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THE ILLUSTRATED BEE.
September 27, 1V0X
The Illustrated Bee.
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KIM A3 11 MIN'AIIAN Ih unuthcr
w I ' I one-time, Umaha man who haa
I risen to a riTtnln degree of
prominence since leaving here.
Two years ago he won national
fame by projecting u. movtnent for the
abolition of treating, which ho first pre
sented to the Knights of Columbus, of
which society he was one of the founders.
Ho maintains thut the suspension of the
treating custom Is the first step toward
total abstinence. This movement won con
siderable headway, and lias been com
mended by churchmen of all denomina
tions. Mr. Mlnahan Is a lawyer by pro
fession, and la well remembered In Omaha,
where lie was In active practice for a long
time, before removing to Columbus, O., his
present home, about eight years ago. He
has devoted much of his time to organized
lay work In the Catholic church and on
August 3 last wus elected the first presi
dent of the American Federation of Catho
lic Societies at Atlantic City, N. J.
When Queen Kpolctna sent word from
Episodes
tCTfin KUUtNnM. will nav his
VI postponed visit to Purls between
I flitoher 12 and IB next. Great
preparations arc belnK made for
his coming. As he Is well known
to be an enthuslmt in numismatics, fifty
fine meduls will be presented to him. Some
of these are of great historic value, ran
ging from the days of Itlchelleu to those of
Carnot, Faur and Lou bet.. A few of them
rommenwrate happening In Italy, such as
the restoration of Venice. A special medal
will be struck In his honor.
People close to William K. Corey, Charle
M. Bchwsb's successor as bead of the
Vnltcd States Steel corporation, actually
fear he will kill himsolf working. They
say he Is so wrapped up in the affairs of
tho steel corporation that he Is literally
"working 'himself to death." For Instance,
they say that he lies awake night after
night solving or attempting to solve prob
lems that mme up, nnd frequently at 1
or 3 o'clock in the morning will call up
his lieutenants by telephone to consult
them. Ills frlcads believe that no living
man can go through the a rt of thing and
survive It.
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Trlnce KlUlkoff. the cxar's minister of
railroads. Is perhaps tho letist Rurlan
lookiug man la Ilussku. He Is the greatest
railway bulVler in the world and during
the eight years he has held his present
position Almost 33,000 miles have been con
structedmore than one-third tho railway
mileage of the Rusrlan empire. To him Is
fiaptist it In 1st er in a certain vll-
jf' I lage was astonished at being
4 I miltnl In to minister to a dvlnsr
churchman. Having afforded what
consclatlon he could to the sick
man lie asked the churchman's wife: "Why
didn't you send for your own clergyman?"
"Oh, no, sir," she replied, "the doctor said
the case was Infectious."
Orover Cleveland, though a writer of
fomful Kngllsh, In known among news
paper men for his Involved style, s:iys tho
New York World. The other evening at a
New York club the ex-president told with
ni patent enjoyment of the effect of his
complicated diction upon a visiting reporter
who hud sought him for an Interview.
After dictating a statement to the youth
he Inquired, kindly, "Have you got It all
down?"
"Yes," replied the reporter, candidly, "I
have, but I will straighten out the sen
tences when I write It up."
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Senator Walk r told a story during a re
cent debate In the upier house ef the com
monwealth on the iHtlicy tf a "white Aus
tralia," rcUtcs the lxindon Chronicle. A
missionary in China was rudeavorlng to
convert one of the natives.
"8u; pose me t lirlatlan, me (a t J heaven?"
remarked Ah Bin.
"Tea," replied the missionary.
"All right." retorted the heathen, "but
what for you no let Chinamen Into Aus
tralia when you let htm Into heaven!"
"Ah," said the rolsiioanry with fervor,
there's no labor party In heaven."
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tali oae asked Cbauncey Pepew upon bis
her royal domains at Nellgh to Omaha for
a pair of Omaha knights to give her escort
In an automobile, she neglected to provide
a guide, and as a censcquence Clarke
Powell and Lowe Haynea have a story to
tell of driving a whla wagon across the
"boundless perarles" after night that has
almost as mm h of adventure in It as any
Ned IJuntllnc ever regaled his readTS -with.
Inquiry along the road brought them in
formation from a farmer, whose disinter
estedness they are now Inclined to question.
By following his advice they proceeded
bout sixteen miles at right angles to the
direction they should have traveled. Then
another farmer set them right and told
them of a short cut, by which they could
save time. They followed the short cut,
and found themselves overtaken by night
In a stretch of country where the road was
overgrown by grass, and the mercury get
ting down to the freezing point. For hours
Powell hung over the front end of the ma
chine, nosing out the road, and telling
llaynes how to steer. You know you can't
do as you used to with an automobile; it
has no hoofs to guide you by the difference
In sound between the road and the grass.
But the auto was finally wheeled into
Nellgh, and during the days of the carnival
the queen and her maid of honor were
given the delight of being wheeled from
place to pluce In a magnificent touring; ma
chine, and with a speed and comfort they
had never before known. The carnival was
a great success, and not the least interest
ing feature of It was the entourage of the
queen.
And It finally came to pass that Jupiter
Pluvlus took his eye off the Omaha grocers
and butchers for u day and tbey held their
and Incidents
due the Blberlan railway construction and
the fact that Rustda Is far more formidable
In the far east than ever before. A privy
councillor, a member of the ministry, and
a strong man. Prince Khllkoff has great
weight in the councils at St. Petersburg.
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Endless stories of Charles H. Hunt chief
of police of Portland, Me., are told by his
admirers, and among them is one that
illustrates the ready humor of the old man.
At a dinner given by prominent cltlsens
of that place, the chief was the principal
guest, and In the course of the feast be
was called upon to respond to the toast,
"The Polioe." Amid applause, Mr. Hunt
arose In the full dignity of his gorgeous
uniform and In a silence Indicative of the
affection felt for him, said with a co-nlcU
wink: "Here's to the poltce; first tn war,
first in peace, first in the pockets of the
countryman."
"Admiral, what were your sensations Just
preceding the fleet's entrance Into the bay
of Manila?" asked a Washington lady of
George Dewey.
"It seems to me," responded the admiral,
"that I was thinking of 10.000 American
newsboys, anxiously waiting to shout one
of two sentenoea, 'Dewey's great feat, or
"Dewey's great defeat. I love the newsboy,
and determined to lessen his task by giv
ing him an opportunity to shout the shorter
sentence."
Robert H. MoCarter, the well-known New
Jersey lawyer, who has been appearing as
Gleanings From the
return from Europe if champagne is really
the best thing one can drink to avoid sea
sick ness.
"Well," replied the senator, with his
never-falling ha-ha, "I like it very well my
self, but most people prefer lemonade. It
tastes ubout the same going both ways."
A British clergyman who wss totally de
void of knowledge of seamanship once
preached in a congregation of sailors.
Thinking to Impress bis lesson upon his
hearers more distinctly, he pictured a ship
trylnjj to enter a harbor against a "head
wind. Unfortunately for the success of his
metaphor, his Ignorance of seamanship
placed the Bhlp In several singular posi
tions. "What nhall we do next?" he cried.
"Come down off the bridge," cried an old
tar In disgust, "an' lemme take command
or ye'U 'ave us all on the rocks In another
arf a second."
At a suburban auction of household
goods, relates the Philadelphia Ledger,
an active and successful bidder was a
Montgomery county farmer. His purchases
were piled high In one corner of the room,
and he waa still eager when a thermom
eter was offered. There was no bidding
from any quarter, and the auctioneer,
reaching It out to the farmer, said:
"Here, give me a quarter for it and lake
It along!"
"No! Not for me!" said the farmer,
backing away.
"Why, that's dirt cheap!" exclaimed the
auctioneer. "Don't you want a thermom
terr' "Nasi" was tho decided reply. "I had
picnic while the old boy wasn't looking.
And It was a screamer when It did come
off. Time after time had the date been
fixed and every time did the rain god pick
that day to overturn bin can. But be
couldn't keep It up, so the men and women
wtio minister to Omaha's gustatory need
went to Missouri "Valley last Tuesday and
some of the things they did there have been
immortalized by The Hee's staff artist, who
was there with his camera,
Cresceus clipped a quarter of a second off
his record, and the world's, for a mile on
a half-mile track at the Omaha driving
park, and The Bee camera raiiRht him
while he was doing It. The pictures In
this number were taken while the great
trotter was passing tl.e same point on each
round and might easily be taken for the
same picture, so even did the driver and
his pacemukcrs maintain their positions.
In the first picture it will be noticed that
Mike the Tramp, the runner, has his hind
legs In the air and In the other bis fore
legs are up. Both horses and the auto
mobile were traveling at a 2:00 clip when
these pictures were taken.
One of the features of the street fair at
Dewltt was the flower parade. In which a
number of beautifully decorated vehicles
were driven. The picture In this number
shows that of Mrs. George Dunn, which
waa given the first prise.
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Hie death of Mrs. Kendall Young as
sures to Webster City, la., the Toung for
tune of $200,000 for the purpose of a
library. Mr. Toung died In 1896 and In his
will he bequeathed his entire fortune to
in Lives of Noted People
counsel for the Shipyard trust, tells this
story to Illustrate how worthless the bonds
of a corporation sometimes become:
"When my father was a trustee of Prince
ton college, the late John I. Blair of Blalrs
town Informed the board of trustees that he
was going to give the college many thou
sands of dollars worth of the bonds of a
new western railroad. There was great re
joicing at Princeton. Bverybody celebrated
over the gift. Then the bonds came. The -trustees
discovered thut the donor had cut
off the coupons for the next forty years."
Prince Jocahlm Albrecht of Prussia Is,
like other male members of the royal fam
ily, an officer in the German army, but he
Is much fonder of music than of war. He
has written the music for a ballet and is
engaged upon an opera. He is a regular at
tendant at the theater and Is said to I en
semble In character the late Prince George,
who devoted much of his time to writing
postry. Some surprise Is expressed at the
public and democratic way In which a
member of the royal family has gone
among the composers, having his name
"billed" like any other, and it Is considered
not unlikely that the emperor may sud
denly interfere.
"Hist!" "Hist yourself." answered the
Auditorium hotel detective. "There's a
sanctimonious old guy out in the lobby
who's trying to pinch another fellow's
watch." This Information was given to the
sleuth at S:1S o'clock, relates the Chicago
Journal. With great care he sised up his
prospective prey. At 1:167 he returned and
Story Tellers'
one a year or two ago, and fooled around
it an' lost time without being able to
regulate it atalL Why, I couldn't even
open the darned thing!"
VT. H. Bagley of Raleigh. N. C, a
brother of Knalgn Worth Baglcy, who was
killed in the Spanish-American war, tells
of a Tarheel farmer who was inclined to
look on the bright side of things.
"The snan was at work on land so poor
that you couldn't raise your hat on it,
when a stranger passed," said Mr. Bagiey,
"and asked him about the crop prospects.
The farmer seemed to be depressed, and
finally the stranger expressed sympathy
with him and his condition.
"This nettled the farmer, and he said:
'See here, stranger, I ain't so blamed bad
off as you think.- I don't own this here
farm. "
The little English vicar of Hexton, whose
objection to high church ritualism brought
him recently Into conflict with Bishop Pot
ter in New York, sat one day, drinking a
brandy aitd soda in the cafe of the Fifth
Avenue hotel, relates the Boston Post.
A group of reporters surrounded him.
One of the reporters said:
"Why don't you try to drown ritualism,
Mr. Flllingham, with sermons, rather than
with violence?"
The vlear smiled. "Serraona," he said,
"have an effect always, but two often this
effect Is the opposite one to what the
aermunlser intended."
"How do you mean, sir?" the reporter
asked.
"I'll illustrate to you wbal I mean." said
the vicar. "I once had a parishioner who
was a miser. For this man's benefit I
the city, the legatee not to come Into pes)
session of it until the death of Mrs. Toung.
The will provided that on her death $25,000
should at once be expended upon a fire
proof building and that the remainder ot
the fortune should remain In a perpetual
trust and that only the Income from it, or
as much of It as is necessary, shall be
used for library purposes. After the death
of her husband Mrs. Toung maintained a
library in the old Young home out of the
annual allowance she received from the
estate. It waa small compared to what the
city will now have, though. It is expected
that with this estate, much of which la In
Iowa real estate, the city will be enabled
to have one of the finest library buildings
and complete fittings In the state. The
building will be built upon the beautiful
Toung residence lots, where the old home
now stands. Work upon this structure will
be begun Immediately.
Major Jerauld A. Olmstead, U. S. A.,
(retired) has been apppolnted to represent
the Cnltcd States army in the matter of lnr
Btructlon in military matters for the Iowa
, National Guard. The position is one
which he desired and he was recommended
for the position by Governor Cummins and
Congressman Hull. The new military law
provides for this form of supervision cf
the work in the National Guard of the
states that conform to the law, and it was
expected that retired officers will be de
tailed to represent the war board. Majoc
Olmstead is a fine military instructor and a
thorough military man. He was inspector
of the Iowa National Guard for two years
and the past year has been in charge of
military instruction at the state normal
school.
remarked: "Oh, pshaw!" Charley Fines,
who has charge of the cabstand at the
hotel, had noticed a middle-aged man talk
ing earnestly with another man. At the
same time he was dallying with the other
fellow's watch chain. "You're a lobster,"
said the house detective. "That is Secre
tary Shaw."
Admiral John O. Walker, president of the
Isthmian Canal commission, wears long
Dundreary whiskers which give htm a fa
miliar nickname In the navy, Bays the New
York Tribune. One day a young ensign en
tered his office and In a cheerful tone ad
dressed the colored messenger: "Hello,
Bonce, Where's Old Whiskers?" Btforc the
conversation could proceed any further the
admiral stepped out from behind the screen,
drying his hands upon a towel, and re
marked quietly to the young offioer: "Take
a seat; I'll be with you in one moment." As
the floor did not open to swallow him
up the ensign sank into 4he nearest chair
with a heavy and remorsrful heart He
had come te ask a favor of Che man who
assigned all officers to duly and bad the
power to send him to either a pleasant or
a painful fcerth as he pleased. When the
admiral reappeared and took his seat at the
desk the young officer, with shaking limbs
. and flushed face, began to explain that he
did not intend to be impertinent. "For you
must know, admiral," he stammered, "that
the boys often call you 'Old Whiskers.' I
hope you don't mind It" "Oh, no," an
swered the admiral," "I don't mind It, but
if it's just the same tp you I'd rather you'4
call me John."
Pack
preached one Sunday a strong sermon on
the necessity of charity, of philanthropy
a sermon on the .duty and the joy of giv
ing. The miser, at whom I gased often,
Seemed impressed.
"Next day I met him on the street.
" "Well, John,' I said, 'what do you think
of yerterduy's sermon?'
" 'It moved me deeply, sir," lie ansvered.
'It brought home to me so Ktrongly the
necessity of giving alms that, honestly,
sir, I've a great mind to turn beggar.' "
There Is a young clergyman near Hag
erstown, Md., says the Baltimoro Sun,
who might be excused for siying ' the
gullelcssness of some rural gentry paHeth
all understanding." He would probably
deny saying It should you ask him, but he
-would not deny the following story, told
by a relative:
A young couple with matrimonial intent,
fresh from the green fields of their Moral
homes, went recently to the parsonage of
the clergyman in question. Tho nu; tl.U
knot was tiod. In the pause which fol
lowed the newly-made bene Ilct lookel even
more embarrassed than before, lie flaked
about in hla trousers' pocket as if looking
fur something.
"What's the price?'' .he anally blurted
out
"The slate allows me $1," said the cler
gyman, "but " and paused. Borne
pauses are more eloquent than words. Rvi
dently this was net
"Well," finally remarked the gro-m as
he handed the astonished divine a quarter,
"if the state allows you a dollar, take this
and the Job will ait tod sou a 4oi leg
end a quarter. Good day."
