Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-29
PEOPLE AVN rHINgs.

The retirement Of alleged pugilists is moro
forctble than elegant.
The post Of secretary OF the treasury is an
embarrassing situation.
The New York World Is convinced that
Attorney General Olney Is a trusty friend.
The movements for "a greater New York;
ana "a greater Boston, should be arrested
for trespassiug on Chicago preserves.
The queen Of Afghauistan has decided to
adopt European dress. IIor husbands
pockotDook won't find this Amcer triile.
There is nothing unusual in the fact that
Bismarck capitulated to the charms OF wine.
Thousands before him gave themselves
away under its influence.
Democratic editors in Kansas yearn Tor n
chance TO put their shoulders TO the whecls
of reform. Their zeal Is held In check by
Il scarcity of federal commissions.
Unless there is a radical change for the
better before long Secretary Carlisle viii be
Obliged TO put his party under bonds to keep
inc members from fracturing each other.
Eight years ago Governor Hill was in
favor OF wiping out the last vcstigC of SON
atorial insolcnce. Since his advent in the
senate courtesy requires that no uphold the
traditions of that august chamber.
Reflections on tho management OF the
Duval club seem rather harsh at this dis
lance, but the poignant grief OF some 300
correspondents who were Obliged to put up
the admission price should DO taken into
account.
Samuel Holmes Mather, a prominent busi-
ness man of Cleveland, who recently died In
that city at the age of 81 years, was a de-
scendant Of Increase and Cotton Mather, the
distinguished theologians Of carly Massa-
chusetts days.
Jerome White. a survivor of the Black
Hawk war, died at Usage City, Kan, the
other day. Strange TO say MIR. White never
wrestied with Abe Lincoln, ana was not
even present when that gentleman drank
tho whisky out of the bunghole in the bar
rel.
DR.. Reed of Ohio has introduced into the
legislature of that state n bill permitting
condemned murderers the choice OF dying by
electricity or annsthetics. If they choose
TO die by chloroform they must agree to give
their bodies for vivIsection. The latter pro-
viso is a dead give away.
President Thomas ". Palmer Of the
Worlds fair commission SAYS he will de-
vote the rest of his life to assisting woman
in her battle for equal Justice with man, the
enlargement of the work of the Society for
tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and
the securing of better country roads.
Miss Mary Proctor, the daughter of the
famous astronomer, upon whom the mantle
of her distinguished father appears to have
fallen, has been featuring with great success
in the east. She has a very novel way of
presenting her subject, and the lectures are
said to be wonderfully instructive and inter
estlng.
Selig Whitman, otherwise known as "Atax,
the Strong Man. has been appointed on the
police force in New York, He told the com
missloners that he could push q loaded
freight car, weighing $1,000 pounds, fifty
feet on a railroad track. He claimed that
he could outlift any other man in the world.
Other policemen may have n pull, but it is
evident that Selig has a push.
Beneath the rugged dome of James
O'Neill, the modern Monte Cristo, lies a
large and versatile assortment of sound
grey matter. In an interview in Kansas
City Mr.. O'Neill explains why he prefers
western to eastern investments. "The east"
he says, sis simply so overcrowded now
that there actually is no more room for any.
body. Consequently the overflow must
drift westward, and as people must build
houses to live in, it is clear that in a few
years real estate in Kansas City, Omaha
and other large towns in the west will al
most be as valuable as front foot lots on
Fifth avenue, New York"