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TITE OMAHA SUNDAY VKK: M ATI CI I 10j 1011. BUSINESS END OF MARRIAGE Tennessee Parson Gleefully Chases Elopers and Their Coin. PLANTS SHOP NEAR STATE BORDER Oprrttlom f n Ciretaa (irffi that Hat trnamed Mark Indignation (mti Rrntktn of the lelh. had designed especially for the entertain ment of bridal couples. The Iioum Ir pro ! tided with a spacious parlor and reception ! room and half a dozen bridal chamber. The hotel Is modern In every respect, ana Is In one of the best sections of the city. It Is possible to marry a couple In either Virginia or Tennessee by merely walking from one room to another. The completion of the new hotel brought thither a greater number of elopera than eer before. They continue to arrive on all I trains. In buggies and In automobiles, while now and then those of the humbler classes. Just as determined as their more fortunate TOPICS FOR THE DAY OF REST Contract ii Let for the North Side Christian Church. STRUCTURE TO COST $20,000 Services far tnloa l.aHor Mea itn day Kvealaar at the Mirth Ires hyterlaa karrh Matea of Other f harches. and hlo. Hev. T. J. foliar. Hector; Third j Sunday In Lent, March 19 Holy Commun ion st S a. m. Sunday school at B:lf.. .Vliirnins prayer. with sermon at 21. Kvenlng prayer, with sermon; this ser- j vice and sermon will be given by the Hev. A. . White, rector of iH. Martins,! Couth Omaha. i Church of St. I'hllln the Deacon. Ywrntv- first near I'aul, the Hev. John Albtrtl Williams. Priest limy Communion at 1:M I and 11. Matins at l .to. Sunday school and catechism a I li.M). Choral evensong and sermon at 6. Services dally at 7 and ' I and 4::X) , l.atheraa. ' St. Paiil's. Twenty-eighth and farker, Hev 1510 Douglas r i n w K. T. Otto. I'antor er l en at lo. In i fellows to mate and be hani.v. make the 1 rustees ot tne.jNonn io. . n,., '"" - V The te en, a tlon of the Ministerial -! trip n fot .cllml.lnif mountains and risk- church have let the contract for tha j ,,,; ,.,',, J,:w.' iMblo ;.,a8S ,on , tlstlon. of Tiristnl. Tenn.. In pledging in , ,ne hararAn ot tne perilous journey j " c' ,,on or tn,,r n'w t"ll",m lo Jonn lursday at 8. 1 member--nore II, an twenty in numoer ev,r ,hr. f,0zen hills. itnuerg.ist. me contract pr.ee is -v."v. , j.,. Mark s Kngllsh. Twentieth and Rur- to refuse hereafter to wiarry eloping couplet; whether It Is Irgal or not It has hap- Th churc h Is to be of Bedford atone and aeite 1.. roh. Pastc.r-Services: lo:4.. . . L , . m-A . t. . o W ..t 1 1 la In r ' " ' u i iiubv v in. nfi voui on lennesre son inirar io um i ; prn-d that couples have been married " i,:30, "Kxamples of Old Halnts . Bunduy i the state from which either or both ot tne standing in the center of Rat street. Join- "impie. me structure is iu ut " school at 1.'. lenten service Wednesday . I The churc h Is to be of Bedford atone and 'dette. i contracting parties como, ana memorializ ing the Tennessee legislature to put a atop to the hundreds of -'hasty and Indecent" msrrlaRes pcrforn.ed annually at the Bris tol mtcia by statutory enactment, will have the effect. If the ministers are suc cessful In Ihelr efforts, or lpr!v!ng one minister of an unusual livelihood and de priving Hie world of another of Its few Gretna Green. The resolution Is alined particularly at tha Bev. Alfred Harrison Burroughs, known over four slates In particular and through out the United flutes In general as the 'Marrying parson " who has himself united mors than 4.000 counples who have come to him from commonwealths where the laws prohibit the marriage of persons under 21 years of age without parental consent. Mr. Burroughs has devoted himself to this occupation for twenty years, having re signed active duties In the Baptist minis try In order to engage In It. His Gretna Green, has long since gained wide renown. He Klnpers'' Hotel. Mr. Burroughs Is proprietor of one of the oldest hotels In the world. It was designed and erected expressly for the convenience of eloping couples. Every room In It Is a bridal chamber. It Is situated squarely upon the dividing line between Virginia and Tennessee. To strategic location of tha house, one-half of which la In one state and the other half in a neighboring state. Is appsrent at once In the execution of the purpose for which It was built. Scarcely a day passes that Mr. Burroughs Is not called upon to entertain a number of elop ing couples. Mr. Burroughs has performed marriage ceremonies under almost every conceivable circumstance one time In' a carriage racing through the streets at night, with an irate mother In full pursuit; and on another oc casion with the couple standing In the mid dle of a moving street car, the tracks of which lie In different states. He has been the friend of lovelorn lads and lassies long enough to marry the children of the couple who flrat came to him. He believes he holds tha world's record for the number of couples united In marriage by a single Individual. fiprawllng across the boundary line of two states, and within a stone's throw of two ether states, the city of Bristol has long teen the goal of those young persons who are forced to flee In order to achieve their desires. The Invisible line dividing the two states haa for more than fifty years beer) a breeder of strange situations. Tha trouble some boundary splits the electric railway for the entire distance along one of the main thoroughfares. It is possible for com panions traveling within a foot of each ether to be amenable to the laws ot dif ferent states. Establish! the Baalnees. Mr. Burroughs many years ago conceived tha scheme ot taklnc advantage of the lo cation of Bristol for matrimonial purposes. The hotel became a necessity In order that he might better take care of the ever In creasing number of his guesta. The house was built upon plans drawn by Mr. Bur roughs himself. He had already been de voting himself exclusively to this business for a number of years. Couples who are not runaways In the strictest sense 'now inn hands across the state line. the bride : ' " cross. The date for Its completion!. Vuung People's Christian Endeavor. H:i. In one commonwealth and the bridegroom in the othrr. New Yolk Tribune. lis set for September 1. A seating capacity ! Trinity, Corner Nineteenth and Castellar. j W.J.JACKSON CHAIRMAN FOR WESTERN RAILROADS t h lea nit A. K.n stern Illinois lee Pres ident Will nrpeed ft. fl. Arahhnn. of C00 Is provided for the auditorium and galleries combined. hev. ti. W. Snyder, I'astor Services at 10:tfi and 7:30. Mornlna subject: "Cant lut." Evening subject: "Gods Mercy." Sunday school at 12. E. B. Cook, superin tendent. Young People's society st tf:4i. ('nlral t mhnr linl.tn will attend services t North Preshvterlsn ehiireh Sunday even- ! SuhJ 't : "Pelf Menial vm,-r, i.i.T) ouin l wemy-sixtn. i;ev. M . h. Mellck. Pastor Sunday school fl:45: Ing. Special music has been arranged by the , church services'. II and 7:30: morning sub CHICAGO. March IS W. .1. Jackson, vice president and general manager of the Chicago V Eastern Illinois and the. Evans vllle Terre Haute roads, was today elected chairman of the General Managers' association and the Association of Western Railroads, comprising sixty-one railroads. He will succeed R. H. Arshbon of the Chicago lc Northwestern, who resigned be cause of his election to the vice presidency of the Northwestern. MIGHTY HANDY WITH A GUN The Man Who Succeeds Kit-'Em-lp I Aberaathy mm Marshal of Oklahoma. director, and a male quartet will sing several numbers, j The regular quartet of the church is com- posed of the following: Mrs. Stephen Barker, soprano; Mra. E. S Williams, contralto; Mr. Ralph Newell, tenor; Mr I). F. Williams, basso end director; Mr. J. W. Umprnun, organist. MORNING. Organ prelude Prelude In D Flat Dr. Lyon Poxology Gloria Anthem Christian the Morn Shelley Offertory Melody In F Reubenstein Response Lord's Prayer Parker Postlude Moderato Rlnck EVENING. Organ Prelude Largo Handel Male Quartet Only a Song. .P. F. Blllhorn Anthem Brightest and Best. ..Dudley Buck Response Now the Day Is Over Male yuartet Come Unto Me..t. Froeliclt Offertory Songs In the Night Spinney Male Quartet Do Not Pass Me By P. F. Blllhorn Postlude War March of the Priests Mendelsohn P.ev. T. N. Lynch, pastor of the First Methodist church of Omaha is attending; the Kansas conference of the church at Abilene, Kan., this week, but will not be back in Omaha Sunday for both the serv ices at his church. Rev. Mr. Lynch was pastor of the First church of Topeka, Kan., for many years, coming to Omaha from there. Rev. Edward Mlslop, district superintendent, will preach at the morning service. Bishop John L. Nuelsen will preach at the evening service. ' The music at the 4 p. m. vesper service at All Saints' church will be aa follows: Deim Mlsereatur Huck Quartet Still, Still With Thee Salter Anthem My Spirit on Thy Care Macfarlane "Chris" Madsen of Guthrie, for six years chief office deputy under John R. Aber nathy. the United States marshal for the Western Oklahoma district, was recently appointed by federal Judge John II. Cot ton to act aa marshal from January 1. the time Abernathy'a resignation took place, until such time aa President Taft names a successor. A native of Denmark and a soldier In tha Danish army, Madsen later served under Louis Napoleon In the Franco-Prussian war, and was captured at Sedan. He was a member of the famous legion that waa sent to Algiers. He came to the United States In 1870, and served for almost twenty years in the United States army. He was a mem ber of the Fifth cavalry, under Colonel Wesley Merrltt. during the time that Buf falo BUI was carrying dispatches for Mer rltt and the other Indian campaign com manders. Not content with his war career. Madsen joined 'the Roosevelt Rough Riders when tat regiment was enlisted for ser vice in Cuba, and became quartermaster of the regiment. Following the breaking up of the Jesse James gang In Missouri and on the Kan sas border, remnants of the band went Into the Rocky mountains, and many of them remained In the old line of business, hold ing up stagecoaches In particular, for a number of years. Tha Fifth cavalry at this I General Balllngton Booth, tha president oi the Volunteers or America, with head- .lect, "(Jur Complete Victory Throuirh Chnst:" evening subject. "Saved Now;" Luther league, 6:.10, topic, "Self Denial." Mark VIII-31-S8; class of catechism, 3. and on Friday at 4; services on Wednesday night. Kountze Memorial. Rev. John E:. Hum mon, Pastor Services at 11 and at l ib. Hev. o. D. Baltzly, Ph. D.. of Mansfield. O.. will preach the sermons In both serv ices. Dr. HalUly Is one of the eminently successful pastors in the Wittenberg synod of Ohio and comes to this city to meet the people of Kountze Memorial church and look over the field of opportunity for ag gressive work and also to have the mem bers of the congregation to become ac quainted with him and hear his message. The Sunday school session will be held at :00. The Christian Endeavor De votional meeting at 6:45, Miss Tebblns will sing. Methodist. Trinity. Twenty-first and Blnncv. G. W. Abbott, Pastor Preaching at 10:30 and 8. Morning subject, "Twice Born Men." Evening subject. "Manhood In Public Life." St. John's, Twenty-sixth and Franklin, Rev. W. H. Bayley, Pastor Sunday school and Bible class, 9:45 a. m.; choral euchar Ist, 11 a. m.; evensong and sermon, 7:45 p. m. Swedish.' Nineteenth and Burt, the Rev. K. U. Norbrog, Pastor Sunday school at 10, Frltx Sandws.ll, superintendent. Preach ing service at 11 and J:30. Epworth league meeting at 6:30. St. Paul's. Thlrty-sectind and California, Rev. W. H. Bayley. Pastor Holy com munion. 8 a. m. ; Sunday school and Bible class. 10 a. m.; matins and sermon, 11 a. ni.; evensong and sermon, 7:43 p. m. Pearl Memorial, Twenty-fourth and Larl more Carl O. Bader, Pastor Class meet ing at 10:15. Morning worship at 10:45. Sunday school at noon. Epworth league at 6:30, Miss Morgensen, leader. Evening worship at 7:30. n Douglas T "FT St. Store 1510 Douglas a HEW TAILORED MliaiL7Wf?ia "'"' m n..m,uilu ..-n.ii.mniwuwuwif In tho SUITS Post Distinctive Stylo s N: EVER lias there been a season's showing in wliieli everv woman in need of a tailored suit eouM ho supplied more readily than from our present comprehensive displays. Everything of special merit in the new materials and shies has been critically considered in our selections. There is some thing distinctive in almost every style and many of the styles are exclusive with us. Prices ore $19.50. $25.00. $29.75. $35.00. $39.50 and up. HEW COATS FOR SPUING EXTENSIVE PRESENTATION OF EXCLUSIVE STYLES Separate coats will be very popular this spring, and here you will find a grand selection of exclusive models in plain tailored and trimmed effects. Every coat is beautifully tailored, made of the finest novelty materials or imported serges. Prices are $12.50. $15.00. rn e nn con tk. .,.i .... pj.cr.cvf) pis.vrvri pMcr.sc' iiikj u j . jt clety of Christian Kndravor. 7 p. m. Prof. Mertes haa charge of the music. Dr. Kedsey's class meets as usual Mon day evening at J:tB at the Young Women s Christian association. This Is the last lec ture of the course. The subject Is "The Life of Joseph." The .Graded Sunday School union will meet at 8:15 in the same place. We de sire a good attendance at both of these meetings. time was putting In much of Its time In guarding the stage coaches over the moun tains, especially the stage line to Chey enne. Upon Eagle Pass the stagecoaches met,' and at the hour of meeting there waa as a rule a party of United States troopers somewhere In the vicinity to protect them. The loader of the Jamea gang remnant for several years was known aa "the man with the golden tooth." With several of his boldest followers he had '. planned a double holdup on Eagle Pass, figuring to rob the first coach that arrived and then complete the Job when the one from Chey enne put In Its appearance. On this par ticular coach wtre a number of mining prospectors, supposed to have with them rome to Bristol to be married In order to i plenty of gold, taking it back to tha states, spend a few days at the matrimonial hotel. On this particular day Sergeant Brule, a Mr. Bui-rough's business is made posslbje I companion of Madsen In the Fifth Cavalry, by the stringent matrimonial laws of Vir ginia and West Virginia. Fully 96 per cent Ir. Is believed, of the couples he has mar ried have been elopers. The- laws of Vir ginia and West Virginia require that ap plicants for marriage licenses shall be 21 years old. unless they have the written con sent of parents or guardians. While the laws of these states were the basis for the establishment of ' the Gretna Green, the marriages contracted at Bristol have not been confined to Virginia and West Vir ginia elopers 'alone. Fleeing couples from various states, including Kentucky, the Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, New Tork, New Jertey, Michigan, Ohio. Indiana, Penn sylvania, Arkansas and California, have sought peace and surcease from the troubles ot elopers at Mr. Burrough s haven. Matrimony for revenue aa Interpreted by Parson Burroughs has proved a lucrative avocation. He haa amassed a comfortable fortune out of his unusual calling. Mr. Burroughs Is now 70 years old. So ex tensive haa become his practice that It not Infrequently happens that he marries from two to four couples at one time one cere mony and one blessing answering for all. Only recently he was called upon to marry five couples with a single ceremony. He had barely - ended this service when two more young couples were ushered Into the reception room. reiuetlng the services Of the man who had been dubbed "the trenuoua Unlter of Young Lives." t'oarklaa ' the Kids. All of the eloping couples arrive at the Union passenger atatlon. which Is within the boundary of Irglnta, but within 100 feet of the state line and Tennessee Bull. Mr. Burroughs meets all trains upon their arrival, and it is more the exception than the rule that lie la disappointed In securing a couple. In many Instancea the parents tif the elopers telegraph the Bristol iV'a ) police to arrest tha parties upon their at- was ordered out with two men to guard Eagle Pass. They were sheltered behind some boulders Just below the level of the pass, when they discovered the bandit gang on the other Side. The troopers were only three against eight or ten of the bandlta. and Brule determined to await the arrival of the first stage and see what would happen. There waa a short wait, and the coach horses had been halted for only a minute on the pass, when the bandits surrounded the coach and with cool daring ordered the driver and the passengers to throw up their hands. As the order was given, however, a bullet from Sergeant Brule's rlflo winged "the man with the golden tooth," and each of Brule's companions picked off a bandit as the three troop ers climbed over the rocks. Into the high way. Seeing tha blue coats of the troop ers, the other bandits fled, leaving be hind the bodies of "tha man with the golden tooth" and two of ills followers. The' bandits were followed by other troopers and raptured, and turned over to the Wyoming authorities, but soon afterward escaped, locking the warden of the penitentiary behind the bars and stealing all the guns and ammunition. "Chris" Madsen was placed in charge, of the squad ot soldiers to trail and rocapture the outlaws. He took with him also a one-eyed, half-breed Indian. St. Clair by name, who had made a reputation as a guide and scout, and Jim McAdams, a long tlmo scout and Indian fighter. After following the trail several days Madsen and his companions came upon the outlaw camp early one morning. They out numbered the troopers, but McAdams broke into the camp with a whoop and an order for all tho outlaws to hold up their hands. Immediately Madsen followed him through the underbrush and shortly after him came St. Clair, the Indian. Believing n entire company of troopers Y. W. t A. Notes. 8unday Building open from 2 to 7. The rtRuUr vesper service will be held at 4:30. The address will be given by Mins Flora 8. Keenev and there will be special music llii, HIIm l.lltl, 1 ,Mulu Afl- tl.. ... ...r- Oak Street, 3009 South Twentieth-Bible ; tnere wH1 be a 8wl.,a, hour, school at 3. Adult and other classes for Monday The fourth number of the remi- all. Some new classes to. be organized. uHr membership entertainment will lie given Pl-a..liln0 fnllniLlnv V... 1) -. - T I UL'aK. I ll I . . i u . r . . . i. - .11... oil iMUllii.) writing &io.i. w ntrii misB rival. In such casea Mr. Burrouchs usuallv burrlei the couple across the line Into Ten- as af,er th'm th ou,1w Qi'lckly surren nesee. where they are saie irom molestation, d"" "d wr " handcuffed by McAd Always alert, when Mr. Burroughs sees an 'or hy wer t''"t their pur- offlver watching a train his suaulclona sr. i uers were so few In number. The outlaw aroused. Invariably he uses his best efforts to get to the couple first. Experience has taught him how to site up possible elopers leader was then very angry and taunted St. Clair In particular, offering to fight htm under any conditions. St. Clair from the mass of people leaving the train ' threw down his weapons and begged Mad- He has the sympathy of the police, too. In ,cn to loosen tha leader In order that they his undertaking, they having frequently i might fight It out with their fists, but Mad ten charged with not exercising due dill- I " would not hear ct It and the bandits gem s, In the apprehension of elopers. ' were soon behind prison bars again. All ot Mr. Burroughs has few scruples againkt ! them were afterward sentenced to serve long terms In the penitentiary. New York Tribune. disparity of age between bride and bride groom. H says the matter of age la a ques tion to be settled between the prospecthe bride and her husband. If they are satis- 1 " Jee Wee Oao Ba filed he will perform the ceremony. He hat i Here is a true atory told by John MiD.in aid of the Western bchool Journal: "The rl-cli'ul ot a village school In Kansas one. afternoon detected a boy cutting the letteia a stereotyped form of congratulation, which lie occasionally Improves upon, and which la calculated to make the bride groom feel so good that he Is only too glad to pay the parson a handsome fee. He ea.va the children of his earlier couple bave already risen up to call him blessed, and themselves hurried to htm blithely on a similar errand, the victims tit an heredi tary folly. On the recognised basis of three children to a family, there have been more than 12.014 children born of the marriages at which h haa officiated. t)o steadily did the stream of elopers In crease after the establishment ot the snug harbor by Mr. Burroughs that when the eld Nickels bouse, la rich the minister first began his career, crumbled Into decay ten years ago. he began the erection of a nuiel near the tail ay station, which ha quarters in New York City, will be In Omaha Sunday morning. March 26, and will speak at the First Presbyterian church, comer of Seventeenth and Dodge streets. Major General Edward Fielding will accompany the general on this tour. Beginning with Saturday evening, March 18. Rev. II. Breese Jones, the Welsh evangelist and gospel sinser, will conduct a series of gospel meetings at the Vounteera' hall, U4-11S North Fifteenth street.' Mr. Jones Is a very successful evangelist, having Just closed a series of services at the Christian church in Pes Moines, la. Baptlat. Calvary Branch. Thirty-fourth and Sew ard Bible school Sunday, 3;JU, Harry Car penter, superintendent. Grace Church, Tenth and Arbor Streets, Rev. B.- F. Fellman. Pastor 10:45 a. m., "Denying the Lord that Brought Them:" 7:45 p. m., "When He Came to Himself;" male chorus at both services. First. Twenty-ninth' and Harney, Rev. John Matthews. Pastor Morning service at 10:30. Organ recital at 10:16. Sunday school st noon. Young people's meeting at 6:80. Kvenlng services at 7:30 and organ re cital at 7:16. Kvenlng sermon to young men especially subject, "The Prodigal Hon, Who Came Back, but Carried the Scars." Olivet. Grand Avenue and Thirty-eighth. George MacDougall, Pastor Services at 11 and 7.30; Sunday school at 10 a. m. Grove mission, Thirty-sixth and Crown Point Ave., at 3 o'clock; Young people's meet ing at t.M p. m. ; prayer meeting on Wednesday evening at . The morning topic: "Think on These Things;" evening theme. "Plowing and Looking Back." ' Cavalry. Twenty-fifth and Hamilton. Rev. E. R. Curry, Pastor Services at 10: SO and 7:30: ' morning topic: "Burning and Shining." . Kvenlng: "Liberty in Christ.". Evening song service led by a chorus ' choir: ordinance of baptism at close ot evening sermon:, Bible school at noon; young people's meeting at 7 p. m., Wednesday 8 p. m. , prslse and fellowship service. Immanuel. Twenty-fourth and 'Plnkney. Rev. J. ft. Ebersole. Pastor ftunday school, (:45 a. m.; preaching, 11 a, m. and !i:30 p. m.; Young People's society at 6:30 p. m.; morning sermon for boya and girls especially: "Serpents thst Bite Our Boys and Girls." Evening: First sermon In series on "The Religion of Jesus Christ " . Subject: "What Did Jesus Say about Sin' and Ita Remedy" lv-otlonal meeting Wednesday evenln. o'clock. Christian. First Christian. Twenty-sixth and Harney. J. M. Kersey. Pastor Preaching at 10:30 a. m. and 7:a p. in.; Bible school at 11 noon: young People'a meeting at 4 30 p. m.:. prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 3. North Side, H, J. Klrachsteln, Minister, Meets In Plymouth Congregational Church. Twentieth and Spencer Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.: Chriatlan Endeavor at H:15 p. in.: evening worship at 7:30 p. m: sermon theme. "What Jesus Said:" mid-week mt'l'n' Wedneedav even'ng at o'c'ock at 2M Emmet street. Christian Science. First Church of Christ. Scientist. Twenty flftii snd Farnam. Chamlrs' Building Sunday School, :4T: Sunday services. 11 snd 8: subiect of lesson sermon. "Matter." Second Church of Christ. Lyric theater. Nineteenth and Farnam Streets Morning rervloe. It o'clock: Sunday school, (.to; subject of levson itermon. "Matter." t'sagreaa ttowal. Parkvale. Thirtieth and Gold Sun day school. 10 00; Christian Endeavor, 6:30; evening worship, 7:H0; special music; i.er mon by lie v. J. F. Clyde. Hillside. Thirtieth and Ohio Streets. W. ft. Hampton. Psstor -Regular services at 10:30 a. ni . and 7 i p. ni ; Sunday school, M m.; Junior Endeavor. I p. m.; Y. P. 8. C F.. at t.l'i P- m.; midweek service Wed nesday at- t p. m. F'rst corner of Nineteenth and Daven port, Frederick T. Rouse. Pastor Morning worship st 10:30; Hev. J. A. Jenkins, pastor of the St. Mary's Avenue church will preach in exchange with the pastor; even trig worship at , 45 The pastor will speak on "The Forgiveness of Sin;"' Y. P. 8. C. E. at :4fi. Ft. Mary's Avenue. James Alexander Jen kins. D. TV. Mlnlster-Mornlng worship, with sermon, at 10:30; sermon: "The Mys tery of Godliness." by Rev. F. T. Roue 1). D..; First Congregational church peo ple's service at 7:; subiect. "Bread I "pon tie Waters;" orren recital at 7 1'.: music at botli services bv the quartet. Plymouth. Twentieth and Spencer, Preaching following by Rev. T. t Web ster. No evening service. Midweek meet ing Thursday evening at 7:30. Walnut Hill. E. E. Hosman, Pastor Morning worship at 10:30; theme, "A Poor Man Who Had His loss Restored." Sun day school at noon, O. T. Llndley, super intendent. Epworth league at 6:30, R. M. Evans, president. Evening worship at 7:3J; theme, "A Gang ot Impious Lads and Their End." Gorman. Eleventh and Center, Rev. G. J. Jaiser, Pastor Sunday school at 10, Frans Meyer, superintendent. Preaching at 11 and 7:30 by the pastor. Subject of the evening sermon, "The Kingdom Power and Glory of God." Epworth league meet ing at 7. Milton J. Jaiser. president. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8. McCabe, Fortieth and Farnam Streets, the Rev. John Grant Shlck. Pastor Sun day school at 10:00 a. m.. Superintendent D. O. Curry In charge; preaching by the pastor. 11 a. m. snd '7:30 p. m.; themes, morning, "High Finance;" evening. "The Trained Mouth." Epworth league at 6.30 p. in.. L. T. Jolllff. leader; prayer meet ing on Wednesday night at 8:00 o'clock. Seward Street. Twenty-second and Sew ard. William Boyers. Pastor Subject at 10:30. "The Bible, a Guide." Songtide and sermon at 7:30. Sunday school at 11:46. L. T. Hoffman. superintendent. Epworth league at 6:30, Miss Clara Sorenson, leader. Mr. Johnson, president of the Baraca un ion will speak to the men at the close of the morning service on "Organised Bi ble Classes." Hanscom Park, Twenty-ninth and Wool worth, Rev. E. B. Crawford. Pastor Morning service, 10:30: sermon, "The Print of the Nails." Evening service, 7:46: ner mon "The Tragedy of God's Judgment." This is the closing of the series of Sun day evening sermons on "Bible Tragedies." A series of "Ix-nten Evangelical Services" will commence March 26, and continue until Easter day. Presbyterian. Castellar Street. Sixteenth and Castellar Howell, head of the department of oratory at the I'nlverblty of Nebraska, will read Mrs. Burnetts book, "The Dawn of a lu morrow. BATTLESHIPS AT NORFOLK Eleven Vessels of Admiral Srhroeder'a Fleet Return from i'nhan Waters. NORFOLK. Va., March 18.-Eleven bat tleships of the First, Third and Fourth divisions of the Atlantic fleet, commanded by Rear Admiral Si-aton Schroeder. passed lu the Virginia capes at 1 o'clock this afternoon from Guantanamo, Cuba, and anchored In Hampton Roads. They, will engage in preliminary practice lueaday At :lo Mrs. I. S. l-fsyitt win an(1 maneuvers and then disperse to their give an account of her recent visit to Cuba, i , , ., . . Any who are Interested are invited to be home stations, subsequently reassembling present at this talk. for further practice on the southern drill '1 hursuay I nucr the direction of the ri t. .. . ramt in Mav meiiibeishm cmniltt,. the toliowlne nro- grounds orr tins coast in Maj. gram will be given at the noon musical, ' The vessels which came in today were trom 12:lii to 1 o'clock: Piano solo. a) "Humoreske" t Dvorak!, (b) "Petite Ma zurka (Kapelln lkott). Miss Gladys Lobeck; contralto solo, spring lias come (White). Mrs. Frank Welty; violin solo, (a) "Serenade d'Amour" (F. Blon). tb) "Gypsy Dance" CI'. Nachez. F. Macli; piano solo, "Hungarian KhapsodV 11' (Liszt), Miss Gladvs Iobeck; contralto solo, "The Silver Ring" U'lmnnnade), Mrs. Frank Welty; violin quartet, "f.lsle Be fore the Court," trom "Ixihengrin" (Wag ner), F. Math and Misses to. Hanson. N. Stevens and L. Glbbs; soprano solo, sere nade, "sing. Sinile. Slumber' (Uounod), Miss Mabeile i.oswortn; accompanists, .lean Gilbert Jones and Miss uorothy Mer riam. At 7:16 on Thursday John Hay Kuhns will give a stereopiicon lecture on "Customs and Costumes of China." V. M. C. A. tes.v Next Monday night a salesman from th; Underwood Typewriter company will dcm onstrate to the class how to sell a type writer. There will also bo a lecture by a local business man. The Christian Endeavor union, composed of the various young people's societies ot the city, will hold the first of a number of monthly socials In the lobby of the Young Men's Christian association this evening. Rev. K. Hosman, pastor of the Walnut Hill Methodist Episcopal church, will be the speaker at the regular Sunday after noon meeting for men In the Young Men's Christian association auditorium. The meeting Is at 4 o'clock and special muslo has been arranged. Mr. C. C. Roaewater, general manager of the Connecticut, North Dakota, Michigan, Minnesota. Vermont. Mississippi, Idaho, Georgia, Nebraska, Rhode Island and Virginia. Army Orders. (From a Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, March 18. (Special Tel egram.) Army orders: Major Harry B. Cliamherlin. quartermaster, Is rcllovKl from his present duty at Seattle and will proceed to San Francisco for duty tem porarily as quartermaster of the transport "Sherman." relieving Captain James D. Tllford. who will proceed to this city for Instruction. Captain William T. Patten. Thirteenth Infantry, is relieved from treatment at the t-i..u ii uni...,n.n Miniutee 10 30 "The The Bee. gave a lecture before the aales- Jov of Living;" 12 noon. Bible school: 6:',i', manshlp class Monday night on "The Re Young People's meeting; 7:30, "The Power j lation of Advertising to Salesmanship." It of the Gospel." Thursday afternoon mis- p I ,'"." . t,. t "A, general hospital. Presidio of San Fran cisco, and will return to his piupcr sta tion. First Lieutenant Walter I . Jones, sig nal corps, will assume charge of signal corps general supply tliHi, Korl W'omi, relieving First I .iciitcuHiit William . Bisscll. Thirteenth intantry. Major General Arthur Murra), I'. S A. Is detailed ms a iniiiilicr ot tin- armv retiring board ai asliinnlun dunn m absence of Brigadier General KnicM ., Garllngton, inspector general Captain Arthur Cranston, qucrn-rnia i i. Is detailed as a member of the liuHid n. officers appointed in si" cial imleis .Mai, ;i 6. vice Colonel William II. Miller, as.-iri-ant quartermaster gciieiul. heivln re lieved. Major Thoinns W. Winston, coast ar tillery corps. Is detailed as a i n . n , , , r .,. the examining board at Fort Monroe, vic Major William Ii. Smith, coast ardllei v corps, hereby rellevi d. Lieutenant Colonel Joseph M '('. Par tello, Infantry, unasslgncd, upon h.s cm ,i application Is retired trom active service, after more than thirty-seven years service. A board of officers to consist oi' Caplaui Benjamin T. Simmons, general staf. cap tain Howard L. LauhHch. general sta..; Captain George 11. Jamison, general siati. and Captain Harry N. Cootes, Thirteen! n cavalry. Is appointed for ih. purpose t making the annual inspection of military departments of educational Institution. at which officers of the army urn detailed u.h professors of military science and ladies. Leaves granted: First l.li niensn; Stephen Abbott, coast artillery corps, a i extension of two months; First Lieuten ant Francis P. Casey, Philippine scouts, an extension of one month; First Lieu tenant Francis B. Wilby. corps of en gineers, seven days. Stebbins Holds His Old Place as Stellar Speller of Omaha of bis name in the desk In front of him. As the novels would put It. the principal rushed to the spot, angrily put forth his bsnd Intending to grasp the boy by ha collar, when lo! and also behold! close by the newly lormea letters were the initials of the principals own name written uv himself when he waa a pupil in the same school. . "Ilii grasp upon the boy's collar in looaemd Itself, - and he returned to his desk a sadder and a wiser teacher. That principal is loaayjunge oi an important ,hn p ryi: Minlst.r-Mornlng worship, court in one of the greatest elites in the u th,.nV A Lenten Messjg. i the artel wl'i ri'.ea number and M s I .era wiil s'ir a c'.ntialMi lu. world W e often w administration thinks of tha school!" incident tie villas Persistent Advertising Big Returna onder w hether of not in ihe j J-i e of .iusti. a tl, Judge wer fSnvk, I i I I Is t:.s Ruad lu sionary society with Mrs. Robert Oraner, North. Nineteenth and Ohio, M. V. Hlghbee, D. P., Pastor The pastor will speak at 10:30. Sabbath school at It Christian Kndeavor at 6:30. At 7:30 Dr. Jenkins of the seminary and Judge Brvce Crawford will give addresses to laboring men. Men of the unions - have accepted Invitations from the session of this church to attend this service. All are Invited. First, Seventeenth and Dodge. Edwin Hart Jenks, D. D.. Pastor Morning service at 10:30. Evening service" 7:3' subjed, "Aspiration and Satiety." Sunday school at noon. Endeavor meeting at 6:15. Third. Twentieth and Leavenworth, F. P. Ramsav, Ph. P., Pastor :30 a. m.. Sunday achool and pastor's adult class; 10 46 a. m. worship with sermon, "The Deacons and Their Work;" 7:30 p. m., wor ship with sermon, "The Second Command ment." Seats free. All welcome. Westminster. Corner Twenty-ninth and Mason, Rev. Thomas If. McConnell. Pastor 10:30 a. m.. service of worship with ser mon on "Spiritual. Emancipation;" 12 noon, Sabbath school and Bible classes; 8:30 p. in., Westminster chapel. Bunaay school; 7:3) p. in., service of praise with sermon on "Who Are You?" The first of a series of (4) ser mons to voung people on the great ques tion of life snd character? Clifton HIH. Forty-fifth and Grant, Thomas B. Greenlee. Pastor Public wor ship, 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning theme: "Meekness. Ixiw llness of Spirit as Related and Rest of Soul." Sunday school at 12. Junior Kndeavor at 3. Senior Endeavor at 6:30. Midweek service Wednes day at 8. Lowe Avenue. Corner Fortieth and Nicholas Streets, Rev. Nathaniel McGiffin, D D.. Minister Morning service at 10:30. sermon, "Are You For or Against, Breth ren?" "We Praise Thee." solo by Mr. W H. Wilbur; Sunday school and pastor's Bible clsss at 12: Christian Endeavor at 8 30: evening service at 7.30; sermon, "What Is Your Religion?" Anthem, "Lighten Our Darkness." Central United, Twenty-fourth and Dodge Preaching service at 10:30 and 8:30. con ducted by Prof. M. B. Louiie, Presbyterian Theological seminary. Dr. Lourle will preach at the morning aervice. a sermon suitable to the ter-cenlenary of the King Jamea Version or the Bible, sabbath school at close of morning aervice. Young People's meeting at 6:30. also at same hour teac her's meeting, conducted by William Balrd, esquire. . M laeellaneoas. The International Bible Students' as sociation meets at Barlght hall. Nineteenth and Farnam. Sunday at 3 o'clock In the afternoon; subject. "Baptism and Its Im port;" speaker. T. McNaught. Unity. Seventeenth and Cass, Rev. Man fred Lllienfors, Ph. D.. Minister Services 10:30. subject of sermon. "The Lord's Rest;" Sunday school. 11:46. topic, "The Deluge;" Unity fellowship, 7:3u. Omaha Philosophical Society, Barlght Hall, Nineteenth and Farnam Streets Mr. Herman Kahili will deliver his lec ture. "An Inquiry Into the Nature of Value," Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Omaha New Thought Fellowship, Suits SI. Baldrie Block, Twentieth and Far nam Street Sunday services, 10 6 a in.; addresa, John Milton Scott of New York, theme, "The Meaning of the Imperfect." In the evening the fellow ships f 1 1 el musi cal, social. People'a Charles W. favloge. Pasior Morning, "Should We Take Life Seriuurly? News Editorial!" evening. "The White ki... Traffic. '1 hrourhout the World and t'.Blarsal. j W hat 1 sBeing I "one to Correct It;" Sun- Church of Ihe Good Shperd. Twentieth J day school at aoon. Young People's So- I. R. Gerlng acted as buyer for one of his own articles and several of the students acted as salesmen, competing for a $6 prize. The prizo is to he divided between S. W. Warren and C. O. Marshall. BURNS ON A MONEY CASE Fearlessly facing a fierce fire of four and five syllabled words, Reed Zimmer man, a slender lad of 13 years, 1114 North Thirty-fifth street, stood with white whiskered wise men and militant looking women at the spelling bee at the Y. M. C. A. Frldsy night, until only six out of sixty four remained. He fell at last on the word mangelwurzel. At the last contest held two weeks ago C. 8. Stebbins was victorious. Mr. Steb bins was the captain of his team. He "chose" up with Prof. J. B. Bruner. For a long time Mr. Stebbins opposed two Outcome of a lleart-to-llrart Talk with Southern Stale Officials. The death of John Griffin Carlisle, secre tary of tha treasury under President Cleve land, recalls an Incident In the career of William J. Burns. "I was In the secret service of the gov ernment at the time," Burns said. "Mr. Carlisle was secretary of the treasury. The state officials of Mississippi were half dem ocrats and halt populists. Being obliged to raise fJ60,ooo a year for Interest on the state debt, they got out warrants that Were so near like real money that citizens often took them by mistake. "Instructed by Mr. Carlisle, I went to Jackson authorized to demand the plates and all of the Issue on hand and to exact a promise that the warrants outstanding would be called in at once. I stopped at the principal hotel and represented myself as a newspaper reporter from the north. After I had seen some ot the warrants passed In trade, I called the governor and diplomatically made my demands. The governor summoned the auditor and treas- i urer. the latter being a very robust and peppery man and rather loud and dogmatic i with respect to the rights of a sovereign I state. "Next I visited the United States district ! attorney. When I asked him to prepare complaints for the arrest of the governor, auditor and treasurer for counterfeiting, be went through the preliminary motions of falling dead. That afternoon the landlord hoarsely whispered In my ear that I was to be assassinated. A man, whose word was good and whose aim was true, had told him so. "Well, we came within three voies of indicting the governor, auditor and treas urer of Mississippi. The Jury was composed of their own neighbors." Philadelphia Record. women of Prof. Bruner s team Mis Emily Wood of the Ixing school finally went down on the word laudanum The demure, miss with the tunnel volie, the suffragette, the village rut-up and the studious lad who spelled like a rheumatic firecracker, all were there to add to the gayety. One tall-browed boy wearing a carnation spelled toughen "tnffen" ami then spent the rest of1 the evening telling those about him that Ml.-s Broun, who pronounced the words did not speak dis tinctly. A fiddlers' night was announced for March 31. M The greatest crisis In a woman's life Is when first she becomes a mother. All the physical strength of her nature Is demanded at such time, and it Is necessary that hor system be thoroughly prepared for the event, in order that her health be preserved tot future years. Mother's Friend Is woman's safest reliance; It is a medicine for external use, composed of oils and other ingredients which assist nature in all necessary physical changes of the system. Its regular use before the coming of baby prepares the muscles and tendons for the unusual strain, aids in expanding the skin and flesh fibres and strengthens all the membranes and tissues. Mother's Friend lessens the paiu ana oanger ai tne crisis, ana leaves .OTHERS the mother in such healthful con dition that her recovery is always rapid and natural. Mother's Friend is sold at drug stores. Write for our free book for expectant mothers. 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