The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-25
AS TO PERSONS.

Although there are still ten indictments
hanging over DR.. A. =. Ames, former
mayor of Minneapolis, for malfeasance il
Office. none Of them Will be prosecuted,
as the recent decision OF the supreme
court, setting aside his conviction under
the strongest Of cases against him rem
ders a second conviction practically an
imPossibility.
Marquis Ito, now one of J5pan's great
est men. was once stowaway. \ plot
to assassinate him had been formed, and
he was hidden by a woman who was at
tached to him till he could he struggled
aboard an English ship IN bale of silk
When he was thirty-six hours out he re
vealcd himself to the captain. and offered
10 work his way TO England as stew
ard. This was in 1868. lie stayed a year
in England.
John Z. irish formerly of Iowa. has
been naval officer for the port of San
Francisco for some years. Irish is Il
Democrat, and the Republicans of Cali
fornia have been trying to get him out Of
his place for some time. 4 delegation Of
citizens of that state went TO Washing
ton TO protest against Irish holding the
office any longer. They saw the Presi-
dent. ana made their arguments. Much
to their disgust, when they awoke next
morning, the first thing they saw in the
morning papers was that the President
attended a banquet given by the q. A r.
the previous evening, and applauded
heartily while John =. Ir-sf responded to
the toast. The President"
Mark Twain is az work on a new novel.
which was begun many years ago and laid
aside Now that he $ IN Italy with
more leisure and less liability to Interrupt
ton he has gone to work systematically
To complete it. He has jusp finished new
short story. which will appear in an early
number of Harper's Magazine. Mr.. Glenn
ems writes his stories 10 suit himself and
then hands them over to his wife. as he
SAYS to edit the hell fire out Of them"
After Mrs Clemens completes her impor-
tant share of the work their daughter
copies them on the typewriter. for which
her father pays her at the regular mar
ket rates.
Elihu Root served as secretary Of war
at a Great pecuniary sacrifice. His salary
Is government official was a mere drop
i'm the bucket compared 20 what his in
come IS corporation lawyer would have
been. As soon as it was announced
about two months ago that Mr. Root
would leave the war department in
February letters began to pour in on
him asking for his legal services. Re
tanning fees We're forced on him before
h. even had chance to talk with per-
sons who sought TO engage him This
thing kent up to the day he left the war
department. He -obliged to turn down
many of the offers he received. and it is
safe to say that he could have taken on
enough work that came unsolicited 20
keep him busy FOR the next two or three
years
Senator Daniel. Of Virginia. who has
just been reelected. is the author OF a
standard law book. entitled Daniel on
Negotiable Instruments" He was ex-
planning in one Of his law lectures one
day how he came to write the hook He
said hc was in his Office. some years ago.
when "a man came in and asked him if
sight drafts carried three days Of grace
Etc didn't know. None Of the other law
ECrs know. lie then determined TO write
q comprehensive work on all negotiable
instruments. ard he did SO. As the SEN
ator was finishing a young man in the
class said. "Scrator. do sight drafts car
rs three days Of grace Daniel hem
mod and hawei. looked confused. and
finally said: Upon my soul. young man.
/ have forgotten.
After Living Tor over twenty-five years
In the Fifth Avenue Hotel. New York.
senator tiatt has moved To tn, Waldorf
Astoria The senator saws he makes the
change for business and religious rea-
sons. but declines 20 he more specific
some politicians think that perhaps Mrs
Piatt prefers yhe uptown hosiery. there
being more lie and color in the sur
roGndinSs than In the older establishment.
Others put it down that Plat moves he
cause Governor odeH mas his hesdquar
tiers in the Fifth Avenue.