The Omaha Sunday Bee. ge
PART III. g
PAGES 19 TO 26.
ESTABLISHED .TUNE
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MEET AFTER SEVEN YEARS
8)T3n Mtmbers of Moat Beleot Secret Order
Plan for First Beunioo,
PIGS OF THE PIG TAIL ALLEY, CLUB
Scatter from Atlantic to Pad Be, bat
Will Meet Here to Celebrate
Mraaao Origin of l)nlao
octet y.
Omaha baa been the
home and headquarters and It wu the
birthplace of probably the moat exclusive
and remarkable secret society In existence.
Very few persons, even those ardent lovers
of the city's possessions, who find great
pleasure In sounding Its praises, have ever
known anything about this mysterious and
wondorfrtl order. It was conceived under
condition of the most profound secrecy,
brought forth amid surroundings as dark
and sablo as night and has existed thus far
without even broaching Its affairs to the
world at Urge. The clrcumstsnces at
tending the advent and career of this se
clety read like the' lurid tragedies of Dare
Devil Dick or some other monstrous hero
of the dime novel.
The night of July T, 1897, seven young
men, playmates from earliest childhood,
held "a reunion typical of their boyhood
pranks In the bam on the old residence lot
of W. J. Broatoh. at Twenty-fifth and
Dodge streets, and organised the "Pigtail
Alley club." They made that old barn the
headquarters of this freak fraternity and
rigged It out as a regular den. with a bll-llKi-d
table and a gymnasium to give It the
air of dignity and sure enough sportsman
ship. A solemn oath was taken by each one of
these seven young men to maintain
throughout life his loyalty and devotion to
this organisation. First they adopted secret
bylaws. A ritual they didn't need, for they
dtermtned there and then that the mem
bership should be limited to Just these
oven.
ltaa.es of tne Members.
The seven members are Charles C. Muen
tefeiing. Mao Morrison, Michael C. Clark,
son. Arthur C. Welahans. H. T. Bears, J. H.
Jennlson and H. J. Leonard. As soma of
these youug men were leaving Omaha they
solemnly sgreed that precisely seven years
from that night they would. If alive, bold a
reunion probably la Omaha, but did not
specify that It should be held In the barn,
for aeveu ytars can maks a heap of changes
and then the reunion proposition Involved
the attendance of the wife or family of
each should sny have launched his boat tu
the sea of matrimony by that time. As a
bond of good faith the members drew up
what they esl'.ed a "Tension contract.- bed
tt printed In the regular form of secret
order certificates, procured a seal of their
order ard stamped lis Imprint on the lower
left hand corner of this contract, to which
they mxd their signatures. The wording
of this contract, a copy of which la In hand,
KEUNIOV rv'TRACT
or' i m r.
T10 TAIL ALLiit CLl'R
Tt tt Known:
Tl t u'. the undctfirned Pls of Omaha,
K"t I' t A., !'.rKiy Mrrti io iitt-i at a
C Kum n I nt, t u- .---a I y u Vule if ti.nr
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19, 1871.
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o'clock p. m. In the seventh year after
this, the eighteen hundred and ninety-seventh
year of our Lord, A. D. Any ex
pense to the individuals undersigned de
rived therefrom, to be met by a special
fund, obtaining Its revenue from an Income
tax. levied upon the undersigned. It Is
further agreed that should any of the
undersigned enter into the bonds of matri
mony, said member is to Introduce his bet
ter half to this meeting. Let this agree
ment be sacred to the hearts of the under
signed. (This last sentence Is printed In bold
type.) The names of the members are
signed to this contract.
Meaabers Are ieattered.
Tne membership of the club has become
weil scattered, four, Messrs. Munteferlng,
Clarkson, Jennlson and Leonard are In
Omaha, while Mr. Welsh ans Is In southern
California, teaching bees how to maks
honey without stinging, and writing to the
eastern papers and magazines of the beau
ties of that delightful climate and country
which other lees famous writers have failed
to observe; Mr. Morrison is In the mer
chandise business In Nevada and Mr.
Shears la a grain broker In Washington.
Nevertheless, scattered as they are, they
profess their Intention of keeping their
sacred obligation and holding the reunion
In Omaha this summer if alive.
Three of these members. Shears. Clark
son and Jennlson. are married, so that In
order to keep the pledge they must have
their wives with them at this notable re
union. The contract does not provide that
the meeting shall be In Omaha, but as this
is a central point It probably will be here.
It will be observed from the '"Reunion
Contract" that the fraternal name applied
to the members of this club is "Pig." The
pass word Is a sort of guttural sound which
some pigs make and the distress signal, a
squeal. On the day of the reunion here
In Omaha, or wherever It Is held, the pigs
will sit down with their wives to a ban
quet and they will eet nothing but pork;
they will have bacon, ham, pork sausage,
fresh pork and any other kind of pork,
but nothing but pork.
These features of the affair were not
given out by any member of the club or
with their authority, but they are said to
be some of the very inmost secrets which
never before got out The penalty for dis
closure Is the loss of an arm.
Location for Basis
If you are seeking a location for any
mercantile business, for the practice of a
profession or for the manufacture of any
article, first communicate with the under
signed, who will Inform you In regard to
opportunities on the line of the Chicago
Great Weetern Railway Co., the most pro
gressalve railway traversing the most fer
ule section of the United B la tee. Maps and
Maple Leaflets mailed or more specific
Information given as requested. W. J,
Reed. Industrial Agent, (4 Endicott Bldg.,
St. Paul. Minn.
Vtro I.Maee.
Placing the Baltimore loss at tTO.OOo.OOO
and that of Rochester, N. T.. at f3.lu0.00u,
the New York Journal of Commerce fig-urea
up a total destruction from fire In the
I'nlted States and Canada fur February of
taO.fcl.CO0. compared with about ElOOO.OuO In
the ruonlh last year and Sa.OuO.OOO two years
sgo. The loss for the first two months of
the year agrrgatea IUl.MO.0oo. Tle Are
loes for the first two months of the year
aggretfitca Illl.ViO.uo'). The Are loss for each
tf tt!i lit thre or four yers averartd
about I :."..". .vji lur tL whole taelve-
OMAHA, SUNDAY MOKNUSO, MAKC1I 20,
BIm BSmimB
CHANfE GIVEN TO CONVICTS
Hen Who Hare Fallen Hay Be Eettored
to Useful Oit'umhip.
WORK OF NEBRASKA PRISON ASSOCIATION
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Organisation Devoted to Aiding; Prls-
oners to Take Up Life Anew
After They Have atisflea
the Law
. Having attained a sure footing In the
educational, commercial and political world
by a progress probably unsurpassed In the
history of any state In the union, Nebraska
is now to take the lead in assisting the un
fortunate and those who have fallen to be
come the good citizens it wss Intended they
should be. At this time there is being cir
culated ovor the state little pamphlets,
sent out by the Nebraska Prison associa
tion, calling on all people to assist In the
work.
This association, though Incorporated less
thsn two years ago, has accomplished a
world of good, and with the number of
members It expects to secure, the good tt
will accomplish cannot he estimated. It
was incorporated May 1, 1902, by these men:
M. B. Reese, George A. Adams, B. L. Paine,
A. S. Tlbbetts, C. H. Gere, George W. Mar.
tin, J. H. Haggard, H. V. Hoagland. J. H.
McClay, Will M. Qlfford. Charles E. Bes
sey, W. E. Hardy, J. E. Miller, A. E.
Davlsson, H. J. Davenport and Victor Rose
water. Before the organisation was thought of a
prisoner was released from the state pent
tentlnry, of which . Dr. Martin was the
chaplain. He was given the regulation
cheap suit of clothes and 16 and started out
In the world, stamped forever as a former
convict. His home was lu a state far dis
tant from Nebraska and the $5 would not
pay bis way there. He walked the streets
of Lincoln tn search of employment. Every
where he turned the doors were closed upon
him, for the t'arap of the penitentiary does
not soon wear off. Every policemen In the
town was watching him on the theory that
once a criminal always ' a criminal. In
desperation the man applied to Dr. Martin
for aid. Dr. Martin took up a collection
among his friends and sent the man to his
rtiome. It was In this Incident thst the Ne
braska Prison association was conceived.
Objects at the Society.
An organisation waa perfected and at
once articles of Incorporation were filed
with the secretary of state. As stated by
those articles:
- "The objects of the Incorporation shall
be the reformation of criminals and the
assisting of prisoners In the work of self
reform, to promote reformatory system af
prison mansgement, to aid discharged crim
inals In the obi aln men t of employment, the
repressing ,of crime; to hold, own, rent,
lease, buy and sell property. Including real
estate necessary for the carrying out of the
business of the corporation."
Since these articles were filed the associa
tion has aided seventy-seven persons upon
their release from the penitentiary, either
financially or tn securing them positions.
The first eld rendered the freed men Is not
all the aid given them. The officers of the
atsoltion ket p In constant touch with
every formtr convict tt fciliis ar.d tod.iy
thcae oftkcis know the addrees and k:uw
as taught at
to
v abaVaW
stripped of its fancies
bookkeeping and touch,
Just what each of them is doing. Letters
are exchanged and a constant correspond
ence la kept up. And In those seventy
seven cases only one man has gone wrong
after being started right by the associa
tion. The other eventy-slx report reg
ularly and are now living honest lives and
are at work. Money that has been given
the convicts by the association is beinsvre
turned and in many cases of recent datelhs
convicts have returned twice the amount
advanced by the association.
The headquarters of the association Is
at Lincoln, but It is the Intention to have
an organization to work In -harmony with
the Lincoln headquarters In every town In
the state where there Is a jail. Already
subordinate associations have been organ
ised In many towns, the last being Omaha,
when tho Ministerial association endorsed
the Prison association and became a part
of it
When a prisoner Is released and signifies
his Intention to locate somewhere in Ne
braska the officers of the subordinate as
sociation are notified. Upon the ex-convict's
arrival in the town he Is met by a
representative of the association, who as
sists him to secure employment. He Is
encouraged by the 'officers of the associa
tion and given a. fair chance to make his
way.
Satles af Vtaltlasr Committee.
The association has a regularly elected
visiting committee, that . keeps In touch
with tho management of prisons and jails
and sees to It that the prisoners are given
every comfort that It is possible to give
them, and that does Its best to see that
those who are young In crime do not be
come steeped In it because of association
with hardened criminals. This association
has discovered that in the Nebraska peni
tentiary nearly 70 per cent of the convicts
are under 2t years of age, and that they
are there because of their first crime.
Many of them are not criminals at heart,
but fell in a moment of weakness, to be
come, if not assisted, hardened criminals
in the course of time.
It is among this class of convicts that
the association is doing much good work
now. These young men are associated with
some of the most desperate criminals In the
country, and It requires constant vigilance
upon the part of the visiting committee to
see that they do not fall under the In
fluence. Upon the recommendation of the
warden of the penitentiary, the Prison as
sociation authorities recommend that these
young men be paroled, and it Is part of the
work of the officers of the association to
find the friends of the prisoner who will
look after him. Here In Lincoln the assocl
atlonhas a' number of young prisoners out
on parole and those paroles secured by
the association have never been violated.. A
number of convicts assisted by the associa
tion also live In Lincoln, and one night this
week an even dosen of them met with Dr.
Martin in the Lindell hotel for a social
evening and to report their doings since
being released. These meetings are not
unusual. This visiting committee la com
posed of Rev. Dr. F.lt Wharton, Rev. Dr.
II. C. Herring, Rev. M. A. Bullock, D. D.,
Rev. N. 8. Haynes. D, D., Dr. B. L. Paine.
Hon. Lorenzo Crounse, Captain Will M.
GlfTord. Rev. Futher John Smith, Rev.
C. C. Clasel, Mrs. N. M. Richardson, N. J.
Waugh, Mrs. Emma P. Davis, Mrs. Emma
E. Martin, George A. Adams, George W,
Martin and Rev. 8. Y. Bolton.
( ' Dividing- the tVark,'
bubordlnaie to this committee Nvrth
1904.
Penmanshio
Penmanship that gladdens the eye :of the hard
typewriting.
APRIL
Address, k H. B.
Platte and South Platte visiting commit
tees have been appointed, the duties of
which sre to Investigate the condition of
jails and prisons and report to the gen
eral committee. The North Platte com
mittee Is composed of Rev. Clyde Clay
Clsscll, Rev. H. C. Herring and Father
John Smith: The South Platte commit
tee Is composed of S. Z. Batten, M. A.
Bullock, Mrs. Nellie Richardson, Mrs.
pEmmt P. Davis, and Rev, N. 8. Haynes.
The association at this time Is endeavor
ing to create sufficient sentiment in the
state that will Insure the enactment of
an Indeterminate prison sentence. This
would be a great advantage to the associa
tion in Its work. The officers of tho asso
ciation believe that wherr-a man fails and
receives his first sentence, a kind word
and a little encouragement at the right
time will make a good citizen of htm; the
man who has served time on two occa
sions (hey believe should be kept in con
trol under the indeterminate sentence law,
and a third time convict la believed to be
almost hopeless. AnotHer thing that the
association wants enacted by the next
legislature Is a juvenile court law, which
will prevent the youth from coming In
contact with the hardened criminal, where
he is apt to fall In the ways of the older
man. The parole probation system is an
other thing that the association la very
desirous of having upon the statute books
of the state and If hard work can do It.
this will be accomplished. This system
would prevent many a young man from
going to the penitentiary at all and would
at the same time Insure his proper conduct
and good citizenship. It U for the bene
fit of the young offender that the associa
tion wants this enacted. Under this sys-J
iem saouia a young man be sentenced to
the penitentiary It would be In the Juris
diction of the trial Judge to turn him
over to a friend who would vouch for his
conduct snd thus the young man under the
eyes of the court would be mode Into a
good citizen, for should his conduct not
be up to what It should be, he would be
sent to the penitentiary. The committee
to look after these. laws Is composed of
Judge A. 8. Tlbbetts, George A. Adams,
R. D. Stearns, T, C. Munger,
Officers of tfie Association.
The officers of the association are: M. B.
Reese, president; C. H. Gere, Judge A. 8.
Tlbbetts. Dr. George L. Miller, Victor Rose,
water. Rev. J. V. Jennings, Rev. H. C.
Herring snd Auditor Charles Weston, vice
presidents; John Davis, secretary; A. E.
Davlsson of the State university, treasurer;
Rev. George W. Martin, superintendent,
gnd Captain W. M. GlfTord, asslstsnt su
perintendent. Victor Rosewater of Omsha
la the senior vice president, and It Is to him
thst the committees In Omaha report, and
he keeps In touch with the officers at head
quarters. "
The finance committee is composed of Dr.
J. R. HsgKsrd. William M. Morning and
XV. T. Auld. The directors are: M. Ti.
Reese. Prof. A. E. Davlsson, Hon. George
A. Adams, Rev. George W. Martin, D. D.,
Captain Will MN GlfTord. Dr. B. L. Paine,
Dr. J. L. Haggard, H. V. Hoagland, John
H. McClay. J. E. Miller, R. D. Stearns, C.
H. Gere. Rev. Fletcher L. Wharton D. D.,
A. 8 Tlbbetts, M. J. Waugh, Victor Rose
water, John Powers, Dr. George L. Miller,
Hon. Lorenzo Crounse. C- F. Harphsm,
Prof. C. E. Bessey, Rev. J. W. Jennings,
D. D.. Judge 8. P. Davidson, John Davis,
Mrs. K. M. Richardson, Mrs. Emma P.
Davis. Mrs. Emma E. Mirtln. Rev. Dr.
Edwin 1L Jenks, Rov. Thomas Johnson,
PINOLE
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BOYLES, President, Omaha, Neb.
D. D., Rev. Herbert C. Herring, D. D., Ret.
E. Comble Smith, D. D., Rev. J-yW. Conley,
D. D Rev. T. J. Mackay, V. D., Rev.
Father John Smith, Rev. C. C. Clssell, Rev.
M. A. Bullock, D. D., Rev. N. S. Haynes,
1). I)., Rev. B. M. Long, D. D., Rev. Samuel
Z. Batton, D. D., Hon. A. D. Beemer, Wil
liam M. Morning, W..T. Auld, Judge James
P. Cosgrave.
The association Incorporated with a cap
ital stock of te.000, to be fully paid up when
subscribed. It , costs Just tl to become a
member and there are no assessments. It
is the desire that every person In the state
take stock in the association, to the end
that It will be able to accomplish the moet
good possible. At" present the membership
is about 200, the last addition to the asso
ciation being tho Omaha Ministerial asso
ciation, which recognizes the association aa
the organization to look after the released
convlcta. As the smaller towns become or
ganized each of them will be accorded a
vice president, who will be In charge of the
work.
QUAINT FEATUUGS OF LIVE.
Everyone who has read of the queer
customs of the Chinese has laughed over
tlio way they have of hiring mourners to
attend funerals. Tet, In Cincinnati a few
days ag3 at the funeral of a shoemaker a
son of the deceased moved around among
the mourners present at tho grave and
handed each of them $1, which waa thank
fully received.
John Eggert, a farmer of the town of
Center, Wis., falling to get his neighbors
to shoot an old horse which waa useless,
and not daring to do It himself, took the
animal to a field and tied dynamite around
Us neck. After attaching the explosive
he touched off the fuse and started to run.
The horse started to foftow. Eggert took
one look and ran for his life. He reached
a wire fence In his wild scramble, crawled
through it and ran about two rods when,
hst heard a terrific explosion behind him.
Looking back, he saw no horse and no
fence; and the ground waa torn up for
yards around.
What Is known as "the millionaires'
train," running from Morrlstown, N. J., to
Hoboken, carries a number of men known
to the would of finance. The conductor la
David Sanderson, to whom his passengers,
grateful for his uniform good nature snd
efficiency, have just presented a handsome
watch and a purse of gold. They Insisted
on his making a speech and Sanderson did
so, winding up in this way: "Some people
wonder why It is I have such great suc
cess in life; why I have had no trouble
with nobody. Even the other conductors
don't understand It and they often ask
me how I get along with the drunks on
my train, an' I Just tell 'am" Such a
shout of laughter went up from the mil
lionaires that Sanderson's speech ended
then and there.
"Soda water In the heart of Letcher
county, sixty-five mllne from a railroad In
the feud country of Kentucky, would sur
prise the northern citizen who believes that
Keutucklans drink no water," aays the
Louisville Courier Journal. "J. V, Larson
has Just returned from Letcher county,
where he sold a liandsome fountain to one
of the leading druggists. 'I think I am
doing a good deal to civilize and make
temperate the mountains.' said Mr. Lar
son, 'for they sre buying fountains at a
great rate up there, and the men who buy
them are making money, for the moun
GOrY FIVE CENTS,
1
sense business
4
taineer is trlnking Ice cream soda even
In the . l iter time, with ta anow deep
on the ground.' "
Two bears, driven by hunger Into th
suburbs of Altoona, Pa., attacked the
butcher delivery wagon of Peter Morse at
Broad avenue and Thirty-first street as the
driver waa making his last round among
suburban customers. Charles t.st h
" -u.iBo vi me wagon, nrsi saw tne ,
animals barring his way as he rounded a
jvb.i -,ucjr iruney tines near .
a wooded plot known as Baker's park. He .
shouted at them, but the bears, Instead of
running, loped toward the wagon, one on
each side of the road. Long remained on'
the wagon until one of the bears made a '
lunge at his horse and tore open Its side
with his great forepaw. Then he leaped
from the wagon and ran half a dosen
blocks for he'o. When several men reached
the scene with guns they found the horse
dying and the bears gone. A trolley car
had passed, and It la supposed the animals
were frightened by It and fled. The horse
had to be killed.
Virginia does not want its schoolmasters
to drink, and a bill to that effect is now
before the legislature. Their need of a
high ball or anything of the kind Is to be
determined by a doctor of medicine snd not
by their private Interior yearnings, and
they roust show a prescription before any '
tavern or saloonkeeper la empowered to
give them one. If they violate the ordi
nance they are to be removed, and If the
trustees fall to carry this out they are to
be fined for dereliction. The old common,
woalth la very much In earnest in the mat
ter, convinced that the general run of Its
teachers have taken "sugar In theirn" quite
long enough.
Senstor Frya, president pro tern of the
senste. was presiding over that august body
tho other day when a page handed him a
curd bearing the name, 'Edward F. Jones."
The psge said. "The gentleman aays he Is
one of your predecessors." Mr. Frye went
into his private room and found former
lieutenant Governor Jones of New York,
long known as "Jones, he pays the freight."
After they had shaken hands the senator
remsrked: "The page tells me you are one
of my predecessors. "Did you ever preside
over the United States senste, Mr. Jones r
The New Yorker laughingly answered: "On-.
April 19, 1M1. I was colonel of the Sixth
Massachusetts volunteers. We marched
thrrmrh Baltimore and came to Washing
ton. My regiment bivouacked In the senate
chamber. As Its colonel I was entitled to
the beat place and I slept In the presiding
officer's chair.
aide Lights of History,
Job was wslting patiently for the doctoi.
At last he came.
"Doc." said Job, "can you tell me the
difference between me and David?"
"I'm up against It," said the doctor.
Tell It."
"Well," said Job, "David Is a manly boy -and
I am a boily man."
This waa only another of Job's humors.
"Why," said Samuel Johnson, one even
ing to David Garrick, "is a misogynist like
an eplthalamlum?"
"Mlstaii Johnslng," said Garrick, who
was a wonderful impersonator, "dat am a
ve'y difficult question. Why am a mis
ogynist like a eplfalamlum?"
"A misogynist Is Ilka aa eplthalamlum."
responded the great lexicographer, "bo
cause each Is a verse to marriage."
Uarrtck was almply convulsed. Chicago
Journal.
