m THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , JANUARY 12. 1800. SIXTEEN PAGES 7 I
P DIVINES OF OTHER DAYS
If
Leadora of tl o Episcopalians When
Hk Omaha Was on tbo Frontier
\ THE FOUNDATION OF TRINITY
\
*
• TMn ninliap * mill Hectors Who
llnvo linuuroil Pop the l'arlsh
Up to the Present limo
Hie , I tc
I nrlv 1 vnngnllst *
lmrch history in the
\ ( F * pioneer dn\s of anj citv
\ \ljL - ° r country Is always
I s W ° X " fraught with Interest
1 " * C * 2 - - The nnnnU of the magic
* / V' , " il T13 growth anil develop
* W \ ' - 'A 'nont of Omaha the
v
\ \t\v \ \ " \ \ mlnlstors who canio to
\ Vl,1's ' w"1' ' BCctlon ° '
* JM V\
\ „ „ , \ X countr ) In early d ) §
' to carrj the pospel to the rough frontiers
tnan nro deserving of n prominent plnco
J lioso pioneer preachers vvcro a rico of
n en eminent ! ) lttod for the vork thoj hnd
cl men Many of them lacked the polish of
the ttclioolft hut they posscssod that \ Ijroroua
manly Christianity lint braved hardships
ddiI privation and gloried in the trnji lo
nkMiist the encroachments of Satan and sin
Iho magnificent church structures of
Omaha today were built uron the founda
tlons of ih' cir efforts and aio splendid luonuo
ti cuts to their devotion and consecrated en
Bi rhcBlcetchos of tholr scrvlca naturally
W cotni rthends the hlstoiv of the churches
J ho organization of lrlnltj parish may bo
nald to duto from thu earliest settlement of
thl * country b ) white people follow Ing
shortlv U | on the extinguishment of the In
dian tltlo nnd the org uiijutlon of the torn
turv of r cbraskn
fan ndnv did not cross the rlvo- until the
j. year 18. > v hen the Key Koubon Gnylord n
,4 controgatlonal minister from Iowacamo over
\ the river and brought bund i\ with him
It wan In May 18. > 0. that the mlsslouuiy 10-
ttf ferrod to organized the t irst Congregational
ehureh with nine members In tbo summer
of the same ) car HUliop Komi cr of Wist on
HI Bin missionary bishop of the northwest vis
itod Omaha ineompmy with Bishop Leo
K of low a and these two held
Bf n mlnsiouarj scrvico in the old
Sj territorial cnpitol building on Mnth street ,
BJ on Sunday , July 1) ) lllshop I co preached
H in the morniiiir and 13 shop Kemper in the
J nfternoou lho congregations attending
BJ these services were very lur > , < considering
J the | opuintiou an 1 the result of these
J bin Ices was the organization of l'rmitv
Bf parish
BJ I rom this germ trmv , the tree whoso
BJ 1 I inches under the irflucnco of Itlslioi s
BJ ialbot Clnrkson \VorlhinL.ton . nro now
BJ casting strong shi les over a great state
BJ Itev Gcorcu \ \ \ \ vtsoii became the Hist
BJ uctor lho parish hut n mi ) trials nnd its
BJ con iltlon nt times beeamo desperate wlilcli
BJ . isshovnin it circular issued in lbo I boint ,
I un apt cat for usslstnuce to ehurehmeu in the
BJ
Bl 11 e responses to this circular were satis
BJ fictori as tbo parisli in the siiinwor of tbo
BJ same year suectedcl in erecting its tirst
BJ church which still stands nt the corner of
m s I uriintn and Ninth strcots It was built upon
- W leaped ground which with the brick for the
BR V v _ < liuildtm wis donntcu bj the Hon lesso ,
m * Y : J J one the ilrst mayor of the citj
6) ) * Kov G U Wutson bid cl nrco ot the
BB eburcli until lulj lbRO Ho had also ha I
BBr V' 1 rmirgo of the church In Council Blulls nuu
BB held services in each plnco on ullornato bun
BB dijs IIo was Hueecdcd btho Itev John i
BH CHt lho Kov O C Duke had charfco of ;
BB the parish from lilnc , 1SU2 until Janu ir\ ,
H , . -1 11 although not icularl > called asrector
BB nut uctingfor Hisbop Inlbot in n mission iry
BB eipaclt ) In lohruav ) , ! * - ( I tboestiv i
Bl voted to relieve the bishop of its cl argu upon i
BH the mission fund an 1 to innUo tl c t urish i
BB self Bupi ortlng by callhiir as the ilrst regular
Bm i cctor the Uev W H t anAntvvurp of
IB Orcida , N Y , who iccoptcd the cill nn I ar
Kl rived in Omaha April 1 ( lbllt and : hold his
BK lirst service the following bun la ) , April 17 ,
WB 18ol it the time of tbo arrival ot Mr " \ an
' B Antvvcrii the parish owned no pro | > crty ami I
a Iniihllnc was rented for the residence of t
Bl the rector In April lbOo a house and lot
I nu Uodgo street between Jhirtccnth and '
II loiutc , enth was niirehnsed and became the
II Ilrst rectnr ) It contained two rooms and u
II Hbed 1 itchen In lbbli the lectori building
II was sold and thq lots purcl ased upon which \
II the e itbcdral povv stands , a small icslUuiice \
HI on the casturu t or lon ot tlio lola being ;
Bl made to answer as a reetorv , which It so con .
B iv tinueu until the building of the present
BBBbJ cithidiul iccossitatod its removal J ho !
PBV termination of the loisc of the ( , tounds upon
W % . w hie i the ci apcl stood boiu ) , near
Bl nt hind , n movement was com
Bl innntol for tbo election of . church
upon the newly ncquhed grounds I Ills
B linlldin ) , was erected at ti cost of about
B SH UlU an 1 was oieuplcd in thu fall or winter
I otlti \ bhortl ) after its oeetipincy Mr
| A in Antwerp leslfciied Itwus duringthis
ei ntlciiian s time that UiahooCl 'irksoii made
1 is Ilrst appearance in the pirlsliinddiocese
Ills predecessor , the Uev losei h C Ialbot ,
D D , was consecrated bishop of the north
I vestcrn inls3ionaiy Jurisdiction I obruarj
* 1 1 00 , which term thou Included with Me
briBlta all the territories west and north
I liul only n small lortion of Inohruska and
Dakota rciielic 1 oy steamers upon the Mis-
; boui l was easily aeccssiblo other portions of
thu Jurisdiction could enl ) bo reached by
long ami often perilous stags and wa on
f jburpcvs of uiimvmiles o\or vhat was thou
Known as the ureal plalua " Bishop lal
hot established his icsldonco at Nebraska I
Clt ) , which was a thriving rlv U ot Omaha
! with honiu ) olnts for superiority for trade
I purposes and with a i opulation pjually as
* lurue
L , In isns Bishop Ialbot resigned to accept
BJf " the isblstant bishopric of Indiana and tbo
Ituv , Uobert Uurper L/inrksou DD of St
, , V . lames church Chicago , was elected to suc
ceed him and was consecrated bishop No
vember 15 lSOi
Ho made his Ilrst visit to Omaha nnd No '
uruska ind proaehed his Ilrst sermon in the
'lontli btrcot chnpol on Advent Sunday , Uc-
eemlerd 1805
J Ho bishop seems 1 at once to settle down
to the church as bis own and lho attraction
was mutual He anchored himself at once
in the hearts of the congregation with , a
fervor wlileu time did not destroy
A formal u roomont was entered
I Into with the vostrv after Mr
i Van Antwerp s resignation In winch ho
eoiistltudcd the church as his cathedral and
tiudei this urnuiLCinont , the bishop had the
nominating of a nctor , subject to the udop
i tlon of the \cstrj
In September , 18K the diocesan council
bv formal enactment , constituted Irinlty
church the cathedral of the diocese , prac
ticall ) upon lho tonus nnd conditions eon
tulm d iu the agreement with Bishop Clark
eon
llioltuv ( Jooreo C Betts was nominated
rector by the bishop and elected b ) tbo
vostri , but served enl ) aslioittlme being
succrudod by tbo Kov John G Uasmann
V who continued until 1S7 ?
\ [ On X\opmber 10 ISO the boauttful now
church was destroyed by lira alter an occu
jianu ) of loss than two i ears A temporary
building was at once erected which eon ad
the congregation until the completion of the |
I present si lendtd odliieo
I Mr liasmann In " .
leagued 18i"J and tbo
ltev Alexander U ( Jnnett was nomlnnted ,
| and olectcd lu his
place lhli talented muu
t was not allowed to roiuulntloug in this held |
/ In which ho served with wonderful buicoss
I In 1874 ho was elected missionary bishop ot
i northern foxug and was consecrated lu the
temporary cathedral December iO , 1871
lho Kov John D huswr was uentelected ,
> ' - but served only about ouo ) ear
" Iho Ituv 1 Ii Mill > pauiu was elected
after him and dulv installed dcau of tbo
cathedral with iuipresslvo services ou Octo
bur D , 1870. Ho served until February , 18S0 ,
b ) fur lho longest period of on ) rector in the
parish and his work and services nro still
felt and u | predated b < * the controtation
Thu death of Bishop Clarkson occurred in
March , ] &S3 , and his funeral services were
* the most Impressive over eoa la Omaha
jS1 He was buried In the arouud of his beloved
• cathedral nnd bli tomb is lmincdlatel ) out
• 3 sldo of the wall of lho south transept
t * HeCoorgo Wortnlugton , D D , of bt
Johns church , Detroit , Mich , was next
elected bishop and was duly consecrated
' 1 ho Kov 0. It Gardner of Utlca N V. ,
vraa nominated and elected doan to succeed
IS Millspiuch and cntrrod upon his duties
In ; liovembor , 1SS0
In IS-SO the present hnadsomo donncry was
erected nt n cost of about flu 000 nnd wltli
a ?
the cathedral and grounds the propcrt )
would bo rated In vuluo at not loss than
tlWOOO
Vrslrymcn Then null Now
In 1S50 , when Trinity parish was organ
ized ' , lho following vestry whs chosen
Samuel Moffatt , senior warden , O W.
Hamilton Junior warden , Thomas B Cum
ing , A T Salisbury , A J Hanscom and
JamosboeloVi vostrjmon
. Mr Moffatt , tbo senior warden was prcsl
dent of the W cstorn oxchnngo flro and ma
rine insurance com piny tbo leading bank of
that day , the cashlor of which was the Hon
A U Wjman lata treasurer of the United
btatcs and novv vice president of the Omaha
national bank Mr Hamilton , vbo Junior
warden nnd who subsc luentlv became sen
lor 1 warden Is now president of the United
States national bank
Mr Hnnseom was One pf the loading splr
Its of thu dnv In nit ptibllo affairs and is
still ' ono of our leading citlzuns and faithful
In his nllogianco to the p irlsh
Hon 1 U Cuming was tbo noting governor -
ornor of the territory
llio present vestr ) is ns follows Henry
W Yates senior warden , Judgu K Wakcly ,
Junior warden Judge Gcorto W Doano ,
jj , Jnmes II IVjabody Mr b D Uorkalovv ,
Mr AMlltam L Adams Mr H II Could ,
Mr Guy C Barton and Mr 1 red H DaIs. .
vcstriinon Of the above Mr Yates and
Judge Donno have served in the Vestry since
] lSWi < nnd Judge Uakcly almost as long
I nrcwcll to tlieir sii | crlntcnilonu
Mr J O Staples of this clt ) , has loft for
Chicago , vvhero bo will make his future
homo Mr bnplcs was recently elected
socrclarv of tbo Cilumot Canning compinv
of Clilcigo and novv enters ui on the duties
of his olllco AVhito a resident of this clt )
he has made many warn frici ds who will
miss him but all Join In wishing him sue
cess in bis novv field List 1 ridu ) night the
members ot the 1 irst Baptist chireh ten
dered him u farewell reception in their
church pirlors About two hundred of the
members turned out to pnv tholr respects to ,
him ) : w ho , for sev er it ) enra had fllle 1 a iium
bor of the oftlcus during the past three 1
years among thorn being the unices of dork ,
trustco chilrmuti of cxecutlvo committee
deacon Sund ty hcIiooI tc ichoi and Sunday
school superintendent
Nnvvninii Mctlinillst Clmrcli
Everybody who wants to learn to sing b )
note is invited to Join the Newman M 12
church convention An excellent loader has
boon engaged After a few weeks of drill
an 1 stud ) n grind convention will bo glen
Sacrament will bo administered this morn
ing | to church and now communicants
During the week Improvements have been
mndo t of a union it nnturo A novv altar nnd [
rail have been put in nnd other work done
lhoro will he mectl nrs ever ) evening lho )
week the follow Inc members londlne Mou
da ) , L O Jones lucsdi ) C M Haslccll
1\cdnesda ) J M Clillcn Ihursda ) Kobort t
y Ison Jr Iridny I' Whiting Saturdav , ,
1 j Ihenkins Tlio meetings are of groit in
tcrcst t lho different Ic ulera mtroluccir
tcresting v irietios of thought Persons are )
Joining j tlio church at every meeting
CUUItOll NOllCCS
Rev lohn Linn from Diton , la will I
preach ' at tl o Swedish i\l 1 church toduv
and tuicc aetivu part In the revival meetings
during thu wcelt
Uev Uillmm B Cullls of Chicago who
aided ' Mr Stood ) In his nicotines in i ugland
and ! Scotland lias arrived Ho Is accom-
pinicd I bv the noted singer , Mr bareent ,
. riicv will begin revival servku in the L list
Baptist chuich tomorrow
At the 1 irst Presbvicrmn church the pas
tor I Hev W J IIirsbaDD will | reach
both I m mine anil evening lu the evening
ho ! will b ) request deliver a special sermon i
to I the vouiil 1 idles and gentlemen uttonding
the I Oni ib i comtnoiclal college who will bo
present in a bed )
Trlnit ) catlicdral Canitol avenue ind
hllitecnlh ( street \ erHov C It Gnrd
nor I dean Holy communion Sam Morn
lngpiacr I lltaii ) and sermon 10 u m Sun
dav i school ! 1 1" > l > m children a service
I lip m ovenint pru.vei and sermon 7 JO )
p I m Dean Gardnoi will preach morning
and evening
lho Ihcosoplucal socict ) meets today at 4 I
p ] in room-II ) Sheolv block Inrmlicrs in
vlted Heading room open Wednesday and 1
baturday | evenings with a select llbiary of
thcosophical < and occult books
I'eoplo s church , Boyd s opera house ,
Preaching by the pastor Hov C W Sav idgo
nt 10 4" a ui ' How God Helped Mo Titid
M ) Cow " and at 7 SO p m , ' Is There a
Belli 1 rauklin b bmith will lead the Binf ,
li g Snbbithschool lo clock Ihlrtccn'hand
lode | John A Gillespie , superintendent
Socict ) of Christian L.nueavor will meet
Monda ) evening at 7 JO
At the Southwestern Luthoian chuich
.
Twentv alxtli street , between I'opploton and
\\oolwoith ovt-nuos Uov Luther \L Kuhns
will preach nt 11 a in on ' V buffering Sa
viour Hit Sinner s Salvation ' nud at 7 JO p
in on L\ll luriiedlnto Good '
1 irst Baptist church stringers Sabbath
homo correr of liftcenth and Davenport
strotts Preaching at 10 JO a m nn 1 " JO p '
m AV I amar , pastor Lvangolistjo soi
vices both morning and evening conducted
b ) Mr Willi nil b Cullis uidud bv Mr Sar
( , ent Sabbath school nt 1 m All are cor
dlully invited Scats free Hevival service
every nitht this week conducted by Messrs i
Cullls nnd Br ) ant
At the Tirst United Presbyterian church
Kov W P McNary , D D , or Taiklo Mo
will proaeh In the mornlnr on ' iho Ban
quoting House , " and In the evening ou
rhoBciutv of God Iminrtcd to Mou"
Communion after the morning service
At Kountzo Memorial Lvungellcal Luther
an corner of Sixteenth a id Harney staeots i
lho morning subject will bo Jesus lwelvo
Years Old Lvouinc , subject , ' Wlnl Pi oilt
in Pravcrl'
' Pontciostal K" ults" and a "Mlstako ot
Moses ' will bu the subjects treated In the
1 Irst M I church by Kov P S Merrill to
morrow Tlio church Is at Seventeenth
and Davenport strcots , 10 10 nnd 7 J ) are
the hours ot scrvico , revival meetings '
nightlv except luesdav Old faihlone 1
\
Mulhodist luvitiillun nnd welcome extended
to all
Kcv L T Van Clenvo will preach at }
Cynthia Christian church Walnut Hill
i
morning and evening 1 hemes Chuich [
1 xlstoncc , " nn 1 ' How bliall f Tutor the
everlasting Kingdom Y P S C D nt
0 45 p nl * Prayer mooting at 7 JO p in
ihursda ) All nro welcome
W elsh Prosbvtoriau , Saunders streota noor
Cuming Preaching ut 10 a m and 7 30 p l
in b ) Itev Klchnrd Hughes of California i
la Sunday school after morning sort Ices
|
Kov \ \ illard Scott will proieh in the St
Mar ) s Avenue Congregational church botli
morning and evenlug nt 10 30 uud 7 Jg
o clock Iu the morning members will bo
publicl ) recolvcd , mid tlio pastor will speak
on Looking Backvvnrd ut the Ween of
Pracr" In thn evening the lecture will bo
to Phrlstaln young people on' Samson Undoi
thoKazor or tbo lhincs , Which Clip Our ,
Strength "
At the Seward Street M li church Kov
II A Crunu pistor , will preich in the
morning on 'IhuJoj ot Salvation , " and In
the cvonliii ; on Hopentanco " Sccial | ro-
\lval services continued thiough next week
All seats free All people welcome
Preaching at thn Coutral United Prcsby-
tarlan cuurch on Seventeenth street bo
twucn Capitol uvenuo and Dodge street
morning uud oveniug At 10 JO a. m sub
ject , ' A Stronj , ( onlldeiieo " At 7 JO p m ,
subject , ' * iouiig Coin orts " ' 1 ha sacrament
of the Lord s aui per will bo administered at
at the close of the morning service Sabbath \
school nt U m undouiig pcoplo's meeting
at 0 30 p m
Church of the Good Shepherd , Fpiscopal ,
Nineteenth and Lake streets Kov J P D
Lloyd , rector Holy communion Susday 8
a. m. ; scrvkos and sermon Sunday 11 a in
and 7 JO p , m , Sabbath school at 10 a m , i
and blblo classes for ) ouug men and ladles
same hour All persons are most cordially
Invited to tueso services boats froc
Kov N M Mann will preach this morning
at Unity church Seventeenth street near
Cass Subject , Hades ibis evening 18
o clock Mr , Mann will lecture on ' Our
Changed Idea at Xlate "
The ( ,08pol services at Castcllar Street
Prcsblorian church Sixteenth and Custol
tar streets , will bo continued another week
. ,
u Is said that Cauon Parrar will make another -
other visit to this country next spring at tbo
invitation of friends
NEBRASKA'S ' SEAL STOLEN
1
An EtoIUupt Inoldont iu the States
Political History
THE NOTORIOUS TENNANT CASE ,
An Almost rorRottpn Orcaslon Wlioti
thu I'eoplo of Nclirnskn Antlol-
pnted Illootlshoil A Uost *
crn Coud il'l.tnt
Tlio Tcnnnt Case
LiNCOlN , Neb , Jin 10 [ Special to
Thm J Bl i ] "In spcnldng of oilrlj Nbt
brnsKa \ , politics , " Eilel tbo lion I'd P.
l otrgon jostcrday , "iott will doubtless
find I the most exciting Incident in the
history of the sUite to bo tbo cc.lobrn.tcd
Tonnnt Case , whtth occttplod the nttono
tion I of tbo people generally nnd of the
logislrituro and supreme couit jmrtltu-
lnrly 1 during a portion of the month of
lobruurv J , 187.2 Look that up If ) ou
wint somothlng lutcrosting In the wn )
of Nobriska histor ) "
Tlio suggestion ins tikcn nnd the following -
lowing sumnnrv ol the case is pros
tntod i
Gotomoi David Butler had been im-
penehed ] nnd removed from ofllco
Undoi i . the eoiistltution then existing ,
the . sotrotni ) ot sttito , W. II Junes ,
became ' icting govornot Isino S
Ilnsc ill , n senator from Dougltis count ) ,
hnd boon , nt nn adjourned suasion ,
elected pttsident of the sonnto and was
there fore next in the line of succession
In the early part of lobiuaty , lb72 ,
Acting Gov ornor Jnmes loft for Wash
ington to attend to some business fet
the state It is said that J II NoteE
wnro nctompanlcd him is fir ns Gales
burg or Bloomtngton , 111 , to bo sure
that ho was well on the wn > to his
destination Wlion IlnscUl learned of
this fnct , ho came to Lincoln nud ob
lamed possession of the great seal from
Govoinoi James pri\nto sccrotnry long
enough to got its impress toapnpot ,
which aftet wards proved to bo an ox
ecutho proclamation convening the
logtalaturo in extra session
Mi Ilascatl dcslicd tlio gotcinoi's
prlxnto sccrotar ) to rccoid this dotu
ment in tlio book of procl inintioim ,
vvhicli ho icfu td to do when Huscall
concluded that hcroio nioiibutos vvoro
ncce suv , and undoi took tlio work of
recording himself Just for u jolto ,
some ono handed him out a bottle of
Piench coping ink , which never would
dr ) for i couple of davs pt tnoro unions
lun thiough the copying press , and the
colcbiatcd ptotl imatio i was lecordod
with this guinin ) Hind Of couiso when
the pipes vvcic closed they stuck
together the same ns if so much mol
iss"s > hnd been spiend over the Look
nud it nil , oino > c irtbofort the ) could
bo opened how thov resemble uur
mnpoflutopc moio tlinn tbo iccord of
an o\eeuti\e pioelamation
This proclamation was published in
the state papers ind vv is s > oi ved on the
members nnd sonntois nnd hru the
ellcct of bunging the legislative . bed
togctlioi Lho following is n coin of
the cclobintcd docuruont
iuotLwivTiox ion coxvimxo Trtn i di-l
HTUUE
In nrcordnnco with the provisions of the
constitution of iho state of Nebraska and by
virtue of the authority vested In the governor
ornor to conv ono the legislature b ) procl a-
mation on cxtroordinnry occasions and ns 1
the occasion contemplated b ) the constltu
tion novv exists it belnu nccossar ) novv to
hav o immcdi Uo lceislation to encourano nnd
promote immigration to Improve the finances |
or the stuto nnd for othoi I urposes that
moro fully nppear in the subjects of lcpisla
Hon liorclnnftor contained , I Isaac S Has
call president of the senate and acting gov
ernor of tbo state ot Ivtbraslta a vucancy
exiatint , m the ofllco of governor and ttio 1
secretary of state being ibst nt from the '
state do hereb ) convene the legislature and 1
call upon the members thereof to meet nttho 1
capitol In the citv of Lincoln , on Thursday
the ilfteonth da ) of Tobniai ) aV U ls > 72 at
3 o cloeU p in for the purpose of tnklnt , action -
tion upon the following subjects of lc0isla
tion ?
I The oncouragmoat of immigration nnd
the npprnpriatlon of money for tint purpose
2 lho issuance of $50 000 in state bonds
the Ralo and disposition of the same tlio '
funding of the state indebtedness and the !
improvement of the finances of the state
4 rho Investigation of the official slundinf
of any state ofllcer and it Jcomcd expedient 1
the impoachmcnt of such ofllcer for nuy mls-
demeanor in ofllco
C The common schools of the state and tbo
nmondmontor repeal of anvlavvs relutinj ,
thereto or to the funds for the support of
thu same
0 lho amendment of an ) law rotating to
cities and towns
7 lho defining of the boundnrlcs of coun
ties In the unorganized tcrrltor ) of • bisstnto
nnd providing for the organization of tbo
same
8 The appropriation of niiy monov thnt
ma ) bo deemed necessary for tbo welfare ot
the state
9 lo provide for the bettor securing and
snfo icooping of state prisoners
10 io l rovldo for Increasing the Junsdie-
tion of the probate Judges In civil cases
II The correction und n | proval of the
Journals of the losi regular session or the
legislature
In witness whereof I have hereunto sot in ) >
hand and afllxod the great seal of the statu
of Nebraska , this eighth dav of Pebruarv ,
AD , 1872 Isaao S Ha .cau ,
Acting Governor of the Statu of Nobiaska
As soon ns Acting Governor James
was advised of this proceeding ho hast
onod homo from Washington , and on
his arrival issued n wrocl unntion rovok-
ing , annulling und icseiudlng the liob-
call pioelamation mid requesting the
members not to moot in pursuunco of
slid call 'Iho revoking proclamation
was issued on Tobrunry 11 , just two da ) s
ptioi to the dii ) sot fet the jncotlnj , of
the special session This proclamation
had boon mainly written out ou bu iuoas
cards und scraps ot piipor on his wnj k
liomo , und the 6oparato items vvoro
handed to uilToront clorhs to copv on his
airival , so that there wns no dolu ) in
getting the document before the peopto
In it ho declined Ilnscnll's action null
and void , that no oxti lordlnar ) ottn-
sion had arisen , that tlio state lyaa not
throutoticd vvitli foiolgn nggtosslons i
doprodutions nor ditect hostilities , nor
had occasions arisen .renderingoxtrnoi-
diuai ) action nocessur ) tooyorcomo un
oxpottcd calamities otc , oto Ho fur
thor decltued that his absence from the
state was enl ) tcinpoiarj and was not
of that chut actor contemplated by the
coiiBtltution which provides fqr u sut-
cobsion
Notwithstanding the lSbtiauco of this
rovoklug proelnmatlon , bov oral uiera-
bora nssembled When the 15th day ot
Tobruary nrrhod these proceeded in a
bed ) to the 6tato house , vvhoro thpy
.
were mot b ) the assistant seciuior ) of
state and others , with revolvers in hand 'i '
and vvoro Con led udmisaloii 'lho doors
wore barricaded , but the little guutd
was ovoruovroicd , the doors forced open
and both houses were taken possession
of by members ot the lospootiyu bodies i.
The house hud responded with a consti-
tutional nuotuin , but the sonnto lacked
several of haying thut number Forty
special sorgeuiits nt arms were appointed -
pointed to btitig iu the nbsontecs , most
of whom were hiding in the city In
citement i an high and bloodshed see mod
911
Imminent nvorytlOpR was chno3 , nnd
the nlr wns lull ot all hinds of rumors
I'eoplo were rondy toijcliovo an j thing ,
nnd thoj hnd plont ) ot chances of oxor-
cl9lng . ' thoii ikjvvois In this particular
line Schomcs foi r\vancing thoglor )
nnd rciiovvn ot thojUito were promul
gated b ) o\crono. And were thicker
tiinn the celebrated tniltoad lobby of
18S7.
I innlly Sonntor 'Tonnnt wns nrrostod
b ) ono ot the sergeants nt arms , nntnod
1'nrhor , who btougV him before the
bar of the sonnto Sonntor Tenant
snod out a writ of J\aboas corpus from
the supreme court and the enso came
on for hearing llio court wns then
composed of the Hon O P. Mason ,
chief justice , Hon Gcoigo B Lnko and
Hon j Lorenzo Croutiso , associate
justices This cOiir o was taken mainly
to < test the legality ot the bed ) st > llng
itself i | the lcglslnturo of the stnto of
Nebraska 'lho town was full ot people
fioni { ! all parts of the state , and nil
breathlessly watched ovcry stop ot the
proceedings and hung tenaciously to
oven ultoiancoof the court or the at
torney engaged In the case
At the hearing ot the case in the
hiipromo couit , Senator lonnnt was
represented by M II Sessions and
Tudgo Wnkol ) , who contended thnt
Hiscall had novoi entered upon the
duties ot the olllco ot gov oi nor and had
only nttomptcd to do one executive ict
and ] thnt wns to i sue this proclamation
Tudgo Wukoly said , ' llascnll glided
into j the oxtcutlvoollit'o with lho stealth
of nn Indian , clnndcstinol ) tillKed the
seal to his pi opined document , and % nn-
ished * llko ition " It
nn nppai wns con
tended furthoi tliatavon if tnocomon6
ing proclamation had boon legally
issued that it could and h id been logall )
i evoked
'lho arguments of Mcssts V V
Brown ' , Seth Robinion and Isaac Has
cnll J , who rciircsonted the dofetulant ,
luno not been prcsorved
lho majorlt ) of the court sustained
the writ and released leiiutit fiom
tustod ) vvhicli , of touiso acted as * i dissolution -
solution of the legist itivo body , nnd
J there \vnsagonoial nil mound scramble
to make the one tram iu otdor to get
homo j These who saw this vvildfretreat
can never forgot it , and to these who
did not see it words failtoglvoan ) idea
of its confusion
Man ) promlnont citizens were In -
dieted ! und b id feeling vv is engundoiod
that tooh months to orndleato Tlnnll ) ,
hovvovor | , the pissions cooled off and all
indictments wore wlthdrivvu
In delivering the opinion of the court
Justice Cronuso said \ \ hcthor the Ilrst
proclamation | was logall ) issued and of nn )
valldit ) , tlio comt will not at this time stop
'o inquire lho feovomor is constituted the
solo Judge of the necessity lor calling the
legislature | and he must nlso bo the solo
Judge ] as to when such nccessit ) has passed
aw ' ii ) lho several proclamations are but
the ] expressions or announcements of the
difTorent conditions of affairs nt these dlffoi
nut i times and nre bin Jinb on the logis attire
1 ' hev ma ) bo treated as issue I bv ono nnd
the ] same i erson Thp court is dealing with
the olllco of governor vvhicli is continuous
ratbor i than tbo individual
Juatieo I ako also delivered nn opinion
ngreciiif i , vvitli the contldslons arrived it by
lust'eo ' Crounsc nndfeaing ' I un clcarl )
of ' tbo opinion that the legislature is "nt novv
in legal session nnd Una no nuthorit ) to com
pel the nitendnnco of ubsent members thnt
all j and aver ) act done lit tl is time as a Icl ,
lslativo , bodv is without the shaaovv of nu
thority i and absolutelv void lad that there
fore the relutor should bo released from
custody '
Chief Justice Macon it that time bib
in the heighth and'pdvvor of a vigoiops
manhood Ho had a magnificent lie id
of ' raven bla 'c ban winch poisiatontl )
rofuscd to ho down but stood out bushy
hko thnt of in Albifio When he was
xisibl ) affected , and'Jldd ) something to
sav I that came from his heait , ho rested
his chin on his In cist , shook his
shiiggv i mnuo , und lonred out his edicts
hko the lion that ho wns Thoie is no
denying i that on this occasion the chief
justice was deeply alTectod bv events
that weie passing into histoior that
lie spoke ft om his heart when ho v igor
ously ' dissented fiom the opinion ot the
mijontv ot the couit lie began bv
saing i
The idea of Judicially aeclnring n co
ordlnnto , department of the government nn
illegal bodv und any acts which It ma ) do
null and void is so novel and Rtnrtlint as to
arrest attention and demand a careful
examination lho suggestion that the
Judicial ) can dfclaro the legislature illegill )
assembled , nnd n bed ) vvitlout nuthorit )
rests udoii the assumed right of this dep ut
ment to pass upon the local cxistenco of a co
ordinate Branch of tbo government nnd if
true is dnngorous to civil liberty If this
can bo done , nnd tl o Judicial power of the
sUio docl ire the logislntlvo department ilia
tal and proceed to destro ) and anuiliilnto it ,
tbo next day upon some pretext the exccullvo
department may bo made to sh ro the same
fate and thus the Judicial povvor will bo uiudo
to sap and undermine the constitution , and
destroy the llbortics of the i eoplo The three
departments of state uro not uierel ) coual
they nro oxcluaivo in respect to to the ditties
assigned to ench * * * In tlio Case nt
bur , it is sufficient that the legislature had
mot In response to a call of a do facto governor
ornor and had organized as tlio legislature
and was acting as such , and that tenant
the relater was a member of the senate nud
was adjudged by the sennto us guilty of con
tomtit That scnato could alone deal vvitli
him for such coutompt lo sustain this vv lit
and dischareo lho applicant wou'd ' boadlrcet
attack upou tbo independence of the lcglsla
turo , nnd a usurpation of power subveisivo
of the constitution * * The decision
of the maJoHt ) of the court cuts
loose from the stfu moorings of the law and
tlino-honorcd custom nud vvllnout compass ,
chart mast or rudder to ( , uido its course
outers uon [ a piratical aad innvai ranted
truiso against the legislative department of
this state '
Iu st caking of the pioelamation issued bv
Hnscall Chief Tustico Mason said
' vVhat is it that convenes tt o legislature 1
It Is the i roclnuintlon which is vitalized bv
tbo potent energies of tlio law the inomont it
is issued It takes olfect nt once It is a
law unto the members nud the ) must yield
obodlencoto its nuthorltv iha executive
povvor tannot revoke laws whether operut
ing upon all tbo people , the members of the
loglsluturo or the judiciary "
Acain the chief Justice continued
Who oucht to bear the loss of time and
expouso Incurred by tbq ( members who t-
tended this extrasossjnn ? lho constitution
i.avu tbo governor the power to convcuo tbo
legislatu-o Ho did bo Ihov obcod his
'
command convene I n t the capltol and nro
now told that thev nriJ hh illognl body with
outoxtstenco and in ci left to pn , their own
expenses and bear thoinloss of time 'ihov
nro denied the commoniright to all animate
beings that of their pun existence and b )
n mojorit ) of this court declan d dead slain
byrovocation * * * Courts should ) lold
to no clamor and shrljlk from no responsi
blltt ) " 1
- Ho concluded : "Xhb ) are a Icglsla
tivo assembly do factolund depire and the
relater ouibt to bo reimyndcil to tbo custody
of the sergeant at arras of the soaato , sub
Ject to iho action of Hint bo ly "
hxcitctnont inn lnffii not enl ) in this
city but in nil par g/pt the state A
spcclul ntinounciiigrtlio decision of n
majority of the court was sent to Till
Bri' , which Issued a thumb piper extra
ns follows
Lincoln , Neb lob 21 1872 [ Special to
Tub Bfr J Lake and Crouuse decided
against lho legislature Chief Justlte Mason
dissentinf , declared in the tourt that the
order of the majorit ) was an assault on tlio
liberties ot the people and a direct and un
warrantable assault upon a co ordlnatn
brunch of the government Ills opinion will
be written In full iu u few dnji The de
cision Is regarded among legal men as a l
litical trick
Such is the tinppy condition , howovcr ,
of the people of an American state , that
lu a shoit time the excitement had
cooled down and each citizen resumed
his tegular vocation in life , and , at this
time , only eighteen jeurs since , the
incident is practically forgotten and
cmay be legnrded as a bit ot anclout his
tory
SUNNY SIDE OF JUSTICE
ItMnlcoa Cvorybody Lnugh Cxcopt
the Bandngod Dolty
FISTICUFFS IN THE FORUM
liiKllcrnui , l plsoilis lu Ulilcli Many
of Oinnlia's ' Lawyers of OUior
Days Appeared in the
Court Hon in
Legal Lnnulitsr
goddess bllndfoldod who presides -
sides over
Omaha's ' tempi o a
of justlco has , i
ery dlgniflod
fnn , dignified
almost to sternness
nud calculated , no
doubt , to shnro
with her itupni
tlnlit ) lu being in
die itivo of the
? character ot the
) nMpi { | i > n. imj > proceedings in her
domain { It it bo trueas it has often been
.
intimated , th it the blindfold ftcquontl )
sues the j in partial female dhltiit )
fiom f beholding the ctlmcs that nro
committed in the name of justice , it is
also eriunll ) wrobiblo that the hood
wink has Pitied hoi fiom liming lici
lislbilttics Bturcd b ) the amusing inci
dents that h iv o occurcd in hoi temples
Tlio votctan lawvors ol Omaha , when '
in J a lonilnlscont mood , h ivu a fund of
nnocdotos concct ning the poculiat and
amuslug happenings in the eouits of
the call ) das in this cily Some of
the episodes are ludicious , some tltnost
ti agio , but all of thorn nio intoiesttng ,
espounll ) these touching upon the foibles
,
bles and frnlltica of tlio men who aio
novv prominent , and have a boaiing
that would ludleitothat the ) had never
indulged in an ) thing bo ttudigniliod as
nngor , shai p pi notice or lov itv
Ono of the favorite stoiics of these
n i u i ntors is the trouble that occtu red
some fifteen ) ears ngo between ludgo
Wakeley , now on the distiict
court ; bench , and Hon Tohn I
Rodicl both of whom woie
piactitionois 1 nt tuo bnt hulgo
Ltd 1 o was then on the dlstnct bench
and Will cloy iindRodiel woieciigugeu
on opposite sides in tlio tiial ot i c iso
before him Both gciHloinct ) in the c ,
daS J , vrero qiiiek toniDcied md iiusci-
blo ' and had bee unc undul ) excited in
the t enso bofoio them and vvoio indulg
ing in rithci uittoi poisoimhties 1 m-
allAh Hediek in his uddtcss to the j '
jury , m ido some ospccialh cutting ui
lusloii j to Mr Will oley who immcih-
ntcly spi mg to his his foot and dc
mnnded ' irottuctiou This Mi Hediek
refused i to gi\o and Mr Wakelo ) decided -
cidod to rcsoit to n ( utu nil le&ctitmeiit
of what ho deemed m insult lie sprang .
I
it Mi Hediek md LnspcU him by the j
collat Mr Hediek wis holding a copy
I
of the ebnska statutes in his hand ,
nnd ho retaliated by bringing this down
upon x the bond of the futuio pitiiaieh of I
the ( district bench lho belligerents
vvoro soparntod b ) a bailiff md Judge
Like i lined each of them $ _ > foi con
j tempt of court rich vvroto a ,
cheek < for the amount of his •
fine Mr Wnkoloy cotnplotod
lus first , nnd then , In a
very pationistng mnnner said lo Mr
Hcdlok John , Ill enrtorso that for
) ousotho iudgo will accept it if ) ou
vrtint mo to1' *
As Mr \ \ nkol ) wns a iwor mnn tlion ,
whllo Mr Hodlck was reputed to bo
rated it n quarter of n million , tlio
humor ot the loliuuk was iucsUtsblc
ami caused a gottornl laugh in which
the couit joined All bitterness wns
forgotten anil thu bolllgct out law vets
in the enso , both ot whom are now nged
and hot oredtiiothu warmest of peisouul
filouds
Mi Rcdlck figures iu mother good
storofa later date , in which ho ex
pressed in \or ) vigorous tonus his
opinion that tlio judicial Institution
| I prostded over b ) a justice ot the poaeo
I mis not a couit and that a justice wns
, not a judge , but n t > qutio
Young OhUilea Hediek , who inher
ited a good shnio of his fathei's tem
per as well ns brilliancy htultliiown
a law book nt the bond
ot Justice Wright bofoto whom
ho was tring tense and hnd been sen
tenced to thirtj dujsin the count ) jtill
for contempt ot court Attei ho li id
been in jail a fovv days , his father , I I.
Hediek , commenced habeas coipus pto
ccodings bofoio Judge Say ago Mr
Rcdlck hold that a moro 'squho ' could
nut commit a m iu to jnil toi coutompt
He in ml o n'scutbing speech , nnd wound
up b ) thu stutcmont k I have been con
totnnteu in the count ) couit in the dis
It let court , in the United btitca court
and in thu supiomo couit and I don t
ptoposo to ha\o such a rccoid climaxed
by being eontomptcd by a • oidlnai y
squire " His motion was ginuted and
his • • on iclcnscd
Count ) Tudgo Shields tolls n good ono
on Attorney 1 dvvaid bimetal It happened
ponod fourteen tears ngo , when Shields
nnd bimetal wcto now in the legal
field Simoinl was \oiy bishful iu
these dins but ho hnsn't ' boon for a
long time now and itwns oxhiblted a
great do il of hesitatuy in adihcsslng a
couit or juiv bl met ul and bhiolds
vvoro attorno)3 foi the defend
tnt in a case befoto Tudgo
Woiso in which Gcnotnl Mnndot-
soii appeared foi the plaintiff ludge
Weiss had a habit in the tiial ot i ease
of exel liming Dots conceded when
evoi a non contested point wis men
tioned b ) an attorney When the evidence -
donco in this enso vv is in General Mnn-
derson made a verv brilliant and
eloquent , addicss to the jut )
Mr Simeral ivnsgieutlv cmbnirisked
when he aioso toiejil ) May ltplctiso
) oui honoi , ' ho begin , "I will not it
tempt 1 mil not able to in il o as oio
quont a speech is Genet il Mundoi'.on ,
1- ' - I I
Dot s conceded Mr Sim tal , goon " '
inteuuptcd Tudgo Weiss completing
the votingattoitie ) adiscoinlituio lho
juiy ictuincd i verdict i ainst Mi
bimcinl s client who m llntiiins , until
to dii ) , that it wits ludge Wel ° s' speech
and not Genetal Mandcison's that de
eided tlio citio igtmist him
Mam cica no told of Ocncial Stuck
laud one of tlie best known of the old
Omaha lawyois Ho was a fightei ind
h id no meicy foi an opponent in a e ise
Ono time , he was defending i man
who h id been auostcd foi beating his
boaid bill at tbo fiinnd Ccnti il hotel
Mr Gcoigo Tin all the ptopriotot oi
the hotel , conducted Ins own
piosecution Ho wis foaifully
excoriated b ) Genoi il Strict land
dining the tual of the case The jmy
rotumed a verdict foi the defendant
uud Geneial Sti icl 1 md thanked them ,
I capping his abuse of Mi Ihtull with a
highly witt ) and aieastic chmix "I
i thank ) ou , gentlemen ot the juiv " ho
I siul , lho prosecution made i stiong
n.i. i.i ' , H
effort It Mr Thrall hnd boguu lifo ns H
n law ) or ho would lmro boon much H
moro successful tlinn hn has ns a land H
lord 'lho onlj dilllciilty with him in H
this case was thut ho Und a d n fool H
for a client " H
Judge C A Hnldwiu is ono ot tlio H
votoi in members of the bar who has H
has hnd Ills shnio in the ntuusltig ltici- H
dents iu the various courts ot the citv H
Ho hns atocord of having won nt lenst H
two cases b ) a little ludulgenco In sharp H
practice Ono ot his clients , a few H
venrs ngo was a woman who wns H
charged iu the United States court with H
hnving sold liquot without a license H
Slio was mi ilgtiud before Tudgo Dundy H
uud , at Mr Hildwins Riiggostion , H
plendod guilty lho judge told her to H
anponr for sontencont J o clock Whoti H
the couit convotioil In the uftcruonti the H
woman occupied a front so it , and vvitli H
her , throe on ench side , wmo six of the H
most wretched looking , half situ\oil , H
dlit ) nud ragged children that woio H
ovei seen in one group outside an oi- H
plums homo hulgo Dttttd ) s hentt H
was touched "I inn not end ) ou to H
prison , " ho said to the vvoniau , nor H
i in I line vou the full amount allowed H
btholnwtor I see thnt by so doing , H
hovvovor guilty vou inn ) bo , I would bo H
taking the bread fiom the mouths of H
these childten , who look is if thny H
needed it " 'lho judge assessed n line H
of $ Jj the lowest allowed b > H
the law , and the woman H
paid it und wns out of H
the court loom before onoof the attend H
ants who had dibcoverod the tiise H
could explain to hulgo Dundy Unit the H
ihildtou did not belong to the defbnd- H
ant that she vv is in fnet an old maid H
'llm had tinswuicd every puipo o H
howevoi , having elicited the judgu'd H
meicy nnd kept a woman out ot jtill B
At unothut time , ouo of Tudgo Hald- H
win b clients piolltcd by a pieeo ot his M
attorneys sluowdnoss tit act iced upon H
ludfo Nuvlllo , then United States dis- H
tilet ntturnuv Judge Dundy had fie M
queiiil ) complnincd of Mi tsovlllo for H
his not liming his eases read ) foi til il H
At the be 'itinlng of ono term , Mt ono H
villo boasted to Mi Hildwlu that ho H
was all re un foi court nud showed htm H
thicu piekngcs of indictments ouo M
bunch to bo tiled ouo continued H
nud n thud to be dismissed H
Judge 1 labium w ib defending a man B
ch irgcd with selling tobacco without a.
licence nnd a hast ) gltmto at the pact -
ages showed his e iso imnng these HI
called for tiial A llttlo legordomniii H
was piacllced uud , when Judge Raid
wins client was called the iiidietment M
ag uust him vvas found in the dlntticb
allot ney's nickage mntkedfot dismissal M
ind was so disposed of Mi ? icvillo
discovered the mlstako in the after
noon md tiled to have the ease tosui H
stilted , but ludire Hildwlu rixptcMhcd M
gieat legtet that his elk tit sUppoiiiif
the miittui fm ill ) dispose 1 of , hnd gun >
t > Chic igo on the noon tiaiii lho dis
misbtil otdci Btool B
Au ndjutii innont stoi v will foi in iv
moper close foi sucli sketches 1 lu > HI
joke ison I ouiS Giube , the 1) lihlt ot
tlu eiiminai couit Soon after I ouii
iissumed his position sevut il yciu.s ngo
it ( lev oh til upon bun in the ubscncu
of the sheull , to adjourn court ono
afternoon Ho did it like this Hear
) o/l He ti je/I 1 ho honorable district
couit in und for Douglas county is now
adjouruy-d &mo die until tomotiovv
111011111 g at 01 o clock '
ANoxiii n ciuou.rj iitviv
On tlio Clilc ij , " 'Xorlliw , ntiii 11
lho Chicago ix Noitliwesteiti has
added another fast cubtorn ti iln to its
llioady extensive train soiviee
Miking in nil tout dnil ) tinins between
Omah 1 mil Chiengo It H Ritchie ,
clt ) olhcc 1401 run un stieot
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I if Il fc iiTxa and 2ri x.EiaiT-A.3s4 :
, fc THE BIG CARD PRESIDENT LAWLER HAS
dj smxeouyS i ie P ° Pu'ar ' family lcsoit av111 | | j |
, t os eoKj I PRESENT THE GREATEST BILL Df Cj
jf b Living , and yet Dead "i ou must see Illm to appreciate Him 1 1 R i 3 I " 1 11 !
W m lot the Coming Week nt the Ldcu-Museo President L.uwIoi _ J L \ \fl ; § g5l I Pm |
A * W has bocuied the Most Remarkable I ic ik which has ovei boon WPIk lwwSB / 'raSffl
VagMt mtioducid to the Amoiicin Public This is Jonathan Hiss , tjfC \ | | | flfi /Ik / gu / 9JSL \ L
JraBsaKfe known tofamo as the Living Ossiliod Man Thiit ) years this mM Fjv iu IflfJ < ) fel
/fTK HwX Strnngo CixJatuio has been Living , und ) ot Dcau Ho is i > oimm K SSL'JjSfjjl i yl InjS
Ifnk Em \ Meetly nble to t ilk intelligcntl ) udoii any subject , and lias been N 1 ' J jEffn 'hffllillPS
Itf/mkk m\ \ i\ pronounced b ) medical authorities the Moat Humaikable Cicraj'f ' , VmBhRI * WllnO
L lMJ SatvV tU10 ° ' their experience Hass is a Peculiat Poison Ho iU\\uu \ \ l VAflUv < JJllB
I JigHWP By claims to enjoy lifo thoioughl ) lie can 'lulk and I at und | HSn | SvS fWlili
| 'HHhM | I Stand Up , ) et ho cannot See noi cin ho Run or Wulk or bit UP JBPn | | m * WhUK
V vJP ShI I Tiul ) , Hass is > ! uturo'a Most Myotorious Whim , and His Like is Jm | | Rj > L n& r I cffllli
k i SBVJ / not ° " hartli 1 his Remaikablo Man will bo at the 1 don | | Ufj IS k , I rSfflfii
M WK mW I Mu eo fet Ono Wcok Ho will I'rovo the Sont-ilion of the Dty Si f K fcW I DlfflBS
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Vh'J to all that see him Ot him the In toi national Journal ot | | lkj | | | ! | ; E I | f uMM
B3 "
VjC Sutgoty says "alio Sensational Advertisements which imply lo I / * ulU'
BEbv | that ali of * Bass'MuboIos , Tundens and Joints have been con yUjoJ . IS % \ il • JhH '
BBn HHI verted into Soliu Bono , apd thut ho is inc ipablo of nuv motion IhKs ti ll ' H
IV whatever , being , ns it woio , a I'risonoi in his Own Ossified lIB tv ! W9
VJP BB Pinmo is in truth the oxlstmg conditions Ho is the Most | | BmHOTFa , NW' iSMiH
g g I In addition to this all of the Sovoti Muunnoth Deputmonts llllBaK S5S ES ? ! ! < < flll
P & I will Pi osont Good Attractions
I El tholutnous Male Impersonate ! Bon Btirns , the Popular Banjoistic Comedian , Motton Ic
% tl Slater , Comedy Acts , 1 red Bnrth , Logmauistic Comedian John Tiunor , Clogs , and two com
11I I wanlos in two thcators , will bo ether I eutures In spite of the Additional Alt-actions ONIi
IMJG ' jIS DIMK will Admit to All
Curio Parlor Natuio's Greatest Paradox , the Living Ossified Man , Tonathun Bins Cant ' Walk , Cau't Hun ,
Cant Sit Up Cant Moi e , Cant See , but Can Talk , Cap Stand Up , C111 Pat , Claims to IJnjoy Life
Sonsution Week Natuio's Most Mysterious Whim His Like is not on Uartli * A Dona Man tor > 0 Years , and
yet , Alive and Able and Willing to 'lnlk to You on an ) Subject
School Children * Matinee , Saturdu ) , Jan 18 lieo Seats for the Chlldron Musoo Open Dill ) , l to 10 P. Kl
Go And See This Wondoi While wo Provide the Most Mat vclous Attractions foi Curio Parlor , wo still Pre
sent the Cholco ot the Vaudeville Profession In the TWO SHPAHAUI STAG ! . , SHOWS
Bijou Theater Bon Bums , Banjoistic Comedian , in a Budget of Novv Songs Jennie Carroll , Mala Imperson
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