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Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11

Congressman Gillespie of Texas, whose
resolution asking for information concern
Ing the community of interests of the
Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio and other
roads was passed by the house, came TO
congress the first time on toss OF a coin.
He is from the twelfth district and first
served in the fifty-eighth congress. There
were three candidates for the nomination.
Several thousand ballots were taken.
Finally it was decided to break the dead
lock by the toss OF coin. The third
man was eliminated on the first toss and
Gillespie won the second toss and the
nomination.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11
A Busy Biographer.

Winston Spencer Churchill, whose biogra-
ply Of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill
is one of the important publications. is a
rising young man in English political life.
Of unusual attachments and remarkable In
dustry. His service in the English army
and in Parliament. together with his recent
venture in literary fields are typical OF
the tendency Of how Englishmen in public
life combine active political interests with
literary pursuits. Mr.. Gladstone Mr..
Bryce. Mr.. Morley and Mr.. Mccarthy are
illustrious examples for the new aspirant
for literary honors to follow. Among Mr..
Churchill's friends the announcement OF his
book usually is greeted with the exclama-
ton: How did he ever find time to
write it?'
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11
Printer With a Palace.

]. p Nannetti. the lord mayor OF the
Irish capital for 1906. is the foreman printer
on the Nationalist Freeman's Journal. He
has long been the leader in the Dublin
Trades Council, is a member OF the cor
poration and represents the College Green
division in Parliament. He still nightly
does duty in the Freeman office, though he
lives in Dublin's palatial mansion house.
has salary OF 1880 for the year and
ranks during the tenure of the lord mayor
atty as a privy councillor with the title,
right honorable" His father was an
Italian compositor who settled in Dublin
sixty years ago
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11
DIsIiked Exercise.

The late Sir Edward Thornton, the Brit
ish diplomatist. lived to be nearly 70 years
of age, and his life was spent in taking no
exercise. He would take cab to cross the
street and would never walk upstairs If he
could find an elevator In this respect he
was like Mr.. Chamberlain rather than Mr..
Roosevelt. Mr. Chamberlain's lifelong
aversion to physical exercise makes him
a remarkable contrast TO the president. yet
the English statesman Is celebrated for his
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11

DR.. William Oslers mother entered on
her one hundredth year recently at her
home In Canada. Three-quarters of q Gen.
fury ago Rev. Mr.. Osler and his wife
settled at Bondhead, Ont. Four OF their
sons have been men Of great Canadian
reputation, and one, DR.. osler. regius pro-
lessor of medicine at oxford university. Is
recognized leader OF the English and
American medical profession. Il. b. Osler,
NJ p, and Justice Featherstone Osler OF
the court OF appeals are the two prominent
remaining sons. The late d. b. Osler. one
OF the foremost men OF the Canadian bar,
was also u son.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11

where some died and others became help
less wrecks. They have seen them In the
deliuium of smallpox and other fevers;
seen them at work when weak and enact
ated by chronic diarrhoea or other camp
diseases until the hospital or the grave
brought relief. They have seen them In
later years in the county poor houses, abb
solute paupers, because there was no pen
sion for them save what comrades do
mated and they know that five-sixths of
all those who formed the corps are in their
graves unthanked and unhonorod.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11
Recalls Boyhood Day6.

Writing OF his boyhood days, Mr.. Car
negie saysi For several years my two
week holiday each year was spent with
my dear uncle, Squire Morris. Rowing on
the Ohio and excursions to the melon
patches on the other side of the river were
chief sources of Joy, as 1 remember, to me
and my cousins and the boys who accom-
panied me-" Andrew has always had
weakness for the melon patches all his
life.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11
Always ms Telegraph corp..

The telegraphers at the various depart
ments were under the military orders of
special commissioned officers. who were
given rank in the army solely with view
OF such command. Not one OF these
telegraphers ever had any other duties as
signed to him. The reports on file in the
War department go to show that General
Grant and other distinguished generals re-
quired these operators to send their reports
to them and to them only.
AS the army expanded so did the military
telegraph corps and at the close OF the war
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11
Noted song Writer.

Paul Dresser, the Indiana song writer,
whose ION the Banks OF the Wabash Far
Away" and The Blue and the Gray"
brought him lasting fame, died at the home
OF his sister in New York City. Mr..
Dresser was Il years old. His birthplace
was Terre Haute, Ind.
Mr.. Dresser's songs are popular becauS
OF the heart throbs they contain. II al
ways was his idea that something more
than needing the money" was necessary
before a song could successfully bespro-
duced. Some sort Of inspiration was neces-
sary before a song could be written in a
sentimental strain, he insisted many times.
Most famous among Dressers work Is
ION the Banks OF the Wabash Far Away"
One evening, in the spring OF 1891. the
song writer arrived at West Baden, Ind.
He was i'll and tired and his mind was
filled with evil forebodings. On his way
across the state he had stopped at Terre
Haute and visited the old home, where he
had spent his early days lie saw thu
sparkling waters Of the Wabash. He saw
the moon reflected on the surface and he
saw the candIelights twinkling in the cot
tages through the tall sycamores on the
banks The memories of the past came
before him like a dream. His heart was
filled with sorrow and tenderness. At West
Baden he asked for the key to the theater,
and passing through the long and gloomy
hall, he sat down before the piano and in
the fading light he played slowly the notes
of his famous song, which came 10 him
without effort. and as he played he sang
the words
Oh, the moonlights fair tonight along the
Wabash
From the FIELDS there comes the breath
OF new-mown hay;
Through the sycamores the candlelights
are cleaning
On the banks OF the Wabash far away,
The words of the first verse. the chorus
and the music were composed that night
in few minutes. On the next day he
wrote the second verse, and the song,
which was soon published. became popular
from the start
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11

ENAIOH N. -. SCOII OF west
Virginia on Thursday afternoon
addressed the senate Of the United
Ixf3l States on the question of estab-
- fishing the status OF the military
telegraphers who served the union army
during the war of the rebellion. A bill is
pending to amend the act OF 1897, intended
to give the telegraphers full standing as
soldiers of the grand army. Senator Scott
said:
Upon the opening Of the war Of the re-
belllon, with perhaps the exception Of enc
untried corps in Germany. no army system
In the world embraced a telegraphic de-
partment, and II was reserved for mere
boys-American boys7to inaugurate that
arm Of the service and demonstrate amid
the din and carnage OF war its immeasur-
able value. Today every nation, ours among
the number, following that demonstration
operates a military telegraph as an inte-
grail part OF its army. On the opening OF
May. 1861, at the call of Simon Cameron,
secretary OF war. Thomas A Scott OF Penn
sylvania appeared in Washington, was COM
missioned colonel Of the First regiment Dis
trict OF Columbia volunteers, and placed in
charge of the military telegraph and rail-
roads. The powers the president and secre-
tary of war clothed him with we're I'M
limited and practically made him dictator,
at least so far as the military telegraph
was concerned. Within a week after his
arrival military telegraph lines were run
around and through washington, connect
ing the War department with the arsenal
the navy yard, the capitol, the railroad
station, Georgetown, China bridge, Long
bridge and the various camps they were
formed and operators were placed at those
nj iDht x.tttb
the crossing of the Potomac by the govern
ment forces, the military telegraph and Its
operators crossed that river, stations we're
opened in the Arlington house at Alexan-
dria, at Camp Upton, Camp Mcdowell and
Camp Trenton Thus It was that new fac
tor in war was ushered in and necessity
made essential its spread throughout the
union armies. Henceforth. II became an in
dispensibe adjunct to each of our armies,
and every post, and in its fuller develop
ment also of every army corps.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11
The Bonaparte Signature.

or all the signatures that come TO the
capitol attached TO official documents none.
says the Washington Star. covers more
paper than that OF Charles ]. Bonaparte.
secretary OF the navy. Mr.. Bonaparte's
signature is about five inches long. and the
greatest height OF letters Is over an inch
II makes the famously big signature of
John Hancock attached to the Declaration
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11

the natural man. planted strangely in the
bleached garden of ultra propriety and fas-
tidious culture. His roots are rugged, rank
Of the soil; his foliage rude as the
branches of the cactus. and upon occasion
not less prickly. His speech is unstudied,
homely and plain; so denuded of every
rhetorical artifce as to remind one, in
that presence, Of some naked hairy man
Of the woods breaking into a satin-lined
boudoir. There is no end of the Smiles
which he suggests, so / will merely ada
that his speech recalled the evolutions OF
some grizzled Spanish bull in the arena,
who is inoffensive while let alone, but
does any light-heeled matador presume to
bait him he lowers his formidable front,
paws up the turf and bellows and shakes
menacingly the sharpness Of his horns. He
uses the first word. the readiest phrase,
that comes to his lips. and it is apt to
be frank one
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11
Service of the Military Tele9raphers

TO the sea. or northward like Banks up Red
river or Curtis to Little Rock, the teleg-
rapher went with his instrument and cypher
key. that greatest of all secrets except the
secrets It hid, and in proper hands only DIS
closed.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11
Three Noted DECENTRALIZATION.

Senator Dolliver OF Iowa tells OF time
when he was a school teacher in that
state and knew two young fellows who
between them looked after a small railroad
station. One was Billy Van Horne ana
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11
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Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11

the other was Charley Hayes. The former
became a telegraph operator and before
ten years was superintendent OF the 81.
Paul road. Now he Is Sir William Van
Horne, made a baronet because Of the
wonderful ability he displayed in rescuing
the Canadian Pacific from its moribynd
condition. Hayes Ia now head of the
Southern Pacific at a very large salary.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11
Zen TiIIman as He Is.

: IS so unlike the rest of them
that his address to them gained
thereby greatly in picturesque
contrast, writes Julian Hawthorne
In the Naw York American Ha ia
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11
Notable Osier Family.

energy, and he has already nvsd seventy
years.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-11

N. B. SCOTT OF West
Virginia on Thursday afternoon
addressed the senate Of the United
States on the question of estab-
Iahinr the status Of the military
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07

and Saturday nights and Saturday mat
inee this week. Mr. Clement IL
today one OF the greatest English
speaking actors. His personality is so
dominant as to make most vivid impress
sion upon the mind whenever seen. For
several years Mr. Clement has been pre-
pairing for this masterpiece Of stage
craft and dramatic art, which the life Of
Houston affords since Il ranges from the
exalted station of governor of Tennessee
at Nashville to the frontier scenes Of the
great southwest among the Indians Mex
leans and the ragged heroes of that period
and locality, making dramatic scenes
never to be forgotten Mr.. Clement has
carefully avoided the discharge of fire.
arms that disturb the nervous. and
climaxes OF great intensity are reached
without the usual gun-iring The magni-
tude of the production may be understood
when 1t is said that every inch Of scenery
and every property used. to the mnutest
is carried by Mr.. Clement. and with a
powerful dramatic company OF fifty peo-
pie 1t requires three cars to transport the
whole equipment. In the production and
presentation OF Sam Houston" nothing
has been overlooked, no expense spared
to make II the notable dramatic produce
ton of the season.
John Philip Sousa's new comic OPERA
THE Free Lance" shortly to be seen here
Is return TO the comic opera Of other days
and is said to be an eminently successful
return. This collaboration OF Americas
famous bandmaster and march king with
Harry r. Smith, the librettist. who wrote
Robin Hood" is said to contain all the
rollicking fun and clever wit and Jest nee
essary to laugh a night away as IL by
magic, accompanied. by the most stirring
and sparkling melodies ever written by this
composer. John Philip Sousa. In It Joseph
Cawthorn has been furnished with the best
part OF his career and surrounded
as he is with such high class sing
ers and comedians as Nella Bergen, Jean.
cite Lowrie, George Tallman, George schil-
Ter, Albert Hart and Stanley Murphy, with
the best and biggest singing chorus Klaw
& Erlanger have ever presented in any mu-
steal production, there is every reason to
believe 1.-The Free lance to be one of the
best musical productions witnessed In this
country for many a day.
-
In THE WIFE," which is to be presented
at the Burwood during the coming week,
the Woodward Stock company will be seen
in one Of the strongest pieces to be pre-
scented by that excellent organization dur
ing the season. 1t is the admitted master
piece of Belasco and DeMille, and was
written at a time when that famous firm
was doing its greatest work. The dramatic
intensity OF the play holds the interest
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07

Of the two are so widely divergent that
comparison Is defeated. Miss Crosmann
IL dashing. vivaclous, effervescant, while
Miss Templeton is demure, quiet, unctu-
Gus. Where the one compels, the othnr
caresses. One Is as sure of results as the
other, and each is artistic TO her finger
tips Each has the God-giying gift Of
humor, the saving grace Of being able to
see the fun in the thing well as any
one else. and the divine capacity Of i'm
parting this sense Of fun to others. 1t
may not please Miss Templeton to wish
that her shadow never grows smaller, but
here's hoping she will flourish to make
us laugh for many years yet
Annie Russen's Venture into classic
comedy has been a winner. All the New
York critics are loud in praise Of her as
Puck in "A Midsummer Nights Dream"
and John Corbin devotes much of his Sum
day column to an analysis of the produce
ton. arguing for its sanity and correctness
as we'll as for the subjugation Of Bottom
in favor OF Puck. 1t means that the Astor
theater is to be one of the popular places
In New York during the coming season, and
that Messrs. wagenhals and Kemper are to
be congratulated on having had the faith
to lead them to a success that looked de-
cldedly dubious at the outset
"Brigadier Gerard" the Conan Doyle
play in which Kyrle BELOW is seen this
season, and which was presented for the
first time in Chicago on Monday evening"
is described by w. d. Hubbard in the
Tribune as being the most brilliant ro-
mantle drama since The Prisoner OF
Zenda.'" and Mr. Bellew is praised for
his work. 1t abounds in passages OF bril-
liant comedy. and scintillates with the wit
of the author, whose crispness and origin
ality have long been enjoyed by the reading
public. 1t is already listed among the sue
cesses Of the season.
-
Coming Events.
by Hough e. Adams, with music by Jo-
seph Howard. has broken all records for
attendance and receipts at the Chicago
opera house for the past twenty-seven
weeks. IL comes to the Boyd theater for
four nights and two matinees, commencing
October z. THE Land of Ned" contains
thirty-one musical numbers and chorus
features and the cast includes Ellie Fay,
who will be seen as the Chorus Girl;
Nena Blake, as Bonnie: Knox Wilson in
his original creation. April Fool Neil Nc
Neil as Welsh Rarebit, and John e. Young
as the Man in the Moon.
Clay Clement will present his new and
powerful semi-historical drama, Sam
Houston" at the Boyd Thursday, Friday
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07
Coming Events.

Clay Clement will present his new and
powerful semi-historical drama, Sam
Houston" at the Boyd Thursday, Friday
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07

I had as my guest one day this week
Miss Hazel Moore OF Council Bluffs. who.
having finished her course with honors, be-
comes this winter a member of the faculty
or the Groff-Bryant vocal school in Chf
cssn. Madame Bryant and her bizarre
method have caused endless comment. I
have been particularly anxious to get =
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07
Music and Musical Notes

He unwelcome fall is certainly
here. Ones meditations turn to
Jaeger flannels df that's the way
you spell 'em) and pink teas; 10
lev Sidewalks. tvoornfnOs u,bau tho
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07

After the consideration of these. one
dislikes to use the term genius" in con-
nection with ono whose art is so true
and whose ways are so delightful as are
the art and the ways of Fay Templeton
Age certainly has not withered the buxom
Fay, nor Is custom likely to stale her.
She IL fresh as a breath OF dawn. and as
fdelightfully fragrant. Her ways are
ways OF merriment. and her paths on the
staEe-are the paths OF pleasure. She
hasn't attained all this merely by sitting
stiI. In the years of her life. which are
not nifty. as some one has been unkind
enough TO state. she has devoted herself
to the turning over OF one small talent
given into her keeping. This she has
done so we'll It has increased an hundred
fold. Her face is indeed her fortune, for
never puck nor elfn Fay looked half so
Iaemure as she when meditating prank
lery auip. Sprite by nature as she is Fay
b. name. she has succeeded IN adapting
her mood TO her manner, until she is, IN
her way. the most accomplished OF Amer
team comodlennes. Henristta Crosmann
IL the only one who is NJ TO be named
with Bay Tsmsiston. and the methods
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07

through all OF It's four acts. and the story
Il tells IL one that can not fail to impress
the auditor. Miss Elliott and Mr. Morrison
have good roles, and Carl Fey viii be seen
In one OF his best characters. All the rest
Of the company are well located in the long
cast, and Director Long has prepared with
great care for the production. The first per-
Torrance will be given at q matinee this
afternoon, and the Piece will be repeated
each evening durias the week. with other
matinees on Tuesday, Thursday and Sat
urday.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-07

The opening recital at the Schneider &
Mueller hall has been postponed until oc-
tober is. Mrs. w. w. Turner, soprano;
Mr.. Ellis, barytone; Mr. cuscaden. vio-
llnist
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-08

action is not normal, and she has g,
fered lately much from neuralgia. So
has been III since she returned tFel
the National Suffrage conyentioaSk
Baltimore last month. She contrark
ed cold which aggravated her asE
ralgIa, and soon gtterward pleunS
mia set in. She has been under ,tAs
care Of her physician, q woman, Mn
Marsena shermau.RIck for maEe
than two weeks: From her bedside
daily have come reports that the on.
sicisas treatment was holding ha'
disease in check, but this week mote
untayorable symptoms developed al
there was less hope that her illneaa
would terminate speedily Many d.
presslons Of sympathy are receiver
dallyat the Anthony home.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-08
SUSAN B. ANTHONY
I'LL.
VENERABLE WoMAN's RIGHTS
ADVOCATE IN SERIOUS CON-
piTIoN AT HER. HOME.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y. March g.
Miss Susan B. Anthony is seriously III
at her home here Of pneumonia, whicl
developed on her return from her 10
cent visit to Washington,
Miss Anthony resides with her sis.
ter, Miss Mary s. Anthony, In q small
frame house at u Madison street IN
this city, home provided for her
years ago by devoted friends. Miss
Anthony Keeps house, with the as.
sistance Of . maid. n
Miss Susan B. anthony occupies
her time, when well with a large
amount Of correspondence and with
reading and sewing. She isepersist-
ent reader Of newspapers, the drift
.of events Tie world over interesting
IheF constantly: she mas many call
era, etsonsS from 1ll over be world
slis AZ aeeply6 cIpase otfha nom
ageSpald t6S6ef IN later yeassI 81 con
mast to the calunry 81 other days
|she 1855 yeara old.
For D Tong time Siaa Anlhony has
no, been IN robust health. Her heart
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-08
MODERN PIRATES

ne claeme SEQ rover Rho was
voni d swoop down on a2merchant.
man md loot cargo was regarded
y IL clvillsed nations as d criminal
q ne most dang Foas type. II caught,
10 uas usually hanged along with
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lhae are pirates who prey on COM
meue, hui they are tfar less engag-
ne to ne inaginaslon. Among them
ihlsuo1llts ,may bel lasseli tho trade
natA afset. as he is sometimes
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,1opeta Insteaa " holding up q
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liyal's brand tie style ard cover Of
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BOLD ma aiso in throwing out to
no pubttr ne bait 81 cheaper price,
he siFert lie revenues Of his VIC
tlm iatc az own pocsst.
So sea Las become the depreda,
lions ot tless land buccaneers that
American manufacturers are now ask
ins Tor q national law which shall
mako he imitation Of Trademarks q
renal 5nense a blll has been intro
laoed al Wsahtngtoa wEsdh provides
lnal me maket goods which are
ariltlus % interstate commerce and
which hear lbsbeis inimitation of,other
brands shall be liable to n ono ane
Or Imprisonment tpf two years, Or
BOTH The manufacturer who jleeces
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t,aaemark codnteFteltipg d penal Of
ianae WIS oyeHhfcEn lly the courts
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rishsa \.
Most Of 40 states llaya statutes
mailing Irademarls piracy criminal
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that manufacturers sRs Nv afford
lhem but little proteStien. Ifses alSp
point out that nearly ail sngopssen1
countries have nstiCnal Avs HIS We
ono hoy want enacted ly eongfes
and TINT even IN China ttefe y 4
~ providing that one entity Of taIs
lutp navy be- imprisooed Tor one
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