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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1901)
THE ILLUSTRATED BEE. Dcuumbor 8, P.KJI Tun Im.ustkati-:i Bhi: Published Weekly by The lice Publishing Company, llco Ilulldlrig, Omaha, Neb. Price, Co per copy per yenr, J2.00. Entered at the Omnha Postofllco ns Second Class Mnll Mnttcr. I 'or advertising rates nddrcss publisher. Communications relating lo photogrnptiH or articles for publication should bo ad dressed, "Kdltor Tho Illustrated Dee, Ornnhn." 1011 and Picture Pointers D lit WII.I.IAM STKVKNB PKRRY, lilHtiup of I nun of I lio Kplscopnl church, mine of distinguished nn ci'hIoih nml ho hnil iiH ii helpmeet one not less distinguished. When Kllot, tho famous missionary to tho In illntiH, riinio over to Now Kngtmid In 1 OHO ho liml oh n fellow passenger on tho Hhlp one .lohn Perry, whom ho referred to ns cousin, nml from lilin w-ns IIIhIiop Perry descended. Ills mother wns doHrended from Wllllnm Stevens of Falmouth, n prl vnteorsmnn on thn llostnn during t)io rov oliillon, si lid IiIh Hon of tho smile luiiuo fought In tho second war ngalnnt flrcnt llrltnln. Wllllnm Stevens Perry wuh horn In Provlderee. It. I., Jnnnnry 22. 18H2, nnd nfter nttcnillng tho Providence IHkIi school ho entered llrown nnlverHlty nnd wnH graduated from Ilnrvnrd In ISM. He spent Home t lino In tho Virginia Theological Homltmry nnd then reliirni'd to his family nt Wntortown, Mass., where ho busied him Helf founding tho parish of Nowton In nn adjoining town. He wnH ndvnnced to tho prleHthood of tho church In Huston, April 7, lSr.H. Krnm tills time on ho led n busy life, first ns nn nnslslnnt rector In Hon t on, then In Nashua, N. II.. In Portland. Me., Iiltrhflolil, Conn., nnd (Jenevn, N. Y. Knrly In 1S7fi, nflor having decllnrd tho foreign Hocrotnryshlp of the Hoard of Mis sloim, he was tendered tho presidency of Kenyon college, which he refiiHecl, but Inter ho nceepted tho presidency of Hnlmrt col logo, Oonova, N. Y. Ho romnlned hero nnd nlso continued ns rector of Trinity church, (lenevn, until ho wns consecrated to the episcopate. Ho was unanimously elected bishop of Iowa In May. 18711, nnd received tho unnnl moiiH coiillrmatlon of the standing com niltteeH nnd bishops of tho church. During his twenty-two yenrs nH bishop of Iowa he saw the numbers of his clergy, churches and congregations Incrcnso nenrly or qulto threefold. Ho coimecrntcd over fifty churches and held over 100 ordinations. He foniiihd two large church schools and es tablished n church hospltnl nnd ho accu mulated property for his church worth more than J500.000. Illshop Perry wns a learned man, n deep scholar nml n true patriot. Recognition of his ureal learning came curly, lie received numerous decrees from various colleges In thu L'r.lted Slates nml In Kurnpe. Ho was early selected to ropnuont his church In tho councils, for he wiih sent as n deputy from tho diocese of New Hampshire to the gcnor.il convention of the church at Rich mond in isr.'.i, nnd oh a deputy, an otllcer or a bishop ho attended every subsequent general convention. The convention of 18.VJ eolcotcd him to bo the associate of tho cele brated Dr. Francis Hawks In the prepara tion of an annotated edition of the early record of the general convention, nnd the work was Dually Issued In 1871 by Illshop Perry nlone. In ISfiS, on tho death of Dr. Hawks, he was made historiographer of the American church. Hut bo did not c ullue his writings to this general hist' ry. A list of his various pub I lent Ions ns contained In tho bibliography of the American Historical astoclatlou oc cupies) a do.en panes, Including n ncore of volumes in quarto, octavo and duodecimo, comprising fully 125 separate titles. Ills writings are chlelly historical, although ho inibllshed Bormnns delivered ni churches nml cathedrals abroad, nnd sketches of trnvel anil general literature. Ho received tho thanks of tho authorities of Virginia for bis "Papers Relating to the History of thu Church in Virginia." Ho was a mem ber of a Inrgc number of historical nnd other societies. Illshop Perry wns a patriotic Amerlcnn. Ho wns by virtue of tho revolutionary tcrv lecw of his great-granilfather a member of tho Society of Cincinnati and ho was for Heveral years a chaplain general of tho or der. As Hiieh he preached tho Herman bo foro tho society In St. Paul's church, Now York City, on tho occasion of tho centen nial observance of tho Inauguration of Washington as president. Ho wns nlso president of tho Iowa Stato Society of the Sons of tho Revolution, n member of thu Society of tho War of 1S12 and of tho Na val Order of tho United Stntca, and while bo cherished a great admiration for nil things American nnd dourly loved tho free Institutions under which ho lived, ho wns not Insensible of tho fact thai (hero Is much to bo ndmlrcd In Kngllsh public nf fnlrs. llo always looked back to England as tho mother country and to her Institu tions with respect. On ono occasion bo delivered a notable address In St. Paul's church, London, on the fourth, of July, In which he boldly voiced the sentiments of patriotism of nn Amerlcnn before tho rep resetitntlves of the hautlest aristocracy of England. An unusual honor wns conferred on him nt ono time by hting unanimously elected to be "It rd bishop of Nova Scotln," tho oldest llrltlsh colonial see. Me de clined tho honor. While Illshop Perry was a great student mid n great wotker In literary lines, he was pnlimtiiklug In his church work and devoted much of his time to the upbuilding of tho church in Iowa. The demands upon him were great, hut he was a hard worker. As tho diocese grew In wealth and popula tion his labors Increased and In the later yours of his life he was compelled by fall ing health to give up much of the work ami leave It to others. Illshop Perry was happy In the choice of a wife. Mrs. Perry was a daughter of Thomas Mather Smith, president of Ken yon college, and she was descetidtxl from .lohn Cotton Smith ami through him from John Cotton, the Puritan vicar of St. Ilotolph's church, Boston, and Increase Mather, the president of Ilnrvnrd. She died only a few months In fore the demise of Illshop Petry. at Dubinin". May 13, 1S08. Ono of the lessons taught In the Omaha public schools Is that It is more blessed to glvo than receive: "Tho poor ye have always with yen" Is oon lenrned by tho children, ns nil classes nre brought Into close contact In the dally routine of the public school wcrk. The democracy of childhcod cannot understand tho unequal distribution of wealth in the world's econ omy, ami It requires little urging on part of teneheis to Induce the boys and glrU to bring each their mlto to bo added to tho general store for distribution on tho day before Thanksgiving. One of the oldest principals In the city schools, In speaking of this phase of tho school life, says: "It Is most encouraging to see tho cheerful but unselfish rivalry which marks these nnuunl collections. The rooms vie with each other In a good-natured way, but to provo that the practical lesson sought to bo Incul cated Ih In no degree wasted, we find thnt the most generous sentiments nctuato the rivalry, and that there Is no boasting of one room or class that It has dono more than nnnther. And the bright fnces, beam ing with tho thought that each Is nddlng In sonio wny to the comfort of less for tunate mortals nro a recompenso to tho tencher for tunny days of wenry effort to control the animal natures of the llttlo folks." This week The Ileo gives three pictures mnde from photographs of tho city on the day before Thanksgiving. Tho schools nre not designated because the principals modestly but Insistently declined to allow their names to be nientlonul It 13 enough that the scenes are hut typical of what could have bei n seen nt any school In Omaha on that day. - Hon. John A. Hor bach, who was quietly Interred in ono of the Omaha cemeteries Inst Sunilny. wns one of tho pioneers of the west, lie had aided materi ally In the building up of Omnha, having been closely connected with the business Interests of the city ftom th very llrst until his fall lug health a few yenrs ago forced his retire luent from netivo life 'I he last few months he bad spent on hu much In Wyoming, where he sought In quiet for restoration to health Ills life work was con fined to commercial pursuits, although hu was actively connected with tho live stock in dustry, and In tho early days with the overland transportation enter prises. He had th dUt Miction of laying out the first addition to thu original pint of the town slto of Omaha. What Is known as llf.rh.ich's Kirs I addltlo. Is now compactly bulb up mid cue if the most valuable Bedims cf the city. Th s fact nlone nssurcs the handing down of his name to tho future by histoilaiis of Omaha. Thayer county Is another of the Nebraska political organizations which finds it no.-es-wiry to keep abreast with progress and prosperity and therefore has to build a new court house. in a mens uro this move was forced on the TIIK I,ATE JOHN A IIOR1IACH OK OMAHA. even in a tepuhllc, but sevirnl dnys ago a genuine queen, last of a long line of rulers, passed through Omnha and stayed hero several hours, and people hardly seemed to know It. Queen I.llluokallnl, thu deposed monarch of the Hawaiian Islands, Is a very gracious old lady who has mndo up her mind to nccept tho Inevitable nnd end her dnys In what peaco sho may without stir ring up political strife. Sho Is now travel ing through the United States for pleasuro soieiy, accompanied by her mnld and two m!!!",!!' " cala,"",ly'1"r,t' hn!',IIK 'wrorwl '"en, 0110 her secretary nnd tho other 1 ,, "...wm.muiK, ,hu uie people a student whom she Intends to plnco In nn eastern educntlonal nst tutlon. At tho iu win county were nble to meet tho emergency with good grace. They had no trouble In securing the money to construct another handsome building for the county's headquarters and last month thu corner stone was laid with appropriate ceremonies. Royalty as a rule attracts much attention depot. uinaha depot sho wns met by Colonel J. J. Dickey and W. W. Umsted, who enjoy tho pen-onnl friendship of her majesty. After a drive nbout the city tho party took .miner in tno umniia club. Tho photo Kiapu irom which Tho Ileo's lure wns mndo wns tnken at tho Un uuiu- J plc- Un4 Quaint Bits of Real Life Veraciously Set Forth l()l IN U. DAItlS. a policeman at Winsted, Conn., saw snow fall ing tho other morning mid put on a pair of heavy trousore. llo had a hurry summiiuH downstairs nnd Jumped Into the (minors mid left tho house on a run. llo had not gone far, however, before something began to sting, nnd ho stopped In n clothing store to Investigate. A number of hornets had built a nest In ono leg tf his winter trousers nnd resented his Intrusion. "Some years ago," says tho Kansas City Journal, "a Kansas farmer concluded to put out a crop of broomcoru. Hu wrote to the secretary of tho Kansas Hoard of Agricul ture asking what kind of hroomenrii seed h ought to sow to lean the brflt resu'ts. 'I haven't given the hroomeorii question much thought,' replied the secretary, 'hut 1 would advise you to plant the striped handle brand. ns that seems to bo tho lest seller.' " , Angry over nu Insult passed nt a ball Jennie Kryllnck nnd Cora I.eens, two ycting girls of Passaic, N. J., withdrew to n se cluded corner In tho shadow of a church nt 3 o'clock In tho morning, nml, dolling hats and cloaks, went nt one another with bare lists. Tho girls hammered one an other, iimld tho cries of their friends, nnd blood was Mowing, when the clergyman. who lives nearby, aroused by tho scroams, rushed out nnd scpnrated the prlnclpa'B nnd dismissed the crowd with threats of arrest. Tlils bit of oldtlmo southern rhetoric about the ornngo is found In the Jnckson vlllo (Kin.) Times-Union: "Tho oranges nro moving, nnd the good times must come again. Let other take their geld from the gloomy depth of the Mirth; Klortdn gathers hers under Cod's own heaven, nnd Duds It colored by the royal sun hlmsolf, flavored by the dew nnd blessed by tho Htnrs. Wntch the stands nt tho fair, and sen If oranges were ever fairer or sweeter; lift your faces ns the freight enrs pass nnd then wonder whether nmhrosla ever gnvo such promise rf the glndneM of heav ens ns those long trains leave on the per fume laden air." A precocious youth of It attracted much attention In the olllco of ono of tho Jefferson City (Mo.) hotels thu other day. Ho entered with a brisk, business-like step, tho Tribune snyx, and, walking up to the llrst guest he met, addressed him thus: "My nnnio Is . I hnve hero a fine perfume which I will Hell for 10 cents a bottle or three bottles for n quarter, nnd with uvery quar ter's worth I tell ono of my famous funny political stories." Ho generally sold tho perfume. After selling nenrly every hottlo of his "everlasting nrome." as he cnlled It, ho put up n bottle nnd rallied It off. nnd ho made rr cents by thu denl. After transact ing his business hu went Into thu bil liard room ami played several games of peol He proved to be a "little wizard of the cue." "Kmm a mining camp with n reputation for bloodshed that extended to tho oceans," says the Leadvlllo (Colo.) Democrat, "Lead vllle has developed Into ono of thu most up light titles of the country, as free from vli lence and crime of any kind ns a Now Knglniul vlllnge. This result has been brought nbout through the Inlltieiico of thu good women of tho community. They woiked for the election of olllclnls who could bo trusted to enforce the laws nnd make the city nnd country a must undesir able place for lawbreakers and vngrnnts and their moral influence throughout tho years has been most benelkinl In this re spect. They have evolved a city of homes and good government from a mining camp with a record." "When I go to tho theater," says a churchman quoted In the Philadelphia Record, "I sit In n finely upholstered seat. Underneath Is a rack for my hat. nnd on thu bnck of tho sent ahead Is a place to hang my overcoat. In the church whore I attend every Sunday Is nn uncomfortable, straight hacked pew. Into which the ushers Always Insist upon crowding vlsltom after my wifu mid 1 are seated, until sometimes six persons are seated In a spaco scarcely large enough for four to sit comfortably, lints nml wraps must look out for thein Belves. Of course, when I go to tho thea ter I pay for my neat, but, In splto of the fact thnt salvation Is frco, I also pay pew rent In church. I might also enter a pro test cealnst women wearing their hats In church, but I won't. Sometimes It's a re lief to retire behind one." Oecrgla hns a stringent law forbidding Its citizens to carry pistols on patu of forfeiting the weapons mid paying n fluo of $50 or being Imprisoned for thirty days. Shortly after tho passage of this enactment, relates tho New Kngland Magazine, Judgo Lester was holding court In a llttlu town, when suddenly ho suspended tho trial of a caso by ordering the HherllT to lock tho doors of the court house. "(Icntlemen." said the Judge, when the doors wero closed, "I havu Just seen a pistol n a man In this room, and I cannot recon cile It to my sense of duty to let such a violation of the law pass unnoticed. I ought, perhaps, to go before tho grand Jury and Indict htm, hut If that man will walk up to this stand nnd lay his pistol and a flne of $1 down here 1 will let him off this time." Tho Judgu paused, mid a lawyer sitting ust before him got up. slipped his hand nto a hip pocket, drew out a neat, lvory- naiullcd s.x-Hhooter and laid It with $1 down upon the stand. 'This Is all right." 8il,i u,0 JlllI(.0 ..bllt you aro not the man I saw with thu pistol." Upon this another lawyer arose and laid Z ,ll V'1,1 8 r"volv,'r m"1 n 'nr bill bo ZV 1' 3" who rP IHs former oh ZZ IT! ,Th0 ,"r"l',,SH w"'u nlno shamJ i "r ,"" l""ls slzc hi ' 1 ,ho Htam1' "? r with l- their side. Tho Judge laughed as he S,;,u,,J,.,'n,no,cl,,, p , wb ?' l,"'S MCSS' ,mt a,1,lpi1 the ". .. horn ho had seen with tho pistol had side of tho court, ho continued: "I'll give him ono minute to accept my SS str 5,1- fn"B ' ' Immediately two men from the back of o court arose and began to movo tow-ard hu Judges stand. Otuo they stopped to rwnr,.tTn,0,!,0,,n,, , ,nr ' 1,1 ,,,,,lr "H,(I,S ""'I their Oo.lms.As they .urne,, the.r backs the 'Tills .nan with thL. black whiskers Is the "no that I originally saw." F"f I'm ran 1.AY1NC TIIK CORNHRSTONU OK TIIK NKW THAYKR COUNTY COUR T IIOUSK AT HE11RON, Neb, -MJWKIMNU TIIK STONU INTO PI.ACH-Photo by R. A. Klder. UVYINO TIIK CORNKRSTONK OK THK NKW THAYKR COUNTY COURT IIOUSK AT HKHRON Neb PRAYER A FT K II THK STONE IS IN PLACK-Photo by B. A. Elder. "'"ON, Neb,,