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ESTABLISHED .HJXE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MOKNITfG , JAXUAUY 2(5. ( 1H5)S ) TWJSLVISS.PAGES. . . STNG-LU _ COP\r .ITlVJiJ
IN THE FEBRUARY MAGAZINES
A Feast of Good Literature for All Kinds of
Readers ,
DU MAURIER ON CARTOON SATIRE
Colonlex In tln > \ \nrflMVCfilMiiri-
IliiIINlory of ( hi * Iti-volntlon
London llrlilitf Di'm-rllii-il Vii
Article nil China.
The first part of an article by the late
George Du Maurlcr on "Social Pictorial
Sfttlro" Is the leading feature ol Harper's
Magazlno for February. In this article the
gonlus of the pen and pencil deals with the
great satlrlsta of I'unch , and there arc a
number of drawings by Leech , ono of which
Is reproduced In colors as tlio frontispiece.
Hu Maurler contrasts the Leech girl a vivid ,
lovable , klssablc creiturc with the sedate
anil athletic young woman so familiar to all
levers of Ou Maurler's own drawings. He
also gives frankly his Impressions of the
other artists of Punch. While this article
Is given leading place In the February num
ber , another article will prove more InterestIng -
Ing to many readers , although entirely dif
ferent In nature. This Is Kirk Munroo's
"Some Americans from Oversea , " hi which
liu describes his llfo and travels among the
Kusslan and Icelandic colonies of North Da
kota. It becomes evident to the reader that
though thu manners and customs of these
nowcomciH and the atmosphere they live In
bcltn largely to the old world , they arc
already Americans In the truest sense ol
the wotd , and In a few generations will bu
indistinguishable' In speech and manners
from -their neighbors who have been longer
In the great republic. In especial Mr. Muu-
loc- explains the thrifty methods which cn-
able them to live and glow rich where others
might easily full. The short stories of the
number are "A Drltish Islander , " by Mary
Hartwe-ll Catherwood , illustrated by Lucius
Hitchcock ; "Martin Farroner , " by Mar-
gucilto Merlngton. Illustrated by W. T.
Smedk-y ; ' Hoan Uarbary , " n novelette of
Iho turf , by George HIbbard. nnd "An Inci
dent , " the story of an attempted lynching ,
by Sarah Ilarnwell Elliott , Illustrated by W.
T. Smcdloy.
Senator Lodge's Interesting story of the
American Resolution In continued In Scrlb-
ner'a Magazlno for February , nnd among the
Incidents described In this installment ol
the story Is that of the capture of Tlcondcr-
ogu by Ktlmn Allen , ono of the most dra
matic incidents of the long war. He also de
scribes the battle of Hunker Hill lu thl.i
number and at the olost of his vivid do-
pcrlptlon sums up rcmilts as follows : "The
victory was with the Drit'sh. for they took
the contested ground anil held It. Hut the
defeat of Hunker Hill wtw worth many vic
tories * to the Americans. U proved to them
that British troops were not Invincible , a
the-y Mod been so confidently assured. It
proved their own lighting capacity , and gave
strength and heart to the people of every
colony. " Thu illustrations for the articleo on
the Revolution arc as line as 'inythlng ever
put Into American magazines. The series nf
papo-s on "The- Unquiet Sex" by Hccn ! Wat-
terson MooJy Is concluded In the number
with a discussion of the domestic servant
problem. Russell Sturgl.s and Mrs. Rliza-
b"i Koblns I'enncll discuss "Kngllsh Move
ment ; in Decorative Art" In the same nuin-
bei' . These art discussions have become a
valuable ; feature e > T Sci loner's to all art
levels.
The New Knglnml Publishing company of
Itoston hi' purchased Current History of the
HufTalo publishers and that publication will
contlnuo In Its good work. Current History
is n useful reference work for three who de
sire to keep well Informed on the more re
cent occurrences In all parts of the world. Its
field Is unlimited. Events of but n few yo.va
ago pass out of the mlnIs : of the pcopK
quickly , but this quarterly compendium be
comes a cyclopedia to which 'they ' can all
bo referred to at a moment's notice. The
editorial management remains unchanged.
i.\ careful reading of an article In the
current Cosmopolitan on the dress cf
women throughout the world and during thu
ages of civilization will set many person--
tn thinking about the assertion which l
often made that In trio matter of dress the
people of the present generation are far
In advance of their ancestors , rty a series
of Illustrations showing the costumes worn
In other times or by the woninn of other
countries It Is shown that there Is very
llttlu In the modern dress of women that
has not a counterpart In the dress ot pant
ages. It Is true that at various times cro-
tcsquu nnd ugly fashions wvro In vogue ,
but at other times true artls'lc taste was
shown lu dress. Another article In the
name magazine recalling the past relates
to the history of the "Last of the Valete. "
This article Is beautifully lllus rited. Pres
ident 10. Benjamin Andrews begins a scries
of essays on the selection of u life work
and tolls nf the Importance of the choice
of a profeeolon or business. Another chap
ter of Harold Frederick's "Gloria Mundl"
Is given , and also the last chapter ot "Our
Late War with Spain. "
Hudyard Kipling commands the highest
prlco of any living author , according ( to the
Pall Mall Gazette , which says that It paid
J7CO for each nf his "Harraek Koom Dai-
lads , " and that "Tho Seven Seas" brought
him $11,000. Ho has received CO cents a
word for a 10,000 word story. Anthony
Hope charges JIRO for a magazine story ,
reserving the copyright. Mr. Gladstone's
prlco for a review Is $1,000. Conau Doyle
received f35,000 for "Ilodnoy Stone , " MIH.
Humphrey Ward $10,000 for "Robert HIs-
inere , " $50.000 each for "David Grieve" and
-MarcoMa. " $75,000 for "Sir George Trcs-
Mdy" nnd " $ lfi,000 for "Ufuslo Costrel. "
Ian Maclarcn has made $35,000 out ot "The
Iloimlo Hrinr Hush" and "Anld Lang Syne. "
Kliler Haggard still asks from $75 to $100
a column of $1,600 words , and will not write-
for- less than $10,000. The highest price ever
paid for a novel Isj $200,000 , which , the Pall
Mall Gnzutte sayw , was handed over to Al-
pho.isu Daudet for his "Sappho. " SCola's
first fourteen books netted him $220.000 ,
and In twenty years he has made at least
$375,000. Ruskln's sixty-four books bring
him In $20.000 a year. Swinburne , who
writes very little , makes $5,000 n year by his
poe'iiiH. Drowning In his later years drew
$10.000 u year from the sale of his works ,
find Tennyson Is mild , to have received $00.-
000 a year from the' Macmlllans during the
last years of his life. Mr. Moody Is be
lieved to have be-aten all others , as more
than $1.2,10.000 has been paid In royalties
for his hymns.
The annual almanac of the New York
Tribune for 1S9S Is Just out. The almanac
has been standard authority on statistics of
the year for a long time and this number Is
the largest volume ever Issued. Everything
U to be found theire from the constitution of
the Unlteel States to the OraecoTurkish war
nnd complications In foreign lands. Them Is
tlio usual variety of statistics relating to
foreign and domestic affairs , public reve
nues , populations , state and national gov
ernments , schools , colleges , railroads , etc.
The summary of most Important re-cunt leg-
Ulatlon is very complete- and valuable.
There IB iiuch a decidedly English flavor
to everything In the Pall Mall 'Magazine ' that
there are persons who cannot become Inter
ested In It. yet the selection of subjects In
the February number has been so wisely done
that the magazine Is well filled -with Information
mation that Is just as useful In ono part ot
the world as another. For instance , Sir
Walter Ilciaut's article ) on the London
bridge , being a chapter In a series on the
growth and history of London has a hls-
torlo Intereit that cannot be confined to the
narrow bounds of the English Mte. All
u rUlii3 to eld London U Interesting
-T f
and Sir Walter Is able to tell these things
In the most entertaining way. Anolhe-i
historical article Is by Judge O'Connoi
Morris , second only to Captain Mahan as
an authority on naval matters , descrlbltif
the campaign of Copenhagen. The front Is
piece Is from H famous etching on "Tie !
Smoker. " and the Illustrations of the whole
number are fine.
The third of the "Just So" stories by Hud-
yard Kipling , In the February number ol
St. Nicholas , tells In the Inimitable Kipling
wny how the rhinoceros got his wrlnklj
skin. This Is only one of many features o ;
the number , which appears to be more thar
usually good In special features. Elsie Hill' !
" 'Rhymo of the King and the Rose. " Illustrated -
trate-d , Is ono of the most pleasing stories Ir
verso that 1ms appeared In the magazines
and "Tho Uattlo of Durley , " by Virginia
Woodward Cloud , Is another charming Illus
trated poem.
Ono ot the most timely review articles Is
that by Holt S. Hallctt In the Nineteenth
Century on "Tlio Partition of China. " This
from the standpoint of ciio who might b (
called a Urltlsh Jingo Is a concise hlstorj
of the movement of European nations to
ward the Orient and an account of rcccnl
events leading up to Europe-an aggression ;
In China. He urges that the time has gone
by for vacillation In the Urltlsh policy to
ward China. "Our position as the nclghboi
and chief customer of China Is he-Ing threat
ened. Every mile ot territory and cvorj
possible customer gained by our antagonists
arc lost to UB. We want a policy for the
far e.ast , a policy befitting Great and Grcatei
Britain , and we want n statesman who wll !
carry It out. "
Charles A. Dana's reminiscences ot mer
and events of the civil war In the United
States re-uch the point of his Impressions
of Rosocrans , Thomas and Garfleld. In the
Fe-bruary number of McCluro's Magazine
Ho tells of these men as he paw them , so
cially and In council and In fight , at the
tlmo of the battle of Chlcknmauga. He alse
gives the Inner history of Thomas' displace
ment of Rosncrans. The magazine also con
tains an Interesting borlos of life portraits
of Lincoln , portraits showing his features
at particularly Important epochs in his ca
reer.
I.ltrrni.vVoles. .
The Idler of Lorvden has been Mid ami
If. G. Hromhead will become editor In place
of Mr. Jerome.
The prlco of the Pocket Magazine has bcoi
reduced to 5 cents a copy without reducing
tlio blzo of the magazine.
In the February Current Llteratuie there
la a portrait of John Vance Chor.ey and Mr ,
Hopk us wrltcti of Cheney's work as m :
American poet.
In Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly there
L ) a valtMblo hlatorlcal article on the Meili-
cllst church In America , Illustrated wit ! :
porti-alts of bishops and otbeis.
Franklin Matthews , who rece.--tly - visited
Omaha In the Interest of the Haiyers , Is tc
have on article In the March number of the
Magazlno on a sham battle between divided
forces of the New York mllltla.
In Travel , published In Chle > igo , a de
scriptive article on Indianapolis deeervev
speclal mention. The capitol of Indiana Is
finely Illustrated bore and Its leading fea
ture's as a city fully described.
WilK-im Waklorf Astor will contribute an
Important article to an early number of the
Pall Mull .Magazine on John Jacob AiUor ,
The article will bo Illustrated. ariv promises
Jobo of exceptional Imtcreut to American
readers.
GoJey's Magazine for February showv
signs of Improvement In typographical ap
pearance and illustrations. Illustrations ten
an article on blue and white pottery mid foi
an article on itrlumplis in photography are
especially fine.
In Introducing Mr. F. Hopklnson Smith tc
a Des Molncs audience last week for a lee
turo. Speaker Funk of the Iowa house made
an amiMlng blunder by referring to him < i < i
the author of "Tom Carter" and the audi
ence smiled audibly.
The Ladles' Homo Journal Is ga'ming do-
'icrvec' ' credit for cleverness In the matter
of titles for articles and special feature.- ! .
Its articles on "Unknown Wives of Well
Known Men , " and "Tho Inner Experiences
of a Cab'mct MlniVtcr's Wife" are fall
samples of the taking titles chosen.
The appointment of Johnson Hrlgham. ed
itor of the Mld'and Monthly , as state libra
rian ot Iowa , was expected , llo will devote
the major portion of his time to the library ,
where ho will be abundantly supplied with
JS3oants. ! ! but will contlnuo to bo editor
of the Midland , which ho has brought to
ticcess to live j-cars. lie ! very popular
In Iowa.
Ol.TTI.VIJ l.l T.- > 01IL'13 - .VOW.
Oiiiiiliu Denier * Have Ni'nrly .Miult-
Tlii'lrVlnler llnrvi'sl.
The Ice companies of Omaha urc con
gratulating themselves upon the large
harvest of cold comfort which has already
been stowed away In their houses. On
account of the great number of people who
will visit this city during the present year
all the firms. Including the South Omaha
p-cklng houses , have made arrangements to
stow away a third more than usu.il , and
should the present cold weather continue
this will undoubtedly bo accomplished.
Nearly all the companies report that at thu
present time they have half a crop under
cover and soim > of them nearly two-thirds.
The Ice Is of excellent qii'.llty and runs all
the way from twenty Inches to eljht Inches
according to the different localities from
which It was tnken.
John A. Dee of the South Omaha company
says : "Wo have two-thirds of our ice crop
In the houses and are now waiting for the
k'i > to thicken sufficiently for a second cut
ting. Our harvest this year will bo about
30.000 tons. Some of the Ice taken from
the river above Florence. Is twenty Inches
thick.
Secretary Cole of the Arctic Ice company
aayn : "Our crop Is about half packed. We
vl 1 put up about 12.000 tons. The Ice Is of
< ; oed quality and tIi.ro Is little prospect for
an Ice fanilno next year. T.o : oseond ice
crop In the basins U at the present time
nearly nliv Inches thick and If the present
weather continues wo will begin cutting It
! ii : a fuw days. "
Lameroux Brothers report nearly two
thirds of their crop under cover and estimate
their entire crop at 12,000 tona. The Sey
mour Ice company says at least GO,000 tons
will bo barvnitcil at Seymour lake this win
ter and that It Is of unusual clcarne-ss and
thickness. From other sources It ! s
learned that the Cudahy company
will tcciiroa crop of about 75000
torin. the Hammond company 30.0UO tons aiad
Swift and Company nearly 100,000 ton.- .
\bout half of the crops belonging to the
packing companies are said to be harvested.
The entire ) Ice crop this year will bo In the
neighborhood of 300,000 trr.a. .
sr.nitiv's : M.\V \ui.sii i HIM six
llillllco rormiilly Deillcnleil hy Ill li0i |
\\orllilouloii I-'re i- from Melii ,
The new guild house- Just completed an an
adjunct to St. Andrew's Episcopal mliislin
in QrcAiard Hill was formal ! ) dcdieuied Mon
day night by Ht. Rev. George Won Illusion
blslui of Nebraska. The largo auditorium
was crowded to ( lie ( looit and thetxcrcUer
were of a most Interesting -character. The
dedicatory ceremony \uis conducted by the
bishop , who stiiolcmcntcd the service- with
a brief talk regarding the rapid growth or
the nilf-slon ; and Rev. Mr. Howard , the rec
tor of the mission , aso spoke brlelly of the
condition of the affairs of theparish. . Tlr
balance of the evening was devoted to or.
Interesting program of mutlcal sele.tlans
Including songs by Mlts .Myrtle * Coon. Miss
Sadie nowun. Mr. McC'une' and Mr. Peters
a violin fcolo with piano aecomiinlnie > nt by
Charles Illgglis and Mlf-s Daisy Hlgglas.
and a pkino solo by Miss Foster.
The erection of the guild house was made
necetsary by the growth of the congregation
and the necessity of u meetlni ; place for tlu
( ) arUh guild and thu SUnJiiy cjiool. It wll
seat between 00 and 300 ' .HTSOIIS and was
erected at a cost oP a ll'tlo over $1.000. The
members of this little parish are rejoicing
over the ( act that the total ( urUU debt U
loss than { 100 ,
Action of the North and South Line Ex
plained in Detail.
PORT ARTHUR ROUTL'S ' APPARENT METHOD
DlnVri-nllnl to Almnrlifil on Three
CnininoillllcH niNciixsloii r.iti < 'ii-
tlorctl It- llii > AniiomiiM-mvnt
from KIIIIMIH City
Freight circles In the west have been agi
tated for nearly a week regarding tlic report
that the Kansas City , Plttsburg & Gulf rail
road would establish a parity between the
freight rates on northbound shlpinc-cta to
Oiuibi awl to Kanras City. Humors of one
klcd and another have been flying so fast
with regard to this latent move of the I'ort
Arthur Uoute that It has been well nigh Im
possible to keep up with them. It was an
nounced hero yesterday that the new
freight tariff ccntalnl--g - the changes that
will place Om.ih'i cm an equality with Kan-
sis City regarding shipments from the south
will bo Issued within a day or two and will
bo effective on Saturday of this week , Jan.
uary 29.
The now tariff will not , as at first re
ported from Kansas City , place secure an
equality between rates to Omaha and to
Kansas City from the south by raising the
rates to Kansas City , but It will make the
rates to both cities the same by reducing
the rates to Omaha from southern points to
bo equal with those to Kansas City from
the dame points In the south. This Is the
understanding the local freight department
of the Kansas City , Plttsburg & Gulf rail
road hns of the matter , and It Is the
opinion of the highest fi eight olllclals of
other lines that such a course would be the
only possible one to secure on equality be
tween rates to Omaha and /to Kansas City
from the south. . n .
Thu reduction In rates from the south to
Omaha by the Tort Arthur route will not
affect all classes of freight , but will be made
with regard to the following commodities
only : Sugar , rice , coffee and molasses.
\Vhllo the tariff has not yet been Issued the
advance notice of Its Issuance has been filed
with the Interstate Commerce commission ,
as required , and from this advance notice It
is understood that the reduction on the
commodities named will be 3 cents per 100
pounds , vU : 'Molasses , from 38 to 35 cents
per 100 pounds ; sugar , from 33 to 30 cents per
100 pounds. Such reduction will remove the
differential that htis heretofore been main
tained on shipments from the south to
Omaha and those to Kansas City.
WILL CONSOLE KANSAS CITY.
The .report that the I'ort Arthur Route
would establish a parity In northbound rates
to Omaha and to Kansas was at first dis
credited by freight trafllc men 'because ' It
w.s given out In Kansas City that the rates
to Kansas City would be ra sed to equal
those to Omaha. If this were done It would
practically mean that the Port Arthur Route
had retired from business to Kansas City ,
unless tlic other southern roads Talse-1 their
rates , which they declined to do. Very
naturally a great howl of protest went up
from Kansas City , but It Is believed that this
will bo subdued when the Kansas City
merchants learn that the equality In rates
Is to be secured not by raising their rates ,
but by reducing these to Omaha.
The reduction will not concern any south
bound shipments , and these constitute the
most Import nt part of the freight traffic of
southern lines. The shipments of grain and
of packing house products to southern ports
and cities are immense from both Omaha
and Kansas City. Should the differential
now maintained between Omaha and Kansas
City In regi.rd to this volume of business
destined southward bo removed , the greatest
good wculd come to the packing houses and
to the grain'companies here. So far as the
commodities on which the rates from the
south to Omaha are to bo .reduced , namely :
Sugar , rico , coffee and molasses , consider
able shipments of them are received here
every week , especially sugar from New
Orleans.
The tone of the Kansas City press on this
matter may bo appreciated from the fal-
'owlng editorial excerpt from the Kansas
City Journal :
The present Issue Is one directly between
Kans.is City nnd Omaha , arid It Hlmply
amounts to this : Uy equalizing the nitc-H
for these two cities' , the. I'ittslmrg Gulf
ran capture u good deal of Omalm's ship
ping , hut this gain will be secured at the
post of every lilt of Kansas City business
that can find another outlet or inlet ; but
by maintaining- reasonable differential
the road can secure u good deal of Omaha
tralilc and , at the same time , retain its
Kansas City prestige.
OMAHA. THA1.VS A MT OX TIME.
Storm Di'liiyx .None , lint n SniMVMlliU *
IIOtllCI-N the .MlllVtlllUce.
All trains entering Omaha depots , with the
exception of Milwaukee train No. 1 , were on
time yesterday. The Milwaukee from the.
oist wes detained fifty minutes on account
of a pnowsllde which occurred a few rnllcs
east of the niiiffs. The railroad men stated
tliat there was little to be feared from the
snow so long as no wind prevailed to cause It
to drift. Tills was the case yesterday morning
and consequently good time was m-ide. The
mow lying on the tracks was light. The
llurllington road had a train of flatcars , to
gether with a gang of men at work , at the
Union depot yesterday morning clearing off
the platforms. Thlrf was accomplished by
noon.
noon.No
No blockades wore reported , and BO far
as ran be learned none of the ruads have
sent out any snow plows. The Union I'a-
clflc reports snow of from three to six
Inches hi depth In Nebraska , Colorado , Kan
sas and Wyoming. This morning the
weather cleared In Wyoming , but left the
temperature very low there. The trains are
kept 0,1 time by putting two big locomotives
on each train. A report to the Hock Island
olllco from the chief dispatcher at Fulr-
bury , Neb. , says there are about three )
Inches of snow on the level there , with u
stiff wind from the northeast. The Elkhorn -
horn reports n heavy snow clear through to
Smith Dakota. A report from Conrortlla ,
Kan. , to the .Missouri I'aclflc ofllco shows
that there are from five to twelve Inches of
snow along the Central Hranch of the
Union Pacific In Kansas. The Burlington re
ports a heavy srow throughout Nebraska ,
Wyoming and South Dakota. In general
the Iowa lines caught more of the snow
than did the Nebraska railroads.
IlS'lilcU InehlltNkil. .
J. F. Ilarron , traveling freight agent for
the Union I1 , clrtc railroad , says that the
published reports of Nebraska farm statistics
recently Issued by one of the state bureaus
U erroneous. The report estimated tlio num
ber of sheep In Nebraska as 263,000. lie
says that the Union Pacific frnUht depart- {
inent has positive knowledge that there arc
upwards of 700,000 sheep In the country ad
jacent to their lines In this state alone. !
He says that there arc more sheep being j
fattem d In Nebraska this winter than ever i
before In tin- history of the state. and In his
opinion a ccnso-vatlvc estimate fixes the
total at fully 2000000 ht.nl.
llnlluuy .Noli' * n nil I'l
General Paiwnger and Ticket Agent Lomax
of the Union I'aelfic went to Chicago cu
Monday evening.
Oeneral Superintendent IKghes of the 131k-
liorn ami party have returned from a pleas-
nil trip through California.
Harry Dutton , traveling passenger agent of
the Kau aa City , Plttsburg & Gulf railroad ,
is In ih ? city end reports a heavy
busuu'si ) to southern o.l'HB.
Tlu > ern ! oycs of the t'nloj IVclflc
have been worklr-g five dajs per week arid j
Mght hours per day siiue the restoration of i
full time the firet of the > ar. Tne number
of doj8 per week the men worka \ de
termined each week according to the amount
of work or hand. It Is believed that the
weeks will contlnuo to consist of five workIng -
Ing days for some .time to come.
General Freight 'Agent Morohnusc of tin
Elkhorn and Assistant General Frolgh
Agent Lane ot the Union I'aclflc , left foi
Denver yesterday to attend n meet leu
of Rtokmcn. They vjill try to capture tin
r.oxt meeting for Omaha ,
George U. Haynre , city passenger agent ol
the Milwaukee ro9 * , Irfl for a lorn ocean
voyage yesterday oftercsCn. He will tall tron :
Astoria , Ore. , next wiektor a trip around
Cape Horn to Liverpool , plopping ftt Val
paraiso and Rio J-qidrli. He will make n
short trip through\KbiJlMrd and France
while abroad and expects to be In Omaha
again In time to help. o oa the gates of the
exposition. j
\VOH1C OITIIK JlVO .MAN'S ri.l'H
_ l
Si'vi-rnl Vvry Inii < iiuniit
fur III * ritnnlon.
The storm of Mot : day afternoon affectci
the attendance at the Woman's club and th (
gathering was the smnllest of the ye.ir. The
business , however , proved to be more lei-
terevtlnir than usual. The library commit ,
tee reported through Us chairman , Mrs. Suil-
borough , that It had made selection of books
subject to the rcqilustd of the respective de
partments , and that most of them were Ube
bo found In the bookcases. The commutes
had also chosen several valuable reference
books , which would bo found useful by al
the study classes ,
Mrs. Damon prcsonted the report of Miss
Bertha llurket , who represents the club as
the "Traveler's Aid" at the union station
It was a simple rehearsal of the many-sldoil
work that has been done during t'ir '
year , of physical necessities relieved , of lodg
ings , food and car ! are provideof ! direction
given to Ignorant arid protection given to tin
young , of work procures ! and homes found ,
of Inrormatlcn stmt to relatives , nnd of gen
eral preventive effort. The report was Its
own cejpeal , but It was supplemented by some
strong words from Mrs. G. W. Clarke , chair
man of the committee- with which Miss llur
ket Is most closely ideiullled. Thure wan
some clIsciiEsKei upon the report , after which
It was voted that Miss Hurkot continued
as "traveler's aid" for another year , with
an Increase of oalavy and with an emer
gency fund at toer dlsooMl for cases where
pecuniary aid seemed necosoiry.
At the request ot the- directory Mrs. liar-
ford then laid before the club an Iniporlan ;
matter. She stated teat a committee from
the Bureiu of Education of the exposition
had been looking ( or a uultablo meeting
place for the congresses which that depart
ment han in charge , an ; ! that the trustees
of the First Congregational church Mad been
ccmldcrlng the questl6n or renting their
building for the ptKiiosc far some time , and
that favorable action had been taken within
a few days. She .stated that the club had
certain rights In the church for club pur-
lustn during the summer , and that It had
been suggested that It assume the entire
rent of the building as Its contribution to the
exposition. It would then become the host
ess of the congresses or that part of the
exposition w'.ilch Is educational , and which
Is , therefore. In line with the IntellecUul
element for which the club stands in the
community. She named the eum required
above that for which'the club Is already
obligated as $1,290. tnd asked that the ques-
tlro of apraumlng this responsibility be con
sidered. Mrs. Sudborough expressed the
thought that the matter was too Important
for hasty action , and especially that It should
no be settled when so many of the club were
not present , and on Her mothn the matter
was made the order of the day for the next
mooting , February 7.
The- program was In the hands of the
educational department , Mrs. Sudborough
chairman. It was ojiered by a piano solo
by Mrs. Hamilton of Eau Claire. Wl . , "wic
played the A flat Polonaise of Chopin , with
the strong acccntnatlon and exactness < il
phrasing w.ilch give charm to that well
known composition. Mrs. Hamilton Is
fresh from musical study In Dublin , London
and Paris. She Is the I'gucst of Mrs. H. S.
Jaynes.
After the music Mrs. Sudborough an
nounced a discussion or } the topic "My Ideal
School , " and Mrs. C. C. Bolden Introduced
it by n paper , in which she dec-tared that
the public school asve : have It , In spite
of all criticisms , Is better than wo think
It to be. She mentioned two Idols which
she thought should be overthrown. One Is
the teaching of a little of everything. She
would have a few things well taught. The
othei * Is the source ot oup school fund. She
would have that applied to the operating of
hospitals , poor hoUBps and Insane asylums.
She clcsed by descflblnR her Ideal school
as "a bright , sunny rpom ; a teacher who
would make a grod mother , if God should
call her to that ofilco , and a few children ,
not over forty , who had been taught to
mind at home. "
Mrs. Keysor would begin the educatlou
of her child by b'ulldlng carefully the
physical constitution. She would also have
the moral bent of a child assured so that
ho would hate a lie or a dishonest act be
fore he entered the- school room. Shi-
would cultivate his Imagination by "stories
that mean something. " Them she would
have him consigned to a school wheje the
atmosphere was stimulating and where
doflntto habits of study were Inculcated.
Mrs. Ford thought the school , containing
as It doe > s the elements of community llfo ,
should-flt for citizenship. It should teach
the art of living together.
Mrt . Towno would Inculcate observation ,
thrift , deference to superiors , courtesy. The
teacher should bo the embodiment of the
highest morality. The school of the future
will not bo the express train , with every
station telegraphed ahead. It will rather
bo the steady row up the river against the
current maybe , but < yith time to bee the
trees on the bank.
Mrs. Andrews thought the child should be
taught to know himself. Ills will should
bo cultivated , that ho might resist evil. The
Kclcnco of the soul was the science that she
would have taught In the schools.
Mrs. Heller dwelt on the many-nidcdncss
of development. Sha would prepare the
child to live , and the schrol has all the
elements necessary forthat preparation , for
she said : "Put six children 'round a pan of
sand and In ten minings they will personify
iiK'Rt ' of the questions of ethics and soci
ology. "
lAftcr the school of the future was dis
posed of , Mrs. Eiidborough called Mra. Dor-
ward to the platform to show from what
wo had escaped by a recitation of the passage -
sago from Dickens' ( "Hard Times , " where-
Mr. Gradgrlnd cmplias'zeil the Importance
of "facts. " Mr. Charles Hlgglns then
played a violin solo by Wlenawskl , In which
he was accompanied delightfully by Mlas
Daisy Hlgglns. The program was then
clewed by a dtlll With dumb-bells by H'X
young women from the gymnasium of the
Young Womar'H Christian association and a
barbell drill by Miss1 S ! de.
IMTAIil.V KICKF.U IIV A IIOIISIO.
.1. Knplan Mi'i'oH < -4j Torrllilc' InjiirlrN
In linn ! imil Kni'1 %
Yesterday morning fhllo J. Kaplan was
attending to his horscj ; In the rear of his
premises at 1114 fapltpl avenue , ono of the
animals became frightened , and letting go
with both feet struck Koplan In the face
and forehead. Ho .V.TIS picked up In an
unconscious ccadltlon'and taken to Mts
house. AS his conJItjon was seen to be
serious , he was later removed to the Presby
terian hospital , where , he lies In a pre
carious condition. 'Tpo city surgeon upon
examination found that Koplan's jaw had
bo enbrokon. that eno of the eyes was ruined
and that there wore evidences of a fractured
pkull. It Is thought ho cannot survive.
Siu'1'cnxfiilly ( ) l > orvi- ( hiI'l'llpm - .
Mf-It OUSKIIVATOKY. ( Ml. . Jin. ; K.-\
cablegram , rectelvr-.l at Mount Hamll'.ein
from Prof. OninplnU. who Is In eh.trge or
the C'rockrr-lik'k obwrvaury e-xpe'ltlon . < '
Ji-ur , India , ttttte-n thut mom KiitiHfactory
photograph ! ) of thf sun's corona durlnx : ! n
re-cent ecllp e were obtained with thr-t- dif
ferent tek-Hcopf-H. unet < ' with u itin j ;
forty fe-ct IOPB nr.-l iwo oh : < T.i > > < t wit'i l\\ \ >
foot and three foot telese jpcs. Hi- also r-
ports that the great equatorial cxunHun of
ARRIENS ANSWERS TIIESDIF
Defendant in n Dcrango Suit. Tiles Hi
Au&wer in Court.
SAYS MERSCIIEIM M.RELY WANTS MHLY )
Aiiotlii-f ( "hunter In a Soi'li-ly Srnnn-
tloii ( if tin- North Slilc Coint'H
Out In Hie lIlMtrlut
Court
Some days ago Carl Mcrschclm , a cigar
maker , residing In the north part of the
city , Instituted n $40,000 damnge suit against
August Arrlens , a miller , who also resides
In the north part of the city. In his peti
tion the plaintiff alleges that the defendant
.illlcnatcd the affections of Mrs. Merschclm ,
causing her to give up her home life and
love the attractions of the street more than
homo and children. The filing of the pe
tition caused a sensational stir In the cir
cles In which the respective parties move.
N'ow the same circles have been given an
other shock by the answer which Arrlens
has flle-d In the case.
August Arrlens , the defendant , admits
that lie Is a man ot some means and also
admits that ihe moves In roclety circles that
arc pretty good. This , however , he says Is
onn of the reasons why Morse-hlem has sued
Mm for such a large - .mount. He admits
that ho knows Carl Mersohelni and his wife ,
\nna Mcrschclm. not Int'm.tcly. ' but as
raising ae-qualntanres. He says tKit smit-
months ago ho was warned ap lust the
plaintiff nnd his wife and was told fhnt they
would do him harm If an opportunity pre
sented Itself. Ho did not take any stock In
the reports , but continued In the even tenor
of his ways , grinding wheat Into Hour and
st-llt.ig It on the market. Later en the re
ports multiplied iml : then his suspicions were
aroused , but being Innocent of any guilty
knowledge of Mrs. 'Merschclm ' , he thought
little ot the reports , regarding them as Idle
gossip.
A few weeks ago , the defendant alleges ,
the truth of the reports was brought
homo to him In a manner that convinces
him that the suit Is brought
merely for mercenary purposes , simply
because ho Is a man of some means. Ho
sajs that now he Is confident that Mersclielm
and his wlfo concpircd to break up his home
and cxort from him largo sums of
money. Under oath , the defendant alleges
that ho never , by word or act , attempted to
win the affections of Mrs. Morschelm or
allieuate her affections.
ilcnriiiur 011 mi liijiincdoii.
The hearing In the Injunction wherein
Fred Schlemm heeks"to re-strain the Omaha
Gao company from erc'cting ' It. . ? now plant at
Twentieth street and Poppleton avenue Is
set for this morning before Judge
Scott. In thin case the plaintiff alleges that
lie bis a house and lot In close promimlty
with the gas. company's p'cnt and that If the
new buildings are allowed to bo erected his
property will bo damaged and made worth
less.
less.The
The defendant has filed an affidavit , made
by Henry Morton , president of the Stevc-ro
School of Technology of Hoboken , N' . J. In
this affidavit tlie affiant E < IJH that nuch a
I'ljrit ' as It ie propaseel to erect will not In
the least work an injury to surrounding
propel ty.
\oc from IIi - CoiirfK.
The Rutland Savings bank of Rutland , Vt. .
has Instituted foreclosure proceedings against
the property of Richard Tlzard. The mort
gage is for $30,000 Mid covers numerous lots
In different parts of the city.
Frank VIeck , by his cie.xt friend. Antonlu
Vleck , ho ! mother , has sued the Chicagi.
llurlliigton & Qulncy railroad company In an
action to recover allegej damages aggregat
ing $ ir,000. The plaintiff alleges that while
playing upon the streets at the lallroad
crossing on Wool worth avenue ho was run
dawn by ono of defendant's engines and was
rendered n lifelong cripple by reason of
Injuries received about the arms , logs anil
head ,
CHIIAT I.M'HKASK IN l < : .MtOIMIK.\T.
A lli'ililiii < > c n ( S < - vraI Schools Il < - -
ronii-H ii St-rloilM I'rolilrni.
The Increase in enrollment In the public
schools , which amounted to 1,100 pupils last
year , continues without Indication that the
high-water mark has been reached. During
the last two weeks the Influx of new pupils
has been particularly noticeable , and In
several of the schools It has been necessary
to take emergency measures to relieve their
overcrowded condition. At the close of
lest week there wore thirteen and one-half
schools In twolyo rooms at the Central
school , thirteen ( schools In twelve rooms at
'
Castellar anil'Vdv.cnteen and one-half schools
In sixteen rooms nt I.ake. At Long and
KoIIom the conditions arc nearly similar
ami the buildings arc crowded to their
full capacity. The Hoard of Hducation has
provided for the relief of the Lake school
by a propcaal to move the annex from
Fort Omaha or Pleasant. This morning
Superintendent Pcarso transferred a class
from Central to Pleasant , and ono from Cas
tellar to ComenluK to relieve the over
crowded schoeils. These measures will af
ford temporary relief , but If the present
rate of Increase continues the same condi
tions will recur In a short time.
That the bulk of this Increase Is the result
: > f the const'.cit arrival of new families in
she city Is apparent. Superintendent Pearsc
says that many of the now punll. ) como from
Tonne-ivee , Arkanf-JH and other compara
tively distant points. While the greatest
jccesslon of population acems to bo In the
vicinity of the schools mentioned , there Is every
very noticeable Increase in other loe-alitlrs.
'n visiting the Sherman Ke-hoil the other day
Member Hrtss of the Hoard of Education
lotlced that ficores of dwellings on the bot-
ioms that had bceci vacant for yoarp were
-Iliing up and ho has assured the board that
: Is only a question of a few weeks until
provision will have to be made for additional
accommodations for the new children at that
school.
There Is alno a noticeable Increase In the
registration at the High school , In addi
tion to the class of sixty Klghth grade
pupils who were promoted to the High
school on account of the examinations hold
last week. The limit of the capacity of the
big building has l.ccn nearly reached , and
the additional rlaaa rooms supplied by the
use of the Janitor's quarters have been more
than offset by subsequent additions.
llnrtnllly
The following births and deaths were re
ported at the health olllco during the
twrnty-l'ijur hours ending at noon yesterday :
Illrlhs William Ilaabc , SOI South Twenty-
seventh street , boy ; Morltz Meyer. Twonty-
flrst and Douglas , girl ; George D. Kills , 201.
Dancroft. boy ; Herman Llnzcr , 233 ! South
Twentieth , girl ; J. Henry Kaiser. 1012 North
Fourteenth , girl ; Fritz Uenker , Seventeenth
and Center , boy ; Klgar Hoag , 330 .North
Thirty-sixth avenue , boy ; FriM Jenkins , 2010
Plnkcioy , boy.
Deaths Peter C. Dunham , C9. 1021 South
Laurel Hill Jose-ph
Thirty-fifth avenue , ;
Donak. 11 , 1419 South Fourteenth , typhus
dUdomlnltls. Ilohcmlan cemetery ; Ruth Mar
garet Korgan , 1. 1702 South Twcnty-cjlKhth.
pneumonia , Fore-st Lawn.
A \liiux Mollu-r ItiTixNiirrcl.
liulldlng Inspector Hutler received a hyo-
.orlca ) communication over the telephone
Kiterday Irm n woman who oxpreraod
i lively slety In reyorJ to the condition
f the III ? ! ' tctiool bu lell ig. She declare , !
ht the build i.g as llibo to collipxe
ill In ii ft' ' .v mi'ititic' roilcj and that > < he
1 uiiid not . 'I n'l l.ir d il-iien to atlmd .n-lr > \
sal- i tit II it ha' re-f-n th'irouglily Inspected
It rt-ijuire'd a good deal of argument to cun-
vlcco the woman th&t while tlic High echool
building Id tot the most ornate and oommo
dlouA structure In the world , It would stain' '
long after It had outgrown Its usefulness.
TIIK IVI'KNSr. I'Kin.l.Mi Of IllltNS
i\triu-ls : from n I.cltcr Wrltlm lij tin
I'ot-t In UN iStli ! Vi-nr.
To the Kdltor e > f The Heo : It deems prob
able that In all literature there Is not an-
oilier autobK'sMphlcal ekctch which Is oi
the same time so vivid , BO forcible nnd sc
txqiilslle In fteli'-exptrtqlon as a ce-rtaln let
ter written to a friend by Robert Hums
when ho was In his 28th year. The lettei
eon-Mica about -1,000 words.
It Is my prtiont purpose to Indie-ate by
extracts from this le tteir < the Intensity and ,
Incidentally , the quality ot feeling that i > io-
duccd the Impcirlshnblo utterances of Durn ? .
H'u 'blogripher ' happily describes the letter
as "unrMdlng the peculiarities of his char
acter with all the cnrclras vigor nnd open
clncerlty of his mind. "
lei the Introductory part he says : "To
ellvort my ilr.ts. ; a little In this miserable
fog of omul , I have taken a whim to give
you a hL-.tory of mvpc'.f. I will
give > ou an honest narrative , though t know
It will be often at my expense ; for 1 assure
> ou , sir , I have , like Solomon , whose char
acter , except In the trifling affair of wisdom ,
1 fomctlmcs think 1 resemble I have , I way ,
like him , 'turned my c > es to behold mail-
ncfj and folly , ' ami. like him , tco frequently
shaken hands with their Intoxicating friend
ship. "
Of h's ' early reading he says , among other
things : "The two llrst hooks I ever read In
private * were the 'Life of Han-
t.-lbU' ttul the 'History eif Sir WIllHm Wal
lace. ' Hannllal gave my young Ideas such
a turn that I used to strut upind down
after the recruiting drum and bagpipe , and
wLCi myself tall enough to be a t > oldler ;
while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish
prejudice Into my veins , which wU boil
along there till the lloodgatca of life shut In
otcn.u ! rest. "
After relating some things th-it occurre-d
at-tho ago of about 10 , he says : "Tlii-a
with mo began love and poetry ; which at
tlrnro have been my only , and till within
the last twelve months , have been my high
est enjoyment. "
Of his situation In hln 17th year he says
"The only two openings by which I could
enter the temple of fortune were the gate
of niggardly economy and the path of little
chicaning barpiln-maklng. The llrst Is so
contracted an aperture I novcr could squeeze
nijrelf Into it ; the last I always haled there
\\as contamination In the very entrance. "
After upeaklng of qi--illtlps that made him
i welcome guest In the various gatherings
of his acqualntanceii , ho says : "Hut far be
yond all other Influence's of my heart was
un penchant a I'odnrable moltlo du genre
humalrv. My heart wca completely tinder
and was eternally lighted up by some god-
Ataa or other , and as In every other war
fare In this world my fortune was various ,
sometimes I was received with favor and
sometimes I was mortified with a repulse. "
He states that ho spent his 19th summer
at a school where ho went to learn mensura
tion , surveying , dialing , etc. , andi In this
connection sajs : "I went on with u high
htnd with my geometry till the sun en
tcrcd Virgo , a month which is always u
carnival in my boscm. when a charming
llllctte , who lived next de > 3l' to the schoo' ,
o\eit > ot my trigonometry and sent me olT
at a tangent from the sphere ot my studies.
I. however , struggled on with my sines and
co-slues for a few da lS more ; but , stepping
Into the garden one charming noon to takt
the sun's altitude , there I met my angel ,
Llko Prosi-rpine Kiithurlni ? flowers ,
Herse-lf n fairer ilowci-
"It was In vain to think ot doing any more
good at school. The retnalnl'aB ' week I stayed
1 did nothing but craze the faculties of my
soul about her , or steal out to meet her ;
and the two last nigh to of my stay In the
country , had sleep beeei a mortal eln , the
Imago of this modest and Innocent girl ha1
liei.it me guiltless. "
In regard to his production of verse lie
wyi-i : "My passions , whor. cncc lighted up
rage. } like fo many devils till they got vcn :
In rhyme , and the conning over my verses
like a spell soothed all Into quiet. "
In recounting some of his troubled he
.says : "Tho finishing evil that brought up
the rear of this infernal file was my con
stitutional melancholy being Increased tr
-'tich - a degree that for three months I WOF
in a state of mind scarcely to be envied by
the hopeless wretches who have got their
nilttlmrs 'Depart from me , ye accursed ! ' "
Of his brother , ( illbcrt , who was a little-
younger than himself , ho says : "My brother
wauled my hair-brained Imagination well
as my social ar-d amorous madncsr' ' , but In
good pcn e- and every sober qualification he
was far my superior. "
This letter In not to lie considered as de
picting the whole character of the man
Considered alone it would obscure his merits
to a great extent. Hut It dre-i ? g've.an ' ex-
traordi.Miy ! insight into the worklr.gs of a
tense anJ responsive nature Into the eource
of some of the choicest and most unelurinr
literature. Whether a good degree o
oqimble'ticss and balance could corui.st will
such POWLTH of expression may be an opci.
question : but It Is certain that no llabbj
and pars'.onlcsfl r-iture could have vibrated
as did that of Hums , and set In- motion the
circling waves that have borne their precious
freight of feeling far beyond the bounds of
his country and his time.
His faults and his virtues arc shown to UP.
And , while we take warning from Hit-
former , we- may ap-proprlito ar. l enjoy the
Inspiring Issues of the latter. If his "wildly-
sounding lyre , " as he called It , sometimes
ave forth a wlUi clangor , yet there were
tinier wheel It responded to the gentle touch
of love In stralno most pure and delicious.
O pilf : , p.'ilinow thoHB rosy llpa
I lift hue klsse-d sue- fondly !
And closed for ay the aparkllng glance
That dwelt on me- nan kindly !
And maiilelerlnt. now in silent dust
That lii-nrt thut lu'eil me- dearly !
Hut Kllll within my bosom's e-oru
Shall livemy. . Highland Mary.
II. F. COCHRAN.
roi'VI'V CCMMIISSIOXKItN t.'OXIi'HU.
CoiiNldi-r Si-v < Tnl MnlfiM-N In CoiniiiK-
( < < it f ( In- Who If.
The county commissioners H > cnt yesterday
morning In committee of the whole- .
dlsciisHlng and disposing of matters thut
will comu before them at the nuxt regular
meotliiL' .
Iloiidsnipn ofAdam - Snydcr , ex-county
treasurer , appeared before the commission-
era this morning nnd offered a compromise
In the settlement o' the claim of the county
against Snydcr. The amount of Snydcr's
shortage aggregated $ S,303.fi5 , for which KIIIII
the county hax a judgment. The bonds
men offered to pay the * Hum of $ lr > QQ In full
Bettk-nie-nt of the claim. No action look
ing to un acceptance wns taken.
N. P. Washington , the colored Janitor 01
Ilio court huueo , who was dlschaiged Komi-
tlmo ago , appeared , accompanied by a num
ber of colored citizens , and asked to bo re
instated. Several of the visitors testified
to Waxhlnglon'ct qualification ! ! , but the com-
IU'HI ' loners took no action In his cann.
County Attorney IbldrUc appeared before
the pumintfcKhnitirH and stated that ho was
willing to glvo up his rooms In the court
houto providing hei was given rooms
equally as good In some of HIP office build
ings on Homo of the ; principal streets of
the city The commissioners agreed to furnish
the attorney with rooms In the Now York
Llfei liulldliig. Tla change was uccptublc
to Mr. Ituldrlgennd thn rooms which hi-
now o euplos will bet added to those of the
cojnty treasurer's olllce , thus enlarging the
quarte-m of this official.
Sheriff McDonald called I ho r.ttonllon of
the board to the fact thut ho had not he-e-n
allowed compciinuilon in the execution of
Clnudo Hoove iand neorge Morgan. He
said that lu < had filed u bill for * 100 in e-uch
race and lu-cdud the- money In conducting
the operations of his office. Ho called at-
umion to the fact that In the oxi-cutlon of
Kd Xe.il. ( iX-Slurlff Me/yd had charged ami
' e-en allowed a much larger sum than he >
had rl.uige-d for the two executions. The
i ommlHsionrrsvill look up the records lel.i-
ilvo to Hoyd's charges and av the next meet-
lug will report oo McDonald's cl&lmi ,
TEL JED SOKOL TOURNAMENT
Another Great Attrnction in the Way o
Outdoor Athletics ,
BOHEMIAN TURNERS COME TO CM/MIA
Xnlloiiiil Mcrtluir r tin- Unity niiil tlio
Aniiiiiil Co n I i-M ( if CjiiiiuiNtN to
Jlo Ill-lit Diirlnu ( lie Kv- ,
The German-Americans will not bo the
only pebbles on the gymnastic beach during
the exposition this summer , with their bis
TranmnlsslHslppI turnfcst. The Ilohcmlan *
Americans will have at abeitft the same tlino
n tournament of Just as big scope and In
terest. This latter project Is now os far
advanced as the other , and , therefore , during
the coming summer Omaha Is certain to
have two big gymnastic tournaments of na
tional Importance.
The Iluhemlan-Anierlcan games will beheld
held In connection with the national meet
ing of the Telocvlnen Jednota Sokol. better
known as the Tel Jed Sokol. This body
Includes In its mnnbondilp sokols or .Re > -
hemlnn gymnastic socle-ties all over the.
United States. This business meeting Is
held but once In four years. It was to
have take-it place last year In th's cltv , but
nt the request of the local inemhervhlp It
was postponed until this > ear in ordnr that
It nilstht bo hold during the exposition.
Ordinarily tlierc Is no tournament held
In connection with this business meeting.a
In thu case of the German turning socle-ties ,
tlio games are usually held separately. Latt
year the national tournament was to have
taken place In St. LniiK but the disastrous
cjvleiio that visited that city and destroyed
the Kiuls bridge also blow down the buildIng -
Ing of the St. Louis sokol. and. therefore no. .
national tournament wns held.
The fact that the nnt-Iomil business meetIng -
Ing Is to be held here and that last ye-ar's
tournament was not held , suggested the-
Idea to the local members of theorganiza
tions to hold games In this city In connec
tion with the meeting. The matter was
called to the attention of the business body
of the western district , which takes In the *
states of Nebraska. Kansas , Missouri and
Iowa , nnd the headquarters of which tire
located In this city.
ST. LOUIS WANTED IT.
Oinal-a had .some trouble In getting the
tourmmcnt. Pt. l/ouls wanted it In lliu ot
tlio national games it w.is to have had last
year. Other cities were after It. Omaha
was further handicapped fiom the fact that
three jcars ago the tournament of the west
ern district w.2B held In this city. The sc-
lectlrni of the place of holding the tourna
ment was Dually left to n vote of themem
bers of the district. This vote hau jiii-t been
concluded and has resulted In the 3 < > : eetloa
of Omaha.
While the tournament Is nominally that
of tlio western district , the local members of
tlio society Intend to make Its scope much
bigger. They -iro icultlng ( jokolu all over
the west to Join and they are ( securing grat
ifying responses. H Is believed that Chicago
will also como In and there Is no question
that societies from the more eastern cltleii
will se-ml teams to participate In ihe games.
The teams which will compete will have , i
mamboivlilp of several hundred. The bus
iness meeting of the- national body and the
gamca will call to th's city about COO dele-
Kates and contestants. It io certain , how
ever. that thousands of IJahemlan-Amorlcains
from the western Ai-ftlon of the country and
from the entire t'tilted States will be at
tracted to thecity. .
So far but tin- hire outline of the project
has been mapped out. The meeting and
tournament will probably cover a week , the
latter following the former. It Is proposed
that one day of this week shall be >
Iiohcmlnn day on tlio exposition grounds ,
The- dates 'have ' not yet been fixed , but a
commltti-o Is working on that now. H is
quite possible that the week following the
Cerni'iii turnfest will bo selected. It has
been niggestrd that It woul I he n gooil ideate
to consolidate the German turnfest and the
Uohemlan tournament , but this hns bce-n
found Impracticable' on account of tl-e >
radical differences In the two gymnastic
.systems. It Is possible , however , that on
ono day thu contestants In the two touriK-
ments will compete- against each other.
TIIIKVKS I'M.OlltlSII IX OMAHA.
SliiilVlmliviT 'I'lii'.v Wluli nl Any
'rinif. liny or Xlulil ,
Thieves still continue to gain a good liv
ing nt the expense of Omaha people.
Ono of the nerviest thefts which has
corno to the notice of the police for some
tlmo took place In the rear of Hoyd's theater
Monday night. A. C. Oig , who has quJVte.ti
In the building , tied his horse outslclo
shortly after 8 e/claelt and was occupied
with other business for about an hour. Wh--n
ho went after his rig hu found that the
buggy had been unhitched from the' horse
and taken some distanceaway. . The animal
had been stripped of Its harness and wan
tied lei the post by n piece of baled buy
wire. There was no clew to the perpetrators
of the work , although It was accomplished
under the- glare eif an electric light. Air.
Ong re-ported his loss to the police and maOe >
his way homeward us best hecould. .
About ! t o'clock .Monday night a coupleof
men about 30 ye-ars of ago. onedcscrlhuil
as flvo fe-et nlno Inches In height , llilit com
plexion , light moustache and wearing a
light overcoat and bluck stiff hut. and tlm
oilier live feet eleven Inches tall , brown
moustache , wearing a black utatcr and
derby hat , went Into the saloon of Charlf-H
Storz , 1807 North Twenty-fourth street , and
asked for some. beer. After It was supp'ii-d
them , and while the- barkeeper wuti busily
i ngajjcd In serving other customers , oneof
the men pulled out a roll of bills and Bclcci-
Ing one- pushed It our 'ho counter. It pur
ported to bo a $ ! > bill , and as the- barkeeper
was about to change It the cuiitumiy Imp-
peneil to remember ho wanted another bill
broken , and in the Interchange that fol-
owed the barkeeper awoke to find he- had
been Illmllamnii-il out of the entire amount.
The men made their edcapo ami thepollco
are looking for them , H wan reported thut
the HAino couple went Into u drug gtoro
ill the vicinity of the saloon and tried to
work their game , but weredeteted In the
act and made their exit In confUK.on
Some tlmo between the hourx of 10 and 13
last night burglars entered the store nf H.
Hlrfchbe-rg , 1311 DoiiKlfiH street. Tlu-thlcvm
got In through the- front door , evidently ly
means of a skeleton key. Although tlm
pluco Is passed by n patrolman i-veiy half
hour the- men worked so rapidly that they
worn not detected. It wns evident , however -
over , that they were scare I awuy bi-foio
they had a clianctto secure- all the booly
for which they had been In quest. Clothing
und Home small articles of jewelry valued at
about (25 were taken.
OiHTiilor In llnril l.ucli.
John J. Clmddlck , a tc-legiMph upmilnr. ID
hard luck , also Buffering from a severe at
tack of HI. Vlllis' < l.tlieiapplied to Tic pollco
"tatlon Mrimluy night for u lodg
ing. Ills malady wan tnki n tor
IriinkcnncKH by Pollen Burgi-on I'lli-
'IITII ' , who locked him up. YeHte-rday
inoriilni ; I'huddlck dlxpluye-d a le-Ngnim tit
.fudge ( lordon. whle'li tiuinmoncil him to ( ho
deathbed of hlu father , who re Hides at
Li-Jnard , Kan. Clmddlck Hald lie WUH mak
ing hl.s way to IMu paint ax best lie could
when arrested , lie WUH ( Uncharged.
1,1-1 till * I'llKI-N ( ill.
c.'hlcf DalluKhcr has u letter from the e-ity
marshal of Hcdlumln , Cal. , Informing him
hat John Page und bin wife , wno are )
wanted In thU city for defrauding and roli-
'dng ' their landlady , aie living there , fillet
" .illagher tflef.rnpln d thai on account of
t < mniill amount takni that requisition
pjpiia nould int b > - ui'pllfel for UitJ th&t
the Paces might depart In iH.-ace ,