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THE OMAHA PATJjY WEE : TUESDAY , JANUARY 17 , 18UO. GENEROUS GIFTS TO SCHOOLS What the New Year Brings to the Cause of Education. ENFORCED ECONOMY IN CHICAGO SCHOOLS Tlmelr lr on for School Hoard * Afflicted with IHlcH Married Women a * Tenclirrn Cdncatlnnal ! Voc * . The new year opens up with a remarkable loosening of purse strings for the promotion of education. The gifts to colleges and chools laat year aggregated 13,000,000 ; li braries received $1,166,500 , and museums and rt galleries , whoso object Is parfly educa tional , were remembered to tbo extent ot $1,472,000. If the record for the first halt ot January sets the pace for the rest of the year , last year's totals will be exceeded by millions. Among the educational contributions noted Ince the flret of the year are the Stanford estate , Just settled by the courts , which aa- slgna $10,000,000 to the Stanford university of California. This Is not a now contrlbu * tlon to education , but as the actual amount of the Stanford endowment has been ac curately determined for the first time , It may properly bo Included In the year's record. A similar Item , or a series of Items , are the j Incorporated In the Paycrweather will Just affirmed by the courts of New York. Ily this will $3,000,000 are to be dls. trlbutcd among varloui colleges. The trus tees of Borea college In Kentucky have suc ceeded In raising $150,000 , which will secure the conditional gift of $50,000 made some time ago by Dr. D. K. Pearsons of Chicago. In addition to all this , Oroton ( Mass. ) acdaemy has received $75,000 from Prof. Gardiner of that town ; the University ot Chicago $368,874 In real estate from Martin B. Kyerson , Marshall Field and John D. Rockefeller ; the Teachers' college of New York $200,000 by will of Mrs. Caroline L. Macy ; Harvard college $10,000 by will ot Mary A. P. Wells of Boston and $1,000,000 by will of Henry C. Warren of Cambridge , Mass , ; Whttworth college $20,000 from H. 0. Armour of New York and Princeton college $18,000 from George A. Armour of Chicago ; n total of $1,616,874. The late J. H. Wilder ot Newton , Mass. , bequeathed $10,000 to the American college for girls at Constantinople and the same sum to the Robert college for American men In the same city. Andrew Carnegie's offer to erect for the Washington Public Library a suitable build ing at ft cost ot $250,000 It congrees will sup ply the site and suitable maintenance crown * a long series of library-making beneficiaries and Is gladly and gratefully welcomed by everyone interested In the .welfare of the national capital. The University of Wla. consln has received a collection of rare Ger man philological works from the German- American citizens ot Milwaukee. This col lection formed the library of the late Prof. Jacob Oacchtold of the University of Zurich. The library , which numbers about 6,000 volumes , comprises all the Important philological books In the German language , as well as sets of all German philological magazines and pamphlets. About a year ago President Trotter of Arcadia college , Wolf- vlllo , Nova Scotia , started out to raise $76 , 000 for the college and John D. Rockefeller ' at once promised to contribute $15,000 In case the balance was raised by December 21 , 1898. President Trotter now announces that $3,000 more than the required sum boa been contributed , many of the con tributions being from alumni of the college living In this country. CulcuKO. School * . The Board of Education ot Chicago , find ing Its expenses far In excess ot Its re ceipts , has windy concluded to economize and live within Us Income. The total re ceipts for the current year are estimated at $5,790,368. In order to prevent a deficit , estimated at $700,000 , the board has cut expenses In every direction. The High school term la shortened two weeks. Be sides this , there will be no Increase In salaries this year by reason of the classifica tion of the teachers by years of service. The classification Increase ot $75 for teachers who have'served less than five years Is sus pended. The appropriation for salaries for the coming year Is the ecme as last year , tut the natural Increase of schools and teachers will take up the cut In salaries made by the curtailing ot the school year. The appropriation for new buildings and Bites was cut from $2,355,363 to $1,730,000. Nlght school expenses were cut from $90,000 to $60,000. There Is a cut of $38,000 In the department of Janitors nnd supplies and of $57,000 In the general department , Including the special branches. Compulsory education will have to get along with $6,000 , ngalnst $15,000 last year ; music Is 'shaved down < t $7,000 and drawing gets $10,000 more ; physi cal culture loses $3,000 , the normal school loses $8,500 , manual training In the grammar echools gets a $5.000 raise and German holds Its owu. The teaching of household arts In the pub lic schools will bo dropped for the same reason of financial stringency. The finance committee In Its report urged that no money could bo spared for this branch of Instruc tion , for which an appropriation had been made last year and which had been Intro- In several of the schools. Thcte are now In the employ of the board 250 laborers , carpenters and painters , who have been employed In making general re. pairs on buildings. The apportionment for this work has been reduced one-half. Married Women a * Tcaofocr * . Cblcag * 1s seriously wrestling with the question of excluding married women as teachers from the public schools. A reso lution to that effect Is pending before the school board and Is likely to be adopted. The reasons for this move are Interesting from many points ot vlow. The chief reason .urged In Ita favor Is that men Incapable or too lazy to make a living sot matrimonial nets for the teachers and thus live oft the labors of the school ma'ams. "Tho resolution. " saye the Chicago News , "Is in no sense based upon opposition to the employment ot women In general In the pub lic schools. It Is generally recognized that of all avenues of effort now open to women that ot teaching Is one ot the moat lucra tive and one for which they are best fitted , The opposition to the continuance ot marrlel women In the work of teaching rests upon principles of eound public policy. In the Increasing strots and competition of modern life the problem la to find a place for all vorkern not otherwise provided for ruthei than to make places for those whose support la , or should be , found In other ways. IE law the married woman legally claims sup port from her husband and , aside from thli consideration , If she does her duty by hei husband and family ehe Is Incapacitated from rendering such service as the city 01 the state has a right to require from those intrusted with the Important work ot public school education. Either the married woman teacher must neglect her family or hei C school duties and It Is no part of the buil < nets of the state to encourage rcmlssness It cither ot these Important stations In life. "Moreover , the continuance of the presenl custom tends to Increase the evil com plained of. It ls not a pleasant thing tc euy , but circumstances confirm the trutt of the statement that very frequcntlj women teachers In the public schools art the prey of men parasites men averse t ( work and ready to accept support from tbeli wives employed In the public schools. D ] n hard ami fast rule excluding marrlei < wom n teachers from the work of publli school Instruction this class of male para * sltc i would b forced to provide forthe support of their families and tbui all classci of society would be benefited. " President Graham H. Harris of the sohool .ward Is a strong champion of the Sher * wood resolution. In on Interview ho said : "I don't believe wo ought to encourage male parasites. There arc lots of them In town living off of women teachers and I don't see -why we should add to the nuin- jer. If 'we pass this rule then the men who are looking around for a woman to support them will pick out some one besides ft teacher. Then the teachers will be care- 'ul ' not to marry men who haven't the abil ity to upp rt them. "There nro many principals who have .liolr wlvca teaching under them , while come of the older men have their eons and laughters or other relatives on the staff. [ moan , to frame & rule which will atop that , too. It Is Impossible for members of ' the same family to bo Impartial toward ] each other. Either there Is too much < kindness or too much severity. Then I | consider It Is rather contrary to the spirit of American Institutions for the public to have to pay two or more salaries to the same family. It's not giving everyone a fair chance. "Then the hygienic reasons ngalnst the employment of married women as teachers are the most Important of nil. While teach ing is the noblest profession -woman should follow. BO noble that It should have her undivided allegiance , yet motherhood Is something far higher. The one Interferes with or destroys the other. As school trustees It la absolutely wrong to be par ties to that. "Tho chief reason urged for the married teachers Is that those who have toad children understand better how to deal with the little ones In the lower grades. This ob jection could bo obviated In part by the employment of widows. But after carefully weighing all the arguments on both aides I think the majority of the trustees , In cluding fho women members of the board , ar * In favor of the rule , " Superintendent Andrews declared that la Its amended form he Indorsed the resolu tion. Instead of simply "married women" It now read * "women living with their husbands , " which Is explicit enough to cover widowhood or separation. "Tho strongest objections to the employment of married women as teachers cannot be pub licly discussed , " eald Dr. Andrews. "How ever , 1 want to take occasion to say that come of the finest teachers and principals tn the whole school ayatem are married women. " Educational Notcn. Mra. Oollls P. Huntingdon of New York has given $10,000 to build a dormitory for girls xt Booker T. Washington's Tuslcegeo College For Colored Youth. In the last ten years her husband , Mr. Huntlngton , has glvon In all $200,000. The governor of Connecticut told the legis lature that It costs 55 per cent more to educate the children of that state than It did fifteen years ago and he expressed doubts If the quality of the education has Improved In the same proportion. > It was the late Senator Morrlll who drew up the lucatrtonal land grant bill passed In 1862 and signed by President Lincoln. The total grant to all the states was 9.597.- 840 acres. Now York's share was 989.920 acres , and It brought $661,473. Cornell uni versity Is one of the numerous monuments of the law. A significant Indication of the value of educational work being done by philan thropists In r-ist London Is shown by the fact that of seven scholarships in natural science given at Oxford In the last six months three have been awarded to boys educated at the London People's Palace Technical college. The catalogue of Yale university for the year 1898-99 , Just Issued , gives the total number of students registered as 2,511 , an Increase of eleven over last year. These are distributed as follows ; Graduate school. 283 ; academic department ( Yale college ) , ' , 1.224 ; Sheffield Scientific school. 667 ; art school , 84 ; department of music , 76 ; law school , 194 ; medical school , 110 ; divinity school , 95. The latter Institution Is the only department of Yale that shows a decrease. DISCUSSED BY THE MINISTERS At Their Monthly Meeting the Loonl Clergymen Tnke Up the Subject of "Ethical Revival. " At the regular monthly meeting of the Omaha Ministerial union , held In the baso- meqt of the Kountze Memorial church , the chief Interest centered In the paper by Rev. J. D. Herring on "The Ethical Revival. " The subject was very ably handled and called for a great deal of discussion. A ref erence to Luther's criticism of the epistle of St. James brought out several of the reverend gentlemen to Luther's defense and the statement that In his latter works , the great reformer revised his opinion. The th'anks of the union , were voted to Dr. Her ring for his paper. The subject of religious census which was left over from the last meeting was taken Up by Rev. Wilson , who has prepared blank forms for that purpose. To make the cen sus a success It will be necessary to secure the co-oporatlon of all the pastors of the city and to thU end the president appointed Revs. Ollcbrlst , Wilson and Herring a com mittee to take the work In hand. This com mittee endeavored to get the names of all church-going families In the city and turn them over to a central committee , which will see to It that they are properly classi fied and given out to the different pastors , [ lev. Wilson stated that during the last month ho has made a canvass of one of the ilocks In his neighborhood and has been sur prised at the amount of Information he has ibtalncd whlcb Is of use to him In renderIng - Ing his church work more efficient. No hotel larder Is complete without a stock of Cook's Imperial Champagne. Always keep It for your guests. SMALLPOX IS UNDER CONTROL Patient * Doing Well anil Xo Kevf Cane * LooiUfd XorllicnUer * In- illltnaiit Over 1'ent llounc * . There are no new developments In the smallpox situation. The victims of the dis ease are programing satisfactorily toward recovery and no now cases have been re ported. Physicians are vaccinating the chil dren In the Comenlus , Druid Hill and Davenport 'public ' schools and In the St. Wenceslaufl school , the latter a Bohemian parochial school. When the vaccination la completed In < thcse sohool , all school chil dren In the school districts In which the disease exists , except attendants of the High school , will have been Innoculatod , The physicians will then commence visita tion at the rest of the city schools. Residents In the far northern part of the city considerably wrought up over the establishment of the pest house near For I Omaha. Iimure Aitulnut Smallpox , The accident policies of the Pacific Mutua Life pay Indemnity for smallpox , varlololi and eight other diseases. A. V. Todd. gen eral agent , 340 Dee building. Fait Train to Florida. NEW YORK , Jan. 16. The New York am Florida limited train on the Southern rail' way left here at 11:50 : today oti Its first trli of tbo season. This splendid train coven the distance between New York and St Augustine , over 1,000 miles. In a little mon than twenty-four hours , going via the Penu sylvanla. Southern & Peninsular railway. What ! commonly known a heart dls CUBO la frequently an aggravated form o dyspepsia. Like all other diseases result 1 lug from Indigestion , It tea be cured b ; Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It cures the won torrn * of dyspepsia. It digest * what yoi | cat. JUDGE GORDON IS REVENGED Fines Polled Captain Her and Orders Him to Jail , COURT POSES AS AN INJURED INNOCENT Take * the Lair In HI * Own Ilnndii and Upon a Cnnc Wherein lie Contend * that He Mast Maintain Police Judge Gordon fined Acting Captain D. W. Her $20 and coats and sentenced him to serve ten days In the county Jail for con tempt of court In falling to obey an order for thn production of n prisoner In court on December 27 , 1898. Assistant City Attorney Scott , who represented Captain Her , asked that tiho sentence should not become effective until Tuesday morning , as the case might be appealed , and tbo court granted it. The appeal bond was placed at $100. When the case was called It was found that Sergeant Whalen , ' who served the order to produce Louis Nelson In court and which Captain Her disobeyed , was not present. Judge Gordon asked Mr. Scott If lie would admit the service of the order and that Captain , Her disobeyed It. In order to save time Mr. Scott said he had no objections to doing so. No evidence was Introduced. Judge Gordon stated that the Information sot forth that Captain Her was guilty of contempt In forcibly ejecting him from the office. He had gone there In the performance of judlctil duty and with no deslro to meddle. Ho had released Louis Nelson on bond when ho was arraigned to answer to the charge of petit larceny. Then he was re-arrested. The city prosecutor said no camplalnt had been brought to talni for filing and he had no charge to make. The court officer had stated 'thit ' there was a charge of vagrancy and of being a suspicious character against Nelson. It was to learn If this was true that ho had gone downstairs to Inspect the record. Th'ls ' record 'was a part of the court and open to every citizen for Inspection. In closing the judge said : "Whatever charge may be made against mo It cannot be said that I have been dis courteous to the police officers. I nave al ways treated them In a gentlemanly way. The defendant and I wore on good terms and I know.of no reason why I should have ben set upon and Insulted in the manner I was. It Is not my purpose or policy to Instruct the officers. Each policeman Is supposed to have a copy of the regulations In his pos session and to know Its contents. H Is the duty of the chief of police to see that they are Instructed In their duties. " Mr. Scott spoke at some length on the questions to be considered. He referred tea a section of the statutes wherein It Is ex plicitly stated that a police Judge may fine or Imprison persons or officers for falling to serve processes or orders for the court , or for some act of contempt while the court Is In session. The forcible ejection of Judge Gordon from the Jail office , In his estimation , could not be con tempt , because It was not In the court room. If the statutes were plainly construed , court was not In session , con sequently there could be no contempt. The failure to comply with the order to produce Nelson could not be considered contempt , be cause the order was addressed to "D. E. Her" and no such person Is on the police force. Neither was the order a process. It was simply a request. Besides an affidavit sworn to by one cognizant of the facts must be sworn to and filed before a citation can bo Issued. This had not been done. The order In the first place was not served by a duly deputized officer. In ( act , he held there was no evidence before the court to show that the defendant was guilty of contempt , con sequently he did not believe the court would hold defendant guilty. After a brief recess , during which Judge Gordon consulted his attorney , he stated that * his construction ot the statute made defendant guilty , as he had plainly violated the law la falling to obey an order served by the sergeant , who was an officer of the court Itself. He bade Captain Her to stand up and assessed the fine of $20 and penalty of a ten-day Jail sentence. i La Grippe Is again epidemic. Every pre caution should bo taken to avoid It. Ita specific cure Is One Minute Cough Cure. Tbo best remedy for all ages ; cures coughs , colds and nil lung troubles. Pleasant to the taste. No one will bo disappointed In us ing it. ' THEY ARE JMMUNES NOW Doctor Doe * a Wholesale Job of Vac cinating Down nt Drowncll Hall Tearful Scene * Enacted. There was a sound , not of revelry , but ol weeping , and gathered together there at Brownell hall Sunday were 100 pretty girls. The cause of the aforesaid weeping was the arrival of Dr. Hanchgtt , who had been summoned by the management of the school to vaccinate the young women. Tbeli Ideas of the exact process of vaccination and Its possible results were somewhat misty , Some looked upon it as only a little less terrible than the smallpox Itself , while visions filled the minds of all of scarified arms. However , smallpox was abroad , and the necessity for making "tmmunes" ot the glrli brooked no delay. Dr. Hanchett got dowc to business and so did the girls. The Ural scratch of the vaccinating machine brought a howl from the sufferer and likewise frorr the ninety-nine sympathetic victims to be As the work progressed the fun grew fas and furious. Some fainted , some swooned and all gave unmistakable expression t < their terrors and sympathy In a manner per fectly comprehensible for some blocks away However , the work was completed eventual ! ] and the doctor left the tearful maidens oj thoroughly Immune to the dread disease ai though they had been reared In Havana. Tba smallest things exert the greatest In- fluence. Do Witt's Little Early Risers an unequalled for overcoming constipation am liver troubles. Small pill , best pill , safe pill STILL PLY THEIR CALLINC llnritlara Mnke Some Good Haul * , Se curlnir Cash , Jewelry and Valuable Article * of Wearing Apparel. A young man entered the homo of Franl Kclble , 418 South Thirteenth street , durlnf the absence of Sirs. Kelblo and complete ! ] ransacked the house , taking everything o value he could find. Mr. Kelble reports tba the thief got $80 In money , one lady's goU watch , a child's bank containing $15 , an < a silver bracelet set with diamonds , valuei at $88. Burglars entered the home of W. A Ramser , on the second floor ot the bulldlui at 207 North Seventeenth street , Sunday am tcok a lady's pocket book and an electrl sealskin cape , all valued at $30. A young man -was discovered on th second floor of Mrs. Kopald's home , 182 Cn.93 street , about 6:20 : o'clock Sunday even Ing. An attempt was made to capture him but he eejapeil. He took an overcoat , bu dropped a pair of slippers which he ha picked up. Horrible agony is caused by piles , burn and akin diseases. Those arc Immediate ! relieved and quickly cured by Da Witt' Witch-Hazel Salve. Bewaru ot worthies .Imitations. Smallpox In n Kana * Town. TOPEKA , . Ken. , Jan. 1C. A special t i . the State. Journal from HllUboro eayi I Smallcox. which la ruclne la this vicinity. I Increasing In virulence and scope , Thcro nro at present twenty-one well defined rases here , sixteen ot which are In town , There are two cased In the hotol. There were three now coses and three deaths Friday. One of the worst features is the lack of any quarantine regulations. The smallpox Is meetly confined to Russians who visit Marlon and surrounding towns and mingle freely with people on the trains. The state board will bo notified of the condition. SITE FOR THE AUDITORIUM Oiilr TITO Location * Henorlcd to Omnlin Heal nutate Exchange. At Its weekly meeting at the Commercial club rooms the Omaha Real Estate ex change discussed tbo auditorium project. H , 11. Harder , chairman of the site committee , told the exchange that It had been decided to keep the propositions for sites for the auditorium between certain boundaries. It is feared , however , that nothing will bo left to do but extend these limits , as there appears - ' pears to bo no lite within those fixed by the committee that could be accepted. As yet the only site * mentioned have been tlio Murray'lots on Harnoy street and the ground where the old Grand Opera house stood on Capitol avenue. Ono objection to I the Capitol avenue site Is that It Is only 1120 feet deep , whllo the plans contemplate a building 132 feet deep. This might be remedied , however , by altering the plans. Mr , Harder Invited the members of the ex change to look up sites and make proposi tions to the committee. The committee appointed some time elnce to look Into the matter of having the legis lature amend the foreclosure law' reported It would he rather a difficult undertaking. Such a measure would not be a popular one and some difficulty might bo experienced In securing Its Introduction and passage. Some money would be required to have the law passed. It would take a great deal of time and $200 or $300 for legitimate expenses. No further action was taken on the com mittee report. The committee appointed to see as to the advisability of asking the legislature to amend existing law ot landlords and tenants reported in favor of the law now In use in Iowa. The chief feature of the Iowa law IB that It gives landlords a Hen upon all th property of the tenant , except that exempt by statute. After considerable discussion it was decided to call a meeting ot those In. terested In the passage ot such a law for next Monday noon. OVER A PIECE OF PIE Two Pnzton Hotel Employed Kngnice 111 a I < * lttUt , One of Them Sus taining Set-loan lujurleii. D. E. Henderson , n walterat the Faxton hotel , struck the ticket taker , George Sawyer , over the head with a water pitcher yesterday , inflicting wounds which may result fatally. Hendereon was arrested and charged with assault with Intent to commit great bodily harm and later with assault with Intent to kill. Sawyer was taken to St. Joseph's hospital where his Injuries were drossoJ. The trouble occurred 1n the hall where the waiters are In the habit of eating their meals. A piece of pie Is said to have been the cause. A quarrel ensued and Henderson struck Sawyer over .the head with a water pitcher. PUT OFF JESSEJAMES' TRIAL Pronecntor Expect * to Get Some Dam- ngluir Evidence Aurntiint the Sus pected Train Jloblier. KANSAS CITY , Jan. 16. The trial of young Jesse James , son qfnthe noted border outlaw , under Indictment for complicity in the robbery of a MlssdufY'Paclflc train at Leeds , Mo. , In September last , was today postponed at the request ot the prosecution till .February 16 next. The defendant was ready anl anxious for trial. I Andy Ryan , a brother of Bill Ryan , In dicted on a similar charge , was arraigned , pleaded not guilty , and his case was con- , tlnued till the April term. It Is said the prosecution expects to secure damaging evi dence through the gang now in the Spring field , Mo. , Jail , charged with robbing a Mem phis train at Macomb , Mo. , last week. They Include Bill Ryan , a brother of Andy Ryan , and a member of the old-time James gang , and John Kennedy , both of whom have been connected by suspicion with the Leeds rob bery. ' Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is the standard remedy for throat and lung troubles. It Is a specific for grippe and bronchitis. PiirpoHen of I.liiNeeil Oil Trust. CLEVELAND , Jan. 16 , E. F. Miles of this city , who has Just been elected president of the new Linseed Oil trust , which controls all of the larger linseed oil plants In the country , In discussing the plans of the new organization today said : "The output of the trust will continue about as It hse been In the past when the companies were manufac turing Independently. The great object Is to steady the market and maintain It on a solid basis and make It non-speculative. If anything , prices will bo decreased rather than increased. "The combination will endeavor to Increase and systematize our trade with1 England and to get a better footing In the markets of Honolulu and the West Indies. " Mr. Miles said that the capital stock ot the consolidated concerns would reach $33,000,000. No Hlwlit to Ugliness. The woman who Is lovely In face , form and temper will always have friends , but one who would be attractive must keep her health. If she is weak , sickly und all run down she will be nervous and Irritable. If she has constipation or kidney trouble her Impure blood will cause pimples , blotches , skin eruptions end a wretched complexion. Electric Bitters Is the best medicine In the world to rtgulato stomach , liver and kidneys and to pufify the blood. It gives strong ! I nerves , bright eyes , smooth , velvety skin , rich . It will make complexion. a good-look- i Ing , charming woman of a run-down Invalid. 1 Only CO cents at Kuhn & Co.'a drug store. Mr * . Fnyiu- Moore .A nil In Arraigned , NEW YORK , Jan. 16. Mrs. Payne Stra- han-Moore , In whoso recent trial for com plicity with her husband In "badgering" Martin Mahon the Jury disagreed , was today arraigned before Justice Furman In the criminal branch of the supreme court. The purpcao of the arraignment was to place the , ( case on the February calendar. Mr. Levy , counsel for Mrs. Moore , asked that the case be Bet down for the second Monday In Feb ruary. Assistant District Attorney Mclntyre objected to this on the ground that there were several oases that should be tried first. Justice Furman upheld the district attorney and placed the case on the calendar In its regular order and Mrs. Moore was remanded. OFFICERS GIVEN THE SLIP Smooth Counterfeiter Evades the Minions of the Law and Reforms. OMAHA AT ONE TIME HIS ABIDING PLACE When Ilnntcd hjr Chicago Police Mrern Thro no Them Oil the Trail by INKUKIIK | | nntl Securing a Position an n Conchmnn. The Inside history of an escape from Justice that at ono time baffled both the Chicago police and the secret service of the United States government In that city has just been made public , together with the announcement that the fugitive hat finally been located only to discover that the in dictment against htm Is DO longer In force , and the government Is without power to bring him to account. Henry Myers and Joseph W. Myers wete ludlcted In Chicago In 1S95 for counter feiting both gold and silver coin. The treas ury agents had been watching the -non tor many months and had secured evidence th t made conviction practically certain. The Myers brothers originally started from Omaha and had only been In Chicago a couple ot years when they were arrested. Neither were known as a criminal whllo here , but , according to the Information se cured by tbo government detectives , they did a most successful counterfeiting business In Chicago for nearly a year bcforo they were run to earth. During this time they were good clothes , made the acquaintance of many very fashionable people and alto gether enjoyed to the limit the proceeds ot their Illegitimate occupation. For a long time they were unsuspected , but eventually the watchful agents ot the treasury depart ment concluded that they were upending a good deal of money that they ovldtatly did not earn and patient shadowing resulted In their ruin. They were both ludljtol and bound over under heavy bonds until thtlr oan could bo reached by the United States court. , Officer * Get the Wronn Cue. In come way or another Jcwi'pn W. Myers succeeded In making his escape. He was traced to the lakefront Just south ot Twelfth street , where his cast oft clothes were found lying on the ban * . ThU was ap parently the end ot the trail. Weeks of the most vigorous search failed to discover the living man and the waters rjfueed to give up the body. The police and public ac cepted the theory of suicide , but the govern ment agents were suspicious ot a different explanation. Their Ideas were emphasized by develop ments that were slowly Forked out. It wn& brought to the attention of the service th.vt during the days when Myers luxuriated In Chicago's select circle , serving the double purpose of giving him relaxation and af fording a medium through which his spu rious gold pieces were Introduced In cir culation , he had formed an Intimate friend ship with the daughter of a business man of some local prominence , who lived in a luxurious establishment on the North side. He had been a frequent visitor at her home , and bad been seen In her company at the opera , of which she was an enthusiastic ad mirer. But If the young woman know any-- thine of his escape she alio knew enough to keep a secret , and all efforts to extract any Information from her proved uielew. It was not until over a year afttr that one of the detectives who had prevlouily helped to arrest Myers accidentally stumbled ou the solution of the problem that he had Jong before given up. The due led to fie dli- covery that when the police had supposed that Myers was either rotting somewhere under the waves of Lake Michigan or enjoy ing his freedom In a distant locality ho was right there In Chicago. It was found that the woman had really assisted her one-time admirer to escape on condition that he would not trouble her In the future. It was her Inventive Intelligence that , had concocted the scheme of leading the officers to believe that he bed committed suicide and she had furnished him with clothes in which he disguised himself and went straight to her home after he had left his own gar ments on the lake front. Posed an a. Coachman. For a couple of days he remained con cealed In the barn and then she succeeded in getting rid of the coachman and induc ing her father to give Myers the Job. Clad in a , coachman's livery and with face smoothly shaven the fugitive would scarcely have been recognized by his most Intimate friends. No one would look on the box ot a fashionable turnout of one of Chicago's swell families for a convict who was sup. pqsed to be getting away ae far as time would allow him and no one but the woman imagined what the real character of the new coachman was. Myers continued to handle the ribbons until the excitement over his escape subsided and then took the train for Omaha. He did not remain here , however , evidently for fear of recognition , but went on to San Fran cisco. There the trail stopped again and It was supposed that he sailed on some vessel and went to a foreign country. It ws only a few days ago that the Omaha secret service department located him In Los Angeles , where he Is leading an apparently respecta ble life. The Chicago officials were at once notified , but yesterday an answer was re turned that the case against Myers had been nolled through some misunderstanding and bis offense had been outlawed by the statute of limitation. Consequently the government rests and unless Myers should permit hit old-time habits to get the better of him , he Is free of all prosecution. Identified an u Forger. PORT HURON , Mich. . Jan. 16. Sheriff Kemploy and H. C. Penman , a hotel keeper ot Rock Rapids , la. , arrived here today. They will take home with them Andrew J. Conover , whom Penman has Identified as a noted forger and who , It Is alleged , lias per petrated swindles tn various towna In Iowa , Illinois and Nebraska. It Is stated that de tectives have turned up thirty of Conover's forged drafts cashed by small banks. Censorship on Political Neirn. NEW YORK , Jan. 16. The Commercial Cable company today Issued the following notice : The Eastern Telegraph company ad vises us as follows : "We beg to Inform you : that we have this morning received advices from Manila stating that the American gov ernment now notifies us that , censorship U applicable to all outward and homeward telegrams containing political news. " Our $3,50 $ Shoes ' Are the best on earth Drox L/ . Shoouiau's HUG of $ a.r 0 shoes contains everything that Is desirable the Vlcl Kid the Box Calf the patent Calf dress Hhoe the heavy double Boles the medium soles the narrow toe the round and wide round toe the tau and the black Wo have never offered any- thins to our friends yet that wo couldn't recommend These ? 3.W ) shoes are no exception but take the cake Just like our John Henry William and his partner did at Monuul's cake walk the ifll.W ) shoes und the cake are In our window. Drexel Shoe Co. , Owaha's Cp-to-dat * Ittot BOB * * . 1410 FARNAM STREET. Catarrh Leads to Consumption. A Forerunner of the Most Fatal Disease. Though iia offensive feature * nro eomeiimoa almost unbearable , few people nro awnre of the danger of which Catarrh is the forerun ner. Catarrh invariably leads to Consumption. Growing worse and worse each winter , those who rely upon the usual treatment of sprays , washes and inhaling mix tures rind that it is impossible to check the disease with these local applications which only reach the surface. The offensive discharge increases all the while , causing a feeling of personal defilement , and gets deeper and deeper until it is only a question of a short time until the lungs are affected. The importance of the proper treatment can therefore bo readily appreciated. But no good what ever can bo expected from local applications , aa such treatment never did cure Catarrh , and never will. CHURCHMAN FOR ANNEXATION Agent of Bible Society Considers Filipino * Incapable of Self-Qovernment. WOULD SOON RELAPSE INTO BARBARISM Manuel of the People Donnel- Igno rant Charge * the Condition to Religion ! Order * , but ex onerate * the Jciiulti. NEW YORK , Jan. 16. The American Bible society has received a second report from Rev. John R. Hykcs , D. I ) . , who In Sep tember last was commissioned to proceed to Manila for the sake of preliminary Inquiry about the possible openings there for the distribution of the holy scriptures. He ex presses the opinion that the Filipinos are not now capable ot self-government and says : "Whllo there are doubtless many able men among tbo Filipinos , I am convinced that they do trot have the qualifications which are essential in the founders ot a republic. I ballove that If western Influence wrrn to be entirely withdrawn civilization would spon taneously die out In the Philippines. The mass of the people arc Ignorant In the ex treme and they ore not prepared and will not bo prepared for many years for self- government. It will be generations before their aspirations to become an Independent commonwealth ought to be realized. "I was Introduced to Agulnaldo , but I did not mention the subject of my mission. A friend of mine , who Is In the confidence ot Agulnaldo , promised to bring the matter be fore him and let mo know his views. I received a letter from him a few days ago In which he says : 'According to promise I Interviewed General Agulnaldo on the sub ject of a bible depot here ( In Manila ) , and his answer was to the effect that per sonally he was In favor of It , but the ques tion had been discussed by the cabinet and they objected to the scheme. Agulnaldo , himself , has become a Protestant , and he assures me that a little later on , when things become more settled , there will be no trouble about the Dlbte society sending agents here to the Islands. I am sorry that I cannot send you a more favorable anawer now , but I will not lose sight of the matter.1 Not Prepared for Independence. "It would be monstrous to turn the Phil ippines back to Spain. It would be a great blunder to grant them Independence. In my judgment the only proper , the only right thing Is for the United States to keep the whole archipelago and give the people good government and religious liberty. Every Spanish friar ought to be banished from the Islands. If not , there will be endless trouble. I ought to have said that the Jesuit * were never accused of the gross immorality with which the other orders have been so freely charged. They were driven out of the prov inces by the other religious corporations and their work was almost entirely confined to Manila. There is a priest hero In Shanghai who was In Manila for many years , and he does not hesitate to say that the lives of the Spanish friars were scandalously cor rupt. "I know that the opinion has teen ex pressed In the United Staitea that there lane churches to concern no need for the Protestant cern themselves about the Philippines ; that the Roman Catholic church has taken good care of the people for more than 300 years ; ' that th y are good , Intelligent Catholics ' who ought not to be disturbed In religious matters , and that we have nothing better to offer them than what they already have. No man who has been to the Philippines could honestly hold uch opinions for a moment. No man who Is familiar with the history of the church In the Philippines could have the audacity to give publicity to such state ments. The people have been kept In Ignorance because the priests could thus best play upon their superstitions. Schools authorized by the Spanish government were not established because It did not suit the priests to have them. They have nothing but the outward form ol religion and know nothing of Us Inward and spiritual grace. Roman Catholicism has not purified their lives. It has not been a power In moulding and transforming their characters. Pious and devout Catholics would be scarcely ready to acknowledge them Catholics In more than nanio and I 'think would admit that they are ( It subjects for missions of their own church. The mass ot the people are pain- "I hiul such A severe cue ot Catarrh that 1 lost my hearing In ono cur , nnd part of the bono In my note sloughed off. I w § constantly trentrd with snrnys nnd wnsliM , but each winter the diseftio leemcd to have * firmer hold on mo. I Imd Hnnlly been de clared incurable when I decided to try S. 8. S. It seemed to Ret right at the seat of the disease , nnd cured ma permanently , for 1 hnro had no touch of Catarrh for seven years. "MRS. JOSKFIUNB Poi-niLt , , "Duo West , 8. 0. " The e who have had the first touch of Cfiturrh willBRVcotidlosa suffering by tak ing the right remedy at the outset. Others who have for CT years sought relief - liof and found only disappoint ment in local treatment will find it wise to waste no further time on ipraya , washes , inhaling mix tures , etc. , which are only tempo rary and can not save them from Consumption. Catarrh is a deep- seated blood disease. S. 3. S. is the only remedy which can reach the very bottom of the disease and euro it permanently. Books sout free by the Swift Specific Company , Atlanta , Q . fully Ignorant In religious matters. I think It would bo dlnicult to find a moro ucody field , and the call that comes to the Protest ant churches of America Is loud and urgent. Th people nro and have been without the bible. They know there Is such a book and that Is about nil. Under Spanish rule It waa Impossible tor the lllblo society to do any work In the Philippines. Field for Work. "I deslro to impress upon the managers of the society the Importance of entering this field at the very earliest opportunity. It there shall bo any possibility of doing blblo work In th Philippines It will bo because they become Americans , and th first and strongest obligation rests upon the Amel- can Dlble society to undertake It. "General Otis very kindly told mo that It * -e want to take Chinese colporteurs to the Islands to sell scriptures among the Chinese ho will give them special permission to land upon my making application to him. "American missionaries ore beginning to go to the Islands. Today Rev. C. A. Owens and wife , 'the first missionaries of the Methodist Episcopal church ( o the Philip pines , arrived enroute to Manila. As teen as these missionaries acquire the language they will translate the scriptures into the native dialects , and H will be the work of the American Bible society to publish them. What a flotd there Is for this will be under stood when I tell you that there are thirty distinct languages recognized In the Philip pines. " PENSIONS FOn WESTKUJf VETERANS nrrlvorn of the Civil War Remem bered liy the Government. WASHINGTON , Jan. 16. ( Special. ) Pen- tons have been granted to the following : Issue of January 5 : Nebraska : Original Alfred A. Morse , Clarks , $8. Renewal John Wlllson , Omaha. 110. Increase ( Special , January 6. ) David W. Griffey. Dakota City , $10 to 12 ; Timothy B. Otis , Alma , 12 to $14 ; Fielding E. Scott , Broken Bow , $8 to $10 ; Dawsey W. Smith , Syracuse. $8 to $10 ; William M. Durk , PlaUs- mouth , $8 to $10. Original widows , etc. Minor of Casslus C. Kenny , Lincoln , $10 ; minor of Almon H. Wilson , Lincoln , $10. IOWB : Original Jacob Lolso , Charter Oak , SS ; Samuel Stllllous , Lunna , $ G ; George Nich olson , Little Cedar. $8 ; Oliver W. Barnc-tt , Wlnfleld , $6 ; Robert B. Butler. Atlantic , $6. Restoration and re-lssue William Richard- ion , Clinton , $12. Increase Andrew J. Sobrlng , Orlnnell , $6 to $8 ; Henry Lee , Al- lenten , $12 to $14. Original widows , etc. Krcderlckn Rlgalk , Cresco , J8. South Dakota : Original Elijah C. Mount , Berecford , $ S ; Jamea Baker , Planklnton , $6 to $8. Colorado : Original George W. Hayland. Pueblo , $12 ; Lewis C. Tolles , Montovlsta , $12. Increase Seth P. Buell , Denver Mills , $8 to $8. Montana : Original widows , etc. ( Restor ation , special , January 6. ) Minor of Will- lam C. Hurst , Pony , $10. TnUIni ; Ileponlt oi of RoMand. CHICAGO , Jan. 16. Attorneys O. E. Bod- faigton and H. A. Alexander of Paris wore authorized today by the United States cir cuit court to take the deposition of Edmund Rostand , the author of "Cyrano do Ber- gcrac , " whoso play Is said to have been pur loined from the "Merchant Prince of Corn- vllle , " written by S. E. Gross ot Chicago. McMIMIn Innniturntcd Ciovernor. NASHVILLE , Tcnn. , Jan. 16. In the hall ot the house ot representatives today , In the presence of an Immense throng , Benton Mc- Mlllln was Inaugurated as governor. The hall was decorated with the national colors. Be Careful with your eyes , When they are gone you're on your friends. If your eyes tire quickly f and ache , bring them with you and consult our optician. These consul tations are free and you have the benefit ot a knowledge gained by long experience and hard study. You may not need glasses wo will tell you. THE ALOE & TENFOLD CO. , 1408 Furum. OMAHA. Op. I'nxton Hotol. You Might Study All Day- Then fluro ( all night and you could not find a plan whereby you can save as much money In buying u piano ax you can at our store every day In the year The January dayw nro more pro- lliio with bargains than most others but the time never wan but when we could nnd did save you $ .r > 0 sometimes $70 and even $100 on a piano purchase We have over a dozen dlfferout makes Including the Kuabe and Klmlrall Kranlch and Bach Hallet and Davis and Hospe Easy ternw If deilred. A. HOSPE , Music ted Art. 1513 Douglas.