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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt SUNDAY , JUNE 11 , 1803r SIXTEEN PAGES ,
i , PYRAMIDS OF PROGRESS
j jr1 TnbHo Schools in Omaha Enlarged to Moot
[ TI Educational Demands.
Ir
PROFICIENCY OF PUPILS IN ALL GRADES
of Kditcntlon lloeotno ToworlriR
Temple * of l.oiirnltiK Murvnloiu Growth
of tlio 1'ulillo School HyMom In
OniMlm A Vldlt to the School * .
i The dlfllculty lo supply educational facll-
1 Hies commensurate with the needs of n great
1 nnd growing western city Is only fully
realised by Ihoso who have been engaged In
the work. New wants spring up llko mush
rooms ami where It Is neccssiry to cducato
public sentiment up to supplying thcso
wants the process of obtaining desired 1m-
, provctncnts Is slow.
The overcrowded condition of Omaha's
public schools Is a thcmo upon vvhloh much
' . lias been ailil and written , and although
there Is now a dearth of complaints In this
rcsicct | dtio to the erection of several largo
nchool buildings In various sections of the
city , It Is loltovcd only temporary relief will
bo afforded. If the present rate of Increase
continues , anotheroxpuislon cqu-illy largo
vv 111 bo necessary nt the end of an Interval of
ihojcars.
Wont Oina'm for IiMtnticn.
, A fair oiamplo of the rapidity of Increase
In educational needs Is afforded by the West
tOtnah.i school. Scarcely live jo.irs ago Miss
ranmo Iliirlbut was selected by the lionnl
jf Education to take cliaigo of thu "joung
Jdca " In the western p irt of thi ? city A
two roomed fiamo building had been moved
to a quarter of a block of ground , purchased
for school purposes , nt Iho corner of Jones
stiootnnd Thlrt.v-eighth avenue At that
point In September , 1883 , the school was
opened. Although In the suburbs , vv hero It
was thought the nttmulnnco would bo small ,
Blxty pupils were Immediately unrolled In
the November following a second teacher
nnd another room became necessary , and in
f September , IBb'l. a third teacher was employed -
ployed , another building of about tlio same
size having be-on icmovcd to the grounds
during the summer , A few mOhths later n
fourth teacher was cmploicd and n fourth
room opened. Thus matters ran along until
even those increased facilities became
crowded In this emoigency a stoic build
ing n block nw ay was rented ana a fifth
Li teacher employed. Duiing the past year
I 'thcso flvo rooms have been filled with chll-
| -dron seeking the rudiments of education ,
and It Is likely that the sixth room will bo
accessary hi the opening of the no\t school
I'year. ' The number of pupils now exceeds
tOO , nnd KH ) would bo a conservative esti
mate of these vv ho will begin next Soptotn
! ber.
1 An Architectural Com.
But when tlio now > car opens , accommo
dations ns to schoolrooms will bo ample ,
for the now building , which has been
erected upon the giounds during thopist
year , will bo completed. Ibis is a brick
structure alwut 75x100 foot in sbe , con
sisting of two stories and abasement anc ;
containing ten looms It is a hai.dsomo nnd
imposing edifice , and occupies a commanding
site. Jt is made of picsscd bilck , w ith daik-
led stone tiHuntings , has a good , substantial
slate loof and massive btick chimneys The
front view is verj nttiactivo and tlio build
ing , as a whole , Is the pudo of the neighbor
hood and generally icgirded as an ornament
I * to tlio city In the basement aio lavatoiles
for bo.vs and eirls.
On the llrst anil second floors are spiclous
recitation looms , huge lulls nnd cloal
rooms. The inside walls have al
been plistcrcd and Irtrd finished , the plumb
ing voile Is completed and work has com
incitecd on the Intcilor wood finishing. It 1'
thought that bj the 1st of August the build
Ing w 111 bo entirely completed.
Should Ho Dmllciiteil.
The suggestion has been made that public
dpdlcitori oxpiclscs ho hold as soon as the
building Is finished or nt the beginning of
the now joar , and it is stated that if the
matter Is called to Superintendent , Fitpit-
rick's attention ho will likely appiove of
such a plan , not only for this p.iiticular
building , but for all the other new school
buildings In the city which aio now neat ing
completion
When the school was llrst opened , Miss
Iluilbut was made principal ana has ever
since continued In that position. She has
surniountod many obstacles 'J hat she has
succeeded well In the task sot before her is
appaicnt to all who visit the school
Some Idi'.i of the chatactor of the vvoik
accomplished In this school may bo leatncd
by n desei iptlon of the oxcrc-ibtis hlch took
jilaco during the icporter'a v nit in the room
of the beginncts , presided over by the prin
cipal.
Youthful IiitrlllKuncp.
Fifty llttlo children , mostly fi and 7 joiis
: of niro , weio busily encaged in examinations.
( This woik ended , they took up their slates
Innd domonstiatcd their s < clll in penmanship-
I There ulToits in this woik weio suipiislng ,
I many of them showing almost perfect
[ .famlllm ity with the pilnclples of the art
Inml executing penmanship which many an
indult of fair education could not equal
jNoxt were shown some designs which wora
Icut from v.ulously colored paper into all
isoits of shapes and pasted on an uppropriito
I Background. After this was n short ex-
IciLlse In colors nnd combinations of colois
( A caul board containing nil the colois
of thu rainbow was hold before the nuplls
land each color promptly named by them us
EIt was pointed out. The oiango , they said ,
| was composed of red and yellow , the green
lof jollow nnd blue and the violet of led ,
( white nnd bluo. A pi Ism was hold up bafoio
I them. ' 1 hey gave its name and sild that a
E'ray of the sun's light pissed through It
ivould pioilucoull thoeolois shown on the
I caul bo ird. They took their si Ucs again and
( worked examples in siinplo mlditlon , sub-
fraction , multiplication and division. Tak
ing shoots of jullow piper , six Inches squ.uo ,
they folded thorn In such a manner as to
nriko the CUMHCS show perfect live-pointed
atais and other llgutcs
Iliid 111 * Uriiiiiinnr Corrected.
After folding a second tlmo , they took the
scissors , cut oil one edge of the paper and
made a four-pointed star. Ono llttlu urchin
Bald "I nln t got no BCISSOIS " Thirty
hands went up. "What should ho
have B'ltdT" asked the teacher , "I have no
Bclssois. " or " 1 haven't ' tiny sclssois , " was
the leply , "Where Is thovoid 'alu't1
found i" was piopoundod "There Is no such
v\Did" was iho ready response Next came
foi h a hot of figures fiom which the do-
KUitsuiu.nmde , Iho pupils piomptl ) gave
thi ! > roper name ( if ouch ono us It was hold
liiifmo Ihi'in , us ix ttiauHiu , square , oblong ,
fluid iMilio , etc Thoi then sang by note ,
pronouncing the notes by sj llablos or by lot-
toisuH the teacher desliod , and making no
mistakes from beginning to end. After
singing "Columbl i the Gem of the Ocean , "
"Uoll Your Hands' and "Scatter the now-
01 a , " they got Into position , arose and
man-hod ejukulj froift tno loom , wlthan air
of triumph that llllt'd thu spectator with ad
miration and called to mind that familiar
stanza :
"O vu > n > yon nu'or n school boy ,
And did you nmur tiulu ,
And fuolthoswollliigof the heart
Vim nu'ercan fool iteulnf"
KotiiltH ol ( looil Tuition.
In a visit to the next higher grade , of f
which Miss Anna llro id Hold has charge , the
pupils wuie found all busilv engaged In their
examination work In this loom theroare
forti-one pupils , tanging between the ages
of Gand 8 io.us Their similes consist of
reading , spelling , arithmetic , dravvimr , Ian.
gunge nnd penmanship , the pupils being ex
ceptionally proficient In the two last named
It needed only blight obsei vatlon to convince
ono that the work of the teach or was
thorough and effective ,
Mis , J , J. Points has chnigo of the next
higher grade. She is one of the itT
teachers In the West Omaha school , but has
already demonstrated lu > r ability , Hapld
progress has been made , especially In read'
Jug , language and subjects of general in
formation , She has tnirty-slx pupils uudoi
her charge , who ramre from the ages of 7 to :
V jears , and she teaches practically the same
studies as are taught in the lower rooms
Her pupils are , however , further advanced ,
In ! llss Jessie MoKoborts' ' room , whlcl
constitutes the fifth grade , there are thirty
thrci pupils whoso ages are mainly from 1
to 11earv Her work has boon very ac
curate and thorough , as the results am pi ly
testify. A ictiea of short historical sKclchu
put In story form has hid a tnirked effect In
stimulating the pupils to greater effort.
Miss Phoebe Perkins gives Instruction In
the highest grade , having charge of three
classes , iho sixth n , seventh A and seventh
H. In her room are thirty pupils , whoso
ages range from U to 18 and whoso studios
are history , grammar , arithmeticgeography
and spelling. In arithmetic and reading the
most rapid progress Is shown. In the work
of compass draw Ing , which has lately bcc-n
begun , much zest Is exhibited. Miss Per
kins possesses consldcrablo tact In getting
good work out of her pupils , with gratifying
results
' 1 hus closes a brief resume of what mav bo
aptiroprhtely filled an epoch In the history
nf ono of the city's educational Institutions.
In the hustle and bustloot overjday affairs
a pause should bo made fora moment to note
the marked change which Is to take place ,
In outward form at least , at the end of the
picsent term.
Numerics of KiluciUlnn.
The llttlo frame houses which witnessed
the dawn of loirnlng In many a youn * mind ,
nnd within whoso walls came the first
Inspirations for many nn honorable career
these humble relics will soon exist only In
memory , and will bo supplanted by towering
temples of education.
' 1 hough the frail tenements which en
compass niiny joung people may soon fade
from view , tno character which vvna
moulded , the love for good words end dccda
Inspired honoith these huniblo roofs , will
live In Imperishable memory The school
now emerges from n primitive state , so to
Rpoak , nnd takes on n metropolitan nlr , not
because it did not fillllll Its mission under
the then existing order of things , but because -
cause now conditions have niisen which
icqulro a widening out of Its Influence und
tin adaptation to gi eater demands ,
In the rroco < ftli > u of 1'rogrcsi.
The character of Its Influcnca will not bo
different Its sphoio of usefulness will
sltnpli bo onlnigcd Whllo many will 10-
grot to pirt with old ana familiar scouts ,
the mnjoilly will hall with delight the be
ginning of another epoch in educational life
which vv 111 bo ft uitful of the same bennllccnt
results and redound to the benefit of a much
larger number. H. A. D.
JUDGE DAVI3 WILL RESIGN
Dod * Krmluo tinil Oovvu itt the Knit ol the
Turin.
When the present term of the district
court reaches a lliial adjournment there w ill
bo a vacant chair upon the judicial bench , as
Judge Herbert J. D ivis has decided to doll
the ermine and the gown and to itep down
into the ranks of the practitioners at the
bar. In talking upon the subject yesterday
Judge Da-vis sild : "Yes , I have decided to
ipslgn nnd shall leave the bench nt the close
of the present term , at which tlmo my resig
nation wlU bo In the hands of Governor
Ciounsc , in older tint he may appoint my
successor In tune to begin the woik of the
September term of the court
' 1 resign simply for the reason that I cin-
not a ( To id to stay upon the bench at the
s ilary of $2,500 per jeir. The woik Is pleas
ant enough and I llko it , but I can m ike n
gieatdcil moro in practicing at the bar
without working as hard. "
Upon being asked if ho would uoticcon
aider his intention of resigning , the Jitilgo
ansvvoipd that ho would not Ho sild that
ho had made up his mind to get out of the
Judicial harness and that he was willing that
the public should know just what his inten
tions woro.
Judge Davis was appointed by ox-Gover
nor Hojd In IS'JO and during that veal ho
setvcd upon the criminal bench , and was a.
tenor to the hearts of the offenders llo
used the greatest caio and precaution in
imposing his sentences llo caiofully
weighed the evidence and , if ho believed
th it a man was guilty of a heinous crime ,
he gave him the limit During his tlmo
upon the crlimnal bench It is slid that by
his sentences ho lessened the commission ol
n into fulli ! iri per cent , and tint citminnls
from ocean to ocean passed along the infoima
tion that It was a good plan to light shj of
Omaha.
Cnn't ItiM-omit thu ISillots.
The Olmstead-Willianis contest continues
to bo the diavvlng cud In Judge Ferguson's
com t , vv here it is being tiled by a juiy By
a i tiling of the court , made jesteulny
the tii.il wcs shortened vciy matettally and
a l.ugo amount of money saved both of the
gentlemen T. J. Mahoncy , who ropic-
sents Olmstoad , moved that the b-vllots
of the commissioner dlstiict be brought into
court and counted , that tno jury might have >
poison il knowledge of the number of votes i
cast and just how thu Australian ballots '
looktnl after they passed through the hands
of the Judges of election. Hcniy Esta-
btook , attotnoy for Mr. Williams , op
posed Die motion , holding that after the
billets were Hied with the county cleilc
thoi were taken to Lincoln , w hero they
plavod .1 stir engagement m the legislative
contest. Not onlj this , but while at Lin
coln ho slid that they weio in the posscs-
blon of numoious putios , being in a loom
th it was accessible to everybody ; they weio
scattoied ovr tables and wcro mixed with t
- the billets of other picclncts , so that It was i
impossible to toll how many hid boon
mutilUcd and desttojed. The court took
the motion under advisement and yester-
d.ij held that a iccount could not bo had.
District Crfurt111
III Judge Ogden's court the jury returned a
vert ! let In the case of Sot v ia againjjf. . Bachman
bt ought on an action to recover SIO.UUO ,
alleging pcisonal damages arising ftoin
alleged false imprisonment. The verdict
was for the defendant.
Judges Walton and Ferguson , before whom
the Stuht depot Injunction case was hsard I ,
jesttnday signed the decree , making per
manent tlio order restraining the delivery of
the bonds nnd the transfer of the lands hold
by Alvln Saunders , trustee.
The usttil number of ov 11 doers were before
fore Judgu rciguson of the criminal couit
yesterday to deny that they had com
mitted any wrong and that they were inno
cent of the crimes charged In the Infoinm-
lions Joseph ( JhapUn iski was charged vv ith
having assaulted Joseph WiatioskI with an
lion led and an intention to inflict great
bodily injury , while William Traej.ri.ink
Muirav and Paul Mm ray were charged
with having struck George Smith , Lymnn
W Trope and W 13 Donlman with a couple
of long bladed knives and n razor ,
In the ridiirnt Court.
A. C Castle of Kansas reall/es that it Is
an expensive and dangerous thing to engage
In the business of procuring false and fraud
ulent ullldavits for the purpose of assisting
pension steilers Ho was arraigned jes-
lordly In federal court on a chat go of hav
ing lent his assistance to that kind of
work and was , after pleading guilty ,
fined $1,000. Mr Castle did not
happen to have the money in his clothes nt
the limo and was lomandod to jail until such
time as he should be able to liquidate.
Charles Williams w as lined $1 and costs
for selling liquor to the Indians ,
G IA Franklin pleaded guilty to the charge
of sending unmailablo matter through tlio
United States mail ho was fined $1 and cost.
Ihocusoof the Helm Sash and Door com
pany against ceituln insurance companies
was taken up for trial.
I'jtlunn Momiirltl Diy.
This Is Pythian memorial day and It will
bo observed by the Omaha Knights The
graves of departud Knights will bo appro
priately decorated by the several lodges.
Monday ovcnin * atho'clocka Joint memorial
* ervlco will bo hold at Myrtle hall Hov J.
P D. Uwyd will deliver the address , nnd
- the memorial service as uronared by the
- supreme lodge will bo carried out All
Knights nnd tholr families are Invited and
It is especially desired that the relatives of
the departed inombets bo present
Kntoi prise lodge No 70 of South Omaha
will hold services aud all Knights are re
quested to assemble at U o'clock this morning
at Kulghts of Pythias halt.
- Goucreiumin llorcer btuncii.
- Hon. D , H. Mercer has received a
mossigo from the Now York World asking
him the following questions ; "Do jou with
present Information favor the repeal of the
. Bheiman silver law ? Do jou favor income
taxi Do jou favor repealing bank tart"
Ho answered ( ho questions thus : "I favoi
the ropcai of the Shciman act. 1 prefer pro-
tectioa nnd reciprocity to an income tax. Am
against the ropcai of the state bank law and
in fav or of au honest dollar all the time "
FREIGHT MEN AT IT SOW
ndications of a Prolonged Battle Between
Railway Giants.
SLASHING THE VERY LIFE OUT OF RATES
Jnlon I'nrlllo Mrotl Iho Cut of Some
of tlifl Trnncontlnmit.il I.lno * nnd
Mnlies Seine Hcdnctloni on Us
Own Account.
Thcro Is every prospect of a big war In
freight rates , traceable largely to the Panama
line , which forced the Southern Pacific and
Its connection , the "Sunset Line,11 to moot
the rates made by tlio exclusive water line
from Athutlo seaboard points to Pacific
roist points. When the Southern Pacific
entered the arena to moot the rates undo by
Its rival line It necessarily Involved all the
transcontinental roads along similar lines ,
tlio Union Pacific and Santa Fo being drawn
Into the maelstrom of meeting rates to pro
tect the Interior shlppois as against the
i onto from the intcilor vli thu Atlantic
seaboard
Hut the public demonstration In Mr Jim
Hill's honor last week at St. 1'aul seemingly
has turned the "old man's" head , nnd ho has
gone Into the cutting business in u manner
that takes the breath away from ilval
10 ids engaged In coist business. Ho has
duplicated iho Chicago Sin Francisco rate
to Seattle , putting Uuluth and St. Paul on u
lower bisls , thus dragging in Pot Hand
Naturally , the Union Pacific could not stand
this arrangement , Omaha being a com
mon point with St. Paul on tlio east nnd
Poitliind with Seattle on the west , and
It has been decided by Mr. Munroo to
reduce thu Omaha-Portland rate in consequence
quence , cITcctlvo June 13 , the taiiff for which
will bo issued utonce.
Some Jfuiv TnrltT I'lgurcx.
Class rates applying fiom St. Paul , Minne
apolis , Duluth , Sioux City , Omaha , Council
Blufla , St. Joseph , Atclilscn , Lcavcnvvorth
and Kansas City to Portland , 1'ast Portland ,
Alblna and Astorlt via the Union Pacific
meeting the rates mndo by the Great-Not th
oi n and Northern Pacific' , put in from St.
Paul to north Pacific coast points will be :
1 a J 4 & A 11 u I ) n
2.03 1 31 1.80 l.CO 1 W 1 (5 M .00 M .65
Commodity intos will bo 00 per cent of the
commodity i.ttcs from Chicago jointly made
by the S mta Fo and Union Pacific.
Hut the Union Pacific docs not stop horo-
for It has Issued two now supplemental
sheets effective Monday. Supplement No. 4
applies to Spokane , Oaksdalc , Farmlngton
and other points from Missouri liver common
points , St Paul , Minneapolis , Duluth , etc. ,
the late quoted being.
1 b7 1 Ci 1 63 1 3 TsO 1.30 .83 .81 .73 .70
Supplement No fi , effective also on Mon
day , applies to Mont ina common pplnts ,
rates fiom the Missouri Uvcr being :
A n c n i :
107 1 51 1 U 13J 120 1 10 .SI .71 .TO .00
A telegram received at Union Pacillc
hcadquaitois .vcsteiday announced that
the bouthoin Pacific will milco a 10 per cent
i eduction on class and commodity tales fiom
Now York in older to meet Canadian Paciho
competition The wito fuithcr sajs that the
reduction vv ill not apply to rates below § 1 or
advancing rates that aio now less thnn jl.
Whether this reduction willsciiouslj : iTec ! * <
the taiills of the Union Pacillc is still a
question , the commodity rates not j ot hav
ing been checked up , but Mr. Munroo is on
record that the Union Pacillc w ill not allow
seiboard lines to control freight fiom In-
tcuor points , it being his deslio to koerQ n
tenor nnd se iboaul snippets on an equality ,
the onlj tiling loft him to do under the cir
cumstance ; , .
J'uMoiicor llitnt ( looming 1'lrm.
While tlio freight people are pulling cacli
other's hair in an effort to stiiko bed lock ,
the passenger people have about agreed on
rites that shall obtain during the continu
nnco of the World's fair. Tha agreement
reached jesterday , which only needs the
' signatuicsof two loads to make It binding
esorcs rates In Utah to & > from Utal
common points to Colorado com
non points on cast bound business ,
effective Juno -0 This is a laiso fiom $ HI.
Fiom Utah common points to the Missouri
liver , one way rates aio advanced to ? .iO and
to Chicago $ . { 925 , west bound rates icmaiu-
ig in statue quo.
From Salt L xko to Chicago , effective Mon-
oaj' , and rotutii , good until November 15 , the
rate will bo $ ( i . .r > 0 , an increase of $11.50 over
, ho foimer lound trip rate of $ . " > ( ) . To St.
" > ouis and loturn fiom Utah common points
, lie tate will bo fill , and to the Mlssouil
liver , J50 To St. Louis ono way
the iato has been fixed at § JO from Utah
common points.
A meeting vv ill probibly bo held Tuesday
to piss on the itilcs , this termlnitlnc the blt-
tor light that has been waged for noarlj' six
months on passenger rates.
Muplu 1,1'iit Kxtomlou.
Cluiiiittaii Sticknoy of thoChIcagoGro.it
Western lailway ( the "Maplo Leaf" ) , Presi
dent Hamilton Brown of the Boouo Valley
Noithein railway , of Iowa , and President
James I. Hlllof the Great Northern had a rene
fcionco in Chicago Frldaj" regarding the ox-
tension of the Maple Leaf fiom Mason City ,
la , to Council Bluffs The plan Is to use the
line of the Mason City & Port Dodge rail-
road , of which Mr. Hill is president , from
Mason City to Fort Dodge and to construct
a new line from Foi t Dodge to Council Bluffs.
This will connect with the Chicago Gient
Wcstcin nt Manly Junction , la. , nnd glvo a
direct louto to Omaha from St. Paul nnd
Chicago , a matter that has boon much sought
by the management of the Great Western
company. It is also probable , Mr , Brawn
states , that a line tn.iv bo built from Hamp
ton , In , to connect with the now toail in the
vicinity of Kaglo Grove , which would gieatlj'
teduce the distance between Omaha and
Chicago. The directory of the Great West
ei n has i ecently oxpi esscd itself unanimously
In favor of this extension.
Spoclul Miulciil festival.
The First Methodist Uplscopil church ,
corner Twentieth and Davenport streets ,
will celebrate "Children's Dav'1 by giving a
strong attraction lu the way of musical
services.
Tlio handsome auditorium of the church
has been m of usely decorated with flags nnd
llowcis and a platform has been built which
will accommodate the church choir and the
Suimay school chorus of 100 voices , arranged
in sov en rising tiers of seats The services
of Mr It. T Allen , the well Known oigunUt ,
hav o been secured , and Mr. Thomas J. Kelly ,
the tegular organist of the church , will di
rect nt both services. The piogram is as
follows :
MOIININf ! .
Organ I'roludo.
Hymn "AU flail the Power"
Pniyor.
Chorus "Children's Day"
hcrlpturo Itcmclln,1 ( Itcsponshn )
Anthem "Ol 1'raUu tlio Lord" ( Wilton )
Infant tlas ! > s Kxerclsos
Address Dr. A. Hugh lllpplo
Chorus " "
"MnidtiK"
Address Dr. 1' I ) . WiNon
Chorus. . . . . . . "Horo Ami"
Addruau Mr. M\lngatou .McCartney
Cliurm . " 1'ralsu Him"
llymu "Ju us I.ovorof Jly bout"
rri'XIMl.
Orsan I'roludo.
Chorus "Children's Day"
1'rnyc'r
Anthem , . . "Tho Kiidmrit .Morn" ( Woodward )
lljmu. Onward Christian aoldlc-M
bcrlnturo Heading ( Kusponsho ) .
Chorus . . . "Trusting"
lloral Kxorclsc.
Chorus , . . . . .
"Husliul Wastlion\nnlii "
\ llyiiin"oulllvau )
llojs' llrlxadu und l'Ia i\ercUe. :
Chorus . . . . "WnUo the Song"
Authuin , for bopnuio bold und Chorus , ,
. "O'Uoiito , Lot Us Worship" ( lllmmoll )
Chorus "What Cun I Ulvo"
Hymn "Abldo With Mo"
True Anierlcuuliin ,
A number of gentlemen who bellovo Iu
"True Americanism" have Induced i
Her. H ua
D. Hrown to corao to Omaha and lecture
next Thursday evening in the Furnam Street
theater upon the subject which furnished
the theme for Father Sherman's discourse a
few weeks ago. No admission fee will be
charged
tier. Drown is ono of the mcst noted
llvlncs In the Methodist Kplsfopil church
uid nny bo expected Ut-aay something both
ntcrestlnz nnd Nnstrn Uvo upon this Im-
xirtant subject , nvcrybpdy Is cordially In-
vitutl to bo present , nv-
MIND BEAJDEtt'JOHNSTONK.
Tests of IIU Atnrreloku'- Ability In Omnhn
Three grown men , .Vppircntly pliylng a
game vvhlchiosomblcd btlnd.mairs buff , or a
chase after nn escaped lunatic , created
something of n scimtion shortly nftor t
o'clock jcstcrday nftofnoon , on Farnam
street letwccn Fouttcehth and Fifteenth.
To the average onlooker , it must have
seemed as If ono man had gotten away fiom
an Insane asylum sontow hero , nnd that the
Lwo who brought up the rear , were his
keepers , cnaeavorlng , by pacific measures , to
Induce him to return to his cell
Ihcio was nothing of the kind , however
It was only Paul Alexander Johnstono , the
mlnd-render , giving n t st performance for
thocdlllcntlon of press and public , the latter
being represented by Coroner M. O Maul
and Mr. Kobort Wells , nnd the former t > y
Messn 11 lj ICotchuni of TUB Unit and S.
V. WoodhrldRo of \Vorld-llorald
The coinmlltco named met Mr .lohnstono
and his nuinagor , Mr llfco , nt tlio union
depot at 1 o'clock. In the forenoon
Messrs , Orlsvvold of THE HEE nnd Wood-
htklpo of the World-Herald hid concealed a
pin on the casement of n door opening onto
nu c.istcin baleony of the Paxton hot"l , and
this pin was the object of Mr .lohnstonu s
scau'h and the subject of the Hist p.irt of
his test To mislead the mind-reader ns
much as possible , Tun Unn ropiesent.itlvo
was informed tint the pin was hidden ut the
Murray , the general location , which ho after
wards held constantly In mind , being do-
scubod to him
The puty iv as hurriedly dilvon from the
station to the World-Herald ofllco , where
Mr Johnstono was carolully blindfolded for
his test When all was declared toady Mr.
Johnstono took the aim of Mr. 'Woodbildpo
and , deciding that ho know moro about tno
hiding place of the pin than did any ono
else , started olt on a lun for the I'avton
hotel. Stopping for nothing ho chased
through the lobby and up tno pairs of stairs ,
following in the halls the exact route
traveled by Messrs. Grlsvvold and Wood-
brldgo In the morning , thereby m.ikltig the
two newspaper men hustle to keep
up with him nnd , leaving the
others far behind , arrived at the
thiul lloorand without a moment's hesita
tion , the mind-leader hurried out to the
balcony , partially up the flro escape , as the
pin concealers had gone In the morning , then
returned to the door opening onto the bal
cony and found the hidden pin after a short
se.iich. "
After the pin was found Mr. Johnstono
suggested that his two companions think of
a place for him to deposit the pin. After a
moment's consultation , with Mr. Johnstono
out of hearing , the hotel icgistor was agiccd
upon. As qulc-klj as it could bo done the
pin was placed on the register by the inind-
icarter
"Now , " said Mr Johnstone , "please think
of a cort-vin name on the register and 1 will
place the pin on It" This was loft to TUB
HEn man , who noticed the name "U 12. Kit-
tredgo , Rochester , " on the icgistcr. After
some hesitation Mr. .Tohnstono placed the
pin on the name thought of and lomaiked ,
"Will someone kindly j give mo a pencil ? "
This being at once furnished , ho added.
"PloibO think of the way in which you
would maik this nnma if called upon to do
so. " The newspaperman thought of what
Is called a "check" nmrlr , running it , in his
mind , fiom the Hist letter of the surname
to the right , and Mr. Johnstouc atonco made
the mark In mind.
This accomplished , hd called for pen and
paper , s liing that ho wonld write the name
as it appc.u-cd on the register , nnd he did so
after but slight hesitation , wilting the name
almoft as does its owner , the lines of the
signatuio , however , beingsliifhtly snaky on
account of Mr , Johnstono's exhausted condi
tion aud the fact that ho vvoio heavy gloves
Quito an audience w Ilucssed ana applauded
the ubovo demonstrations , and went avvny
convinced that tcono6lasts and skeptics
may , after nil , bo susccntlblo of coiueision
to laiionallty U propprly Insti tided and
given a chance to sco for themselves that
theio aio leally and truly some things that
cannot bo explained on intuial grounds
In justiro to Mr. Johnstono it should bo
stated that ho Is In a jhysical condition
bordering on neivous exhaustion , duo to his
recent It'll d trip through Wind cave , near
Hot Springs , S. D , and this fact considered ,
his peiformanco is only the raoro remark
able. Ancnt Mr. Johnstono's oxpctlcnco of
tinco dujs and three nights in the cave , the
following extracts fiom u dispatch from TUB
BEE'S correspondent ut Hot Springs will
doubtless bo of intcicst. In advance it
should bo stated that the pinhead had boon
concealed by a committco made up of lead
ing citizens , who were absent seven hours.
U. P. SHOP AFFAIRS.
Humors of Intercut to Members of Orgnn-
l/od
The icccnt visits of J. N.Corblnof Denver ,
Col. , aud H. Brltcnsteln of Laramie , W.vo
secrotaiy and master woikman of Knight :
of Labor district assembly B2 , vvhloh em
braces all local assemblies of Union 1'acilio
omploios over the road's cntiio svstem.
weio not without significance. Both men
airived hero last Sunday and up to Thurs
day held daily conferences with General
Manager Dickinson of the Union Pacific.
A meeting of the executive committco of
which J..mesM. Ivennoy of the Union Pacillc
shops Is a member , was called nt tbo same
time. The latter , when asked by a DUE
representative what the result of.thcso con
lerenccs was , stated that the Kuights did
not wish to speak for publication in regard
to the matter. He said that results would
bo posted in the assembly looms for the in
formation of these concerned.
Fiom other sources it , is learned that the
principal object which luouyht the two gcu
tlomen here was accomplished to the enlho
satisfaction of both parties and the existing
good fooling was thereby stiengthcnod.
It is stated by these in position to know
that hereafter the Knights of I/ibor con
tracts with the road will bo posted In the
shops in place of those of the unions afflllat
Ing with the Federation , which wcro ton
down during the recent strike and thatclghi
hourt a dav will bo resumed.
At headquarters Mr. Orr conflimed th
latter , but said that so far as ho know it was
only on account of stress of business. When
the Union Pacific Issued the order to th.t
effect on Thursday It only did the same a :
the Santa Fo und other roads. He could no
state whether the union contracts would b <
supplanted by these of the Knights. Super
intendent McDonnell might bo able to stat
definitely , but that gentlemen was not to bo
found , Regarding the conference ho further
stated thit It had taken place to adjust some
matters between the freight handlers and
the road , but all had boon satisfactorily ad
justed , n'l
l.ulior TsoiuU ,
William Holly of Poili , 111. , called iostor-
day upon his Omaha sharpshooter friends
He is onrouto to the Paeillo coast for pleas
ure and recreation.
At the last mooting 6f fho vvhito harbors'
union it was decided tfrcnango the place of
meeting from Irepn' to Patterson hall , on
Seventeenth and Parnam. Tuo union will
moot ovety Tuesday Hbreaftor.
I cal 3,0:13 : , composed of working girls ,
had a fair attendance'nt Its tegular meeting
Friday night notwithstanding the inclem
ency of the wcathor.tl'Tlioso present de
cided to glvo a musical ( entertainment next
Friday nlghtat Knights of Labor hall.
Brotherhood of llallvvay Carmen No. 103
claims to have grlovaucus and has thorofoio
appointed a couunlttuu , to wait upon , the
tail way officials of the different roads to
adjust matters if ixmlolc. The committee
has been ut woik for some tlmo and yester
day called upon Genera ) Manager Dickinson
of the Union Pacillc. Just what the result
of the coufeieuco was cannot bo stated at
picsont ,
Ilmucom I'urk Concert ,
The following will bo the musical program
at Ilanscom park today at 4 p. in. :
lluich "Tlio lieau Ideal , " Sousa's latest .
. , . . . . . .bousa
Selectlon-CiiprlclaClailiiot Hunt
. , , Arr'dVedomoyor \
Inlmmmatim from Stabat .Mator . . llosalnl
C'orniit hcilo I'rln Tusbon
Tramp Patrol t . * , , . .1 ( . . . 1'uornor
Overture Orpheus lu derUntorwolt .
" " ' " " " "
. - . . - . : -L".7.7.7.iT."iOfrimbach
Potpourri Muslcala'oura'lVrough'Europo. .
' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " ' '
BolectIon Oj'iora AtVlla.- . . . . .Yordl
Chlm-so I'atrcil . . . . , Arr'd Muyndles
Ovorturo-Oludorclla , Ro&slnl
Muhlcul hconus from Swltzerlund LuiiKoy
Jledloy-Vo Olden Tlmoa lioyer
National Air Hall Columbia
FROM THE LIPS OF A PIONEER
John R. Fortor Eccitcs Old Memories of
Omaha's ' Infancy ,
NOVEL POSTAL SERVICE IN THOSE DAYS
ItncolloctloiiA of Crosnliiff the I'tnlim Din-
inomli that No\nr llnrxtrd I'nnuco
Inclltui * n Cintoiiieri-Omnlin Itcnlty
In Knrly Dnja Tlio nm 1 Ire.
Mr John H Porter , ono of the host known
cx-rcsldcnts of Omaha , Is visiting relatives
in this city. Mrs Porter accoiup itilos him.
Their many old friends will bo ploisod to
know that they arc both In the enjoyment
of good health When Mr Porter left this
cltj- , thirteen years ago , ho was on crutches
nnd suffering with rheumatism. Ho wont
from here to Now Mexico , where ho re
mained three months , liter spent four yeais
in Arl/ona , nnd the rest of the time ho has
lived in Cnllfotnia His present homo Is In
Los Ancclcs.
Mr Potter came to Omiha In 1T > ( ! nnd con
tinued to icsldo heio until 1S70 Ho nnd his
brother ran n goneial mcichandlso store on
the present slto of the Paxton hotel. Mr
Porter , lecalllng old times to n Brr. reporter
icstcnl iy. rofor-cd to iho bunting ot this
stoic , In the winter of 1S57-53 , ns the Hist
llro th.it occurred In Omaha.
Dcult with the Indium.
They had n latgo trade with the Piiwnpo
Indians , who weio then located In consider
able tiumhci s nt Papilllon and fin liter nlom ?
up the Platte , their tepees extending as fai
ns Fiotnont Subsequent ! } Mr PoiJor [ did
an extensive business as commission mer
chant in lurtnershlp with Mr Dow oil ,
now In the Union Pacillc local ofllco
Dining his flist summer here Mr. Porter
built a warehouse a llttlo ubovo the ptcbcnt
Union Pacific shops.
"Omaha had but few Inlmbltints In those
days , " Mr. Porter said jostoulny. " 1 remem
ber that It then had two hotels , the City
hotel on Eleventh street nnd the Douglas
house on the coiner of Thirteenth and
Hainoy.
I.cttors on the llraln.
"A D. Jones ow ned a coi nor on Sixteenth
and Harnoy where ho had a postofllco which
ho can led under his hat. The old Omaha
and Council Bluffs Ferry companj owned
about all the land In sight , or claimed it all
Dovvell and I rocelvcd the first locomotive
ever landed In Nebraska ; ho had the bill of
1 ding framed und has it still in his posses
sion
"It was for the Union Pacific railroid. I
used to say that bj the time that load was
built I would bo In my grave , it seemed so
impossible that they would c-vor get thioutrh
over the mountains , but they did and hero 1
am still on top of the c nth. Wo had aline
of steamboats lunnlng to &t Joe connrcting
with the ralhoul fiom the east , in lively
competition with the Western Stage com
putty , which tiled to get people to go bv waj
of Dos Moines , nt that tlmo the neatest
railioad point. Their supenntciidcnt was
old Colonel Hooker , whom I shook bunds
w ith on the sticot the other day. In the
w inter when the ilverwas lio/enwo kept
up the competition by putting n line of stage
coaches on the road botvvcon Council Blufls
and St. Joe , cairytng the people anosa the
river in 'buses. Thoio was a good deal of
traveling oust und west on account of the
Pike's Peak gold excitement I vo seen
them going out in wagons with 'Pike's Peak
or Bust1 written on the covets nnd some
times when loturnlng thev would only have
the word 'Busted. ' An overland stage went
right on to California. "
Trapped by n Trapper.
In previous 5cars Mr Poiter hid yielded
to the allurements of the gold fever himself ,
and went by team in Ib-l'J ' to California , 'iho
Journey consumed nine mouths He was in
a partj of lOOjoungincnoiganizcdatPcorm ,
111 , nud he laughed as ho iccalled how pret
tily a destitute trappar on the way out had
fooled the tenderfoot ciowd out of their
wealth to the extent of § 1,000. Uho
party , nearly ovcrj' inun having a horse mid
fully armed , came through low a and struck
the liver at St. Joe Heio they met a while
trapper who had suffcied hard luck by ven
turing too far fiom his homo in .Now Mexico ,
vvhcto ho claimed to have n Mexican wife
nnd n largo family living on the
Hio Giande , Ho peisuaclod the pirty
to change their course and omploj
him as guide , promising to take them to
some diamond mines in New Mexico for
$ .2,000 , half of which had to bo paid in ad
vance : but when thej' had got to Santa Fo
ho induced them to halt for a daj-ortvvo
while ho went fo sco his family , and that
was the last they saw of him. Without a
RUldo the sadder and wiser scoUeis after
woildly lichcs proceeded on their we.uy
maieh , bjr way of Sonoia and the Yuma
desert , nirivlug in California in Januiry ,
ISIO Thu two Porter boys ran a store near
the Mauposa mines , wheio gold was plenty.
Mr. Porter was gone two years.
WHS Once a Miielntnite.
Mr. Poi tor was a police Justice in Omaha
for ten yeais ; they woio then building the
Union 1'uclflo load , and this town was the
hilfvvay house for people going cast and
west , Including a laigosharo of the most
desperate cthnlml classes in the country ,
with which the local dispenser of Justice
founed an extensive though transient ac
quaintance. Ho owned the Hist house built
on the Farnam street side hill , west of the
Paxton , and which stood on giound now oc
cupied by Tun Bi't ! building , and was also
the possessor of soveiul other valuable
pieces of inside propm ty
Mr Porter left last Filday to attend the
national irnthciing of Mjstic Shrmors to beheld
hold next week at Cincinnati , nnd after
wards moot his wife and Mrs. Hanly at Chicago
cage to take In the Woild's fair , prior to re
turning to his homo in California.
Kiiropeitii IlumtiiUconucD ,
Mr , and Mrs. Chi is Lobrand have returned
turned from n six months' visit with friends
and rel itives across the water , during vvhloh
tlmo thoj' visited Austria , Geimany , Bel
glum and Swlt/orland. It was the llrst tlmo
that Mr. Lobrand had been in Europe slnco
1885. and ho noticed n number of changes in
the larger cities , although theio was nothing
now to bo seen In the smaller tovuis and ag
rlcultuial dlstilcts.
He saw an unusually largo number of
Americans abroad , and found that greater
pains than over was being taken to cater to
the tourists from this country. English Is
spoken in nil the hotels , saloons , gardens and
other public places , and the Amcrl
can Is accosted In English whenever
greeted , as ho Is Invarlablj lecognlzed by the
cut of his shoes , oven if there is nothing
else about his garb sufllcicntly distinctive tc
betray his nationality. The Woild's fair is
the subject of a great deal of talk in the
fatherland , nnd Mr. Lobrand talked with
hundicds who Intended cowing to see Its
wonders. The deliberation of the foreigners
Impressed itself on the Omalian to n
greater dogioo than on the occasion of his
foiinor visit , and ho was several times un
able to conceal his Impatience when waiter :
allowed him to sit from ten minutes to hal :
an hour In order that they might finish con
vorsatlons In which they were engaged or
attend to other mat tors that might just as
well have waited a week.
It was the same when ho was In a hurry
to make n purchase to catch a train , and ho
was loft on moro than ono occasion. It did
no good to leave ono place and go to another
us it ns the custom of the country , and a !
business was conducted on the same slow
plan It was the same with rofeienco to
collecting what was duo , and the cuBtome
vv as frequently subjected to n tiresome wai
before being allowed to settle his bill or had
to go and look up a waiter or clerk If ho wa
iu u hurry to got away , Mr. Lobrand is no
of the opinion" that such implicit confldenc
In ono's follow men would work in this coun
try , and Is not auiprlsod that 10 many are
robbed of everything but tholr back tooth
and hope of heaven soon after their arrival
on this side of the pond ,
Busy peopio have 110 time , and scnsilo
people have no inclination to use pills that
make thorn sick a day for every dose they
take. They have learned that tbo use of
Do Witt's Llttlo Early Risers does not In
terfere with tholr health by causing nausea
pain or griping , Those llttlo pills are per ,
foot la action and rcsulto , regulating the
stomach and bowels so that headaches , dlz-
tineas and lassitude are prevented. They
cloauso the blood , clear the complexion and
ono up the systoai. Lots of health lo thoaa
littlefollpws. , j.
The Foremost Show of All This
ALL ITS REGAL SPIENQ9B.
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MME. M. YALE ,
The celebrated Iloiuty nnd Com
plexion Specialist of the Now Vork
nnu Chic ice Temples ot Iloiuuy
fnino , gives ono of her
On Beauty and the Couipluxlon at
ON MONDAY ,
JUNE 19
/It 2:3O p. jn.
Cordially Inv Itod to attend. Hei'uro
your boats at once. . Hundreds will Uo
turned away.
TICKETS FREE
at DoOfflco ot Theatre or thu Vale
Temple ot Uonuty , llooin mi 1C ir-
buch Illook , 13Hi and IJouglnx alt ,
Mmo. Yalo. the famous Queen of Iloanty ,
ever whom the whole world U now ravlnt , ' , will
appear for the 11 ret tlmo In Omnlin on Monday ,
Juno 10. She will ilollrorono of liar celebrated
, ooturo on Uonuty and the Complexion , Bhn
will toll Udloi with bud complexions how to
remove ovary blomluh from tholr Hkln and
loieli women the art ot bouomlng beautiful ;
how to bo restored to youth by removing
wrinkles and making lUbbjr llosh youthful
and llrm nicalnj how tholr fuocsaan ho made
round and plump ; Bray hair turned Imok
imturully lo Itflown color without dye ) the
( \yobrowa and Irishes m&cle to grow thlol. and
luxuriant ; superfluous hair destroyed , and
the buauty of expression cultivated by n sys
tem , Mme , Yule Is tbo only authority living
who has over successfully removed wrlnkloi
permanently , bho can take any face and
mold it Into perfect bounty.
HBR OWN FACE
li a roarvol of youth and boanty. At 10 nhe
looks as fresh and lovely as any young beauty
ofll
Mmo. Yale has opened a permanent branch
ot her Temple of Jloauty In this city , where
her famous remedies can bo found. Consulta
tion froo.
Ludles , remember Mmo. Yale's looturo will
bo f roo-no charKo for tickets.
MME. M : YALE ,
Uoauty aad Complexion Specialist ,
TEMPLE OF PEAI/TY ,
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We do not intend to go oul
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the entire line of choice goods
it wholesale prices and less.
We are showing" the largest
ine of pattern trimmed and
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York. $2.00 white French
chip hats reduced to 790. 500
sailor hats ; c. A beautiful
-no of children's hats , very
cheap , just received. A new
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Goods will be placed on sale
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