Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, November 16, 1890, Part Two, Page 16, Image 16
10 THE DAILY OMAHA BEE ; S NOVEMBER 10 , 1890-TWENTY PAGES. LAST CIA ASON ; _ _ One Hundred Special Drives Offered to Close. In order to Make Room for Holiday Goods all Surplus Stock will be sold at Half * Price , Forty Thousand Dollars' worth of goods Jiave been ordered for our holiday stock , and will soon arrive. We are handicapped for the want of room , Our immense warerooms are jammed with goods , and these must be disposed of if we are to receive our holiday goods. Last week's sales were immense and helped to lighten our stock wonderfully , but thousands remain unsold. This shall , however , be our LAST GRAND SPECIAL SALE this season , as during the balance of the year our attention will be devoted to Holiday trade , Those wishing to purchase should be sure to call this week , as this is the last chance this year to buy good reliable goods at half-price. Residents of Council Bluffs , South Omaha and Florence , are accorded the same terms. Carpets Made ; . Laid and Lined Free of Charge. Chairs Regular Price 650 ; This week 24c Bedsteads. . Regular price $3.50 ; This week $1.19 Springs Regular price 3.00 ; This week 1.24 Rockers Regular price 3. oo ; This week 1.34 Plush Rockers Regular price 7.50 ; This week 3:90 : Reed Rockers Regular price 3.50 ; This week 1.42 Elegant Plush Rockers.Regular price 16.00 ; This week 7.9O Bamboo Easels Regular price 3.50 ; This week 1,25 Center Tables Regular price 4.00 ; This week 1.40 Carpet Rockers Regular price 4.50 ; This week 2.25 Sideboards , Regular price 24.00 ; This week 10.50 I Mattresses Regular price 3.50 ; This week 1.85 Ur ' Wardrobes Regular price 18.00 ; This week 9.50 Hall Racks Regular price 14.00 ; This week 8.50 Hat Racks Regular price 250 ; This week 10c Heating Stoves Regular price $9.00 ; This week $5.0O Laundry Stoves Regular price 8.50 ; This week 4.9O Hard Coal Heaters. . Regular price'14.00 ; This week 8.5O Oak Heaters Regular price 16.00 ; This week 8.75 . Handsome HaseBurners.Regular price 40.00 ; This week 24.75 Decorated Lamps. . . Regular price 10.00 ; This week 4.9 O Piano Lamps Regular price 14.00 : This week 7.5O Secretaries Regular price 40.00 ; This week 24.25 Cook Stoves Regular price 13.00 ; This week 7.40 Cook Stoves Regular price's2.00 ; This week 13.0O Ranges Regular price 35.00 ; This week 22,5Q Stoyj2 Pipe Regular price 2oc ; This week 10c Elbows Regular price 25c ; This week 8c Office Desks Regular price $7.60 ; This week $4.0O Ladies' ' Writing Desk.Regular price 10.00 ; This week 4.5O Ingrain Carpet .Regular price 350 ; This week 14c Hemp Carpet Regular price 4oc ; This week I7c Stair Carpet .Regular price 350 ; This week 15c Window Shades. . . . .Regular price $1.00 ; This week 26c Rugs , , Regular price $7.50 ; This week $4.OO Lace Curtains .Regular price $2.50 ; This week 9Oc Pillows .Regular price $1.00 ; This week 4Oc Blankets .Regular price $2.50 ; This week 90c Dining Tables .Regular price $4.00 ; This week § > 1,90 Extension Tables. . . . .Regular price $7.50 ; This week 3.90 Parlor Suits .Regular price $40.00 ; This week 21.OO Crushed Plush Sets. .Regular price $60.00 ; This week 34.00 Bed Lounges .Regular price $15.00 ; This week 7.85 Book Cases .Regular price $10.00 ; This week 4.90 .Single Lounges .Regular price $8.50 ; This week 4.80 _ SPECIALINDUCEMENTS _ TO NEW BEGINNERS IN HOUSEPEE1NG. w FREEHS and Reliable Hoifee Furnishers A nice Rug with every purchase Popular Kasij Payment . chase oflO and over. 128 Page Illustrated Catalogue A setofSolid Silver- Ten Spoons mailed free on application. Ten with over. A nice every of $ Clock OO purchase and with * over of every , $28 purchase and ' 613 , 615 , 617 and 619 NORTH SIXTEENTH STREET. prices per cent until discountfrom December Catalogue 1. * * Between California rand Webster Streets. HEN OF SIGNS ASD CRIPS , A Clear Statement of the Modern Woodmen Troubles. ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED BY SPITE. MoKlmiio Snld to lO 1'iinlihiK the Cnni'KCH Against Hoot in Order to Gratify a Personal Spite Other Societies. The head camp of tbo Modern Woodmen of America met at Springfield , I1J. , last Tues day In bloiinlnl Session for the plcctlou of ofll- ccrs and the transaction of business. In view of this meeting the statement of lion. II. M. Ireland , counsel for the defense iu certain - tain suits affecting the order which arc now pending In the Illinois courts , will bo ot in terest. Mr. Ireland's statement Is as fol lows : "Tho troubles in this order have attracted wide attention and this meeting will bo watched with some interest. A suit is pend ing against the order brought by the state au thorities In which It would bo competent , If the charges preferred should bo established , to dissolve the order or remove its officers. Tha prosecution have stated that the latter object is the only true ono In view. If tills Is true , the re-election of ofllccrs at the com ing convention should make such decree of removal of no practical off cot. "Tho prosecution in the lengthy state suit Irnvo recently completed the taking of testi mony , and the defense have begun and devoted - voted several days to the taking of their evi dence. A representative ! of the defense in forms us that the articles iccontly published in Chicago papers ot a damaging tone to Head Consul Hoot were altogether misleading , as veil as highly sensational. They were founded on certain testimony , showing that Mr , Hoot had gene to Chicago and procured some papers supposed to implicate him in the so-called Bcrnum fraud , and also procured the notarial seal with which the proofs wcro stamped. "In the aiHoles which it is claimed wore Inspired or dictated by P. L. McKinnlo , who lias been the Instigator of the troubles and who was present at the taking of this part of the testimony , it was made to appear that certain papers were In the bauds of u. Mrs. Owens , implicating Mr. Hoot , and among them ono instructing hc > - husband how to make the death proofs and where to put the seal. seal."Tho "Tho defense has shown that Owens was at that time printing the Echo , the oftlclnl organ of the order ; that the supposed letters of In struction were simply copies of the death proofs In the Bcrnum case , consisting of aftl- Uavlts , etc. , which Hoot , had jntcndcdcd to print In full in the November Echo , but which , on account of the length of the arti cle It would make , were llually not used , hu1 t\u article was printed in moro condensed form. AH papers obtained' of Mrs. Owens wcro produced In evidence uud nothing ap peared to Implicate Sir. Koot. "Tho papers and seal had been In posses sion of Owens , who had forged Root's narao to several notes , and , upon discovery , huvltu lied to South America , loft the papers ntu seal with his wife , in order to extort monoj from Uoot , and the latter thought In getting them ho was petting a clew to the porpctrat ors of the fraud. It was not shown In ovl iloxco when ttio scul thus procured was made and Ifenco It Is not known whether or no Owens caused the same to bo made for the purpose of blackmail long after the dcatl iii-oofs wore made , or whether It may have been the original seal and Owens been iinpll catcd In the fraud. "Much has been said against Mr. Root In relation to the Bcrnum claim , but It has beei conclusively established by the testimony o four reputable witnesses that ho paid thi money to the alleged bcnollciarv. 'Tho statement that Hoot defrauded the nrcler ottt of $40,000 , is made of whole cloth Jt Is malicious and wholly unwarranted bj ny evidence In the case. Thoio were cer- aln charges that ho had obtained monov by ncnns of iktitious bills , and the purchase nd sale of supplies. If nil wcro proved In ,1ns , regard that was attempted , the amount vould lie smallbut the truth is tiicso charges ire not warranted by the evidence at nil , and nro nil satisfactorily explained. Mareunnd. ilso. the accountant who examined the head clerk's ofltco for the state audit or , recently > y icqucst examined Mr. Root's books from bs2 until the present time , jmd found nil noiicys in his department properly accounted or. or."Tbo malignity with wulch Mr. Root has jccn pursued by his cnomy In this matter is rarely equaled. Of course if ho bad boon guilty of n quarter of tbo charges laid to his door , ho could have boon indicted and con victed. Indeed it would have been better for iltn if ho could have boon indicted. A speedy rial could have boon had. at which ho would iavo been acquitted. Three different at- cmpts , however , huvo been made to indict itm , but sufficient evidence could not bo pro duced even to show probable guilt , or upon which to found an indictment , and tbo bill was each time thrown out. Consequently .ho only ease in which he has Hud au opportunity to defend himself is In n lengthy chancery suit , in which , ho prosecution , Intentionally or otherwise , iavo consumed all the summer , or four and a inlf months , In putting In their ovlilcnccnnd , ils opportunity to defend himself , has only lust begun. Furthermore , technical vlola- .ions of statute , which might bo unwittingly made , and which would Involve no moral .urpltudo , nro charged also and pushed so that if any of thorn should bo established Uoot's enemies would strive to make it appear that ho was found guilty generally. "The board of directors of the order are charged with ccitaln olleuscs , but as such charges are not sensational they nra seldom noticed. This board , as much us it has bcun abused , deserves unlimited credit , in that , in splto of foes within und foes without , tnoy will turn tho" order over to their successors sound and substantially out of debt. They took It with a membership of 24,000 ; they leave. It with a membership o ! 47,000. They took it Involved in debt ; they leave it sub stantially free from debt. Among them are such men as ex-Senator Erwin of Tonmh , Wts. ; P. F. Hooso of Lihcoln , Nob. : Prof. Scudder of South Kvanston , 111. ; C. C. Far mer of Mount Carroll , 111. , and others of like character. Their standing in their respective communities simply , corroborates the fact of the Integrity and euro which they have shown in the management of the order in a trying time. " The head camp elected and Installed the following onlcors tor the ensuing year : Head consul , William A. Northcott , Greenville ; head clerk , C. W. Huwos , Hock Island ) bend advisor , H. C. Hedges , Lnnslng , Mien. ; head banker , D. C. Xlnk , Grand Island , Neb. ; head physician , Frank Swallow , Valley Falls , Wls. ; head escort. "NV. H. D.iwson , Clayton , Minn. : head watchman , 1 { . II. Ilnssc , Hamp shire , IU. ; head sentry , 13. L. Mentch , Carey , 111. A bourn of directors was also elected. The Scottish Kite in Iowa , The Masonic grand lodge of Iowa at Its ses sion last Juno adopted by a small majority n In w requiring members of the Scottish rite of the United States jurisdiction , to withdraw from that order or to withdraw from the blue lodge , under penalty of being disciplined. The now law provided that the rlgbt of trial In such cases should betaken away from the blue ledges and should bo placed In the hands of the grand lodge. Stnco the adjourn ment of the grand ledge the peculiarities of the new law and the evident Injustice which Is liable to result from Its at tempted enforcement have begun to appear plain to many Masons , who at first did not renluo what the law really meant. The prediction is made that the next grand ledge will rescind this law. and that this will end the controversy. The time fixed by the law for members to withdraw was August 1 , tboso remaining after that date to bo liable to discipline. There are In Iowa 700 or 800 of these Scottish rite Masons , many of them prominent as Masons and as citizens. They have refused to withdraw from the Scottish rlto , mid also retain their membership1 in blue lodgos. Their claim Is that the grand loego has no right to dictate as to what other societies they may belong , If they observe their obligations to the blue todgo. In the latter p.u-t of August the grand master sent notices to about fifteen members of the Scottish rite , located In different parts ) f the state , Informing them that charges had icon made against them and citing thorn to ippcar or file an answer by November f at , ho giand master's office In ICuoxvllle , la. Most of these thus cited sent formal answers , jiving their objections to this procccduro. Nothing bos .been heard about the matter slnco then until last week , when one of the accused received a notice that a committee , nppointcU by tbo grand master , would bo in Cedar Kaplds November 11 ! to take testimony and report findings. The committee consisted of L. C. Blancbard , T. H. Erkcnbraok and 3eorgo W. Ball. The accused declined to ippcar before the committee , and the result s not known. These tust cases will bo ivatched with much Interest , not only by the Masons of Iowa but by these of other juris dictions. Ono of the chief objections raised by the defendants is that the grand ledge has no jurisdiction over the matter , a Mason having the right to join any society or church so long as ho docs not disregard his obligations , and In Joining the Scottish rite there certain ly is no such violation ; that the law Is S'oid because it is contrary to the ancient land marks , and against the constitution , which provides that any ono charged with a Masonic offcnso shall have a fair and im partial trial in tbo subordinate ledge ; that It Is unjust because it provides for a trial by a committee % selected by the prosecu tion and in the choice of which the defendant has no choice ; that it is unfair to cite a de fendant to appearnt a distance from bis own homo and without the jurisdiction of the ledge to which ho belongs ; that the law Is ox post facto , many having joined the Scottish rite before any law was passed making It an offense. Masonic. Alexander Atkinson , 83 = , has been np- nointcd deputy for the Scottish right bodies of the United States Jurisdiction for the state of Nebraska. Missouri has fifty-five commanderlcs of Knights Templar and ! i,25i ; members ; ! ! 05 wcro knighted during the last templar year and sevonty-sovcn afllllatcd , showing an In crease of IJS'J. A semi-annual reunion of Scottish rite bodes of Valley of Wichita wll ) bo held on November 18 , 1'J and ! ! 0 , nt Wichita , Kan. A. large class is now ready and will receive nil degrees from the third to thirty-second. North Carolina has eight cominnnderies with n membership of S31 , an increase over the last templar year of fourteen , and In all the southern jurisdictions the templar order seems to bo growing rapidly during the last few years. In India some lodges hnvo four different books of the sacred law In use the Bible , the Koran , the Zend-Avesta , and the Mohob- rahta , in companionship with Europeans , Hindoos , Mahomcdans and Parsccs , Thus does Freemasonry unite these who might otherwise huvo remained at a perpetual dis tance. All the Scottish rlto bodies of Denver , Col. , will hold a convocation iu their consist ory chambers , Masonic temple , on November 'M. 21 and t2. ! All the degrees from fourth to thirty-second will bo conferred upon u class of about ono hundred and sixty candidates. Brother D. D. Adams of Detroit , Mich. , wjll bo In charge of all degrees conferred , Hiram Bassett , who died last week at his homo In Kentucky at a ripe old age , was a long und earnest worker In the craft. Ho was past grand master of the grand ledge ol Kentucky , past grand high priest of the grand chapter , past grand commander oi Knights Templar of that jurisdiction , and a < the time of his death was grand master ol the third veil in the general grand chapter ol tbo United States. Ho was pet-hups best known among the craft through the country ns the author of the reports ou foreign corre spondence of most of , the Masonic bodies in the state for several years. A statesman of our busy times of necessity finds it Incumbent upon him to play u ROOI many parts , but a wholly now oxpoilonco Is in store for Mr. Arthur Balfour , says an English paper. Before the year IKout his will , If society does not gossip vaguely , have been initiated Into the mysteries of Freema sonry. The honor of enrolling the Irish sec retary a member Is. to fall to the single Scotch Musonlo ledge that wo have in Lon don , and the duke of Fife it Is anticipated will preside at the Initiation. Mr. Balfour Is not married to a Scotch lady , hut perhaps ho does as well In being himself a Scotci- | man by birth , Anyhow ho has been dcclurcc qualified to bo ono of the Scotch Freemasons of London , and although ho may not bo anxlons to enter the mysterious world of Masonry , the chances arc that in duo time ho will tnko his degree. Our voyil princes nro icarly nil Frcoirasons , but it is only now that the brotherhood is beginning to include our big politicians. The party of Masonic Knights Templar who hade the pilgrimage throughout Europe clur- .tig the summer and fall of 1S71 , and who nro iinowu as "Tho Crusaders' association of Al- [ eglumy commandcry , No. ii.1) , 1C. T. , " have over since kept up'their orgnni/ation , and with each year hold their annual reunions in different parts of the country. Out of the party of forty-two sir knights who made the pilgrimage fourteen have sluco died. The as sociation meets with closed doors , and has re solved Itself into a "last man's club , " which Is kept up by the wealthy members. Thurs day last the sixteenth annual reunion was held at Luray , Vn. , which was largely at- tondccl. At the meeting Michael Hlloy was elected president and A. M. Uamby bccrc- tary , both of Philadelphia. Dr. Joseph L. Acomb of Tidioute , Pa. , was made vice presi dent and John Heath of New York city treas urer. Tbo next meeting of the association will tnko. place at Wiitklns Glen iu October , Ib'Jl. I. O. O. F. The grand master visited the ledge at Brock early in the week and found every thing there in a nourishing condition. Grand Master Evans instituted a now Hoboknh degree lodge , to bo known as Grace ledge No. 54 , nt Crete last weekwith twenty- four charter members. The Illinois grand ledge of Oddfellows will convene in annual session at Springlleld November 21. About ono thousand members of the order will bo iu attendance. Omaha ledge No. 2 conferred the first de gree on foity-seven members of Vasa ledge No. IS ) on Friday night. This Is the now Scandinavian lodge recently organized. The following officers , have been elected and will bo installed as soon as the members huvo taken the degrees : John A. Johnson , N. U. ; Swan Anderson , V. U. ; Frank Burman , sec * rotary ; John Hudd , treasurer. Tholcdgo will meet in Koynl Arcanum ball on Douglas street Friday nights. ' A. O. U. XV. Omaha ledge No , 18 has sot aside the third Thursday night in each month as a time for social enjoyment mid the wives and daughters of the members have been given charge of the arrangements. Next Thursday evening on entertainment wllLbo given , to which all members of the order are invited us well as those who aio lutoniliiig to unite with the oruer. Notes. Creston , la. , has-just organized a council of Hoyal Arcanum , thojch&rter members num bering over thirty. There Is being organl/cd a council of the Hoyal Arcanum ut > Hcd Oak , la. , which promises to bo very-strong. Wednesday night'a number of the Council iluffs ) brothers woat to Underwood , and there instituted a ledge of Knights of Pythias , the charter members numbering twenty. Tbo Scottish rite ; ot the United States jurisdiction , will meet next Friday evening In Its beautiful halldn Council Bluffs , for the purpose of conferring degrees ou a number of new members. The Oddfellows nw preparing to build in Council Bluffs ono of tbo best society halls in the west. They have organized a stock com pany for this purpose , and last week com pleted the purchase of the site , which Is on Broadway , In the very heart of the city. It has a frontage of forty-five feet. The work on the building will not commence until spring. It will bo four stories In height , and will , with the ground , Involve the expendi ture of $75,1)00. ) AH the stock has been sub scribed , and the enterprise is being pushed forward with a good deal of enthusiasm. Dr. Birnov cures catarrh , Bee bldg. Ladles' flro brigades have been organized ntGlrtou coUego , St. Michael's house and other largo institutions for women In Eng land. They are said to understand und pur- form their duties well and to find their greatest - est difficulties come from a lack of suitable dress. Pleasure seelters should road the advertise ment of Excelsior Springs , Mo. , today. THE "DEAD" CAME TO LIFE , And Saved the Neck of a Suspected Mur derer from the Noose. A CASE OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. The Fiction of the Careful Kiijiiiccr and tlio Kindly Appearing Old Gentleman "Who Had Uccn n Witness. Some intensely interesting criminal law cases have been related to a representative of Tin : Bir during the past week. Judge Baldwin , with a career of more than forty years at the bar , proved to bo ono of tbo most valuable contributors. "Ono of the most remarkable cases that has ever came to my notice , " said Judge Baldwin , "was that of the two Booms , who wcro convicted years ago in the supreme court of Vermont , in Bennington county , of the murder of Hussell Colvln. It appears that Calvin , who was a brother-in-law of the prisoners , was a person of weak mind , and was considered burdensome to the family' of the prisoners , who were obliged to support him , that at the timoof his disaspcarnnce , ho was in a distant field where the prisoners wcro atwoik ; that a violent quarrel bad broken * out between them , and that ono of thorn had struck him a severe blow on thd back of the head with a club , which felled him to the ground. Some suspi cious arose nt the time that ho was imirdcicd and these suspicions were increased by the finding of his bat iu the sumo field a few months afterwards. These suspicions in pro cess of time subsided , but later , ono of the neighbors having i-epcatcdly dreamed of the murder with great minuteness of circum stance , both in regard to tha missing man's death and the concealment of Ids remains , the Boorns were vehemently accused and generally believed guilty of the murder. Af ter a close search , the pocket knlfo of Colviu and a button of his clothes were found in an old open cellar la the same field in which ho had last been been , and in n hollow stump not many rods from it , wcro discovered two nails and a number of bones believed to bo these of a man. "Just prior to their trial friends of the Dooms far about thorn said that { he evidence against them was too unmistakably plain for them to longer hold out and urged them to make n clean breast of the cntlro matter , holding that if they did so they would un doubtedly got their sentence of death which was sure to bo the result of their trial com muted to Imprisonment for life. "Tho men were tried and sentenced to bo hung. Their friends renewed their request that they make u full confession. Ono of them finally complied with the request , de tailing a long story as to just how the murder had been committed. Tbo other confessed , hut with great reluctance and doggedness , and would not go into details. "Tho ono who had made the full confession had tbo sentence of death commuted , whllo the sentence of the penalty of the law was ordered parried out in the case of the other "As the day of execution approached the doomed man made a declaration that ho and his brother had lied lied outrageously and that for his part ho would not risk facing his Maker with so awful a llo upon tils soul. The declaration was received simply as nn act of suprcuno cowardice in the 'focoof death , and caused all but two or three of the most intimate friends of the maker of It to turn against him , so plain to their minds and to the mind of the entire cpmmunlty was It that both men were guilty beyond all possible doubt. "Tbo last sunrise but one , for the doomed man , was just Hooding his Vermont homo when who should appear nt the uoor but Hus sell Calvin the man for the murder of whom Boorn was upon the morrow to bo executed. "Tho explanation of the whole matter , " atldod Judge Baldwin , "Is simple In Its chur- actor. "Tho two Booms hnu lumped upon Colviu in the field and beaten him. Ho hud escaped irom them , leaving his hat behind , and bo overpowered was ho with fear that ho con tinued his flight until ho found , himself in Now Jersey. At the last moment , ho had learned that one of his persecutors was about to bo hanged ns his murderer , and although ho had suffered great brutality afrhis hands , Colviu immediately hastened back to sdvo the unlucky fellow's neck. As for the confes sions which the Boorns mode paiticulorly the full and very explicit ono they wcro made simply for ono purpose that of trying to snvo their necUs. "While addressing the Jury in a criminal case a few years ago , " continued the Judge , "I found myself nt a loss for n suitable story with which to illustrate the great and su preme need existing for calm Judgment and a complete investigation , particuhnly when human life is at stake , and so I manufactured this one : "A passenger train was pulling into the station of a little Now England town. The engineer had seen many years of continuous sorvlco on that particular run and was known and honored as n reliable man , and it was known to nn inch where ho would stop his engine upon reaching the town. "A great celebration was hclu in the town , ono day , and when the train came In the track for fifty feet ahead of the point where the old-timo engineer had always stopped his train was crowded with men , women and children , so great a confidence did all have in the power and rule of the old engineer lo al ways stop his engine at the ono particular spot. "But on this festal day , when the train came In horrors of all horrors I Instead of stopping at the usual spot , It plowed on through the dense mass of humanity , grinding the life from out a score of human beings , and stopping only when Its wheels tad found no moro of human blood to drink. "Curses deep and bluolc ns over were ut tered , were rained down upon the engineer. Then c.imo cries of 'Lynch him 1 Lynch him I1 "A rope was procured but before It could bo wound about his neck some of the cooler heads in the maddened mob counseled less hosto advised that the 'fiend of an engineer' bo given a moment or two to explain. "With his face as white as n spectre the engineer stepped to the platform of his cab , and looked the turbulent sea of infuriated humanity full in the face. But ho was speechless. " 'Enough- ' hissed the crowd. 'His crime has stricken him dumb 1 Put the rope about his neck the bloody monster I1 " 'NeverI For God's ' sake , never ! ' shouted the fireman , whoso trained eyes had been eagerly scanning the moro important mech anism of the locomotive. 11 'HeroI' ' ho continued , holding aloft n little broken bolt not an inch and a half in length , 'Hero is the caubo of tbo accident a broken bolt at the throttle I1 "And so it proved to bo , when these who had counseled discretion in the wreaking of vengeance upon the engineer , had made an examination , "I believe , " concluded the Judge , " that I won OHO of the greatest cases of my llfo * m that little bit of fiction , and what do you think ! After court had adjourned , a lino- appearing , gray-haired old gentlemen came forward and grasping my hand exclaimed : " 'You told the story \\ell , judgcyou told It well ! I was right in that crowd at the time of that accident and saw the whole thing ! ' " noxct : roil THE j.Aitii : . A colored girl Is said'by the Now York artists to bo their finest shaped model. Ladles set all typo on the Hustan ( La. ) Progressive. The "devil" Is on "angel. " Trained nurses do not average S-VX ) a year. Wages vary from f 15 to Sil a week , but engagements are not as prevalent ns illness. Ono'of the most vulgar and unbecoming things in the world is this dovotlon to dices , which , In many minds , grows Into a form of Insanity una leads to the worship of dry goods and dressmakers. There Is , as a general thing , no excuse for attlro which is not neat and ordcly at any limo during the day. A thoroughly neat and orderly voting woman Is prcscniublo at any hour , whether tmo bo in the kitchen or the parlor. The woman doctors of India , constituting the Woman's Soeioty of Medicine , of which Mrs. N. M. Munsoll Is president , have ap pealed to the Victory to enact a incasuro for bidding the marriage of girls under llftcon years of ago. Mi-s , Kcmial paid a most glorious tribute to American 111111 nud customs when she told u newspaper reporter in London that she \ ou'd ' rather her daughter should go alone ir in Now York to Snn Francisco iu America , ti an walk dowir Bond' street in London un attended. Germany employs 5,500,000 women in In- dustriul pursuits ; England , 4OJO,000 ; Fraud' , d . ' ! ,75'.000 ) , and Austro-IIungary about the V * same number , and still women are the wo.ikoi1 f ' sox , the lesser half , the clinging pensioner ? & on man's ' beneficence. * T Tiicro nro ' . ' 00,000 women In the \ \ Oman's Christian Temperance union , liLVOOO In the King's Daughters , 100,000 In the Woman's Hellcf corps and 35,000 In the Eastern Star. An aggregate of neaily 500,000 banded to- j- * gctlier under various names for lovnl service j * to nil manner of human need. " * . * The use of tobacco among women is on tha increase In Franco , and oven In London It is not unusual to see a lady produce her MlveU or enameled card ease In the drawing room. Cigarettes are giving plaeo to cigars In Pails , and some fears nro entertained ot the .smok ing habit among women becoming uncon trollable. . Berlin rejoices In a dancing saloon whoso great attraction is the presence of two ical princesses , ono of whom arranges the dance and the other devotes herself to the manage ment of the band. They are the Pilnccbscs Pignnttolll and Dolgoroukl. who arc obliged to tnko these places owing to reduced circum stances In their respective families. Miss Ada Webb , a well-figured young woman who gives a graceful performance in n largo tank , has been presented bv the Hoyal Iliiiiiane society , in London , with a testimonial for plunging Into the deepest water at the Brumloy swimming baths In full walking drcssf and rescuing Unco women struggling In the water in a combina tion of cramp , panic and Indiscretion. The duchess of Fife has allowoj hetsclf to become president , by proxy , of tbo Edin burgh school n ! medicine for women , the first institution in" Scotland whore ills possible fora woman to obtain a medical education. Just how thousuof the numo of the tick - \ young duchess Is going to help the .school V docs not appear , and yet there was rejoicing when her. acceptance was received. The queen regent of Spain is n very devoted inothor and lives Just now ns quietly as any . of her most humblosubjects at .San Scnastinn ; ' bathing with the llt'.lo king and princc sc * in the morning , nnd driving or sailing with them In the afternoon. The onby king asscits his prerogative full royally oven now , to the do- bp.iir of his governess , who cannot ptrsumlo him to conform to the conventionalities of llfo , or to address his titled subjects by other than their Christian names. Tunisians have u rather unpleasant custom of "fattening un" their girls for niiur nge. A girl after she is botiothed Is cooped up In a small room. Shackles of silver or gold are put upon her ankles and wrists nn a plcco ot dress. If she Is to bo married to a man who has discharged or lost ids former wife , the shackles which the former wlfo worn nro i ut upon the now bride's limbs , and she Is fed until they nro filled up to the proper thickness. The fcmnlo bookmaKcr is the latest depart ure , She made bur first appearance at Kemp- ton park , clad In n ( lash costume , and guvo or took the odds as nonchalantly ns a man , shouting in musical tones what her pr'coj wcro , nnd ensiling up promptly when each race was over. The next in order will h' , no doubt , the woman horse Jockey , and witli them in the pool room und on the horse , rac ing will have moro fascination than over. Women doctors in Kussln , according to recent decree , may practice In all parts of the empire , nnd will wear a certain decoration denoting their profession. They bnvo a special right to practice In all Institution ? , gymnasia und schools for women , in lie pltnlu , dispensaries and ambulances belonging toilm Xemstvo ? , and are exempt from nbllgalloil Imposed by law upon their male colleagues ot attending as experts upon criminal trials. Mr , John L. White , heat ! master of the Berkeley school , Is authority for the > tate < nu.'iit that Iu our cities almost every American girl of ( rood parentage of the ugo of sixteen or seventeen , is taller than her mother , with larger waist , hotter physical development , and moro "staying power. " This gain ho thinks largely duo to the present day love ot open-air games nnd exorcise , Indeed , so heartily dooi ho believe In the efficacy ot physical training , that ho would put an oxer- clso rqom In every school house , sure thij forty minutes dnflv drill and instruction in hygienic Inwi would , In the coming guni'ra- tlon. icduco the number of the criminal pop > ulattou one-halt.