Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-26
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Although Judge Lynch has not appeared
in that region the hemp industry is re-
ported booming around Manila.
Mr.. Yerkes dropped Chicago Traction
after filling the tanks Mr.. Yerkes is as
smooth a promoter as ever hit the pike.
The spectacle Of Mark Alonzo Hanna
Parry-ing blows directed at organized labor
is we'll calculated to drive Cartoonist DAY.
export to strong drink.
Parisians are opening the hot air valves
for another siege of dry fuss. The spec
tacle is as picturesque as an alleged re-
publican doing a feeble stunt on a ~populist
platform.
A New York court holds that a saloon
sandwich does not constitute a meal. The
learned jurist draws a fine distinction be-
tween sandwiches, having gone against the
railroad variety early in life.
The Central Trust company of New York
is a money maker from wayback. II has
paid 60 per cent per annum since January,
1900. Stockholders of the company are cor
respondingly contented and trustful.
The postmaster of an Ohio town con-
victed of embezzlement, wept copiously
when sentence was passed upon him. I'm
fortunately for i'm his wellsprlng did not
bubble while he was burning government
money.
The government has purchased several
hundred tons of frankfurters and sauer-
kraut for the edifcation OF the army and
the navy. A marked improvement In our
relations with Germany Is confidently pre-
dicted.
An Indiana teacher was fired and fined
for whipping a bad boy three times In
fifteen minutes HRu the Job been done
| properly at the first session little trouble
would follow. Repetition makes such scenes
painfully HOMOGENEOUS.
Four French aeronauts fell 10, 900 feet in
q balloon, which rebounded 800 feet and
finally caught on some wires. In about
ten days the Omaha boomers will be in
shape to compare their sensations with
those Of the Frenchmen.
Prompt response Is made to the appeal
Of the Federation of Old Maids for details
OF matrimonial strife. A weary and heavy
laden husband in Hoboken seeks divorce
on the ground that his wife was in the
nabit Of beating him before and after meals
ATLAS UNFOLDING the World is a pic
ture calculated to excite the wonder of the
young, but when a modern man make away
with Atlas and his world weighing 1900
pounds the giants of other days have
reason to shake their in mute
amazement. The incident happened in Chi.
cage. The thief left the building for an.
other call.
Louis Thompson Hunt of Brooklyn Il
obliged, under the conditions of his faith.
er's will, TO marry before he is 25 year
Of age or forfeit an annual income o
81, 500. What strange whims fathers perps
trate In their Wills. 1t is dificult to con
ceive OF a harsheF fate than that Of re
curing a man OF %. through whose vein
course red sporting blood, to divide hi
meager stipend with another.
There is now under way a number O
Investigations into crooked deals in publ
life which lend considerable zest to publ
4iairs in many localities. Smuggling 1
Porto Rico. courts martial in AlaskI
frauds in the Postofioe department, hood
ling in Missouri, shady state loans I
] Indiana and municipal disinfecting in s
Louis, Minneapolis, Seattle and New Yorl
furnish proof of public watchfulness 4
public affairs. Political grating is becon
: ing an Improbable as we'll as a dangeroJ
i profession.