Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-21
This Day in History,

his LAY IN HISTORY
1694-voltaire, the greatest literary
man Of his time. born in Paris. Died
there May 80, 1887
1790--Bryan Walter Proctor, who
won fame as poet and dramatist I'M
at Leeds, England Died in London
October 4, 1874.
1S06-Napoleon l. issued the Ber-
lin decree, declaring the British Isles
in state of blockade.
1S10-George Frederick Cooke. a
celebrated English tragedian, made
his first American appearance in New
York.
1S40-Empress Frederick, daughter
Of Queen Victoria of England and
mother of the present German EN-
peror, born. Died at Cronberg August
1S91-Thomas Hill, former presi-
dent of Harvard college, died at Walt
ham, Mass. Born at New Brunswick,
N. j., January 7, 1913.
1S93-The supreme court of the
United States decided the Great Lakes
to be high seas.
1S99-Garret A. Hobart, vice presi-
dent of the United States, died at
Paterson, N. ]. Born at Long Branch,
N. j., June 3, 1914.
The Day We Celebrate.
Mark Leon, with Leon the halter,
Is today celebrating his twenty-ninth
birthday, and promises to be one Of
Omaha's coming business men.
John R. Webster, general manager
of the Omaha Bridge and Terminal
company, was born November 81,
1851, at Detroit. He is a lawyer by
profession and has lived in Omaha
since 1885.
His Holiness, Pope Benedict XIV,
born at Pegli, near Genoa, sixty-two
years ago today.
Cardinal Mercier, Belgium's heroic
prelate, born on the site of the battle
Of Waterloo sixty-nve years ago today.
Manuel Estrada Cabrera, president
fifty-nine years ago today.
Mary Johnston, popular novelist,
born In Botecourt county, Virginia,
forty-six wears ago today.
Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch, popular
English novelist. born in Cornwall
ffty-three, years ago today.
William H. Murray ("Alfalfa BilpD,
representative in congress of the
Fourth Oklahoma district born at
Collinsville, Tex, forty-seven years ago
| today.
REV. Henry M. SOuueu, chaplain OIL
the United States house of represent
| atives, born in Marshall county, In
diana, seventy-fphr years ago today.
Frank l.. Kramer, worlds champion
bicycle racer, born at Evansville, Ind,
| thirty-seven years ago today.
Clark Griffith, manager of the
| Washington American league base ball
team, born at Nevada, Mo-, forty
eight years ago today.
Timely lettings and Reminders.
The federal farm loan board holds
| hearing today at Amarillo, Tex.
Quincy, Mass. holds its first cleo
| ton today under the non-partisan plan
| of city government.
The Farmers Educational and Co.
operative union, the largest and most
influential body Of farmers in the
country, begins its national conven-
| ton today at Palatka, Fla.
uniform code of state laws to
| govern the assessment life insurance
| business is to be considered at the an
nual convention of the National Asso-
| citation of Mutual Life Underwriters,
which meets today at Chicago.
All modern appliances used in
| hotels from kitchen to roof garden
| are to be shown at the big EXPOSE
ton of the National Hotel Mems con-
gress, opening today in the Grand Gen.
trail Palace, New York City.
Storyette of the Day.
Macklin was once lecturing on lit
erature and the stage, and In discuss
ing the education of memory boosted
that he could repeat any formula
after hearing it.
| Samuel Foote. the sardonic come
dian, who was one Of Macklin's audi
tors, wrote out and sent to the plat
form the rigamarole that has ever
since been famous:
| so she went into the garden to
cut cabbage leaf to make an apple
| pie. At the same time great she
bear. coming up the street. pops Its
head into the shop.
4 what. No SOAP
so he died, and she very impu-
4 IDENTIFY married the barber: and there
| were present the Pickaninnies, the
| Jobililies and the Gayrulies and the
Grand Paniandrum himself. with the
little round button at the tip; and
they all fell to playing the game of
catch-as-eateh-can till the gunpowder
ran out of the heels of their boots.'
Macklip failed, and so does every
body that tries orally to repeat the
confusing arrangement Of words
Detroit Free Press.