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The forces of law unU order at the na tional capital have been waging a cease less w.ir for mtre than fifty year, with the reile hunting tourist and hi twin brother, the malicious vandal, who de stroys for the mere pleasure of wrecking tlint whU-h is beautiful, historic or costly. The contest will probably continue as long (in the government owns anything worth currying away or anything worthy of In ter, st In art, literature or science. Noth ing is siife from the souvenir Mend, and the more holy the associations that cling about historic trensures the more certain are they to suffer mutilation at his ruthless hand, tjcglons of guards do not suffice to protect the valuables in Washington, and. although every precaution Is taken to checkmate the collector of curios, he or Fhc manages to make away, almost dally, with fragment of stauary, pieces of cloth or leather mid bits of material that pos sess sentimental value on account of their connection with the earlier days of the republic. The vandal who carries off these relics bodily or in part Is mure to be dreaded than the wretch who destroys a statue or a painting outright. The relic hunter ionics again: nothing is sacred In his eyes, and he- Is never satisfied. The vandal who places a stic k of dynamite at the base of a statue of some foreign hero doea So to vent his spite in a particular in stance, and if he accomplishes Ills purpose he Is satisfied and stops there. The attempt made last winter to wreck the statue of Frederick the Great at the War college wus a typical example of the vandala work. The man who placed the dynamite at the base of the bronie figure did so because he bore a grudge against the German monarchy and if ho had suc ceeded would probably never have tried to Injure anything else, unless he had hap pened to come across another object that excited his i peculiar animosities. Not o, however, with the miscreant who broke off the toe of George Washington's statue in front of the' capitol. The fiend probably went on year after year, hacking with hatchet or pounding with hammer every historic statue that he could reach unob served. What possible- use he could make of a chunk of marble of that Hze It would be hard to determine. He probably took It home and placed it in a cabinet with other fragments of mutilated statuary that he hud gathered from time to time during his travels, and perhaps now his grand children are pointing with pride to the "beautiful souvenir that grandpa brought from Washington," Mutilation and Theft. The loss of the great toe wus not the only injury sustained by the Greenough Wash ington. n course of the ceremonies that were held at the east front of the capitol on the occasion of President McKlnley'a first inauguration another relic hunter stole one of the little Indian figures that stood behind the chair of the Hist presi dent. Mow he managed to disappear with J the statuette Is a problem, for It was too i largo to be concealed in pocket or coat, but the fact remains that the thief did get away with it and no one was the wiser until after the crowds had gone. The com panion Indian was left standing at the other aido of Washington's chair for a few days while the authorities were debating the advisability of duplicating the stolen figure, but was eventually removed when the conclusion was reached that it would scarcely pay to expend several hundred dollars for the possible benefit of future relic hunters. One of the most serious evidences of vandalism is to be found at the house end of the capitol, where the gallery doors are ornumented with bronze tracery, represent ing fruits, flowers and geometrical de signs. The delicate tendrils of the vlnea and similar projections have been so ruth lessly destroyed by the vandals that an estimate of the cost of repairing the Injury was made last winter, and it was found that an appropriation of $6,500 would be required to restore the artistic ornamenta tion to its original perfection. On March 4 of this year the vandals made an heroic statue of Ceros, on the east front of the capitol, the occasion of concentrated attack, aud us a result the marble effigy now shows five white spots where chips, varylng.ln size from a quarter tu a silver dollar, have been removed. Harmless Diversion. Fortunately the most common form of vandalism practiced at the capitol now adays Is comparatively harmless. It con sists in the "ancient and honorable" de alre of vurlous tourists to leave a record of their visits by scratching their names In some conspicuous place. The favorite scene of this form of vandalism is at the base of the tholuM of the great dome, this place being least easily observed by the alert watchmen. The stone work at this point has, however, been painted many times, and few of the seekers of this cheap fame succeed in doing more than scratch ing tho paint, o that all trace of their work is removed as soon as the next painting occurs, and such paintings take place about once in two years. On one occasion an eager souvenir fiend was caught in the act of taking the clock from the wall of the president's room, off the senate lobby. Probably no official apart ment In Washington has been subjected to as much spoliation by the hand of the van dal as this chamber. The room Is used only once a year. On the last day of the session the president rides up to the capitol to sign belated hills before the presiding officer declares the session at an end. He takes his seat in the president's room, usually with his cabinet surrounding him, and gen erally holds a suit of Informal reception. Throughout the rest of the year tho only use to which the apartment la put Is to sorve as a ahowpUue fur the edification of tourists. Nowadays a guard Is stationed within the room every minute of the time that it is open for inspection, whose sole business Is to prevent the relic grabbers from stealing or damaging articles within the apartment. Before the president's room was protected by a special guard it was periodically wrecked by the tourists. The silken tassels of the draperies, the knobs on the doors, the leather seats of the chairs, the upholstery of the aofaa and the hand some rugs were either taken away entire or were cut out piecemeal by vandals. Time after time the damage, was repaired, only to be repeated In more or less aggra vated form, and finally it was deemed ad visable from the standpoint of economy, If for no other reason, to put an officer on constant watch. Scars u the ( aiiltul. Not only has the president's room been tho harvest Held of the curio collector In the capitol, but every corner of the great building has suffered from time to time. Many of the dishonorable scars are Very patent to the naked eye, for It ha been found Impossible to repair much of the damage without the expenditure of mora money than the superintendent of the build ing has had at his disposal. Nearly every one of the beautiful bronze doors on the eastern front of the building has been mu tilated. These doors cost many thousands of dollars, foi each piesents numerous alle gorical and historical scenes In hitss-reMef upon Its panels These costly examples of the metal worker's art have been seriously marred by tho vandals, who with hammer and knife have chipped away parts of the figures represented. Here a soldier In one panel has been robbed of his sword; there a horse has lost part of Ms mane or tail; wherever a delicately wrought portion of the work could be, chipped away It has dis appeared, to satisfy the craving of some conscienceless person for "a souvenir." There are also numerous more substantial projections in the designs which have been 1 olislted by the hands of countless thou sands who. Inspired, doubtless, by an un intelligent desire to Imitate, have rubbed each bronze mrface which showed that It had been nibbed before until all the "rub ting spots." as tho guides call th'in. have been polished until each shines against the dark bronze Background like u point of light. Tablets Mntllateil. Walk' up the dimly-lighted shaft of the Washington monument if you would se the work of the vandal In Its most hideous form. Dozens of the costly (.tone and metal tablets aet In the walls by Masonic and fraternal bodies from nil over the world have been hewn out of all semblance to their original shapes. Where the scoun drels have not been able to chip nw.iy pieces of the metal they have often tske;i blunt, heavy Instruments and deliberately pounded out the lettering or emblems. The wreck of the tablets within the monument recalls the fact that one of the most flagrant acts of vandalism ever committed In Washington was perpetrated in the data when the Know Nothing agitation was nt Its height. The pope had sent a very beau tiful stone for the monument, and those egiposed to Catholicism made a violent effort to prevent Its being put In place. On the eve of the day that the m.is.uu were to cement the stone In its niche the watchman at the monument was attacked by a party of unknown persons and taken prisoner. The "pope stone," ns the offend ing tablet was called, was taken from Its case, broken Into a hundred pieces and the fragments were taken down to the Potomac and dumped Into the waters. A tremen dous sensation was caused by this exploit, but the perpetrators of the outrage were never detected. The pope linally sent an other tablet, which fared better than the first, and found its proper place In the monument wall. Vandalism nt Mount Vernon. The guardians of Mount Vernon have probably been harassed by the vandal relic hunters more than the custodians of any other single place In the I'nlted States. The doorknobs of the historic mansion that once belonged to the Father of His Coun try have been replaced time after time, and everything movable about the grounds has suffered. Not content with picking tho flowers from the growing things about the place, the tourists have often seized large rose bushes, vines and small trees and taken them away under their coats or cloaks. To save the very gravestones from desecration It was found necessary many years ago to surround the old family burial plot with a high Iron fence, and within the house itself the tourist is kept out of most of the rooms by heavy wooden gratings fastened In the door casings. Before these bars were placed across the doors of the chambers. It la said, certain of the em ployes of Mount Vernon made a very good thing out of the glass knobs that adorned one of the old cupboards. These knobs were easily removed, and, it seems. Just as easily duplicated at a cost of 10 or 15 cents apiece in one of the furniture stores. The employes who worked the scheme made a point of steering the tourists within reac h of the glaBS knobs, and then would very obligingly turn their backs. The plan sel dom failed to work, and when the Journey about the house was resumed two or three of the knobs would be mysteriously miss ing. As soon as they got their victims out side or In a convenient corner, the wily guides would charge them with the theft of the knobs and would threaten them with arrest. The frightened relic hunter would thereupon offer to compromise for any amount, and the price invariably agreed upon was $1 a knob. The tourist got the knob, too, as a special act of clemency on the purt of the employe, and, by the time the next tourist party came through ne w knobs were In place, waiting to be stolen. New York Tribune. A Rent Rainmaker. A slender, unassuming young man has caused California to doubt the Creator's control over the elements. He Is Charles M. Hatfield, who has beti playing pranks "with the rain records. On December 15, 1904, southern California was threatened with another dry year. That day Hatfield published in the I,ns Angeles papers a no tice Baying that for $1,U00 he would guar antee that on May 1 the season's rainfall In Los Angeles would be. at least eighteen Inches, the money not to be paid until he delivered the rain. The season's rainfall in Los Angeles has not been eighteen Inches for ten years. A subscription was taken up and Hatfield was promised the $l,0uf) If he delivered the eighteen inches. Hatfield erected a ralnmaklng station and set to work. Since that time hardly a wee k has passed without a heavy rain. Repeatedly Hatfield has called the exact time when a storm would arrive. KDICATIONAI, XOTKS. One student at Columbia university is the president of a corporation in Cuba, his na tive country, that deals in eggplants. The New Hampshire legislature has ap propriated $40,no0 to Dartmouth college for the next two years. A new building to he erected this spring and to be used by the medical school will cost $30,000. The Buffalo public library claims to rank first among all the libraries of the country In the amount of work done among the public schools. Its report iff said to show that it has double the amount of hooks In circulation through the medium of the pub lic schools than Is shown anywhere else. Thirty-nine private schools prepared the students in the first year class at Bryn Mawr, twenty states are represented and thirteen religious denominations, and In the father's professions twenty-nine callings are represented. Two-thirds of the whole membership of the college come from out side the state of Pennsylvania. Charles Herlbner. who was graeluated In the e lass of 1ST5, Princeton, has established In that university a new competitive fellow ship in English literature, ielcllug the owner $50" annually. Princeton seniors are eligible, ond the first appointments will be made this spring. The first award will be to the man who passes the best examina tion lu Kngllsh literature. Prof. Kdward W. Clark of Riixui college, Wisconsin, after nearly a year spent in study and excavations in Home and other historical points in Italy, has secured for his institution one of the I. est collegiate collections of Roman antiquities In the northwestern part of the I'nlted States. Dr. Samuel A. Green, the historian, says that the late former Governor Huutwell once gave these hints to u student at the Grotou academy: "If you wish to take u college course 1 trust you will he able to do so. But there are three things you must have to succeed Industry, Integrity and civility. You cannot get along without civility." This advice mude so much Im pression upon the boy that his grandfather has the words printed on a little card for distribution to friends. The Philippine Teacher, which has Just been established In Manila, tells about the openings to be found in the Philippines by American teachers. 1'nder the American bureau of education in the Philippines there are thirty-five school divisions, with HiM.ouo pupils. 334.0UO of whom are in the primary courses, U'.leo In the intermediate and hluh school departments and lC.ouO In the 3) night schools for the Instruction of adults In Maulla and the largest provincial towns. Steps have been taken to train Filipino young men aud women as teachers, to i arrv on the work. There are now 3.7ijO of these, who are known as municipal teachers and are paid from funds In the municipalities In which they are employed, und 1H4 ill the Insular list, who are appointed and paid bv the bureau The Americans are einploved ss superintendents, rather lhan teachers' of single classes or schools There are my of them, drawing salaries that rnne from f0 to l-',o".i, the avriBgc being, tl.l'W. A Little .BL&eK Stoiry 7 'JpHE hats we sell at $250 each are worth more and cost more to produce than a $250 hat has a right to. There are touches to it foreign to headwear retailed below a four-dollar bill. They are dis tinct enough to "touch" your sense of values, but are in no other cents a "touch." A Little EASTER Story Let us tell it to you direct all about our New Neckwear both white and fancy. Shirts Negligee in all the new spring offerings, both in plain white and all the popular colorings. 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