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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1897)
7 S' ;'0 ?fir ?: r-- "-'.- t Li4- THE COURIER.' .,!, lu. 1 B- 1 "- fr ''rf . A, , :v r " m there has been any money sufficient glng that lie hud not seen liim dug, THE PASSING SHOW UkUlimwItl.. iiat-llwin imniinttmr i.. m. .1.1 .,... it. , ''- wmMwr... in fete hands to pay tliem, amounting to 12.."W3.J. The reorganization committee, un ,derthe order of salt; by the United Stale court, will purcha.se the Lin coln street railway property under the fame conditions that any one pur chases u pieeeof real estate or personal only Blocklterger. tlie Kansas left tackle, had complained of him and he must leave the, field. Cowgill asserted that the charge wis untrue and .he was allowed to remain on protest?' The umpire was under the influence property, subject to I he taxes and any of "Woodruff, i.ne Kansas eoaeh, who.,. other liens or incumbrances there may be 111111 the projMTty. J The reorganization of the minister ial association is an encouraging sign that thc association has at last real ized that the. represcrtatives of rive or six iwrishes. in a town which has reached eosmoiolitanism in the ex pression of religious beliefs is not enough to coin pose a ministerial asso ciation. The priest of every iiari'sh, or every form of religious belief should be a meinlier of the association. The mst dogmatic will be helped by the necessity of rinding a common ground on which he can stand with all the other members of the organization. United in fraternal toleration, an ex pression of approval or disapproval from the ministerial association will have an influence in which such ex pression lias been heretofore lacking. There are two organizations now, to which the city can look for an honest. nnn-partiaii treatmeut of its inter est's. The young men who have lately 'united to discuss city affairs from a business-like and iiatriotic point of because lie was a doctor as well, was allowed within t lie bounds from which Coach Itobin.sou was excluded. On the other hand the Kansas men were not received with the courtesy due between sMirtsmen. The visitors. .. were followed from their hotel to the grounds by a howling, hooting mob, whose manners university culture has not affected. Arrived at the grounds the visitors were greeted wit h profane songs and jeers by the rooters who had practised for the cccasion. ow a certain expression of "esprit tin corps" is all well enoughhut when it- comes to bawling out lyrical curses through fog horns at eleven strangers .surrounded by an audience of three thousand Xebniskans, the primitive, unreflecting selfishness of th rooters is apt to create sympathy for the visi tors. The subsequent exhil.it ion of bad temper and unfairness on the part of the Kansas players was tetri bative and not altogether undeserved. Another matter in which the towns people will concur with Tub C'oitkieu Tkei to the Sevier's tread. And out we trap teste; A single fed coal turns Ms head, He turns and looks at me. My nun, from sky - to sky's so far, We never crossed before; Such leagues apart the world's ends are,- "We're like to meet no more. Whit thoughts at heart have you and I? We cannot stop to tell; Eut deader living, drunk or dry, Soldier, I wish you well." E. A nousman. The air was full of music and the Etreeta were full of soldiers. There were soldiers everywhere, for it was PittB burg's great day, the day when thoMc Kinleya tarried here. The President reached Pittsburg at 11:15 a. in. The approach of the special train wee signaled to Battery B.and the guns, which were placed high upen the bluff over the river, began tiring the presidential salute. Then the cheering tygan and it lasted until the President ..In.i. . .iuin1 fit llmt nf tlio rltfcli X - , , .1 1 Tr Z -w portion of the gnmd stand fortheex ncuiticiairs, will declare themselves . J , , ., . "against the domination of the saloon and will use their influence for the other man. wliarever his party. is mi., niiimg on u. uh:.ii.iu.s.i a cc- . M . , .. ia.fnpm nt TTn;nn fn. .I'.lJIJv.U UpVU M jymvHI wwawu - tain fraternity of the middle and berr clusive use of themselves and their guests. The townspeople bought their tickets understanding that the. lirst mnii'N 'Wiinlfl h:irf I'hoiee of seats With tbescorgaiuzations. and others ,)Ut 01 Clltcrillg Ihe grounds found IiKe ttiem. wnicii iue necessities il the local political situation will call into existence, there is a reasonable tion, and then it was not cheering any more, but the roar of a hurricane, all the noise twenty thousand throats could send into the'.fd3ty air. It is really a great occasion when a big city relaxes itself, when business is encrnnrifirl in n tnven frhp.m hiiRinfR3 in that the licst lrt of the seats were 'm . -h ii ih- .1; r reserved bv a fraternity. If it is the . ..' . . '. . ,, . hoie that we will be able to free our selves and our treasure box from the clutclics of the gang who have been oar masters for so many years. When this result is accomplished, when wc elect a mayor of incorruptible honesty jKilicyjof the management of the foot ball team to grant special privileges to a few, the patrons in the city ought to have been informed of it. The num. her of fraternities in the University who can- thus claim precedence at University sjicctaeles will have a ten ant proved ability, the citizens will dencv t U(.kct , . nlKIpU- uerertiui u uwi,... . iar among the barliarians in the Ini tbe strict supervision of saloons and versi(v ., thc unc0nsidcred ruck of by.cnforcement of the laws made to cMk who i,uvc leen in the habit of rekrkt their evil influence, by an sunportlnK UlllVersitv enterprises. aWe administration of the water sys- TJ h lo thc credit and self-control tern and. m short, by improvements . .. . f-1,l.in u . ... - . ' . Wl.... .v......, -w ... .-u.i.. tliev have not exhibited a desire to -which will touch the intimate life of each individual at many points. Such a result is worth the combined efforts of the clergy and the laymen, of men aad women, and all signs indicate that they have liegan to pull to -getlicr for this result. J ' "Tlie footlKtll game last Saturday be- - - - - "r..t.untM ! 1rttionc dirt ITm. n.wn.uuupa,,,,.- in public places that aroused and is vewity Fileld after the first fifteen kecpllff alve lh(? ,llII0Sll,0I1 !o fra. mnuies 01 reai inav mouuic succession of waits occupied by the captains, cniachesand umpire in argu ing and threatening each other. Dur iHg this time the largest audience cTer gatlicntl in this city to witness any oatdoor game s;it patiently and shiv- kmH ifi f lm r-filri U'illll. Rill tllfV Wflfl't doitagain. The University football bywranglingwhilethewiudblewcold. .-a... L .M.r..,ww .. ti-,rf man All the officers were to blame. But, laUl 19 ,I41,JV1 , 7l".v .....a secure thc best place and hold it re gardless of others. 'J hey have paid extra for exclusiveness hi' hiring tally ho coaches or going early in a body and taking possession of an unoccu pied square of seats justly their own by right of discovery. By the way it is this assumption of suier-privilege ternitics. antrconistic interest- of half a million po ple are for thenoment forgotten and, a common enthusiasm makes men akin indeed. The town literally went'raacl; to be gay was the business of life. The street cars on Fifth avenue were stopped, the stores were deserted, everything shut down but the iron mills and I doubt if the advent of the Messiah would stop those. The parade was a great sight, seen from the balcony built in front of the Leader office on Fifth avenue. The 11th regiment came swinging up the hill like old veterans -they served in the big Homestead strike and know the smell of powder and the regimental band was plajing "El Capitan" as though the day of joy had come. Down the hillside as far as you could see they were coming, regimnt after regiment. The'sky was almost .'as blue as a. western sky almcst and where the sunlight came here and there between the tall sky scrapers it cast broad bande o! gold over that interminable line of men, mak- dav's game was tlie failure of both teams to keep faith with the public which had paid fifty cents apiece to witness a game which was not played to a finish and which was interrupted imr their mnikets elitter like silver. At However the main xilnt of Satur- iastthe President's carriage came sur rounded by detectives but he didn't reed them; He was in the arms of h:B people. S3 to speak. Tbeie wasn't a blue coat out of all those hundreds who wouldn't have stood up and been shot at all day for him. And as he came from those thronzed street? there went-un a "" who have worked hard and who de- because it was a Lincoln audience cry that will always echo in one's ears. Hervc the support of this community who had been induced by the repre- n was so gigantic, this elephantine glee as well as the appreciation and sup- sentatluns of the Nebraska team to cf the multitude, this transcendent pas port of the Pniversitv facultvand bu-v ,icket-'!- Manager Ouryand the eion ot patriotism before which every .students. But for the tiresome argu- referee should have cut short thc dis- thing else is dwarfed and pale. It was wots which the audience could not cussions and allowed the game to pro- like a mrghty Wagnerian chorus, heir nor understand the reasons for. uder P- rhe.PO"ts at the management of lwth teams should "ueuiu " iwu uih-uhi aucr Mrs. McKinley was met attneucpor "be .held responsible The. first fifteen the three thousand people had gone i,y Mr?. Robert Pitcairn, wife of the minutes demonstrated the superioritv"ome- It was a magnificent audience eUperiotenjtent of the Pennsylvania dUlwNcbraskaplaversaswellasthe but it will be a lom.coldTday before Tanroad, and driven 'directly to. their apparent tendenev of the Kansas urn- another such a one gathers to see a residence, Cairncarque; where, in the Hire to help the Kansas team bv rank football frame here. K the two teams aft?rncon, Mrs. Pitcairn gave a lunch leclsion The Kansas men forced Paving the ganie have no considera- eon to her friends in honor of hr guest. Uk umpire on Nebraska bv threaten- tion tw.ihs rights of the audience Never before was I present at anything iu.t.,iiilmU- fmm tlmim after they ought, to play the game without , truly gorgeous. It was one of those theoaie team had thoroughly adver- spectators and with the privilege of rare thing that are not overdone and ' tfeed iU Klinehans admitted at the uihiihiii uc.uai.-. Jet leave nottung to oe wisnea ior. tisae he disqualified Cowgill for slug- floral decomois The were from New York aad Sberry of Kew York did the cater ing. Everything moved on velvet wheel. Outside the house the ground jnd streets were packed with people ub der the charge of a score, ot policemen, but inside there were just guests enough to till the rooms comfortably. Ihe par lors were simply lined with chrysanthe mums of that nmgniticent pink variety which was named after Mrs. Robert Pit cairn . The dining rooms "were in green palms and ferns, no flowers visible ex cept the gorgeous American beauties on the tables. But the staircase was the chef d'oervre. It is some twelve feet wide with a big curve toward the top. The white and gold chrysanthemums were so thick upon it as to only leave room for people to descend two abreast. I should bate to have had to count the thousands of blossoms on that stair way. Presantly two boys in livery de scended to make sure that the way was clear. Then the orchestra began play ing the waltz song lrom Gounod's llomeo and Juliette very softly, and Mr;. McKiniey came down the staircase on Mrs. Pitcairn'a arm, between the ser ried ranks of chrysanthemums under the eoft light that fell through the stained glas6 windows. Mrs. McKiniey must have been a very beautiful woman once; she still has a sad altcr-glow of loveliness in her face. But illness has wrought horrible havoc in mind and body. Of course you know that she has besn the victim ot epilepsy for years and is really almcst imbecile. Her maid stands always behind her. never knowing at what time an attack may eeiza her. They come en her at s'ate dinners sometimes, and thi Presi dant quietly lays her head on his shoul der and covers her face with his band kerchief until the attack paesss.. But while she was here nothing so unfortun ate happened and she was as graceful and charming as possible. Seated on a dais she received and talked witn every one, and if she were bored she concealed it most artfully. She was dree sod in one of those striking black and white striped silks, with a front of real lace and wore a great many diamonds. Her hair is cut short and curled, which ia rather out of harmony with her maturo and almost pathetic face. Mr?. Homer Decher 6tood in the re ceiving line and her presence recalled an old story which is sa characteristic of the town that it will bear repeating. In his youth Mr. Homer Decber was clerk at n handkerchief counter in a big store down town. After a time he grew weary of the somewhat limited opportunities of a handkerchief c!crk and resolved upon a bold course. He borrowed five hundred dollars from a friend and bought a lot of clothes and came out to the Kemwhar, which isths fashionable hotel in the East End, to board, with ths un derstood purpose of catching a rich girl. Before the fi- hundred was exhausted and that would not last long at the Kemwhar he was engaged to the daugh ter of one of the wealthiest railroad magnates in the state, But they do re late that his bride was furious when her dearest fee, the daughter of a rival rail road magnate, sent her a lace handker chief for a wedding present. a In the evening of this eventful day the Pittsburg orchestra opened its sea son at the Carnegie music ball with Campanari as soloist. Of course the house was gorgeous, even before the boxes were filled. The dress circle on lhat occesion extended from the gallery to the fjot lights. There was cot a sack coat in the houe, not a woman who was not a triumph of costume, Pittsburg audiences are not ordinarily what a New Yorker would call ''smart." Perhaps the people are too carelees to think dressing worth while, perhaps they are too rich to think it necessary, I V r4 v' 7 f i c. -'v- -.. .! &&&& jas&k. . A.Oaitw-V 'a.( -