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Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05
Personal NOTES.

As Sir Hiram s. Maxim he will be a
bigger gun than ever
Prince Tuan is the most arrested man in
China. It's an uneventful day when he
isn't forcibly thrown into the deepest dun
geon in the empire.
Congressman Brosius Of Pennsylvania is
said to have the best carrying voice in the
house. For this reason he is called the
human megaphone"
Robert ]. Gamble, the choice Of the South
Dakota republicans to succeed Senator Pet
tigrew, is native of Wisconsin and studied
law in Milwaukee under General Winkler.
william Waldorf Astor's business office
is the handsomest in London, and is, in its
rich appointments, unique among those of
London's rich men. who usually transact
their business in Offices rather nhabby than
otherwise
People who have heard Queen Wilhel-
nina speak say that hers is quite unfor-
getable voice. 1t is soft and silvery in
tone and yet can. upon occasion, be firm
and resolute Two years ago everyone was
enthusiastic about the way in which the
girl queen delivered her coronation speech.
Amos J. Cummings of New York, con-
gressman. but best known as newspaper
man, Is getting on in years like the rest OF
u.s. Nevertheless he essayed wheeling
trip in Connecticut fell from his wheel
near New Haven Saturday and fractured
his right leg at the ankle. The injured
member was put in a cast and Mr.. Cum
mings got back to New York, where he is
housed for six weeks or So
William Wallace Campbell, who has just
been elected director of the Lick observa- y
tory. to succeed the late James Il. Keeer,
was born on farm in Hancock county,
Ohio, in 1862. He made a specially of
astronomy at the University OF Michigan
under Prof. Schaeberle, took the chair OF
n mathematics and astronomy at the Univer-
sity OF Colorado and later at Ann Arbor,
and has written several text books,
The oldest postmaster in the United
States. Roswell Bardsley. who is 81 years
old and has handled the mail al North
Lansing, TompkiLs county, N. Y, for
seventy-two consecutive years, has been in
vited to attend the inauguration as a guest
OF the department. Mr. Bardsley was APP
pointed by John Quincy Adams and has
served under nineteen presidents and
| thirty-three postmasters general.
Two OF the physicians who attended Mr
Goebel in his last sickness and the lawyers
who represented him in his contest before
| for fees. The brothers. Arthur and Justui
| the legislature are going to sue his brothers
| Goebel. thought from the great sympath,
expressed for their brother in Kentucks
when he was killed that there would b'
| no charges, for medical attention The,
state this and seem surprised that the,
\ should now be called oa to pay.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05
COMING-OuT PARTY.



Society is all astir, and rightly SO. no doubt,
Since two sweet buds OF womanhood next
week are coming out
The Misses Schuyler and Van Brunt make
their debut at Browns,
With timid, nuttcring hearts, no doubt, ana
lovely Paris gowns.
The Invitations have been mailed-ono
found it's way to me
how very strange twill be!
My tongue will frame the names they
knew In grlhood's sweet estate,
For Margaret was Maggie then and kath-
crime was Kate!
No doubt Miss Katherine Vs Brunt pos
sesses beauty rare ,,
The social set viii praise her gown-lIl
And Margaret Schuyler will, hear, So
ciety surprise -
with wealth OF gems magnifcent-Ill only
see her eyes.
My playmates both IN years agone, TO Mag
gie's eyes I'd look
For schoolgirl sympathy: kates curls, as
black as any rook,
used to star with daises in the long as).
But Margaret was Maggie then and Kath-
crime was Kate.
Their gowns will be, I'm sure, the kind so
ciety adores-
To me there'll come the memory Of Sag-
ham pinafores!
furcs, waves and curlS,
I'll think of hair In lnnE-nung braids they
used to wear as girls. .,,,-
Sweet debutanteS, they'll Ill your ears with
nattery. I know,
names since that sweet long ago
rye clustered In my memory ana tod us
For Margaret was Maggie then and Kath-
crime was Kate.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05

render such movement very improb-
able. In the first place the interest of
Great Britain commercially in an 18TH
mian canal is not so great as il Is com
monty supposed to be and it may well
be doubted whether il is sufficient to in
duce her to take any action unfrlendly
to the United States, such as uniting
with other nations to construct com
peting canal Germany has less in
terest in the matter than Great Britain
and would hardly be disposed to assume
any large financial responsibility in a
project which might prove Improbable.
As to France, the fact that n large
amount of French capital is represented
in the enterprise might lead that gov
ernment to make an effort to
carry 1t to completion. but it would
not assume the task of completing
1t alone. In view of these con-
siderations, therefore, there seems to
be little basis for the Panama com
pany's hope of securing foreign assist
ancc to complete its enterprise, in the
NN'hb VI lut tniltu ENlultS SOluS VII
with the Nicaragua project as provided
for in the pending bill.
1t is not questionable that the Panama
canal can be completed for one-half or
less than it would cost to build the
Nicaragua canal. 1t could also be com
pleted in less than half the time and it
Is admitted to possess some important
advantages over the Nicaragua route.
The determination, however, to have Il
distinctively American canal. under the
absolute control of the United States,
is so general and strong that the con
ceded advantages of the Panama route
will have little weight against It,
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05

BY the formal transfer of the govern
state officers the reins on public affairs
In Nebraska pass into new hands. If
any one. thing characteriZes the per
sonnel of the new administration it is
that 1t contains no remnants of what
is known as the "Old Guard" From
the governor down, every member of the
executive staff Gomez to the front with
a record 10 make, although several of
them have had previous experience in
public business to give them adequate
preliminary training.
The first essay of Governor Dietrich
in the way of his inaugural message Is
characteristic of the man. 1t is "A
blunt statement of his views on various
subjects of public concern, without dis
guise under confusing verbiage ex-
planning his ideas, when n topic is
touched, in unmistakabe language.
The suggestions made are, for the most
part, practicable and to the point and
will doubtless be acted upon by the
legislature, which is anxious to CO.
operate harmoniously with the new ad-
minstration.
When the election of the republican
candidates was made certain The Bee
called attention to the dual responsible
ity resting upon them, the responsibility
to the people who elected them and to
the republican party, which will be on
trial in its restoration to power. We
believe the governor and his associates
fully realize this responsibility and will
discharge it in manner creditable to
themselves and to the state. Entering
upon their duties under the most au-
spicious, circumstances they have oppor-
tunitics before them which they may
be depended upon to meet. The people
of Nebraska place great hopes in the
state administration and confidently be-
lieve they will not be disappointed.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05
THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO.
Otoc COunty's Delegation in the Leg
isIature of 1866.
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative. "

j. Sterling Morton's Conservative
January 3, 1866, the members of the ter
ritorial legislative assembly from the county
of Otoe left Nebraska City for Omaha to at
tend TO their respective duties in the house
Of representatives and the council. The
councilmen were Oliver p. Mason and John
b. Bennet. The representatives were AL
bert TuXbury, James Thorn. John II. Maxon
James r. Gilmore and NJ. S. Campbell.
The latter is the only one still living in
Otoe county.
Colonel Tuxbury and Mr. Gilmore died
some years ago, as did also Hon. Oliver p
Mason, who had served the state OF Ne
braska as its first chief justice.
John II. Maxon now lives in st. Louis
John b. BenneS in Denver and James Thorn
is a citizen of Oregon.
January 6, 1866, Hon. James G. Megeath-
who is still a resident of Omaha and in
fine condition physically and financially
was elected speaker OF the house of rep
resentatives. His complexion and good ma
ture remain the same as when they, com
bined with his ability, secured him that
honorable Office
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05
Congregational Mileage.

The drawing OF 81, 900 mileage by the Ha-
waiian delegate to congress for his jour
ney TO Washington is attracting a good
deal OF attention, as 1t well may. The fact
is being made clear that 20 cents a mile
for travel to and from the capital is a
monstrously exaggerated allowance 10
these times of swift and cheap transporta-
tion. II amounts to nothing more or less
than an uneven and roundabout addition
to the net income OF congressman. II
their salaries are too small. which the
American people are not likely to admit,
then there should be an open and uni
versal increase. II is unfair and cowardiy
to get by stealth extra pay amounting 10
only few dollars for many congressman
and senators who live near Washington
and running up to 1900 year for the del
egats from Hawaii
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05
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ONE CANAL OR TUOf

1t may be regarded as certain that
congress will not give serious considera-
tion to the Panama canal. There are a
few members In either house who look
with favor upon that route, as having
some very decided advantages over the
Nicaragua route, but the large majority
favor the latter. The president of the
Panama Canal company, who is in
Washington to look after the interests
of that enterprise, 1t is said does not
expect that congress will do anything
for the project, but is not without hope
that his company will be benefited by
the contention over the Nicaragua canal
and the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, regard
less of what may be the decision of
Great Britain. He processes TO think
that If the British government accepts
the amended treaty Germany will unite
canal, while IL Great Britain does not
accept the treaty a combination will be
made by the three great commercial
powers of western Europe which will
revive the financial credit of the Pan
anna company and enable ii TO float Il
loan sufficient to complete the under
taking.
This idea is entertained in other quar-
ters. 1t has been suggested in British
newspapers. Admitting the possibility
of combination of European powers
to complete the Panama canal in the
event of the United States carrying out
the Nicaragua project as now proposed,
there are some considerations which
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05

more than every Londoner. In Paris gov
ernment costs s25 head, the highest rate
in any city in the world. As an Offset, IL
claims to be the best governed, and, while
the contention may be disputed, it is GER
tainly second to none, aifording an ex-
ample of administrative efficiency never
surpassed in the urban history OF any
period. But Berlin is not far behind and
government there only costs IS head
while in st. Petersburg the Job is done In
tolerable fashion at $3.50 head Paris
will have to revise its system OF econom-
les one OF these days II it expects to meet
running expenses and pay back the inter-
est on its huge and growing block Of Sc
curities.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05
CANDIDATES FOR SENATOR

j. Sterling Mortons Conservative.
Before the assembled legislature
the candidates for the United
States senate will soon lay down
their offerings. Each one will
catalogue the labors and achieve
ments i'm behalf of the common
wealth which he has efficiently
and successfully accomplished. Not
one WILL of course, claim that he
should be elected because of mere
partisan service. No one will as
pire to the senatorship except for
the purpose of comforting honor
upon the best citizenship of the
state through conscientious and
faithful devotion to the duties
which n senatorship imposes. 1t
is not really question us to how
! much the state has done to honor
! the aspirant 1t is truly Il ques-
! tion as to what and how much the
aspirant has achieved to develop
! the material, intellectual and so
! cial condition of the state. Shall
! the state honor a man or man
honor the state? Shall the office
J he exalted by strong and splen-
did character or an inferior and
! gross character be elevated to
critical prominence by the office?
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05

Colorado is facing the inevitable re
suit of doing things for Bryan's sake.
Since 1892 the Centennial state has
suffered from the silver delirium and
now wakes to the unwelcome news that
its treasury is empty, its credit eX-
hausted and that there is floating in
debtedness of more than S2,O0O,OOO to
be provided for. More than quarter
of million dollars year over and
above the maximum tax levy is what
Colorado has paid for trying to save
silver"
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05
THE WEST POINT INQUIRY.

The military board having completed
its investigation of hazing mt the West
Point military academy, the congress
sional committee has entered upon an
inquiry The military board having
made its investigation very thorough it
is not expected that much additional
information of importance will be
elected by the committee, nor is any
necessary to establish the fact that a
great deal of brutality has been prac-
ticed by the upper-class cadets in the
hazing of freshmen and that unless a
radical remedy shall be applied the ma
tional military school must suffer in
public esteem. Indeed it is already
evident that West Points reputation has
been besmirched to an extent that will
injure the standing of that institution
for years to come.
The authorities at West Point testi-
fed that earnest efforts had been made
to stamp out hazing, but the state
ments of the cadets showed that these
have been futile, yet Colonel Mills, the
superintendent of the academy, in an
swer to a question whether he had any
measures to suggest for doing away
with the practice of hazing, replied that
he had not, that he thought present
conditions are all that can be desired
and that the continuation of the efforts
that have been made will accomplish
everything which can be expected. He
believed that IL would be unwisc for
congress to act, except so far as to
make the superintendent power abso-
lutte in case of hazing so that he can
act summarily at all times. This may
be good suggestion, but much depends
upon the character of the superin-
tendent and 1t does not appear that
Colonel Mills is the sort of person to
whom the duty of correcting the abuses
which are shown to exist could be
wholly entrusted. There is no evidence
that he has any very strong desire to
stamp out hazing, or that If given alb
solute- power he would use it ju-
diciously.
1t may be admitted that 1t will not
be an easy matter to do away entirely
with a practice so long in vogue that
it has come to be regarded by the
cadets as part of the unwritten regula-
tions and tacit discipline of the mill
tary academy. 1t cannot be conceded
however, that the task is impossible
of accomplishment College hazing has
very generally been done away with
and surely what these civilian institu.
tions We're able to do can be done at
school under military authority. Al
all events, it is clear that more rigorous
measures must be adopted at West
Point to put a stop to the brutality
which has been practlced there and the
sooner such measures are adopted and
made effective the better 1t will be foi
the national military institution, which
as the school from which graduated oul
greatest soldiers every American has
been proud of.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05
Discussion and Diplomacy.
Philadelphia Ledger.

Newspaper discussion of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty and the sthmian canal
matter is going on, and the opinions ex-
pressed are as various as the dispositions
of the writers. Attempts are made, also,
to give these expressions more weight than
usually attaches to mere editorial utter
ances by intimating that they were 'in-
spired" by high government officials Espe-
cially is this the case with German pub
lications. But they alarm nobody. The
matter will be arranged by the govern
ments, not by the newspapers, and when it
Is settled by the governments of the United
States and Great Britain, as II will be,
no other nation will interfere.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05
NEW CENTURY SMILES.


Harvard Lampoon: IIe-I asked your
fathers consent by telephone.
She-,What was his answer.
Hello said, 81 don't know who you are
but it's all right"
Philadelphia. Press: See here eN.
crashH'
wakST ST Snyc nof Ss hs CS our
undertaking department"
Detroit Free Press: "Do YOU have any
trouble in making your Pegasus go?'
Never bit | always use the spur OF
the moment
New York Weekly: Friend-Why do YOU
dump all the dirt into your soap kettles?
Soap Manufacturer-if folks don't find
the water dirty after washln they think
the soap Is no good.
Chicago Record: THAT mature Mis-.
Boggs has quit acting SO childish of late
Yes; probably that kidnapping case scared
her"
Washington star: DO you see any en-
couraging signs IN your present light?
rhors answeT,sn s,sn ynS Prdct,ea, @ PoiT,s m yer,
encouraging. My enemies keep declaring
they have me beaten In a way which con-
vinces me that 1 have them good and
scared"
Buffalo Express: you fellows COM
TO be properly impressed when I start 20
describe my adventures
"Ah"' replied the diplomatic hyena, "your
stories are wonderful, but then we know
you are lion"
Detroit Journal: quarter implored the
enemy.
We laughed mockingly and sabered them.
"Why didn't you take the pinter' we Of
fered you?" we wittilv shouted
OF course Il was difficult in spoken dis
course TO make clearly manifest the crux of
this Joke. and we had reason to fear that
many died without appreciating the same.
indianapolis Press: 81 have given the
best years of my life to the service Of my
country" said the statesman, leaning back
In his luxurious chair.
"Given?" echoed the visitor from tho old
home ivy. Bill. all the folks down our
way says YOU sold EN-"
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05
"CiviIization" i'm China,

Springfield lMass) Republican,.
Civilization" is advancing in China with
leaps and bounds. The British army officers
now enjoy their amateur theatricals and
burlesques in the temple of heaven at Pc
kin, the most sacred shrine in China. I'm
less Chinese human nature is very differ
ent from other human nature, these little
episodes will be remembered in China as an
account to be paid off some day with COM
pound interest A country with a recorded
history OF 1000 years has a long memory.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05
China Wants a Few Pledges.

Chicago Chronicle.
II the Chinese government has acceded
to the demands Of the allies it is just and
reasonable that the allies should accede to
the Chinese the request that the powers
bind themselves in perpetuo to respect the
autonomy of China. Compliance by China
with the ultimatum presented by the for
eign ministers means that the empire Is
to disarm. There will then be no protec-
tion against possible foreign aggression
save the good faith and honesty of the
powers The allies must protect Chinese
autonomy, since they mean to dismantle
China's defenses.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05

General Nifquain hardly needed to re-
sort to sensational means to draw pub
lie attention. Many men who do not
abatc their patriotism one whit to his
have marched with Fitzhugh Lee under
the new life of Old Glory. and there is
no reason why he should not. 1t is
too bad that II brave and gallant soldier
like Victor Nifquain should dim his
glory with crank blot.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05


A new and potentially great nation was
born with the twentieth century, the fed
Grated commonwealth Of Australia having
begun it's official existence with the stroke
of midnight which tolled the knell OF the
departed year. America sends its greeting
to the United States of the antipodes. May
the future bring them a realization of the
greatness anticipated for them by their
most ardent well wishers!
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05

Omaha, during the past year, has the
best fire record of any city of similar
size In the country. During the year
there was only one fire which could by
any construction be called large one,
and even this was large only by com
parison. While the record of losses is
the smallest. is the city having the
benefit of insurance rates which this
condition justif.es?
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05

The eagerness of the World Herald to
back Ransom in his desperate efforts
to hold on to a legislative seat fraudu-
lently secured would indicate that some
body else expected to be in on the
divvy II Ransom should work through
that compromise of'the BARLEY bond.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05

The question of electrical wire sub
ways in Omaha, as in every other city,
is chiefly question of finance. They
can be constructed II the money is pro-
vided, but whether the returns will keep
up interest would depend upon the
rental traffic. Some cities can afford
subways, while others cannot.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05

The transparent design and intent of
the warrants for the arrest of Edward
ROsewater In South Omaha Is to divert
his attention from the senatorial con
test and keep him away from Lincoln.
But the game won't work.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05

Governor Poynter pours hot shot into
the lobby that infests the legislative
halls each recurring session. The
lobby could be abolished without appre
ciable loss to the public. The only
beneticiaries of the lobby are the lobby
lists In and out of the legislature
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05

The secretaries of the State Board of
Transportation have been doing little
work, not to earn their salary, but to
get 1t. Thsi action relieves them of
the suspicion that they could not work,
even had they wished to do so.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05
Discournging Outlook.

The Chicago grand jury has indicted a
state senator for keeping a gambling house.
1t appears that there is to be no encour-
agement for the politician who tries to
make an honest living.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05

Queen Wilhelmina proposes to pro-
vide a dowery for her prospective hus-
band, whose finances are not in the
best of condition. If the queen has any
money to spare she might even up the
score with America for furnishing
European aristocracy with wealthy
brides by taking n run-down-at-th the heel
American for life partner.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05

Senator Pettigrew thinks he has n
grievance against Senator Hanna. If
there is man on earth, including Petit
grew himself, against whom the South
Dakota member has no grievance, he
should be brought out into the light at
np.o
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05

A French savant has discovered a
method by which he asserts he can re-
vitalze the body. AS supreme test
of the efficacy of the process he might
try 1t on the democratic party.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05

The work of the executive depart
ments of the government will be ma
terially lessened when Pettigrew retires
from the senate. 1t requires small
army Of clerks to keep the South
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05

4NNW
sanguine inventor says he can build q
torpedo boat which will run mile a
minute. He would not need to use an ex-
plosivs with such craft. At that speed
it could send battleship to the bottom by
the mere shock of ramming. To be sure,
both would go down together, but that's a
dntan
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05

In the mountain country of California
the snow is reported to be seventy.two
inches deep. The man who carried the
news to the telegraph station must have
pair of legs.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05

Platte county has reduced its mort
gage indebtedness 100000 during the
past year. If this thing keeps up even
Platte county may be willing to aban-
don Nebraska's calamity party.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05

Four governors who have warmed the
executive chair were present at the in
augural ceremonies at Lincoln. Four
of n kind beats a full hand.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-05

If any gold mines in the state have
not been worked out, Ransom, as chair
man of the senate committee on mines
and mining, can be depended upon to
locate them.