Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-26

anthrop.st, such is william Lyon
- Mckenzie, one of the m st n1,able
l&f@f8I men in Kansas. now in his 18th
- year. MIR. Mckenzie is a very
wealthy man, being president Of an Oregon
live stock and lumber company which con-
trolls 10000 acres. Among his most cherished
possessions is a hickory grove ten miles
from Kansas City, Kan, from which for
many years he has supplied canes to presi-
dents Of the United States. His first vote
was cast for Franklin Pierce.
The late Lord Charles Russell Ct Killowen
had a wonderful memory for fac s. On one
occasion he visited a theater in Manchester
and between acts went behind the scenes
to see an old friend. While they were
chatting an actor passed and Lcrd Charles
said to his friend: "I remember that man.
He was the original Father Tom in the
Colleen Bawn' | saw him in that charac-
ter the night the play was produ ed twenty
years ago. Though Russell had not seen
the actor in all that time he remembered
him at once.
EX-Spaaker Reed has car fu " av lied ex-
pressing any opinion as to the big coal
strike, but the other day heard it remarked
that certain public men had been making
some big mistakes since the situation over
the coal strike had become so acute, Mr..
Reed said: yes l suppose that is so. It is
hard for a man to know just what to do in
/ crises of this sort. That reminds me Ct
; the method followed by an old politician
in Maine. l once said to him: What wCull
you do if you were in a ticklish position
and didn't know what you ought to do?'
/ would do nothing the old man replied.
and I think his was the right brand Of phil
osophy."
Admiral Selfridge, who has Just died at
the age of 9S, entered the navy a midshipman
cighty-four years ago. After a service of
more than forty-fve years, extending
through The civil war, he was retired thirty
six years ago. His son, of the same name,
who was graduated from the Naval academy
IN 1884, also attained the rank of rear ad-
miral and went on the retired list in 1898.
The late admiral's grandson is in the serv-
Ice now. This is a remarkable family rec
ord. The elder Selfridge, who was a con-
temporary of Farragut. was said to be. at
the time of his death, the Oldest naval Off
Ger in the world. Admiral Sir Henry Ken
SApel of the Royal navy. being five wears
Wis junior. The service used to be favor
able to longevity, but there is some doubt
OF the effect Of the modern battleship upon
the expectation of life.
oliver Wendell Holmes, the associate
justice of the United States supreme court.
will not take his seat on the bench until
his nomination shall have been sent to the
!" senate and confirmed by that body. This Is
In consonance with a custom which has
prevailed since 1895. In that year John
Rutledgc of South Carolina was appointed
chief justice in place of John Hay and sat
IN court at the August term that same
year. In December the senate rejected his
nomination on the ground that his mind
was diseased. Oliver Ellsworth was then
nominated and confirmed. Never since that
episode has a justice of the supreme court
taken his seat before being confirmed.
James r. Keene is suffering from dvs-
pepsia--a deplorable predicament for one
who has been so long a toothsome diner.