokingly remarked to Benton McMIIlln of Tennessee that St. Peter waa II n Irishman 'Maukit k ,, .. 1 J w ..linn. hijkuj, ua nwu l a negro colored man would have allowed rooster to crow three times." l . 1 1 i' 1 .. v. ... No that. Once when Sir Charles Hothum, governor of Victoria, was out driving, his coachman nearly came Into collision with a wood carter, an Irishman, In a narrow lane out side Melbourne. The Irishman would not pull off the middle of the road, as he had the heavier load, and, by the rough rule of such things, was thus entitled to keep there. The Incensed governor thereupon put bis head out of the carriage window and fcluuted: "Do you know whj I am, my man? i ts Sir Charles Hotham, the governor of Victoria!" "Ye are, are ye?" responded the other. "Well, ye've got a thunderln' folne Job, ould man, an' I'd ad vise ye to thtlek to It!" Previous to appointing General "Joe" Wheeler to a command in the war with Spain President McKlnley consulted with the late Senator Davis of Minnesota about the matter. "I think it would be a splen did appointment," said Mr. Davis. "I am a living witness of Joe Wheeler's grit and persistence. During the civil war he chased me like the devil through five states." $ Alexander R. Shepherd, who for three years was at the head of the government of the District of Columbia and who spent $40,000,000 In improving Washington, Is re turning, a millionaire. When he left In 1879 taxpayers railed him a "boodler" and charged all sorts of corruption. Many of these citizens, soma of whom wert almost Jacksnlpe. The true Jacksnlpe haa a shorter bill and shorter legs than the Wilson, Is slower of flight and more certain of direc tion. Those shown In the picture today are Wilson snipe. It will not be much longer until his cheerful note Is again heard on the sandbar for he has this In common with his plebeian cousin, the sandpiper and the snipe hunter will again resume his pursuit of the tantalizing as well as tooth some bird. One of the best evidences of prosperity In a community is the condition of the public schools. Western people take great but pardonable pride In this Institution and cheerfully contribute to Its support. In the growth and development of the school is reflected the progress of the commuuity. When the school enrollment Is doubled within two years It is a safe assumption that that town Is alive. Corning, la., has had this experience. Eight years ago the one school house In the town was found Inadequate and a second building was secured to accommodate the younger pupils. This was soon out grew n and a third school house was erected. The demand for school room Increased so steadily that It was found nocesary to provide more commodious quarters for the high school. On Friday next will be dedicated a handsome brick building, modern In every respect, Just completed at a cost of $15,000. It Is devoted to the uses of the high school exclusively. The building has seven rooms, an assembly hull and superintendent's office on the second floor and five class rooms on the ground floor. In. the basement is a gym nasium. The building has a capacity for 225 pupils and 1 S.". are now In daily at tendance at the high school. Superintend ent F.lliott has Ave assistants in the school. The Corning school board consists of C. F. Andrews, president; W. C. Chubb, secre tary; F. L. La Rue, treasurer; Walter New comb, nurg Drown, W. W. Runyon and Henry E. West rope, directors. On Friday evening, March 21, at the Omaha club, the alumni of the University of Michigan of the middle west will tender President James B. Angell of the University of Michigan a banquet. President Angell Is descended from ancestors who went with Roger Williams from Massachusetts to Rhode Island and helped to found the colony. He was born at Scltuate, R. I., In 182'.) and was graduated from Brown university In 1850. After his return from Europe, where he stayed three years, he spent seven years as a professor of modern languages at Brown, meanwhile contributing to the Providence Journal. From 1860 until 1866 he had editorial charge of the Journal, during the absence of Its editor. In ISfiti he was chosen president of the University cf Vermont and In 1871 became president of the University of Michigan. Early In 1880 he was appointed minister to China by President Hayes, his errand being to negotiate a new treaty bearing upon Chinese Immigration to this country. This duty he discharged successfully and re signed his office the following year. In 1877 he was appointed one of the commissioners to settle the fisheries dispute with Oreat Britain. In 1897 he was appointed minister to Turkey. The sultan obJect"d to Dr. Angell because he had been advised that the Congregational church, of which the doctor is a prominent member, was a Episodes and Incidents in the Lives of Noted People bankrupted by his lavish expenditures, now say Mr. Shepherd's work will stand as a monument to him. It is admitted that but for his Indomitable will Washington would not be today the beautiful city It la. Shepherd went to Mexico practically penni less, but was fortunate In mining ventures. He Is 67 years old. The late Lord Dufferln, when governor general of Canada, was one of the earliest promoters of free Niagara and gave all the weight of his great Influence to that project. His original suggestions applied to the Can adian side, but the state of New York did Us share of the good work before Canada waa ready to act. Streets Islands, opposite Victoria park, were renamed In honor of Lord Dufferln. Eatly In his career as a lawyer William McKlnley was accustomed to pass a butch er's shop on the way to and from htB office and for a long time was puzzled by a cer tain notice which be saw there. In the morning he would read: "Good pork sausages, 20 rents." On his return In the evening he would sometimes And these sausages still 20 cents a pound, but more often the notice was changed and the sign read: "Fine pork sausages, 12 (or some times 10) cents." The matter, he said, used to worry him. Sausages were not of so perishable a nature that they would not keep till the next day and he could not understand it. So one evening he stopped at the shop, made some casual remark and then inquired the price of sausages. "Ten cents," said the shopkeeper. "But." replied Mr. McKlnley, "they were 20 cents this morning." "So they were, Mr. McKlnley," replied the butcher; "so they were. Then I had 'em, now I haven't. Sausages at 10 cents Is simply to gut me a reputation for cheap ness. See?" The future president saw and was In the habit of saying that a great many reputa tions were made In that way. Emperor William of Germany can talk fluently in sis languages. Hs bas written a THE ILLUSTRATED BEE. r ... NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING At FORMALLY DEDICATED ON F Jesuitical body and therefore he feared the proposed minister would be obnoxiously ac tive In propagating his doctrines among the Mohammedans. Assurance ae to the true character of the church In question removed all objections to the appointee and an official announcement to this effect was sent to Secretary Sherman. Dr. Angell resigned In 1898 to resume his duties as president of the university. The pathway by which William Larrabee of Iowa achieved success Is not greatly different from that trod by other suc cessful men of the west; his methods were the prosaic methods of every self-made statesman or financier; he stands one of a type. William Larrabee thumbed his primer on the benches of a Connecticut school house and when he had achieved sufficient learning to enable him to teach others he removed to Iowa and began his career. Tiring of school teaching, he became a farmer for a few years, then turned to the milling trade and from 1855 to 1873 he was the miller of Clermont. It waa during this period that he demonstrated his great capacity for hard work, often putting In long hours each day for many months at a time; but success followed this tireless Industry, and when he sold his milling business thirty years ago he was able to take his first va cation and spend some time traveling In Europe. He had already ' begun a career of service to his state and h's travels aided In fitting him for still greater service. Fayette county elected William Larrabee to the senate In 1868. He devoted himself assiduously to his work and soon became one of the recognized leaders of the senate. Four times thereafter he was elected to the senate. He was for several terms chairman of the committee on ways and means of the senate and was virtually the financier of the legislature during a long period. In 1885 he was nominated by the republicans cf Iowa for governor and re signed his place In the senate. He was elected by a large majority over Charles play and conducted its rehearsal. He has written a public prayer and conducted a choir. He can cook his own dinner, can play chess, paint pictures and draw cari catures. He has learned engineering and studied electricity. Though he can use only one arm, he can shoot game for four hours at the rate of two a minute. He has over a hundred titles and Is an admiral In three of the biggest navies. In twenty-five years he has shot 23,000 head of game. He changes his dress a dozen times a day, has a dozen valets and his wardrobe Is worth $500,000. Several years ago, when Joslah Qulncy was mayor of Boston, records the New York Times, a politician there christened his youngest boy "Joslah Qulncy Rosnosky." He had named his preceding son "Nathan Matthews, Jr.," after another democratic mayor, and had this child with him when he called on Mr. Qulncy and told how he had honored him. "What Is your name?" asked Mayor Qulncy of the boy. "I'm named after Nathan Matthews, Jr.," replied the boy. And then he added, as If he bad said It often: "He was the beBt mayor Boston ever had." Everybody laughed except Mr. Qulncy, who never dees such a thing. "Oh, well," remarked Mr. Qulncy, when the merriment subsided, "Just wait until Joslah Qulncy RoanoBky is old enough to talk." Representative Boutell, the diminutive member from the big city on Lake Michi gan, la as apt at repartee as any man in the house, re'ates the Washington Times. His Intellectual ability Is not measured by his physical stature. Whenever on his feet he always has full confidence in him self and no amount of cross-questioning causes him to lose his equilibrium. He appeared at his best the other day In his humorous reply to Representative Wheeler. He read from Mr. Edward M. Shepard's "Life of Martin Van Buren" an account of Van Buren's son, referred to as "Prince A I- CORNING, la., WHICH WILL BE RIDAY. A. Whiting and two years later was elected In opposition to Major T. J. Anderson. Governor Larrabee attended personally to every detail of the work pertaining to the executive office. He Inaugurated the sys tem of making Irregular and frequent visits to state Institutions to give them personal inspection. He devoted himself to a study of the pardon cases and Insisted on per sonally attending to this work. He gave many hours of painstaking labor and much thought to the problem of taxation, and especially to the problem of railroad taxa tion. It was during his term of office as governor that he made himself an expert in the matter of railroad rates and man agement, and later wrote and had pub lished a valuable book on the subject. It was during his administration that the present railroad law was placed on the statute books of the state and the authority of the state over rates was firmly estab lished. It was during his administration, also, that the prohibitory liquor law was undergoing a test in Iowa, and although Mr. Larrabee, as senator, had not been In sympathy with the movement for state wide prohibition, he gave to the law his earnest support and insisted on strict enforcement of the law, no matter what might be his own views. After retiring from the executive office Governor Larrabee continued to live quietly In his Clermont home, until called again to the public service by an almost unanimous demand of the people to become head of the newly created State Board of Control. He accepted only through a sense of duty to the state, and continued only until he saw the principle of the board firmly es tablished and Its work organized so that It could not be other than a permanent suc cess. Governor Larrabee Is of a Connecticut family well known. Captain Adam Larra bee, the father, was a soldier in the war of 1812 and a graduate from the United States Military academy. One step further John," which described the young man as parting his hair In the middle. "Now, Mr. Chairman, where did the son of this distinguished democrat get his title of Wrlnce John?' " asked Mr. Bou tell. "Where did he learn to part his hair In the middle?" "Did Prince John ever become bald headed like some of the members of this house and have no hair to part?" asked Mr. Sulzer. Mr. Sulzer could make a remark like this without any embarrassment, for he has a very luxuriant growth of almost pink tinted hair, which lops over his forehead. But the question was a little more per sonal, so far as the Illinois member was concerned, for there Is a small, but grow ing, glistening spot under his hat. He was quick to retort, however, and In doing so brought to his aid a couplet of poetry which, being so apt, threw the house Into a paroxysm of laughter. "I do not know," said Mr. Boutell, "whether later In life he Joined the ranks of those whose strength goes to brains In stead of hair, but at this time we have Mr. Shepard's authority that he had hair and that he parted It In the middle. The gen tleman from New York will recollect the old consolation of the men with smooth , domes: If Ky !ih ha,r" ,hy 8,n hould num bered be. Angels In. heaven were not more pure than thee. Among his old newspaper acquaintances In Chicago, Mr. Charles M. Pepper, who has Just been appointed commissioner to repre sent the Louisiana Purchase exposition In Cuba and Porto Rico. Is known for his de votion to work. An old Tribune reporter tells In the Saturday . Evening . Post this story of how Mr. Pepper once astonished the staff of that paper. "Never had he failed to report for duty at 4 o'ciock in the afternoon, and when, one day, the bands of the office clock crept on to 5 without his arrival the news of the delay traveled down the corridor like a rumor of a cut in salaries. Charlie March 16, 1902. back and we find the grandfather of the governor fighting In' the Revolution. Gov ernor Larrabee's wife la a woman of strong personality and they have had seven chil dren, one son now being a representative In the Iowa legislature from Fayette county. In business matters Governor Larrabee has devoted himself to banking and farming In later years. He Is the owner of large areas of land in Iowa and other states. He is one of the most democratic of men, a man of simple life and homely virtues, strong In his convictions and one whose honesty and Integrity have never been questioned. He is now 70 years old. The old-fashioned undertaker long ago gave way to the modern funeral director. His rooms have become parlors and the workshop In which the slabs of lumber were kept pending the mortuary needs of some departed mortal has advanced to the d'gnlty of "chapel" room. Everything that would naterlally aid in robbing the process of preparation for sepulture of Its suggestive associations and ghastly significance haa been taken In by the modern disciples of the ancient art. Not alone in the nomenclature of the craft has the advance been noted, but In Its more tangible aspects as well has there been Improvement. While the funeral director today moves about silently and with deferential mien and subdued he doesn't wear the lugubrious face of his predecessor of only a few years back. H i association with abandoned earthly tene ments has left no outward impress on him, and aside from the absolute obligations of WILLIAM LARRABEE OF IOWA. his condition he Is usually a healthy mem ber of society, with all the desires, appe tites and impulses of a well ordered mental and physical entity. Moreover, the ad vance In his occupation has been such as to bring it well nigh up to the dignity of a learned profession. To keep abreast of the times he must be a student and absorb much Information, of which the early mem bers of the craft knew nothing, unless It were by hearsay. A group of Nebraska funeral directors who recently assembled in Omaha for practical Instruction in one of the branches of their business was pho tographed, and the picture shows them to be as One looking a body of business men as one would care to meet. Pepper an hour late! And when he did come he went Into the managing editor's office with a guilty, apologetic expression that we had never before seen on his I: e. A few moments later the office boy spread the report that the dialogue with me managing eaiior naa neen idoui line this: "I'm late a whole hour, sir." "What's the trouble?" "Got married this afternoon. But I wont let it occur again." The New York Times credits Major Gen eral Bhafter with this story: An army board, examining a lieutenant for promotion to the position of captain and quartermaster, asked the candidate: "What Is the first duty of a quartermas ter?" "To make himself comfortable," was the reply. "And his next duty?" "To make his commanding officer com fortable." "Very good, sir. And his final duty?" "To make himself more comfortable!" Left Its Taint Baltimore American: "I Jest knew." said .Mrs. Wayback, "that it was a bad Idee f let Samuel go f th' city this fall." "W'y. Sary," said Mr. Wayback. "I don't reckon It done the boy no harm." "Well, Josl', I was lookin' through his things this mornln" an' what do ye think I found hid in his trunk? A toothbrush! I knew all along thet he'd come home with some fool city notions." Patriotism New York Weekly: Foreign Visitor You have a glorious country here and fairly revel In the blessings of freedom. I suppose, Mr. Crossroads Wall, as to that, wo don't take much Interest In politics up our way. The postofflce don't half pay expenses and so all parties agreed to retire from the political field and let a soldier's widow have It V ii n i
