THIS OMAHA DAILY UK 13 : WISDXESP AY , MAY ! l , 18JM .
TIME WASTED IN SCHOOLS
Lack of tha Practical in Preaont Elucationa
System CriticiBtd.
ARE THE MASSES BEING OVEREDUCATED
I'rotillnrltloM of the C'orpnii.rliooln -
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A speech on education delivered In Snn
I-'ranclsco recently by Collls 1' . lluntlngton ,
tno noted rnllrond magnate , has arumed
considerable illst-iisslon. Mr. Huntlngton de
clared that the mass of the people were
being ovorcdiicnled , with the result that there
Is n largo clans which morns hard work of
the practical sort nnd makes n precarious
living In consequence. HP ] id stress upon
the value of the jcars from 1C to 2f. In ac
quiring innately of some line of business ,
and deplored the fact that so many J-OUHR
men spend that period In ways which after
ward prove of little help In achieving suc
cess. His contention wan that the great
majority of young men should pot an early
start In the practical woik of life.
"This IH the old-fashioned business man's
view , " comments the IlulTalo i\press. "nnd
'It ' contains both positive merit and useful
criticism of a side of the general educa
tional practice. The boy who begins prac
tical work early acquires a facility which
docs not come later. Ho Rets the habit of
cbcjlng ordcis cheerfully , of taking what
comes to him ns n matter of couise. HeBrews
Brows Into his busliuss until It becomes
second nature , and when ho has the n/ial
qualities that Rlvo him personal staiullim
nnd the IntelllRenco which constantly widens
Ills horizon , he usinlly commands a meas
ure of success The Rrcat objection to glv-
IHR many young men nu ncadcmlc educa
tion is that they are not taught the ele
ments of the wmk they must do after leav
ing college. The strtss 1ms been laid upon
moral and Intellectual preparation , to the
neglect of the practical. This applies In
part to the serious workers who Intend to
follow the piofcsslons , for which , however ,
this preparation Is not generally unsatisfac
tory. The shiftless men , who manage to got
through college without thoroughness In
liny direction , cannot bo said to be overeducated -
educated ; they have not spent their time
to the best advantage , either for a pro
fessional carcci or for practical life.
"A third class of young men consists of
these who make a good use of their college
course , but do not follow a profession. It
Is these that might better have had a kind
of training ; which would put them more
easily into touch with the Industiial nnd
commercial life which the mass of men
must pursue. The education these men re
ceive Is well worth while because It was
Intended to give them broad and sane Ideas
of life. It Is chiefly defectlvo because It
lias not directed attention to the necessity
of entering heart and soul Into some branch
of what Is called -business nnd to the worth
nnd dignity of such n career. This defect
In academic education produces the l.irge
clement towhich Mr. lluntlngton refers
these who are unable to bo successful at
a profession and who do not like the Idea
of learning thoroughly a commercial or in
dustrial pursuit.
"But there Is an educational tendency
nbroad now which Is certain to reduce the
Blzu of this class and to work a very great
change 'n ' the attitude of some educated
men toward business in Its humbler forms.
It Involves not only manual training , but
Industrial nnd commercial education. The
schools of technology have already done a
great denl In hnrmonlzlng theory nnd the
severest practice. Their work , however ,
lias been In the direction of training engi
neers , who can rlghtlj" claim to belong "to
one of the most Important professions. The
higher trade schools , which specialize the
beginnings madi * by manual training , are
doing moro than this , for they show how
theory nnd practice can be combined with
profit and adequate remuneiatlon in the
most strictly economic side of life. They
give a training which takes the place of
nctual work In mills during the jounger
years and Is far better In Its ultimate re
sults. The commercial schools carry the
eamo Idea Into another phase of business
life.
"As these Institutions make themselves
felt in this country as they have In Eu-
iope , they must Inevitably Increase the at
tractions of the business career and shame
the college graduate Into following a busl-
IICBS with the same enthusiasm that marks
1 \ the graduate of a textile school , for In
stance. They must , In fact , Inculcate the
Idea broadly that it Is worth while for the
best minds of the United States , so far as
they have a practical turn , to study ex
haustively , and work earnestly with their
liands in doing it , any great branch of In
dustry or trade that It Is better to bo at
. - ' -work at something than to aspire to bo
- members of a profession for which they are
not fitted.
"In the meantime It is to bo remembered
that It Is the wide diffusion of education
which has so Increased thu wantB of the
people of the United States that the home
market Is the best In the world. It Is not
education that la at fault , but the refusal , ,
from false pride or other cause , to utllUo
It to the best advantage to the community.
There can be no overeducatlon except that
which makes its possessor a parasite. "
C'urvn'M Uii111uu SoliiiolN.
Miss Loulso Chase , formerly employed as
a teacher In the public schools In Hurley ,
6. 1)who Is now a missionary In Corea ,
writes an Interesting letter to friends In
South Dakota In reference to the unique
echools of that far oft land.
"Tho teacher , " she writes , "Is always an
old man. He alts on the floor In the front
end of the room and never gets up to walk
about the room to see what pranks the chil
dren are up to In the back part of the room.
Ho Is always dressed In white , keeps his lint
on In the house , leaves his shoes outside the
door and Bmokcs his pipe any time ho likes
during the school hours ; ho has no timepiece -
piece , but goes by the sun , The pupils all
gather at about 0 o'clock and study until 12.
The teacher calls the attention of the chil
dren by tapping on the floor with a long
stick and ho uses the sumo stick on thu
heads of the boys who do not behave well.
"Little girls are never seen In a heathen
Corean school. It is only the boys who are
educated. They are usually C or 7 years
old when they begin nnd stay In school un
til they are 16 or 17. They , during these
years , btudy mostly the Chinese books of
blbtory , science and religion nnd also study
Corean geography. They all want to know
the Chlnebo characters , because they think
that China Is the most powerful and popu
lar country In the world and ns the Coroans
have always been ruled largely by China
they have a sort of reverence for that
country.
"Tho boys never wash their bands or
fares or hn\e their hair combed before comIng -
Ing to * rhonl each morning and you Vnow
the bovs here ne\er cul thrlr h.Ur mull
they nro about IS or 2n > enrs old but wear
It In a braid down the baik They ahvnjp
wrar great. bngg > trousers , with > ards nnd
j.irds of white muslin ns the only material
In them Tholr coats are also of muslin ,
colored pink or blue or purple. Tlit-lr little
straw shoes and shoit , whlto Mocking * nro
very pretlv whrn they can afford to wear
them. There are a number of Christian
schools In Coroa now for the girls. The
girls come to the little church room two
evenings of each week and study the native
characters and learn to read and write them
nnd then base a blblo lesson and commit to
memory n great many scriptural texts They
study evenings because they have to work
hard all dav , hclnlng their mothers with
the work or taking care of the baby brother
or sister. "
liiu ( lie Chlm-sp.
The city of San Francisco maintains a free
public school In the Chinese quarter for the
Instruction of Chinese In the KiiKllsh
language , and eight rellqloun denominations
lm\o o.ich a school for the chriti'mni'-ig of
whnt they term the heathen. The rhurche.i
nnd that to Chrlstlanl/o the Clilneso tln-v
must first be educated , or , rather , tniu'it our
language , for It Isery rare to find an adult
Chinese who cannot read and write In his
own language The Chin -9" of coui cato
anxious to learn Ungllsh , baoauso It lie'.ps
them In business , nnd cBpjcially since it
costs them nothing. In the nee publls t.'hool
there are about 200 pupils , auil the mission
schools have from fifty to 100 each.
Many of the pupils nro grown men , who
attend with their children , nnd nre often
found in the sain ; class. The public school
hns the usual text books , and the teachers
endeavor to Instruct the Chinese according
to our school system , but flnd it dllllcult to
make them observe the rules. Otic of these
Is icqulilug thu pupil to study In silence , or
"to himself. " The Chinese custom Is for the
pupil to study aloud repeating the words
of his lesson at the highest pitch. They
claim that by this method they acquire the
tone and pitch of the language , not consider
ing that each pupil disturbs the other by his
slug-song repetition. The Chinese leathers
sny that this "studying aloud" not onlj gives
the pupil the proper Inflection , but It en
ables him to detect any "soldiering" on their
part. If any one Is sllout , or he docs not
see his mouth In action , the whip Is brought
Into play. The adult pupils cling to this
"old school" custom , but the chlldien are
easier to handle.
The Chinese ha\c primer text books , begin
ning with the "a-b" series , but most of the
Instruction Is oral. . Having no alphabet ,
there must be , neccssailly , .1 multitude of
tone-combinations to gi\o the numerous i-x-
piessions to the \arlous characters. The
Chinese language has moro characters , or
symbols , than nil of the combined alphabets
of the Caucasian lares. And the tone-com
binations for the expression of these symbols
would make half n dozen of our padded dic
tionaries , lustend of the letters of the
alphabet they ha\e syllables , and these are
combined Into words. The sjllables vary
In meaning according to the tone in which
they are spoken , or the strokes made In
writing them. A sjliable may mean one
thing with certain strokes , and quite another
with different strokes according to the In
flection. The strokea vary from one to sevcn-
teen , and It Is presumed that when se\en-
teen strokes are made around one character
It means something. The teachers stnto
that the Chinese language Is moro flexible
than the English , owing to the shortness of
j ' tholr words , few being over three syllables.
, In writing , the Chinese make one character
for each word , but that word may be prop
erly spoken In syllables. As the syllables
are divided into no longer spaces than are
the words from each other , the spoken
language sounds , to American ears , llko a
monotone sing-song , nnd we do not know
whether ho Is talking of his troubles or tryIng -
Ing to sing. The syllables 'and'wbrds ' ' are so
telescoped by his rapid talking that we Im
agine the language Is very difficult , but
teachers say that It Is easy to learn. The
student must be guided by the Inflection
moro than Ihe word , for the same word
can bo made to express opposite meanings
by the use of different Inflections and tone
of the voice. Perhaps there Is reason in
the Chinese schoolmaster Insisting that
the pupil shall study hie lesson at the
highest pitch of his voice.
The Baccalaureate sermon at Atlanta
university will be preached Sunday , May
28 , by Hev. Edward C. Moore of Providence ,
II. I. , and the commencement address given
Thursday , Juno 1 , by Rev. William II
Davis of Newton , Mass.
On Tuesday and Wednesday. May 30-31 ,
the Fourth Annual Negro conference as
sembles at Atlanta university. This con
ference differs from most of the negro con
ferences lu that Its aim is to collect each
> car statistics and information on certain
limited fields of Inquiry in regard to the
negro. This year the negro In business will
bo discussed nnd statistics from COO colored
business men will bo presented.
Serf-government In the public scools of
Milwaukee has como to grief. The children
were not equal to the responsibility , and the
hoys particularly wore troublesome , being
especially restive under the surveillance of
girl "policemen. " The girls who ser\ed in
this capacity were scoffed at by the boys
rut of school , and naturally they watched
closely In school1 for opportunities to get
oven with their tormentors. Parents com-
plnlncd that the system mndo spies of the
children , caused them to bo watchful of
petty short-comings , revengeful when ar
rested , nnd degraded when brought Into
the school "municipal court. " Another
complaint was that the time occupied by
members of the court In trying offenders
could bo employed better In studying. The
climax cnmo when the fact was disclosed
that one boy , imitating the practices of his
elders In politics , had been trying to buy
votes with pencils to compass his election
as an aldcrmnn In the school government.
.Mortality SIIINCM. | |
The following births nnd deaths were re
ported to the health commissioner during
the last twenty-four hours
nirths James Lindsay , Thirtieth nnd Uur-
dette , boy ; Dudley M , Brown. 108 South
Twenty-llfth avenue , boy ; W. F. White , 3114
Woolworth , boy ; Albert Zimmerman , IU1S
Franklin , boy ; Charles Wymullor , 1820
Sherman avenue , girl ; Lewis Flescher , 47.13
Boward , boy ; Peter Hoinlg , 2737 South
Ninth , boy.
Deaths Joseph Gnsecr , Company B , Third
Nebraska \olunlcers , Bcnnlngton , 21 years ,
asphyxiation ; Thomas Brooks , St. Joseph's
hospital , 39 years , pneumonia ; Frank Klti-
ma , Tweiity-BPCond nnd Woolworth avenue ,
4t ! years ; Udlth d. Taylor , Plalnflerd , N. J. ,
25 years , consumption , Margaret A , Drexel ,
1913 South Tenth , 6 years ; Helen Thompson ,
1248 South Fourteenth , 9 months , Walter
Yeatcs Tletzel , 1424 North Seventeenth. 11
years , accidental gunshot wound , George
Conkllng , Immunuel hospital , 35 years ,
llrimiu'il.
DEULIN , May 23. Fourteen persons -were
drowned today by the upsetting of a ferry
boat on the Danube near Strasburg , Bavaria ,
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tMUMitPP ti i iwp\Tin ttr T i t * n
SlIhRll'l1 ' DARdhNS MlSlAkL
Forcibly Takes Two Deserters Away from an
Army Officer.
HE IS BROUGHT TO OMAHA ON A CAPIAS
IN I nilcr InillotiiiiMit for Inlcrfci IMK
\\llli n I illicit Mulct Ariuj llf-
llror While In the IHs-
I'hnruc of Ml * llut.v.
Sheriff Charles P. Dargon of Diwes
county has been brought in fiom Chadron
on a capias Issued on an indictment wherein
ho Is charged with icscuftiR prisoners from
an ofllccr of the fulled States army and
also with Interfering with an olllcer of the
army while In the discharge of his duty.
The sheriff was arraigned bcfote Judge
MuiiRor of the United States court and
pleaded not guilty nnd the caao was con
tinued , vvhu-h will piobably throw It o\er
until the fall tcim.
| About thu middle of last April Kntlffman
land Pennliigton , ptlvates at Port Hoblnson ,
, nnd Sergeant Drew was sent out
I with a squad of men to look them up. On
i Apill 1C , ho located them at Chadron and
placed them under arrest , taking them to the
city Jail for safe-keeping over night. Ho
Immediately communicated with the com
manding olllcer at Fort Robinson , who In
structed that they be returned to the fort
on the Ilrst train. The next morning the
sergeant handcuffed his prlsoneis and
started with them for the depot. While on
the way the men were taken away from the
sergeant by Sheriff Dargen and a posse ,
Dargen contending that he wanted the prls-
oneis to answer to the chatRo of housebreaking -
breaking at Whitney , In Dawes county.
There was an altercation , but as the United
States ofllceis' force was outnumbered by
that of the shcilff , ho surrendered the men
nnd reported the facts to the commanding
olllcer at Fort Hoblnson. Subsequently
Kauffman and Pennliigton were tried In the
state courts , convicted nnd sent to the
penitentiary nt Lincoln , where they nro
now ber\lng out their sentences.
When the recent United titntes grnnd Jury
wns In session olllcers and others from Fort
Hoblnson appeared , and after Elating the
facts , an Indictment was returned against
Sheriff Dnrgen. The sheriff now contends
that when he rescued the two soldiers from
Sergeant Drew ho did not know that they
were dcscitcrs , but supposed that they were
ordinary drunks , who were being taken back
to the fort. The United States officials ,
however , say that within a day or two after
the difficulty the sheriff rendered a bill to
the county in which ho made a charge for
arresting nnd committing the men , In this
bill designating them as deserteis from the
United States army.
ciiAiii'i ) CASH ox TKIAI , .
Called Into Court Afcuxcil of a bcrl-
OIIN Crime.
Judge Baker took up a criminal assault
case jeeteiday , which promises to fur-
nlbh moro filth for the consideration of a
Jury than any that has been In the district
court for n long time. It Is the case In
which George Craig Is charged with having
criminally assaulted Josephine Graber , a
child of 13. The complaint Is made by Mrs.
Elizabeth Badenhop , her mother. The first
assault Is said to have occuued In Fcbtuary.
Several others occurred during the time In
tervening 'between ' that date and the last ,
which is alleged to have taken place at 1910
Cuming street on April 1. The defendant Is
the man who gave Patrolman Shnvllck a
chase of half n mile at the time he was ar
rested. He was Ilrst seen by the officer
near Sixteenth and Chicago streets. He ran
through alleys and across lots to Eighteenth
and Douglas , where ho was surrounded-by a.
crowd and detained until the officer's ar
rival.
rival.When
When the case was called for trial In
police court Judge Gordon decided that spec
tators should not be allowed to hear the
testimony , so only a few listened to It. It
wns a hard trial , the jouth of the child and
her unfortunate condition attracting the I
hympntby of all who heaid hei story. Her I
mother's condition was and Is hardly less to
bo deplored. She Is suffering from a cancer ,
which ghes her face a iepulsl\o appearance , j
At the conclusion of the case an interesting ,
scene occurred when the defendant was as
saulted by his brother , Charles Craig , who
threatened to end his career for even con i
necting him with the affair. It seems that '
C'hailcs Craig has served a term in the
penitentiary for forgery , taking the blnmo j
of his bi other George's act upon himself be
cause George was married and offered to pay
him a certain sum of money if ho would do
so. Charles claims he never received the i
money , nnd his long service behind prison
walls did not servo to sweeten his feelings
towards George. Consequently , when he
heard that George intended to unload this
crime upon him , It made him angry and ho
threatened to clean up the court room with
his person.
All these features are still connected with
the trial , the girl and her mother being
present In the court room , Charles Craig
also dropping in to see the trend of the case.
For the defense Craig's wife nnd her aged
father are there. A dozen women , sum
moned ns witnesses for both sides , occupy
front scats.
The morning was spent In making up the
Jury which was completed nt 11 o'clock.
After they had been sworn Deputy County
Attorney Thomas requested permission to
Indorse the names of several moro wit
nesses on the back of the complaint. The
defense objected on the ground that the
law provides that after a Jury Is sworn no
moro names may bo Indorsed on a com
plaint. Judge Baker granted the request
of the county attorney , but Intimated that
ho might not penult the prosecution to call
the witnesses to the stand.
Suit oil n Ilonil.
Ill Judge Powell's court an Interesting
case on a supcrsedas bond is being tried. It
Is the suit of Charles Kal against ex-Sheriff
John C. Drexel and his bondsmen , Harvey
Link and Preston Reeves , A case In which
Judgment was obtained for $1,052SO and
J151.ES costs was appealed to the supreme
court Dccernoer 18 , 1895 , and the super-
scdeas bond signed by Harvey Link and
Preston Reeves , both very old men. The
Judgment of the lower comt wns sustained
nnd the plaintiff brought suit on the bond.
Mr. Link denied that ho had ever signed
the bon.l , although ho said the signature was
wonderfully llko his , Mr , Reeves admits
that ho signed.
Minor Mailer * In Court.
In the case of Eno Henderson against the
city of South Omaha for $10.000 damages
caused by change in grade , Judgment was
confessed by the defendant for $300 with the
consent of the plaintiff.
Judge Keysor Is engaged with the case of
Edwin A. Phelps and Goodwin Phclps against
Ephramln Kngler and Maria M. Engler , It
tnvoi\cs tne possession of a strip of land
' four feet wide on Nicholas street.
The will of the late AVIllIam R. Bow en
was flled for probate. MIS , Llla S. Dovven ,
the wife , is named as solo executrix and all
the pro.crty | Is left to her for distribution
among the following hoi re Elizabeth A.
Howen , Abba W. Bowen , Sarah II. Bowen
Young , William Storrs Boweu , Lila Bowen
nnd John S. Bowen. The will beam the
dnto of February S , 1804.
Jnmes Ciandall was nrrested on a capias
fiom Judge Slabaugh's court. He was tried
recently and found guilty of stealing brass
from the Union Pacific storehouse. He was
releabed on bond to appear for sentence
Palling to ( omo In at the appointed time the
court had him brought back and Imposed a
line of $10 and costs. Not having the
money , Craadall was sent to Jail.
The CUEO of the Modern Woodmen of
America acalnst the Union National bank of
this cltv wherein suit Is brought to reco\er
on an mlesed claim of $27 ono is still drns-
RIUR nlonR before n Jun In JudRo Monger's
section of the I'ultrd States court. During
the mornlnc hour Head llnnkor Xlnk of th <
order was upon the witness stand explalnliiR
the methods pursued by the Woodmen lu
the conduct of the business. He main
tained that the order had the sum of $27.000
ou deposit In the bank , that It wns chocked
out , but the rheik was nr\er honored.
WILL RETURN NEXT WEEK
Admiral ' -elilcj to Conic Hack a ml lie
M ( iiK-xt or llojal
Areiiiiiiin.
Admiral Schley will leave the city
this afternoon with the Intention of re *
turning again next week for the special pur
pose of attending a icccptlon that will bo
given In his honor b ) local members of the
j Uoal Areauum , of which society ho Is a
| member. The members of the order pro
posed to honor the admlial In this way dur
ing his present stay in the city , but they
did not step forwnrd promptly enough.
It wns found nfter his arilvnl that every
evening of his stay In Omaha was occupied
with some sort of a function. This Is what
they learned when they paid their respects
on ( ho day he rea lied the city. They were
disappointed , of course , but not more so
than the ndmlral himself.
"Tho program during my stay hero Is In
the hands of General Mnndcrson. " Admiral
Schley explained , "but If it can bo In any
way arranged , I would llko very much to be
able to accept an Invitation to bo present at
n reception of my Real Arcanum brothers. "
As a icsult of this Admiral Schley and
General Manderson went over the program
ortho coming week. They finally decided
'
tda't If no delay Is allowed to Intervene nnd
by pceslbly dropping ; off something from
the program already planned It will bo pos
sible for the ndmlral to nttcnd the proposed
reception before It will bo necessary for
him to return to the cast.
"I'll be hero , " the nd'.ilrnl told the Roynl
Arcanum committee.
May 31 Is expected to bo the dnto on
which the admiral can return from his
wcstcin trip and the Heal Aicanum recep
tion will be ticld on the evening of that
date. Union Pacific council of the order
has already commenced making prepara
tions for the affair , the matter being dis
cussed at a meeting held Monday night.
Thu other councils In the city will be In
vited to nsslst.
The reception will probably bo held In
the parlors of the Commercial club. It Is
to bo an Informal sort of an affair , as 11
la believed the members of the order will
want to spend tlio entire evening In meet
ing their distinguished fellow member nnd
that the admiral himself will prefer a so-
r.lnl irftthprlnir where lift cnn beconin .ac
quainted with his fraternal brothers to any
thing else of n more elaborate character.
The parlors of the club will , of course , be
liandsomely dcccinted. refreshments will bo
served and theio will be music. Invita
tions to the reception will soon bo issued
and will bo confined mainly to members of
flip orde. , their wives nnd families , as the
leceptlon Is to bo n strictly Royal Arcanum
affal.- .
Admiral Schley has long been a member
of the order and is apparently very much
attached to It. Ho has held several offices
of honor In it. On his return from the
Santiago fight ho was presented with a very
handsome and rich sword by the order , ,
which was the gift of councils all over the
country. The Omaha members of the order
were among these who subscribed to It.
AKixiHtlelHiu In the I'uliilt.
OMAHA. May 23. To the Editor of The
Dec : The rector of All Saints' Episcopal
church , Hev. Mnckojat last Sunday's morn
ing ten-ice made this statement , ns icported :
"In the matter of theology the creed of
the church Is Identical with that of cent
uries ago and will always remainTfthotsame.
The Bible story of-Jonah nnd the whale Is
a beautiful all'egory to show how tant when
men have strayed away from Christ they
may be brought back again. " At the same
time , In the First .Methodist church , Rev. M.
W. Chase of Oswcgo , N. Y. , made this '
statement , ns reported : "Christ is all and
In nil faith. Chilstlans and unbelievers
both mnlr > the mistake that the Christian
religion is'founded upon the Bible. The
original Protcst-ints made a mistake In an-
nounclng nu infallible Bible. People reject
Christ becaupe to them the book of Moses ,
the story of Jonah nnd other biblical tales
are Inconsistent nnd even ridiculous. The
divine command is not to befiove In David
or Joshua or Jonah or Solomou but to be-
lleve In Christ. "
Such statements being made from ortho-
do.v pulpit" , is it not tlmn to ask , 'Whither
are v\e drifting' " Tom Paine , Bob Ingersoll
and all scoffers and Infidels have not called
in question Blblo passagi-s more pointedly
or lightly than is now heard from the clergy
of all denominations. AVhen those with
whom the word of God is specially en
trusted for the preservation of its purity
nnd truthful1 exposition so boldly deny tha
miraculous accounts In scripture deny even1
the statements of Christ Himself , who do-1
clares that "Jonah wns three days and three
nights in the whale's belly ; " Is It to bo
wondered that there are millions In so- ,
called Christian America who never darken
n church door , that the masses are Irre
ligious and scoffers , that there is such open
violation of moral * and municipal law ; in
short , that the world is waxing "worse and
worse. " It is time that the laity who Ooes' '
not believe all to bo truth that flows from )
the pulpit ; those of the common people whoi
believe that the Bible entile is the word !
of God to man ; that It snjs whnt it means
and means what it sajs , shall study that
book for themselves and make a personal
test of its truthfulness. There Is food for
deep thought In the passages of sermons
above quoted. Let each one. In the silence ,
with God alone ns witness , interpret Scilpt-
uro for himself , when there will * bo no
clashing of opinions nor denials of doctrine.
BELIEVER.
Supollii Simp 1'ollNli ,
The outcome of the suit now pending In
the United Statoa circuit court wherein
Enoch Morgan's Sons company , proprietors
of Sapollo. have sought to enjoin J. J
Gibson from manufacturing nnd placing
upon the market Soap Polish , Is attracting
the attention of Omaha people as well as
the entire country where Soap Polish has
been sold. Wo learn from Mr. Gibson It Is
the volume of business and the ijiullty of
Soap Polish that have aroused the Sapolio
people more than the name used. Enoch
Morgan Sons company claim In their peti
tion that Soap Polish Is sold to do the name
work that Sapollo does and claim they have
been damngcd thousands of dollaro since
Soap Polish ras been put on the market ,
nnd therefore nsk the courts to enjoin J. J
Gibson from tHeposIng of any moro Soap
Polish ,
: \o Danger of
I'AINESVILLI ] , 0 , , May 23. The stories
of possible lynching here nro without
foundation. The negro , Kelly , wns nr
rested for rape as stated , but the people
are dlspobed to let the law take Its course.
JUDGE ALLENT OX DARCEX CASE
Stys Ue Hns Not Been Retained to Dofeud
the SliTifr ,
JUSTIFIES ACTION OF INDICTED OFFICER
linl e IXplinlei AVorlil-IIrtiihl fake
mill HclaM * Slep" I.eiulliiK I p
to rnlllNliin of Male ami
I'cilcrnl Aatliorlllei.
MADISON. Neb. May 22 , 1S)9. ! ) To the
IMItor of The Hee-l ha\o Just rend nu
editorial In The Bee of the 22nd Inst. . en-
tilled "A Questionable Proceeding , " In
which It is s.iid. "It has been announced ,
apporontl ) with authority , that Judge Wil
liam V. Allen has been retained to defend
Sheriff D.ugen of Chadron , recently Indicted
by the federal grand jur > for taking away
from an olllcer of the army , two deserters
wanted upon a charge of burglary , etc. "
The cdlloilal quotes section II , article vl ui
the slate constitution , prohibiting n Judge
from acting ,13 an "attotucy or eounselor-at-
law in nn > manner \\hnto\er. "
The assumption that 1 ha\o been retained
to defend Sherlfl Dargen IH unwarranted ,
and not " .ipp.ucutl ) with authority , " mid
In view of that fact , of couiso the criticism
falls. I only know by press dispatches that
the sheiirt hn.s been Indicted. 1 ha\o not
been spoken to or retained to defend him
In this or In any other case. The editorial
does mo Injustice in assuming that I do
not know enough of the proprieties of the
bench to understand that It would be lui-
pioper for mo to act as an "nttomey or
counselor-at-law lu any mamar whatever"
during my Incumbency of the judgeshlp. 1
have been a lawor for o\er thirty ) enrs ,
nnd Know some , and 1 trust all , of the
duties of a lawjer , and among other thluqs
I think I know the proprieties of the bench.
No ono had a right to state or to nssumo
that I was cmplocd by the sheriff to defend
him , anil a person Keenly alho to Judicial
ctnlcs woum not na\o made alien a state
ment and would not ha\o attributed to mo
such n purpose.
In Sjmpalhy Midi MicrlfT.
I am in hearty stnpathy with the sheriff
In this case. The two soldiers who were in
dicted for buiglary In Dawcs county and
coiulctod and sentenced to the penitential y
nro "Baltlmoro toughs" They evidently
had the Imprefslon , from what they said ,
that they were not amenable to state author
ity for a violation of the cilminal lawn of
the state and that they could bo punlshe I
only. If nt all , by mllltniy authority. The
sherltf when he arrested them had a war
rant for that purpose , duly Issued by a
court of competent Jurisdiction. They were
In Dawes county nnd nominally In charge of
a sergeant. The sheriff arrested them by
vlituo of the warrant and incarcerated them.
Their case was examined and they were held
to appear at the next term of the district
court In that county and answer to the
charge of burglary. They were convicted of
the crime and sentenced to the penitentiary
for a period of one jear each at a term of
the district court over whlcrn I had the honor
to preside. No doubt , feeling somewhat
chagrined by the lawful taking of these
criminals , the sergeant went to Omaha and
procured the sheriff's indictment under sec
tion 5155 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States. I do not doubt that If Mr.
Summers or Judge Mungcr had known the
truth no Indictment would hn\e been re
turned against the sheriff. When the bur
glars : were held to appear before the district
court they were within the jurisJlctiou of
that court and the sheriff held thorn as Its
officer and not In his own right. His cus
tody ' waa the custody of the district court of
Dawes : county. During this time the post
adjutant , a young lieutenant of the name
of George Langhorn , wrote the sheriff a let
ter i directing his attention to section 5455 of
the , HeUaed Statutes of the United States ,
'Which reads as follows ;
Every person who entires or proemes , or
attempts or endeavors to entice or procure
any soldier in the mll'ltary service of the
United States , or who 1ms been recruited for
such set vice , to desert therefrom , or who ,
aids any Foldier in deserting or attempting
to deseit fiom such service , or who harbois
or conceals or piotects or assists any i > uch
soldier who may have deserted from such
f-eivlce , knowing him to have deserted there
from ; or who refuses to gho up or deliver
such soldier on the demand of any officer
authorized to receive him , shall be punished
by Imprisonment for not less than nix
months nor moro than two jcars , and by a
fine not exceeding $500.
Declare * Iiiillctiiicnt PrejioslcroiiH.
It would seem preposterous that any per
son should claim that an arrest duly made
under a formal warrant Issued by a court
of i competent jurisdiction renders the sheriff
liable 1 for a violation of this statute , Sucn
a i construction of the law would bring on a
direct , conflict between the civil and mili
tary , authoiities , and would bo destructive
of the established doctrine that the military
is strictly subordinate to the civil authority
In times of peace and when martial law does
not ; exist. This letter of Langhorn's was n
direct threat against the district court of
Dawes county and an Intentional assault
upon Its jurisdiction over the burglars , and
therefore It was a "willful attempt to ob
struct the proceedings or hinder the due ad
ministration of justice In a suit proceeding
or process pending before the court , " within
the meaning of section CC9 of the code. The
letter could have no other object than to In
timidate the court and convey the false Im
pression that by arresting these burglars
the sheriff violated the federal statute.
These burglars were not guilty of desertion.
The military feature of their case comes
clearly within articles xxxi and xxxlv , section
1312 of the Revised Statutes , known ns "Tho
Articles of War. "
Sheriff Dargen Is a very modest , Intelli
gent , faithful , competent and conscientious
What's That ! ! !
Ono 1 in ml red and flvo Instruments n
day Yes , ono hundied and llvo a day
that's \\lml , the Klmball people do
twenty-six days In a month llfly-llvo.
now scale Klmball pianos ami lilty
organs As It Ink. s llvo months to build
an upright piano you can llguro out
how many pianos this great factory has
on the lloor at one time We ate the
Nebraska representatives for the Klm
ball get them In such quantities that
\ve can save you money on your pur-
chiisa and besides give you very easy
terms.
A. HOSPE ,
We oelebrnte our -Blh bunlnei * uinl >
Tcmurr Oct. SlUrll , 1HOU ,
Music and Art 1513 Douglas *
\
TO CLEAN CARPETS.
If you have a carpet that looks dingy and you wish
to restore it to its original freshness , make a stiff lather
of Ivory Soap and warm water and scrub it , width by
width , with the lather. Wipe with a clean damp sponge.
Do not apply more water than necessary.
The vegetable oils of which Ivory Sonp Is made , and Its purity , fit it for
many special uses for which other soaps are unsafe and uns'tLsfaqtory.
co'ritiaHT IB O ir THE pitocuit QAMOU co CINCINNUI
officer. Ho went no further In arresting
tilt-so criminals than the lawrcqulttd him to
go and he pet funned his duty lu gotd faith.
The army i > c t at Port Robinson haw been a
menace to the pence , order and mora'a of the
locality , nnd it is to be regretted that many
of the oillcers there hnve encouraged the be
lief that the local authoiltles and the dis
trict court of Dawes cuunly have no Juris
diction to punish a soldier for \lolatlon of
the criminals laws of the state. 1 know of
no statute encouraging a soldier to become
a lilghwajmnu or a burglar , or that exempts
him fiom imnlshmunt for criminal conduct
to a greater extent than any other man. If
there is such a law 1 prtbumo the trial of this
case will reveal It. I assume , however , that
no lawyer Is stupid enough to claim that the
sheriff himself committed a crime in making
an arrest of burglars lu his own county.
CIIIIH ) * of ( III' Cuiitcmitt Cam- .
It was the letter of Langhorn that led mete
to Issue a citation to him to appear and
nnswcr to the charge of contempt of court.
Repeated Insults have been offered the civil
authorities , and it was my purpose to give
this lieutenant to understand that so far ns
I wns concerned , In the discharge of the
jurisdiction for the time being vested In
me , the military should bo strictly sub
ordinate to the civil authorities within the
proper jurisdiction of the latter , so long as
martial law did not exist. If anything can
be said to be settled In our country It la
that "This Is a government of laws and
not of men , " nnd that In a time of peace ,
and when martial law does not exist In a
particular territory or locality , the military
forces there stationed are strictly sub
ordinate to the civil authorities , and that
the civil authorities are the duly consti
tuted officers of the state , within the proper
territorial jurisdiction , as well as officers of
the United States. I think no lawyer whose
opinion is of any \aluo will dispute this
highly fundamental truth. This Is nil I do-
slro to say. I have the honor to be , very
respectfully jours , AVILLIAM V. ALLBX.
NOTE I3Y THE EDITOR The nnnounce-
mcnt that Judge Allen was retained to de
fend Sheriff Dargen in the federal court
was made by the Omaha World-Herald In
its Issue of rrldny. May in. It Is evident
from Judge Allen's letter that It wns simply
nnother of the popocratlc organ's bold
fakes. !
Coiiiincrclnl Cliili.
At the meeting of the executive committee
of the Commercial club Monday the
committee appointed to circulate petitions
requesting the clearing house to take the
nccci&ary steps to adjust the differences
now existing and to restore Omaha clear
ances to their pioper position reported that
a number of petitions are in circulation nnd
will be ready for presentation In a few days.
They were authorized to follow up the mat
ter and visit the clearing hoiibo ofTlclals
themselves when the petitions are ready.
A letter was received from F. A. Vander-
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ux HcmiltH In CIIHI'N of
SPRING FEVER
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Avoid Substitutes. Portraits nnd endorse
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lip , Chnrles H. Allen , 1 ! O. Corbln. Terry
S. Heath and Kills II. Roberts , treasurer ol
the Dcvvey Homo fund In Washington Thcso
gentlemen constltuto the national * Dovvey
| committee which Is endeavoring to rnlu'j
$2.'iO 000 to purch.isu the ndmlral a homo In
Washington. The ) request that the Com
mercial club take up the question nnd pre
sent It to the people of Omnlia , whom they
think will be anxious to subscribe toward
providing n resting place for the old ago of
the hero. Action wau dcfened until the next
j meeting.
The raising of sugar beets came up again
' for discussion , but no definite lullon was
I taken. It is suggested now that a Joint com
pany be organized which will be nblo to put
In a largo quantity of beets ne\t fall.
II a I Mi n y Tcli-urn | | | MTN' din vclitlun.
I'EORIA , III , May 2.1 The Order of Rail
way Telegraphers has decided to change the
time of meeting from the third Monday In
May to the third Monday In September The
grand chief hns been given power to remove
j headquarters fiom IVorla at nny time ho
may see lit. T. N 1'lerson. formerly vice
I grand chief , has been reinstated In the
order. There nre 125 nmcndments to the con
stitution nnd by-laws pending. Cleveland
Is making a btrong bid for the next conven
tion.
llnti-1 Mi'n HiduelDeath lleiicllln.
CH1CAOO. May 23. At the annual COTI-
ventlon of Hotelinen's Mutual Heneflt nssoci-
I atlon In the United States and Canada held
I today n resolution was adopted reducing the
death benefits from $1.GOO to $1,200 and es
tablishing a reserve fund. D. C. Shears of
the Grand hotel , Cincinnati , was elected
president.
nnoil Time In Miilrliiiiiiiliil IInc.
PERU , Intl. . May 23. Charles Hutchlnson
was shot and killed by his wlfo during a
family quarrel at Arcadia today. Tha
woman pleads self-defense. She Is but 2
years old and Hutchtnson was her fifth
husband.
DRINK 6RAIN-0
after you have concluded that you ought not
to drink coffee , it Is not a medicine but
doctors order It bscaus It ! > healthful. In-
vlBoratlne and appetizing. It is mads from
pure grains nnd lies that rich seal brown
color and tastes like the finest grades of
oofffp and costs about U ns much. Children
like It and thrive on It becnu < It is a gen
uine food drink containing nothing but
nourishment. Ask your grocer for Qraln-O.
tha new food drink , 15o and jc.
To Save Time
And be sure you nre getting
Just whnt your doctor's' pre
scription calls for you bhould
como right direct to our
Prescription Dept.
where only competent pUar-
maclsts nre employed nnd
where they have at their
command every known drug ;
THE ALOE & PENFOLD CO , ,
Lurueit lletnll Uruir Home.
1408 Far mi m. OMAHA.
OPPOSITE PAXTON HOTEL
If it Rains Any More
Wo will linvo 1o poll bathing mills In-
M will of tliu Bwcote.st nml purest con-
ft'L'tlons C'vor nmilo luive you tiled our
now one "Log Cabin Hull V" Very
rich but pure as pure can be Wo are
always making some new confection or
pastry to delight HIP palate of the lov
ers of hweet things Our Gold medal
boil bous can be fent by express to any
address packed In tin boxes to secnro
their hafo delivery ( 'tic n pound You
pay the express.
BALDUFFS ,
Uwr-lk30 to 2(30 , Supper-5i30 U 1(1 *
1620 Fnrnnra 8t
You'll never bo broke If you buy your
shoes of Drex L. Shoonian You save
enough to keep your pocUets filled with
change then the comfort you gut you
can look In vain for It elsewhere No
other place HIO\VH ! so many welted holed
oxfords for ladles and there Is comfort
In a welted hole ( ho extension of a
welt solo not only protects the uppers
but they pi event tli foot from becom
ing hot and tired-All st.\les of toe-tans
or black-No other shoo will give you
as much solid comfort when you do
the exposition this bummer.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
Otnnhn'c Up-tu d te Shoe ! ! ,
laid FAUNAJI STUCKr.
Nev > bitrluu < < tlulouuc uotr rcudy
built /or ( ho