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TIIE OMAHA DAILY 11EK: FRIDAY, JANUARY 0. 1003, NEW BOORS AND MAGAZINES 3niTftl Dtwit'i Bxk n the Boer War Meeting with 8ucceii. HEADLAND WRITES OF BOXER UPRISING Riley's Porta, "An Old Sweetheart of Ml , la Pabllshed by Bowen-Mer-rlll "An Old ( oantr? Iloa.e" I Hraatlfal Roma are. Doubleday, Page Co. recently published General Christian Rudolf Dewet's book on "The Three Years' War," which met with treat and Inatsnt success. The second edi tion wa on the press before the end of the flrat 6.000 could be got from the blndera and a third edition la already In sight. General Dewet waa the moat active of the Boer generals during the war In South Africa. Hla book la not a t-eatlae on the war or a hlitory of It. It la merely a log of the eventa In which Dewet had per aonally to do. An Idea of the arope of the work by Dewet can be had from the fol lowing aelected chaptera In the book: "I Go on Commando aa Private Burgher." "1 Am Appointed Vecht Oeneraal." "The Wild Flight from Poplar Grove," "Our Position at the End of May, 1900," "I Make. Lord Kltchener'a Acquaintance,'' "The Oath of Neutrality," "The Laat Proclamation," "I Cut My Way Through 60,000 Trota," "Peace Negotlat'on: The End of the War." "Chlneae Heroea," by Isaac Headland, la a 8tory of the sufferings of the foreigners In the Boxer uprising and has been often told, but little has been written of the con duct of the Chinese Christians. Mr'. Head land, In en Intensely Interesting narrative, ahowa the persccutlona in their proper set tings and tells of the heroism of these na tives In a manner which cannot but be a atlmulnnt to the faith of the church. The Illustrations are from photographs, the por traits Including those of the Chinese mes sengers who were so largely instrumental In saving Pekin. Published by Eaton & Mains. It will be good newa to many of James W'hltcomb Rlley'a admirers to learn that there ara seven stanzas In his reading ver sion of an "An Old Sweetheart of Mine" that have never appeared In print. Tbla year, however, the Bowen-Merrlll company has Induced the author to allow them to publish In one volume the entire poem of eighteen stanzas. The cover la done by O. Alden Pelrson, the decoration by Virginia Keep and full page illustrationa for every rerse by Howard Chandler Christy. These drawings are In delicate tlnta aud reveal thla popular artist at hla best. Mr. Riley grew enthusiastic when the originals were aubmltted to him and has gracefully ex pressed his appreciation of them In the ded ication of the new volume. "An Old Country Home," Richard Le Gal llenna'a new romance, la beautified with many illustrations by Elizabeth Shlppen Greene, who haa lately been recuperating In the Pennsylvania mountains from over worked eyes. Mr. Le Galllenne has woven the purest romance around his central char acter, Perdlta, the Idyllic young mistress of the old country house, where not only her own dreams, but those of several other equally attractive people, are made to ma terlallse. Harpera are the publishers. "The Success of Mark Wyngate" by Una L. Silberrad, la a novel ahowing that Mark Wyngate la not utterly heartless In the beginning of ' hla career, wbero In stance are given of hla forethought and generosity hut, having, devoted his life to that fascinating and exacting mlstresi aclence, he haa no love to spare for mortal woman. While watting In hi uncle welding forge one night, he meet a young girl, the daughter of a workman, coming to bring a massage from her father, who la 111. The two young people work to gether all night to do the sick man's work, thus beginning an acquaintance which i finally develop Into a partnership of scl- enune researcn, lor Mark Is bent upon certain chemical discoveries In which the girl grow to share hla Interest and en thuslasm. By accident she discovers aome wonderful tints, from which, after months of patient study and calculation, she learns how to compound a dye changeful and Iridescent as the colora In the heart of the opal, and which provea to be of con- elderable commercial value. Thla dlscov ery, aa well aa all the results of the labor of her active young mind, she is willing to place at the feet of her partner. Both, characters are boldly drawn. In the man "the brain runs away with the heart's best blood," while the woman with a brain equally brilliant la dominated flrat and al ways by the dtctatea of her heart. Pub llshed by Doubleday, Page ft Co. "A Maker of the New Orient," by Sam uel Rollln Brown. The name of Samuel Rolllna Brown la only too little known by the rialng generation, for It must ever bold an important place In the history, not only of missions, but of general prog res. -Brown waa a pioneer In the Instruc tion of the deaf and dumb and also of the higher education of women, aa he aecured the formation of the first chartered woman's college adopting the standards Of the men' college. He made an almost faultless translation of the New Testa ment Into Japaneae which, la attll the atandard. Ha atlmulated and brought to America the first, Chinese students who went abroad tor education. He raised up manv pupils who carry on his work In his eplrtt. He thoroughly understood the Oriental and may be regarded as the dis coverer of thai quality which haa been challenged as to its existence the "grati tude of Orlentata." He led a wonderfully varied and buay life as teacher, paator, missionary In America, China and Japan Publluhed by Fleming H, Reveal. "Conclusions," by Jerome du Barry. He concludes the belief In personal Immor tallly a positive drawback to human prog res, that rellg'on la a phantom of th mind, perpetuated by those who make living out of It, that agnosticism produces a greater serenity and peace of mind than religion, that prayer la futile, that polyg amy la natural to the mammal world out of which man haa developed and therefore monogamy la not an essential mdral re ulremeit. Published by Kaufman Publish Ing company. "Bob Knight Diary," by Charlotte Cur tla Smith, la a boy's record of a good ttnv camping out. Four lads undertake thel own housekeeping In a tent on the shores of Lake Ontario and th good times they FOR DESSERT. SUNDAY, . JANUARY Ilth, 1903, try JELL-O. prepared according to th fol lowing recipe: BAN A a. t'REAM. Peel five large bananas, rub smooth with five lablespoonfuls of sugr add on eup sweep cream beaten to a stiff froth, then on package of lemon Jell-O dissolved In on and a half cups boiling water. Pour tn molds or cups, and when cold, garnish with candled vbrrrlta and serve with thin cream. A nics dessert tor any meal, at any time. Four flavor Lemon. Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry. At grocers. It centa. HKT A PACKAGE TODAY. ad are calculated to make other boya en- loua. Their adventure are not exclusively of the coleur du rose order; they experl- nced rainy daya and ran out of money. Then they bravely act out to replenish the xchequer by their Individual efforta. One boy picked berriea and another told pee- uia and another papers, while Bob at- aeked a farmer's carrot patch and acquired calf for hla aervlcea In weeding It. Pub lished by E. P. Put ton A Co. 'Captain Craig" la a book of poetry by Edwin Arlington Robinson. The title poem In this collection of verses fills about half of the book. Both In thla and In tha horter plecea Mr. Robinson deals with fundamental questions Of human Ufa and fate In a spirit of strong and buoyant Idealism. His sincerity and strength em phasise the genulnenesa of hla vocation. Published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. "High School Algebra," by M. A. Bailey, book designed for high schools and eademles, covers all the topics In algebra sually required by colleges for entrance. It combines simplicity with scientific rigor nd contains a number of assumptions to be proved which, although far from aelf- vfOvnt, are taken for granted In many books. PubHshed by American Book com- any. "Practical Cooking and 8ervlng," by Janet McKenrl Hill. The author Is a recognized expert, head of the Boston Cookery School and editor of one of the beat cookery magazines in existence, and he haa written the moat practical, up-to- ate and comprehensive work of thla kind ver published. It contalna a "liberal ed ucation" in cooker?-; It Is for the novice nd expert alike, and the 200 colored and half-tone Illustrations (Including pictures of ' utensils, tablea for every sort of meal. ccorationa for featal occasion, dishes in process or preparation, dishes ready for serving, etc.) are absolutely Invaluable to very housckoepsr. Published by Double- ay, Page Co. "The Soll'.iry Path" is a book of poems by Helen Huntington. These forty-one poems are marked by an Intensity of feei ng and a restraint of method that give the heart a vital throb and appeals to the keen literary sense. Here Is a selection called 'School Days:" Oh, Life. I am tired of my lesson I This lesson of love that a done, I've recited my part. With an ache In. my heart. May I play for a while In the sun? ,Oh, Death, I am tired of my lesson! The lesson of Joys that pns. 1 have covered the slate, It la dark and grows late. May I rest for a while In the grass? Published by Doubleday, Page ft Co. Houghton, "Mifflin ft Co. have published the life of "Roger Wolcott," late governor of Massachusetts, written by William Law rence, D. D. It Is one of those attractive biographies which spring out of life-long friendship. In it the official side of Roger Wolcott' life 1 subordinated to the hu man side and the account of the growth of hia power and Influence Is animated .by the sympathy that comes from close Inti macy and loyal regard. The chapters de scribe the, successive steps In the career of this distinguished cltisen his boyhood. fcl college daya, his ea'ly entrance Into public life, hla service at lieutenant gov ernor, his great activity during the Span ish war and the closing year of hla life. ' In his new book. Literature and ZJte," W. D. Howell devote an interesting chapter to "The Man of Letter as a Man of Business."' It I Mr. Howells' Idea that poets and novelists ought to be beyond the necessity of taking money for their productions, which, after all, have no fixed money value and cannot be actually paid for In that way, since loma literature may be worth everything to one man and noth- Ing to another, while food and clothing ' ... i are necessities to all. He refer to the time when. Lord Byron refused any pay for hla work, though hla publisher profited by It. and to Count Tolstoi' effort to avoid being paid for his novels an effort practically frustrated by hi wlfer-however, who regularly collect the money due him. Then, leaving the altrulatie side of the question, Mr. Howells give some sterling business advice to young writers who In tend to. devote their lives to authorship and must live by It. Wllshlre't Magazine tor January takes another stride forward. It I unusually well illustrated, superior typographically and as to content more Interesting than ever before. It ba article from the beat writers on all topics which the up-to-date man or woman wants to know about. Ed ward Carpenter, - the English poet of democracy, author of "Love'a Coming of Age" and "Toward Democracy," contrib ute a delightfully told atory of "A Saxon Household." The above book are for sale by the Megeath Stationery Co., 1308 Farnam St. DEATH RECORD. Mrs. Jane S. Roarers. Mrs. Jane 8. Rogers, widow of Milton Rogers, died suddenly shortly after 6 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mra. O. B. Willfama, S720 Dewey avenue. Mra. Rogers haa not been In the beat of health for nearly two years, but for the moat of the time haa been able to be about and out of doora. She went yesterday afternoon for a shcrt walk and waa overcome with a fatal attack of heart failure Juat aa (ha reached her daughter's residence, which haa been her home since the death of ber husband. Mr. Roger waa born In Vermont In 18S2. She came to Council Bluff In the S0, where she met nd married Milton Roger. The couple moved to thla aide of th river In October of 1861 and lived here the re mainder of their Uvea. Milton Roger died November, 1895. Mr. Roger leave five children Thomas J. Rogera, Warren M. Rogers. Mr. Alice 1 Williams and Herbert M. Rogers of Omaha and Will 8. Roger of Trenton, N. 3. Th latter ha been notified and will be in Omaha for the funeral. She leave also a brother. Captain N. T. Spoor of St. Louis, and a sister, Mr. Thomas Swobe of Chi cago. Funeral arrangement wltl be an nounced later. Hlrhard Boeslter. BEATRICE. Neb.. Jan. 8 (Speclal.) Rlchard Rosslter died suddenly at his home, seven miles northwest of Beatrice. yesterday of acute pneumonia, aged S3 years. Deceased had been a resident of Gag county for forty years and waa a member of a thrifty English colony of that aection that settled there In tha early '50s. He dted on the first homestead that ha entered forty yeara ago. He I survived by hla wife, who la 78 yeara of age, and a family of seven children. Tb funeral will be held at DeWltt Friday at I p. m. Richard B. Tyler. FARGO N. D.. Jan. ...-Richard S. Tyler a well known and wealthy cltiteq of tblt city, died today of apoplexy. H was jiroml neat In th national organization of the Masonic fraternity. In which he waa aa offi cer. Mra. Lacy A. Maxwell. CORNING, la.. Jan. (Special.) Lucy A. Maxwtll. wife of Themis L. Maxwell of Sioux City, died Wednesday of pneumonia after a two week' Illness, aged 60. Funeral Friday afternoon at I o'clock. January I. IMPLEMENT DEALERS ELECT Keil Brennan of 0'NeiU leoomri President of Nebraska-Iowa Association. HARVESTER CONTRACT ACTION PUT OFF Association Endorses the Work of National Reciprocity League and DfBOKfn the Jobbera Wis Maintain Hetall Branches. By diplomacy on the part of a committee and the nomination of a capable list of offi cer the laat session of the Retail Imple ment Dealers' association passed off In peace and harmony. The rock upon which they expected to spilt was the International Harvester company' contract, and there was a sigh of relief when a committee re ported In favor of deferring action on the ubject pending the report on the matter by the National Federation of Implement Dealer. The following officer were named by the nominating committee and they were elected by acclamation: President, Nell Brennan, O'Neill, Neb.; rice prealdent, B. F. Free land, Onawa, la.; director, P. Herpol helmer of Seward, H. Lubker of Columbus; delegate. W. L. Battln, Greenfield. The board of director met yesterday afternoon and named the secretary and treasurer. A resolution' was adopted by the associa tion thanking the local implement and ve hicle club for the entertainment of the as aoclation. A genera) vote of thanka was also extended the press and the city for Its hospitality. The action of the National Reciprocity league In pushing the pending reciprocity treaties now before congress was endorsed. The association paased a vote denouncing the Jobbing houses that were maintaining branch retail etores. Badge of Membership. It was alao agreed that every member of the association should use aome kind of stamp, the design to be determined later, on their letterheads, which would designate them as member of the association. It was announced that the mutual Insurance asso ciation, supported by the dealers, had writ ten In the neighborhood of $165,000 new In surance contracts aa a result of the canvass Wednesday at the meeting. One Interesting feature which was made the subject for much discussion was the fact that while there were some 700 mem bers of the association In the city the meetings at no time showed an attendance over 800. Implement dealer came to the city In droves at this time. It was asserted, who found It to their advantage to mingle with the Implement men about the 'hotels and at the smokers and free entertain ments and to buy their stocks of goods here instead of patronizing the traveling men, and all this without taking the least part In the meetings or helping to push the association. The time and place of next year's meeting was left to the board of director. FEAST OF THE JACRSONIANS (Continued from First Page.) and with this money he again becomes the power to dominate the property and the earnlnga of the Industrious and honest. We now have added to this gracious In famy Juat referred to. that unparalleled presumption of petty potentatea In tl.e late conduct of the oecretary of the treasury, Mr. Shaw, who. despite and against the law, takes IM, 00(3,000 of the peoples money, lends It to favored banks In Wall street, exempting them from the form of security required by the law, and giving them un restricted privilege to substitute anything of their desires. Irrespective of Its worth lessneaa, aa pretended security, leaving the people, In the event of the failure of the elect Institutions, not only no security for the money wrung from them by taxation, but allowing these Institutions to lend thla money to the very people who owned It, upon interest, converting me Interest to 'OVm e1"' 'J eyPY t?uihnrn " 'n,s money the use of It In the discharge of the public duties of this government Surely this nlaht democracy cries. "O for another Jackson! O for a country true to Its constitution!" Trembling In the shadow of the crumbling walla let us cry to our countrymen to rally to their gates; once more support their ancient house and sanctify the temple with the loyal and worshiping democracy. Sorrowful Abaentecs. A letter of regret from Grover Cleveland read: "I regret very much that I am un able to accept your courteous invitation to attend the twelfth annual banquet of the Jackaonlan club. I desire, however, to thank you for your kind remembrance and to express the hope that the occasion will inspire those who participate to increaaed and harmonious endeavor In the cause of genuine democracy." Other regret were from Dr. George L. Miller, Nebraska; Car ter H. Harrison, Chicago; T, M. Patterson, Colorado; Bird S, Coler, New York; Tom L. Johnson, Ohio; Charles A. Towne, New York; A. C. Shallenberger, Nebraska; M. J. Wade, Iowa; W. V. Allen, Nebraska; ex Oovernor Lind, Minnesota. Harrington Predicts Panic. M. F. Harrington of O'Neill was called upon, though not on the program, and made the assertion that before 1908 there will be tn this nation a panic compared with which the South Sea bubble will seem trivial. He expecta It, he says, by 1904, and he counseled his party to prepare, for then the people will turn to him who warned them W. J. Bryan. Mr. Harring ton devoted much of his talk to the rail road, laying tbey owned the majority of the laat legislature as completely aa men own the coats on their backs. He also as serted that there are very few trusts today which have not been built up by the noise less, smokeless, secret, railroad rebate. The remedy, be held, is government ownership of all rallroada In the United States Judge W. D. Oldbam had been placed upon the program, but tried hard to escape and literally had to be dragged back into the banquet room by Dr. Hippie and other ad mirers. He spoke In humorous vein and while declaring that It would be a bad plan to give republican medicine for re publican disease, ne would venture uo further because, he aald, he Is "suffering from a Judicial stoppage of speech," and I 'out of politics." The other speaker of the night was Dr. Comba of Council Bluffs, who once met Jackson Tha telegram of regret from Bryan wa cheered to th echo. Tbontnos (if ht, A man giving bit nam as Tom Thomp son of Long Pine, Neb., but whose real name is arid to be I Maries Creltz. waa ar rested yesterday evening at the I'nlon sta tion by Emergency Officer Haldwin. The prisoner I said to have entered a saloon with a drunken man and ordered a drink for thla companion. The bartender refused to serve to the drunken man. Thompson then ordered a glass for himself, but on receiving It tried to give It to hia com panion. This the bartender prevented and sent tor a policeman. When HaMwtn ar rived he found, tn he says, the prisoner trying io go tnrougn tne otner man a pock eta outside the aaloon. While the police man waa getting tl.e prisoner In the patrol wagon the other disappeared. Thompson was cnargea witn Deutg aruna ana a aus picious character. LOCAL BREVITIES. Alexander I,amer. a Pender Indian, was drunk and disorderly enough, according to in ponce, to na arrested last nignt. ilvll service examlnatlora will be held a follows: February 3, electrical assistant signal service, salnry !; February S anj . machinist, aignal service, salary I1.S0O. Gus Backua of 7ut North Sixteenth atreet waa arrested laat night In Frank Kenan aaloon at Sixteenth and Davenoort atreet by Officer Sullivan. The police only wanted backua to charge him with vagrancy, but n resisted arrest and bad to t beaten up WOMAN IN CLUB AND CHARITY The attention of clubdom has again been attracted to Mrs. Robert Burdette In her Issue of whst she la pleased to call 'her "Club Creed." The creed Inrltide a list of a dozen -or so "t believes" that are largely a repetition of the opinion Mra. Burdette expressed to an extraordinary number of club while on her tour prcvlou to tha Los Angeles Biennial, and la remark able neither In plan or thought. In fact, It Includes nothing more than any other conscientious club woman believes regard ing club work. While many club president may value It as a aouvenlr from the vice president of the Oeneral Federation, its Issue must also be considered unfortunate, a It widespread and conspicuous circula tion may lead some to the opinion that its sentiment la unusual. The following letter has been issued to the president of the federated clubs of Oregon by Prealdent Corbett of the Lewi and Clarke board asking their co-operation and help In the proposed centennial of 1905 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Lewi and Clarke expedition- "The board of director of the Lewi and Clarke exposition feel that without the co operation of the organized bodies and clubs of American women, especially those of Ore gon and Washington, we cannot prop erly demonstrate and set forth the great advantage of our common heritage. We have, therefore, determined to ask the co operation of the women' clubs throughout Or?gon, and we ask their Influence with thu community and the members of the legisla ture, to make such appropriation and give uch support tc this Important undertaking as shall make It a signal success." The year book of the Minnesota Federa tion shows an Increase of nineteen clubs over last year, the number now being 190, and they are classified as follows: Sixty eight tourist clubs, 43 literature and art, 27 history, 7 public Improvement, 4 child study, 8 parliamentary practice, 8 music, 3 current events, 2 political economy, 2 cook ing and 80 miscellaneous. The special In terests endorsed by the Federation Include plans for a woman's reformatory and a state art commission which will probably bo presented to the legislature this winter. Mrs. Sarah S. Piatt Decker of Denver has been appointed a member of the Colorado legislative committee. The committee will work especially for the community property bill that will come before the assembly thia winter. A number of Women's Christian Tem perance union women were disappointed cn Wednesday afternoon that there was no meeting of that organization, there having been some misunderstanding as to the date, which I next Wednesday, January 14. The election of Mrs. John Steel and Mrs. Fred Clarke to the board of managers of the Old People's home waa among the mat ter of business at Tuesday morning's meet ing of the Women' Christian association. At 8 o'clock on Monday evening Dr. Abby Virginia Holmes will give the third of the series of illustrated talk, arranged for by the educational committee of the Young Women'a Cbrlatlan association, her subject to be "What a Woman Ought to Know." The lecture will be free to members and will begin promptly at 8 o'clock. The next membership banquet will be given by the women of the First Congrega tional church on Monday evening, February Admission will bfeiby ticket. Tickets will be given to new members and to all securing new members'.'' No tlcknt will be Issued after January St. There ba been an average attendance of S7S at the noon feet and lunch during the past month and 1,079 callers in all. The association basket ball team will play Bellevue college team on Saturday, Jan uary 24, and the Lincoln Young Women's Christian araot'iktlon ' team a few day later The following officera were elected for the Sunshino club at South Branch on Saturday: President, Mis Sadie Hutton; vice president, Miss Effle McKlnley; secre tary, Miss Esther Carlson, and planlitt, Miss Julia Gaebel. These officers wl'.l serve for the next three month. South Branch will celebrate Its third an niversary on January 13, at 8 o'clock. Each girl is to bring a cup a a gift to the branch to be used there. A program will be given by the girls and light refreBb ments will be served. The Nebraska Ceramic club haa planned to hold an Easter sale in place of the ex hibit that Is usually . held at Christmas time. Tbo annual meeting and election of offi cer of the Omaha Charity association operating the Creche waa held on Thurs day morning In the Creche parlor. The monthly bualncsa meeting waa held first, the matron reporting twenty-six children cared for in the Institution during Decem ber at an expense of $151, the Income being $141.65. The annual report of the matron showed 345 children cared for at the Creche during the past yesr. The running expenses of the house, aside from salaries, coal and like items, has been $1,628.99, and there has been paid In by parents for the care of their children $382.65. The treasurer re ported $1,692.49 a the entire amount re celved for the support of the Institution for. tb year and $1,317.21 a the total expendi ture. Th Creche Is about two-thlra self- upportlng, the rest of the money being raised by subscriptions or the efforts of the women msnaglng the institution. Tho donations of coal, food and other things have been most generous during the year. The election of officers resulted as fol lows: President, Mr. T. L. Kimball; vice president, Mr. James VanNestrand; secre tary, Mrs. Guy Howard. The office of treasurer wa not filled. Board members Mmes. Thomas K II pat rich, Herman Kountte, J. L. Brandei, C. C Anderson, Arthur Brandels, J. Lobeman, A. J. Beaton, J. E. Baum, A. T. Walker and Mis S. J. Barrowa. EAGLES INSTALL OFFICERS Pnbllo Ceremonial Attends the Induc tion of tho Rerently Elected Leaders. Orraha aerie No. 38, Fraternal Order of Eagles, held a public installation of offi cer Uat night in Central hall. 107 South Fourteenth treet. A Urge number nf eagle were present. A. 8. Ritchie acted as grand worthy president in Installing the officers, and made a much appreciated ad dress In regard to the purposes of the fra ternlty. After President West took the gavel a number of short speechts were made by newly elected officer and other These were followed by refreshments, aongs and stories. The following are the officer Installed George West, worthy president; J. Alt house, worthy vice president; G. W. Tier- ney, worthy chaplain; Jesse Merrltt, worthy secretary; A. V. Dreaher, worthy treasurer; William Gunsolus. worthy con ductor; Charles Hill, worthy Inside guard; J. Hubaoks, worthy outside guard; J. Son- nenberg. O. A. Asamuaaan and A. O. Stephen, trustees; M. J. Ford and Dr. Roaewater, worthy physician. AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Member of Charter Reyi'ion Committee Unable to Agree, DIFFERENCES OF OPINION OVER FUNDS Inability to Reach Agreement I Cre ating Sentiment In Favor of An nexation to OmnhnManlo tlty Gossip. Just a expected, there la trouble brew ing in the local charter revision commit tee. Some of the member think that th amount apportioned to the different fund 1 entirely too high, while other say that the figures named will barely pay running expenses. As there does Dot seem to be any likelihood of the committee getting together on the appropriation proposition it is likely that two reports or recom mendations may be sent to Lincoln. - As the present charter Is considered a mixed up mess It may be that an entirely new charter will be drafted and submitted. Some of the members of the present char ter revision committee do not hesitate to ay that the amendments so far agreed upon are hardly worthy of consideration. "Unless there la unity of action," said a member of the committee last night, "there is no use in trying to do anything with the present legislature. What the people of South Omaha ought to do is to get to gether and agree An what is wanted In the matter of changes or else let the present charter stand as It Is." Another member of the committee appeared to be completely disgusted with the discussions and said that the best way out of the whole deal waa to favor an annexation bill. Since the re cent charter revision committee have been at work there ha been considerable talk about annexation ana this account In measure for the dissension In the com mittees. So far no funds have been raised to send a delegation to Lincoln to lobby for the proposed amendment to the char tea. "Woman Appeared Suspicions. Just after the announcement of the bank robbery at Louisville, Neb., reached the city yesterday forenoon a shabbily dressed woman entered the tailoring establishment of Theodore Vols on N street and pur chased two yards of canvas lining. The purchase amounted to SO centa and the woman tendered a $50 bill In payment. Volz did not have the change handy, aa the banks had not opened. The woman left saying tbat.she would go out and get the change. She asked that the package be wrapped up for her. This wa done, but up to last night no one had called for the bundle. Now the police are Inclined to think that the woman might have ha4 something to do with the Louisville rob bery. Patterson Arrives. John Patterson arrived from St: Louis yesterday and assumed the duties of su perintendent of the Swift plant. He takes the place of F. C. Holder, who Is going away for a time. The successor to Mr. Manchee. the present manager, has not arrived from Chicago, but 1 expected dally. Joint Installation. The Ancient Order- of United Workmen and the Degree of Honor held a Joint In stallation of officera Wednesday night. Tho officer of Upchurch lodge No. 2 and Su perior lodge No. 193, Degree of Honor, were installed by the paat grand chief, Mr. J. C. Graham, assisted by Mr. J. D, Sulli van, A. Bemhke and Mary E. Miller. Ne braska lodge No. 227 and Soutji Omaha lodge No. 66 had their officer installed by Past Master C. W. Miller, assisted by W. H. Slabaugh. A. M. Gallagher, J. D. Courtney and W. J. McCrann. After the Installation refreshment were aerved and a literary and musical program rendered. For Stealing; Coal. Two hard looking specimens of humanity, both of the male sex, one white and the other colored, faced Judge King yesterday to explain why they were caught pilfering coal from cars standing in the yards. Aa the explanation offered did not seem to touch a tender spot in the heart of hia honor Porter was sentenced to ten daya in Jail and Jonea wa ordered confined for fifteen daya. Tampering; with Gas Meters. Inspectors employed by the Omaha Gas company leported yesterday that two. or three meters had been tampered with and that $1.75 had been abstracted from the slot machines. There will be no loss to the Gas company, aa those who use alot gas machines are held responsible for the contents. In speaking of the recent lar cenies. Manager Davis said last night that the matter was something which occurred every now and then, and no mention waa generally made of the fact 'that machine meters were tampered with once In awhile. PostofHce Clerks' Entertainment. Tne local branch of the poatofflce clerk' union will give an entertainment and ball at Odd Fellows' hall. Twenty-fourth and M streets, on the evening of January 30. The entertainment will consist of a aelect literary program, which la now being ar- ranged. Tickets for this entertainment sre now on sale. The proceeds will go toward the expenses of sending a delegate to the national annual meeting of postofflce clerks to be held in September. , Doable Marriage C'eremoay. There was a double marriage at the home of Rev, Dr. R. L. Wheeler yesterday afternoon. Andrew J. Batterson waa wedded to Grace B. Holllday, and William J. Batterson to Gertrude A. Holllday. All of the contracting parties are residents of South Omaha. The grooms are brothers. wbllo the bride are twin sisters. Want More Men. The Cudahy company wants more men on the ice fields at Seymour lake. Just now 120 men are employed at the lake, but there is room for many more. General Manager Taliaferro said last evening that he could place a large number of men juat no aa the ice waa good aud he ia de- airoua of laying in a supply at tha present time. Carryalls continue to leave the plant at 6 o'clock eavh morning for the lake. Free transportation Is furnished. Delegates Getting Ready. The nine delegates named by the local Live Stock exchange to attend the annual meeting of the National Live Stock men at Kansas City next week are making preparations to get away. In addition to the delegates a number of the members of the exchange will go down to attenJ the sessions. One of the feature will be a trip by specisl train to St. Joseph, Mo M. B. Irwin, traffic manager for the St Joe yards, waa in the city vesterdav tell. ing the delegates here how they would bs treated. When Mr. Irwin left for home last evening be departed with the aasur ance mat aoutn umana would oe well represented at the meeting next week. Maa-le City Uoaalp. A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. William .'ohnaon, Forty-aixth and A streets. Mlos I.oulse Jansen la back fom dec many, where the atudled music for a couple u year. Mayor ivouisay naa gone on record a saying that glove contests will not be loieraiea. A union meeting will be held at the Methodist church Friday evening. Rev, ueorge anwinaie will preside. Lyman Wilcox and wife returned to their horn at Ida Grove, la., yesttrday, after a viau witn ineu aou, a t ucua. When Johnny . comes marching home again with crackers in a bag Send Johnny a marching back again and write upon the tag .Uneetia Biscuit In the In-er-seal Package with rod and white seal. & NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY MITCHELL SPARS WITH GRAY Judje Wishes Union to Come Out of Mire Into Sunlight MINERS' LEADER RESENTS ASPERSION Arbitrators' Chairman Explains that Orstanlaatlon la ot Indicted and Hopes Lawlessness Will Be Fossil Work of others. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 8. The proceed ings of the coal strike commission today were enlivened by a passage at arma be tween Mr. Mitchell and the chairman. Judge Gray expressed the hope that the miners' union would come up out of the mire into the cunllght to which Mr. Mitch ell retorted that the union should not be Indicted unless connection could be shown between It and acts of lawlessness related by witnesses. The Incident came sudd?nly Thlle a wit ness was on the stand and caused quite a atlr among the lawyers on both sides. Outside of this the entire day was taken up In hearing stories of nonunion men or their relatives of alleged persecution. lalon Men Convicted. Anthony Ferguson of Mahoney City, out-. side foreman at the North Mahoney colliery of the Philadelphia Reading Coal and Iron company, said he wai beaten while on bla way to the works. He recognized two of hla assailants aa union men and they weie afterward prosecuted and convicted. Mr. Parker asked If they were expelled from the union, but the foreman did not know. Noting the interest the commission took In the question, counsel for the nonunion men called on Terrence Glngley, a mem ber of the executive board of the union In the district where the assault was com mitted for Information. But Glngley did not know whether the local union to which the men belonged took any action. The actlona taken by the local union were principally advisory. Then he went on to tell of attempts made to keep the peace at Shenandoah be fore the big riot there and added there had been no dlaturbance until the coal and Iron police were sent to that place. The chairman stopped him. "Uo you wait for conviction by the civil authorities be. fore disciplining your men?" he asked. "Do you think you can have effective dis cipline unless you make investigations yourselves and bring the men up and pun ish them in some way? I ask you aa a member of Hhe order and as a man who would be glad to see your order come out of the mire and the clouds that are around the baser parts of It Into the sunlight and into the air of free government and a free country." "If it le proved that our men have com mitted acta of violence, there Is no ques tion about our disciplining them," replied the witness. Mob Kept Silence. Then followed a discussion over the Shenandoah riot and the killing of a man, and in reply to Mr. Mitchell's remark that It was not the miners who did It, Judge Grey retorted:. Yes, but there was a crowd and aa yet I have heard no evidence of a disciplining voice In that mob. No man there said, Shame on the coward.' " Mr. Darrow The country must not ex pect the railroad companies to furnish that. Witness added that the union would prove that union men had tried to prevent the rlota, and Judge Gray hoped they would do ao. After aome further discussion Mr. Mit chell asked the judge: I don't know whether I quit under- IW.tg' 7 I I IB, J i ' Sr fit A little red, a little white, delicately blended. That's vay. Here's a better : ' Take Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It makes the blood pure and rich. You know the rest: red cheeks, steady nerves, good digestion, restful sleep,- power to endure. Keep the bowels regular with Ayer's Pills; this will greatly aid the Sarsaparilla. Two grand family medicines. Keep them on hand. j. a ayib oo iweu. us. atand your remark as to your solicitude for the organization, that t should rise above the mire or that art of It should rlsa above the mire." Tho Chairman Perhaps I may have been misunderstood. It was not an unfriendly wish that I expressed. I aald I hoped It would lirt Itself out of the mire and con ditions created by these things which have, been testified to. around Its baser parts. In reply Mr. Mitchell said that while tho commission was gnlnj to determine all questions presented, a greater jury was passing on the attitude of the strikers. "As to the action of our organisation and the position of the coal operators," .he added, "there Is no doubt In my mind that many of the witnesses are brought here to testify against the striker and indirectly against the t'nited Mine Worker. It does seem to me until there I some connection tihown between the llnlted Mine Worker of America and arts of lswlessness the or ganization should not be placed under any indictment at all." Inlon Not Indicted, ' Judge Gray did not wish Mr. Mitchell to understand that anything he bed said In dicted the organization. "I hoped," he continued, "that it would disentangle Itself entirely from the scenes of violence end lawlessness with which the strike waa attended. They may have been exaggerated, n ou contend. I am not passing on that now. We have heard of Isolated Instances of outrage which we must all admit. We are not saying tha or ganization responsible for every act of violence, and we only wanted to see whether the organization had intereated Itself In the maintenance of order which It advised, and whether It disciplined those actually convicted of disorder." Mr. Mitchell said he did not know that any member of tha union had been ex pelled and added that until men were con victed of violating law the organization had no right to expel them and thus prejudice their case before the trial court. The chairman admitted that Mr. Mit chell's point waa well taken as far aa con cerned those under indictment; but he wanted to know whether any of the men who had been notoriously engaged In Il legal acts were subjected to discipline by the organization. Mlnera Afraid tm Testify. When the evidence was resumed Mr. Gin gley said witnesses were afraid to come be fore the commission, because of losing their position. He told of one Instance where a man was refused work because he appeared before the arbitrators, and the commission ers made a note of It and said an Investiga tion would be, made. , In reply to Colonel Wright, witness aald many of the coal and Iron police were of bad character. Some had served time In Jail and were hired as guard aa sou a a liber ated from prison. Mr. Mitchell waa later called and aald the three men convicted of murder at Nan tlcoke were not members of the union at the time of the crime, although they had previously been eo. He added that the union ba4 tpent nearly $00,000 In relieving the tf! stress among the Si', 000 to 40,000 strikers who were not mem ber of the union. The rest of the evidence given today waa along the same line aa that of yesterday. . Many witnesses told of personal attacks on them, destruction of property by strikers and expulsion of nonunion men from so cieties. Doabla Wedding Coma. William J. Batterton and Andrew J. FSatterton, young men of South Omaha, ap peared at the marriage license bureau yes terday and took out "pwmlts" to marry (.lertrude A. Hollalay and Urace H. liolla day of Sarpy county, presenting with their implications a note from Mary Holladay, mother of the glrla, who are but 17 years old, consenting to their marriage. Tho brothers are nearly of an age and closely resemble each other, but the glrla, they say are ao entirely alike that ons can ba distinguished only when they are speaking.