Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 11, 1900, Page 14

2 TueE [LLUSTRATED BEE Published Weekly by The Company, Bee Building Omaha, Publishing Neb Price, b cenis per copy-—per year, §2.00 accompanied by ™ THE a republican casting his ballot for four years ysual compliment, in the form of an ad more of prosperity . The staff artist of The Bee furnishes its with an interesting article on ‘Strange and Startling Noises in Omaha,’ pletures of the sources of these nolses, which are 8o familiar to the Entered at the Omaha Postoflice as Second earg of (he residents of Omaha (lass Mall Matter " _— s oo . The extras came thick and fast, and few For advertiging rates address Publishe indeed ‘wers ths ‘‘mewse St dldn e Communications relating to photo pocket all the way from $3 to $15 profit or articles for publication shoulld ad dressed Editor The [Illustrated Dec Omaha." P Pen and Picture Pointers A8 a frontisplece this week we print a fine pleture of General Fitzhugh Lee which was tuken at Havana, Cuba, a little over a year ago, while he was In command of the American troops at that point. General Lee, until further orders from his superior officers, will be located at Omaha as com mander of the Department of the Missourl of today, the big ope Ing planner of vast coolness brain of James Hill of the r suavity of Willlam ¢ upon to About Noted People Here is a late appreclation of Joseph Chambe n, written by an American au thor “He is the master of Englishmen ator, the great grasp works, and he has the and nerve of Jay Gould, the alert Great Northern charm and ease Whitney." ailroad, with the and A Journalist who often make a stenographic been called report of a TYPICAL SCENE AT POLLING The assigament of General Lee to this de- partment {8 highly appreciated by all classes of people. Omaha can feel highly honored to welcome this distinguished sol- dier and warrior as a clitizen and rep- resentative of the military arm of the gov ernment - Frank G. Carpenter In his special letter says that China'a war debt may be $1,000, 000,000, but the nation can pay it, as the Chinese are a rich people and are not londed down with a big bonded indebted ness. The land tax alone could pay the debt without the foreign customs and other money-raising schemes. The Chinese do not belleve In running Into debt and it 1s not llkely that os a nation they will be in debt very long after the war I8 ended e A more beautiful election day could hardly have beeu made to order Our artist found a crowd of prosperous looking colored voters at Eleventh and Douglas streets walting to cast their ballots At Twenty-fourth and Parker streets two policemen, whose com- bined welght was 700 pounds, frightened away the disturbers, who had threatened trouble in the morning The voting at Tweniy-fourth and Farnam strects was nearly completed just as the camera snapped HUXTRA! HUXTRA!! PLACE IN THE THIRD WARD speech by Emperor Willlam declares that the kaiser speaks slowly at first, but gradu ally gets faster and faster, until it is im possible to follow him verbatim. The re- porters, he says, generally write down what they can and by comparing notes afterward concoct a tolerably accurate re- port of what he sald. Major Church Howe of assumed the duties of United States consul at Sheflield, England The from Palermo to the famous manufacturicg city of England is in the nature of o promotion. The Sheflield Tele graph, his induction into office, gives the major this flattering “‘send-ofr A few difficulti have arisen lately in connection with the local but Major Church Howe would seem to be the man to tide them and com mercial relations for the advantage of trad- ers on both sides of the Atlantic. He will shortly receive a deputation from the Shefeld Chamber of Commerce with refer ence to conditions which are held to be a detriment to manufacturers at home as well as in the United States. He was at Palermo for three years and it is interest- ing to note that, after having been there a short time, he was the recipient of an un Two weeks ago Nebraska formally change noting consulate, over foster HUXTRA!!! ILLUSTRATED dress, in which the exporters of Palermo expressed their desire to demonstrate their gratitude for the manner in which he had regulated the consular service and for the and improved methods introduced by him in conducting the business of the consulate A copy of the address was ordered to be to the prime minister at Washington. If in Sheffield he succeeds in removing difficulties which are believed new gent to interfere with amicable trading his initial ice as a consul will be highly appreciated Major Church Howe s an American-born citizen and should not be a theorist in commercial Before quitting the United States he was a prom matters inent man in Nebraska. He was a member of the house and senate of that state for twenty-four years and for two terms was president of the senate. He was associated with the great financier, Mr. J. Gould, in rallway enterprise, and is regarded as a practical business man the He 120 He went through war of 1861-65and left the army a major retired from business about five years although he has still banking inter- ests in America-—and in 1807 was appointed to act as consul at Palermo, On leaving his office there in order to come to Sheflield the Palermo Chamber of Commerce passed to him a vote of thanks and brought his services on behalf of international trading to the notice of the minister of agricul- ture."” 0 A curious contradiction in the character of the late Prof. Max Muller, philosopher, profound scholar, writer and thinker, was that he was a deplorable snob His reminiscences show his pride in having been personally acquainted with many members of royal and other so-called noble families. When given the empty honor of ‘right honorable”™ he made no secret of the fact that he valued it more than his learn ing and scientific fame He never employed a stenographer or a typewriter and wrote all his life a clear and legible hand Another interesting fact in his life was that he ardently desired in his youth to follow the study of music, but refrained because deafness was hercditary in his family and he feared it might come upon him in his prime and injure useful- ness in that line It is noteworthy that his father, Wilhelm Muller, was a poet of some vogue his A bronze bust of General Francis A Walker is being placed in the cloistered courtyard of the Boston public library. It is lifesize and represents the general in military uniform, the high collar of the military overcoat being thrown back and furnishing a good setting for the lower part of the face. Upon the bottom of the bust is engraved the name “Francis Amasa BEK. VOTER CASTING with the request for a moment's conversa- tion in private. As he is perfectly harm- less the keepers do not put any restrictions SCENE IN POLLING PLACE Walker.”” The bronze background cessed for the head. At the top the projects, forming a kind of cornice, this are the words, “Soldier, Economist, Statistician.'” Below on the background proper is inscribed, “President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology— is re- bronze Upon Trustee of the Boston Public Library."” To the left of the head is the inscription, “‘Su perintendent of the Ninth and Tenth Census,” and to the right, “Brevet Briga- dier General of the United States Volun- teers." Quaint Features of Life A Chicagoan just returned from a tour of the west saw the following location notice on a mining claim in the Grand Encamp- ment, Wyo “We found it and we claim it by the right of founding it. It's our'n It's 700 feet in every direction except southwest and northeast, and there is 300 feet on each side of this writin’, It's called the Bay Horse, and claim even the spurs, and we don't want nobody jumping on this Bay Ho that's what's these trees is around he for and we've got the same piece of that we had down in old Missouri’ we rope W 2 Kingston, Ont., can boast of a good many things of which it is proud, but the latest it can make is a little bit eccentric. Of all the crazy men with queer delusions there is none to compare with that of an in- dividual who is confined in the insane asylum in Kingston He thinks he is a poached egg and for twenty years he has been looking for a plece of toast big enough to sit down on. When visitors come and meet him he always approaches them AT TWENTY-FIFTH AND FARNAM STREETS upon him. If you grant his request he whispers in your ear: “Have you got a piece of toast about you?" *“No,"” you say “What is the matter with you? Are you hungry?" “Hungry!" ejaculates the man. “Why should I be hungry? I get plenty to eat. I'm tired. I'm a poached egg and I'm look- ing for a piece of toast to sit on." Naturally this request leads to laughter and the poached egg retires in high November 11, 1000. HIS BALLOT dudgeon, but he comes back regularly on the arrival of the next batch of visitors to see if he can't have better luck — Neodesha, Kan., has a population of about 1,600, which includes more thin peo- ple than any place twice its size in Amer- fca. Many men weigh less than 100 pounds, though in good health. Physicians say that the petroleum and natural gas wells there are responsible for making the people look like whitened refugees from a famine dis- trict in India. Pointed Paragraphs Chicago News king full. There is many an untied knot of wood. If ignorance is bligs it must be folly to bhe otherwise. Amusement is to the mind what sunshine is to the flowers. Berths on sleeping cars do not necessarily add to the census, The sharper a man is the harder it is to make a tool of him, There is usually a woman connected with all great undertakings. There is nothing in words unless they are properly strung together, You can’'t tell by the size of the bill what the size of a ton of coal is It is an easy matter for a wealthye young woman to husbhand her means. Poverty humbles pride. It is impossible for a short man to carry his head high. The man is a fool who imagines he can turn the current of a woman's will by force A physician should never attend the fumeral of an ex-patient; it looks too much like a tailor carrying his work home. An angry queen beats a in a cord YOTING e sALACE 8.0ist.6Warg PRECINCT WITH HEAVIEST REGISTRATRATION—2220 NORTH TWENTY-SIXTH