THE BEE: CHiIAH'A, TfttTUSDA?, DECEMBER 26,
ir
THE 0MA1LA PAU.Y BW
" NiTku hy kdvv'arT' udwbnvaTkk,
U TOtt KU3KyATBn. yptTOIt
1.KH DuYllNO, FARNA.M AND lTTrT
:nttre,l at Omaha, postotficc as second
H matter,
n:auf of siajbvmrTioN.
s i.dav He. on year 'lf
MimiHv He, one year i.iw ,
ai' Uco. without Sunday, en year. 4.UJ
J a'lv Hen. and Hunday. oat rwir.- w
tint .tvisiiKti nv CAittUKR.
r.eiinff and Sunday. t.r montii .. .. j f00t ball of contending power. Dur
K cHnc. without Sunday, per month, go , , , . .
l ath Tifc inciurtinc Ruwiay. per mo. J Ing the Orwo-TMrkleit struggle for If
Hi dfiivery to Cuv clreuiatirmJJejn. u
RKMITTANCHli. . . .
Htmlt by draft, express er puMal order..
.abl. to The ! Publishing i.atnpany
' small aooounti. iVr"' heck, ex-
. r.n nmuhn nnd wilrrn uxohanee, not I 1
1 ttpted
OFFICKS.
ialia--T.ie lee bull'l'n?.
XouUi Omaha-.W X ttrct
'".lunill niuffn- It North Main street
r .n' oln- UttJe bulldlnc ..
hltaao-1041 Jfarqnttte building.
in"fa flty Reliance bulldlnK.
ev Vork-M Went Thlrty-th!'''!,
l.oulB-tM Frltco bulldlnif.
Va'lilnatoii-TO Fourteenth St . X. W.
COUnBMl'ONPKNCB,
-jmmuncatlon 1 slating lo newa ana
e ::torlai matter tihould be addretaea
i)naha ne. Kdltoriol Department.
xovBiinnn emrt'LATtON
49,805
r;..e of Nebraka. Comity of Doubi. '
')lRht William, circulation manapef
f The n I'ubllahlnK company, bnln
' i'y sTroin. tay that tlio average dallj
eTi. ulatlon for tho month of November
13V: waO.TO. DWIGHT WILTIAMB,
Circulation itanniser
':Wr!bed in my preeence and awor t
t before mr thl 6th day of Decembe ,
ItOHBHT HONTKIt.
al.i Notary Public.
MiiliKcrtliera learlnif the clt)
li-niiiornrll y dlionld limrr Tlir Ilee
nnlled to then. ildre atIII lie
fbniiKeil often n requeateil.
Tho Gate City of tho wcat needs a
wide portal.
Local mcrphnntn huvo no complaint
on holiday trade.
That Balkan war- appoars to ho all
flroek to the Turks.
Only 304 days left for next ChrUU
iua.i early shopping.
Horn's that there aro uo rerots
lfngcrlns on tho'niornliiR after.
Hot times ahead for tho scnato
"When Colo Uleaso gets there.
lltit this Gould merger-to-be "will
not violate any niitl-trutt laws.
I llko a llttlo competltionl" said
Mr. Morgnn. Emphosls on "llttlo."
ICnrlv slimnilnir nnd fat (JhrlstmnH
atocltlnga d,o play linvoc with fathers
pocketljoolc.
Still Hint Investigation was not
had publicity for the houso of J. P.
Morgan &' Co.
n 1 . . i.i ... 111- , -H ;
It is tobhopcdaPrOaldent Wilson
"wilt not qrect tho gallows on the
capltol grounds.
A base ball rumor In winter is as
trcacheroUa as tho Missouri river In
enrly spring time, ,-
Cabinet pudding roolpes seem to
be tho moat numerous offerings to
the presldont-olcct,
Doys looking for their first Jobs
,nro not asked to qualify In cigar
otto smoking or gambling.
Cabinet and bureau doors may ho
"closed to Hoe. Wiley, hut tho chnu
tamiua latch-Btrlng hangs out.
In his vain effort to sight thq
mo-eey trust, wonder It it occurred tO
Mr. Morgan to look Into the mirror.
Aviators who poke fun at Ilannl-.
bal for his crossing tho Alps should
remember that he came down alive.
President Wilson will have two!
wars on his hands, tho one In Mexico
nnd tho one In tho ranks of tho
democratic pie hunters.
Omaha claims to have a million-dollar
lutel u plain sight. Rut why go to
Jomsha? -Minneapolis Journal. .
Oh, pshaw! Curb your envy.
A Texas girl of 14 hair Just mar -
rled for tho second time. No -wonder
Joo Bailey refuses longer to repre
sent that state In the senate.
lf there Is any way for our law
Makers to collect tho double pay
which that constitutional amendment
was intended to give them, trust them
to find It out and to turu It to prac
tical account.
S-jiith Omaha's chief 'of police not
only was acquitted of the charge, or
,. S zj: li .',J 1.'
HiiiiUK 111a uuii5 luriucr m-ino unn-
tilt raid, but was given $1,800 as a
( hriatmas present by tho state as a
Towrrd fo'r rounding up tho refugee
touvlets.
As a matter of fact, we think tho
world must be growing better be
cause those who have are so generous
with those who have not, especially
4. at Christmas time, The world Is com
bing more and more to realize that "I
2n my brother's keeper."
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l Douglas county Jail prisoners will
pcenpy one of the most palatial hos
telrjes of IU kind In the land, with
';V)HM physical equipment even the
most enthnslastic prison reformer
-trill find no serious fault. There
may be such a thing as making Jail
room and board altogether too com
fortable u Inviting, A workhsuse
in nJKect is needed as an offset
itm
The' Fats of Crete
On- of the article In th proposed
terms of settlement of th- Turko
Dalkan war cedes nil Turkish rights
In the Island of Crete to Crrrcp. Thin'
r well as the remaining proposals!
Imii .vol to 1s rattried, hut the propo-
Mtlon Is full of historic Inlpreet.
Croto Iiim been for centuries the
powora, consisting of Austria. Orwit."0, .
Rrllnln Fmn,.. fla.lv n.1 I
.
Russia, declared that CreU Bhotlld m
Rrnnteu rompicte autonomy ann tnm 1 a
Itn iiniio.vation Uy (liwf wa otit of
the (Hiostloii. C!rH'p win aakod to
withdraw Its trouiw. It refused and
this precipitated opin warfare with
Turkoy, which ohdeil lu Orece" at-ti-nipt
nt nnnoxatlon. Th little Htlitittl
boennw ntXonoinoiiK ttndur tli Miixnr
alnty of Turjtfy and. by rlrtue of tho
cotiVtltiilfotlbf 1800, H oxucwtlrp au
thority waa voBtod In n high :um-
mlHHlonnr and lo thla office I'rlncwl
iRnnrrn nt ftro.. wU nWo,1 f,.r I
r,- ... "mia -
term of threo years. A qounrll of
three aasisted him and could all in the
Chambor of Deputies without votes.
The foreiKn affairs of Crete wore
handed over to tho control of ItuMln. Th; f " t t Z T 7, ,
... 1 n nrm of Mta; .Mfr & Hro. nmdo
Great UriUln. France and Italy. , record by Miipping ,,,ioa to Colonulo.
Its autonomy, therefore, has been Mm Ida. iCansua, lown. Kvbrarka and
more nominal than autttal, with Ita Wyoming-, air indo'or day.
Bovnrnmont distributed nmoiie other j Tiviniv Vfnt AttTTT.
powers. Whether the convention,! The railroad inWeated in the )ro
which hIihII determine laaues In I lio 1 J-l new union depot kui what they
Ualknns, does more than transfer ! ""n"1 nl 'o hnd of tin- city eotm-
HU7.erainty from Turkey to OreecojJ' !' Xf ?T? an "n"""""- T1'8.
' , , ' J I'neup in the council wim ten to four in
cannot now bo known, tf not, all tliati ravoi or the union Pacific proportion.
Creto will have gained, 't anything,! Many cltiaetw wore at the meeting and
will bo In tho ehango of its huujoc- i
Hon. Thitt, of course, Is Turkey's loss
add Greece's Jjuln, a iiln that must
carry with It Immense satisfaction
anil vindication.
'A Black Hero.
, Tho colored p.ortor on thu St. Louis
& San VranulBco train who kiljod a
,cpQr.ed bnndlt and tlmurted u (rain
robbery is u real horo. He was the
one man on the train courageous
enough to resist tho ot)tlaw. Though i
he called for aid in ills dariUK nndor-i
tttjtlng ho received none. Seising a
revolver, lie went alone with his life
in his luind It) tho car where tlio'4V,,ni thousand vuti-s.- i-rofensor An
highwayman wns at Work. . In thojdrews also mood hlh in educatlonul
struggle' that ensuod tho black lierolworki in isss he, wiw ole.uttiil to the chair
slow tho' black villain, probably Hav
ing' thbusnnda to 'the railroad' and
averting more orlous eonBeiiuuneos.
Tlio rnllroud company siiouiu. ro-
.V11"1 t.,'.,"r.n,v.. ,.".a.,,'B fl(lo."ty accord-
Ing' to 'its dosurisVTo fall to do so
... , , 1 - ... , ,
.".".,',,.. l'u,.lrl "!tr,et. nnd broko his nrm. The same arm
1.1 1... ... ...I..I.Im.. II..., ..Mn
idea of tho Iniportanco, both of dutyinad i,c broken In tho pmvioua b'opteiu-
to trust and tho vnluo of humun life,
which wits in Jeopardy ho long' 11a
tha outlaw wa at largo.
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Forward nnd Not Backward!
j
Tho democrats do
. X
tholr Hi feellngB ovur tho extensions,
of thu clitHslfied service made hy
President Taft nor their desiru to,
ro-dpon tho civil sorvlce places to
their hungry hordo of democratic of
fice seekers.' High sounding proles
slotiB of doinocrutlo dovotion tosionors 15 per ton for tho rest of tho or-
tho merit systont in tho appointment
or promotion of government em
ployes aro not Intended to bo put in
practice whoro domooratlc workers
would ho barred from getting In if
the jiutBlderfi wore republicans, then,
of course, tho elvll service would bo
luvokeii to protect the democrats
holding down the horths. j
I'rogresH tu civil service reform lui
uiiiry nas niwuya una 10 iohow
' "''P ltli. President Taffs extension
I orders uaitiraiiy found tun piucos in
cluded fiUotl preponderantly with re
puhllcans Just as President Cleve
land's extension orders found them
tilled exclusively with democrats. If
a third party won out In the nation,
tho complaint wottUf havo been that
tho extension ordors of all previous
presidents were unfair to tholr partl
sauB who had uot had an equal
chance. In tho long run, however, all
IIUIICU. Ill 100 IUIIK run, liunumii nil 1 1
Inequalities will offspt and right th ""l hand to Prof. Taft.
, , ,1 ..1... i.' lf J- ' Moiguti undertook to tell
lemselven. Puhllc Hontlmont is u.(mmllteo a lie know Hbout flnR1
BUOh
th
stronger now thnn ovor for removing
i8 many -of the Biibordluate gbvern
mentplaces from the fortunes of poli
tical warfare as possime nun puuucj
sontlmont insists on going forward
and not backward lu elvll service re
form. ;
The workirlon who are tmtorlng ob
jections to any nnd all forms of
workmen's compensation ' should ro-(
member' that tho big corpora to em
ployers art quite wlllhig to let vjjpjl'
onbugtiTlon'o and -retain tho present
unfair mejjjpd of making the work
'ruun bear lUoBt o't the burden.
The rate nt which wo are starving
to death, aa a philosopher reciaiUly
asserted, may bo gathered from tho
fact that while our Imports the last
year amounted to $1,800,00,000,
our exports ran as high as $2,400,-
000,000. What a hungry, Impe
cunious lot we ore. anyway.
President-Elect Wilson fears he
would bo nnder suspicion if he ac
cepted the friendly proffer from an
Iowa farmer of a cow to furnish the
White Houso with milk. Our nwtt
president should not rate theotslim
tlon of himself hy tho general pub
lic quite so low.
The man who sits behind his hack
door waiting for opportunity to hap
pen along, of course, misses It. mIiuhI
opportunity always knocks at uio;, ,"M 'hB'1 "' ,rem Ml
xront door.
.IksD&v In Omsk
U9MPTXK3 i nOTVl &E
'iiiioriwi.
Thirty ram Ago
A Christmas play was put on at the
Uoly Kiuiillv chuioti, with parts assigned
lo 'a I'.iik list of nmatuur actresses. In.
Mlse mift JH?an. ..
Sullivan. , M. Cosgrnvc. A.
r 1 1 . . t . . ... ......
"cxwmgn.. .M. ITOurilKUI. -M.
KlUmorrin. M. Hller. . V. Riley. 15. .M.
x.. . nwe-npr ntifl tbene little trftU.
Mmtumn. . iiurKo, A. Mttlhali. M.
"""u" ' ''iiy. .u. uu!itt. m ji. uw-
rap. h f..nrvo. iMIly, F Harrtty.
A. ln.rnlum. X. O. O'Hrlon. J Wlmlen.
H. MurHiy and X. liarrett
Uwrire Jl.ali.'fhr fifteen )ern at
MoreaeeiM-r of tlio lnfSn division of the
ITnlmi f'aelflr, lifts h'ofln ltiade itoro-ai-etfr
for alt the linos oieratel by the
rood. (
Dr. Henry llrmlfonl, ad yeurx, died
Ml bta realdenfr. onler Thirteenth nnd
laant atreetn.
Tn "ut";' ff tho utontriK of the .all-
,m"' wniuimflH nay wero
netl bv
Thoma Xolnn a skoiu for
tho fnlun l'aelflo and J. M. Unn as
aont for the- Sllnnrnioll A. Oinahii.
While teturnliiK fron.i ohuroh, .Mrs. M.
'V SreXamam reenlvml u full .. ,
llh. r i...i.i ...... ..
onmit lmtd.uin m-tion . taken. AmonK
them were liilward HoKonator, who mudc
the lendliiK uiKumont for the clty'n ride"
of the rase: Thomas ICIlnuttlck, pV V.
Wcller, O. V. IJokkb ami many others.
Miss Ktcllu. ,M. Ueechur, fit; North
KiBhteontb Htreot. retuined from Oolinn.
bun, Nob., where he Kpent a month
vliltlitff retntlvoH.
Zaeh Taylor, bond clork of the Puston
hotel, wns bohlnd.tho oountur .to greet
rrli'iids iiftor 11 month's Illness.
A confidential friend of Oovemcr-Wect
Crounso nuld that Prof. W. K. Andrews
of !ttistlnH ,nd been chosen prlvnto soo
retnry
to .ludiro Crounso. During tho
canumlKn Prof. Andrews made nulto p.
ror "io" Po;itic,niy.iu tho. Fifth
(Jlrtrlct, whero ho cut down tho mu-
InHIV of Mrlvitlchnn fur eomfronn liv
! of lyjtln and history nt ItastliiKS colui;o
and had been Identified with the In
stitution since.' v '
IVn Yt-nrs Ago
.Tulin H. Thouipsoni
South Klght-
i "H1- tM " ' ,",,w,"l,t U",S.V
iMarv s nvonlio. tu little woet of Twentieth
her by 11 fall.
P. I. Fodrcli. asslHtnnt advertising
agent of thu Burlington, spout Chrlstnms
with the folks, atOruud Island.
In.j G'jjyr.j,". House of Grand Island,
,011c. or .jupsi prominent republican
lieprosoiitutlves lit IJncoln, was In tho
pity fuulliig certain of success. -
C. N. Diets:, whoso company had sold
BOO tons of coal to the county, offered the
county a oleur profit of tJ.CO a ton for
the isl tons of eonl remaining undelivered
.and was turned down. Uo wanted to get
out of thu contpiaU allowing tho commls
dor, but they did not wlah It that way,
coal lielng hucIi a precious article,
l.tuihirs of tho Union Pacific shopmen's
strike, wont to Now Y'ork to confer with
K. II. llnrrlnmn In tho hope of settling
tho dispute. Among tho delegation were
President John McNeil, the International
head of tho hollermakcrs; IM Kennedy
and Dave O'j.iorincH, local officials, nnd
'J'lun I,. Wllmin of tho machinists.
People Talked About
Turkey's dlplomnts are said to bo morn
erfreltvo In killing tlnlo than the Turkish
urmv in hilling Infidels, '
The author of the schema to dynamite
the Denver mint und grab a. fovv millions
was Imbued with th" idea that nothing
less wouM servo to bleak Into society's
hurrah 011 Now Year's eve. A lunacy
commission is Hitting on him.
On th morning of March I President
Taft will greet Prof. Wilson, and In tho
I fternoon President Wilson will extend
tho
nclal
I deals and things, whero would ho find
time to fatten his ur collection?
Robert Gnice of Cleveland, O., now
piesident of a construction company and
rich, has fjust bought nt sheriff's sale a.
larnt In Rucks county. Pennsylvania, on
which he worked years ago as hired man.
Mrs David Chambers McCan. a promi
nent l4 Angsles society olub woman
and clvlo worker, has accepted appoint
mr. itu "Winn, 1 mo uutrjuni ni'iniini
moiit as a member of the Municipal Civil
Service commission. 8he Is the first
woaian civil service commissioner In tho
United ftatee.
Senator George II. HodgHU the demo
cratic governor-elect of Kansas, worked
in a lumber yard, thirty years ago. ami
1.0 he ami his brother have several
umber yards of their own. He Is said to
have the nnsst library In Olathe and
solids bis spare moments with his books.
Old Prlnc liiltpohl wlio smoked a big
'ierman pit at day long and enjoyed
iruim narana oixar tiner ne went to
bed at nlifht. and who lived to Ik, tq
ami was one af the best rulers Bavaria
ever knew. Is going to bo a halt! nrgu
man for th anti-tobacco people to
handle
Ml Mary Rarthelme. the Chicago
woman lawyer, who has been appointed
as a Judge. m confine1 her official duties
to aiding lu the distribution of the jus.
tics in the Juvenile court baring made tho
reformation or children her life work.
Moat of her work wl be confined to
tVe hearing of eases where girls are the
offenders.
CHICAGO MAN CHARGED
WITH SWINDLING WIDOW
HAN IMIXIO. Col.. Dec. S-Dr. o'tto W.
Hnuck of Chicago, aged U years, (a under
r.
tod.)y charged wl'.i, having
ri. irrMl h,.
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LOWE AVE. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
By Rev. Nathaniel McOiffin, D. II., Pastor,
Ivjwp Aenue Presbyterian . hurt li la if iirMiinsUnc s and the little '-nift was
twehty-flve years old this year. Bxoept I
for brief exercises Sabbath morning and !
evening. December 38, no formal observ
ance ha been planned. Jte. Btephen
Phelps, U. D.. of Dellevue who once sup
plied as jester of the church, will preach
In the morning and J. K. Flumlng of the
session, who was charter member of tho
founding, wilt read an historical state
ment Nearly tvsenty-flvo new members
will be admitted.
This Is one of th ctiurchw that owes
Its existence very largely to home mis
sions, which, with foreign mlislons, It
stoutly maintains to the best of Ita ability.
For many years it chief supiKirt-flnnn-rlally
-i-um f-om the Uourd of Home
M.eslons In New York, but nlte It leae'cej
a self-supporting basis, It exerted rti
powers toward aiding others In tlmt di
rection. The meeting at which tills church wms
organized was held Sunday nfternoon.
July S, UtT. In Fclton s hall on Hamilton
street, under the call of tho Omaha Pres
bytery nnd undor direction of a commit
tee from that presbytery composed of
Ucv. -William Ilnraho. P. L. Perrlne (both
of whom were unable to attend), rtev. V
It. Henderson and O. H. Hallow. Itev.
Mr. .Mathes of Iowa aspjgtcd In the ab
senco'of Itev. Mr, Hnrsha and Mr. Per
rlne, pastor nnd elder, respectively, of
First church. Theso were admitted as
the charter members by letter.
Mr. and Mrs. II. II. Oronk, Mrs. Kinory, I
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Fleming and their son.
Charles. II. Fleming (now pastor of tint
Church of the Covenant). Mrs. C. D.
Hutchinson, Mies Ida Hckurd, Mr." 'and
Mrs. W. IT. Scott. Mr. and Mrs. 3. T.
Htuart, Mrs. Shoemaker, 5Irs. M. M: Van
Horn, Mr. and Mrs. Silas V. Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Fleming are th
only charter members still In the church
It was not Iowe Avenue, , hut, , West
Hamilton Street Presbyterian church, at
Its inception, and Martod oilt In vcy
modest HiirroundtiiRS, growing' with ths
fommunlly. After the organization, with
Itev. Mr. Henderson In the chair; atessrs.
J. IT. Fleming, Silas W. Wilson and T.
U. Stuart were elected ,and Installed as
elders, Mr. Stuart taking tho placo of
clerk . of tho session. Young Charles
Flomlng acted an secretary of this riiit
Ing. Then In pursuance of church govern
ment, tho session mot with Rev. Mr.
Henderson 11a moderator to plan for tho
preaching service, It being decided to call
upon the various local pastors until the
now church developed sufficient, strength
to warrant it In calling a pastor of Its
own. .October 1, 1SS7. Ilov, A, ;f, Palm,
tho first pastor, took up the work.
Things went along prosperously for 1
whlltv but the llttlo church had made 1U
advent on the crest of the hard-times
wave nnt soon after Its voyage, began
the tnthulent bieakers began their havoc.
Incomes wavcied or fell, sevens re
trenchment"? bad to be made, vomo homes'
bought on tlmo payments were forfeited
nnd members migrated undor the stress
WAYS OF INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
Better Results Hoped For from the New One.
Cleveland. Plain Dealer.
It overy government, commission la
bored earnestly to perform the task given
Into Its hands and then reported Its find
Ings and dissolved, somo of tho popu'ar
hostility toward that method of pro
cedure would perhaps bo eliminated. Un
fortunately that Is too often not the way
of coinmlsalons. In the last ten years
Washington has seen Increasing tend
ency to shift responsibility concerning
Important matters away from the execu
tive departments and away from con
gress to tho shoulders of usually well
paid boards of Inquiry.
What Is likely to be tho last of tho
Taft commissions was named last week;
by authority of congress. It Is called the
Industrial commission. Its general pur
pose has been explained lu these co.lumnsi
nnd the projsct seems worthy.
Tho creation of such a commission was
iccommendeA lo congress hy the presi
dent last February. In that communica
tion Mr Taft called attention to the
The Bees LctterBo?
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CI ICC l" To he EdUo'r of
JH!.CAW?: ?' "T..
xne nee: J our issue 01 nu.) ai.uuuov-
ins ins ileum 01 imim mcniiuii v in
personal sorrow io me.
It Is seldom In one's life that the pass
ing of a friend Is so keenly nnd Imprer
slvely felt
Tom Urep.nanwas a unique character.
He had n personality distinctly Ida own.
His intlmnto associates were compara
tively few. That, however, was of hla
own choosing. His chosen friends 1ovd
him dearly.
lie was a most, charming innn. Highly
educated, refined and cultured.
His opinion of men and measures were
clenrly and comprehensively expressed
' a ... .
I WM. "l- W" " poMt"rt
of wonderful memory and was a walking
encyclopedia. His ways were peculiar.
Ho wus Intensely Irish and hail much
to do with making Irish history thirty
yon is ago.
With It all Tom Brennan's placo In life
In riTiiilli-l will h mn .llfflnull fill
, ,, tho,e wh v,now him most intimately
; cherish his memory to the end of
I their time,
I A faithful friend, an honorahU man
and a most Interesting character lias been
! call1. We slull miss him.
' W. R. TAYIJR.
'
Wtml bnut a llotrl Trust f
OMAHA. Dec. Sl.-To the Kdltor of The
Uoe: Tlwre la much discussion going on
us to the best nanio for the new hotel to
be erected lu Omalia. In my Judgment
thi.re Is but one name and that Is
''Omaha."
If a party la In New fork City. Nw
Orleans, or any city In the United States
or In foreign countries the word Omaha
advertises our city, and what Omaha
needs la aAvertlaJng and If the people
of Omaha buy stock. In the new hotel
they should Insist that a word be used
for the name of tho hotel that will be
an advertisement to the city. Some one
has suggested a number of names that
signify nothing at all for Instance '"Fon
tanell." which means the sott spot In a
baby's head. Ak-ax-Bcii Is another
uran that might do If we only wanted to
.idverttso thj tnwn In Nebraska, another
name la Douglas, ' do you suppose for a
l :rlbly buffeted during those eight years
of adversity, but It never went down.
The Iord piloted It through at last to j
h safe port.
Rev. Cbarle U. Sttrlfng cfttne as pas
tor on May l.'lsl, and wotkel very hard,
o hard. In fatt, as to Impair his
strength. He left tho pulpit and took
up a profossorihlp In the Omaha Theo
logical seminary on August 1. V1. and
Rev. Fred K. Tonga aetsd as supply
until July J. when the chutch culled
as Its pastor Rev. T. 9. Haw ley. who
took up the charge October 24, 1ST? and
continued untU July 1. IDOt. Ftom Oc
tober I of that year until jino 1. 1MU.
Rev. Stephen Phelps. I). D., "the old
man e!oqu"Ut." served as supply, doing
most faithful work nnd endearing him
self to the people.
Then coins a man full of youthful vigor,
lliv. Andrew S. C. Clarke. , D. D..
from Chicago accepting the call on Sep
tember t. )lvi. Dr. Clarke, who became
fory popular among his own and other
people of the city, remained as pastor
until November 1. IPiT. when he accepted
an urgent call from the Second Presby
terian church of Kvanston, III., where be
still labors. Tho writer was his succes
sor, coming to the field Mav 1. l!i$.
The original church building wns ZOxSO
feet in dimensions. It'hoon proved toj
, small. Tho people borrowed money at
10 per cent, bought two lots' at our pres
ent site. Fortieth nnd Nicholas streets
(Fortieth formerly being known as Lowe
avenue), moved the little structure upon
the site und built an audience room In
addition, -(OxM. whleb made a ery re
spectable edifice In size nnd otherwise,
The. name of the church then became
Uwe Avenue Instead of West' Hamilton
Street.
' The present building, which cost up
wards of 30,000 was erected In tho last
year of Dr.- Clarke's pas.tora.te. largely
through bis and Mrs. Clarke's efforts. It
Is oommodloua and equipped with a splen
did pipe organ, which cost something
more than 2,0u, of which the Carnegtu
organ fund (now defunct) contributed
Our present membership is about -TO.
The last year ban been characterised by
a change In the financial policy. Wo de
elded by unajilmous action of the congre
gation to substitute, what Is known as
tho "slnglo budget system'' of raising all
funds necessary for the maintenance of
the work. This plan contemplated one
fifth of the total sum for missions, homo
uiwl foreign, and tho elimination, of all
Indirect soclnl methods of raising money
Our organization Is complete. Our
services consist, regularly, of morning nnd
evening preaching every .Sabbath, Sunda;
school Immediately following the morning
service, Junior and Henlor Endeavor early
In tho evening, prayer meeting, on
Wednesday nights, with the 'schedulo of
meetings for the various agencles-the
missionary and aid societies among tho
women, the guild among the young
women and the Men's brotherhood.
changing relations between capital and
labor and urgod the preponderating Inter
est tho public haa In most clashes be
tween employers and employes. The- sit-1
nation has In recent years grown, beyond ,
the public's knowledge concerning It.
There Is need that tho whole broad sub
ject of labor disputes, of tho efficacy of
arbitration voluntary dr compulsory be
studied with the object In mind of enact
ing tho kind of legislation nee'ded to meet
41, u nnw pnni1lllnn,.
At tho head of tho commission Mr. Taft
puts Senator Sutherland of Utah. Capital
unit labor seem to bo about equally repre
sented among the remaining eight; oven .
geographical considerations havo appar
ently not been neglected. Fortunately,
there Is no Indication of a purpose to pre
rent consolation prizes to pnrtlwn lame
ducks.
F.veryono will hope that the faith of tho
president lu this method of handling ti 1
great problem will le Justified hy tho
result.
moment that the name wnuld advertise
Omaha? No. There aro a number of other
names suggested whlfh- are In honor of
sonw persons who are only known In
Omaha, and would bo no advertisement.
for our city. What wc want Is the namo
"Omaha." It signifies something and tha
nioro wo can havo the- name mentioned
among traveling mm and In the. cast,
"0rt" n"d B0Ut" tha b,8Rer W0 Rdvrrtl!"? 1
our city. .The "Onnha" or tho "New,
0mahR.. s0Ulld(l g00d, but boh Oil II lot of
1 0j)Br n!LmP8
that havo been suggested 1
I that mean nothing and odvertle nothing,
and in dozms of llttl" towns In the state
we find hotels called "Douglas" nnd many
other names that havo been mentlonct
as suitable for our big hotel.
Nothing so good, nothing stnnds for so
much to Omahs as a big first class hotel
named "The New Omaha." 1
A few years ago people could stop at
the very best hotels in the principal cities
and get a first class room with bath und
threo good meals for 12.50 to $3, hut
things ,have changed, since hotels havo
formed a trust and now charge aa much
1
rom as formerly they charged for
hoth rom and board. The roms are no
better and the meals are woise. No mora
Is paid for help, and while the govern- 1
ment Is prodding trusts It should not (
overlook the hotel trust.
C. it MANSON.
Cml Hills liiitiincliril.
Philadelphia Record.
Bverybody claims to have won th
anthracite trust suit: at least, til parties
concerned express their satUf action. In
'the chorus of congratulattona, however, (
i the consumers voice n noi nn roi,
Probably this long-suffering person la try.
Ing to get his bearings and dftcern "where i
he Is at:" and, poslbly. ha supect that, ;
as usual, he "got whatever It coming to j
him In the neck. If Independent operators
who have not algned the (fi per cent agree
ment roeelve Jl a ton inoie for their coal
than the operators who have signed, vh-,
annulmant of that agrtement 1 not go-,
lnc to reduce coal bills,
Man with Broken
Baok Takes Walk .
NEW ROCHELI.E. N. T, Dec. J5
Waldorf Miller, who contrary to the pre
diction of phyaldana has lived for near'''
eighteen months with a nroken bac t,
celebrated hts Christina today by goln
out for his flrat walk i ti.e vtreets alnr
July 1. Wit, when be received thu titiinv ,
whlla diving.
HOW EDITORS SEE THINGS.
M. Iouis Olobe-Dcmouat. With peace
and gv! government Mixlco would be
one of the most prosperous awl promis
ing nations. Why the Mexicans them
selves object is one of the puszles of tor
time. ,
Washington post: President Tuft's de
cision to permit his successor to name the
new amlMssador to lndon will enable
some wrving. republican to save the
price Of a steamship ticker to Kngland
an, back.
Kprlngfleld Republican. Despite the
fact that Governor Wilson will not lw
able to vllt the AVhlte House In Jaiiu
ury. the gracious Invitation extended by
President Talt will always remain to his
credit. No retiring piesl.teiit ever did
the like.
lioston Transcript: What? An "edition
1I1 Jtixe" .n!esuuui arrested for separating
a couple of women from only
And In Boston, too? He must lie what Is
professionally known as 11 "cheap skate."
Am thing below a round hundred thou
sand is really -Infra dig. In the trade or
the Jolly Grafters.
Chicago Tribune: From sundry demo
cratic utterances wo gather the impres
sion that Woodrow Wilson will make the
mistake of his life If he gives tho secre
taryship of state to Mr. Bryan; also that
Mr. Bryan Is the logical, necessary and
heaven ordained man for the Job. It Is
high time to pull off another harmony
dinner.
Philadelphia Record; Pensions to de
serted mothers of dependent children
woukl be very proper, but the deserting
father should he made to pay them. In
California a deserter who will not sup
port 'his family must earn the pension by
laboring In a chain gang breaking stones,
or at some other usefu' employment pro
vlded by the state.
LINCOLN AMI 1119 MKMOIUAI.t
UllCM
(reek Temple
Kit
Hrrnl
merlon 11 Clinrncterf
Philadelphia Bulletin.
What would Abraham Lincoln think
of tha memorial to he erected in Wash
ington In his honor? Would this plain
man of the people approve of the ornate,
stately structure, which Is to adorn Poto
mac park, this ball with Its colonnade of
thirty-six Doric columns, each forty-four
feet high and more than seven feet In
diameter at the base?
That tho memorial Is to be a magnifi
cent one, all will admit. That the great
ness of tho rsnn justifies the erection of
any roowor'a! stilted, r h!s oVAracter,
none will deny. Two million doltars Is
not too 'much to spend lf in expending
the money tho public may be brought
to a fuller reallr-Atlon of the work and
worth of Abraham Lincoln. But one can
not help wondering whether there Is a
real relationship between the beautiful
Greek temple which will ndorn the banks
of the Potomac, and the strong, rugged,
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kindly, human man. who piloted tha gas
emment through the four most terrible
years of Its history.
Perhaps the hlen Is the best that coutC
have been suggested, but If so It Is
striking evidence of the finlteness of tha
human mind In the presence of Infinite
opportunity.
GRINS AND GROANS.
Redd Black took a chance in a raffle
for an automobile the other day, and he
won It.
Greene He's a lucky dog.
Redd TUicky nothing! llo won't be out
of tho hospital fur a monthl Yonker
Statesman.
"1 Cello, old man
ncss?"
how do you find busl.
"Mow? Hy judicious advertising,
of
course. san j-'raneisro cnromeie.
"A-fter all. rertrtilrt of one's anger It
something of a gastronomic dilemma."
"I don't understand exactly what you
mean."
"That you must either swallow your
wrath or afterward have to eat your
wordF." Baltimore American.
Mnnd) ' What fob ; n'i been goln' to
de Post Office so reglar? Are you oor
reapondln" wlf some other female?"
Rastut: "Nope, but since ah been
n-readln' In de papers 'bout dese 'con
science funds' a! kind of thought ah
might possibly git a Icttnb from dat mln
Istah what married us," l.tfe.
"What makes that rich man so stuck
op himself?"
"I suppose It Is because he made sich
a fortune In glue." Baltimore American.
TO THE FIRE IN THE GRATE.
Thou cheery giate. that ever did Impart,
When all else failed, sweet comfort to my
heart.
Shine on: In thy bright beaming smiles
appear
No treoherles to fill the muid with fearl
Unlike the face of man, whose chilling
light
Shines cold as wintry moons upon ths
sight.
Thy smiles Instinct with kindly weleotn
glow.
And frcm thy bosom peace and friendship
flow.
Thou loyal, grate, whsn rare with kllllntr
frost
Nipped ev'ry Joy and oven hope seemed
lost:
And hollow friends, devoid of heart, 1m4
. flown,
No sinllo of welcome cheered inn but thlno
own.
Rut why complain? Tho lltrht that ssyly
danced
Around the henrth my lonely soul on
tranced: 'Till won from cure by charms tin felt he.
fore
t know thy worth and longed foe man no
more.
Thou comrade of my lonely nights whese
beams ,
Oft changed my wav'rlng hopes to' epWen
dreams,
Rhine on; the fire that warmB thy
friendly breast
rtopays mo for tho coldness ef tha rost,
And when, as evening falls, the day's
work o'er,
On worldly cares and strife' I bar tha
door.
Close by thy side In coxy lngleneok
I'll rest, nor further for contentment look
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Brings
Solid
Comfort
to Old
People
w m -s-
It saves them many a cold
and sickness, for on the
windy, blustery Fall and
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Florida,
New Orleans,
P. W. MORROW N. W. P. A.
332 MarqusHa BUg Chica, tlL
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