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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.
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'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
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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
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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.
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Has Only One Parlehoner,
His Wife.
In th wooded solitudes of northern New
Jersey, far from the busy haunts of men,
a drama is being played. Whether It Is a
comedy or a tragedy depends upon the point
of view. No blare of boisterous trumpets
accompanies It. 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
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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.
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