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TIIE OMAHA DAILY fiEI': RUMMY. XOVEMI1EK 20. 100.1.
STATEMENT TO TflE PUBLIC
Hebraska Children'! Homo Society Girei
Oat Boms Information.
HOW ITS AFFAIRS ARE LOOKED , AFTER
fall lotrmril ( It Mrthodt of
Work, It Maaasrement and It
Car for Children that
Coma to It.
fh board of trustees of the Nebraska
Children' Home society ha prepared the
following statement for th public:
Our attention ha been called by the Jress
to th fact that certain part of the work
Of th Nut-rank Children's Home society
ar not understood, and that because of
ueh lark of knowledge several chars
hare been made, to the effect that our
methods of placing out children and our
supervision of them nfter they have been
placed In homes are defective and Improper.
Criticism has also been made as to our
method of keeping records and managing;
, the finances of the society. For the benefit
of those who are not familiar with our
methods we have thought it wise to make
the following statement;
Placing; and Snpervlsta.
Wa hav a method for the placing out of
children and their future supervision whlcti
la superior to any In the world at the pres
ent time and fur which we hold. In Chicago,
the med:U from the Columbian exposition,
first, the state Is divided Into districts of
from Ave to fifteen counties and a compe
tent district superintendent Is put In charge
of each district, who gives his entire time
to the work In nil Its various departments
such a organising and reorganizing local
boards, finding homes, placing children and
visiting children thst nave been placed In
homes as well a raising funds to carry on
the work. This places the entire state
tinder the direct supervision of expert work
ers who are trained for this particular
ervlce. These district superintendents work
under the direction of the state superin
tendent and the state board.
Local Board.
Our local board are, In a great measure,
the cret of the success of the society.
V hav x0 local hoards at the present
time that will average eight members to a
board. This give us thousands of the lead
ing ladles and gentlemen 01 the state to
assist us In placing children In
f ood homes, and who keep a watch
nl care over them after they have
been placed to see that they are not
Improperly treated. They also report to the
office any children needing homes. We have
a local board In every town from North
I'latte to Omaha and on all the main lines,
as well as the branch lines, of the various
railroads throughout the state. Parties
wishing to take children must fill out a
blank application specially prepared for this
rurpose and must sign the conditions, and
he same must go before the local board
nd must be passed upon as to whether the
home la the proper place for a child, and
if the home la recommended the child is
placed on three months' trial In accord with
the following rules, but we do not require
our local board to deal directly with the
parties seeking to take a child, thus pro
tecting them from local friction and
pressure!
1. Applicants for children who are under
the care of this society must be kind
hearted, humane and mentally competent,
Sabbath observing and church member.
They must be In uch financial circum
stance and sustain such social relatione a
to give children good advantages and com.
panlonships and an education suitable to
their conditions and circumstances In life,
and must agree to accept the vhlld and re
lieve the society from all future expense
of any kind In reference to such child.
1. The children are placed on three
months' trial to Insure satisfaction, and
parties taking them must keep them three
months unless otherwise ordered by the
state superintendent, who may remove
them at any time or may extend the time
he may judge best for the Interest of
the child. Parties will be required to give
thirty days' notice at the end of the three
month If the child Is to be removed.
8. In case the family having the child
should remove at anv time there must be
given thirty day notice by the family,
Ither to the state superintendent or to the
agent through whom the child was placed.
4. In no case Is a child to be given to a
third party without the written consent
and approval of the state superintendent.
5. In the' final settlement of a child he
must be placed either by adoption or by
special contract, and the stste superin
tendent shall decide which It shall be.
. Parties taking children are expected tb
pay all expense of the final papers.
Certainly no one would question that If
children are placed In home In accord with
these condition they must have good
homes.
Record of Children.
We hav four classes of records, vli.:
the relinquishment paper; The Children's
Register, a large book specially prepared
for recording the children received; a
Placement book specially prepared for
recording the placement of children; a
numbered envelope, giving the name and
number of the child and enclosing the re
linquishment paper, application and recom
mendation from the parties who took the
child, and a placement slip, stating where
and by whom the child was placed. A
second placement slip If the child has been
replaced, which is frequently the case.
Financial Management.
In all of our various local boards we have
a local treasurer and all money collected
by the collector or the district superin
tendent Is paid directly to the local treas
urer. In the town or city where It Is col
lected, and by him It la sent directly to
the state treasurer, J. W. Thomas, csahler
of the I'nlon National bank of Omaha. .In
return Mr. Thomas send a receipt to the
local treasurer as well a a personal receipt
to each one who ha paid any pert of the
amount sent In by the local treasurer. We
also hav an auditor, Mr. II. A. Snow, who
Is bookkeeper for the Omaha Oaa company,
lie audit th state treasurer's account
and requires a voucher for all the money
that la received, as well as for the money
which Is paid out, which Is done by check.
The state superintendent's expense account
Is also audited each month by Mr. Bnow
the same as that of the state treasurer.
Our finance are managed on the same sys
tematic and thorough plan as those of a
well-ordered bank or mercantile house,
salaries.
W have an executive committee who
have charge of the general work, fixing the
salaries of the state and district superin
tendents, as well as of the other workers.
It may b of Interest to sum to know that
the arersg Sulsiy of (he district superin
tendents for the Inst ten eirs was only
a little over per year. In all but one
of the twenty-five stales, In which similar
societies are at work, the sslsrles of the
stste and district superintendents sre
higher than they sre In Nebraska.
Reports.
The society mske an annual report of
11 Its business for the year, showing the
condition of the society at the time of the
sll It business for the year, she
report. This report Is published In the
leading dally paiers and In the Children
Aavocaie, wnicn is tne organ ot tne society.
It Is also printed In book form, a copy of
which may be had by applying at the home
office.
Mistreatment of Children.
In several paper we have noticed the
charges of Mr. William Acor of Colorado
(Springs against the Children' Home So
ciety In regard to the treatment received
by hi daughter, Edna Acor, while In the
home of Mr. C. P. Loyd of Nebraska City,
where our society had placed her. The na
ture of the charges and the language in
which they are made are, of course, such
ss to Indicate that the attack Is false and
malicious. However, some may desire to
know the facts, which we gladly give. At
the request of Mr. Acor and on his written
relinquishment of the child, the mother
being dead, Edna Acor wa received by the
society and by it wa placed In the home
above mentioned. Mr. and Mrs. Ioyd were
recommended by our local board and by
their pnstor. Dr. Bhepnrd of the First
Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Loyd wa
t that time deputy treasurer of Otoe
county and was afterward elected treas
urer for two successive terms. His home
was considered one of the representative
homes of the city. During the years they
lived In Nebraska, after Edna Acor was
filaced with them, she was repeatedly vls
ted. as Is our custom, by agents of the
society, among them the state superin
tendent and Miss Irma O. Allen, one of
the state workers. No Intimation was ever
received from her or anvone In the com
munity at any time that she was not well
treated. The fullest opportunity wns given
for such disclosures, as our workers talked
with her prvately and once, nt least,
when the family were away from home. Bo
far as we can learn she seemed happy and
contented during her entire residence In
Nebraska City. About February, 192, Mr.
Loyd moved to Enid, Okla., and In May of
that year our state superintendent, Mr.
Oulvey. was Informed by Mr. Lovd thst
they were having some trouble with the
f lrl and was requested to come and tnves
Igate. Upon his arrival at Enid he found
that the girl had left her home and wa
circulating throughout the community
stories of outrageous cruelty. Inflicted
upon her by her foster parents. Certain
persona in the community had taken the
matter up and were doing their utmost to
create sentiment against the Loyds. Mr.
Qulvey made careful Inquiry of Mr. and
Mrs. Ioyd as to their version of the storv
and found that In their efforts to control
the girl they had found It necessary to
punish her. which they did, but only such
s they would have bestowed upon one of
their own children under the same circum
stances. He then questioned the girl and
all who claimed to know anything about
the matter, examined the girl's body. In
search of marks of the punishment, but
could dlsoover no proof of unusual or In
human punishment had been Inflicted. This
ended the matter so far ns our connection
with It was concerned. The girl wa sent
to Colorado by those who had taken up her
case and Is now, we are Informed, married.
Example from Otoe Coanty.
The public will readily understand that
In the work we are engaged in we are con
stantly Hauls to have entrusted to us, will
ful and untruthful children, whose training
involve endless perplexities, often made
greater by the Interference of relative of
a similar character.
The following certificate will be of In
terest, OJ Indicating the Judgment of citi
zens of Nebraska City, concerning the
treatment of a girl In the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Loyd for the six years from 186
to 1902. It should be remembered that the
allegations of cruelty now made, cover
this period, a well a the few month of
their residence at Enid, Okla.:
"We, the undersigned, citlxen of Otoe
county, Nebraska, residing In Nebraska
City, do hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Charles P. Loyd and wife;
that we have known the said Loyd and
wife for many years past; that we were
also well acquainted with one Edna Acor,
who wa placed In the home of the said
Loyd by the Nebraska Children's Home so
ciety on or about the 16th of June, 1896:
That we were well acquainted with, and
know of our own knowledge, of the treat
ment of the said Loyd and wife toward
the said Edna Acor, and that we believe
that the said Lloyd and wife always
treated Edna Acor with kindness and gave
her the same kindly treatment and con
sideration as their own children, and that
the said Edna Acor received from them
proper educational advantages and church
privileges, and that we believe that she
had a good home with the said Loyd and
wife In every respect.
"Dated October X, 1903.
("Signed.)
Mrs. Ellxa Krebs, 8. H. Fields, B. T.
Davles, J. Dennis, Mrs. Thorpe, J. J. Hoch
stettar, Mr. J. J. Hochstettar, J. S.
Darby, Mr. J. 8. Darby, Mrs. A. B. Hutch
Ins, A. B. Hutchlns. Z. T. Wright, James
Hoed and Mrs, James Reed."
An Instance from Oregon.
The following affidavit from Mr. and Mr.
B. K. Morden of Portland, Ore., formerly
of Nebraska City, and who were close
neighbors and friend of the Loyd', will
also Bhow how they were esteemed and
respected by their Iriend and those who
knew them: ,
State of Oregon, City of Portland, County
of Multnomah ss. :
Benjamin F. Morden and Elisabeth J.
Morden, husband and wife, depose and
say, each for himself and herself, that they
are residents of said city of Portland,
county and state aforesaid, and hav been
for two year last past, and prior to mov
ing to Oregon were residents of Nebraska
City, Otoe county, Nebraska, where they
resided for more than twenty (20) years
prior to the lsth day of October, 19uL at
which time they left said state of Ne
braska and have since resided In the state
of Oregon. t
These afllants further say that they have
read the articles published In the "Ne
braska Weekly Press" of date October 28,
19ii3, under the caption "Loyd Again," and
also further state that they were well
acquainted with the said C. P. Loyd and
wife and Edna Acor. the parties named and
referred to In said article so published.
These affiant further say that they were
frequent visitor at the home of C. P. Loyd
and wife, during the time said Edna Acor
was a member of the family of C. P. Loyd
and wife, and frequently saw said Edna
Acor during theae visit and calls, and
never at any time saw anything bearing
the slightest resemblance of mistreatment
of said Edna Acor by said C. P. Loyd and
wife, but that on the contrary said Edna
Acor wa alwsya treated by them In
kind and considerate manner, the same a
they treated their own children.
This affiant. Elisabeth J. Morden, fur
ther states that she was a frequent csller
at the residence of the said Lnyds during
the time they lived near neighbors to
each other; that she would call
at the residence of the said Loyds
at almost any hour of the day, unsn
nounced. being an Intimate friend of the
said Mrs. Loyd, they being members of the
same societies, and bad an excellent op
portunity to discover any mistreatment by
the said Loyds of said Edna Acor. If such
had been the case.
This affiant further states that the said
Edna Acor frequently attended entertain
ments with the family of said Loyd. and
was dressed as neatly as other girls of her
age and in the home of said Loyds' w:s
treated the sime as the rest of the family,
so far as her knowledge extends.
State of Oregon, City of Portland, County
of Multnomah, ss.
Kenjimln F. Morden and Elisabeth J.
Morden, being first duly sworn, depose and
say that they have read the foregoing
statements made by them Jointly, and that
the same are true, as they verily believe,
and the said Elizabeth J. Morden says that
the foregoing statements made by her indi
vidually are true, as she verily believes;
BENJ. F. MOHDEN,
(SEAL.)
ELIZABETH J. MOHIEN.
' (SEAL)
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me, the undersigned, at my office in
the city of Portland, county and state
aforesaid, this 17th day of November, A.
D. 1903. J. 8. WELLS,
. Notary Public for OTegon.
We also have on file in this office an affi
davit from Mr. C. P. Loyd denying each
and every allegation as to any mistreat
ment of Edna Acor.
It is not our custom to pay attention to
every little charge that we hear against
the society, but on account of the open re-
Fort In the papers, and In Justice to Mr.
,oyd and the society, we felt that an ex
planation wa necessary, and we believe
that we have made It plain as to the
chsrges against the society, both as to the
management of the work generally and the
treatment of Edna Acor while In the home
of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Loyd. Respectfully
submitted,
DR. W. O. HENRY,
C. B. PAINE,
J. W. THOMAS.
HOWARD H. BALDRIQE,
T. J. MACKAY.
W. P. HARFORD,
T. V. MOORE.
O. W. WATTLES,
A. LANSING,
HUBERT C. HERRING.
Officer and Members of the Board of
Trustees Neb. Children's Home Society.
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RELIGIOUS.
Rev. Mr. Cook of Concordia. Kan., has
bought space In one of the papers published
there, making a year's contract at regular
advertising rates and will print his sermon
weekly.
Rev. James William Adams, the only
clergyman who ever won the Victoria cross,
has Just died In England. He won It during
Roberts' mnrch to Kandahar, rescuing two
wounded lancers under the fire of the
enemy.
Canon Bernard Smith, one of the few sur
viving men Identified with the Traetarton
movement, of which Cardinal Newman was
a contemporary, ha Just died at Marlow,
England, In his 89th year.
Episcopal Bishop William Paret of Balti
more, Md., is quoted as saying that he fully
agrees with Rev. Dr. J. 8. B. lipdges, rector
of St. Paul' Protectant Ep'scopal church,
Baltimore, In his plea for simpler weddings
In the churches.
Dr. B. F. De Costa, formerly a distin
guished Episcopal minister of New York,
who went to Rome last winter to study
with a view of entering the Roman Catho
lic priesthood, has been obliged to go to
the northern part of Italy on account of his
health.
Rev. Henry ' Parke Cochrane, who has
been a missionary In Burma for the last
fourteen years, is at present on a visit to
this country, being in Indianapolis. His
brother, Wilbur W. Cochrane, la still In
Burma, where he haa been a missionary for
the last thirteen year.
There are new churches under way in the
boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx to
the value of 14,000.000. The Catholic
churches represent one-fourth of this sum,
the Presbyterians come next and the Epis
copalian third. In the list Is the First
Christian Science church, cost $750,000. that
la to be dedicated within a few weeks.
Miss Edna Hall, a talented woman of
Guthrie, Okl., and until recently a resi
dent of Richmond, Ind., has entered the
Quaker ministry and has accented a call to
the church at Liberty, in Woods county, her
state. For some time she has been under
the tutelage of Mrs. William M. Jenkins,
wife of Oklahoma's ex-governor, and her
self a Quaker minister.
Certain religious organisations In some
part of the union are setting their faces
as flint against the raising of money for
churches through oyster suppers, bazaars,
tableaus, games, fish ponds and the like,
and are not in the least enthusiastic orer
church kitchens. Nevertheless the tendency
toward multiplying attractions In the form
of Innocent entertainments and festival On
weekday Is certainly growing stronger In
counties parishes between Sandy Hook
and San Francisco. The loaves and the
shellfishes, the rates and the candies, the
illuminated picture and other form of
gratification bring together host of recep
tive souls.
Rev. Dr. Newell Dwlght HUH, the New
York preacher who Is generally engaged in
something more or leas sensational, haa
planned a series of "conferences" on Im
portant question of the day. He Intend
to Invite Judges, lawyer, editor and prom
inent business men to take part In the dis
cussion of topic of Interest. The confer
ence will take place In Plymouth church
every Sunday In January. The expenses of
those from other cities who shall be wanted
to participate will be guaranteed. The first
conferonce will be upon "The Perils of
Moral Illiteracy In a Republic." The second
on "The Place of a Sunday." For the other
conferences Dr. Hlllls will select subject
of equal Importance.
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PRlSCEIOS'S own prophet
"Bell DTi!i" Bkillmao, Who Helpi Ont
the Btudenti with Tip
FORETELLS THE SCORES ACCURATELY
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Good noose.
PRINCETON. N. J.. Nov. 26.-Speclnl
Correspondence.) In this town live the
most extraordinary of the plcturesdue
campus personages noted among the big
eastern universities. The eccentric "John,
the Orange Man," of Harvard, was one.
His counterpart St rrlnceton. "Jimmy
Odoriferous," an ancient and grlMled
negro, who sold peanuts to the students
and laid title to the age of 118, was an
other. More curious than either Is "Hell
Devil" Bklllman of Princeton, as the fol
lowing narrative will show.
wHell Devil" was mentioned in the press
dispatches a few days ago for foretelling
the score of the Princeton-Tale foot ball
game. To Captain John DeWitt of the
Tiger eleven three day before the en
counter, he wrote, "Remember whnt I say,
Princeton will win, 11 to ." And that Is
what the Tigers did.
This is the first time that "Hell Devil"
Bklllman attained to the fame of newspaper
comment, but the prophecy I but one of an
Interminable list, and the tact that they
all come true la what makes the man re
markable. For several years collegians not
too skeptical to trust to "Hell Devil s"
strange power of second sight milde snug
little sums betting on the tips he gave
them on athletic events, and procrastlna
tors who deferred study till the night be
fore examinations often were enabled to
pass by "Hell Devil's" marvelous knack
of selecting the passages and questions In
a subject which professor were certain to
ask on the morrow.
As "Hell Devil" Is so little acquainted
with the subjects of a university curricu
lum that he wouldn't know a chemical
element or a logrithm from a two-step or
a touch down, his methods of ascertaining
what the examination Is to be Is Interest
ing as it Is simple.
How He Works Eitmi.
"Bovs, I don't know nothing 'bout there
studios of yourn," say "Hell Devil," "la'cu
lus, chemistry, histology and ethics Is all
Greek to me, Just you put down the num
bers." i
By that "Hell Devil" means to write on a
piece of paper the number of possible or
probable questions and subjects. He then
ponders over the figures sometimes an
hour, selecting numbers from the group
and then erasing and exchanging them.
When his list is completed It 1 a moral
certainty that the numbers he has Jottel
down on a slip of paper represent pas
sages which will be found on the examina
tion papers next day.
The lads who believed In "Hell Devil and
profited by him were few at first and much
laughed at by their friends. But that was
long ago. It Is quite the common thing
nowadays to regard "Hell Devil" as the
university oracle and hold a consultation
with him on all such momentous under
takings as picking tho winners of foot ball
and base ball game, crew races and the
like. And great as his use In these finan
cial projects Is, "Hell Devil" Is even more
Indispensable as a short cut to a diploma to
those indisposed to study.
How "Hell Devil" came to be discovered
Is an Interesting story. It happened In the
fall of 1887. "Hell Devil" Is comical In ap
pearance and fond of being Joked by the
collegians. He used to prowl about the
campus nights In quest of the cheery glare
of lamps where he might be welcome to
smoke a pipe of borrowed tobacco and be
come the butt of Jests. Being a southern
town. Princeton Is a place where negroes
are numerous, and among the colored peo
ple "Hell Devil" already was known for his
ability to predict truly.
Prophesied a Defeat.
' In old Edwards hall, rooming en suite,
were several of the Tiger athlete. In their
room "Hell Devil" felt that he was often
est welcome. One night he rapped on the
door about the hour for finishing study and
retiring. Walter Cowles Booth, who Is
coaching the University of Nebraska foot
ball eleven this fall and was then center
on the Tiger team, was on of the group.
Arthur T. Hlllebrand, head coach at Prince
ton this season, then a tackle, was an
other. Edgar C. Holt, one of the assistant
coaches at Princeton this fall, was there,
also Lou B. Palmer, end In 1898 and
and "Boss" Relter, a halfback. Charles
H. Kllpatrlck, the New Tork Athletic club
half-miler, ' whose fastest time against the
English distance men at Travers' Island
still stands as a world's record, had Just
matriculated - at Princeton and. with
Johnny Crogan, the New York Athletlo
club' fleetest miler, helped to entertain and
discover "Hell Devil" that night.
"John, there's a bootblack over here at
the university who tells me you can tell
whit Is going to happen on all occasions.
Which will win, Princeton or YaleT" asked
Booth during the conversation.'
"I don't like to say," was "Hell Devil's"
reply to the center rush. "It look bad.
You ask me for the truth, I'll give It to
you. Yale' going to win that game 6 to 0."
A the Tigers had an eleven that made a
plendid record In the early part of the
eason with many of the veterans of the
year before, when Princeton won 28 to 6,
"Hell Devil's" prophecy wa heard with
Incredulous smile. The Princeton men had
occasion to remember "Hell Devil" on a
memorable afternoon at New Haven not
long afterward, when the crippled Tiger
were unable to stop the snaky Charlie De
saules' Innumerable runs and the EH
brought the encounter to a close with ex
actly the margin foretold by "Hell Devil."
"You were pretty lucky on that foot ball
game, try your hand on this examination."
remarked Booth to Bklllman not long after
the Incident mentioned. In a "De Sone
chute" examination Booth studied Just the
passages selected by "Hell Devil" and
passed at the head of his class. It was not
long before "Hell Devil" was tutor of th
whole Junta club, the sophomore organisa
tion to which Booth belonged. From the
club hi reputation spread to the university
at large. Many is the time a crowd of stu
dents diligently "cramming" for an exami
nation despaired of covering the necessary
ground and sent post haste for "Hell Devil"
to pick out the matter on which the exami
nation would touch.
Nothing- Like Ills Kame.
"Hell Devil" gets his formidable name by
antithesis. He is small and deferential.
HI towslly red beard and hair are streaked
with gray and hi clothe are dust-spotted
and worn shiny by age. "Hell Devil" make
a living by conveying In a dilapidated
wagon the trunks and baggage of the stu
dents from the village depot to the rooms
on the campus. He used to be a teamster
with a big patronage, but "Hell Devil" lost
most of hi trade on account of an escapade
when the Cleveland moved to Princeton.
Bklllman was employed by Orover Cleve
land to cart all the Cleveland possession
from the freight house to the Stockton
home, which the Cleveland purchased. In
making up A load on evening "Hell Devil"
observed several peculiar-looking casks
don up In burlap. He also detected th
Invigorating evidence of fine old wines and
brandies within. It l known at Princeton
that "Hell Devil'" appreciation of mer
chandise of Ul sort l a keen a aayon'.
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When a student who once lived In the same
block with the Cleveland's at Buffalo hap
pened along as Bklllman was loading the
wagon and told him that Orover Cleve
land' wine cellar Is . the best in America,,
"Hell Devlf was beset by temptation.
It happened that night on the way to the
Cleveland house with the precious load a
wheel came off the wagon and the falling
caaks broke. It happened also that the ac
cident took place very close to the domicile
of "Hell Devil" and a searching party made
up of freight house employes was unable
to get trace of "Hell Devil" or the casks
till daylight. He was then found back of
the stable slumbering soundly as the tra
ditional sleeping beauty and several hun
dred dollars of Orover Cleveland's cholsest
wines would not be returned to the casks.
This waa considered a closed Incident be
fore it was even opened, as residents of
Princeton are most ot then staunch Presby
terians with a leaning to prohibition and
any Interference with "Hell Devil" might
have led to the disclosure of Information
regarding the Cleveland wine cellar, about
which the proprietor wa reticent.
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