Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-28
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

New York is pleased with an admiral.
| Nothing short of a King Ak-Sar-Ben satisfies
Omaha.
The ancient town of Lexington, Mass, is
| already making preparations for an elabor-
| ate celebration it is Intended to have April
| 10. 1900, of the 125th anniversary of the bat
tie there.
Captain John G.. Cameron, commander Of
| the great Oceanic, is a native Of New Zea-
land, but has been afioat since early boy
hood. He is 30 years old, nearly 6 feet tall,
broad -shouldered and athletic.
George ]. Fuller, the American t~rotting
horse expert, now in Europe, has been en-
| gagged to teach the car of Russia how to
manage a trotting horse. Mr.. Fuller is a
veteran of the civil war and over 60 years
old.
Pittsburg has decided, by a popular vote
Of about 10000 to 5000, to spend $7,O0O,OOO
on parks. boulevards and other improve
ments, issuing bonds for the amount linn
tied to thirty years and to 4 per cent In
terest.
Captain Joseph Elliott, who died in Mem
phis, Tenn, last week, was one OF the few
surviving pioneers of the old Mississippi
| steamboat days, and served as a model for
one of the characters in Mark Twain's Life
on the Mississippi"
In a decision rendered last week the
| supreme court of California affirmed the
validity Of the inheritance tax law. The
decision puts $500, 900 into the school funt
of the state, of which sum the Stanford
estate pays $685., $50.
A San Francisco photographer, who bought
a camera of a stranger became somewhat
suspicious, and tested the instrument by
taking four pictures OF the man. Subse-
quently 1t was ascertained that the camera
had been stolen and the pictures made easy
the apprehension of the accused person.
Few men in Nebraska have devoted them.
selves wholly to literary pursuits with sig
nal success. The eminence attained by
Counsel Wiltshire Butterfeld as a midwest
historian was due to his persistent, pains
taking effort to record the important events
of the early epoch of development of the
western reserve and Of the west In general.
The death OF Mr.. Butterield ends a worthy,
useful life.
An English writer tells a story which,
true or false, serves to warm up English
fighting blood. A group of Beers, 1t seems,
were talking about the English flag. None
of them had ever seen 1t and none were GER
tain as to It's color. Finally an old Boer
spoke up. He knew the color. for he had
seen 1t twice, at Majuba Hill and at Kru-
gersdorp, and 1T was white.
That all the energies OF President Kruger
and his government are not engaged In
preparations for the impending war seems
to be proved by a letter received by the
Chicago Board OF Education from DR.. Jo-
seph H. Hertz, member of a commission ap-
pointed by President Kruger for the refor-
nation OF the public school system Of the
Transyaal, asking for a copy of the report
on the Chicago school system as recently
made to the board by a committee.
The Concord IN. HI Monitors inquiry as
to where Daniel Webster was married
brings the following answer from d. T.
Little of Salisbury, N. H.: Il find by the
church record that Rev. Mr.. Worcester,
who was pastor at that time, solemnized
307 marriages. From the record ! copy:
1903. May 20, Daniel Webster. esq, to
Grace Fletcher of Hopkinton; 1903, August
81, Ebenezer Webster to Sarah Webster
1909, January 10. Ezekiel Wooster to Alice
Bridge"