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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SUNDAY J OEMBER G , 1891-SIXTEEN PAGES. 13 RISING YOUNG STATESMEN , Look at tbo Two Senatorial Babies , llftDtbrou'gli and Dubois. | > EN PICTURES OF PROMISING ! LEGISLATORS fllrti Who Hnvc l''lRiirotl In tti KaU- \ K Political ContcHtH of Pnst Voura SometlilrtK : ot I'roctor nnd Vllnn' Clinrautcrlsllcf ) . Ol In tlie Author. ] " WA3H1.VOTOX , Doo. a. Special Correspon "V dence o ( THE Unit ! EW blood. Now I brains , M o vr m o n , The senate which moots on Monday will bo practically ntrnngo to MIO pconlo. Unit of Its members liavo not boon In ofllco moro thnn two years and ttiora nro sixteen sena tors who tatco tbolr seats In the chamber for the flrst. tlmo. The old men of tbo million aires' club are nassm ? nwny. There Is not enough wblto bnlr loft In that body to stuff a pin cushion and most of tbo now senators are under fifty. Many of them aru poor , many of them bavo straugo historic * and altogether they form a most In teresting set of congressional curiosities. Two > cnutorliil flnulcfl. Some of the brightest of the young men como from the west and two of those are so Doling that they are hardly out of their short clothes. Dubois of Idaho and Hmubrough of Dakota are the babies of the senate. It is till Dubois can do to ralso a mustache , and Ilansbrough does not look to bo ever 30. Btill both of them have boon In the house , nnd Ilansbrough was editing a paper at Devil's Lake when the statoof North Dakota was admitted , and bo bccamo its ilrdt con gressman. Botn Dubois and Hnnsbrough were born lu IlllnoK rlansbrough's parents ) voro poor nnd ho got his education in tbo Printing ofllco. Ho loft Illinois after learning Jils trade and wont to California. There ho published a daily at Sun Jose and worked fern n tlmo on the Snn Francisco Cbronlclo. Ho Vvas news editor of the Chronicle in 1870 and Joft it to co to Wisconsin mid edit the Dar- nboo Bulletin , from Wisconsin ho went to iNorth Dakota about nine years aio and becomes comes to the sonata as the successor of Gil J'lorco. Ho is a straight , clean cut , rosy checked young man with a red mustncho Vhicu looks for all the world iiko that of Dan Lament. He weighs about 130 pounds , has a peed address and is a fair typo of tno practl- ; pil young , business man of the west. Ho till owns his paper at Dovil's Lake and Carles his congressional work by writing Editorials for it. ' , Dubois is a younger man than Hansbrougb. Jlo weighs twenty pounds loss and ho is a jfcruuotto while Hansbrough is a strawberry Jjlcmdo , Dubois' parents were woll-to-do RIIdlio received a good education. Ho went io school at Yale and ho was there noted as bn athlete as well as a student. For four years ho was the catcher of tno base ball nlno of his class. His ambition grow with pis muscle and after his graduation ho found JQUnols too small for him and ho moved to Idaho. Ho put his muscle Into politics and ( luring his Hrst congressional campaign ho jkpoko in every settlement In Idaho , traveling over its 8.1,000 squnro mlles of mountainous Country on mules and in stage coaches and being at times nearly a month away from the tnllrond. His Indefatigable energy enabled jplm to boat the older politicians of the state * nd this will make him ono of the hard work- fcrs of the senate. Ho U an unpretentious plan and his chief pleasure Is in hli work. Ho is a bachelor and lives very quietly In Washington apparently caring nothing for 'Society. Two Kx-Rcprosoiitatlvcs. * ' Senators Blair of Now Hampshire and Ilcnrst of California are succeeded by two tnen who served together In the house of representatives. Theao nro Dr. Jacob Gal- JinRor and Air. Charles Felton. Galltngor Is Ik bright-eyed , black-mustachod , semi-bald Jlttlo man , wboso frame Is packed full of. j hervous activity. Ho Is n smart politician , a * * - fccady speaker , and a cordial hatred oxista between himself nnd his colloiBuo , Senator Chandler. Ho began lito poor , and has been H printer , nu editor and a doctor. Ho has hiado money In all his trades and professions find is now n well-to-do man for Now ilamp- phiro. Mr. Charles Folton also starlnd Ufa with tiothlng and ho Is now a rich man In that ptnto of rich men , California. TMs moans that ho Is n millionaire. Ho owns mining ( Blocks , railroad stocks and bonds and ho owns the water works of ono of the host puburban towns near San Francisco. Ho Is Very modest with all bli millions nnd bo Is one of the most earnest and practical men In controls , The newspapers not } eng ago put J lm down as worth $15,000,000. I happened to bo with blm when ho saw this report and bo was by no means pleased with it. "Tho newspaper reports , " said ho , "always over estimate the wealth of a public man. I never made money so fast lu my life as slnco I came to congress. My actual wealth has Dot Increased , ' but tbo newspapers raako mo out many millions rlehor than I urn. " There { 3 no douot , however , but tbat Folton Is worth several million dollars. Ho was born In New York and at 17 wont to California to make his fortune. Ho ktuaied law , trlod ono cuso and then dropped tUo law and wont to business. Ho has never boon a candidate for ofllco and his political honors have been thrust upon him. Ho does not think much of congressional methods and ays ho will not remain In the senate without bo can do somuthlii ? . Senator Folton Is now nearly SO years old. Ho is a well ilnmcd man of about tlvo feet six ana ho weighs Just ISO pounds. Ho Is noted for hi * good follow blp and his sterling business qualities. Ho 1 is a man of Ideas and can make a speech which will hold tbo attention of thoenllurloj. NcnntofH llrlcoaml Jllll. Next to Folton the richest man of tbo new biembers Is probably Cal Drico , who ropro- soiits Ohio but lives In Now York , Drlco's fortune , liowovor , Is a speculating ono and ho Is engaged In so many things that ho does not know blmselt just bow rich bo Is , I knew blm when ho was worth a hundred thousand dollars loss than nothing , and tbla Ayes only about tou yean Ago. Governor Footer , who is now teeretary of the treasury , \vai then the chlof oxociitivo of Ohio , and Unco and ho were building the Ohio Central railroad. They finished It , hut I don't think It paid until they ran It Into tbo coal Holds. Then the stock took a turn ana Brtco was nblo to pay nl debts and to clear moro than $100,000. Ho next made a big fortune out of the Mckel-I'lato railroad and his friends sny ho has been making money ever slnco. Ho bin always dealt In big ventures nnd once or twice has boon very close to the ragged edeo of failure , but lias palled through. Drlco comes from Lima , O. , and ho docs not look n day older now than ho did ton year * ago , Ho is In bis forties nnd Is lull of energy. Ho Is a man of medium bright , well built but rnthor angular , nnd ho looks moro Iiko n westerner than a railroad speculator. Ho has a roddfoh brown board , a very laroo noio and his eyes are as blue os the sides of Italy , ho Is n man of considerable culture nnd ho spends n great partof his sur plus In line books , brlc-a-brao nnd pictures. Ho paid $150,000 forhH house on Murray Hill , Now York , and ho will probably entertain " . .tcnslvoly at Washington after ho hai boon hero long onougn to got into the swim. Ho has a very bright wife , who Is largely intor- c-stcd In charitable wo'k and who will have n good chance to oxorclio this part of her char acter at Washington , which Is , to a largo extent - tent , a city of beggars. Senator David B. Hill has selected his winter quarters at Washington. Ho will llvo Just ever where Charles Sumner used to hold forth nnd Just across the street from whore President Madison lived after ho loft the wblto nouso. His quarters are bachelor ones and his hotel Is tbo Arlington. Hill will bo ono of the great characters of the senate. The discussion of him as a presidential possi bility nnd his position as governor of New York hnvo for the pnst llvo years mnrto him ono ot tbo leading figures of tbo democratic party , and tbo people will expect more from him as a senator than they will prooably got. Men who have great reputations before they got to the sonnto often fall there , because they do not como up to nubile expectations , and Hill will have to bo a gontus to make a great figure during tha Hrst two years. The probability Is that ho will speak very little , but bU industry will maxo him a valuable man on committees am ! his power of manag ing men nnd working the political wires will m ko liU presence at Washington Invaluable to his party. Ho will bavo an easier time in Washington than ho had at Albany and dur ing his lolsuro ho can vary bis talks on statesmanship with chats on base ball with Senator Gorman who was once a noted player or with Dubois whose record I h.ive given. Attendance on ball games nnd the theater are said to bo David Hill's chief amusements. Ho is not a society man and cares little- for receptions and dinners. Ho Is very ap- proashable and his oflloo in Albany Is opsn to alt. Ho understands how to work and bow to make others work for hint and his pre pared speeches will bo up to the avorugo. 1'cfTcr ntul Kyle. The two SImon-puro alliance senators are , however , Senator I'olTor of Kansas and Sen ator Kyle of South Dakota. Both of these men have gotten to the sonata by being constitutional kickers. They have run their campaigns on the bog ging basis and have raado votes by pleading poverty nnd mortgages. Neither of thorn I venture ever made over $1,500 a year during their lives nnd this $5,000 job is a bonanza to them. Kyle came Into Dakota some years ago as n Congregational preacher. Ho started a church at Aberdeen and his ene mies say that in the articles of incorporation or In the constitution of the church ho loft out three very important matters. One of thoao was as to the oxistcnco of a God , a soc- and was as to the existence ot the trinity and the third as to the bcliof in a future state. These , so tbo story goes , wore left out merely through carelessness on Senator Kyle's part , but ono of the old elders recti fied the matter and they got In. Kyle had little to do with politics before ho went to Dakota. Ho did nothing thcro until this farmers' ulltanco movement came up and then ho Jumped lute the fray on the side of the farmers and advocated their theories. Ho bad no idea of being senator and had decided to leave tbo D.iko- tas and move to Boston. His household goods were packed and at the depot when ho found that ho had boon chosen to the biggest ofllco In the girt of his state , that ha bad the right to bo called Senator Kyle nnd that his wages for six years to como would bo nearly $100 a wook. Ho thereupon decided to slay and ha Is now at Washington ready to earn his salary. Mr. Kyle is tall , thin and angular in appearance. Ho looks Iiko Oonady , the old sergoant-at-arms of the senate. Ho is twenty years younger than PolTer nnd ho has no whiskers at all. Senator PolTer prides himself on hla whlskors. Llko Samson his nuncio bos gene Into his hair nnd the rest of his body is tall and thin in consequence. Ho bos thostudont's stoop and na Ingailssays ha talks wltb a perpetual cough. Neither ho nor Kyto are dangerous nnd they are men of peace rather than war. OJovernorM Gordon nii'l I'alnipr. Hill Is not the only ox-govornor among the new sonaton. General Gordon has been twice governor of Georgia and General John M. Palmer was OIUKS the chief executive of Illinois. Both served with credit In the lata war and Palmar came out ot it n major-gun- oral , having boon in some of the noted battloi and nnvlng started In as a colonel. Gordon entered tbo confederate service as n captain and bo voiQ to bo Ilautanant-gonoral and bo was commanding his troops at thotimolhu Lea surrendered at Appomattox. Ho was shot all to pieces during the war and his handsome face bears the soars that ho re ceived daring Its battle * . Ho vas wounded five times tit the battln of Sharpsburg nnd the llfth ball entered bis cheek nnd laid blm low on the Hold. In speaking about this wound not long ago ho told a curious story which illustrates a feature of bis character which will como Into play during his senatorial career. It Is a fact that GorJon uover loso-i his head and that ho can tnluk under any clrcumstnnco-i. Said General Gordon ; "Whllo I lay there wounded on the field my mind wont through a curious process ot reasoning. I thought I had been struck by a cannon-ball and I said to myself , 'I bavo been struok In tbo head with a six-pound solid suat. It has carried away my head I can feel that there Is a little ploco of the skull loft on the lottsldo. But my brain must bo gone entirely. Therefore ) I am dead. _ And yet I am thinking. And how can a man think with hli head abotoffl And If 1 am thinking I cannot bo dead. And yet no man eau lira after tvli Dead U not off. Still I may have consciousness after I am dead but my body cannot have notion. Now If I can lift my log then It must bo that lorn nllvo. I will try that. Can It Yes I can. I see It rising. I am not dead after all , ' nnd with that I woke up nnd found that my ho&d was still on , but I reasoned as philosophically nnd losrica'.ly ever the matter as though I was In my ofilcc. " A man who can reason this way under such circumstances U not likely to have much trouble on the senate lloor and Gordon nai had experience in the sonnto In the pa t. Ho was elected to the senate In 1373 and showed himself a brilliant speaker and debater. Ho was re-elected In 1879 but rotlgnod tuo yoir following on the grounds that ho wiw too poor to remain In politics nnd wont back to Georgia nnd engaged In railroading. Ho made a fortune I nm told out reverses came nnd ho lost It. Ho wai elected governor of Goorgla In ISSO nnd ho has boon In politics moro or less nil his life. Gordon Is ono of the fine looking men of the now members. Ho Is lull , straight nnd military In hla boar- Ing. Ho Is very popular with his old soldiers and notwithstanding the fact that bo opposed the farmer's alliance and was opposed by them ho was selected to the senate. Senator Gordon Is noted as nn after dinner speaker. Ho Is fond of his follow men and will hnvo many friends hero. General 'John M. Palmer Is nlsd a popular man. He Is the oldest of tho.now momoors nnd with the exception of Morrlll bo will probably bo the oldest man In the senate. Ho was born In Kentucky Just , seventy-four years ago , and ho moved to Illinois at the ago of 15. The earlier part of his life was spent as a re publican , but no separated from bU party during the tlmo ho wai governor of the state and came out n democrat nnd ho claims to bo n democrat as a mutter of principle. Senator Palmer Is n very approachable man. There is no foollshnojs or snobblshncis about him nnd his friends nay that his heart Is as big as his body and he Is physically one of the big men of the senate. Ho is especially strong among tbo furmors and bo is a presidential possibility In that ho could carry as largo a farming vote as any man in his party. Had > l en From the South. The two lighters como from the far south and they are moro or less allied to the al liance party. Jerry Simpson says that Irby ot South Carolina U a roncgad < 3 and tbat ho has gone bacic on the alliance nnd become a democrat. Tno democratic party nro countIng - Ing on his vote and , whether a democrat or not , ho promise * to cut something of n figure hero. Ho has the reputation of bolng a lighter In Soutb Carolina and It is said that ho was at several time ? ready to engage In duels there and that hu wont around with his pistol In his pocket and flro In hi. ) oyo. He had one or two shooting scrapss and after ono loft the state for a timo. It Is certain that ho Is ne cownruT nnd It mar bo that their will be some lively fighting In the alliance ? namp if ho remains In it. Senator Irliy had , it Is said , a duel while ho was tit 1'nncoton in 1871 , but the pistols were not loaded and no ono was hurt. Senator Chilton of Texas comes from the state of bold , bad men. Ho is n straight , line looking fellow , and wears when at homo a groa * , sombrero , nnd during a part of his career has carried a revolver on his hip. Ho is a rnucn stronpor man than the average and starting life with nothing ho has mido a rep utation as a lawyer and n sneaker. Ho Is appointed to the senate by hi ) old friend , Governor Hotrg. The two were boys together while working at the printing trade in Tyler and they slept under the same blanket. Now Hogg has become governor nnd ho gives his old playmate the bo t offer in his power. Senator Gibson's Appointment. Another curious appointment was that of Senator Gibson of Maryland , Gibson has been in congress for several terms and ho was about to open a campaign as a candidate for the clerkship of the present house when he received a note from Senator Gorman ask ing hltn to call at his house before 9:30 : o'clock one morning. Gibson Is living on his country seat on the eastern shore of Mary land , and this letter of Mr. Gorman's was sent to his wife , who forwarded It to him there. Ho had jnstubout engaged his rooms for his clerkship contest wncn ho received it. Ho at once wont to Senator Gorman , and Gorman told him tint Governor Jackson in tended to appoint him to the vacancy in the United States senate. Shortly after this Governor Jucicson came in. The matter was talked ever and Gtbjon said he would accept it. Ho then loft Senator Gorman's , nnd shortly after this Governor Jackson called upon htm at his hotel and formally tendered blm the appointment. His oillco will last for only a few weeks , ns tbo vacancy which ho ( Ills is only a abort ono. Ho says bo will not bo a candidate for ro-olco- tiou , and ho states that ho hopes to see Gov ernor Jackson elected. It would not ba fall- to say that there was nny arrangement to that effect connected with his appointment , but such things have boon before and maybe noiv. Senator Gibson is a well made hand some young lellow somewhere In the forties. He i ) noted for his good fellowship , bis hos pitality and his generosity , nnd bis wifu Is ono of the handsomest and most accomplished women at tbo capital. Soiritiiri from the Gulf States. The Gulf of Mexico furnisher two noxr men to the senate. Those urn \Vhlto of Louisiana , who takes the scut of the rich nnd phlegmatic Eustis nnd Davidson of Florida , who hopes to hold from now on the position which the choleric Call has kept for the past twelve years. Senator Wnlto promises to make moro of a noise than did ICustls. lie Is a Louisiana lawyer and Is noted for hi.s vital it.v and nervous energy. Ho la six feet tall has b robust frame , nnd his hair and com- plection are blonde. Ho U well educated , spoaus French llkoaCreolo and Is very fluent as a debater. Ho Is quick at repartee though not bitter In hU remarks. Ho Is a sugar planter ns well as n lawyer and hai a large sugar estate near Now Orleans. Ho Is n bachelor hut prefers bis own home to a hotel and ho will probably keep house at Washing ton with his slater as the female bead of the bouse. Senator Davidson of Florida , has been In the lower house ot rongross for years. Ho Is a mnn ot fair average ability but with none of tbo elements of great statesmanship or great oratory about blui. Ho U well edu cated and during the late unpleasantness ha won his spun on the confederate side enter lug the service as a cnptnin and coming out a lieutenant colonel. Ho was Hctlnir In this position when ho v s severely wounded In ISlVt and bad to Iwuo the scrvlco. Ho Is now about sixty years of ago and has been lu pol itics all bis lite. Great Alun from tlio Cabinet , The two ex-cabinet ofUcers who como trot ting Into the mate will probably attract con siderable att < ut Ion , Proctor U as mild a uiau ns over cut an official throat but ho Is fresh front tbo great department of war and there la lire lu bU eye. Vllas bos been digesting tils postal schemes In the Ions walks which NEW SOG BUYS A GOOD THEATRE. RESERVED SEAT : Seventeenth ami Ilarnoy 91 root * . ONE L'V Evening ; , Dec 6th. A Cyclonic Disturber of the Hlslbllltlos. The Ferguson & Mack Company , Under the DlrWtfpn of MR. CHARLEs" Er RICE , presenting the mirth-provoking rarco BY BARNEY FERGUSON. Now Music , Now Sonus , Now D.iuccs. Funny Situations ami Ludicrous Antics. BARNEY PERG-USON AS DENNIS MoOARTHV A REVELATION IN LAUGHTER. Prices Parquet , $1 ; parquet circle , Too and $1 ; balcony oOo and 7oc ; gallery 25o. STATE 01' NF.IIItASKA , CouNTv or notion1" . is , OlIV OkO.M.IU , Doc. 3th , 1SOI. ' ) David W. Huynea , Treasurer of liord'i Now Theatre , Ohi ill u ana John V. Hurley , reprcscntm ? Hleh it Hums , ot Hoslon. Slum. , both of lawful URO , boms by mo flrtt duly examine : ! , cautioned nnd solemnly sworn as noru.n- aflor certified , depose and say as follows : 'flint Inauiinnh as during the present season Omaha has bad nn Indifferent class of theatrical performances , particularly tbojo of fnrre-comody order That furthermore , as on Monday , Doe. 7 : Tuesday , Dec. 8 , and Wednesday , Dee. 0 , nil the year Iftll.JAMKri T. I'OWKHrf , and company"In the throe-act farcical comedy A STRAIGHT TIP. nro announced to appear In a series of performances at HOYD'S NHW TIIKATUK , us aforementioned. They , the salil Haynes an.l Hurley , solemnly swear ( hut tbo said JAMES T , POWEUS nnd company nro reODgnl/.ud as Cio leading farce comedy organ- Izntlon In the United Scales. That they bavo recently fulfilled a four weeks' engagement at the Cali fornia Theatre , San I'runulsco ; an olslit weeks' uiwmomont at the Columbia Tlirntro. Chicago" , uud have played the city of Xew Vork for olKhteon consec- utlvo weeks. That during ; such engagements the financial receipts have boon o.\trotncly large , and that- the performances * have Given to the general public the ut most , of satisfaction. That the srld JAMKS T. POU'EUS will be seen at the NEW IJOYD TIIKATKK on the alovo-iiiontioiind dates , supported by tbo same superb organization and surrounded by the same tliuutrlcul scenery and effects as that seen and use. ! In the New Vork. Chicago and sail rriinuls-.o oiigasenicnts. That the company numbers twenty people In all. each one an artist of known and recoinl/ed ability. And furthermore , tbo said llaynrs and Harlny depose and swear , that on any one witnessing tbo said performances and giving to them tjood anil sulll- clent reasons for dissatisfaction tbeicof , tbat they will refund the money that such pctsou dissatisfied shall have p.i'd for admission to sou said per formances , of SH Id JAMES T. I'tMV Ellwand company , -mldjfarelcul come ly , A STUAIGIIT Til' , at said IIOV1VS NEW THEATKE. on s'id | dates , Decem ber 7-8-1) . of this year of Krau-e Irf'Jl. " ISImicd ] DAVID . HAYNES. [ SljiKHl ] JOHN R HAULEY. I. Parkc tolwlu ! .Notary Public , do hereby certify that liavldV. . Haynesand John ! ' . llatluy were by tufa first severally duly suorn to testify the truth , the whole truth innd notlilns but the truth , and that tliodcnosl- lions us H > i > \e set forth were by them sworn to In my presence at the tlmo and p . > e as above bet forth. In testimony w lOrcof I have hereunto --ct my hiind und afllxcd my notarial seal of ollli ; ; J his Mftu day of Ducvrnlior A. D. , 181)1. ) I'AUICE GODWIN. Notary Public. First Opera of the Theatre Season. K1GMS AKD SATDBDAT MATINEE. Way , PrHay and Mui'diiy'teemler Hi , RUDOLPH ARONSON'S ' OPERA COMPANY. From Hie NEW YORK OA.SIXO ! JrasetiLlag A Musicil Ooiiirdji in Tin co Aols. Mu li bij Kiliuutul Aitclrasi , Cottk- pusrorof " 1 ho MtifC.ol. " OIivdlLfj. " Over SOO-MIQH r © IN PARIS-300 COMPANY 3NGL.UDh.S : AMNIR MYERS. ' N'lr-l.A KNO.V , JKNNIE WHATHnKSIIV JKNME KEIl'KOUTII. C'LAKA UOirillt.VY . , .MAX KllKHMAN. I1AKUV MAOHONOUl.il. iii AIC..MITH. A. U' . .M.U-'I.IN. A.V. . HOUIIIOOIC , HKMtV AltltKY , JK1T UuAMJKiaS. GRAND CHORUS OF 4O. ALL THE SCHNES AND COSTUMES FROM THE C\5INO. Stnoo tDIrootor. M.ix Krocjmmi. Dlrnotiir of OrohosLi--i , I'aul Stoiniloi-ff. 1'HH'K.S I'urunot. ILM : namont flrolo , fI.U.I m.d Jl.jl : ualcony T.Uund il.l'O. Kallury , SSe Dux hheots oiii'ii at Ho I'ini'U \ \ elnp > niiv iiidniiir. . helms tiiktm ubout his Wisconsin homo and ho will trot out now bills for the Improvement of thii two great i\apartmoim wltb which ho hui been connected. The race botwnon the two as to ioimtorinl notoriety will be une qual. Proctor Is rather a ouiimns mr.n thnn u speaker , whllo Vilas h.w a great reputation ns both , iscimtor Proctor has made u forruno by his business brains. Ho was made ro- colvcr of the Vermont mnrulo quurrloa and ha iimimgod them 30 Hint ttioy have made him rich. Ho Is said to be a milllonnlro and ho live.s very nlcoly here at Washington In n bl house on Massachusetts avcuua Jiut across the way from Culof Justlco Fuller's homo aiut between Scott and Dnpont clrcla1 ! . He Is HOW about GO years of ago and he Is nearly ton years older than Senator Vilas. HO was born In Vermont and was studying law at the tune the war brcku out. Ho loft his studios to go Into the nrmy ns quartermaster and rose to bo colonel , when his health fallod him und ho wunt to tanning Ho was funning when ho became receiver of tUo tnarblo quar ries which made his fortune , nnO ho still owns a big farm ana runs t. Ho Is said to possess soma of tha lln'c-it blooded cattle in the coantrv. and ho is fb'iicl of a country life. Senator VlUs Is also 4quicthlnKof a farmer , though I have never htmr'd of his being a scientific ono. During tfio tlmo that hu wai malting a reputation us a lawyer in Wiscon sin ho lived on a farm Kiur miles from Mudl- son and walked in to liU'oillco every nioru- ing. His Brannfathor alosos Vilas , was a noted farmer of Vormotfd and when ho Ulud ho left you acres , wulclrftirniea the basis of the Vilas fortune of today. Senator Vilas1 father was well-to-do. " Ho moved to Wis consin from Vermont a't'nn early date , and young VIUs was given ii' bed education. Ho mint to scnool at Miidi fen and graduated at the college there at'11 ! ) . and at the ago of 0 ho hud Van his Hrst case before the supreme court of bis stato. Ho showed himself to bVa good lawyer and ho has tnadu a grout deal of money dt nls practice. Ho has saved his mouov and In- vetted It and bis Investments have boon par ticularly luckv ones. Ho made a fortune out of the Cogobic Iron region where ho bought a largo tract of land before tbo mineral was discovered ; and hold it thinking tbat tbo timber on It would some day bo very valu able , and that his children would roallzo out of It if ho did not. The Iron was found In largo quantities and of the most excellent quality and tbo lands became valuable ) as mineral regions nuhurithaii for tholr Umber. Senator Vilas will llvo nicely hero at SVash- ington but ho will hardly got the magnltlcont bouuo ho leased hero at tha cloie of Cleve land's term. Ho was thou secretary of the Interior and hohad no Idea but tbat tuo presi dent would bo ro-olcctod and that ho would remain hero for four years to como. Upon this supposition ho leased this big house for four years only to tied that Hurrlsoa was elected and bo and Cleveland were out. FlUNU U , CAUl'liNTBH. FHE MORSE LECTURES Fucsday Evening , Dec. 8th , "THE SCULPTOR'S ' ART.1' Illustrated by modcllii' ' In clay. Wednesday Evening , Dec. 9IIi , "Lowell , Holmes and Whitman. " Illustrated by crayon sketches. Thnnboyn two lectures will 1m | von by the llstiimulshoil sculutor. Hldnoy Morse , u the UNITARIAN OHUROH , Tth and C'ass strcuts. on tlio above dates , nt8 i e tick ji. m. TlulratH Mo ouch lecture ; lecture : oiir.o7. j , At tlio door. Farnam * Street * Theater ; Matinee Today at - 2s30 Tonight at - - - 8sl5 NEW BY WILvLxlAM Author of "Hold by the Knomy , " "All the Comforts of Homo , " "Mr. Wilkinson' Widow , " etc. , utulor the direction of KDWIN TKAVKHS , with A Cast of Unsurpassed Excellence. ELEGANT COSTUMES AND ORIGINAL MUSIC. NO ADVANCE IN PRICES. Farnam Street Theater. 4Mirr1ifo flnKr Commencing Wednesday Matinee , IMgllLb UIllV , . December 9th. Elliott Barnes' Cclobratod Emotlonixl Military Play , T The play Itself is one of the beat war dramas ever written , nnd the lending eom- cdv role Is phiyod by the Youngest Successful Star , MR GORDON MEHDE. Supported by nn excellent and full Comedy Company. No Aclvanoo in Prloos. COLISEUM , OMAHA. Saturday December 12th. AFTERNOON AND EVENING. Klrst appearance In Omaha of the j OltU.lXIZATMOX * Thli Hand ! Composed of 40 JUVENILE ARTISTS. Each ono Muslcill I'ruclltfy. Ilo llot full to llcilr tills , tlnl @ Greatest Musical livent o ( the Season. Under the /Wspieces / of the Hpoio : GlUb. it * * : ATU , $1.00 , vseAxnaoa. On Sale at Max Meyer & Bro. Co'.s. , Monday Dec. 7. Cbl ( Iron will ! > . admitted at Miitlnoe at Spoelal Kate of 230. H EN MUSEET Corner Klovenlli and Farnnm fc Lroots , WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY , DEC. 7TH. SPE1GIA.L THE ESGRPED NIHILIST , A POLITCAL EXILE FBI THE MINES OF SIREHIA. Who arrived at Vancouver , British Columbia , on Wednes day , October i3th , after a journey of over 8,000 miles from the mines of Kara , IN FAR OFF SIBERIA. The story of his life reads like a romance. You can see and talk with him all this week at the EDEN MUSEE , ABDAH ALA REI. -TI-IBA/rK13. NO. 2.- HMPH1DN QUHRTETTE GO. ADMISSION : : ONEl : = DIME ! ! Open Ualhj from i.OOtto iOOO : p. m- Grand Opera Hous Last Aiipoumnco or the World-Piunoua Indescribable Phenomenon , OP ENGLAND IN A Religious Illustrated Lecture on Spiritualism IN TH13 BROAD GASLIGHT ON THE OPEN STAGE. Miss Puy Is positively the only lady in the world who hns tbo indorsement of tbo Roynl Soohtty of London , England. Suob eclontlHts tin Profs. Win : CrooltH , Huxley , Vitrloy , Tyndnll , Stirffent , Cox mid otbon . Some eliilmod odlo force , Botiio electricity or mnfjudtlsin , und Btlll others buporimturul powers. Forms , Hands and Paces Will Toe Seen So plainly as to bo recognized by persons in the uudionco. The Spirit Carpenter. The Self-Acting Knife. Tables will float In mid nir. The Spirit flund will answer every question. Twenty to Thirty communications will bo received for people in the iiud once. Beautiful Plowors will bo Materialized nod passed to the ladies by hands plainly soon , und muiiy other teats of thin remarkable power , noyor before witnessed in any soanco In America. Doors open 7 ; Commences 8 ; Carriages 10. Prices with reserved scats , only lOo , 20o and 80a Box Ollico open all day.