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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1900)
THE OMA1IA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY. T'EBKUAUY 15. 1UUU. TOO MANY FADS IN SCHOOL Eduuitien&l Prilli and Furbelows Cone infer for Strong Criticiitn. % C05T AND VALUE OF HIGH SCHOOLS Orniiiiirntnl IMucntlon for ( InIV Alii'urtii nit tnfnlr Proportion of I'uhllc Monryw Horn II I'll } Kilnontlonnl 7iUx. . HdUMtlon and taxation arc tain subjects that arc now being discussed quite generally. Tlic van stiiris lequlred to support tb public school sy-ftom strain the taxpayers' ability to pay and the problem of retrenchment Is a pressing one In most cities This Increasing - creasing burden provokes criticism based on the assertion that the ratio of cost per pupil grows with growth in population. In every business enterprise the common rule Is a reduction of the ratio of cost as the business grows In other words , a business aggregation , ty , $1.000,000 a .year , can be handled at less cost per dollar thin a busi ness of half that amount. In the manage ment of schools Ibis rule Is reversed. In stead of the cost per pupil decreasing as pupils multiply , the cost has Increased , and those who bear the burden call loudly for relief. The trend of criticism Is toward the fads and frills with which the common school s > stem has been encumbered. The useful It being sacrificed for the ornamental. More money Is being swallowed up In one high school than would maintain three or four school * , demoted to the elementary branches .Most crlllc assert that the fruits of the expenditure are far from satisfac tory. The deficiencies of Nebraska high schools were forcibly Illustrated by Mr. C. W. Crutn , superintendent of schools of Mad ison count > , published In The Bee of Janu- 'niy 31. Mr. Crum argued for more normal schools In the state. In order that an ade quate supply of trained teachers might be obtained for the country or rural schools He showed the high school , instead of pro ducing graduates compettot to teach in primary grades , turned out graduates with a scattering of every thing , hut grounded in nothing. The evil of the system , he pointed out. Is the specializing of education and the result ia a superficial education of little practical advantage to the graduate Hluh .Sellout U&imiiMloii. The Washington Post discusses the sub ject on similar lines. "It Is Impossible. " says the Test , "to bay too much In con demnation of the foil ) , futility and mis chief of some features of our free school sy stem. Under pressure of the ambitions of professional educators the free school scheme has expanded far beyond the cir cumference of reason , common sense and proper recognition of the state's duty to frW V" the individual and has Invaded the realoi of hysteria. "Instead of preparing the children of the poor for an intelligent exercUe of the priv ilege of citizenship which vas the original intent and inspiration of the plan our * publlc schools now undertake to convert them into fine gentlemen and ladles , fit to ornament elegant parlors and adorn the en tourage of luxury and leisure. The tax payers are called upon each year to furnish millions of dollars In order that other pee ple's children may be sent to high schools and taught music , drawing , physical cul ture , belles-lettres , all the 'ologles' and the modern languages. In all our cities we hear of a lack of funds for public education Inquiry in every instance shows that this lack Is caused by the tremendous drain for high schools and 'ologles' and all the rest of the pestiferous nonsense. There is an ' ' abundance of money for free schools of tbf -'I proper" and legitimate description. The tax payers contribute liberally for the education of their poorer fellow creatures. They con tribute far more than any rational system of free education demands for its support. The simple truth of the matter Is that the free school has become an oppressive bur den. den."It "It cnay truly be said of our free school system that it has not even the poor jus tification of completely educating a favored few at the expense of the many. As a mat ter of fact , it completely educates nobodj One of our correspondents , Mr. T. Edward Clark , said on this point , a few days ago "Now , however , the fundamental and use ful are sacrificed. It Is a sjstera of cram ming , pure and simple and that , too , not with education , but with useless trash. It takes a pupil until maturity to go through the system and graduate in the high school and then that pupil really knows nothing co deficient in all the absolute essentials , reading , writing , arithmetic , spelling and grammar , that he or she cannot write a respectable letter and is not competent to take a position In a store or counting-room. If such public school education Is to be relied , upon , the rising generation will be Ignorant so far as the practicable and useful are concerned , ' Our free schools , instead of turning out each year a large number of young men fend women well grounded in the elemen tary branches and , therefore , prepared for 5 such further intellectual development as their means , tastes , opportunltlcb and pre dilections may incline them to pursue , turn out only large numbers of Ignorant young persons who know nothing which they can put Into practical account and who , in nine cases out of ten , cannot pass the simplest civil service examination or take up suc cessfully any occupation requiring a knowl edge of grammar , spelling , arithmetic and English compobltlon. Wo warn those par ents who happen to be In straightened cir cumstances that their children are the real \Ictlms of this lamentable arrangement. The children of the rich can outlive and repair the Injury. The children of the pooi sldom get another chance. " rucldUiu lluiiiiluic Iliol. The extent to vrbtch facia and specialties monopolize the schools of Chicago is tot forth by the Chronicle editorially ae fol low * : "Having Introduced sewing , cooking , wall papering , picture cutting and other ir- iclevancles Into the primary schools , it Is proposed by some members of the Chicago board to Introduce riotoua faddUm Into the high schools. Instead of longer following set , courses leading to general but orderl ) reeulUs shorthand , typewriting , 'commercial law * and other like specialties are to be of fered in the high schools , and by bard work In two years a diploma Is to bo secured. The amount and quality of commercial law that bos and girls will contrive to absorb In adolescence and two yeare , together with all the other little things mentioned and still other * unmentloned , will never perplex any local Dogberry. "It will especially dollght adolescence In Chicago to learn that In the high school * , nhould this absurd proposal carry , pupils will be under no compulsion , the course will bo "elective , " and they can pick and cbooce. Should they weary of yesterday's choice they will drop it and proceed to to morrow's caprice. The real purpose of the proposal la to increase attendance at the high schools , whose comparatively email patronage proclaim - claim * that something is fundamentally wrong. From bad the board is in danger ORAIH-OI GRIIH-01 Remember that namn whtn you want & AtUcloui. appetUlnr , nourUhinc food drlntc to take the pU.ce of coffee. Sold by all rro- J : * cer and Ukej by all who have usd it , Qrain-O 1 * made o pure train. It aids dl- r 9tln and ttrencthena the ntrvo * It 1 i t * t a tUmulant. but a health builder and ' the children a * well as the adults can drink U lta great b nflt. Costs about | U a * much ai coffee Ho and J5c p r park * Aik your ft ? r * or ' of going wort * After giving choke of office specialties tb next cry will b tor chop Apeclaltles Have not others rights as well as clerks' Shall there not be In the high schools elective ptavlng. hnlr drewlng. aaocage , tallorlag. clothe * prat ing , ihnc mending , drugging , cupping and bleeding , chiropody , horse clipping , candy- making and divers other occupations , such a * tinkering , umbrella patching and boiler making7 Let us have no class favoritism In elective hlfib schools. "After the riot of adolescence changing Its little mind over the enumerated 'studies stall have run long enough common * en * may return to the Board ft Education. If It does not the people will find a way to revive the schools by getting rid of fanatics and faddists In control of them. ' I'rrnch Lecturer nt llnrvnnl , The French writer chown as the third annual lecturer of the Cercli Francals do 11 ' t'nlverslte Harvard to speak before Harvard university In l&OO is the poet Monsieur Henri de Regnier. M. de Uegnier will deliver eight lectures on "French .Modern Poetry , " beginning March 1 Among the places ho will visit besides 'Harvard ' are Adelphl college of Brooklyn , Alliance Francalse , New York , Brooklyn Institute of Arts nnd Sciences. Brown uni versity , Bryn Mawr college , Cercle Franrals de 1'AlIlance , Boston ; University of Cali fornia , University of Chicago , Columbia , Cornell , Mount Holyoke , Packer Institute of Brooklyn , University of Pennsylvania , Princeton , San Francisco. Vassar , Wellesley , Welle , Williams , Yale university , etc. M. Henri de Regnler was born at Hon- fleur , near Havre , France , on December 2S , ISM. His first verses were published In November , 1885 , under the title of "Les Lendemalce. " This was followed , the year after , by another work , "Apalsement. " This debut was not unnoticed , but it was only In 1887 , with the publication of a collection of sonnets entitled "Sites , " that he at tracted the attention of the literary world. M de Regnler belonged to the group of young poeu > that received the name of "Decadents" or "Symbolists. " this last name being permanently attached to those who recognized Paul Verlalne and Stephane Mal- larme as leaders. From 1SS7. M. de Regnler's worka appear in quick succession. The titles of these various poema are as follows "Episodes" 1SSS "Poemes Anclens et Romanesques , " ( IS'M ) ; "Tel qtt'en Songe , " 1SD2 , "Arethuse. " 1S93 All thcsev works which were published In small editions were reprinted by the Soclete du Mercure de France. In three volumes , "Premiers Poemes , " "Poemes , " "Les Jcux Rustlques et Dlvlns , " which con tain besides "Arcthuse , " n number of new poems wfilch are considered among the best written by M. de Regnler. M do Regnler Is a versatile writer. In addition to his poems he published. In 1895 , a series of stories , "La Canne de Jaspe , " and another one In 1859 , "Lc Trefle Blanc. " He contributed , both In verses and prose , to the most important magazines or reviews of the avant-garde or new movement. He contributes to the "Revue des Deux Mondes" and to the "Revue de Paris. " and also to several Important papers literary articles o-ver his signature which are highly ap preciated. Trnlnlnjr Factory for Cirln. Training factory for irls so that they may have employment the year round is one of the commendable objects of the Alliance Employment bureau of the New York As sociation of Working Girls' societies Un der existing circumstances most factory girls have work for not more than six months in the year , while many are en gaged for not more than three months and in some Instances for even so short a period. An admirable Illustration of the latter fact IE furnished by the jewelry trap industry. In one New York factory for twenty-five davn preceding Christmas 200 girls were employed , while on the day after Christmas only ten found work. The others were dls- mUbcd and will be obliged to work , if at all , for very small wages at some trade In which they are not proficient until the next holiday season approaches. Some trades furnish work only every other quarter. It In one factory she may go at once to an- clasces where girls may learn allied trades which alternate In their demand for labT As a result , when a girl is no longer needed In one factory shorn ay go at once to an other branch of Industry which is just startIng - Ing up its season's work. The alliance is not developing this field of philanthropic en deavor wholly without experience , for a single class has been tried for six months. The members of this class were , as a rule , apprentices In factories serving free to gain experience. In several Instances associa tions paid girls who could not afford to lose the $2 or $3 a week they were earn ing in factories. After eight weeks of training with sewing machines and other Implements five of'the girls were placed In positions at $7 and JS a week , which Is the amount of money they would have received after serving an apprenticeship for two years A sixth girl got work at J4 a week and the others applied their knowledge In their own homes or found other employ ment for which , for th time being , they abandoned their first object of entering a faclory as an operative. There are at present 122,135 women and 4 , < 61 girls under sixteen years of age employed in New York factories and any movement that will train them to earn better wages deserves hearty support. Ktluontlonnl > o < c * . The total -wealth of American colleges and universities la * 2 .000WO Colorado has over J5OOO.OM in ; sted In publlo school houses and of this | D > WM > is invested in Denver A new four years' course In economic entomology has been added to the course In the University of Illinois. The total paid for college education In this country U about JlOOAvuuO annually , a t.um nearly equal to the entire civil e\- inndlture of the government There are 6.7SO.C' volumes in the libraries of American colleges and universities. Harvard has KO.OOO volumes. Chicago uni versity SaO.OX > . Columbia 275,000 and Cornell 225.0X > Benjamin L Robinson , who has just been appointed Gray profest-or of botany at Har vard , owns one of the best private botanical collections In the country , wlilch it is taid he Intondb giving the university. Dartmouth college will have next year a cblebration of the centenniul anniversary of th graduation of Dank ) Webster from the college. One feature of the celebration will bo the collection of } 1.HXM/K for new build ings and endowment * President Low of Columbia collece is a believer In college athletics A recent inter view quotes him as saylnc "The body of course , should not < bv cultivated to an ex tent to injure the cultivation of the mind , but a healthy inlnO Is impossible without a healthy body and a college student who goes In for athletics moderately is gener ally all * he better for it In an intellectual way " The Illinois Central Railroad U now build ing at Its Hurnslde shops a new"test car. " which will be equlpptxl by the University of Illinois with apparatus and Instruments of P > clal deslcn and construction for < he pur pose of makliH ? all kinds of tests uf loco , motives in actual service , as well as such other tests as mav lx d < lred at various points of Its system It will also- contain apparatus for automatic track Inspection which will record track condition This car will to oi > rat Ml jointly by the road and the department of railway mechanical en- glncerlns at the university , furnishing to the road from time to time records of such teats as may t > a desired by the road and furnishing the students of the. university opportunity for experimental Investigations which will tie of considerable bent-tit to .them It will ojx'n up a large Held for 'graduate work , not only for the graduates uf the university , but also for graduates , of many other institution * With the com pletion of tills car the University of 1111- I nils will undoubtedly pos iss advantages 'for ' work in this line of investigation not jvojnc'Sct-d by- any other university In the w rid ' ' I had dyspepsia for year * No medicine was no ctfe the as Kodol Dyspepsia Cure It gave immediate .relief Two bottles prod - < . - d r-arveloue result * " writes L. H War- , rcn Albany Wis It dlcestg what you eat rascot fall to cur * . I A TELL-TALE LETTER. This letter on city hall stationery is in the hauilvvritiu ! : ofV. . W. Blughaui , directed to the manager of one of the big frauchised corporations. It asks him to direct a man selected as a member of n. delegation opposed to Mr. 151 lie ham to reiwrt on Sunday , Feb ruary 4 , to Mr. BinghanTs campaign manager , J. D. Kelby , solici tor of the Burlimrtou railroad. SCORES STATE HOUSE RING Fusion Methods and Their Objects Explained and Exposed. SENATOR STEVENS READS THE RIOT ACT Fnrinprn' Pnrty Epitaph n lie AVotilil \ \ rite It Some Intcr Do * cloinuiMitH KorefiliuiloiTed for the Immediate 1'aturc. CAMBRIDGE , Xeb . Feb. 12. To the Ed itor of The Bee The enclosed communica tion was forwarded to the Nebraska Inde pendent for publication and refused. Will you kindly favor the farmers of the state by giving it publication through The Bee ? Editor Independent- your issue of Jan uary 11 you say. "Without any question the populist party stands today in a most perilous situation. * * * There must be fusion of forces In the next election or there is not the blight- eat chance for success No man with a sound mind can doubt it. The question and the only question that can be conMdered by any man who wishes for success ts how- that fusion can best be brought about. If the mlddle-of-the-roaders get control of the na tional committee they will expel everyone .who believes in fusion , they will nominate { Barker and Donnelly , they will control the party name and the rest of us will have to organize a new party orote the etralght democratic ticket without having a , word to say In ite councils. " And on January 23 you say : "There can no ' longer be any effort to compromise with | thesa followers of Wharton Barker. * ! The following lt ° - s clipped from the South ern Mercury. Avharton Barker's paper In the .vest , will show that we have come to the parting of the ways and that they must take one way and we the other. They will not support Bryan under any circumstances we determined to support him. That ends all fellowship " Not many men in Nebraska did more toward laying a sure foundation for the up- ' building of the people's party in the -west end than your humble servant , and thus helped to make It possible that there is a third great party in the state with which fusion is even possible. And for this reason I claim the right to say a few words In be half of the farmers and producers whose ballots swept the state in 1S90. The people's party was the first great national political revolt that ever bad Its origin among the producers , the men who guide the plow- and wield the hoe in this country. For many , many years the Democratic and the republican parties had been singing , the one , twecdle dee , and the other , tweedle dum , and then vice verso , until between the two the farmer discovered taht he was In deed between the. devil and the deep oa. From 1892 to 1S96 the party strength per meated every state In the union and repre sented over 1,000,000 votes a phenomenal growth uch as the world bad never wit nessed before. From Mafne to Oregon , from the lakes to the gulf , millions of farmers were eagerly studying the- new economy But In an evil hour several thousand years ago the devil entered the Garden of Eden , I ' likewise the Irrepressible demagogue , or statesman without a job , suddenly dis covered that he had always believed In the tenets of the party and from every town and hamlet in Nebraska came forth new leaders ready and anxious to fihed rlrers of their blood in serving the dear old hayaeeds by managing party affairs and holding most of the offices , while the farmers did the voting Within four years of the organization of this stalwart young giant these sagacious seekers of pelf managed to paes a strength ening act In Nebraska and two or three other etates which amalgamated 70,000 pop ulists In Nebraska with what was left of tba democrats after the rank and file of that party bad practically all deserted It in 1S90 And the sequence Is the farmers' reform party in the state has fusion with a big F , with practically all the offices In the hands of those "who loved us not fondly nor too well" in the days of our adversity. I But while we have been thus prospering by fusion In the west let us see how our official action has effected the people's party in other states Our national convention at St Louis In ISio effected fusion with the t-raocrats upon the bead of the ticket only I and the second place went forth as a doubleheader - header Fusion was very determinedly op posed by zaany states , especially from the , south , in thai convention I was living in j the south at that time and I understood 1 the rnaton to be primarily that the bourbon | sentiment there was 50 Intolerant of anything j not branded democracy and warranted four j quarts to tht < gallon that to bo a populist ( was nearly as great a distinction In some etates as to be a plantation aegro and If I jam thus correctly Informed you will readily j understand why delegates from that re- I glen could not favor fusion. The fact is that ' perhaps in every state where democracy was In the saddle U was arrogant , intolerant and sought to crush out the new party by an absolute rejection of fuclon. and under these renditions our trethrtu were wise to reject it Even a mullethead knows there never would have been fas'on in Nebraska had the democrats tcea the dominant party. It t fusion is to be insisted upon where democ racy is a hopeless minority it would be a travesty indeed to expect our party to fuse in elates where democracy , being in the saddle , tells our people to emigrate to a more salubrious climate. It requires but little thought indeed for the average popu list to see very clearly that we have trulv "arrived at the parting of the ways , " and the fanner and laboring man's party of u decade's growth which astonished the world four yeare ago will surely go down in the struggle of 1800 to rise no more , and when finis shall be written after Its name next November some sorrowing honest , but be trayed buncoed old farmer should write with" the sweat from his brow this epitaph and place It at the head of its dishonored and untimely grave BEHOLD THIS RUIN' BORN OF GOD FOR HUMANITY , IT WAS DESTROYED BY ITS WORST ENEMIES , ITS OFFICE-SEEKING FRIENDS. Thousands of populists ia Nebraska today- do not realize the Importance of the crisis at hand While they are mostly friendly to Bryan , they will stand appalled at the situ ation when they realize that fusion means disintegration and annihilation of the party In most suites of the union Was Bryan's success assured at the coming election many of them would feel fairly well compensated for the sacrifice of party perhaps , but to my mind disruption of party means inglori ous , servile , cowardly surrender wanton abandonment of party for puerile reasons. What assurance have we in Nebraska that Bryan will be nominated and a platform promulgated that will prove acceptable to him or the people's party ae a national organization' ' And if so , that a democratic congress will ever comply with Its man dates ? Bryan and his political adherents are floating upon the- crest of the highest political wave today , a year hence he and his reform element may be hopelessly rele gated to Grover's "innocuous desuetude" and leaders with new party policies may be "manning the davits' of the old ship. Then where will the poor bankrupted old farmer turn for relief ? To these farmers I want to say , I have little faith in old party platforms. They too closely resemble those attached to pas senger coaches and are generally used for about the same purpose If you hope to ever eee your party principles prevail you muet get in line and insist on being the real power behind the throne , bearing In mind always that you -will have little diffi culty In finding any number of advisers who will also willingly consent to hold tb > offices. If our party Is to survive the present crisis , our national committee as created at St. Louis , when acting as a whole anC In good faith , must for the preaent be the guiding hand , despite errors of the past , if such there have been. If a majority of that committee when acting officially shall pro nounce in favor of a certain line of action there is no appeal except to the convention or the corner grocery. When the party- meets in national convention its action , if characterized by a spirit of fairness to all j ' sections of the country , should be heartily J ! endorsed by every true populist. Should unwise councils prevail , resulting in refusal hy any state to submit to lawful authority , it would be very Justly regarded as a revolt and should not receive the approval of any populist who believes In the tenets of his party. You understand that only a few- states favor fusion , because It has been the method employed In these states to get con trol of the offices , while perhaps three- fourths of all the states oppose It for the simple reason that In many of them It means death to the party. The council held recently at Lincoln and , the calling of the convention for March evIdently - , dently mean that those In office and many ' who hope to be have determined to rcfusp longer to submit to party authority and called the state convention at an uneeason- { i i able time , thereby hoping to trick too voters into an act of revolt and thus compelling them to stand for fusion at the sacrifice of the party. But I warn these party moguls that the farmers will not prove themselves such fools as to commit such an act of per fidy Thousands of them win never consent to thus assist In making their otvii political j grave ; and I for one her ? and now serve ! timely notice that I shall use every resource that God bar placed at my command to ex pose the rascality and perfidy of every man , whether he tw officeholder or plow holder , who lends a willing hand to this villainy On cloctlou day every fanner ii a freeman and we will bury this dastardly attempt at treason EO deep that Gabriel's trumpet will scarcely reach their eare at judgment day. J K. STEVENS. 4 Aft lit nt Terror. "Awful anxiety was felt for the widow of the brave General Burnbani of Machlas , Me. , when the doctors said she would die from pneumonia before morning. " writes Mrs. S. H. Lincoln , who attended her that fearful night , "but she begged for Dr. King's New Discovery' , which had more than once saved her life and cured her of wmsumptlon. After i taking she ulept all night. Further use en- I 1 tlrely cured her" This marvelous medicine ' is guaranteed to cure all Throat , Chest and Lung DUeaoes Only 50c and )1 Trlcl , bottle ; free at Kuhn . Co's drug et re. j IJulIdliiicIVmillK. . I I "fne fonrvvint permit * hu.e be r , 1'suH from the tfhi.e of the b uH ns Into * t jr El Xolar. .Ml Bi idtt * rppairtU'J C1 J Ekstrom Nor h Twentj-flrai , frame dwel ling 1 X ; . I PiPP 1O Piitli1ITMiT itivi r\ CASE IS SOMEWHAT MIXED Interesting Complications Arise in the South Omaha Police Court ConUit. KING'S MANDAMUS ACTION IS SUSTAINED ml Hillu IK-IK-K MIIN llolilx ihe ORIcc , CoiitcnilliiK Hint Writ llc < | tilro Him to Surrender Onlj Hook * mill l'l\turr . There Is a plurality of police Judges In South Omaha , while pay roll provision has ocly been made for one In the midst of tlili complication the question of the hour la. which judge is judge. The contestants are W. S. Babcock and Patrick King. Babcock - cock U in possession of thr > office. King re cently brought mandamus proceedings to compel Babcock to turn over to him the furniture and books c ! tno offlce. Judge Kejfcor has sustained the writ of mandamus and according to Its terms Babcock mun surrender the material mentioned In the mandamus. Judge Babcock holds that the writ only requires him to yield his books and ( Uturcs and that he Is still police Judge until ncU April , to which time he acrts be was elected. "I can allow Mr. King to take the books and office fixture * , as prayed for in his ac tion at law , " tald Judge Babcock , "and still I will be police judge until the expiration of mv term. I shall tlmply have to buy other furniture and get a new set of books. The mandamus does not call for the office of po lice judge , with Its title and compensation , but simply for the furnishings. "I am still In possession of the office and expect to complete my term. I don't know what will be done about an appeal to the supreme court. I have not yet had oppor tunity to consult my attorneys with refer ence to that polst. " King bases his claim upon the fact that he was a candidate for the office In ques tion last fall and that a certificate1 elec tion was Issued to him This certificate properly attested , w < is an exhibit in court when the case came before Judge Keysor A constitutional point Is Involved. Inas much as there Is a division of opinion as to whether the police judgeshlp 1s a countv or city offlce. King was a candidate at the county election last fall , the police judgeship - ship having been placed on the ticket at the fall election. Babcock was the Incumbent at the time of King's election , and as he was elected at n spring election he contends that he is entitled to ecrve until April. While this contest , with its various com plications , is becoming spirited , no 111 feelIng - Ing has &o far been aroused , and cither side oeems willing to let the courts settle it Friends of Judge Babcock presume it wan an oversight on the part of King's attorneys In asking only for the office furniture and books. Judge Keysor simply sustained the writ as it appeared Prior to his decision ho heard lengthy arguments from the op posing counsel Mil. I'UIK5MIS. ! . TlllNCD DOWN. Winner Merchant IN Lnnhle to Collect HN tollc > for Durjclnrj Insnrnucr. William Prlesmann , who has for several months made periodical appearance In the courts for the purpose of collecting the face value of a burglary Insurance policy- Issued by the Fidelity and Casualty com pany of New York , has met defeat Judge Vinsonhaler , after a two-days' session of the case , has decided In favor of the de fendant Insurance company Prlesmann a few years ago established a general merchandise store at Wisner , this staff , and took Insurance against burglary The amount Involved is $1,000. After he had operated his store a few months , he re ported a burglary" and demanded the pay ment of the policy. The Insurance company resisted on the grounds that proof of bur glary were Insufficient. The case has been contested in a vigorous manner through out. Prlesmann Is now a resident of Omaha , having ceased business at Wisner TO Dlh-CHVHGU TIIIJ IlKCUM ' .It. > evr Movement In Troulilrn of < rnlr Grower * * Mutual Hnll A o < - , tloi > There is to be further ventl > o" . - troubles of the Grain Grow err ' Hall association In the courts .ctlon of the association Is now protesting against the administration of J J. Everingharn. who war recently appointed receiver , and appli cation was Sled late yesterday asking for his discharge as receiver It in charged Ir the application that a fraud was prac ticed upon the court In the original appli cation for a receiver and that It came about as the result of a conspiracy among certain members of the association The proceed ing is brought by newly elected officers of the Insurance concern It is said there will be further developments within the next few days. ? \otiN of the Court" . Judge Keysor has granted decre ? of di vorce to Mrs Lll'Ie ' Collier who rcccntlv sued Robert F Collier. Non-support and cruelty , besldex other Indignities , were the i allegations on which the ca e was based Alexander McDonald has fcupd the Chicaso House Wrecking company for Jl.&W dam ages on account of alleged personal Ini i juries received by a falllns ladder lie- ( Donald was an employe of the defendant company Judge Favvrett lias decided the suit of the Lincoln National bank ngalnst the How ell Lumber companv In favor of the plaintiff to the extent of J,000 This cane has been pending several years and on the last trial it occupied about a week Anna Phillips has filed a * 20,000 damage suit apalnst the Wtibash Railroad company She alleges that while n pabsenuer on one of the defendant company's trains January 3 , near Moberly , Mo. , euroute to Omaha there was a wreck in which she received per'onul Injury Oeoige McClure is on trial In Judce Bak er K court on the charge of attempting crim inal assault The complainant U Laura Birch The trhne l alleged to ha\c no- curred Novrmber 10 of last year. Numerous witnesses will be examined ae soon as the Jury prelim'narlos ' are completed Jamc-t CTamJall. who was brought Into Judge Bakers court Tuesday to answer I the charge of burglarizing the store of the j Drexel Shoe company , haj been tHsmlb.-'cl on account of absence of convicting testi mony The witnessed 1 : attendance could give nothing jx > bltlve , and those who were I relied upon by the state to mnko a case nsalribt the defendant could not be found I Crandall has maintained over hln < .o his arrest - ( rest that he had nothing- do with the | Drexcl burglary EXTENT OF THE SNOW STORM It Cuter * Iowa uiul 1'art of > cbru Uri mill -MUiiuurl Cold Will Continue. bon't say anything a tout enow , for we dldp't Tuesday " remarked Forecaster Welsh yesterday morning I "To tell the truth this snow came upon us I without warning U reaches as far west as North Matte and extends cast to the Hit. slEE.ppt river. Its northern limit is Sioux City and Its southern Kansas City. We are in the deeptel part of it and it may stay with us for a day All signs point to a con tinuation of the cold weather. j I "We can get no report from Prince Al bert , our northernmost fetation , and suppose that the la t cold wave and the ttortn which accompanied it crippled the telegraph service , but from the most northern point , we can reach comci reports of a lower tem ' I perature , which promises no warm weather for ua until Thursday " { 1'orlr Vrnr for n. Koolpail. KANSAS CITY. Mo , Feb 14 A Jury In , < > rimlral rourt today save Ed Slmmf a jra fortpnJ a forty-year ist-Wence In the ix-iutentlary for inatthlng a white woman a I > o k-tbook Two Juror * wantfl tJ give tlm a life sentence GROWING OLD tlu' crow lup old ntiil becoming Is not n plcn nnt ono There l < 1IHU > to font linwovor providing olio look * wuvfully nftor oue < lii'.iltli.Itli tills eon < s"i'A l. ago coinos on like a kindly winter and life's a lotted span Is lived out with plrasuie To tlio e IX ) and 70 year' ' of ape. and more and vvlio roqnlio a tonltto aid nature , there Is nothing can equal Warner's Safe Cure. It Is a purely veg etable preparation and keeps the kidneys nnd liver lu go d oinler , aiding the olreulatlou ot the blood , especially neco vary at this season of the year , and stopping the vatf-e Avlili'li compels the arising nt night and which to many H n touree of great dis comfort. llmidttite of te tlmonlnte ean be given from men and women who ble-s the day their attention was ilfst called to Winner' ; * Safe Cure. A single un solicited testimonial h herewith appended. I take pleasure In testifying to the merits of Warner's Safe Cure. 1 am now76 years of ago and hive been a great sufferer from kidney and liver complaint for a good many ycais. Tried a great many things but re- celvvd no benefit until I W.TS advised by an old acquaintance of mine who had been taking Safe Cure for the same complaint , to try It , which I did , and after using two bottles felt better and have taken altogether one half dozen bottles und feel like a noiv man. W. C. EDGAR. Notary Public and Conveyancer , Alanson , Mich. Medical advlcr ficc Addre" Warner1 * Safe L'u"-1 On Rochester N Y MlcrosropUnl examination on applica tion WANTS TO BE A DETECTIVE AniliHIouM Aoiith "VVoulil Cointint Crime nx lie linn 1'ounil It 1'or- trajctl In the rollce Gazette. George Lathrop , 17 years old , applied to Captain Her a * , central police station yes terday for . Job as a detective Ho said that'Detecthc Savage , who was a friend of his , would recommend him , so he was told to wait until that officer arrived. | "My father and mother died when I was 2 years old. " said the would-be sleuth , "and since then I've been putting up with a family at Thirtieth and Uurdette. I wab born In Omaha and have lived here all my life The last job I held down was as a dish-washer In a restaurant " "What makes you think you'd be a good detective' " ho was asked. "Well , I can spot a crook every time. " "Did you ever read any detective stories' " ' Only In the Police Gazette. I read that regular " "How do you and Detective Savage come to be so friendly ? " "Well , he helped me out of a scrape once. It was this way One night me and some other kids was bummln' around down by Eleventh and Howard , and they was a fight in a saloon there We wasn't wise about the mlxup , and the flm thing we knowed here comes the patrol wagon , so we takes a j sneak , and the other kids hides in a wagon- bed Well , I tries to get in , too , but I sees some one comln' , so I snuck up a stairway to wait , and eome one retch up to where I was and pulls me out. It was Savage " 'See here , ' he says , 'what's your lay' ' . d I says , 'I'm Just goln' home from work. ' i be says , 'what did you knife the guy the saloon fur' ' and I says , 'I didn't knife j guy in the saloon ner no place else , an' I ain't got no- knife , ' and then we gets to talkin * an' I tells him where the other kids ts hldin' out , an' he runs 'em In. An' that's how- Savage and rde comes to be friends " And the youthful Sherlock Holmes drew a | copy of his favorite journal Richard K. | Reynard's Pink Polution from his poeket and proceeded to read something under the head of "Subject of Illustration " ROBBERY IN A LODGING HOUSE Sin-lite Thief CnuKht an lie U Alioat to j Unccrie by Way of the j "Window. i When John Trelmbubl awoke in the Far- nam Street Lodging house at 5 o'clock Wednesday morning ho was conscious of a slight movement under his pillow. Turning his head be saw a man crouched beside bis bed The man's hand was groping in quest of Trelmbubl's purse , containing $35.60 , I Trelmbuhl reached for the bell button and pushed it three times. Down stairs in the office the clerk said to the bellboy "Mao lu 3S wants hot water. ' I A moment later there was the sound of. bare feet pattering through the hallways , ] mingled with cries of "Murder Police' ' The clerk went up and foutld Trelmbubl. ' clad in his night clothes and much excited , Drex L , Shooman Hits the Mark When it comes to shoes and he hit it hard with our men'u $3.50 shoe * . a cen ter shot cveiy time Now you mus'ut get tlH" L ? : { "X ) shoes mixed up with i-onie others at that price for you can buy $ y.50 ulux'H unywheie but they are $ y.50 bhoeh and it keeps you bUH.v get- ting your money out of them but It1 * so difteient with these we npeak of not because we sell them but because they are made right from the tight kind of leather Good heavy double foles Just for this kind of weather. Drexel Shoe Co.5 Ouak * ' Up-t-4at Shoo FAKNAM STREET. Our Four Leaders are included In this special piano bale thin week they arc the celebrated Kuabe KImballKranlch . Ilach and Hallett & Davis all at the hume easy terms that makes piano buying eay hero A few specials you should iuvchti- fate Ono Baldwin upright piano , in an- tiijue oak , nearly new , price $3JO ; termu , $15a b and & > a mouth. One ( -olid ouk upright "Whitney" piano , only $ .J05J-J terms , Sir * cat > h and $ b pur month. One Cabinet Grand piano , tandard make , In ebonlzed case , only ? 215 ; terms , $ 'M cash and $ S per month. Some new pianos , $100 less than factory prices , on easy tcims. A. HOSPE , Music aid Art , 1613 Diul , standing in Iront of room 27 The jue l managed to make it understood that hi had been robbed , that the robber had dls appeared in room 27 and that If the clerk would go for the police he nould stand guard Officer Johnson appeared upon the scene. Entering room 27 he found the single occu pant engaged In untangling the flre escape , preparatory to making bis departure by way of the window. lie was arrested , searched and the money was found upon him. Ho gave the name of John Martin. As they took him down stairs the } met the bellboy coming up with a pitcher of hot water. ROBBED DURING THE DANCE I nnlile to Keep Time Ihrlx Thompson TnkcH HI * Partner's Watch nnil In Arrentctl. In the Arcade Ealoon Wedoesday the music box was playing "The Ororgin Camp Meet ing" and J. E. Flood , a hackman , and Chris Thctnpson , bartender of the Owl saloon , were trying a waltz to It With their arms around each other they moved to the se ductive strains with elephantine grace. "I can't keep time to that , " said Thomp son , as he thanked his partner for the pleasure of the dance and put on his over coat. Just then Flood missed his watch. "Well , you've kept my time , all right , " be remarked , aa he rang up the police ela tion. tion.Before Before loading Thompson Into the patrol wagon the officers zearcbed him and found the watch In bis shoe He was locked up W. S. Phllpot. Albany , Ga. , says'"De - Witt's Little Early Risers did me more good than any pills I ever took. " The fa mous little pills for constipation , bilious ness and liver and bowel troubles Pure Gum Ear and Ulcer Syringe , Made entirely of the flnwt toft rubber 25 cent * pcntage EC extrju A complete line of Rubber Good * . THE ALOE & PENf OLD Largest R t il Drmr HOBI * . , 14O8 Farnam. OMAHA. OPPOSITE PASTON HOTBL
