Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-18
Personal POINTERS.

General Joe Wheeler has announced that
he will be candidate for a seat in congress
from his old district. the Eighth Alabama
An organization is said to have been
formed, with headquarters in Wisconsin
and Washington, to nominate Senator John
C. Spooner for president in 1904.
Ex-Secretary Whitney will take a thor
ough rest from business when he visits
Aiken, s. c. A number Of his best saddle
horses will follow him there and for fivo
weeks or two months he will devote his
time to riding and hunting.
They tell in London of an impecunious
nobleman who once wrote to the late Sam
Lewis, the money lender, inviting him to
dinner. Lewis replied thus: Dear Lord
-: / am sorry that I shall not be
able to accept your invitation to dinner. II,
however, you will tell me the amount you
require will see what ! can do for you"
While Mascagni was arranging for the
Simultaneous production of his new opera
In six Italian cities he spent twenty sue
cessive nights in railway cars. He was un-
shaved and looked the worse for wear and
generally unkempt-not gaunt, however, for
1t seems that the composer Is decidedly fat.
so much so that he grows angry when twt-
ted about his corpulence.
Andrew Glassell, who died recently in
Los Angeles, Cal, witnessed the growth of
that city from Spanish pueblo into a
busy modern city. Mr.. Glassell was born
In September, 1927, In Virginia, was grad
uated from the University OF Alabama, took
up law as a profession and went TO Cali
fornia in the rush of 40. He was for
many years deputy United States district
attorney for California. lie had much TO
do with the development OF Los Angeles
and it's interests.
Kansas newspapers do not agree as TO
why Fred Funston did not fare we'll in the
recent army shakeup. One is OF the opinion
that he has been over advertised and that
the reaction has set in. Another takes this
view: "If Fred Funston had spent the time
when he was exploring the Arctic regions
and investigating the Death valley in fore
ing dried prunes down the throats OF West
Point innocents he wsuld be rewarded with
commission as brigader In the regular
army now"
1t is a rare privilege to be permitted to
visit any of the kaiser's palaces lie thinks
that he is entitled 10 at least as much pri-
yacy as the lowest OF his subjects and his
orders In regard TO visitors are strict. As
the Neues palace is regarded as above all
permitted within its sacred precincts. This
palace is one OF the most beautiful In the
world. 1t was built by Frederick the Great
for the express purpose OF giving the lie
to those enemies who spread reports OF the
homeless bankruptcy OF Prussia.
Former CHIEF Justice Logan r. Bleckley
of Georgia, greatly TO the surprise of his
friends has matriculated at the state uni
yersity for a special course in mathemat-
les, The Judge is now 20 years old. He
is writing a book in which he treats OF
mathematics, but finds that he Is somewhat
rusty on the subject. 1t is for tho purpose Q
OF brushing up" as he says, that he ia at
tending college. lie will room on the cam
pus while in Athens, the seat OF the uni
yersity. and after he has finished bis course
he will return to his home in Clarkesville
Alexander Graham Bell. the inventor OF
the telephone, has been serving as a specia
agent Of the census bureau In charge OF the
enumeration OF the deaf, dumb and blind
population cf the country, and IL now pre-
pairing his report. Mr. Bell is a millionaire
several times over, but Is entitled to 50 a
day from the government while he Is EN-
ployed in this work. In his early life he
was an instructor in deaf and dumb asy-
lum, and a large part OF his time Is now
spent in the investigation OF means for
promoting the education OF deaf mutes and
sightless people.