Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-29
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Apostle Reed Smoot is a good talker.
This is fortunate, as the senate Is In great
need OF some more good takers.
Leonard Roeder, the oldest citizen Of ILL
nois, died at Quincy on Wednesday. He
served in the German army under Butcher,
at the battle Of Waterloo.
Thirty-one huge and exceedingly strong
Havana cigars are the daily allowance OF
King Carlos OF Portugal, the biggest and
latest of all the r~eigning monarchs of the
old world.
The duke of Manchester, Cincinnati's
lovely son-in-law. was greeted on his ar
rival in New York the other day with an
attachment for his baggage and an unpaid
jewelers. bill. The attachment pained the
duke. but it didn't touch Papa Zimmerman.
r. H. Milward, the Birmingham solicitor
who drew up the marriage settlement be-
tween Miss Vanderbilt and the duke Of
Marlborough, has been sentenced to six
years servitude for disappointing trust
moneys. His embellishments amounted to
1920, 900.
A genius in Germany has invented an
appliance to measure mental fatigue. I'm
less it will register the cause in letters
so large that he who looks may read,
it will not contribute much to the sum OF
human knowledge. People afflicted with the
tired feeling do not need a machine half
a much a a high ball or similar CONNECTION.
The long-promised biography of Benjamin
Disraeli, Lord Beaconsfeld, is to be pub
lished this year. The name OF the author
is not announced. 1t is not, at any rate,
Lord Rowton, who by the terms OF Dis
raeli's will is in possession OF all the per-
sonal documents and correspondence. 1t is
intimated, however, that to many Of them
access has not been refused.
Senator Hoar heard the other day that an
old lady in reduced circumstances had a
fine portrait of Daniel Webster. The sena-
tor, who WINS the largest collection of
Websteriana in the country, hurried to the
address given and shortly owned the paint
ing, which is from the brush of Chester
Harding, well known in art circles sixty
years ago. He thinks 1t is one Of the finest
portraits of Webster in existence.
Congressman Crumpacker Of Indiana,
while in Indianapolis recently, secured for
one of his constituents a position in the
file rooms of the state capitol. He re-
quested the man to come on at once. The
constituent fastened to Indianapolis with
the avidlty a Hoosier usually displays when
there is an office in sight. but he carried
with MIN n SdICnel lull OF MES VI SNSIy
variety that a machinlst could devise.
Brigadier General Edward NJ. Hayes, just
promoted from the colonelcy or the Thir-
tenth cavalry regiment, is the officer OF
longest commission in the United States
army. He entered the service as a bugler
in 1856, when but 10 years old, and has risen
step by step from that rank, He served
during the civil war and achieved consider
able distinction in later Indian troubles or
the frontier. He has been wounded a num-
Der OF times.
A good many Of Congressman Shattuc's
colleagues have felt the sting of his ready
wit at times, and few care to engage IN
repartee with him. The Ohio man who
went down to defeat last fall told some
friends last week that he had purchased
two bird dogs, giving $1,000 apiece for
them. This gave a fellow member a long
sought opportunity and he said: well
shattuc, If you're rich enough to pay 81, 00C
apiece for dogs it's about time you retired.