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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1894)
TIIE OMAHA DAILY DEE : SATURDAY , JANUARY 13 , 189-1. Expounding Materialistic Questions in Preference to God's Qospol. SHALLOWNESS Of Uf-TO-DATE PREACHERS Tompla * Hcfiunnil I > T Sensational Hnrnncues nil the nplrltnnl Sentiment Inched Out ,1 1'nir Crltinlmn of Modern aiotliodi at Holding llrnreri. n Monroe Hoyr * In January Fnrum. Duclclo , In his "History of Civilization , " lays that the average Intelligence of the American people is ubovo that of tiny other nation , This is certainly n most Haltering thing to any of the youngest of nil the nations of the world. Hut utter this very high compliment to our general IntclllRcnca ho lots our iirlilo down , with trim British blunttipss , when ho adds that , as an olTsot to this superior enlightenment of the mtm ot the people , wn have fewer first-rate scholars than nny other n.itlon. I think this criticism Is falrv and 1 think also that It Is much hot ter for a tuition to have a high avoiaifo of general Intelligence th.in to have a few highly trained schol irs. . llut tnv point now Is to account for the widespread skepticism of our tlmo Our education Is too rnnld to bo thorough , and a want of earnestness alwavs iiteomp.inlea a want of tlioionghncss Wo arc not a set Ions people , lightness Is one of tno conspicuous features of our civilization Uut lightness is not to ho wholly condemned It Is Just ns well , now and again , for n itlons ns well an individuals not to take thninsclves too sc'ilouilv "Wo must ho soiious minded now. " said Wllborforco , the famous bishop of Oxford , to some of his merry clerical fllnnds , "for there comes a fool " Just , HO ; but lot us fr.inkly admit th.it wo as a POO- pie are Inclined just n Httlo too far loiwird tlio "light" view of things. This has been almost nna\oldablo thus far , for wo have had too many things to do to think veri seriously of any ono ihine Wo offer ha\o boon foicod to offer too many rewards for nuno smartness , and wo do not ivo sufll- clont cniouratfcmcnt to thorough study and solid att ilnmonts. Mental discipline , habits of honest study , a masterly knowledge of something or other , enable mm to pcicclvo the uuo conditions of all real knowledge. Intellectual discrimination Is the Important thing Just now Most people know poetry Xi'oni mathematics ; but few scorn to under stand tli.it the facts of chemistry , goolosy and natuial liUtorj however Interesting In themselves are wholly different things from icllqlon , have no vital lelatlons with it , and are as far removed in fact from the things of the spirit as mathematics Is from poetry 'ihcio Is an unmistakable feeling abroad ono which can not be blinked at that the clcip aio Impostois , by teaching what they do not belle\e , and by undoitaklng work which they do not perform. How many of the educated clergy bellovo in "original" ( that is , Inhciltcd ) sin ? behove that "in Adam's fall \vo sinned all ? " How many be lieve In ovetlasting punishment ? in ptcdcs- tlnatlon ? in total depravity ? in the iner rancy of the bible ? If our pulpit would frankly discard these unbelievable - blo dogmas , it would gain at once ihat Influence and power which honesty nlono can command 1 ho other feeling that the clergy undertakes work which It docs not pel lot m Is in my opinion an un just and mlstakun feeling. The clergy of all the churches Is doing moie good wnrk as pastors than over before It is , in fact , doing about all the charitable and humani tarian work that Is being done , while jour philosopher and your bkoptic are doing al most nothing. But my subject Is the puloit , and. not the pastor , and I have said this much concern ing the pastor in evidence of the fact that my purpose is not wholly that of a fault Under. Indeed , if I understand the true mo tive which prompts me to wilte this paper , it Is a deep love of the pulpit , and not a raora disposition to Una fault with it. I doubt if it is over vvlso for t'io preacher to bring into his pulpit the "topics of cho hour , " be they financial , political or social. The utterances from the pulpit on labor troubles and other social questions have Keno a great wnv toward weakening the in fluence of the clergv , for the reason that these crude expressions have revealed the fact that the picacher does not always take the trouble to know a thing boioro ho presumes to pronounce Judgment upon it 'Talso in ono thing , false in all things , " Is the logic of the masses The late bishop of Massachusetts or Phillips Uroolta , as wo all piofor to call him once said that ho thanked God he had never vviitton a sermon on "Science and Holicion.1 It la also tiuo , I believe , that ho never preached a sermon on the "topics of the hour. " The "un-to date" preacher is up to very poor business That the picachor should bo fully awake to what Is going on about him is ono thing , that ho should make his pulpit a platform for haranguing the people Upon all sotts of questions is another , and , as I believe , a fatal thing ; and the trim spliltual teacher and loader sees it , knows It , and avoids it. DVlslon spiritual vision is what the pulpit needs. All meat preachers are at heart poets ; for religion is alur.ys and ovoiywheio poetry , not prose Poetry is the true , the only language of the spirit. It Is the poetical and not the scientific key , that unlocks the beauties of the bible , the beauties of natuio , the beauties of the soul Wo want more poetry ana less proao in the pulpit. out from the heart of nature rolloJ , The liunlens of tbu blblu old. Tlio litanies nf nations c line , lilkn the volcano's tongnoof tlamo , Up from tint hiinilii euro bi low , Tim canticles ot line and woo These lines are the key to the whole sub ject , and give moio light to the spiritual eye than volumes of continentalIcs Intuition , spiritual Insight , the poetical mind and heait , see far be\ond the dull lion/on of the more understanding. I lopoat th.it the pioachor should bo a pcet in the pohui of his m hid and the attitude of his thought But the truth is , sad to sav , that the pulpit in a great part Is matcilallstic rather than spiritual In Its tone and feeling , 'ilio train ing schools are in a gi iut measui o responsible for this false ring of thu pulpit. Men and women have always been willing and anxious to Do led by the spit It rather than the senses , If they can only IIml the leaders Ho takes a very shallow and a very false view of human nature who thinks "that mankind prefers the m.itcilalto the ideal , the things of the ilcsh to the things of the splilt No teal lender of men over thought this , and a picachor is nothing If ho is not it loader "Young men of Italy , " said Cailbaldl , "If you love \eur country , follow mo , I have nothing to offer you but lags nnd hunger , the prison and death , but If jou love your country , follow mo" And they followed Him and nchlovcd Italian unitv in the face of bulls of excommunica tion and thioats of everlasting damnation fiom the Vatican. The ioung men of Italy would not bo bullied by the pope The people ple of America will not bo bulllod by the pulpit. The pulpit can no longer appeal to the motive of fear. Lot it appeal to the ideal , the beautiful , and it will not appeal In vain. The churches and tho. pastors of this land have done , and uio still doing , u grout work for morality and leligion. But this woilc is ILK. not keeping pace with the growth of the . nation Thu pulpit Is losing its hold upon the life and thought of the people , because it is losing Its splifinal eyesight * If the preacher has but the eye to see and the tongue to oxpiess the eludes of thu Kingdom of Oml , men will hoar him glanly. When William lilako , the pool-painter , was asked if ho saw the ilslng sun , ho unswoied : "No ! No ! I sou a heavenly host , nnd I hear them chaining 'Holy , holy , holy , lx > rd CJod Al mighty , Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of Thy glory1" Ho saw with the spiritual eye , and he hoard with thu spiritual car , of the poetand ; ho who cannot thus see , nnd hoar , to him "has not boon given to kuow thu mysteries of the kingdom of Ciod. " llrlrkliiyrro Yrntrrditr , The convention of bricklayers and masons mot again yesterday at 0 o'uloctc , and after about one-half hour's discussion upon the order of business to bo followed , ad journed to meet ngaln in the afternoon , at which mooting the report ot the grievance committee wan submitted , they having com- jilotod tuotr labors aud adjusted alt Ultler- enccJ to the tatUfacllon of the committee and the Intoroitml parties Dolcgato J. T , TalUttt of Kansas City , Mo , received an urcont request to return homo yesterday to look after some business mat ters , and upon motion was excused from the further deliberations of the twcntoiahth annual convention. Secretary O'Doa say * that the routine business of the convention Is progicsMng rapidly , and that this mooting Is ono of the pleasantost and , mo t Interest ing of any annual convention the order Mas hol.l. The session , so far , has not boon troubled with any great differences of opin ion , as Is usitilly the case at such meetings , but on thoothcr hand , everything has been harmonious. The campaign for the general ofllccs Is now beginning to warm up a llttlo , It Is oxpcctod that the meeting will continue until thu latter part of next WCOK. A Follower oi the < lrl | > . The persistent couflh which usually fol lows an attack of the grip can be perma nently cured by talcing Ch unbcrHln's Cough Hemodv. W. A. McOuho of McKay , O. , says ! "La Orlppo loft mo with a sovoru cough , After using several different modi- elnes without relief , I tried Chamberlain's Comjh Komedy , which effected a permanent cure 1 have also found It to bo without an equal for children when troubled with colds or croup 23 and CO cent bottles for sale by druggists. _ ClIADltOX DiroilUi XUMi.lTHUf. Mrs. Smith llnywnrd Secures the I'ropnrt } ' nnd Mr. lluywnrd the Divorce , CttAimo.v , Neb , Jan. 13. The suits of Mrs. Mary n Smith Hayward against W K Hayward - ward have ended In the award of an abso lute divorce to the husbmd and ot the greater share of the property to the wife. Mrs. Smith Hayward has been a woman suffrage loidor and humanitarian and was the ono who brought out the agents of the humane society to Chadron to clieclc the cowboy r ice to the World's fair. Mr and Mrs 1 In \ ward did a , mercantile business of WOO.UOO per year under the name ofAI n Smith & Co. Last fall the wlfo sued fora limited divorce and a receiver , ac- cnslng her husbind of embezzlement and adtiltoiy with thu cashier 'J ho latter charge wan subsequently dropped , and the cashier now thro itcns damage suit. Hayward - ward filed a cross bill for absolute divorce. The trial occupied three weeks. DovnlopmentK In tliu rnjjn Murder. NKLIOII , Neb , Jan 12 [ Special Telegram to THE Her ] In the matter of the murder hero last evening the coroner's jury found a verdict to the effect that the deceased , Charles Cage , came to his death by the hands of George P flousli. The evidence discloses that Cage was not assaulting Housh at the time the death blow was struck. Housh will bo arrested in the morn ing on the complaint and bound over to the district court County Attorney Uovd was ono of the Hist to arrive after thokillingand had entire supervision of the matter to thu close. ( mini IMiiud I'miter * Orznnl/B. GnA. > , D ISI.VND , Jan. 12 [ Special to Tnn BEE ] The printers of thn city organised last night. W. J Koyos was elected presi dent ; Charles Frallck , vlco picsidcnt ; Trcd Hald , treasurer ; Guy Partridge , sect etury ; Cliarles Buck , ser eant-at-anns , executive committee , Fred Baldwin , C. Keith and Chailos Hurley. Another meeting will beheld held next Wednesday and a charter applied for from the state organizer at Lincoln. Mrs P P. Miller died suddenly yesterday of heart trouble She had been ill only a favvdajs. VVIicox A. U. IT. VV. Installs Olllcoro. WILCOX , Nob. , Jan. 12. | Spechl to Tnn BKE ] Wileox lodge , Ancient Order of United Woikmeninstalled the foiliwing offi cers Wednesday evening , Deputy Grand Master Workman G. D. Coulant of this placoofltclatlng : Past master workman , D. C. Shelter : master workman , G. D. Coulant ; foreman , I ] C. Dally ; overseer , O Lolloy ; recorder , C. B. Elkms ; financier , E C. Golden ; rccoivur. C. H. Headbuig ; inside watchman , J. T. Tillman , outsidu watch man , C. W. Morrow. Identified ns Dunk Itobber. KEUIMSY , Nob. , Jan. 12. [ Special Tele- giain toTiiiiBEi ! . ] The desperado , who tried to bluff Chlnf of Police Ovortnoir icstorday by throwing a couple of big sU shooteis In his face when arrested , was identified this morning by Sheriff Hamilton of Dawson county us "Billy" Fry , the bank lobber who broke into the Dawson County bink at Lex ington a couple of weeks ago The sheriff took him back to Lexington this afternoon. Allcgixl Mvlndlur Cnuglit. NEBRASKA. Cnr , Jan. 12. [ Special Tele gram to TUB BEE. | Shetiff Huborloiioft for Council Bluffs today armed with a warrant and requisition for J. S. Adams Adams is accused of swindling U C BIckfotd , a mer chant of this cjty , out of $73 seven years ace and Blckford has been on his trail over since. K'ointor lit Illkhorn Idirnud , nuuionsf , Neb , Jan. 12 ISpeclal Tele gram to THE BKE 1 Fire tonight completely gutted the old Hoanoko elevator , owned and opoiatod by IL A. Molto. The origin is un known Loss , $10,000. No insurance. It required horoio moasuius on the part of the citizens to save the to.vn. KEOOV HINQ , By REPLEVIN. Wntorloo riirmnra booking to Hctrlcve Losses lijr Mllnni'il Fitllure. Coroner Maul , in behalf of Waterloo fanners , has loplevlncd from Sheriff Drexel during the past three dajs , goods to the amount of several thousand dollais When the wholesale seed firm of Phil Stimmol & Co. fulled there vvcio a number of farmeis who had contiacted with the firm to supply thonl with garden seeds to sell on commission , and when thu ciash occuned many of these wore cuught for largo amounts They all live in the country around Waterloo. A. Blake lost sovunty-six bigs of cucumber seeds and iccovcicd foitv-cight ; 11. P. Larson lost , a tutal of UK ! sacks of various seeds and savuu thitty- thico ; Charles Dougherty lost llfty-threo sacks of cucumber seeds and lecovurcd twenty ; Nelson Btown lost 030 sacks ot different varieties of seeds nnd places the amount at $ J,000 , but recovered SU'J sacks ; Hiram I'odan lost 2J9 sacks of diffuicnt kinds of scuds and recovoiod thhty-llvo sacks The Una of Mveis & Hopper 10- covered all It had in , forty-six bags , John H , Potoison had in 17. ) bags of vaiious seeds and lecoveion llfty-sovon ; \ . U McCuuly- lost twcntj-slx sacks , but got all but two : John /Cuis test goods to the valun of $ lSOand will probably ioalUo $300 on the replevin ; Louis Xwuibol lost a total of fifty-four sacks nnd got all but live ; Saui Hodes at Valley station lost all ho had In ; Chailcs Magulro , out of 129 sacks , recovered sixty-one , aud John W. Moore recovered all , forty-six sacks George P Burgess from Waterloo had sold the firm f 1,000 worth of seeds and only re covered to tlio value of $ ? 'J ' 10. His Ii a pathotiu case , thu sends ho had sold the linn being all ho had In the wet Id , aud ho said his family was awaiting his totiiin in order that they might obtain clothes and sboos. Ltttlo pills forgrenTllU : UoWitt'sLIttlo Early Utsers. SCARF DRILL. Untertainmnnt l > y l.utlo UlrU of the Flnt CnncrHffiitlonnl Church , The First Congregational church was crowded last night ou the. occasion of a scarf drill by eight- girls between 10 and U years of ago. This Is n nosr form of amuse ment. 'Iho partlulpints are messed In plnlt aud wear pink ucai'fs or sashes. Thuy march and countermarch and form different llg- uros. uros.Miss Lizzia Allen played the violin very ptottlly and Alma Beckett saug "Little Orphan Annie. " Ilia tambourine drill vras n pretty fuaturo of the evening and was taken part lu by ihoso who foimoil ttio scarf drill. Kittio Hobble sang ' 'Won't You Como Out aud PUyt" and "When Matmt Lets Mo Out " The good night march bv six llttlo girls , the youngest. Abllcno. nastmau , being ouly U yean old , cloiud tho. program. Cure indigestion ami nlliousnoai with DoWIU'n Llttlo WILL ONLY PAY FOR IT ONCE Collection of Taies Must Not Bo Charged Against the State Twice. WEIGHTY DECISION FROM AUDITOR MOORE When TcMTinlilp Collectors Have Unit Their Foci on Stnto Tin en Count ] ' Troasurun Cannot Como In nnd llo Paid AUo. . K , Jan. 12. ( Special to Tun Ben. ] Quito an Important question has arisen In the auditor's ofllco concerning the commis sions to bo paid for the collection of state taxes. Under a former decision of the suprutuo court county trcasareis can not collect commissions from the state for taxes collected by township collectors. Uut Ing the past week several county treasurers have presented claims for commissions with out making any showing of the amount of the taxes collected by the township col lectors Auditor Moore decided this after noon that all county treasuries must present a statement of the exact amount of state taxes collected by the townsnlp collector In order that the statu will not have to pay double commissions. In former years the state paid commissions to county troisurers for taxes collected by township ofllcors and also paid the township collector. The decision of the supreme court put a stop to thu practice of pijing double commissions , but some of the present county treasurers seem to hav3 lost sight of the fact. Altnr Wult Sptoy. . Walt M. Sceley , who is not entirely un known to loaders of TUB Bm : , Is Involved In a soniowhat questionable case hied against him in the district court for Lancaster county tod.iy The suit against him is in stituted t > y John N Stall of Bennett. Stall claims that as long ago as I85T > he held notes signed by his brothels and parents for 52,200. Secloy came to him and icpresentod himself as an attorney and agreed to collect the amount for a small and reasonable com pensation. At Seeloy's request Stall en dorsed the notes over to the alleged attoinoy , who aftctvrard commenced suit and sccuicd a Judgment In his own n ime. The Judg ment still stands in Seeloy's name , and See- ley has made no effort to secure the amount , althouch it Is easily collectable. Stall wants the district court to set aside the judgment already given to boeluy , and also , sues for damages to thu amount of $2,000. Jlu l.ovrd HID Cook. A man named Robert W Bland is In the hospital In this city , suffeiing fiom theoffects of a pistol wound in the head. Whether no received the wound from the accidental dis charge of his revolver , or whether it Is a case of attempted suicide , tlio authorities are at the present time unable to deter mine. Bland Is a single man and has sup ported himself by doing odd jobs of work about the city. Ho is somuwhat eccentric and affects the garb and characteristics of a cowboy of thn plans. Siuco ho has been boarding at 3J6 South Flevcnth street ho has been very much smitten with the cook , whoso charms of face nnd hgure are said to equal her proficiency in the kitcnen. Tlio cook refused to icclprocato the ioung man's pission and the people at the boarding house believe that ho tried to work the despondent lover act and shot himself. Ho is in no dan ger of dj ing. Krintmnts of an Old CURB. Receiver Gibbons of the Commercial and Savings bank of Kearney , long since de funct , filed his January report with the clerk of the supreme court today. The re port shows that the total amount of bills re ceivable in Mr Gibbons' possession is $48- 077.50 , and he cues it as his opinion that "scaicely any of them are ( rood neaily all doubtful mostly vvoithlcss " Of the assets in the hands of the receiver the sum of 318- bS4 consists of notes signed by thu cashier of the bank , John Barnd. The wife of the cashier claims to have purchased claims against the bank to the amount of $ lf ! , ' ll ) She has madu a written piopositiou to the receiver to exchange her notes for an equal amount of the notes held by the ban it. The Mutual Loan and Investment company , which was intimately associated with the manage ment of the wrecked institution , also makes a proposition to tboieeoivor. The invest ment company holds claims against the bank amounting to $10.7,55 07 , for which it offers to accept unpaid notes against the debtors of the bank to bo selected by the receiver. It is a significant fact , however , that the in vestment , company declines to accept notes given to the defunct bank by itself or by S. S St. John , T. U St. John or L N. ot. John. The company also ovens up matters bv agreeing to pay notes signed by the invest ment company to the amount of $19,7.17 07 , making the sumo exception against notes signed by the numeious St Johns. Another Intciesting featuioof the report shows the disposition of the money col lected by the receiver up to date. The total collections amount to flSl.y'J. ! ! Of this amount $00025 was expended for legal soi- viccs , $1,000 went to the iccciver , and $ JGS 58 was used for expenses , leaving a bilauce of $2,140 50 in the bunds of the receiver. < U4Slp nt tllO fttlltO HOUSO. Among the cases filed with the clerk of the supiome court today woio tluco from Douglas county : fho Omaha Stieot Railway company against Chi istian T. Hainan , in volving a Judgmontof $750 and costs obtained oy the defendant in euorjMax Meyer and others apainst A L3 McIConoa , and Edward T. Graham against James Fiaier. The case of James Foricstor & Co. against the Kearney National bank was Hied in the supi erne court this aitotnoon. The Omaha Wine aim Liquor company has filed articles ot Incotporatlon with the sec- iutar > of stato. The piojectois of thu enter prise are .YL. McGuItu , Max Helmborgcr aud Oscar Rcinaid. The capital stock is placed at $ .20,000. Will ItcAlgn I1U 1'utdtlon. L. C Hicks , chairman of the Lincoln Board of Public Works , has accepted an appointment tendered him by the Baptist Missionary union us aft instructor in the missionary college at Ragoon , Burmah , and will leave for India about the 1st of next month This will ncccssitato his resignation as chairman of the boar1 , n position he has held for neaiU thteo uais The knowledge that Prof Hicks will luslgn his position has encouraged a number of public-spirited citizens to consider themselves eligible to the position and Major Weir will havti no dilll- cutty in finding a man willing to assume the vacancy The dunces are , howovur , that ho will piomoto O P Dingus , ono of the present momburb of the boaid , to the chair manship Knvnrablo to IouU Otto. Tlio decision of the United States supreme court In the Boyd-Thayci * case was made to do duty today In u case Involving the titlu of Louis Otto to the oftlco of constable ; m onu of the Lincoln precincts Otto was ap pointed constable to succeed the coloted man who ran away some weeks ago. At the tfino it was consldetud that thu appoint ment held only until the expiration of Mul- lory's first term Mnllory was ro-elected but his absence prevented him from qualify ing for his second term. Later Otto filed a claim with the county commissioners in which ho asserted that his appointment was good until Mallory's second torrnoxpltod i'ho commissioners referred the question to Deputy County Attoinoy Collins and this uftoinoon ho tiled an opinion favorable to Otto The commissioners accepted thu view that Otto was entitled to hold over to the next general election and ho was permitted to qualify , which ho did at once. In the United Stutca Court. District Attorney Baker today entered a nolle proscqul in the case in which B I. Grant of Boyd county was charged with the embezzlement of postofllco funds amounting to t < WO. W D. Robinson of Lincoln was admitted to praotlco in the federal courts of the state A motion for the continuance of the case In which Nancy M. Blazer suoa the ulty of Lincoln for damages was argued and sub mitted today Thoenilioday In the federal court today Ims been taken up with the trial of Adam Cook , the Clay county man who is charged with writing obscene letters to his nlecu In Falrflold Both Cook and his wife wuru on the stand and both denied emphatically that the questionable letter was written by the Last Day Sale for Do you want to help the needy a little this winter patronize our sale. We are offering extra inducements in seasonable goods. We give 10 per cent of sales from the largest clepart- 1 m'- i m't * ment to Rescue Hall. You cannot miss a bargain Saturday Saturate Sell CLOAK DEPARTMENT. A tables of Indies' tea jrowns nnd roady-mudo suits. Choice on the ttiblo for $5.00 A table of Indies' nnd misses' all wool clonks und flno shuwls , cholro for ' . S5.OO A table nf Indies"nnd misses' nil wool cloaks nnd fine fur tnnlTs , cholco $2.95 The nbovo nro fully hnlf fonder prices. MUSLIN UNDERWEAR. Wo nro liuvinp unusunl success with our Jnnuary sale , our sales exceeding all former seasons. The poods are right nnd the prices more than right. We will topeat Thurstlny'a spocinl prices In order to give everybody a chunco. A line of ohotnlso , skirts nnd 47c drawers , robes tind corset covers , niiido nf good muslin nnd well trimmed , considered good value at "ou. A finer line of the same garments , 67c very cholco and considered good value nt 81.00. Wo had a great sale of those two lines Thursday. Everybody bought. OTHER SATURDAY BARGAINS. The balance of a line of French Blaritz kid cloves nt 55c Former value $1.00. A line of fine black goods , 15 to 50 inches wide , sold formerly nt$1.60 , for 75c 200 pairs of cotton blankets , choice of nny ono ot them for merly $1.60 nnd S2.00 , Satur- dav $ I.OO Ono lot of fine wool blnnkets , 11-4 and 12-4 , worth 87 50,88.50 nud 810.00 , to close them out.$5.OO Heavy cream damask , regular price COc , for 37ic We will oiler extra special hulticeinnts Saturday , in Chtim ami Dccn- rutlve ware , at much under cost , You c.m help Ue.scue Hall by buying. He sure you get our prices. A table of tinware at 5c. Articles worth up to 2Bc. A table of tinware at 10c , including articles worth up to 40c. A table of tinware at ' 25 , : , iticluiling articles worth up to 75c. 1 lot of sets of 101- pieces German china at $15 ; former price $1)0.00 1 lot of 113 pieces , at $10.50 ; former price $ ! V2. 1 lot of IK ! picfees at $18.50 ; former price $35. 1 lot of 119 pieces at $22.75 ; former price $10. Sets of 5G pieces at $3.50 , former price $7. Lot 2 , 5fi pieces at S4.nO , former price $7.50. Lot 3 , 5 ( > pieces $5.75 ; former price $10.50. 1 lot ilecorated sets $1.75 , formerly $2.75 1 lot complete with jar $4.00 ; formerly $0.50. 5 styles of $15 sets , reduced to $10. Tliesn low prices should close out all the above lots and make Saturday a btu.y day. G-reafc reduction ill L mps. accused. The evidence" " against Cook Is en tirely circumstantial. T4 , T. Mahoney of Omaha ruado the argument for the dcfenso this afternoon. ' Three More 'Depositories. ' Three Lincoln banlci , the First National , the ColumbU National nnd the Merchants , have filed bonds with the county commis sioners for the safe keeping of county funds and have been ofliciallyde-nsnatcd as county depositories. The First National gets the l.ugcr portion of the funds , having filed a bond for 3100,000. The Columbia National comes next with a bond for $50,000 , while the Merchants flics a bond for f 30,000. The depository law has been observed by Lin- caster county over slnco it went in operation and the law is regarded with favor despite the fact that the Chpital National bank holds ? J'J,000 under the law. JUDUK TliKNKY' } IM.MISC. Death ufn Well Known Tcciinwoli l.iiwjer 1'mirrjil ' ol'Dr. Hiirrlncton. TnccMsnir , No'b. , Jan. 12. ( Special Tele gram to THE BEE. ] Judge Kjron Tiornoy dieJ at his homo In this city this morning , aged 70 years. The cause of his death was grip , with which ho hrdsuffercdone month. The deceased leaves a wife and five chil- d'cn. lie had been a resident of Tccumsoli for twenty-six jcais. The funeral will beheld held at St. Andrew's Catholic chinch in this city Monday at 10 o'clock a. m. Hoi.DitEor , Neb , Jan 1U [ Special Tele- Brain to THE Brn.j Today Jaehln lodge. No 140 , Ancient , Free and Accepted Alisons , charioted a special ti.iiu and went to Uor- trand to attend the funeral services of Dr. Horace 11 Harrington. The deceased was a member of the Masonic lodge there. The lodge has been org.inbect eight years and this is the first time death has taUcn a member. Dr. Harrington died Sunday night , The body vv us embalmed and laid in a vault in the Uortiand cemetery for the present Mrs Harrington , .vidow of the de ceased , intends to go to her old homo at Burlington , Vt. , as soon ns she gats the estate settled up , nnd will piobably take the remains with her. There wore over 100 Masons in uniforms at the funeral und the ceremonies wore very impressive. TAIILK UOCK , Neb , Jan. 12. [ Special to THE BEE | J. B , Phillips , a respected citi zen of twelve years , standing in this county , died ycstetdny moinlng at the nso of CO ioati. Ho leaves a wife and eight children. The Masons will assist In the burial core- tnon.v which will bo held at tlio Presbyterian church tomorrow morning. SEWAUU , Neb , Jan. 1U ISpeelal to THE BEE. ) Joseph Taago , an old and highly re spected citizen of this county , fell dead nt the residence of his son , four miles south west of Sownrd , yesterday afternoon. Ho was in his 70th yoir HASTINGS , Jan 1U , [ Special Telegram to Tun BIT.J Mis. Frank Dalby , the wife of a Hastings merchant , died at the family resi dence this afternoon of the grip Mrs Dalby was a member of the Woman's Uellof corps. James Nelson , living savpn miles south of the city , died this mocnuu ; , ' Two LEXINOTOV , Neb , Jan. Ill [ Special to TUB BBE. ] A lira started jin > a restaurant and grocery lust evening from a defective Hue. Prompt action of the ( Ire company kept the damage down to about fjOOj leas covered by insurance JU BANCUOFT , Nob. , Janil3 [ Special Telegram - gram to THE BEE.J llroithis ] afternoon de stroyed the wagon shop niid its contents belonging - longing to A. P. Mu6Vj'and ' the household goods of Maranda Biior4whlch wore stored In the building It is iot Known how the lire started. The building was worth $700 and stock $075 ; insurance on liuitdlng100 and on stock $300. There , was no insurance on the household goods. , , jo liicrcitacil tlio imofuuro Kate * . HASTINGS , Jan. 12 [ Special Telegram to THE BEE J Today the now tariff book for fire Insurance agents In this city was put into use. About a week ago the atato organi zation ordot cd a raUo of 20 per cent on rates on all liaks , and a meotlitg of the local board of undcrvv rltors was called to discuss the matter. A committed was appointed to dinft a protest , but the objections of the aeonts woio not considered nnd the secretary of the local board was instructed to put the In creased rates into effect. Scarlet J'uvnr nt Hzimox , Nob. , Jan. 13 [ SpecialTelegram to THE BEE , ] After an illness of ono wcok the infant child unt ) only son of Mr and Mrs Charles P. Schwoar mod of scarlet fever this afternoon at S o'clock , DEBNEY'S PATHETIC PLEA Fullerton Wife Murderer Eccitos His Lifo Story in an jEffectivo Manner. WHY HIS MIND WAS MUCH DISTURBED Ills Homo II in Itooii llroken Up iinil llo Stood 111 I'"imr ol IJoutU Closlug roiituroa of thu Trial. FCLLEUTOV , Neb. , Jan. 12 [ Special to Tnn BEK J At the opening of court jcsterday morninc the examination of Debnoy was resumed by the defense. With a gioat deal of feeling ho told the story of his life fiom tlio tlmo ho landed in America up to the fatal day of July 4 , 1893. Ho said that atone ono time his hair was caught lu some machinery , tcating the entire scalp fiom his head and fracturing his situll. Ho also told of the loss of his two children in his shanty , which ciught tire while ho and his wlfo were at work in the field , buining the llttlo folks to death , and the loss of his litst wlfo from the bite ot n rattlesnake stioitly iiftcrwaid. Duiingthe narration of this story to the jury he wis gieatly affected ana several times sobbed bltteily. Ho said that when he man led his second wife ho took her. together with her thioo little children , to his homo and had lived happily with her until about tineo i ears ago , when she nnd her first children commenced making life intolciablo for him bv insistini ; that ho should deed his piouorty to them. Ho refused , saying to her that the boys v\ ore old nnough to take ca o of themselves , and that they had four children , of which ho was the father , to suppoit and educate , but that ho was willing to give her eldest son his note for $ T > 00 , payable hi tluco ycais , for the work ho had douo lor him , and that as soon ns they were able and got out of debt ho would give her other two sons something , too. To tnls his wife consented , where upon ho gave her oldest son his note , as agreed upon. No sooner was this done than she insisted that ho should give her other two sons $ > 00 each or his note for that amount , s lying she would not give him any peace until this was done He further stated that she and her buna had conspliod against his life nnd made threats that he would got his head biokou bofoiu ho knowlt. AVlis Afruld of llohihItlllud. . On several occasions she hail told him that she would as soon sloop with a dog as with him Ho said she had struck him in the head with kettles , frying pans and threatened to knock his bruins out with a rolling pin. Ho stood in great fear of bulng murdered ny her and her sons , ns she had mido such threats many times during the past tluco jours. Ills wlfo had loft their homo about the middle of June nnd had refused to live with him longer un less ho would deed all his pioporty to her and her children On the morn ing of July 4 , 1303 , ho had taken two friends to the house of William flioviack in Prairie Creek town ship , whore his wife vvas , and entreated her torotutn to his home nnd dismiss the di vorce proceedings which aho had Instituted against htm This she refused to do Atter tlio meeting ho took the priests back to Genoa. While in Genoa ho drank freely of rum and boor , nnd did not remember any thing that took place on his road homo from Uonoa until ho saw his wife at the house where ho had loft her a few hours previous Ho again rene wed his ontteutios for her to return mid live with him , which she refused to do , nnd Jumping up caught hold of htm , exclaiming "John. John ! " tie thought that she was calling for her oldest son John to come and kill him. vvhnro- upon ho became wild and shot off his r- ! volver , after whioh ho know nothing until some time that night when ho recovered consciousness and found himself in the tim ber near the Loup river. Ho then returned to his homo where ho mot his llttlo boy who asked him what made him kill tits mother. Thn boy tnld him.a mob was hunting for him and if they found him they would hang him. This caused him to run away and hide. Ho said Mis Spolcu had told him that his wlfo und her boys threatened to rob and lull him. Oa cross-examination the attorneys for Other Saturday Bargains--Cont. Uo.vs' wool vvnlsls , o\tm weight of flannel , which luivo been soiling at $1.00 , reduced to. . . 50o Moil's7ccnntou Illiiiinel drawers 48o Men's $1 nnhuindtirod shirts , , . . 7 So Men's 7uu unlanndorod shirts. . . 57o Men's dross shirts , tormorlv $1.60 , $2.00 mid 82.60 , odds nnd ends , nt $ | , OO Men's heavy ribbed underwear. 75o FRIDAY'S SALE CONTINUED. We'll continue Friday's prices for Sat- urdiiy on notions , yarns and knit goods. Many doslrnblo articles you will want nt very low prices. Bo sure and visit these departments. Wo will also odor unusual values m Indies' winter underwear. SATURDAY EVENING. From 7 to 10 we olTen Moil's night shirts , made ol ex tra heavy cotton , good valuo. . 5Oo Moil's l-ply llnon collars | Oc Men's 1-nly cults 2 pairs for 25c Mon's flno balbrljjgan hnlf.hoso. I0o Cheap at loc. Those $1.00 white shirts see them ! Wo have about 20 do/en of line dtoss shirts , mndo for fine tntdo and have sold them for $2.00 and S2.CO apiece. 1'hoy tire too line for the times , so wo 1mvo in.ido n price that will each. sell them just Bo t 7Jc prints 4c ! ) ! bleached sheotinpr. I8c 1-1 brown shooting. . . , 4c Clinton Iliiiinol 3c Vnsclino 5c Uc"it ] ) orfumcs I5c Florida water I7c Gorman cologne. . 25c Pine lOo soaps 5c Store full of bargains Saturday. I3o on hand to sivull the sales and help the Koscuo Hall fund. It costs you nothing , so why not come in ? Dr. AUGUSTUS VOELCKER , the celebrated chemist of London , in Ms analysis of n sample of our North Carolina Blight Leaf Tobacco , snys : that ho finds but LITTLE NICOTINE or albuminous compounds , nnd that it is one of the FINEST FLAVORED MILD TOBACCOS lie ever smoked. This package Is made from the Pick Leaf" of our North Carolina Crop , Qolden Belt District. Only the PUREST , ripest and sweetest leaf , with the purest and best artificial flavorings rrt FROM THE and sweetenings arc used. ER BEIT D anteed. A pleasant , MANUFACTURED cool and healthful BY smoke guar 2. I. LYON & . CO. , DURHAM , N. C. the state wcro unaolo to materially change his testimony. Another \Tltncs ? for tlio Dnfinno. Tlio defense then put upon the stand John Baitushuclf , who testlllcd tint he had seen Mis Dobnoy stiiko her husband with .1 fry ing pan which contained hot me.vt , ind grease. Mrs. Debnoy had given him ( the witness ) $11'to ' procure the signing over of Dobnoy's property to her snns She had also given witness SI to cot the defendant drunk so ho would sign deeds to the prop erty to her sons Hie dufenso then rested their ciso nnd the state immediately commenced Intioducing rebuttal testimony. Mrs Speico upon the vv hues' ! stand cmphatirally denied that she had over had the convoisition which the defendant claimed she h.id with Lira Sov- oial other witnesses denied most of the things tcstilied to by the defendant In the aftcinoon the .irguments of counsel woio commuutod. Judge Hio\vor made the opening nigumont lor the st.ito in i stiong , clc.ir and lo ic.il manner , after which Mr Moitj.in , Mr Uecdurnnd Mr Albert , for the defendant , , made able and exhaustive aigu- monts. Mr. Critchfield , county attoinoy , closed for the state Uuilug the arguments of counsel potfect order piov.ilicd until County Attoinoy Critchileld finished , when many In the room cheered. Judge Sullivan could scattoly make himself hoara When quiet was aijaiii restored Judge Sullivan adminis tered a scathing rebuke to all who partici pated in the applause The case wont to the jury at Q.UO last evening. Con lit Nut Srrnru u Komi. GIIAND ISLAND , Jan. 13 [ Special to Tim DEB. ] The county ttoasuicr , William Cor nelius , re-elected last fall , resigned today. Mr. Cornelius was caught In tlio Cltl/ens National bank failure witli VJ.OOO of the county funds This made it difllcutt to secuio the bond of Slr)0OUO iciiulred by the county board. Mr Cornelius vvas a repub lican , und had served a term satlsfnctoiily Mr H J. Palmar , n republican , has been appointed ns his successor It was cutiuntly reported this morning that the Citizens National bink would soon bu able to make a payment of U3 to .M ) per cent Hucolver Westeivelt sats he would ho glad If such woio the case , but no divi dend could bo declined until all the claims mo in , which will bo not loss than ninety days The iccolvnr will send his Hist report , n voluminous affair , to the comptroller to- moriow. SurprUuil Ii } 'llinlr friend * . i'jmiMOST , Neb , Jan 12. ( Special to THE BUB. ] Clfarles HalliiiKshead , the D. & M. agent hero , is to bo removed to Crete. Yes- toiday ho and his wife were Invited to take tea at Dr. Ashby'a. As soon as they loft a few of their most Intimate filends took pos session of their house nnd sot the table * and loaded them with the best the country af fords It vvas a tnost complete Hurpilso. Those present wotoHov and Mrs A. W. Handall , Or and Mrs Ashby. Mr nnd Mrs. T Putt , Mr and Mrs. J. W ( iary , Mr nnd Mrs W W Kemp , Mr , and Mrs J Walker , Mr. nnd Mis N D Maxlluld , Mr und Mrs. O. O Maxlluld , Mr and J 1) . Ciaymer.Mrs Y U. Wostcott , Mis Vlnsont and Mis. Uippsatn. GhHdrenGryfor Pitcher's Castorla. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Children Cry or Pitcher's Caotorla. SEARLESSEARLES , SPECIALISTS rii ; : v i MI..N i iii HAH * Consult ! ! tlnn 1'rou. Call on or 'iMr'Ssltli HUmp for chcul irs + 'ruo book , r culplu ami uyiiiiituui bl tnkH Dr , Searles and Searles , " 8 * MItlVAtM'.B { | | , rirst Bt ill way Houtli of postofflco room 7. Is sold with written QUaranlOB to euro anrvoupProatra on. Pits , Dlnl- nosallcr.inciu ) ! imd cotwlvou'eufOiiluin , lolmcco nml AIio- _ ' liol ; MinUil li pica- . . . . Crrlon , SoltonltiRdf tnoDrninrnusliiKtVIlGory , Insanity nml Death j IIIHTOIHIM , Imnotenoy , Lent Power In ollliiTM'i , Premnturu Old Aue , Involuntary I CMHI * , cnut il uynvor-lniluliceuco , ovor-taurtlon of tliu Drain "nil Errors of Youth , itulvoito Weak OrunuH tliolr Natural Vigor and uoublcn tlio Joyit of Ufa : cure * ) I.ucorrhfca nml tVniblo Wenkneai. A mouth's trent- inuut , In plain pnckuuo. by mall , to any nddraui , tl [ > orbarOilmen ? . ' ! . WUIinvnry JScirdc-r wo vivo a Written Ounrantoe to euro or refund the mnney , Clrtuliirs free , au.iraiitoo l suid ouly by our ox- ClUStVO IIROtlt. Kuhn &Co .SolcAgents.Oiriihn. Neb Man DuvolopoJ RENKWED IMUJ OKMAT JjtPfJ I iflvi-r CUl'IUINK will reNtori ! all tlui fmrjr.Uiv i onum Iiuimtoncy 111- | ioHHlll'l ( CUI'IDl.Vi : U UHI d hund for frou cli i'iil im iiiul ID ill noiii iln. DA VOL JtKUU'lNK ( JO ' J' O llox'JOTl ) Suil'Vau- Clhl.'O Ctl I'rfipontil1 * tor Htmor INirittriirtioit * Soiled bids for Imllillnv n htonn water snwur on Twidfth , riilrli'ontli. Hull ) and StivmitPtmth Klit'oH will Iw rt-ccht-d by tliu city cli'rU ot Hloux Ulty , IH until H o cluck n , in , Tni'idiiy , .Innimry in. 1HOI Thciu will lie about l.'OO tent of : i foot t Inch , IIOU fui-t of t foot H Inch , und 'I 300 foot of 0 font brlcli suwui. mid about fiotl fro t of 12 , Ui und Ifl Inch | ilin | sowur , about Cil ) lirk-k In- lutH and 1& nmnlioli's Plans can bo Mum und nnd ipfclllcatlons and lilddlnt ; blanki can Ito obtalnud at tlio olllcu uf tliu city ciixliioor A Imiiil In tlio mini of 40 par conloftlm amount bid , with two accdiitablo hurutlt's , onu to bo u rnsldmt of Sioux Ulty , must ac company uiii'li bid Two bids are .isltnd , nno condltlonod upon payiuunt on iiiontlily I'ttlnuites In rash , and onu on payiuonlH on monthly ustlniutu.-t lu Nitwur ImnJs running two , throu , four and live yours , buurlnK Intoiost at the lutoofUpur cent. The right 13 rosurvod to reject any nr all bids KNIIDK htiNUr. Obnlrtnnn Sewer C'oninilttuH , Jia-Hiu.