Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 14, 1902, Page 26

0 Tue Published Company [LLUSTRATLD BEE. Weekly by The Bee Publishing Bee Building, Omaha, Neb Price, 5¢ per copy $2.00 per year, Entered at the Omaha Class Mall Matter PostofMce as Second For advertising rates address pablisher Communications relating to photographs or articles foe publieation chonl he ad dressed “Editor The Ilustrated Dee, Omahs Pen and Picture Pointers OSES P KINKAID republ'can m nominee for congress from the Sixth Nebracka distriet, is one of LSSVl the best known jurists in the state, having con'inued longer on the district bench than any judge ever elected In Nebraska. He 1s a native of West Virginia, having been born in Monangahela county of that state. His boyhood days were spent Iin Penneylvania and Illincis. He was graduated from the law school of the Uni versity of Michigan In 1876, and soon after began the practice of his profession in Ne braska. When O'Neill was located he made his home there and has never changed it In 1887 he was elected to the district bench serving thirteen years. He was a member of the state senate during the session of 1893, and was < rman of the findiciary committee of that body. In 1896 Judge Kinkald was one of the republican candi- dates for a contingent position on the su preme bench of the state, but the consti tutional amendment increasing the num ber of supreme judges failed to carry In 1900 he was a candidate for congress in the Sixth district and his nomination by the republicans In the present campaign s in recogn'tion of the inroads he made on the fus'on vote two years ago. He Is a N THE supreme court of California according to the Argonaut «f San Frareisco, it 13 not uncommon t» see a learned justice’s shoes cn the desk while court is in session It is one of the trite anecdotes of the Cal {fornia bar that Justice McFarland, sit ting with his feet on a level with his head one day, fell over backward; whereupon Chief Justice Beatty remarked a'owl fhat his learned brother had certainly reverse himself In a most astcunding manner —® In a suit relating to brewery property an eminent and very dignified counselor was one day reading to the court some manu script aMdavits which were not over legible and by mistake read the w rd “mash’” as “wash.” Counsel on the other s'de, who was small of stature and polite In manner but keen In intellect and frequ ntly sar castle, was immediately on his feet, and with a somewhat firritating deference of manner, begging his oppeonent’s pardon, ete asked the liberty to suggest that the word which the eminent counselor read “wash” was really “mash.” Somewhat nett'ed, the counselor thus corrected thanked him fr the fnformation, and added that he was nol himself very familiar with used in the brewery business, as h> had never spent much of his time in a nlace of that kind “Are we to understand, then,™ saild his op ponent in his suavest manner, “that the terms eminent counselor wishes us to Infer thal his early days were spent in a laundry?"”’ — Senator Danlel of Virginia wae at one time counsel for a small southern rafl road, reports the New York Times At a point on the line where it crossed a prom inent highway they had an old negro watching, whose dutles consisted In warn ing travelers of the approach of trains One night a farmer's wagon was struck, causing a bad accident. The rallrond com- pany was, of course, sued for lamages, and at the trial the old darky was the chief witness for his employers He ans Ball Game Betwee HOARD OF EDUCATION TEAM BEFORE HE ILLUSTRA ED BEE. forceful fluent speaker, and a vigorous ranged their drill manual to accommodate campaigner, and his friends are confident mixed membership, and those composed of his election to represent the big Sixth wholly of the gentler sex have provided In the next congress. £ means to allow the women who belong to of Elks at its recent session was to forb nl braska state fair some emphasis was L,iA\,‘” the holding of street fairs or outdoor car- he existence of these or 'nu‘/n.un“ by the nivals by subordinate lodges of the order (fering of handsome (HL)V/ e v‘h»-. best :ufl’“r this year. It Is certain that the dele- grjjled teams appearing in competition "“""‘ who voted to adopt that resolu'ion yany excellently equipped and appropr ately ¢id not know the pleasure of a falr h°ld in cogtumed teams appeared and exemp'ificd bosky dells of Bayliss park, or they would (he drill mancuvers of their respective or have thought a long time before voting to gers to the ,,,“n(.q"m” of a large crowd of deprive their Council Bluffs brethren of gpectators. Not vlh" I~.|-'v' m'krrvrx'inu of lh‘tf‘vll;nm'xrv v‘nf a repetition of the event (he exhibitions were those given by the :;'“":w"" Vk"r]':*"\_' ;.n(l.‘.'-‘.;]vr.: :d""l" il::""l?l} ad- Royal Highlanders, in which women drilled SHREE. et T .-(‘ al place for a azlongs de of men, and by the Ladies of the I alr, and the ouncil Bluffs Elks Maccabees, in which only women took part had provided for the entertainment of all Some splendid plctures were nun'mllh\ who came that way. Free shows and shows The Bec photographer who was lhorn" that were not free had sway, and other .. s : { amusements were arrayed in plenty. One Base ba!l affords an excellent medium for of the features of the fair was the jall separating people from their money in the and justice court, through which all had name of public enterprises during the sea- to pass No man of any prominence was son. Omaha has had several benefit games allowed to visit the fair without be'ng during the summer, none more notable than h‘:mlv-d before the bar of his honor, the that in which the city council and the Board Elks’ magistrate, where the punishment of Education members took part In the was cut to fit the crime. This feature of beginning the challenge emanated from the CARRIE SHERWOOD OF PLATTSMOUTH the falr was productive of a great deal schcol board, but the result was such that A YOUNG MANDOLIN VIRTUOSO. of merriment, even the victims seeming to the educators do not care to dwell on the appreciate the fun they afforded. That story. Quite a few dollars were turned over evoked by ‘the &fair, dnd the GG - WO the falr was an overwhelming success 18 to the Auditorium fund as one result of th B . e attested by the plctures taken one day dur- ccnflict. and the affair will he considered n €ither side and by ne USEAlEDRELIES (E08 S ing its sway by a n!‘l' phntngrnphnr olossd iminh-nv hE bEon s e "“"\‘ll* ni. Successful consumma jon. Quite a hand- - ' some sum of mon was secured for the Secret socleties havo gone In heavily for " over the aches and pains that follow litrary and an excellent topic of conversa- the military feature, particularly since the du> findulgence In the strenuous game oo~ 4o qeq, one which will likely last for Spanish-American war came to such a sud- B e e 1 long time : den close that the appetite tor drill awak- o0 educators alike are agreed that in the : e ened in the thousands of young Americans future they can get their fill of base ball Miss Nellie Sherwood of Plattsmouth was not gratified. Fraternal insurance so- tching Bi'l Rourke's hired men, Out al .. g¢tracted much local attention by cleties have nearly all added a drill corps atlhl 'h,'_' "_"I estate men and 1awyers po. mygical accomplishments, the vio- of some sort to thelr other features, thig “OTKed off a lot of their surplus enthusi- j, peing her favorite instrument, although being Intended to make the order more at- 2™ bY lln\muv:n game of ball for the ben- oo plays well on the plano. Her young tractive to the younger members. Those efit of the public library of that thrifty lit- ogiar Carrie, Is quite a finished performer that admit both men and women have ar- tle Nebraska city. Much public interest was o0 the mandolin Mirthful Moods of Votaries of the Bar wired the questions put to him in a clear, Placed, on the wing ¢f the Leng home- confession had been made, returned to the lirect manner Among them was the stead, now Hotel Long city, were arrcsted, tried and convicted on query as to whether he surely swung his " evidence which cculd not be questioned lantern across the road when he saw the Scnator Mason ot Illinois, when asked jn spite of the continucd protestations on train coming, to which he replied: what trait of character is the most im- (he part of the client that he alone was “'Deed 1 did, sah.” portant element in achieving cess by a guilty of the deed. It was proven con The rallroad company won the sult and Mwyer, recently told cne of his student clusively that he had nothing to do with Jr. Daniel took occasion later to compli- ¢onstituents a stery which was suppesed jt, and only knew that a murder had been ment his witnees on his excellent testi- 0 illustrate his reply, showing that in committed when a wild ery of “murder mony. The old fellow was profuse in Vestigation, searching and pursued in face paq been started on the street thanks, but before they parted blunuy ©f the most adverse circumstances, formed : sald: the real ladder cf success A young lawyer Not long ago a bright young lawyer, ‘Lordy, Mar:e John, I sho' was skeered 'I Chicago was called on one evening and \hoze progress was due to the celerity with when dat lawyer gin to ax me 'bout de told that he was wanted to defend a mur- yhich he disprsed eof cases plac'd in his ;antern. 1 was afeard he was goin’ to ax derer bands, approached one of the famous lead- It it was lit or not, ‘cause de oil in it donc ‘A murderer,” he exclaimed, “how duv ers of the bar in New York with a prop give out some time before de axdent.' you know he a murderer osition to he admitted into partnership o ‘“The man has confessed,” was the rep'y. “Oh, ves, 1 have heard of you,” said the . “Then what the use of calling on great legal light. “You won that suit of — Hon. Jehn D. Leng, former secretary «f asked the astonished young lawyer grinst heavy cdds, and from retainer to he navy, occasionaly tells to a few of his he representative of the client insisted final fee were oceu $ tags 1) E 06 ccupied les: than five weeks. friends the etory of his first law case. This tyat the lawyer accompany him back to the Sych expedition is most reprehensible. Why was up in Maine, in his natlve town of yiatign house in which the murdercr was young man, that case would have nr‘ruplul’ Buckfield, where he hung out his medest jocked up. The young lawyer went into any expe ,.“'_“ ¢d lawyer at least two years sign on the 1st of March, 1862 tne cell and talked to the man, who mad® | am not prepared to .l.‘h”“.,m” p,}“',,-,‘-,‘ ‘The first day fh:xl I began my practice,” a full confession of having committed one ship one who does not understand the most snys Mr. Long, “a tremendous snowstorm of Ihw.' most brutal mur-l-‘l'» in the annal mportant word in the legal vocabulary— came up and rattled the brand new sign of crime He described just how he had ‘Delay.’ " until 1 theught it wculd blew away. In killed the vicetims, giving a vivid picture Cress the midst of the gale two of my old neigh- of the entire performance. The young law The cheerful member of a firm of young bors came in to fix up a quarrel of long yer listened attentively, and when he came lawyers who hired an office in a down town standing. Both were good friends of mine. out of the cell and was met by the friends building about a month ago and have been I didn't like to have them air their petty of the confessed murderer with the query waiting for business ever since, relates troubles in court, so I told them to settle “What can be done?’ he replied calmly the New York Sun, collected half a dozen of the ma‘ter quietly, and advised them as to ‘1 think we can clear him, but I can his nearest friends the other day and methods say nothing more about it for the present herded them in a bureau of liquid refresh- They talked the matter over, and at last The news went broadeast that the mur- ment amiably agreed, and the trouble was sati derer had confessed, was locked up and “It's on me he explained, “but don't factorily adjusted would be given a speedy trial But the go higher than beer There's nothing in “Just as they went out of the door into young lawyer, carrying th idea of it but the joke.” the face of the bitter gale one turned back. searching investigation into h work, had It was not dificult to persuade him to ex ‘I think we ought to give Johnny some- concluded, after hearing (h fession. plain, because it was a story he evidently thing fer his trouble,” said he. that the man was not the rd r H had to share with somehody or explode ‘With these words he pulled 25 cents ma no pretense of being able to deter “We've got our first case said he out of a long leathern purse and handed mine the psychclogical conditi that had “We've been sitting up nights, thinking It to me." brought about the confession he knew what it would be, and now we've got it The little sign, *“John D. Long's Law the man could not have been the guilty and it's a lulu. No; don't have another yet OMce still hangs where it was originally one The real murderers, seeing that a Wait till T tell you FARME ERS DISASTER OVERWHELMED 1T R MINTOSH ON THE RILE\¢ H CITY COUNCIL BASE n the City Council and Board of Education of Omaha Viewed by a Bee BALL TEAM IN BATTLE September 14, 102 MISS NELLIE SHERWOOD OF JATTS MOUTH, A BRIGHT AMATEUR MUSI CIAN. ““You see, since we sent around word tha we were embarked in the profesh all tt fellows we know have bpeen touting f business for us Nothin' doin though till two weeks ago. Then Jim Jenkins who was a classmate of mine at the ol college, came around in a great state of mind. “‘Brown, old man,” said he, ‘I've got a client for you He's a good friend mine and he wants a lawyer. He has sor money, too. He came to me this afterno and told me he was in trouble. He didr say what it was, and T didn't ask him, 1} I guees it's serious, for he looked bha about it. I told him about you, and he coming to see you. Now, do your best for him.’ “Do my best? You bet T vowed I wou I invited Jenkins to lunch on the streng'l of it. I even thought of opening a bottl but T decided I'd let that wait till T heard from his friend. “Then I went back to the office and waited. T wondered what it would be and I thought sadly about the points T wa weak on and wondered if [ could handl his case to suit him. ‘““He didn't come around, and T fear he mightn't Me and my partner talke it over, and worried for fear he'd forg us and employ somebody else “We wondered whether it was divor or a will, or a real estate dispute, and w! to do about it. We discussed it mornir and sat up with it nights “Well, he came around today. and w! do you think it is Everybody guessed and nobody hit it “Tt's a $3 dispute over a $12 plumb« bill," said the cheerful young lowyer. “A I'm going to get that $3 for myv cliont I'll take down my shingle. Now, does ar body wonder why I'm happv? The law the business to grow rich in But only round, boys. The firm can't stand y:\ on the present business basis." taff Artist ARRAY