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most sure to do credit to himself and his state in the upper branch.


 his state in the upper branch.
 The new senator from Idaho, Henry ueitfeld, is the greatest surprise of all. Notice his career. He was born in St. Louis in 1859 of a German father, who died in CT The boy attended the St. Louis school untll 1870, when he moved with his mother to Seneca, in Kansas. There he learned the trade of a stone mason, and I believe the brilliant Frederick, of California, who was killed in the duel with Terry, was stone mason, as he had been before that q volunteer fireman in New York. In 1882 MT. HeitfeId moved still farther west, to Pomeroy, Wash, where he re- mained a year, taking up homestead claim and a timber culture claim. At this time he worked in the shops of the Northern Pacific at Sprague, down to 1880, when he became a resident of Idaho. He settled in Neg Perces eoun- ty short distance from Uniontown, Wash, which is still the new senator's s post office. There, with his 64 acres of land, he was farmer, fruitgrower and cattle man. enjoying the esteem of his neighbors (who are, of course, not very numerous), and raising a good, healthy family of five children.
 Politically he was a democrat first and then a populist and a member of the Farmers Alliance, too. On the day of Cleveland's nomination in '92 he re nounced his democracy, which, appar- ently, did not hurt his political prospect locally. as in '94 he was senator in the Idaho legislature. He was state sena- tor at the time of his election, and big, handsome man, over six feet tall, and weighing 225 pounds, man not to be compared with the flashing young Du- bois, who had to sustain the opposition of the combined republican and gold forces of the country, but person con sidered honest and well-meaning.
 The legislature of Utah, lately went through most novel and bitter experi- ence. Moses Thatcher, a millionaire miller and banker of Logan. had be- come a candidate for the United States senate. He had refused to take coun- seP' with the leaders of the Mormon church, of which he had for many years been one of the 12 apostles, and the church, therefore, determined to defeat lis aspirations for the senate. Two years before Thatcher and Joseph La fayette Rawlins had been the regular democratic no1ninees-of popular state convention of the democrats, that is-and. as the event proved, kawhns
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dently, did not forget him. They kept the legislature republican and elected Foraker United States senator at the ne&t opportunity
 This IS man rather above the me dium height, and fairly stout; a man with d flashing eye and a resonant. per suasiVe voice, an affectionate and win niag manner, fiery in debate. inpetu- oUs in leadership. The great strength of Foraker is his friends. They have en- abled him to keep his place in Ohio poIi- ties for years, though Sherman, Hanna, Mckinley, Foster, Grosvenor and But terworth have, at one time or another, been all in combination against him.
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 The rolliclling Billy Mason is the new senator from Illinois, well known everywhere by this time as a humorist, not known enough as a serious and able and experienced man. He is 46, New York boy who taught school and practiced law in Iowa, and then went to Chicago, and into public life. to the state legislature and to congress. His election to the senate is somewhat poetic, at least from the home point of view for it became his fixed ambition, after he retired from the house of rep resentatives in 1890, to go to the upper branch some time. The republican machine of Illinois (which is chiefly the republican machine of Cook county) could not nominate Martin Madden, the Chicago alderman. Billy" Mason was much respected by the republican lead- CTS throughout Illinois, and was notob jectionable to the Cook county ma chine. It was not so very hard to set tie on him, therefore.
 He is a roly-poly person, short, cor pulent curly-haired, round-faced and jollyfaeed, devoted to his wife and his
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it happened years ago. when q some what general discussion was under way whether certain captured confederate battle flags should be returned. that a governor of Ohio declared no such flag to be returnable while he was gov ernor. It was the same man who had the tents and equipments and supplies of the Buckeye militia on the spot at Johnstown for the protection of the flood sufferers there before the gov ernor of Pennsylvania himself had act ed. This was JosQh Benson Foraker.
 Foraker was governor of Ohio, the idol of the yoange. and more aggres- sive republicans by reason of his bril- liant oratory and his direct. pugnacious leadership. He was intended for cleo tion to the senate when Johr Sherman was last reelected, but was defeated and returned to his practice of law in Cincinnati. The same old friends. eyi-
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COST OF INAUGURATION.
How the Vast Sums of Money
 Will Be Expended.
The Display of Flags Purchased bs the Committee Will Represent S25, 5,O00-An Estimated Expend-
 lure of Nearly S5.oOO. 900.
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Counting ali the money that will be spent in connection with the inaugura- tion of Mckinley, the amount will reach we'll up into the millions. But, thanks to committees that have striven to keep the figures down without in any way sacrificing the effective, the ex- pense of placing the new president in the white house, exclusive of the cost of transporting the troops to the capi- tal, will not be over $50, ,o0o,
 And this will be much reduced by the returns for tickets to the big ball. Fifty thousand dollars compared with the vast outpourings of wealth that were dissipated at the czar's corona ton seems insignificant yet it is not q small sum of money, by any means. And $50,000 will do a good deal, when expended to the best advantage; in fact, it will make an extremely inn pressiye and gorgeous show. Here are some of the ways in which the display will be made
 To begin with the bunting; not less than 30,000 yards will be needed to give the capitol building and certain other points the appearance of. holiday gayety appropriate to great national event. This bunting, by the way, will be yellow and red, and the material will be of Il much better grade than has sometimes been used. Both these innovations were decided upon some time ago, in order to guard against the
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illumination of the magfc current lamps. The electrical devices will U gorgeous ill the extreme. Besides
 great flaming design on the further en. of the ballroom, spelling, in letters dazzling light, the name of the ne5 i president, and various symbolic dt vices on the walls and pillars. fasI' toned in blazing outlines, there will ( innumerable smaller lights whereye one can be brought to bear on the scen' ill harmony with the general surrounG ings. Lamps will twinkle and spark and gleam from every corner of wal' and ceiling. making of bunting and de- oratons that would look almost ding by daylight, fabrics of rayishing beautg' fit for fairyland.
 Having provided ballroom that VI be n thing of beauty and joy for oil night at least, Uncle Sam promises h& Washington guests a band of mus that will make the heaviest footed fe like dancing. From many cempetito m orchestra of 75 pieces has been s lected to provide the music for the ba at cost of $3,o58. Supper will l served in accordance with the folloJk ing dainty menu: Gonsomme in cur broiled oysters, oysters h ponleti chicken outlets, sweetbread pattie terrapin, chicken, lobster and CT; salad, tongue, Smithfeid ham, gan1 pate, boned turkey, pates de foie grz lemon ices and ice cream, Romi punch, fruit, cakes, coffee. The cost the supper will be u little less thi R15,ooo.
 When a ear is crowned the fact emphasized by the booming of cam and the burning of much powder. Une Sam's way is better and costs mu less. He provides gorgeous display fireworks which will furnish quite much noise in the aggregate, and really more satisfactory than the fri of great guns. The pyrotechnical q play will cost $4,000. Besides a.nnmf f
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What sunshine is to flowers. ! are to humanity.
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family of six or seven boys, hearty, sim cere, brainy He will make you a good speech on any topic; and he will be listened to in the senate. Says friend of his:
 Since the first baby came in the Mason family, some 20 years ago, the family cradle has never been empty, unless the last toddler I knew has graduated to the trundle bed. The first child is now six feet two inches high, and weighs part of a ton. A photograph of the seven children, taken two years ago, showed them standing in q row, ranged according to thehr ages. went with Mason one summer night to his home, when the members of his family were absent. When we retired for the night he called my attention to q little crumpled shoe in the cradle, beside the family bed. Do you see that little shoe in tbere?' he inquired. Well. that's our baby's proxy. Since the first baby came that cradle has never been empty, and l can imagine no happier condition than to have a baby in it all the rest of my life. And so, you see, when the baby's gone I have his shoe to fill his seat, so to speak, and the servant would as soon burn the house down as to take that shoe away"
 Hon. John c. Spooner, the new sena- tor from Wisconsin, has been absent from the senate for six years. He was replaced by Mir. Villas, and now re- places Villas. He was born in Indiana in "A, and served year in the army as a private soldier Later he was con- fdentiaI secretary to Gov. Fairchild, of Wisconsin. and then he became a law yer and attorney general of the state, He came to the United States senate first in '85. and was early recognized as one of the moving forces on the repub- lican side, this by reason of his elo- ouence and his real political insight l and in spite of his small size; for Sen ator Spooner is not large or dignitied- looking. His friendship for Uncle PhiIetus Sawyer. so long a senator from Wisconsin, and the friendship of Uncle Philetus for him was always notice able. And they were very valuable pair of Senator's for any state to have Sawyer with his money and his fine cId-fashioned business ways, Spoonel with his dash and capacity for pubic speaking.
 The veteran Dan Voorhees, is sue ceeded In the senate by Charles ". Fair banks, of Indianapolis. a very tall ant
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PASSING AN EXAMINATION.
Whnt II Will Probably Consist of in
 1000.

Whnt IT Will Probably Consist of in
 1000.
 A European newspaper is inclined to be jocose at the expense of modern health precautions, and thus reports a schoolroom scene II the year 1900: Teacher (to new boy)-Hans, have you got your certificate of vaccination against -smallpoX?
 "Yes, six
 Have you been innocnlated for croup?'
 "Yes, sir.''
 Have you had an injection of cholera bacillus ?"
 "Yes, sir''
 Have you a written guarantee that you are proof against whooping cough, measles and scarlet fever?"
 "Yes, sir.'
 And you are provided with your own drinking cup?"
 ''Yes, sir"
 Twill you make q solemn promise never to exchange sponges with the other boys, and never to use any pencil but your own ?"
 "Yes, sir"
 Do you agree to have your books fumigated with sulphur and your clothes sprinldcd with chloride of lime once a week."
 "Yes, sir"
 "IIans, I see you fulfill all tic require ments of modern hygienies. Now you can climb over that wire, place yourself on an isolated aluminium seat, and be- gin doing your sums. "-Youth's Com panion.
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of new effects in explosive bon which throw off varied color ligI there will be marvellous represen ton of the national flag i'll red, VI and blue lights. 1t will be swung fl captive balloons mile above ground, and will represent the sf and stripes in blaze of tri-colored 500 by 250 feet in area. This will be- piece de resistance of display t will dazzle the eyes of visitors to capital city on the night of March
 So much for the actual sums tcl expended in Washington by the c mittee of arrangements. When cost of an inauguration outs de of capital is estimated, thousands hecs millions of dollars. 1t is expected { 250,O00 people will travel to Wash ton to see the next president inal rated. This, at an average of means that S4,000,000 will be turned the coffers of the railroad compaI The amount can be doubled at o 1 for each visitor will spend on an age at least $20 on the trip an< Washington. They will come iron points of the compass, and many think they have got off cheaply if times $40 covers the cost, but, a. average expenditure, the above vii q fair estimate.
 To be added to this is the cost transporting 10000 national guards. and regular troops to Washington, irg and housing them while there, taking them home again. At the 10. estimate this will mean an additi expense of $2oo, GOO; it will be an ou we'll repaid if the boys in blue II as brave a showing as they did al l last inauguration.
 In round numbers, therefore, the bottom cost of an inauguration ma 1 put down at $4,500,000. Beginning this as foundation, anyone WI fond of surveying vast expenditurs they pile up in an arithmetical } ture may go to work. There art merous items to be added. The ce , the new and magnificent costume be worn by the ladies at the grand will be the largest It is expected at least 1000 guests will be pre- half of whom will be women. If 900 were to cover the outlay for costumes the modistes of the would probably set up wall
 would echo from Maine to Calif and be taken up in Paris. The l refreshments that will be necessa insure the male celebrants thorot enjoying the trip can be put dowi sum equal to that expended on guration ball costumes, so that l items alone will swell the total e the inauguration to something $5,o00,000.
 After all this sum, vast though is little enough compared with enormous amounts expended in nection with the browning of the l or the jubilee of queens reign. then inaugurations come every i years, while coronations and jut fortunately for the taxpayers, gens come only once in a lifetime. 1 What sunshine is to flowers, are to humanity.
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disastrous effect of soaking rain, similar to that which fell on naugura- tion day i'll 1893, when the steady and 1 plentiful downpour most sadly bedrag- gled the himsy bunting used. At ten cents yard the cost of the bunting amounts to $3,000 More than half of it will be draped about the platform from which the inaugural speeches will be made, though many other central points will receive attention, toe.
 It would be highly inappropriate if there were not plentiful showing of Old Glory, and the committee of ar engagements has not practieed economy in the display of the Star-Spangled banner. Festooned with the bunting, floating in the breeze from various points of vantage, Tapping to the ac- compartment of martial music and the cheers of patriotic citizens, will be no fewer than 5000 national flags, pur- chased at an average cost of five dollars The flags at the inauguration will therefore, cost S25,000, and the display of the stars and stripes will be second only to that on one previous occasion | anywhere.
 After the flag item will come the item of music in the great parade of 5o,000 men, who cannot be expected to under go the fatigues of such a march as that of next Thursday without the inspiring strains of brass and wood and the electric rub-a-Club of the drums. Fifty bands, therefore, have been engaged to furnish the days musical inspiration Some of these will be crack musical or ganizations, made up of the finest per formers that money can hire; others will be drum corps, pressed into the service from wherever money and the | pleasure of taking part in the great national celebration can tempt them Crack musicians or village drummers, it is safe to say that the bands will cost an average price of s1O0 apiece The parade music may be set down at the respectable figure of 5000.
 It will be seen, therefore, that to get Mckinley to the inauguration platform from his starting point in Washi
 will neeessitate an outlay of over
 | GOO, expended on local effects alone.
 The next great event will be the in- auguration ball, and the hangings of bunting and flags in the pension build ing, which, as usual, will be used for a ballroom on this occasion, will cost $3,- 500. For the flowers and plants S4,00a will be expended. These will include 1000 American Beauty roses and enough smilax, palms and ferns to make the pension building blossom with the beauty of a tropical garden. There will be costly creepers, frightened with red and white roses, and dainty blossoms of delicate perfume as well as beautiful colors. In all sorts of available places graceful palms and tropical plants will cast a welcome shadow. and at the fur i ther end of the hall, where the musi- cians are to be placed. the plants will be banked in gorgeous profusion and flags 1 and flowers will be interwoyen into the prettiest designs of the florists art.
 To glorify the flags and flowers and make their colors glow. the art of the electrician will be called in, and s5,co0 l will be expended on the installation and
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One of the gaunt, gray army that surrendered at AppomattoX with Lees brave army of northern Virginia is the new senator from bleeding Kansas William A. Harris is a Virgiinian by birth, and he was a student of the mili- tary academy of that state before the war. He was private in the confeder- ate army, and afterwards an officer. Soon after the war he settled in Kansas and became the owner of large ranch. He became prominent in the Farmers Alliance, also, and naturally drifted to the populist party. In 1892 he was elected congressman at large for Kan sas by the populists and democrats. but running for reelection two years after, he was defeated by Capt. Rich ard A. Bliss. Last fall he was elected to the state senate of Kansas, and was to take his seat in that body when he was promoted at one bound from the senate at Topeka 10 the senate at Wash ington
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Gen. Edward W. Pettus, of Alabama, will be one of the oldest members of the senate. Gen. Pettus goes to the sen ate at the ripe age of 76. He has been active in political life in Alabama for more than 40 years. He was conspieu- oas before and during the wan, and held high rank in the confederate service He was delayed in reaching the sem ate by the circumstance that Gen. Nor gan, who has long been in the senate from Alabama, determined that if two good men happened to live in the same town it should be no bar to sending both to the senate. He was a very ar dent silver man in the long struggle between the two clements of the dem oeratic party for the control of Ala bama, and he is fine lawyer and will undoubtedly take high rank among the iurists of the senate.
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slender gentleman with broad fore head and full beard, and the appear ance not so much of senator as of some medium western lawyer Alr. Fairbanks was born in Ohio in 1852, and graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan university. lie became, first, news paper man, and then a lawyer; and as his career developed iuto railroading and public affairs he naturally became leading Indiana politician. The can didate against him in the senatorship race was Gen. Lew Wallace, though Fairbanks was evidently to be the win Ter from the first. Senator Fairbanks is a close friend of Maj Mckinley, and it is believed that the Mckinley in f1uence in Indiana operated to help him; as, also, in Illinois, it was effectual in beating Madden if it was not effectual in electing Mason.
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net only became the leading candidate against Thatcher (though he had writ ten letter declining to i7tn). but he finally, with the help of the church in- fuences, beat Thatcher. It can well be imagined that an intense bitterness was thus engendered, not only.in the legis- lature, but throughout the new state; and if was not surprising 10 read that the friends of Thatcher intended to con test Rawiins' election on the ground that the Mormon church had interfered in the election in a manner prohibited by the constitut, n.
 Rawlins is puenaeious, braimy gem tleman of so, sandy. medium sized, im- petuous. He has represented Utah as a delegate in congress, and, though of Mormon origin, has of late years opp posed the church most bitterly The church was willing to elect him, how ever, because Thatcher, d still worse enemy, could only be defeated in that way. Rawlins will find fod. his col league young Frank Cannon, son of old George Q. Cannon, one of the first presidency" of the church, whom Raw lins yirulently attacked on one occa- sion. Frank Cannon and Rawlins have repeatedly run against each other for delegate, but now the same poetry of politics which had to do with Platt in New York. and Foraker in Ohio, and Mason in Illinois, and Spoouer in Wis eonsin, brings the two together in the upper branch.
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There is another Clay in the senate, too. Since tine death of Charles Turner Clay, of Alabama, and the retirement of Cassius NJ. Clay, of Kansas, by reason of old age, there have been none of that great family in the upper branch. But now another comes up from Geor- gia. He is distantly related to the great Kentucky family, and he worked his own way to his present prominence. He is about 45 years of age, and has been a member of both branches of the Georgia legislature, and was for sev- eral years chairman of the democratic state committee of Georgia, which made him most attractive executive officer of the party. When death laid it's hand or Charles F. Crisp at the very moment of his entry to the senate q vigorous contest ensued among con- spicuous Georgians for the succession. Clay's fine political training came into good use, and he defeated his rivals handilY. and succeeded in the senate John B. Gordon, who commanded the left wing of Lees army at AFpomattox. and held higher rank than any survivor of either army now in the senate
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George Turner, the new senator from Washington, has had good deal Of experience on several sides of politics
 He is man still short of 50, and has been for 15 years conspicuous in north western political affairs. Long before that, however, he was an active repub- liean in Alabama, and as chairman of the Alabama delegation to the repub- ican convention of 1880 was one of the valiant 306 who went down with the silent soldier, their eolors flying Mr. Turner was once territorial governor of Washington and has been three times q prominent candidate for the republic an senatorial nomination In the late campaign he came out silver repub- Iean and made his campaign for the senate upon that basis. But he has fallen out with the populists. He is a most brilliant speaker, and striking personality generally, and man al-
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Trying to Be Funny

'sMrs. Bigsby. this is a highly dramatic plaster you put on my lame back"
 Dramatic? What are you talking about?"
 .Tt draws we'll l."--De.roit Free Press.