RETURNOF SPEAKER KIEFER WAS CZAR OF TEE HOUSE WEEX PRESENT SPEAKER ' "JOS" CANNON WAS MEMBER Is On of the Three National Speakers Who Have Been Returned to Congress After a Lone Laspe of Years., ; -; ; v-v . The return of General J. Warren Kiefer to Congress after an absence of 22 years Is of more than passing Interest for toe reason that he was Speaker of the House ffhlch was or ganised In 18&L It was a famous Congress and Ewer's pathway was not on of roses. He beoame lnol Ted In a controversy with H. V. Boynton, then dean of th Washing ton correspondents, and the pltter at tacks of Boynton had much to do with Kiefer retirement from public life although he was but 48 when he finished his fourth term In the House. Since then he has not been idle but has been prominent In civil and mill' tary life. He returns to Congress as did -Nathaniel P. Banks and tialuaba A. Grow. They had been Speakers jr. WARREN KIEFER many years before and their return was notable. Each, like Kelfer, lived for years without prominence In poll tics but both were older when they came back. General Kiefer is now 68 but remarkably hale and hearty. He was always a ceaspicuous man and is the more so now because of b. white hair and beard which were tawny brown in ttoe days of his speakership. He ellsgs to the garb of the old time statesman snd wears at all times an eld fashioned swallow tailed eoat cut much like the dress coats of to-day. General Kiefer served four terms la Congress, com tag to Washington flrnt for the special session of 18TT. He was chosen Speaker of the 47th Congress, Dee. nth. 1881. serving but the one term. Last year he was nominated for Congress and had no very hard time In getting the honor. The district Is k strongly republican and his majority was the largest ever gien any candi date. - .' General Kiefer has a great .war record. As a fighter and leader he had few equals la the Union army. He was practicing law when the first alarm of war was sounded In 1861 and he at once yoh'-teered as a priv ate. Before going to the front he was commissioned major ana was pro Z ....ihiV K-rinsr in 1865 ss?Tnere is a consiasrawe niemom in ovftSr,. - hravat mnlnr-nsarsl dler In aetlva service. At the buttle of the wilderness In 1W ne was sewrely wounded but would not five np. He stayed at It until Lee sur rendered. A born seldler be could not resist the call to anna wnea the war witn Spain came on, and wes made a major-general of volunteers. Be commanded a brigade under Sher idan in the Virginia battles tbst led np to Appomattox. At tbe battle of Balloi'B Creek, General Ktefer bad an experience out of tbe ordinary. Going alone at dusk to observe the lines of the enemy be found blmteif suddenly surrounded by a large body ot confederates. Tbey eould not dis tinguish bis Federal uniform la tbe dark and be wae equal to tbe occas ion. Wheeling bis none about be cried out is tones of command ''Atten tion, men, right about face, march." Thinking tt was one of their own nannewa tha eonfederates followed bin) intA tne TJalea cams wbero to their disgust they found themselves prison ers. - . Be returns to congress vigorous and eaaer for active participation In tbe councils of tbe nation. Aa an ex Speaker be has been given a chairman, ship and wss also allowed the privilege sf ehaoainaT his old sest without going into the lottery scramble. Speaker Cannon was la Congress during gen eral Klefar'a tern as Speaker snd they were warm friends. General Kiefer represents one of the best districts in Ohi cutalnln big man ufacturing eatsbllshateats. He has found few of bla old colleagues in tbe House. Many are dead and many more Jbng ago retired to private life. Cannon and Bingham, Hltt end Fame, also Ketch, m of New Tork, are about all who artt now in the noose waa were with KWfer in the stlrrinjr days of bis speakership, v V- rty Trying. A man wbo usually grumbled at everything and on every occasion, was attacked by rheumatism. He was carefully nursed by alB wife, who was ' very devoted to him, in spite of bis fault-finding disposition. Sometimes the sight of his suffering caused her to burst into tears as she sat at bis bedside. One day a friend of the Invalid came In, and asked him sympathetically now he was getting on. "Badly. baiiy be exclaimed; "and . it's all my wife's fault." "Tea Tbe doctor told me that damp places were bad for me; and ttrs my wlfo sits and cries Just to ra'-S tbe air 1 the room moiut Tl-e 1. In I --n-'-L t -t 1 ! I UK .'.'.lia'i ' a 'Is n niotmt .ii there e msli-a of snow r tla ciu:;tor, fl th 're, f AO INSURANCE LEGISLATION, Congressmen Will Talk, But- Wont . '. 1 - , , r Pass Bilk . " . Legislative experts at Washington do not look for the passage ( an Insur ance law during this session at Con gress. Statesmen of all sorts ami can dltions will talk much about It There will be a great deal of dissuasion en the floors of both houses. Senators and Representatives alike will vie with each other In denunciation ef the meth ods of the Insurance magnates as ex posed in the legislative Investigation which occurred In New Tork. Already divers and sundry lawmakers at both ends of the Capitol have submitted re marks that have stirred their constit uents to increased admiration of the eloquence and alertness ef the men whom they have had the wisdom and foresight to send to Congress. But tn the end nothing will be done that ia. nothing except a neap or tain. No Constitutional Provision. The reason of this is that the Judl clary Committees, both of the Senate and House, thus early have about con cluded that .the Constitution of the United States does not provide fee the kind of legislation which is recom mended in the President's message, AT AND AT 70, and Is being advocated by Senator Dryden, of New Jersey, president of one of the big life insurance companies, as well as by other financial magnates who, like Senator Dryden, are directly T intereetoa in insurance ana am pre sumed, therefore, to know better than anybody else what the exigencies of the situation demand. Senator Dryden, who studied law in Tale, but who has not practiced much in the courts, Is of the opinion that there is nothing In the Constitution, either exnressed or implied, which Con gress should regard as an Inhibition In this matter. - But other members of the Senate who have uractlced law for years declare that in this the New Jer sey statesman is in error. It is as sumed that, generally speaking, the picked lawyers of both branches of Conzress comnose the Committee - on Judiciary In each house, and It can be positively stated tnat as tne case now stands the majority et the members of both committees are opposed to the general proposition. . - ' It is, of course, possible that a bill may be framed bringing the subject within the united powers of the Con stitution, but none of the measures thus far presented meets the objections of most of the experts in Congress who havo been eonsulted on tne matter. Justice Marshall biased tbe way for just such an emergency as this in bis famous decision defining In effect Inter state commerce as intercourse between States, to say nothing of the applica bility to this case of another all-embracing decision of bis concerning tue implied powers of the Constitution, Not Satisfactory to Lawyer.. . But broad as these doctrines are they obviously are not satisfactory to the majority of tha lawyers wbo are members ot tbe two committees on the Judiciary. As usual, tbe Senate has gone more directly at the subject una nas ine House. At the opening ot the session Senator Culberson, ot Texas, introduced a resolution calling upon Congress tc investigate the matter tnorougniy. calie(J ber husband to her side. "Pat wlth tbe view of determining the dls- ,ick." .she said. "I've a last ravouist to puted point as to the authority of tbe lawmaking body to deal with the sub ject as recommended by President Roosevelt . This resolution was re ferred to tbe Judiciary Committee. Two or three days before Con gress adjourned tor tbe holiday re cess the Senate committee briefly con sidered the proposition presented by Mr. Culberson, and referred bis resolu tion to a subcommittee with instruc tions to report in oxtenso as soon as practicable after the holiday recess. The members of this subcommittee, Messrs. Clark, Spooner, Knox, Bacon, and Culbersoa, are of opinion that there is no warrant in the Constitution for Congress to assert over insurance the power which the President Senator Dryden, and apparently all of the in surance magnates appear to think is Inherent in the legislative department rhetat hy Suit Bciauah CharscterliUc poses el the Cualnl ComeJIjn, Meanwhile, a great deal of wire-pull- CBARACTER OF AAEON BURR- lng is going on In favor of the general . proposition. It cannot be asserted that . . Hl. r.m- w.'wiiiifi any one . of the numerous bills thus f" .? ' VrTct ?Srorv' tar presented has the approval either) " Didn Knw 1 ricks of Oratory, of President Roosevelt or Senator Dryt The first secret society with which den, though it is presumed that a meas-' j wu eTW affiUsted was called the FSw&& .K "0ega,.whlch was two-thlrd. lite weeks. It la known that so anxious are try and one-third social, said an old the insurance people for some form of college man, who has since won dls legislation, taking away - from the tlnctlon as a national orator and cam States the supervision of insurance , - . . s. cimpaales that they are prepared to speaker. , In our rival society, spend unlimited money in the work of the "Alpha Rho," this order of things education, hut thus far they have not was reversed and we prided ourselves been able to make much headway. greatly on the fact that our "feast of Like all campaigns ot education to reason" outranked the "flow of soul which Washington has become aocua Ours was a good deal of a debating tomed," it is expected that the usual society, and though I early gained amount of angulation as to the out-: some reputation as a speaker. I wat eorae will be indulged, but this will , not effect the Judgment or the conduct of those members of Congress who have the final decision of the question through their influence with the Judici ary Committees. ;:.-rv. vi'AVi; States Insist on Rights. ' V A factor ef no Inconsiderable weight in the matter Is the insistence of near ly all the State governments upon their rights In the premises, and as Congress dea not seem to care to lend further aid at this Juncture te the oentrallsa- tien movement which is rapidly becom ing an acute issue in State politics, tt is regarded as altogether likely that the Federalization ef Insurance will at least be held in abeyance for some time yet, . - . Atrial VU Box. , 1 Delaware, Ohio, an ingenious citl sea ay the name o Taggart lives on a Ugh bUl aome little distance off the mala road. The hill Is of loose gravel and at its foot Is small creek. Inno cent looking and easily forded in ordinary weather, pot swelling rapidly with heavy rains. The rural carrier, whose route extended to Mr. Taggarf s residence, found the frequent high wa- .. 1 ik u.. W l 411 Mil Blink . u:r aui i u. ivngu. luitf imu iau. source of delay ana Inconvenience that ice ueparimem omenta idv nra changed and Mr. Taggart was directed to Diace his box on the main road, afa Taggart protested, declaring that lis would not walk: that distance. Tbea bis Inventive brain conceived the trol ley or serial mail box. At a convenient corner ef his Dorch he Disced a wind lass, with a small steel cable extending down to the box-poet on the mala road. around a deeply-grooved wheel on the post, and back to the porch- As shown, the box Is connected la this cable, forming tho link for the broken ends. The box la fitted with top wheels, which run on a fixed cable, stretched tight from the porch to the post. - - When the mall carrier reache the box-post (which is visible from tne Dorch). be puts In the mall snd raises a signal. 8ome one at the bouse take the handle of the windlass and turns It rapidly, and the box, with Its burden of mall, comes sailing up the wire. The mll Is then removed and tho box r-v THE rNGKMOUS MAIL BOXj" roasts back to its post Tbe distance of one hundred yards Is covered In about tea seconds, which Is as fast a a good sprinter can cover tbe distance. Multiplying gears In tha windlass In crease the speed. So far as is known, Mr. Taggart Is tbe first to apply this Idea to a rural mail-bo. - Would Spoil Bis Pleasure. A certain Irishwoman, on her. death- make of ye." : "I couldn t rayluse ye anything. Mary, darlint," responded the sorrowing husband. fJPatrick," said Mary, solemnly, "l want ye sh'ud lave mother ride in the carriage beside ye to me funeriL" " Tis too much ye're askin' of me, Mary! cried Pat springing to bis feet in desperation. , Mary, however, was determined on this point and Pat finally yielded to her "last rayquisL" TU lave her ride be me side," be promised, weep insr bitterly, "but mark ye. Mary, dar lint, 'twill shpoil the day tor me cntoirt- ly, that U will!" ; The English authorities are as re lentless toward tbe adulteration ef food and drugs that recently a soda- water manufacturer was fined for put. ting too small a proportion of carbon ate of soda in tne water. . "sur -iim ao r . . s," Marshall P. .cr, who si Ls l..iic(I "The Prince either too bashful or too ignorant to take part in any of the - debates. One of mi Intimate chums waa named Grant, - who excelled In that line and although much younger than the average member, never hesitated to cross swords with the older ones and was sot Infrequently the victor. - He wan very anxious that I should learn to debate, and frequently urged me to at least make a commencement, arguing that after I had gotten over my embarrassment, I would enjoy the fun and excitement, ; The subject of debate one evening was to be, "Was - tho - Influence of Aaron Burr, apou the time in which he lived, good or bad J" Grant knew that 1 was quite an admirer of Burr, had read quite extensively about him, both in history and fiction, and said to me that this would be an excellent opportunity for me to make my de but. - --.--K?' , v ' " Grant himself waa to answer one of the oldest and best debaters and I eould answer the one who followed him. He coached me yery thoroughly, told me to listen earef ully to what the opponents urged against, Burr, to cite my proofs, showing he Was neither a arunxara nor a iioemne, as wey wuwu assert, and then show -vha a debt Washington and the country owed him for bis military skin and ability during the Revolution. He said I must not allow myself to become flur ried or excited, that I eould occasion ally refer to my notes and la fact talk and act Just as It I were simply argu ing with one or two of my school mates.' .; ' During the day I thought mucn of the Important part I was to play in the coming drama, and there seemed, to me no reason why I should not score a complete success. ' But as the hour of the meeting drew nearer the success seemed to grow more - problematical and by the time the debate opened, my thoughts were completely topsy-turvy snd 1 eould hardly remember whether Burr waa an Italian or a Chinaman. . The man who opened the debate showed plainly that my hero was ev erything that was vile and wicked and Should have been tried and convicted as a traitor, and I found myself won dering how Grant could possibly an swer all these terrible charges. But his defense was splendid. He spoke in his usual fiery manner and -all my for mer admiration tor Burr returned and I became eager to help defend him. The debater who I was to answer was a alow, earnest speaking fellow, not-very bright but accustomed to ar gument and fond of statistics, and even before he bad finished I bad. again veered around and found I was losing my faith in my side of tho-questlon. When my name was called, I rose aa If in a dream, and for about, I pre sumed, ten minutes, talked the veriest lot ot nonsense that was ever heard In a debating club. If I looked at my notes I found that I had said every, thing about tha subject that I eould think of, and if I tried to extemporise. I reoeated the former things over ana over. The ordeal was Anally passed and as I took my seat there was a lit tle perfunctory applause, and then tho president- promptly decided the case against Burr. Grant was sitting quietly and look ing straight ahead into vacancy and I noticed be had made no demonstration in my favor. Learning toward him, timidly touched him on the shoulder and said, "Well, old fellow, did I make a complete failure'' "No, ha an swered slowly, "Ton did pretty well for a first attempt but tbe devil himself couldn't have made oat on which side yon were debating." ; of Cdlertalncrs and the Entertainer en Princes.' ri - r r - i ; 5 I " a, y- -v. hm tJ t-4 a,-a fc. fjjSwtj Ci! Ffwrn Fcctcry dnd in 1.3 ycj 'i rn::i $15 tj&:3 7tMnl..tin.Bi : . 1 l 1 1 "v" w tv nig ruing, you ouy an wiichw- v auu w tiiv m iiuu wi w niajunc II wiin only our wholesale profit added. When you buy piario. as many still do- retail you pay tho retail oeaier'a ttore rent and other oxpenaoa. too pay his profit and the commission or salary - on top of what the dealer himself has to pay to tn uMuiuiek-iuin. n reran prom on a piano Mtfoa yt 4300. Isn't this worth aaTlnc? 8ENT C& TRIJX OTimE . WE PAY FREIGHT. ... - NO MONEY IN ADVANCE ' ; We win plac s Wlnt PUno In any horns In th United Snt on trial, without ukinr for ny td vanca pajmwM or 4epolt. W pay th (night end (II other chares I it advanc. Thara Is nothlnt to be paid either before the piano la Sent or when tt la received. If the piano Is not aatla factorjr after 20 day' trial In your home, v take It back entirely at our expense. Youpayua noth ing, and are tinder no more obligation to keep the piano than If you were examlninr It at our lactory. inerscnooaosouueiyno nut or i cen as to Too. , ., Do not hnatiiM that It Is Impossible for tu to do rtMybTeKKSS uur system taio perfect that wo can town In any part of the United Steles hate ' easily as we on in New York City, and with b- solutely no trouble or annoyance to you, snd without anything bainf laid in advance or on .arrival either for frelgh or any other expense, Wo tare old piano and organ In exchange. - - A guarantee for 12 year against any defect In tone, ecttoo.wortmanahip or material U civear wtta met Wing Fisoo. . - a aoot-not riaxlaujeM. tu i TiH pwnv Miu uuw UMIJ ius V ly cwnMuun, iw Ita name) ia " Tha Unas Ah.sltI10sL nyoiva wishintf ewldrt Sat t-eeaoi a. Pw4a! 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