THE OMAHA DAILY IJEE: WEDNESDAY, Al'ItlL 10, 11)02.
COMMISSIONERS ON JUNKET
Couctj Board Takei Carriage Bide Through
the Precinct.
CONNOLLY AND O'KCEFFE KEEP APART
At Leaf AfmiiIi Drnwntlc Rivals
Wr at Poor Farm Drrkotlm
Repakllrans I.Ike t'oaapet
la Cab Driver.
rrmr and resident of the srosll towns
pt Douglas county will have opportunity
this week to enter Into direct negotlstions
with tbt county commissioners for what
ever right or favors they mar want, as
the board started ytsterday morning on Its
annual cross-country Junket.
After visit Ins; the poor farm. Inspecting
the plumbing and sampling the cook's cre
ations, they will spend the rest of the day
In McArdl and Millard precinct. Tomor
row Chicago and Waterloo will be gone
ever; Wednesdsy. Valley and Elkhnrn, and
Tbursdsy, Jefferson, Union and Florence.
Nearer precincts will be rlslted at Inter
vals later.
The commissioners were to mee at the
poor farm and when the stragglers left
the court bouse this morning for the
oundup they were wondering what would
be the arrangement of the members when
tbe board Is complete and atarts on Its
trip. Tbe Ave commissioners are to ride
'In two carriages, but which three are to be
together Is the problem. It won't do to
bare O'Keeffe and Connolly within arms
length of esch other, they ssy, and yet
either one will atand to aee the other
enjoying a monopoly of tbe republican
members' time Just at this stage of the
gaim. when combinations are said to be
the things thst will govern. The last re
port from the poor farm this afternoon
wss that O'Keeffe bad taken a stand at one
carriage and Connolly at another, and that
tbey were beckoning the other members like
rival crbmen.
' Collection of Bark Taxes.
As the board has no meeting until April
BO, the members got together In committee
of the whole Monday night and considered
some minor business. They practically
agreed that to accomplish the collection of
back realty tax they will not use collectors,
but will put one man Into the Held to aerve
notices in the delinquents, and then, it the
response la not prompt, the board Is to com
mence suit. It will call in the county at
torney next Saturday to talk over the mat
ter more fully.
The Houston herd o( 200 goats was an
other subject given attention at tbo com
mittee meeting. Houston wishes to turn
them onto a strip of wooded pasture at the
poor farm and, although willing to pay a
email rent, he argues that their presence
there would be desirable, as they would
crop off the underbrush that Is getting
quite a start. One commissioner mentioned
the danger of the goata killing the trees;
another suggested that tin cans be split and
nailed about tbe young trunka, but Con
nolly said that the goats would simply eat
those for desert. It was finally decided
that the goats may be -turned In, but that
the board members will keep tab on the
trees and send Clerk McComb out to sit up
with them nights.
COUNTY COURT TO DECIDE
Aldersaaalc Tie at Soath Omaha to
Be Rereaaltd by Jad.e
Vlaaonbaler.
John Mclnttre and P. J. O'Connor - have
found a way to expedite their final contest
for place on tbe city council of South
Omaha as member from the Fourth ward.
They signed and filed this morning a stipu
lation by which they are bound to aubmlt
the ballots caat at the election of April 1,
to County Judge Vlnaonbaler, who will re
canvasa them, beginning at 10 o'clock to
morrow morning, and declare tbe result.
Both parties consent to the Jurisdiction of
the court and each waives summons and
process and further proceedings.
The "stipulation" Is somewhat unique
among those filed In the court archives. It
4s drawn up on the letterheads of Frank
E. Jones, "sanitary and milk Inspector,"
bears no namea other than those of the
contestanta and beglna with thla:
Whereas, As a controversy has arisen aa
to who Is elected aa councilman to the
fourth ward of the city of South Omaha
at the election held therein on the flrat
day of April. 1902;
1. It la agreed that the matter shall
be submitted to the county court, aa in
a conteat,
Then follow fire other paragraphs requir
ing that the etlpulation be the pleadings In
tbe case, that there be an immediate hear
ing, that the court order tbe ballots pro
duced In open court and count them there,
that lbs Judge "shall determine the result
and pronounce Judgmeut as to who Is
elected," and that the city clerk "shall iasue
certificate of election aa aoon aa the Judge
pronounce Judgment and tbe party to
whom tbe certificate is Issued shall take bla
aeat, but tbe other party ahall have the
tight to appeal."
Judge Vlnsonbaler, remembering bis
weeks of weary woek with the recount In
tbe Unltt-Mlller conteat, smiled rather
feebly when the attorneys for the two as
pirant brought the matter before him this
morning, but agreed to begin the hearing
at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. This
proceeding Is pursuant to the advice of
Judge Keysor, given Monday, when the
Judge refused to grant a temporary Injunc
"Lot tho COLD DUST
This would be a cleaner, brighter world if
every housekeeper used
It FJuWplIos your pleasures; DlvIJas your
efforts; Subtracts from your cares; Adds
to your lifev
Mad only by THE N. K. FAIRBAKK COMPANY,
Chicago, Mew York. Boston. &l Lou. Maker si OVAL FAIRY SOAP.
tion preventing Cfty Clerk Samuel C. Sbrlg
ley from citing Mclntlr to appear and
draw lots with O'Connorf who had, tbe can
vassing bosrd reported, tied him In tbe race
for councilman. The Judge told Mrlntlre
that the matter might aa well be decided
one way or tbe ptber, aa there could be no
final rontest proreedlngs until one became
tbe Incumbent and tbe otber the contestor.
After arranging to snake the recount
Judge Vlnsonhaler lasued an order direct
ing City Clerk Ehrlgley to appear today
at 10 o'clock and to bring Into court with
him "all ballota whlrb were cast in each
and every election precinct."
Have Yea Traveled
on the Black Diamond Exprese? Have you
enjoyed It comfort and the beauties of
the scenery along It route? If not. then
you have missed an entrancing experience
and ahould supply the omission when you
next go eest. It runs between Buffalo, New
York and Philadelphia.
Mortality statistics.
The following birth, and death have been
reported at the office ef the Board of
Health during the twenty-four hours end
ing Tuesday noon:
Death Mary A. Chllds, MIS Ames avenue,
sgd 76 years.
Births Emll Bchlprlght. 6 North Nine
teenth street, boy; O. C. Oleen. 8ixte?n'h
and Manderson streets, girl.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
John P. Helner of Germantown, a car
penter, haa filed application In the United
States dltfict court to be declared bank
rupt, lie lists debts of H.Jay.DO and aasets
of $30.
Judge Read has granted Rosalie D.
Hutchinson divorce from Charles M. on
the ground of non-aupport. They were
married at Portage. Wis., June 22, 1878,
and have three children.
The new mall pouch racks are being In
stalled In the postofflce, and when they ,re
ready for use the Omaha office will have
been equipped with the most modern ap
pliances for handling the malls.
The Injunction suit of Dr. Whlnnery
against the trustees of the Omaha Dental
college has been dismissed In the district
court and the trustees are now free to
employ such Inatructora as they may de
sire at that Institution.
The paving contractors started work ves
terday at Twenty-fourth and Spauldlng
streets. Twenty-fourth street, south to
Lake, will be paved rapidly, It being the
Intention of the contrsctors to complete the
paving aa soon aa possible, so that other
work may be done this year.
The case In which the gasoline permit In
an Instirsnce policy figured resulted In
the plaintiff securing a verdict for ii0 and
Interest. The plaintiff was Mrs. M. A.
Beebe of 26o6 Bt. Mary's avenue, who lost
her household goods In a fire, and the de
fendant waa an Inaurance company of Lin
coln. .
The mother of Veta M. B. Scott asks
the custody of the child, fearing that John
W., the father. Intends to take the girl
to California. The father secured a divorce
on the ground of cruelty November 13,
1K. and Mrs. Scott married S. W. Forney.
May 20. her present home being 261!
Franklin street.
John Gilbert, convicted of selling liquor
to the Indians at the January terra of the
federal court, was released by Judge Mun
ger In Februsry because he was subject to
epileptic siaems. One day last week. In
such a spasm, he fell between the cara near
i-enaer ana was Killed. His term In tall
would not have expired at the time of his
death.
Mr. Bettle Hale, widow of William E.
Hale, haa commenced suit In eountv court
against the Bankers fnlon of the World to
collect i.u on ner husband Insurance
policy. He died September 22 last anrt aha
alleges that she haa notified the company
onu mp Hen sememem, dui mat me company
has so far neglected to give her any satis
faction. Building permits have been granted as
follows: To E E. Huntley, to build at
1?30 South Thirty-first street a frame dwell
ing to cost W.Suu; to Eva, Elliott, to build
at Forty-first and Hamilton streets a frame
store building to coat fOOD; to the Union
Fuel company, to build at Twentieth and
Hickory streets a frame structure to be
urea as a coaj omee, to cost 1500.
John J M (irH.nn rt 61 Ter -.HA.
Albany, N. Y., ha written to Chief ci
I'ollce Donahue for information concerning
the whereabouta of Jams Morrison. The
last time his relatives saw him James
was headsd for California, In 1MB, and at
thut time he had dark curly hair and a
fair complexion. He la thought to be In
umiiu, ana wouia D it years 01 age.
The county clerk' force Is thinking of
contracting for a large sign to be sus
pended from the court house front, warn
ing sportsmen thst the clerk's office, like
all lha ..iktar. I a n d.t.
...... . m , i m a V . V L lift, a DIIUI
day. Every Saturday, they say, Just
they have locked up or are about to, there
will arrive a bunch of gunner who wish
to take out hunting licenses In prepara
tion tor m ounaay num.
Mr. J. R. Hughe, who employed three
mens In an attempt to deatroy herself at
her home, 1564 Sherman avenue, la to be
taken In charge by the sheriff on an In
sanity warrant, and probably will be sent
to Lincoln. At present she is at the police
station. Mrs. Mary Hanson, who la also
mentally afflicted, and who has been in
the county Jail for two weeks, will be
taaen to in aayium Wednesday.
M. D. Karr, president of the city council,
and R. B. Carter, building Inspector, are
telling conflicting stories of their recent
hunt up the I'latte river. Mr. Karr aald:
"1 was the first man of the party to shoot
a goose, but it fell In Carters blind, and
he claimed It. Then we had a disinterested
party hold a postmortem on the bird, and
he found It had been killed by No. shot,
the kind I was using;. Carter was shootlna
No. 1 shot. I got the party' affidavit to
this before w left Gretna.''
A. Driver, a "medallion artist" of Peoria
III., haa written to Mayor Moo res. Inclosing
his photograph and business card, and say
ing that he would like to avail himself
of the mayor's matrimonial bureau. "I
am Jolly, kind-hearted and successful," he
writes. "I m making fcMO a month, and
couid easily double the sum if I had a
wire who would take an interest in my
business. The photograph I that of a
handsome young man of the blond type,
and shows the subject aa wearing a mono
cle and spotted vest.
Judge Vtnsonhaler will wait two weeks
before aenoinar Hoy Hwanson to the In
dustiial achool and will not do so then
If the lad becomes more obedient and
better behaved. He I the boy whom hi
father iirenounced Incorrigible and asked
to have confined. The Judge had the fam
ily in court yesterday and after hearing
ne taie oi eacn memoer conciuaea mat
the Juvenile might yet be redeemed and so
has continued the case two weeks. In the
meantime arranging with the father and
with the boy a teacher In school for dally
reports oi wnereaoouis ana qeponment.
twins do your work."
OHIO KIDNAPING MYSTERY
Que of Little Margaret Taylor Excite
Much Local Interest,
STOLEN BY HER FATHER'S RELATIVES
Averaloa ta tbe Mother Seesns the Mo
tive for a Crime that Haa At
tracted a Great Deal of
Atteatloa.
The people of Ohio are concerned Just at
present with tbe aftermath of a kidnaping
ease which tor sensational features la tbe
parallel of the Cudaby abduction. Tbe child
was stolen four year ago, but freah Inter-
eat I Injected Into the affair by the con
viction, sentencing and reprieve of two of
tbe guilty parties, which events have fol
lowed each other In quick succession witbin
tbe last few dy. The whereabout of the
child and of the principal abductor la still
a mystery. All three of tbe conspirators
are women, relatives of their Infant victim.
Various woman' club of the state have
taken tbe matter up and made martyrs of
he convict, and the question Dow upper
most in tbe public mind Is: "Will tbe
Board ef Pardon, In consequeace, act them
free?"
Margaret, tbe 2-year-old daughter of Al
bert Vinton Taylor and his young wife Mary
of Fernbank, O., was kidnaped August 8,
1891, by her aunt, Clara Taylor, of tbe same
village. It I supposed' that the woman took
the child first to Peoria, HI., and afterward
to New York City, but this is only con
jecture, as no one, unless it be tbe two
convicts, hss seen or heard of tbem since
that day.
Wirs the Crime Was Committed.
At the time of the abduction the parents
of tbe child were In Bellevue. Ky.. where
the mother was ill. as a second child had
been born to her. Little Margaret was per
mitted to go to Fernbank to visit her
grandmother, Mrs. Francis L. Taylor, and
her two aunts, Frances and Clara. One day
France took her to tbe woods adjoining
the village for an outing, and returning
late In the afternoon was met by Clara,
who received the child from Frances and
took her away. On tbe witness stsnd
Frances admitted this, but denied all
knowledge as to the whereabouts of either
ber sister of her niece. She knew only,
she said, that Clara had a pass to Peoria,
111. Since then she has received one letter
from New York City which "wss in Clara'
hndwrltlng" and was lgned "X. Y. Z."
The motive for the crime seems to be a
little obscure. The convict ssy they took
tbe child away because the mother abused
it. Another, and tbe more popular theory.
Is that the purpose was to extort money
from tbe parents. It Is said that the
three women objected to Albert Taylor's
marriage, and that thla la at tbe bottom of
the trouble.
The case presents many interesting and
unusual phases. It I taken for granted
that, considering all tbe newspaper public
ity the affair ha received, Clara must
know of ber mother' and sister' con vie
tlon. yet she still persists In secreting the
child, thpugh by producing it she could
save tbem from prison. The father. In
order to recover hi loved one, and spare
the life of hi wife, who I slowly dying
of grief, is willing to see his mother and
sister consigned to the penitentiary. Tbe
women's club. Instead of feeling compas
sion for the mother In ber anguish, lavish
all their sympathy upon the two convict.
Both Weeaea t la Years,
The grandmother ot the kidnaped, child 1
80 year old, and the aunt la 60. Both
have been sentenoed to one year, and their
reprieve Is good for sixty day. Jt I said
that the two women have male relative
In Cleveland who have a strong political
Influence with Governor Nash.
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune ha
started a fund to assist In prosecuting the
search for the child, and 1 making an un
usual effort to cryatallie public sympathy
into action.
SAVES PENNIES FOR HIS DOG
Colored Bar Fixes It Bo Ho
Dos
Catcher Caa Take Hie
"Elephaat."
Rastus Peterkln I an absurdly small
colored boy of the Third ward, and "Ele
phant"' 1 his esteemed black-and-tan dog,
o called In ironical reference to it size,
which I Inconslderabes. Rasta sells pa
pers for a living. Yesterday morning, accom
panled by Elephant, he entered the city
clerk' office and dumped on tbe counter
tbe copper content of a worn leather wal
let.
"Today I the day the dog ketcher begin
to ketch dogs, ain't It?"
He was told that he had been correctly
Informed. 1
"Wall, mlstsh, I want to git a tag fer ma
dog El'fant," he said,, lifting the beast to a
position beside the pile of coin.
"A vary laudable ambition," said Clerk
Sam Slmonaon.
The task of counting tbe pennies waa
slow and laborious, but It had to be done
the second time, because there seemed to
be a deficiency of 1 cent.
"Is thla all the money you've got?" waa
asked.
"Dat'a every oo markee I got, and I've
been savin' 'em fer a month."
The clerk made good the deficiency and
Rsstus wsnt away happy, assuring Elephsnt
that "dey hslnt no dog ketcher Uvln' dar
lay hand on yo now."
SUES KAUFMANN'S BONDSMEN
Traders' Isasrsscs Compear Beslae
Aetloa ta Recover Alleged
Attorney for the Trsders' Insurance
eompany of Chicago filed a petition this
morning praying ths district court for Judg
ment against Charles Ksufmsnn for $1,492.92
and against Charles Met and August G
Stephen for $1,000.
Kaufmann was arrested a week ago and
Is ta be prosecuted on a charge of embei
lament, the specific complaint being that
he ha failed to turn In money collected
for the company while acting aa It agent
In this suit to recover the Insursnce people
allege that Mets and Stephen went on the
bond executed by Kaufmann April 13, 1901
and that each bound himself, his heir and
dmtnUtrator In ths sum of $1,000, but that
they have neglected to make good the
shortage, although notified of its exlstencs
when Kaufmann's agency was discontinued
January 13.
HIGH SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS
Committee Mill Favar Lay I as; of Cai
arete Walks aa th
fareaad.
The building and property commutes ef
ths Board of Education alll next Monday
recommend to th board the adoption of a
resolution requiring the laying of concrete
walks on the High school grounds and
upon Dodge street, south of those grounds
Ths commute hss finished tbe grading
of th ground, earth having been removed
from the southeast corner, where II stood
higher than tbe water table of the aaw
building, and also from the space between
th new and old buildings. If lb boar
approve the expenditure of the money
work will be started on tbe walk next
aeek.
There Is still trouble over the draft
of the furnaces odder tba boiler at the
buildings. An Inspection was made one day
last week ana it was iouna tnst while the
drwiri of lha furnace were rerihnt It waa
Impossible to secure sufficient heat In some
of tbe new rooms for the comfort of the
inmates.
BEGIN ON BRICK PAVEMENT
First Brlek Laid la Osaaha la Two
Year Goes oa Tweaty
Foarth. Tbe first paving brick laid In Omaha In
two years wss laid yesterday on North
Twenty-fourth street at the Intersection of
Spauldlng. From this point there will be a
stretch of one mile of such psvement, ex
tending southward on Twenty-fourth street.
Two gsngs, one employed by the city and
one by the street railway company, aggre
gating 180 men, are at work on the Improve
ment. Beside this pavement another half
mile of brick on Emmet street Is under
contract.
Things were "doing" In brick circles yes
terday. During the forenoon fourteen sam
ples of different makes of paving brick
were brought Into the city engineer's office
from the foundry, where they hsd been put
through a "rattler" to test their stsylng
qualities. The "rattler"' Is a crucial test
for a paving brick. It I a big Iron cylin
der, something like a churn, and Is made
to revolve by means of a crank. Tbe
bricks, after being labeled, are alt thrown
In together and the churn Is given 1.800
revolutions at the rate of thirty per minute:
the bricks are lostled and thumped about
at a furious rate. The operator then re
moves the cover and looks Id, and finds
some of the bricks are shsrp-cornered, a
firm a when they entered:' some are worn
away as by a gradusl erosion; some are
chipped and nicked and some are literally
pulverised. It is a case of the survlvsl of
the fittest.
In this examination tbe Purington block.
made at Galesburg, III., came out at the
bead of tbe claas, ahowing 'only 9.64 per
cent loss. The greatest loss by abrasion
was 22 per cent, sustained by a brick made
in St. Joseph, Mo.
The sample bricks are kept locked In a
cabinet to prevent their being carried away
by agenla of the unfortunate manufactur
er.
WORK ON THE AUDITORIUM
Contract for the Coastractlon of the
Foaadatloa Aboat to Be
Rlgaed.
At the meeting of the building and
grounds committee of the Auditorium com
pany Monday night It was reported that
preliminary arrangements having been sat
isfactorily made, the contract for tbe con
struction of ths foundation would be signed
today or tomorrow and that the committee
would Immediately advertise for bids for the
construction of tbe steel work.
It Is expected that the bids will average
about $38,000, but figures hsve been made
$1,000 less by an Omaha contractor.
'Every member of the committee was
present except C. H. Pickens," said Preal
dent Saaborn. "It was the unanimous wish
of the members that the steel would be on
the ground In time for the contract for the
wall to be let upon the completion of the
foundation, so that there Would be no de
lay In the work. Mr. Hamann, the eon-
tractor, will have 105 day In which to
complete hi contract, and'- aa th bids
for steel will be opened May 11, there will
be little trouble' In this direction. If tbe
work is done a we expeot; we will 'spend
on the building complete from" $180,000 to
$200,000. We expect to raise $25,000 of this
by subscription In addition' to what we now
have on hand, and the balance will come
from the stock contest. The sal of thle
common stock will greatly Increase the
value of the preferred stock, so that there
Is now no excuse for failure to subscribe
There are twenty-five or thirty persons to
aee who are expected to subscribe compare
tlvely large amount."
DROPS DEAD AT HIS WORK
James R. Craadall Expires Baddealy
at His Beach la laloa
Paclac Shore.
Jame R. Crandall, foreman of tbe drill
press of the Union Pacific, sbops, died sud
denly yesterday while at work at his
bench In tbe shop. Mr. ' Crandall went to
work at 7 o'clock, ae was his custom, and
an hour later suddenly dropped over un
conscious. He was carried to a Pullman
car In the shed and a physician summoned
Before hie arrival Crandall was dead. Tbe
body waa removed ' to tbe rooms of the
coroner.
Mr. Crandall was 74 year of age and had
been In the employ of the Union Pacific
Railroad company for thirty yeara. He re
elded at 1141 North Seventeenth street with
a son, Jame Crandall, and a daughter, Mr.
Hawk, bla wife having died about a year
ago.
Railway Note aad Persoaala.
Tbe Elkhorn reports a light 'rain over
tne entire ayatem eaat ot iong rine. rneo,
C. A. Schroyer, superintendent of the ear
aepartment or tne inicago nortnwest
ern railway at Chicago, Is In Omahs.
H. J. Sllfer. superintendent of the Iowa
aivision or tne i nicago at mortnwestern
railway, with headquarters at Boone, la.,
la in umana.
rianaral Manniraa TMaratl nf tka Warning
Elkhorn at Missouri Valley railroad went
to Chlcaico last tilaht. He waa accomua
nied by Peter Whitney, town alte aaent.
and J. A. Kjbn, general freight agent of
the ssme road. Business connected with
the perrasnent location of the new Verdi
gris extension taaes tnern to c nicago &
rtortnwesiern neauquarters.
On May 4 tbe Burlington will put on two
new m a , ncuruu 111111 - ,i 1 1 11 hi r con-
tinuationa of tralna between Omaha and
Lincoln now In service. One will leave
Hastings Neb., at 7 a m. and arrive in
Omaha at 11.65 a. m. The other will leave
Lincoln at :10, connecting with No. 3 out
of here, which arrives In Lincoln at i.H
p. m., and will arrive In Hastings at 9 p. m
xioin win muse ail local aiops.
President Burt of the L'nlon Pacific rail
way left Omaha Monday night on a apecial
train on an InaDectlon tour of the system.
He waa accompanied by General Manager
Dickinson. Superintendent of Motive Power
Hlgglns. Superintendent of Traniiportation
Buckingham, Chief Engineer Berry, Di
vision superintendent Baxter ana Superin
tendent Deuel of the Colorado division.
iney win be gone several daya.
A host of changes In th operating de
partment of the Chicago aV Northwestern
railway are announced In circulars from
Chicago headquarters which reached
Omaha yesterday. 8. M Kraden la made
superintendent of the Galena division, vice
W. K. Morse, resigned. E. O. Schevenell
Is made superintendent of the I. M
division, vice 8. M. Braden. promoted. W.
ti. Beck la made assistant superintendent
of the Iowa division at Hoone. vice K C!
Schevenell. promoted. W. M. Wells' Is
made esststint superintendent st Chicago,
vice W. D. Beck, transferred E. A.
Kellogg, formerly assistant auperintendent
of the Iowa division at Boone and recently
chief clerk in the office of General Man
ager Gardner, is made superintendent of
parlor and dining car service. Mr. Kellogg
wss alao formerly tralamaater at Council
Bluff.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Edwsrd Ray of Carthage. Mj, Is In the
city.
O. W. Wattles Is In th east on a trip
which will occupy two weeks.
Blthop Scannell Is In Columbia, whera he
is holding a conference of that deanery
of th Catholic church. From t'olumtu lie
will go to Grand Island fur ths same pur
pose. Will H. AlU-a of Fort Madison. Is., was
at th courthouse yesterday vlsitina
Countv Clerk Miller and Mrs. McAahan of
his office force, both of whom he koew
ta Iowa years ago.
NEW BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
The Century Company Publishes a New
Book by Josiah Hint
NOVEL STORY OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON
"The Master of tsttos," a Unathera
I.ove Story, the Latest rabllratlnn
of .cr lbnera several Rellaloas
Books Jaat Oat.
Mr. J. F. Wlllsrd. more fsmllisr to the
public under his "tramping name" of Joslsh
Flint, Is th author of a new book entitled
The Little Brother." In this book Joslsh
Flint utilizes his keen knowledge of tramp
life to write his first story. Its hero, the
"little brother," runs away from home and
Is adopted by a hobo, who makes blm his
"Prushun," I. e., the one to do his begging
for him. Tbey ride In "side-door Pull
mans," they frequent tb haunts of fellow
tramps on the outskirts of towns, tbey
spend ten days In a jail where hardened
criminals snd 7-year-old lads are herded
together. The author has evidently tried
to make his book as true to the life as he
csn without making the life uncomfortably
offensive. His purpose in writing it Is to
let the public see where a number of strsy
boys land, for he has found out that many
of the so-called "kldnsped" youngsters are
In reality simple runaways with romantic
temperaments, snd Hobolsnd claims msny
of tbem. Published by the Century com
pany. "The Conquerer," by Gertrude Atherton,
Is the title of a new novel the true and
romantic story of Alexander Hamilton.
Mrs. Atherton hss been able to solve the
vexed question of Hamilton's birth and ber
story gives out not only a full account of
bis mother, but also of his own childhood
and boyhood. Many Incidents of Hamil
ton's life, which In themselves sound more
ss If belonging to fiction, than fact, have
heretofore been merely stated by his biog
raphers as the dryest matter of fact,
whereas Mrs. Atherton has thrown Into
their proper place these startling and ro
mantic episodes of his life. While ad
hering In the closest possible manner to
the actual facts of Hamilton's life. Mrs,
Atherton hss written his life's story In the
manner of fiction, adding Immeasurably to
Its Interest. Hamilton Is alive to the
reader. One gains a picture of tbe man
from his boyhood up. the man himself
moving and acting throughout his many
sided career brlllisnt, generous, a favorite
with women and the astute political genius.
Published by the Macmlllan company.
The Scrlbners have published a novel en
titled "The Master of Caxton," by Hllde
gard Brooks. The new book Is mainly a
love story of a peculiarly, sympathetlo
quality. In the background, the beautiful
old southern places, Caxton and The Ter
races, are full of the atmosphere of the
south and a delicately suggested flavor of
romance, an Ideal setting for the group of
attractive human beings In whose piquant
fortune MUs Brooke so thoroughly arouse
our Interest. Cassandra Dole, the heroine,
abandons a fortune In the north to live
with her "poor white" brothers In Oeorgla.
Her advent Into the rough bachelors"
home transforms Its appearance and In
spires the brother to thrift and desires
for education. Mr. Peyton Call, the reck
less and distinguished master of Caxton.
who finally marries Csssandra; Vlrgle
Fanton, a aouthern girl with artful man
ners; "Bud" rfele, Caasandra's handsome
brother, who finally marries Vlrgle. are all
characters that are well drawn and Inter
esting from the time we commence the
book until Its finish. ,
L. C. Page ft Co. have published the
Initiatory volume of a series of books con
taining the best writings of great authors.
The first book is entitled "The Best of
Balzac." It is edited by Alexander Jessun.
If this little volume Is a safe criterion bv
which to Judge the following volumes. ' It
will Indeed be a valued collection. An Idea
of the extent of the writings collected may
be gained from the following portion of
the preface: "The ' 'best' of any autbor'a
writing I surely that portion of them
which may most fairly be recommended to
the beginner, as certainly, too. Is It that
part of all of them which finally remains
to us and to which we return."
"Windows for 8erroons," by Louis Al
bert Banks, Is a timely addition to the
works, more than twenty in number,
he haa already given to the public. The
bulk of the volume Is given to a choice col
lection of modern Illustrations well calcu
lated to furnish features for pulpit arrows.
Crescent made Boys' Clothes
of Harden Bros.
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This
'the
Tbey shnuM be worth many time the price
of the book to the hard worked pastrr who
wishes to Incresse his pulpit influence.
They sre drsan from msny source, evi
dently culled from the author' current
reading of books and papers, and from bis
observation of current movements and
events. "The man who cannot tell a store
well, should go to school to somebody who
ran teach him. If he wants to be a suc
cessful prescher." closing section of the
book rontslns a shorter collection of Illus
trations, especially for the use of temper
ance and reform speakers, most of thm
graphic and applicable. The book I con
veniently Indexed. It I published bv Funk
Wsgnalls Co.
"How to Get Acquainted with Ood." 1
a new book by Theodore H. Seward, author
of "Spiritual Harmony, or Bible Sunshine."
In the prerace the author ststes thst the
book contains his Individual view of the
Christian Science movement. His answer
to the qurstlon. "How can we become ac
quainted with Ood?" Is: "By becoming sc-
qualnted with love." Only through the
manifestation cf love toward our fellow
men can we understand the way of God'
leve toward ti. Mr. Seward claims that
the greatest evil of the present day Is that
the theological seminaries do not teach
neology In the true sense of thst word.
which means "talk about Ood." The sera-
Insrles dlvsuss a system of theism, but
In what Is called the "New Thought." people
think and talk directly about God. Hence
they are now the true theologians, while
the seminaries teach what might well be
called "theologlcaloglanlsm" to express Iti
complexity. Published by Funk ft Wacnslls.
Doubleday. Page ft Co. have published a
new book by Brsm Stoker, entitled. "The
Mystery of the Sea." No reader of
"Drawla" by the ssme author needs to bs
told the novel Is unusual and full of weird
Imagination. It lack the gruesomeness
and goriness of thst remarkable tale, but
presents a story of modern life on the
English seacoast, in which the marvsls,
second sight and the spirit world, become
real, actual, convincing everyday matters.
The charming American heiress who figures
aa the heroine Is a woman who must make
every reader In the United State feel a
glow of satlr fact ion In her nationality;
and the Ingenious elaboration and applies,
tlon of tbe Baconian cipher Is both novel
and absorbing.
"Lord Allnghsm. Bankrupt," by Marie
Manning, is a atory that deal with real
people and phases of life In England and
on a western ranch. Tbe hero is an un
fortunate anl reckless young nobleman
persuaded for a time, against his will, to
attempt to escape from hi financial
trouble by a marriage with an American
heiress. There are complications and ob
stacles which prevent the sacrifice of bis
better nature, but leave his bsnkruptcy
hopelessly confirmed. After year have
proved hie constancy. Lord Allngham finds
tbe happlneRs which pride and tbe conven
tions had so nearly sacrificed. Published
by Dodd, Mead ft Co.
"Der Bibllotbekar," by Moser, and edited
by William A. Cooper, assistant professor
of German in the Leland Stanford Junior
university. Is a new book published by tbe
American Book company, suitable for a
second-year course In a preparatory school.
The English version of this play, under
Us title of "Tbe Private Secretary," has
won a host of friend In this country. There
Is no local coloring, and hence It la easy
ot comprehension by American pupil. Its
genuine humor stimulate the student' In
terest In the text, aad It haa proved a
favorite wherever used In achool. Th
language, while i offering no great diffi
culties, give an acquaintance with . col
loquial German which 1 most helpful. Th
note furnish all needed help and the vo
cabulary la complete, affording explanations
of constructions and Idiom.
The Scrlbners have arranged with Presi
dent Hsdley and the board ot overseers
at Yale university for tbe yearly publica
tion In book form of tbe Yale lecture on
the "Responsibilities of Citizenship." Th
first volume, received this week, consist
of the lectures by Justice Brewer ot the
United State supreme court, oa "Ameri
can Citizenship." In a book of much pith
and interest, he define the general right
and dutle of a cltlxea, leaving later lec
turers, aa he explains, to develop particu
lar obligations as they may aee fit. Among
the topics he touches upon In a wise and
witty way are tbe obligations of taxpayers,
of juror, of father and mother of fam
ine, of politicians and officeholder.
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This Time We Have Outstripped AJ
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The wonderful bsrgalns at this 60c on
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sale for Instance, a piano that they asked
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