Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 27, 1903, Page 26

THE JLLUSTRATED BEE. Fubiished w:{e;:'{;t{ Tha Bee Publishing Company, Bee Building. Omaha, Neb, — R Prir;. e Per Copy~-Per Yenr.r fi.m. [eu— Entered at the Omaha Pos'office as Second Class Mall Matter. For Advertising Rates Addresa Publisher. Cnmr;ll;nl;nlflonsvr;l;:lklnw |; pnotographs or articles for publication nbm.flf be ad- dressed, *“Editor IHustrated Bee, Omaha.” The . . Pen and Picture Pointers HOMAS B. MINAHAN is another one-time Omaha man who has risen to a certain degree of prominence since leaving Two years ago he national fame by projecting a movement for the abolition of treating, which he first pre- sented to the Knights of Columbus, of which society he was one of the founders. He maintains that the suspension of the treating custom Is the first step toward total abstinence. This movement won con- giderable headway, and has been com- mended by churchmen of all denomina- tions. Mr. Minahan Is a lawyer by pro- fession, and is well remembered in Omaha, where he 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 was elected the first presi- dent of the American Federation of Catho- lie Societies at Atlantic City, N. J. - Epoletna sent here. won When Queen word from Episodes ICTOR EMMANUEL will pay his postponed visit to Paris between October 12 and 16 next. Great preparations are being made for his coming. As he is well known to be an enthusiast in numismatics, fifty fine medals will be presented to him. Some of these are of great historic value, ran- ging from the days of Richelieu to those of Carnot, Paure and Loubet. A few of them commemorate happenings in Italy, such as the restoration of Venice. A special medal will be struck in his honor, il People close to Willlam E. Corey, Charles M. Schwab's successor as head of the United States Steel corporation, actually fear he will kil himself working. They gay he is so wrapped up in the affalrs of the 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 come up, and frequently at 2 or 3 o'cleck in the morning will call up his lieutenants by telephone to consult them. His friends believe that no living man ean go through th's sort of thing and survive it. it Prince Khilkoff, the czar's minister of rallroads, is perhaps the least Ruswwian- looking man in Russia. He is the greatest railway builMer in the world and during the eight years he has held his present position almost 13,000 miles have been con- structed—more than ene-third the railway mileage of the Russian empire. To him is THE ILLUSTRATED BEE. her royal domains at Neligh to Omaha for a pair of Omaha knights to give her escort in an automobile, she neglected to provide a guide, and as a censequence Clarke Powell and Lowe Haynes have a story to tell of driving a whiz wagon across the “boundless peraries”’ after night that has almoet as much of adventure in it as any Ned Buntline ever regaled his readers with, Inquiry along the road brought them fin- formation from a farmer, whose disinter- estedness they are now inclined to guestion. By following his advice they proceeded about 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 hy 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 Haynes 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 Neligh, and during the days of the carnival the queen and her maid of honor were given the delight of being wheeled from place to place 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, P S—— And it finally came to pass that Jupiter Pluvius took his eye off the Omaha grocers and butchers for u day and they held their 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 his can. But he couldn’'t keep it up, so the men and women who minister to Omaha’'s gustatory needs went to Missouri Valley last Tuesday and some of the things they did there have been tmmortalized by The Bee's staff artist, who was there with his camera. —Ppna Cresceus clipped a quarter of a sccond off his record, and the world's, for a mile on a half-mile track at the Omaha driving park, and The Bee camera ecaught him while he was doing it. The pictures in this number were taken while the great trotter was passing the same point on each round and might easily be taken for the same picture, so even did the driver and his pacemakers 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 his fore legs are up. Both horses and the auto- mobile were traveling at a 2:00 clip when these pictures were taken. Omne af the features of the street fair at Dewitt 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 was given the first prize. O — The death of Mrs. Kendall Young as- sures to Webster City, Ia., the Young for- tune of $200,000 for the purpose of a library. Mr. Young died in 1896 and in his will he bequeathed his entire fortune to . National September 27, 1008 the city, the legatee not to come into pos- session of it until the death of Mrs. Young. The will provided that on her death $25000 ghould at once be expended upon a fire- proof building and that the remainder of 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, Young maintained a library in the old Young home out of the annual allowance she received from the estate, It was small compared to what the city will now have, though. It is expected that with this estate, much of which is in Jowa 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 Young residence lots, where the old home now stands. Work upon this structure will be begun immediately. s U — Major Jerauld A. Olmstead, U. 8. A, (retired) has been apppointed to represent the United States army in the matter of ine struction in military matters for the lowa 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 ef 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. Major 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. and Incidents in Lives of Noted People due the Siberian raflway construction and the fact that Russia is far more formidable in the far east than ever before., A privy councillor, a member of the ministry, and a strong man, Prince Khilkoff has great weight in the councils at Bt. Petersburg. P — 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 citizens of that place, the chief was the principal guest, and in the course of the feast he was called upon to respond to the toast, “The Police.” Amid applause, Mr. Hunt arose in the full dignity of his gorgeosus uniform and in a silence indicative of the affection felt for him, said with a comical wink: ‘““Here's to the police; first in war, first in peace, first in the pockets of the countryman.” + “Admiral, what were your semsations 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 sentences, ‘Dewey’'s great feat” or ‘Dewey's great defeat.’ 1 love the newsboy, and determined to lessen his task by giv- ing him an opportunity to shout the sherter sentence." R Robert H. McCarter, the well-known New Jersey lawyer, who has been appearing as Gleanings From the BAPTIST minister in a certain vil- lage was astonished at being called in to minister to a dying churchman. Having afforded what consclation he could to the sick man he 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.” - Q\._.._ irover Cleveland, though a writer of forceful English, Is known among news- paper men for his involved style, says the New York World. The other evening at a New York club the ex-president told with apparent enjoyment of the effect of his complicated diction upon a visiting reporter who had sought him for an Interview, After dictating a statement to the youth he inguired, kindly, “Have you geot it all down?" ‘““Yes," repiled the reporter, candidly, “'I have, but I will straighten out the sen- tonces when I write it up.” PO Senator Walk:r told a story during a re- cent debate in the upper house of the com- monwealth on the palicy of a “white Aus- tralla,”” relates the London Chyonicle. A missienary in China was eandeavering to convert one of the natives “Su; pose me Christlan, me go t) heaven?"’ remarked Ah Sin, “Yes," replied the misslonary. “All right,” retorted the heathen, what for you no let Chinamen into trala when you let htm Into heaven!" “Ah,” said the missionary with fervor, *“there's no labor party In heaven.' il e Bome ene asked Chauncey Depew upon his “but Aus- return frem Burope if champagne is really the best thing one can drink to avoid sea- sickness, “Well,” replied the senator, with his never-failing ha-ha, “1 like it very well my- self, but most people prefer lemonade. It tastes about the same going both ways.” il A British clergyman who was totally de- vold of knowledge of seamanship eonce preached in a cengregation of sallors. Thinking to impress his lesson upon his hearers more distinctly, he pictured a ship trying to enter a harbor against a “head wind. Unfortunately for the success of his metaphor, his Ignorance of seamanship placed the ship in several singular posi- tions, “What shall we do next?’ he cried. “Come down off the bridge,”’ cried an old tar in disgust, “an’ lemme take command or ye'll 'ave us all on the rocks in another arf a second." il 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 was 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 take it along!" “No! Not for me!" backing away. “Why, that's dirt cheap!" exclaimed the auctioncer. “Don't you want a thermom- ter? “Nup!” was the decided reply. said the farmer, “k bad counsel for the Bhipyard trust, tells this story to illustrate how warthless the bonds of a corporation sometimes become: “When my father was a trustee of Prince- ton college, the late John 1. Blair of Blairs- town informed the board of trustees that he was going to give the college many thon- sands of dollars’ worth of the bonds of a new western railroad. There was great re- joicing at Princeton. Everybody celebrated over the gift. Then the bonds came. The trustees discovered that the donor had cut off the coupons fer the next forty years.” soimill o Prince Jocahim 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 re- semble in character the late Prince George, who devoted much of his time to writing poatry. 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 1s considered not umnlikely that the emperor may sud- denly interfere. R e “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 3:15 o'clock, relates the Chicago Journal. With great care he simed up his prospective prey. At 3:16:07 he returned and Story Tellers’ one a year or two ago, and fooled around it an’' lost time without being able to regulate it ateall Why, I couldn't even open the darned thing!" Sl W. H. Bagley of Raleigh, N. C, a brother of Ensign Worth Bagley, who was killed in the Spanish-American war, tells of a Tarheel farmer who was inclined to loak on the bright side of things. *“*Phe man was at work on land so poor that you couldn't raise your hat on it, when a stranger passed,” said Mr. Bagley, “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, ‘S8ee here, stranger, off as you think. tarm.' * and he said: I ain’t so blamed bad I don’t own this here i 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 and soda in the cafe of the Fifth Avenue hotel, relates the Boston Post. A group of reporters surrounded One of the reporters said: “Why doen't you try to drown ritualism, Mr. Fillingham, with sermons, rather than with vielence?" The viear smiled. “Sermons,” he said, “have an effect always, but teo oftan this effect is the opposite one to what the sermeniger intend<d.” “How do you mean, asked. “I'Nl illustrate to you whai I mean,” sald the vicar. *I1 once had a parishioner who was & miser. For this man's benefit I him. sir?"' the reporter 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 him a fa- miliar nickname in the navy, says the New York Tribune. One day a young ensign en- tered his office and in a cheerful tone ad- dressed the colored messenger: ‘‘Hello, Bon.g, where's Old Whiskers?'' Before the conversation could proceed any further the admiral stepped out from behind the screen, drying his hands upon a towel, and re- marked guietly to the young officer: ‘‘Take a seat; I'Nl 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 remorseful heart. He had come to ask a favor of the man who assigned all officers to duiy and had the power to send him to either a pleasant or a painful berth 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 neot intend to be impertinent. “For you must know, admiral,” he stammered, ‘‘that the boys often call you ‘Old Whiskers.” 1 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 vou'd call me John.” Pack preached one Sunday a strong sermon om the necessity of charity, of philanthropy— a sermon on the .duty and the joy of giv- ing. The miser, at whom I gazed often, seemed impressed. “Next day I met him on the street. * ‘Well, John," 1 said, ‘what do you think of yesterday's sermon?’ “ ‘It moved me deeply, sir,” he answered. ‘It brought home to me so strongly the necessity of giving alms that, honestly, sir, I've a great mind to turn beggar.’ " sovmillvesme There is a young clergyman near Hag- erstown, Md., says the Baltimore Sun, who might be excused for saying °the guilelessness of some rural geatry passeth 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 rural homes, went recently to the parsonage of the clergyman in guestion. The nu:tial knot was tied. In the pause which fol- lowed the newly-made bene lict looke i even more embarrassed tham before. He fished about in his treusers’ pocket as if looking for something. “What's the price?’ he finally out. “The state allows me §1,"" said the eler- gyman, “but——" and paused. Some pauses are more eloquent than words, Bvi- dently this was net “Well,” finally remarked the groom as he handed the astenished divine a quarter, “if the state allows you a dollar, take this and the job will have netted you a dollag and a quarter. Good day.” blurted