THE OMAHA DAILY HEEi FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1903.
NEW BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
Mrs. Margaret (a letter Makes Her Debut
Among the Novelist.
THIRD EDITION Of BOOK OF POEMS
Oortrmle Attiertoa Pais Oat a rrr
Honk Several Interesting- nooks
for Bo-Janinrr Maaaslnes
Fall of Mood Thlnas.
The well known writer, Mn. Margaret
Bangster, make her debut among the nov
elists wlih "A College Girl's Story," her
flrst attempt at a lore tale. The book la
published by Firming H. Revell company
There la a strong rellgloua bins to the stary
and altogether It la one that Inculratea
lessons In noble manhood and the Chrlatlan
virtues. Collpgn life, work among the
mountain whites of Tennessee and college
aeltlement work In New York give variety
to the scenes and large scope tor the atudy
of personal characteristics and the por
trayal of character. There is play of light
and ahade In the shifting scenes; hardship,
determination, toll, energy, recompense
give the atory nerve and alnew, keep It
moving and till It with pith, point and
meaning.
"Poeme You Ought to Know," selected by
Ella W. Peattle, literary editor of the Chi
cago Tribune, who waa formerly connected
with an Omaha paper for a number of
years, la an attractive and valuable volume.
It Is printed by the Jamleson Hlgglna com
pany of Chicago with Illustrations by Ells
worth Young. A third edition Is now on
the press. Among the good things aatd
about the book we reprint the following
from the Milwaukee Free Press: "After
looking through the book and meeting old
favorites or new poems whose just title
to the position of honor accorded them
calls for no dispute, one has only tho
moat appreciative thlnga to aay of the
literary judgment of the compiler, Ella W.
Peattle. . The great merit of the collection,
which la made from pcms published one
each day for many months past In the
Chicago Tribune, has the uncommon one of
placing the vaiue of the poem above that
of the author's name. Modern American
wrltera are unuaually well repreaented.
and the aelecttona from the 'accepted' poel
are. If not the moat often quoted, aurely
among their cholceat productions. Mrs,
Peattle showa herself a wanderer In lite
rary bywaya aa wa.ll aa one who baa
firm atep along the main trodden roada."
Gertrude Atherton's new book, with an
uncommonly attractive title, "The Splendid
Idle Forties," ts aubntantlally a reprint of
"Before the Orlngoa Came," and deala with
life In Spanish California In the old daya
about the time of the annexation. Crlt
Ically considered the chief value of the
etorlea Ilea In the accuracy of their his
torlcal setting. The author has got the
facta and their proper correlation; but
ahe has also arlzed bold of something far
mora precious than mere historical data,
She has made captive the aentlmenta, the
thoughts, tbs feelings, the paaalons and
prejudices which swayed the governing
caste In old California. The breaking ot
.hat casta la one of the most pitiful stories)
m the history of thta continent.
' One of Elizabeth Stuart Phelpa' short
stories, which appeared In Harper' Maga
sine aa "His Wife," baa been reprinted In
book form by Houghton, Mifflin 4k Co.,
under the name "Avery." The book Is a
One example of this writer's power of story
telllrg. It Is the tale of a rather selfish
man, who had made-up hla mind to leave
hla efrVwIfe and g6 upon a hunting ex
. pedltion, and who while In the dentist's
:halr and under the influence of gas, goes
through the hell of Imagining that eh died
Jurlng hla absence on the trip. The hus
band's frantic fear and joy on coming out
of the influence of the gaa, to hear from
the dentist that the wife did not die, the
subsequent dashing of bis hopes to find her
apparently dead after all, the return to life
of the sweet and unselfish creature, whose
first question concerned hla comfort, and
the buBband'a repentance for hla Intentions
' and desires are all Interpreted with that
. lubtle and exquisite power mastered by
(ho gifted writer. It is one of the most
moving short talea ever written.
"The Pleasures of the Table," by George
H. Ellwanger, la one of the lateat publics
tloris of. Doubleday, Page & Co. Strangely
enough, there la no mora conspicuous gap
tn contemporary bibliography than that
. which exlsta under "Gastronomy." Prac
tlcally nothing haa been published In this
. akt mtm a a a a aaw
lUKIUlilNU
. Skin, Scalp and Blood
Humours
. Speedily Cared by Cuticura
Soap, Ointment snd Pills
When the Best Physicians and
All Else Fail. '
Thfl agonizing Itching and burning
f the akin, aa in eczema ; the frightful
scaling, as In psoriasis ; the loss of hair
and crusting of the scalp, aa in scallt-d
' heud: tha facial disfigurements, as in
pimples and ringworm ; tha awful suf
loring of infants and anxiety of wom
an! parents, as in milk eriut, tetter and
salt rheum, all demand a remedy of
almost superhuman virtues to success
fully cope with them. That Cuticura
Soap, Ointment and rills arc cuch
stands pruven beyond all doubt., No
statement Is niadu rcgnrdlug them' that
is not Justified by the strongeai evi
dence. rtie purity and sweetness, the
power to afford immedlnte relief, tho
certainty of speedy ud permanent
cure,. tha absolute safety and great
economy have made theiu the ktamlard
rktn cures, blood purltlera and humour
remedies pt the civilized world.
liaQio tha alTeeu-l parts with hot
wnteraud Cuticura oap, tocWuaa tha
sutrfaee of crest and stale, uud soften
tha thickened cuticle. Dry, without
hard rubbing, and apply Cuticura Oint
ment freoly, to alUy itching, Irritation
and Inflammation, and soothe and heal,
and, lastly, take the Cuticura Insolvent
lilts, to cxl and cleanse the blood.
Tills complete treatment, onMing but
one dollar, a fiord! instant relief, per
mits rest and sleep in the severest
forms of fcii'tiil and Other Itching,
barning and scaly humours of the skin,
scalp and blood, und points to s apeedy,
) tH-rnmnent and economical cure when
all other remedies aud the best physi
cian tall
country since Brlllat-Savartn, and, till this
volume of Mr. Ellwanger's was Issued, there
has not existed snywhere a complete hla
torlcsl account of the science of eating
from the earliest tlmea. The author has
made a book of absorbing Interest and of
real literary distinction, full of good stories
and anecdotes, rare recipes of the sort that
do not pet Into any cook book, quaint oddi
ties and auggestlve fscts.
Frank Mackenile Savlle can at least c'alm
the merit of novelty for the scene of hla
"Moray of the Hcndrlk Hudson. " It goes
bark to ISM and the Crimean war. but
Is with Finland and the coaat of the
Tlaltlc. There la a searrh for burled treas
ure of the vikings, complicated by the per
secution of a Polish nobleman by tho Rus
sians, snd relieved by the sudden love for
the daughter of the Pole by a young Eng
lish doctor, who heads the treasure trove
expedition. There 's blood and fighting
galore, but It la all lug.ged In too obviously
and with an amateurish straining for sen
sational effects. Frederick A. Stokes com
pany, juc!!?erB.
Tudor Jenka tins' written a companion
book to his "Oalopoff, the Talking Pony,"
called "Gypsy, the Talking Dog." Gypsy
Is a trick dog, owned by a French show
man, and Is stolen by some gypsies and
brought to America. On the way over the
dog meets Oalopoff, the pony, and the two
become fast friends. The little dog proves
to be quite aa lovable as the pony, and their
adventurea, apart or la common, furnish a
vast amount of Interest and diversion for
the little folks. The book contains twelve
full page half-tone Illustrations by Regi
nald Birch. Published by Henry Altemus
company.
We had thought that Edward S. Ellis died
some time ago, but booka by him continue
to appear. The lateat la "Jim and Joe."
There are hair-breadth escapes from lion
In circuses, midnight rides on locomotives
and all manner of other adventurea by land
and aea. Published by H. T. Coa.tes at Co.
A new and pretty edition of J. A. Mitch
ell's "The Last American" la issued by
F. A. Stokes company. It la the discovery
of New York City by some Persian ex
plorers who in the year 2957 visit the
ruina of Nhu Tok, marvel at ita extent
and architecture and the traces of extinct
civilization. The edition haa Illustrations
In eolor by F. W. Read, and decorative de
signs by A. D. Blashfleld, while Mtj
Mitchell's own pencil baa not been Idle in
the work of beautifying It.
The first World's Work of the New
Tear contains a wide variety of subjects
written about In the conclae, optimlstlo
manner which Is characteristic of this mag
azine. Perhaps the moat important article
la Mr. Robert H. Montgomery'a atory of
the American Invasion ot Canada, Illus
trated with many striking, pictures and
portraits. Mr. Lewla Nlxon'a prophecies of
the "Battleship of the Future" and Mr.
Mosely's views of American Industrial
conditions, aa he has aeen them during hla
recent trip through thta country, are also
very Important.
The adventurea ot two young men who go
In search ot a loat treaaure ahip aald to
be somewhere In the region of the South
Pole are related by Captain Ralph Bonehill
In a book called "Loat In the Land ot Ice,"
publiahed by A. Weaaela company. The
tale is made irp of the wildest lmproba
bllltles, but the more Improbable it Is the
more stirring becomes the narrative. What
adventures the heroes do have! At one
time they are made prisoners on their own
ship. At another they have hair-raising
experiences among the man-eating Pata
gonlans. At still another they are caat
away on a mighty Iceberg along with polar
bears. And at yet another, when they have
sighted the hero's father alone cn hla
treasuro ahip just at the South Pole, they
are caught In the grip of the magnetic
pole at Immense rlak ot life.
The January number of Scrlbner's Maga
zine, which marks the beginning ot Its
thirty-third volume, contalna two of the
notable featurea of the coming year. It Is
seldom that the opportunity la offered to
present the brilliant letters of a woman
who has filled the blgheat aoclal and offi
clal positions at the courts of Europe. The
letters of Mme. Waddlngton, wife of the
eminent French ambassador, if. William
Waddlngton, begin In this number, with
entertaining and witty accounts of the Eng
lish court in the '80a. Mme. Waddlngton's
observations have the greater value to
American readers becauae she Is an Amer
lean, the daughter of a president of Co
lumbia college and the granddaughter of
Rufus King, who was American minister
to England. Theae letters were written to
her relatives In this country at the very
time in whjr-h the events described were
fresh In ber memory. They are therefore
apontsneous, natural and unconventionally
bright The Illustrations are from por
traits snd other pictures In Mme. Wadding
ton's own collection. '
"The Open-Air Boy," a book for boys
which treata of all klnda of outdoor eporta,
Is written by O. M, A. Hewett, an English
clergyman, who evidently has a strong sym
pathy with all that pertains to boys, tells
In his books bow snglli.g la made easy;
how to catch butterflies and moths; bow to
rear caterpillars, and something about salt
water puraulta. - There are cbaptera on
"All Klnda ot Pets," "Ratting. Rabbiting,
and the Like," "Cooking and the Fine
Arts" and "The Young Campaigner." Pub
Ushed by R. F. Fenno A Co.
The above books are for sals by the
Megeath Stationery Co.. 1308 Farnam street
FUNERAL OF COLONEL DICKEY
Telegraph Officials from All Parta of
the Coaatry -Will Be
Preaeat.
Arrangements for the funeral of Colonel
John Jay Dickey, at the residence In Ben
son, at I o'clock thia afternoon, have been
completed. Rev. John Williams will of
ficiate. The active and honorary pall
bearera chosen are:
Active Kdwsrd Porter Peck, I.uther
Drake. J. K. Chambers. Charles U. H or ton.
aonn kj. neison, Jonn at. nour.
Honorary Count Ci-lgbtin, U.- M. Mors,
man. George K. Kliiwell. Senator Millard
HelvlrtVre Brooks, Theodor P. Cook-, Gen
eral Alandersun. Uuy c. Hartoo.
Telegraph officials from many points In
the west will sttsnd tha funeral.' They are
Theodore P. Cook, general superintendent,
Chicago; Morris T. Cook- secretary to gen
eral superintendent. ChtCHgo; Hvtdera
MrooKS, general sii'rtnlen.1ip t. Nw York
C - H. Bristol, aeneral autMHntnitnt ,
construction. New York: Li - MrhTlxsick.
electrician, Chicago: 8. C. Mason."- atore
keeper. Chicago; F. II. Tubbs. superintend
ent, inirvgo; rv. j. ijoya, essmiant super
intendent, i nicaso; I. N. Miller, supertn.
tendent. Cincinnati; O. J Frankel. supertn
tendent, St. Louis; I. McMlchael, superln
tendent. Minneapolis: J. l,eviii. siuistnn1
superintendent, Minneapolis: C. B. Horton
assistant superintendent, Denver, all of the
Western I'nlon Telearaoh coninanv: F. E.
Clary, superintend! nt of lelegrapn. Colorado
a tsoumem railway, ue.nver; K. tc. Mu
Cllniot k. sutxtrlni ndent Mountain Ti
sranh comuany. Denver: O. M. liohl. saner.
Intendent of telegraph Kansas City, St
Joseph a Council Bluffs railway. 8 1
JoMoh; W. W. Kydsr. suoertutendent ol
telegraph, Burlington system. Chicago: C,
r. laies. etiperinieniif ni 01 lejegrapn. Bur
llngton A Missouri Klver railway. LJnoeln
I. T. Dyer, chief dispatcher, Kansas City
fit. JoKeph A Council Bluffs rallaay. 8t
Joseph: J. O. I-y, manager. Denver; Rod.
ney Smith. manger. 81 Joseph: A. 11
May, manager. Lincoln; Qeorge M Nlcoll
manager, Council muffs; W. C. Carswell,
manager. Toi.eka, Kan.: F. W. Heinlel
manager, Hutchinson, Kan., all of the
Western I ulon telegraph company; VV. A,
Iieuel, superintendent, I'nlon Pacific rail,
road. Denver; I: i. Nichols. uperlotenJnt,
inioa jjepoi convany, isnves.
STRIKERS TO REMAIN FIRM
Declare They Will Take Nothing Lest Than
They Originally Demanded.
PIECEWORK SYSTEM MUST BE ABOLISHED
Reinstatement Former Kmploea,
Dlaeharste of Strike Breakers, In
crease of Wastes and New
Rales Amonaj the Demands,
Despite the reports from New York that
the Union Pacific atrlke la aubstantially
aettled, local strike leaders are alow to
enthuse over the prospect of peace. They
treat reporta rather philosophically and
point out that they have all emanated from
the side of the railroad and not from the
strikers' representatives in the esst. This
they take to mean that the Union and
Southern Pacific officials are determined on
bringing about a aettlement. The men are
not opposed to this, but Insist that no set
tlement can be effected along the original
lines laid down In the ultimatum submitted
to the company.
In the judgment of the strikers who are
holding the fort here while their represent
atives are conferring In the east with offi
cials. It Is a foregone conclusion that the
railroad haa decided to give up Its former
avowal of introducing piecework. Speaking
of thia matter a atrlke leader aald:
"Of course we will have won a decisive
victory If we successfully resist the en
forcement of this piecework order, but if
out victory stopped at that It would be
Incomplete. The officiate must not think
that we will be content with that alone.
Our demand includes the reinstatement ot
all discharged men and the discharge of all
atrlke breakers, new shop rules and 10 per
cent Increase In our wages. We will In
sist as strongly on one point as the other.
Since this demand waa presented, however,
there has been a general and sweeping ad
vance of wages throughout the country;
even the Union Pacific haa advanced the
pay of Its trainmen and telegraphers and
so we want more money."
Entitled to More Pay
"The three crafts, blacksmiths, machin
ists) and boiler makers, ask for a uniform
per cent of Increase and while we decline
to make known the exact amount. It can
be aald that It la all of 10 per cent. We
are just aa much entitled to an Increase aa
the telegraphers and trainmen and we will
not atop until we get It.
"Theae other organizations have profited
by our atruggle. They rode Into port on
the waves of our disturbance. The Union
Pacific had too much on Its hands tn our
strike to resist the telegrsphers and train
men and were therefore forced to gant
what they asked, which was more than we
have asked. Now it Is only right that we
get more" money. We are working on ached-
ulea adopted as far back as 1872 and while
If conditions were normal these schedules
would be fair, they are too low In com
parison with the cost of living. There must
be a relative standard of pay for the shop
men Juat as there Is for the other em
ployes. 'We will be glad to see Mr. Burt back
here and In conference with our men and
will welcome the day of final aettlement,
but it must not be understood that we are
so eager for a settlement ss to be willing
to accept the small end of the bargain.
We have made a long, hard fight and I
think we can aay, a good, clean fight, and
we cannot afford, at this stage, to yield to
an unfair compromise. We are more pow
erful today than last June when we
launched out upon this uncertain sea of
difficulty. With the combined aid, finan
cially and physically, of the shopmen on all
the Hsrrlman and some other roads, ws are
Infinitely better prepared to continue this
fight than we were to begin It."
McNeil Bare of Victory.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1. (Special Telegram.)
John McNeil, president of the Boiler
makers' International union, who la here
with other representatives of the Union
Pacific railroad mechanic's now on strike st
Omaha, aald today that he and hla col
leagues would spend New Year'a day In
sightseeing, aa nothing more could be done
toward aettllng tha atrlke until the confer
ence with the Union Pacl&o officers at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning.
"We shall probably be tn consultation a
few hours," said the head bollermaker.
"Are there any prospects for s speedy ad
luatment of the dlfflcultlea!" was aaked.
"It all dependa upon the wisdom of the
officers of the company, to whom the terms
will be referred. Eventually the strikers
will win out. but it msy not be on this
trip. It takea machlnlate longer to win a
atrlke than It does locomotive engineers,
but it's the same old atory of the tortoise
and the hare. The machlnlate may be alow
but tbey are aure. In normal times the en
gineers would refuse to take out an engine
with a leaky flue. But now out in Omaha
the engineers will take out any old kind of
engine, anything that will pull a train
downhill. But the result Is test the steel.
ot nearly 600 Union Pacific engines is get
ting worse snd worse."
"Then the engineers have decided to
stand by the company?" was asked.
"Sure, they'll stand by the company. The
engineers are plutocrats in the world of or
ganlied labor. They alwaya get what they
ask for becsuse the companiea can slwsys
rely on them to take out their tnginea, no
matter whet other branch nt laborers are at
war. We don't expect any help from tb
engineers. They are aristocrats while
they've got anything to fly In, but they may
find, like the Erie engineers did, that loco
motives Improperly repaired don't laat vary
long. No matter how One the machinery It
won't run without a steam tight boiler."
ROUTE HAD JJEEN ALTERED
Discovery Mad by m Coaatlrsj Party
that Started One to Have
Fan.
One hundred and twenty-seven spots,
black and blue, upon the peraons ot four
fair women and four brave men atteat and
emphasise the necessity of keeping In
formed on Its topography oi a coaatlng
place.
Theae four fair women and four brave
men usea to slide on the William street
hill ten years ago, and laat evening decided
to try It again, "Just to see how It would
feel." It probably would have felt all
right had net there been dug at the foot ot
tbe Incline a railroad ditch six feet wide
and four feet deep. When the large "bob"
bearing the party at meteoric speed reached
tbia excavation, things happened. Thoie
four fair women and four brave men ap
peared to be executing an old time quadrille
figure to new measure. It waa a caae of
"first coupls forward and laat fall back
"allemen left," "change partnera and
swing right on." One fair woman quits un
intentionally placed her right heel violently
and firmly in the left eye of one brave man
The brave man In question reported at the
omce of Beebe tt Runyan yesterday with hla
whole face out of gear. Explanations were
demanded and that'a how tbe atory got into
print.
f
Leiss Case Is Appealed.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. Jan. 1. Judge
C. D. Clark fday signed the bill of excep
tions In the Harvey l.oran rase and for
warded thrm to Knoxvllle. where Logan Is
In Jail. This carries the appeal to the
1'nltei P'Utt circuit court of appeals at
Clnclun-
WOMAN IN CLUB AND CHARITY
A meeting waa ealled In New York City
on Tuesday for the purpoas of considering
the advisability of forming a city federa
tion. There are at least 10,000 club women
In the city and every club In Greater New
York waa invited to attend In a body. The
chief aim of the meeting was to get at the
concerted eplnlon of the club women re
garding maintaining such sn nrganliatton,
and It was the first mass meeting ot the
kind ever held In the city. Among the
women most prominent in the movement
for the federation are Mrs. Dora Lyon,
Mrs. Charlotte B. Wilbur, Mrs. ClarencS
Burna, Mrs. Augustine J. Wilson and Mrs.
Belle dl Rivera. ' -
Lady Aberdeen has been nomlnstsd by
the Canadian Council of Women and other
similar bodlea to aucceed Mra. May Wright
Sewall as president of the International
Council of Women. In accepting, Lady
Aberdeen stipulated that the next meeting
of the International Council must be held
in Canada.
Under the newly adopted bylaws ot the
Red Cross society Miss Clara Barton la
elected president for life and Is gtvsn un
usual authority.
Mrs. Rebecca Douglas Lowe, ex-president
of the General Federation of Women's
Clubs, In a recent article In Gunton's Mag
aalne, quotes the following from sn ex
perienced worker In the south: "There
are practically no statistics relating to the
subject of child labor In the United Statea,
and women can do no better than to gather
and systematically arrange facta concern
ing the wagea and conditions ot child labor
in the mills; Inquire Into the nsture and
causes of illness and the percentage ot
children' enjoying normal health; also what
per cent of these operatives sre children ot
widows, and what of Idle parents; what
is the family wage; how long are children
worked at night; are they given any lunch
and how are they kept awake T" Touch
ing upon theae auggeatlons Mrs. Lowe aaya:
"I am aure that it will occur to all ot ua
that the occasional effort to entertain and
feaat factory Children is of small moment
compared with the good that may be ac
complished by an Intelligent atudy of tbe
conditions that produce auch tragic re
sults, and a sealous effort toward their
speedy removal."
Miss Laura A. Gregg left Omaha yester
day for Lincoln, where she will open
suffrage headquartera in the Llndell hotel
to be maintained during the session of the
legislature. Though there was some talk
of closing the Omaha headquartera for the
winter, It haa been decided to keep the
office open and Mrs. Jessie D. Jackaon will
be In charge during Miss Gregg's absence. -
A series of psrlor meetings hsve been
arranged by the Omaha Equality club, tbe
first of which Is to be held on Monday
evening at the Shrlner. A consideration
of the women's property rights bill being
supported by the suffragists will be the
feature of theae meetlnga, and Mrs. I. R.
Andrews, chairman of tbe Omaha Woman'a
club committee appointed In support of this
same bill, will be among tbe speakers.
Amusements.
At tho Boyd.
Miss Adelaide - Thurston, ' In Pauline
Phelps' and Ma lion i Short's comedy
drama, "At Cosy Corners." - The caat:
Clyde Hollster, minister of Congrega- ,
uonai cnurcn at woty corners
Francis X. Hone
Mark Qranby, manager of concert com
panies ; Ogden Stevens
Deacon Pettlbona, stingiest man In Cosy
corners.., ieo fiaruman
Rob Bartlett, Mrs. Bartlett's only son..
. Adam K. Fox
Griggs, sexton of the church...,
...games ii. jonnson
Mrs. Deacon Bartlett. a pillar In tha
church Helen Harcourt
Amanda, "works out for accommoda
tion" Constance Qlover
BoDhronta Anderson, "who Biggies".
i Minnie Allen
Avla Merrill Adelaide Thurston
Not very many yeara ago nature created
Adelaide Thurston, pretty, dainty, sweet-
voiced snd winsome. Now come the play
makera and build around her "At Cozy Cor
ners," a comedy-drama which serves well
In the exploitation of her charms and
which, while Improbable In plot and nor
mally Inconsistent In detail, Is made ac
ceptable entertainment by the really bright
lines and tbe clever situations with which
It is endowed. 1
Claudia, famed young violinist, goea to a
country village to rest st ease; innocently
causes much foolish gossip about her dreas
and her source of Income; falls In love with
the young minister of a mortgage-pleat
ered Congregational church: marries htm;
accidentally arouses his suspicions and
Jealousy; breaks with him when hs breaka
ber violin; returns to him when he re
stores it by heroic secret sacrifice, snd,
presumably. Uvea happy forever afterward
That's ths story. In Its telling the authors
employ, ss compromise villain, a concert
manager who lovea Claudia, good clothea
and expensive clgara, . which latter he
amokes at all times and In all places In
truly villainous fashion; a crafty deacon
with good makeup, squeaky voice and a de
sire to settle an old score agalnat the mtn
Ister's sire by barrasalng the aon; a coun
try boy and country girl too gawky and
glggllah to be exactly true; a deacon's wife
who Is pasaably good; a country serving
woman who, aa played by Constance Olover,
Is a gem ot consistency snd a spring of
welcome humor; and, finally but fore
moatly, a preacher of the kind who makes
romantlo maids grow suddenly worshipful
and healthy people grow suddenly tired,
Mr. Frsncts X. Hope hss this last men
tioned part in Miss Thurston's company
and doubtleaa does what he thinks be should
sod what tha playwrlters Intended bs
should. Perhsps, too, his demesnor only
sets off to greater advantage the charm of
the vivacious Claudia, but with thoae whoae
digestion Is good and proapecta reasonably
bright, the character never, never can be
popular. Folks won't stsnd for him snd
certslnly not when he sdopts English pro
nunciation, end refers to hi rise If ss a
"pooah tneenlat-a--h." In this plsy he Is
supposed to have strengthened the flock
and got a crowbar under one corner of the
mortgage. Anybody who ever apent twenty
minutes In such a place aa Cosy Corners
knows thst tbs young shepherd who works
such miracles as that la necessarily a
"mixer" with a plain, old-fashioned way of
aoundlna- tha letter "r" and a perfect will
ingness to look hla fellow-man loathe eyes
Instead of the middle veat buttton. The
country congregation stands for severe
piety, sometimes, but never for wilted
sanctimoniousness of the Hollster type.
All of which Is respectfully submitted in
great kindness and only becsuse Miss
Thurston, being herself a very rational and
aensible player, should have only very ra
tlonal and sensible surroundings.
Her engagement at Boyd'a was for tbs
two performance of yesterday snd at both
she received many curtain calla from audi
encea of very large proportlona and gen
erous demonstrstlveness.
la Claaa All Alono.
No other pills oa earth can equal Dr.
King's New Life Pills for stomach, liver
and kldaays. No euro, ae pay. t&s. For
sale by Kuha 4 Co.
REPORTS ON LIBRARY WORK
Nebraska Oommiriion Maiei Showing for
It TwafcYsars of Effort.
TRAVELING LIBRARIES ARE APPRECIATED
Commission 'W ill Endeavor to Add to
Ita Thirty Collections of Forty
Vulames Each Which Are
Kent la Motion.
President J. I. Wyer. Jr., of the Ne
braska Public Library commission, has
rendered bla first biennial report of the
work of the commission. The law creating
ths commission went Into effect June 23,
1901, but active work was not begun until
the following November. The law waa the
culmination of a aeries of efforts that had
been made by friends ot Ilbrsrles and edu
cation during the prevloua all yeara. Since
the establishment of tbe commission many
clubs have been encouraged to take up
he library work and new libraries are
assured In many ot the clttea and smaller
towns of the state. During the past two
years there have been established free li
braries at Falls City, Fremont, Louisville,
McCook, Btromaburg and Osceola, At Fair
bury and Columbus association libraries
have been converted Into publlo libraries,
snd new ones have been established or re
vived at Sutton, Stanton and Valley.
The greatest obstacle," aaya the presi
dent, "to the entabliahment of libraries,
after the Ignorance of their Importance
and desirability are disposed of, la the In
efficient revenue law of Nebraska. Ths 2-
mill levy provided for by law for library
purposes ts worse than Inadequate In most
towns. With sn assessment roll of $350,-
000 snd a t-rnlll library levy, a town of
6,000 people cannot support a public library
In any way commensurate with ths educa
tional necesaitiea of the community." He
states that the $700 la soon spent in ex
penses tor ths operation of the library.
leaving nothing for books.
Kcw Booka Necessary.
a lihrorv without a fulrlr constant aun-
ply of new books might almost as well
r hnva hern, for It anon ceases to be
a force In the community," he adds.
There are three graduates or lmrary
schools of recognized standing engaged tn
iiKrav work tn this state, while several
othera have had partial coursea or received
ample training to quaiiry tnem.
Tha vannet raveala the fact that Nebraska
has comparatively few publlo llbrarlea. The
commission regarda It as its Business iu
endeavor to Increase tbe number and effi
ciency, but the progreas along those lines
bas been retarded owing to limited funds
placed at Its disposal. There are In the
the atate, according to tne moat correct
Information poaslble to be obtained, twenty-seven
free publlo libraries organized
under the general library law. It Is re
nnran that soma of these have disregarded
the real intent of the law and charge a
fee for the privilege of Borrowing door..
.n.t win ha msda at once to curb
auch lnfrlngementa. In eighteen towns
where there are no pudiio iiurit
... .....l.tlnn llhrartes. most Of Which
make the borrowing of books conditional
cpon the payment of fees. Tne commia-
ni .n,iaavnr durlna the next two
years to convert such Into publlo libraries.
The needs ot those who live outside ot
corporate limits will also bo kept con-
tantly In mma.
Attention to School Libraries.
m i.,tnn haa centered Its Interest
l (IB UUUlUli-aavM
and attention upon the achool llbrartee of
.... ..... ..Mittnn in the establishment
of publlo llbrarlea. That money might not
be lavishly or simiesaiy PenV V . .w 3
new booka for auch llbrarleB, It distributed
to every county school superintendent in
- i.s tl a kinlr
the state a copy or a grsaeu nv ,1
the value ot which haa already made Itself
manifest In aavlnga ,alone.
m... - imnnrlanl feature of the WOrk
L UC lUUDb
la the traveling library. The commission
has now thirty collections oi torir
. .,ii ahout the state. These re
main three months at a place and are then
returned to Lincoln for inspection ana re
pair before being reahipped. The, demand
for auch llbrarlea Is rapidly Increaelng and
at preaent greatly exceeoa ids suppij.
hk.i.. hava made slxty-elx trips
LUiriJ tUIOH -
snd visited forty-four plsces in thirty
counties. In twenty-ons ot mesa i.
reporting, the average number of borrowers
Is forty-eight; 840 volumes of the library
were loaned 5,521 tlmea In ten montha and
reached over 1,000 actual Borrowers.
During the eniulng biennial period the
i..inn atatea that it can nee to tbe
advantage of the state 100 traveling llbra
rlea, the additional Dookb maaiug u B-
r.t ti S00. The Nebraska Fed-
eratlon ot Woman's Clubs haa given tbe
commission ita traveling Horary ot over
$00 volutnee of reference books, valued at
over $300.
Refers to Library Bnlldlnsrs.
Dn..vin rj lthrarv buildings, tbe presi
dent states that during the laat two years
it.... haa haan elven tO SSVeO tOWDS In
thia state cash aggregating $200,000 for that
purpoae alone, the amount not representing
K. Ana nt ftltea donated. It Is claimed
that the Lincoln library building Is one
which the' most critical or experiencaa
llbrariana can point to wun pnu
model. New buildings are about to be
erected at South Omaha and Grand laiand.
tv .nmmi.ainn is aiming to make Its
office a great central clearing houae, to
which might be sent by inaiviausis an over
the atate odd numbers, volumes and sets
ot parlodlcala or duplicate dooks oi any
liii in. tha enutnment of its libraries.
Sines tbe estsbllshment oi tne commia,oB
1,88 books have been acquired. The ex
nausea hava amounted to $2,606, while the
balance left in the treasury is i.va.
MILLER MAY GO SCOT FREE
One
Caeo Aaala.t Hlna Bads la
Aeqalttal and Other Mar
Fall.
Ths Verdict of acquittal which a Jury ra
lurned at S:S0 Wednesday evening, after
being out three boura In tha flrat of tbe
two caaea agalnat Alonao V. Miller, preai
dent ot the South Omaha school board,
charged with accepting bribes, haa given
tbe attorneya for tbe defendant some hope
that tbe other caae may be dismissed. N.
C. Pratt, one of Miller's attorneya, said
laat night that ths verdict would not
prompt ths defense to mske sny motion In
the otber esse, but that when County At
torney Sblelda hsd been pressed to try tbs
otber ease before tbla one was tried, he
had Informed tbe court that It waa neces
sary to try tbla one flrat, aa It waa useless
to try the others If a conviction could not
be secured tn this. Tbe caae tried was
on ths charge of having accepted $5 from
Cecils Lyon, a teacher. The other agalnat
Miller la In connection with tbe alleged
acceptance of bribes from sn agent of tha
Oliver Typewriter company. Still others ars
against Members Kubat, Scbroeder snd Mur
phy. All these hsve been continued until
the February term and by that time George
W. Shields will have been aucceeded In the
office of county attorney by James P. Eng
lish.
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AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Suggestion to Provide for New City Hall in
. lerising the Charter, ,
AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS NECESSARY
On Scheme la to Purchase tho Preaeat
IHbv School Balldlna; and I'se
It for Manlcls-al
Oatoes.
In connection with ths proposed chsrter
revision It has been suggested tbst some
steps be taken to provide a city ball. The
lease of the building now occupied by the
pity expires at the close of tbe present
year. In view of the fact that the preaent '
quarters are entirely too smsll for ths
needs of the eity, two propositions hsve
been made to the charter revision commit-
tee. One is that bonds be voted for the
purchaae of a site and the erection ot a
city hall building. The other la that the
city acquire the property now used by the
achool district for a high school snd that
bonds be voted for the Construction of a
high achool building on the aite now owned
by the district.
In order to arrive at lust what the oeoDle
want Mayor Koutsky yeaterday auggested
that a naaas meeting be called to dlacuss ,
this matter. The subject will be talked
over and It Is possible that a meeting such
as suggested wtll be held.
If the present high ecbool building Is
taken It Is considered that alterations can
be made so that the expense will not be
great and at tbe aame time pay the achool
district what the property Is worth. A city
official said laat night tnut unlesa some
steps were taken so thst the metier could
be voted on at the spring election It would
be nectsaary to renew the preeent lease,
and this Is not considered advisable by the
offlclala now In omce, aa there Is rot suffl-
cient room for the needs of the city st this
tlme ,
Live Stock Report.
, .
Ths nineteenth snnual report of the
Union Stock Tarda company wss Issued yes-
terday. This report gives a summary for
be year. 18S4 to 1902 Since he opening of
I y I t 'MJ,?d K.VnA iV"
been bandied here. Of hogs 27.584,065 have
heTS2TK Th?"j
fci- Y. , w r, a "I
this point. Horses snd mules handled at
this market during tbe period mentioned
numbered 275.813. Thle makes a total ot
48.843.111 bead.
The shipments of stock for nineteen
yeara totsl 12,230,284 head, making a grand
total handled by tbe Union Stock Yarda
fnmnanv alnr ita aatahllahmanf A KQ .
375 hesd.
That Pardentna; Board.
Some few days sgo the members ot tbs
South Omaha Taxpayers' league sent to
Governor-eleot Mickey a resolution and a
request that a pardoning board be ap
pointed. To this letter a reply was re
ceived yesterday by Hon. David Anderson.
Governor Mickey aaya that he has consid
ered ths matter and will make the educa
tion of a pardoning board one of tbe fea
tures of his Inaugural message. The reply
sppesred to be entirely sstlsfsctory to the
members of the league in this city.
Packlnsj Honse Odora.
For ths lsst tew days ths odors from ths
packing houses havs bean almost beyond
endurance. The packera do not seem to
mind It, but the people living esst of the
trscks taks exceptions to tbs manner In
which fertiliser material la bandied. Not
long ago the city aanitary Inapector waa
aent out to look after the matter, but
nothing waa done. In aplte of tbe promises
msde by the packere to ths Inapector the
dally and nightly results show that no
effort bas been mads to abate the nuisance.
Jolat Installation.
Lodges Nos. 127 and 6, Ancient Order of
United Workmen, and Degree of Honor
lodgee Nos. I snd 191 wtll hold a joint in
stallation of officers at ths besdquartars of
tha order on ths evening ot January 7. All
members ars Invltsd to sttend this session
ss some new featuree may be Introduced.
Called Mootlasr Tonlaht.
A meeting of those Intereeted In the
change of the present school laws hss been
called tor tonight st tbs offlcs of A. L. Sut
ton In the South Omaha National bank
building on N street. Tbe question of tbs
advisability of reducing the membership ot
tbe board from nins to either seven or five
will be brought up. It has also been sug
gested by some tbst the members of ths
board be allowed a aalary, or at least a
JAM
COMFORTING, SOOTHING,
KILLS Pf ill INSTANTLY,
NOTHING SO GOOD!
JUL
certain amount for attending meetings.
These matters will be fully discussed at the
session to be held tonight.
Masters gerloaaly 111.
Frank Masters, who lives at Twenty
fifth and P streets, was taken to the South
Omaha hospital Wednesday alght Buffering
from appendicitis. Maaters worked aa usual
on Tueaday, but waa very sick Wednesday.
He called upon Dr. Curtis and was told that
be was a sick man. An operation was per
formed Wednesday night and Masters has
not recovered from the shock yet. The st
tending physician expects thst he will ro
oover. nenntlalnsT Sheen Bark.
Only a week ago yesterday the big sheep
barns at the Union Stock yards burned.
N th ground formerly occupied by the
orlglaal barna has been cleared and a big
portion of a new struoture haa been erected,
Wnen ork 'topped laat night 2.000 square
t of the new barn waa under roof. This,
however. Is a small portion of the total
rf. wW" covers 150,000 square feet,
Every effort is being made by the manage-
ent ot the yards to push the construction
f tlae new barna. Chief Engineer King,
ati conference with General Manager
Kenyon, decided that It would bs better
ugo a gravel roof on ths new barns, In
tead ' corrugated iron. Thla will bo
done. The new barns will be resdy to hold
shsen In less than alxty daya from this
date. In the meantime all ahlpments are
turned Into ths new hog division.
I.nmber Dealers Busy.
Local dealers reported yesterday that
thev were buay sending out orders. Thero
re number of small buildings being put
"P Juit now waH M ,om bl enns"
t the corporations. Although it wss a
holiday on lumber firm here hsd five
teams st work and other flrma were kept
cn ,he move. Building material is wsnten
PrU ct the c,tT n(, 11 wm be ,ur"
"htahed as taat as the railroads can supply
th material. .
Contractor Welaa Itetorna.
I . . . . . ...
J. H. Welse, who Is to get the contract
for the conatructlon of tbe south omana
'publlo library building,. Is bsck from his
okiV.. - h. m..
terla, nMd.d w, be on tn, ,t 0UJtJk
M(1 that . w, commenc, operations m
,, th we,tner wU, u. Ju,t
the building 1. to coat no one seems
t k . on, $50 m Mn aonate(1
fy Mr. Carnegie and it 1. Inferred that the
structure completed will come within this
, v.f lh. .m
do for books will be a matter to be eon
sldered later.
Maarle City Ooaslp.
I Joseph Koutaky and wife hava returned
; from Nuckolls county, where they spent
I a WX on tneir I a ml.
Mrs. John F. Snhults has returned from
Washington county, where she spent a
week or more with relatives.
William Weldon Snd wife of St. Joseph.
Mo., were In tha city yesterday, the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Oeorgs Parka.
Montgomery Weeks Is here from Belle
ville. Kan. H will spend a day or so
looking after business matters.'
Daniel Oeleelman Of-Oensva, Neb., was
In the city yesterday, Be guest of Joseph
Murphy. Mr. Ueiaelmanr waa looking after
his property interests. a
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CRUSHED BY A TROLLEY CAR
. W. Waldrlp ( loalh Dakota lasTere
a Badly Fraetared
- Los. ,'
J. W. Wsldrlp of Huron, S. D., was
knocked down at Tenth and Jackson strsets
yesterdsy evening by a southbound Harney
street esr and suffered a double fracture
of tbe bones of the left leg about three
Inches above the ankle Joint. The limb was '
also much bruised. Dr. Mick went to the
aaslstsnee of the Injured man from tbe
police station and Dr. HoStetter wss also
called. Mr. Waldrlp was taken to St. Jo
seph's hospital In tbs pstrol'wsgon snd Is
now resting ss easily as eould be ex
pected. Mr. Wsldrlp, who Is a blacksmith In the
Dakota town, bad been la Alliance, Neb.,
visiting his son there. . Hs came to Omaha
to maks train connections on bis wsy
north and wss going sbaut with a friend
until train time. At tbe time of the aocl
dent he waa wslklng across tbe street, snd
did not see the car, but stepped directly
In front of It snd wss thrown by tbe fender.
The blacksmith Is a large msn, weighing
125 pounds, snd Is 64 years of age.
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