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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1898)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : StTTDAY , OCTOT1ET ? 23 , 1SS. ! EVOLUTION OF CONSCIENCE World Growing Better and Humanity is Growing Broader. CHANGES BOTH SOCIAL AND INDIVIDUAL l.llirrnl CongrcHN of IlcllKlonn 1'nnnei the Uxniil llcnolutloim , Prepara tory to Final Adjnnriimciit Olio More iicHiiloii. "The Evolution ot Conscience In the Nineteenth Century" was the principal subJect - Ject ot the Liberal Congress of Religion yesterday. Prof. U. P. Powell of Clinton , N. Y. , made the address. The speaker was de cidedly rationalistic and broadly democratic , as becomes an old newspaper man who has Graduated Into pedagogulcs , ethics , politics und economics as a college Instructor , and lie evidenced the Ideal pantheistic conception of the Deity sang by Pope nnd reasoned out by Emerson , To briefly uummarlzo the prac tical points of his paper : Thomas Jefferson thought more ot ethics than of cirmlts and since the last century there has been Inaugurated upon this con tinent a political era of applied conscience , lloforo this. English statesmanship In the eighteenth century had been courtcraft. Happily It gave place to Canning's refusal to appoint a delegate to the holy alliance in 1823 and his promise that England would stand by President Monroe In preserving the Integrity of America against the en croachments of European nations. At that time a most tremendous crisis In the world's history was turned In the favor of conscience In the contest between despotism and free dom. Slnco then human conscience has torn slavery out by the roots nnd , even In the treatment of nrlsoners of war. compare the treatment of 12.000 Americans In the "Brit ish hells" anchored off Brooklyn during the revolutionary war with the humaneness fchown toward the Spanish taken prisoners bv the Americans In the late war. Such has been the growth of conscience In this century that In International affairs that Caesar , who of all rulers has been sup posed to govern by sheer force , the czar of Russia , desires to leave the world In dis armament. We nro appreciating what An glo-Saxon brotherhood means and war Is giving way to arbitration. There may como Rome reaction uoon this entente cordlalo be tween the two great English speaking na tions , but In another quarter of a century the dream of statesmen llko Jefferson In America and Canning In England of nn An glo-Saxon brotherhood In a broader Chris tlonlty will bo realized. Corruption Growing ; Ie * . I am an optimist. Political corruption Is growing less and lore. A hundred years ago the price of voters was sot out onenlv In tables In England. The last no tional campaign was characterized by more honesty nnd sincerity than nny previous one. The rights of the public und the press nre belnc be'ter understood. In the early part of the ci tury editors and congressmen were Impris oned and fined for criticizing the president. Today criticism \mfettered. . nnd vet there Is a great conscience behind the press In Us development from the days of Wash ington , when Alexander Hamilton BO bit terly lampooned that greatest of American statesmen , next to Jefferson. John Adams. Tom Platt Is the best boss New York has had. Compare him with Tweed , and I am not. a Platt man. either. The social conscience Is developing and the Individual la opening out Into social co operation. The word "nclEhbor" Is being considered as complimentary to" the word "self. " Social evolution nnd Individual evolution are two aspects of the one un folding. I think wo mav sum tin the fipclal conscience of the nineteenth centurv ns reverence for humanltv "Thou shal love thy neighbor ns thyself. " Our neigh bor must share not only the heavenly man- eloiiE , but earthly opportunities As one of the cult current ! ) ot economic cousctcn .o electricity Is reacting , as a dis tributive force , upon stcntn which contested fcpoplo Into the cities. Such forces revolu tionize us when we don't know It. Thov are the wonderful thlncs ot God which Ho Iteenb in Ills own hand. As Jefferson taught us human equality , so Darwin taught us the dlvlnu process of eve Ititlon. The work of the hand Is being raised to the same plane as the work of th biuln. The hand Is becoming regarded a the demonstrator of science nnd the dls tlnguluhlng characteristic of humanity Evolution Is teaching us that wo must liv nrlght and not damn the future : that Goi does not damn , but wo do bv cause and cf feet , and that salvation Is from the sam source. Christianity Is becoming human ! < urinnlsm. and at the sunset of the contur ; wo are beginning to recognize no1 other go Imt that of conscience. Wo nro beglnnlni to read corrcctlv the saying of Jesus , who I being resurrected ngnln not the old Jesu of Palestine , but the new Jesus of the Unite States. The dcstlnv of the Anglo-Saxon nnd particularly the American Saxon , Is t : reforming of the world. The result of the Jeffcreonlan thesis tha nil men nro caual Is that all men feel their dutv to co-operate for the good of th Individual : thn result of the Darwlula thesis that men are the growth ot divine ovolutlon Is that we are beginning to learn that all should co-ooonvto for the good of the whole. These two men nnd their work nre Inseparably hound together for the up lifting of the human race. Awny With Creed * . After this Jenkln Lloyd Jones read a pa per from Rev. Robert T. Jones , of Ithlca N. Y. , on the attitude of the church t later religious thinking. It amounted to statement that the trend of thought In the present Is In the nature of n great re ligious Impulse , as was the reformation lead by Luther ; that rationalism Is taking LOST HIS JOII. He mi u to ( Jet Well When He Unit Co ( Tec * . You could not get mo to return to coffee after my experience , If you were to give me a gold mine. Two different physicians who treated me. bolpcd mo Boino , but as ; eon as I left off 1. . P. MoMl.W , 1702 UlKh St. , Urn Molncn , la. the medicines , I went down again. Neither of these doctors told mo that coffee was the cause ot the trouble. I wag compelled to giveup ray occupation , and had been for a long time constantly taking medicine of some sort. The trouble was Indigestion and constipation , causing loss of sleep , and running me down seriously In weight. I was discouraged with the drugging and remained 111 until I noticed one of youi advp. about how coCro affected some people , then thought I would stop drinking it and co if that might not bo thr cause of m > tiouble. I took to drinking Postum Cereal Food Cotfeo , and grew to like It very rauct Indeed. An soon ar I stopped drinking com - mon coffee. I began to get well and have ln < creased _ In weight from 140 to 15S. Since beginning ; Postum , I hav never taken t pill or any kind of medicine , und I ucvei Xtlt better In my life. ' the place of creeds , the natural penalty for' ' Bin being recognized as that of logical consequence - sequence rather than one ot arbitrary Judg ment ; that on nil sides the normal sense Is coming to be regarded as relatively , rather than absolutely , registering the Idea ot right , and that the broader Christianity tends to do away wllh nil creeds nnd cere monies a * conditions of membership In the Christ church , making character and con duct the test , holding with Lyman Abbott that religion is not a creed. The churches , however , are suspicious of advanced think ers and Jcnlous of the old standards. There fore their attltudo Is not yet favorable. Some business matters were disposed of , Including the adoption ot several lesoliUlons ot thanks to the local committee , the people of Omaha , the press and the First Congregational church for Its hospitality. This afternoon a plat- orm meeting at this church , with Rabbi llrsch of Chicago as the principal speaker , will conclude the congress. Just before adjourning an effort was made n have the narno of the congress changed rom that of "Liberal Congress ef Religion" o merely "Congress of Religions , " for the cason that the word "liberal" seems sus- cDtlblo of a popular meaning which has be- omo odious to church people. It wa re- erred , after much discussion pro and con , o the Board of Directors. H was n separate solution from the report of the special ommlttco selected to draw up the list of citations , of which Prof. Jordan was the halrman. The matter of the next place of meeting wan left to the executive committee , csldent In Chicago. Short talks were made by Mesdamf s Roh- ilna ot Adrian , Mich. , and Adams of L i- buque on behalf of the Woman's National ouncll. Dr. John Henry Barrows of Chicago de- . lining a directorship , the place was given o Mrs. Ole Bull of Cambridge , Mass. The : ongres3 has raised about $3,000 at Its gath- Ting In this city. UNITED STATES COURT JURORS Cleric Iltllli nnil Comnilniiloncr Tllileii DriMV ( lit ! TiilcMinoii for the IVcxt Oiunlia Term. O. n. Hlllls , clerk of the United States courts , and Dr. Tllden , jury commissioner , yesterday drew a grand Jury and a petit | ury for the November term of the United Slates court In this city , which will begin on Monday , November 14. The grand Jury will report on the opening day , and thr > petit Jury on the. following Thursday. The following Is the result of the drawing : Grand Jurors George W. Dunn , Omaha ; J. D. Garmlre , Hebron ; Robert T. Ogden , Omaha ; W. A. Howard , Lincoln ; O. A. Cor- bln , Vesta ; William Plckons , Powell ; Harry Harper , Beatrice ; 0. H. Oakley , Lincoln ; W. F. Doollttlo , Omaha ; W. T. Moore , Lin coin ; Mlko Cowan , Tecumseh ; William Dobbins , Dertrand ; S. 0. Smith , Beatrice ; D. P. Angel , Omaha ; Gcorgo C. Collins , Pawnee City ; Absalom Tlpton , Nebraska City ; Oscar R. Allen , Omaha ; E. P. Alex ander , Tecumseh ; H. Austin , Tekamah ; J F. King , Beatrice ; W. B. Christie , Sam McLcod , Omaha ; W. L. Bowman , Stanton ; B. L. Castor , Wilbur. Petit Jurors W. J. Wnrnke , Swanton ; H , P. Beebe , Fremont ; E. P. Breweter , Lincoln ; J. E. Mcndenhall , Falrbury ; C. E. McCuue David City ; J. II. George , Stanton ; R. G Collins , Hebron ; George T. Elliott , Valen tine ; Arthur T. Young , Omaha ; E. W Smith , Wayne ; D. II. Flgard , Seward ; J W. Winger , Lincoln ; Lee W. Spratlln Omaha ; A. Lummerman , Edgar ; Robert Ho back , Bazada ; H. H. Bartllng , Nebraska City ; Frank West , Wlsner ; Dave- Miller Omaha ; Logan Enyart , Nebraska City Amos Wellor , Syracuse ; M , E. Catron , Nebraska braska City ; Thomas Horn , Auburn ; J. R Kelsey , Homer ; J. B. Lyons , Lyons ; A. E Walgrcn , Saronvllle ; John W. Mulr , Omaha O. J. Davis , Syracuse ; John C. Colt , Omaha W. R. Fuller , Tekamah ; James B. Klstlr son , Superior ; L. M. Upson , Beatrice ; C. G VanNess , W. W. Ford , L. W. Boehme Omaha ; Charles Warner , Geneva ; Henrj Goodman , South Omaha. To MnUe Your Family I/ovc You Buy "Garland" Stoves and Ranges. PORK PACKING OPERATIONS .South Oinnhii Rapidly Cloning ? Ui til Clap Hint ScparateH Second mid Third 1'Inecn. South Omaha Is a busy place these days During the week considerably over 40,00 hogs were received and slaughtered at tha rolnt. Slnco March 1 the packers hav handled 1,135,000 hogs , which Is a gain ovc the corresponding period of last year o 150,000. During the same period St. Loul has gained 122,000 , Indianapolis 84,000 , Cln clnnatl 37,000 and the smaller markets In about the same proportion. Kansas City however , is the ono exception , the gain 1 the number of hogs packed at that poln amounting to only 5,000 , while South Omaha has been calnlug 150,000 , and rnnldly clos ing UD the gap between third and second place In the list of packing centers. The reason for the loss of prestige on the part of Kansas City at a tlmo when all other hog packing points nre showing liberal 1 gains U to be found In the operations of the little town down the river familiarly known ns St. Joe. Since March 1 there , have been packed at that point 509,000 hogs. Of that number 300,000 are figured as having come from Kansas City territory , and only about 1GO.OOO from Omaha territory. The operations of St. Joe In Kansas City terri tory are doing much to equalize tbo dis parity In wealth and population between Nebraska and Kansas , so that those who are familiar with the business would not be surprised to sco South Omaha win second end place as a hog packing center before very long , BUNDS FOR A HIGH SCHOOL AVII1 II < I'orinulntoil by thu Hoard of Education at Itx Meotlair Monday M After learning the sentiment of the citi zens In Omaha expressed la mass meetings nm In the votes received by Secretary 011- l.iii , there seems to be little doubt that at the special meeting Monday night the Board ( J of Education will formulate a proposition for submission at the coming election , ask ing for bonds for the erection of a single high school on the present grounds. What amount will be asked for Is not cer tain , but It will probably be $150.000. This Is estimated to bo tufllclout for a building of the character that Is to be constructed first. The total proposition , however , will probably ask for $100,000 more , ns that sum of money Is needed for the erection of Cass , Pacific and Davenport schools. These build ings are absolutely required In the opinion of the board members. Clilcauo Hotel Clt'rkn. Clerks of the Cblcaeo hotels came to Omaha yesterday morning aa special guests of the St. Paul read. Thev came In a sac- c-al cur.lth tun or three ofllclals of the road In charge to se ? that nothing was Iff ; undone to insure a pleasant and romfortaolc louiuey for the Ihlnc bureaus of general liu'oimatlon. The following wore in the pally : James A. Glodrey , manager of the Oiwt Northern , nnd wife. Robert L. Grant , chief clerk at the Paim .r house , and wUe ; V. C. Kellev chief clcut at the Loland. and lf - C , L. Muilenrv. clttk at the Victoria , and wife ; J. F. Cone , chief clerk at the Wei- II : Mon , and ue , , II C. Grlsnold , Met clerk nt the Grand Pacific ; F. B. Scott union ticket agent , and Howard Lang , city p.uEeugor agent for the St. Paul road. The visitors will start on their return trio thlfi afternoon. They arc all stopping at the Mil- lard. MORE WOMEN MEET IN OMAHA Last of the Congresses Brought bj tha Transmisslraippl Exposition , JEWISH WOMEN MEETING BEGINS TODAY Their SeiiMloiii Are Followed Imme diately by Tlioxe of the \ntlonal Council of Women of the United Slate * . The National Council of Jewish Women meets In the First Congregational church this evonlnc and tomorrow morning. The session this evening will be devoted to ad dresses bv Mrs. Uello Polack of Omaha , Mrs. May Wright Sewall and Dr. Leo M. Frank lin. Tomorrow morning's session will be of i business nature. There win bo reports 'rom the various committees and a general llscuaslon of questions relating to the wel- 'are ' of the organization. U Is expected that 100 delegates will bo nresent at the meeting of the council , rep resenting sections throughout the central west. The questions that will to considered will be of a literary , historical nnd philan thropic nature. After the reading of the naners the eublccts will bo thrown open for L'cnornl discussion. The National Counclf of Jewish Women s nn olfsurlne of the World's Parliament of ilellglons held In Chicago during the World's 'air. The present officers are : Mrs. Hannah 1. Solomon of Chicago , president ; Mrs. Emmanuel Mandcl of Qhlcago , vice presi dent ! and Mlsa Sadlo American of Chicago , secretary. Preparations have been made for the re- rentlon and entertainment ot the delegates thn members of the local flection. There will bo a luncheon and reception at the Metropolitan club Tuesday afternoon , to which an Invitation has been extended to the visiting members of the National Coun rll of Women and to the Women's crub of Omaha , as well as to the Jewish women. The program for the two sessions of the council follows : Sunday evening , 8 o'clock : Prayer , Rev. Mary Glrard Andrews ; song , Mrs. Martin j f Cahn ; greeting , Mrs. Belle A. Polack ; ad dress. "Our Problems , " Mrs. Hannah G. Solomon : address , "Old Wine , " Mrs. May Wright Sewall ; address , Dr , Leo M. Frank lin. Monday. 0:30 : a. m. ; Report from vice nrcsldont of Nebraska , Mrs. Clara Rosewater - water : paper , Mies Blanche Gatzert ; report from religious committee. Miss Julia Fel- Kenthal : report from philanthropy commit tee : report from Sabbath school committee ; report from Army and Navy league commit tee. Mrs. Martin Barber ; report from reci procity committee ; report of delegates from sections ; discussion. I.nnt of the Series. The meeting of the National Council of Women of the United States , which con venes tomorrow at the First Congrega tional church , will be the last of the con gresses held under the auspices of the Educational department of the Transrala- slsslppl Exposition , and will bring together one ot the most notable gatherings of women of national and world-wide reputation with which the west has over been honored. The meeting will be In charge of the officers of the council , the president presiding. The officers ore as follows : Mrs. May Wright Sewall , uresldent , Indianapolis , Ind. ; Rev. Anna Howard Shaw , vice presldent-at-largo , Philadelphia ; Mrs. Louise Barnum Robblns , corresponding secretary , Adrian , Mich. ; Mrs. Frances Stewart Mosher , first recording sec retary , Hlllsdale , Mich. ; Mrs. Helen Finlny Bristol , second recording secretary , Qulncy , III. ; Mrs. Hannah J. Bailey , treasurer , WInthrop Center , Me. The following national societies are mem bers of the council : National American Woman Suffrage association , National Wo man's Christian Tcmperanco union , Na tional Free Baptist Woman's Missionary so clety , Illinois Industrial School for Girls ( national charter ) , National Woman's Re lief society , Wlraodaughsls , Young Ladles' National Mutual Improvement association , National Christian League for the Promo tion of Social Purity , Universal Peace union , Woman's Republican Association of the United States , National Association of Loyal Women of American Liberty , Woman's Re lief corps ( auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic ) . National Association of Women Stenographers , National Council of Jewish Women , American Antl-Vlvlscctlon society , Florence Crtttenden missions. Supreme premo Hive Ladles of the Maccabees , Rath- bone Sisters. Wide Field of Worlc. The number of Interests and phases of work to bo presented can bo understood by a reference to the above list ot national or ganizations' which constitute the council. The distinctive Idea of the national coun , cil is to give recognition to all good In all 1 human effort for the uplifting of humanity , , nnd for the amelioration of present condi tions. It in nlanncd that each eoclety may nresent its own work and gain thus a i broader sympathy and Interest. It Is to i bring together women of alt lines ot work , , with different views and methods , and to > make known to the general public the va riety and magnitude of woman's work for humanltv. In fact , the history of the coun- ' ell "Is a history of learning the forgetful- ' ness of thn thlncs that divide. In remember- j Ing the greater things that unite. " Hence j one of thn oblpctn of the council Is to unify ' the efforts of orcanlzations upon some great | oblects unon which all can unite , but which ! no onn would bo strong enough to undertake alnnp. The motto of the council 1 l "Lead. Klndlv Light. " The standing committees have charge of t the followlne ceneral work of the council 1 and renrfflont the breadth and scope of the causes esDoused by the organization. They ore as follower Commlttu on dress. Mrs. Annie White Johnson , chairman. Chlcazo ; on equal pay for equal work. Miss Marv Desha , chairman , Washlneton. D. C. : on education In citizen- whin. Mrs. Kate Drownleo Sherwood , chair man. Canton. O. ; on domestic science , Mrs. Helen Campbell , chairman , Kansas State University. Toncka , Kan , ; on social peace and International arbitration , Counters Cora Rlocomb dl Urazza Savorgnan , chairman , New York CItv and Rome. Italy ; on eoclal j purltv. R v. Anna Oarlln Spencer , chair- mnn. Providence. R. I. : on domestic rela- lions under the la.w. Octavla Williams Bates. A. n. . chairman. Detroit. Mich. Jinny SnhjretH nine-tinned. There will bo addresses by leading women of the country upon the following subjects : "Total Abstinence , Purity and Woman Suff rage. " "Society's Duty to the Scarlet Woman , " "Relation of Public Morals to Public Health , " "The Business Women of the Present , " "The Sociological Usefulness of Secret Societies , " "The Relation of In dustrial Education to Charity , " "The Mother and the Child , " "How May the Growth of Loyalty Be Promoted Without Developing an Aristocracy , " "The Obligation Resting Upon Women to Promote Social Peace and Inter national Arbitration , " "What Constitutes Patriotism ? How Shall It Be Inculcated ? " "Tho Relation of Capital and Labor aa Ap- piled to Domestic Science , " "Prison Reform In Behalf of Women Criminals , " "Women's Work In Religious " " Organizations , Current Tendencies of Religious Thought. " These are subjects that appeal strongly to thinkIng - Ing persons and will bo presented by repre- nentatlve women whom the country delights to hear. The first public session will open Mon day at 3 p. m. by addresses of welcome and response by the president of the council , thu presentation of the presidents and dele gates ot the organizations and local councils belonging to the National council , and the annual address of the president , OMAHA DAY ATTHE EXPOSITION Mnyor Moore * InNtien n Proclamation HeltliiK the Oceanian Apart an n Holiday. OMAHA. Oct. 22. To the Citizens of Omaha , Greeting ; 1 have been requested by the officials ot the exposition to Issue a nroclamatlon calling the attention ot all citizens to the Importance ot finishing our erand exposition In a manner that will al- wavs bo a remembrance of this grand fes tive occasion. Monday. October 31 , 1898 , Is the closing day ot our creat cxnosltton , such an exposi tion as surpasses all others from a financial , nrtlstlc and educational standpoint , except ing possibly the Columbian Exposition at Chicago. ( It Is proper and fitting that Omaha i , whose energy and pluck has been fortunate enough to secure this grand dis play above her ulster cities , should celebrate this closing dav In a manner that win make It the "banner" day of nil the days ot the Transmlsslsslool Exposition period. At the request of the exposition manage ment our Commercial club has designated this loot day "Omaha day , " and Is arranging the necessary details to make It above all' others the "cala" day. Arrangements have been made with the railroads for special low rates from all sections of this western territory nnd the exposition officials have made a particularly special rate of 25 cents for the dav for adults and 15 cents for chil dren , so that every citizen , man , woman and child mav bo ahlo to see the last of the wondrous beauty of our "White City , " Therefore , as chief executive of our city , I hereby proclaim and make Monday , Octo ber. 31. a holiday and ask all railroad offices , shoos , factories , banks , wholesale nnd retail stores and cltv and county offices , as well as the schools , to close their ro- Rnrctlve nlaces of business that day and such retail stores as cannot suspend busi ness for the day to close promptly at 12 o'clock noon , so that their clerks and cm- nloves mav have a holiday In which 'to at- tend the exposition for the last time. Let every man , woman and child pass throueh the turnstiles that day that they mav help click the attendance , that the rrcord of "Omaha day" may at least reach the 1GO.OOO mark. FRANK E. MOORES , Mayor. SOUTH OMAHA NEWS. An enthusiastic meeting of republicans was held at Blum's hall , Twenty-sixth nnd N streets , last night. AH of the scats were occupied and some ot the late comers were compelled to stand. The hall was tastily decorated with American flags and at the rear of the titacn was a largo framed photo- craoh of President McKlnley , which was surrounded by electric lights. The chairman at the evening. B. E. Wilcox , and quite a number of candidates occupied seats on the nlotfonn. I After a selection by the band Chairman , Wilcox Introduced Joseph Crow , a candidate for the legislature. Mr. Crow spoke on state and local tonics for a few minutes and gave I way to Isaac Noycs , candidate for state sen- [ ator. Mr. Novcs mentioned especially the prosncrltv which was noticeable In South Omaha and then briefly sketched the can didates \\lio are on the ticket with him. The address of the evening was delivered bv Hon. David II. Mercer , candidate for congress. As Mr. Mercer advanced to the front of thr > Bljicn after being Introduced by Chairman Wilcox ho was greeted with cheers. Mr. Mercer started In by saying that he had snout the last fnw days campaigning In Washington and Douglas counties and had only returned to the city a few hours nrevlous to the meeting. Since his return ho had learned that ono Constantine J. Smvth had recently delivered a speech at Crolghton hall In Omaha which reflected uoon the present administration and the congressman from this district. "A nubile office Is a public trust , " said Mr. Morcer. "and not a private snap. A congressman's dutv Is to look after the wel fare ot his constituents at nil times , and ! this I have done to tbo best of my ability , j regardless of the political affiliations of i mv constituents. " Recalling the Crelghton , hall sueech Mr. Mercer said that the Smith family was a creditable one. However the | man who went out of his way to malign < him had stricken the "I" out of hla name and now snelled It with n "y. " Further , this Smvth. as ho called himself , had gone nut of his wav to circulate falsehoods In connection with the congressional candl- I dates on the republican ticket and prenty I of witnesses could bo brought to prove that the statements made by Smyth were untrue. , Congressman Mercer then spoke of how Smyth as attorney general of the state of i Nebraska went to Washington to appear before - | fore the supreme court and sat mute In the j court room for two days whllp the state i was paying his bills. "In the entire trial of thn case. " said Mr. Mercer , "the attorney ceneral for Nebraska never once opened his mouth , all of the addresses to the court being made by other attorneys who were employed for the occasion. " j Going back into promises made years ago Mr. Mercer asked : "Do you remember what i promised In 1802 ? I told you people ot South Omaha that I would got a public building here and from the day I entered congress I so shaped my work as to bring about this result In the shortest oosslble time. In the fight on this question we came out ahead of Chicago and New York. Without doubt wo have today in South Omaha the prettiest public building now being erected In the United States. Two hundred cities of the same or larger popula- j tlon are clamoring for similar buildings nnd I cannot get what they want. "Some people , " continued the speaker , "nro worried because I seem to have been given some credit for the exposition. Every one knows I worked hard enough to got government recognition , though I was | blocked for a tlmo by Kern of Nebraska. After ho had been disposed of Bailey of I Texas bobbed up and then by strategy the exposition bill was passed. " Mr. Mercer then recited how ho carried the exposition bill to President Cleveland and how he se cured the signature of the chief executive of the nation to the document. The pen used by President Cleveland , Mr. Mercer said , was now in the possession of the ex position directors. Next came the Indian depot for Omaha. "Constantino J. Smyth has stated that I had nothing to do with this bill , but I assure you that it was passed whtro the opposition was absent , " Among other things Mr. Mercer mentioned the fact that ho had been Instrumental In securing the Indian Congress for Omaha. Some members of congress appeared to think that It was a waste of money , but in spite of opposition the bill went through , and everyone knows what a lesson the con gress has been , not only to the wards of the nation , but to the visitors to the ex position. The next point Mr. Mercer talked on was the complaint of Mr. Symth that he did not pay taxes In Omaha. In reply to this the speaker said that be had not been left 1500,000 by relatives , neither had ho been raised In the lap of luxury. Ho had worked at a blacksmith's forge when u lad und commenced teaching school when 16 years of age. On the other hand , ho had not squandered all of his substance , for he paid taxes on some property in the north end X LAST WEEK OF THE m O Tomorrow , Monday , is the beginning of the end of the great Jewelry Auction Sale of the C. 5. Raymond Co. Saturday night it stops long before that time we ex pect to pay off the last dollar of indebtedness yet we're go ing to give the late visitors the opportunities of their earlier friends this will be a great chance to select your Christmas goods have them put up at auction and buy them at your own price we won't reserve a solitary item in the whole store be it Diamonds. Jewelry , Watches , Clocks , Silver ware , Cut Glass , Bric-a-Brac , or anything else that you may select up it will go and be sold to the highest bidder not a dollar's worth will be sold at auction after Saturday night. $ tehfe ra Here Is Your Opportunity. m wx 'V-M A Patek Philippe $1,200 * split second repeating watch , strikes the hours the halves the quarters and the minutes Thursday at noon this beautiful timepiece will be put up at auction and sold to the highest bidder what will you give for it ? Monday morning at 11 o'clock we make a ffib special sale of Rookwood Pottery. Sales Daily at 1O a. HI. , 2:30 : p. in aiid 7:30 : p. in. P , J. BURROUGHS , Auctioneer. Wedding Stationery. , . We furnish 100 handsomely engraved Wedding Invita 7 / tions complete , from the finest material , for $10.00 $3.50 for * each succeeding hundred 100 engraved Visiting Cards and * : . . i Engraved plate $1.50. \ } and nlso on some lots on Farnam street. He closed his remarks on this subject by i saying that if ho had lots of money hot would try to make better use of It than j some people ho knew of. "It won't do anyone any good , " continued Mr. Mercer , "for anyone to Ho about me. My record speaks for Itself , and everyone In this locality knows that I have worked hard to build up my district as well as thu entire state. I do not bellcvo In personal abuse , and if my opponents will keep oft my toes they won't get hurt. " Following a. year of prosperity It la no wonder , said the speaker , that the patriotic populists nnd democrats Join the republicans In endorsing the present administration. The war was touched on only briefly , the speaker calling attention to the fact Hiat President 'McKlnley did not sit on a dry goods box waiting for a. commission as colonel of a regiment , but went to the front as a private. In speaking about the result oftho recent war Mr. Mercer said that this country would never surrender a foot of tha territory acquired to the Spanish govern ment and Spanish tyranny. In closing Mr. Mercer spoke of the pros perity which is noticeable < tll over the couni try and especially in the Magic City. Two years ago men scrambled for positions on the election board ; now It Is Impossible to find a man willing to serve. South Omaha is forging to the front as a live stock market and In the opinion of the speaker It will bo less than ten years before Kansas City would bo passed and Chicago vould be crowded for llrst place. J. A. lleverly , a candidate for the legis lature , spoke briefly of his early boyhood and of his close association with laboring men. He mentioned his own candidacy and that of the others present and his remarks were well received. Harry Easton of Omaha spoke on the fusion ticket and enlightened those jires Jt regarding the positions of the opposition candidates. Phil Winter , candidate for county attor ney , was given an opportunity of speaking a few words and he was well received. The other speakers were Lovl Cox , John L. Webster and Joseph Koutsky. I.cttor from Honolulu. W. P. McDovItt of the Joint Car Inspec tion association Is in receipt of a letter and paper from Barney O'Connell , formerly of this city , but who Is now wltli recruits for the First Nebraska at Honolulu. The paper Is a twclvo-page affair and Is gotten out weekly by the First New York Infantry at Camp McKlnley. It deals with military matters and tbo announcement Is made that the paymaster Is long overdue. The Ne braska boys llko their camp at Honolulu , but are anxious to proceed to Manila , Kc'imiT-Clarlic , Harry J. Fenner and Miss Lillian Clarlto were married Thursday evening , October 20 , at the residence of Mr , nud Mrs. David Anderson , Twenty-fifth and iM streets. Rev. R. L. Wheeler performed tlio ceremony. Mr. Fenner has spent most of his llfo hero and consequently Is well known. The brldo formerly lived In Omaha , where she has many friends and admirers. Mr. and Mrs. Fenner will reside in this city. ! ! < lit r.-\o nil nn. On Thursday evening last George F. Bentz and Miss Etta Norman were married at the' ' residence of William Bentz , Twenty-fifth and I streets , by Rnv. Dr. Wheeler. The brldo nnd groom are well known In South Omaha , the groom having held a responsible pojitton with tbo Hammond Packing com pany for some years , while the brldo Is one of the attractive young women of this city. City ( iOKHlp. Frank Wallwebcr has returned from a trip to Chicago. George H. Brewer Is home from n trip 'to Norwich. N. Y. A number of the big gambling houses have opened up again. It. O. Waters is entertaining his parents | from Grand Island. The slot machines are running again the Enmo as before- the raid. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Gollogy of Twenty-tecond street are rapidly recovering from < scarlet fever in a modified form and are : able to bo up again. Mrs. John C. Troutan has gone to Colorado rado : Springs for a visit. Ivor Thomas of the Armour police force Is laid un with a broken arm. Master Jay Smiley Is recovering from an attnk of fever and sore throat. R. C. Howe , general manager of Armour's plant here. Is back from nn eastern trip. Rev. J. I. Tamlnoslan of Antloch. Syria , will speak nt tbo First Baptist church this evening. Rev. David Oastler of Gordon , Neb. , will preach nt the First Presbyterian church this morning. Lara Anderson of this city , who enlisted In the Third Nebraska volunteers. Is home on a furlough. Rev. Irving Johnson will preoch nt St. Martin's Episcopal church at 11 a. m. and 7:45 : p. m. today. F. J. Coney and wlfo of St. Joseph , Mo. , ar visiting friends In the city and attending the exposition. At the First Presbyterian church this evening Roy. Wheeler will preach on "My Brother's Keeper. " Secretary Overton will conduct the men's meeting nt the Young Men's Christian as sociation this afternoon. Taking the flrst day's registration as a basis , the total registration will , It Is esti mated , bo more than 3,300. The Twenty-fourth street pavement Is about half repaired. Some delay was caused by the bad weather of lost week. The Young Men's Christian association's gymnasium classes are opening up nicely nnd the work Is progressing to the entire satisfaction of Secretary Overton. No inquest was held on Tony Kucdltz , who was found dead In bed at the South Omaha hotel n , duy or t\\o ago. The remains were Interred at St. Marv's cemetery yesterday. Ilev. David Oustler and wlfo of Gordon are Sunday visitors of Dr. Wheeler. Mr. Oastler Is n graduate of Bellevue college and naturally takes a great interest In Omaha and the exposition. There will bo a missionary rally at the CaBtellar street church at 3 o'clock tills aft ernoon. Rev. Wheeler , chairman of the Presbyterian committee on Homo Missions , will preside. According to the Adalr County Democrat , published at Greenfield , la. , Mrs. Mary A. Purlnton. v.ho died recently at the homo of her son. N. Purlnton , South Omaha , was one of the earliest settlers of Iowa. Her maiden iiamo was Mr.rv A. Sellers and she was born at Harper's Ferry , Va. , coming to Iowa In 1814. Her husband. Jcsso Purlnton. whom she married three years after reaching Iowa , Ecttlcd in the state in 1S42. when thu coun try was very new. Mr. and Mrs. Purlnton were very well known to the early settlers of Iowa. In 1879 thov removed from the eastern part of the state to Adatr county , which was a now country at that time , though pretty well settled up , CROWDS OF CHILDREN COME Saturday' * Knrly SCPJIPB nt Hie Depot Itemlnd the Ohncrvcr of ( lie JiililliM- Week The brightest skies and the brightest facea pern this week were the distinguishing fea tures of the weather and the exposition vis itors vesterday morning. Early In the day the sun peered through tbo clouds , and when ho saw the merry throngs of school children arriving on every train ho concluded to como out for the whole day and bo forgiven for his ungallant conduct earlier In the week. Every train that entered tha city carried a goodly load of children. Ono train of eight cars had hardly any ono else aboard save the train crow and COO cchool children from Falrbury , Neb. The train arrived nt 9:50 : o'clock over tbo Rock Island road , and the- students of bookH were soon on their way to the exposition grounds , aboard of special trolley cars , to learn of greater Vhlugs by object lessons. The other trains from the west at the two Tenth street depot's wcrb well filled with exposition visitors , among whom thu children played u numerous part. The 10:30 train of the Elkhorn brought In a party of forty school children from Norfolk. Tbo Crcston local and t'ho Hastings expqss of the Burlington ulaa brought In a rumber of child visitors for tbo big show. Other travel wav good for Satuiday , on which day of the week It la usually light. .1. R. Wood , general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania railroad system , came In from Philadelphia , his private car , "Wild- wood , " being attached to the Burlington express from Chicago. Mr. Wood expressed his surprise nt the growth of Omaha and the building of the exposition. He wai formerly well acquainted with this territory as general passenger agent of the Burling ton system. Mrs. Wood and Miss Wood and General Wheeler of Chicago accompany Mr. Wood on this trip. General Passenger Agent Eustls of the Burlington Hues nt Chicago and Mrs Euatls arrived hero to epend a couple ot days at the exposition. Another jolly party of railroad visitors to the exposition was led by George H. Hlb- hard , general passenger agent of the Duluth , South Shore & Atlantic road. Unattached to any parties were these railroaders , nil bound for the exposition grounds : Gcorgo Washington Vallery , gen eral agent of the Burlington at Denver ; F. S. Lewis of Philadelphia , general manager and treasurer of the Pennsylvania & North western ; Superintendent Larry Malloy of the Union Pacific's Wyoming division ; Howard Lalng , city passenger agent of the Mil waukee nt Chicago , nnd City Ticket Agent Plummer of the Rock Island nt the Illinois town which has given the road Us name. MINN ChlldN Out Aeuln. Miss lola Chllds. who was shot In the head by Mrs. ( ' . W. Bishop a week ago last night , was no far convalescent last evening that she left the Presbyterian hospital anil went to her home , 113 South Twenty-eighth utrcet. She walked unassisted to the cnr- rlago that her sister had brought to the hos pital for her accommodation. Mrs. Hlfhop Is nt her home , 524 North Sixteenth struct , where she has remained secluded since her release on ball Tuesday afternoon. Her hearing Is set for Novem ber 2. About olght ) cars ago I got sore hands. It commenced Atlth a burning sensation mi my lingers. When 1 nibbed them jou could sco little whlto pimples on the nln ! , and I felt llko twisting my Humors out of tliulr sockets. Iliad high rover and cold chills , and nlghu I had to walk the floor until I full aitlecp. I C'Jt the ruTicuiiA ItetObVKNTanil CimccjiA HoiTho nalU hardened up and peeled off , and I don't licllovo there la ono of theflrit nalli left on mv lundu wl cli are now cured. CAsrnii I > IKTSCHI.IU : , Feb. 22 , 'm. Pembroke , ( lenesco Co. , N. Y , TITO dollars' worth of Cimcniu ing. Sly lands and lingers brolio out In red , watery blister * with terrible Itching , then a ecab won M form , which would peel pir and entno In great crack1 * , the Mood running nut. My nails grow out wrinkled llko a cow's horns , but now they nre crowing nicn and smooth. S. R. MIU.KIt , Robcrtsdalo.Pa. I was obliged to Lccp the first three fingcri of my llttlo boj'a hand done up all thu time , as It was a raw BO re , bc-gliming to uxtond down toward the palm , Wo consulted llireo different ] > b } < lclant , each n certain length of tlmo. A gentleman ntroimnondod CuTirniA. Hr.urmM. I purchased Ci'Tiruiu HOAI- , CfTicunA ( olqtmentond ) Ctmcuiu REIOI VEM- , put a lda what I had been using , and bojnm with them. Well ! tht < icurtt that hand. Mre. DIAMOND , Jan.i993. lcnironsonAve.RocueterN.Y. FoMthrourhoutthtwnrll rnrriR ntrn ' D'iitw , Coif. , Huil u. "Hotr to UIM JitiulUul Hi.dj/'Ji.t.