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I THE OMATIA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , FEBTUTAUY 14 , 1897. 18 CRITICAL STUDY.OF HISTORY Eouud Knowledge of tbs Primary Rciimsito of Historical Writing. A MULTITUDE OF ANCIENT ERRORS Cattxi > lcm > iiti MlHrcircxnti < ritotiN ( at I'VictVcliTim 1'nlHclinodN At- tnukcil itnil Ovt'rlbrowii l r , Modern III. The laws that should regulate any study are not to be laid dnvtn a priori by any mortal on his li e dixlt , They must be cr- rlvcd at by reasoning. To discover them we ought to consider In particular the end In tended In that study , and then find out what proccra l.i best Milted to attain this end , As oratory U mraut to convince and pcrunade , and therefore should be such throughout as to produce conviction and pcrsuaslcu , so history behg Intended to In struct should bo so composed aft throughout most efficiently to convey sound and use ful Instruction. For this purpose the knowledge Imparted must Itself be of She soundest kind , and It must ho conveyed to the rentier's mlml In the manner In which it can bwl be received and rnUlncd , On this brief code of historic laws all critics arc agreed. And , In particular , no critic would dare to deny that the knotvledgo Imparted tuuot be ot the-soundest kind. Truth Is llio pri mary rcqutMlo In historical wrlllims , and all the world , In theory at least , agrees with Cicero when he writes ( Do Or. II , 15) ) : "Who does not know that the first law of htalory Is lb.it It shall never dnro alllrm what Is false ; secondly , that It &bali ttaro tell Ihe whole truth ; that there be In the narrative no susplcloon of favor nor ot dislike , " A child may be * delighted with a play of fancy ; but n man who Is a man Indeed , In his more carnrat moments al least , wants truth , and values it more highly than any amount of poetical Imagery. As we Ki'i older anil wiser wo care letn tor what la Imaginary nnd moro for what Is real. We then under stand thai an historical work Is not to be appreciated so much by the beauty of Its style as by the welghly teachings of wis dom which It contains. We learn as we got older to esteem a man more highly on account of moral worth than of physical and. mental power , to praise a good , honor ! and' prudent man , though he wears a mean apparel , for more than a well dressed fur with empty head , conceited mind and de praved heart. Hut even In youth , truth Ute to the mind whal ftood food Is lo the body an essential clement ( or Its development and healthy condition. MISREPRESENTATION OF FACTS. For tlu > absence of trulh in history noth ing can atone , no style however beautiful no name however popular. It a history 1 : false In mailers of great moment , It Is like poisonous food ; heller nol lo touch It than to hava all Its contents thoroughly assimilated unless wo bo provided with such antldolcs ns will .render the mental poison compara tively harmless. And still It Is certain thai many historical works abound tn mlsrepre- aenlallo.ns ot facls , In erroneous principle.1 and erroneous conclusions. Therefore sc many minds ot young and old people art saluratcd with mental and moral poison Imbibed from. , the fountains of false hlslorles as Iho syslem becomes hopelessly vlllnlei ! from the miasma of a marshy sol ) . Sue ) men spend their lives , often active and In fluential lives , with false views of govcirn- monl , of soclely , of human nature , of re ligtop and moral principles ; false views n their highest duties and of Iht'ir wolghllesi Inleresls. Such are many misguided philan thropists , revolutionist socialists , anarch Ists and nihilists ; men , perhaps , many o tliL-m , al least , who might have been tin atronglh and Iho glory of their respective nations , and who , through false views o honor and ot rights , are become the 'bane o society. They are the blind leading thi blind ; and their number Is dally Incrcasln ; In our own beloved land of liberty. It Is , of course , not pretended thai all er rors of historians are equally pernicious If mlsstalomcnls occur about Ihc number ! of men that perished In a given battle , aboui the armor of certain troops or the nanny of their commanders , no material harm 1 : done , no hindrance is put to the learning o wisdom on the part of Ihe reader. Hut thosi errors are pernicious which affect the prac tlcal conclusions drawn from the facls nar rated , above all , when those conclusions re gard the highest Interests ' of humanity Willfully tt > falsify 'history Is one ot the most detestable crimes that men can bi guilty of. If it is a barbarous act , am ono not tolerated by the ISV.-s of clvllizci warfare , to poison the wells from which over the enemy nro to drink , what crime must 1 bo to poison the wells of a friendly city' Still , this poison only Infects the body tli.i must die sooner or later ; but the faislfiei of history poisons the fountains of the mind destroys too often Iho eternal welfare o souls , and loosens Iho bonds of human so clely. EIIROHS POINTED OUT. It Is therefore an Important task to poln out the principal ways In which the fountain : of truth have been poisoned In histories that such fountains may cither be cntlrcl ; avoided , or Ihelr waters used togclher will proper antidotes. This tatk we are perform Lf- Ing In the present critical study of history If It Is nijeessary for this purpose to crlt Iclso with severity some historical work : which In many respects ate the pride of lit oraturc , It is not that their real merits an denied or Ignored ; but ihilr brilliant beau tics entitle them lo special consideration besides , the poison must , for the commoi good , bo pointed out there where It Is mos frequently Imbibed , and where the water : containing 11 arp the most refreshing ant delicious. Of course It Is not supposed that man ; ot our grpat historians have striven dellb eralely to misrepresent what they knew l < bo llio irulh. The crlllc dcaH with the lit erary productions themselves , and not will the motives of the writers , except In as fai as these enable us to understand their work , and to appreciate them according to thcli true deserts. Htiildcs , TYI > remark witi pleasure that within this century a vns change for the bctler has taken place li historical writing with regard to the al Important rule of fidelity to the trulh ; ant much of Ihe glory of this reaction belong ! lo the great JOngllsh and American hlsto rlnns , to Maltland , Llngard , Hallam , Mn caulay , Allison , Miss Strickland , Allies Prcseott , Bancroft and others of Iho motion school. v Owing lo their devoted labors , many In veterate prejudices have gradually boor lessened , many stereotyped nils tatcinents liixve been generally abandoned , and othorp are dally gelling moro and more out ol fashion. "These Elortes , " wrllea Macaulay , referring lo contemporary accounts of Ihc "Popish Plot , " ore now altogether exploded , They have been abandoned by stalc-smcii to aldermen , by aldermen lo clergymen , by clergymen to old women , and by old women to Sir Harcnurt Lees , " This Is undoubtedly true ot mcst loading historians , though over with some of them there Is wldn roam left for Improvement , Hut In multlluJps of text books , cyclopaedias and other second hand compilations , only the grossest nils- Hlatemcnlii have been omllted , while a vast amount of mlsrepresonlatlon remains , and the Etream of literature that carries down historical knowledge to future generations Is Bill ! far from being pure nnd wholesome. MODRKN HISTORIES. Sllll the Improvement mpde In all de partments of history Is very great. If any one. for Instance , will take the troubleto compare the Encyclopaedia Hrltannlca of 1S4S or the Kucyclopaedla Americana of the same year with Applelon's publication of thu now ( American Encyclopaedia of 1859 , or , better still , with Us later editions , ho will bo de lighted lo EOD what progress has been made _ In this respect , To take a particular ex ample , look In Encyclopaedia llrltannlca of 1812 for "Leo X , " a name which had oven then been redeemed from darkest cal umnies by the honest historian Itoscoo , and you will llnd sonio very serious charges against that conspicuous figure of the He- nuUsaiu'ii period. In Appleton's new cycle paedia all these slander * uro laid aside , and ho stands forth as a truly grand character , . human , Indeed , but yet shining clfulgenl u in 111 the constellations of great men. The slanders now Inld aside vcro such as af fected causes and principles ot action as much as they besmirched historical per- And the changn thus effected proves that o ! Lite history la no more Trbat Talleyrand called It In bis day. "a con- spltacy against the truth ; " nor need wo say cow what Sir noUrl Walpolo ld to ha ! on Horace : "Quote mo not history , for that I know l fulse. " Evsry year of this century has ssen some vet-Man fnlsfhood Attacked and overthrown by zornn Oo-jghty champion of truth ; and Mill many othc-r mlsslaleinents nnd mltrep- reuonintiunr stalk about challenging every bold and honest" knight In this modern cru sade. "Within the last two or three dec ades alone , " wrote Frederick Schlegol In the early portion of the century , "so much has been .vhiorcd and produced In this de partment thsl historic knot/ledge has been , perhaps , fig much extended In this short space if time as formerly In RE many centuries. Jtfplta these acquisitions however , history m .mother sMi is ullll defective enough , ilr.toi'ic ttnlb hero and thnre veiled by many clouds of error" ( Mod. Hist. , Ltct. 1) ) . Schlcgel would wonder nud rejoice If he c3uU uow rciurn to life and sec how many clouds hsve been dispelled since his day , and yet the sky It far from clear. To promote the good purpose of dispelling ; ho remaining clouds , we think wo can done no bettor than lo trace the various ways In which history nan been falsified. The ul- : Imalo object of our study Is lo accuslom ourselves to rfiad history cautiously and wisely , to notice false , views and fal o state ments a wo meut them , to discover them whtro they are mcst carefully hidden , so that truth may prevail. Verllas , vlncai , Vcrllas Imperct ! TRUTH VIOLATED. Now the ways in which truth has been violated In history are many and various. They are suggested by the different phrases of Cicero's rule : The first rule , ho says , Is that It shall not dare say anything false. False statements will bo first subjected lo Iho light rtf cur X rays. Next , he soys , "It should dare tell the whole truth. " Un just omlMiiosti.vlll ba next scrutinized. Let there bo no suspicion , ho cdds , ot favor or dislike. This mailer , I mean lo Ireal under Ibrco heads : Unfair Inuuonduex , false the ories , blind prejudices. To begin with false statements : In order lo discover Ihoso and recognize them as such In our historical readings wo must consider tbo principal sources whence they arise ; wo shall study them under the fol lowing heads : 1. A want of reliable docu ments ; 2. An Indiscreet zeal lo promote a cause ; 3. Prcsumpllon , or judging without proper cxamlnallon ; 4. Pandering to popu lar prejudices ; 6. Deliberate 'falsehood to gain a point. A want 'of reliable documents : Of the historians who have thus been led Into false statemcnls , wo have a striking exam ple In the father of history himself , good , learned , honest and pleasant old Herodotus. You notice that I speak of him without reverence and even with affection ; ho de serves both. The beautiful simplicity of his style rovcals him tons as a most amiable character ; and of learning ho was a prodigy In his day , over four hundred years before the Christian era. He had probably gone to moro trouble to acquire bis copious In formation than any other historian has ever done , traveling through extensive portions tions of Europe , Asia .and Africa , In those days when travel was neither easy nor safe nor comfortable ; his books were the work of a lifetime , and the Ireasures he collected were Invaluable. Ho visited In person all the places of which he speaks In his Uni versal History , and lhat he was n careful observer Is apparent from the detailed ac count ho gives of every object. Take , for Instance , his descrlp'.lon of the Egyptian crocodile ; sea how clear and srcjllc It Is , how copious tn detail ami "Imost throughout how accurate , and withal how interesting ; "I proceed now , " he writes ( H II paragraph 68) ) , "to describe the nature of the crocodile , which durmt ; the four se verer months In winter eats nothing ; It Is .a quadruped , but amphibious ; It is also ovip.irous and deposits Its. eggs In the sand ; the greater part of the day It s | > end& on shore , but all the night in the waler , as being warmer lhan Iho external air , whose old Is IncroiFed by Ihe dew. Nn animal lhat I have seen or known , from being at Irst so remarkably diminutive , grows to so vast a size. The eggs are not larger than thoseot geese ; on leaving Ihe shell Ihc young Is proporllonally small , but when ar rived at Its full size it Is sometimes more than seventeen cubits in length ; It has eyes like a hog , teeth large and prominent In proportion to the dimension of Its body ; but , unlike all other nnlmala. It has no tongue. It Is further and most singularly distin guished by only moving Us upper Jaw. Its feet are armed with strnni ; fangs ; the skin Is protested by hard scales regularly divided. In the open air Its Elgin Is remarkabl } acute , but it cannot see at all In the watsr. Living In Ihe waler , Us throat Is nlwayo full of leeches. Heasts nnd birds unlversallj ivold It , the trochllus alone excepled , which from a sense ot gratitude , It treals with kind ness. When the crocodile leaves the water U reclines Itself on the sand and generally toward the west , with Its mouth open ; the ti'ochllus entering Its throat dcatroys the leeches. In acknowledgment for which scri- ice it never docs the trochllus Injury. " A MULTITUDE OF ERRORS. Recent travelers confirm these details , ex cept the Item regarding the trochllus. Herodotus must have confounded a single Instance ho witnessed with a general habit , nut of course past events could not have been observed by him ; they had to betaken taken on the authority of other men , anil thus ho was led Into a multitude of errors ; yet not with that credulity wlilch Is often attributed to him. See. for Instance' how ho qualifies bis account of the fabulous bird , the Phoenix ( Hook 2 , Sec. 73) ) : "They have also another sacred bird , which , except In a picture , I have never seen. It Is called the phoenix. H Is very uncommon , even among themselves , for , according lo the Hleropolltans , It comes there but once In the course of COO years , nnd then only al Iho decease of the parent bird. If It bears any resemblance to Its picture , the wings nro partly of a gold and partly of a ruby color , and Its form and size perfectly like the eagle. They relate one thing ot It which surpasses nil credibility : they say that it comes from Arabia to the temple of the sun , bearing the dead body of its parent enclosed in myrrh , which it buries , " elc. Hut on many occaslona be simply records what he heard or read , leaving his readers to form cnt'rcly Ihelr won Judgment as In hojl ; 1 , sections 2 , ; ' . Still in Ills narrative ho frequently becomes so graphic , telling mailers of Iho distant past with all their least details , thai U Is very ovcldenl he could not have learned all thai ho relates , but he must have drawn on his frrtllo Imag ination for the minor features of the events. "Tho great events are. no doubt , faithful ! ) related , " nays Macaulay In his Essay on History , "so also are , no doubt , many of the slighter circumstances ; but which of them it Is Impossible to ascertain. We know there Is truth , but wo cannot exactly decide where It lies. " Hut wo know now more than Macaulay did In his day ; wo have dlicovercd that many even of the important events luvo been erroneously narrated , Hut the fault lies In the want of reliable documents. Two learned French writers of our times , scientist ! ! and historians , favorably known to English readerF. ) . Lcnormand and 13. Chev alier , In the preface lo their manual of the Ancient History of the East , correctly re mark : " \\'e can now apprecUte at their true value the Ideas crude and confused In even Iho bcsl of them which the writers of classical anllqully have lefl us of na- lions whoso languages Ihey did nol know , and of an historical tradition probably al ready falsified when they gathered Iho few fragments which they have preserved. Nevertheless , we may end we ought still to speak with respect of the accuracy with which Herodotus has related what was told him by th7 Egyptians and Persians , and with Sympathy for the zeal which Dlodorus Slculus lias ehown for learned researches. Wo ore also bound to accept those traces of manners and customs which they have collected. Dut to reproduce as a whole the. facts which they relate and to glvo them as nn account ot the chain of principal events In Egyptian and In Assyrian history Is not to glvo a summary of that history suitable for young people , for It would con voy an absolutely untrue Idea. "Tha sterles of Herodotus and Dloilorus about the Egypt and Assyria are no moro a real history than one of our own country would bo which suppressed the Invasion ot the barbarians , the feudal period and the ro- nalasauce , which made Philip Augustus the predecessor of Charlemagne , and Napoleon , the on 6t Louis XIV , and which explained the financial dllnculllca of Philip le Del by Iho disaster of the battle of Pavla. Neverthe less , such , with some corrections borrowed from Joaepta'u. U the character of the ma jority of the standard works. " ERRORS HLENDKD WITH FACTS. U U from mch authorities that Rollln haj : o gather most ot the facts for his Ancient History , which Is found on the shelves ot countless libraries In this country and else where , and from which have been compiled many text books of ancient history still In use for the enlightenment of the rising generation. Although ho Is In many re spects an excellent writer , and hns drawn correct principles and lessons of real wisdom From the materials at his command , still there are In his volumes numberless errors blended with real facts In wild contusion , 3lnco Champolllon first deciphered the Egyptian hieroglyphics the extensive llscovcrlcs made all through the east by scholars and antiquarians mvo thrown a copious flood of light in the most ancient portions ot the history of our race In the homes of Its earliest civilizations. Not Egypt alone , but also Phoenicia , Syria and Assyria , Cyprus and Lucia , Phrygla and Armenia , Persia and India , Nlnevah and Uabylon , have yielded up their ancient records of Inscrip tions and tablets , temples and tombs , coins and basreliefspyramids and sculplured rocks and the whole history ot the cast has been rewritten. And yet what Lenormand and Chevalier wrote in ISfiD Is still to a ? reat extent true at present. They say ( lb. ) ! ' "At the present day 'one cannot without unpardonable Ignorance adhere to such a history as has been written by good old Rollln. and all the tribe ot his followers. What would bo said of any professor , or man of Iho world who would now speak ot four elcmcnls or of Iho Ihrco quarters of the habltablo globe who would , with Ptolemy , make the sun move around the earth ? And yet It Is much In this slyle llml Ihe groal majority of our historical works speak oven now on the subject ot Egypt and Assyria. The absolute necessity of the reform ot which wo speak must , therefore , be ob vious to every one. " Still we need not throw good old Rollln Into the fire , as might be Inferred from this criticism by an Incautious rcasoncr. Much may still be learned from his precious volumes If proper discretion bo used. Qcorge Rawllnson , In his Ancient History ( p. 19) ) , gives us a correct view of this matter : "The earlier portion of Ihls work ( Rolltn's An cient History ) , " he says , "Is now an tiquated and must bo replaced by wrllcrs who have had llio advantages of recent discoveries. " Rawllnsnn's own learned vol umes and the Ancient History of the East of Lcnormand and Chevalier will supply mosl of what Is needed to correct and sup plement Ihc statements of Rollln and his numerous followers. X. RAY. COSSll * Allot" ! ' NOTED PEOPLE. Dr. Gale , medical superlnlcndent of the Kentucky lunatic asylum , on one occasion dismissed an attendant , and said In speak ing of the matlcr lo Luke Blackburn , who was Ihen governor : "Ho slruck one of Ihe patfonts and I discharged hlm. " > "Dis charged him ! " thundered DIackburn , In an Instant wrath. "Why did you do lhat ? Dy , sir , you should have killed him. If a man were to strike one of those poor un fortunates In my presence I'd strike him down upon tbo spot. " M. Martini , the .celebrated gunmakor , who died recently In Switzerland , began to make rides forty years ago. It was nol until 1SG9 , however , when a combination of the Martini breech action with a Henry barrel was selected from a large number of rifle Inventions and submitted lo the British government , that he achieved fame and fortune. The whole of the Hrlthih army Is now provided with these weapons. The manufacture of Ihe Martini-Henry rifle Is now carried on by the llrltlsh government at a factory at Enfleld , ten miles northeast of London. About 1,500 operatives are em ployed at the government factory , and It Is estimated that each Martini-Henry rlfie costs England about 43 shillings. Dr. Mary E. Walker has again begun to hold levees in the capltol at Woshinglon. "Time , " says Iho Waahlnglon Posl , "has dealt very gently with the doctor and her brown hair , carefully trimmed after the slyle of a college professor , has yet very few silver threads. Her dress U that of a man. and her shirts , collars and cuffs are In the latesl slyle. A llltle red carnation adorns the lapel of her coat and' her overcoat has a short cloak over the shoulders with a velvet col lar. This remarkable woman owns consider able property near Oswego , N. Y. , which , for the last quarter of a century , she has been trying to donate either to same government , to the state or to some wealthy Individual who will construct thereon a hospital for the treatment and cure of consumption and all throal and lung Iroubles " Frank Thomson' , Iho new president of Ihe Pennsylvania railroad , was a pupil and protege of Ihe road's Inspiring genius , "Tom" Scolt and ho has been continuously in ita service since he ws a boy of 17 forty years ago. As first vice president his name has recently been almost as famllltir tu Ihe gen eral public as that of the lamented Roberts. Parhaps It is not so well known that Mr. Thomson achieved a brilliant record during the war In the construction of new lines of railway and the reconstruction of aban doned ones In Virginia. He was then onjy 20 , and It is related that Stanlon , on taking his advice , said lo Colonel Scott : "Is It possible lhat wo have waited three days to get the opinion of that red-headed stripling ? " The "stripling" is now At llio head of the greatest railroad system lu the world. The Washington Post says that Henry Walterson Is passionately fond of music , and a pathellc and lender melody always brings Iho tears to his eyes. "Loving music as he docs , when , the yearning to hear It is upon him , the brave Henry will sit down to the piano , surcharged with Chopin , Schubert , Wagner or Gounod. Then the Irouble begins ; what with defective Bight , a restless , nervous organization , Iho music in him surging for expression , he makes n wild slap at the bassi , probably striking the wrong note , to his Intense tor ture starts In on Boincthlnz which Is aa wild , weird and ominous as Alpine thunder towind up with a climax which makes him vibrate In his seat , and leave him an ex hausted wreck , with a world of muiilc still unexpressed , his sensitive ear and refined taste telling him thai Iho cfforl has been In vain. In spllo of a naturally line touch and an artistic temperament. " Archbishop Keane has been appointed by Iho pope canon of SI. John Lateral ) , In Homo. "The appointment as canon , s.iys the Hultlmoro Sun , "Is one of Iho mosl lucrative gifts In Homo In the power of tint pope. H Is In Iho nature of a sinecure , at least as long as ono remains in Rome , for the canons put in an appearance at Uielr church when they please and as they pleast * . As canon of St. John Latcran. Archbishop Kuano will bo required to say ofllccs both morning and evening. For this ho will receive some thing over -100 francs a month. According to the number of times ho usslflts nt the olllccu lib recompense will be increased , the money * being divided In wbal are known as 'distributions. ' As each canon enters hla stall at the beginning or end of each recita tion of the ill vine oillco his name Is laken by a clerk slltln : ; In the lowest bench of Iho choli- . The appointment of Archbishop Koano us canon Is bolloved to bo HID IIret Instance of an American prelate or priest Tucolvlng this honor. There nro several foreigners canons at Rome , and among them la ono Englishman , but no Americans. " Ex-Allorney General Wllllsms of Kansas ys lift Is responsible for John Hay's start In Ufa. Hay lived In Warsaw , III. , and \VI1- llatr.a v.'p.s btudylng law at Qiuncy. Hay was a country pool in those days the "Un lettered Hani" ho subscribed hinm'lf. He wrote a quality ot poetry that made Mr. Williams tiled , and IiU rural airs and man ners were Blmply killing to the practical Qulncy boy. "I'll drive that Isllow off the river , ' * Mr. Williams declared ono day , and so ho did. Mr. Williams got hlmscli' to gether ono day and wiote the rotti-nest tort of alleged vtrscu. Those ho tlgne * ! "Tho I'nbuciercd ' Hard , " and caused thorn to bo printed on ccaraa brown wrapping paper , such as giocers used in those -.lays. Then h atolo up lo Warsaw , mid in the dead hour of nlghl he posted the "Unhutlered Hard's" verses all over town. This took Ihe conceit out ot Hay In an hour. A slern resolve - solve caino into bin face , and the- next week he loft the town , going to Springfield , where Lincoln took him Into his law office , and afterwards Installed him In the whlto house as his private secretary , " \\hatevor John Hay Is or will be , " Mr. Williams once said to a reporter for the Kansas City Star , "I made him. If I bad not causal him to sco himself as others Haw him he- would never have left Warsaw , aud leavlut Warsaw is what gave him his start. " Review of the Week's Events . For the Week Ending Feb. 13. -C < S rTuTQ * CUHA February Q | Severe fight In southern I'lnnr del Hlo , Spanish loss 15 , Cuban 7 ! stone building blown up by Insurgents In outskirts of Havana , while Span ish patrol wns passing , killing 15. February 10 : Dr. Onspar Uetancourt , released Monday , expelled froW Cuba. February 11 : Spanish nttthorlllcs nollfy government that Sylvester Sco/vol Avlll bo given civil trial , but must bo held at S.inctl Splrltns , where ho was nrr < jst < ) | l ; Caplnln Hlantn , with 200 Insurgents , trapped In nn nmbuscndo by GOO Spanish troop ? near Muriel , rctreals find soon springs nn nmbuscndo on hli pursuers , rotillng Ihem with severe loss and capturing largo supply of rides nnd ammunition , ' SPAIN February S : rubllcntlon of reform decrees for Cuba severely crlllclssd by parly organs nnd Wcyler's recall Insisted on na necessary to success of llio policy. February 11 : Communication from Mlnlsler Dupuy De Lome accepts lenders ot lied Cross society. ENGLAND February S : Prince of Wales presented Dr. Nnnseii with the special medal of the noynl Geographical society. February 11 : Farewell banquet lendercd Minister Haynrd by Hoynl Soclolles club nl London. TIMIKEY February 7 : Several Cretan villages 'burned anil Inhabitants seek refuge In llrltlsh nml French vessels ; two Ironclads In repair nt Toulon ordered to prepare for nn expedition to Crete. February S : Greek squadron arriving nt Caneu did not salute Turkish Hag. February 9 : Christians at Canon holsled Greek ling nnd Invited Greek fleet to train on the city. February 10 : Commanders of foreign men ot war notified captains of Greek war ships that no Isolated action on purl of Greeks , bombarding Cnncn , will be toleraled. February 11 : Torpedo Ilotlllii com manded by Prince George dispatched by Greece lo Island of Crclo causes greal en- Ihuslnsm nt Athens. February 12 : Hcrakllon nnd thirteen villages In Crete reported In flames , and massacres continue. OTHER LANDS February 7 : Plague broken out nt Kandehar , Afghanistan ; plague at Hombay gelling beyond control , even vultures on "Towers ot Silence" dying ; serious riots nl Hamburg owing to collapse of dockers' strike , followed by nearly ICO arrests. February S ; Fanatical liiHurgentH under Gonzlhlrto patrol rivers In steam launches mainly In province of ISahla , In lira7.11 , nnd devastations causing reign of terror , February 11 : lirltlsb defeal forces of the emir of Niipo lu West Africa with fearful loss , only one European hurt ; scilous famine reported In southern Hus'ln , peasants eating horses and rats. February 12 : News from Slam reports ample amends made for Insults to German representative at Hangkok ; Mussulmans at Tripoli eli pillage n Jewish synagogue ; advices by steamer Empress- China Indicate recent reports from IVillluplne Islands to have boon garbled through Spanish press censor ship. ' HOUSE February 0 : Committee on appropriations reported favorably $200,000 for Transmlsslssliipl Exposition , J125.POO to complete Ihe Omaha postotllco and has made available In the general deficiency bill JTH.OOO for the Soulli Omaha bulldliif ? ' . February 10 : Senate bill passed to prevent carrying obscene literature nnd articles designed for Indecent or immoral use from ono state or tt-rrllory Inlo another , SENATE February S : Hilt rearranging judicial districts of Texas passed over president's veto by vote of 57 to 1. February 10 : Senator Morgan announces with drawn ! of the Nicaragua cjinul bill for present * session ; agricultural appropriation bill passed carrying approximately fWr.O.OOO. February 11. Diplomatic nnd consular ap propriation bill oas.ied carrying $1.CI3,30S. February 12 : Pill passed authorizing ap pointment of nn additional Judge of United Stales circuit court In Indian Territory , nnd joint resolution Introduced to abrogate Clnyton-rtulwer Irpaly with Great Hrltaln laid on table ; confirmed nomination of Martin A. Knapp of New York ns Intcrslnlc commerce commissioner. JOINT SESSION February 10 : Electoral votes of the forty-five states formally counted and election of McKlnlcy and Hobnrt ns president nnd vice president re spectively proclaimed , the vole being : McKlnlcy 271 , IJryan 17C ; Hobart 271 , Sewnll 149 Watson 27. 1.KRISI.AT1VI3. NEBRASKA HOUSE February S : Hill favoring woman suffrage defeated by vote of 43 to 3G ; bill passed providing for li public library committee and for organiz ing a system of traveling libraries for the stale : February 9 : Ullla recommended to go on general file , providing for location of a normal school nt Scotia , Neb. , en abling' women to vote at municipal elections and authorizing county commissioners to appoint Judges and clerks of election. SENATE February S : House bill passed for appropriation of $10,000 for Inci dental expenses qf.pcsont ; ; legislature. February 9 : Hills passed to recount the ballots cast for constitutional amendments relating to judges of the supreme court , providing for full net weight nnd measure In nil articles sold In orlglnnl packages , providing for coiinllW to vote bonds for election of county buildings nt special elec- llons , requiring tJiat-chatlel mortgages on household goods must be signed by both husband nml wlf * } , . rndnclng time In whlcli nppenl may be tnkcn to supreme court from one year to slx montlis , nnd for Insuring' treatment of infants to prevent future blindness. February 10 : Joint resolution passed memorializing congress for ratification of Irenty of nrbltVtttlAn signed between United States and Great nrltaln. February 11 : Bill Introdur-ld .to prevent Intimidation of voters In exercise of llio elecllvc- franchise ; bill patjned .denning n legal newspaper. February 12 : Commillee In Jeff coat contest re-ports ncnltiHt contestant. OTHER STATES'-i-Febrnary ' S : mil Introduced In Idaho lower house appropriating $ .10.001) to TrnnsmlssIsKlppI Exposition ; both houses In South Dakota adopted favorable committee reports ; on-equal suffrage amendments. February 9 : Tennessee legislature passed bill prohibiting sale of cigarettes or cigarette paper. February 10 : Montana legislature voted down a woinnn stitTnico measure by vote of11 to 27. February 31 : Lower house'nt Des 'Molnes ' passed hMl to make mulct law apply to special charter cltle-s. February < 12.i'Movcmcnt ' of Kansai legislnlors lo cnnct n maximum rale law rcsulled lnronslilfrnjllon , | byrallroadH of a. compromise on n 20 per cenl horizontal reducllon on frolKlitsrosolutlon ' ; : ( ( passed Utah lower bouse to Investigate recent sena torial election ; ICnmnis lower house passed bill to abolish the metropolitan police system , nnd senate'passed n resolution ashing1 for the Initiative nnd referendum to bo submitted to popular vote In sbnpe of an amendment to the constitution ; Missouri senate passed the aiiti-trusl bill , which nullifies all contracts for sales with triisls. I'OlilTICAIj. February 11 : Announced lhal no further" extension of civil service rules will be made during present administration : S'lerman , Guge , Algcr. McKenna and Wilson de clared ns only names that will anthorlln lively be 1-Ivon ns members of next cabinet until nfter Inauguration. February 12 : llcportcd that Tammany's candidate for mayor of Greater New York will br > nicbanl Croker , provided he consents ; Ohio He- publican league convened at Xane.svlIIe. CO..I .IIH It CIA I , A.M ) IXIM'STlffAl , . NEW ENTEnPIUSES-Frbruary fi : Confidence Gold MInlnp and Tunnel company , Hooper , Neb. , authorized capital stock S2 000,000 ; Mechanical Hallway Slsnal company Omaha , capital stock $1 O'O.noi. February n : The Molly Hill Gold Mining company Chevonnn. Wyo. , eanltnl stock $1C01 CO ) . HANK FAILlTRES-Fcbruary 9 : Stntc Savings bank , Atlanta. Ga. . capital JIOO COO deposits $7oCOO. February 11 : Hankers' Exchange bank , Minneapolis , Minn. February 12 : Commercial Savings bank of Leeds' , suburb of Sioux City , la. , liabilities $11 .TO , ) assets $ .17fl. > n. MERCANTILE FAlLTTRKS-Fobni'iry ' 9 : Pennsylvania Smelting company. Salt Lake City , Utah , assets $ : i:0 000. liabilities I370.COO. February 11 : The Odd Fellows .Mutual Life Insurance company , Mdwaukeo , WIs. ; Central Hell Telephone company of Venezuela at La portc , Ind. , capital stoclc SJCO.OOO. February 12 : Mclntyro Bros. & Wilson Dry Goods company , Oskaloosn , la. , llnbllllics J.13.SOO , assets JI0030. CHIMES AM ) CASI'AI/I'IIQS. FIRES-Febrnary 11. King , t Uhl b'ock. Cleveland , O. . loss SIOO.OCO ; thirty hull-l ings In business part of Piano , Tex. , loss JlfOOOO. February 12 : Four-storv building at Chicago occupied by George- . F. Foster , dealer in uniforms , loss $10JCPO , nlsn badly damaging six-story building nilfnlnlng occupied by Powers ft O'Hrlen , elaborate saloon- Western Department building. Ottawa , Out. , lots JIOO.COO ; Lancaster Medical institute ! Lancaster , O. . Dr. Simon of Jackson.W. . Vn. , Keeley iiatlent , perished. SUICIDES February 7 : Bert nishop shol nnd killed himself , despondent through sickness , awed 25 ; Joseph LaFond. Omnlin , ngvd 3.1. February 8 : IIiiili Unlfln nnd Charles Leamnn of Scotia , Nub. , or vicinity asphv.vlutcd In hotel nt Grand Island , Neb. ; Mrs. N. S. Hnrnham of Chicago took chloroform at Stark , Fin. February 0 : Peter Nelson , typhoid fever pallent near Wayne , Neb. , despondent over recent death of wife and ehllil. cut his wrists with penknife. February 12 : Andrew I'lcketl , aged 77 , found In room hanged lo bed post. OTHER CHIMES February 7 : U. S. Warner , former bank cashier , nrrestod on chnrgT' of embezzlement at Columbus , Kan. ; Henry Thompson , nllnn Lotnmsky , sup posed to be one of HlrHchberg < pawnshop robbers , arrested nt Chicago. February 9 : Members of Davis pang of burglars arrested nt Omaha made confession ; westbound Santa Fo train held up near Nelson , Ariz. , one of the robbers killed nnd other escaped with little booty ; store of F. A. Clnnssen , Beatrice , Neb. , burglarized. Feb ruary 10 : Footpads badly hurt nnd rob Charles Drlnkwnter , secretary Canadian Pacific railway nt Montreal. February 11 : Ed Day , another member of Davis' gun" of biirglnra. nrrestc-d at Omaha : February 12 : Hev. William Tonnlsn , colored , of Kansas City arrested nn charge of burglary nt Osceola , Kan. ; Mark W. Townscnd arrested nt Hllzvllle , Wash. , charged with murder of Ills wlfo ton years I\KO In Grant county , WIs. ; W. W. llurnes , cnshler of Cudahy'n branch house nt Brooklyn N V nrrc-sted for embezzlement ; Wilbur Flowern convicted at West 1'olnt of hog stealing' and ills brother. Thomas Flowers , declared not guilty. ' .ACCIDENTS February 7 : Collision between frelpht trains on Louisville & Nash ville road near Montgomery. Ala. , Itl'lH engineer nnd brakeman and fatally Injures the fireman ; steamer Iuck ) < ? yo Stale Htramleil In Blue river near Louisville , considered lotal loss , valued nt $40,000 ; sleumcr Natchez seriously damaged about twenty miles below Vlcksburg. February 8 : Admiral liunco'ii squadron reaches port nl Charleston S , C' . . with the Mnrblelienil serloinly damaged , thrco men drowned , one. crushed to death and seven badly hurt February 9 : Collapse of scaffolding causes twcivo men lo fall n distance of ' ItO feet In Cornwall , nil killed ; Union Pacific enstbonml overland llyer Jumped track n'C'Omaha ' , killing Fireman Thomas ICrau.se. nnd fatally Injuring Engineer W. H. VanNoy. February 11 : Eight-year-old Kiillo Htnwlcz utruck nnd killed by n Mllwnukefreight , , train at Oinaliu ; ntcamshlp Mackinaw went aground nt Mnrro-A-stone Point on Paclllo coast : twenty pallors of the British steamer C.iyunls drowned In wreck 'm'-ir ' ' Us ante France. February 12 : Paul Wagner and wife as phyxiated In bed at Milwaukee by coal gas ; holler explosion In coal inlno .it \ -uiiirs- Held , O. . killed Jolm.-Wlllock and badly Hcnlded two men. \VIKH IS NOT AI.O.Wii > TO THSTIKV. I'riiHCi'iilloii of a Alomlirr of I InDnvls ( iniiMT llrmiurlit to ii Unit. The police struck a snag Friday after noon in the | irosecu\lou \ of Ed Johntion , alias I'll Wllllti. one of the , alleged members of tile Davit ) gang ot burglars and thieve.1. Johnson was holng _ lried an an Information charging burglary , fn which ho was named as co-defendant with Cllarjcs Orleans , alias Davis , llio leader of tbo gang. It accuued the twq men of burglarizing the residence of Ilcv. Charier. E. Taylor on North Twenty- surcnth direct ot a quantity of ullverware and other articles. Davis bad been arraigned and hud waived examination. He was bound over to the district court In the mini of $1,200 , Immediately thereafter Jolmwon had been arraigned , Ho pleaded not guilty , and his preliminary hearing was begun Friday morning. , Thu principal witness for the state wait Mrs. Orleans , or Davis , wife of Iho leader. She was expected to testify that oho , was prixiuiit when Davis and Johnson brought tlui stolen property to the Davis housw. When eho was called to the atanj , however , the defence objected lo her teitl- moiiy oil the ground that nhu could not be a wltncus , Inasmuch her M husband wa a ca- dcfcndanl. It was argued that she munt nccfjaarlly Implicate hur husband , thus caus ing a violation of a t-octlon of Ihe t'tulutcs which does not allow a husband or a wlfu to teollfy against the other. The state maintained that the wife's tcutlmony coulU bo properly token , Inasmuch as the hus band hud already paeaed beyond the Jurisdic tion of the court by being bound over. Pollco Judge Oordon hold with the defense and would not allow Mrs. Davis' tetillmony to bo Introduced against Johnson. An a result the cat > o against Johnson was dla in Im til and another complaint was flle < against him , charging him with Die saint. burglary. Tbl Is lo bo heard next Wodnea day afternoon. Mrs. Mary Gunnel Andrews lectures before fore the Ulwutuuqua college at the Firs Methodist church tomorrow evening" or "Poetry nml Prose of Iteal Life. " Miss Duinont will give a couplu of numbers on the violin. The lesson of the evening wll embrace. puperH an "Thu Athena ol PcrlcluB. " by Mr. Harrison ; "Plato , " by Mr Korl ; "Egyptian Art. " by Air. Goxs "Mycenae , " by Sir. Glsh : "TlryiiB. " by Mr Huttello ; "Grecian Architecture , " by Mr Garrison. AMUSEMENTS. rrohably the most dlsilngulshlnfc feature n local Ihcatrlcnl circles of a week which preasnted few distinguishing features , was ho rcmarkablo nml altogether unprecedented business donn by Mr. Woodward and hla company at the Crclghton. H will not sur- irlso nny one wlro tried lee late to got seats for one of these performances to learn that on ono occasion , which prob.ibly mntkcd llio flood-tide of the business , 603 standing room tickets were sold , Rnd that the seating 'apacity of the thciter was tested twenty liws In two week ? . They were very well- johaved and orderly crowds , too , The men cpp their eat bolwoeu acts quite as ROII- ernlly as those do who make up more pro- tonllau * oiidlenrca , and the line , "Ladles , ilc-iso remove your lints , " which nppwufl in promlnont placed on every page of the theater play-hill , was quite unlvemlly heeded. Pome heada of hair wore thoa-by uncovered which had evidently trusted on the protection of a hat to conceal the evidences of a haply toilet. Hut what of that ? Nobody went there to neo somebody's coiffure. H Is singular that ft fact so self-evident , should not be as widely recognized by fashionable miillonccs , The Woodward company lias appeared here on ecvcral former occasion * , mid has been favored with constantly InoronsliiK patronage. Few can be found lo deny l.ml It Ima de served nil It has received. ltn pcrform.inceD , oven Judged on ihelr merll8 , will compare quite favorably with thcwo of a number of other orgAnlzallona which have exacted ten times the Woodward price of admlralon from a longsufferlmpublic. . Hut people who pay 10 cents for n dramatic entertainment arc apt to no with very slender expectations : and In the cane of the Woodwards It may truthfully be said that their expectations nro always more than realized. The com pany as at present constituted contains come excellent material , the plays presented nro well selected , with n view to plonalng the class of theater gocra to which the cheaper repertory companies usually cater , and the animated picture machine is a perpetual source of delight. All In all , It would seem that It Omaha Is over ready for a summer season of cheap theatricals. It will not be neccyaary to look further than Mr. Wood ward for the man to provide It. The advent of Frank Daniels In comic opera Is an occasion which has resulted. In awakening a considerable amount of Inter est among his many admirers In Omaha , who will doubtless see to It that his engage ment here la properly patronized. With both houses taken up for what seems a long period of time with a class of enter tainments not specially popular among the regular theater-goers , the appetite of the public should have been so whetted thai an attraction of this magnitude and char acter would prove Indeed attractive. Mr. nanlels used to bo a very funny little man. Ills last appearance here , In "LittlePuck. " at Uoyd's four or live seasons ago. Is still plcasurably remembered. There la no rea son lo doubt that ho Is fully as amusing In comic opera as ho was In farce comedy. Ho has a very fair singing voice , which is an attribute not too common among light opera comedians : and ho Is reported to have lost none of that Irresistible drollery which went far 'to confer upon the early Iloyt farces llio success which they undoubtedly attained. His "Wizard of the Nile" Is said to bo a suitable vehicle for his especial equipment as a fun-maker , lo be well con structed both an regards music and book , and to give employment to some very clever principals and to a largo number of spec tacular young woman In the chorus. What moro can bo demanded In the way of an evening's entertainment ? With James A. Herne occupying the pul pit of an orthodox church In Kansas City of a Sunday night ( where , by the way , ho addressed the largest audience that ever crowded Itself Into that particular sacred edifice ) ; with Otis Skinner and Frederick Wardo and a score more of scholarly actors nml actresses lecturing from time to time lo people of oilier cities upon loplcs con nected with the stage , the question sonic- times suggesls Itself , "Why Is It that Omaha has never availed Itself of Ihc similar privi leges which It undoubtedly might enjoy ? " It la not easy lo llnd a satlsfaclory answer. Elsewhere , Mr. Warde or Mr. Skinner may be persuaded lo speak to an audience of High school pupils and their teachers , or Miss Itoso Eytlngo or Miss May Hobson may consent to address a woman's club , or Mr. Hcrne may be prevailed upon to oc cupy a pulpit and talk about the relations of church and stage. In Omaha , so far as is known , no actor's voice lias ever been beard In any public place except a thciter , although doubtless any of the players men tioned , and many others , would willingly have let the public see the less familiar sldu of them. Xow. on Ihe principle verbum napi- enli , it may bo suggcsled that Mr. Herne will soon play an engagement In Omaha , bringing his beautiful pastoral play , "Shore Acres , " which lias been seen here before , but never with him In the cast. It remains to ho seen If any minister , or thodox or heterodox , will Invllo him Inlo his pulpit If his slay includes a Sunday. The young people who sang "Plnaforo" last mouth for sweet charity have been In duced to repeat the entertainment nt a matinee In response to a general deslro ex pressed both by those who saw the original performance , and by those who , being un able to secure desirable seats , stayed away on that occasion. A good many rough places , inseparable from a first amaleiir attempt , will doubtless , bo smoothed down with a repollllon of Ihe oponi. Principals , chorus and orchestra , which are quite- unchanged in composition , have been hard at work during the pi.nt fortnight , and all are con fident that the second performance will he decidedly bstler than llio flrst. Prices o ! scats have been radically reduced for this matinee. r Kvcnl.l , Laat year a new comic onora attraction commanded the attention of the musical world. Frank Daniels , who bad been touring tills country with bin own comedy company for many years , and had frequently amused us with his character of "Old Sport" In n "Hag llaby , " and with' "Little Puck" nno oilier plays , formed n business arrangement with Uvo young managers , LiShelle & Clark , organic ! a comic opera company bearing Mr. nanlels' name , and produced "The Wizard of the Nile. " The popularity of the star , the atlracllvencss of the opera and the carefulness and completcncfH of the produc tion seemed to achieve success at a bound , and placed Mr. Daniels among the foremost of comic oj > era come'dlans , us ho bad previously been among those of the dramatic tUagc. In n year not especially kind to producers of comic opera , Ibis company and open , whlcli la the ? aniL as will bo seen ui lha Crolghlon tonight , was stated to bo most prosperous , and was admltlcd unquestioned to rank with organizations for many ycura before the public. The opera was from hands known to bo competent , the libretto being the work of Harry H. Smith , the author oJ "Itoblu Hood" and many other attractive Mode * , and the music by Victor Herbert , the violoncellist and leader of Ullmoro's band. The company was e < i competent , the uconcry as eluboralo and the costumes as costly nml dlvrnlfled as the wldo scope of Ihe story and Its Hgyptlai. atmosphere would allow. The quaint Idea of making Mr. Djnleln , as the wizard Kibosh , forced to make love to the Cleopatra of history , when a girl of 1C , anil to struggle Ineffectually with kcr absolute Ignorance of love , was admitted lo elve whig opportunltldn for mirth to thai comedian. The music of Iho opera lian tie < come popular oven whcro the opera Itscll has not been presented as yet. An Interest ing circumstance In connection with thlt opera'n success and ono which has ncvei been accorded previously to any Amerlcar opera Is that Its popularity has attracted tin attention of iranagcm across the ocean , am It has already been given a production li the German language In the Carl theater Vienna , and a London presentation of "Thi Wizard" Is now rapidly neurlng Its llmo ai the Prince of Wales theater. When cUrtlng for the present season thi management resolved to do all In their powci to make the organization In I to second yeai as attractive an In the first , and In the man ] places In this bcason'a route , which the ; were not ftblo to reach laut year , and o which this city la one , It Is ausertcd tha the production will be the EUIUD lu ever ; 1t. > f. I * } . * W 1 | particular at during the run of four month * which It WAS riven last season at the Casino , Now York. The scenery and costunfPs wor replaced with new and the entlro original company was rc-engagcd with the single cx- eeptlou of the role of Cleopatra. For that Mis * FranrM Miirl < hinU was secured and hai been most pleasantly received throughout the present lour. Miss Louisa Hoyco la still the lively apprentice Abydos ; Walter Allen Is King Ptolemy , Greta Hlsloy the queen , Louis CAts.ivanl the royal Kgyptlan weather prophet , and Leonard Walker the muslo teacher , Ptaimlgan. The chorus received , especial mention everywhere last season , and Is re'alncd entire for the present one. Tha musical purl of the production Is In eharga of Fran ! ; Pallma. who lias been Its musical dlrrelor since Its Inception. The local en gagement will bo for four nights , with timtlneo Wednesday. Positively no Advance will be tnado In prices. Fronds Wilson will appear at the Crelgh [ en for three nights , commencing Thursday. February 25. with a new comic opera. "Half a King , " words by Harry 11. Smith and ' music by Ludwlt ; Knslander' , who have re vised and rewritten It from the French of Letterrlcr and U'anloc. The t > tory of "Halt a King" Is 8.1 M to be full ot nrtlvc 800:103 and continual movement. DuVe do Chateau rgaux , being heavily In debt , wishes la marry bis son , Hoitorc , to Liiclndc , daughter of the wealthy liuke do la llochc-Trumenu. The eontrncllng parties arr.inge to inert at a pleasure resort , wheiv not'only the wiMllhy congregate , but nl o mountebanks and bo liomlaiis. The leader ot the mouiiUb nksTorc > - schappe. Is there wltU his adopted daughter , Plerette , her would-ba lover , MUtlgrl ? , ami n band of followers. Hunore Is in love with Talto , who savrw him from assault and robbery by the mountebanks. Tercschappo and his followers then rapture the Duke deli li : Hoche-Trumcau. with his secretary and hli daughter , and , dlsguh-tiig themselves na theln captives , proceed to ths house of Duka de Chateau Margaux. Plrretto , who Im personates Luclndp , Is nbitit to be married to Honore , when Luclnde , ivho had managed to escape , appears and Induces Plerette to ivnounce her plai. Terrsohappe and Pleretto resume their mrtunleb.Hnk costumes and re turn to their old llfo. The girl is about to wed her lover. MlHtlgKn , when the parjy Is arrested for kidnapping Du'.te de la Itoclic- Tmmeau. IJxplanatlons follow and It Is learned that PI wet to N Ihe ( laughter of the kidnapped duke by an early alliance. The Identification is brought about through halt of a playing card , the king of diamonds , which was attached lo Pieretto's clothl.ig when Tereschappo found her. The duke produces the other halt of the card. Iloncro and Plerette are betrothed and everything ends happily. John 13. Ilenshaw , who has been loug and favorably known In this city , will he llio Attraction at the Crelghton for three nights , commencing Smid.iv. February 21 , heading1 a large company ot comedians In "The New Nabobs , " which this year Sears Ihe ad- dlllonal llllo ol "Dodge at ihe French Hall. " This papular farce in lUi now dress Is promised to be even move enjoyable than heretofore and a prosperous engagement Is anticipated. Seats will he placed on sale Thursday morning. Crolghtou Muaic hall will be opened as a first-class vaudeville resort Saturday. Fcb- inary 20 , under the management of Paxlim & Hurgess. IVrformarres will bo given nightly at this new pines of amusement , with the exception of Sunday. The prog.am will bo change.l weekly and every effort will bo made to please Ihe patrons thoroughly. A number of well known vaudeville favortUo will assist in entertaining. 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