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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1904)
I THE OMAHA DAILY HKE: HCXD.W, APHIL 17, 1(H)4. BLACfiBCRN REFUSES TO ACT Eai Ha Will Not Call ConereMi'o&al Com- mittea With a Week. SIGNS Or FRICTION' BY HIS TACTION Chalranaa Cewell of Repafclfeaa Caanty omnlttee an ( iH to Arrina for Primary Elee tloa t Friday. Mora or less of a conflict between th county and congressional republican mm tnlttees KCini Imminent because of the re funal of Chairman Rlackbura of the latter la ca.ll hla committee together tor the pur pies of arranging for a convention to select two delegate to the national convention and name a nominee for congress from the bWond district. Htnrkhurn Intimates tie will mume the attitude taken two years ago when he 'laid down the flat that the congressional committee la supreme in the district and that the county organisations are powerless to carry on the ordinary mechanlom of convention preparations without the consent of the congressional committee. While he derlarea that he wishes to co-operate with Chairman Cowell of the county committee, yet he has care fully refrained from calling hla own com jrlttee toaether to make a call. Instead he wrote a letter to Chairman CV.well April 4 brueequely demanding that C'nwell Indl eata when he would confer with Black burn regarding "co-operation," whlrh the latter professed to be very anxious to hars with respect to the primaries. HlaekHarn la Arouse. Mr. Blackburn appears to he somewhat aroused over whnt references Kdward Rose water made to the matter before the McKlnley club. "You may say for me," lie said, "that I ahall not rail the convention within a week after April 14. the day thja speech was made. Mr. Hosewa'.er sslrt that If ateps were not taken within a week some one lea would call the convention. Well. 1 should like to know how and by whom while the statutes remain the same aa they are now." Mr. Blackburn would not Bay whether or not he would bring the matter of Joint pr I marie before tlio county committee meeting, called for Friday. He Is a mem bar of the county committee and expects to attend In that capn.ity, but remarked that ha did not see how he could take the congressional matter , up until he had re ceived a reply from Chairman Cowell. The latter has Issued the following call for a committee meeting: To the Members of the p'vrtaa County Republican Central Coi imittee: A meet ing of the members of the above cuir.mlttee Is heriby called for FilJay, April 12. 104, at t p. m., In Fraternity hall, on the sev enth floor of the Bee bull-ling. In this city, for the purpose of makl-, suitable provi sion for a primary election to select dele gates to the republican state and congres sional conventions, and for the transaction of auch other and further business aa may coma before such committee. nOBERT COWELL, Chairman. Bass- Making; Discord. Meanwhile the Blackburn factlnnallsts are planning to foment what discord and fric tion they can In order to relieve the mo notony. Politicians take little stock In the Blackburn boom for W. F. Ourley, because, they aay, Ourley Is a staunch advocate of 3. J. Cornish for the congressional nomina tion. Cornish tried hard to assist Ourley In getting the district attorneyship and friend j of both men believe that Ourley will ot enter the Hat against Cornish. On the other hand, A. W. JenVrls. who was reported aa some time ago withdrawing from active interest In the congressional race, la aald to have again developed an exceptionally receptive mood. Byron O. Burbank la still trying hard to pose aa the candidate of tha "antl-machlne" people, but has not had the meed of en couragement that hla aspiration seeks. John L. Kennedy's candidacy Is persistent and regarded aa more formidable. FAIR RATES FOR ROOMERS ProapoctlTo Cost of "belter for Vis itors to the Rt. Loala Kxposltloa. Omaha householders and landlords, who In 1898 boosted rents from 10 to 25 per cant, may take to themselves a chunk of belated credit for modesty. The differences between them and their tribe In St. Louis Is the difference between laudable gen roalty and undlfutd avarice. St. Louis householders are not In the bualnesa for their health not thla year. They Intend to do business with pllgrtma on ao lavish acala aa to relieve them of tha burden of carrying home any portion of the money set aside for the trip. Rates are fixed and precious few pilgrims can get away from them. Tha 8t Louis Real Kstate Bulletin pub lishes a comparative table of rents In peace tlmea and rata which la obtained at tha threshold of the exposition season. A few samples will ahow what la coming to you: Western Dwellings: Number of T'sual Exposition Rooms. Rent. Kept. T t 1199 lne 4R 125 Kleren 40 100 Twelve 50 2S Thirteen 40 lnft Twelve 40 100 Western Fists and Rooms; iiia 300 to 0ne nerel Ttwelllncs: ftlxteen lift Southwest Flats and Rooms: Five and Hlx 25 furnished: Fourteen H 800 Nine 70 fioo Fourteen 5 400 Not given 110 600 Thirteen lit too Omaha landlords of tha 'W period should hide their diminished heads. St. Louie knows a good thing and Intends to work it to tha limit. HOT TEXTS ON GRAIN ELEVATOR Kansas Zealot Qaotea tha Bible a Hla Blaa, Whereat Trainmen Hoot. The right of a man to paint anything ha pleases on his own house will probably be teated In the Kansas courts In the near future. The question arises through the religious seal of E. D. Heyde of Greenville, 111., owner of what la known locally aa the "Bible Elevator." a atnicture at Lebanon. Kan., which adjoins the tracks of the Rock Island railroad. Mr. Heyde thought it would be well for the passengers on the Rock Island railroad If they were con fronted with a few scorching Bible texta aa they rode by on the t ruins. 80 he engaged algn painter to cover the walls of his levator with texts such as "Where will you apend eternity?" "In hell he lifted up his eyes, being In torment." The signs were ao large that they could easily be read from the trains, and even from the nearby sta tion. Reports were soon beard at tha headquar ters of the railroad that trouble had fol lowed the painting of tha signs. Passen gers waiting for trains would stroll over to tha elevator to get a closer view and would be so Impressed with the texta that they would atand spellbound until their train had gone by. Then, with the perversity of hu man nature they would blame tha railroad employe for allowing them to ml the train. Passengers on the trains would ply the trainmen with questions concerning thv "Vibla JUevaior," such as; "Who built It?' "Why were the texts there?" "To what de rnminatioa does the owner of the building Ulong?" "Why don't they make him take the signs down?" Tha "Bible Elevator" became aa much of a nuisance to the train men aa to the station employes. A request was made to Mr, Herd to remove tha signs In the Interest of the machinery of the railroad. 80 far from complying with this request. Mr. Heyde says he Is willing to pay for the decorating of any mans house with similar warnings to the wicked. As the. elevator with the scriptural ques tioning stands on the Rock Island's right-of-way. It is probable that Mr. Hoyde wTH have to eliminate the signs or remove tils building entirely. New York Tribune. WHEN THE WEST WAS YOUNG lories of Border Life Observed ssi Sketched by Henry Ylllard. - In his reminiscences Henry Vlllard tella of Horace Oreeley'S" visit to Colorado. Ha and a companion went In one of tha ex press stages and had met with singular and perilous accident. In driving through a byird of buffaloes the animal, probably maddened at tha eight of tha red color of tha coach, had attacked and upaet it. Qree ley had received a severe cut below his right knee, crippling him for several weeka. Being confined to hla room in tha hotel by his wounds Greeley was greatly disturbed by theound of revelry ojr night that roee unceasingly from the barroom. Vlllard writes: "Hla wrath culminated on the third night of his tortures. I waa fortunate enough to be with him and thus became an eye and ear wltnesa of what happened. About 10 o'clock he got up and Insisted on limping to the barroom. Hla appearance, though hla presence In the building waa generally known, created surprls and In stant silence. He begged for a chair, and, Friends." aald he, 'I have been In pain and without aleep for almost a week and 1 am well-nigh wora out. Now I am a guest -of thla hotel, I pay a high price for my board and lodging and I am entitled to rest dur ing; the night. But how can I get It with git this nolae going on In thla placer Then he addressed one of the moat pat net to ap peals I ever heard to those around him to bandon their visions ways and become aober and Industrious. Ho spoke for nearly an hour and was listened to with rapt in terest and the most perfect respjet. He succeeded, too, in hla object. The gambling stopped and the bar waa clos-d every night at 11 o'clock aa long aa ho remained." During this period of his life Vlllnrd got a glimpse of western Judicial machinery and gives thla vivid picture of a term of court being held during a very hot spell In June: "The judge presided without his coat and with unbuttoned shirt thrown wide open. He sat thus disarrayed, tipped back In his armchair, with hla legs on the desk before him. The attorneys naturally fol lowed his example and made themselves as cool aa possible. One marked incident has remained fixed In my mind. While one of the most loquacloua attorneys was making a fiery argument ha was Interrupted by the Judge, who called out to him: 'Jim, you had better keep cool In this hot weather and give me a bite of your tobacco. Tha pleader stopped, pulled out his plug and carried it to the Judge, who took a hasty bite, whereupon the proceedings ware re sumed." Of his arrival In Colorado Vlllard writes: 'We brought a mall of reveral hundred letters and newspapers, the announcement of which fact drew three cheers for the express company. Tt was a great boon, the !ast news from the Missouri river being pearly five weeka old. Of course. I was the center of attraction and overwhelmed with questions. Some one proposed that I ahould tell the newa from the 'states' to them all and I was made to mount a log and enter tain the audience for half an hour with what had happened during tha four weeka before my departure, for wht-h I got a vote of thanka and which secured ma at once the good will of all tha settlers." FRAU R0TTGER0F BRESLAU latrodnees h Injaaetlea Habit Among; the Staid Judiciary of Germany. Herr Rottger, a realdent of Breelau, Ger many, has one of the finest mustaches on the continent of Europe. It Is full, silken and blond and curia naturally at either end. Herr Rottger is a very charitable man. For years ha haa taken a deep Interest In all forma of benevolence and has aacrlflced the greater part of a handsome private for tune to benefit the poor. Herr Rottger haa many friends. They all admire him and they all admire hla mustache. Yet they are only friends aa friends go. They would deprive him of his crowning beauty. A few of them proposed not long since that If he would cut off hla mustache they would subscribe the amount he needed for the carrying out of one of his pet philanthropies. He gladly agreed. He even signed a contract to tha effect that upon the payment of the atlpulated sum the mustache that haa been a aourca of pride to the people of Brealau for aeveral yeare would be removed. Herr Rottger has a wife, a pretty, hlgh aplrlted, determined little woman, who will not stand for any kind of nonsenae. More over, ahe la justly proud of Herr Rottger's mustache. It may mean much to him, but It means everything to her. When ahe heard about tbe contract, what did ahe do? Herr Rottger's little wife la a newspaper reader. She haa learned from tha newspa pers, among other things, what people In the I'nlted Statea do when they don't want other people to do aomethlng Injurious, dis agreeable or obnoxious to them. She might have rjuarreled with Herr Rottger, if she had not read the newspupera. One word might have led to snother until Herr Rott ger might have said that hla mustache was his own and ha would do aa ha pleaaed with it, and there would have coma the end of Frau Rottger's happiness. What Frau Rottger did. waa to get an In junction preventing the carrying out of the contract. In her petition ahe declared that ahe married Herr Rottger partly on ac count of hla muatache, and the court has sustained her claim to a wlfe'a Interest in It and made tha Injunction permanent. xow, rrau Monger s mends, who are better friends than Herr Rottger's friends, have agreed to raise the funds Herr Rott- gejr needs to help slong his philanthropic enterprise, and Frau Rottger la tha moat popular little woman In Breslau. And the happiest, because Herr Rottger Is prouder of her than shs has ever been of his mus tache. Chicago Inter Ocean. WANT MONEY FOR TICKET BACK Helra of Woman Killed Before Taking; Trig. Ask I'nlnn Pari to Hefnad. The passenger department of the Union Paclflo lias received a letter from th heir of Mrs. Sarah Cohen asking that the prlc or a ticket bought by the woman be re funded. The ticket was bought at Bogus. Kan.. March II, and the letter states the woman was murdered before sh left th depot. The ticket was' bought for th trio from Bogu to Oakley, Kan. Nothing 1 known nere or tne circumstance surround Ing tbe murder. Track Driver May Strike. ST. LOUIS, April 1 Announcement wa mad today that on Mav 1 the Truck Driv er union, affiliated with the International Brotherliuod of Tea mat era. will go out on a syiiipaiiieii-.- tilk in euinrft of the strike of Oie hackmen instituted Jimurv t Th. TriKk I (rivers' union Includes about Ctu nien employed p about 1M companle in sr.. U.S. JOBBERS APPEAL TO ROADS Omaha VholeiaU Men Atk BamiTal of Discriminating 8 agar Bate. MUST CARRY CASE TO HIGHER OFFICIALS Believe Railroads Can Be Convinced of tnjnetlre of Tar Iff a to Omaha and Favorable to Ree se City. A commltte of Omaha Jobbers composed of C. H. rickwna, John Brady and Arthur Allen, Friday afternoon made a canvass of the freight offices of the city to see If aomethlng could not be don to prevent dis crimination In sugar rates against thla dry when the adjustment 1a made by the freight association now meeting In Chi cago for the purpose of restoring rates. What the jobbers desire Is that the dif ferential of t centa which has heretofore governed In favor of Kansas City on ship ments of sugar from the south, be abol ished when the new schedule of rates is agreed upon at the Chicago meeting. This Is aa old question which haa been up with Omaha Jobbers many times, but all fights thus far have been unsuccessful. It Is be lieved, however, matters are In such con dition that the railroads can be brought to see the fallacy of discriminating against this point in favor of Kanaaa City. Based on Soathera Rate. The reel difficulty in the matter arises not entirely from the fact that the t-cent differential haa to be paid on all shipments of southern sugar Into Omaha, but from the fact that the price of all augar which cornea here is based upon the southern rat. Thla rate being I centa higher than to the markets south, the Jobbing Interests here have to stand tha difference If they sell goods In territory which la tributary to both Omaha and Kansas City, and they believe It too great a load to carry. Even on beet sugar raised within a few miles of Omaha the Jobber here haa to pay a price equal to the price fixed by the New Orleans market and the rata added, so he cannot escape tha dilemma by buying the Nebraska product. It aeema none of the local freight men could give the committee any assurance that the discrimination would cease, but all of them seemed to think It would be necessary to bring the matter before tha Chicago meeting. It Is more than probable that a committee will be appointed to go to Chicago the first of the week and appear before the association meeting. The com mittee probably will be the aame aa that' which waited upon the freight men here. Discredit the Reports. The press reports from Chicago concern ing a hitch In the grain rate settlement are not believed by local freight men. Some of the beat posted freight officials in the city atate that In their opinion there Is very lit tle truth In the reports. An official of the Burlington, In speaking of that part of tha dispatch which refera to hla line, said he did not believe hla company would object to th Northwestern having lower ratea through to Chicago, aa th lower rates did not extend into the territory of the Burlington. So far aa the objection of the Missouri Pacific and other southern line to th proposed differential of I centa per hundred aa between Chicago and St Louis Is concerned, he aaid he knew nothing of the atand which the southern lines may take In the matter, but he did not believe that objection to this differential would be strong enough to overthrow the results of the work already don in attempting to secure sn adjust ment. "The Northwestern," said he, "Is en titled to lower rates east from th northern part of tha state than wa are south, for the reason that competition up ther is such that an adjustment cannot be made which can be arranged In the territory aouth of the Platte. The Wlilmar & Sioux Fails line Is in direct competition with the Northwestern. Into Sioux City and, aa that road la a feeder of St. Paul and Minne apolis, it objects to every attempt to make ratea from northern Nebraska favorable to tha Chicago market. I believe that all theae matters are minor details, which will be easily adjuated at the meeting to b held In Chicago next Tuesday." Dickinson for Illinois Central. Edward Dickinson, vice president and general manager of the Orient, Mexico Kanaaa City, formerly of the union Pa cific, Is prominently mentioned In upper railroad circles as a strong candidate for second vice prealdent of the Illinois Cen tral, of courae not necessitating any change In his present connection with the Stllwell line. Th election of officer for tha Illi nois Central comes off April 27. B. L. Wlnchell. recently elected president of the Rock Island and H. V. Mudge, general manager of th Santa Fe, are named aa rival candidates to Mr. Dickinson. President Btuyvesant Fish's re-election Is regsrded aa a foregone conclusion and he haa signified his willingness to aecept tha office again. The nominating cortmittee haa finished its wnrk and reports there Is no opposition to Mr. Fish, which practically Inaurea hla re-election. Candidate for places on ths executive committee, two members of which ars to be elected, are: W. H. Baldwin, president of tha Long Island railroad; Howard Elliott, president of tha Northern Pacific; Daniel Wlllard, second vie president of th Burlington; W. C. Brown, vice president of th New Tork Central and Lake Shore railroads; B. F. Potter, general superin tendent of the Wisconsin Central; R. H. 1'Hommadieu, general manager of th Michigan Central. Rlea Plasters' Rata. Oerrlt Fort, assistant general passenger agent of the Union Pacific, haa received from hla friend, T. J. Anderson, general passenger sgent of the Southern Paclflo at Houston, Tex., a box containing- two do sen rice plantera' hate. The hats are curioal ilea in thla part of the country. They are made of rlcs straw and are worn by the plantera. whll working In th rlc field Of th aouth. Tha rim la twenty Inches across, and they are faatened to tha head of th wearer by a string which passe under the chin. Mr. Fort is passing them out to his friends and the demand haa been found greater than tha aupply. LEAVES BRIDEJN NEBRASKA Ltentenant Parana!!, Killed In Phllla. nlnea, On of Oronsss Who Sailed Iaat October. econd Lieutenant Harry R. ParshaU, Twenty-second I'nlted State Infantry, who is reported to have died of heart dlseaa on th sth Inst, at Msahul. Mindanao, Phil ippine Islands, wss wall known In Omaha. H was a member of th Twenty-second Infantry, while It was stationed st Fort Crook, though his post waa at Fort Logan H. Hoots, Ark. Lieutenant Psrshall was one of th twelv bridegrooms of th regiment thst left for the Philippine In October last II was married July H. 1M, to Mis Jeaal Webb of Fremont, but later of Valentine, It waa while Lieutenant ParshaU waa sta tioned at Fort Niobrara, near Valentin, that he becam acquainted with hia bride. Mrs. Parshsll did not accorapsny her hue- bant to the Philippines, but hss Just com pleted arrangement for her departure. In tending to aall from San Francisco on May 1. I Lieutenant Parihall was g estiva of Wls- on sin, and wss sppolnted from th ranks to his lieutenancy In 190L STRANGE CASE OF MRS. ARNOLD Her Children Analonely Awaiting n leeclalon Whether She la In dian or Srgro. The hardest fought and most Interesting of all the stilts for recognition as cltlsen of the Choctaw notion Is that of Martha Arnold et al. It Is the only ensa where there Is an element of aentlment In the motive. In all other cases the frank de claration Is made that a participation In the tribal Innfls and moneys la the only de sire. But In the Arnold case social statue Is Involved. The derense of the1 nation is that the plnintin Is a negress Instead of n halfbreed Choctaw. The four Sons of the plaintiff are men of property and education. They have white wives and their children are In white schools nnd universities. Hence they have hired some of the most able law yers in Indian Territory. . Texus, Arkanstia nnd Georgia to represent them. They have spent more money than their share of tha tribal estate would amount to because of the social question. The decision in favor of the Arnolds wna rendered In 1897 by Judge William Springer, former democratic Moor lender in the house of representatives. He' wrote nn able and elaborate opinion of the case. Kxpert ethnologists had testified on racial peculiarities. A lock of Mrs. Arnold' hair had been sent to the Smithsonian In stitution and the exports had declared that It was not the linir of a mulatto. Mrs. Arnold has long, straight black hair, a Roman nose, thin Hps and high cheek bones. But her voice and dialect are those of the typical black mammy. Her story Is stranger than romance. She claims to have boon a granddaughter of John Lucas, a fullblood Choctaw Indian 1 of Mississippi. She says ahe waa taken, when a young girl to Georgia, by a school- teacher named Miss Amy Waddley. She was left for a while at the plantation of Washington Arnold, a wealthy Georgia planter. She later went to live with his brother, James Arnold, another wealthy planter. She acted as his housekeeper. Th aecond Arnold was a widower and Martha became his common law wife. At the close of the war he took her and her children by him to Arkansas, leaving his Georgia plantation In charge of his sons by hi first wife. It Is claimed that the family had started for Indian Territory to Join the Indians, but they stopped In Arkansas and bought a place. Upon the death of James Arnold ther waa litigation between the two sets of children aa to the possession of his prop erty. This was compromised by the first children retaining the Georgia property and the second children the Arkansas ac cumulation. The second chlldron and their mother came to the Indian Territory and have alnce realded here. Sons of Washington Arnold and James Arnold, prominent men of the south, tes tified In behalf of the plaintiffs. They up held the story of the Waddley woman and swore that Martha Arnold had never been regarded aa a slave on either plantation. Owing to the remoteness of the time, tha evidence on both sides often destroys Itself with contradictions. How much of this la due to age-elouded memories and how much to self-interest la a problem for the court. The court has not yet rendered a deci sion in the case and will not until th simpler cases are nut of the way. It is un derstood thst Instead of the ense being as signed to one of the three flgea, as is the rule, the entire bench will try to ravel its complications. Kanaaa City Journal. BURTON IS IN RETIREMENT Kansas Senator Spends Time in Seclusion at St. I.onl . Hotel. ST. IOUIS. April 1.-It was learned today that I'nlted States Senator 1. It. Burton of Kanaaa, recently convicted In the I'nlted States dlsttlct court of ac cepting money for the use of hla Influence to prevent the Issuance of a fraud order against the Rlalto Grain and Security company, has been In St. Louis In strict seclusion st the Terminal hotel since Wed nesdsy. He did not register upon arrival and hla only visitors have been hla at torneys. Hia presence was learned today when he went to the ticket window and made Inquiries regarding the time of leav ing for his home at Abilene, Kan. He aaid he would depart for hla home tontght. Benator Burton refused to discuss his caae In any manner whatever and declined to atate anything concerning hla plans for th future. I The above is a fac-simile of a check given as purchase price of a 1904 Direct Drive, 24 h. p, Peerless Touring Car with King of Belgium Body Purchased by MR. SEWALL SLEUMAN of Omaha. This is the speediest, handsomest and most luxurious touring car in the west We show the largest line of HiK Gra.de Cars between Chicago and Pan Francisco. Almost every magazine published gives some ac count of an endurance run made by a WIXTOX. This is important reflective mat ter for the prospective pui chaser. H. E. FREDRICKSON, High Class Pianos H T V aO tHrl afV-P with an absolute guarantee to refuntl inonov paid, if tin1 instrument, afw-r liaril usapo, fails to prove its worth. "We have built up the largest piano biiMiH'ss in the west, operating to day four retail establishments and one big factory. In order to remodel our Pianola room, we are obliged to disuse of l.0 instruments before May 1st. We will do it if the prices, terms nnd the fine instruments will receive your consideration. Handsome models from eastern factories in the rarest woods, will be sold at the follow ing prices: $000 Pianos at $.r0 Pianos at $400 Pianos at 4300 Pianos--at Twenty Square Pianos at your own price, all in good repair f." easb, and $3 per month Heed organs, used, $10 and upward, new, $35 and 'upward on installments of $2 to $3 per month. Our terms on new pianos will be arranged to suit the buver. WE EXTEND CREDIT EVERYWHERE. Write for catalogs and prices, also for information how a 2-ceut stamp will save you $100 on the purchase of an instrument. Schmoller & Mueller, 1313 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska. Telephone, 1625. Manufacturers of Eligh Grade Pianos. Established 1S50. 'POSSOM UP TO OLD CAME In Th Bee'i Fifth Contest for Ten Free Trips to Et Louis Exposition. FRIDAY ENTRIES STAND UNCHANGED Not a Single Vote Added, bnt Flv New Candidates Enter the Lists and Promise Soon to Malra It Intercedes. A strange feature of the voting Satur day in The Boa's Fifth Contest for ten free trips to the 8t. Louis exposition Is the complete standstill of the first dsy's voters, not one of whom have Increased their scotes by a single vote, but 'possum Is an old game and those who have watched th contest heretofore realize how It works. Meanwhile flv new can didates have stepped Into the arena and promise to make it lively r the new week is many daya older. Tha vote at 5 p. m. Saturday waa: Otto A. Rench, Omaha ., Mayme O'Donnell, Omaha LOIO m to umitn. umaha Cora Reed, Omaha Charlea L. aow, South Omaha Llnnie Plerson, Omaha Thomas J. Fitsgerald. South Omaha.. 1.. B. Todd, Plattsmouth W. C. Noyes, Omaha rr.r1'.".... Mae Tronson, South Omaha J. L. Wright. Omaha & 16 12 li 1 1 SUGAR FOUNDJNMAN'S HOUSE Stolen Goods Said to Be Locate! in Colored Restaurant Keeper's Place. Assistant County Attorney Oeorge A. Magney has filed a complaint of burglary agalnat Cyrua Terrell, colored, proprietor of the .Little Missouri restaurant, 1122 Dodge street, charging the defendant with the theft of 700 pounds of sugar from an Illinois Central car at Eleventh and Chi cago streets. Terrell pleaded not guilty and the caae waa set for hearing In police court Thursday morning, March 21. It la aaid the defendant's place of business waa searched and nearly two sacks of the sugar found. The prisoner was released on a bond of $700 algned by J. H. Huton. Dentist with wall establiened praettc in an excellent location In Bee building de sires gentleman to share offloe, preferably physician. Address, E 28. Bee offlc. S. SLEUMAN, GRAIN AND STOCKS. - Re an a, New YrH Life Bulldlag. 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Its only orchestra la the twittering of birds on bare branches, its only scenery tha anow-ciad hills and Icy walka of that pastoral region. Norwood, a little village on the banks of the Hudson, Is the place, and the rhtef ao tor la one Arthur Whittaker, an Episcopal clergyman. Actually he la a clergyman with a church, but without a congregation, and even tha church la ao remote from every activity of the hamlet that It la not readily found except by those who know the way. Two persona only, perhaps, know not alone how to find It but how to love It They arc the clergyman and hla wife. The other day there came from aom vague source th story that Rev. Whit, laker waa st war with his flock because of his ritualistic practices and that nearly all ths members of the congregation had Seceded end joined the Presbyterian church, which Is represented there by a. simple structure of frame on the border of the railroad. After much search the church and tha home of ita flockless paatpr were found. Norwood Itself Is one of thos town that lie concealed behind tha little house that does duty aa a railroad station. It haa not even the dignity of a town. Back In tha hill He a few houses, the country resi dences of New Yorkers for Ihe most part, and ths whole population of the place la not more than 800. The church and the rectory atand almost side by side, fringed by woods all around. The first is a nest little building of th N'ormsn Gothic architecture and the house la more handsome 1n exterior, while within It la furnished with luxury and taste. Both are most Incongruous to the bleak wastes that lie all about. Questioned a to the report. Rev. Whit taker looked dletressed. He took pains to deny that there had been any tflssenslon in Ms congregation and said .hat the stones of "ritualistic practices," as it had been phrased, were absurd. "They must have been started by soma evil designed person," he said, and would say no more. Aa a man of the cloth perhaps he did not feel himself privileged to speak. But in the village the gossip waa plentiful and ao unanimous that It seemed ss though It OMAHA, HEEL $ 6- former prlr-e $ ftO 140 former price 175 390 former price WW It9 former price 150 14 former price 175 163 former price 200 , 365 former price 32.1 114 former price 14.1 67 former prfi-e 00 15th and Capitol Ave. Omaha, Neb. Offered at I 4 at. aQV aT 1 $ 90.00 110.00 125.00 149.00 502 Broadway, Council Bluffs, la. 11th St, Lincoln, Nebraska. r.n'ght contain truth. From this It appeared that Mr. Whittaker had accepted the charge there about ten years ago. lie Is now a man of about W. tall, spare and ascetic looking. With hlra name Ma wife, who is about ten years hla senior. She waa a XIlss Sanders of Albany and wps very wealthy. Kven how, it la said, she owna blocks of buildings in the capital city. For a time the rector had the sup port of aome wealthy New Yorkers who made their country homes at Norwood, Among theae were N. E. Oakley, who was president of ths National Cltlsens' bank of this city; a man named Wood, another named Rloodgood and a Mra. Starr. They maintained th church untH. as the years passed, death took them one by one and le-f no one to fill their places. Meantime the younger element of th smalt poulailon of tha village learned thst the church was th best place to meet one another and to enjoy thoae few diversions that life In such a reatrlcted community crTera. Harmless ss tnese trifling pleasures were, so the story goex, the rector objected to them as frivolities unbecoming a house cf divine worship. , For a while the situation remained as It was,, his protests unheoded, but he was firm and th result waa that of hi con gregation those who had not died quietly dropped away, until, as he himself ad mitted yesterday, only six were left and these do not often ocme to the church. Afflicted aa he waa ty ths recession, tha clergyman waa true to hla convictions. He would not compromise, lie atlll had his cnvirch and no one tould be more devoted fo It than he and hla wife. They found their oonaolatlnna, Mr. Whittaker is an organist and his wife, despite her tge, has an t!isu1lv good toprano voice, hunday after Sunday, as regularly as it rolls around. hey sup., arm In arm. from the veranda of their house. cTftsa th field which lies bstween It and the chtch and hold their services slonr. Sometimes she will sing rymns as he" plays snd th resonance, made the greater by th surrounding emptiness, rolls out on the wintry winds and carries far serosa the hills. Often there are none else to bear, so secluded Is the pises, but should any one happen to pass aa the strains krle whether it be one of th tew loya' or one o the -ehels-he or she will paue and listen silently vntll the song is ended. Twroe Goes te Prison. -LLBOAN. Mloh.. April 1 -Thomas V. McOarry a Prominent attorney who was convicted cf bribing former City Attorney Lant K. Saiabory of Orsnd Rapids and turning over to him the boodle fund In ths Lake Michigan water deal, waa today sen tenced to four years in ths state reforma tory. No. We are agents for Peerless Franklin Winton America' choicest productions and each one a 'leader In Ita class. A thoroughly- equipped gartfs In charge of expert repair men.