THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY. JAXUAHY 23. li06.
COUIICIL BLUFFS
TANGLE-ABOUT FRANCHISE
Bom Doubt About Juit When Water
Work Company' ibartar Expire.
ONE THEORY FIXES IT ON WEDNESDAY
serial Attaraey for . (Ilf Advises
Coaarll Tkrr la Sereasltr
far Precipitate ArllM aa
" ' tk aestlea.
l-oes the Jirwnt rranchlse of the Council
Hluffs City Water Works company expire
January 54 or at the end of thia year? This
is a question which hss not yet been, defin
itely decided even by the special counsel
employed ' by the special committee on
municipal ownership of the waterworks.
Acting on the possibility- of the franchise
rrirt)g tomorrow. Mayor Macrae yester
day Mine' to the conclusion that It was
approaching the time when the city council
should do something to redeem It's pledge
made to the people of Council Bluffs at
the election two years ago. With this Idea
In his head Mayor Macrae railed a special
Hiei-tlng tor the city council for Tuesday
night and a special meeting of the commit
lis" of the whole for last night.
...The object,. of calling the two meetings,
according to the mayor's plans, waa thou
the committee of the whole should last
night agree upon the contract-franchise
as previously proposed and that the same
should be passed under a suspension of th)
.rules tomorrow night and in thia way have
something to offer the people when the
waterworks coropany's franchise would ex
pire Wednesday, if it should on that data
instead of at. the end of the year.
The mayor's plans, however, went astray.
Attorney Haxl, one of the special counsel,
retained to aaslst the special committee In
its efforts to obtain municipal ownership
of , the water works, appeared before the
meeting and informed the aldermen It was
not necessary for them to be in any such
great hurry. Alderman Wearer, chairman
vt
thi
the special committee, also announced
that the contract-franchise was not ready
and that up to date the proposed measure
had not been passed upon by the water
works company and what was more had
not been formally submitted to it. Under
these circumstances Alderman Weaver said
he, could not ace how the council could
proceed any further. The special commit
tee. Mr. Weaver announced, had arranged
to hold a conference with the representa
tives of the. waterworks company Wednes
day afternoon.
Attorney Hart also threw another bomb
into the camp of the aldermen. At previous
meeting of the ' committee of the whole01
he had advised the committe of the whole j
ss he had advised ' the special committee j
that th city was empowered to fix rates
for five years. Last night he retracted
this and Informed the aldermen that under
the law the city council had authority to
chknrs the rate Just as often as It deemed
wise, pravldln- the rate thus made were
not "unreasonable." Aa the contract-franchise
provided for fixed rates for the next
fivrVearg, Attorney Hsrl'g announcement
naturally placed a different aspect on-the
matter an ' the contract portion of the
proposed combined contract-franchise will
at least have to be amended.
'After more or less desultory discussion
"of the question, it 'wag decided to postpone
"The 'special meeting of the city council
until next Monday night.
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Te-ft. MA MATRItiKi FWDER CI, OCT)
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Caartee Being; Party Murder,
bt A pyemia Case.
r lO'WA CITY, Jin-, 21 (Special) Under a
penitentiary sentence, his case now on ap
peal to the supreme court. Matt Maber,
rVinvicted of complicity in the murder of
John Esecbeck here last summer, was se
cretly married to his sweetheart of a life
time on January 17. Maher la the son of
a prominent family which has lived in Iowa
Tity for the last forty years. Last sum-
mer.xln company with three other young (
men. he startea out to -paint wwn. ,
and ia the course of their celebration John J
Esscbeck. who hsd been remonstrating ,
Hh h.m. was , struck by one
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the party hare sinoe been tried and sen
tenced "W varying terms in the state peni
tentiary.' Maker refused to accept the trial
in. the county court as conclusive and has
appealed bis case to the supreme oourt,
.members of his family ajTpcaxiiig to give
Mm bail. - '
Since the time the case went to the su
preme court it is understood that, Maher's
' attorneys would ask the pardon of the
governor, and aa an additional reason for
Its being granted his marriage with hla old
sweetheart was quiMly celebrated. Since
the man-lag the oouple have been living
at Maher'a pome, where they will reside
until the case is settled In the supreme
tiurt. In the'avrnt' that. Maher ia not re-
leased and Judge Byington sentences him
to the penitentiary, his wife will return to
liY rents to await his eventual release.
PrrLlaa Boons Lassrhec,
SIOCX CITY. Ia.. Ju, 2. Special Tele
gtam At ' a ".mass meeting of clilsens
w hich packed the large room, in the court
house to overflowing tonight Speeches weie
made and resolutions adopted calling on
Oeorge D. Perkins to stand ss a candidate
for governor of Towa. Great enthusiasm
maa manifested ' - A committee was ap
pointed . to nail on Mr. Cci fclna, and he
agreed to he a candidate. This Is the first
fix ma announcement. Mr. Perkins is edi
tor of flie.Bioux, City Journal. From 1891
to IKS.' ha -wras congressman from the
KieverwH ajMrlcVxa" lowa."i
Oo the "f-dtvarisl page of the Journal to
nioiTow"Mcr Perkins will print over his sig
ns tui an announcement of his candidacy
ana ati snantinedgexiiritt of iiie eniuusiaaiic
supporf. of his friends. He declares hiuy
self for harmony in state affairs and aub
ncribes to Roosevelt's aphorism. "A oquare
deal.". .Oetirge p. Perkins is C years of age.
. . . TI File Anneala.
ONAVVA. Ia.. Jan. 2 Special.) Satur
day, aaa the last day for filing appeals
front Uie decision of (he appraisers snd
Boards of Suervisors on the big Monona -Harrison
ditrh assessments. Twelve ap
peals were filed, nearly all large land own
ers and heavy taxpayers.Thctr cases now
go, to the Monona county district court.
Judgo Addison Oliver, who has sold his
..larg holdings to a syndicate which in
cludes the contractor on the big ditch,
is ope oC the appellants. The "objectors"
to ditch proceedings will bold their second
meeting stOnawa. Wednesday. January
l,.,when the "coieiniittee of five" will re
,yJri permanent organisation, etc.
... sella seek t1alroaat
t ilOLX CITY. la.. Jan. IS. Sjecial Tele
gram H-The BS'liee are looking for
Tir
4 1 "
WUmer JStnlib and wife, who went under
the name of Moas "clairvoyants and
.aiycbic almiata." who have been wora
it't In Sioux .City for six weeks and woe
-are alltged to have inveigled money and
Jewelry frym, scores of people, moslly
wgfm.a and pva-akk girls. It is said many
C thtir v icy ma .were prominent voima,
ha the poUoa Withhold tha names
U THE PLAT HDJSES.
Ben Her" at the .
"Hen Hur." a drsma In si arts and a t
!nd. from the novl of the earn nam by
General L w Wallace; dramatised by Wil
liam l'ouna; music by Kdgar Stillmsn
Kelly; uroVr direction of Klaw K.r
Unpr. The cart:
Pn Hur, Judah, son of Itliamar
Alnlinnnc Ethir
M'snala
Rimonidns
lMrim
Arrlus. the tribune .
Palthaear
Ma Much
lloriator
Banns Hat
Iruiis
fr-tllus
M-tllus
vnturinn
K haled
Officer of the galley
Ket her
Mother of Ilur
Iras
Amrsh
Tirsah
Julius McVlcker
... Robert McWade. Jr.
Hi'tirr Weaver
Charles Rtegel
t harU e Ri g-i
Averell W. Harris
Charles CnnfiM
Joseph Rawley
James Cooley
Edward Puchanan
J. C RoMnsnn
Fredrick Plates
Gorpe Wilkes
Walter Msrkham
Mabel Mortimer
Josephine Moree
Dorothy R-i"smore
Stella Honlfaoe Weaver
Daisy Robinson
It's an oft-told tale, that of -Ren Hur."
Aside from the Interest that attaches to the
drama because of Its quasl-reHgious atmo
sphere. It has that everlasting element of
human love, and passion, of tke longing for
vengeance of disappointed hope and of
surprises that comes as beneficence from on
high, and all woven together In a tale so
simple that "he that runs may read" and
understand. It is this that holds us to wit
ness Its unfolding, just as we have read and
reread the book, and never tired of the tale
that is told. In its present guise "Ben Hur"
Is become more or less familiar to us, but
we still follow the fortunes of Judah, son
of Ithamar. with Just aa much anticipatory
concentration as though their story was
being unfolded for the first time. In sev
eral ways the present production excels
either of the others seen here. First, in the j
construction of the new stage settings.
made necessary by the ravages of time and ,
the stress of thousands of miles of railroad
travel, the art of the scene builder has so
contrived that the various pieces are
handled with more facility. The time thus I
.uur-u ici uu u wuiun. I
aspect of the play, and this is given with
more of fullness, adding greatly to the
charm of the evening. In addition to this,
a company much better calculated to ex
press the several situations Intelligently is
employed, and the public Is compensated
for the absence of some of the masslveneas
of the scenery by an added impresstveneea
of the acting. Nor does the scenery lose
anything in effectiveness, for it still has
the quality of solidity suggestive of the real
rather than the mimic world.
Alphonse Ethier, who is new to Omaha
in the role, is much the better of either
of the Ben Hurs seen here. It has boen
Omaha's anrange fortune to have a dif
ferent man in the part each time the
play has been offered at the Boyd. Thia
cm ia in all essential regards the best. He
has . the physique and the bearing, and
enters on the work with a sympathy born
understanding, in the early scenes he
bright buoyant youth; then he is
ln desperate slave, noptng against hope
and finally the thoughtful purposeful man.
whose life is overshadowed by a deep sor
row, a note of which sounds, even in his
hour of triumph. Mr. Uthler's voice is the
least of his equipment for the role. It has
a resonance that is peculiarly adapted to
the expression of his sorrowful notes, but
which lingers all too prominently at such
times as he lifts it in exultation or when
he ia exalted by high extermination. In
his softer scenes he quite realises the part.
but hardly does so well in his heroic ef -
forts.
Robert McWade, Jr., gives us a carefully
Studied and well balanced Slmonldea, the
man whose fierce intellect has outlived his
bodily strength, and whose brain is clear
and whose voice is firm; despite . tils
physical infirmities;. Mr.' Rig-el's llderitn
the Generous is also good. But the strong,
shining effort is that of Mr. iicVioker as
Messaia. He ryplflea the conoeptlon of the
Roman noble with an .. exactitude , that
leaves nothing to be asked. , Arrogant,
Impudent, handsome, strong, brave, daring,
careless and heartless, he seems the em
bodiment of the qualities that marked the
js.tric.lan of the empire, whose profligacy
led to its downfall.
Miss Mortimer is a charming and con
vinclng Bther, and Miss Morse is a good
otbtr. Miss Rossmore makes Iras a sort
of f,maJe TrampaB. jt ia inconceivable
a of Hur witn hi(( RomHn tra)n.
coulJ M ber w
that a Mesla who hsd had even a
! wider experience with wwmen of the class.
Her manner is not that of a Cleopatra,
but rather of a Phryne.
The tableaux are given with the tame de
lightful effect. The ballet la well trained,
and all the ensemble scenes are made
quite genuine, while the great chariot race
is given with a realism that Is not retuhed
by anything else on the stage. To simply
say it is thrilling hardly expresses the
effect It produces.
The Boyd theater was filled last night
with a large audience that followed the
piece with deepest Interest from first to
, laet. and expressed lta approval from time
j to time with applause, ranging all the way
( from timorous to enthusiastic. The engage-
ment lasts till after Wednesday night,
with a matinee on Wednesday afternoon.
It shoud be borne In miiid that the
curtain rises promptly at t in the even
ing and at I in the afternoon, and that
those who are not In their seats when the
curtain goes up miss a beautiful tableau,
that of the etar or Bethlehem.
STAFF OF THE NEW HOSPITAL
amea of Medical Mea Who Will Make
t a the Corns Finally
l.bra to PiMle.
The complete staff or the Omaha hospital,
located in the old Dellone hotel, haa been
announced as follows: Surgeons. Dr. W. O.
Henry and Dr. E. C. Henry, with Dr. H. A.
Waggener and Dr. M. J. Ford as assist
ant; attending physicians. Dr. A. B. Sum-niri-.
Dr. lnny Crummer si.J Dr. J. II.
Vauce. with Dr. B. F. Crummer aa con
sultant; gynecologists. Dr. A. 8. Ptnto and
Dr. Fred J. Weame: obstetrician. Dr. A. E.
Mack, with Dr. J. C. Moore as consultant;
oculist And aurist. Dr. H. U. Burr-ell; nerv
ous and mental diseases. Dr. 8. K, Spalding;
diseases of the stomach. Dr. 11. U. Akin;
dermutoloaisis. Dr. H. C. Sumney and Dr.
J. W. H llwig. Dr. W. . O. Henry is in
charge. In connection with the hospital
there is a training school for nurses. In
charge of Miss Edith J. Richardson, from
Chicago. The new institution bids fair to
have plenty of business, as eight patients
have been admitted even before one floor
lias bn fully eauipned.
neeessfal Strike
against lur.g trouble can be engineered by
Dr. King s New Discovery for Consump
tion. Coushs and Colds. Vk- and tl. For
sale by Sherman A McConnell IXirg Co.
Inel Bark In old Qasrlera.
Last rieht w'tbln flfteea minutes afler
bavins ben rleaed on honda from rus-
I d at the cltv jnil. r he had tieen
l 1 a - , V. . . J K.la -
'is'u'Hias the peace Isaac Sirel waa are In
brous-ht to the statloe snd locked U bv
retectlve fard eed OOWr Finn. Bleel.
w Uvea st M Konb Fiewnih vtreet is
ii to hiv bed trouble with bis brother.
W. Siael. 14 CaHtol avnu. and to hurt
threatened lrury to h-rs of t h fantlv.
A few nxents a'ter bis release his nloee
r"e rvrrslna to the ststlon in tears anl
wild excitement, saying that he bad been to
their boose, bn.ken if ne winftows stv! ex
presard his pueyor to kill his brother or
one of the family. He waa found at hit
own home, rearrested and bonds tr nie re
lease refused.
FORCES WILL BE REDUCED
taaaty RmH'i Orders t Irtsewssed
y the Kseeatlve
Officers.
Very lit'l flurty is noticeable about the
court house on account of the action of
the commissioner? on Saturday In fixing
a schedule of clerks and salaries. Clerk
of Courts Broadwell is about the only man
who la having to stand for interviews by
I the friends of employes who may be let
' out. Compared to his payroll for October.
he will have lour fewer clerks after Jan
uary ZL The positions are minor ones and
do not pay very attractive salaries; yet
the young women who have been holding
them dislike to have to hunt new places at
this time of the year.
County Treasurer Fink had already laid
off. a month ago. about all the men he will
lose. "Whatever the board orders I will
obey." said Mr. Fink. "But there is one
feature of the work of this office that I
may not neglect. The statute provides that
I must collect certain taxes, and that after
February 1, I must issue distress warrants
for that purpose, failing to collect other
wise. Aa I am made personally responsible
if I do not collect this money, it will be
most certainly collected, even if I am left
short of clerical help in the office. Then
there is the scavenger tax department, the
work of which The Bet has outlined very
fully heretofore. If it should come to a
showdown, where the force allowed is not
sufficient to handle the innumerable details
of retting up records and notices required
by law. it will be closed. I hardly appre
hend that the board will compel me to go
to any extremes. As necessity arises I
shall present my needs to them, with the
sections of the law appertaining to the
j work, and rely on their good Judgment.
co on j,nuary ai the to1Tfl h(.re
wU1 cut dlretwJ an(1 ft wlu affect
onl. two or thr(.e mfn No c,n move wm
mad, b. w th, 6fclgion of the
cpnf,oll(,aUon of the treasuries and other
nuestlona now nendin in the
supreme
court."
Small echoes of dissatisfaction are heard
here and there, where a clerk or some
other employe has been let out by the
action of the commissioners; but these
will not linger long about the corriddrs.
The county plumber and the county car
penter, each drawing $90 a month, have
j known for some time that their positions
would be abolished, so they were not sur
prised as badly as might otherwise have
been the case.
ART EXHIBITFOR A CHURCH
Panaranale Reproduction of Great
Palatine of Scenes treat
Revelations.
An interesting entertainment was given
Monday evening at the People's church,
on Eighteenth street, between California
and Cass, for the benefit of the church
debt, in the production of panoramic re
production of Munkacsy'a painting of the
scenes of the revelation of 8t. John. The
pictures are fifty-two in number, and repre
sent the visions of St. John. The figures
are all shown in life size and many of
them are extremely beautiful. .
The pictures are each described by the
lecturer. Prof. R. Clayborne Taylor of
Parkstone, England, in an interesting and
comprehensive manner with appropriate
referencee to them taken from the text
of the Book of Revelations.
Following the exhibition of the pictures
illustrated songs were rendered by the
choir. The exhibitions will continue esch
night for the remainder of the week. The
attendance Monday evening was encour
aging. " " " i . - '
TRAINS LATE ON COLD DAY
Eero Weather Delays Movement of
Traffle oa All LJnea hat
MllOTaak.ee.
All railroad trains into Omaha' exnyt
the Milwaukee were from thirty minutes
to two hours late yesterday due to
the cold snap which is now upon this sec
tion of the country. Railroad rt ports
show no snow in Nebraska, Kanras,
Wyoming or Colorado Sunday night and
that it waa coldrr at Omaha than lit ary
stations reported. The weather man ruys
the prospects are that It will remain
chilly tonight but will probably be waraier
Tuesday.
The coldest day so far this year at
Omaha was January 8, when the ther
mometer went down to I below sero. Mon
day morning It was 1 below. The rej-ort
shows clear all over the west with rain
and cold wave in the east. A fall of
twenty-six degrees was noted at Daven
port. Chicago showed 9S above, and nsb
ington S4 above. The normal temperature
st this aeavon in Omaha is 1 above.
SIGHTS IN SOUTH POLAR SEA
Dr. ' ordeaak)old to Lectare la
Onsaka oa Hta Exislora.
tloas.
Dr. Otto Nordenskjold, professor in geog
raphy at the University of Vpeala,
Sweden, will lecture at the Lytic theater
January 30 on "Two Tears Among the
Ice of the South Pole." The lecture will
be profusely illustrated with utereopticon
views from photographs taken during the
Swedish Antarctic expedition's remarkable
adventures In Antarctic regions Dr. Nord
enakjold made the trip to the Antarctic
region entirely by means of his own re
sources and without government aid In
the ship Antarctic, which had seen service
on northern expeditions. He explored that
portion of the south pole region lying south
of America.
WORKMEN ASK FOR NEW TRIAL
Attoravey If that Sew Evldeaee
shows Whelaa Sot Entitled
to Da Biases.
Attorney A. H. Murdock has filed a mo
tion for a new trial in the personal injury
rase wherein W. T. Whelan secured a ver
dict against the Workmen Temple associa
tion or South Omaha for S-30 for tha break
ing of a finger. Whelan claimed to have j
been injured while be was being arrested
by the office rs of a kangaroo court during
a carnival given by the Workmen two years
ago. The motion for a new trial is based
principally on the assertion that Whelan
broke his hand befoi uls arrest at the car
nival and that newly discovered evidence
will prove this.
Salvation Army Meeting.
Major R. Dubbin of Kansas City, gen
eral secretary of the mid-west province of
the 6alvarion Army, addreased a large
audience at the Omaha barracka last night.
The meeting partook of an evangelical
character and the sermon delivertd by
Msjor Dubbin was along broad lines and
covered a wide ranae or thought. The
meeting was somewhat late in getting
under way. owing to f rot-sing or the gas
pines, which had to be thawed out by
gaa company employes before tha Interior
was relieved from total darkness.
may mr Cretaataa Madenta.
"The Hidden Gent Is the title of the
play to be presented Wednesday evening
at the auditorium of Crelghton university
by the students. The boys have been under
the instruction ef Father Conahan and
cucslderable Interest is being Bnaaifesled
In the prodiictloa.
STRIKES AT STANDPATTERS
Congressional Bedutrieting Bill Expected
to Exiermina Two of Tkm.
COUSIN. OF FIFTH ONE OF 1HL VICTIMS
BUI iatraaared ta Heaeal Tax Ferret
Law mm C.rvaad It Frlahteae lanital
Oat f Mate and larreaan
lateresl Rate.
I
it mm a Stan t orri simndenl.)
1KS MOINES. Jan. 22 t- ial.)-Hepr - I
sentatjve V. F. Cummins in trie house
this afternoon Introduced a hill to redlstrict
the rtate. It places Cdnr and Jones
counties In the Second district, taking tuem
out of the Fifth, and plac-s Johnson and
Iowa, now in the Second, in the Firth
district. The object of the bill as stated
is to make the Second district, which, till
the last election waa a democratic district.
a sate republican district; makes that dis
trict more compact ar, still leaves the
Fifth safely republican and also more com
pact. Incidentally, however, there Is mo:
In the bill, for It would place Congress
man Cousins nd Congressman Dawson
both in the Second district and would
legislate one or the other ont of a Job.
Cousins resides at Tipton. In Cednr county,
and is ranked as a standpatter. Dawson
resides at Preston, In Jacason county, and
is a Cummins man. Jackson. Clinton.
Scott and Muscatine, it is counted, would
stay in support of Dswson and only Cedar
and Jones, the new ro'untles of the Sec
ond, would support Cousins. The chsnge
in the Firth d'.strict would be to take
out two standpaf' counties and put in their
place two Cummins counties, so as to make
the Fifth a strong Cummins district In
stead or a standpat district. The bill will
undoubtedly be vigorously opposed by the
standpatters and Representative Cunimlngs
will make a strong effort for Its passage.
Fight Over Doorkeeper.
A stiff fight developed today over the
question of A. D. Wheeler, assistant door
keeper of the house. Wheeler Is editor of
the Rockwell Phonograph and a supporter
of Cummins. He was named for the posi
tion over the opposition of Representative
Stanberry and Senator Gale of his countv.
Wheeler last week wrote an editorial to his
paper In which he told of his success In
getting the appointment and took a shot at
his senator and representative. This is said
to have aroused their Ire and they went to
him and demanded his resignation. What
ever the reasons. Stanberry today has
Wheeler's resignation, and the friends of
Wheeler are working to get him to with
draw his resignation. Wheeler has been
absent from the city since Friday.
Wonld Repeal Tax Ferret Law.
The movement to repeal the tax ferret
law, under which vast sums have been
added to the treasuries of the counties in
the last six years, was started again by a
bill by Mr. Epperson of Waiello. to repeal
the entire law. The complaint is that the
system -drives much capital from the Stste
and makes It more difficult to borrow
money. ' . " '
CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY RALLY
Mission Meets'1 at Omaha
First rharrh.
The annual foreign missir-nary rully of
the Christian church. Including representa
tives or churches or eastern Nebrsska and
western Iowa within a radius or fifty miles
or Omaha, is in session it Flint Christian
chnrch. Nineteenth andt,Frnam. streets.
Th -meeting opened at f'yesterdsy morn
ing with devotional exercise participated
in by. about It churcU' men and women.
The audienoe room is hung with maps and
charts Illustrating the progress or foreign
missions and the . general status of the
work. The session is purely educational,
there being no business and the program
consisting of addresses on: the various
phases of foreign mission work by pastors
or different churches. President McLean
or Cincinnati or the Board of Foreign Mis
sions of the Christian church presided dur
ing the program. .In a brief preliminary
address he urged that it was impossible for
anyone to oppose foreign missions who
rightly understood the movement and that
It is for church members to inake.lt un
derstood. "A Plea for Our Lives" was the aubject
of an address by Rev. Isaac Elder of Ham
burg. Ia, Rev. H. J. Klrschsteln of the
North Side Christian church spoke of
"Preparation for '.he "March Offeaing."
"Three hundred thousand dollars for mis
sions is the watchword his year," he said
and lie held that churches could do no bet
ter than to employ the missionary supplies
put Out by the board as' means of gather
ing these funds. He advocated the use of
the charts as mute argument for the work
that has been accomplished and still needs
to bo done. The great problem that con
fronts the workers, he believes, is how to
reach all the members of all the churches,
calling attention to the fart that lees than
hair or the churches contributing to mis
sions are giving to foreign missions. He
reminded the ministers or their responsi
bility in educating their congregations by
their sermons and of the power of ths sex
mon to emphasise the responsibility of the
individual disciple of Christ in the evan
gelisation of the world.
Other speakers and their subjects were:
Rev. W. R, Clemmer of Council Bluffs;
Rev. T. O. Mclntire of Harlan, Ia.. whose
text mas, "Save the Church by Saving the
World;" Rev. J. W. Hilton of Bethany
spoke of -Our New Obligation:" Rev. D. A.
Toutcy of Plausmouth, "Faith and Falth
fulneae:" Rev. J. H. Stary of Glenwood.
"The Development or - Missionary Con
acience;" Rev. F. M. Hall or Woodbine, Ia.,
"Do Foreign Missions Pay 7" Rev. William
Shoesmlth of Logan. Ia., "The Gold Basis
of Foreign Missions:" Rev. LeGrand Pace
of Onawa. Ia.. "The Call of God to Ad
vance." The feature of th afte -noon pro
gram was a talk on the medira' work in
India by Dr. C. C. Drummond or Hurda,
India. The program was interspersed with
music.
A luncheon was served st noon by the
women of the First church, the afternoon
session being resumed after two hours' in
termission. There were about twenty out-of-town
representatives present.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The Retail Merchants' Mutual Fire In
surance company met last week and elected
the entire old list of officers.
The Orpheus Birging society, the Ospheus
Ladies' Kinging society and the Orpheue
Landwehr vereln will hold a Joint eelon
at Washington ball at p. m. January S. It
will be tha ocraskn of a reception to fjeoree
E. guaihman.
A. P. W id man of 70 South Sixteenth
street was bound over from the police to
the district court Mondsy morning on a
charge or wife abandonment preferred by
hla wife. Widmau waived tha preliminary
examination.
Omaha botela are entertaining a Dumber
of theater parties from outlying citiea and
tomns. comtMised of people who have come
for the purpose of attending the production
of Ben Hur at the Boyd. Among those
coming In last night or during the after- I
noon were Meadamee William Gibson. J. P. I
Maple and J. E. Smatlan, Schuyler. Neb . at 1
tbe Murray: Misses lna and Anna Haas
and Iva Tut tie Washington, at the Murray;
Mlasee Nellie E and Pearl Bramble! and
EMla LMl Boia. 1'nton. Neb., at the Hen
shaw: J. S. T. Rettleman, E. J. Broderlrk,
Eva Madison and Mae O Glealng. Carroll.
Ia., at tho Pajton: snd Mosdameo O. O
Martin, i. H. Knowles and J. A. Elliott,
Fremont. Neb., at the Murray.
SLIGHT FALL PROVES FATAL
salt of Sllaptaa aa Ire
la Alley.
Jacob rv.mk. an sged man llvitig at 124
South Thirteenth street, fell on the hark of .
his head While walking along a slippery t
alley at th- rer of Mets hall. South Thlr-
teenth street. Monday morning and expired
In a few minutes afterward. Dr. S H.
Smith was summoned, but Cronk a as dead
before the physician arrived. The man was '
lound on the ground by Mrs. Sokua. who '
notified Joe Shslda snd Joe Kasper of the
hall. These men carried Cronk Into their
pl.ice. but Ksspt reported he believed I
Cronk died while being carried to the hall.
Cronk was 75 years of age and Is sm-
vlved by a wife and sf veral grown children. ,
The bnrk of the man's head was crushed
by the Impact of the fall. H complained
early Monday morning of his heart. He
was going to a grocery store at the time
of the aerldent. No Inquest will be held.
CONSTITUTION FOR PERSIA
Haaee of Jnstlee" Created by Mallahn
and Merchants W 111 Control
f.overnsaeat.
ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 2. A constitu
tional government for Persia, according to
advices from Teheran received here. Is to
be the outcome of the exodus of
merchants and mullah, priests Trom the
Persian capital as a protest against the
shah's government.
The insurgents proceeded to the village
of Shah-Abd Vul Axiin. where the shab pre
sided over a representative assembly elected
by the mullahs and merchants. The assem
bly will lie called the "House of Justice" and
exercise administrative and legislative pow
ers. The equality of all before the law will
be proclaimed.
The social secret.
"Oh, my! How charming you look this
morning. Mrs. Cleveland. Do you know.
Mr. Redington made us all envious of you
by saying you had the most beautirul com
plexion or any lady at the Browning re
ception? We are old Mends, and If 1 ap
pear a little inauisltive on thia matter,
pardon me. There are half dosen of us
in our set, or about the same age, while
you are the only one who looks positively
ten years the youngest of us all. There
Is some secret in this; as a friend, you
should Impart H to me."
"My dear Lillian, If 1 did not know your
sincerity, I would surely believe you were
trying to flatter my vanity; but, knowing
your candor In all of our affairs, I will
tell you to what I attribute those charms
you mention, and how 1 was Induced to
use the great elixir. Dr. T. Felix Gouraud's
Oriental CrcHm. My mother has always
been, and is now. a very beautiful woman
her years lending a charm to that beauty,
which care and art have preserved by ths
aid of Gouraud's Beautlfier and Purifier of
the skin. Although she is now over 60.
she passes for 40, thanks to the "Oriental
Cream" that haa been prescribed for over
hair a century to the very elite or Ameri
can and continental society; it Is easy or
application and harmless in its effects. By
applying the Cream' through the day or
evening and washing the face well on re
tiring, afterwards using mutton tallow or
camphor ice. the skin Is given a soft, pearly
whiteness, removing nil skin blemishes,
leaving the complexion clear and bright as
crystal, while Its certainty and naturalness
or operation are such that the use of a
cosmetic Is not suspected, and It .is the
only preparation that meets the wants of
refined ladles, who require a harmless and
efficient "beautlfier. and we aN do. Tou
possess the secret; r follow in the footsteps
r tny mother." ." - .'' -
"Wise as the serpent, harmelaa ss the
dove."
Annonnrenaents of the Theaters.
"Buster Brown'1 will be the attraction at
the Krug theater tor three nights and Fri
day and Saturday matinee, starting next
Thursday night, Jan. The production
Is under the very able management ot
Melville B. Raymond, which In Itself is a
guarantee that the performance will be all
that it is advertised. It is known to be
one of the best of the latest day cartoon
comedies, based upon the farcical creations
in the comic supplements of s large num
ber or our dally papers. Everywhere It has
been present-id the emusement loving pub
lic rave over It and . have fairly gone wild
at times on account of the genuine peals
or laughter it provokes by the antics of
the funny little prince who plays the title
role. There will be a special matinee on
Friday on account of the very large de
mand for seats
Visions of Another Mnrder.
A telephone call to the police station at
1:3 o'clock - last night from the Arcade
hotel, staling that shooting was being done
In the lrroom, sent the patrol wagon to
the soene on a gallon. An investigation of
the trouble revealed that the bartender,
Joseph VanHeld, had some words with a
waiter. Charlea Turner, colored, over the
question ot charging certain drinks which
hud been served In a room, VanHeld assert
ing that Turner pulled a knife on him. Tur
ner waa taken to the station and locked up
on a charge or disturbing the peace, the
report of shooting having proved tp be untrue.
however, by the 'uae of Mother's Friend before baby comet, at thi
great liniment alway prepare the body for the strain upon it, and
preterre the symmetry of her form. Mother's Friend overcome all the
danger of child-birth, and carrie the expectant mother tafely through
thi critical period without pair. It i woman' greatest bletting.
Thousand gratefully tell of tbe benefit and relief derived from the
ute of thi wonderful
remedy. Sold by all
druggists at $1.00 per
bottle. Our little
book, telling all about
thi liniment, will be
tent free.
Tit BntfLV.. Realst&r Ci Itliiti. 6X
-FOLLOW THE FUG.'
TO AN 9 FROM
EUROPE
HL1P1S8S WANT DELEGATE
f tii? Mf-aberi ef Commiuioa Dsnrs a
EsaraifntttiT ia American CcBfTtia.
OKI MEMBER TENDERS RESIGNATION
i
jraan
Reiat Massed aa listftssr of
Island, hat Waar Res ret
Wright's Transfer.
MANILA, Jan. i;. T. H. Tsrdo de T.v
era has resigned his position as a member
of the T'ntted Stales Philippine eo-nmisslon.
sssignlng as reason his belief that the
Filipinos should hsve a portfolio. His re
signstlon has offered an erportunlty for one
of his colleagues to express a desire that,
in future, there he a Filipino delegate In
congress.
Commissioner Ide Is receiving thousands
of congratulations on his appointment as
governor, which Is universally approved.
' though many regret the transfer to Japan
1 of Former Governor Wright.
Tsft Answers Senate.
WASHINGTON. Jan. SI Secretary Taft
today sent to the sensie a statement in re
sponse to a resolution calling on him for
Ir.formstlon ss to whether any member of
the Philippine commission or nny officer of
the army or navy of the t'nltcd States, di
rectly or Indirectly, owned on December 1.
IMo, or now owns, any land in the Philip
pine Islands, or had at any time or now had
sny Interest or right In. such lsnd of any
character, and If so, what such ownership.
Interest or right Is, where the Innd Is s.tu
ated. particularly with reference to the lo
cation or proposed lailroads in said Islands,
and who ssld officers lit
Mr. Taft aaid: "When f waa civil s.n -
ernor of the Philippine Islands, an article I
was published in a Manila newspaper con
taining an Intimation that some member
of the commission was Interested In Invest
ments in the islands. This wss the oceas.on
of an Investigation which was Instituted to
ascertain where any member or the com
mission had made any Investment In land
or otherwise in the Philippines' st that
time, and it was learned by personal in
quiry and Investigation that no American
member or the commission had any sut h
Investment in the Philippine islands. Of
course the Filipino niemners of the com
mission were known when appointed to be
the ot-ners of landed estates.
"jWlth reference to the question whether
any officer of the army has any Interest In
lands or has obtained an option for the pur
chase or them along the line of projected
railways or elsewhere, i beg to say that
certainly 75 per cent of all the officers of
the army have been, at sonic time or an
other since American occupation, on duty
in the Philippines, snd that Inquiry directed
to the queatlon whether any of these offi
cers, who number some 3,000. have the In
terests mentioned in the resolution of the
senate, could not be answered by personal
statements from each officer or the army
under rour months."
The secretary quoted a circular by Gene al
MacArthur. at Manila In May. 100, while
commanding the army In the islands during
military government, saying It is presumed
that i s Injunction was obeyed.
General MacArthur in the circular quoted
the following article from "Instructions
for the government of armies In the field:"
"Neither officers nor soldiers are allowed
to make use of their position or power In
the hostile country for private gsln, not
even ror commercial transactions otherwise
' legal. Offenses to the contrary committed
i by commissioned officers will be punished."
Mr. Tart said in conclusion:
In view of the very burdensome character
of the investigation necessary to discover
whether among 3,0u persens there may lie
any one who has an Interest in land In
the Philippine Islands. I respectfully request
the rurther instruction of the senate wlih a
to possibly narrowing the scope of
the Inquiry in accordance with the repirt
on which the resolution was presumably
based so that full answer may be made
in a shorter time than four months. 80
rar aa the Investigation in the ownership
of lands In the Philippines by officers of
the navy ia concerned, I beg to point out
that I have no Jurisdiction to mske Inquiry
with respect to them and I haw accord
ingly forwarded a copy or the resolution
to the secretary or the navy ror such
action as may be deemer proper.
State meat by- Wright.
In his reply to my request for a statement
General Wright said:
I have not now and never have had at anv
time any Interest, direct or indirect, in lands
or any other property in the Phiiloiine
islands or sny option for the purchase
; thereof, except household supplies person
ally necessary 10 me comfort 01 myself and
lamuy.
Commissioners Ide. Worehester and
Smith each cabled that he does not and
never did own any land In the Islands nor
naa any interest m sucn lands of any
cuaracier, airecuy or indirectly, or any
optiona to buy lands Commissioner Forbes
declared that be does not snd never has
owned or had any interest in land In the
r-ninppines nor ayption to nuy. Commls.
loners Tavera. Legarda snd Lusurian
gave a detailed statement of the lands
owned by them In the Philippines and when
acquired. Messrs. Tavera and Lard
c la red that so far as they know none or
their land will be affected by any proposed
new railroad lines. Mr. Lusurlaga said he
owned land in the province of Kez-roa nni.
dental and said he does not know whether
any new raiiroan line win pass soy part of
1UI UDJUlUfl.
Every w Alain eeu
shapely, pretty figure, and
many of them deplore the
loi ef their girlish forms
after marriage. The bearing
of children it often destructive
to tbe mother' ahapelinest.
All of this can be aroided.
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"They pay $187,500,000 a
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. 700.000 pensions to old em
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