The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-24
In the Public Eve.

Jerry Simpson. whose term In congress
VIII expire with the present session. lives
| frugally in modest quarters, and Is be.
lfeved to have saved about 5000 yearl,
out OF his $1,000 salary. He will retire te
MS farm at Medicine Lodge, Kan, and
declares that in future he will devote
himself to tilling the soil, having had
enough of politics.
| Congressman Berry of Kentucky. who
said on the floor of the house that the
United States might have to whip Ger
many as well as Spain, is 6 feet inches
tail, weighs 2l0 pounds and feels entirely
| responsible for his remarks. The German
ambassador is said to have inquired I'M
officially regarding the man who made the
statement referred to above.
| A f'renchman recently left 5000 francs
TO be given to the man who was the faith
| er OF the largest family in Paris, a condi-
| ton of the legacy being that the children
| should have been properly cared for and
brought up by their parents. The award
| was made by the trustees to a shoemaker
named Vendenbruck, who is the father of
seven sons and seven daughters.
There is considerable adverse comment
in Washington on the custom of allowing
each prominent official a telephone at
public expense. Cabinet ministers, heads
of departments. ETC., all have telephones
which are, however, denied other per-
sonages of note. When Judge McKenna
was in the cabinet he had telephone in
his residence. but it was at once taken
away when he became a supreme court
justice
The crown prince of the German en-
pire, Friedrich Wilhelm, is 16 years old
He is much attached to his 15-year-old
brother, Eitel Friedrich. He is an expert
on the bicycle and in rowing, and his
health is much better than 1t was in
L..
ways been robust and he is the merrier
Of the two, always full of animal spirits
and pranks, while the crown prince is Sc
rious
A professional anti-liquor member of the
New South Wales legislature is Mr.. Fee
gan, who in the course of a recent speech
in the legislative assembly said: 'Whis-
key makes men genial for a time" adding
that this effect soon wore off and left the
drinker in worse mood than ever. The
official report the next day made him
say: 'Whiskey makes me genial for a
time and Mr. Fegan was subjected to SO
much chan as a consequence that he al
most resigned his seat.
Claude A. Swanson. a member of con-
gress from the Fifth Virginia district,
owes the retention of his seat to the pop
ularity of his wife. The committee on
contested elections the other day reported
testant, but the house by the vote of 70
yeas to 1873 nays refused to adopt the re-
port Mrs. Swanson is great favorite
with the wives of congressman and the
women made 1t their business to see that
their husbands did not vote against the
husband of their charming associate.
1t was known before his death that the
Swiss poet, Constantin Ferdinand Meyer,
was man in easy circumstances: for
some years he paid taxes on 1137,000
francs, but last year the valuation of his
estate was raised to 900 francs on the
ground that it must have increased large
ly owing to his quiet and retired life. The
aged poet protested, however, and the
valuation was left at its old figure till
he died. The official schedule, however,
shows that he possessed a much greater
property than the assessors estimate.
Under the Swiss law half the sum con-
cealed is forfeited.