Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 6, 1903, Page 22

FA THE JLLUSTRATED BEE. by The Bee Publishing uflding. Omaha, Neb, ga—— Pubitshed Week) Company, Bee P Price, be Per é(;py_-—l"er Year, $2.00. 'red at the Omaha Posloffice as Second ass Mall Matter. For Advertising Rates Address Publisher, Communications relating to ptiotvgraphs or ardeles for publication gnould be ade dressed, “Editor 'T'he Illusirated Bee, OUmaha.'’ Penand Picture Pointers HE selection of William . Taft, first civic governor of th: Phjl- ippine islainds to be sccretary of war, vice Eiihu Root, resigned, is construed by peliticians to be ¢ne of the best examples of practical poll- tics that President Roosevelt has shown €ince he assumed the affairs of the gov- ¢riment. There is no denying the fact that the anti-Roosevelt party- (and there is such i party)—had under serious consideration Governer Taft's name as a ¢ mpetitor ugainst President Roosecvelt in the con- ventien of 1904. Judge Taft was not a party to this revolt and to friends ve said that the movement was without his knowl- edge or his sanction. Mr. Roosevelt saw the growing power of the first civil gov- ernor of the Philippines, h: siw him groatly respected by the p ople and looked upon as a leader by the cxpansion'sts. President Roosevelt appreciating these conditions and rccognizing that Governor Taft had all the essentials rcquired for a president he made a siraightaway dash to put a stop te any more juggling with Judge Taft's name. He asked him to enter his cabinet as the successor of New York's brilliant lawyer and as promptly Judge Taft aceepted. Behind this pretty game of polities there is an Interesting story which s now coming te light, and that is that the distinctively Roosevelt party pro- poses, if possible, to make Governor Taft the republican presidental nominee im 1908, Episodes BORGE W. PECK, ex-governor of G Wisconsin and creator of the most unruly boy In fiction, was Induced to drop a penny in the slot and Mstes to a phonograph. “That thing is almost human,” said a gen- tieman from the Interfor, who was the Bovernor's guest. “I am sincerely glad that it is net en- tircly human,” answered Mr. Peck, as his penny’s worth of music still vibrated upon the atmosphere. This remark caused a prolonged *“why™ to proceed from the other “Just imagine,” mused the sympathetie governor, “how the poer machine would have suffered while a weman was transfer- ring that awful shriek into its interior.” —_— The oldest employe of the Pennsylvania railroad fs Michael Madigan of Connells- ville, Pa., who is now living on the retired list, drawing o pension for faithful serviee. Mr. Madigan, who is a native of Ireland, entered the employ of the Pennsyvlvania in 1862, the same year Andrew Carnegle and Robert Piggadrn became connected with the road, th former as o telegraph operator thé latter as brakeman. He knew both men well at the time. Iic served as truck foreman, foreman of floating gangs, with the eivil engineer corps and m various other capacities untili he went on the retired list. and Kipling throws a xtud deal of hiz weork into the wastebasket, but it is some time since any of it went into such a recep- tacle owned by some other person. He feels that, having won a reputation, it is his duty to write up to it. On one occasion, when in a heroic mood, he destroyed a whole hook. The title of this unborm work was “Forty-five Mornings.” After it wns finished he asked Robert Barr to read it. “As good as ‘Plain Tale " was Mr. Barr's verdict. “Not better?” said Kip- ling. “1 d@on’t think it is," answered Barr, “Then it will never be publishicl,” was Kip- ling's unexpected reply, and it was de- stroyed forthwith. . p— 6 S— Bismarek's monwment for the new Berlin cathedral has at last attained its final ghape, The Iron Chancellar is to be rep- resented as a German knight of the middle ages. At first the kaiscr was inclined to- ward a euirassier uniform, and considered also the suggestion of a sculptor that Bis- marck should appear ‘an a Roman senator, but omly to reject it. When the Kkaiser waos imspecting the model the architect of the cathedral ventured teo remuark that Bismarck looked rather like a protector (huter) of the Hohenzollerns. The kaiser at once veplied: ‘'Nonsense; we lohen- rollerns require no protectur. We protect ourselves.” The other day Richard Harding Davis was reading a new play to a goodly com- pony of aeters and newspaper men in a Broadway wmasager's oflice. Among these THE ILLUSTRATED BEE. providing, of course, that Mr. Roosevelt does not desire to succeed himself. Those who looked upon Mr. Roosevelt as the fdeal civil service reformer; the incorrupt- ible police commissioner; the doughty as- sistant secretary of the navy; and the bril- llant vice-president had small regard for his political acumen. It must now be ad- mitted in the light of recent events, that the president I8 developing a political sense that s really remarkable even in these days of political sagacity, Not content with bringing Governor Taft from the eastern seas, President Roosevelt has played another card of very high denomt- nation by seiecting Luke . Wright a mem- ber of the Phillppine commission and a native of Tennessee as civil governor of the Philippine Islands to succeed QGov- ernor Taft. During the abscnce In this country of Governor Taft General Wright conducted the affairs of the governor of the Philippine islands in.a manner that was highly satisfactory to the administra- tion and he then sealed his fate as the future governor of the Philippines. Luke Wright as he is known among his associ- ates and particular friendes served in thz confederate army as a private throughout the war of the rebellion and upon the ter- mination of that sanguinary conil.ct began the practice of law in Memphis, Tenn, He is a democrat but of the gold party, and an expansionist, belleving in the future of the Philippines above everything else. Since 1900 General Wright has been a member of the Philippine commission and during his connection with the civil governmont of the islands he has become as popular with the Filipinos as with the Americans, Towa's State fairs have long been rec- ognized as a standard for that sort of ex- hibition. Two particular reasons why this is 0 may be mentioned. First, lowa is one of the foremost of agricultural states, and while it has other iInterests, those of fhe farmer are essentially first and in them each iIndividual citizen of the Hawkeye state feels he has a part. Again, the Iowa Btate fair has for years been a state fair in fact as well as name, and has been given the support the public treasury to the extent that it has become more than & mere fair and bas taken on the dignity of an exposition, where not only the products and manufactures of the state are shown, but where outside exhibitors come prepared to meet keen rivalry and therefare ready to show their best wares. This condition has enhanced the importance of the fair from year to year, until it is recognized as a leader. And the people of the state, whe always know a good thing when they see it, give the fair the suppoct of their presence In such throngs that even during a week likeé that of the last exhibition, when the weather was about as bad as could be imagined, the managers were able to pronounce the show finan- cially suecessful. The Bee staff artist was there, and some of the pictures he secured are shown in this number. P — Willlam H. Taft s born in Cincin- nati, O., September 15, 1857. His father, Alphonso Taft, was a noted jurist, a cab nst officer and diplomat. Young Taft prepared for college at the Woodward High school, Cincinnati, and afterward attend:d Yale, where he was graduated in the class of 1878, taking second rank in a class of 120. He received the degree of doctor of laws from Yale in 1883. In 188) he was gradu- ated from the law school of Cincinnati college and was admitted to practice dur- Ing the same year. Since then he has been active at his profession and has held numerous offices, elective and appointive, his last office prior to his appointment as governor of the Philippines being judge of the United States circuit court, Sixth cir- cuit, to which place he was appointed by President Harrison in 1892. His home is In Cincinnati. - —. Counctl Bluffs isn't all bullt on a hillside and to this fact, and the further fact that the rainfall during a couple of days in the last week of August was unprece- dented, is due the condition that enabled The Bee staff photographer to get the pictures shown in this number. A photo- graph can give a very adequate idea of the condition of Broadway, the surface of which thoroughfure for blocks was covered three Beptember 6, 1003 feet deep with mud, but the pictures do show how the people had to wade about on the railroad tracks, how they were rowed from their homes to higher places, and how the cellars in the wholesale and implement districts were cleared of the water that inundated them. The days immediately following the deluge were busy ones in all the low parts of the ecity. Much damage \'vus done to the railroad embankments and to all sorts of property that Is located on the great stretch of bottom land that lies between the high bluffs and the river. The general committee of the Brother- hood of Locomotive Firemen of the Union Pacific system recently adjourned its sitting in Omaha, after a conference with the officers of the company, during which time the wage schedule was gone over thoroughly, and a decided and satisfactory advance in pay was secured. This com- mittee is made up of members, chosen from all over the system, and is a represen- tative body of men. PR Y— Mr. and Mrs. Marion R. Kindred cele- brated their golden wedding at their home in Florence, July 21, 1903. Mre. Kindred is 70 vears of age and Mr. Kindred 68 years of age. Mr. Kindred was born in Fayette county, Indiana, March 30, 1835, and Mrs. Kindred in Lawrence county, Indiana, De- cember 6, 1832, They were married July 21, 1853, at Bedford, Ind. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Kindred, all of whom are now living and some of them having families of their own. Mr. and Mrs. Kin- dred have thirteen grandchildren. William Kindred, the ecldest son, and James Kin- dred, the next eldest, reside in Florence and have been employed by the Omaha Water company for several years past Morris, the next in age, has charge of the old homestead. Cora, the only daughter, is the wife of 8. A. Broadwell, a real estate dealer in Omaha. Homer R. is a success- ful physician and surgeon, who has been located at Meadow Grove, Neb,, for the last seven years. Bert, the youngest child, now 32 years of age, is the lone Nebraska boy and is in business at Herman, Neb. and Incidents in Lives of Noted People was Wilton Lackaye. After Mr. Davis had concluded a particularly effective third act he paused and turned expectantly to the little group of listeners. The applause from Mr. Lackaye's corner was tumultuous. *“Bravo! Bravo!” he exclaimed enthusi- astically, looking at the man whom Artist Gibson loves to draw, ‘Davis, you ought to be a writer.” S S— M. E. Ingalls, president of the “Big Four” railroad, is a Maine man and whenever he visits his native state he always spends a portion of his time In Harrison, where he began the practice of law. On his last visit there he dropped Into the village store and there met an old fellow whom he knew a long time ago. ‘““They say, Ingalls,” ob- served the old man, “that you get more'n $10,000 a year. How Is that?' Mr. Ingalls admitted that the statement was true. “Well,” said the ancient acquaintance, “it does beat all how a man can fool 'em if he only has the gall.,” The remark was made in such perfect good faith that the railroad magnate lJaughed more loudly than any of the others present. R R Louis Primeau, the most noted intcerpreter among the Sioux, is dead at Standing Rock agency. He occupled about the sune posi- tion among them that Paul Bouleau did among the Chippewas of the northwest. For a great many years both were noted for the excellence with which they could turn the Indlan language into English and the reverse, and both were strong with their people, who had every confidence in them and trusted them implicitly in every- thing. The father of Louis Primeau was Charles Primeau, the first white man to come into what is now the state of South Dakota to engage In trading. —_— 8ir Samuel Lewls, a negro of pure African blood, died the other day at Regents park, London. He was born in Sierra Leone, edu- cated at the Freetown grammar school and then in Engtand at the Waesley college, Sheffield, and London university, was called to the bar at the middle temple and, re- turning home, entered on a legnl practice of constant success, and for more than twenty years was a member of the legisla- tive council of Sierra Leone. He was elected mayor of ¥reetown, the capital, eight years ago, and was then knighted— the first man of entirely African descent to receive knighthood. He was one of the most prominent and interesting citizens of west Africa, sl At his beautiful Swiss home on the shore of Lake Geneva, Padvrewski was strolling beside the invalld chair of his crippled son. His sad reveries were disturhbed by a mes- sage from a number of travelers who wished the musician to come down to the hotel and play for their amusement. I'he Invitation was declined. Another message was sent urging Paderewski to come, say- ing that as the party was composed of prominent men, it would contribute to the musiclan's fame. In the meantime Pader- ewski had learned that the group was made up of boisterous young noblemen, bent on breaking all previous records for having a good time. Indignantly he sent a refusal which read: “My fame would contribute to your notoriety; your notorlety would make me notorious.” Ex-Senator Wolcott of Colorado says that the most humiliating experience of his ca- reer befell him once when he visited Den- ver on important businecss. He did not want to have his visit generally known and meant to slip into town quietly. Conse- quently he was much surprised to find a large erowd and a brass band waiting in the depot. As a United States senator he could not refuse to notice this evidence of public favor, so he hastily began to think out 2 little speech of thanks. Just as he was about to begin his remarks he dis- covered that the demonstration was in honor of a popular prizefighter, who had been his fellow passenger on the train. B e One of Riehard Croker’'s old friends says: “The boss has been spending right along something like $200.000 a year on his racing stable and he never expects to get much of it back. But he has got rid of one sort of nuisance since he settled at Wantage, When he first became interested in racing he was deluged with letters from people who knew where he could buy thorough- breds at a sacrifice that would win ‘every event’ In which they started. Thousands * of =uch letters were thrown into the waste basket. The boss kept one, which he has now in his scrap book. It was from a farmer down in Long island, who offered to let the boss have a horse he owned and didn’t really need except during planting time, provided the boss would guarantee $18 and divide the money won."” SR e A woman of one of the old families living near Boston related the other day an an- ecdote of Daniel Webster which has never been in print before. This woman hap- pened to be one of a few friends who went with Mr. Webster to the hall where hung on exhibition, previous to its final location in Faneuil hall, Mr, Iealy's now famous painting representing Webster making his reply to Hayne. “Mr. Webster,” said the woman, “was very feeble and was led in by the artist. Ascending the platform which commanded a view of the picture, Webster looked at it for some minutes, making some pleasant observations to his friends re- specting the different senators and the va- rious points of interest om the canvas. This portrait and that were spoken of, and even the pages recognized. Firally, turning to go, Mr. Webster quietly remarked: ‘And as for that man standing there in the center—well, I've seen better looking men in my day than he.' " Lord Trimlestown, eighteenth baron of Timlestown, whose Irish title dates from 1451, but who has sailed before the mast in the merchant marine and has had navy experience, is full of thoroughly Irish en- thusiasm. He was very sure that Sir Thomas was a native of Treland, relates the New York Sun. He was so sure that when he offered to Let 1,000 to 1—guineas,” the Yankee who was arguing with him backed down incontinently., 8ir Thomas was asked to settle the controversy, any- way. “I was born in Glasgow, Scotland,” rald Sir Thomas. ‘“My parents, who were Irish, were on their way to America to bhetter their fortunes, as had many of their feilow- countrymen. I was born while they were waiting to take ship in Glasgow.” “Never you care,” said Lord 'T'rimlestown, ‘‘Because a man is born in a stable, you know, he's not a horse.” _— The death of William Ifenry Harrison Thornton of Ellettsville, Ind., known for many years in the community as ‘‘the man of mystery,” has caused a per:istent search for the causes that led to the hermit life of the old man, but the most energetic in the quest were forced to aband m it t day and confess that the secret had been buried with him. When his sisters came to him in the last days of his illness they sald it was understood in the family that he had been disappointed in love, but the informa- tion did not come from him, and if it were true they did not even know the nam: of the woman upon whom he had placed his affections. The deceased was a grandson of Wililam Henry Harrison, governor of Indlan terri- tory, and president of the United States; a cousin of Benjamin Harrison, and also a relative of Chief Justice Simms and of General Fitzhugh Lee. Just before his last illness he ordered that his body, in case of death, should be taken to Cincin- nati and cremated, but whin reached his bedside she was s) oppcesed to cremation that the old man consented to be buried at North B-nl, Ohio, where he was born, Fcbruary, 21, 18%0. He went to Ellettsville in 1872, and for three mon'hs boarded in the house of a furmer, but he refused to say where h> had lived1 or in any way refer to his former life. For the past thirty years he had lived as a recluse in a lonely cabin. Senator Berry ot Arkansas Is one of the story-teliers of the democratic clrakroom, reports the Saturday Evening Po-t “Down in Fike county,” he said, “we had a trial I attended once where o man named Joinson was on the stand. Join on was fop the defense, and the way he wuas setiing things straight was a eaution, * ‘Here," said the attorney, for the prose- cution when he took Joinson in hand, ‘I want you to stop prevaricating. Don’t you know you are under oath? ‘“*‘Stop what?' asked the witness, * ‘Stop prevaricating.’ *Phe witness drew himself up with great dignity. ‘Well,” he said, ‘'I'd like to know how a man can help prevaricatin’' when he's lost two front teeth?' ™ his sister