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BOSS POLITICS IN RESTCChV'
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GOEBll'S CMUER AS A POLITICIAN
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The Infflatupells rrees , a non-pirtteaii
Jie n pei- , print * an lIlamlnaUBe review
of the Cfutse * loading up to the presm dei
Hortble condition * prevalent Is Kentucky.
llofttlsai diwperate. Implacable. unierupu-
Ion * Is thowti to be the source , and Goei
beflem the outgrowth. The article was writj
CB by & * US correspondent at Frankfort
W fere Ooeb& received his death wound by
an assassin's bullet-
Party politic * In Kentucky at IbU day
It. a hj tf > m of official brigandage com
mended by bosses who have galne * lead
ership through chicanery , force nd fraud.
So long as thtfce knaves were in harmony
the state and Its people were plundered
without colkf above popular muttering ! .
and nott- that the rogues b.ave fallen out.
honest men are Kllll denied their dues.
Opposing fartlons In the controlling
forces of Kentucky have fought under the
generalship of two Indomitable bosses-
William Goebel and John H. Whallen. A
jKXsullar Incident In their careers may be
noted In the fact that they began political
life and party mastery In adjoining coun
ties Goebel at Covington , Kenton county ,
and Whallcn at Newport , Campbell county.
Both learned their first 'lessons In the hat-
bed of Ohio politics Cincinnati for , al
though In eastern Kentucky , they were
in towns that arc really suburban to Cin
cinnati.
A dozen .years ago , before the adoption
of the new constitution of Kentucky , the
LouUvllle & Nashville railroad company
was a pctent power In state politics. It
was a boss. Insatiate and extortionate In
its demands , but profligate In Its rewards.
H pillaged the plain people to enrich cor
poration promoters and politician ! . Us
widespread enterprise fed upon the sweat
at the laborer's brow. It was master of
all corporations of the state. No rallrrad
could secure a charter in violation of its
terms. Then a franchise could be obtained
only through the legislature , and the
Louisville t Nashville controlled all
legislatures. But there came an upheaval ,
a new state constitution provided for equal
business rights , and the Louisville & Nash
ville Railroad company , bowing to the
Inevitable , withdrew from politics and re
doubled Us energies along strictly legitimate
business lines. And outside of state politics
It would have remained had not Goebellsm
forced It back Into the fray through self-
defense.
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Starting from anti-corporation dema-
ROguery , William Goebel constructed an or
ganization that sandbagged every enter
prise that was barked by combined capital.
No matter how helpful to Kentucky and
Its development , the business concern that
-consisted of more than two owners was
raided by these political pirates. So it was
that Goebel arrayed labor against capital
and the wire-puller against the unpur
chaseable or jinawed voter.
Goebel began at petty ward politics in
Covington. He succeeded in securing one.
two. three and then a majority of his hench
men In the city council. Then he named his
man for chief of police , for chief of the
flre department and then only his followers
were chosen for subordinate places. Reach
ing out he controlled the police judge , -and.
with all the machinery the city in his
grasp' he ' extended his power over tht
county until "his man" was sheriff , "his
man" was county treasurer , "his man" was
judge of the circuit court , and so on.
He kuew all the highways and byways
of politics. When he could not control he
punished. The things , that did not rally
to Ills support be attacked and often de
stroyed. He was a merciless master and
an unrelenting antagonist.
Lawyer by pretense , he * as a boss by
practice.Vhen the Bridge company did not
unbend to his desires , he carried the forces
of his city and county government against
it , Hwas the same with the Street Rail
road company , the Gas company or the
Water company.
The. ! Sninlfor l Trmti-tlj- .
Whea John L. Sandford disputed Goebel's
power , all of Sandford's interests were at
tacked his bridgp interests , the bank of
which he was president , his political af
filiations and his private character. Goebel
opposed in 1S95 the re-electicn ot Mr.
Blackburn to the United States senate , be
cause Blackburn and Sandford were boon
friendn. Goebel took the county funds away
from Sandford's bank and pave the money
to an Institution of his friends. He con
trolled the school funds in like manner , and
this fund , like that of the county , went by
favoritism and was given to the custody of
a bank , without Interest.
Goebel had other and different friends.
Poolrooms were permitted to have undis
turbed sway in consideration that their
enormous profits be depoelted with the bank
flitndly to Goebel and that liberal contribu
tions be made to the campaign fund.
Not content with a warfare on Sandford's
business Intert&t * he repented thebanker's
pcrfittence in advocating the re-election of
Senator Blackburn. Senator Blackburn hud
not come to a full relltatlon of Goc.bel'6
power and was pleased to ignore the young
Napoleon of politics This was a thing
that stirred up the ferocity of tbp Kenton
bcss and added to bis hatred of Sandford.
It was then that he wrote vituperative ar
ticle * against the banker and paid for their
publication in the local newspapers. Thess
found a place over the misgivings of the
( 'filters , who appreciated Sandford's high
business and personal standing. They knew
Hat Sandfcrd was firm in the oeu 3i of bis
ox-confederate comrades and a * Goebel's
father and young Gociel himself were ar
dent union ' sympathizers the new political
_ rnaiiw delighted to affront the veterans
of the southern nrroy.
In time hli attacks were framed in lan-
gu gp and metier r > 3 violent that the local
prtks refuted to print them and this situa
tion ho promptly met by buying an outfit
and ifeulng a journal of hi * own. In this
hu printed the charge that be knew Sand-
fcrrt would rrtpnt with the final recourse
> ok ct yourself ! Is your face
covsrctl v : ! i pimples ? four skin
rc-h c"d t'ctc'i ? It's your liver !
Aytrs Fills are liver pills. They
cure constipation , biliousness , and
drspipsis. 25c. AU druggists.
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Vx-wn or rtrh l > l rk T 11i o c e
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a.itht ir.f taMe result wai a * t - ffdoel
; Both shot at tbe Mine time Stndfoid was
! kitted and Ooebl * * am tombed.
rblnery did AM car * to trouble
and there was M Indlttaeat , no official I * , ' i i
vettlgatlon. :
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Qoeocl ma * then Uie wnator and ke was ' 1
re-eleMed. Hi * nnchtne * a atrong enovcb
' . to control net ontr th * dnaocrattr bat ,
j republican local organitatKm * : PO that
i Ootbel made nil new raw for the state wn-
j ate ke named tbe nominee for the repub- '
| Means and geaarently paid the raapAlgn
j cxpenec * of tbe unknown and unworthy
dummy candidate again : ! himself.
j ! During the waeton o ! tbe Kentucky letfs-
j , lature in 187 and 185 Goebel began to par *
i lb way fet his occupancy of the governor's
chair. Calling about him the demagogues. ! I '
| : the sycophants and ike money-hunters he :
i executed a general assault on the railroads. i
j I the banks , the ineuranre companies and all I
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corrnratlons. He " ' ,
t became tbe "poor man's ]
cbtsopion. ' He wore a tpuHous halo of ; i
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counterfeit public purity , and la the livery '
of uprightness he served the satan of sel- j I i
fifchnws. The king of Kenton county became i
the csiperor of the state Goebellstn was [ j
everywhere , and to perpetuate It he forced I j
the dynastic Gocbel elwtion measure on the '
statute bookb.
This law practically destroyed the- suf
frage of the voters of the commonwealth
and left all the power to Goebel. The law
was so glaringly undemoratlc that the hon
est votcisnent Into a revolution. Holding
up the past sins of the Louisville & Nash
ville railroad before the people , Goebel de
clared that it was the fountain-head of the
opposition to the Goebt-1 oligarchy , and by
his vigorous onslaughts forced the Louisville
& Nashville bark into politics. In defense
of its rights , and not in an effort to resume
former oppression , the Louisville and Nash-
tllle led in the fight on Gocbel ajid Goebel-
Itm. And the campaign cry of tbe soulless
corporations against Goebel and his protectorate - ,
tectorate over the downtrodden was sounded
throughout the Plate and the United States.
A Forced Noniliuit Ion.
For more than two years Goebel had used
his strong organization toward naming him
on tbe democratic ticket , and yet he went .
to the Louisville convention last June with I
but -Ma of the 1.09 ! delegates in his favor.
General Wat P. Hardin was far In the lead.
with Captain W. J. Stone second. Goebel
and Stone combined could defeat Hardin. and
that combination was made with the writ
ten agreement that Goebel was to have the
state party organization and Stone tbe
nomination. The organization , of necessity ,
came flrst , and Stone filled his part of the
contract. But no sooner had Gocbel se
cured the organization than he repudiated
the agreement and reached out for the
gubernatorial nomination for himself.
Stone's forces , dismayed and shattered ,
sought to thwart the designs of the ingrate ,
and succeeded. In the face of the arbitrary
rulings of D. B. Redwine , the Goebe'l chair
man of the convention , in holding otf tbe
nomination for four days. But In the pro
longed wrangle Goebel had time to put tbe
convention into the hands of the Louisville
police and pluguglies. So-called contesting
delegates from counties where there had
been a contest were seated by fraud and
accredited delegates ousted by forc-e. By
this means Goebel and his entire slate were
declared the nominees , and upon these cre
dentials made the race.
Tbe democrats , who had been ousted from
their convention by policemen , held another
convention at Lexington , nominated a ticket
headed by former Governor John Young
Brown , a democrat of Icng standing , un
swerving loyalty and unimpeachable in
tegrity.
A three-cornered contest was then waged
with fierce methods and rank intolerance ,
with the result that most of the anti-Goebel
democrats voted for Taylor , 'the ' republican
and , in spite of the evil resources of the
Goebel election law , Goebel received Sl.OOt *
votes Jess than the combined opposition.
Tbe republican nominees were Installed in
office and then came the wrangle that
brought on tbe recent outlawry at Frank
fort , capital o Kentucky.
Oorliel'H Strnnjtf Powrr.
In all the contests that before the con
vention , that in tie convention , that of
the campaign and that before the legisla
ture Goebcl's political acumen showed a
mysterious power. Although Goebel had
killed Sandford , Senator Blackburn's
friend ; and , although Blackburn at the
graveside of Sandford , had wept and
pledged himself to avenge the wrongs of his
widow and orphans ; yet Blackburn wheeled
into line for Goebel. Although Mr. Watter-
son had , in his vigorous way , again and
again assailed Goebel during tbe legislative
session of 1&97-9B. yet Mr. Watterson the
morning after the stolen nomination ,
brought the Louisville Courier-Journal
in swing for Goebel. In truth , the owners
of the Courier-Journal had been Instru
mental In turning the municipal machinery
over to Goebel at convention time , to the
end that the police might throw out dele
gates and seat Goebel henchmen.
Blackburn and Watterson , once coworkers
ers of tbe oldtlme leaders , thus became
serfs of the new boss.
The Uo h Wlmllrn.
The opposition to Goebel was also boss-
ridden. This opposing boss was John H.
Whallen , who woe the accredited master
of both disgruntled democrats and re
publicans. He came to that office by vir
tue of connection with the Louisville &
Nashville railroad company. That corpo-
ratlou , viewing the combat as a life or
death struggle , came forward with the sin
ews of war. and Wballen. by reason of his
political versatility , experience and
knowledge , was chosen to be commander-
In-chlef for the antl-Go.ebel forces. And the
Brown democrats and the republicans , In
view of the burden assumed by the Louis
ville Naehville. were quite ready to enlist
under the Whallen banner.
Two years ago John H. Wballen was the
Richard Crolter of Louisville's democratic
government. He had made and unmade
men In the city of 200,000 as easily as
Gocbel had built or tern down in a city
cf G.OOO. In ten years' connection -with mu
nicipal politics he had grown from penury
to affluence. From worse than bankrupt
he arose to wealth amounting to more than
Jl&O.OOO. in the tame number of years of
liKe woik he had outdone Goebel In money-
getting by one-half.
But tbwc came a disagreement amoug
Wfcallcn and hU foOlows and , angered by
the growing independence of his hitherto
followers. A ? j.ullfid away from tbe city ad-
cunl.Mration crowd and arrayed himself
Goebei as teen a * the Kenton man
aa the choice of tbe Louisville
clique.
Lets than a score of years ago John H.
Whallen was a day laborer of Newport ,
Ky- Aimlessly he drifted to LouisUlle and ,
like Goebel's father , got a start in tbe sa
le rn buslmt > s. As a saloon man be began
to dtvelop political influence. He Unew
tr-e boys" and he knew how to work thorn.
He established a variety theater as a fur-
tr-fi advance toward public power and It
be.ame headquarters for ward workers. Ha
nis growing rapidly toward leadership
wtcti a mishap in his theater threw him Into
bankruptcy. A modern William Tell made
a mica-Sre in t-hooiing an apple vfclcb
ni-uJ on tbt bead of a companion iilaycr
an 1 Whallen was mulcted in * damage euit
brtugbt by relativac ot the victim ol bad
mttrksaiaiMSbip to tbat extent ihai oevfi
Eli re hac ho bees safe to have his property
in r-u owu name.
But B freak Mart was bad and in a Hitlc
Ktlle W hall en was chief of police. Gain-
Ming was wide open in Louisville , the poaj-
r.ionis ojrau4 niibout disturbance and
pclUy shops wers almost countlut and
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! mi : and cihr iund and Whallen was
tkr prime txirs of Lxrairrllle. He tuatl
ike mayor and ofi down to Mree * laborer * :
'lite nan" was rben rtiBfMrtr wfcen
Mi. Clevrttnd ira * pre drnt ; "hlf man"
* ? noattoated for wngreiw and "ale man"
bcaa * governor of KentuckyHe built
tbe flnttt theater btilKHn ? In Louisville ;
li-p ) ms rant interwu In all parts of tbe
city : he owns a farm and lie fe ttlll a bos * .
Two HoincSoclirl nml AVImllrti.
Both ( tocbcl and Wbslier have been * uc-
crwlul political bosM * . and yet the two are
altogether dlsMmilnr. Goebel H a stole , a
mretlve. domineering. studious bo f.
Whailcn is hale fellow , good mixer , out-
in-tie-op i tw.
Gocbel bas always held aloof from \he
common herd : Wh llen becomes one among
them. Goebelworks by organization and i
through a few trusted lieutenants ; Wjhallen |
eiH * on his private soldiers In perston. Goe-
bJ Is stepped in dignity ; Whalhn is almost
boisterous In his genial habits. Goebel trill
hve nothing of the hurrah bibulous wt ;
Whallen makrs companions of them. Goebt-1
shuns anything akin to domesticity : Whal-
len is devoted to his family. Goebel Is a
teetotaler and has no confidence In one who
drink ? ; Whallen is temperate , but liberal.
owns a wlnehouse and has no respwt for
Sunday lawr.
Whallen le never quarrelsome. He "is
artful in Intimidation tactics , but he takes
no personal port In brawls. Ho contributes
to charity funds and ho aids broken-down
htnc-liraen. \ '
On the other hand. William Goebel seems
to be devoid of sentiment or anything akin
to good fellowship. He Is. moreover , pugnn-
clous and oflf-nslve In blfs Ideas of aggres
sion. After the death ot his parents he
held aloof from his two brothers and sister ,
established bachelor quarters , where the
housekeeper was the only woman about , and
he had no callers. Alwavs fearless , his
tendency to rule things often Involved him
In personal encounters , which he won by n
display of knife or pistol. He fought the
very worthy young man who was his sis
ter's suitor and drove her away from home
because she would not give up her lover :
and. save tbe one time when she railed
on him to sympathize with him over his
trouble with Sandford , he had not , until
eight months ago , spoken to her for nine
years. He had little communication with
his brother , the carpet dealer of Cincinnati ,
yet when the brother became involved in a
difficulty with a noted man , William Goebel
came to the rescue with a revolver , lie
bore the expenses of his younger brother
through college , and yet he had bitter quar
rels with him.
His entire ambition has been along the
line of politics. He has made It his great
6tu < 3r. He has seen politics in every phase
of life and experience. First he made a
fortune as attornov for maimed or injured
persons against negligent or accused cor
porations. Then he sought to be chief coun
selor In Kentucky for the Louisville < fc
Nashville- railroad , and tbat being denied ,
he turned witb bU political studies against
it. He set his heart on being governor ; after
that he would seek the place of United States
senator and be c-ontent. Politics has been
hi * , only God. and he has been a devout wor
shiper.
AMUSEMENTS.
Vaudeville.
Regular weekly change of bill at the
Creishton-Orpheum.
THE BILL.
"Graspine an Opportunity'
. .Will M. Cressy mid Blanche Dayne
Dog and Monkey Exhibition Macarte
Baritone Soloist Hamilton Hill
Ventriloquist J.V. . Wlnton I
Musical Comedian Frank Latona I
Singinp Comedian , Claud Thavdo
Vocalists and Dancers Griffin Sisters I
Few more entertaining programs have j I
bocn rendered at the Creighton-Orpheuaj
this season than that which is presented this
week. The moet critical could not fail
but commend the performance as -whole ,
and the two immense audiences which
greeted the first day's performance were
more than pleased. There is a sufficient di-
verMty in the bill to meet the wishes of
all who may witness it. The crowds who
witnessed Franceses Redding in her charm
ing sketch a few weeks ago , "Her Friend
From Texas , " and were delighted with it ,
will be glad of the opportunity to becqme
acquainted with the author of the piece ,
Will Cressy. who appears this week in an
other of his delightful productions , "Grasp
ing an Opportunity. " Mr. Cressy is sup
ported by Miss Blanche Dayne. and together
they present a rollicking , humorous sketch ,
which tbe author is pleased to term a "New
Hampshire Episode. " He appears as a
gullible , close-fisted farmer , whose quaint
humor is irresistible , and the comical situ
ation Into which he plunges htmeif is a
decidedly original and refreshing climax.
Tbe famous Macarte witb hU a'mcst human
dogs and monkeys delighted not only the
children but the grown folk as well. His
animals are trained to a degree of perfec
tion which is simply astonishing , and there
is not an uninteresting moment from the
time the curtain goes up on this act until
its close.
Hamilton Hill , tbe possessor of a remark
ably strong and pleasing tenor voice , and
Claud Thavdo , the black-lace comedian , fur
nish excellent vocal music , and meritorious
specialties are introduced by Frank Lnona ,
the " .musical tramp. " and J. W. Wlnton ,
the famous Australian ventriloquist , -who
elands well at the head of entertainers in
this always Interesting line.
"A 1VI iAVoiiiitn. . "
An uproarious three-act farcical comedy ,
in which two young married coupler zr ?
plunged into all sorts of laughable predica
ments , and which gives Marie Lamour op
portunity to show her decidedly pretty face
and introduce numerous charming singing
spc-cialties , is "A Wise Woman , " which
kept two large audiences in an uproar at
Boyd's Sunday afternoon and evening. The
play if one that has only one purpose in
view the amusement of its audiences and
It succeeded quite well in doing this during
its brief stay in Omaha. The can is small
but well balanced and includes Frederic
Murphy.
ItU-h Gold Orr.
HARTVILL . Wyo. . Feb. 4. ( Special. )
The citizens of this place are considerably
wrought up over the discovery of rich golfl '
ore in tbe camp. Some few days ago a num- i
her of residents of this town jumped the ,
claim located by a man named C. A. Wright i |
and others , on which tbe town IE located , i
claiming that the original locators ha3 not
done the necon--ary afcscssmcnt work. The !
new locator * have since been working on 1 '
the claims , and have opened up a vein of ,
fine looking ore. In this vein there has ! ;
been found a "pay streak , " and from five \ ,
pounds of rock there were extrtrd sixty ,
gralnt of gold. ThU caused a flurry , and !
a large number of claims have been staked j I
off in the vicinity. j i
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VllcKri ! Timber I ) < * i > r < - < Inlloii , i
WHKATLAN'D. Wyo. . Feb. 4Special. ( . ) j ! i
Tbe spfi-lal agents of the genera ) land of- :
rice have been in the mountains norlbwcet !
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of here for several day invettipatinp a- ! j I
legrd timber depredation- is reported
tbm a Nebraska timber firm hat been cut
ting timber by tbe wholesale In the vlrinlty
of Hartville and between that place and the
eastern boundary lintof ibr state. It it cx-
paolftd thare will t * some wnfaiionsl ar- ,
rftt when the inspector * mike their re- j |
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pert * . '
Dt'Wiu' * WJuli H iel Sttlve is (
foi piles. iojurj < - luid ekiu dlteaaes. H is
the original Wu.-h Hazel Salve. Hewar ? of 1
all countcrfrltt. j
PREACHERS' SUNDAY TOPICS
Psrible of Wheat and tbs Ta's is Dircewei
by EJT. John
PURITAN IDEA OF CHURCH IS TOO GIOOMY
Many IVoilr Arc A1wn > r < itnttnln- |
Inu ot Life n Thcj rittil It nml
rind rnult Mltli Their
la St. Barnabee' * Episcopal church the
pastor. Rev. John Williams , preached his
Sunday morning sermon from a text taken
from the parable ef the wheat and the
lares. Matthev sill. 24 : "Let both grow together -
gether until the harvest , ad la the time ot
the harvest I will say to tie reapers , gather
up first the tares and Wad them in bundles
to bum them ; but gather the wheat Into my
barn. "
"Our conception ot the church ot God
tbonld never be based upon the Puritan con *
ception of it , " said the pastor. "H Is not
our place to grow narrow , gloomy and im
patient.
" \Ve see many people in the church-
many here in St. Barnabas who arc always
complaining of life as they find it and find
ing fault with their neighbors , and you
think them very disagreeable people. But
before > ou condemn them stop and think
of their relations with GoJ. In those hearts ,
doubtless , a struggle Is grlng on between the
tates and the wheat. We are not to be
come tolerant of this form of evil , but char
itable in our judgment. We do not know
the secret miseries of those impatient souls ;
the moments Of remorse which are the portion
tion of the grumbler are concealed from
us. There is never a wrong thought with
out Itt resulting penalty. "
CISSCLL 0 > "KSTIMATK OI" LII'i : . "
I'nMnr of HitiiKConi I'nrk M. I * . Clmrch
Prcnrlic-R IiitfrtMliiirormoii. ! .
At the Hanscom Methodist Epis
copal church Sunday morning the
pastor. Rev. Clyde Clay Cissell ,
preached , taking as his theme. "The
True Estimate of Life , " his text being Luke
vii , 15. He said in part-
"Statements of truth often appear para
doxical , because they seem to be opposed to
the experience of men. Men who read the
words of the text think they cannot be
reconciled with the experience of our days. I
can find a thousand men in every vocation of
life who will testify that the words 1 have
read are false doctrine , and while many
nominally assent to the doctrine their ef
forts year by year show that they do not
believe In it.
"The great buildings , could they talk ,
would proclaim the commercial standards
set by the men who , not satisfied wltn
spreading over the earth , are trying to see
tow much of the air , given by God for the
good of all , they can cecupy. The mighty
locomotives and the statelv ships are op-
crated to gather the wealth of the wfirld
and concentrate It that it may satisfy the
appetite for riches of some one. The dream
and cry of the ege is the dream and ciy
of King Midas. 'All mock the theory laid
down by Jesus. ' "
Continuing , the minister said that the
rich are not the only ones who sacrifice to
the false theory of this commercial age , but
that the poor are as bad and many persons
only hope lor a change in the social system
that they may be elevated and the rich of
today cast down. Mr. Cissell then took
William Goebel of Kentucky as a type of the
selfish , crafty , agnostic spirit of the day.
and called attention to the fact that when
he came to die he confessed by his ac-
tion that "a man's life consisteth not In the
abundance of the things that he possesseth , "
and that at his deathbed it was a lowly
preacher of the gospel of Christ who brought
him 'comfort and not the thoughts of the
earthly fame and riches he had won.
SECHET O ! ' -V STIIOXO CHfHCH.
ieHK. I'rnj-erfnlii * nnd
Spirituality CryinK Xcotls of Toilny.
Sunday morning Rev. Frederick A. Hatch
of Plymouth Congregational church
preached a powerful eermon to eo interested
congregation , taking as his text the vision
in Ezekiel xxxvil. 1-10. He said in part :
"Ezekiel is the Munkaczy of the prophets
as Isaiah Is the Michael Angelo. The latter
is massive and sublime , and the former is
rich in detail , finish and pictorial breadth ,
so that we find thtee visions are full of sug
gestive impulses. One is naturally led to
we the political condition of Israel in the
vision , also a hint of the future resurrec
tion. But it tells by analogy , at least , of
the individual condition cf soul without and
with the life of God. Death of soul Is far
more sad than death of body , and when we
look at our biography and seethe might of
man to love and to hate ; read of the less
ened passions , perverted wills , creeping
fears and gnawing remorse , we can under
stand a little of the phrase , 'dead in tres
passes and sins.1 We must know the con
ditions before we can use a remedy , and
here is the fact that men materially are
dead. Then God's -will IE proclaimed. Bone
comes to bone , a basis for strength ; flesh and
finew follrw , a basis for health ; and then the
skin Is laid on , a basis for beauty. Right
teaching has this function , still there may
be only a beautiful drad soul. Life , the
spirit , must be imbreathed. Aod , as in
the vision , with the Spirit they stood on their
feet , without the Spirit of Christ we arc-
none of His. This tells the secret of a
strong church. Too many dead members
with moral beauty , perhaps , but no life.
Righteousness , prayerfulness and spiritual
ity , as in this vision , the crying need of the
church today. The only ground of hope
for a sinner Is the world and the Spirit , and
only as a child of God can we realize God's
sublimity of dealing with the world. From
the grave to glory and to stand before the
King , is the purpose of God , if we permit
His methol to be followed. "
TIU.VGS THAT MAKE Oil IMtKAK.
llnlilt tin- Subject of Third Sermon of
II ScrleN lijllev. . M. W , dinar.
A large- audience heard Rev. M. W. Chase
deliver the third in the series of sermons on
the subject of "Things that Make or Break"
at the First Methodist Episcopal church
Sunday t-vening. He took for his text Ro
mans vil , 19 : "For the good that I would I
do not ; but the evil which I would not , that
I do. *
After speaking of the derivation and mean-
ing of the word , Re-v. Chat * Bald that "habit
determines character and character deter
mine * deftiny. " The condition of man as a
thorough freiature of habit was dwelt upon
at length.
"Habit sneans something more then mere
eccentricities. It is a wonderful power for
good or for bad. The best way to get rid
eif bad habits is to fill life wiih good habits.
Gco3 habits make character , as well as bad
babitf break. "
"Rcidlng. " the fourth sermon if the
series , will be delivered next Sunday even-
lag-
_ I. .1 . - . .
"TOl MATIO , HOCK AMI SAM ) . "
lti-llu-ii.il. . ll.-ll.-f slM.ul.l HiHriiriMl
< in Iliinli. of Aj > rrrtuiii < * il I-'nct.
At the Unity church Sunday morning Rev.
Nrwton M. Mana spoke on "Foundation * .
Rock and Sand , " comparing the riemroU
< < r theirtbodox ix-Jlef with those cf what
kt termed liberal ChrUtUnlty. Mr Maan
urged that cnen should use tbe-ir common
tense in religion u * well a la other things
of life and marveled that la an apr when
wienc-e ruled supreme pople should cling
to docmas wtlfh could neither be proved
nor commended.
"Popular Chrietlanltjr admits , " said Rev.
Mann , "that IU doctrlntf can never be
at- ( tv a .r'f' f. > r jt ' ir \ti \ t S
no nith ; o atou ; : for tho-m t n i > hat it < o-
rideis the Inner Around of intrtlert Ortho-
j doxy accept * statements which are lmolve-1
in or rnhlmint improbability i d thinks it
sin to quwrton Urtlr truth. Ma might as
wisely clew their ey s under a tottcnnc
wall. et ntrnt wit * tlw ftehiMon that no Jiartn
c a befall. Ho * J T'P ' caa rosvlnee them
selves , for example , tbat God once held a
sort cf telephonic cotnmnnlciitipn witb man
j through arenuet now clcsed is the oisrvel
r of aa ag * cf srttot * . It is Mid that 'to
j apply rMcn to religion is to bid adieu to
eertalnliw. ' Such certainties as cannot
stand scrutiny , however , are VMter d.ne
j ft ay with , ftac should b * thankful xhen
an honest thinker strikes a blow at one's
;
' faith. There is a truer Httinfarttnn in
knotting but little aad dwlrlns to know
that litlt : > well. "
C.UTIO.NS roi.l.UWKUS. TO WATCH.
I JCMI ClirlM He foclic l III * Ul clplc
I to ! ' < Hi rp on Cunril.
A large audience at Cavalry Baptist
etmrch Sunday morning listened to the pastor -
tor , lltv. Thomas Anderson , preach a short
sermon from the tbrme , "On Guard. " He
took his text from Mark till. 37 : "What I
say unto yea 1 say unto all , watch. "
"These were among the Isst words of the
Lord to Hte disciples , " said Rev. Anderson.
"The message they contain seems to hav ?
been the one message He was most anxious
to 'leave with them. The world , the flesh
and the devil have entered Into a diabolical
compact to put to sleep and keep asleep
these whom God baf called to keep awake.
Caution is one of the elements hero Implied.
We need to cultivate a holy jcalousv with
respect to ourselves , otherwise we occupy
most dangerous ground. If we sleep at all
we must sle-en with our armor on like eol-
dlers on the march.
"We tnust watch self. Watch against
temptation. Temptation is one of the stera
and yet one of the glorious facts of the
world. Character is not possible without It.
Yet It Invites danger. Temptation comes
from every source. The very atmosphere of
the world has a power to rust the soul.
Look out for soul-rust eating into the
soul's very life by our tos intense absorp
tion even In the legitimate things of the
world.
" \Vp are to watch others ; to help and
strengthen them. It is the idle Christian
who goes to sleep. Watch for Christ. He is
coming sooner than perhaps we think. May
His coming find us watching even to the
end. "
The pastor gave the hand of fellowship
to sixteen new members at the communion
services following the sermon.
THUMB OP TOL.iilA\Ci : DISCLOSED.
Inli'rt'Mliie Sermon ! > Itc'Y. Ivulinn of
Grnt-r LiUtlirrnii Church.
"Christ'.s Spirit of Toleration" was the
topic of Rev. Luther Kuhns' Sunday morn
ing discourse at Grace Lutheran church.
He took his text from Matthew xlii , 29. In
part the breaker said-
"It is worthy of notice that Christ did
not expect absolute perfection in His church
on earth. Within His disciple band there
was a Judas , and He , Himself , experienced
the fickleness of the multitudes. Intemper
ate zeal for the purity of the church is not
without danger. Jehu-like and Ellsha-like
practices are not in accord with the best
interests of the kingdom , unless divinely di
rected.
The source of toleration is in Christ ,
who is the sewer of good seed. Toleration
allows , without preventing , what is not ap
proved as a private right of conscience so
long as the rights of others are not in
fringed or laws violated which are designed
for the protection of decency , morality and
good order. It distinguishes between es
sential and non-essential without repressing
private judgment at the expense of con
science in the establishment of truth. Toleration
eration as a distinct Christian characteristic
Is esspntial to the corning New Year of en
lightenment and peace. "
Along this line the speaker talked at
length. He reviewed history in support
of his position , and in the aggregate de
livered a sermon that indicated a thorough
understanding of the subject under dis
cussion.
BOYHOOD OK CHIUST DlSCl'SSKD.
ttercxtlns ; Hlnlorirnl Sermon by
! * u lor of Kountcc Memorial.
Rev. Edward F. Trefz. pastor of Kountze
Memorial church , delivered an Interesting
discourse Sunday morning on the topic :
Silent Years of the Christ Life ; an Out
look on the Boyhood Life of Jesus. " He took
for his text Matthew xili. 15.
He spoke of the circumstances surround
ing the birjh of Christ as the story is told
in the scriptures , and interpreted it to mean
that in His boyhood days He was not ma
terially different from other children. The
speaker eaid that Christ drew His Inspiration
from nature , and that He probably had His
first knowledge of His inspiration when He
was 12 years old.
Rev. Trefz quoted the scriptures and sup
plemented the quotation -with his interpre
tation as he proceeded. The service was
largely attended , and music was a special
feature , as it usually is at Kountze Me
morial.
Talk * on
F. E. Titus of Toronto , Canada , spoke un
der the auspices of the Theosophlcal so
ciety at Royal Arcanum hall Sunday night.
His subject was "Life After Death. " A
good audience was present.
The t.peaker stated that man bad several
grades of matter in il make-up. The
coarsest of these was the physical. Death
fclinrlr relieved him of the coarsest body
and his intellectual and moral qualities re
mained stronger and brighter than ever.
We merely exist in a physical body tha ;
tb soul itself might grow. The experiences
of life are the food of the soul and when
tfcct food has been assimilated we must
return for fresh experiences until earth has
nothing inoro for us.
TRAVELING MAN PREACHES
EilMln > . ItohliinH Tnlk * ou KvlU of
Alcoholic IndulKcufc nnd Point *
Out ! lr ntl .
Edwin S. Robbins , a commercial traveler
from Waterbury , Conn. , registered at an
Omaha hotel , who devotes his leisure time
to Bible study and preaching , explains that
be was misquoted in the Sunday Bee wheu
he was made to pay : "It was once my pride
that I could bold mure liquor than any of
my fellows. " ilr. Robbins says be callfc at
tention to the fact that he never had such
pride , not solely on acrauui of hlmeelf , but
in jubtic-e to the great army of commercial
travclerr.
Speaking of traveling mm and their
tcmptationc Mr. Robbins said :
"While too many of the 'boys' on the toad
partake of the intoxicating cup which lead :
them to ucenre of revelry acd tin , yet these
'boys , ' f me of them with white hair and
some in tbe finst fluth of young manhood ,
ate not tbe true representative * of hardly
any rMcoiulblp jobbing , mercantile or man
ufacturing cstabli hra ntB. I have the per-
eonal addrci * cf over 200 thoroughgoing.
jirani : ; . ! Christian men who kre cugagc-d In
the baleof merchaudise by sample and
oiherwitt a commercial travelers. 1 arn
of the firm opinion th t this represents but
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THE BALLOON-By Julien Dupre.
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not a breath of air In stirring , you can almost bear the bee > as they buzz from
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a very small proportion of this great army
of business men who are at heart a part of
tbe church whose head is Jesus Christ. To
day among thoss who employ these men the
question-Is paramount to all others , 'Which
road is the man traveling ? ' 'Is he a Godly
man ? or is he given over to evil habits ? '
If the latter road is the case , the useful
ness of that man is seriously impaired , and
.he business men on the road and at home
are realizing this condition today as never
before. "
While Mr. Bobbins admits that in years
; oae .by be Indulged in drink , he eays he
does- not remember of ever having been
drunk. He preached Sundav afternoon in
: he ball of the Young Men's Christian asso
ciation. South Omaha , on th7 subject , "Gos
pel Temperance , Not Piohibition. "
Our liicTC-Hix-tl Trntlc with China.
England can no longer compete with us In
the shipment of many products to China.
Our trade with tbe Chinese has , increased
almost forty per cent within the last ytor
Tbifi is merely natural. Tht best wins in
everything. For a like reason. Hosteller's
Stomach Bitters , the bt st remedy in tt *
country , bos for fifty years acknowledged
no superior to cure constipation , Indigestion ,
dyt-pepsia and biliousness.
Two Srnnll Sunday Fire * .
Peter Slavenk , Junk dealer at S15 Douglas
street , built too roaring a fire in preparing -
paring hlf morning meal yesterday and
the surrounding woodwork WQP ignited.
The room was badly scorched and dam
age \\-as done to the amount of about J30.
A small blaze also caused the department
a run to Blum's feed store at Twenty-fifth
TRY 6RAIN-0 ! TRY 6RAIR-0 !
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package of ORAIN'-O. Ihp new food flr'nk
that Uke the plarr of coffee. The children
may drink it without lnjur > . ai well an tne
adult All who try It. like it GRAJK-O
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java ,
but it is made from pure grains , and the
most delicate stomach re * vfg it without
distress > < * the price of coffee. 15 : and i.c
, -ar pactarr. Sold by all grocers.
THE
BALLOON
4 FARMING GROUP
In thf linrvc-st flcltl w-o f r the flrst
tlini' a balloon in the sky.
This Famous Painting ,
owned by tlip Metropolitan Art Mu
seum of Now York , reproduced in
rolor ami effect , is 2\80 inches , Is
handsome autl beautiful.
and Cumlre street. The damage amounted
to KW.
Coj-oli-R rirtitltnl.
CHAMBERLAIN , S. D. , Feb. 4. ( Special. )
Stockmen west o. ' the MIfsouri river de
clare they have never before seen coyotes
so numerous as at present and that con
siderable damage Is being done stock by
the pests. There is no bounty paid for
cpjotes , although they are almost as danger
ous to stock as wolves. Large numbers of
sheep are being killed by the
Mirv < * > * of Ncv Tovi it ComjilrtPil.
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The surveyors o" the Milwaukee Railway
company have completed the survey of the
new town of Platte. which will be the
terminus of the new extension Into Charles
Mix county. The lots will be cold at auc
tion in about two weeks
Rubber
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Deformity Brace Manufacturer * .
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Op. Pax ton Hotel.
Drex L , Shooman's ' On Top
it to values iti
whop * for ovcr > boil.vloyii : and plrlF
missc-s and vuiucu nnd rvej ) inen in
fart one of the jnvatost value ? \\c
have c-ver oflVretl In a fhoo and that
means the greatest over given by any
Mine FIOIV Is our man's ? 'J. . " > 0 bhocs
Box calf vJd kill calfskin nnd Hussia
tau the solid double o.ik soles and tu ! >
new last * You can hardly tell this nhoo
fr in othiTH at $ " anil $ il th < > style is
Just UK ftuod \ \ > rc < oinniend tbii > t hens
ns a satihfartiuu ; riv r.
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1419 FARM Ail STREET.
The Ftaming of Pictures
Has become au an with us there arc
two ways of framing one is tbe right
way , the other l& the wrong way We
hare fi-jimwl so susuy that we know
only the ripUt way Then wo piro you
the largest assortment of mouldings to
select from you tver saw In your HIe
niplit up to date. loo-Nothing adds BO
much to a room as a picture well
franu'd-We invite visitors to our art
department ,
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Music and Art 1513 Douglas ,
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