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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1906)
A Omaha Trade Boosters in Black Hills M S 1 ! - 111 PARADE VP MAIN STREET AT DEAD WOOD. TRADE EXCLmSION tneana lot of work. To My nothing of the labori of the trade excursion committee in preparing far the trip. It means a deal of work on the part of every man who goe on tr. ex cursion. He munt visit and chat with the dealers In his line of goods In the towns visited and distribute numerous souvenirs In the line of advertising novelties where they will do the most good, but previous to this lie must march through the main street of the town in a double file with a lmn-l at either end. Oftentimes the whole performance is done In ten minutes, in the case of the smaller towns, and by the time a trade booster has lost five minutes In parade, he has to huntle In order to pass a pleasant word with his firm's customers, lie no more than speaks to them, hands them a cigar, learns that business Is good, collections fair, and prospects for fall trad are very flattering, than he hears the Shrill whistle of the engine of the trads pedal, a sound which means "hurry or you will be left." Boarding the train, ha settles down in his seat, and pretty soon comes to another town, and then another and another, at all of which the same per formance is repeated. At noon he Is ush ered Into th4 dining room of a hotel in a terrible rush, eats what he can get In the few minutes he allows himself, and then hurries out on the street to spend a half bour with his customers, for the stop Is usually an hour long at stations where meals are taken. A few days of this life is calculated t tire the ordinary man until he fairly leaps with 1ov .t tha nrnro r,t niin. ,, bis regular business routine once more, and at night Into a renl bed, where no one goes tip the aisle between the berths ringing Ak-8ar-Ben bells or talking about the splendid crops along the way. All do " a.nu auvii m, jwu hvuu iiiiiv iiiiv lllMlljr of them are ready to go again, and most of them say they would not have missed, their trip for anything. Black Hills Trip Interesting. The recent trip to the Black Hills was of ourse more Interesting than any other of this season or last, for the reason that It was through a country entirely different from that visited on the other trade tours, Nor was It so wearing as other trips, be- cause the stops were farther apart, and the cooling breezes of the mountains and the northwest prairies allowed refreshing leep. One hundred and twenty-five men of Omaha and South Omaha, Including two bands, left Omaha on the evening of July U for the last and longest trade excur Ion of the year. It waa also the biggest. The vote taken to select the scene of oper ations for the last trip showed the business men favorable to the Black Hills on ac count of the fact that two railroads are building Into that country from St. Paul and Minneapolis, urging upon Omaha tho necessity of a little boosting. Considering that, and the fact that no man was In clined to hang bark when there was a chance to get sight ef - mountain and Streams, a larger number of pilgrims took the special that night than on previous occasions. There were five Pullmans, a baggage car, and the private car of the Northwestern officials. It was a long train perhaps, when one " Soho, the World's Headquarters of Anarchy nnjT nvfii timi hut thnt rtf I Britain has supplied a victim for 1 tfaa ht nr aniti-rhiiita Twn nr .... - - , - - three attempts upon the life of Queen Victoria were made tn the course of her long reign, but their authors Were lunatics, not the emissaries of a secret aoclety. On one occasion King Edward came within the shadow of desth when he was travollng as prince of Wales ln Bel- glum, and though the would-be asssssln was an anarchist his deed was universally axecrated by his colleagues In England, Among them and among the police of all nations It Is an accepted fact "(hat the Brit- lsh royal family Is Immui.o. Not the personality of Its members nor the liberal Institutions of England explain the phenomenon. There Is a tacit bargain between the EngUsh authorities and the narchtsts who have made Soho the world s headquarters of anarchy. So long as ths assassins commit no outrages In Qreat Brit- tain they will not be hounded by the po- lice, and so long as they are not hounded ecret service of Spain. Italy. Russia and other countries where the police and the anarchists are engaged In an unending feud that lasts from generation to veneration. They declare that so long as London re mains an asylum for these desperadoes It is impossible to defeat their plots. Hunted out of Naples or Veinna or Madrid, they flee to London, where they are free to con spire against the government of the world. For many years the English secret service wss able to keep a ck-e watch on t ho for- vign narcnieis, dui or. laiv inrjr uvo spread all over England, and are by no means exclusively aliens. Many English men have become tainted with the germ of anarchy and the propaganda has nunlfl eatloss beyond the practical knowledge of the police. At one time It might have been possible for the British government to round up every anarchist 1n the country ana orpwri m.-n. . o suca oragnet ixjuiu now bo successfully east. Ths Balfour government, however, real ised the gravity of tha situation, and at tho last. session of Parliament a bill passed enabling the authorities to deport undesirable aliens. No anarchist hasten- lng from tho scene of his crime to London would now bo admitted, but would bo fy tne ponce iney win respect uriusn prej- nr. most aristocratic suburbs, ana, despite tne oiBiint n vummanu ui mo tumi. uu uany supplies or provisions are oeing ,aaajeB ag ridden by tho cadets, bad no nor"o u "'""" iuyiui, Bv f 1 udlce against assassination. On nelther'slde Nr can tt be overlooked thnt. anarchist ft)ct that lt , private property In the glebe under his lead the twelve men who form sent to the men from the central uneni- .tlrrupi ana ony ,naffle bits were used. ward. I " Is there oy element of gratitude. It is outrages invariably occur In those countries of ,Ioly Trlnlty church, they have de- the little colony have devoted their atten- ployed fund ln Manchester, but Mr. Smith . ,,. v. me turned circled. On tho drill plain waa shown the crown Snfl" this harraln that la now denounced by the where this system Is ln vogue. To Inaugu- ciared th.lr n..ntion of formins a "back tlon with method and energy to preparing declares that if there should be any diffl- ..,.. ... . . lng feat Of the day. A long, gradual banded .over to too police. What Britain faith will bo the time to act Toronto Mall aent 'to prison; but we shall send another Trouble may result, as the men are talking results of which will be seen later." Pliiia fca so far rsfuaed to do la to aurrander and Empira- contingent to take the vacant place. somewhat wildly of barricadiria' their deiphla Lodger. . 0 ..rr. ,M A1 , , t . con1ler that " wa x business men who are continually wanting to talk with each other. The difficulties of distance were done away with, however, by a com- plete telephone system, placed on the train by the Nebraska Telephone company, and operated by employes of that corporation. The central girl, who, by the way, had a very day. ha telephone directory showing the number of berth and car for each man, and when-one wanted to telephone to a friend, the opera tion waa Just aV simple as If he were at home. Much Jollity oa Board. It was a jolly crowd, that trade excur sion bunch. The first night out, on the read between Omaha and Valentine, every- body was quiet but the men from South Omaha. They were pretty noisy that night, and seemed determined to stay awake and keep everyboiy else awake, though at Hot Springs three nights later they had quieted dewn and It was the Omaha boys who made the noise. The only mishap of the first night was the loss of Dave O'Brien's shirt, and that couldn't be called a mishap to anybody but Dave O'Brien. Luckily Mr. O'Brien had bought another shirt before starting, knowing that while a man needs only one shirt at home, It is better to own two while traveling. I. M. Rice, editor of a Valentine paper, got on the train before It reached his city, that he mljfht make the acquaintance of some of the men, and especially to in form them that fifty pounds of black bass had been caught In the Niobrara the day before and were awaiting the travelers In the kitchen of one of tho hotels. When the train stopped, the majority of boosters refused to parade, but made a bolt for' the hotel where the fish were rerjnrted tn he. As only about fifty of them could get in ' London Anarchists aus netted of comnlloltv In a foreign plot. It is announced that there is to be conference on this sublect. anrtJ , without exception, every European power will urge the British government to adopt the policy that prevails outside of England. Indignation and horror st the Madrid out- rage may cause some change to be made, although there are sound reasons for the maintenance of the present British policy nf Ignoring anarchist. The best reason Is that a change woujd. be Inefficient. As already remarked, many of the anarchists living. ln Oreat Britain are unknown. Those who are known to th police have no reason for concealing their opinions on governmsnt. A crusade against them would remit ln their denial of an- archlstlc sympathies. How is a man to be convicted of colons If it is to his Interest to hide them? The most seaious nunung down of suspects would not exterminate the breed, and the attempt couia oniy De made by adding a system of espionage and terrorism tht.t ts repugnant to tne sv- rate it In England would be to make the British royal famUy a target tor nomna If the continental system of making war on anarchists Is to be adopted the cent!- n.nu.. .j.. o bu-.u . ...... also De imponen. uinrrww ,utb,iui -sasslnatlon would be certain. A. It is now. the British police are often ahle to supply valuable Information to their rollen sues In Germany, Fts nee, Italy and Spain. They are surnosed tn have ben aware of the plot at Madrid, although pr- of . e.a, Ptill. a Lon don evening paper was able to announce the existence of a plot a day or so before me outrage occurrea. jms rnipni nivi oeen a iwsy nuew, iw unw itiikui wiij predict a period of ferocious activity among anarchists In the Immediate future. It is well known thst ths nihilist, rln.m rrea.t th. Ammnt nt ,..Mlril. mn. mM)t ,R RuMfc , othfT ,., wh,r, real or Imaginary wrong, remain to be re- dreseed the anarchists will be encouraged by the boasting of the assassins from St Petersburg. Against the terror of bomb and pistol It la almost impossible to guard. . sn lona ss. the asssln Is willing to, die with Ms victim. England will An well to purchssa immunity at the price she has sl- ways paid. When the anarchists break TV-1 - 'lit t "WELCOME AT HTANNIS. , , the dining room, the others were compelled to eat ham and eggs at two other hostel- rles, ruminating the while on their 111 luck at not having bass. If they got no fish before the trip was over. It was their own fault. At Dead wood trout was plenty and it was served In a number of the restaurants both even, ing and mArnlng. 'So anxious were soma of the Qmahans for a' trout breakfast at Dead wood that they waited and waited in crowded 'restaurants until they ran tha risk of losing their train. At Valentine, Clarke Colt, so the news papers say, had the Hobson rites adminis tered to him by an affectionate squaw. None Of his fellow travelers could be found to mak1 oat io tha truth of th Btorjrf though they told It with great gusto, Colt's wife read It, and when he reached home she met him at the door wrapped In a Navajo blanket. Welcome In Black Hills. One of 'the. pleasurable events of the trip was a drive from Sturgis, 8. D., out to Fort Meade. Members of the Sturgis Com mere la 1 club met the travelers In carriages, nd after taking them up town to call on the? trade, drove them out to the govern ment post, which had been left deserted by the exodus of the soldiers to Fort Riley. Fort Meade Is one of the finest strategla points in the country, lying surrounded) by long ridges which would plainly show an enemy, and approached by only two passes, which could be held Indefinitely against besiegers. Another event, for twenty of the men. waa a drive from Belle Fourche to Spearfish and thence to Deadwood, a distance In all of thirty miles. The air. was clear and dry and the day Just warm enough. On both sides of Spearfish some . very fine formlne country was passed through, rich with large crops of wheat, rye, oats and hay, while near Deadwood the route lay for five or six miles through the hills, from which a stiff, cool breere was blowing, carrying the fragrant odor of pines to the nostrils. At Spearfish some of the boosters i. . n, - i - u , whtch but a half mile out of town, , k - 1 a. .... Auu uoiv liit:jr u vr t uguiiii'uu, v. wuut. B,( tne way (rom one ncn BXteen inches ln ientrj There was a big time ln Hot Springs prjday night The boosters had been tlnA day i,eforei but the run down from Deadwood was easy, and they had got thelr ieoon(j breath, so they turned thera- . : Unemployed HE most extraordinary scheme for drawlng attention to the needs of the unemployed has been orlsl- nated In Manchester, England, whera bodies of men unable to obtain work have seised plots of unuied lor.d. A doien men forcibly seized a piece of lan(1 at Levenshulme. one of the city's to tne 1njv. CQiony on Jt. They defend their action on the ground thut the land has been lying Idle for years and say thst they are perfectly Justified n ann,n( u wlthout lltle deed8 Not only this, but they declare seriously that mnnv nlh.p flimlld, ..I.iim. . A K. m Am Jn oher uburb ef fh- ciy Vn.ra,l(ovM "colonies" are to be- formed wherever a piece of land left uncultivated Is found. The. idea la that unemployed nun shall go to work on unemployed .land." said A Smith, tha men's leader, Mr. Smith Is not one of the campers, but .be takes a large Bhnr, of re,p0n.lbliUy tor their remark able exploit. "The campers at Levenshulme are tho first contingent, and we 'mean to send out othpr " BO" " ten'Jnd tha ,,h" necessaries can be procured.- he continued. "Wo shall go on until all the urlem- PkyJ!1 ,n M"Ch?,e' nd 8alf1rd have back to the land. Other contingents will set out this week, their avowed object bln ,0 Uke UuJ. that ta ""mploy.l where they can get It, no matter to whom It may belong. "We are not going to abandon the idea now we have started. If we are captured and taken to court, wa shall probably get TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST v v. , v V; v nil .... '0 PART OF LEAD CITY. I' IN THE HEART CUSTER. as ! , , ' ( " " ; I . ' . CHARLIE JOHANNES DECORATING CLARKE COITB CONQUEST. Move to Seize "We are doing no harm to tha land, but doing it good by cultivating it and turn- lng It Into ratable property for the bene- fit of the general body of ratepayers. Wa shall only seise unemployed and. Land which Is only used for grouse shooting wo do not consider unaer cultivation. Jack Williams, who led tho Manchester unemployed In their" march to London.-is the land tbey have seized for vegetable raiding. ' The boundaries of the plot have been marked out with a whitewash line. Then patches of turf were taken up, and tha ground dug ready for the planting of let- tuce, cabbages, radishes and anything else that Is likely to produce food. L-nioctuoateiy me area prepared so tar la not of very great dimensions, as a lack ef suitable Implements Is one of the chief drawbacks with which the "colony" Is contending. One spade appears to form tha entire agricultural outfit, and In taking turns to work with this the men have had little opportunity yet of tiring themselves out A fine opportunity for Industry presented lK,w,Vfr' ,n 'h? '. min' collections among the hundreds of curious sightseer, who visited the encampment. f"d T" 'duo"'' engaged ln by .... .... uuv v.. tu .,ue. No attempt has yet been made to evict them, but the rector of Holy Trinity has declared that ho has no Intention to allow the unemployed to experiment on the church's land free of charge. There Is every likelihood, therefore, that action will be taken In. tho near future. V 1906.' and Northwestern v : - , -.1 ' . .- . I f -"'' .... OF THE BLACK HILLS-HCJtVCSHOE CURVE ON BURLINGTON; ROAD NEAR i V1 v. V English Land "claim" and fighting any one wno . at- tempts to eject them. jjr Williams said that only the genuine unemployed, willing and eager for work, would be taken into the camps. ' Although trade had Improved of late, there were tlll thousands of men In Manchester snd Balford who were without any regular means of subsistence. culty In obtaining a sufficient supply. It will be surmounted by the simple expedi ent of "commandeering . other people's goods and chattels." A prominent business man, opeaklng of tha selsure said: "The whole affair is foredoomed to fall- ure as an experiment in finding employ- '" r me wurmu ujr un very that only twelve men benefited by the ar- rangement. Had those responsible for the organizing of the raid worked on a larger scale .and got a band of a hundred or so together, they would have been some Im portance In the move, but even then I am convinced they would have found difficulty ln getting any one to take them seriously. Look at the ' matter from the common sense point of view. What use Is the land tbey have seised, as they call It? Tha only ,h. , . . ' ., ., . ' ,.. . lllwin ,t To(1 c,nnot culUvate ,t wlth ,uoh r(4W workmen ,heM tw,lve fc . Xhey ara DO, accuatoraed to spade work. It is evl- deia ,nd wer. the ,round Un tlme, lnor, Yajuabl, agriculturally they, could make nothlnc u, Tbls Is not a move by the . Kemilrie unemployed. Some one else, and , ,m, one ho is known to us here in Manchester, Is at the bottom of the scheme. It Is a bit of self-advertisement, the full BOMB GOOD INDIANS selves loose to have a good time. "Business before pleasure, always," was the motto of the excursionists, and so they formed the umbrella parade for a march down the long street of Hot Springs, thinking all the while of the plunge baths and of fried chicken and other good things after wards. All In the Swim. Parades have an end, and so do calls on merchants, so before C o'clock the boost ers hod arrived in town about the pool at the old plunge bath was filled with human frogs from Omaha. They swam and dived until after , and then went down town, but the charm of tha water waa o heavy upon them that many of them re turned at midnight with their partners of the evening's dance at the Evans and took another dip. The unmarried men who were In the night swimming party loved to tell of It, but the married men, if there were any, very discreetly said nothing about the Incident. What Happened at Sapper. Supper that, night at the Evana waa a big. Juicy one, and nobody but Omahans was there. It was Just like a fesd In the Omaha Commercial club rooms at night, with everybody ln a happy mood. Dlmmlck and his Dutch band created consternation, which soon turned to amuse ment, by taking a table which waa pre sumably reserved for Mayor Dahlman and others, and refusing to leave when ordered. "It beats the Dutch," said WU1 Yetter, "that you fellows can't sit where you be long and let the mayor have his seat." "No; It beats the Irish," yelled Dlmmlck, casting a glance at Dave O'Brien, who waa standing by in the expectation of getting a seat at the right hand of tha mayor. Pressed by Mr. Tetter to leava the table. Mr. Dlmmlck declared he and hla loyal Remarkable Performance ,11 their national institutions tha one which the Belgians point out to the foreigner with tha greatest ri-i i th. Ecole d'Eaultatlon. th national military riding ... school at Tpres is called. The patnouo pride of tho Belglana is certainly Justified, Never in wandering over threo continents has the writer seen mora perfect horse- manshlp. The Ecole d' Equitation Is a government academy established exclusively for the purpose of teaching horsemanship to Bel- glan officers. Every officer on being grad uated from the Brussels military school the Belgian West Point Is obliged to un dergo a year's course of horsemanship be. fore Joining his regiment. The correspondent was received at the Ecole d'Equltatlon by the commandant and ... ... was first shown a class or caaeis riaing the "French saddle." as It Is called. This saddle is practically Identical with tho .. .f Th. u" v and platoons; then they put up obstacles.- not the old-fashioned low obstacles seen at military tournaments the wotld over, but solid walls, fences and bedgea that had to be Jumped clean or tho rider came to grief. The rldera first went over k,.. ln -i-. .n(i -.. ,nen they began to turn somersaults oa their horses ae they went over the five-foot ,urale, M unconcernedly as If practicing Jn a gymnasium The commandant then led the way to see . r f .r a.tu, A rlftil ftt rirlera 'I 'Tt tk ffiru.fi in this second menage rode pigskin bunting addles and could have given points in horsemanship to Cossack veterans. Tbey threw themselves on and off their horses aa If made of rubber. They stood P "'elr saddles ln true Co. sack stylo and hacked vielously at heads and posts. They rode backward and 'they changed horses while going over tho Jumps. Thea they lined up In squadron formation at tha further end of the hall and came racing toward the spectators, every man rising In hla stirrups and yelling like a wild Indian, until at the word of command they pulled their horses back on their haunches, tho noaea of tho leading lino within reach of tha commandant's band. After this exhibition tho commandant took tha eorroanondent ateoplechaao Nebraska AT CHADRON. band of Dutch would stay at the table tilt kingdom oome, and to prove It he hit tha bass drum a smash and the whole hand Jumped upon the table and smou the air with "Achl du llebeT Augustine." At that everybody saw the Joke, and howls of de light went up from over 100 faces that had been contracted with snxlety over Mr. Dimmlrk's mental condition. It mattered pot that the musicians klrkcd the tahla to pieces and broke a dozen plates tha tablo and the plates had been put there to be kicked to pieces. flerman rtand a Hit. In passing it might be remarked that tha Dutch band was a source of constant Joy to the trade excursionists and to the people of the towns visited. It was a ribbon winner. In outlandish costume, and to tha tune of "How Dry I Am," those Jolly dutchmen marched up the street to tha nearest thirst parlor, and when they emerged with smiles on their faces and lager foam on their chins, the tune waa "I Feel Like I Feel Like I Feel." Deservedly or undeservedly, "dot leetla Cherman band" got the blame for much) of the mischief perpetrated. As the train stood on the sidetrack at Deadwood, and Just before the gray had begun to show over the hills, the blare of the horns and the boom of drums smote the silence of tha night, and many a man turned over ln hie berth to swear softly to himself. Fifteen minutes tho awful din continued. Accused of the crime tn the morning, the Innocent Oermans said the noise had been made by a band which came over from Lead tp serenade them. Perhaps the truth will never be known. The last night on the road Joe Redfield and several other ambitious boys "swiped" the Instruments of the Dutch band and came through ths cars making such har monious discords as are not often found outside tha Infernal regions. The German band got tha blame for that In the minds of a good many of tha exourstonlsts. Soma Chirch Dinners. Occasionally the Omahans were feasted at church dinners, and to say that there wrre good things and plenty of them would bo putting it mildly. At Custer there was a church dinner to be remembered and at Edgemont the boys had an excellent break fast prepared by the women of one of tha local churches, who had been up and cook ing since o'clock. At Alliance the busi ness men of the city had tables set ln tho opera house for the visitors, and the women of the Methodist church served a chicken dinner. v The only banquet tendered by cltlsens waa at Broken Bow. Here a whole-soviled wel come, a good dinner and an excellent pro gram caused the pilgrims to remember Broken Bow with pleasure. E. C. Griffin of the Northwestern and A. B. Smith of the Burlington proved them selves able managers of the excursion spe cial, and worthy hosts as well. The boya were made to feel at home in their private cars. Coming down through the Hills, Pop Smith said the train should be stopped at any point of Interest, or sidetrack, town or . any other place the excursionists wanted It to stop. A halt'was made Just above Hill City to allow Louis Bostwick to take a pic ture of the train and another of the boost ers perched on the aide and top of a hug rock. of Belgian Cavalrymen course, which la unequaled in Europe. Tho oourso is built around the barracks and contains every imaginable kind of Jump a bullfinch, an in-and-out Jump, a Liver- i .iilw V.a.l Aawx Ki a fr U a poi, ulvmv ww i .a as. mm Vtanlra anrl ai nil - - fenc- The banks are seven feet high and . nave at tha farther end. Just about whera a horse would land in the ordinary course of events, a single rail raised four feet rom the ground and placed in the most ". Next was shown a division of senior claso students . performing "the high school." These youths were certainly finished "high, school" riders. They drove their thor oughbreds In a way that circus rldera might have envied. Particularly worthy of note waa the movement known as tho cabrade" (tho prance), In which the horse vAura arA rn.i ifnwn the line nn his hind . - - ----- thoroughbreds are used tn tho "Wh school" division. If a man hao neavy nanas aurjng in. caoraao ma . . , ,-V.I v.. asoent ver vltn turJ trom th dr, Pla'n a precipice ISO feet high, with grade of about 70 degree. Tha exercise consists In officers galloping up the turfed incline at full speed and then sliding down tho precipice to tho plain below, a feat which oertalnly required more than an ordinary a"""" It was a strange opoctacla in the twilight to see tho gayly uniformed officers drop, ping out of eight aa completely aa If they had been swallowed by an earthquake. Chicago Chronicle. Are Yon a Millionaire? Ton may bo a millionaire and yet not bo Mn ot tn, tact Don't faint bore's tho am ailing salts. Now we'll proceed. A "dollar" millionaire Is worth that number of simoleons. A "coat" millionaire la tho possessor of HO. 000. A "mllf millionaire la worth Just tl.000. But to what clasa do you belong? Aha. wo thought so. Tour millions, like our own, can only bo figured in Chlneao money.-Plttsburg Oa aetj.