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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , JANTAUT 'J , 1)00. ! )
IIALSTEAD UN AI.C1SAI.DO
Filipino LsaJet is Shown in His Own True
Light.
PRCCIAMATIONS AND CLAIMS DISSECTED
I
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'Mini He IN nil I n Hfi > li Pnirlnt llfii-
i-fM'iilliiK ( In * Vliijeni ) of n I'rt-c
Iti-'iulillc ; IN nn
Ml ttili-ti Men.
i
Mural Hatfttenil , the famous editor , who
hart been Iti Omaha several days between
Icclure dntca , left yesterday afternoon To
fi Hco rcpresentatlvp ho cxpialnM his ref
erence to Iho document In his. possession
proving the despicable character of Agul-
naldo In hlH niMrcsa to the tcnchers nt Lin
coln , sis follows.
"Tho Ilrst wo heard of the bribery was
from Consul General William1) ) , who had ex
aggerated Information of the n mount of
money used and had not heard of AfiUlnaldo
In that connection nt all He simply state , !
thai $1(150,000 ( hail been paid by the Span-
i--h ciptiilri general for n paclllcatlon , and
Mr Williams characterized It as a bribery.
The accounts given of the transaction by
\gulnaldo hlniaeir ami his foreign commis
sioner establish the nccutacy of the orlgl-
i al statement made by the American consul.
Agulnaldu said ho had accepted the prop-
oRltlon made by the Spanish captain gen-
cral because 'he lacked resources' to carry
on the war. Agonclllo undertook to ex
plain this matter In a vciy llorld style as
an at t of snpromo patriotism , and mentioned
that the reason the Spaniards paid this
money was that these Filipinos who were
lendy to ma ! < o peace because they lacked re-
Hoiircns to utrry on the war Hhould ha\o
somc'thlng to make them comfortable \\hllo
they vveic abroad.
H'ltliilnli ItrtHl ) to llrllif.
"The Spanish captain gpneial Insisted upon
the deportation of the Klllplno peacemakers
who had accepted thlH pecuniary concession.
The nature of It Is familial to all students
nt the history of the rebellion of thu col-
unlos of Spain throughout the Americas. In
no cuse where there was a serious rebellion
against the Spanish authority was there
lacking the effort of the Spaniards , when
they found the matter was costing both
blood and money , to attempt bribery and
glvo Home polite word for It. This vv.ri
precisely what happened in the ca.se of
Agulnaldo and Consul Wlldman of Hong
Kong reported the arrival of Agtilnaldo and
his thirty-six compatriots In Hong Kong In
September , 1897. There wcro four persons
In Hong Kong constituting a junta and
they associated with thu thlrly-alx , Includ
ing Agulnaldo , which made up forty. Thj
sum turned over to them was $400,000 In
' Mexicans , " which Is the phrase for Mex
ican money. This money did not cost the
Spaniards anything. They forced the loan
from a bank and bavo never paid a cent of I
It and never will. That Is to siy. 'he ' Span- j
Ian authorities took $100.000 for the purpose
of bribing Agulnaldo and his following from t
the bank by robbery. j | '
"The amount was $10.000 apiece for the
rillplno colony In Hong Kong. One nnn , i
Atarcho , demanded his share and was forc
ing it Into the English courts , when Aguln
aldo , who was the holder of the slher , paid
$ . " ,000 rather than have it made of judicial
mcord and sworn testimony taken of the
fact of the pajment of the money.
"The second point was that this proceed-
113 Instead of making peace , Increased the
intensity of the Insurrection. Agulnaldo
was not the head of the Inourtection. Hn
hail llttlo authdrltj Hi ; had been a captain
In ono of the towns , had a few men with
him only and it was stipulated that he
should give up his guns The arms were
Hiirreiidored and they went aboard ship and
were sent to Hong Kong at Spanish expense ,
but the war went on and even Increase 1 In
\lolcnce. The news of the bribery bpread
abroad and other people wanted to bo
bribed and went into the bushca to fight
Spaniards to be bought off.
"When , after the blowing tip of the Maine ,
it was certain there would be war between
the United States and Spain , Agulnaldo pro-
i ceded to Singapore- , touching a Chinese
pert. Ho was at Singapore to see Mr Bray ,
the Englishman who had had facilities for
money making Intimacies with the Span
iards la Manila , and the evident object of
going there was to open a line of communi
cation with the Spaniards. The American
eonbii ) , Mr. Pi alt , was much interested in
the representations made to him and wa
an enthusiast In behalf of getting Agul
naldo to co-operate , as ho called It , with
the United States. . Ho was too /ealous about
the mutter and opened telegraphic communi
cations with Admiral Dewey , who said ,
Send Agulnaldo at once to see mo ? '
This was on the strength of the represen
tations of Mr I'ratt , and IJewey knew that
ho would bo sailing over s > eon himself and
If ho got to see Agulnaldo at all It would
have to bo done at once As a fact Agul
naldo arrived at Hong Kong the day after
tlici battle of Manila , and then was anxious
to lci ) allow * d to go to CaIte and meet
\iltnlral Dovvoy there. It took two weeks for
him to get a permit to go and he uriivcd
tlurti on the ISth of Maj The Hi at t-so
01 thrco days Agulnaldo wa gieatly dlh-
couragcd because nobody came In to .eu
him with bis staff of seventeen men that
ho had taken down.
llrllier \uriilnnliln ,
"fining back a little , the exact words used
b ) Agulnaldo in describing the briber ) of
himself wcro these.
My lioloved Fellow-Countr ) men I ne-
i c'plrd tluj tieaty ptopospd by Don Pedio
II Paterno agreeing with the nipt ill ) gen
eral of those lolandH under cert iln condi
tions and lav'ng down arum an I dismissing
tlufoiees under m > Immedluto eontiol , be-
iHiise I bellovrd It ln-ttor fur thu cniiito
.bin to iair > on the Insurrection for vvh'.ih
resources vvero lacKInc
Agulnaldo had piomlsed bcfoic starting
from Hong Kong on thu MtCuIloch. that If
permitted to return to Cavlte , ho would
ohey Admiral Uewey'fl orders In ever ) pai-
lli-tilur. Tills promise was made to Mr.
1'iatt of Singapore , to Mr Wildman of Hong
Kong and It was repeated to Mr. Williams.
\gulnnldo had not any farces at the time ,
but he anticipated that ho would have and
he had the luck to gut them by 11 ml lug a lot
of Spaniards and fellow-countrymen who
wanted In surrender to him because he was
the first man they had teen who would
accept a mirrender
On Apill SO Pratt wrote from Singapore
that Agulnaldo had told him 'he hoped the
United States would assume protection of
the Philippines for at least long enough
to iillow- the Inhabitants to establhh a g v-
urnment of their own. In the nrgiinlzat on
of which ho would desire American advice
mil assistance '
'There Is more In this thin was cue
ternary , In the wilting of Agulnaldo , of ro-
eervo In thu expression of his dcs le to
have the United Slates accept an Intlurnco
In the Philippine affairs He had evident.-
lect'hed seine ideal from Mr Dray The
tcbilmony le ovcrnhelming Hut up to the
"u ofIn return of \ < u nul'lo to < "iviti >
nn < 1 bis m etliiR \ < 1mral ! I'ewey ultiMoon
il v nftT the Inttlp the Filipino * hfl l t > ff > n
pxcemivply enthu lastl' about thomerl -
canr Tliej hud given all possible evidences
of their unanimity In the desire to be Amer
icans o far K was possible Quite a mim-
tier of them made formal petitions offer
ing their allegiance to thn I'nlted States
Among the tinmen of those who did so are
the following Sevcrlno. Hotea , Claudia
I pez , A. it Marti anJ Hugcnla Plena
AUIlllUllllO'Nllllllllllll ,
"Mr. Wlldman wrote later than this n few
days before the capture of Manila that he
thought Agulnaldo. who had confided n great
deal to Mm. would like to be president of
the Philippine republic , and added there
might bo a small cotcrlo tt his advisers who
entertained a like ambition , and he added
this expression-
But 1 am porlcrtly eritnln that Hie great
majority of his followers and till the
wealthy. educated Filipinos have bill the
one duslrc to become citizens of the Unite J
States of America As for the mass of un
educated natives , they would be content
under tiny rule save that of the friars
"Under these stipulations from the Ameri
can consuls Agulnaldo was permitted to
make his appearance at Cavltc. H was from
the day , iot precisely slated In olflclal re
pot ta , early In September , l&t" , that Agul
naldo appealed In Hong Kong a deported
Filipino , to remain there at the pleasure
of the king of Spain H was the 19th bf
May , ISfiS , when he again set foot on Luzon.
There wore cUht months and more Interven
ing. What had been going on In the mean
time' This Is nn extract from the official
. statement of Consul Williams
| On Frl lav , Mnreb 23 , u church and legal
holiday , unarmed natives were holding a1
meolliiK near mv eoimtlato The building
] was stu rounded liv pollre mid thu wpltl-
OUH mllltaiv , the met ting broken up , tvvelvo
I , natives hot to denlb , t-eveial wounded and
sixty-two prisoners taki n , ecr.aln ol whom
were mere passersb.v , not having attended
the meeting The nest moinlng these lxtv-
1 sKly-tvvo pilsoner" , without lorm ( if trial ,
vvero marc-lit d in n body to the eemeleiy
and all shot to death ,
Horrors of War. | i
"And ho added this peculiar horror 'In
the old walls of walled Manila , built about
300 > ears ago , are said to le several 'black
hole' dungco'i prisons , In which Incarcera
tion Is almoU sure death Two of these ,
both of which I have scon , with apertures
at summit of wall , have Moors below low
tide , no two or three feet cf slime , mud and
vatcr Iloor the dungeons In these hun
dreds of bo-called liiHiirgents have lately
been placid and all di owned by Ihc rising
tide.1
"On the 21th of March , the date on which
this report of the horrors of wai was made ,
Mr. Williams also wrote 'Months ago pa
cification was claimed by the governor gen
eral It was false. A truce had been
bought with $1C.0,000 , during which the
governor general hoped to embark for Spain ,
but all was a hollow farce. '
"It will bo noted In this extract that
Aguinaldo was not sulllclcntly well known ,
to be named even as the man who carried
the silver for which , If he had any countrj ,
ho had botrajed It. "
Admiral Pewey did not permit Agulnaldo |
to remain In the official house , but ordered - ,
dered him to prosecute his other business
In a private house. This was simply tha
admiral's denial that Agulualdo had any
odlclal capacity
"The first oillcer of the American army
who set foot on the Island of Luzon was
Oencral Thomas Andctson. Aguinaldo had
been urging Admiral Dewey to assist him
tho"u
to take Manila. The admiral could have
taken Manila and destroved It at any tlmo
without assistance from Agulnaldo , but de
clined to associate with him In that enter
prise. This was the moment when the In
tense hostility or Agulnaldo to the United
States was aioused. Ho was our enemy ,
iireconcllably , from that time forward. Ho I
was bitterly offended because Admiral Dewey
and Oeneial Anderson called upon him per
sonally Instead of making the call an of
ficial function. He sulked and declined to
give Information to Oencral Anderson as
a military man , evading Inquiries and was
talking about the city of Manila as 'my
capital. ' He claimed to own the city , when
a few weeks before ho had to beg for the
opportunity to appear at Cavlte and accept
the duty of being submissive to the Amer
ican admiral The first Important thing he
bald to Anderson In his letters was that 'I
ictiirncd from Hong Ko-ig that I might pre
vent my people from making common cause
with the Spaniards against the Americans. '
The utter falsehood of this pretense ap
pears in ( ho fact that during the whole
tlmo of his absence , after he had been
bilbed to leave the
country , there was a
murderous war going or. between the Fil
ipinos anil the Spaniards
"Very boon wo llnd General Anderson
writing to the adjutant general of the army
of the United States that he believed Agul
naldo to be treacherous Ho had ample
reason to believe It , foi lie Knew that Agul-
naldo's most confidential aide was In Manila
hi close association with the Spanish cap
tain general He knew it also from the
fact that six men wore takvn prisoners by
General Andersen's scouts and found with
papers upon their persons giving safe guid
ance through the lines , Agulnaldo vouching
for his troops and the Spanish captain gen
eral for his troops The use of these papeis
was to lun cattle from the country through
the lines to furnish the Spaniards , who were
supposed lo be bcseigeil , with fiesh meat ,
and they p ild two taxes , one to the sentries
of Agulnaldo and the othci to the sentries
of the captain general. It was purely a
business transaction It was the only part
plajed by Agulnaldo that entitled hlon to bo
conMdercd an nil ) of the army of the United
Stales nnd ho was helping the Spaniards
to beef. Ho was In the meantime Issuing
orders nnd circulating stoiles The orders
wcro to have anybody shot who was in
communication with the Spaniards a con
proceedings dition that would precisely cover his own
' It has been constantly claimed by those
who havu assumed that Agulnaldo was a
patilot and really represented the people
of the Philippines that ho was In a pocl-
tlon of alliance with the American goyern-
nunit , becauao the American consuls had
been In friendl ) relations with him. There
Is this to be said of the American consuls ,
Inilii-rliillxtU * CoiuliiL-t or VKiilnnlilii.
"Our consuls wcro a llttlo zealoiut , but
they had no authority to m.iko treaties.
The senate of the United States has pome-
> hln ; to say about treaties and sometimes
= ays ton much and Is too long about it , as
in thn case of the Spanish treat ) Hut each
act o ! thu Amcri an con.suls , showing a
friendl j disposition toward Vgulnaldo , was
held u , nnd the assumption made that their
( uur'c.'icd ' had established an alliance with
ihiu Impostor , Agulnaldo , who never was
voted for by an ) body , who always appolntej
himself to everything , who Issued a proc
lamation Jill ) 1-1 at Ilaroar
'To the Phlllppliu Urnulille rireuin-
btunres have inovliluitlulh placet ! me In a
poMtton. fur whldi I cannot fall to recog-
nlzo that I am not properly qualified , but
hlneo 1 t-nnnut violate the laws of I'rovl-
tleiiie nor decline the obligations which
WALTHAM WATCHES
The best and most reliable timekeepers
made in this country or in any other.
77/6' " Riverside " ( / * * * * ) movement is jeweled
throughout with rubies and sapphires ,
sale by all jevleii > .
It n r nvl Mtri tl m IMI > . - i \ > > nnf I
n vv - i ! H < \ < > > ' > h tin iwlivfl ] > '
N'r.te the Imperialism of this do iimeut
Ho was not enl ) claiming Manila to be hH
capital. lie wns demanding of General Mer
rill to have the palace for him lo ocupy
It. lie claimed that he had permitted ns
a special favor that the water works should
bo allowed to be operated so as to furnish
the American army In Manila with puio
water. He justified In this the contempt
shown for him by Wlldman , the consul at
Hong Kong , who wrote of him in these
i terms
J
i 'lip Is n man of petty mood * , nnd 1 have
repoatedlv bad letters from Consul Wil
liam * rp < iiio tlntr me to wriio Agulnnldn a
friendly letlrr congratulating him on lit *
success , nnd reminding him of his obllgn-
"As nobody else would recognize him ,
i Agulnaldo concluded to recognize himself , '
and he determined to loeognlze himself as
a great people , a great people before whom
the opponents of HID cjovi'rnmcnt nnd the
administration of the United Staicu should
fall down with reverence , n sort of tafay-
otto or Washington. This recognition of
hlmeclf , by his own government , at hia .
own order , waa Mono nt Cavile , Augtisl 0 , |
ISM , ' Just n week , It will be noticed , before
the capture of Manila. Among the llrat lines
In iho proclamation were 'It Is true that
my government has not been recognized by '
any of the foreign powcis. ' Ho mentioned
on August G that on June 27 , three da)3
before the arrival of the llrat detachment
of Ameilcan troops , lie , the revolutlonniy |
government , issued a decree and order to
'beg the president. '
lilt Vain \nMiiiiiiillon.
j I "The president was himself. He iccog-
Hired liln'solf as the government
In virtue of the foiegolng considerations
the undersigned giving notice to the unnti-
ImoiH aspiration of the people whom thev
repii'sptit and performing the ollk-os re
ceived fiom them nnd the clutloh pertaining
to the now old with which they ore In
vested
Proclaim solemnlj. In the face of the
whole world , the Independence of the Phll-
Ipplnes.
KccciRiil/e nnd respect Senor Don I'mlllo
Agulnaldo ) rani ) as president of the rev-
olullon.irv government organized In the
manner Described nv dccii-r of the 'Jld and
Instructions of the J7tb of June , last , and
beg the said iire-sldent thai be will ask nnd
oblaln fiom foiclgn governments the lec-
ognlllon of Us bellUerem-v ami independ
ence , not only becau p. this act constitutes ,
a dutv of justice hut also bee-auso to no
one Is It pel milted to eontiavene natural1
laws nor stllle the Irgltlnnte asnltatlons
of a oeoplo for Us amelioration and dlgnl-
llcallon.
Given In the ynvlneo of Cavlte the 1st
day of Annual of the vear of out hold
Ib'JS ' and the Hist ) e-ar of Philippine incle-
penclence '
Hollow the signatures of Hie local pro"- !
denls of the piovinc-es , of Cavlto and maiiv
others
The undersigned , secrrtorv of the Interior ,
eertllles. That the present cloetimcnt N a
" * V "f thf or "inal. which is de
posited In the secretniyshlp under Ills
, i. pru.il ot vvnicn in1 slgiiH It wltti
the appioval of the piesldent of the levo-
lutlorary government. In Haeoor , the Uth
clav of August , ISIS
V It
HI Prvldciitu del ( ! II ntnlllo ARtilmldo
HI Seeretario del Intet'.or , Ieandro Ibtria
"If Agulnr.ldo is a icprescntatlve of the
rcvolutionaiy government , la the champion
theicof as Washington and L.afaette were ,
and it is necessar ) to recognize him , the
only ical olllclal paper to be found In the
archives of any government except that
which has been stampeded In the Isle of
Luzon Is thlx soli ! mi declaration In the
face of the whole world
Worried Coiinnl Wlldinun.
"Mi Wlldman , consul at Hong Kong , was
persecuted by the attcnllons of Agulnaldo ,
who called continuously at his olllce and
made great piofchslons after ho had arranged
In his Chinese boardiiig house in Hong Kong
for his new republic , and the republic that
at that orgnni'tlon was the only one that
ever was behind Agulnaldo , and at last the
consul got so woirled by his Importunities
and his insignificance and wrote to him the
following certificate of character
Ills letters nro ehlldl li and bo Is fai more
interested In the kind of cane be will carl )
or tile bieast-plnte lie will wear than In
the figure he will make In history The
demands he and his lunta buve made upon
my time aie 6\ce" > slve and most tiresome
He Is a man of petty moods and I have
repeatedly bad letters from Colonel Wil
liams requesting me to write Asuliialdo
a friendly letter coiiKi.itulatlnpr him on
bis success and reminding him of his ob-
llcalloi"-
"Admiral Dewcy wrote of him at the time
Ihat General Merrltt anlved to take com
mand of the Islands , that he would find his
most difficult problem to bo with the Insur
gents under Agulnaldo , who has become ag
gressive and even threalenlng loward our
araiy.
"General Anderson , the first American sol
dier In the Island , wrote , July 18 , 189S 'I
suspect that Agulnaldo Is secretly negotiat
ing with the Spanish authorities , as his
corldcntlal aide is in Manila. ' This con
fidential aide was the younger Legardo His
father is a rich man in .Manila , half Spaniard
and half Filipino.
S\I11 TO Ilnl.l M I'OIMlMNfi.
M-rloiiM CiiKt-N of IHiirHN ltcliorl 'il
Ironi INIof ] iiiini-f linking
1'ovv tier *
The poisoning of the Thomas family of
Thomas' Mill , Somerset county , four mem
bers of which were reported to have been
made clangorom-ly ill by Impure baklig
powder used in mltlng buckwheat cakes ,
lias been further Investigated , Bays the
Johnstown ( Pa ) Tribune.
The original can , with the remainder of
the baking powder left over after mixing
the cakes , was secured by Dr. Crltchfleld.
The powder had betn bought at a neighbor
ing country store and was one of the low-
priced brands.
Dr. Ciltchfleld nuld that the pallcnls had
the sinptoms of alum poisoning. As the
same kind of baking powder Is sold In many
clt ) grocerleti , as well as country starts ,
Dr. Crltchllold Ihought it Imporlant that a
chemical examination should bo madu to
determine Its Ingredients Ho theiefom
liansferred the package of powder to Dr.
Schlll of Hi's ' city for analysis. Dr. Schlll's
report is as follown
I certify that I have examined chemically
the hample of * * * baking powder for-
v anted to mo b ) Dr , Crltchllold. The speci
men contained alum.
DH. KUANCIS SCHIUv , Jr. ,
Analnt.
Alum U used In tbo manufacture of the
lower priced baking powders. It U a mineral
poison , ami for this reatou the sale of bak
ing powders containing It In In many cities
prohibited
Hoof lilnrKv IliineiCn
Thev plaed runtime at the hontblick's
ball Monday night In Impcr'nl ' hull and in
consequence the daneo WUH not of a formal
nature If there wns onu pi uo In the clt )
.where joy was uneonlliii'd It was at tills
function , foi nil formality was thrown to
the wlnCi und every guest went in for a
1 g-ood lime and hud U , lee , before he Rot
, through 'Messrs Johnson und Itob'nyor
were at the head of Iho dance Herman
Cohen , foi met Iv a well known bootblick
propiie'tu ! wnh iileo prchcnt Along lowai 1
the last the darning program was torsolte i
and nviTvbod ) darned n takcwak ! lo the
strains of seductive music
Ilneltlcn-H Ainlfit Mi Mr.
The best ealvn m the woria for cuts
tr'ilsea , soree , ulcers , salt rhoura , fever
orcs. tetter , chapped hands , chilblain *
coins nud all ekln eruptions , and positively
cures plies , or t-o pay required It Is .juar-
cntce'J to give perfect satisfaction or nione ;
refunded. Price 2i cents per box Per sri !
by Kuhn R. Co
MNM | KtniiH Ili-cnv crlnir ,
Miss Kthel i\uiib. : spec-lal Instiiii'or ' In
art in the Omaha .school ) ! . wh > has been
iiullo towvvllh pneumonia , Is now out of
danger and well on the road to recovery
She Is at tno home of her bu > u < r , Mr * /
T Ilndsey , whole ! t-he ! i enjoing the bes *
of cure.
I'lincrnl No I In- ,
The funeral of John Cheyne oldest uon of
Thoniad < 'hon f will be held from the Hill
Hide Congre Hilonai i hun h toduv Jun i
at J p m Kri r < Ii vlud Interm ni at
Pro'i'i t Hill icm ier )
DEWRAFS ARE CONVIVIAL
JacHsonian Olub and Douglas County D&-
mocracy K cp Opsn IIouso.
BEER AND PUNCH FLOW WITHOUT STINT
Tiiiiiip ami Mllllonolrr Jont'o I2iu-h
Oilier Vrounil the iioMiltnlile
llouril anil Unit I'.lliovs In Hit :
Seriiiulih- for Iti-freslnm-itlx.
At the headquarters of both of the loial
democratic clubs New Year's day presented |
one continuous round of jovlallt ) . Theru
was an undercurrent of rivalry bctvvctu
them as to whlrh should bo the most gen-
eious and hospitable In the dispensation of
refreshments and which should draw the
largest crowd. Al each place the guests
began to arrive nt 2 p. m and continued
to come until midnight
The commodious rooms of the Jacksonlan
club , In Gcrmanla hall , were comfortably
llllctl during the afternoon and evening and
n committee nt prominent mcmbcis was
alert In eUcmllng a cordial welcome to
every olio who called. 1'ach new arrival was
led at once to thu sideboard , where a col-
otcd caterer dispensed , i delicious concoction
of punch of the true Jacksonlan llavor ,
emanating from the celebrated black bottle ,
The billiard and pool tables were In ton-
slant UEU nnd In the congenial Intercourse
that i faulted from the frequent libations
thu tramp tubbed famlllarl ) agilnst the
millionaire.
Along with the punch were served to
those who weru desirous of them sand
wiches of turkcj , roast beef and ham , while
clouds of cigar smoke hung hcavll ) In the
healed apartments. Will Herdman , Thomas
Nolan and Johnnie Murphy appeared to bo
doing the honors of the occasion.
Donal'--i Coiinl ) DriMoeriic.t.
At the headquarters of the Douglas
county democracy , In the looms on South
fifteenth street leccntly vacated by the
JackEonian club , the advantages of a down
town location were apparent , for the looms
were ciowded to an uncomfortable degree
throughout the da ) . In thu largo loom
used as a hall fur meeting purpose ; ; a long
table was laid and decorated with potted
plants and spread with sandwiches of lui-
ke ) , ham and beef , with pickles , celer ) , etc ,
on the side , while esters were served In
one comer of the room and beer was Ilo\v-
IIIR freely In another. Visitors were packed
Into this loom at ail hours as close ! ) as
the ) could wedge In and there was little
tlmo allowed to Intervene between drinks
Between 2 and G o'clock live barrels of beer
had been consumed. In another loom a
coloied man was vainly striving to supply
the demand for punch , as his bowl was
hardly deposited before the demand requited
it to be immediately replenished
In the main lecepticn room an orchestra ,
compilalng two guitars and a mandolin was
stationed and served as an accompaniment
to many volunteer vocalists who contributed
popular songs , which wcio luvailably re
ceived with salvos of applause. The favcr-
tle songbtcr of the day proved to be a
man In a coat of brown ducking over a , dark-
colored sweater and whose limbs were
Bwatbed In blue overalls. Ills name was
Kelly. He sang scvcial songs between
draughts of beer that brought out the hoirtl-
est applause and each repetition indicted
upon him new popularity and the added
duty of finding another song. Meantime the
long table In the central hall was denuded
every few minutes and the guests were
asked to retire while the icfreshment com
mittee replenished it. A register was kept
and each visitor was Invited to Inscribe
therein his name and address. At 5 o'clock
over 500 names had appealed therein The
promoters of the entertainment , prominent
among whom were Charley Fanning , W. H.
Gunsolus , Louis Platti and Walter Molte ,
wcro In evident high glee over the popularity
attributable to the club by reason of the
great crowd that came to enjoy without
money or price Its entertainment.
BOARD OF TRADE ELECTION
III n Sjiirllnl , lint I'llcinlly COII | < > H | ,
IHrfufiirN Are Illec-teil for the
Thret * Vcarn.
The Ounaha Board of Trade election Mon
day afternoon resulted in choosing the fol
lowing directors. John S. Brady of the Mc-
Ccid-Drady company ; n. n Bruce , wholesale
druggist , S. A. McWhorter , grain broker
Two tickets were in the field , one listed
"regular. " with the names of the thrco
successful candidates upon It , and the other
with the names of Gould Dietsocietaly ;
of the Sheridan Fuel company. In the place
of Mr. Bruce.
The contest was slightly warm at times ,
although It was friendly , and Mr Dlctz did
not appear. Ho had admiring friends , how
ever , whc pressed his name , but the fact
that he looked upon the election as a delicate
proposition kept him away. It Is said
Mr. Bruce look no part in the contest , al
though ho quietly and quickly slipped In and
cast a vote for his opponent
A c tint of the ballots slrwed these figures-
Brady , 19 , Bruce , 33 , McWhorter , 43 ; Diet/ ,
IS ; scattering , 1.
Messrs Bruce and Dlctz are personal co-
workerfi In the upbuilding of the Institution
they represent and congratulations will be
forthcoming so the electors say.
In this organisation the directors are con
trolling spirits. With the director ) Is vested
the power to elect a president and a secie-
lar ) So , as the director ) goes , so KOEB the
ofliclal rnstei.
Kilends of Mr. Dletz declare he was net
Indifferent lo the Imporlanco of the position
for which his name was need , but ho did
not feel that ho cared to appeal on the
Iloor to make a persona ! canvass The Dlctz
men point to the fact that his eighteen
vctes out of n light total Is a gratifying
token. The small vote Is accounted for by
the fsct that the New Year hollda ) kept
manj of the cnembers at home
PROPER TRAINING OF YOUNG
I n H net-1 ii r Huulii-N nl Toronto SIII-IIKN
on Topli'N of lull-rent to
The hccond lecture in the teachers' win
ter course wat dellverixl at Kount7e Me
morial church last night by Inspector
JaniM It Hughes of the Toronto public-
schools. In introducing the speaker Prin
cipal. Watcihouho of tbo High school do-
hcrlbed him as the pcvr of any educator and
a master of theoretical and practical peda
gogy Mr Hughre , who lift Canada on Sat
unlay night , only rca-hed this clly u few
mlnuleh before ho waa to nppcar before his
audience
The fubject of the Jcoturo was "The
Smith Children , " the term applying , as the
speaker explalnud , to children in general
The address was mainly n plea for the now
n ethoJ of child-culture founded by Kro > -
bel ' "Iho two great functions of a teacher , "
said Ml. Hughes , "should ho to help the
child to work out his own Individuality , up-
pi eclating that MR nature only expands
through self-activity.
"The frtlftiood' of n child sinnilil be
brought to the surface * . " continued tin
speaker "Ills education ( hould lit ) in llu
proccta cf working out nn Impulse to do
wmu'hlng along the line of his greatest
strength. The old method of curbing a
child's desires and breaking ins will bv
tarah discipline dwarfed his growth an i
killed his noJ-glvcn tendency to put hi
life cut in helpfulness It made of him a
iult ) > i monad of a doer' und ttur , an
man ) wise teachcie no would c-t'i ) nrli.i
O )
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Dr. F. G. SANDEIM , IBS So. Clark St. , Chicago , III. a
a child should do wrong than not to ait
at all , for enl ) In aillon can mi ) perfection
come The sanm principle roailus Into more
mature ) ears nnd the piinMpal le.mon for
failure to act 'n ' no own country Is not lack
of knowledge of what to do , but of lick of
ambition to do It We ore getting finally
away from the oplnlnii thai the best bob In
school are the deadest bos.
"Tho time has passed also when any In
telligent teacher will trj to Hog n boy Into
virtue , nducators have cc mo to realize th.it
though we may co-npel a boy to obscivo
rukfi wo can : ot compel him to wish to ol > -
sen them. When we punish him we do not
put , tlm into the lubtt of doing what Is
right , but only of ) lelding to a superior will ,
and this is slaver ) . The enl ) way to guide
n child along the tight path In to tutu him
Into It of hH own ucroid , unconscious that
he Is being Inlliieii-cd The good should bo
made more attractive nnd he will follow it ,
for no child has over done wrong because
it was wrong but simply because he wno
Intciestcil In It for KB novelty"
Mr Hughes concluded his addicss with
advice to tcachois of .1 technical nature ,
suggesting proportions of work and play ,
methods of study and othei points of Inter
est to educators The nest attraction in the
teachers' couiae will be Albert Ilubbard ,
editor of the Philistine and proprietor of the
Ilo ) crofters' shop at Hast Aurora , N' . Y.
lie will bo followed by George Kcnnan. the
Sibellan tiaveler. Dr Xicholis Murray Uut-
ler , president of Columbia university , Ham
ilton W Mable and tteorgeV Cable.
VANQUISHED SERVE VICTORS
Co ii ( ell ill ill' t'oic'es of ( lie loung ;
Women's Llirlxtlnii.socluilon
\r * Itve'unel liMl ,
The "pinks ' and ' greens , " contending
armies of the Yeung Women's C'hristlin as
sociation , concluded tthclr membership con
test last night with an entertainment and
supper , conducted by the vanquished color
The ejnciald ranks , led b ) Miss Alma
Peters , were the scivitors of the occasion ,
and fiom 14 to G o'clock gave an hifoimal
musical and literary program. Several new
bongs In costume weie introduced , together
with dialect recitations which iccelvcd ap
plause The efforts of the ) oung vv onion have
lalHi'd the membership of the otginizatloii
from .HO to 1,007 , the "pinks" having a lead
of about twenty-live.
Prom G to S o'clock a public reception
was held in the parlois , and several hundred
women congratulated the olllceis of the as
sociation on the progress made dm Ing the
last year. The receiving pait ) conslbtcd of
Mrs W. P. Harfoid , piesldent Miss Cady.
geneial = ccrelary , Miss Vi'oodsmall , physical
directoi , Miss \lnia Peteis , commanding the
"gieens , " and Mlbs Maud Uonolioo , com
manding the "pinks " The rooms of the
association had been tastefully draped in
pink and gieen , the colors of the evening
The walls wcro hung with evergicens and
the Interior presented a picturesque appear
ance During the evening a large detonation
from the kindicd organlzatio.i , the Young
Men's Christian association , called at the
parlors.
DRAMA BY YOUNG GERMANS
CiM-inaii Callnilli'K ( flplirntf > <
Venr'H l > n > \liproprlnle 'IIiiii-
iier nl llolioinlnn Hall.
Orcat crowds thronged the new llohemlari
hall on South Thirteenth street Monday aft
ernoon and evening. It was the occasion of
a joint entertainment and dramatic produc
tion given by the kindcigarlen of the ( ! or-
man Catholic church and thu German Young
Men's Diamatlc club c/f the toulli side It
was a happ ) , an enjoable and a successful
event from beginning to end and the Ger
man Catholics of Omaha voiced the unan
imous feiitlmcnt that In no more pleasant
a manner could the Jlisl day of the new
) c.-ir have been celebrated.
lleglnnlng at t o'clock In the afternoon a
lengthy program by the children of St.
Joseph's Herman Catholic kindergarten wr
given Th'H ' consisted of songc , lecltatl in
and exercises rf vailed description In puts
cf the program the German language v.as
emploed , In othci parts the children ii cd
the niiBlIali tongue In all nlnut seventy
boys nnd girls participated The program
waa in ranged and the children were drilled
by the Sisters of the Precious Hlood Sla
ter Superior Aloyela had direct Biipervliljn
of the affair.
At C o'clock , i bountiful supper which
had been prepared by iho women of the
church was hervod. There vvero thrco tables.
the American. German nnd Hungarian. Uaili
was appropriately decorated with the eol-
orj of thu country which It represented.
The tables v.eio taxed fiom the Ural to
provide accommndatlptu for lh many who
wished to partake of the tempting viand i
and H surprisingly large number had been
fed when the supper rooms wcio closed at
8 o'clock.
In the evening the dramatic entertain
ment was prc'ECiitcd. It was a moat c'lcl-
Itable performance and the actlni ; of thu
> oung men who cweajcd the leading iclus
showed the icsults of careful eludy and
prcparullon The piece waa entitled "Kro
nen and Palmcn" und waa a drama in fl-p
a-tsv It was. of a religion' chaiacter un I
was descriptive of the hi-tor ) or tlw Catl.-
ollc ehurtli In ll'c < ill ) di-is of He fouith
centur ) The btoiy u-pienntcd the pei c-
Good Digestion
Horsforri's ' cid Phosphate
Token regularly after meals , removts
the sem-c of Uistrt- , oppression and
all cone' feeling of the stomach.
Gc nir.0 bears fx Hot r KH > o i u rapper
'
cut ion of the eiily exponents of Citholl-
cism b ) Kmperoi Uloilelian tlie hint of the
llotnan emperors The ( leiimn languase
was u = ed exclusive ! ) in the presentation
Of parlleular meill weie Ihe costumes and
the stage spit Ings ever ) thins of this nature
pal taking of the ntle and custom of the
, fourlh tentuiv I.leber furnished the costumes -
tumes and Valentino llohendorf had charge
of the .stage arrangemenl.
I The plav was pioduced under the direc
tion of Veneiable IJrnthor Pantphlllus. 0 I- '
M , and much of the praise Is due him for
Us success The ) oung men who appeared
1 In the east were Philip Hobrccht , Joseph
Sandliofner , Paul Melrhers , Autono Plelss ,
j Conrad Hug , Joseph Clno. Adrian lr llurk-
, ard , Joseph lloilenlangei , Otto Prothmann ,
j Joseph Hug , Joseph Holfman , Hcni ) Oelclei-
man , Prank Piothmann , Joseph Lire , .
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Mkkev Crowl was locked up Monday on
the rluiige of stealing a vnllse from In
ft out of a store at 1111 Paniam "treet
l.lzzle Pnmpbi II , who lias been ronflned
nt the police stnilin on account of lii"anlt )
for t ) o last ffw dnvs was taken to hrr
ioim > 'n Vail , In , bhei biolher , A P
1'oinul
A ( lamina : Cbilstmns tree was one of the
amu'vmeiits nfloided the children of Krnnk
Swan ° i > n it S2B South Sixteenth , New Year's
nlunt borne candles on the tree Ignited the
rerim bo ti-hs and the conllT ratlim lint fol
lowed was piettv but the tire dcpaitment
had to be called out lo quench it
Word has been received beie that Ed
Marsh , malinger of the Hotel Juliin , Du-
Imiiue , la , died New Year's da ) Mr
Mar"h was at one tlmo car nceniin ant ol
the rremnnt. lllkhorn . < t Missouri Valley
and l well known in thih clt ) nnd Connell -
ell HlulTs
James Cnllulmn dltd Monduv evening at
7 o clock at his late residence at 711 North
Vourteentli street The dcco.i ed was an old
resident of the dtv. having been here about
thh t ) -live. ) eurs lie leaves n wife , three
sons and two daughters to mourn his de-
pirtuie. 'J be funeral will take place from
residence Wednesda ) morning at ! > 30
lluilal will be nt bt Mai'h cemetery
Fi lends invited
MI'-s Pearl Shoemaker , n ) oung woman
who was detained at the police s utlon
undei husiileion of the theft of a pocketbook -
book has been reie.iM'd from eustod ) Mis
W J Layman of the Trnii'-lent hotel , at
rifteenth street and Cu.i Uil avenue ,
thought t-be bad lost her poeketbook and
accu ed Miss Shoemaker of the theft The
day following the poekutbook was found
but too late to undo the ciuel Injury done
MNs Hhoemakei In her ariest
At the > eaily meeting of the new Omihn
Tliomuon-Houston Illcelrle Light com-
Iiaii ) Monda ) mouiliiK , the following new
oITlcers wen- fleeted for the year Pres'-
dent , Pred A Na h , vice president. Henry
W Yn es , Keneiul manager , II. W Me-
" \Iinli5iil 'Ine board of dlrec-tois was reelected -
elected The prominent elianges In the per
sonnel ol the olllc-e force were duo to the
death of President 'J homns I. Klmbill
Hid the leslgnatlon of Geneial M inagei W
S Ub'te '
Mhs Kliireme Lu chnrr won the pil/e
a i the ' 'andsomest attired dnncei at lu
1'iaternlty club masqueiiide in ( . 're gliton
ball Mis LUM liner represented a foi
s'iken In Ide. and m ul < a most exquisite < ip-
licai.mif Whin die was led on the btuge
liter and her mask was removed she re
ceived tiemendoiis applause from the 1 trge
gathering Kveiv detail of her cixs time wa
'In ' keeping vv'tb her MIe of beaut ) and
rho made a beautiful plctuie in the el at
artel she had chosen
The annual meeting of the Htockhn'dPi ' -
of the c Una tin ( " 3.is company w is held M 111-
dn > morn ns at lo o dock In the Meic hams
National bank bulldlni ; , for the puiposi
of elcc Ins oll.ieis and dlieetorh Frank
Murph ) was made president of the orgin
Izatlon , fic'orgo K lliikei , vice president
CJ W Club ms11 'eiret'irv , 1 , aae liattln
tieisuror. and I iao Kn.i'in supcrl ijend-
ent The dlnctois i ho en vvc'ie Itanda1
M > r-ran Samuel T Iluilllt , CSioiBe K Hai-
ker , c. ' n Woiids and Plun
WHAT DO THE CHILDREN DRINK ?
Don't Rlvp them tea or coffee Have vuu
tried tbo newfnnd drink called OHAIN-O'
It Is delicious arid iinnrlsblnii and tnl '
tbo ] ) lneo of ci ffc'e The n'O'e flraln-O y
Klve HIP children the rnorr' booll'l ' von ell
tribute tlirougli their .ystomii ( ! nln- ( ) 1-
madn of pure Kniliix and wlien iir.iperlv
prernred tnstfis lll til" choice Crudes of
coffee , but costs about 'i as much All
crocers sell It 15c and 25c.
Our two-flfly winter tans-
1
Aie no nidi caici nrunl than other
i hhocs lint they havea wood , liu.ivy
doiili'i' c.Nlcnili'tl M h' that Kcops your
I'fut fiom p'tlliif : not niilehh Ihu Avaier
IH di'i'p fiioiiKli lor inl'tK-liio.\ . Shoo-
limn vvi'ais tlit-M' slioi's all winter wo
lioiii-'ht t'.ji'in to sell : it SH.UO but wo
just wanted to nniKo tinSi' . . ' ! ) nhoo hull-
hiK Iniei'Chtliii , , MI put llu1 prk'o down ,
\\'o hint' the sanic shoi > In lilarh al tliu
f.inii > prlt c > II .von want a pied , suit-
ht.intlal , ht. lisli winter -hoe for ! ? _ ' .HO
IhH is tln shoi vou a it- 1 okliiK for.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
I Onnhn'B L'p-to-elafp bboe Uou m ,
tain i AUNA.M s
NEW YEAR BALL BY NEWSBOYS
Ilnjoj ii IVnM nt ( oinniri cliil Itcn-
liitirnnt In VI ( < > riioi > ii Dnnec
ill Muht.
The newsbo.vs have been living on the fat
of the land recentldined and wined Kirst
came ( he banquet tendered the lads b ) The
Bee , In the wake of which followed a New
Yeur dliimr , enteruilnment and ball Over
100 little fellows gathcied at the dm
mercl.il icstiuirant Monda ) afternoon to be
dined hiimpliioiisl ) The menu cauls were
not works of art. but the appetites ef the
hungry lads weie , and the wa ) good things
disappeared underneath the dlny vests of
the embro rtatesnien was enough lo make
rider people stale' .
In the evening the same boys , with an
augmentation , went to Morand's hall anil
fiirtl-er riiteied Into the joys of the new
) ear The upper nail of the ball , 01 gal
ler ) , was Illled bv u tllhly attired mini
ber of guests brought out by the novelt ) of
the event.
The ball Itself was not of a formal kind
by anv means , but ever.vcjne had n goc d
time. After the .voting people had cakewalked -
walked and dipped about over the vvnxon
floor the older guests were Invited down
and the dances were more formal The
evening was sifcemful us far as the social
pait of It wan conceined and eve ) boy pres
ent was grateful for the good time given
him.
Ail Honest M < M | | < * | III * for lu ( ! rliio. |
George W Waltt of South Gardiner , Me ,
sah "I have had the worst cough , cold ,
chills ni'd grip and have taken lots of trash
of no account but profit to the vendor.
Chambci Iain's Cough Ilomedy Is the only
thing that has done any good whatever I
have used one bottle and the chills cold
and grip have all left me I congratulata
the manufacturers of an honest medicine. "
Llillil lluriii'il lo Dentil.
ST JOSUP11 , Mo , Jan 1 The clo lilng
of two children one an Infant of J ( " .
15'ackburn lesldlng at 1111 Olive street
caught llro toda ) from a ginto and the
infant wa.s fatally burned. The mother
and other child we > re severely burned In
r the ( lames
Get ql causes when you wish to Influence
eflects , Theie Is no wiser policy with a
cough Dean's meiithohtecl drops stop the
tickle
TOO I.VTI : TO riissiri. .
LOST I en in of mules bliick rooe halters.
Kevaid for ic-lcirn in < 'orcoian & Ander
son Florence Xc h
The
Eyesight
Is the most precious of sifts Im
paired or defective eyesight Is almost
a crime In these days Glasses can
be made that will take away tlicso
defects Wo make scientific eye ex
aminations free and can toll you If
glassc's will help ) ou All louses
ground by a competent epeotaclo
man.
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