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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1901)
The Illustrated Bee. Published Weekly by The Dee Publishing Company, Heo Ilulldlng, Omaha, Neb. Price, 60 per copy per year, $2.00. Entered at the Omaha Postofflca as Second Class Mali Matter, I 'or advertising rntcs address publisher. Communications relating to photographs or nrtlcles for publication should be nil dressed, "Editor Tha Illustrated Bee, Omaha." Pen and Picture Pointers "f ",0Kt romnrknblo move I J I meiitH of modern times tins been JSJ tluit of I ho Christian Endeavor iHPwaBl iTH. Originally Intended to em- brnco all the youiiK people of the uvangcllcnl churches, Its object was In a ir.casuro thwarted by thu orgnnlzn t Ion of societies which would not admit of membership nt the satno time In the Young People's Society of ChrlB- HOOKER T. WASHINGTON. FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF TIIK OIIKAT IN DUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR NEGROES AT TUHKEOEE. Ahi.-Photo by a Staff Ar tist. tli'.u Kndcavor, and thu sectarian dctwmlnntlons concerned In tho op position. Probably tho most formid able of thu rivals of tho Chris thin Kndcavor society has been tho Epworth Icnguo, which embraces tho young people of tho Mothodlst church. This, however, Is neither hero nor there, for tho society has Brown beyond tho ox pcctntlonti of Its founders and Is still How Coursing Races Provide a Test Diuu tncing, or "coursing," as it is I iiioro commonly called, ns a sport iiiih grown Hiciiuuy in ma wcai during tho last dozen yoata, until It haB assumed proportions which tho public Is only beginning to realize. Naturally, none, but tho enthusiasts havo kept close track of It and consequently tho development of this sport Ih considerable of a surprise to tho peoplo nt largo; es pecially Is this true In the ccntrnl west. For 11 long tlmu on tho Pacific const the tport has been fosterod until It has becomo a feature ot life around San Frnnclsco al most ns essential as baan hall or foot ball are to thu cities of tho oastom const. In tho mldillu west tho history of tho sport hardly dates back a dozen years. It Is easily adapted, however, to tho country, the broad, Hat prairies offering Ideal grounds on which to hold tho rncos, whllo thu Jack rabbits that aro commonly sub stituted for thu English hare abound nnd are easily captured, so that there Is no difficulty In furnishing the ne.cesslttes for excellent sport. At (Irent Ilrnd, Kun., Madison. S. D., Su perior nnd Friend, "Nob., and other points large Iceal associations havo sprung up and thither emtio aucu n yenr from all points thu own rs of houmlM whoso prowoss thoy are willing to try In this Boverost of all touts of n dog's nblllty to run nnd his Intelligence lu tho pursuit of gnmo. After one understands tho points of tha game tho sport Is most Interesting and In 11 large measure exhllnratlng. The races nro usually held In tho fall of tho year, when nature herself contributes largely to thu ploasuru of outdoor life, when lh ani mals nro In tho best condition and every thing Is favorablu. Not 11 Oruel Nporl, Peoplo who do not know thu gumo, have bbssssssssssssssssbviC3bbssssssssssssssbbbI ELISHA C. CALKINS OK KKAKNBY, Neb. CANDIDATE FOR REGENT OK THE UNIVKIISITY OK NKIlItASKA ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET. growing. Omaha hail recently a notablo 1 xcmpllflcntlon of tho strength of this or Kanlzatlon, during tho four days that tho Nebraska statu convention was In session here. Ono of tho features of this gather ing was tho presenco of llov. Francis Ed ward Clark, who Is known far and wldo ns "Father Endeavor." His zeal In tho cnusu im his earnestness In tho effort to forward It have endeared him to nil his followers, so that they look on him as n father Indeed, whllo ho Is yet far from venerable, being less than CO years old. Another thing nbout him that Is not K n erally known Is that his name originally wus not Clark at all, but Symmcs. Ho was born In Quebec, of Now England par entage, In 1853. Two years later h's father, Charles C. Symmcs, died and In 1859 his mother died. 111b uncle. Rev. E. W. Clnrk of Claromont, N. H. (a town not altogether unknown to tht settlers of tho west), adopted tno boy, and, giving htm tho nnmc of Clark Instead of tho name to which ho wns born, provided for his edu cation. Kimball Union academy prepared him and then Dartmouth claimed him. An dover gavo him a tb'ologlcat course and later Dartmouth conferred the degreo of doctor of divinity on him. He was pastor of a church nt Portland, Mo., where ha built up a largo congregation. In 1881 ho founded tho Society of Christian Endeavor, which has slnco run arounl the worla. In It are united tho young people of all the evangelical churches which do not bdo clflcally provide for young people's work by societies of their own. Father Endeavor Clark has expanded with his society. Ha has becomo tho head of an extensive and enterprising church at Boston, but devotes nearly all his time to tho society which looks to him with such affection. During his visit to Omaha ho showed his dsvotlon to tho causo by tho efforts he put forth 'n tho wotk. The convention lasted four days nnd during each Father Clark mado at least two addresses, a task of tho accom plishment of which a younger man might well bo proud. Nebraska Endo.ivorers arc glad that they had this excellent opportu nity of meeting tho founder of their order nnd of forming an acquaintance which nil will cherish till the end. A great deal of debate, not n llttlo of which haB been childish, was engendered by tho action of President Roosevelt In asking llooker T. Washington to tako dinner nt tho Whlto House. Why tho dobato? Mr. denounced It from tlmo to time as cruol. alleging that the rabbit has no opportunity of cscapo, but Is ruthlessly slaughtered to mako a holiday for the dogs and their owners. This Is very far from the truth. As n matter of fact every arrangemont Is pro vided to allow tho rabbit ample opportunity to escape from tha dogs nnd It Is truo that ns mnny rabbits escnpo as nro killed. Those that nro killed usually forfeit their lives through a blunder on their own put. To make this clear, ho It understood that tho course Is an oval, usually moasurtng three quarters of n mile In lis lateral diameter nnd nt least half a mile In Its transverse. At ono end Is the entrance or slips. Di rectly opposite, at tho other end, Is the cscapo. This escape Is so built that a rabbit can enslly get through, whllo It Is Impossible for tho dog to mako Its exit at that point, Heforo the rabbits nro put Into th3 rnco they nro usually driven over the courso once, twlre and oven three times, in order Hint thoy may becomo familiar with thj way nnd know tho dlrect routo from tho slips to tho escape. A rabbit Is usually credited with having but llttlo sense, yet It Is n fact that In somo directions Its Instinct Is most remarkably dovcloped, nnd especially Is this truo along tho lines that tend to afford It protection from Its nnturnl enemies, nmong whom mny bo classed tho dog. Onco over tho courso Is usunlly suffi cient; three times never falls to tench tho rabbit tho way to safety. What the IIok linn to Ilo. These things ndd largely to tho Interest In tho trlnl to which the dog will be placed, beenuso It will bo necessary for him to turn tho rabbit before ho reaches the escape and leses tho rnco. This turn ing Is ono of thu really fine points of tho game and tn fact more credit I given to THE ILLUSTRATED BEE. Roosevelt Is a white man nnd Mr. Washing ton Is black; Mr. Roosevelt has a lino of ancestors reaching back Into Dutch an tiquity; Mr. Washington doesn't know who his father was. And so there has been much raising of eyebrows and much stirring of teaspoons and not n little heated discus sion, with some very round denunciation of tho president of tho United States for hit action In Inviting this negro to (lino with him. How absurd tho whole de bato must bo when wo npply tho test of reason to It Is apparent to nil. Hooker T. Washington doesn't claim to bo n white man. Ho doesn't teach his race that Its salvation depends on becoming white. His motto Is that If the negro will lcnrn to respect himself It won't matter whether tho whlto ninn respects him or not. Wash ington Is In mnny wnys n wonderful man. His mother wns a slave, ns his father prob ably was. Ho was given tho name of Hooker Tnllnferro when ho was born at Halo's Ford, Vn., "about" 1858. Later, after tho emancipation, ho took tho namo of Washington. Ills boyhood was spent In drudgery around tho salt furnnces In tho neighborhood of his birthplace. His young manhood was spent In tho severest of toll nbout Richmond In order Hint ho might ob tain tho education hu has turned to such glorious account for his race. Ho finally mado his way through Hampton nnd turned his attention to tcnchlng. In 1881 ho went to Tuskcgco nnd established tho Institu tion of which ho Is tho head. Ho began his work In a shanty; his Idea of a higher school for tho blacks In that section of Ala bama was laughed nt. His patience wns ns Rtrong ns his faith nnd now hu Is nt the head of an Institution which hns forty-six buildings on 2,300 ncres of land, with 1,200 puplts, representing twenty-seven states. A now hospital Is building, a Cnrncglo li brary Is under wny and a new dormitory, tho gift of John D. Rockefeller, wilt soon bo ready for occupancy. This would seem to bo achievement nmpto to the nsplratlons of any, but Mr. Washington Is still In tho prlrao of life, actlvo and energetic In the ARTHUR CHASE OF OMAHA. NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE NE I1HASKA YOUNO PEOPLE'S SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR Photo bv n Staff Artist. pursuit of his work. He has been honored frequently by tho higher Institutions ot learning of tho north. Harvard university In 189G Invited him to bo present at the commencement of that yenr and then be stowed a degree upon him. Yalo, at Its recent blcentennry, had him for an hon the dog for a good turn than It gets for n kill. Tho dogs ruco In pairs. Tho draw for tho first race Is settled by lot. After tho first race, naturally, the winners raco each other and so on down until but ono dog Is left In tho rnco. At tho slips tho two dogs aro hold tn leash; the gato Is opened; the rabbit Is allowed -to enter tho field, nnd when ho hns reached a cortaln distance tho dogs nro released. Tho rnbi.it Is usunlly given from forty to sixty yards start on the dogs. Tho raco Is then on In earnest. It Is tho Inten tion of tho rnbblt naturally to reach tha escape In safety; It Is tho purpose of tho dogs to cateh tho rabbit and kill It. Each dog works Independently, nnd yet they must necessarily work together, so often ono dog turns tho rnbblt while the othor kills It. Sometimes much dlsputo hns been engendered by this fnct. In England credit Is given for tho kill. In America credit Is given for tho turning. Consequently Eng lish sportsmen coming to this country to rnco their dogs havo found great difficulty In adapting themselves to tho American rule nnd havo been considerably chagrined to find out that tho turn counts mora than tho kill In tho final summing up of tho dog's merits, Itceeiit ltiicc at Friend, This brief outllno of the nature of the sport should mako It clear to any observant person how really absorbing tho matter may bo to tho owner or lover of a dog. It Is Imposslblo to glvo oxnet statistics as to tho extent of tho Interest held, but when tho statement Is mado that at tho recent meet ing of the Friend Coursing association at Friend, Neb., nt which tho Important Mis sissippi Valley futurity stako was run, a stako In which tho money for tho first dog amounted to a llttlo more than $2,000, there HHcr ' 'VIBBBf ,v.-" JotwHTO ored guest. Ilut Hooker T. Wash ington has never wavered In his devo tion to tho Tuskegce Institution and the In terest of his race. His family naturally takes a great deal of his time. His daugh ter, Portia, who Is now at Wcllcslov. learned tho dressmaking trade nt Tuskegeo. His oldest son. Hooker Taliaferro, studios at Tuskegee, learning tho bricklayer's trade along with his regulnr studies. His younger son hopes somo day to bo n "regu lar doctor," and, preparatory to taking a course In medicine, Is lenrnlng n trade, In order that ho may pay his own wav through tho college that Is to eventually clotho him with n degreo as a physician. This Is the man and this Is tho family ho has given tho world. Ho can afford to bo Bnccrcd nt, and the woll wishers of the colored rnco will abato nothing of thol admiration for Hooker T. Washington be causo ho has succeeded. His dearest wish has been to elevate the fellows of his race from their apparently hopeless condition; his whole life has been devoted to that ob ject. He has not tried to make n whltu man of a black. Ho has simply tried to mako tho black man self-reliant and self respecting. Thinking people must neces sarily endorse Mr. Washington and his ef forts. Ellsha C. Calkins, who Is a candidate for regent of tho University of Ncbrnskn In tho place mado vacant by the withdrawal from tho republican ticket of H. L. (loold, Is ono of Nebraska's pioneer citizens. He enmo to Kearney from New York In 1S73 and hns resided continuously In tho state slnco then. Mr. Calkins wns a member of tho first legislature under tho consti tution of 187., being senator from tho then Twenty-fifth district, but has held no other public olTlco except that of member of tho school hoard of Kearney, n position ho has occupied nbout fifteen yenrs. Ho has, how ever, always felt a deep Interest In tho affairs ot the state and has been actlvo lu tho building up of Its material and social interests. A republican In politics always he has been closely Identified with tho for tunes of his party nt all times. Mr. Calkins Is a nntlvo of Erlo county, Now York, where he was born In June, 1817. Ho hail his early education In tho public schools, nt tho Aurora aendemy and tho GrWUh Instltuto of Sprlngvllle, N. Y. In 1861, when ho wns hut 17, ho enlisted In tho Tenth New York cavalry and served until tho close of tho war. After laying down hl3 nrms ho Btudled law and In 1809 wns ad mitted to tho bar at Hurfalo. Mr. Calkins practiced as a member of tho Erlo county bar for four years before removing to Ne braska and beginning his very successful career in Nebraska. He was prominently before tho last republican stato convention In connection with tho nomination for su premo Judge. When tho stnto committee met to consider tho resignation of H. L. Ooold tho nnmo of Mr. Calkins wns pre-, sentcd for tho vnenncy nnd he wns given' tho nomination. Activity In the religious clrclrs of Ne braska ha3 been most nctlvo during tho recent fnll weeks, numerous convent Inns and conferences having been hold by the various denominations. Tho excellent con dition of tho peoplo In n worldly sense has a direct reflection In theso gatherings to consider their spiritual affairs, for tha churches have nil been reported In n most prosperous condition' financially with a healthy activity along tho lines of strictly church work. One of the most enthusiastic of theso church conventions wns tho thirty-fourth annual gathering of tho Ilnptlsts at Hlalr. Whllo tho Daptlst congregations aro nominally Independent for Canine Intelligence wore kennels from Snn Francisco, from Denver, from St. Paul, Minneapolis, Chi cago, St. Louis, New Orleans. Knnsns City, Omaha and many other smaller points, nn Idea may be gained of tho growth and Im provement of this fenturo of sport. Tho attendance nt tho races wns such ns to mnko It profltnblo for tho association. At tho other coursing meotlngs held In tho west this fall tho attendance has been uni formly good, while tho prlvato contests and races havo practically more than com mon Interest In tho localities whero thoy havo been hold. Moreovor there hns been n decided revival In sections whero the country Is sufficiently open to nllow the Bport being pursued by riding after hounds. Denver, Colorado Springs nnd other places now havo their regular associ ations which regularly hunt to tho hounds, pursuing tho coyotes nnd Jack rabbits across tho sand dunes and branches of the great western prairies. This cross country riding, which Is meroly n side fenturo of tho natural outgrowth of tho Interest In cours ing, Is pursued tinder tho most favorable circumstances. It has few of tho Incon veniences thit attend tho cross country rid ing In tho older nnd moro thickly populated sections of tho country, nnd yot has suf ficient of the hazard to give It the zest that oven tho most enthusiastic would re quire. At tho meeting which has Just closed at Friend, Neb., nn unusually lnrge number of dogs woro held. In fact, good Judges say that never before had such a good class of dogs been brought togother nnd never was such a vigorous lot of Jack rabbits turned looso. This made the racing most Interest ing. During tha four days of the meet nearly threo hundred races wero run, ovory ono of them an exciting dash from start November y, 11)01. REV. FREDERICK W. KEATOR OF DUI1UQUE, In., RECENTLY AP POINTED MISSIONARY HISIIOP OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH FOR WASHINGTON. bodies, the members And It most conven ient to meet together nt stnted Intervals for n comparison of notes or results nnd to secure something llko uniformity in methods nnd plans. At tho Illalr meeting, which lasted over flvo days, tho whole bcodu of church work wns gone over thoroughly, tho details of tho different departmants being made tho subjects of addresses bv tho delegates from the several congrega tions of the stnto or by somo of tho mnnv distinguished visitors who wcra present. During tho week nn excellent group photo graph of the delegates wns taken, from which the picture printed In this number wns made. Another of those great gatherings of church workers wns tho stato convention of tho United Christian Endeavor societies In Omnhn. It wns attended by n largo number of delegates from throughout thu stato and soveral of tho most distinguished missionary workers now In tho field. One of thesu wns Father Endeavor Clark and nnother was Rev. W. S. Anient, who came so prominently before tho public In tho settlement of the Indemnity claims growing out of tho Hoxer outrages against mission aries and Christian natives In China dur ing tho spring nnd early summer of 1900. The convention wns notable for the amount of work It accomplished nnd tho leader wcro nil very well pleased ot adjournment. Mr. Arthur Chase of Omaha, who was elected state president of the United so ciety. Is a member of a well known Omnha firm of real estate brokers. Ho has long been nctlvo In tho work nnd has won his wny to tho preferment by what ho has done to further tho Interests nnd objects cf the Young Peoplo's Society of Christian Endenvor. Rev. Frederick W. Kcntor, rector of St. Jrhn's Eplscpnl church, Dubuque, has been elected bishop of Olympln, Wash. Hlshop Keator Is nbout 40 years old, tha srn of n lumberman of Rock Island, wns graduated from Ynlo with the degreo of mnster of nrts nnd began tho practice of law In Cht cngo with S. C. IMsall, who has Just bom elected bishop of Mlnnesotn to succeed Hlshop Whipple, Ho became Interested In mlfslonrry work In Chlrngo In tho Blums nnd took n courso In theology, wns later ordained to tho ministry and his first (Continued 011 Eighth Page.) to finish. Thu keepers pronounced them tho best thoy had over witnessed. Siniir llliiiiilfil CnnlncH. Naturally tho Interest centered In thu Mississippi vnlloy futurity stnke, In which more thnn 100 dogs had been nominated. This classic event was won by Lord Brazen, who Is owned by O. Lacy Crawford of St. Louis. Mo. This dog was bred by J. P. Hnrtels of Denver nnd In his work clenrly showed tho excellence of his extraction and tho thoroughness of his trnlnlng. Ho gnve n most mngnlflccnt exposition of speed nnd Intelligence in all his principal trials and In tho ftnnlB ran truu as an arrow and mado both tho turn and tho kill with n precision that surprised even his warmest admirers. Tho other great event of tho meeting was tho nll-ago stnke, which was won by Grace Greenwood, a beautiful bitch owned by Samuol F. Handy of Minneapolis, Minn., president of tho Mississippi Vnlloy Futurity club. Tho consolntlon stake was won by North Pole. Theso wero tho threo big ovents which urought togother this wonderful enllnctt of racing dogs, nnd tho fnct that !hn win nlng dogs wcro nil owned enst of tho Rocky mountains Is n mnttcr on which tho mem bers ot tho Mississippi Vnlley Futurity club nro Inclined to plumo themselves. Tho ii-imber of entries from tho Pacific const, somo of them most formidable, had caused a feeling that at least ono of tho stako ovents would go to San Francisco or Los Angeles, but tho coast dogs wero clearly outrun, only ono of them getting Into the flnnls, Imported Warblnton being tho run ner up In tho nll-ago stake, but being neatly beaten by Ornce Greenwood of Friend.