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TlfU OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1002. 15 Savage To Ezra P. Ravage: Shortly after the pardon ofVospph R. Bartley. I learned from a reliable source that you claimed to have positive proof la your posKcsslon that I win one of the Ix-neflclarlea of the Hartley embezzle ment Immediately upon receiving this information the following letters passed between us: OMAHA, March, 1, 190J. Hon. Eira P. Savage: Sir I am rellablr Informed that you claim to have In your possession a promissory note, or notes, due bills or I. O. U.e bearing my signature and payable to Joseph Bartley, or parties to whom Bartley advanced money loaned to me. If such pa pers are In your possession, or have been eihlblted to you by Bartler, they are down right forgeries. I never borrowed a dollar from Bartley directly or Indirectly. I do not owe a dol lar to any failed bank in which BartYey made deposits, whether they were deposited legally or Illegally. I never borrowed a penny from any bank or private concern on the strength of Bartley's favor or Influence, and I have never solicited such loans or asked Bartley or anybody representing him for financial assistance la any shape or manner. This also applies to The Bee Publishing company and the Bee Building company. Neither of these corporation have ever solicited or received any financial assist snce from Bsrtley directly or Indirectly. If anybody has led you to believe otherwlss he Is sn Impostor. It seems to mi that the leaat you could do under the circumstances would be to correct the baseless reports calculated to create prejudice against me. Very respect fully. EDWARD ROSEWATER. EXECUTIVE! CHAMBER. LINCOLN, Neb., March 20, 1902. Hon. E. Rosewater, Omaha, Neb.: Dear Sir Replying to yours of the 16th Inst., I beg to state that I bavs never said that I hsd in my possession nor that I had ever seen a note, I. O. U. or any other evidence of Indebtedness of yours to 3. S. Bsrtley. Neither has he ever -said to ma that he ever loaned you any money, directly or Indirectly. Respectfully, E. P. BAVAOE. That would have closed the chapter had. you not taken It upon yourself to couple my name with your story of an alleged attempt to bribe you to make certain appointments to the Omaha' fire and police commission. While yeu did not charge directly that I had anything to do with the matter, your attempt to convey such an Impression by Innuendo Justified my demand for another apol ogy. Instead of exposing and prose- cutlng the parties to the alleged plot to .bribe you, you sought to divert atten tion from your neglect of duty by PUb lt -V t . MM I ,v. tents of the following letter: EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, LINCOLN, ,Neb., Aug. 1, 1902. Mr. B. Rosewater, .Omaha, Neb., Editor of The Bee: Myat tentlon has been called to an editorial in your paper under date of August 12 in which, under the caption of "Another Apology in Order," you make another j characteristic effort to parade your virtue .before the people of Nebraska by lament , lng of the iniquities of others. When I replied to your letter of March .-18 last I simply dwelt upon the context of thst letter only In so much as related !to dealings with J. 8. Bartley. -.. ' I will say to you sow, since you seem to ,'have had a painful lapse of memory on (the .subject, that I thsn had and now have In my possession a note given and signed by you for money borrowed from a stats '.treasurer, which up to the preeent you ) have failed to pay. On the back of the note are the following endorsements! - ! Credit by Job work (printing) 139.80 ,Credlt by 6.000 envelopes 22.01) Credit by fro card 1.18 Credit by 1,000 cards.... t.uO You seem to take pride In saying that you borrowed no money from J. 8. Bartley. 'Let me remind you that your transgression Is in no way minimised because of the fact that you borrowed from a stats treasurer tother than Bartley. Moreover, there are many skeletons la that' much mooted "cigar box" that may at some future time cause feelings such as some people ex perience while walking through a grave yard in the dead hour of night. In my letter bearing on the Incidents as sociated wtth the appointment of a board of fire and police commissioners for the city 'of Omaha, I mads no reference to you in -speaking of the attempt to purchase ex ecutive favor, but you seem to have tskea umbrage, - as if my ststements were di rected to you personally. It is theoretical philosophy that a guilty conscience needs to accuser, and this, together with spon taneous protests of your Innocence before you are specifically Indicted, Impels me to at. least placs you under the mantle of suspicion. '. Contrary to your allegations, permit me to say that I havs no deetre to besmirch your character or that of any other cltlien. I think that even you will agree with me when I say that, considering the wanloa assaults you have made on my official con duct and considering further that I have all along been armed with Information . seriously reflecting on your honor and In tegrity, I havs sxhlblt'ed more thsn ordi nary patlencs snd forbearance in not dl .vulglng what I know relative to the part yeu acted In the Bartley affair. I find no comfort In wrecking homes and families. I would rather suffer Insolence myself than be the Instrument of grief anywhere. It is not a pleasant task tor me to unmask even you, but, despite my predilections, I am first a martyr to duty Jnd your long continued wanton assaults on the beet manhood of this stats admits of no other alternative. Very respectfully, E. P. SAVAGE, Governor. ! I did not consider It worth while to QfAIJTT rXATtHBI OF LIFE. ' The following advertisement has Just ap peared la a German newspaper, the Wernl igerods Intelllgens Blatt: "I herewith re fract the libel uttered by me against Trait fM.yer to the effect that she was wearing the tame bonnet thli year as she was last year. I offer her my apologies. Frsu Hennlng." la getting tbla published Fraa Hennlng suggests OConnell's apology: "I said you were composed of 100 sooundrels, and I am sorry for It." What a rush of mall ths maa will get who published this advertlaement la a New York paper: "A man whose life Is a mar tyrdom owing to the lack of means whlch prevents his marrying the woman he loves, and whose life would be complete happi ness if he could make tsO.OOO during the next six weeks, would lend himself at the risk of his lite, for the above amount, to any experience whatsoever, oa condition that It benefit humanity." There la a crow down la New Jersey who la apparently affected by the golf mania. For some time past the Montclalr Golf club has been mlaaing golf balls, and sow the mystery Is out. On two occasions this crow (It Is supposed to be the same bird) has dropped from a tree sad. with caws. and His Sensational Screeds waste my powder on political wlead ducks, but since It Is your last will that the cadaver shall be dissected and cremated In public, regardless of the stench, I shall comply, with an apology to the public. You say you have come Into posses sion of a note for state money borrowed by me. How did you come Into Its possession and what right have you to keep ItT While" you may be Ignorant of the simplest functions of your office, you know enough to know that you have no more right to any due bill or prom issory note for money belonging to the state than you bnve to pocket a state bond oi to carry away the furniture of the executive mansion belonging to the state. If you believe that the state has a valid claim against me or auy other person for state money borrowed from the tteasurer, it Is your duty to Instruct the attorney general to make a formal demand for its payment and to enforce collection by due process of law. Anybody reading your letter might Imagine that the note lu your hands represents a large sum of money which I am either uii will lug or unable to pay. I am credibly Informed that at a recent gathering of old settlers you had the audacity to charge that a note over my signature for flO.OUU bad been found among the papers of former State -Treasurer II 111 and remained uncollect ible among the assets of the state treasury. Nobody but a white-livered falsifier would have circulated such a deliberate and malicious slander. , Every schoolboy In Nebraska knows that if a note signed by me for f 15,000 or $1,500 or any other sum had turned up among the assets of a state treasurer, the state would hare made an effort to collect It or at least get a Judgment through the courts. You knew when you circulated that In famous slander that the document you claim to have in your possession calls for the payment of $150, with a credit of 47L18 endorsed on the back. Uow this precious document was confided to your care and keeping will be readily surmised from Its history. In the closing months of 1893 reports reached me from the state capital ' to Justify the suspicion that the state treas urer was speculating with state funds. Among those reports, one of which I have kept a memorandum, reads; The .reason Stat Treasurer Bartley and Ed Blgnell are so thick Is because they are partners la deals on the Board of Trade. They cleared over $30,000 on corn Just after the hot winds and sooa after wards dropped some 120,000 on C, B. Q. stock. During this last deal they got dissatisfied with the wsy the Chicago end of Harris Bros, A Co. .was handling their orders and Blgnell went there to see them and came back satisfied. Bartley and Blg nell are the boldest operators In Lincoln today. In the last days of December, 1893, I called public attention to the condition 'of the state treasury In an editorial, from which the following Is an extract: More than a month ago the representative' of The Bee at the state capital apprised us that startling disclosures might be expected sny day relative to the state treasury. There is said to be a discrepancy of over $200,000 between th auditor's books and those la the treasurer's office. After spend ing more than two weeks in checking up the discrepancies between the books of the treasurer and auditor the books failed to balance by about $225,000. The tangle in the state treasury Indicates that there la something wrong la tho methods of ac counting. The enormous volume of out . standing warrants indicates the most reck less financiering. According to Auditor Moore the state debt now exceeds $1,000,000 and the debt is still increasing at the rate of $15,000 a month. This state of affairs de mands immediate attention. The next day I received a letter from C. F. Royce, our Lincoln correspondent, now with the Chicago Tribune, stating that Treasurer Bartley claimed to have a number of notes, amounting alto gether to $1,600, purporting to be signed by me. I at once wrote Bartley the following letter: OMAHA. Deo. 0, 1891. Hon. Joseph Bartley: Dear Sir Have Juat received a letter from Mr. Royoe, our Lincoln corre spondent, which among other things eon tains the following: "Mr. Bsrtley has hinted' to me several times that he has , certain notes in his possession snd signed paper. He claims that ha purchased them In order to prevent some affidavits wbloh accompany them from being printed and says that ha did It entirely la your In terest snd did not want you to know about It." This Is the first Intimation I have that anybody holds any notes signed by me which remain unpaid, barring notes held by local bankers and creditors, secured by collateral. It anybody has sold you such notes they must either be spurious or purloined notes. I have never repudiated a legal claim or debt, even If such debt had been outlawed. I certainly do not consider It proper on your part to buy up such pretended claims without giving me notice or an opportunity to pay them. If genuine, or repudiate) them If fraudulent. If anybody has made affidavit Intimating that I have repudiated picked up a ball and flown off with It to the woods. It may be that the balls were mistaken for eggs, and that soma motherly crow Is now sitting upon them with Incu bative Intent; but it looks sa though the golf erase bad extended to the feathered world. A funeral was recently held at Altoona, Pa., the corpae prepared by the occasion being that of a foreman who had been ex ceedingly popular with his railroad as sociates and with the community gen erally. Floral tributes were plentiful and the widow exhibited them with no little pride. "Yla." sbe explained to sympathising friends, "tblm flowers do be showln' how msnny fr'nJ be had. That cross comes from ths division superintendent, that pllly is from wan uv the conthractors and the broken eolyum was slnt by the mayor him self" At this point she paused for a moment as her eye lighted oa s beautiful anchor, which shs grabbed savagly and flung out of ths window, exclaiming as she did so: "Who ths dlwle had the ba-ad taste to alnd that plckr" If the Indians of the northwest did not have Panama hate, they had something Just , as good. Lewis aad Clark teatify that the any honest debt or sought to levy political blackmail, I demand an opportunity to re fute the charge. Please present the alleged note and affi davit to me at your earliest convenience. Tours truly, E. ROSEWATER. P. 8. My editorial bn state finances was la the hands of the compositors before Mr. Royce's letter was received. To this Bartley sent an evasive reply, saying he bad only one note, obtained from Ed Blgnell, superintendent of the Burlington road. Not content to drop the matter, I dispatched E. C. Hunt, then a member of The Bee staff and at present of the World-Herald, to Lincoln with the following letters: OMAHA. Jan. 1. 1894. Hon. J. 8. Bartley: 'Dear Sir This will bef handed to you by Mr. Hunt, who is hereby authorised to take copy of the alleged note and appended affi davit purporting to explain the manner in which said note was negotiated by me or for me. I learned from Mr. Royce tint the note Is said to be one of a series aggregating $1,500 in favor of General- Mc Bride, state treas urer, to which my name is sppended. I never borrowed sny money from Oeneral McBride while he was treasurer and do not remember any money transaction after he went out of office, unless It was sn exchange of notes made at his request and for his benefit. If I have ever owed him any money he would have been able to collect It. At any rate, either he or some of his creditors would have tried to collect It. As a matter of fact we have a claim of several hundred dollars sgalnst McBride on the guaranty ho made for an agent at Lincoln, who turned out to be an embezzler. Tours truly. E. ROSEWATER. OMAHA. Jan. 1, 1894. Mr. Ed Blgnell, Division Superintendent Burlington Mis souri River Railway: Sir I learned through Mr. Royce that you are In possession of sev- oral notes aggregating $1,500, purporting to be signed by me In favor of Oeneral J. C. McBride, and that one of these notes has been sold by you to Hon. J. 8. Bartley. I do not remember of ever having bor rowed any money from Oeneral McBride. Nobody has ever presented sny note or claim held by htm to me for payment. The bearer, Mr. Hunt, Is hereby authorised to Inspect and make copy of the notes and any documents you may have authenticating them. Please exhibit the notes snd papers to Mr. Hunt and present them to me for Iden tification at your earliest convenience. I hsve never repudlsted a genuine note or an honest debt, snd would not do so even It it were outlawed. If you consider these notes genuine, I cannot comprehend why you have never presented them for payment or sent me word that they are In your possession. Tours truly, E. ROSEWATER. Mr. Hunt returned without having found Mr. Blgnell, whereupon I wrote as follows to Mr. Royce, to have blm carry out Hunt's mission: OMAHA, Neb., Jan. t, 1894. C. F. Royce: Desr Sir Please call upon Superintendent Ed Blgnell of the B. eV M. and hand him the enclosed letter, which I sent to him through Hunt, but Hunt could not deliver It and brought it back. I want this note matter ioai am a. nrt ths TtrttBi who nrfltend to have these notes and are circulating reports concerning me to show the papers and docu- ments they have and the source of their In- formatlon. Please insist upon Mr. Blgnell showing you the notes he has, and copy them, together with any affidavit or state ment attached thereto, and forward to me by ths first mall. Yours very truly, E. ROSEWATER. On the same day I mailed this letter to Oeneral McBride, which brought the annexed responses, one by wire and the other a letter by mall: OMAHA. Jan. $, 1894 General J. C. Mc Bride, Dickinson Land Company, Galves ton. Tex.: Dear Sir Parties st Lincoln claim to be in poasesslon of several notes, aggregating $1,500, said to be signed by myself, payable to yourself, dated In 1877, or soms time during your first or second term as treasurer. One of these notes is said to be for $160 and attached to It' la an affidavit from a person whoss name the partlea refuse to divulge, alleging that this note and the others in the series were among your papers when you went out of office and that you instructed him not to present them because they were blood money and which was never expected to bo paid. Please wire me at my expense whether you ever advanced me any money when treasurer or whether you ever held any notes for money advanced to me and whether you ever stated to anybody that you had been held up by me for campaign contributions. Very truly yours, B. ROSEWATER. (Telegram.) GALVESTON, Tex., Jan. (, 1894. E. . Rosewater, Omaha: About seventeen years ago Edward Rosewater, with whom I had a running account for Job work, asked permission to draw a draft on me for $150. I paid the draft and the amount was re paid to me by Mr. Rosewater In good time. Some eight or nine years later Roaewater endorsed a note with me for $2,000, I think with an Omaha bank, which was paid. Theee are the only financial trans actions we have ever had. He never ex torted nor tried to extort any money from me. Thst I ever made such statement or claimed to hold such notes Is all damned ' J- C- M'BRIDE. GALVESTON. Tex.. Jan. . 1894.-My 'Ikif Rosewater: Your letter of the 3d t.t cm. to hand an hour a and i .t once replied by wire. I stated the facts fully as I thought necessary and will relt- crate .by affidavit if necessary. Poaelbly someone about the state house may have found the $150 draft spoken of in my telegram and at once supposed they Clataops were sdept wesvers of hats. Ths following Is from their Journal: "We gave a Ash hook in exchange for one of their hats. These hata are made of cedar bark and bear grass, interwoven to gether la the form of a European hat, with a small brim of about two Inches, and a high crown, widening upward. They are light, ornamented with various colors snd figures, snd, being nearly waterproof, are much more durable than either chip or straw hats. Theee hats form a small artl- icle of traffic with the whites, and their manufacture Is one of the best exertions of Indian Industry." No man should resist or resent the ef forts of a pretty girl to klas him, accord ing to a decision Just rendered by Judge George B. Sldener of St. Louis. Harry Alberts, who belongs to the swell set, has been bragging of his asbestos na ture snd the girls In the s l?hborhood of his home conspired to bring euuui a change. Miss Maude Mitchell, a daahlng blonde, was detailed to wait near a corner where Alberts would pasa oa hla way boms. As he lifted his hat she threw her arms around his neck and planted a klsa oa hla cheek. Alberts replied with a blow from hla fist, which discolored Mlsa Mitchell's pretty lacs. Us was arrested and la IsiooslAf a had found a mare'l nest, but the $150 was paid a few months later and that ended It, I never had a aote of yours for any amount. If I had had one it would have been In Judgment long ago. If not paid. Tours truly, J. C. M'BRIDE. On January 0, 1894, I received the fol lowing report from Royce: LINCOLN, Neb.. Jan. . 1894. I have Just returned from a talk with Blgnell. He was at Pacific Junction yesterday and did not re turn until last night He make the follow ing statement and I will quote his language: "I knew nothing of the existence of the notes in question until after the article in reference to the Burlington Volunteer Rail way department appeara Just before elec tion. In that article The Bee accused me .of taking an underhanded advanUge of s widow snd I am free to say that the attack, or at least what I considered an attack, made me angry. A few days after the arti cle appeared, perhaps on the day following, a gentleman came to my office and asked me why I did not get hold of something I could use against Rosewater. I told him that I had no controversy with Rosewater and knew nothing that I could get hold of to use against him. Hs told me where I could get a note hs had given to Mc Bride. I went to the party who held It and got it. I did hot buy It. The party gave it to me to' use for my own benefit. I happened to drop Into Bartley's office and told him what I had get and that I was going to print It In the Lincoln Journal. I then left the note and the affidavit with Bartley with the dis tinct understanding that noSane was to know of Its existence. When I get the note la my possession sgsln I propose to lock It up In a safety deposit box and never let It go out of my possession sgaln. "I will not permit you (Royce) to make a copy of it or a copy of ths affidavit. I will not let you see the affidavit nor tell of tta contents. I will simply let him look at the note to satisfy himself thst It Is what I claim It la. I will not preeent the note for payment, neither will I allow Rosewater to take It up. I am not psy a cent tor u ana I will not sell It for $5,000 even. I will never use It In any way or manner whatever unless Rosewater makes a personal assault upon me. I will not tell the name of the man from wnom i got me note, i ao not know how many notes of the kind ars in existence." The financial transaction General McBride refers to is embodied In a note of which I give a copy and which was discounted by the Nebraska Savings bank of Omaha: $2,000. LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. S, 1888. Ninety days sfter date, for value re ceived, we or either of us promise to pay to the order of B. Rosewater two thousand dollars, with interest at the rate of 10 per cent per annum from date until patd. Ne gotiable and payable at the Stats National pans, Lincoln, Nab. No. 65S. Due Nov. t. 1888. J. C. M'BRIDE. C. C. BURR, H. H. MELONS, W. V. WHITTEN. Every impartial person must concede that the exhibit here made completely explodes the charge that I am indebted to the state treasury for a single dollar. I repeat that I never borrowed a dollar of state, county or city money. All the business transactions with General Mc- Bride were strictly personal. The amount advanced by him was. repaid In full, but owing to my neglect to take up the note or draft, It was found among the papers In his desk. If I had actually owed the state the $70.82 not credited on the back, it could have been collected at any time In the last twenty-five years on presentation. . Tour threat to open the cigar box and your Innuendoes about skeletons have no terrors for me. You remind me of an insulted prostitute. Nobody but a born fool would offer a $5,000 bribe to a liveried horse jockey. You Intimate that there are some terrible skeletons In that Bartley cigar box. If that cigar box contains anything that would af fect my reputation for Integrity or re flect upon my standing as a man and citizen, I defy you to produce it You know that I did not have to rush to the penitentiary when Bartley mad his threats to open that box, like some of your friends, and was not among those who In trembling and fear urged you to pardon him to protect themselves. You say you find no comfort In wreck ing homes and families. Neither do I If any families have been wrecked by publicity of wrongdoing, the wrecking WM done b7 criminal acts and betray. aia or trust by the men whoso conduct I have had to expose and de nounce In the Interest of good govern ment. You pretend to be a martyr to duty, when In fact you are a victim of your own depravity You have been treated by me with i . icuieuce ana lurDearante. A great many people and many papers openly -"cusl you of Selling out for a price, I extended to you the benefit of the doubt and discussed your scandalous actons with courtesy, although vou euiuougo you wer entitled to none. Your grand stand play deceives nobody. You have disgraced yourself, your party and the state. You will go out of office ex ecrated and despised by honest men of all parties. E. ROSEWATEU. fine of $20 against him Judgs Sldener said "A woman has a right to klas s man at all times. This is a privilege we owe to the opposite sex." They Break toe Avalaache. In Swltserland the people have entered upon effective plans to defeat the ava lanche In Its devastating work. No more aed the traveler be told, "Beware the aw, ful avalanche," for these rolling, pitching, sliding bodies ot snow that accumulate Into masses of destruction sre now broken op before they gatn sa smount of material or velocity sufficient to make them dangerous. Along tne mountain sides, where ava lanches form, earthworks in the form of a V are constructed, with their point up ward, and when moving masses of snow ccme la contact with them they are broken apart and so deflected as to be rendered harmless. Ia Old Skirl. New York Times: fc.x-0ougreeeman Tim Campbell says Mrs. Campbell spoke to him the other day about the advertisement of a buttonless shirt. "What kind of a shirt U that?" she In quired. "Just llks mine." snswered the ex-con greasman, who In telling tbe atory said Mrs. Campbell didn't speak to him for weak. T , W mm, im kimmmm, miM ( m fir i no F"? 911 SCHIYIOLLER & MUELLER, 1313 FARM Old Makes Hew Styles ALL SIZES WE ARE Now showing the 1903 sample cases from the several ptsno factories we ars so fortunate as to repre sent. They are certainly a reve lation to lovers of the artistic. The ' new "special" small grand and a beautiful Sheraton model from Stelnway's, a "vertical grand" from Mason Hamlin, a "Puritan" style from Sieger eV Sons, Emer son "Art Nouvesu," a chaste "Grecian" model from Hardman's, and the "'Ionic," Vose Sons' de serves special mention. You will find them here only In all ths beautiful, rare woods, at prices and on terms within easy reach. Manufacturers, Wholesale, Retail Pianos UIV & Annual Discount Sale osHrFii money by attending save in the different discounts on worth of Furniture $100 at 10 per cent discount saves $10 $100 at 15 per cent discount saves $15 . $100 at 20 per cent discount saves $20 $100 at 25 per cent discount saves $25 $100 at 30 per cent discount saves $30 $100 at 40 per cent discount saves $40 $100 at 50 per cent discount saves $50 It Is Impossible to enumerate the large number of different prices of Furniture In this sals. Tou must corns to see Its vast importanco-BB SUKB OF OUR NUMBER. 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I don't want you to play with Sammy HIU any more. Willie wny noti Grandma Because he la a bad little boy. Willie Well, look-a-here, I ain't so dog gone good myself that you ought to ' be a-klckln'. Minister Johnny. I auppoee you are glad there Is no school this summer? Johnny No. sir; I'm sorry. MlslaUr Wsll. I'm pleased to know you o)Prnnrr J 1Z3 JV. - JV vl.llAl r t Piano Economy Means buying a good one one that has proved the test of many years' service. "Time levels all values." You can make ao mistake to buy a Steinway & Sons, Ster cr & S.ns, Mason & Hamlin, Emerson, Vtse & Sons, , A. B. Chase, Georre Steck, Hardman, Gramer, Harrington, JrasCl T P E B S A TW E D S and the many others which bring the careful buyer to our store. Sciimoller & Heller ST80E FUBumiBE 11 IS ntid 1117 Farnam Street Our regular autumn furniture sale commences Tuesday morning;, September 2d. It is our aim and desire to , make this the greatest of our many successful sales, and to ac complish this we have arranged to allow DISCOUNTS of from JO to 50 per cent on thousands of pieces of all kinds of Furniture located everywhere throughout our immense store. This discount is taken from the plain figure price on the original ticket which is still attached to each piece of Furniture insuring a genuine discount reduction of from ONE-TENTH to ONE HALF, the price. Dressers, Chiffoniers, Sideboards, Buffets, Dining Tables, China Cases, Brass and Iron Beds, Bedroom Suites, Rockers, Parlor Furniture, etc In fact all kinds of Fur niture is included in this sale. iNo matter what you want you can this sale- Below ' is the saving a bill ot one hundred dollars ST UOO FOR THE NAME. sre so fond of school. Now tell ma why you are sorry. Johnny 'Cause a feller can't play hookey when there ain't no school. RKLIGIOIS. Rev. Albert Arnold Bennett, long a mis-' slouory In Japan, will soon take charge of the department of practical mlaalons at Colgate university. Rev. Frank W. Qohaaulus of Chicago has received a call from London to be tae pastor of the famous Congregational City temple, where he Is at present preaching. Dr.' and Mrs. Hiram Bingham of Hono lulu have )ust finished the tirst volume of the commentary on tne new testament, on which they have labored for the last five yeara. Dr. A. EL Simpson of New York, In tils collection lor torelgn missions In the Christian Alliance convention at Old Or chard beach on Sunday, raised $4&,uu0 for the work, eleven persons each giving ti.000. Rev. Michael Hill, professor of rhetoric of Loyola college, Baltimore, has gone to Rome and will visit other European cities In search of Information to be used In his volume, "The illtory of the Jesuits In North America." Rev. A. J. Dlas of Havana. Cuba, has proposed e.tablishlng a Baptist printing houH In Havana for the purpose of sup plying the Sunday school and other liter ature In Spanl.h. ' The Baptists missions In the Island are said to be In a prosper ous condition. Cardinal Uibbona of Baltimore has ex pressed his disapproval of an elaborate celebration of his sliver Jubilee next Octo ber and the project has leen abandoned. The cardinal thought It Inadvisable In view of the large number of similar ob t.rvenee thu4 hava ha.n rlhrated lately. It Is ststad In England that a prominent brewer Is building a church aa a memorial of King Mwurd coronation. Dean Bwlft'e cathedral 8t. Patrick's. Dublin was restored by the late distiller. Blr Benjamin Uulness. It was a famous dis tiller, too, who rebuilt the protestant cathedral of Cork and another diHllll-r re stored Christ church In Dublin. One of the famous brewing flrin.nn Kngiand has erected no lce than ! chuichcS at various times. PIANOS AM ST., OMAHA Highest Grade Lowest Prices EASIEST URUS. BARGAINS Came In saock last week. Thsy hsve been cleaned, polished and tuned, and the prices on the tags appeal strongly to the family of musical taste with limited means. SQUARE PIAN03, at $18.00. tSJ.OO. $53.00 and up. Several liner ones, Steinway Sons, Emerson, Weber, Chlckerlng, Haines Bros, Hale, etc. UPRIGHT PIANOS Large ones, small ones, some used considerable,, some used very little. Genuine bargains, however, when you aee them- $55.00, $92.00, $118.00, $127.00 up, on payments of $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 monthly. 1313 Farnam St Omaha. 502 Broadway Co. Bluffs. 9 Co. 1115-1117 Farnam Street COSLMIBIALITIES. A policeman-evangelist who drives ths patrol wagon married a couple In New York. It Is fitting that eager lovers should be Joined by the driver of the "hurry ud" wagon. " A Texas nran Is wanted by forty-seven women who had severally promised to be come his wife. He ought to learn to keen engagements better than that. Dr. Henry Wood, director of tho Oer manlo department of Johns Hopkins unl nVi'' wh recr.'y married j.Bulelr Clotllde vol. Koetschmon of Potsdsm. Oer many, has Just returned to Baltimore with his bride. A daughter of C. F. Boothroyd. a Colo, rado ranchman, la the latest American woman to seek a place In the ranks of the British nobility. 6n the 27th Inst, she will wed Captain Lyulph O. 8. Osillvy, the sec ond son of the earl of Alrlle of Scotland. He has been In the ranch business In Colo rado for a number of years. He went homo to sorve In the Boer war and Is now ltvlntr at DaSalle, Colo. He la said to be maklnar money out of a sheep ranch. The wedding of an Indian couple at tracted a large crowd to the Samorla In dian Baptist church. In Charles City Va the other day, when Mlsa Mary F Jeffer son became the bride of Mr. Edward M Miles. Both of the partlea to the weddln were members of the well known Chlcka. hominy tribe of Indians and are well known and highly respected. The bride was gowned in a ault of caaaimsre cloth. A romance In Dorchester county, Mary land. In which Miss Mamie Zorcross and Mr. Ralph Mesalck figured, la the talk of th tfl.V- Cin (p.m EV..1..,'.. m.i r. ' ' v. ,uij mi.. ,or- cross sent ui u fifth-shaped toy balloon with a photograph and a letter 'attached. She watched It us It eoared skyward, and when it waa . lost from view she thought no more of It. After a few days she re ceived a letter rrom Ralph Mwalck, dated Ocean City, Ud., many miles away. Mr. Mea.lck had found the balloon alonj the bay with the young woman's noi and photograph attached. He asksd permis sion to correspond. It waa granted, and soon afterward he forwarded hit own picture. Mlsa Zorcrnes was favorably Im pressed. A little later he arrived at the young woman'e home and Miss Zorcros met him at the at a lion. He waa driven to her handsome home, and after a fvw days' eourtahlp l hey were married. MANY i OB., ill VI 11 I -" ' V ' '
