I 2 THE OMAHA * DAILY UEE : MONDAY * • © EOBMBBB 23. 18S9. H - THE TABOR AND NORTHERN , ! Cfomplotlon of a Short But None the ' Lobs Important Road ( THE RESULT OF GENUINE ' PLUCK A Mne Destined lo Ilulld Up a Tor Ilia Section of Iowa Hcrptofnro , Bniitifocd Ily tlio Ills OoriiorntloHS A Komi rttillt Ilv tlio Icoplo TAnon , In , Dec D2. | Special to Tub Bee.1 The completion of the Tnbor & Nortti- | Dm railway from Mnlvorn to Tnbor , In , was | culchrntcd In an npproprlnto manner by the people of these towns ana a ltirRO number of visitors Friday The labor & | North cm , although but nine miles lonR , Is doatineil bo become an Important factor in the build ing up of a foi tlio section of Iown that has I bcon loft out by the railroads , nnd the pe culiar circumstances unilor which It wns hullt rIve to it an interest that will attract I the nttontion of the outsldo world It cost I nbout ? M > ,00 ; , and stands nlono as a railroad I built by college professors , school boj s and I small farmers , and shows un nmountof pluclt I ; ntid cnorpy not generally found in a town of I COO Inhabitants , or oven in ono ten tlmos that I Biro I tfnbor college being located hero rIvcs the I town nn importance that It hm long desired If to assort , but bo long as it had no ratlroud I' connections with the rest of the world it L was licpt in the background ns a qulot * I country village After many unsuccessful I ilttempts to got a railroad built to their town , I , thd people Anally took the mat I , ter into their onu hands , and I licadcd by 1'rof. Thomas McClelland , I President William M. Urooks of Tabor col- I Icgfj nnd ether enterprlsliiB persons began I the work on their own account last August I nlid solicited means from every source Their I enthusiasm scorned contagious and every I , ono boenmo interested in the undertaking , I- I and in order to help it through , these too I poor to ooutrlbuto money rove their ser I rlcos , Tuber collcga made up the shortngo I nhd after four months wont the road was I couiplotod and the rejoicing began It was I then decided to huvo a grand public demon I strailon in honor of the completion of the I , 'iabor & Northern The whole town put on I holiday attire and business was suspended I Then women and children all Joined to- I pother in rclcbrattng the great event An I Interesting proRrammo was nrranged and I uftcr n bigdinnnr surved by the ludios in I the basement of the Congregational church , I the exercises began with an appropriate I liraycr The address of welcome was de- I livcred by Kov J. W. Cowan , who lntro- I duccd the village of Tnbor to the ouisido I • world as a young lady entering Into society I lie spoke of Tabors great hopes for the I future and designated it as "a railroad town I With a railroad nil her own , n college rail I road with a college piofessor for prcst- I dent , and nnother for treasurer , and I a collcgo community to uphold and maintain I it "Ho congratulated the peoplu of Tabor I nrid along the line on the success nccom- I - plished after so many trials nlid diniculues , I nnd extended a hoariy welcome to the guests I present nnd to Malvorn , Council muffs , I Omaha , Chicago , Now YprK and all the out I sldo world with which Tabor is now coa- I nectcd bv the iron rails I Tlio next speaker was Mr W. C. Brown , superintendent of the Ion a'lines of the Cht- cage , Liurllngton & Quincy railroad , with which the Tabor & Northern connects Mr Brown said : The wlso man hath said lj There Is ntlmo to every purpose , a tlmo to U\ be born and a tlmo to diet n tlmo to break i down nnd a tlmo to build up ; a tlmo to weep 1 T mid a time to laugh ; a tlmo for silence and : < n tlmo for speech ' Long established custom has marked an occasion of this character as " - npproprinlo and proper time for speech Bixty-ono years ago last Fourth of July Hon "X Charles Carroll laid the Urst rail of the 11 rat railroad built in the United States None di earned when witnessing the laying or the 1 first bar of iron that Charles Carroll was 1 performing as great a service for the com • mcrciul and industrial world as the scrvlco 1 rendered the cause of humanity and free 1 ; govorninont when ho signed the Declaration of Indopondenoo To approciuto the benefits which follow the building of railroads wo 1 liavd but to look at the conditions which ob- : ' tnincd before railroads were built Freight transportation was very high and much 1 tlmo was consumed in going short , distance * . The chili go for hauling a bairol of flour lfiO - miles was $5 , and salt which cost 1 cent } pound at the scashoro cost C cents a pound 1 3Q0 miles from there The surplus corn raised In central Pennsylvania was absolutely - . lutoly worthless , tbo cost of transportation ; r being greater than the price It would bring B • in the market From 1S30 to 1850 many \ H railroads vvero built throughout the castorn • , H southern und mlddlo Btatcs , and in H 1853 the first railroad was com : plctcd to Chicago , which was the most west H * urn point then reached by rail " Hothonpro- H , cccdcd to show that the richest agricultural H countrlos had yleldod nothing to the farmers H owing to tlio impossibility of cottlngtho farm H products to market , and then after giving ' the history of railroad building in Iowa , ho H showed tha important part played by rail H roads In time of war , nnd gave some luter- H CRting statistics to sbow the great reductions H' ' in freight rates all ever the country , which H * lias so materially benefitted thn people of H class and . From every calling ovcry ma- H terlal point of view the railroads are a factor H of iucstlmablo value to the country nnd o\ort M a powerful Influence In building up and ad- \ vanclng the matorlal wealth of the land H * They advance the cause of religion , clviliza- R'r tlon and oducntion > " 'J ho growthnnd development of lowadur- j lngtbopust thirty years has exceeded the expectation of the most sangulno of her : oarlytitlzons duo chiotly to the inlluenco of t railroads , and the next decade will see still t greater strides in the way of Improvement 1 and prosperity und peace shall bo the hand 1 Of the maiden of plenty and harmony shall H' * ' bo the harbinger of prosperity , such ns this 1 Btato has ncvor known Thun may it bo said H , of Iowa , The affections of her people , nlio ' the rivers of her borders , flow on to pcr- 1 petual union ' " ' Prosldont William M , Urooks of Tabor 1 college followed with an Interesting account r tt ) bow the Tabor & Northern was built , and " said Tuber was the only place on record r where the cltizons voted n tax of 5 per oont , H ; without a dissenting votco , for a railroad , b and subscribed liberally far bo.voud tboir K moans , without oven the hope of returns H < ] io told how contributions carao in from all f uources , how a washerwoman subscribed a K | dollur from her hard curnlngs , how the col- B logo students contributed tholr mlto und bow | U it poor country woman contributed the K'f money for which she had Bold eggs , and - . sJioiyod vyhut great Interest had been taken - , by all classes Ho ( omplluiontcd Prof , ' McClelland and Dr Claiko on H , tlio work they had done in noL - L coaipllshing tha success of the in- t- tcrprlso , and Raid that Tat or college had cou- k1 tributcd liberally and that tha road had cost H an effort aud real sacrifice , but the future H would yet brine largo rnturns B Prof , 1 homas McClelland , president of the H • Tabor & Northern railroad , was the nuit , H epoukor , Ha humorous y alluded to the Chi H cpso , Uurllngton & Quincy railroad as a B branch of the Tabor & Northern , although _ ho said the Omaha Hue had referred to the J Tuber & Northern as a brunch of the Chi B cage , Hurllngloa & Qulnny , Ho spoUo of H the Incrousa in value of property and ether H boncllts to bo derived from the railroad und H complimented the ontorprislne and perso- H vering Rcoplo who bud aided to build It , H lixcollent music was furnished for the oc- H caslon by tlio Tabor cornet band and the H Schumann Qunrtetto club of the coIIoro , In H the evening u pleasant sociable rounded off H the days celobrutlon and thoa the quiet but ' ' Jiluoky little town of Tabor resumed bor H everyday attire ; Tabor collcgo , which js the promoter of H ' > - " ' • this railroad enterprise , is the flnost la the H , , etato and one of the oldest colleges in tbo H \ west , It compares favorably with the host H New Englsud colleges and Us course is very H thorough and grade very high 1 ho college K. , has S30 students and thirteen teachers and B > , f the eenoral alrof.rollnomcnt that potmoatcs H , that section Is duo mainly to the good moral H u influences of the college , which la a credit to Bj the state and must bo a source of Rrntlilca- V Hon to the people of Tabor The collcgo not , only fumlshnl the largest part oi the moans nocosshr i 'y for building UioTahor & North ern railroad , but onar of lw professors , Thomas McClelland , is prosldont of the road Another William M. Urooks , is vloo prosl dent < nnd .1 , U. Todd , nlsoncolloio protossor , is treasurer of the rend The ether officers nro , A. T < West , secretary und J. C. Tipple tieasurcr 1 A Short I.lisluwHijIit Scrnp NbwOhlcvns , Dec 2i. The fight this afternoon between Andy liowen , champion lightweight of the southand James Moflale , chumplon of Pennsylvania , was ono of the shortest on record After n few seconds preliminary sparring Ho won struck Mcllnlo on the ] aw , knocking him down It wns fully fifteen seconds before ho was brought to tlmo Under strict uullpR the light hnd already btcn won , but Mcllnlo caino up groggy nnd-Uowcn strucit htm another lick , Knocking hlul dut Smith nnd Blavln Will Ft lit To lay LojiiioX , Due 2. . It is stated that the fight between Klavln , tlio Austrulinn pugil ist , nnd Jem Smith will tnko place tomorrow forenoon at Urupes , UcIriuiu > Two Crooked I'tintofllcn Clerks DEvr.n , Col , Dec 22. Joseph Woodward , delivery clerk nt the postofllco , was arrested Inst night whllo attempting to pass a check for $1,100 madd out in favor of Henry Uohm Today ho confessed that ho had taken the check from nn ltnmodlnto delivery letter Officials of the postofllco sny this kind of robbery has been going on for some months UiiFt'Al.o , N. V. , Dec 22. Wnrrcn P. Hcd- strom , mailing clerk in the postofllco hero , has bcon arrested for opening letters and do- stioving their contents In his pockets were two decoy letters nnd eight other letters which had been mulled nt DufTalo Saturday A Hough hen lassnue Uosto.v , Dee 22. The steamer Urlrisk Empire , which arrived today from London , reports n tempestuous voyage On the 15th Inst , n tremendous son broito on board , doing creat damage Qunrtei master Smith , who was on deck ut the tunc , was thrown down and sorlously Injured The brig Screamer , which arrived todny from Pussugoula re ports that November 28 First Mnto Bogart was wasjicd overboard and drew ned o \ Midwinter Tliunilorstoiin Buffalo , N. Y. , Dec 22. This city was visited by a singular phenomenon , a mid v/iutcr thunderstorm , this morning The thunder peals were torrillo and the light ning almost continuous The wind blow at the rate of sixty miles an hour Several small buildings partially collapsed and ether sliRht datuogo was done < ' Death of Clieinlst Fay New York , Dec 22. Elton Fay , the chomlst who was found In n lodglnR house suffering Iroro cocaine poisoning , died to- nlghti- • 'F.onscca Not riorlouslv 111. IosuoxDcc 22. The Urazilmn legation announces that thoIllness of President Da Fonscca is not serious XI1E . DAKUTA nrcUEF WOItK Tlic Omaha Committee in Something bf'o TJilomma Colonel 0. S. Chase , chnlrman of the Joint committee of the board of trade and real estnto exchange appointed to solicit aid for the Dakota sufferers , was nsltod as to the disposition which should bo made of a car load of grain to bo raised at Talmngc , ns mentioned in a dispatch from there pub lished in The HcBjcsterday "Anyinformation , of , thut kind , " said the colonel , may bo obtained of Mr Frank Darling , actlnR secretary of the Joint com mittee Wo have rocelvea no positive promises from any of OTo railroad com panies , but 1 fcol certaiu there will bo no difficulty in getting freight for the reltof of tb6 distress free of chnrRO " What is the joint committed doing ! " Too committee Is practically at a stand stlll'for ' the present When the committee which had been sent to Miteholl bv the ox- chnuge to Iook after the railroad returned to Omaha Mr , James Barker , who is also a member ot our Joint committee , stated that \ there was a Rroat deal of dollcacy expressed by the people ot Daltota on this relief question Ho snld the general opinion 8comodto be that there was no moro , distress than Dakota herself could abund antly tulto care of At the meeting ot the , committee Saturday Mr Barker made the , sumo statement , and it had considerable , weight Mr HrT Clnrkq sided with him , aud said wo * were going too fast and were \ meddling in the matter Ho suggested that ; wo wait until Dakota asked for nsslstanco J before dolug anvthiug It was then decided I to telegraph to Governor Molletlo , asking if Dakota needed any assistance and offering what was needed in the name of Nebraska Thus the matter stands , and nothing will bo \ done until a reply Is received from the j . governor If assistance is needed wo will go , to worlr and feel confident wo can raise a largo tialn load of donations In a very short time "As for the car load of grain at Talmage , " concluded Colonel Chase , "I Bhould say , send it along und take the chances on the freight I haven't the least ido.i that any charge would do made bv the railroads , nnd gram wohld bo ono of the most useful things that could bo sent , as there is a largo amount of stock to bo fed , and that is as important as anything else " Bcwnro of frauds Rod Cross Cough Drops will euro your cold I'Orc Onuilia soouil Notes The Fort Omaha Social club gave another of these pleasant parties on Friday last An abundant repast was served at 11:30 : and a most oujoyablo evening was had by nil Among these present were : Mr and Mrs Williamson , Mr and Mrs John Meehan , Mr and Mrs Baker , Mr aud Mrs Allison , Mr and Mrs Davis , Mr , nnd Mrs Michael Hays , Mr nnd Mrs Thomas S. Shaw and Mr and Mrs H Loveland , Miss Mary Sulli van , Hauria , OConnor Knto Flmn , Mury , Anna and Nellie Dally , Hat tie Powers , Itoso Burncs , Birdie Cowloy , Agnes Loproon , Maggie Magee , Forbes Burgess Sarinson and Wood , Mr and Mrs Johnson gayo a most enjoyable - blo informal unnco Saturdav night at their now quarters on Thirtieth street , near Fort Omaha Supper was served at llsSO , These enjoying the pleasUre of the evening wore Mr nnilMrp Johnson , Mr and Mrs Still well and Mrs JohnsonMisses Anna Burgos , Anna Montgomery Emma Uumilton , Clara Slnkoy , E. Slnkoy , Ella Mlllor , May Hubble , Hill , Can , Ada Haok , Ella Hack , Ella Davis , Grace Wisoy , Clara aud Ella Slnkoy , Pbasbo Welch , Ella Latch , Ada and Eva Fox , Messrs Uyron Cowloy Gerlach C. Rood Coulter , Alns- wortb , Uarto , Kolso , Shoa , Lee , Layluud , Uoylo , Titzirerald , Taylor , Payne , Uoll , Thompson , Thomas Giblin , J. Stahl , Kogan , Sullivan , Hoch , Kurtz , Prugh and the Misses Hitter , Messrs Hanks , Hlollskor , Logan , Kurtz , Ling , Redman , Ilellmun , Cunningham , Morehouso , Anderson , Dun ham , Diotrioh nnd Byron Cowloy Dunham's orchestra furnished tbo music Fort Umnlin Court Materials Privates Charles H. Caddy , Company D , Twonty-second Infantry , and William H. Dalles , Company 0 , Fourteenth Infantry , have been found guilty of desertion by a court material of which Major Butler is president and First Lieutenant Mallory judge uilvocr to Both were sentenced to bo dishonorably discharged from the scrvlco of the United States aud to bo confined at hard labor in the Port Leavenworth military prison for a period ot three years PrlvatoTrumblo , Troop U , Eighth cav alry , nnd " Private W. Shcrad , Company IC , Eighth infantry , wore albO tried for the sjuio offense Trumble has served tlftcea years and has nlwuvs berne an excellent character Ho claims to bavo been Mujor Uono's orderly at the time of Custer's massacre Both men denied the Jurisdiction of the court , claiming that they were not legally In service , as they had en listed on Sunday , tha plea was admitted by the court according to tbo 49th article ot ivur Who Uas recpiyed pay 19 liable for desertion , una both these men received pay , " etc The , plaa of not guilty of desertion but of absence without leave was made , The courts findings have cot yet been made known * THE ' LIBERTY OF PILLAGE A Diplomat Says Thlp la Ail the Nihilist Seeks NOT REFORMERS BY ANY MJiANS According to Colonel ( Id A run nil Alex niulcr II Wns n Mnrtyr to the Cnuso or llnuinulty A Pica 1 or rxirmlltloii Ono Version of Nihilism WAsni.sotoK , Dee 10 , ( Staff Correspond ence of The Bkb.1 Extrndilion treaties promise to bo nn Important , fouturo of the executive session of the senate this winter President Harrison came out strong in his message to congress the other day 111 favor of the ratification of the treaties which have been pending before thp upper branch ot our national leglslnturo for many months Ho called cspccl.il attention to the necessity of ratifying the treaty with Great Britain Thu ratification of this treaty was dofentod , It will bo remembered , by Senator Hlddlo- btrgcr of Virginia Ho claimed that tlio es tablishment of nn extradition treaty between tlio United States and Great Britain , would bo a dcntli blow to the efforts of Ireland to secure home-rule , since ttoso who ' violated the laws , ot Great Britain in their efforts to cstnbllsh homo rule for the Irish nnd were compelled to flee to this coun try ns a refuge would bo tnken back to Gtaat Britain und or treaty stimulations and unduly punished , without proper opportunities for defense " S01110 of the arguments used against the British treaty are being laid against the ex tradition treaty with Uussin The nihilists nnd nnarchlsts of Russia mid this country have waged a porslstcnt warfare against the ratification of the Russian treaty Your correspondent nbout two years ago received n letter in opposition to the ratification of the Russian treaty from Scrglua M. Stop niak , tha arch nihilist of the Russian em pire , now exiled In London Ibis letter was published throughout tbo country and at tracted a great deal of attention , since it up held the violent methods used by the anarch ists m Russia who have for n score of years plotted ngamst the llfo of the czar and his lainily Stcpmak and his colleagues will opposu tbo treaty when it comes up again be fore the senate The principal objection of the | nihilists to the treaty lies in n clause In nrtlclo a where it states that murder or manslaughter , com prising the negligent or willful kllliilR of the sovereign or chief magistrate or any of bis family , shall not bo considered . .an offense of a political character * Under this clause the nihilists or anarch ists claim that the , Russian government may induce the United Stnles authorities to surrocder persons who may have been cn- gaeod'in revolutionary projects in Russia , and tbo Russian government desires by such treaty with the United States that the latter shall dcclaro revolutionary movements in Russia as having no political meaning , nnd that the assassination of the emperor or any member of his family shall bo declared by the United States is sfrriply plotting to commit murder ; that these concussions the Russian government has been " denied by England These are in reality the only ob jections the nihilists or nnnrchlsts inako to this treaty Your correspondent today asked Colonel do Arnaud ! n native ol Russia aud an accomplished diplomat , to explain the real meaning of that clause Colonel do Arnaud said : Russia asks form the United States ' gov em inent by that treaty no ether , concessions than are accorded by tire United States to other favored nations Tbo clause in regard to the killing of the emperor or any of his family has been wisely Inserted by the framers - ors of that treaty1- for - the follow ing reasons : \Anvono who is , npquattitcd with that country and its political conditions will agree with mo that more nro-no revolu tionary movements in Russiaa nd never were and that tha nihilists did.not work as an or ganized body The nihilists are simply crea- turc3 composed of deluded students , disap pointed ofllceseokors , lawyers without prac tice , traders without business , ruined gam bles and a whole snarm of characterless , contemptible idlers , who infest all largo cities of the world And the " Russian government - ornment as well as all loyal cltizonsof Rus- sift know well the shallowness of these nihilists - ists , their utter incapacity * -forRationalfree dom , the utter porildy of their lntontious , and the selfish villainy of their objects "I will furthermore say that every man of Bonso who has visited or studied from an impartial point of view the qlvlluation and rapid piogress of Russia under the present Rubsiau dynasty , will acknowlcdjro with mo that these nihilists and Solons and Catos , of revolutions in Russia have not as their ob- jeet freedom for the pocplo , nnd that their only Idea of liberty Is liberty of pillage ; and as history proves with them , revolutions are the expediency for rapine nhd a llcenso for plunder Slnco tlio emancipation of the 1 serfdom in Russia some of the , nouilltv bear n grudge against the emperor and his lamlly for having ubollshed slavery in the empire In 181/0 when the Into lamented Alexander II resolved to abolish slavery In Russia , a deputation of nobles called upon , him and stated : 'If you abolish slavery In Russia , tboso small slavoovvnors wno are dependent for n living upon their sluves will surely assassmuto you ' "To this the great Alexander the 11. replied : 'If this is the case I am willing to die for such a noble cause , ' nnd ho signed tbo emancipation proclamation which liber ated 20,000,001) , ) white siavod in Russia True to thu words of tboso men the lata lamented Alexander 11. paid with his llfo for this act Siuco the tlmo of emancipation of serfdom in Russia the Bmull land owners in Russia who lost tholr slaves through thnt edict swore vengcanco against the empire and the Imperial family of Russia The assassina tion nnd attempts of nssassination of the emperor and bis family dates from that porlod * , , * "It is n folly to say that tho-nttempts of the assassination ot the emperor and his family emanates from patriotic motives In Russia or because the emperor refuses a constitutional government I have written a great deal unoa this subject of consti tutional government in Russia and it Is ab surd to sav that the Russian people , ' • coin posed of nearly ono hundred aud ton million souls , demand a constitutional form of gov ernment Tbo Russians know Wollthat their rights , liberty and safety for , their property rests in a strong governincnt.as constituted at present It is wisely inserted in the treaty betweou Russia and the UnitedStutes , , that the assassination of the emperor orctiiof magistrate , or any of the * imperial family , shall not bo considered a political offense In Russia there are gangs of rnving nomads ready and willing to biro themselves out for the purpose of robbing orassqaslnatlng Any ot these discontcntod land owners who lost their slaves could at any time hire tboso men to assassiunto the czar or any of bis funiily , take refuge in this country and proclaim hlmsolf a nihilist or an anarchist and bo ex empt from any further punishment "I hayu Just received n letter from Rus sia , " continued Colonel do Arnaudj where an mcidont happened which 1'think , will beef of interest to quote hero 'In a-small town In Russia soma mazurs or nomads similar to these of tbo Venetian bravos were hired to assassinate and rob a paymaster who had a largo amount ot money-for tlio purpose of paying the army While riding in his car riage for the purpose of paying " several regi ments he was uttocuodby these mazurs , be and Ms driver killed In rnnoitr brutal jnati- nor , und robbed ot soyerafhundred thousand dollars This event produced uob a stir 111 Russia that the police and deteotivo force used their utmost endeavors to find out the real perpetrators ot the act , They caught one of the murderers , who wasjn the aet ot crossing the Russian frontier-into/ Germany , and on his person was found a large portion of the money and a letter addressed to a well known nihilist In Loudon , who was to see him safe to America , whore he was to find a refuge of safety , as tbo 'Abiorican government does not extradlto nihilists to Russia ' "It is well known In Russia amongst the evil doers that when they reach the snores of America , If they only proclaim tbamsolves as nihilists they will be exompt-'from all Dunisbmont Therefore you will sea.pow wisely It was a saving clause was Inserted la the treaty Speaking of revolutions in Russia re minds mo that we have only to glauco p\ \ the history ! of that emplro from the tlmo of Rurlek , the founder of the empire , In the ninth ccntunji } to the present tlmo to loam thnt there never were nny revolutions or nt- tempted revolutions In Russia to upset or overthrow ; the mjmarchinlgovernment there The tiprislnii tln the enrlypartof tbo Rus- stan history.jW ro caused by various pretenders - tenders to UiQif.brono , but to change the form of government there ncvor was a up rising nnd never wilt bo , for the industrious clnssos in Russia are perfectly satisfied and will notpormltrlny change in tlio form of rev ernment Thbj4 \ not the case with upy ether nation in Eurdpo Let ns for instance take Germany Oonnany , In n short spneo of tlmo , will have ' n republican form of government , ) for reasons ot being n government ot the climoi In that country the most industrious nnd the educated peopld , who form the majority , be long to tbo masses who nro tvrranizcd to tbo fullest extent by the military Thcroforo the masses form Into socictlos for selt-protcction against these classes , and it is only n ques tion of time when Germany will chnngo its form of government But this is not thoenso in Russia The government In Russia , the bead of which is the emperor or czar , hnd his government , nro a government for the musses upnlnst the classes of aristocracy " 1 ho Russian government slnco the eman cipation of the serfdom hns had and has a tusk to perform In ordor'to protect the masses who were mostly against the clnssos , who were ttio serf owners of the aristocracy , the Russian government favors the masses j bonco the masses are with the government , and to entice n robolllon in Russia ugainst the present government Is impossible The people nro on I ho sldo of the government 'Iho agitators or the psondo pa triots in Russia , who mostly rcsido In London or other parts of Eurppo , are simply creatures who are hired for the purpose of agitating against the Russian government ; men who ennnot tnako nn hon est living in tholr own country , but who are willing and ready to lend their hnnds in favor of the ruined scrf-ownors in Russia by agitating against the Russian govern ment with that try of tvrranny which enters into the footings of all English-RpoaklnR nn- tions , " Peiiky S. IlEATIl . Beecham's Pills euro bilious and nervous Ills IV.SAl lmiTH ASoolnl ntnl Literary Entertainment nt W nHhlnsioii Hull Nebraska ledge , Nc > 354 , Independent Order of B'nal Urith , pave n lltorary enter tainment aud btll at Washington hall last night The event was largely attended and was a h'ghly successful affair The exor cises began with an overture , after which the opening ode wns sung by a male quor- tetto , succeodlnp which the installment bf newly elected officers took place , Mr Isaac Oborfcldcr then delivered an address which was warmly received The officers of the socjoty are Louis Holler , president ; E. Weddon , vice president ; F. Adler , secretary ; Isaac Oberfelder , troas uror uror.Dr. . William Rosonau then delivered an nblo lecture on Brotherly Love , " after which Miss Isaacs rendered a'solo.whloh was heartily oucorod II Rosenborg dolivercd a German recitation , which evoked much favorable - vorablo comment , nnd was succeeded by II Black , who recited a humorous selection Miss Rothchild , lthen sang a solo , Irish Girl " George Cohen delivered an address on Homo , " and then the dancing began The committees , were : On arrangements , Carl Brnndcis F. Adler Louis Adler , G. Relchenberg nnd G. Dryfuss Floor , S. Obbrfeldor , J. , Mayor , M. Lewis and E. Wcdelos CHltlSl'S iQiUtG OF THE PEOPLE ' Sermon Delivered by llcv Ii M. Kulmjs Mast Nl lit Rev L. M. " .h'ns , pastor ot the South western Lutheran church on Twenty-sixth street , botwonur Popnleton and Woolworth avenues , dollvbrfcd a sermon last night on the subject "Chrjst's Care of the People , " taking as his toxtMatthow 14-10 : And Christ said unto them They need not depart , give yo them to eat ' . . The following is a synopsis ' " * " ' " of tho'scrmon : } When Christ deals with the people what oor be docs is interesting His touch is clo- vating nnd uplifting Why this is wo need not try to explain , but wo know thnt it is so , and wo know that His touch today can make us better men nnd women When Christ nad como to the part of Palcstino where wo find him , it was about the time ho heard of the beheading of John the Baptist at the mtlgaiion of Herod Ho was at the heiRht of his popularity Never again was ho so popular as at this moment The sick are healed and the lame made whole Ho is about to take his depart ure as he did not care to mix in the political turmoil about Him Herod had acted contrary to public opinion In bis action in the bohoadlng of John , and the people wanted to make Christ kinR and took his departure , Wo have hoard how Ha was offered aliingdom and refused it How mnnv men would do the sarao today ? Hut Chust would not have It , pioforringto wait until the time when His Father saw fit to give Him a kingdom , So Ho went away With His disciples Ho Wont to Uothsaida Julius The people were there before him The people hover ran from Christ they were glad to receive His teach ings There is no man can bring his teach ings homo to the soul of his hearers like Christ did The people kept coming until there were 15,000 on the ground Think of the picture of 15,000 souls standing there nnd only ono man there to satisfy tholr needs He bad left a crown and a kingdom to save thorn Christ know that lie should withdraw from his disciples They had Just returned from a missionary tour an 1 ho know ho must lift them up to the top ut the mountain of truth He know that his disciples were the men to turn the world Upside down , for they stood out like spires among the rest of the people With that gathering of the people we shall have moro to do Christ said they need not depart " Why did he say that ) Ho had compassion for the people Have you ever listcnod to the teachings of Christ ! Have 1 you over studied tbo word of God and not learned of His compassion ! Wo como 1 tonight whore Christ's teachings are , where wo may fcol his compission It comes to I the hearts of us all So Christ was there , with the multltudo and was touched with compassion for thorn , Night was fast coming : on , the day was spout The disciples sug gested that ho send the people away They were probably actuated by tbo same spirit ' which actuates a great mnnv people nowa " days But Christ said that the people might perish by the waysldo and ordered 1 that the multitude be fed And the people \ sat there like a great garden In their variously colored costumes Their wants 1 wore supplied , Uhus wo boo how Christ will supply our wants Uo trivcs us J day hy day our dally broad Not a moment does ho allow us to be out of his sight Is ho not satisfying us today by feeding us and r satisfying all our wants ? He comolotely ) and entirely satisfies every want It Is tbo secret of why people cling to Christ They come where his t'ords and truths are to bo learned - JyJ * Cozzons lioto ) , $1.50 and&2.00 per day Cut-DIT-'Hiniiil SportH There was a lijEtind chicken fight at Pcto Regie's , on CutpiJ island , yesterday , which was largely ottfinded , nbout 200 people being present A common and a game cock opened the performance , the scrub fowl kill ing bis adversary Jh five minutes Two fuli-bloottoor game fowls battled each ether for half urcbour and then a bulldog ) and a cur fought ; for an hour , tbo former winning In the meantime beer flowed like water Tbo crowd then voted that a good time had been had and came homo Mnniln Mnrk Dead Little Mamie Mark , the daughter of Mr John Mark , who was supposed to bo In a cataleptic state , Is dead Rigor mortis sot la Saturday night ana Sunday morning the body was cold , with no signs ot llfo The cause of death was pronounced to bo heart failure , The attending physician states that this was not , strictly speaking , a vase ot cata lepsy , but was a ease ot heart faduro , with n ' . remarkable prolongation of the animal boat of the body , The body was taken to Illinois last even 1. ing for burial An Oninha Ariisfa Work , Miss Mclloiia Buttarfleld , tbo local artist and cblna decorator , has just couiplotod a very handsome ojstor set consisting of twelve | plates and o largo platter The pieces nro , exquisitely decorated with ocenn shells to , which the sen moss is clinging , done on n dellcatoly ( tinted pink ground The work Is designed , for a Christmas present for a lady iu j Chilllcotho , Ohio Alt the rngo , Rod Cross Cou gh Drops llvo cents par bet old otcrywhoro * Pcrinnnl PArnprnptm F. Rose of Columbus Is at the Caspy D. E. Uuoklin of Aurora is stopping nt the Casey ET Stahl of Lincoln Is rcristcrod nt the Pnxtfan " A. F , Soars of Portland , Ore , Is nt the Murray GtGiHrown of Columbus is stopping nt the Casey R. I. Scott of Dos Moines Is registered nt the Murray , f Ge ergo W. Lltllo of Lyons Is a guest nt thdMllldrd ' Charles D. Smith , of Lincoln Is stopping at the Millard QcorRO H. Thummel ot Grand Island is at the Millard ' John P. Galbraith , of Albion is registered at tha Casey Mrs Hatchctt nnd daughter of Schuylor are puosts nt tbo Casey T. , f. Oilman nnd wife of St Louis are among the guests nt the Murray Prank P. Irolund of Nobrnslcn City is nmong the late arrivals at the Pnxton At the Windsor H. T. Vnndorcook , Leavenworth ; A. II McCuon , Chicago ; J. W. Money , Chicago ; J. A. Kimball , Ogcd ; F. T , Ellothorpe , Chicago ; H. W. Suycr , Red Oak ; M. McGahey Galesburg ; A , L. Meogs , Lincoln ; J. C. Abbott , Wilton Juuc- tlon ; C. W. Louiout , Inrann ; C. L. Emory , NortunjT C.Wood , city ; A. G. Horn Chicago ; A. J. McDonnld , Chicago ; J. E. Daibelly , Chicago DIM ) . JAMES Mrs James , wlfo or M. E. Jnmes , Sherman nvonuo nnd Corby street , yester day at 8 o'clock a. m. ' Funeral nt Holy Family church Tuesday morning at 9 oclock Chnngo of llfo , bnckncko , monthly IrroRU- lantles , hot flashas , are cured by Dr Miles Nervluo Frco samples at Kuhn & Co 's 15th aud Douglas SOUTH OMAHA NEWS Dnnth or Frank C. Mnrilinll Frank C. Marshall , aged thirty-two. ono of the well known nnd popular xoung mon , iuftora short , illness died at 4:15 : Sunday 'moi ntng Mr Marshall , leaves a wlfo and a little son four years of ago to mourn the loss of a good husband nnd father The lmmcdl- ate cnuso of death was failure of heart ai-tion. Mr Marshall wns a popular and Influential mlimber of Enterprise ledge No 79 , Knights of Pythias The body will bo taucn Monday morning to Donnlson , la , for Interment William H. Marshall of Donnlson , Xa „ and Mr and Mrs J. V. Patterson of Omaha , ststor nhd brother-in-law of Mr Marshall , are hero , summoned by the sad news IlroKo Ills Shoulder Thomas Gtttfoy of the Drovers Journal force Saturday night fell from a motor car and broke his left shoulder blade The un fortunate man was taken to his homo and a surgeon summoned who reduced the frac ture * NoteH About the City Court Tcutonia No 200 , Independent Order of Foresters , will meet Thursday evening in Knight of Labor ball for the election of officers An organization of discharged Gorman soldiers Is being formed in this city Al ready twenty bavo signified their Intpntlons of Joining , and it is believed that seventy five or eighty will beccme members Pqtcr'Zulfer ' was bitten on the loft hand by a dog belonging to Fred Bowley , Branitcls Si Soboda , of Vinton and Eigh teenth streets , .Omahu , reported to tbo police that/their horse and buggy was stolen Sun day evening The rig was found in Bruen & Carpenters stable The horse had broken the hitching straD and had simply Btrnyod taway Uy the accidental upsetting of a lamp in C. , M. Hunts bouso the Hunt-Gould block bad a close call for a big fire The city council will meet this evoninR Thomas Harty of the Omaha Packing company's force has been promoted from the loadinir gang to bo straw boss G. W. Howe has taken out a pormlt to build a residence in Missouri park addition About People ' William A. Atkins will start Monday for Pittsburg , where ho will erect some ma chinery for olcctno light plants ' John V. Hnrtman of Beomer is the cuest of Albert F. Kunth Florcn Altfels ot Bellevue , la , spent Sun day in the city with his nephew , John Frey JEJdward Hatcher will leave Monday even ing for a holiday visit with friends in Clin ton , la Messrs Charles S. Forsyth , Maurice M. Barren , Robert Russell and Patrick T. Mc- Grntnof the Armour-Cudahy force will go to Chicago to spend the holiday season Patrick J. Crow of West Side , la , Is vlsit- Ina his son-in-law , Judge Patrick J. King How Women nro I'unishcdln Persia Women nro never incarcerated in a public prison in Persia , writes Thomas Stevens in the Youths Companion A tow duys' forcible doteutton in the house of a priest is the usual punish ment indicted upon thorn for small of- fonses . When tholr crimes nro such as to merit punishment , however , no mercy is shown thorn because they are women , 1 Near the city of Shirnz is a deep well , linto which women guilty of cortnin crimes nro cast allvo Tno woman is conducted tf the well , seated on the , back of ndonko/ , with her fuco turned toward its tail She is followed by 11 'hooting-'mob ' , who fling mill at her and , jnor at her misery Arriving at the well , she is mado-to kneal down at Its ( brink A word or two is uttered by 1 tlio priest , the oxueutionor give the 'wrotohbd ' , woman a shove with his foot , land all ib ever 1 r . • j Tlio W < miioii Who Smoke I The habit of smoking among women isobniB'to ' ho growing to such an extent las to cause sorlous alarm to certain 1 pessimistic thinkers on both this and [ [ the ether side of the Atlantic , Bays the 1 Now York World It is cortaln that i jtliis had habit , like till woods , grows npaco It is not many years slnco female - , male smoking was confined to traditions of Spanish senoritas reclining among tropical foliage in secluded courts slowly 'iniinng out wreaths of blue emoko ) from / tholr fragrant cigarettes to the > , rhythic , of splashing fountains and gui tnr.sorQnadcs , the reverse sldo of the I picture ' being the shriveled old hag of ' oup southern nnd western sections ttik- ipg a'pull nt her short clay pipe as a sort of chatlgo fram snuff-dipping , not tljqiQ tromo coining near enough to the I great mass ot womankind to cause serious apprehension of danger Little , by little , however , the fatal cigarette has found its way into the boudoir of the jaded society woman , who , having found it good , hus recommended it to tier friends , and so it has boon passed on from mouth to mouth , so to speak , until , if reports he true , moro women nro fairiiliar with its taste thau would I care to jiavo the world know of it , the I public'opinlon is hy no moans yet pre pared to admit the woman smoker cn- tlrolywithin : , her paio of respectability One reads Indeed , of a woman of fash- ipn who lias boldly tukon the bull by horns , denned her Binoking-jacket , and invaded ' that masculine sanstum , the smoking-room , cigar in mouth The 1 great fear is , however , that the habit is f going hoyond the limits of the ouroly fashionable world , which , alter nil , [ forms a small part of the great world of woriiaujtlud , hud is gaining a foothold in I the nflections ot Iho'buslnosi woman Every ] day the great armt > of women brond-winnors 1 is increasing , Kiory flolcl I of labor is opening to thorn and the competition with men grows closer every day The snmo causes which ne- ccssltato the use ot narcotics among mon ! nro beginning to opornto with with . women viz- ! nervous strain duo to ] the rush and oxclteniont of business It ib but logical to conclude that the snmo remedy will ho applied in both cases ( _ Ynnkce llobos in Loudon At the fancy fairs and bazaars of the Inst 1 sonson or two 111 London , says a letter j from the worlds fair cunllnl , tlio rofrcMhmont , tloparttnonts have boon Mstmlly , managed hy a bevy of fair Americans , Lady lUntlolph Vhurchlll hoing j especially onorgolle , while the duchess ol MarlboroughMrs Do lloodo , Mrs Thackeray , and Mrs Facklor nil helped j on various occasions Atthoico carnival , that moat taV\dry and much ubusod . of bazaars , the two great sensa tions were the wonderfully olTcctlvo nnd novel ! cloctrlo rose worn hy a Mrs ltonnld , nnd the dross , perfect in all its details ' , of Miss Walt Whitman as Po- cahonlas ; , though M1110. Nordica's stall "at tlio north polo came in for a largo share of admiration Indeed , at this so- called ' ice carnival our American cousins ' had it all their own way , in splto j of the rival attractions of Lady Carew ' , who , ns usual , presided over the fish I pond , tlio Ladies Cholmondoloy , worning as hard as ever ; tlio countess do 1 Mosolla , and Lady Foodoro Sturt Another niimo which is ' always on the list j is that ot the good-naturod silver queen ' , " Mrs Muckay , who never minds taking trouble for a good object Still , although Americans very fre quently 1 undertake the disponb.tlion ot fascinating cakes and refreshing drinks it was not an American who rocohod the well-known snub nt the hnnds of Mr Lubouchoro , but an Lngiish pie fesslonal beauty Soon alter the intro duction 1 of the fancy fair it bocurao cus- topiary for ladies with shame ho It said , to onhancc the value ol such wares as buttonholes , cigars , or drinks by putting the llowcr in tlio purchasers coat with tholr own fair fingers , by bit ing the end of the cigar or by nutting the glass to their own lips The story runs that Mr Labouchoro having been beguiled into ono of these mighty crowds , took refuge at the reftcshmoiil stall and asked for a cup of tea Stretching out his hand to receive It ho nsked the prlco "A shilling , " replied the beauty ; but raising the cup to her lips nnd bestowing a fascinating glance on the would-bo purchaser she contin ued : Now I shall ask a sovereign " Thanks , " ho lcturnud laconically , but I should prefer a clean cup " The Tiitbctun Woninn A point to bo noticed hero , says an nrtlclo on Thibot in the Nineteenth Century , is the freedom with which women of all grades go about from place to place ; iu the shops , in the strcots , in the vaulted entries which give access to every dwelling-house. The Thibotun female is an independent and buxom dame , very unlikb her Ilindu sister across the border Her frame is well knit and sturdy , she can carry any weight , you like on her bnck Moreover - ever , there is a jollity about her smile and general deportment which would ho very engaging if she made herself a little better acquainted with the wash bowl Though she rarely1- uses water for ablutionary purposes the black stains which cover the Thibotan woman's fuco are not duo to dirt It is a custom , said to be founded on a strict law enacted 200 years ago , for all the adult fomalcs to stain their faces with blotohos of a dcop dye styled tui-ja. This disfigurement , which origin ally was ordered for the purpose of subduing the natural attractiveness of the fcmnlo face to the other sex forma almost a complete disguise to the countouance In reality a Thibolnu girls face is most comely and pretty Before the blackening process her cheeks are as picturesquely ruddy as any Scotch lassies , and as the pigment wears off the ripe wall-fruit glow which the keen mountain uia insists on pro ducing , is continually to be scon over coming the sooty patches Higher class Thibotanvomou frequently tra verse the streets of L'h'issa on small white lioises , seated astride the animals mal's back They generally have in tellectual faces and are often in truth highly educated and learned Every better class fumalo in the streets of L'hassa wears it headdress called pa-tuknot unUkoold-fashioned r.nglish travoling-cap , with long , turned-down earflaps This is often studded with turquois and coral ; sometimes in the enso of a wife of a state councilor ( Kalon ) with emeralds , rubies and pearls Its use is very ancient Another characteristic part of the womon's dress is the bib or breast cover , styled pangdon H POWDER Absolutely Pure This powdornoi or varies A marvel of purity , strength and wholesomeness Moro oconoml- cat than the ordinary Kinds , iind cannot be sold in competition with the multitude , ot low t 3t short weight alum or phosphatnpowders &uM enlijin cant , UoYAt , IUiunu I'owoim Co , 103 Wall Bt , N. 1. wlUl vvV Halls , Churches , FactoiOUR BIBS , clc , , will fina lll / H0.2OL0BS / f4AC INCANDESCENT / WA the best , cafcttroost/ _ . 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