HIE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, 15, 1911.
ANXIOUS TO JOIN DR. LATSON
AIU Kuhevka Triei Suicide, But it
it a Failure.
ACTION BY CATHOLIC SOCIETIES
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13 OS THE ROAD TO RECOVERY
TW Waaaaa laalst that DMtlk la
Htalaj Bat Rlddla the final ana
plrlt at tta Car aad Eartaly
Hahllmeat.
KEW TORK. May 14. (Pperlal Tele-
Tram. I hav been In communication
with tha oul of tr. Latson since ha shot
hlmaalf. Laat niaht I heard th voice of
Ma aoul apeak to ma. It aiKed me to
eoma and Join him In that myaterlous
aomavhera far beyond tha -rave. So I
answered:
1TI1 Join you, sweetheart That' why
X tried eulcMe. aa you call It-why I tried
to rid tnjraejf of my bodily habiliment and
Jot him In that heavenly blue faraway,
where ha Coat around ' on beautiful
wtofa,"
8 "Poke Alt Marhevka from the cot In
Waahincton Height hospital, where he
waa taken today, following an unsuccessful
by turning on tha fas In her room.
Thia brewn-ayed slip of -a girl haa sor
rowed for nearly forty-eight hours over
separation from Dr. W. R. Latson, who
was found shot to death tn his apartment.
Riverside drive, late Thursday night.
X follower of the dead physician's mystic
teachings. Miss Marhevka, had been
taught that there waa no such thing as
, iicii iNiuru irom mm Dy ine un
.Certain Una that separates life and death.
aba determined to cross the border and seek
I what she termed, "life anew."
, At the hospital, however, tonight. It waa
Mid the woman la out of danger.
Jaat ThrawlnsT Away tha Body."
Sh said, after being restored to con
sciousness: did no wrong; death means
'nothing to me. It Is only a state of being;
a oondltlon In which we throw aside the
body that bolda tha aoul."
Only a few hours before she tried to'
take her life she said: '
"What la suicide? It Is simply ridding
tha Imperishable soul and spirit of 1U
baa and wholly earthly habiliments. Dr.
Lataon and I Intended committing suicide
eoma day together. We were simply wait
ing until tha burden of life became unbear
able. With him It came Thursday. With
ma It baa coma today. I expect to Join
my mailer and teacher aa soon aa an op
portunity pi a oea Itself. I consider suicide
a nobla and."
At the same time Miss Marhevka had
aald that she glorified in the courage of
her 'gom-a" her "man god," adding with
all emphasis that ha had lived a matchless
lit and ended a wearied existence, "like
one ot. Oed'a annolnted creatures."
Aftar fcer recovery today ahe waa
aaked;
"Do ru 'till believe that Dr. Latson
la net dead."
aya He's Hteh Alive,
"Of course he's not dead," aha replied,
her ayea flashing 'indignation. "He Is
very much alive alive In tha sense that
I believe la Ufa itaalf. Oh, no, you can
not understand."
"Have you communicated with him?"
"Yea, X have held long conversations wltn
his soul. His soul no longer Imprisoned, Is
being wafted through tha ethereal clouds
in a perfect atmosphere of love, devotion
;and tenderr.ess for ma. Dr. Lataon's aoul
called ma into tha hereafter. I didn't hesi
tate; I tried to respond to his summons.
1 have failed. No, I have merely suffered
an earthly rebuff. I shall succeed. I
must, or his spirit wilt be displeased with
mlna."
"In tha girl's room were found a number
of writing which ahow tha trend of her
mind.
Uera are aoma of themt
Tha Law
Stay in your place,
And dream your dream.
Do not fear or bend the knee;
Go on; your way with upturned face.
Knowing tha law la olose to thea,
Let no man lead,
And go not astray,
Stay la your place
And find your way.
Look up at the stars,
And see them gleam;
Go on your way
And dream your dream.
ApotW poem la entitled "Remorse." It
la aa follow:
larllng, love la so sweet a thing,
We took It too llgh.ly.
And gased off too brightly.
flensed too deep.
"Twaa than tha great Gods flew,
Pear, the fault waa not In you.
But I I who waywaro, urgea you on to
thia.
X abort poem without title la:
The heaven that drew him,
Once found for new heaven,
lie apurneth the old.
Love Worka at tha center.
Heart hearing alwaya.
Forth apeed the strong
To the pulse of today.
On loose, separate sheets she has written
various thoughts tn disconnected form,
aoma of them being:
"Even If I have not succeeded, I have
at least known life In Its utmost."
"A woman should be like a flower
dainty, exquisite, fine, high and strong
strong, strong."
"Every little thought counts. As you
think, so you become."
"If you want to be good, be dead."
"Oh, give me but a few things that I
might call my own a soul to love, a place
to work and rest. Rest Is not quitting this
busy career. Rest la the feeling of life to
tha sphera"
Coroner Makes lavestlaatloa.
Coroner Fienburg Investigated the cir
cumstances of the girl's attempt to end
tsar life.
"Miss Maibevka la the victim of a pecu
liar form of mysticism," said the toroner,
"Peculiar forms of occult worship were
practiced by Dr. Leiaon She was his
secretary, co-worker even his aoul mate.
Tha strange theme drew the two closer
together during the six years they were
associated. She didn't fear death because
ha convinced her that to die was noble
that to live alone with one s affairs alone,
not right
"I believe she thought Dr. Latson, her
goura (man god I. was floating somewhere
In the regions of the cerulean blue and
that she haa contemplated Joining him
there. Of course, I am not ker guardian
and cannot outline any course to be fci
lowed, but I do say she should be closely
guarded from' now on. The physical facts
of the death of Latson have left no doubt
In my mind that he knelt at hla bed at
his apartment in Riverside drive, prayed
to hla Creator for salvation, fired Into his
head the shot that ended his existence."
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ROMANCE OF ACHURCH BELL
Story that Dates Back to Early Says
in Iowa Presbyterianism.
LOST BELL FOUND OUT DT UTAH
Stolen from Belfry to Escape Enraged
Deseprator, Rank la River and
Finally Taken by the
Mormons.
IOWA CITY, la., May 14 -(Speclat.) All
the official Mormondom-of Salt Lake City
haa been searching for the laat month for
a hell which In the year 1S48 adorned the
brick steeple of the First Presbyterian
church of Iowa City. It disappeared from
this city In 1M,; waa heard of twenty
years after that In &VS, but now Is lost,
and despite the diligent search Instituted
by President Joseph Smith and his Mormon
brothers, the bell cannot be found. And
thereby hangs the tale of Rev. Michael
Hummer, the "bell thief," and the tra
dition which makes the sex'entleth annl
versary exercises of the Iowa City church,
which are to be held next Sunday, Include
one of the most Interesting Incidents of
pioneer church history In Iowa.
It appears that Mr. Hummer was pastor
of the Iowa City Presbyterian church from
1M1 to ISM, at which time he was ap
pointed by the presbytery as an agent tn
go eant and collect funds In the aid of thr
erection of the Des Moines college at Wet
Point, In Lee county, Iowa. It appears
that he met with good success in collecting
funds, but the small amount finding Its
way Into the church treasury created a
suspicion that a large portion of It stuck
to the reverend gentleman's fingers. This,
together with certain irregular hablta and
irreverent conduct, caused the presbytery
to cite Mr. Hummer to appear before them
to answer to certain charges preferred
against him. At tha trial he behaved In
a most unbecoming and disorderly man
ner, and, after having violated all the rule
of propriety, he left the house In a tower
ing passion, declaring that the presbytery
waa a "den of ecclesiastical thieves." Ha
appeared no moree before them, but con
tinued hla disorderly conduct, totally dis
regarding the authority of the presbytery,
until It was rendered necessary to strip
htm of all ministerial authority and expel
him from all connection with tha gospel
ministry.
Hammer After Revenge.
Po much for his official church connec
tion, but it appears that Rev. Mr. Hum
mer, if such he may be called, and the
church office had a serious misunder
standing as to the divine's salary. The
church wouldn't pay and Hummer swore
vengeance and revenge came shortly In
an attempted theft of the Presbyterian
bell. J. P. Schelt of Erie, N. D., then,
but a Sunday school scholar of the Iowa
City church, and who was an eyewitness
to the proceedings, haa related the highly
exciting episode that followed and which
has Included In Its annals all official Mor
mondom and the church officer and mem
bers of Iowa City Presbyterian for more
than a half century.
"Thia Rev. Mr. Hummer disappeared
from the town for a time," say Mr.
Srhell. "returning afterwards for tha pur
pose, as waa privately learned, of securing
his coveted prise, the bell. He dined at
my aunt's (Mra Theodora Banxay) that day.
in the immediate vicinity of the church, and
rrom tha drift of the conversation she
shrewdly suspected his design. While,
therefore, he waa proceeding to the church
with a trusted assistant and a ladder, she
hastened to notify the church officials, and
through them to alarm the town. The lad
der waa soon hoisted and the bishop as
cended airily to tha roof, and while eft
gaged In removing the bell an energetic
and Indignant crowd of cltlxena assembled
below.
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FnaalasT of tha Bell.
As the bell waa being lowered a wagon
waa driven suddenly under it, the rope was
cut and the bell carried rapidly away. The
ladder waa simultaneously removed leav
ing the bewildered parson wildly gesticu
lating from his extemporised pulpit In the
tower. He waa a man of lion-like mien.
and his voice and manner. In aad contrast
to the mellow notes of the thenceforth
voiceles bell, fairly thundered Imprecation.
of coming doom! Indeed, soma of the un
godly aseerted that he waa actually nro-
rane: taitnough a really powerful preacher
aier, it waa said that previous to his con
version he had been a somewhat notorious
gambler on a steamboat on the lower Mis
slsip'l; and we must allow that the
pressure on his weakened nerve waa such
as called for special reinforcement of grace
to pieveut mm from lapsing Into an early
hahlt. universally associated with the ca
reer of a professional gambler).
From his lofty perch In tha tower, he
now 1m potently beheld the coveted treas
ure swiftly raeeedlng In the distance: anri
alao the bent form of good old 'Elder
hhoup retaining hla position tn the wagon
aa If glued to the bell he had so loved
to ring. How Indelibly this dissolving
view' was stamped upon hla mind may be
gathered from the following circumstances
Nearly thirty year after tha event I
met him In Kansas City and referring un
guardedly to the familiar subject, which
for him was a sore that had never been
healed, tha old man Instantly sprang to hi
full height, and with tha vole and gesture
ot a manlao, exclaimed. That bell thai
bell I've said it often before, and now J
aay it again: 'III ring it yet through
heaven, earth and hell!' Then pausing a
moment ha reflectively added. 'Ah, those
villa! na how they robbed me! And there
waa old Elder 8houp; he, who always used
to pray. Lord, wake us up out of this
lethargetlo "Bleep," and to Mm tha bell waa
nothing short of a treasure.'
"The bell waa taken ftst by tha cltlsen
of the ton to the Iowa river, which flows
past the church by a block, and deposited
la the channel, from which soma month
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later It waa secretly removed; and Its
further history for a long time thereafter
waa Involved In profound mystery.
Found Aala In Vtah.
"After the lapse of more than twenty
years, upon the completion of the first
Pactflo railway, some parties crossing the
continent, stopped off at Salt Lake City,
Utah, and while strolling over the premises,
chanced to discover an old bell, stowed
away In the private schoolhouse of the
Mormon president, which on closer In
spection, was found to have upon It
margin the familiar Inscription, 'First
Presbyterian Church of Iowa City 1846." "
Immediate steps were taken to send the
old bell back to its first resting place and
letter to the Iowa City Presbyterians told
of the finding of the bell. Communication
with the Mormon officials, however,
brought out such a fabulous price for the
bell from those personages that the Iowa
lty Presbyterians gave up all bope of so
uring their coveted treasura
The entire history of the old rello wa
finally divulged, however. It appears that
It had traveled from the Iowa river, Its
first hiding place, to Nauvoo, Montrose,
Fort Madison and Muscatine, former point
of Mormonlsm In the early days. It having
been betrayed from Its hiding place by
Mormon converts, who were among the
band of Presbyterians that hid It there.
These episode of this remarkable bell were
here brought to a close. It Is said that
this venerable object haa long been cracked,
and haa also lost Its "tongue," Is if un
willing to "sing 'the Lord's song In a
strange land." But could It speak to us
today, how eloquently might it recall the
history and progress of our noble church
in- that western land."
Immortalised la Verse.
Thia episode In the early history of the
Iowa City Presbyterian church, was once
quaintly described In verse by the poet
laureate of the congregation and has be
come one of the "immortal" poems In the
annals of the Iowa City Presbyterians.
Ah, Hummer's bell! Ah, Hummer's bell!
How many a tale of woe 'twould tell.
Of Hummer driving up to town
To take the brazen Jewel down.
And when high up In his belfre-e, r
They moved the ladder, ye, slr-e-e:
Thus while he towered aloft, they say,
The bell took wings and flew away.
Ah, Hummer's bell! Ah, Hummer' bell!
The bard thy history shall tell;
Donation, gift and widow's mite
Made up the sum, that purchased thee.
And placed him In the ministry:
By funds grew low. while dander lis.
Thy clapper Mopped, and so did his.
Ah, Hummer's bell! Ah. Hummer's bell!
We've heard thy last, thy flneral knell.
And what an aching void is left,
Of bell and Hummer both bereft.
Thou, deeply sunk In running stream.
Him In a Swedenborglan dream.
Both are submerged, both to our cost.
Alike to sense and reason lost.
Ah, Hummer's bell! Ah, Hummer' bell!
Hidden unwisely? but too well;
Alas, thou rt gona thy Bllver ton
No more responds to Hummer's groan;
But yet remains one source ot hope.
For Hummer left a fine bell rope.
Which may be used, if such our luck.
To noose our friend at Keokuk.
It was no less than George Ewell of Iowa
City, a few year later one of the eminent
artists of this state, who gained the first
rung on his ladder of fame by caricaturing
the bell and Incident connected there
with.
Celebrate Bell's Retnrn.
M. G. Wyer, state university librarian,
and Prof. W. A. Willis, also of tha Stat
university, constitute the committee in
charge of the seventieth anniversary ex
ercises of the church which were held
today. Their activities in connection with
locating the bell in Salt Lake City have
proved futile ard have drawn forth a let
ter from George F. Gibbs, secretary to
President Joseph F. Smith of the Mormon
church that the bell cannot be found high
or low.
The First Presbyterian church of Iowa
City a partially organized August 1,
1S40, by Kev. L. G. Bell and Rev. Leonard
Freely, Organization was completed Au
gust 12, 140. by Kev. L. G. Bell, as st ted
by Rev. Michael Hummer, then of Rock
Island, 111. John MoConnell was elected
ruling elder; Iilodate Holt, deacon; Chaun
cey Swan, Joseph Schell, Robert Hutchin
son, J. W. Margrave and Diodate Holt,
tiustees. The congregation August 13.
MS), adopted the present constitution gov
erning them and appointed the following
trustees: Rev. SjUs H. Hazsard, John
Shoup, John Brandon, Thomas Hughes,
Hugh B. Downey, Henry Murray and S.
H. MoCrory. Rev. Hummer waa the first
pastor. He removed to Keokuk In U4.
The first church edifice was completed in
1844. Services were held for the first time
In the basement, December 1, MM. The
church waa completed and dedicated in
l&o, and soon afterwards burned, causing
a heavy loss to the congregation. The
present spacious building of the First
Prtsbytertan church is on of th best
church building in Iowa City. It stands
at the comer of Market and Clinton streets
on a fine, commanding site. Rev. D. W.
Wylle Is the present pastor.
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Wide-Beaching Crusade Against Cer
tain Theatrical Productions.
CONCERTED MOVEMENT THE PLAN
Effort ta Be Made to Keep the Flay
haa Fraas Beeanilna; m Peat,
haase af Moral Iafertlaa la
th lTalted State.
CHICAGO. May U (Special Telegram.)
Puhllo morality and the welfare of the
nation are being menaced by theatrical
manager who produce such stage presen
tations a "Salome," - "The Easiest
Way," and "La Samarltaine." according
to a stinging Indictment of the American
theater, which wa received by Chicago
theater managers today from th Ameri
can Federation of Catholic Societies, the
most powerful combination of Catholic or
ganizations In the Vnlted Statea
Th aocletlea have undertaken a cru
sade to keep the theaters from becoming
a "peethouse of moral Infection, and In
a statement which It has sent to all
American theatrical producers. It declares
war on play that "mock at sacred
things and moral principle which th
Christian holds in highest respect."
The l.ooo.ooo members of the federation
will be aaked to join In the warfare by
boycotting the player of producer and
th theater of managers who stage and
allow vicious performance In their the
ater. Tha theme of divorce, free love, Infi
delity and other kindred subjects are not
wanted by the ordinary playgoer, but are
put on to please a "vulgar crowd of De
bauchees," according to the statement
which I signed by three archbishops and
one bishop of the Catholic church and by
tha committee on public morals of the
American Federation of Catholic Societies.
Th archbishops who approved the state
ment are Most Rev. G. 8. Messmer of Mil
waukee, Most Rev. W. H. O'Connell of
Boston and Most Rev. James H. Blenk
of New Orleans. Right Rev. J. A. McFaul,
bishop of Trenton, K. J., also approved the
statement.
The federation' committee on morals I
composed of Edward Feeney of Brooklyn,
Thomas H. Cannon of Chicago, Rev. F. H.
Helrmann of Toledo, Charles I. Denecljaud
of New Orleans and Anthony Matre of St
Louis.
CASS COUNTY REPUBLICANS
ARE FOR WILLIS STERN
Delegates to Convention In roonell
Staffs Inatraeted to Vote Solidly
for Logan Ma a.
ATLANTIC, la.. May 14. (Special Tele
gramsBy a vote of 11 to "J. Cass county
republican convention today sends a solid
standpat delegation to the Council Bluffs
congressional convention May 18, Instructed
to vote for Willis Stern of Logan so long
as he I a candidate. The convention wa
harmonious and vote by motion of Dr.
Campbell, leader of the rjreen faction, wa
made unanimous. ,The convention lasted
only a few minutes. Charles Shearer of
Cumberland was chairman. There were no
speeches.
The delegates are: D. S. Eldrldge and
Prof. C. E. Blodgett of Atlantic; Henry
Hollen, Massena; Ed L. Richardson, Cum
berland; Sherman F. Myers, Anita; Charles
scott, W, B. Davis, Lewis; L. W. Stone,
J. C. Stewart, sr., Marne; Ambrose, Pel
lett. Pymosa township delegate strictly
tand pat, but are mad up without refer
ence to locate acrapa. No resolution passed.
W. B. Emeraon of De Moines, who cam
back her to sit in the Atlantic Third ward
delegation, wa ruled out as ineligible. A
report circulated here this morning that
Judge Green wa Ineligible on account of
being a district Judge did much to injur
hi chance with th convention.
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