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THE OMAHA DAILY 11I313I TUESDAY , FI3niUTAHY 21 , 1890. MODERN SCHOOL METHODS Protest Against the High Pressure System of Teaching in Public Schools , REFLECTIONS ON CORRUPT BOOK AGENTS I'olnli on Ccrimin ) ( olonlnl s 'hooln IlrornnnlrltiK ( lie IJilurntlonal SM < Mi of I'orto Illrn Hil- iirntloiiiil Not en , The educational burdens Imposed on chil dren by the modern methods of our public schools are the subject of an earnest protest from Mrs. Lew Wallace In the Ladles' Home Journal. Under the suggestive title , "The Murder of the Iwiocents , " she Indicts the system of forced educational growth which produces wrecked or enfeebled constitutions and leaves a heritage of weakness to the next generation. "Go Into any public school , " sajs Mrs. Wallace , "and you will sec girls pallid as diyr lilies and boys with flat chests and the waxen skin that has been named the school complexion. Every Incentive < vnd stimulus Is held out dread of blame , love of praise , prizes , medals , badges , the cov eted flourish In the newspapers the strain never slackens. Watch the long lines filing past , each pupil carrying books three , four , five to be studied at night In hot rooms by fierce , sight-destroying lights. Time was when spectacles went with age. They are no sign of age now. Many must wear glasses to help eyes worn prematurely old by night work. " Mrs. Wallace points out that bo > s came through the ordeal better than girls. Their constitutions and nerves were stronger and their outdoor sports tend to counteract the effects of over-study. But after the diploma and school honors for thousands of girls comes n life of ill-health. "In sanitariums , rest cures , water cures and other refuges , forlorn wrecks of women He on beds of pain , swallowing codllvcr oil , malted milk and beguiling foods and drugs In order to build Up. But there are no foundations to build upon" The fault Is not that of the rank and file ot the teachers , many of whom work almost like slaves to keep up with the multiplied requirements of their positions. Most gladly would thjy ECO a return to reason and common sense In the matter ot public education , but "back of all and harder than unbending rules , " as Mrs. Wallace observes , "Is the merciless ambition of parents. American children must do , bo and have everything. Propose to cut clown , drop the least congenial study , and there Is an outcry , 'Why , then , Mary could not get the diploma ! ' What will she do with It If she docs get It ? Lay It away in a forgotten top drawer or frame and hang It In the guest chamber a costly document bought with a great price. " "I only remember these answers a few days , " said one of the overworked girls described by Mrs Walllace. "There are so many things coming on all the time " As to the plea that all this serves the purpose of "mental discipline , " Mrs. Wallace main tains that It has no more value "than a Chinese puzzle" and Is "merely so much rubbish under the attic. " The true theory and object of education , she holds , Is to prepare students for the places they are to occupy and the work they are to do In life. "The bos are to bo bread-winners , that Is decided. They must hurry through and hustle for a living. The girls , let us be lieve It , are the future home-makers. " German Colonial School , The following statements from a circular of the German colonial school at Wltzen- hauscn arc of Interest as showing what Ger many Undoing to promote the education of men who Intend to engage in Industrial en t terprises In her colonies. Similar Institu tions arc maintained In Belgium and Hol land.The The purpose of this school is to educate young men to become practical superin tendents of estates and plantations , planters , agriculturists , stock raisers and merchants for the German colonial pcssesslons. The course of study , which Is completed In two years , comprises the following studies : Plant culture In general , Including the study of soils , climate and fertilizers , farm management , bookkeeping , mechanics , engineering ( bridge and road building , drain age , Irrigation ) ; special plant culture , ani mal husbandry and dairying ; culture , use and value of tropical plants , establishment of plantations , gardening , fruit culture , vegetable culture , -viticulture , forestry , geol ogy , with special reference to tropical rain ing ; botany ( phvslology , anatomy , system atic and geographical ) ; chemistry , with laboratory practice , surveying and drafting , hygiene for tropical countries , veterlnaiy science , colonial history and geography , a study of the people , the history of educa tion , religion and missionary work ; colonial government and commercial laws and rela tions , languages , trades ( carpenters , masons , blacksmiths , harness makers , bakers , butchers , etc. ) ; practical work in field , gar den , vineyard , forest , dairy , etc. ; athletics ( sports ) of all kinds. Pupils between 17 and 25 years of age are admitted. IlooU AeeiitM nnd Hrllicn. The Educational Forum of Chicago pava Its respects to the book tniMt and Its agents In n manner calculated to attract local in terest In view of recent events. It says. "Have school book agents , under extenu ating circumstance's , n right to bo corrupt ? If a school board Is corrupt , If school books cannot be introduced except by use of money , Is It right for school book agents to resort to bribery to Introduce books ? Or , If not morally right , Is It excusable ? It It Is the order of any school book house to its agents to 'Introduce books , honestly If you cau , but If not honestly. Introduce them anyway , ' is this a policy which the educa tional public is willing to silently endorse and , by patronizing such a bouse , help to foster ? "That bribery Is excusable under any cir cumstances Is not claimed by any house outside , the book trust. "John C. Winston of Philadelphia , In giv ing Instructions to a now school book agent , said ; 'These books nro to be Introduced on their merits solely. If they cannot be Intro duced on "their merits , do not Introduce them. ' This Is virtually the principle fol low rU by all the houses outside the ecbool book trust. "That any house would dare Insult Amer ican teachers by openly apologizing for the necessity of resorting to other than honor able methods , and claiming , In educational meetings , a right to bribe when necessary ( or success , was to us a most startling rev elation , But what surprised us more oven than this was the fact that for the fllthy lucre of such a house some leading educa tional papers were ready to sell their honor and become the propagators of < he doctrine of the excusableness ot bribery , and to taint with the teachings of dishonor the minds ot thousands of the teachers of the jouth all over this broad land. There Is not a man of honor In tbo teaching profession who would have countenanced the spreading of such corrupt doctrine among Hie teachers of our land. We believe- when 'the ' article was read a feeling of Indignation was created in the winds of thousands of superintendents and teachers everywhere , "And what has been the result ? A settled conviction has spread in every ] < rt of the "country that a house which apologizes for and excuses bribery Is a bouse that will re- zont to bribery 'whenever necessary. ' And whenever necessary' will mean with each agent 'whenever by so 'olng books can be gotten in. ' When a houte starts out with the cricclple of introducing books 'by fair incann if possible ; and , It not , by foul , ' Its agttituo Accomplish their enda will leave no stone unturned to discover what man on ft Hoard of Education is corrupt And If none In found , he will leave nothing undone to make MIC corrupt This Is no Idle theory. It Is what I * being done every day In the year We know one school book agent who Is emplojed for no other purpose than to j corrupt and bribe city acliool boards A teacher who was naked recently to examine some books ot this houeo said 'I do not care j to sco them I never csn see the Imprint of , Book Co but It reminds me of infamous - I mous women and 'iHberj ' i "Tho time Is fast coming when school boards will be able to distinguish between a superintendent who Is owned by the book trutt and a man of high character and con science And the time Is coming swiftly when educators all over the land will absolutely refuse to recommend or In troduce the books of the trust and so give aid and support to a house that , with brazen effrontery , dares openly to In sult the great body \merlcan educators by proclaiming that bribery Is justifiable , while these educators , by force of clrcum- ( stances are compelled to remain silent and so arc put In the false light of endorsers of such sentiments Co lu in hi I.nu School , Prof William A. Keener , dean of Colum bia university law school , announces n rad ical change In the character of the school by limiting admission to college gradu ates. The change Is made pursuant to a resolution of the university trustees passed i\t their last meeting and converting the law school Into a graduate chool. It Is to take effect In the fall of 1903 and Is re garded -completing the development which was begun toy Prof Keener and his asso ciates In 1S91. Until that time the method of Instruction wns by the lecture system and students were accustomed to give the larger part of their time to work In law offices. Under Prof Keenflr the system of study by cases was Introduced and the standard of scholarship was raised so that the work of the school required the whole of a student's time The percentage of college men In the school nas rl en In pro portion with this raising of standard and has Increased from 42 per cent In 1893 to 62 per cent In 1S9S. Prof. Keener announced also that two Important additions will bo made ne\t year to the law school curriculum. One Is a unique course In office practice in which training will be given In the practical work C'f the law office nnd the drawing of papers entirely exclusive of court practice. Through this it Is hoped to give men a much firmer grasp on the practical side of law. The other course will be on the prac tice under the new national bankruptcy law. I'ortn Itlcnn School * . General John B. Eaton , former United States commissioner of education , whom General Henry selected to reorganize anl superintend the schools of Porto Rico , has made rapid progress In his work. So far more than twenty-five towns have applied for English kindergarten teachers. But In order to bo sure the voung women will be paid properly the general Intends to go slowly in this matter. Free transportation from the United States will bo furnished to the teachers. Then , as a number of colleges - / leges and universities In the United States i liave offered free scholarships to Porto Rlcan youths , General Eaton also has re quested all school principals to give him Im mediately a list of bo > s worthy and desirous of an education For the older people , who need help as well as the children , the new- superintendent will establish In San Juan an English library , modeled after the New- York State library , with branches In all the principal cities and towns The new library ft 111 be very complete , Including departments of law , sanitation , agriculture and educa tion. In addition tb the standard literary works and books and pamphlets relating to general and special subjects. nUj of .Nebraskaotex. . At a meeting of the regents Thursday morning Hou. C. II. Morrlll , president of the board , announced that he would give $200 to serve as a fund for the help of needy students and to provide for those who fall sick whlk- pursuing ithelr studies at the University of Nebraska. Miss Madgo Wiggins ot the University School of Domestic Science has rece-Dtly been appointed to the scholarship offered by the Oread Institute of Domestic Science at Worcester , Mass. , an honor given for high scholarship , This is one of a number of such scholarships given to each state. Notice has been received at the adminis trative office of the university that the an nual examination for assistants in the United States Department of Agriculture , office at experiment stations , will be held by the Civil Service commission April 11 , and , as heretofore , will include major and minor examinations in a number of scien tific nnd technical subjects The "Colloquium , " formed for Latin teachers and graduate students , met for/tho first time Tuesday evening in University hall. The meeting was opened by Prof Bar ber , who explained its purpose , and Dr Johnson them gave a. brief review of some interesting articles from the various period icals The- remaining time was taken up by a dlscuwlon of Bennett's grammar by Prof. Barber. President Angell , in the Congrogatlonallst of January 27 , estimates that there Is one Michigan student In the University of Mich igan for every 1,312 inhabitants of the sV-e and expresses great satisfaction at this state of affairs Dean Bessoy of the Unlverity of Nebraska has made a rough estimate in the same way and finds that there arc two students for about every 1,342 Inhabitants In Nebraska attending the University of Ne braska H R 171 passed the senate Tuesday by a vote of 23 to 6 and was signed by the governor Wednesday noon. Charter day. This Is the bill by which the university receives ) a 1-mlll levy on the general as sessment , instead ot a three-eighths of 1 mill levy , as heretofore. The regents of the university estimate that they will receive during the coming' two > cars the sum of $308,500 , or $154,250 a year. This will cre ate a fund but $13,000 larger than annual appropriations during the last two jears , as the appropriations from the state for the last blcnnlum were $28J,500 , or $141,250 per annum. The duties of dean of women vary in each Institution , according to circumstances and conditions , but In every case she represents the women students as a bodj , looks after their interests and endeavors to cultivate certain important phases of their student life She also endeavo-s { , > como Into con fidential relations with individual students and to bo to them something more than a technical adviser. Mrs. Emma P Wilson , dean of women , has regular office hours daily for consultation , with an indefinite amount of time devoted to private opnsulta- tlon , var > lnu from day to day. She calls upon and looks after young women who are 111 and Is a member of thu Infirmary com mittee and of the university extension com mittee and serves on special o mmtttece She lectures In Cugllsh literature- . Cer tain correspondence is naturally referred to the dean of women nnd she has charge of the Introduction of university extension In women's clulw throughout the stale The dean of women alee co-o-perates with the executive office In assisting joung women who are working their way through school In a word , she contributes to > the social and moral life of the young women and looks after their general welfare. The appointment of dean of women In co educational Institutions is In the line of tbo natural evolution of co-education. There has been a general recognition In such In stitutions of -necessity for such an office , One can readily appreciate the advantages to itne young women in having someone to whom they can look for counsel , sympatb ) and help In matters aside from the routine of class work , Thla la especially true In the large unlverelty , with its complex or- i ganltatlcn , Its different colleges and large number of students. Formerly the college I vvia like a great family , with the president . lu loco parentls ; but now tbo modern uni versity partakes moro of the nature of a small community. The great and vital I changes of eov eminent kind organization have made necMMiry , amonj ? mtny ether Innova tions , this office of dean of women This olficc wan Identified with tbo beginnings at the hlntory of co-oJircntlon , for as early s 1873 the Northwestern university appointed aa Its first dan of women Krnnccn E Wll- lard The university opened Us doors to women In 1S71 and thus early in th * move- mtnt deemed It .necessary and wise to pro- vldo for the jouns ; women lomeone to whom they could go fre-ely for sympathy , counsel nnd ass'stance. ' The University of Chicago opened In 1892 with three deans of women In that university about one-third of the students are women This office has also been established in the faculties of Michi gan , Wisconsin and Illlncjla The university Is drawing from n wider area than ever before Six moro counties within the state arc represented In attend ance than two years ago The seventy-five counties represented embrace most of the counties that are really settled. The gains may bo Illustrated by taking at random cer tain counties. The gain In Tha > er county l.s 216 per cent. In Johnson 200 per ccut , In Nemaha 200 per cent , in Cumlng 200 per cent , In Washington 190 per cent. In Scward 100 per cent , In Saunders 95 per cent , In RIchard'on 85 per cent , In Otoe 71 per cent , In Clay 70 per cent , In Saline 62 per cent , In Lancaster 67 per cent , In Cass 60 per cent and Iti Douglas 37 per cent Ten more coun tries and sMtes appear upon the list of places of birth than two jears ago. the records bhowlng students from as far cast as Japan and as far west as California. In the age of the students , ranging from only two at 15 years of age to one at 61 > ers of age , there have been decided gains In maturity. The largest number of anj one age In the last blennlum was 170 at 19 jcars , as agalEst 263 of 20 years of age In the present blennlum. The average age at present ot all students Is 22 4 > pirs The quality ot the student body Is not only surely Improv ing in maturity , but also in the preparation. Tour hundred and three prepared at colleges In this blonnluni , as against 182 la the one preceding , 702 at accredited nigh schools , as against 634 , 340 In other than accredited high schools , as acalnst 101 In the preceding blennlum ; 197 at teachers normals , as against 81 , 74 In academies , as against 43 In all private schools In the pre ceding period. The number from grades and district schools is relatively smaller , only 253 , as analnst 23C. It U especHlly sig nificant ot the qualtj of the student body that the proportion of women to men Is rapIdly - Idly Increasing and Is above the proportion In other co-educational Institutions of like rank. The whole number of women in 1896-97 was 761. in 1897-9S , 872. la recog nition ot this corstltuency the regents in June , 1S98 , created the office of dean of wwnen and appointed an alumnae ot the uni versity dean. IMucatloiml Andrew Carnegie's gifts for public libraries aggregate $6.000,000 , and ho has $2.000,000 moro pledged to the same uses. Andrew Carnegie has offered to the city ot Atlanta the sum ot $100.000 for a free public llbarary on condition that the c'ty furnish a site and maintain the library at a cost of not less than $5,000 a year. Truxton Beale has offered to the Board of Trustees of Bakersflcld , Cal. , a building and grounds for a free public library , which he will erect in memory ol his father , the late General E. r Beale , who held many positions under the government , Including that ot minister to Austria. Dr. Edward Murphy of Now Harmony , Ind , has given $42,000 for the town's pub- Vie library , this gift being supplementary to presentation sjmo years ago of a li brary building costing $30,000. The doctor is S6 years old and desires , he sa > s , to dispose of my property w Ithout the Interven tion of courts and juries. " The committee of tvvelvo phvslolans ap pointed Eh. weeks ago to raise $150,000 among the alumni of the University of Penn sylvania for the new physiological , phar macological and pathological laboratory has secured $40,000 of the required amount. This Bne laboratory , which Is to be the finest and most elaborate ot the kind in ho coun try , is to cost $300.000. Half ot this amount Is to be provided by Provost Harrison from eources at present kept secret. Prof. J. B. Johnson of Washington uni versity , St. Louis , who has Just been elected dccn ot the faculty of the University of Wisconsin , is on engineer ot the first rank and is president ot the Society for the "ro- motlon of Engineering Education. He was graJuated from the University of Michigan In 1878 , and up to 1883 he- was engaged as engineer on the United States lake survey. Ho is a member ot many scientific societies , and Is the author of a number of Important scientific , works. For the last few jears It has been ob served that a much younger class < .t stu dents are catering Missouri t-niversity than In previous jears. The students have be come BO distressed at the remarks regaiding their extremely jouthful appearance that they have concocted aa Ingenious scheme to remedy the difficulty. A club has been cr- ganized by them to promote the growth of whiskers. The by-laws , which were adopted , are rigid and exacting No student will bo permitted to shave before next April. VISIT COUNTRY MERCHANTS Omaha Jolihcrn J'lnii ail Eicurxlou Out Into the Adjacent Terrltorj. The first of a series of merchants' excur sions through southern Nebraska and eastern Iowa has been scheduled to leave Omaha Thursday morning This Is subject , how ever , to the approval of the local business men as signified by their readiness to par ticipate in the trip in sufficient numbers to make it a success. Secretary Utt of the Commercial club gent out 200 Invitations to local business men this morning , to which Immediate answers by telephone or other wise are requested. Aside from these a gen eral Invitation is extended to business men to join the party and assist In cultivating a fraternal sentiment with the business men of the smaller towns In this territory. The custom of having shippers' excursions from jobbing centers has been followed with marked success by a number of other cities. The effect has been to bring the country merchants into closer touch with the central market and to cultivate rela tions that have been of benefit to all con cerned. Recently the Kansas City people took a big party through parts of Missouri , Arkansas and Kansas , and the venture was a distinct success The -months of Febru ary and March are best adapted for these excursions , and If there is an adequate re sponse to the present Invitation It Is pro posed to organize quite n number of them in Omuha before April 1. Each trip will be short , In order that business men may not be kept aw&y from their business for an un reasonable time and the expenses will bo comparatively small. The first trip will be on the Burlington from Omaha to Humboldt , and will occupy two tla > B The special train will leave- Omalia at 8 o'clock Thursday morning. The first stop will be at Hlckman , and the party will probably take dinner at Tecumseh and spend the night at Beatrice. OQ the second day dinner will be obtained at Superior and supper at Crete , the homeward trip occupy ing till evening. The arrangements have beea made In the expectation that a party of at least seventy-five will make the trip Bendlx concert , 1st M. E. church tonight. HAS SYMPTOMS OF SMALLPOX Iliiliy IllKUinv nt thu Vfmlome Hotel to He Kept Under Clone Ounrniitlne , Another prospect of further Imprisonment It ) offered the score of people who are con fined In the Vendome hotel under smallpox quarantine. A little baby named Hlggins , who has been ailing for some days , Is now- thought to have the disease , The attack Is a ver > light one , but 1C will necessitate a continuance ot the quarantine some time longer , as It has been decided not to remove the child , to the smallpox hospital , Outside this new case the smallpox situa tion is very encouraging. Three weeks have elapsed since- the discovery of any case out side of families in which the disease ex- Uted , and the few cases that have not recov ered are doing nicely. TAKE CP GAMBLING CASES Policy Shop Drawings Explained in the County Court. SEPARATE TRIALS ARE ASKED FOR Motion In Itcfiifttil mid the Taking of Ktlilrner In Itclntlnn ( n { I'lnjcd lit South Oinnlin llr If I UN. The first ot the four gambling cases against Thomas Dennlson and Nestlehoutc for Keeping gaming devices tooth In thla city and South Omaha , -was taken tip by Judge Daxtcr yesterday. A. S. Hltchlci representing the accused , Insisted upon separate hearings for each. The charges , he said , arc different In each of the caeca and one defendant should not have his liberty Jeopardised by his con nection , possibly remote , with another He referred to the Wisconsin supreme court de cision In the Sorensen case to support his demand. Deputy County Attorney Dunn ob jected on the ground that Judge Baxter was sitting as a mere examining magistrate , not to pass upon the guilt or Innocence of the accused , but to simply determine probable - able cause for binding over to the district court. Judge Daxtcr said Mr. Ritchie's position was based upon the presumption that the examining magistrate could not distinguish between the defendants Insofar as the evi dence concerned them. He said ho did not care to go over the same evidence In ex amining each of the two men , but he could be relied upon to make proper deductions accordingly ho refused Mr. Ritchie's de mand and an exception was taken. H. C. Richmond a reporter , was first called to the stand. Richmond said ho had first seen a wheel ot some kind , supposed to ha\o been a policy wheel , In the place known as the old police headquarters In the John I. Rcdlck building , December last. A wheel was In the court room and It was offered In evidence by Dunn Wit ness testified that ho had subsequently seen a wheel sllmllar to It. He had noticed John Dennlson and a colored man. Henry Stan art , he said , when ho visited the place , and the wheel was in the rear end of the building. As described by Richmond , John Dennlson was standing near a desk and a ratling and the negro was handling some pieces of pasteboard. On this particular visit he saw nothing of consequence. He next visited the place about the middle of January. In an attempt to meet the objections of Mr. Ritchie , County Attorney Shields ex plained that the state proposed to show that the wheel was operated In South Omaha , though tickets were sold in Omaha ; that the complaint charged the offense to have been committed In Douglas county. He would prove that although Thomas Dennl son had not been seen at the South Omaha establishment , yet he was connected with the policy game. Richmond was allowed to go Into details in describing his January visit. He said Stewart sold tickets. On thc'nlght of Janu ary 16 he went to the place again and saw the wheel In operation. Witness could not remember the numbers drawn until a com munication from Mr. Richmond to his em ployer , the managing editor of the World- Herald , was handed him for Identification. It was a report to Mr. Metcalfe of what Richmond had observed on the night of January 16 , giving a list of numbers drawn. Explaining the Game. The attorney prosecuting made the most of Richmond's evidence , though the wit ness did not eocra to bo able to give any very positive statements. He was allowed to refresh his memory from the report he had made to Mr. Metcalfe. He gave the names of Martin Eddy and Lonls Hemple as being those of other employes , but this evidence was stricken out , being hearsay. Another reporter In the employ of the World-Herald , "Sandy" Grlswold , was called when Richmond had finished. He said that some time In January he. In com pany with George Kelgh and Charles Thomas , visited a. resort on Thirteenth street , across the alley , -north of the Millard - lard hotel , reaching there just after the telephoned report of a drawing had been finished. Nestlchouse was observed by him , he said. There were two floors in the place , a blackboard being along a wall on the ground floor , with other essentials for a re port of a policy drawing , and down In the basement were several games of "craps" running , according to Grlswold. Nestle- house told him he "was simply a hired hand working at his job. " Witness could not re member the alleged "polic > numbers" put down on the blackboard. Ho made a second visit at night. Two largo table tops were borne into the courtroom to give an Idea of the tables Griswold said he saw used for the "crap" games. Grlswold was allowed to explaiu how the game of "craps" Is played. Deputy Sheriff George Strykcr , Sheriff McDonald , Deputies George W. Hill aad Dell I'earco followed In quick succession Striker had gone to the Thirteenth street place with a search warrant. He said he haw both Thomas Dennlson and Nestlehouse In 'the office and told them his mission. The main purpose of calling Sheriff Mc Donald and Deputy Pearce seemed to be to have them prove that the telephone between the Omaha aad South Omaha places was a private one. The sheriff went to the Thir teenth street place and Deputies Hill and Pearce went to South Omaha. Pearce said he communicated from the South Omaha re sort with thu sheriff at the Thirteenth street establishment directly , that is , with out having to call up Iho central telephone office. This McDonald corroborated Pearce also said ho took possession of some of the little tubes In the wheel and $115 In cash. The money he turned over to John Dennl- son. son.Hill's evidence was to the effect that he went after John Dennlson on the date men tioned. Ho saw Dennlson and a colored man and noticed a blackboard marked with some figures , He also Identified the wheel In the court room as the "policy wheel. " The prosecution has about all Its evidence In. Tn > Inr Onlereil Into Court. In the suits of the Randolph Savings bank against Mary A , Cooper , James W. Eller , the Globe Loan and Trust company and others the executors of the estate of the late /a W. Brless have filed an answer and crces petition in which they set up that In Decem ber 16 , 1896 , Asa W. Drlggs obtained a Judg ment ngalntt the Globe Loan and Trust company for J3J2 23 with Interest from Sep tember 2S , 1S06 , at T per cent , and also costs amounting to $29 7S. but that no part of thla Judgment has been paid An execution was duly Issued January 2S this year and placed In the sheriff's hands. It wns returned wholly unsatisfied , they state. Therefore they ask that this Judg ment mar be made a first Hen upon the property In dispute Rhoda S IJurt and Benjamin W. Brlggs are the executor * . They were appointed by the surrogate court of St Lnwronco county , Now York , after Mr Drlggs' death , Novem ber 22 , ISO ? Cadet Taylor and others In terested In the Globe Loan nnd Trust com pany have been ordered to appear In court on Saturday and produce their books for the purpose of showing what disposition has been made of some of thu assets of the Globe Loan and Trust company. ACTIOS : YIT iTHU MOISU c.vsn. Judge Scott Too Una } to Iftfttio HI" 1'lniil Order. No action has vet been taken In the Molso mandamus case aealnst the Doard of Tire and Police Commissioners Judge Scott said he Is too busy In the Gladlsh suit against the Omaha National bank to do anything else for n day or two Later his formal Judgment will be recorded and then Mr Connell may enter his motion for a new trial. Judge Scott denies that ho peremptorily refused a supcrscdeas Ho says ho simply said ho did not know of any law authorizing him to nllou one In a case of this kind City Attorney Connell has two chances of appeal , one by means of a superscdcas It ho can satisfy the court of Its legality , the other a direct appeal from an overruling of a mo tion for a new trial. The matter may bo reached about the middle of the week. Owing to the fact that Judge Scott has as yet failed to sign the order of the court which Is to be served upon the Board of Fire nnd Police Commissioners In the Molse case It is considered unlikely that any steps will be taken either to grant or refuse Molse a license at the meeting of the board tonight. The members of the board will say nothing about the matter , but It Is understood that City Attorney Connell has advised them not to do anything until the court order Is forthcoming VICTORY TOR TUIMIIXAk COMPANY. Judge DIckliiNou Dcnlcn Injimctlou Anked Tor by T limit an Swift. Judge Dickinson has denied the injunction asked for by Thomas Swift pgalnst the Omaha Bridge and Terminal company to prevent It from crossing Webster and Cali fornia streets near Twelfth and Thirteenth. The court sustains the position taken by the city legal department when the ordi nance allowing the railroad company to cross these streets was passed , January 10 , and holds that the provision In the city charter relating to the granting of franchises to railroad companies was Intended to be ap plied to street railway rompanles and not companies of the character of the Omaha Bridge and Terminal company. Sections 72 , 81 and 83 of chapter xvl ( the railroad law ) provide for the city authorities and the railroad company to get together and agree upon allowing- the company to cross the streets , and In the event of a fail ure to so agree the railroad company may exercise the right of eminent domain and resort to condemnation proceedings. Swift's property rights are held to bo not material as he has an adequate remedy In a damage suit. suit.This This decision carries with it also the Gsan- 1 tner injunction suit , as the points were the same In both cases. Minor Matter * In Court. A $5,000 damage suit has been commenced by James S. Fadden , who lives near Omaha Heights , against the Omaha Street Rail way company. Faddea. states that a colli sion , occurred between a Sherman avenue car and a Locust street motor last August whereby ho was Injured. The temporary Injunction which the Getty-Mitchell compauy applied for to keep the "Wash-A-Lone" company from v.slng a formula for making soap and also the term "Wash-A-Lono" claimed by the plaintiff to bo Its 'trade ' mark , has boon refusi-J by Judge Dickinson on account of the Insuffi ciency of the pleadings. The court con sidered the affidavits conflicting. A damage suit for $1,300 has been fctarted against the city by Ellen W. Arnold , trustee tee- for John and Julia Flannagan , who own lots 1 'to ' 8 , block 19 , and lots 1 to 9. block 20 , Boyd's addition , because of the flooding of the property last June. This Is the Flannagan homestead and a. creek has run through the southern portion. The city In 1897 ran a sewer along the creek bed and filled It up. The plaintiffs say the sewer was too small to carry oft the water and their house and stable were floated. TWO HOLDUPS ARE REPORTED CarrliiKton and llrmilej Arc Itoliheil While on the War to Their IIonicH. Two holdups occurred Sunday night on the south side. John C. Carrlngton , local manager of the Red Cross society , was on bis way to his home when he was accosted by two men. He was on Thirteenth , between Frederick and Spring streets , when two highwaymen ordered him to elevate hia hands. He did so , and the men ransacked his pockets. The handkerchief dropped off the face of one of the men nnd Carrlngton obtained n good look at his face. The rob bers got some small change. James Brawlej , 1710 South Seventeenth street , contributed 40 cents to the support of two men who held him up between Williams and Hickory streets on Sixteenth. Prac tically the same course was pursued as that followed by the two men who robbed Car rlngton , and It Is believed the same men may have done the work. Two men have been arrested as suspects , but Carrlngton Is un able to Identify them. Dr. Bull's Cough Sjrup will positively cure cold In the chest. Price , 25 cents. The following marriage licenses were 1s- eued by County Judge Baxter yesterday : Name and Itesldenco. Age Jacob E Trey , Omaha . 37 Lucy May Walton , Omaha . 23 Max Wlttges , Omaha . 38 Hedwig Getzschmann , Omaha . 27 Noble B. Lessener , South Omaha . 22 Ida Orr , South Omaha . 19 Sam C , Llchtcnsteln , Salt Lake . 22 Fay Wolff , Omaha . 20 Happy Is the man or woman who can eat a good , hearty meal without suffering after ward. If you cannot do It , take Kodol Dys pepsia Curo. It digests what you cat , and cures all forms of Dyspepsia and Indigestion , Misses' ' Spring Heels Better misses' shoes than ha > e ever been sold for $1.50 This misses' $1.50 shoe we have been twenty > ears In perfecting This sea son's misses' $1.50 shoe falls heir to all the good points of Its predecessors The product of the best misses' shoe facotry in the world One price only the popular price We have always carried misses' shoes to wear We have never carried misses' shoes only to sell We carry the largest line of misses' and children's shots In the west. Drexel Shoe Co. , Omaha' * Up-to-dnte Shoe Iloute , UIO FARNAM ST11EET. Rheumatism , Winter's Terror ! Cold , Damp Weather Ag gravates the Disease. Cold , dump and disagreeable \yoathor is dreaded by these sub- jpct to Rheumatism , for the slight- eat change in the atmosphere or temperature is sure to increase their suffering. A great many who expnrienco little difficulty from Rheumatism during the summer months are likely to be lieve themselves rid of the disease , but with the first cold , damp day their aches and pains return and they soon find themselves firmly in the grasp of their old enemy , who tortures them more than over. "Several years BRO I was afflicted with whnt the doctors called Sciatic Rheumatism or Lumbago , suffering the most intense agony at times , and being confined to my bed about n year , al though four of the best physicians ( one of whom was my father ) attended mo during my illness. They could give mo only temporary relief , and I think they tried about all of the remedies known to medical science , dosing me with strong medicines until my stomach got in Bucn a condition that I could digest nothing , and neither myself nor friends had any hope of my recovery. I was persuaded to try S. S. S. , and before finishing the first bottle , I found that I had tb right remedy. I continued to REPLIES 10 HIS SLANDERERS Chief of Police White Throws Gome Light on Certain Oases. TELLS WHY WEST AND HYDE WERE IN JAIL Arc > ot "Hurleil lu Morro Cantle , " hut Mmj > l > - Held Until Charge * Them Can Be "Have I anj thing to say about the attacks made on me In the World-Herald ? I do not see that they call for any special answer on my part , " said Chief ot Police White. "They are simply part and parcel of the scheme which wns put up , even before I was appointed , to ob struct everj thing and anything I might dote to make the police force of Omaha more efficient by divorcing it from the gang ot blackmailers who had used it to line their own pockets before I took charge. Owing to the fact that the police Judge refuses to convict prisoners upon evidence offered by police officers , we are compelled to deal more severely with prisoners than we would other , wise. The complaints about the leniency of the police Judge were even more numer ous under my predecessor. When I first took charge I had all the prisoners promptly arraigned , but found they were turned loess as quickly as they were brought Into the po lice court. For this reason I have gone back to the old practice. All suspicious charac ters known to have crooked records are held until ample opportunity has been given the officers to look up all the evidence against them. Ot course It the evidence falls to come up to the conclusive standard required by the police Judge prisoners are turned loose , and It makes no difference whether they are turned loose by me or by the police Judge eo far as they are concerned. "Aa to the alleged cases of persecution In which Innocent victims are hidden In dungeons , the records speak for themselves. This much I have to say , that no honest man , and nobody whose record is above reproach preach , need have any fear of being mo lested by the police. According to the rec- 01 ds of the police department , nnd the re ports of tbo officers , the two cases about which the World-Herald Is making so much ado are such that they will elicit no sym pathy from the public when the facts are known. "Tho records show that Edward Hyde was arrested on suspicion of Implication In a burglary. He has been arrested a numbei of times and convicted In the police court , even before Judge Gordon. Instead of ex hibiting solicitude for his family , about which the World-Herald goes Into such pathetic hysterics , he has had his wife placed aa an Inmate of a house of prostitu tion and for months he has lived oft the earnings made by her at her trade. He requested to be reloaded on condition of leaving the city , and was turned loose for that reason rather than because there Is not any ca&3 against him. "The case of West is almost equally one of mistaken sympathy. He was arrested at 2 o'clock In the morning In the vicinity of Twentieth and Chicago streets coming out of a back yard , and was unable to give any tnko It until it curwl mo perfectly. This wns ftbout nlno years ago , nnd Ii hftvo been in splendid health ever since. "J "K MANPON , "Murfreeboro , Tcnn " If yon Imvo Hluninwtism , whr not throw nsido romedica which hrvvo done you no good , nnd t keene one that will cnro you ? Disap pointment never results from the .OEa use of Swift's S p o o i fl o ; it nlwnyn c u r o Hhoumtitism , bocnuso it is a real blood remedy rind goea down | | ; to the bottom of the trouble nnd forcei it from the By stem. Ev ery chiim made for S. S. S. is bnsed upon whnt it has nlrendy done cures actually made for many who wore in just ns bad condition aa you , perhaps. S. S. S. is the only blood remedy guaranteed Purely Vegetable Ono thousand dollars will be paid to any chemist who can find in it a particle of potash , mercury or any other mineral ingredient. Valuable books sent free by Swift Specific Co. , Atlanta , Ga. account of himself. He pretended he had been calling on a girl and then admitted that this was untrue and that bo had no business In the neighborhood. Ho was reported as being the associate of suspicious characters and was therefore held at the station for about ten da > s , while the officers were In vestigating his record. "The World-Herald , In an article headed 'Put up the Donkej , ' states that I was ex tending privileges to saloon keepers and others for the purpose of Inducing them to use their Influence In the approaching trial of one Thomas Dennlson. In reply to this I will say that at no time has it been my desire to have the prosecution suppressed , but , on the other hand , would like to see him prosecuted , ns I am In hopes the evi dence will show who the blackmailers are who have been blackmailing him and others during the past year. " SELL AT A BIG PREMIUM lliiltlorK Arc Alt Aiixloun to Sconro the O in aim lllfih School IlonilH. Big premiums were offered yesterday afternoon for the { 230,000 High school bonds voted last fall. The highest was $21- 275 , the bid of Lamprecht Brothers of Cleveland. This firm also agreed to offer a premium of $3,750 for the bonds if the rate of Interest Is reduced from I to 3Vi per cent , the firm to pay for the lithographing of the new- Issue of bonds. There were fifteen bids In all. Two , those of the First National bank of Columbus and S A. Kean of Chicago cage , were thrown out because they wora not accompanied with certified checks for $5,000 on Oaiaha banks. The bids folio * : Spltzer & Co. , Toledo , O , $14,327 ; Missis sippi Valley Trust compaay , St. L > ouls , $12- 875 ; C. H. ImhofT , Lincoln , $14,020 ; N. W. Harris & Co , Chicago , $15,110 ; Parson , Leach & Co. , Chicago , $14,25050 ; .Merchants' Loan and Trust company , Chicago , $18,525 ; Mason , Lewis & Co , Chicago , $20,375 ; Den nlson , Prior & Co , Cleveland , $16,300 ; John Deuveen & Co. , Chicago , $12,337 50 ; E. H. Rnlllns & Son , Boston , $12.)00 ; Omaha Na tional bank , Omaha , $7,200 , Lamprecht Bros , Cleveland , $21,275 ; Brlggs , Todd & Co. , Cincinnati , $20,800. The | t Ak-Sar-Beii Goat l ran never give you X the trouble iourX tjea will If you Z neglect .their care A at a time when i most needed Dr. + McCarthy cun not * only tell you what Is the matter , but ho will furnish the proper glasses so that .ill errors will bo corrected He Eupcppdi where others fall He will f'Yiimlne lour eyes free. DR. MCCARTHY , THn EVE SPECIALIST. 413-JU KAHIiACH BLOCK , Examinations OMAHA. Free Not All in the Price- Although the price has from $50 to $100 to do with any piano purchase } ou make here wo save that much for you but Its the style of the Instrument the tone the touch and the reputation what makes rep utation' Simply the goodness ns has been proven by use the pianos we sell represent the world's greatest products , such as the Knabe. Klmball , Kranich . Bach , Hallut & Davis , Hospe and others over 35 different woods represented In our stock. A. HOSPE , We crlrbrati * onr5th huilneii nnnl- vcrMury Oct. 23rd , 1800. Music and Art. 1513 Douglas. It's ' Warm Enough Now For ice cream and wo have a way of put ting It up In little round barrels that bold just a quart enough for eight persons only 40 cents this will keep In July right In your pocket for ten hours and it will keep till you eat it this weather. Our luncheon will be found the best and most economical In Omaha Ladles will find this a convenient place to take noonday lunch when down shopping evcr > thing cut In two except the service , that's the same as ever. ever.BALDUFFS , Unch-ll:30 to 2:30. Supper-5i30 to S3Q | , 1520 Fnrnum St ,