TITJ3 OMAHA DAITjY TUSK : FHTDAV , OCTO1113TI 28 , 1H08.
LATE IN ARRIVING
Kn , Bewail Somewhat Pnt Out at Their
Tardy Appearance.
RELATIONS TO THE GENERAL FEDERATION
. Sndnnnl ( 'iiuiicll liiNtruct * Iln Provi
dent to I'rrpnrc nnitilri'Ki on the
hlllijret Summer "i-lnilllfl
for Children.
The main subject for the morning session
of the National Council of Women was the
relation of local council < to municipal poli
tics. public education and to local chirltles ,
but as the one who was to deliver the ad
dress on this was not present up to the noon
hoar the discussion took on a rather ramb
ling character , starting at local work and
winding up with a compirlson between the
National council and the General Pedcration
of Women's Clubs In their respective meth
ods nnd scope. A motion was cirrled dl-
noting the president. Mrs May Wright Se-
wall , to prepiru a statement which would
idvo to the public a clear Idea of the genius
und purpose of the national council and
yet not give offense in any way to the Gen
eral Pedcration.
Pully a half hour of waiting ensued before
the- meeting was called to order , and then
only sixteen women had appeared. The slim
attendance seemed to annoy Mrs. Scwall and
she Indulged in dome \ery plain talk. Not
ulono the meetings In which the
women wcro down for reports were
Important , she tald In a tone of voice und n
manner which conveyed a stronger meaning
to her words. She then went on to tell of
what hud been done by the local council In
hei city Indianapolis The expectoration
ordinance had not been passed , but n curfew
ordinance had , and she Insinuated that the
curfew ordinance was a neceawary check
against the facilities the bicycle afforded
the young people for a good time In the de
lightful phosphorescent light of the pale but
indulgent moon
Mrs. Castle talked for some time on what
was being done by the Qulncy , 111 , local
flub , when Susan H. Anthony called for
something practical. Mrs. Castle Is a mild
little woman , who Is more Interested In the
esthetic tilde of things , and she continued
to dwell upon the work of her organization
In Its relation to the schools aud the parks
of her city.
Mrs Sewall again found an Decision for a
disquisition upon the methods of the In
dianapolis club. So far as the visitation
comnimlttco for the public school work was
concerned It was much more repru antatlve
of nil classes of society than would bo one
composed exclusively of the refined , well-
educated and well-to-do club women. She
liiil always voted against her literary club
being tinned Into a charity or civic icform
organization. There Is a great difference-
between a laundry woman's union and a
literal y club of that union It Is the former
tt at should have representation on the vis
itation committee. In this respect she took
nu opportunity to argue that whllo "classes"
may bo spoken of a "different , " there
should bo no such distinction us "higher
and lower classes " The Indianapolis club
had succeeded In Inducing the school boarl
there to allow It to maintain a vacation
Hihool during the summer Interval. This va
cation school she thought quite In harmony
\vltb \ republican Institutions , as well us a
proventatlve against vlco on the part of the
children , and she said her club Intended
to propose to the school board the establish *
ment by the city of several vacation schools
In her club's vacation school there are 15U
pupils and manual training and cooking are
ToncliCH ITp ( icnrrnl r < * ilcrntl < > tt.
Here Is where the discussion turned onto
the General Pederatlon. Mrs. Prancls W.
Leltcr of Manstlcld , O. , made a motion that
Mrs. Sow aid prepare for publication a state
ment "of tbo genlu and scope of the Na
tional council , sufllcleutly ample to be clear
and yet brief enough to bo readabfe , " and
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster seconded the motion.
Mrs. Poster hoped the statement would be
so worded an not to glvo offcnsn to the
General Pedcration Speaking on this mat
ter Mra Sewall thought the General Ped-
eratiou would do better work If it confined
Itself to Its literary work , "as the language
and literary tasted of the nation had be
came debased , " and It would do well to
frankly state Its purpose , as It had In the
lieglnning , to Improve the literary tastes of
the country She but wished that the gen
et al olllcers of the General Pederatlon were
present so she could talk candidly to them.
The practice of the federation needed re-
easting to make It conform to Us code. The
fear of the federation has been that , were
It to come Into the council , It would bo
subordinated , but Susan 11 Anthony , as the
president of the Woman Sutfiage association
Mrs. J. Kllcn Fostei. as president of the
Woman's Republican association , or Mrs
Hannah G Solomon , as president of the Na
tional Council of Jewish Women , had not
been subordinated to the president of the
National Council. They vveio like govern
ors of states In the union , their states being
I spiritual ones , and the piesldent of the Na
tional Council could not Interfere with their
respective domains.
Questions of local , slate and natlon.il rep
resentatlon of the various organizations al
lied In the National Council , as respects the
local and state councils , then had some at
tention paid to them. Plimlly , Rev. Anna
Shaw said su little of the discussion had
been confined to the miln question ( hit she
would like to hear what tt was When Mrs
Sewall stated It Miss Shaw aald she did not
want to discus ? it , but to see it passed
Mra Lelter , however , Insisted upon closing
the debate as the movei of the motion , so as
to clear the utmospheie , and after she con
cluded the motion went through without op
position
Woman tin u I.i'Kiil
Woimn's domestic status under the law.
her political stattta us regards patriotism ani !
the efforts being mid by the Universal
I'eact ) union In the direction of arbitration
each had a good nbare of attention from the
National Council of Women lait evening In
cidentally , the conduct of the late war with
Cherry
Cheaper than any
experiment , no matter - j
ter what the price.
Spain was discussed from the somewhat
widely different points of view of Mrs. J.
nilcn raster and Stmn I ) . Anthonj.
(
The Ural thing was an Interesting and |
exhaustive- report from Mini Octavla WIN
llnms Dates of Detroit , chalrmnn of a comI I
inlttec of woman lawyer * , on ' Domestic He-
latlona Under the Law " It reviewed the
work of the National League for the Pro
tection of the faintly ( formerly the National
Divorce Reform League ) in Its agitation for
legislation pertaining to family inability.
"I't'rhaps the most Important agenclw , " she
laid , "at work toOay for the regulation of
laws respecting domestic legations are the
state and national commlHslonR working for
uniformity of marrligc aud dhorce laws. "
After reviewing what Ins been done hy some
of the states , principally New York , and also
what rongre-ss has done for the District of
Columbia and the territories , she went on
to say :
The ffort to crcato a national commission
whoso work shall lie to produce an amend
ment to the constitution of the United
States , making the laws regarding marriage
anil dl\orco the name for till states of the
union and giving congriss Jurisdiction over |
the subject of marriage and divorce , hai not
met with the approval of the best constltti- I
tlonal authorities These claim It a waste I
of effort to disturb the adjustment of our
Mates to the federal sysem by a useless and
perhaps harmful amendment to tl'o consti
tution. Ono of the greatest obstacles to bo
encountered is the fear of manj members
of congress that Htnto rights might BUlTcr
If an amendment to the constitution should
bo the outcome of the Investigation of this
national commission It Is the best , there
fore , that the experiment of uniformity by
stiitu co-operation be thoroughly tested. If
this full , then the constitutional amendment
can bo considered under inoio favorable con
ditions
To us. as members of the Nitlonol Coun
cil of Women , It is most humiliating and
discouraging to note that the commissions ,
both state and national , are entirely com
posed of men As far as your chairman has
been ublo to Ic.irn no vvomin has ever been
a member of those comml'blons nor has even
been Invited to breomc one.
H It , a significant fact that , at the execu
tive session of the International council held
In London last July , a resolution was pro-
l scd by an organization of Germany , pro-
Idlng that the national councils of all eoun-
rlcs be asked to consider the nature of all
aws concerning the domestic relation In all
Ivill/c'd countries. The subject of intcrna-
lon.il uniformity Is to ba brought before
ho International Har association nt Its ne\t
nectlng Statistics and the historical study
f legal development clearly show the trend
f Intcrnatlornl law. The tendency of the
mpoitant legislation of thy last twenty
'ears , especially In Germany , Switzerland ,
'mice , Austialiu and Japan , is tow aid an
: ssenllally common sjstcm of law regarding
ho domestic rclatloiib
t'omtd'NH ill Ilrii/ru'M Ili-porl.
This was followed by a report by Countess
era Slocomb dl Hrazza , chairman of the
committee on social peace- and International
arbitration. As the countcs.s could not be
hcto herself. It was read by Mrs Lllllin M
lolllster of Detroit. I'toin the Dl Hrazra
castle In Italy the countess had written
some words of pr.ilso for May Wright Sew-
all , Susan I ! Anthony , Rachel Poster Avery
'and the remainder of the brave ga'axy of
women across the Atlintlc , " and a tribute
: o the memory of Prances n Wlllard , the
Irst president of the national council , as
propagandists of peace , and after referring
: o wh.it had been done by the World's Tem
perance legions nt Tot onto and by the Na
tional Council at Nashville Hat year she
expressed a wish that the peace work be
taken up again before the next quinquen
nial "as an answer to the c/.ir'a Invitation
to the thinkers of the world for a discussion
of the subjects of peace , Individual and na
tional , a court of arbitration and general
disarmament , so that the diuihcrj of
fair , mighty and generous Columbia might
not he behind the autocrat of all the Rus-
slas In the service of the'highest human
Ideal. She advised a movement In favor of
school text books of a pacific nature , siylng
the present school histories exalt great dc-
stro > ers as mighty conquerors and teach
the voung to try to emulate thorn. In con
clusion she urged'
With the suffering of our late llttlo war
with Spain still causing our national nerves
0 iiulver , with the children Holing in mlll-
.nrlsni , masqueraded as patriotism. I 1m-
plorn jou to turn all vow attention and all
1 our money Into the channel of peace edu
cation. Be Indeed peacemakers the maK"rs
of the future peace , not only of the 'n '
llvldual and home but of the na'iou Let
lot the c/at outrun vou In this n ° > He IB
Irtanilng. bo vo leadeis , practical tni'-iors '
'Illcsscd our the peacemakers , foi they slrll
be calleij the children of tlc > d "
The report also contained the Informa
tion that the Sunday before Christmas
throughout Kurope Is to be a ' peace Sun
day" and monej to bo lalsed for the
propaganda by means of "bfeaslng boxes"
r r InlirtNfil I'eni'f.
A report from the' Universal Peace union
came next through Mrs I. C. Manchester
of Providence , R. 1 representing Mrs.
Hannah J. Ilalley of Wlnthtop Centei , Me ,
the head of the peace- department of the
National Woman's Clulsttan Temperance
union. To quote from It
It Is a coincidence that the eivll war of
the United States caused the Universal IV > nt >
union to be brought into cxIMcnec In 1SCG
and the war with Snaln In IS'iS has listed
It. Thuio has been a trial of fdth. Ilier
have been cruel persecutions inl eoveri1
criticisms Hut from the time of the taVInc
of one of our oillcers upon the peace plat
form and placing him In Norwich tail be-
cau e of his nonpa > ment of the mlUtlaax
unto the present time when we wen dis
posed of our rooms In Independence ha' ' ! in
Philadelphia because of oui let1 v 'o tin
queen legent of opaln Imploring her to pre
vent war bv still further concession' , the
pence union has stood solidly and unwavir-
1ns by Us principles
At our annual meeting last year we for-
wmded a general letter to the operators ,
miners and nil Intelested In the creat strike
In the northwest Samuel Oomperf. presi
dent of the Ameiicau reiteration cf I.a'ior.
replied , acknowledging our high purpose anl
assuring us that uianv of the mlnera wer *
favorable to arbitration Wo h.uo inntlmied
to encourage the submlssli i f libor ill til
cullies to arbltiatlon Through V I" ins
Darby of Hnclam ! we have i - ivel a coi\
of a memorial from all the lellglous boll.M
of the world to the president of the Unltod
Stales In a strong appeal for tntc > rnatl"an >
arbitration Interviews were held with all
the Central and South Vmerlcan delegates In
Philadelphia encouraelng leclprocal Com
mercial rclatlcns and the ratification nf 'he
jiiiaiperirun arbitration treatv
Some of our olans a substitutes for bojs'
mllltnrv brUwles liavo been adunted smti
as tire btluades llfe-savlnc corps accidental
rellpf elulis
We raised a fund for the relief of the tut-
hrini * ! n Cuba.
Wl'eti the war with Spain assumed serious
. > rn"orHnns wo Issued an anneal to I'resHent
MoKlnlev. his cabinet and tin men.bcr * nf
e n-ress. dcfli-ned to prevent v\ar The
I'l'ilren ' of one of our Snn n- schools tent
, t nmtmirlst to Pioldent MM'lalo * and tlsi
tn tbe uueen iceeiit to wlila'i the uresl 'P'lt '
ippnniiripil with an apprecli'li i f , ' 'ho 1'i'N
drrn n loteiett.
We oiled In eveiv wav In our power lo
piirn th eonepsslnns mode bv Spain , mi" li
tha viihciriinnl of WevlT t' > c relpi't.iin
of Coiiunl Oeneral Lee tbe f < " > illnir of tbi
rreoncentradts thu n > mllnc of f-oil I'l Inttli
nut iinmv nnd Hie armistice1. Th < "
e vns urppd bv n on Arirll 'I bv
tn 9 en i throu'"h Minl'tt"1 Wonlfird
ami P riiinal Gibbons nnd on April 11 It was
granted
VN ii Mntti'inf Dlillunlloii.
Pertinent to this subject a paper which
had been prepared by Mr * . Dalley on the
obligation resting upon women to promote
social peace and International arbitration
was read by tlu > recording secretary , Mrs.
Loulte Uarmim Robbing of Adrian , Mich.
To epitomize it brlelly Its main points were-
Tl'cro ' are -two wa > s of bringing about an
|
Interest In arbttretlon one , by ohowlng the
unrcasi nobleness of war. the other , the rea- ;
sonnblt ui'ss and dcsltublllty of pcacr ,
Socl'.l peace begins at Immo from which ,
It will extend to noclfly 'hence to the im- ,
tlou. Vtbat tbo home Is , Bo lcty and the
nation must be. Mothers are the real rulers
of the home , hence 'hey are the real pro-
Inetcrs of social peace
A war Is often cuuerd by so Insignificant
n mnttor us a homo quarrel Had the moth-
em of tin * patt taught their children tn
arbitrate all their little disputes , social
peace would bo much more prevalent than
It Is Hod cur senators beard more In their
homes about arbitration , they would not
have refused lo ratify the Anglo-American
treaty.
Thcro rests upon mothers great responsi
bility In regard to the toys they chooje for
their children and the plavs they permit
them to engage In. Toy pistols , swords and
battleships should glvo placn to playthings
which would Interest thu llttlo ones In civil
life. The market wan never so full of mili
tary tojs as It In at the present When pai-
cnts cine to purchiso these they will bo no
longer manufactured
'I ho educational ellect of llteiattire of n
pacific nature and the power of the Influ
ence of authoresses In works of fiction pro-
motive of peace waj dwelt upon , likewise
the Influence of lecturers such as the peace *
department of the Women's Christian Tem
perance union has In the fluid. The popoi
also referred to education In which connec
tion It said
If schools would take as trreat pains 'o '
teach arbitration as militarism nation > would
Ung since have "beaten tho'r ' swoids ' .no
plowshares and their spears Into priming
hooks" Arbitration will 'icvr bs ccneiallv
resorted to as long as the nnl'tprv drill Is
retained In the public schools ind collects
Women teachers should we 'o il .hit in the
text brokwvat Is given Its proper place anl
not glorified.
T o VlfitM of I'ntrloflsin.
The final question of what constitutes
patrlotlmii and how It should bo Inculcated
hi ought out Mrs J nilcn Poster and Susan
U Anthonv In an expression of their radi
cally different points of view Mrs Foster
had a word of defense for the admlnlslia-
tlon and Surgeon General Sternberg. nnd
Miss Anthony was quite caustic respecting
thi > manner In which the war with Spiln had
been conducted However , Miss Anthonj at
tributed this to the Inability of man to do
what she called woman's work In the quar
termaster commissary nnd hospital dcpait-
ments rather than to any partlculai fault
on the part of the government In sub
stance , Mrs Poster sild :
You must huvo righteousness before vo.i
cin have peace , vou iMist In-c rlaht'Of
ness if vou have to light for It Sometimes
jou must have rlghtcoiftieni ihnugh the
gorv trenches of war and then vou htvo
peace Nobodv wanted tn eo Into the last
war Patriotism leads to s-nelhli.r strong ! r
and Grander , that Is hunn iltnrlitnlsm Wr
had to go to war to free oui si ives It nns
iiccessarv to go to war to woliorif the cnn
dlllon of Cuba It was liiinianllartHiilsin foi
is to send our food and dotMsi' tn the uf
erini ; Cub-ina and wh-i Smtn oi Id i.ot
, ct them get It the condition , in c > words of
our honest prealde'nt. been in intoleiabl" and
wo lud td ficht. Jeaus Himself once scourge 1
' .ho buvers and sellers out of th" templa
Mrs Kostci explained the relations be-
tvcen the Red Cross
socletv and the gov
ernment and the peculiar circumstances of
the war v/hlch made It undesirable to allow-
women to go to the front. Then she de
fended Surgeon Oeneral Sternberg and
praised the moral status of the American
soldiei She did not forget to explain that
General Sternberg is a regular army olllcer
and not a politician. Patriotism , In her
opinion. Is to speak well of one's country
and government
In her handling of the subject Mljs
Anthony observed , on the point of her ctltl.
i Ism of the equipment of the soldiers when
sent to Cuba and their caie at Chickamauga -
mauga and MontauK Point , that she "woa
not criticising Steruberg ho knows lots
about bugs , bacteria and nil that , but
doesn't know a thing about human beings "
So far as the president and his administration
tion were concerned , gho excused them be
cause "to have given positions to women
In the subsistence and hospital departments
would nave disrupted his party. " > Hflr con-
elusion of the whole matter was that so
long as women are held In subjection by
being deprived of the ballot mothers will
breathe the spirit of wai Into their chlldnn
by being In constant rebellion.
KlocMoli of Olllrcrx in ( | IU-iiilliiK of
Hepm-lM TiiK > ' '
| | 'lime.
With the election of officers and listening
to a number of speechcb the State Woman'a
Sdftrage association concluded Its seven
teenth annual convention In tbe PIrst Cou-
giegatlonal church yesterday.
U began with a morning session , which
was taken up mostlv vvitlr reports from the
vrrloun 001001 * . Including an address fiom
the president. Mis. Clara Howlck Colby , on
thu progress of the movement In Nebraska ,
and Bomo talks fiom the several Judicial
district presidents on what has been ac
complished In their sections.
The following new officers were elected :
Picsldent , Mra. Maiy U , Smith Hayward of
nimdion ; vice president , Mrs. A. J. Marble
of Table Rock , recording secretary , Mrs
nilen Day of Aurora , coi responding secre
tary , Mra Helen M. Goff of Lincoln , and
treasurer , Mts Annie M Steele of Hampton
The afternoon vsas devoted to a meeting
at which a number of the women lepre-
bcntlng the various na'Ional organizations
combined In the national council made ad
dresses. The speakers were Mrs Gcttj M.
Dairy of Ponder , Mrs Lane of Table Rock ,
Mrs. Adelaide IJallaid of Hull , la , presi
dent of the Iowa state association , Susan 0.
Anlhonj , Mrs Kate Waller Hariett of Wash-
Ingtnn , D C , the representative- thf
Plorence Crlttenden mission movement and
Mrs S M. Walker , president of the State
Women's Christian Temperance union
Mrs Lane , the Eighth Judicial district
president , diluted upon the social features
of the suffragists In hei town The husbands ,
sons and brothers of the women thcro hna
recently repaid the women with a banquet ,
for which the men did their own cooking ,
und It was found that their culinary accom
plishments In the vva > of cakes and pastry
weru fully as good as an > thing piovlded by
the other sex The movement hud proved a
social as well as educational benefit.
All the arguments In bthalf of equal suf
frage were presented by the speakers In one
waj or another. It waa it marked that the
liberation of women ' 'rom political handi
caps U as important to the Institutions ot
this countr ) as was the adoption nf the ns >
olutlon bv congress declaring that the people
ple of Cuba had ft right tn their freedom ,
which brought on the war with Spiln. This
had been thu sentiment of Rev Anna Shaw
tbe da > previous
A resolution of thanks to the local com
mittee was adopted and a declaration of the
principles of sulfraGO and an outline of the
character of thu work Involved was lead by
the secretary.
KiituKli'N fur Mr . Illuril ,
Neatly every speaker at the second gath
ering of the Temperance congress In the
parlors of the PIrst Cougiegatlonal church
yestciday afternoon voiced a eulogv of the
late Prances H Wlllard , who for so man >
jears was at tbe head of the National
Woman'a Christian Temperance union , and
at the second and third mention of her
name there were affecting scenes Handker
chiefs were freely used as the- tears came
from the many temperance workers pres
ent. Particularly was this the case when
Susan I ) Anthony pathetlcall ) related her
u\vn personal reminiscenced ot Miss Wll
lard.
lard.Aa
Aa Mrs S M Walker was at the biifftaso
meeting , the president of the lo-al Woman'a
Christian Temperance union , Rev Mrs. M.
0 Andrews , presided Resides Mlsa An
thony , speeches were made b > Mrs Susan
Young Gated of Salt Lake , Mrs Helen Har-
forj of Oregon , Mrs. France * U Ileiucharnp
, of Lexington , Ky , the representative hero
I of Mrs Lillian N M Stevens of Btroud-
water , Me , who Is the successor of MUs
Wlllard , Rev. Anna Howard Shaw of Phlla-
vice president of the National Coun-
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The riquor tratllc , the tobacco habit ,
cigarette smoking and the social ollero
candidly handled by the.io ad\ocatea of ab-
stlneneo and prohibition. MrsAndre'ws
iald the shooting of his sweetheart and
the aulcldo of himself immediately .xftei-
wards l y a joung man A\ho had been the
central figure in a local tragedy the last
wee'k had been due as much as an ) thing
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RALLY OF COLORED VOTERS
t'OIIKrC'HNIIIIIII MlTlMTllllriMNOM
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nn tin * rain pa i n
A largo macs meeting of colored voters
wab held In Crelghton hall last night to
form the acquaintance of the candidates on
the republics ticket , most of whom v.ero
pirsenr. Announcement had be n made ot
the meeting by a colored band stationed at
the- door and the hall was comfoitablv lllled.
T H. Hall was Introduced as ehaiiman and
made n short opening address An Intio-
ductoty number was given by the Huglo
Mandolin club , composed of young eoloied
men , and In response to an cncoi > > James
Smith sang n \ erycluctlvo cnnunlgn solo
The principal speakei of 'hi- evening wab
Uavld H Mercer , whose addtess was le-
servt'd until thfc lust. Mr. Meicer Rpol.o of
his long friendship with the eoloied icoplo
ot Omnha and gave instauces when It had
leen m.ulo apparent. lu regard to thi > pitrl-
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mentioned .the conduct of the' NKitU ai.d
Tuith cavalry nnd Twenty-fourth aud Twen
ty-llfth Infantry at Kl Caucv and San Juan
1 111 , which had been Jcscribed to him by
Ci-ptaln Heck They were nevriki.onn to
fall ho said , they were heroes when heroes
v\e re iiPfded ur.d when nutsesvoio In de
mand after the battle thu ( olorod men were
found to be as gen'lo nurses as thcv wcro
tigers on the battlefield Theio was anoint i
and present opportunity foi colored men to
show thc-lr patriotism , Air. Meicor nuiUd ,
and that wnh to uphold tlu hunds of the
administration In the fall election.
W I Klerstead , cssdldn : for county com
missioner , said that It v.ai almost unneces
sary to talk republlcaultim to colored men ,
who were republlciivs born and bred , not
simply because the republican pnrty had
proved their friends In time ot need , but
because they felt the merit of the cause
Mr. Kierstcad also spoke of the participation
nf colored men In the last wai and c'xme sed
his opinion of the man or journal which
attempted to make political capital out of
the Inevitable suffering attendant upon scud-
Ing ioO ! OUO men Into a scml-troplcal climate.
Me spoke of the past accomplishments and
future Intentions of Congressman Mercer
and contrasted his eordlal relations with of
ficial Washington with those which would
le sustained by his opponent , opposed as he
would bo to uveiy purpose held by the ad
ministration.
The record of the populist administration
In Nebraska wns traced by Prank Ilunnan ,
who was ono of the legally elected legisla
tors unseatol two years ago Ho said tlmt
the cost to the staio of that injustice aggre
gated about $3r > 0"0 which was expended
In the contest and re-count.
Uauo Noyes urged that the republican
ticket be uoheld as an endorsement of the
administration tn the conduct ot thu war
Ho expressed the belief that ono reason for
Spain's delay In the pending peace negotia
tions was to determine whether the people
stood back of the president. James Koutfky
mode a brief speech , In which ho said that
IIP had been called a liar by a certain news
paper and that ho hud a friend proton' by
whom J'o could prove unvthlng he mi-lit
have said on former oc-aslcnj. Ur Rlckrtta
presented the claims ot the colored iiica In
From the Stirpcon-ln.Chief of the
l-rcncli Army.
"During long tedious march
es our soldiers and oflicers
found instant relief from fa-
tigueand hardships when iising
the marvelous tonic Yin Mariani
It prevented fever and sirk-
ness in the marshy and un
healthy territory.
H. LIBERMANN. M. D.
Surfrcon-in-Gliier Ficnch Army.
the present campaign iiulte > forcibly und
uigcd the support of the whole ticket Shoit
.uldreascs werc > made alto by Robert Olm-
stcad , Victor I ) . Walker and Mile's U
Houck. John L Webster was present , but
did not bpeak.
Sclnml Ittiiiril NiiuiiHIM' * .
Yesterday was the In&t dav upon
which the nominees of either the
county 01 the hcl-ool board conven
tions could withdraw fiom the tespec-
tlve tlckeU. No withdrawals from the
county ticket have been filed with the county
clerk , and thu city cletK Ins receive 1 the
filing of the two already luioun withdrawals
on the popocratlc school board ticket J C
Whinnery. John Jcflcoat and Charles U'lUon
have given way to John T Helln and Hieh-
ard niiKclmann Whinnery appeared on the
democratic and populist tickets , Wilson on
the silver republican and democratic and
Jeflcoat on the populist ticket No certifi
cates of nomination by petition IKVNC been
filed except for a few ussessorshlps
The list ot Judges and clciks of election
prepared by County Judge Daxtci is rapidly
filling up Some of the appointees have still
fulled to qualify , most of these balng In tin
countiy precincts. The list is expected to
bo fully completed by Nove'inber t.
This Is the second registration day. Voters
are urged to rcglstei , as but one more day
Is left besides todiy.
CIllllKfN "f I'lllHC ItcKlMll IlilOII.
I J Dunn , chairman of thn demociatlc
county committee , yesterday afternoon JlleU
complaints la Justlio Cotkrell's couit
against C. L. McLean and J. II. Dully ,
charging them with Illegal icglsterlng
In the Seventh pieclnct of tin- Third wurd
McLean made affidavit that ho had ll\ed
in the state four years , in the county nine
months and In the precinct five months ;
nnd Pufty said he had lived In the Htite
two years and In the county and precinct
seven months Dunn alleges that both men
swore fal&cly as to the period of their icsl-
dence No arrests had been made last
night.
l.oniloii
LONDON , Oct. 27 The stock
opened firm today There were. a& a gen
eral rule. Improvements In all departments ,
but business was lestueted Consols ad
vanced to last nlght'a street price
Soillrn ! ltd u rn from I'orto Itlco.
BOSTON , Oct. 27. The United States
transport Mlsalsslppl , fiom Porto UKo. hiv
ing on board the Sixth regiment volunteers ,
has arrived heie.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Mlsa i : Sherley principal of tbe Dodge
school , had a valuable diamond set pin
stolen from her Wednesday night The pin
had been fastened to her dioaa.
Some ono enteicd Antolne Kstergard's
rcom at the Her ( Jiand hotel Wednesday
night and stole a quantity of clothltu s-
tergard Is a visitor fiom Mlnden , Neb
Hlchnrd Haskell. an alleged confidence
man , was arrived Wednesday by DeteetiviK
Ilavey and Coimnek at Council [ Huffs Lati-
\lctlniB of eontldeiico games will be- shown
HnsKd ! lu the himes that he can be Identi
fied.
fied.Two
Two men robbed A. Wiley of 1621 Pass
street of $ li tn a I'urnnm btreet saloon
Wednesday. Wllov tald tlu > two men Iirtish il
against him as he war standing at thu bar
drinking L.itct he discovered that lilt ,
money was gone
A ( light blaze at I 55 a in yesteuluj In the
frame building occupiul by Soloman Degan
und family nt SIS South Twenty-sixth titree-t
destroyed u quantity of wearing npparel
valued nt $100 and damaged the Interloi of
one of the rooms to the extent of $25. The
origin of tie lire lo a mystery
Martin Oultk H i : Hl-h David Van
lUUn und Hans Johnson who uro charged
with having f rued a < J uttered deeds lo
pioperty not tH'r ' ov n in crdcr to ijuullfy
on bouds In two appeal cases from a jiistl < o
i urt. will have their iifelinilnary Irarltg
bcf re Judges fjLlordou this mornlys. ,
. Marching of English Soldiers.
Reprinted from the "London Sketch. "
Goiicr.il Sir Cvolyii Wood sny : "Kc-
K.-udlng the hil'nntry niiuchlng , It was
the host Hoon chirlnp ; my toiuinatul nt
Ahlorshot , or slnoo I was llr t stationed
the-ie 2S jen.it. ago. Many oUiceis avail
ed themselves of the tonic aurt rcconstl-
tuent properties of the well-known MA-
IUANI WINK , tlif most certain as well
as the most palatable method of induc
ing icslstance to fatigue. "
PREPARING FOR THE HOLIDAY
Citizens of All Glasses Getting Eeatly to
Celebrate Nest Monday.
OMAHA'S ' OWN DAY AT THE EXPOSITION
llilNlne-NN ricnrriltlj VIII Ho SUN-
jiiMiiliMl While AM llnniln AUrnil
tin * C'lonliiK llvfl rlM'fi ill (111-
Hxiioxltlliii ( irouiulH.
Omaha day at the exposition \\lll beu
great sucoo&s if the effoits of the Commer
cial club ean muKe it .so , and the meinbci.i ,
thiouph a committee composed of .lolitx K.
Utt , C S Hnynanl , A. Hnspo and John
Steel are bending all their energies In that
direction.
The mayor hai Issued a pioclamatlon makIng -
Ing Monday , October 31 , a cl\lc holiday , nnd
the Board of IMiiLation has announced thai ,
the day shall bo obs > cr\cd by thu schools o
the city so that the children may have tb
opportunity to pirtlclpato In the closing
scenes ot the gre > at exposition.
The management of the exposition has
made a special rate of 23 cents for adults
and 10 cents for chlldien.
The Commercial club commltleu has circu
lated a petition among the business men of
the city and ha\o obtained the signatures
of TiOO i\ho Iwe slgnlnVd their \\illltunids ;
to close their houses nnd urge their em
ployes nnd their friends to spend the dny I
on the- grounds This means that business
will bo cntliely suspended Monday after
noon
Ihoarlous labor organliatlons ha\o
passed resolutions making Omaha day n
holiday , and the mombcia ha\o been urged
to attend in a body The retail llijuor deal
ers h.i\o passed a similar lesolutlon , und
the real < % tate exohango will obsono the
day. The clearing house binKs will be
Terrors of La Gi ippc.
From the Cluo.iyo "Medical Era. "
"jNIany patients recover ve-
y slowly. The lassitude and
-veakness calls for something
n the nature of a tonic , and
'or this purpose I am satisfied
that T have found a prepara
tion that answers the purpose.
I refer to Vin Ma riani
closed all day. The Union Pacific has sig
nified Us intention of shutting iloun Iti
shops and the gonotal nfllccs und fie-Ight depot -
pot will bo closed It Is probable , ulsu , that
the packing hou-se-s at South Omaha will not
keep open
The Krug BreuhiR company , besides shut
ting du\\n for Omaha dav , will give to e-ach
employe 2" cents \\llh which to purchase a
tlekft t the exposition , and it Is announced
that any ono who do"s not attend and can
not glNo u good e'Xcune will bo discharged
Uesidcs the cio\\d that may icasonably be
expected to attend from Omah i in view ot
the general prepaiatlous for the celebration
ot the day , thcro will bo a
number ofisltors fiom adjoining
towns. Th lallroads Intend to
extend the low ratcw that hi\o pre\alltd
this wcoU so us to Include Sunday and Mon
day , and tlekcts will bo good reluming un
til Tuesday llcQt.ebts have been sent out
to the may 01 s of nc.uby cities and to llm
bonds of education that they co-opeiato
with Om ih i In inaklns the day n success ,
' and It is expected tlmt a number of them
will do 110
"llllll. lHlll > 'M I'CIIII.HI * MlHKlllj , IC. ( )
Immensely Impioved. Superbly llluatiated.
rlco cut to 10 cents. Buy a copy today.
Edition limited.
l' i | | Morrliiml Till .
Postolllco Insneciors Hamilton and Sln-
clnlr , who expected to leavu last nkht for
Yucan , Te\ . . with Hd F. Moreland. late at-
HlBtant postmaster nt that cltv. who In
wanted for misappropriating SJ.OOO of go\-
ernment funda will not be able to lea\o be
foio Monday. Meanwhile Morclnnd will bo
held at the countr lull Ills wlfo was re
Icabed aa It watt shown uho had no com
plicity In the. theft
Morrland W.IH nrialcned before United
States Commissioner Wapplch yesterday and
pleaded not guilty to the charge upon which
ho wns arresti-d His bond was fixed nt
$ " > 000 Papers for M rcland's removal will
bo IsHied In Judge Munger Monday ,
When you call frr le\Vltt'B Witch Hazel
Salve , the great pllo euro , don't accept any
thing else Don't bo
talked Into acceptliiR a
Rtibstltute , for piles , for aorcn. ( or binltwa.
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