THE OMAHA DAILY 3JEE : SUNDAY , APRIL 4 , 1897. I
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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declares Greek troops munt first bo withdrawn before withdrawal of Turkish troops ;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. Some
> eoplo of the present will have the Idea
mt the eoul of man Is a thin transparent
uld capable of escaping from the body at
oath. It Is my intention to deal with the
uestlon at bar from * scientific stand-
> olnt nu near as practicable , but it Is uocei-
ary to explain a llttlo as we proceed.
I am convinced that theologians and meta-
byslclans of the past have wholly ignored
10 only method by which we can penetrate ;
ha socreta of nature that is by material
nvestlgatlon and therefore , I shall concern
myielf as little as possible of tbelr system
nd opinions. I shall also pay llttlo atten 1
tion to tha common or received opinion * of
, ! . I
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the public or great mass of ( mankind , for the
reason that , as a rulqih b rdlnary ,10053 of
mankind cplnjons are * > t , > in ° consequence
when wo deal with isc5oritljlc researph. Dr.
Gall , a great German ' /scientist / , a'gd later
medical writers call'attcptlon lo certain
facts which they Investigated In regard to
the question before ua. , They show us by
dcmonstratlo'n 'and Ine table conclusions
drawn therefrom tint nine-tenths of all eul-
cldw are committed during a period of mental
alienation. That when men have misfortune
befall them , they brood over their ml'for-
tunes or troubles until a certain faculty of
the brain 'becomes deraiigod and diseased
and under a delusion they commit them-
.solves to the act of Belf-destru Mon. 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. It is doing a noble work
for the advai.'cemcut of good muila In
America , HOMER MOOUE.
tin * WOIIIUII'M Club ,
Prof , W. A. JOIICH , superintendent of the
Nebraska Institute for the Blind , will ad
dress the Woman's club at 4 o'clock to
morrow afternoon on "Social Antuiro-
ntsmB. "
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