TITH OMAITA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. ATOIL 11, 1004.
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LAST SERVICE AT KOOSTZE
riatl fellgfou Meeting Hsld io Old
SuildJof wits Tr-uoblng Effect.
CAREER Of IEARLV QUARTER OF CENTURY
Jfenafcers ( Cnngregntlnn Carry Frag,
at nf Tfllna Away Me
: atitwi ( Their 014
t'karck Hon.
Kcuntse Memorial Lutheran church
building, at Sixteenth and Harney streets,
closed It quarter of a century of service
last night as a house of divine worship.
The old edifice, which has been the scene
of so many hundreds of notable religious
events, lias' been sold, ' as was formerly
stated, and already Is In the process of
demolition. Its aMe to be -used for commer
cial buildings, i x
From gallery- to entrance door the place
was 'packed by those who had come to say
farewell to -the building, and many had to
be tume4 away, i -Apart from the usual
Solemnity-there was the pain of parting
and sadness :en leaving a spot which Is as
sociated with so many sacred hours snd
whoso familiar signs bring back to memory
the day of -the past. "'It wss pathetic to
see old mew?1 who-have worshiped in the
building since It was erected, glancing
around for -the last time and seeming to
take In every detail of the room whose
walls'ln-msny places had been scarred by
tha hand time. At the end of the serv
ice a crowd gathered at the door, as if
loathe t leave, and with common consent
began td- dig up tha tiling as mementoes
of the last service there. Time and again
Muring thai sermon tha pastor, Hev. J. E.
Hummon. drew tears o the eyes of the
eongregatlom.'
Jar - sorrow Mingle.
Here.' said the pastor, "have you wor
shiped Sunday after Sunday; here you
have brought your beloved dead and here
have your children been baptised. The
word farewell 1s a sad one; but there are
sometimes' mitigating circumstances which
render" a farewell a commingling of joy
and sorrow, and there la some Joy in this
separation. Joy, that' wa are progressing
In- the wortr that we are appointed to do.
There Is' comfort snd ronaolatlon for us
that while this building may be demolished
and swept awy. the-church of which you
are members still lives. This building Is
but the scaffolding behind which the
grander bulletins- Is going on and has been
simply your- handmaiden and servant.
"As 1 1 gate at theey-oh church of God,
soon to be leveled to the ground and be no
more, tha time has Borne to say farewell.
And as I gase st that secred desk behind
which has stood for twenty-one years a
messenger of the cross, proclaiming the
gospel of loVe' and peace, and then to
think that for the lsst time such proclama
tion Is to "peal forth from thee, the pres
ent Incumbent cannot but feel a peculiar
sadness and regret.
"Oh thou sacred temple, constructed for
the worship of the triune God. we are
loathe to leave thee: keenly do we feel the
pang of separation" and reluctantly do we
say farewell.'
81a Kew Members.
Before the service six people were taken
Into full membership..,,,.
' At the evening service the choir rendered
Its best music, a double quartet ssslstlng
from the opposite gallery. The following
telegram from nev. Trefi. a former pastor,
wss read:
BINOHAMTON. N. Y.. April W.-Kfv-
K. Hummon. Kountse Memorial Church
Omaha: Tonight my spirit en"-;
you for the last time- amid the old fs miliar
scenes. May God direct you to better and
greater things, as He h"'""? '"J.'-,n
The past , ... EDWARD F. TRtFZ.
A farewell reception will be given at the
parlors of the church this evening to tha
old church and for the forty-three new
members tsken Into fellowship during the
Incumbency of the new pastor. A business
meeting will be .held for the purpose of
deciding ss to whether the lsst payment
for the church. $40,000, shall be In cash or
Interest bearing mortgage.
BNJOINS ' CHRISTIANS TO THINK
CaaacelUr Bnchtel of I'ntverslty of
Denver 1m Fnlplt.
' Rev. H. A. Buchtel. D. D.; LI D., chan
cellor of the University of Denver, occu
pied the pulpit of Hanscont Park Meth
odist Episcopal Church yesterday morning.
He spoke from the text of Romans xll.. 31,
"Be ye not overcome of evil, but overcome
evil with good." He said In part:
"Bvery thoughtful Christian must often
ask himself,1-, "What Should be done for
the church outside the church r It does
not requirs"nWh of ah effort for every
body to be "'a nebody. Yet at the aame
time It Is Just as easy for everybody to be
somebody: ' Think,' but not hurriedly and
Without renectlon. Wliat Is the great fun
damental necessity ef the church? It Is the
more convincing authorisation or concep
tion of fJod's miracles. Ood's capability
of doing miracles la -undoubted and be
yond human conception,' yet they are dally
manifest. v Bat tn order to convince the
skeptical "Of the reality of religion It does
not follow that Its apostles must go around
with bands and banners doing marvelous
things. ' Religion In Its essential quality
la not ' Spectacular. Yet there Is today
more evidence f the divinity of religion
than ever there- was before.
"The two great facts that sustain the
truth and divinity of the religion of Jesus
Christ are tha 'historical and the physical
evidence f"lfe . transforming power of
God and the experience of observation
that' we and God have business with each
ether. Ttte time Is not far distant when
religious revivals will be a part of the
curriculum In halls ef philosophy and
learning. God Is sailing every day for
you. You do not need any further evl
denca st His love than His constant In
vitation for you to joorne to Him. The
kingdom of God Is with you. Keep your
feet on solid ground and keep busy with
God's .work.
"The different church denominations all
help one another.' They are all good and
all ara trying to make the world good.
We need- juat what we have. We need to
Thava a higher idea of God and what He
la. - Think, think-until every step of our
way directs us to- His biasing throne on
Thigh. Pray for religious power, rather
than fas .tha biggest lot of taxable prop
erty In the city.' Show a beautiful Ufa, the
most beautiful poaslblo to be shown; do
.beautiful, things ail tha time because you
.want to be 4 ecus cnrlsrs man."
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PERSONAL TOICH HEEDED IN LIKE
V elgkorllaeaa Test of special Sermon
Woodmen.
'In response to a special Invitation of Rev,
H. (X .Herring, a goodly representation of
the Modern Woodmen of America, partlcu
larly Camp No. 110, was In attendance at
the First Congregational church last even
big. Rev, Mr. Herring took for his text.
"Who la My Neighbor T' reading as a
scripture, lesson the tenth chapter of the
gspel f St. Luke.
"Tha old Anglo-Saxon word neighbor,
said tha speaker, "meant. In ancient times,
ens who lived nearby you. on the same
street or at least In tha aame town. But
In tha lesson that I read Jesus took the
word out of Its material sense and gave to
tt a spiritual significance and a meaning as
wide as the. world. It Is not necessary to
aster Into any elaborate and philosophic
dtscnsaloB to Satisfy ourselves just what
a meant by neighbors and netghborllaeas.
fast to ws kMW te t jtht U tUa
matter, remove all fetters from our con
science and we will not come far from
tha mark. It Is not a subject on which to
spin theories; It Is something for action.
'Tersonallty and personal efforts must
enter largely Into our nelghborllness. Msny
of us sre disposed to be neighborly by
proxy; we dismiss the subject by making
out our check for some worthy object, or
delegate our nelghborllness to our wives.
He who does this forfeits one of the most
gracious, helpful and sweetest perogratlves
of humanity, that of helping his fellow
man. What la wanted Is a personal touch
of life with life. Referring to lodge work.
It Is not merely necessary to Just keep up
our dua and policy we should take a
kindly Interest In each other. We need
more of that Imagination suggested In that
old proverb that reads, "Put yourself In his
place." See things as your neighbors see
them and grasp tha situation In cases
where neighbors are In need of assistance.
' "He who would be a neighbor to his fel
lowman In the largest sense should give
his neighbor that which he most needs,
whether It be of a material or spiritual na
ture. The supreme helpfulness to our fel
low creatures is to bring them that which
makes for everlasting life and salvation.
Temporal gifts are commendable, but spir
itual nelghborllness Is of far more Import
ance; It Is the bread of life that Is of in
estimable value."
The church choir rendered special muslo
for the occasion.
PAY TRIBUTE TO "cOMENIUS
Bohemians Celebrate Anniversary of
tha Great Educator of Their
Nationality.
Cnmenlus anniversary exercises were
celebrated last evening at the new Bohem
ian hall. Thirteenth and Dorcas streets,
under the auspices of the Bohemian and
Moravian Brothers In connection with the
Bohemian Presbyterian church, Fifteenth
and Hickory streets. A long and Interest
ing program was rendered, the principal
speakers of the evening being Rev. J. W.
Doblna and Edward Rosewater, who re
ferred to the life and work of the great
Bohemian educator, Jan Amos Comenlus,
In whose memory the exercises were
given.
The program was opened by LUy Ber
anek with an overture, which was followed
by a pleasing recitation by Mary.Preyer.
The Bohemian Lyra Singing society ren
dered a Jubilee song that was well re
ceived. Misses Blaxek and Frnnsee played
a duet on harmonium and piano In an ac
ceptable manner. "Small Gardeners" was
the name of an Interesting sketch given
by eight boys of the Bohemian Sunday
school. An excellent duet, violin and
plu no, by Miss F. Votavova and Stanley
Letofsky, followed.
The war song by the Bohemian ' church
choir was splendidly sung and "Housekeep
ers," a playlet by several small girls of
the Sunday school was carefully acted.
Julius Festner showed much skill on the
piano In his "Alpine Storm" selection.
The trio "At Dusk," by three of the Sun
day school choir, deserved the applause It
received. Edward Munll followed with a
recitation and Miss lilla Eeska sang "Little
Betty," both to the Cellght of all. Mes
dames Zastera and Dobtus rendered a duet,
harmonium and pin no, and a selected choir
of the Sunday school children sang "Chil
dren of Bohemia" In a manner that stirred
the hearts of all present.
A similar celebration will be given next
Sunday evening -at Iaitner's hHlI, Twen
tieth and Q Btreets, South Omaha,
WILL HOLD FUNERAL TUESDAY
Bishop Scannell Probably Will Con
duct Last Rites Over Mrs.
Harry- Cartas.
Mrs. Harry Cartan wlfl be burled Tues
day morning at 10 o'clock from St. Cecelia's
church. Fortieth nd Burt streets. Mr. and
Mrs. E. W. Nash, father and mother of
the deceased, arrived on a ' special train
from New York last night. Mr. and Mrs.
George Myers will' arrive from Dubuque
today. Fred Nash, Jr., Is In the city from
Excelsior Springs, Mo. If present arrange
ments are carried out Bishop Scannell will
conduct the services.
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with Bucklen's Arnica Salve for healing.
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DIAMOND POOL ROOM CLOSED
Plac Is Shnt Dowa la Obedience to
Mandamus from Supreme
Conrt.
"The Diamond pool room has been closed
and I have been assured by its proprietors
It will remain closed in strict conformity to
the writ of mandamus handed down by the
state supreme court,'.' said Chief of. Police
Donahue last night.
The writ was served on the proprietors
of the place at 1313 Douglas street and they
at once cloaed their business and .gave the
chief promise of their good faith to keep'
and obey the order Intact-
Announcements of the Theaters.
"Why Girls Leave Home." a melodrama
of an original type, described by Its spon
sors as being new In theme and containing
lots of heart Interest, will be the attraction
at the Krug Thursday, Friday and Satur
day. The play is from the pen of that
gifted writer, Fred Summer field, and the
story deals with the lives and loves of peo
ple of the great middle class. The produc
tion Is described as one of the most elab-
orste that money, brains and attention can
devise, while the company Is said to be
one of the best ever seen at popular prices.
The usual matinee will be given on Sat
urday. Hosaeseekere' Rates to North Dakota.
Every Tuesday until October 25 the Chi
eago Great Western railway will sell round
trip tickets to points In the above named
state at a great reduction from the usual
fare. For further Information apply to
Geo. F. Thomas, general agent, 1613 Far
nam street, Omaha. Neb.
Winner Sings Kvenlnsr Hymn.
Though the prisoners at the city Jail often
while away the hours of Incarceration by
singing, the songs sre of tha -Hot Time"
variety and the hymn book Is religiously
let alone. But last night Captain Has
heard some one singing the Evening hymn,
the singer had a particularly swept voice
snd sang with such feeling and pathos that
the captain went to see who ft was and
found three colored girls playing "coon
can, the Evening hymn coming from the
lips of the one who was winning.
U-1C Wedding Kings. Bonoun. Jeweler.
Does Cocaine Dance.
ti1 iW'll,am"' " Capitol avenue, was
found about 10 :S0 o'clock Sunday mnrnln.
fV-T Vl? 1K1' . uT"1ng and ' delirious
,1,. Z " 1 cooarne- The condition
of ,h. .-ni trlking object lesson
T.m-i m " meets or. ine arug when
f wh.t."? knon as the "coke dance "
LndVJtH,rU1" ,0m' an1 w" lbTtr!g
under the delusion that a snake was tryliig
to emerge from her throat. She also imiiS
o! TyrimAm ? Pl of all
i7.it v .v,.. ZVT" " w,ln much dim-
cully that she was placed In the n.trl
ZZZiZJi., nttn ,0 P1,c "stlon for
r7l easlW 7," nFS!
months sk iIw took an overdose of cocaine
and wss stricken with a rt.ri
i tw TVi .1- -n ,rom. th Meltable farm
lii Uit la the ueprMMj form of suffertna
the victim has the feeling of death and Is
Jrmly coBTtaoed UuU hs er abe U goini u
CONCENTRATION THE POLICY
Centraliud Power god 8yiUm ii Wht
Earrimao it Striving For-
TO APPLY TO EVtRY DEPARTMENT
Recent Changes In Officials and Di
vision of Honds Cited as Evi
dence that Thla Theory
Is Correct.
A locsl railroad man. who has carefully
followed the Harrlman policy on the lines
west of the Missouri river. In speaking of
the plans of the little Mnsncler. said:
"The keynote of the whole present Harrl
man policy Is concentration. Everything
Is to be concentrated operating, repairs,
officials. In fact all departments cf the
huge system. For this reason various
men have been named by Mr. Harrlman
to preside over each department of his
system west of the river.
"The recent redisricting of the lines
about Salt Lake City was for the purpose
of concentrating the repair and building
work which Is to be carried on at the
shops now building In that city. All of the
minor shops will be discontinued about
Salt Lake City when the new buildings
there are completed. I believe the same
policy will be carried out In relation to the
various lines which compose the system.
"On the Union Pacific it looks like all cf
the repair and building work will be done
ultimately at Denver and Omaha, chiefly
the latter. When the Colorado division Is
discontinued shops will be erected at Den
ver and the shops now at Cheyenne and
Grand Island will be moved there and con
solidated. Only light repair work will be
done at the Cheyenne and Grand Island
shops. I believe this same plan will be
pursued on the Southern Pacific, Oregon
Short Line and Oregon Railway and Navi
gation company.
Official Changes Made.
"When It comes to officials, most of the
program Is now completed. J. C.-. Stubbs
has been named as director of the traffic
department, Julius Kruttschnltt as director
of the operating and construction depart
ments, ErHBtus Young as director of ac
counts and Thorne director of purchases.
Assistants have been named for all of
these and all the heads of the various
systems will report to these executives.
' "When these greater plans are carried
out the program will extend to minor offi
cials and matters. The city ticket and
freight ofllces of the various companies
where more than one Is maintained In any
city will be merged and thla will extend
still further down the scale, and. some of
the minor departments will be run under
one man, where two or more are now
holding sway.
"The appointment of a vice president and
general manager for each system gives
Mr. Harrlman and his greater lieutenants
some one to look to to carry out the re
forms whl'ih Mr. Harrlman has mapped
out.
"All these changes will be brought about
at the earliest possible date, but It re
quires time to make them and nrrtnpo
everything satisfactorily as the work pro
gresses." JAPANESE DIGNITARIES HERE
Baron Matsndalro la Met from Orient
by Twe Imperial Commis
sioners to St. Loots.
The train of Baron Matsudairo of Japan,
who passed through tha city yesterday
evening, was about one hour and thirty
minutes late, consequently he did not spend
but two or. three minutes In Omaha. Ha
came In on Union Paclflo train No. 6, and
went south via the Wabash, the regular
Wabash train being held for him about
thirty minutes. He stepped from one Pull
man to the other and the train Immediately
pulled out.
About a dosen Japanese officials were In
tha party of the baron. N. Kansakl. com
missioner of the Imperial Japanese commis
sion to the Louisiana Purchase exposition,
and N. Otsuka, another attache of the ex
position commission, who have been at St.
Louis since last October, came to Omaha
to meet the baron and his party. They re
turned to St. Louis with him.
In speaking of the baron, Mr. Kansakl
said:
'Baron Matsudairo Is a very prominent
man In our country. He Is under secretary
of the House of Peers of Japan, and thla
gives him practically tha aame duties and
ranking as your secretary of state In this
country. He has charge of tha Interior
affairs of the country. His tltla of baron
Is not Inherited. It was bestowed upon
him by our most gracious emperor for
services rendered the government. The po
sition held by the baron on the exposition
commission la that of vice president. He
held the same office at Paris during the
great exposition held there.
'We now have about SCO Japanese at the
St. Louis exposition. Everything Is moving
along nicely and we hope to have our ex
hibit completed by the time set for the
opening of the fair. We expect to have at
least 1.000 Japanese In our department at
the fair on the opening day, and they will
remain all through the exposition. We be
lieve It Is going to be a great exposition
and are glad of the opportunity afforded to
advertise our country In America."
Baron Matsudairo Is a small man who
appears to bo about 65 to 60 years of age.
He has a very pleasant countenance and
seemed delighted to meet the two commis
sioners who came from SL Louis to wel
come him. It was the Intention of the
boron to go from this city to St. Louis
by the Burlington, and the party held tick
ets over that lino, but, the Burlington pas
senger train could not be held for them.
None of the gentlemen In the party had
anything to say concerning the war In the
east. When asked If he knew of any re
cent developments In the situation, Mr.
Kansakl replied:
"Ws are looking to the newspapers for
reports of the war. You should get them
before, we do."
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RURAL FAN HAS HOT TIME
Snanders Connty Mam Warms Cp, Fig
uratively and laterally, at
Vinton Mrat Park.
"Base ball doth make comrades of us all,
observed an old fan between Innings at the
game yesterday afternoon. The occasion
for thla particular observation was the en
thusiasm of an elderly citlaen of Saunders
county, visiting In the city and out for
the afternoon with bis nephew. During the
first part of the game, while the score was
4 to 0 for the visitors, tha old man s seal
was lukewarm, but when an Omaha man
broke the Ice for the local team, the Saun
ders county man aat up and bought a sack
of peanuta. Then, later In the game, when
the home boys warmed up their feet, the
old man s enthusiasm anew no oounas. m
almost swallowed a peanut shell when a
foul ball woke up a horse In the quarter
stretch, and he nearly forgot that he was In
the city when an excitable fan put a lighted
claa In his pocket snd Ignited his coat
But he enjoyed the game as much as aay
youngster la the bleachers.
IV THE INSURANCE FIELD
According to Information which comes to
local Are Insurance men and also the re
ports which have recently been given out
by Insurance Commissioner Pierce at Lin
coln, what are known as "underground
companies" are becoming very active in
Nebraska. In writing fire Insurance through
the medium of circulars. A description of
the methods of these companies was given
out by a well posted local Insurance man
last week. According to this statement
the plan pursued by these companies Is
to send out large quantities of circulars
broadcast through the west, offering In
surance at rates far under the regular
rates charged by the well established com
panies. In some cases rates as low as 10
cents have been quoted In districts where
the regular prevailing rate Is II. The "un
derground company" advertises Its address
tn Chicago, New York or some other large
city, where It continues to do business for
a few weeks. In case any complication
arises the company Immediately closes Its
office and changes Its location and name.
When an order for a policy is received, one
is written out and forwarded to the un
suspecting applicant. Otherwise persons
sending In money for premiums would be
come immediately suspicious and would
notify the authorities In the city where
the company Is located. When the person
holding policies In one of these companies
sustains a loss and reports It to the com
pany, he receives no reply, and upon at
ttemptlng to look It up finds that no such
company Is at the address given. He Is
not only out his premium, but Is likewise
out any loss which he may suffer.
During the past two weeks four or five
of these companies have bven discovered
doing business In the state by the state
auditor. None of them has any standing
In the state In which their home office
Is located, let alone In the state of Ne
braska. The state law provides for the
protection of the Insured, but It has been
found Impossible to shut out these "under
ground companies," aa they work entirely
through the malls and the policy holder Is
caught before the department knows any
thing of the transaction. At the present
session of congress there was a bill in
troduced to reach these companies by
making It a penal offense for them to u.se
the malls for the purpose of soliciting
business, but the last heard of the bill It
was slumbering peacefully In the bosom
of the committee to which it was re
ferred. It la. not Intended to convey the
impression that all the companies doing
business through the molls are fraudulent,
but It Is said by insurance men to be
good policy to know, to whom money Is
being sent for premiums before It is for
warded, otherwise when property Is de
stroyed there may be no returns from the
policy.
The flgurss compiled by tha Journal of
Commerce and tha Commercial Bulletin
for tho month of March show the Are
losses during that period In the United
States and Canada to have been $11,202,150.
This Is greater by about 11,300,000 than the
sum chargeable against March, 1903, while
being materially less than the loss during
March, 1902. The following table gives a
comparison of the losses for the first
three months of the present year and the
same periods in 1902-3:
January tlB,082.8fiO J18.1W.3R0 $21,790,310
February 21.010.5HO lfi.090.son OO.Ool.'nX)
March 12,066,6f) 9.907.C50 Il.2u2.l50
Totals $48,099,000 $39,lt4,SnO $123,043,350
There were 233 fires' during the month.
each of which destroyed more than $10,000
of property. A classification of these losses
shows the following results:
$ 10,001 to $20,000
ZO.nno to 30.000 i...;.
So.Oiflto 60.000 ii
M.OOOto 76.0O0 ;
75,(011 to 100,000
iflo.ooo to joo.ooo
200,000 to 350,000
Total 233
The most important fires during the
month were: k
Oklahoma, prairie fires $278,000
KImira, N. Y theater and other.... 137,000
Scranton, Pa., department store and
other ' 190,000
Conneaut, O., ferry steamer and
otner 350.000
East St. Louis, I1U Implement ware
house 225,000
New York City, express office build
ing 175.000
Pittsburg, Pa., valve faotory 200,000
The local association of life underwriters
held Its regular monthly meeting at the
Millard hotel last Monday evening. There
were about SS local agents of the various
companies present. The meeting opened
with a dinner in one of the hotel parlors
and this was followed by the reading of
a paper on the subject, "Suicide," by Ralph
W. Breckinridge of the Omaha bar. Mr.
Breckenrldge had rend the paper at a pre
vious meeting of insurance men held In
Chicago some time sgo and It had been
widely published in. eastern Journals. The
paper, however, Is so Interesting to Insur
ance men that the author again read It by
special request. A general discussion of In
surance matters followed the reading of
the paper.
The entire Nebraska staff of tha Metro
politan life was present at the conven
tion of agents of the company held in Kan
sas City last week. There were over 850
agents of the company from all parts of
the west at the convention. It was called
for the purpose of discussing business mat
ters connected with the insurance business
and to devise ways and means of Increas
ing the premium receipts. Those present
from the Omaha district were: W. L.
Ktlly, superintendent,- Omaha; C. C. Luce,
J. Ledington and B M. Doody, assistant
superintendents, Omaha; A. H. Ellis and
O. Nelson, assistant superintendents. South
Omaha; K. Moffitt, assistant superintend
ent. Council Bluffs; F. Gordon, assistant
superintendent, Creston and C. Prothera,
leading agent tn the Nebraska field for the
year. The Omaha contingent arrived In
Kansas City Wednesday and returned
home Friday morning.
Melkle dt Dodaon will shortly move from
their present quarters on the ground floor
of the Ramge building to rooms 204-5 of
the same building. This firm represents all
lines of insurance and their business ex
tends over the entire states of Nebraska
and South Dakota. It is the Intention of
the firm to be located In Is new .quarters
about April 15.
Kntea frnsn tha Officee.
W. Farnam Smith has gone to Chicago
to remain until about the middle of the we-k.
El . Ma rr, special agent for the New
York Underwriters, has returned from a
trip west.
Douglas Welpton, general agent for the
Royal, was a visitor In Lincoln during the
week.
F. I Davis, one of the leading fire agents
at Missouri Valley, was a caller at the of
fices of H. E. Palmer, Son t Co., during
the week.
Special Agent F. M. Pond of the Phoenix
of Brooklyn, who was transferred to tliu
Nebraska held from Chicago last fall, will
move his family to Omaha next week.
Ned. Vaughn of the Aetna Insurance com
pany la very sick. He has been confined
to his home for about one month. At the
present time no one is admitted to see
him.
The Phoenix of Brooklyn has opened a
Iocal department for writing Omaha city
uslness In coniVctlon with Its stale agency
at S24 South Fifteenth street. H. J. Lund
will be In charge of the department.
The local association of fire underwriters
will hold its regular monthly meeting In
its rooms In the Barker block next Wednes
day. It Is said that many matters of In
terest to the members of the association
will be discussed at the meeting.
The Phoenix of Brooklyn suffered sev
eral looses In the recent prairie tires In
the western part of the state on agricultural
business. None of the losses were large and
the toutl duos not figure up very heavy,
but It required considerable work la ad
just thaw.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH
Davenport, lows, Kan Has Thrilling- Ex
perience on Illinois Central Train,
CLINGS T5 OUTSIDE OF FLYING COACH
Finally Falls Oft on River Bridge,
hat Fortnnately Trnln Slows
Damn, Which Alone Bares
His Life.
Ernest Ruhdo of Davenport, la., had a
very thrilling experience on Illinois Central
passenger train No. 2. eastbound, Sunday
evening. Mr. Ruhdo was on his way frcm
Omaha to Mound Bayou, Mlsa. He wss
late In arriving at the Union depot and
Just as he passed through the ticket gate
the train pulled out of tha station. He
made a run and caught one of the handles
on the last car. With an effort he pulled
himself up on the step to find that the
vestibule door was tightly closed.
When he made the discovery that the
door was closed and locked the train had
gained such headway that he did not think
It advisable to Jump off. He believed the
train would slow down shortly and decided
to hang on. i
The engineer, however, who was handling
the throttle had other opinions about run
ning trains and tke speed was steadily In
creased until the train pulled out of tho
yards, when It was going at a rapid clip.
As Mr. Ruhdo held a grip In one hand
while he held onto the handle st the end
of the car with the other, he could not do
anything but beat on the glass f f the ves
tibule door with his lugtrage. As the train
kept going the passenger, who was stick
ing to the side of the car In much the
same position as a fly, there being but
room enough for him to get a slight hold
with his toes, was fast losing his strength.
Thinks His Doom Is Certain.
He grew weaker and weaaer, and finally
when the East Omaha bridge was leached
could stick no longer. He looked below and
saw the river rushing madly by, and as his
hold slipped he supposed he was plunging
to certain death. Had It not been for the
fact that the train slowed down as It went
onto the bridge Mr. Ruhdo would certainly
have lost his life. As It was he alighted
on the footboard of the bridge. He was
unable to get up until the bridge watch
man came to his assistance.
Notice was sent to the offices of the Illi
nois Central and an ambulance was dis
patched from Council Bluffs to take him
to that city. Upon an examination by a
physician It was found the unfortunate
passenger had suffered a severe contusion
of the left hip and was badly bruised about
the body. It Is not believed that his In
juries will result seriously.
As the train on which Mr. Ruhdo rode
runs south some distance after leaving the
Union depot and then turns north to make
a wide circuit to the bridge he rode several
miles before exhaustion forced him to drop
off. He was forced to drop his baggage
along the way, but It was lster recovered.
TYPICAL BOY BRINGS CHEER
Fascinating- Fictnre) of Red-Headed
Lad Impresses the Old and
Toiag Who Gase.
It does not take much to make some
people happy. A word will do It some
times. A bank note has been known to ac
complish the result. A picture did it yes
terdaythe picture of a bright-faced boy
with tousled red hair and the suspicion of
a smile on his face. The parted Hps dis
played a set of white teeth with the upper
front one missing, a If to make a largo
opening for pie
It was displayed tn a Farnam street store
window and people stopped and gased at It,
gnr.ed at It and smiled. A woman stopped
to look at the picture. She was young snd
well dressed and she ought to have been
happy, but there was a frown upon her
face. Before she had gased at the picture
long the frown was gone and when she
walked away there was a smile on her face.
The picture had done It.
A lnrge man, burdened with the cares of
life, stopped. Thore were furrows In his
forehead, furrows which had been put there
by the snxleties of business. As he looked
at the picture the wrinkles seemed to fade
out of his forehead and he finally walked
away, a good-natured expression beaming
on his countenance. Then a woman with
a bundle and a cross baby In her .arms
happened along. There were hard lines
about her mouth and the face looked as if
she had seen trouble and hardship and suf
fering. She, too, looked at the picture snd
when she walked away the hard lines about
the mouth were softened. There wana
bright, happy look on her face, a look that
might have been put there by -the sight
of an angel and even the little baby In
her arms did not seem so cross after that
because the mother smiled, smiled at the
picture of a 'boy, a smiling, red-headed boy
with one front tooth gone.
LUSK GOING AHEAD RAPIDLY
Wyoming Town and Vicinity Proa
nerons and Progressive, Says
One ef Its Citlsens.
W. L. Magoon of I.usk, Wyo., Is stopping
at the Murray hotel.
"The sheep outlook up In our section was
never better than It has been this winter
or is now. We have lost no sheep at all
and actually have had to kill old ewes to
feed the dogs. There will be 'about 140,000
head of sheep shorn near Lusk In July, and
the fleeces thus far look In prime condition.
We have had no trouble at all with tha
cattlemen, aa we all have a few head of
cattle of our own. The cattle and sheep
men's troubles exist In the country over the
range from us to the northwest. But then
It has not been serious. It has been pretty
dry with us up there this winter. The
storm of a few days sgo hss not hurt the
sheep to amount to anything. A big col
ony of Wisconsin people Is coming Into the
vicinity of Lusk this spring. It Is a sort of
a Wisconsin community up there, anyway.
They will mostly go Into the cattle and
sheep business. It Is not much of a farm
ing country right In that locality, though
along the river are some good Irrigated
tracts. Horses, sheep and rattle are our
mainstay and the range cannot be beat."
Settlers' Rates.
To points In Minnesota, North Dakota,
Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and As
stnlbota. Tickets on sale by the Chicago
Great Western railway every Tuesday in
March and April. For further Information
apply to George F. Thomas, general agent,
1511 Farnam street, Omaha, Neb.
BATTLE OF THE HAND ORGANS
!) Gay Wnt Did d Daneln Was
Warn Member an1 Got Most
f da Coin."
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A soldier of the Salvation Army turned
the crank of the hurdy gurdy. Another
warrior of the church militant supplicated
contributions, deftly catching desultory
coins In h's tambourine. The residents of
the West Forty-sixth street block paid but
little attention to the presence of the in
vaders. A knot of children gathered about
them, essayed a few dance steps, snd won
dered why they couldn't keep time to the
strains of "The Holy City."
Suddenly a tie factor was injected Into
i the life of. the street. Two Italians, both
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minus their' right arms, appeared from
around the corner, pushing a hurdy gurdy
of their own. Seeing the block pre-empted
they paused, but finally made up their
minds to give battle. Their organ ranged
alongside the enemy. One of the Italians
got busy at the crank. "Bodella's" fami
liar cadences sounded. The block sat op
and took notice.
The opposing forces were evenly matched.
The Salvationists had two arms apiece and
a tambourine, but the use of their legs la
feats terpsichorean was proscribed by their
calling. The Italians could muster but two
arms between them, and were minus the
tambourine, but the member of the firm
who essayed the collection act was a cake
walker from the heart, and at once put
his talents Into operation.
The Salvationist organ shifted the out
and "The Holy City" gave plsoe to "The
Palms." The Italian organ followed suit,
and "Bill Bailey, Won t You Please Come
Home?" supplanted "BedelU." The dusl
wss fairly on.
The Italian wrlth the nimble legs paused
In his pranoings and. lifting his cap from
his head, stretched It out appealing!)-. A
shower Of coppers rewarded his pantomime.
His uniformed rival rattWd his tambourine
In a manner most worldly and extended It
for contributions. He was rewarded In
generous measure.
Down the block the orgnns moved side
by side. The contest for cosh wnxed hotter
and hotter. The pavements wtru blocked
by spectators Housewives grw generous
and gave to one or tho other aspirant for
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rewards of the musicians were the rl ba
because of their competition.
The Salvationist who was supplying mo
tive power for his half ef the concert grew
reckless and ground out the most carnnl
selection of his mpertolre In ragtime. The
Italian with the oup executed 1'K snd
breakdowns with the utmost abandon. Mow
long hostilities would have continued It
more or less problematical, but a policeman
came up, attracted by the exclteuieut, su!
gave notice to the musicians thst th"y
would have to move on. i.
"Oe dagoes got de coin." said one of
the youngsters who had kept tab on tho
struggle. "De guy wot did de daneln' w.is
a warm member. Besides, dey was shy on
arms, an' dat gave 'em a shtde' do bnst
of It." New Tork Times. . ,
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"It's curious, mighty curlou," observed
Mr. Blypurr, as be picked up his oveicout,
"how some lucky fellows get a reputation
without half trying. Look at Job, for In
stance, as a synonym for patience."
"Why, wasn't be tried to the limit of en
durance?" cried the shocked Mrs. Blypurr.
"Not much,." leplled Mr. Blypurr, raliuly.
"At least there Is no record of his having
to struggle with a torn sleeve lining in his
overcoat all -winter." Harper's u(