Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-09
Personal NOTES.

Only 200 out of SO members of the present
British Parliament are In favor of women's
suffrage, according to a statement by Keir
Hardis.
The last surviving member of the family
OF Mozart, the composer, earns his living
by drawing beer in a railway station
restaurant at Augsburg, Germany.
Governor Hanly of Indiana has written
and will shortly publish a book, in which
he purposes TO treat the subject OF graft"
as he has found 1t to exist in public ONCE
D. II. Burnham. the Chicago architect
who has been invited to San Francisco to
help plan the new city. has wired to ex-
Mayor James d. Phelan that he will be in
San Francisco before the 18th OF the month.
King Edward is largely his own physi-
clan, and a happy combination Of exercise
and self-denial accounts for the preserva-
ton Of a fine constitution. Now almost an
escetic at the table. he may say. in the
words OF the late Sir William Harcourt:
II feel best when eat least"
Richard Burke, the Bnglishman. has
given up hunting and will sell his establish
ment and 20 to San Francisco to help in
the reconstruction of his damaged property
there He is part owner OF many buildings
wealthy American Miss Donaghue.
Tolstoi is reported to be in excellent
health He reads less than formerly and
his reading consists Of English and Amer
lean books on labor questions, working
class houses and municipal government.
He no longer rides on horseback every
day and now depends on walking for his
exercise
twenty-five states-namely, Alabama. Cali
fornia. Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas
Maine, Massachusetts,, Michigan, Mime
sofa, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, New
Hampshire, North Dakota, Oregon, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island. South Carolina.
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont
Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Senator Arthur Pue German OF Maryland
who for many years has been a leading
figure in democratic politics, is a sick man.
He has not been to the senate since Christ
mas, most Of that time having been con-
fined to his room His friends say he has
heart disease. the malady that stood in the
way OF his becoming a candidate for presi-
dent at the last democratic national con-
vention.
The solicitude shown by King Victor En-
manuel III for his subjects during the re-
cent terrible eruptions Of Vesuvius was
not of a temporary kind. Whenever there
is serious trouble in Italy the king always
betakes himself TO the scene OF the catas-
trophe and does whatever he can to relieve
suffering This method Of quick response
to public sentiment more than any other
thing has made Victor one Of the most
popular royalties in Europe.
Judge Jackson of West Virginia has heen
forty-four years on the federal bench,
longer than any other living man has held
such a position. A few days ago he sx-
pressed the opinion that unless a check is
put upon the present tendency toward cor
ruption. which has been gaining in force
during the last few years this country will
be IN a bad way. That there is corruption
in private life Is demonstrated by the in
creasing number OF divorce cases The
antics Of high life, aped by those Of lesser
wealth, are largely responsible. The rem
edy for that lies In the moral DreceDts OF
the Christian religion"