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THE OMAHA DAILY 3JEE : SUNDAY , APRIL 4 , 1897. I * Review of the Week's Events For the Week Ending April 3 , Fonniox. CUUA-lInrcIi 2S : General nuls nivorn , successor to Mncco In Plnnr del nio , and clilcf of Bluff , Colonel Uncclloro , captured by Spanish forces under General Her nandez Vclasco at Cabazedas , In the nio Hondo district. March 205 Dr. Joseph J lUilz , convicted nt Baltimore of nillbusterlni , ' , sentenced to jail for eighteen inetilha nnd lined $300 ; C. E. Crosby , Chicago Ilccord correflpondcnt , reported killed near Arroyn Ulanco by stray bullet vrlillo viewing engagement through field slasses Marrli 20 : Consul General Leo notified his services will not bo needed after April IS General Gomez defeated In engagement at Mncafiiia , province of Santa Clara. April 2 : Humor at Madrid that General Gomez Is suing for peacu. aitKKCU-TUUKfSY March 28 : Ministers of powers confer and draw up col lective notes to Greek and Turkish governments requesting recall of troops from frontier ; Italian war Bhlps In Buda bay fired upon Clnlstlnnn and In nld of Turkish Harrison at Fort Iszldon. March 29 : Hakkl Pasha , Tuill : h commander at Tocat , where recent ninnsncro occurred , dismissed and arrested on demand of representatives ol powers. JIarch Ms Tlcport of fighting on Turkish side of frontier of Macedonia , Turkish troopi In command of German o Ulcer ; Clocks repulsed In attack of Forl Izzcdln thtoug-h Intervention of foreign war ships. March 31 : United States Minister Terrellat Constantinople makes demand for recovery of stolen money nnd punish- mcnt of criminals who murdered and robbed Xusiuf Sunan , engaged In distributing American icllcf funds at Snlrd , Asiatic Tuikey ; rumors at Athens Intimating llussla will not i > : trttclpato Iti blockade of Greek ports ; Insurgents at Suda bay llrcd on by HiltMi , Austrian and Itusslnn war ships. April 1 : Constantinople dispatch says Grecco has submitted proposal to buy Crete , but Porto declined separate registrations declaring Turkey In accord with European concert ; three Greek vessels cnroilte to Crete with provisions captured by British war ship. April 2 : Correspondent London Chronlrlo reportn British outrages nt Cnnen ; Porto In reply to request of powers declares Greek troops munt first bo withdrawn before withdrawal of Turkish troops ; Insurgents ( Ire on blockhouse nt Itiilsunarln occupied by International troops. OTIIKJl LANDS March 2S : Sultan of Morocco prohibits annual pilgrimage of Moslems to Mecca , owlni ? to prevalence of bubonic plague. March 29 : Minister McKenna - Kenna demand * Immediate release of Sailor Ramsay , arrested at Callao , Peru , and condemned to one year In Jail , contrary to terms of treaty with the United States ; lord mayor of Dublin presented petition In House of Commons praying for redress agaltut state of financial relations between Great Britain and overtaxed Ireland. March 30 : Bombay dispatch reports plague broken out among British troops at Caleba ; another victory over Insurgents reported from Manila , In Philippine Islands. March 31 : President Kruger suspends his grandson , Kloff , from ofllco for speech Insulting Queen Victoria ; bank nt AVoymouth. England , failed , liabilities 500000. April 1 : Mexican congress evened by President Diaz. April 2 : Peruvian court mitigates sentence of Ham- say , an American sailor , sentenced contrary to treaty rights ; Austrian cabinet re signs owing' to Inability to form a coalition majority ; national troops defeated Insurgents - surgents , n Uruguay. , CONCJHKSSIONAI , . HOUSE March 29 : Senate resolution adopted appropriating } 2JO,000 for Immediate use on Mississippi. March 20 : Resolution Introduced for establishment of a banking and currency commission , four members to be appointed by the president , two senators by the vice president nnd two congressmen by the speaker of tha house , the comptroller of currency to bo a member the commission to rciport to congress on the first Monday of next December. March 31 : DInglcy tariff bill passed with provision making rates effective on all goods Imported after April 1. 8ISNATE March SO : Senator Allen delivers first tariff speech In senate this ses sion , denouncing as unconstitutional all tariff for anything but Incidental protection and revenue ; James JX Klllott confirmed as attorney for district of South Dakota ; pooling bill Introduced by Forakur ns an amendment to the Interstate commerce act. March 31 : Hoar's amendment to Anglo-American arbitration treaty adopted. NEBRASKA HOUSE March 20 : 551mmcrman of York. Wheeler of Furnas and "Moran " of Platte are appointed a commit tea to Investigate elate offices. March 30 : Bills pnsscd providing for appointment of receiver In cases 'where Judgments are ren dered or mortgaged property Is llabl < < to Injury when such propeity Is occupied as a homestead , and appropriating J10.000- defray expenses of Inves'.i ' jatlng state ofllces and Institutions. March 31 : Bills passed abolishing : deficiency ju Igments , extending powers of State Board of Transportation , requiring railroads to mow their right-of-way twice a year between 13th day of July and 15th day of August , and allowing pupils to attend schools In nearest district to residence , also concurred lu senate amendment to house bill prohibiting campaign contributions by corporations. April 1 : Bills passed providing a system of uniform vouchers for disbursement of state funds , setting apart 240 acres of land In Lancaster county for use of hospital for Insane , authorizing or ganization of mutual hall Insurance companies , enabling Irrigation districts having no Indebtedness to discontinue , appropriating $23,000 to build an addition to Norfolk asylum , appropriating $30,000 for additional wing to asylum at Hastings nnd providing for drawing and empanelling Juries In trials of original actions In supreme court. April 2 : Bills passed providing for a blanket ballot , prohibiting officers In cltlca nnd villages from acceptingfrco gas or electric lights , water or transportation on street cars , providing for administration and government of state penitentiary , defining fraternal beneficiary societies and regulating same and providing that state and county funds shall not bo deposited In banks In any case to exceed 30 per cent of the capital Block of such bank. SENATE March 29 : Committee to Investigate The Bee's charges enlarged by ad dition of Senators Talbot of Lancaster and Ransom of Douglas ; bills passed for Judicial reapportlonment , defining and regulating fraternal beneficiary societies nnd pro viding against adulteration of food and for protection of game. March 30 Bill passed to prohibit corporations from contributing money or means to Influence or control elections. March 31 Bills recommended for passage appropriating $20,000 for a new dormitory for the State"Normal school at Peru and regulating-liability of employers for personal Injuries received by employes In their service and preventing enforcement of contracts limiting or Impairing such liability. April 1 : Committee Investigating The Bee's charges relative to gambling bill sent In majority nnd minority reports , the latter , while exonerating members , showed that Louis J. Plattl , clerk of senate , had prepared and procured to bo Introduced senate file 331 and looked after It In judiciary committee- and In engrossing1 committee , one Charles Blbblns having negotiated with him also that witnesses for "whom subpoenas had been Issued had disappeared ; bills passed taxing express companies 1 per cent of gross earnings from business done In state of Nebraska , taxing telephone companies one-half of l.pcr cent on gross earn ings and taxing telegraph companies 1 , per cent on gross earnings. April 2 : Bills passed providing for regulation of mutual Insurance companies for Insuring property In cities nnd villages , appropriating $30,000 for wing of new building on campus of Uni versity of Nebraska , for school of mechanic arts , and placing management of In dustrial Home for Fallen Women at Mllford under management of Board of Public Lands , officers to be appointed by the governor. OTIII5U STATES March 30 : Illlnou senate passed house bill appropriating $20.000 for Illinois exhibit at Tennessee Centennial exposition. April 1 : Iowa house passed Cheshire amendment to revenue laws adopting the Indiana plan of assessing telegraph , telephone , express and sleeping car companies. POLITICAIj. March 23 : Anson B. Johnson of Colorado nominated as United States consul to T'uchal. China ; David C. Fleming of Colorado , as register of land otllce at Sterling- , Colo. , nnd Theodore Benll of Colorado , as register at Lcadvlllo ; joint caucus of popu lists of senate nnd house at Washington Issue an address defining their ' to ward tariff protection and tha Dlngley bill ; Joseph Smith selected to succeed Clinton Furbish as director of the Three Bureaus of the Republics. March 31 : Nominations confirmed of Joseph L. Brlstow of Kansas to bo fourth assistant postmaster general , Henry Clay ISvans of Tennessee to be commissioner of pensions , Thomas Ryan of Kansas to be first assistant secretary of interior and Frank W. Palmer public printer ; Governor Holcomb Issued reply to Senator Thurston on recount contentions. April 1 : Charlemagne Tower of Pennsylvania confirmed ns minister plenipotentiary to Austria-Hungary nnd William 8. Hallenbergor of Pennsylvania as second assistant postmaster general , April 2 : Mayor Brontch defeated nt Omaha republican primaries nnd probabilities of a darlc horse being nominated ; democratic probabilities are for nomination of Senator Ed Howells nnd populists elected delegations opposing fusion. * COMMKHO'I.VI , AND INDDSTUIAI. . HANK FAILUllKS-Aprll 1 : Citizens' bank , IJowIlne Green , Mo. , bank solvent and will rcopi-n. MHHCANTILH FAILTJURS March 23 : Duller. Crawford & Co. , coffee nnd spice mills , Columbus , O , , assets $100,000 , liabilities same ; Whlttlnglll Tiros. , Louisville , Ky , , dry goods , liabilities $00,000 ; the United Prrss association assigned at New York. March 31 : The ChurloM Schmidt Toy nnd Notion company , St. Louis , assets $37r.OO ; liabilities &r > ,000 ; Horlln & Montcllo Granite company , Chicago , liabilities (190,000 , assets J150.000. | ClllMHS AM ) CASUAI/l'MOS. FlHES-Mnrch IS : Jlesldenco of Colonel Tyler , New London , Conn. , loss J300.000 , fnsuranco $73,000 ; entire block besides many scattered buildings nnd groups , at Nor folk , Vtt. , leaving- fifty families homeless , loss J100.000. March 30 : Planing milt of William Stokof , Altoona , Pa. , loss 130,000 , Insurance J10.000. April 2 : Maple .Leaf . hotel , Richmond , Mo. , two boarders perished , loss J3.000 , covered. FLOOD AND STOHM March 29. Hreak In main levee of Mississippi nt Perthshire , Jllsa. .March 30 : Two more breaks In Mississippi levees at Wayside , Miss. , nnd opposite Arkansas City ; twenty to fifty persons killed or fatally injured by cyclone at Chandler , Okl. , about 150 ( > adly Injured , and property damage of $500,000 , but four liulldlnKH left standing- town of 1,500 population ; storms at Florence , Kan. , and Fort Worth , Tex. , Inflict considerable damage. March 31 : Cyclone at Gnuly'a , , Ark. , laid waste whole village , killing four colored women and Injuring- several ; William Fllclc and family of thrco drowned In Cumberland river nt Eddyvllle , Ky. , while 'moving from flooded homestead ; four breaks In levees In Mississippi delta , 150 miles below Memphis ; South Dakota rivers out of their banks. April 1 : Washout on Mil waukee near Mitchell , S. I ) , , also on Chlcajro , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha road ; 23,000,000 feet of lumber swept away nt Minneapolis ; tornado near Star City , Ark. , Bovcral persons killed and much property destroyed ; twelve or fifteen country resi dences destroyed by cyclone In southern part of Cleveland county , Arkansas. April 2 : Over 1,000 families driven from homes In flats between St. Paul and Minneapolis ; 700 to 1,000 families nt Oreonvllle , Miss. , surrounded by water ; widespread destruction Inevitable In country pouth of the Perthshire break In levee on Mississippi ; rivers In South Dakota still rising ; largo part of Indlanola and Summerset , In Iowa , under water ; another break In leven nt Hacelnnd , La. ACCIDKNTS-March 28 ; James Farrcll gored to death nnd 'Mnrtln Burns badly cashed by vicious bull on Northwestern road while bclni ; transferred to a branch running north ; Union Pacific passenger train badly wrecked at Stromsburg , Neb. , freight cars smashed nnd mall nnd express car damaged , but nobody seriously iliurt , J.Iurch 9 : Mangled remains of Klmer Anderson found on Milwaukee railroad track near Mystic , la. ; six children drowned In ntt mpt to ford Polo crock , In Nemalrn county , Kansas. March SO : Two men klllod and four seriously Injured by explosion In water tunnel at Chicago. Aiyrll 1 : J. H. Flynn , mining editor of the Dcadwood Times , fell from tttrps of hlu house , breaking his neck ; II , Syderman killed by falling from a trestle at Ilushvlllo , Nob. April 2 : Iiulldlne.1 of Shamokln Powder company nt Shamokln , Pa. , demolished by explosion , Ions 0,000 , no llvos lost ; five persons drowned with sloamcr J. F. C. Grlggs , sunk In Chatahoochle river at Columbia , Ga. MUHDKHS March SO : Joseph Kmlskeo stubbed to death with butcher knife In hand of Stephen lloyce at Lawreneebunr , Kan. , while quarreling under Influence of liquor , llurch 31 : Hank robber Kellllmn convicted of murder In first degree at Fairmont , Bllnn. , Jury recommending mercy. April 2 : Four murderersof ox-Sheriff FranU Chavez hanged at Banta F ; Black brother : ) executed at Lafayette , La. ; William N. Sargent robbed and murdered at Seymour , la. ; Deputy fl.icrlff J , V , Cunningham shot and fatally wounded Joseph II , 'McMahon in a quarrel nt Wichita , Kan. SUICIDES March 30 : Charles A. Houghton , Corning , N , Y. , principal owner CornIng - Ing Glaus company , reputed worth $500,000 , ubot and killed himself , his mind un balanced .after severe Illness. April 1 : Miss Lottie Merrll of Denver , enroute to Lin coln to be married , took morphine. April 2 ; Joseph Treub , Dubuque , la. , head of lead mining- syndicate , hud cancer of tongue. aiOllTIIAUY. March 28 : Mrs , Margaret J. Preston , Baltimore , Bid. , writer of southern war poetry ; Judge Alexander M , Specr , Macon , Gu. , formerly of the supreme bench of Georgia. March 29 ; Major Georeo Q. White , U , 8. A , , St. Paul , Minn. , originated Idea of havingLincoln's birthday a legal holiday ; General Peyton Wise , lUchmond , Va. , nephew of the late General Henry A. Wise , and chairman confederate re union last year. March 30 : Joel .Eaton , Council Bluffa. la. , aged 53 , prominent citi zen , built eus works la 1STO. April 1 ; Mr * . Mary 13. Funitu , IJrownvtlk. Neb. , > lf or x-Qov ruor llobert W. Purau , THE QUESTION OF SUICIDE Wa Belf-Murder Prohibited by Divine Commandment ? REASONS FOR THINKING IT WAS NOT The Critic * of IiiBCrKoll'm 1'onltloii Not Invulnerable Thriimelve Sonic lllinrliolcH In the Scriptural Armor. BUTTON , Neb. , April 2. To the Editor of The Dec : Having carefully read the at tempted refutation of Robert Q. Ingcrsoll oa "Suicide , " contained In your Issues of March 11 and 21 , It seems to mo that the position of the colonel has not been seri ously harmed. The extent of my Interest In the matter Is confined to the merits of the respective arguments for and against. With many the fact that that gentleman's name Is attached to a proposition , cither of re llglon or morals , secures for It an uttc rejection as of doubtful tendency. Such course may satisfy cramped and narrov minds , but not those who are willing to ac cord the proper honors to real merit , b ; whomsoever won. In reviewing those articles , let us bcgl with the Noachlc statute. This Is the firs reputed utterance by the Deity upon horn cldo of which wo have any record , and I as follows : "And surely your blood of your lives wll I require ; at the hand of every beast will require It , and at the hand of man ; at th ilianil of every man's brother will I requlr the life of man. " Gen. lx-5. That portion of this part of the statut which Includes the brute- creation In th penalty to be Inflicted for the taking of hU man life , Dr. Clarke , In his commentary o the passage , says : ' 'It ' Is very obscure , and adopts a translation to elucidate th "obscuro" meaning. Other theologians hav done the Batnu , until we have as many read Ings as there are persons who disagree aa to the correct rendering. Here , then , a the very threshold of our Inquiry as to th meaning of the statute , wo are confronted with a conceded "obscurity" In It. Hov are we to be assured of Us meaning In It entirety , when we cannot be ns to It parts ? This ought to suggest the < pro prlcty of abstaining from dogmatic asser tions respecting It , and to treat with respectful - spectful consideration those opinions ill verso from our own , as they may bo rlgh and ours wrong. Taken literally , thin portion of the statut would exclude the right of self-dcfinse , o defensive war , and Judicial punishment b : a civil magistrate In case of a violation That such an Intemlment was contemplated or that It Is contained In the enactmen will not bo contended for by any one. THE CRIME OF MUHDKH. Th > balance of this statute Is as follows "Whcso sheddeth man's blood , by man shal his blood be shed , for In the Image of Go made ho man. " Gen. Ix-G. Contained In th ! Is : 1 An Inhibition against the taking o human life by another ; 2 the penalty , llfi for life ; 3 the reason , "In the Imago of Got madehe man. " The only act con.em plated hero Is that which coas'Itutos tl crime of onurJer the malicious killing of human being. In proof , we note the fact that the Jews so understood It , as shown b ; their criminal laws , and thejr practice , unde them , every degree of homicide under tha of murder , cities of rcfugo being provide by law , as a retreat for the slayer , and In which , the death could not bs avongcd. Wo have as a. result of the foregoing , tbui the Inhibition , the penalty , and the reason only apply to , and are llmltod to the crime of murder. I cannot perceive how this can be successfully controverted. That the lesser degrees In homicide wore not criminal under this statute as we hav-j lust stated was well understood by the Jew Ish nation , for In cases , flrat , In which the ; act was without hatred or enmity ; or , second end , was without motives of revenge ; or , third , where It happened through mistake or , fourth , through accident or as It Is calleu n the English common law chance-medley , there being no criminal Intent , there was no crime. Thta very statute , as we have sesn reveals the presence of an clastic element admitting of its adaptation to future possible needs and requirements. Originally Intended for and suited to and construed In the light of primitive social conditions , yet containing an clement developing and expanding with an advancing civilization. Just as the Jew- sh theocracy gave place to a form of gov- ; rnment more congenial to human sentiment and feeling , and the narrow and exclusive nosalc economy went down before a regime of grander proportions , nobler spirit , and 'oftler aim and purpose. Just as the au- horlty of Moses lost Itself In the greater one of Jesus ; and the rigor of the law merged In the freedom of the gospel ; and ho pompous worship of the temple passed nto the simpler one of the heart , with lolther altar , priest or ritual. NOT ABITRARY LEGISLATION. Tills enactment Is not a plcco of arbitrary eglslatlon , arrogating to Itself undue 1m- > ortance , or assuming a false dignity , or ealous of Its authority ; rather , as claiming i divlno paternity , should we expect it to bo susceptible of a construction In accord with the logic of Improved social conditions. On the same principle that the strict con struction of another statute , relating to the origin of the civil authority , yielded to amore moro liberal one of human rights as the ioureo of such authority. Likewise , undur .ho statute wo are coni'Idorlng ' , eonslilera- lens of sympathy , of mercy and of humanity Ifir.ar..I ' that. In a ; car of human physical iiiffcrlng , InMliIch relief can alone be found n death , that so dcslrallo a < boon should bo mstened by human agency. In such case , the physician should find hl-s warrant In the authority of law. Wo perform the samn kindly offlco for the domestic animal In like onC'ltlons ' , why not for the human ? Is the mjnan less an object of pity than the brute ? md how , pray , In the coso supposed. Is re- Iglon honored In prolonged Buffering , when t can afford instant relief ? The quetslon of > opular sentiment agalnpt It Is of no con- Ideratlon. Majorities In politics are right nough , not In morals. Besides , whatever irogress the race has made In social Londl- lena haa been achieved by blnorltics. It la matter to be decided at the bar of en- ghtencd reason and a sound conscience. If , , then , under such conditions , the act of ho 'physician would bo Justifiable ) , who can ay that occasion * may not arles In which ho Individual In respect to his own life uay apply the speady remedy without In- urring the odium of committing the crime f a felo Jo so , The alllrmant of such a imposition can make a belter showing for ils side of the case than to many at first Ight Is apparent. L , I > . CROUCH. [ AS VIISW1SI ) 11V HO1KXCI5. I I'll I n I llrriiiiitniKMit lU'Niiunilble for .Suicide. COUNCIL BLUFFS , la. . April 2. To the Jdltor of The Bee : I take It for granted : mt the publication of The Dee is not for 10 purpose to propagate any particular ro- ; glous Ideas of any particular sect , and In hat thought I present here a few remarks pen the article In Sunday's Bee , March 4 , signed by him or her , X-Itays , It Is very Interesting to read the common otlons and opinions that are abroad on 10 soul of man. Hut few men really know 10 meaning of the word. By the word soul 10 Greeks , according to the usage of Thales , cslgnatvd the vital principle in general ; lorcfore , they spoke of the soul of plants , ; ho Bout of animals , the human soul. Thus ve use the word boul for that which were ro conscious of being life within us. Dur- ng the rise of Christianity the theologians nd metaphysicians of a great number used ' ha word soul as meaning a spirit or hav- ng a property they called spiritual. 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I do not say that this only happens In cases of misfortune ; the cases are varied. These philosophers demonstrated also that during periods of mania , monomania and melan choly some part or parts of the human brain Is deranged , while other parts do retain their active and proper functions. This Is why In cases as above named that attending phy sicians advise a change of vocation , of scenes , of thought and environments , BO that the patient's attention Is directed to dlvcra channels until ho recocers his mental fac ulties , or becomes rational again. FACT AND -THEOriY. Now , having oeen that nearly all self-de struction Is the effect of mental alienation or a partial derangement of the mind , and not of a sane , deliberate , premeditated act , what becomes of the theory that all sul- cldo Is certainly a crime ? Dy the word crime we designate an act which Is pun ished by law ; on behalf of the state an act or omission which Is Injurious to the pub lic. All legal Jurisprudence on this subject holds that Insane persons cannot commit crime , because they are Incapable of know ing right from wrong. How far this doctrine trine- can be applied to persons committing suicide Is still In controversy , but wo do know that something Is radically wrong with a man who will destroy himself. This has brought us to Colonel Ingcrsoll's doc trine , that It is no crime to commit suicide , for nine-tenths who do commit sulcldo are mentally unbalanced and commit the act under a mental delusion. Wo also see that Mr. Ingersoll Is not the father of this Idea | or doctrine. The opinion of the clergy and the public as regards the future hereafter j bos llttlo or no Importance In .this case. I Whether our soul is a thin transparent fluid which escopdes at death and ascends to heaven , or whether wo He dorjnant until the "Angel Gabriel" shall blow his golden or sil ver trumpet Is wholly Immaterial , Nor does llfo hereafter or punishment hereaftcri moke aulcldo a crime or vice versa. X-ttays evl- lontly still Holds to tl.9 old Ideas that it Is , necessary to preach hell flro and eternal Jamnatlon io prevent iK-oplo from self-de struction. The philosopher goes at It in a llfforont way , JIo finds''or ascertains the jauso and then Btuiles und applies a rein- . ! dy ; I will leave It to my'readcra ' to what they think Is the moat prdpftr tourso. X-Uoya ind Mr. Donl will have to' < 6oncedo that no ollglon or penal code , o > iriatter how severe lunlshment they inflictlKff > t ul the effect of jradlcating crime iu lany/'form from tno jumau family. > * ' ' " PURELY SPECULATIVE. Mr. Dord' Is perfcctly'fborrect In stating that the hereafter Is purely'spoculatlvo and problematical , and tl fs''u"wHl ' always remain - main , as no one Is abfo1 t 'imfold wnat la jeyond the grave. All 'tbeMabor ' spent upon he Idea of a hereafto"iimi beatific vision is eo much labor throWrf'uway. ' Just think low much good would1'Havo ' been accom plished If the labors * 6T those men. who llscusscd from the fod'rtwWth to sixteenth jontury such questions0' * ' 'to how many ingela could occupy tHq WJnt of a needle me and the same tlnlelMirfd applied their abors to natural phendinentm. If the act of self-dcstruWlon Is a crime , ind I bellevo It Is If 'doWmltted by a per- lon in the full use of all' his mental facul- leu , then It If a crime here on thla earth ind In the community where the act is com- nltted. Of course , there 'Is ' no mothol by vhlch we can yuntsh & culprit who haa aken his own life , for death ends It all as 'ar as we are concerned. The laws of no- uro are Immutable , wo cannot break them. iVo may violate them for a while and then ihe metro out our punishment. Death la helimit of the punlibmcnt Inflicted by na- uro , and If we commit aulclde wo mete out 0 ourselves the extreme penalty of nature's aws. aws.Now. . to conclude , I desire to say to Mr. lord tint I have no more use for the doc- rlnea of logersollthan he has , but only for ho truth they contain , Ingersoll In doing roat work by breaking down superstition ind prejudice , long esabUhod ] and deeply ooted , huwlng and blazing the way for the clentlflc research that must follow , He Is forerunner of what Is to come after. Pre eports cannot bo rolled oa for the exact. . truth In regard to all matters. The fact that certain persons slightly related to him and others who did business with him committed suicide Is no proof that they believed la his doctrine or , if they.did , thai , such belief Is the 'reason they committed sulcldo. And the press reports are all the ibssls that we have for all that has been written by our friend. To say that Colonel Ingersoll or any other man has a mission on. earth to perform would bo to apply the doctrine of fatalism , a doctrine exjiloded long since. iM. W. STHOUSE. AMUSEMENTS. The theaters made what may be termed a bluff at keeping Lent last week. At least , although they might not base their conduct on that ground , they made It possible , by offering either very few or not very attrac tive "attractions , " for their customary pat rons to stay at homo with a willing mind and to pay duo attention to pious observ ances. One thing the present season has unquestionably done for Omaha theater-goers which has been accomplished In Hko degree by no other season within a memory of ordi nary length. It has familiarized them with the varying characteristics of a vast number of so-called repertory companies of the cheaper sort , has opened their eyca to the sn-arrnlni ; hosts of actora and actresses trav eling about the country without other cele brity than that gained by the generally de spised me-thods of barnstorming , and has convinced them that genuine merit often times lies In these unpretentious companies , hidden Ilka the rcso that Is horn < to blush unseen. The play-going public In Omaha resembles that of other cltlca outside New York in that It Is generally averseto making Its own Investigations In the theatrical field and will as a rule stay strictly away from entertainments which It knows llttlo of , the while pouring out Its treasures freely upon Fame poor cheap thing which cornea bearing the easily obtained stamp of New York'u ap proval. Dy reason of this tendency , Omaha has deprived itself of sorao of the keenest artistic pleasures of the season , and has subjected Itself with an eagerness which It will doubtless repeat on similar occasions In future , to the Infliction of such meretricious displays as those of Lolo Puller and Cissy Fitzgerald. The latter-named young person has already served as a peg to hang moro than one sermon upon. Her well advertised kicking did not compare In vigor with that of her audience after her single appearance In Omaha. And the entertainment furnished by her companions In "Tho Foundling" has been surpassed , both In point of cleanliness and artistic merit , by half a dozen of the cheap repertory companies nt which the finger of Ignorant scorn bos been pointed. That rare old man , John Woodard , "whose flno abilities , albeit burled under the small part of a negro servant In "For Fair Vir ginia. " were yet sufficiently apparent to the discriminating mind , is one of the oldest actors , as regards both ace and length ci service , now on the American stage. Only Couldock , Jefferson and Stoddart , of living American actors , can look back upon so long a period of public appearances. Mr. Wood ard has been on the stage fifty-seven years. Forty-eight years ago ho passed through what is now Omaha on his way across the plains , employing the primitive means of transportation then in vogue. Ho haa sup ported In Ills time nearly every otar of promi nence , and lias been a valued member of many of the great stock companies. , As may bo Imagined , ho Is a mine of Information on matters pertaining to the stage , and when he can be Induced to talk which Is but rarely , unless ho Is assured that what he says will not be printed the story of bU romlnlscencca is most interesting. Despite his advanced age , ho la well preserved and vigorous , although a fall experienced just before his arrival hero somewhat Impaired his usual activity. Ho la looking forward tea a long visit In Omaha during the coming summer with bis BOD , W , J. Woodard of the Crelghton theater. Cniuliii ; Invent * . Ward & Vokea and a large supporting company will commence an engagement ot four nights , with a matinee at the Crelgh ton today. "A nun on the Dank , " tbelr old skit , has Influenced them to retain It for one moro eoason. Unusual care has been paid to costuming and scenic detail , the "Percy and Harold Hank" of the ( second act being an entirely new etago setting , Where farce comedies usually present eeven or eight , more or less attractive glrla , Man ager SUlr baa provided eighteen , and he is said to have dressed 'them ' , as the ver nacular of the day would put It , "to the queen's taste. " All the musical work Is new and It la promised that the hackneyed songs which some way or another seem to get Into the bill of everything sailing under the farca comedy flag have been carefully shied at , and In their place catchy original com positions written expressly for the Ward & Vokes company .have been substituted. The roster of the company Is as follows : Charles Guyer , Tony Williams , Joe Kelly , Charles A. Mason , Cyrus niddell , J. J. Fisher , Gll- bertlo Learock , Margaret Daly Vokes , Lucy Daly , Joslo Sutherland , Pauline voti Arnold , Martha Franklin , Nellie Daly , Sadie Whltcomb. Adelaide Prucllla , Hattlo Bernard , Lotta Miranda , Grace Archer , Alma Desmond , Dcllo Var- ncy and Madgo Christie. Mr. Charles Marks Is in charge of the cntlro musical bill. A bargain matinee 'will bo given Wednesday. Another week of low prices Is announced for Boyd's , commencing today. The attrac tion will bo the Payton Comedy company , which played a successful engagement at the Fifteenth Street theater some years ago. Mr. Payton has been before the public as a star tor twelve -years. He has supportIng - Ing him a conscientious company , and feels confident of Its ability to please. The , drawing card at the 'matinee and evening performances today will be the three-act comedy , "A Regular Fix , " and in which It Is claimed 'tho ' company appears to good advantage. The play Is a neat comedy on the order of "Charley's Aunt" and "My Friend from India. " The repertoire for the week will be selected with the Intention of giving plays that have not been seen hero , or at least at any recent time. The change of bill will bo announced lu these columns. The Woodward Theater company , which has played In Omaha several times with unvarying success , will return to the Crclgh- ton for a ten-night run , opening Thursday , April 8 , presenting during the coming en gagement a number of new plays , E well as Introducing several novel specialties. The company Includes a number of new faces , as well as those who became favorites during former engagements. Tbo usual matinees will bo given. The sale of seats will open tomorrow morning. Captain O. W. Smith , the popular W. W. W. medicine man and his entertainers are at the Hotel Dellono. They will commence their big free street shows tomorrow night. April 5 , at corner of Sixteenth and Capitol avenue. Those shows are for the public. They extend from the sublime to the ridicu lous. Nothing said or done to displease the refined or culterod. These ehowa are dif ferent from all others , strictly up to date and absolutely free. A special feature of the performance of the Payton Comedy company at Boyd's to day and throughout Ihe week will be the reproduction of the Leonard-Gushing pHzu fight and a number of other line views by the raagnlscopo. The city of Montreal , Canada , has under taken a great musical festival to bo given next Wednesday , Thursday and Friday. The works to bo presented are "ArmlnluB , " by Max Brucb , "Mary Magdalen , " by Massenet , "Tho Ninth Symphony , " llecthoven , and the opera "Tannhauser , " by Wagner , At a matlneo on Thursday afternoon there will be a miscellaneous program for orchestra and soloists , In which works by Tachalkow- aky , MacDowell , St. Sauna , Virdl , Schubert , Myer Ablmund , Dubols and Liszt occur. The conductors are Mr , 0 , Couture and Mr. Emll Mollenhauer , The soloists are Mmo. Magnus-Bastello , Mrs. Frances Dunton Wood , Mlaa Josephlnq Jacoby , Mr. Barren Berthold who was here with Mm ? . Nordlca Mr , Conrad Behrent , and the writer. The concerts1 are given by the Montreal Phil harmonic society under the patronage of lil/i excellency , the governor general of Canada. "Armlnlus" Is a secular oratorio , or dra matic cantata. It U founded upon the story of the conflicts between the Germans and Koinaim , In which Armlnlus took part , and Is composed for chorus , orchestra and three soloists ; Slecmund , tenor ; a prleiitcsa , con tralto , end Armlnlus , baritone. The music U Intensely robust and dramatic. It ls In the modern spirit of romantic composition and la wonderfully orcti9 trated. Uulesn the writer Is mistaken , It was first produced la this country In Boston In 18S2 , under the composer's own direction , by the Handel and Haydn society. "Mary Magdalen" Is mentioned in the program oa "a Sacred Drama , " and it will bo performed for the first tlmo lu Canada next Thursday evening. H Is for chorus , orchestra and four soloists : Mary , soprano ; Martha , contralto , an Evangelist , tenor and Judas Iscarlot , baritone. The music is not at all oratorio In style , nor docs It seem operatic. It Is decidedly peculiar , and at times lacking In depth. There are numbers that ore the product of genius , -but there are passages which are almost trivial. The part of the Evangelist is really representative of Jesus , and Is 'but ' a name , as the speaker is always liho Nazarenc. Other composers have made him a character I'n ' their oratorios , and why Massenet should have evaded It one can hardly say. The part , of "Judas" Is the moat peculiar In the work. The composer's con ception of -chvnacter seems to have been that bo was from flrat to lost evil minded , a liypocrlt , treacherous and unscrupulous. Tbo music Is like a snake winding Itaolf about among many themes and harmon'ics , always false and unexpected. The "Ninth Symphony" Is In four parts or grand divisions. The first three are for orchestra , chorus and soloists. It Is con sidered to be the greatest symphony over written , and 'it has been said that In Its composition Beethoven , having exhausted the resources of the orchestra , was compelled to call In voices ! to fully express the wonderful musical Inspiration which filled his soul and demanded , as It were , a revelation. The symphony was begun lu November , 1823 , and in February , 1824 , It was completed. It was first performed at Vienna , May 7 , 1824 , under the direction of the composer. At this tlmo Beethoven was deaf , and at the concluslo < a of the symphony , stood absorbed In thought unmindful of the applause of the enthusiastic audleiico until one of the singers , 'by ' signs , arouaed h'ls attention that ihu should at least turn and look at the reception ho was receiving. The audlenco at the eamo time eecmed to comprehend his terrible affliction and gave him a storm of applause which bade fair not to end. Beethoven never heard the sounds of lila great symphony except as Its muslo vibrated through his soul. His ears were closed to its wondrous tones , but out of that great heart they flowed like a mrssago from that beyond whence we came and whither wo are going. The opera "Tamihauser" is too well known to need any extended comment. Its over ture Is one of the three greatest ever com posed. Its story Is from the oxhaustloea realm of Goiman legend. Its music was u step forward In the world's history , At Its Ural performance In Dresden It was con demned ; today ho who condemns It dis graces hlmsnlf ami advertises his Ignorance. The principal solo parts are : Elizabeth , so prano ; Vcrais , snprano ; Tannhauscr , tenor ; Wolfram , bcrllono , and Landgrave , bass. The Philharmonic society Is finishing Itn twentieth soaison , during which tlmo It will hove given seventy-nine concerts , with the close of this scries. 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