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THE OMAHA DAILY EKE : SUNDAY. MAROTT W 1S0H STXTEEiV PAttES.
IRELAND'S ' DAY IS DAWNING
Eloquent Bt , Patrick's Day Oration at
Fremont.
T. D , MINAIIAN OF OMAHA ON HOME RULE
Irlihmon Mny lln Trim Atnrrlr.un and Yet
I.oro tlin 'Mother Country
Oppression Hoiiiiil to ( Ilvo
Way .Soon.
FIIEMONT , Nob. , March 18. [ Special to
TUB Hr.K. ] A grand operatic concert by the
Philharmonic guild of Fremont and an nil-
dress by Mr. T. I } . Mlnalmn of Omaha were
the chief fo.iturcs of St. Patrick's day ob
servance In this city. The musical program
consisted of fifteen numbers , mostly choice
selections from well known ojwras , and was
rendered by the best musical talent In the
city. Mr. Mlnahnn spolco as follows , on
"Ireland and Homo Rule : "
" \Vo who are imtlvo hero In America arc
none the less Nabrnaitnni hecauso at tlmos
wo gather at the banquet board of sorno Now
KiiKlnnil , Ohio or Pennsylvania club.
"Wo love the now homes planted hereupon
upon the sunlit prairies ; vet how often
retrospection will coino to hallow the hour
with memories of these old hearth stones
beyond the Mississippi. Soinothlnnof what I
mean Is so Iwautlfully expressed by Moore :
" ' Vou tuny break , you may shatter tlio vase If
you will ,
Hut ilin hctmt of tlio roses will dins round It
.still.1
"What narrow spirit then will criticise or
challenge the Irishman's love for America
because on days llko this the exile's heart
Instinctively wanders back , keeping time to
the music of "Homo , Sweet Homo ? "
"Uccauso affection remains faithful to the
motherland , who will say the heart must
therefor prove false to the brldo land ?
"No , no ; there Is not and there never can
bo good reason to doubt the Irishman's stem
allegiance to the Hag.
"True , ho may not advertlso hit patriot
ism with n miniature Hag upon the lapel.
Ho rather chooses to wear It In the sanctu
ary of the heart to wear It where ho worn
it In tlio bloody days of the CO's , at Shiloh -
loh with Grant , at FivdorU'kshiirg with
Meagher , at Winchester with Phil Sheri
dan.
Why IrUluiii'ii I.ovn tlin I'lug.
"Wo love the Hag. not as the Orangeman
loves the English Hag because it is red ( a
bull might hate it lor tlio sumo reason ) but
wo love It because It has nlwuys boon
grandly right. Wo love It because its folds
nro broad enough to shelter every race ,
grand enough to protect every creed.
"As the sons of Irishmen wo love 'Old
Glory , " because In the dark days of famine
imd of oxllo , It was hero our fathers saw a
light as did the Israelites of oldjwhcn follow
ing the pillar of ilro by night and the lumi
nous cloud of hope by day.
"Wo love this Hag because It was only
j'psterday wo saw it klsscc' ' by the bree/o
from the Shannon and the LifToy as It Heated
the ensign of a nation's charity to save from
starvation landlord robbed Ireland.
"Wo love the Hag because It was under the
tvgla of Its | Kwcr tlio doors of Kllmainhelm
and Portland swung upon their hinges and
gave back to freedom's light the Uobert Em
mets of our time , the Pamells , the IJ.ivitts
ui id the Dillons.
"Wo love the Hag because It was the grand
gospel of its teaching that converted Glad
stone from n tyrant of coercion in ISS'J into
the English Wendell Phillips of today.
"Wo love the llag bccauso every star in Its
constellation is forever fixed in the broad
zenith of that universal brotherhood of
American citizenship which recognizes no
creed and knows no nationality. Beneath
its folds there are no English , no Irish ;
neither Is there German , nor Scandinavian ;
ono and all wo are Americans.
"But more than all wo love the Hag because -
cause it is Qiirs , bccauso by reason of it wo
are htro : , hero bono ot its bono and blood of
its blood , of the great republic in defense of
whoso institutions against any and every
power or inllucnco under heaven the Irish
man , his children's children , will always bo
foiind shoulder to shoulder with the Puritan
of the north and the cavalier of the south.
Irish YcimiliiK Tor Ilomn Ktilo.
"On the French side of the English chan
nel there Is n llttlo seaboard town called
Calais. For years its possession was n
bloody bono of contention in the great wars
between England and Franco. At last the
garrison was surrendered by (1 ( 'think ) ono of
the Plantugonet queens , and when she was
dying she said that if her heart should bo
dissected they would find 'Calais' written
upon it. However this may have been I
have an idea that if the scalpel \voro to open
the well regulated heart of the humblest
Irishman w'.o tro.ids the earth , 'homo rulo'
for Ireland would bo found .somowhcro very
near the core.
1 1 "Wo are told that the old Carthaginian ,
General Hamllcar , swore bin son , Hannibal ,
upon the altar of his country to eternal
enmity toward Homo. In the case of the
Irish father , I tnko it , such an oath would
bo altogether superfluous ; hatred for Eng
land runs in the blood. Whether it bo
beneath the equator under the southern
cross , in the frozen solitudes of the north or
hero ,
" 'With freedom's soil beneath his foot , '
the Irishman , to the latest generation , will
curse the government of England ; ho will
oppose its policy and Hght against its power
wherever the slimed track of the serpent
shall cross the path of his exiled wanderings.
Now , I would not hnvo you misunder
stand mo. Ireland's light is not and never
lias boon with the 'plain people' ( as Lincoln
would call them ) ot England. It is rather
with the same privileged cclasses , the same
landlord aristocrats , the descendants of the
same tories who would have hung Gcorgo
Washington and Israel Putnam , John
Adams and Pati.ck Henry with as llttlo
compunction as they murdered Hobcrt
Emmet or the iiiurtyrs of Manchester.
"So far as the English people are con
cerned , why wo all know they would
strike hands tomorrow with the Irish people ,
would hull with cheers the breaking dawn of
the day when , as John Uoylo O'KoilloyJias
" KurnpoVi thirteen monarchies nmy bo states ,
Without a barrier and without a throne ,
Oi\u \ grand fudt-nulon llko our own. '
"Tho rcmnrknblo struggle going on across
the water during tlio last twelve years has
brought the pcoplo of Ireland moro than :
ever before into the eye of the world's no
tice. They have lost nothing either by rea
son of becoming butter known and better un
derstood.
Victory Amurml ,
"Let tholr faults as n people bo what they
mav , them is ono characteristic of the race
to which the true born American will lift
Ills hut. I mean the annealed grit with
which they cling to the determination that
sooner or later , in some day to come , Ireland
will win back the long lost inheritance of na
tionhood. This resolve- has nnverloft the na
tional heart. True as the necdlo to the polo
it will remain there , oven after the hand of
John Uoclmond , of Justin McCarthy shall
have grasped the Irish charter of English
constitutional government.
"lilght well mny the Irishman look upon
the green llag with honest pride.
" "I'N as brl ht ix t of old ,
Not astalnon ItsRroon , iiutublulon Its gold.
I'liconquurvd us whun
stood nronnd it und swore
That novcr this uiuuu-r would yield
A.i Ions us th heart of u CVIt wan Us shield , '
rnconqurcd , as when it Moated upon the
plains of Clontarf after BOO years of mngnltl-
cent battle with the Danes ; though furled
lor ages , unconquered still it floats as defi
antly ns when held aloft In the victor grasp
of the 'Hod Hand' by the crimson itldo ot the
yollovy Ford , or when ( sweeping the proud
Held of the Benhurb. Who has not felt his
spirit burn within him wnllo looking through
the pictured lines of Davis , upon Uamalllos
and Oudenard , Malplacot and Fuuntenoy ,
famed Fauntenoyl Where the glorious
Wild Ciec'so'of Sarstleld swept with level
stool that English victor Held and stood ,
llko eagles in the sun with bloody plumes ,
lifting tho. stained banner of thn lilies of
Franco to mingle it in the proud light their
valor shod upon the Hap of the shamrock !
"Lord Kandolph Churchill and Salisbury
nro saying to the English people ; 'Why , If
wo yield tc the demand for homo rule it will
not bo long until some Irish Bismarck will
atartlo the empire with that raw-hoad-and-
bloody-bones in the closet of English states
manship , the repeal of the union.1 Well ,
there being no ono hero but ourselves ( as
the Irishman would say ) 1 am disposed to
admit there may be something of truth as
well ns Just n touch of blarney In the argu
ment. Americans unfamiliar with any
other phase of Irish history than the abort
ive revolutions of the past century may not
fully appreciate England's fears In this
regard.
Krlii'n Ancient Glory.
"Go back with the polished French his
torian. Hontelambort. Stand with him n
moment in the light of Ireland's golden-
honrted age , the tUhth century. In that
era when all Europe swarmed the embattled
camp of barbaric savagery. In that vandal
age , when the last pillars upholding the civ
ilization of the Greek and the Ilomin were
fullhiiT with n crash that shook the world , It
was then far from the chaos of ruin , beyond
the sound of the battle.ix ringing over In
fant Europe ; it was then the beautiful mind
of Erin beamed through tlio universal night
and shone out tlio lone star of the world's
Christian , cultured civilization.
"Do Americans doubt this ? Take up the
history that has too long remained llko a
ruin by moonlight , beautiful but sadly no-
glecteil. It will convince you that as our own
Mississippi takes Its mo In the bubbling
springs of the tiny Itaska , as the mighty
D.iuubo sourced In a mere fountain in the
court yard of a Husalan nobleman , so from
out that little gem In the western seas , from
that Island home of our Irish forefathers ,
there went out n stream of Christian cult tire
that found Its way In links of living light ,
oven to the foot hills of the far Carpathian
mountains.
' Daunt the "record of thU splendid his
tory ! Why , it Is written where every
traveler has read It , written upon all the
archways , upon ovcrv stone of the crumb
ling monuments that stand today the majes
tic rivals of the Acroiwlb , the Partheon
and the Coliseum 1
"In the presence of these doithlcss mem
ories , the ruins that yet linger In picturesque
beauty upon their hills , that haunt their val
leys , the weird ghosts of their ancient
splendor , can Americans wonder
why it Is that un , bravo , proutl ,
unconquercd race llko the Irish cannot forgive -
give the unpardonable infamy of that ruth
less destroyer , that soulless tyrant , English
misrule in Ireland ? It is true that Irishmen ,
rollectlng upon what their country might
have been and what It is , have no love for
the empire. And who can blame them ?
"The place to study bust the subject of
homo rule Is at the Irish famine pits of
Sllgo. Stand there , and while you contem
plate you will see homo rule for Ireland
burned In letters of living Ilro. L.ook towards
the douks of IrolanI in the days of her exile ,
upon her family partings.
"Listen , and you will ho.ir In the great , sad
miscrero booming across the Atlantic , 'Homo
Uulu for Ireland. '
Forgive linelnnil ? Nevorl
"When wo rollect on the thousands that
died , 'Down In the ditches , wild , howling
for bread , ' in the black days of * 47 ; when wo
relied upon t'.io railroads and canal beds of
Amtvlca , upon all the menial occupations
where Irishmen and Irish women have
boon condemned , oven in this our
own fair land , to bo the hewers
of wood and the drawers of water ,
solely because of the tyranny that robbed
their country of her industries , ner trades ,
her commerce and her manufactures ; re
flecting upon these , I sav , Ireland's wrongs
appeal like angels , trumpnt-tougued , against
the deep damnation of landlord cruelty , that
foulest blot upon God's fair creation.
"Forgot these things to grasp in national
friendship the blood-stained hand across the
channel ? Does cold Shasta twin with lurid
. /Etna ? Docs the eagle of the beautiful
Sierras inato with tlio vulture of the coast ,
with the carrion buzzard of the plain ?
"Foririvo the miscreant landlords' Yes ,
when the day dawns that shall look upon the
penitent thlovcs on the same national cross
to which , through centuries , they have
nailed the Irisn people. Before , never I
Thundering up to heaven from three con
tinents I hear the stern 'Nevorl1 God help
us , wo are human 1 To forgive would bo
divine.
"But , I repeat It ; there Is no hatred In the
Irish heart for the people of England. The
inalienable right of Irishmen to control their
own local affairs. Tills Is the single , clear
cut issue. Give her again her own parlia
ment and Ireland will take care of the
future. Let her have Just half a chauco for ,
say twenty years , to build up her waste
places , to develop her resources. Lot the
smoke banners of industry bo hung out from
her tall chimneys. Let the whir of factory
machinery bo heard in tholana ; a protec
tive tariff to foster her languishing indus
tries , then Indeed will tlio hand of progress
touch and revivify' the corpse of her
too long stilled civilization. Dried for-
ovcr will bo tlio tear upon her cheek ;
gone forever the burning blush for the
beggar's hat soliciting the charity of the
nations. The world will then forgot it over
heard the broken heart of a nation's
sigh while listening to the music of Tom
Moore as his magic hand touched the very
'Intlmo cordo' of the world's sympathy while
sweeping the rich , sweet , sad chords of his
country's harp and pouring forth the death
less melodies.1 Tlio last link in slavery's
chain will have fallen from her limbs. A
nation once again , she will swing into the
van of civilization and go forward to a splen
did destiny.
Irish lllpo for Soir-dovernmont.
"Glancing behind the scones , sifting the
dramatic incidents'watchlng the play of the
lights and shadows as they como and go in
rapid succession across the stage of the
great drama , thero.is perhaps no phase of this
most remarkable s'trugglo more satisfactory
to contemplate or more creditable to Ireland
than the self-governing capacity demon
strated by her pcoplo. True , the leadership
has been split In twain , and , until very re
cently , there has been much of Donnybrook
and something of the famous Kilkenny cat.
Well , wo too , know something of the excite
ment , the abuse and the bitterness of polit
ical campaigns.
"To these who think deeper than n fact ,
who read aright the philosophy between the
lines of current history , It must standout
clear and unmistakable that the Ireland of
today is not the Ireland of 'US. I hear some
admirer of stalwart John Finnorty , ask :
Who fp.irs to speak of "US1 ! No ono I It Is
unquestionably true that had there been no
Theobald Well ftono , had the blood ot Em
met never fallen from the scaffold , had
Thomas Francis Meaghor or John Mitchell
never stood In the English dock , Parnoll had
never ascended the Irish tribune. Perhaps
you got clearer the drift of my meaning when
I say Ireland has now moro of the sublimity of
self-restraint , loss of the dash of misguided
impulse. And , after all , fortitude Is nobler
than courage. Calculating coolness , docs it
not always deliver harder blows than ill-ad
vised desperation ? Think u moment. The
heroism that sternly died without Wring a
gun amid the terrllio cannonade that hurtled
on Little Round Top. It was not surpassed
by the headlong charge that followed Pickett
and his 10.000 Incarnate battle Honds as they
swept up the blazing slopes of Cemetery
heights !
"Washington and his army in shivering
rags upon the wintry plains of Valley iForgo
are grander In the gloom after Monmouth's
defeat than that same army in the blaze of
Vorktown and of Saratoga. Marshal Mc
Donald crossing the Tyrolean alps , battling
the avalanche of the Splugcn , is greater than
McDonald piercing the Austrian center
on the terrlllc field of Wagram. Ney ,
as the rear guard of the retreat from Moscow ,
tiring and spiking the last gun at the pas
sage of Nemlcn , is a subllmcr spectacle than
the bravest of the brave seeking death In
the frenzied excitement of Waterloo's bloody
twilight. Ireland , curbing her hot blood
under the resources of English civilization ,
answering desperation , goading coercion with
passive but heroic aggression ; Ireland
calmly pleading the justice of ner great
cause In the forum of man , an example pre
sented of national discipline , of level-headed
shrewdness , of practical statesmanship that
forced the fear of England not less than it
won the respect , the admiration , the applause
of her great ally , the American people.
Pariicir * Work.
"Tho host sentiment of the ago has hissed
lu the car of England , 'Shamo upon the
duplicity that led you , when coercion failed
to drive Ireland into rebellion ; shame upon
the cunning that led you. through the In
famous treachery of the PIggotts and Lo-
Carons , to lure to desperation the disciples
of dynamite , to unchain the moro than
French Jacobins and Girondists. ' Just hero
permit mo to pay a passing tribute to the
memory of the great loader , Charles Stewart
Parnoll. What Irishman will refuse to
lay a ilowor on the lonely grave in the
Wicklow mountains I His epitaph is written
in the heart of the Irish pcoplo. True , It is
written there in the saddest of all sad
words , ' ! T MI OUT UAVK DEHX , ' because ho
imitated the rottenness of England's aristo
cracy ; because ho sullied the stainless
escutcheon of a people whoso honor Is euro
as 'unsunned snow1 ; bccauso of this ho fell ,
fell llko Lucifer ( politically ) never to rise.
"And yet the muse of Irish history ha
written his name highest of all upon the roll
of her practical statesmanship. No cunning ,
no blandishments , neither the perfidy of
England nor tjio follyof Ireland could avrcrro
him an Inch from thd steel magnet of wis
dom , of coolness and firmness. How grand
ho stood just before ho fell t
"You remember when the London Times
was Indicted before the world for porlury.
You recollect when the Irish loader , like u
lion at bay , seemed almost convicted of the
foul munle' of Phcunlx park , of the dyna
mite explosions of I/indon. You remo.nbor ,
too , how , In that supreme trial for Ireland ,
Parnell nt the last critical moment , just ns
the clock was striking the hour of convic
tion , when the Irish race was bowing its
head in despair ; you remember how ho
turned upon his own and his country's
enemies , turned llko another Hlchcllou shale *
Ing in the overwhelmed face of disgraced
England the LcCaron forgeries , the forged
.letters which an American DoMopras at the
last critical moment placed In his hand.
"When Ireland builds her monument to
Parncll let him be shown in the light of that
hour of his own and his country's ' triumph.
" 'Watchman , what of the n'ghtC ThU h
the challenge restless today calls out lu
the ante-chamber of thu coming tomorrow.
"What is the present outlook ? As she
nears the goal of final victory , Ireland Hnds
her most deadly enemy entrenched In the
last ditch a vcty dirty ditch , too , It Is
Orangcd cursed Ulster 1
Tint Orangemen.
" 1 have sometimes thought what a pity It
is there were no Orangemen in the days of
Patrick. You know tlio saint is said to have
banished all the snakes and other creeping
thlnzs. There are these who strongly sus
pect that the ghost of the great Sogarth
Aroon must have been paying ( with other
saints who have not yet been canonized ) n
Hying visit lately to Canada. America has
gained nothing either by reason of his still
having thu power to banish the snako.
There are some of them now basking In this
glorious sunlight of ours.
' I dislike to even think upon this subject
of Orangelsm. The bitterness of creed is
such a foul thing ! It is a moral microbe
that would impinge upon and taint the very
atmosphere of heaven itself. How is it
that it can live in the light of today ? Is it
because , In the ccouoii'.v of nature , the
maggot must Hvo as well as the rose must
die ! Wo had hoped the putrid grave of re
ligious bigotry was to remain forever undis
turbed under the night-shade of the buried
savagery of the past. Pah I it is a toadstool
from the fens of ignorance , lit only lo'cn-
throne that mocking ilcnd of our common
Christianity Infidelity. But wo he.ir so
much of him just now , and , as wo are likely
to hear so much more of him in the near
future , who and what is tlio Orangeman ?
Who is the Orangeman ? "Well , God made
him , " ( as ho did tlio devil ) , therefore , let
him pass for a man. "
"Thero Is a celebrated painting In the gal
lery of the Louvre. It is said that visitors
catching , at a single glance , the full mean
ing of the great canvas , Instlnctivclyshudder
and shrink back in terror. This luiuttng
represents 'Tlio traitor to his country. ' The
artist should have lived in Ulster , from
whoso infamy the civilized would turns
away horrified , Why , the countenance of a
Oesler , a Grouchcy or a Benedict Arnold
may be soon any day now in the streets of
Belfast or Durry.
"Who is the Irish Orangeman ? Why , ho
is the same upon xvhoso brow Moore wrote
the awful curao of the fire worshiper :
" 'Oil foru tongiio to curse the slave
Whose treason , lllie a deadly blight ,
Comes o'er tlio councils of thu bravo
And blasts them In their liourot might.
* * * * * * *
Slay llfo's unblessed cup for him
Ho drugged with treachery to the brim ,
And whim from mirth his spirit tiles ,
lint I'ronhet. let the damned ono dwell
I'ull In thu .sight of paradiio ,
Hi-holding heaven and fooling hell. '
"Tho student of history who catches the
philosophy of current events must see back
of all this the cunning and the infamy of that
same treacherous hand which , lago like ,
struck at the American union the blow in the
dark during the rebellion. Just behind the
Orangeman of Ireland wo see again the cun
ning hand of the younger Pitt , of a Lord
John Ifussoll , of a Palmerston and u
Disraeli manipulating the political wires.
The voice is still the voice of Esau. But
the disguise Is awkward. Beneath it all
sticks out the cloven foot. "
As to American sentiment being alienated
no you don't , England ! The American is
tired of being humbugged. P. T. Barnum is
dead ! So is all fear of a great pope's little
too. It will bo plenty time when the pope
takes Uomo for Americans to get real badly
scared.
MISSED HIS MAN :
A Traveling Mini's Mysterious Shooting ; on
Davenport Street.
About 0 o'clock last evening R. N. Harvey
fired three shots at C. Q. Alton , who was
passing along Davenport street opposite the
Palace stables. Hurvoy had been standing
around the corner for some llttlo time , ap
parently watching for his man , and as Alton
showed up across the street the shooting
commenced.
Mr. Alton -was not hit , and by hard run
ning , managed to got out of range of the
bullets. After his revolver was empty
Harvey quickly disappeared and returned to
his apartments at the Paxton hotel , where
ho was shortly afterward arrested by Officer
Poole and locked up for shooting with intent
to kill.
Harvey Is a traveling man and comes to
Omaha every two months or so. It was re
ported that Alton had been too Intimate with
Mrs. Harvey and that for that reason the
husband sought to kill the man who ho sup
posed had caused trouble in his family.
At the Jail , while being searched , Harvey
anxiously inquired if ho had hit. his man.
Upon being informed that ho had not ho ex
pressed his regret and said that as soon as
ho was out of jail ho would try It again.
While Air. Harvey was eating his supper ,
which had been sent down from the Paxton ,
a BIE reporter had a few minutes conversa
tion with him. The prisoner said that ho
had nothing to say about the matter and
would only tell his story when his case came
up for trial. He did say , however , that Mr.
Alton could tell all about it If ho would , as
ho know very well why ho had been shot at.
Before going back to his cell Harvey sent
the following message to his wlfo :
"Mus. H. N. HAIIVET , 715 Francis Street ,
St. Joe , Mo. Am in Jail for taking three
shots nt Alton. Missed. Think can give
bonds. U , N. HAUVEV. "
A call at tlio residence ot Mr. Alton , 1723
Davenport strcot , last evening elicited the
information that ho had left homo about 5
o'clock and had not yet returned. His
family knew nothing about the affair.
PA 1TIII.UVS
Accused oT Hoboing Her Old nml lloil-
rldilou Fntlier.
Last evening it was reported to the pollco
that an aged Arabian named Gcorgo Far-
rah. who is now lying dangerously ill at 1201
South Twelfth street , had been robbed by
his daughter Helena , assisted by her lover ,
D. W. Beakrostl , and that the guilty pair
had skipped. The old man had an oven
? 1,000 saved up and kept the bank notes
under his pillow. Between II ana 4 o'clock
the couple visited the bedsldo of tUo invalid
and managed in some way to got hold of the
money. They then departed. Detectives
have tno matter In charge.
I'ollco rolnts.
A complaint was filed In pollco court yes
terday by Hose Hoblnson charging James
Neslodok of 1809 South Fifteenth street with
assaulting Jennie Kobinson and with throwing -
ing pappe'i or tobacco in her oycs.
H. W. Viper Clark was held to the district
court for obtaining money under false pretenses -
tenses ,
H. Jake Weber and Henry Schaefer were
arrested last night for the larceny of some
lumber ,
HIS ailSTHUSS' FATA.L UVLLBT.
Matt Kelley of St , Louis Succumbs to the
Wound * Indicted by Mr § . Fruih.
ST. Louis , Mo. , Marcli 18. [ Special Tele
gram to TUB BEE. ] Matt Kelley , n local
iwlttlclan and ward worker , died last night
from the effects of a pistol ball wound In-
lllcted upon him two weeks ago in a quarrel
by hU mistress , Mrs. Mary Frush. alias
Molllo Ward. Kolloy's sufferings had been
terrible since the wound had been inflicted
and a man of a less powerful physique
would have died almost Instantly after the
wounding. The woman Is under arrest.
A stone coffin weighing 1,500 pounds was
completed In Lexington , TCy. , a day or two <
ago , for Stephen Langford , an 80-ycar-olU
landowner of Madison county. Ho Is In the
best of health , but says ho wishes to preserve -
servo his body from polecats , minks and
other like animals.
NOW FOR A PULL TOGETHER
Organization of the Omaha Commercial
Olub la Obtfiploted ,
ALL BUSINESS INTERESTS REPRESENTED
Elli
Freight Itntcc AVI1I mn.nokcil After by n
Commissioner , Muwtfi cturor wilt
lie KiicnurnRuiLitiO l.oonto tu
Omitliit A Strong Club.
A quiet movement among leading business
men of Omaha has resulted in the organiza
tion of what Is to bo known as the Omaha
Commercial club , an organization which
gives promise of much material benefit to
jjio city , If the present objects are carried
out.
The central object of the club Is to build
up the city In every legitimate and practical
way. The club is absolutely nonpartisan
and is composed of leading business men ,
representing all the important branches of
Industry , commerce and trade. Bankers ,
merchants , real estate men , capitalists ,
manufacturers and professional men will
unite in this organization to work in har
mony for tlio general good of the city. -
Mr. W. A. L. Gibbon , president of the
Bo.ird of Trado. and Mr. G. II. Payne , presi
dent of the Fidelity Trust company , have
spent some time during the just few WOOKS
in visiting other western cities with n view
to looulng Into thu most practical methods
to be nursuod in the management of such an
organization. They found that nearly every
western city of any pretentious had an
organization of this kind , and they have
been tlio means of accomplishing a great
deal of good for their respective towns. The
Omaha Commercial club therefore starts out
witli its objects and alms clearly defined.
The manufacturing , commercial and trade
Interests of the city and all general matters
pertaining to the growth and development
of the metropolis of Nebraska will como
within the scope of tho'effort to bo put
forth.
With these objects in view a largo number
of prominent business men have met several
times Thd taken the preliminary steps in the
organization. Mr. Herman Kount/.o , presi
dent of the First National bank , was elected
president of the club , and Mr. C. W. Lyman
was elected treasurer.
A board of directors , consisting of 100
leading business men representing nearly
all the leading branches of commercial , pro
fessional and business activity in Omaha ,
was chosen as follows :
r.Horman Kountzc , C. W. Lyman , Henry W.
Yates , bankers ; Daniel Farrell , jr. , A. J.
Viorling , W. E. Clark , M. C. Peters , F. C.
Ayer , manufacturers : A. P. Tukoy , C. C.
George , George N. Hicks. Chris Harfnan ,
D. J. O'Donahuo , Eraatus Benson , real es
tate dealers ; W. N. Babcock , John S. Knox ,
Edward A. Cudahy , packers and live stock ;
J. M. Woolworth , Genrgo W. Doano ,
J. C. Cowin , T. W. Blackburn , lawyers ;
Dr. Gcorgo L. Miller , , Edward Hosowatcr ,
G. M. Hitchcock , press ; . corge L. Fisher.
John Hart , John F. Coots , architects and
builders ; Thomas A. Cr Jgli , Alexander G.
Charlton , G. H. Payne V. U. Wyman , trust
companies ; W. J. Fischer , ' , II. E. Palmer , J.
L. Lovett , insurance men ; Edward Pock , F.
W. Swart/ . A. McWliorter , C. II. Fowler ,
grain men ; GcorgoY < Linlngor , Phillip
Stimmel , Euclid Martiuimplements ; H. F.
Cady. C. N. DIetz , Gcorgo A.
Hoagland , lumber ; John Brady , Ben
Gallagher , Dudley Smithiwholosalogioccrs ;
M. E. Smith , J. G. Gil'rnpro , W. A. L. Gib
bon , Uobert Co woll.wholesalo dry goods , hats ,
etc. ; Allen T. Kector , Edward M. Andrcesen ,
David Baum , wholesalehardware" ; E. E.
Bruce , C. F. Wcllor , J. A.i Fuller , wholesale
drills , otc , ; Charles A , Coo , , E. P. Kirkcn-
dall , Z. T. I.indsoy , wholesale boots and
shoes ; N. I ) , Falconer , W , V. Morse , George
W. Kelly , retail dryads ; U. S. Wilcox ,
John F. JJclIn , Samuel ( gamble retail cloth
ing , hats , etc. j Ilcnr j' P hdt , William Flem
ing , N. A. ICtilin , rotuil grocers , drugs , otc. ;
Max Meyer , C. S. Haynioud , A. Hospe , Jewelers -
elors und fancy goods ; J. B. Kitchen , Jacob
Markel , Thomas Swobo , hotels and caterers ;
Frank Murphy , Thomas U Kliubull , Geortfo
H. Crosby , transportation companies : Dr. J.
C. Jones , Dr. H. C. Moore , Dr. J. II. Peabody ,
physicianss ; H. McClelland , C. D. Havens ,
George C. Towlo , coal ; William I. Kicrstoad ,
Artnur Shivcrick , Thomas Kogcrs , furniture
and hardware ; J. 13. Hahin , E. N. Lewis , J.
Egbert , miscellaneous ; S. L. Wiloy. George
Barker , A. P. Kent , gas , electric light and
water ; Thomas Boyd , William J. Burgess ,
theaters.
The board of directors then elected the
following gentlemen to act as an executive
committee ; , W. A. L. Gibbon , A. P. Tukoy ,
G. H. Payne , C. C. George , C. W. Lyman ,
W. N. Babcock , H. S. Wllcox , Charles A ,
Coo , E. E. Bruce , John Brady , Daniel Farrell -
roll , F. C. Ayer , Chris Hartuian , C. F.Wellor ,
John S. Knox , George N. Hicks , Hobort
Cowell. C. H. Fowler.
Mr. W. A. L. Gibbon was elected chairman
of the executive committee , the working
branch of the organization.
The cost of membership was put nt so low
a figure that every business and professional
man in Omaha can afford to lend his aid to
the enterprise. The most Important officer
of the organization will bo the commissioner.
It is expected that some man of recognized
standing and ability , familiar with the wants
of this city and its tributary territory , will
bo engaged to push forward the wo'-k which
the executive committee will layout for him.
Ho is expected to bo tireless in his efforts to
secure for Omaha the best advantages pos
sible in matters of transportation , trade and
commerce. Ho will bo a sort of mediator
between adverse elements.
The organization antagonizes no existing
board or organization. The Heal Estate
Owners association , the Board of Trade and
such other corporations as are already pushIng -
Ing forward Omaha's Interests , will in no
way be interfered with , but whatever good
work they do it Is expected the Commercial
club will supplement.
The friends of this movement , and espe
cially the gentlemen who have participated
in tlio organization , say that they have a
very definite plan of operation in mind , and
they promise early and satisfactory results
if the people will support them. Every citi
zen of Omaha is invited to become a member
of this organization.
NEBRASKA GLOBE TKOTTEB.
Just .Stnrtcil on n Ilorsi'lmck Itldo Around
thu World.
R. J. Tanner , an American 23 years of ago
and a resident of Llnuoln , started out on
March 15 upon a novel -itotir of the world.
The tour will bo made upon horseback. Ho
is now in Council Bluffs otid from there will
start on Monday evening for Chicago , follow
ing the line of the Chlliigo , Rock Island &
Pacific railroad. Thenoo ho will go to Wash
ington and Now York tity , where ho expects -
pects to arrive during' ' Iho latter part of
Juno. Ho will there dUjoso of his horse
and return by rail to Lincoln , from which
point ho will immediately start by pony for
San Francisco , going by way of the lilack
Hills and Yellowstone National park. From
San Francisco ho wlllsbip for Australia ,
and cross that continent on horseback.
Thcnco ho will go to Janan and China , and
proceeding through India''Arabla , Palestine
and Egypt In the samo'inanner ' , will eventu
ally arrive In Italy. Ho KV U then go through
Switzerland , Franco and Spain to England ,
Ireland and Scotland and take a steamer for
Now York.
The entire trip will consume two or throe
years , and will bo taken expressly for the
purpose of sight seeing. It will bo made'at
the rider's leisure , Jhoro being no intention
to make a record as to timo. Mr. Tanner
has promised to send occasional accounts to
TUB'BEE of his Journoylngs.
I'uiuo ol the Public Library.
In a pamphlet published at Lolpslc , Ger
many , entitled "Entwlcktung dor Organiza
tion der Volksbibllothckon.u a copy of
which has been received by the Omqha pub-
Ho library , are given some Interesting sta
tistics about public libraries in the United
States. It says regarding the Omaha pub-
llo library that the year 18SO was the first
ono in which over f3,500 was expended for
library purposes. In the years 1800-01 the
budget amounted to 121,000 , of which $12,500
was for books and fl/JOO for furniture and
.filarlcs. . Byron Heed bequeathed to the
iiiblle library In ISIW his library and n lot
ivlth the understanding that the city should
recta four-story , Jin-proof library build-
ng. In 1SWMIL the library contained SH.OOO
olumes and 0,000 reference books. In the
amo period there were 4t,0 : ( > 0 visitors to the
.fading room , 107,000 visitors to the porlodl-
; al and nowspajwr reading room , and there
r/cro lent out 1113,000 volumes. In the same
publication the librarian expresses his
thanks to Miss Jessie Allan , librarian , for
Information furnished him by her. Miss
Mian Is highly pleased that the Omaha li
brary has reached a degree of Importance
hat It can compare favorably with these of
ho larger transcontinental cities.
BORN IN GREENLAND.
hnvnl Two Indian Chief * but Willing to
Tulii an Olllcc.
Applications for appointment to the post-
Ion of Inspectors of public work continue
o jwiir into the oflleo of the Board of Pub-
.Io Works. The latest rccelvo.1 up to the
lour of going to press was from a native
rom , Greenland with an unpronouneablo
M lame. In reply to the various questions in
tlVi ho printed blank some ni the answers are
fcry funny. Following nro samples of the
inestlons and tlio unique answers :
Q. Where were you employed during the
rear 181MF A. Walla Walla , shaving and
hampDOIng for myself
State similarly for 1MH ns to what you did
Mid by whom employed ? A. Own business
is above. Amongst my patrons wore two
Indian chiefs , and I found out I once shaved
Jesse James.
Give similar statements as to places of
01 mployment , name of employer , and nature
) f service performed diirtni ; the year IS'.KJf
\ . My own business , and having tlio rcpu-
: ation of being the hamllest man with the
razor in this part of the woods.
Where were you born ? A. Greenland.
Your ago ? A. Forty-three years , 8
nontlis , 'JO days.
Are you married ? A. Yns , In fact , already
.hreo times.
What family have you ? A. AVlfo and
children , to the best of my knowledge.
' Where does your family now reside ? A.
.icking county , Ohio.
How long have you resided In Omaha ?
. Two years and three days.
Are you a taxpayer In Omaha ? A. Yes ,
to some extent.
State your trade or profession if you have
any ? A. Barber ,
How long have you practiced such trade ?
iV. Many long years in Licking county , and
two years In Walla Walla.
Give names and addresses of your refer
ences ? A. I would prefer not to mention
them Just now , but I will give you all the
satisfactory references in case I am ap
ointed.
BABY SHOW.
County Fnlr Will ( Jlvn Prizes to Iho Hnnd-
The Douglas County Agricultural society
icld a meeting yesterday afternoon to make
further arrangements for tlio coming Sop-
: ember fair , President James Walsh occupy
ing the chair. Owing to the absence of Sec
retary Engleman , who was engaged In mak
ing preliminaries for the baby show , G. W.
Hcrvoy was elected temporary secretary.
Some discussion arose as to whether the
name of Itho society should not In some way
bo changed to indicate that the coming fair
was not merely a county matter , but ono
that was open to the world. O. J. Plckard ,
G. W. Horvoy and G. S. Ambler were con
stituted a conmiittco to consider tlio ques
tion.
tion.Tlio
Tlio report of John F. McArdlo concerning
premiums for exhibition of horses was
adopted.
The advisability ' of having a sugar beet de
partment was'fully discussed. It was stated
that S-'O.OOO worth of beets had been sold
at Millard and licnnlngton during the past
year , and that the Industry was assuming
sucli proportions as to demand recognition.
It was decided to offer three prizes of $ > ,
$15 and $10 respectively for the best crop of
sugar boots raised from an area of ground
one-fourth of an acre in size. J. F. MoArdlo
was made superintendent of this department.
J. A. Connor's program for the baby show
was read and adopted. It provides that
thqro shall bo an exhibition of babies on each
of the four days , the last being reserved ex
clusively for colored babies. On the lirst
A. M U S El ME rTS
J3O3TI'S - 'mr ' 9-ET A-OOOD KOUSOo
THREE NIGHTS RflnMnAV MflQOU 9(1
DQMMENuING ktjUllU I , mAflllH CU
Mutinco Wednesday.
DENMAN THOMPSON'S
Celebrated 1'luy ,
THE OLD
HOMESTEAD.
Which has boon notly styled
A Play. A So-'g. A Serraoa. A Benediction
Company Same as Last Season.
Boats vrlllbo put on sale Saturday morning
at the following prices : First lloorDOc , "oo und
11.00 ; balcony SOo und Toe ,
NEW. f Gorman I
THEATRE I sea.ou
SPECIAL
ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY
ol the Koyul Court Theatre , Vienna.
flEFTVIfPlEWETDlVl / fl ,
Loadlm ; lady of the BtadtThpater. Hamburg.
FFANZ mfc-iilviAN >
of the Court Thoatro. Molnoniion.
1V1AFIE T AFOUTMQ ,
of the City Thoatro. ColoRn.
These Eminent Artlats Will bo Supported
by the
Celebrated Stock Company
KKOMmiK
GERMANIA THEATRE , ST. LOUIS.
Thursday evening March 23 ,
The HtUgUeijofc
( Dlo Uluthochzelt. )
Friday evening , March 21 ,
The Passiijg J e
( KrloR 1m I'rledon. )
Saturday evening , March 2.5 ,
A ) ) the Coiriforfcs o
( Em Tailor Kintal ! . )
Sunday eronlnir. Mi roll M , orlu'lnal produc
tion of Ooothn's great pluy ,
Falist.
Ai'oorformcd at the Court Theater. Hcrlln.
WALDEMAII& I1UEO11KL , MuuaKors.
The sale of soata for the untlro eneagornent
will open at 0 o'clock Tuesday mornlnx at the
following prlcosi Flrit lloor , < 1 ; balcony. TSa ,
day will ho nn exhibition of clrl bnhlcs over
n months and under 'J years of ago , the prizes
bclnp f li ! M. * 7.fiO and * 5 respectively. On
the second day boy babies of the same aie
will have their chance nnd bo awarded prlrcs
of the same value. The thlnl day will bo for
twins of either sex of the ago before men *
tloned , nnd prizes of ( ' .M will bo plvcn to
each one of the sucoc.isful pairs. The pret
tiest triplets under U years of URO will re
ceive a prlzo of $10. On the last day the
handsomest two colored babies , ono boy and
one girl , will each receive n prlzo of $7.f > 0 ,
nnd the prettiest twins $10. All entries will
ho free and should be imulo two days prior
to the first dny of the fair , nil applications
to bo attended to by .T. A. Connor , room 411 ,
Hoard of Trade building.
After the npi > ontincnt ! of the committee
to t prepare the premium list for publication
the meeting adjourned for one week.
DEAF MUTE INSTITUrE.
I'ujilln from Oniiilm' * Sclim > l < I'liul Viiluntile
Dntrrtnliimriit Tlirrr.
The pcoplo of Omaha nro Just beginning to
realize , through the efforts of TIIK Den , that
there Is a state institution located In thu
northwestern suburbs of the city worthy of
many a visit from people who lllco to see en-
turpriso and progress in educational Institu
tions and particularly In these Institutions
which are calculated to bcnollt the un
fortunate. About seventy pupils of the
manual training department of the Omaha
High school visited the Nebraska School for
the Dcuf hist Friday and were abundantly
repaid for the time and trouble. It Is only a
short walk from the end of the Walnut lliu
motor line to the building , and It makes n de
lightful afternoon's jaunt to take In thu
school.
The visitors were welcomed by Prof , nnd
Mrs. Gillcsplc In a most hospitable manner
and were shown all through the Institution
from kindergarten to art department. The
pupils were divided into two squads , nnd
with Mr. Stewart acting as pilot for ono di
vision nnd 1'rof. Olllcspio for the other the
visitors were taken through In a manner
very satisfactory. In the manual training
department they saw the superb work that
is hoing turned out for the World's fair ox-
hlhlt nnd were delighted with what they
saw. In the art gallery thov were given a
treat in viewing the work ilono by the pupils
of the school under the direction of Miss
Murray.
Wliile In the art department the pupils
from the High school were Joined by Miss
Evans , teacher of drawing in the public
schools , und a class of her pupils. Thov
were all well pleased with tlio work in
crayon and oil and came away with many
pleasant recollections of what they saw in
the institute.
o
Smiley Clmmlx'rx ItrslKi'od.
INDIANAPOMS , Iiul. . March 18. [ Spe
cial Telegram to TUB UKK. ] Smtloy
ClminborH , Unitoil States district attor
ney , quitted olllco yesterday and tolc-
tfrapliud the authorities at Washington
that ho was out and that it was in order
to nunio his successor. It is bccauso
Jndtjo Baker has ruled that tlio term of
the district attorney was for four years
and not until his successor was ap
pointed , and the court refuses to recog
nize him ns the legal olllcor after the ex
piration of his term , which elo.sed yester
day. Tlio federal court adjourned as
tliero was no attorney. The term of
Marshal Dunlap w'll ' expire Monday and
ho will retire at that time , louving the
county without attorney or marshal.
AMUSEMENTS.
FARM St , THEATER.pap 8
Jt5o. i-'rto. URc ; OOo. 7Bc.
, Commencing
ll Matinee ,
SATl/K/JAV.
WINSOME
The Famous Original Marguerite , of Lnvls
Morrison's Faust
In the Greatest of All Realistic Plays ,
BY HENRY C. DoMILLE ,
Presented with all Its
Magnificent Scenic & Mechanical Effects
Requiring 2 Cnn in Trausportatiou !
With. It's
Life-like Railroad Scenes ,
Monster Iron Locomotive ,
Great Snow Plow
und
The Cannon Ball Train.
180 foot long , ISVi fenthiRh.
CROSSING THE STAGE
IN 5 SECONDS.
Any Scat in the Honso
WoduoBoay Matiiioo,25o.
HALL
jr a
= EASTER
A Searchlight Thrown on Siberia by
GEORGE KENNJW
" RUSSIAN
By Sterloptlcan and Calcium Light with many Ra o Views.
Advance Sale opens at Chase & Eddy's 1518 Farnam street , Monday 3.ft
April 2d , 0 a. m.
AMUSEMENTS.
TWO KINDS OF FEET.
Ilit'iray ' tliw lilajKtnnii Irttkon lhatfliut
tii'ii'rt not/i'ii' n7ir rmiiiMm ! with theblpfrnt
l/i" maiMuert'f ' ll'tm hrfiitul is atUin ) < tnti. ( i\'liu \ ,
Hiu' mini ttvm rmi.i l/ii' / tliealtr ft ylvlna the ) ' " -
l enf umaliti tlin c tint taimucli fur thttr IIM-HHI
a tlitu can art tit anil ttthrrtluater In Hit * roillid'IA
/ Mimnt tr/Mit / l' tathin"l > aul , 'cause t' > e lietn alt
mvr ( h'd ( nttnt M < if . Jiiat rcrtiJ icullify'ft ( / *
' towr / iifjjeeek \ :
\A/ONDERLAND
W W nnd BIJOU THEATER.
Cor. I.'Ill St. nnil Oupltol Avo.
Tlio l' < jt > i > lt < 'n T/ii'iifor < > ' Oinii/i/i.
Clonnost , Clioapost , Coziest
1'I.ACi ; OK AMt'SKMKNT IN TIIK CITY
A ( Iraml Doubln l'rornin of
DRAMA AND SPECIALTIES.
WKKIv COMMKNCINO
1'arowoll Appoarnncn of
MU. CiKOKCH WKSSIJI.LS ,
MISS NKLLIi : K
MR. IIAUKY HAIILOW ,
MISS ( JVPSY 1UHLOW ,
In u grnnd production of thu beautiful roman-
tlu Ir.sli Drama ,
Now ami Orlsliml Scenery.
HtlllllSOIIIU CcHUlMIO-i ,
An hour of rclliuul Kpuclaltlcs , by
Xioreiize and Hotta/ ,
America's groutuit Doublu Traposo Artlats ,
introuiirln : a 1'orllous llrouliawuy
Trupcso Act , und a
for Life.
HASSO I'KOKUNDO ,
Ono of tlio world's greatest Unas Singers.
WILL ELDRIDGES LILL
COLOUR ! ) SKBTOII TKAM.
\ oc.illus , Duncors mill Kollnud Ooinculans.
For
VISITOR.
iRvury lady who attends a performnnco any
afternoon or wonlng. this wuok , will rucolva
us a aoiifjonlr n handsome
SILVER-PLATED NAPKIN-RING.
Popular and Timely Prices :
All this monster program for :
O/ior n Cliulr llnlettiiySonf - - 2Oo
ri'otl l'nr < inot Sent - . . . yoo
'
CO.
MISSOhLIRTOUIIKTT. Violinist.
Mlt , ISIDORE MOQUIST. Pianist.
-ANI-
The World Famous , I'urlvnlloil LUTTEMAN
SEXTETTK. from Btoekliolm , Swodcu.
Washington Hall
MARCH 19. AT 8 O'CLOCK.
Aoomblnntlon of suqli oinlnunt and popular
artists In ono conipnny secures un UMusuullr
high order of entertainment and ono that does
not fall to charm an inullunco.
The Omaha and Chicago Short Line
of Iho Chicago , Milwaukee & St Paul
Ry. , was opened for freight and pasjou *
per tralllc. It these ton short years the
"Mihvaukoo" as It is nlTcctionntoly
termed , by its patrons , has taken
front rank amongst its older compet
itors , nnd to-day mauds unrivaled for
speed , comfort and safety. Hero Is
a map showing its short line between -
tweon Omaha , Council Bluffs and Chicago -
cage , over which runs the finest Equip
ped Electric Lighted Steam Hontod
vestlbulod Trains with Magnificent
Dining Car service onrouto , V. A. Nush
is the General Agent nnd the Omaha
City Ticket Olllco la at No. 1601 Fur-
niun St. ,
TREATMENT ,
FOR ALL
Chronic Nervous ,
Private and
Special Diseases.
25 years experience.
DISEASES OF WOMEN-
Treated at 15.00 a month
und nil modlcluoa
furnlihod.
All Other Troubles Treated nt
Reasonable : Chur es.
CONSULTATION TREE ,
Oat ! on or address
DR. SEYMOUR PUTNAM ,
DOUGLAS BLOCK , - OMAHA , NEB