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8 , TIlE OMAI A DAILY BET : fL MONDAY , OO'J0BEH i 14 [ , 181) . un _ _
TOO MUCH 110011 l AT TiE TOP
, , Expenslvo Schol Supertrotues and
Neglected foundations ,
, DEMAND FOR ROOM AT TiE FOOT
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, , Al"I.lrlot" Opening or the College
Yelrllrrll.lllen nI Teachers
-Decndeuce or the Clltr ) '
School -L'ducatlonal N.tcl.
The tendency ot public school management
In recent year has been markedly toward
supplying the superstructure with all neces-
larlcs to the manifest neglect of the founda-
' . tlon . I Is particularly noticeable In the
Ir woeful lack
largo chic's , where there a
ot accommodations for children In primary
schools , while In the higher grades there Is
an abundance of room. This condition pro-
vokes sharp criticism. The press of Chicago
vigorously aDsals the system , which has
there reached the proportions of /a I public
scandal , and Insist on the equality of all
, pupils . , regardless of the educational stand-
Ing.
Ing.In
In Ibo public schools of Chicago there was
A total enrolment In 1894. of 220,10 pupils .
Of this number only 789 were registered
at the hhh schools and when the school
; year closed on June 28. 18G. the attendance
at the high schools had diminished consider-
ably. Prom these school , whIch cost for
maintenance $3GG,4G.lS , there were graduated -
ated 725 young men and young women ,
I These figures show an average cost for the
total enrolled number of $4G,07. and for the
graduateD of $50.4G. The number gradual <
was less than 3t per cent of the total school
attendance . and this was extraordinarily :
large. As agaInst thIs comparatively small '
( proportion of pupils on whom was expended I'
the sum of $3GG,000 was the great army of
r 143x02 In the primary and 49,91 In the
grammar grades , most of whom will never
leo mho Insde ! of a high schcol.
In other words nearly 20 per cent of the
Dchool funds of the city of Chicago last year
was spent In the hhh schools ant In special
studies , whlo only 3.8 Ir cent of the pupils
was enrolled In those 8chools. ChIcago has
a lower percentage of Its children In mho hhh
schools than any other largo city whose fig-
, J urea have been taken , excEpt St. Louis i
> . , Mlnneapol , hau 7G per cent Cleveland 6,9 , :
Boston 6,0. Cincinnati 4.4 , Milwaukee 4 , and
li Chicago but 3.8 per cent.
J I In the meantime , both In the buildings
ownrd by the city and the rooms rented for
o ant
I school purposea , there were but 18G,8tS aNts
to accommodate the 210,280 pupils , and , though
j there Is plenty ot room In the high schools .
14,432 pupils of the lower grades could 'not
, bo accommodated with seats so twice that
'
number had to bo put off with hal a day's
f' /chooln a day. When mho schools oenel
this fail thousands of children hal , to be
chlcren
h denied admission for lack of room.
f AN IMPORTANT EVENT ,
! I would hardly bo an exaggeration : to say
I ' . that mho opening of the collegiate year Is amore
more Important event than the opening of
, a session ot congress . says Harper's Weekly.
The growth of the Alilerlcan colleges In ,
numbers and , wealth during thc past thirty I
years has been one of the great facto In
our history. I has been accompanied by
a corresponding Increase In the influence of n
J collegiate life en poltcs and soclely. No
n other institution-religious , political , or social
; -has grown as the college has : I 1 fortunate
I to reflect that Its influence has been wholly
, , beneficial. wholy
I was at the beginning of what may be
,
: called the rresent era that the late 10rco
14 I Greeley appealed to a broad preJudice when
ho said : "Of all horned cattle . deliver me
from u college graduate. " If such
I frol 1 colcge I any ! preju-
dice still sun'h'cs , It does not show Itself
'
In s ( boastful a form. Any expressIon of
contempt for education Is now treated as n
I deflanco of common sense. The co\eg3 education -
caton at this country has vindicated Itself
I by the service It has rendered to the cause
ot good governmcnt. The college influence
has been clearly discernible In every movement -
ment to remedy the evils and abuses which
have called for reform.
reorm.
One of the characteristics of
characteristcs college life .
Bays Leslle's Weekly is the Increasing lnll' le.
Icndenec of the college studcut. He has
ceased to be a boy ; ho has become a man.
lIe now has the freedom of choosing hIs
studies to a large degree and Is not obliged
to follow a s'stel prescribed for him. lie
shols his manhood and his manliness In
the absence at tricks ! and the spirit of trlcll-
Iness. I Is no loner I mark of the ablest I
man to steal the tongue of the college bell ,
or to got a cow Into chapel ready for morning -
Ing prayers , or to bedaub the walls of the
recitation halls with outlandish pIctures. The
college man has become Independent , and has
also become , usually . a gentleman . I
The IntrOlucton at 'athletics ns a system ,
Is a second change In the order of college
life. For more than a generation foot bal
has been played In the American college , I
I and also for store than a generation gym-
nestle work has been done ; but It was nol
until within a few years that athletics have
hell the larga and strong place they now
hold . In the olllnion ef some this place Is
too large and too strong , and probably In
some Inltutonsthey do occupy too large a
place In the lives of the students. Ill on
the whole I lust ho acknowledged that
athletics have done more goo than harm.
A third characteristic ot the AmerIcan col-
lego life today Is Its increasing luxurious-
l a. I ] Is a well known and sad fact that
the cost of getting a college education Is now
far larger than I used . to be. 1 has Increased -
creased two or three feld. This Increase Is
sharply n part of the increased cost of American -
can living . I costs a family In New York
twice as much to live new ns It did before
time war. But 'It Is always to be said that
college life should net become luxurious. The
cost of college education should be kept as
low as posslblo. The scale of expenditure
i among the students should also be narrowed.
There should bo at least one place where
men should be measured , not by their wealth ,
nor by the luxuriousness of their apartments ,
nor by the elegance of their garments but
by theIr sheer and simple manhood The
j . American college could hardly do a better
thing for Amerlcal life than by In every
way seeking to lustrate the truth that the
great verities . the cardInal virtues , are the
supreme thIngs In life.
MARRIED WOMEN AS TEACHERS .
There Is one married woman leaching In
limo public schools of Kansas City out of a
total of 350 Instructors The rule with the
Board : of Education . says limo Kansas City
Star Is to not emllloy any married women
as tl'achers who are not over .15 year old
This regulation presupposes that women of
- that age have no pressing family lutes
which can Interfere with their professional
duties and that they are In n position to
give ( all at time attention to their school work
which Is required . This policy has been
adopted In St. Paul where the Hoard of EI-
Ilcaton has decided by a unanimous vote
not to employ married wdmen as tenchen
In the schools. The same rule has been established -
tablshcel In many other cities , after n very
thorough discussion of its expediency and
proprIety. School teaching Is into any other
buslne ! To pursue I with Successful and
satisfactory results the teacher Itlst > t hotel I
ns a primary consideraton amid m'ke other
mater subordinate to her calling . 1 I
scarcely possible for a woman with a famlll '
to do this. She may have all of the other
iuallleatons of a first-class teacher , but her
thought and care are bound 10 be divided .
and It ( Is only natural that her husband and
her chlhlren-If she be a mother-slmould be
the first objects of her concern. This lay
work severe hnrdshlll lu individual cases
where larrllll women are compelled to support -
port their families and where they have
been accustomed to doing thIs by teaching ,
but the custom which ) Is becoming general
, . In old at the large cites and towns , Is
founded upon good reasons and nol on the
anl
i .foolsh assumption that when a woman gels
married sie forfeits the prlvle o of doing
anything tor herself and I an Interloper If
6he attempts to compete with women who
are without conjugal protectors .
wihout conJujal Ilrotector.
.
INEFFICIENCY OF COUNTRY SCnOO.S ,
In a paper I In the October Forum John
Oilmen Speed attacks tbo country public
schools and contends that they have 80 deteriorated -
terlor3ted as to create as "illiterate and unlearned -
learned I a class of people lS can be found hi
any civilized stale lu the \orR" "The
3'l ' American farmer of two generations ago , "
I , he writes . "was I better educated ' man than
t I . Is tie American Lfmer at tOlla ) ' , No one
, . would ever have thought ot calling him a
; a peasant : he did not suggcst such I tlug
1
i his manner of life , poor though It wu ;
nor yet In his manner of thinking , though
that may have been narrow. Let any can-
1111 observer go into a neighborhood where
mho land has been tilled by the seine family
for generation and let him and a farm when
there are still three generations upon it. le
Is almost sure to and that those of the old-
eat generation can speak , write and think
with mOre acluracy than the second genera-
ton , and that the second generation will
chow more evidences of education than the
lhtrd This shows degeneration , and this degeneration -
generation can be directly traced to the decadence - :
cadence of the country public , schools , which !
now are really beneath discussion , were there
not a hope that by telling of theIr badness
some interest might be excited , and that
through this interest they might be Improved.
Wo do not want an Ignorant peasantry In
this country-we have no use for peanls.
But we are getting such a class . both by
importation and by 'breeding. The . city
schools are bad enough In nil conscience : the
principle which control their government Is
both false and corrupt , but they arc fountains
of light compared , with the country schools
that prevail In the United Stales today In
a country school , lS at present governed ,
the more a teacher knows the less 18 his or
her ability to accomplish anything , so those t
who are wise and politic do as little l possible - I
ble hoping thereby to escape the hostile :
Judgment of Ignorant school committeemen.
In a country district the clergymen , the phy-
sicans and time lawyers should be asked to
serve on the school committee , for len of
theSe professlns presumably have some cdu-
cation. Hut the noisy and disputatious village -
lago busybodies are usually those clmosen
There Is no use In refusing to look facts
squarely In the face , and the fact that coun-
try people-agricultural peopte-are growing
mere Ignorant generation by generation Is so
patent that instances or groups of lnslRnces
need not be recited to prove It. The mere
spading of more money on country schools
will not erect any reform. The states , for
a whlo at least lust take the school In
. "
rural districts under control
RILL STUDY AAIItlCA. , .
'hnt the Chn1tn"(11n . College 1"
Unclertnl'J.n to ) .
. The Chautauqua cole go Is making arrange-
ments for its third year's course of study
and lectures. Two years ago this institution
was organized by Mr. Crane and his coworkers -
workers at time First Methodist church 1
was a success from the starl. Many of the
most prominent men ot Nebraska and Iowa
delivered lectures before the college . and at
least two huudrel persons took up the course
of reading. The second year the success was
still more marked 1 Is expected that this
year will be the beat or all .
I Is called a college , not because It Is a
school but the word cole go Is used In Ls
merely col-
more general sense . meaning a
leelon of students. I Is designed to assist
and encourage all who wish to follow 1 S'S-
tcmatc course of useful reading. The name
Chautaulua In its title arIses from the fact
that the books of the C. I. S. C. are used as
. the course of readIng , these being selected
because they arc already prepared , and are
probably better adapted to the purposes of
general culture than any other that could be
chosn.
Although the college I held at the First
Methodist church I Is entirely undenomina-
tlonal . and very many of its members arc
not members of the church. Among those
who attend its sessions are many professional
men , school teachers , as well as mothers and
quite a sprinkling of working men. The In-
!
sttuton seems peculiarly adapted to catch
all those who wish to become better posted
on general culture , but who do nol care to
subject themselves to any , rigId currIculum or
exanmination.
1 Is designed , upon the most liberal scheme.
Its prospectus naively sets forth that there
are "no rules no constitution , no by-laws no
dues , no fees and' no qualifications as to
moral character. " The exercises of the ses-
sLns are divided Into two parts , the first
hour for reviews , questions and discussions
on the course of study , and the second hour
for a talk or lecture from soma representa-
tive man. The ' prospectus says :
Thil Is our plan.
A book and a mnn.
Among those who have addressed the sessions -
sins In the past arc George D lerron , Rev.
Leo M . I'ranklin , ex-Governor Crounse , Pres-
Ident Johnson of WyomIng State university ,
ex-President Quayle of Kansas ctty Presi-
dent King of Iowa college , William J. Bryan ,
E. Hosowater , Bishop Newman , Irs. Peatt (
Mrs . Keysor E. W. HaUon and Henry D.
Estabrook I will thus be seen that the
scope Is broad , , the aim being to bring the
m mbers Into touch with men and women
reprCentatve of all shades of culture and be-
lief
Time Institution Is as prosperous financially
as It Is educationally. In order to clear expenses -
penses for last year It secured Frank G.
Carpenter'o lectures for a final entertain-
fluent to which admission was charged , and by
this means paid all the expense of the year
and cleared a few hundred dollars besIdes.
Time books of this year are 'Hi ten simply
enough , so that anyone wih a comlon
Ichool education can easily understand hem
I Is distinctly a. popular ceurse. "The
Growth of the American Nation . " by H. 1
Juel'n , professor ot political science In the
University of ChIcago , leads the list . Then
follows "Tho . Industrial Evolution at the
United States . by Carrel D. Wright United
States commlsslonlr of labor ; "Initial Studies
In American Letters , " by I. A. Beers pro-
fesRor of English literature In Yale : "Some
b'Irat Steps In Human Prepress " by Prof.
Frederick Star at the University of Chicago
anti "Thinking , Feeling . Doing , " by E.V. .
Scrlp'ure . dlrec'or of the psychloglcalla\or-
tory of Yale.
There wi bo n meeting for organization
at the First Methodist church next Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock , to which all who , are
Interested are invited. here the plans will
be moro fully discussed , and the books themselves -
selves will be on . exhibition. The public gen-
eral Is invited. Arrangements will be
made by which member of this college can
obtain the books at much cheaper rates than
usual
Ednentlonnl Notes.
New Yorll's night schools this year will
have 40,000 pupils.
Tim St Paul school board has decIded that
no woman who has a husband able t sup-
port her may be employed as a te cher.
I Is proposed to introduce Into the public
schools or Canada regular inspection of the
teeth of all pupils by experts appointed for
the purpose
The Iowa State Normal school enrolled 8n
students the first of the present school year ,
and the total enrollment will reach 1,000
There are now twcnt-elght persons In the
foCUI ) . .
The official list of the Catholic university
nt Washington has been Increased by the
addition of registrar. ThE first incumbent of
mho position Is I' . N. Robinson , a son of
Prof. Robinson of the faculty of soclar
sciences Mr. Robinson Is a graduate of
Yale , In the class ot 'S6 , and of Yale law
school.
In no other country In the \'orld Is there
so much money appropriated by private
citizens to the cause of education as In the
limited States And a ! R result there wee
gathered during . time past year Into our
schools , colleges and universities 15,530,268
of the youth of our land. This Is equal to
nearly one . fourlh of our entire population.
Dy order of the New York Board of Health
the use of slates slate pencils and sponges
has bean discontinued In the schools ot that
city. Pens and lead pencils will bo used
hereafter and they lust not be transferred
from one pupil to another This Is to pre-
vent limo Interchange of dlseaso germs. Prop-
only left by a chili sick with a contagious
disease must , bo rlslnfectell or destro'ed.
Books taken to their homes by pupils must
be covered once a month with brown mania
paller. Places for drlnlln water on the
ground floor of school houses wi be abolished
and covered pitchers will be provided for each
classroom. Every pupil wi ) have a numbered -
bered cup mind the Interchange of cups Is pro-
hrblleh
Olnhn School Notes .
Miss Sanford of the Igh school has been
quite seriously Ill for several dR'S. She Il'
reported better .
Miss Mary E mln has been transferred
to Fort Omaha and lss Robertson tG the
Central scheol
: lr , Broadhurst , Janitor of the Walnut 11
sclmool has received serious Injuries by failing -
Ing from a stepladder.
The recent changes at Dog heave Miss
: lro ) In charge ot Hlxtb grade , while Miss
dean hn a first grade.
Miss Junlo C. Fair , the training teacher
at Mason . w ap detained from her duties by
Illness I pat at last week.
In Ihysleal , culture Illeet 01 Saturday even-
1nl : A teacher 11 much needed for an
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.
enthualaUe group who wish to devote their
energies to Inglah conversation ,
Mr A. 1. Tukey , ex-Superlntenllent Marble
and Superintendent Peano were visitors at
the I.throp thool Wednesday
The ninth and tenth grades hue held
clan meetings all perfected arrangements
for the le8'n'l rhetorical work
Oon Friday the senior high school class
held ita frt rhelorlcals. One of the beat
essays was that of Mica Josephine Deli.
Music wu her theme ,
" The ninth grade hal selected Mr. Woolery
u class teacher , white the tenth has bestowed -
stowed that honor upon Miss Towne . The
clan teacher ha charge of the class during
ito . debates , discussions and clan meetings .
Superintendent Peare , Principals Mc-
Shane , lamlton , Newton and others were
In attendance at the slate superintendents'
and principals' meeting , which was hell In
LIncoln Saturday Mr learo and ! n' .
Newton bore a part In the program.
Miss Ilast of Cass has been sent to Pacific -
cific and Mist' Smith , one of the assigned
teachers , Is temporarily without a position.
Miss ness Skinner , one of the cadets In the
city training school , departs In a few days
for Chicago to attend the Cook County
Normal school
Many of the teachers are entering time
classes DOW organizing under time auspices of
the Young Women's Christian association.
The list for German , under Miss Wallcr of
the High school , 1 ! not yob complete. The
orchestra starts under promising circum-
stances Eight have already begun practice.
More violins are needed Miss Harper's class
The Park school contests In writing con-
timme . Formal challenges were sent last
week by the sIxth to the fifth grade. Tlese
challenges were very unique The fifth
grade , however , won thlt time. Tha sixth
grade pupils , while accepting defeat with
grace declare themselves unconquerable and
cry the chalignge for next week to be one
not of slates and pencils but of pen and InkS .
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SOUTH OMAHA NEWS 3
ececcCCCOtccoe
The most important matter which will come
before the city council at Its session this
evening will be the Rwardlng of contracts
for the repairs of the L street and the Q
street viaducts.
At the last meeting three bids were opened
but no contract was let. Doth brIdges arc In
such shape now that something must be done
at once In order to prevent serious accidents.
The planking on both viaducts Is In very
bad shape and could last ] but a little while
longer. On the Q street bridge nearly one-
hal of the flooring Is lees and many of the
planks are warped all out of shape and are
from two to six Inches above the roadbed at
the leaSe ends. I Is a wonder that horses
crossing In the night have not stumbled and
fell before Ihls. Councilman les said yesterday -
terday that below the rotten plank which Is
exposed the timber supports are rotten , and
the whole brLdge needs Immediate attention -
tion .
ton.Tho
Time L street bridge Is In better shape than
the other but needs some repairs before winter -
ter sets In.
School Property for 1'oNtolilee Site .
At a special meeting of the board of Edu-
caton held ] Saturday evening I was decided
to dig the old well nt the east Albright school
deeper and try to gel along thL' wInter with
thE supply a deeper well would furnish A
contract was let for the work , the contractor
agreeing . to dig unt 10 struck water or 10
pay.
pay.Merars. . Cheek . Talbot and Slate were appointed -
pointed a commitee to draft a bid for the
saletof clraf 'rs'bidmy
sale of the school property at ' ' my sixtlm
and l streets to the government for a post-
olce site. The board Is very anxious to dispose -
pose of this property as hy so doing the
running expenses of the schools could be paL' ]
without additional taxation and a nest egg
for a new High school building bo secured
Magic City Gossip ,
A number of SOUCl Omaha people ! will go
out to Papllon today to attend time McCarty
trial. . ' I ,
Jack Hughes tel last nIgh on Twpnty-
fourth street and broke his left leg just above
t'ne anllle
At the First Methodist church yesterday
forenoon time newly appointed pastor ] He\
Winship preached his Introductory sermon.
Mr and Mrs , D. E. Hnwley have returned
from their wedding trip and have moved In
street. n pretty ! cottage at 75 North Twenty- fh
Miss JessIe Brown Crommett will give a
rectal at the First Methodist church this
averring , which will be followed by q musical
11rogram. .
ChIef Drennan yesterday ordered the front
doors of saloons to be kept close and loclted.
The thIrsty were , however , permitted to enter
a side or rear Iloor.
A large number of Omaha und CouncIl
Bluffs Germans were present at Saenger hnl
last evening to witness the presentation at
time "Daughter of the Heglment" by local
talent. .
I1ev David R. Kerr president of the Bellevue -
vuo college , delivered a sermon at the First
Presbytelnn church yesterday forenoon. In
the evening the pastor Ilev Dr. Wheeler ,
preached on "I or 110 . to Ltve Is C'rlst. "
IIO3iFi IUI.UJXU JX O L\IA ,
Xlmber .r Pretty houses In Course .r
lireetlou.
In spite of the dull times a large number
of attractive and substantial 'Iouses are beIng
built In Omaha to be occupied . by the owners.
While a number of these residences are being
erected In time north and west parts of the
city , the building Is more particularly noticed
on the south side. There arc no . less than
seven fine residences In course at erection
erecton
between Harney street and Hanscom park
One of the most expensive Is that of Mr.
Fred Metz on Twenty-eighth street near
Howard the inside finish being as fine ns In
any residence In the city . Much less pretentious -
tentous. but even more artistic . Is trio cot-
tago beIng built on limo corner of Twenty-
seventh and Howlrd by ! r. H. I. Hlrder ,
In the building of which ! r. Harder has incorporated -
corporated 1 number of Ideas obtained during
the summr from photographs and personal
Inspecton of the newer seashore cottages. .
The Interior nlsh Is quarter sawed white
oak while nearly the whole of the exterior
will bo covered with shingle stain.
A little fnrther south on Georgia avenue
Is nearing completion time beautful $10.000
residence of Mr John ICnox ! r. Knox has
spared no money to make his home substan-
tlnl and comfortable , and withal I Is exceedingly -
excee-
Ingly attractive. Mr. Johnson I erecting a
homo Immediately north of Mr. Knox , which
while not so expensive us that of the later ,
will be a credit to Georgia avenue that street
of pretty homes.
About n block further north , on Parlt avenue -
nue , Is the still IncompJeted home of Mr
Draper Smith Mr. Smith's location ! Is most
fortunate because of its elevation and surroundings -
roundings while the house gives every evl-
deneo of first class construction and
nment Irt conslructon Ind arrange-
Mr. AIl Mslant auditor ot the nurling-
ton . Is building among time trees on Thirtieth
avenue within a stone's throw of Ifanscom
lanscom
park , This house wi. cost about $ ,000 , and
for tastefulness In arrangement as well as In
outside elevations can scarcely be equaled In
Omaha for the money.
A beautiful residence alto Is that selected
by John Forbes for his homo at time northwest
corner of Hanscom park Mr. Forbes Is com-
plelng a beautiful cottage . home.
That Joyful FCl'ln
With the exhiaratng sense ot renewed health
and strength and Internal cleanliness . , which
follows the use of Syrup ot Figs ; , Is unknown
to the few who have not progressed beyond
the alI time medicines and the cheap substitutes -
tutes sometimes offered but never accepted
br the well informed. '
f
CII . \ 1.\'I'BS sou'rir
0.101 ( States IxpoNilon nt AUnntn.
Tickets now on sale through Chicago via
Pennsylvania Short Line Ask agents selling -
Ing to Chicago for tickets over this through
route via Cincinnati and Chattanooga . or
apply to Dering , 248 South Clark st. , Chicago.
.
There was only one National wheel In the
boys' race Saturday lt Council bluffs , and
as usual cams out first. The popular West-
er Union messenger , Ihlph Drown , was the
lay who redo I. .
Dr , Dley , dentist , . l'uton block
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Columbia Mcta Polish . Cross Gun Co
MEETNG om - SWlCI lN 1
rlrst Annual Gnthong of the Now Orgn-
lato'odny ,
RULES AND POLCYMBEO BE DETERMINED
- I
OrntU'ln . Oret.t& .r the llulome 11' '
the Lust \.nr.II'.r Ole lunJrclI
Dch'lnte. Jhxprcted-Grnud
h."tcr Su-.n. ' ) ' Talks .
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The nut annual convention of the
Switchmen's Union of North America will
bo held In Creighton hal In this city , beginning -
ginning today. As much of the future suc-
cess of the organization will depend on the
results of this convention , its proceedings
will be watched with more than the ordinary
Interest by the railroad workers , and espe-
chilly the switchmen of the United States
and Canada
The Switchmen's union Is yet I young or-
ganizaton , When time gavel ot Grand Master
Sweeney falls at CreIghton hall this morning
It will mark the frt anniversary of its existence
Istence and Inaugurate the proceedings which
are to determine the lines the unIon Is to
follow. When time old Swllchmen's Mutual
Aid association was disbanded a year ago
last July the switchmen of this continent
were left without that thorough and enthusi-
astc organization which hud always taken
time lead In the effort to advance the Interests
of railroad employee . nut It vat' but a few
months before the most prominent and conservative -
servatve elements of the old association met
In Kansas City and proceeded to form the
nucleus ot a new organization. This was
maInly founded on the seine principles which
had guided the old union , but there was
added an element of cons r'atsm which was
the product of the experience of the former
organization .
GROWTH OF A YEAR.
In the sIngle year that has lapsed sInce
this reorganization the Switchmen's union
bas attained a prominence which promises to
equal If not surpass the prestige of the old
Mutual Aid The beginnIng at KalHJs City
has spread into an organization which coves
nearly all the principal cites of the United
States and Canada There Ire now seventy-
five lodges , with 0 total membership of 6.000
switchmen , and Secretary Dougherty has
now In his possesl'on ' : the applications of 100
other cltel' where lodges will be formed as
soon as the reports which will be rendered
to the present convention signify that the
new organization has come to stay. Just
how long the delegates will be occupied J.
Omaha Is a mater of conjecture There Is
much .hnportant business to be accomplished.
H Is expected that the convention will be In
l'sslon for this greater part of the week , and
It may require ten days to satisfactorily ad-
just all the questions that demand consider-
ation.
The most important matter that will come
before time convention will be limo movement
to Include nn Insurance system In the
features of the organization. The old aNa-
caton was an lnslnco organization . but
when the union was organIzed last year the
leaders felt that it. would not be wise to attempt -
tempt loa much the first year. Consequently
the mater of Insurnce was left for future
consideration . H Is believed that time general
sentiment of the delegates will bO In favor
of Insurance . Whether It 19 to bo optional
or compulsory will depend on the view
which will be represented by the delegates
These are all instructed by their lodges and
the future policy ot the union In this respect
will he moulded by jle opinions of a majority -
joriy of Its members as presented by their
delegates.
Most of the delegates came In on yester-
day's trains , but , quie a number ere not expected -
'pccted until some time tOdny. .I Is expected
that ' there will bo about 125 delegates In all .
The headquarters of the general officers Is at
the Millard hotel \whero \ nearly all of them
are rcglt rel. sThd'.presenti ofcers of the
unIon arc : Grand master l D. Sweeney
Jersey City , N. J. : vide grand master M. H.
Conlnn , Kansas City . Kan.1 ; secretary and
, treasurer John Douglmerly Kansas City , Mo
The board of directors consists or F. D. Mar-
tnbee , La Crosse , 1Vis. , chairman ; I. C.
Nelson , IanEs City , Mo. , secretary and M.
H. Welch Omaha.
GRAND MASTER IS 'SANGUINE.
Grand Master Sweeney was among the
oMcials who arrived ycster < ay. le Is enthusiastic -
thuslnste over the success wllclm had marllel
the first year of the new organization and
believes that the Switchmen's union ( will de-
\elop Into a greater power than the old organization -
ganization . "It Is only a question of time , "
said Mr. Sweeney "when we will regain all
the prestige that perished with the old asso-
elation n year and a hal ago. Wo have
been recognized by many of the leading railroads -
roads and have already won some great vic-
tories for our members. As soon as t'IO
switchmen of the country become sats CI
that wo mean business and that we are successful -
cessful they will all hasten to joIn us . and J I
look for a tremendous gain during the com-
Ing year . The fact that wo have progressed
as we have In n year when many switchmen
have been out of employment and the burden
of the hall tines ) has ben tel on every
hand , and by the railroads and their employes
most of all , Is sufficient gratification. I anticipate -
ticipate a very Interesting convention , although -
though nlls Is at a season when It Is dltcult
to obtain n full representation of delegates.
The crops are beginnIng to move and limo railroads -
rai-
roads need every switchman In their employ.
I has been almost impossible for the dell
gates to get . but count
! t away we on a fairly
full representation of the lodges In this coun-
try. I Is doubtful whether the Canadian
delegates will be able to come In any
number "
Grand Master Sweeney Is proud of time fact
that the new union 51as not yet had a strike
lie says that It proceeds on the principle
that mono Is to bo gained by arbitration than
by striking . and the experience of the first
year has tended to confirm that opinion In
cases where there were differences between
the railroad companies and the union the
matter was arbitrated . and In ever case so far
the swichmen have In the end obtained all
they demanded. Mr. Sweeney Is of time opinIon -
Ion that a law will bo passed at the coming
session of the national legislature which will
compel the corporations to submit all differences . -
al .lrer-
cnces between themselves and their employes
10 arbitration , and that the day of strikes
strlws
with their disastrous consequences . both to
employer and employed + . Is - practically over.
. \ Silent \I'IH'nl for help .
When your kidneys and bladder are Inac-
tvo they are making a silent appeal for help.
Don't disregard H , Lut wih Itosletter's
Stomach Bitters safely Impel them to activity.
They are In Immediate danger and It Is foolhardiness -
hardiness to shut one's eyes to the tact De
wise In time . too : if you experience manL-
testatons of dyspepsia . malaria , rheumatism .
constipation or nerve troublo. The Bitters
before a meal adds zest to It.
Yonng :1fnH.I"tUltc ! Social. .
Carrel council No. 11 , Young Men's Institute -
stitute . Is bestring , itself and planning a
variety of entertaInment for members durinG
time lengthening evenings of fall and winter.
A musical smoker' Is on the card for next
Tuesday evening and on October 23 the see
end of its series , of ! nvitaton socials will be
given , at Crelghtonl Imall . .
The district deputy ot the Young Men's
Institute visited Liutceln a week ago yesterday -
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day at the requetcot the local Catholic club
to explain the principles ! and purposes of the
Young Men's Institute. The Lincoln club desIres -
sIres to affiliate with a national club all I.
likely to become a council of the Young Men's
Institute .
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Scarlet Pe'cr Signs tl' ,
The prevalence of scarlet fever or any
other contagious disease need not alarm you
I you use Allen's hygienic Fluid . I Is
time Ideal preventive medicine-cleansing ,
purifying and healing . No household should
be without 1t.
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'PAWTUCKIT , n. I. . Oct. 13-V.'illlam P ,
Donnely of this city started to walk tram
here to Sacramento , Cal. , a distance ot
3,0 miles . at 12:30 : o'clock. The stlrt was
made from the city hall . and the distance
must be covered within elcht-two days , on
1 wager ot $ ,0 made with I Providence
newspaper. The conditions nlF Include thlt
he shall trundle a wheetbarrw the entire
distance lie expects to reach his destine-
ton before Christmas - - - . .
For beauty , for comfort . for Improven.ent
ot the complexion use only Pononl's l'ew-
der ; there Is nthing to equal I.
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A1t'I'IIMt'S , \ 1 \ ' " 'ut"J'I ,
'The ' . I'nrt lie Took lu UI"rl""IIII at I
the ' . ' .
Xnr'uT Lyeennt.
Some new yarns come down from Oxford
county , relates the Lewiston ( Mo. ) Jour- i
nal , concerning the gentle and , 'hlmslal
showman , Artemus Ward , whoso life was an
exemplfcaton of his pet motto ; "P. S.-
U skratch ml back & 10 skrntch ures. " 1)r.
O. N. Dradbury of Norway In hunting among
his paper recently discovered the manuscript -
script of an article that was contributed to
the Cartharlan ll , a Norway Lyceum paper ,
by Charles J'arrar Drown ( ArtemuB Ward ) .
le was at that lima a student nt the Nor-
way Liberal institute , eking out his scanty
means by working In the Advertiser office .
The sketch In Dr Drallbury's possession
II a mock advertisement , and I Is undoubt-
edly Artemus War ' / frt humorous contri-
button to any publication . The young stu-
dent had two slal reels back of the large
room use by the Advertiser. These reels
were poorly finished and poorly furnished ,
being qUlo guiltless of paint and without
carpets. The windows were covered with
oM nt.wspaper for curtaine' . and upright
board matched together took the place of
lathing and plastering A small second-
ball cook stove , a rude affair of an uuccr
taln age , was used for warming purposes
and also for cooking In a modest way , n part
of the time at least.
fie saved expen's , as many other country
boys did at that time . by boarding himself.
One leg of the stove hall been broken , but
was carefully supplemented by pieces of
brIck. ThIs arrangement of surroundings
appeared to satisfy the student qulo well.
I made little difference to him , as his old
schoohnates will remeutber whether the
legs of his trousers were outside of hIs boots
or In them Tipped well back In his chair ,
wih his boots on the table was thE favorite
attitude , and he always appeared quite oblivious -
lvious of his surroundings .
lie had an easy hapP-go-luellY way , and
a drawl In speaking that were inimitable .
I he spoke on the question In lyceums he
was quite sure to take a humorous view of
the sUbject and was original In hIs method
of conducting the argument. Young Drown
had participated In these debates only I
c'hort time when his humorous melhos of
discussing the question and the unexpected
fanciful turns he oren gave the debates
were so appreciated by the citizens of Nor-
way that large audiences assembled when
debnters. Charlie Brown was announced as one of the
On the evenings when the debates were
held he would lounge Into the hal quito
early , and after greeting his moro Intmate
friends , take one of the three woden-bot-
tomed clmairs . and placln It upon the raised
platform , which extended along the north end
of the hal , sit down. In a short time he
would tip his chair so as to balance I upon
time hind legs , with his shoulders against
the partition , and with his left tot en the
front round at the chair , his right leg crossed
aver his left knee , and arms folded upon his
breast sit almost motionless during the
evening , except when ell upon to participate -
pate In time debate.
As no other student except the president
sat on this platform , thIs peculiarity of
Charlie Drown was quite noticeable. The
more mischievous students often tried schemes
wih strings and wires to , lip over his chair ,
but they never caught him napping . When
hIs turn como to speak ho would lounge out
to time mIddle of the platform , where hE
would face his audience and , In his peculiar ,
easy , careless manner begin his argument.
The other students stood between the aisles
among their audiences when speaking , so
that Charlie Drown's more conspicuous posi-
lion on the raised platform was another noticeable -
tceable oddity.
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Death Ir C. U. ( Lain .
Mr H. A. Doul received word yesterday
ot the death ot his father , C. H. Doud , lt
his homo In Scranton .
, Pit , Saturday even-
. Deeenperl was well known to mammy In
this city , where ho resided with his son for
many months of late years . He was over
i8 years of age . and celehrated his golden
wedding II Omaha tour years aco.
Ollenil/ i' : I. C. A. Night School.
This evening ia I E. Chancellor , pres
Ident of the Lincoln PolytechnIc institute ,
delivers the address at the openIng ot the
oponlnM
night pehool ot the Young Men's Christan
nssaclatiou . The high School Mandolin and
Guitar club will play Miss Mae Robinson
will sing anti the Instructors will be 'ire-
ented the students. \lrC- \
! ( to The public Is invited
to attend.
l'gISOX1'I.0IAIIS. .
Del Akin of Atkinson I ! at the Ier-
chnnts. '
Mr. C. E. Wilkins , Philadelphia , Pa , Is a
Barker guest.
, S. Finned . hamburg . Ia. , cattle dealer , Is
at the Paxton
P. I. Gllcres . lumber merchant of ] { carne -
ne ] , Is at the Paxton
J. A. Harris . banker of Broken Dots . Is
registered lt time Paxton
Mr. and Mrs Charles Miigan of Lincoln
are guests al the Arcade.
S. I' . Drouglmlon state grain inspector SI
Joseph , Is a Murray guest.
John Sparks cattle shipper and capitalist .
Reno , Nev. , Is at the Paxton
J. G. Oxnard of the Oxnard beet sugar tac-
tory , Norfolk , Is at the Millard.
Daniel F. Angleme U. S. A. . and Irs.
Angleme are guests at the Paxton
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Droclo ant George W.
Samnmts manager are at the 1urray.
Thirteen members of the "On the Bow-
ery" company are domiciled at the Darker.
John C. Fox and John I. Conroy and two
member of their company are lt the Del-
lone.
lone.G.
G.V. . lul , Pullman conductor on the
Burlington from Omaha to Denver hI at the "
Dellone.
George W. Gray of time firm of G. W , Gray
& Co . Chicago , undertakers' goods , to a
Murray guest.
I Ben B. Bryan of the grain firm of Logan
: & Co . Chicago , formerly an Omaha broIler ,
Is st the Murray.
W. I. , May ot the State Fish commIssion ,
accompanied by Mrs. May . left yesterday for
a ten days' tip to Chicago and vicinity.
M. T. Jaquth , Interested In Immigraton
and Irrigation enterprises In wester Col-
orado , Grand Junction . Cole . Is I Paxton
guest
Mrs. P. H. Cook wife of the chief bill
clerk of the Union Pacific freight office , and
his mother , have returned home ] after a delightful -
lghtul trip to Colorado
Mr. Manly Phillips . manager and treasurer
of the Conroy & Fox company , and eleven
members of "O'Flarlty's Vacation , " arc mullIng -
Ing the Darker their headquarters
T. W. Blackburn returned yesterday from
a six weeks' trIp to California , called there
by the illness of his wife . Mrs. Backbur Is
much Improved In health , but will be oblLoel
to remain at Pasadena , the pretest suburb
of Los Angeles , until spring.
XehrnHI"'H It thc lintels.
At the Dellone-R . 1. Nesbit , Oakdale ;
Ed F. Gallagher . O'Nellj ; Arthur Brown ,
Julian .
At the Merchants-J . A. Berger Rushville :
\V. S. Jackson , Joseph II. Yeast Valentine :
I' . Carrel , Stanton. Vllentne
At the Paxton-To D. Hard , Central City ;
Charles J. Grable Crwford ; 1" . ' 'lernlY
and daughter Dro ! ten Dow.
At the Barker-Henry Levi Howarll Pike ,
Oeor6e B. Ralston , E . S , Branch , Lincoln ;
Oeorle McGinnis . Ja5tngs ; John Dlxen
Kearney : William H. Calmill . Georlo E.
Baird , Grand Island
warded
Highest Honors-World's Fair1
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IAMN6
COST
POWDIR
MOST PERFECT MADE.
A pure Grape cream of Tartar Powder , rote
from Ammonia , Alum or any other adulterant ,
40 YEARS THE STANDARD.
ELEVEN DOLLARS
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On 0 half llozen or tables on the 10in floor lay S klnt ! or benutlt
men's suits nt $1.0. Unfortunately ) ' Wl' lutven't Immure space for each ! ,
thul n complete hue or sizes ; otherwise we could crowd n dozen tables
wih the nmount that hay In the storeroom above. .
Each suit Is entirely foreign to the next "I far nf color , style , pnt-
tern h'llmlng and cloth I ! concm'Itl. Nneh phased through n different -
nlHnltltcturer , nud chop witnessed a battle between our big-brained
buyer millet the one who offered it fur sale.
No one ever saw a better one for $ . 0.00 , this season or 8113' Season
previous , end there never his ilcelt It season thus far when we could
offer aS Food a suit tot' ; 11.OO ; us good lit cloth , fu lining , i1 trhntuing ,
ill lnllonIng ,
41ud here is time list of van 013' , sultable even for the Most faslidl-
oils. A hhacl : serge , sgntti'c cut'sutek , sntlmi striped ( miring , satlit plpiag ,
nrtistically draped.
A uuitllle weave ht cheviot ( curly ) , of chmorolate brown , sack fulslm-
fou , satin piping , fancily 1u'rnuged-I1 button cutaw'ny , long sack ,
t A phmcliecked ( blue badtgrouud ) worsted , excehicutly demiped , tailor
famsh1ID11 , 1 httlton clttm11vay suck-
_ A brown real Scotch cherlot , 1nlimin ( lining , t
An tumlhiislmed worsted ( black ) , shtiu brenstcd.
And other prettily designed amferihl , with triunnings to harmoulye ,
A prettier collection of'Fnily 11e1''r kept company beneath nary roof
shclhtrlag mi clothieg store , and $20,00 never botlghlt a better stilt.
llut the ] nighty lull mysterious Nebraska sells tlicai at v 11,00 , end
yoli Save $0,00 or more , Take tt peep at 'eut ,
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NO PLACE ON EARITH
Offers greater cedvantaggs to the tntelllgent settler. One-half the work
you now do here will give four times the results in lhla wonderfully pro-
duntlve country' . Twenty to forty acres in this land of pleny is enough
to work anti iii sure to mnlco you money , Do the work and the results are
setured ; there le no such thing as failure , 'rho people are friendly ; schools ,
churches newspapers , are plenty ; railroad facilies line anti a soil whose
rlrbness Is unsurpassed all Invite time enterprlsing man who wants to better -
ter his own condition and that of his family ,
Two tuld'rho-cu Caos Cnn be Successfully Crown the
5unc Ycur
Timber is abundant-Lumber la cheap-Fuel costs nothing-Cattle are easily
raised and fattened-Grazing is line all the year.
CLIMATE I
Is healthy and delightful' land and sea breezes end cool nlghtn. 'Tho mean
temperature is 42 to GO degrees. Time average rainfall is 50 inches , No
satreme of hmcat or cold ; sulllclent ruin for all crepe ,
20 TO 40 ACRES
properly worked snakes you more money and makes it easier than the best
60-acre farm In the west. Garden products are a wonderful yield and ail
ring big prices. Strawberries , peaches , plums , apricots grapes , pears ,
figs , early apples , in tact all small fruits , are sure and profitable crops.
NO DROUTIIS , NO IIOT WINDS ,
NO FLOOD , NO IIEATED TERMS ,
NO BLIZZARDS , . NO COLD SNAPS ,
NO LONG COLD WINTERS. NO CROP FAILURIS.
The great fruit growing and vegetable raising district of the South. A
soil that raises anythmhmg that grows and a location from which you roach
time markets of the whole country. Your fruits and gnrfien truck sold on
the ground and placed In Chicago SL Louie and Now Orleans nmarketa in
12 to 24 houra.-In this garden spot of America ,
The Most Equable Climate iii America.
Orchard Homes
The most carefully selected lands in the beet fruit and garden sections .ve
now offer in tracts of ten to forty acres at reasonable prices and terms to
those who wish to avail themselves of the wonderful resources of time country -
try now attracting the great tide of immigration.
0 TO 40 ACS
In that marvelous region with its perfect climate and rich soil if properely
worked will make von more money and make 1t faster amid caster than the
beet 160-acre farm In the west. Garden products are an Immense yield and .
bring big prices all the year round , email berrles , apricots , plumns , peaches ,
pears , early apples , figs , oranges-all Irulta-ar5 an early and very
profitable crop.
GO SOUTH. GO SOUTH
This is your opportunity. The people are friendly ; schools efficient ; news-
papere progressive ; churches liberal , The enter rlcfng man who wants to
better the condition of himself and hls tam'ly ' , a ould Investigate this matter -
ter and he will be convinced. Carefully selected fruit growing and garden
lands In tracts of 10 to 20 acres we 'now offer on liberal terms and reasonable
prices. Correspondence solicited ,
CEO.V. \ . A11ES , General Agent
1617 Farltaln St. , Omaha , Neb.
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You Think It Is
Else.
The "why"of the bad feeling iS
what puzzles you. It is easy to imagine - 0
agine so many causes ) when the -
real one is indigestion. You think
it's something else , The cure is
Ri pans Tabules. A single one
gives relief. Ask your druggist.
Ripon. Tabule.t 6otd by druggists , or by mafl
If the price Ito cents a box ) ma sent to The Ilt-
pans CIemtcau Cmnpaoy , No. 30 Spruce at , . N , 1' .
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DIRECT FROM THC TANK.
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I ,4o ) toter A'o Steam. ice A + mglnrrr.
III ' lie-I Powcr for Corn timid Food Mills , Bnlinjf
ha ) ' , ItmunlugCrentuerlesSeparators6. ,
' OTTO GASOLINE ENGINES
Statio or Portable. iA
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