Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-18

Ninor scenes aaa Incidents sketchsd
on the spot

FVhNitVf TOT the uepoFtmenA. MCCADe u
Utah product. He entered the govern
ment service as q clerk eight or ten years
ago. At q salary OF 800 = year. During
his idle hours he studied law and gradu-
ated from q Washington law school. be
fore going to washington McCabe rail.
roaded for awhile mainly as a locomotive
fireman, edited a country paper and taught
school. The hrst thiue he did after re-
ceiving the appointment as solicitor was to
devise scheme for making the railroads
obey the law which says they shall not
keep live stock IN transit for more than
twenty eight hours without unloading them
for rest and water.
The law had been on the statute books
since 1873 but It was practically dead
letter because prosecuting attorneys in
sisted that the only way to prove that the
cattle had not been unloaded was for some
agent Of the government to ride on a cattle
train from point Of shipment TO destina-
ton.
McCabe having been a practical railroad
man and living at a division headquarters
knew that that was not necessary, He
knew that all that was necessary was to
take the number OF the cars at points OF
shipment. check them of at the regular
FEEDING stations and note the time OF the
arrival OF those cars at the great stock
yards. He knew that no railroad company
would unload cattle out on a prairie.
In few weeks he had prepared 1900
cases against the railroads. The attorneys
for the railroads threw up their hands,
confessed and promised 20 be good II the
government would not ask for the impc-
sition Of more than the mininAbm fine, slOO
for each violation.
Secretary Wilson agreed to that because
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obeyed In the future than OF having the
railroads punished. They are obeying the
law now pretty well. They know II Is no
use to suggest to Secretary Wilson that he
cannot prove they violate the law because
they know that McCabe can easily ascer-
tain whether they are telling the truth or
a counterfeit OF It.
OF interest to vesetarians whose number
is increasing in these days Of exposures
IL a bulletin issued by the Department OF
Agriculture. the title OF which lie the
Preparation OF Vegetables for the Table"
The object OF this bulletin is 20 help the
housekeeper TO a better understanding OF
the vegetable foods and the methods of
preparing them-the changes they undergo
when cooked and the methods OF cooking
and serving them. The bulletin was pre-
pdFe0 bY MISS MARIA FHIlOd, WnOs Nne III
PRODUCTION states. has made an extensive
study OF the subject and is thoroughly
familiar with both the theoretical and the
practical side Of vegetable cookery" This
is the latest OF the series Of bulletins
which the department has been issuing
for some time, the general purpose Of
which In Ia give in popular form sum-
msries OF data on the nutritive value OF
different foods and related, topics. AL
though not designed primarily as a cookery
book, the bulletin on vegetables contains
large number Of recipes for cooking
them.
II Is not often that an American politician
gets sick Of seeing his name in print. Yet
Senator Albert ], Beveridge Of Indiana got
more clippings a few days ago with his
name in them than he cared to see. This is
the way II happened. Beveridge has his
share Of vanity and the day he introduced
his meat inspection biiiS he teiegraphed an
order 10 one OF the New York press clip
ping bureaus to send him all clippings on
the Beverage meat bill Every paper in
the country printed something about the
packers and the Beverage bill. The first
day following his order BeveridEe received
several thousand clippings and an enormous
bill. The next day the clippings and the
bill we're trebied. The third day brought
Senator Beveridge's finish and gasping
over the amount Of his indebtedness to the
man with the shears he telegraphed as fol-
lows: Cancel my order; have had
enough"
"The gentleman from Kentucky reflects
on the appropriations committee" said |
Representative Gardner OF Michigan.
''The members of the committee are SUI
declared sheriey. a Ken
tuclian. with profuse courtesy. Because
we differ with them IL in no sense re-
Election upon the committee. We accord to
you proper energy and proper intelligence,
but we deny you absolute. infinite wisdom. "
During the discussion of the conference
report on thu Indian appropriation bill in
the senate Senator LaFollette cited case
in which one frm of lawyers in Indian
Territory had been paid $4,000 for serv-
ices 10 the Indians. Another case in
which the eornneld lawyer failed to attend
to business" remarked Senator spooner.
eiancing at Senator Tillman. who replied:
'The cornheld lawyer can't attend to all
the stealing; IL he did he would never
sleep"
One OF the most interesting stories passed
around the senate concerns the ingenious
work OF two of the employees OF that body.
Several weeks ago an estimable woman
from Denver. changing her mind she
was going down IN one OF the senate elevn-
tors, darted out the half closed door Just
as the operator had moved the lever and
set the car in motion. She was fatally
hurt, her death following the accident in a
few hours The occurrence shocked every
one about the senate. Saturday and yes
terday E. c. Stubs, the chief engineer