THE OMAHA DATLV 1VRE : S1TNDAV , NOVEMBER S , 189G.
CKOWTIl OF KIXDEIICARTEXS
"Increase in Omaha Apparenty at the F.i-
pcnso of the Primary Grade.
CUT OFF WITH ONLY HALF A DAY'S ' SCHOOL
III OvprtvorUInif Primary
Tcnctivm n Well n to HIP
l > > -lrliiii'iil of llic Lit
tle ! ) . .
I
Evr ! nee the opening of th" Omaha schools i
! n September the unnatlsMrtory condition of
the prwcnt arrangement for teachers and ,
pupil * IIM bwome more itml more ap
parent. Tl.l * U especially true with rela
tion to the lower gtadet. the first Krado and
the kindergarten The dtesa'lofucilon with
the arrwimrroenu which have been made for
the inching of these- grader has been sho.-n
by thu fact that In a number of Instances
parents have taken their children from the
schools and either sent them to private In-
HtltutltttH or kept them at hntuo altogether.
The reason for this seems to be the forcing
of tbe children Into rooms T hlcU are over
crowded , the lengthening of the hours of
Instruction , the doubling < t of classes , and
In many cages , the assignment to one
teacher to one class In the mornliiK and
another class In the afternoon The rwil !
his iic-n that the pupils In the first grade
In manj of the schoni * have been rom-
polled to get along with only half a day's
schooling and to spend the other half daj.
cither morning or afternoon. Idling away
their Minn on the streets or neglecting their
studies at home.
Thorc are also n great v.any complaint ;
on the part of the toaih"rs but the teachers
nre afraid , apparently In Rive expression to
their grievances There ts a general feelIng -
Ing that the primary grade teachers are
overworked and that they * ro not able lo
bring forth the best results In the puplU
In thlr rharge. but there Is a sort of fear
resting upon them that , If they complain ,
they will Injure their own standing with
the schotd authorities In wcalelng about
the conditions v hlch exist In their schools ,
both principals and teachers Insist that their
names shall not be quoted In connection
* lth * h.u they say. and the Information
which they have given has been given on
the express condition that its sources will
ho withhold from the public
FAVORING THE KINDERGARTEN
V" There Is an utmost general Impression
V"S that the kindergarten Is being favored at
S the expense of the remainder of the schools
that the kindergarten children who are given
' it at the
a whole dij's Instruction receive
expense of .the children of the prlmarj
grades , who are allowed to attend uchool
only half R day , and that the kindergarten
Is not giving the results , comparativelj
speaking , which the same money would
bring if expended In perfecting the In
struction In the other grades. On the
other hand there are over fottj-two prl
marj grades where the children are given
only a half daj s schooling and fort j-two
teachTa who are doubling up by Instruct
Ing one class In the morning and another
class In the afternoon. Of thec five hav ?
to teach ono class in the morning at one
school and ai.other In the afternoon at an
other school often Interfering with theli
punctually , and sometimes even forcing
them to eat their lunches In the street cars
as they go from one place to another One
prlimrj teacher has only one-half day's
work with a single < law ) , with a corresponding
spending part of a teachers salaij' .
There are a number of facts and figures
which go to show that the Kindergarten has
bce > n fostered at tbf evpcn e of the othei
brandus of the public schools Take for
example the matter of sehool rooms devoted
to the use * of the klntergarten and the fl'st
grades. The following table will show the
total number of school rooms In the cltj and
the number devoted to kindergarten pur
poses for a period of five jcars past :
BCHOOI. KOOMS
KOOMSTirol
Tirol Klncler-
Ye-ir Total OraJe. e rtcn _
" ' " " " " "
1S03-1S'H".S'I ! ! ! ! ' 1 $
JWMSM 3W
1SM-1KM 3H 4JH
33
This table shows that the total number of
rooms at the disposition of the public
schools , which was 281 In 1S92 and 309 In
ISM. has Increased only to 313 at the present
time On the other hand In 1S02 there were
only seven rooms used for kindergarten
purposes while today there are twentj-onc
kindergarten rooms In U93 , when there
vve-re 30 school rooms , only ten were used
for kindergarten purposes In other words
there were 299 rooms which were available
for general school purposes In 1S9G , when
there are a total of 313 rooms available for
sehool purposes , twcntj-one of them are
used for kindergartens. leaving only 292 for
the regular grades. In other words , the
number of rooms used for the public schools
lias been decroascd by reason of the In
crease of the kindergartens At the same
time thla decrease has fallen largely upon
< ho first grade , because last jc\ir the first
grade had fortj-threo end one-half rooms
and this jear only thlrtj-nlne
Taking up the matter of enrollment thr
name trc'nd Is visible This Is showiv In the
following table , which givw the total en
rollment for five jcars past the enrollment
of the first grade , the ( nrollment of the
kindergarten and the enrollment of the
High school The figures for the jear lS'JO
It must bo remembered , will be somc < wbat
Incre-ased by additions during the jear.
INHOI.LMENT.
First KinderHlnh
Year. Total. Grade Karten. School
1WJ-1M3 . 15 301 4 JOft I"I S73
JS9J-1KU . . .15 tfJ S ill 7bS W :
IfcM-lW . 1C .J7 3 S71 J.Kt 1 OSJ
HK-ISW 10 < : s m 1.109 I.MJ
isse-ns ; . 11:11 : us 1,1:5 1092
A glance at this table will show that the
Increase in the total enrollment of the
schools during the last few jears has been
apparent onlj The actual Increase has been
In the kindergarten , which represents an
addition to the school sjstem In the first
Krado there has been n notlccab'c ' decrease
This apparently Is the result of the sjstem
recentlj adopted of sending all the be
ginners Into the kindergarten Instead of al
lowing them to go Into the first grade with
out a kindergarten preparation When the
kindergartens were first started the be-
klnners were sent to the primary grades
unless they requested admission to the
kindergarten During the last jear or so
this policy has been reversed , and all th <
beginners are sent to the kindergarten un
less thcj Insist upon being admitted dlrectlj
Into the prinnry department While It is
true that many of the children -who are In
the kindergarten would be In the schools
anj-waj whether the Kindergarten existed
or not jet the > re Is a largo percentage of
them who would probably wait a jear before
entering If the kindergarten were not In
viting them to attend In one of the schools
the Dodge school the teachers were In
structed by the principal at the beginning
of the jeir to Infotm the cnlldren that It
did not matter whether they were G jears
'
of age or not so long as they would'be fi
years old during tbe jear , and thU , In spite
The Secret of a Beauiiful Skin
f . InxnrUnt
hair. i lib ,1
vrholcaomo fralp. li found in the
c ? ° ' itl" > ' ' " " " p " " -1 i-y cuii.
A t-q U > , the mo.t effective Ua mirillcr ,
nd tiMUtlfler in the world.
tffi 1 tkreiitlioutlht woill. rorrci Dim ID Caxx.
of t > f Un , vvb h fixes from 5 to 21 as the
g at the teaching force of the public
grhoolt fcr the nine period , the name en-
crcuclnni'iKs of the kindergarten are plainly
vlilbliTills U shown In the following
tahlf
TEACHING FORCi :
Tr murjr an J Kinder- High
THIT TVjJnl. Grjmmur piirten iVhool
l- ! l . SH ttO 11 S'H
I'M-KVI M ( K4 S
IVW-ITS . . , SJ } M M X
IVJtKMt ( > Ml St 11
ivi 7 . . aw st u
A rjance st this table discloses the fact
tiU ! the present nunrl.fr of teachers Is hut
two preMor than the ntimb r emplojcd In
ISM , when the enrollment wa * considerably
IMC. Thfrcc figures al o Include only the
paid tcachpni , MM ! not thn volunteers In the
kinderKartin of whom there are quite a
ni'ralicr , who ucelve to pay U shows also
the rapid Inrrcufce < n the number of kinder-
x > rt n teachers or.d the decrease In the num
ber of primary grade teachers M well as the
dccrtAtv In tLe inimber of High school
Uachr
In thp matter of school oxpenies It Is
1'llleult ' to sepirale the e\pen " < of the dif
ferent grades of the KehooU The expenses
arc casllj rep rated for the different schools
hut not for the MMO grade throughout the
fchouls The total expenditures for the
lehcolK have decrraied somewhat during the
last flve years , but the expenom for kinder
garten teacher1' have grown from $3,300 In
1 2 to over $13.000 In 1S96 The supplies
for the > klndtrgarten are also quite expcn-
* ivo ; more so than the supplies for the
j primary grades It would be an Interesting
j study to show prcclselj what the different
grades of the public school sjstcm cost , but
with the present condition of the accounts
of the echool Bjstein these are the onlj
figures accessible
SCHOOL , EXPENSES
Kindergarten KlnJcrsarten
V ir T.itil Teacher ? Supplies
UM ! 1 . . ttlirj'JM } 330)00 ) Jl W S3
1SB1 1W4 . W 13S 31 C < S2 M 4 38
IWMMS . . : ; OM' > 11 ice 75 TM v >
1S61 IS'S Stt.CSC 45 11 CM 75 EGJ V >
1WO 1S37 . 1J518 50 .
Tim leal result of the kindergarten seems
to bo to cxtcml the public school Rjstcm b >
adding another jear at the bottom Instead of
at the top Whereas the school sjstem
formerlj consisted of eight grades and four
years In tbo High school , requiring a pupil
to spend twelve jears to go through from
the first grade < to the graduating class of
tbo High school It now requires an addi
tion jear , making thirteen years altogether
Tor some children this means an extra year
of schooling , but for others It means that
th y mu t stop their schooling at a lorwcr
grade thin triej would otherwise have
reached If the ehild has only six jears to
spend In the public schools and must then
go to work and help support the famllj It
now b > spending a year in the kindergar
ten , Is able only lo complete the work of
the fifth grade v hereas formerly It woull
have been able to complete the work of the
sixth grade and omitted the kindergarten
exercises A number of parents , cspeclallj
among the uoorer and middle classes , have
entered serious objections with the tcac'iers '
against this lengthening of the school sjc-
tcm or rather curtailing the education of
their children
The unsatisfactory part of the primarj
= rades consists In cutting their Instruction
in half The teacher generally has two
cla ses of th same grade Instructing one
In the morning and another In the after
noon Hy compressing the work Into a half
daj's session the children are required to
do serious exorcises all of the time , and all
of the exercl'wi which were of a recreative
character have been eliminated Of course
the child rannot Irarn so much or so ea 'lj
under this high pressure and the teacher
and pupil are both tired out by the time
the end of the afternoon session arrives
The work of tbo afternoon Is made doubly
exhaustive upon the teacher , because the
children are less active In the afternoons
and the teacher Is repeating what she has
been doing in the morning. There Is also
this complaint Namely , that the prlmarj
teachers have bad their salaries cut and
the-lr hours lengthened while the kinder
garten teachers have the same hours and
the same work A number of principals ex
press the fear that their prlmarj teachers
will break down and bo unable to complete
the jear If they have this double work
heaped upon them without relief
SOME TYPICAL KINDERGARTENS.
The kindergarten at Dodge is but two
months old and has forty-three pupils , under
the direction of Miss Alice Chambers and
Miss Auchmoedy. Owing to the character
of the children received here they remain
all day. The school occupies a southeast
room on the first floor.
The Dupont kindergarten Is another just
In Its Infancy rifty-scven children are
taught all day the majority being Bohemians
and I'olre The well lighted and ventilated
southeast room Is In charge of Miss Louise
Kelley and Miss CarrieAlthaus , aided In
the morning by Miss Burnett and In the
afternoon by Miss Peters as volunteers
Miss Gratiot and Miss Hanna bavo charge
of the kindergartens at Lothrop and Omaha
View schools with an attendance at Lothrop
In the morning of fifty and at Omaha View
In tbe afternoon of thlrtj-five A few weeks
ago the attendance at the latter school was
about forty-five , but the epidemic scare
struck the community and many parents
withdrew their children This Is the first
jear for both schools. The rooms used at
the two buildings are very pleasant ouea
Miss Klmball la the morning volunteer
The Park and Mason kindergartens are
under the direction of MUs Helen Hlbbard
\f * > oclated with her In the morning at
Mason are Miss Hutchlnson and Miss Camp
bell , volunteers This school was opened
In the fall of 1S92 with sixty pupils , two
paid teachers and three volunteers , and has
now enrolled fcrtjseven pupils , occupying a
bright , cheery southeast room The work
of the Instructors Is greatly Increased by
the Inabllltj of manj of the pupils to under
stand English In the afternoon at Park
there are with the director Miss Hutchln
son and Misses Wjman and Powell , volun
teers , In charge of fiftjseven children. In
1S93 there were about slxtj-flve pupils , with
two paid teachers and three volunteers
Miss Ella Smith Is the director and Miss
Wilson the ot&istant at the Parnnm kinder
garten In the morning and at the Central
In the afternoon The morning volunteer
Is Mlaa Shtver Forty-seven well dressed
children occupy a northwest room there
At the Central forty-five clean well-clad
pupils are under the supervision of Miss
Smith and Miss WlUon. with the addition
of Miss Hean , a volunteer These two
schools were added to the kindergarten sys
tem this jear
The Pacific kindergarten Is In charge of
Miss Edith Otis , director and Miss Mabel
Kelley. There are thirty-two children en
rolled. and thej occupy as pleasant a room
as there Is In that gloomy , tree-surrounded
building This was one of the first kinder
gartens to be eetabllshtd In Omaha
At Leavenvvorth Miss Grace Hungerford
Id the director and Mlbs Hogan the assistant
In the morning there are fortj-flvc pupils.
part of them In charge of a volunteer. Miss
Allen The afternoon class numbers thlrty-
five The echool opened In 1S02-3 with
about eighty children , two paid teachers
and three volunteers The room is a
southeast one thoroughly lighted and ven
tilated
In lb91-5 the Comenlus kindergarten was
Inaugurated It now has enrolled fiftj-two
children who nre overseen bj Mies Alice
Parker , director. Miss Mohr and Miss Elsie
Schwartz , volunteer The room used is
In the soutte-ast corner of tbe building and
it IB considered the most advantageously
situated room at Comenius
( joi.vrv COMMI.SMOMII.S MIJIJT.
Diinril AiljonriiN After a TIM * Illllx
Art * Allotted.
The Hoard of Countj Commissioners held
a thlrtj minute session jcstcrday morning
and disposed of a number of small claims
and bills and adjourned until next Saturday
at 10 a. m
The pa > roll of the judges and clerks of
election Is being prepared by tbo county
clcik and will bo checked by the treasurer
for delinquent personal taxes and will prob
ably bo submitted to the county commis
sioners at their meeting next Saturday.
Each olllclal Is entitled to $3 from the county
for bis services at the election , but any
personal taxes owing to the county by such
olllclal , will IH < deducted from tbe amount
duo him.
. \KiiliiNt an Otllfrr.
Yesterday morning Mrs Tracey , 1SI8 Pierce
street , swore to charges agalrul Policeman
Peter Madcen , accusing him of using profane
language In her presence and especially of
Insinuating that she was not married to
her husbund. The charges were filed with
the Board of Fire and Police Couimlsaloneri.
IN MEMORY OF JUDGE D08DY
Douglas County Bar Meets to Pay Him Its
Last Tribute.
LONG CAREER ON THE BENCH RECITED
* MTnl MiMiiticrn of ( ho llnr Spi'itU of
UN I.CM ill MI ; Chnriu-lprlxtlcH llotli
an n .Man nuil n Jurist Hi'it-
olllllonn Adopted.
A meeting of the bar of Douglas county
was held In court room No 1 jcstorday mornIng -
Ing to take action on the death of Elmer '
S. Dundy , late Judge of the United States |
district court. About scventflvo of the
members of the bar were present The
meeting was presided over by Judges IJaker
rawcett and Kejsor of the district court
John L Webster , chairman of the com
mittee appointed by the bench to prepare
and present to the meeting appropriate reso
lutions , presented the report of the com
mittee. In presenting this report Mr. Web
ster made a brief but eloquent address , payIng -
Ing a touching tribute to the memory of
the late federal Judge , referring to the dim-
cult nature of the duties of a Judge of the
federal court , owing to the great range cov
ered by the various cases brought In such a
court Mr Webster also referred to the
well known tender-heartedness of the late
Judge. Speaking of Judge Dund > from a
professional standpoint , Mr Webster re
marked that it was rarely that the late
Judge referred to the authorities In making
a decision , but he grasped quickly the
salient points In the case and based his
decision upon the accepted law bearing upon
the case Mr Webster also paid a tribute
to the character of Judge Dundy as a man
and as a friend , and then read the follow
ing preamble and resolution , prepared bj
the committee.
' In the early dajs of Nebraska's state
hood and on April 9. 1S6S , Elmer Sciplo
Dundy. then a comparatively voung man
of 3S years of age having been appointed by
I'resldcnt Johnson as United States district
Judge for the district of Nebraska , took the
oath of office and entered upon the dis
charge of his official duties He began this
Judicial career not without experience for
under an earlier appointment made In 1SC3
by Abraham Lincoln , then president of the
United States he had served for a period
of four > ears as one of the Judges of the
terrltorj of Nebraska , as associate with
William Pitt Kellogg and William P Lock-
wood The ph > slcal and mental vigor of his
early life , coupled with this earlier Judicial
experience , qualified him In a marked de
gree to undertake the administration of the
federal laws In the new state of Nebraska
and to adjust the practice and procedure of
the federal court to the vast amount of lltl-
Katlon now necessarily for the first time
conilng before It and to bring harmony out
of the chaos that would otherwise arise
where so large a number of suits were
being transferred to a court thus newly
created
"During the course of twenty-eight jears
from June 9 , 1SCS , to October 28. 1896. Judge
Dundy almost continuously presided over the
United States district court for the district
of Nebraska , and likewise by virtue of his
office , presided over and performed a large
proportion of the work of the United States
circuit court for the said district During
these longjears of public service he was
necessarily called upon to consider and de
cide almost ever > question of law that could
arise In the wide stream of litigation that
finds Its way Into a federal court , a court
that has Jurisdiction over criminal offenses
committed against the laws of the United
States , from timber depredations and. viola
tions of the postal service , and laws made
to protect the monej of the countrj. to
murders committed upon government res
ervations and upon the high seas , a court
that has Jurisdiction over all civil actions
arising out of obligations to perform cver >
variety of national public sen ice. including
the bonds of all disbursing officers who
handle millions of dollars of the government
funds ; a court that has Jurisdiction over all
litigation arising out of the patent laws for
the protection of Inventions and the pre
vention of Infringements thereof ; a court
whoso Jurisdiction Includes all litigation over
Indian tribes and their reservations , the
personal and political rights of Indians ,
tribal and Individual , a court whose Juris
diction Includes all litigation of whatever
kind or nature in which Is Involved the
application or Interpretation of any act of
congress , any treaty relationship or an >
provision of the constitution of the United
States.
' To all this Is to be added the whole
range of litigation that can arise between
citizens of different states and by reason
whereof much of the Important controversies
bj between or against large corporate In
terests have found their way Into that court
and made It a tribunal of the greatest Im
portance , requiring the highest judicial skill
and legal learning on the part of him who
presides over Its deliberations
"With all this great and varied mass of
litigation Judges Dundy had to deal , and he
administered the duties of his high olllce
to the general satisfaction of parties In In
terest and a scrutinizing public
' In the performance of his duties Judge
Dundy at times sat as the associate of
worthj United States circuit court judges , of
whom maj be mentioned John P Dillon
George W McCrary and Henry C Caldwell -
well , and with justices of the supreme court
of the United States araigned to this circuit
such as the distinguished Samuel P Miller
and David J Drewer , and each of whom
spoke of him In terms of warm commenda
tion "As a lawjer and an a Judge Judge Dundj
brought to bear a strong common sense
rather than the refinements of legal learn
ing and aimed to do justice between con
tending parties , but It was a common sense
that was quick to see the due application
of the law and not to override or evade
Its settled prlnclpl s or established prece
dents As a man he was possessed of many
noble- qualities that endeared him to all
who knew Mm well As a friend he was
warm and appreciative , and his generous
nature made him slow to see or recognize
any faults in his associates , and never to
condemn without strong provocation His
family ties were of the most endearing na
ture , a faithful and loving husband and a
fond and devoted father lie It
"Resolved , That In the death of Judge
Dundy wo have lost an upright and honor
able judge , one who was a credit to him
self and to the federal bench , one who had
served the Mate and nation long and faith
fully , and earned the gratitude and lasting
remembrai.co of bis fellow citizens , bo it
further ,
"Hesohed , That this memorial shall be
spreiJ at length upon the records of this
court and that the clerk thereof bo directed
to furnish a certified copy of the same to
the members of the family of the deceased
as a testimonial of the high esteem in
which ho was held by the members of the
bar and by the Judges of this court "
The resolutions were ordered spread on
the court records
John I. Hedick added his tribute to the
memory of the deceased jurist He sketched
the life of the late judge from his boyhood
to his death and spoke fcellnglj of the
family and private llfo of Judge Dundy.
John L Kennedy said he- wished to peak
cspeclall > of two trails of character ex
hibited by Judge Dund > , namely , decision
of character and tenderness Ho dilated
upon these , reciting instances in Illustra
tion and pa > Ing a high tribute to the
dead Judge's character
C S Montgomery also spoke eloquently
of tbo life and character of the late judge
C A Baldwin spoke at length of the
grief-stricken family and paid a high tribute
to the character of Judge Dundy , both as &
judg , as a citizen and as a man ,
l'lllllK KlllltlO > 'N III fiolll.
RACINE. Wls. Nov. 7. One of the Im
mediate results of the election Is the pay
ment of wages in gold to the employes of
three of Racine's factories The Racine
Wagon and Carriage company has paid out
J 1,000 In gold coin to their emplojes , the
Hjclno Hardware company about a nlmllar
amount , and tlio Mitchell & Leu Is company
$4,000. This Is the first payment of gold
made to employes by any Racine fastory
since 1S93
Aimlr Corlilii Till.I'M u IIiiHliiinil.
NEW YORK. Nov. 7. Ml s Annlo Corbin ,
daughter of the late Austin Corbin , was
married today to Hallet Alsop Dorronc
The wedding , which took place In Christ
The above stock consists of the latest designs of Vehicles , Harness.
o * f
Horse Blankets , Robes Whips , Bicycles and Bicycle Sundries , which
POSITIVELY imist be closed out at once. The prices we shall make
will interest you and invite you to call and inspect the stock and get our
prices.
THI
A LIFETIME.
UliTED ,
AND
H.H. MARTIN , AGENT.
church. West Isllp L I. was a quiet affair
owing to the recent death of Mr Corbin
The wedding party drove fropi North Babjlon
to the church a distance of about three
miles , In six carriages , returning after the
ceremony to the Corbin residence , where a
wedding breakfast was served.
HORN IS HUM ) O.V SUMMCIOV
I'ollrc Think HP May lime Ilr Ue-ii
Out of Prison.
Detectives jesterday morning arrested
Charles Horn He has been charged -with
being a suspicious character and Is to be
held until It Is learned whether he Is
w anted an > where for a crime.
Horn has been a resident of the Minnesota
penitentiary for the past fourteen jears. In
1SS2 ho was convicted In Lesuer county
Minnesota , of an assault upon a 10-j ear-old
girl , Ida Simmons He was sentenced to
llfo Imprisonment , but asserts that he was
pardoned a short time ago by Minnesota's
governor The police are Inclined to doubt
the latter statement and suspect that In
some manner Horn escaped from the peni
tentiary. _ _
UMOH n Knife Mltli Di-mlly nifect.
NASHVILLE , Tenn . Nov 7. Thomas
L > nch , colored , today attacked his wife and
her aunt. Amy Smith , with a knife , cutting
the throats of each He then cut his own
throat Amy Smith Is dead , but Ljnch and
his wife , who are at the city hospital , will
probably recover It Is thought Ljnch was
Jealous of his wife . . .
Amy Smith incurred the enraltj of Ljnch
because she was a witness against him in
a trial about a fight he had two months ago
This added to the fact that Lynch was ex
tremely Jealous of his wife. Is supposed to
have been the motive which actuated him
In the murderous deed.
Crnille niul < lic Ont-ve.
The following births and deaths were re
ported at the health office during the
twenty-four hours ending at noon jesterdaj
Births Hugh McGahan. Twenty-ninth
and Predcrlck streets boy , E. L Pa > ne , < 01
South Twentjseventh , girl
Deaths James McGulre. IS. Ii09 North
Twentfifth , St Marj's cemeterj , Charlotte
Day CC 2418 Hamilton , heart disease , For
est Lawn , Mrs Henrietta Pinder , 40 , 44GS
Parnara. peritonitis , Forest Lawn. Jeremiah
Kam , & 3 , 2516 Maple , heart disease. Prospect
unl-
.
Ain Tlc-niiN Itftiimlner from Alirond.
NEW YORK , Nov. 7. Among the pas
sengers arriving today by the American line
steamer St. Paul , from Southampton , were
George J Curtis assistant librarian of con-
greus John J Collins , vice , consul general
at London , C A Grtec.om. General John C
New Lady Pauncefotc and the Misses
Pauncfotc Dr W S RilnAford. Mrs Emma
Barnes-Story and Miss Jfroncls E Wlllard.
MMH AVIlliinl VlnltH America.
NEW YORK , Nov 7. Miss Frances E Wll
lard and Miss Annie Gordon , who arrived to
day by the steamship St Paul , started at
once for St Louts , where Miss Wlllard will
preside over the annffal fiieeting of t.-e
National Women's CljrUtUn Temperance
union , convening there jon November 13.
JIII-UNOII anil Wn 1 1 1 n R'rf I.nut Cliiinrc.
PRANKFORT , Ky . Nbv.W. The court of
appeals , having heard the < arguments In
the cases of Scott JacKqep * Hd Alonzo Wall-
Ing. convicted of the rnijr/Jcr / of Pearl IJrjan.
but who have asked for a new trial , has
designated Judge Haselngg to prepare the
opinion of the court.
KnlKlitH of AU-Sar-Ilen Klrrtlnn.
The nnnual meeting of the Knlghta of
Ak-Sar-lien will be held at the Commercial
club Monday evening. November 9 Three
members of the JJoard of Governors nre to
be chosen In place of II S Wllcox Dudley
Smith and O. D Kipllnger , whose termu
expire. _ _
Carpel MIIU lU'tuiine Work.
LAFAYETTE , Ind. , Nov 7. The Lafajette
Carpet mills are preparing to resume at
once to nil large orders contingent on Me-
Klnley'g election The Lafayette Hosiery
mills will also be started for like reasons ,
giving emplojmont to several hundred hands
Coal Mliiorn llcfime liovvi-r
COLi'MBUS , Nov 7 In the Jackson dis
trict most of the coal miners today refuted
to go to work at the cut rate , > centu ,
THIN
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o
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TROUSERS at $4 $ , $5 $ and $6 $ that are worth nearly double.
OVERCOATS TO ORDER $15 $ , $20 $ , $25 $ m OP.
KARBACH
BLOCK.
IIAIII.V isi : IP HV A rvM , .
\V. C. MiKantfoiim ! In u Dazed Con
dition.
W. C. McKane , Janitor In the Davldge
building , corner Eighteenth and Tarnara '
streets , was found in Smiths saloon on St.
Mary's avenue early jesterday morning In a
half dazed condition. He bad a bad cut over
'
his left eye , from which the blood was
freely flowing McKane was taken to the
police station where It was found the wound
'
was of a serious nature the cuy being
nearly five Inehes In length , and the skull I
being laid bare in places. McKane told a
companion that he had fallen down stairs
and sustained the injury The wound wai ,
Bowed up by the city surgeon and he was
given a cot In ono of the boys' cells at the
station.
It is thought by the police that McKano
may have been assaulted , his statements to
the contrary notwithstanding The Injured
man lives with his family near Tlftj-fourtb
street and Popple-ton avenue
Cliniilauiiua College
During the four jears of Us existence tbo
Chatuauqua college lecture course , held
at the rirst Methodist church , has numbered
among Its speakers General Manderson , W
J Ilryan , Chancellor Canfleld. Edward
Hosewater. Ilabbl I'ranklln , ex-Governor
Crounso and many otbcra of local celebrity
and eloquence It la the determination of
the committee ? this j-ear. upon which It Is
now entering , to provide an equal variety of
high talent. The first regular meeting of
thu college will bo Monday next , beginning
promptly at 8 o'clock. For this meeting the
committee had secured Dr. Mitchell of
Kansas City for a first lecture. Dr
Mitchell Is a platform orator , said to be
eloquent to a degree ri'h in Illustration and
( harming in addicbs His theme The
Prize1 Takers is said to be replete with hish
Incentives to jouth stirring the v.arm blood
and kindling the loftiest ambition to great
endeavor
Di-nli'N Havliicr Hern roercril.
OMAHA , Nov 7 To the Editor of Tno
Dee Allow me to correct some statements
that have appeared In The Hee , and whleh
have a tendency to create the Impression
that the employes of the smelter have been
coerced In tliU last election
Vlco Chairman Morrell of the republican
state central committee , In an Interview In
The Cvcnlng IJee of November 4 , sa >
"Large gangs of men were brought up from
tbo smelting works and voted bj their
bosses "
The following appeared In an edltoriil of
November C "Coercion which. In Omaha ,
was practiced exclusive' ] } by the silver
smelting works managers "
There Is no truth In these statements
Mr Editor , while It may be true that a
majority of the men are fn favor of free
fcllver , It Is also true that they have abso
lute political liberty
Ono of our superintendents 1" A Shaefcr ,
IB and has been an ardent supporter of the
gold standard , and has tried to convince the
men under him , with more or less suc
cess , to support the republican ticket So
you see there has been no coercion here
JAMES WOL.CSHBNSKY.
No I'l nil rot on A incildllM-n IB ,
No reports of any kind on the constitu
tional amendments have been returned to
the county clerk except the olllclal returns ,
which are sealed , and these will not bo
opened until Monday , when the olllclal count
U commenced. It U not known whether
the amendments carried or not , but scatter
ing reports coming in from various districts
in the cltj bi-ciii to Indicate that the amend
ments wcro carried In this city , but no at
tempt has been made to estimate the ma
jority In th"lr favor.
Curlier I ililiT Am' * ! .
Matt Garner was arrested In South Omaha
jeeterday morning. A couple of oMlccre went
to the packing house city to Identify thu
prisoner and bring him to Omaha If ho Is
the right partj The complaint against Gar
ner has been on fllo In police court since last
August. Tim crime which lie is alleged to
have committed , however , oceuried on No
vember 15 , last jcar Ho is eharged with
having robbed the I' J Quealey Soap fac
tory near Sheelejtown Almost J100 worth
of iioap was taken
MoriTronlili * for Clark.
Another complain has been filed In pollco
court against Simon 1) . Clark. 1'rlday
two complaints were filed against him , ono
charging assault , and the ether grand lar
ceny The complainant In the now case
Is O W Craig , who allege * that ho ob
tained a judgment for ? 2S In a justice court
and authorized Clarkj to collect It , contraet-
Ing to pa > him 110 for no doing Ho alleges
that Clark collecte-d the money and con
verted It to his own use
MftliodUt 1,1'iiKUfonv fiillon.
The Omaha District League convention of
the Methodist church will be held at Val
ley , November 1C , 17 and 18 , commencing
the orenlng of the first date and closing
tbo evening of the last date. The Junior
league Is entitled lo one dele-gatu and the
Epworth Icaguu should send two delegates
The program promises to be a rich treat for
all. The Junior and Epworth leagues will
elect dc'legatca at once and report to tha
iiastor.