Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 26, 1887, Page 2

2 MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN. Why Oountless Thousands Mourn and How to End Their Sorrows. CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS. Opening Session of the Great Public Spirited and Philanthropic As- soclation at the Opera Houso Last Night, First Meoting. ‘The inaugural meeting of the confer- enceof charities and correction was held last night in Boya's opera house, the au- dience filling the parquet and circle with a highly intelligence and cultivated audi- ence, T'he stage was occupied by the chair- man of the local executive committe, Prof. J. A. Gillespie, together with Pres- dent H. H. Giles, of Madison, Wis,; F. H. Wines, of lllinois; F. B. Sanborn, of Massachusetts; Governor Thayer, Mayor Broatch, John M. Thurston, ex-Senator Saunders and Canon Doherty, and E Rosewater, of Omaha, The Omaha Musical volunteered their services and opened the exercises with an excellent overture. During the evening they played several other picces, all of which were admirably rendered and appreciated, Canon Doherty followed in prayer. Chairman Gillespie then said that it was his duty as it was also his privilege, to preside over the excellent assemblage and to announce the speakers, The con- ference had come to do us good. It was actuated by a broad and liberal spirit which admitted of the utmost freedom of discussion of all subjects bearing upon the object of its creation. On the plat- form coulda be found Catholic, Protestant, Jew and Gentile—a platform broad enough to accommodate all. The con- ference bad come here at their own ¢x- Benso, and what the poople of Omaha id for them they did only by courtesy. What Omaha owed them was a hearty reception. He then introdnced Governor Thayer, who spoke as follows: GOVERNOR THAYER'S SPEECH. 1t has been my good fortune to be charged with the pesformance ntuvlennmz duty, that of extending to you a heartfelt welcome within this state. When you ociation, a yeoar ago, designated Nebraska as the state, and this, the most successful commercial city ‘west of the Missouri river, as the place for your gathering, this year, olpr people were rejoicod—rejoiced that the distinguished phi- lanthropists who compose your organization were pleased to select this “place where we could have the opvortunity of meeting you, that we might render the tribute of honor and respect due to those who are giving a large portion of their lives to works of phi- lan We are pleased to meet you here, for we honor those who are engaged in dolng good work to their fel- lowmen, those who are engaged here seeking to Improve the condition of those of tho criminal classes and seeking to devise new methods and modes of preaching to that most unfortunate class; those who are en- during the saddest of all earthly diseases—a aisease of the mind, and in the dispensation of charity to those who are in need of a suc- coring hand: those who are thus engaged are fmitating in an humble manner the example of the Divinity itself, who, assuming the form of man, went about doing zood, seek- ing out the humble and the lowly and tho ronr and the sinful of this world affd raising hem up to a higher plane of lifs and making better men and better women, and giving them the assurance of the hope of happi- ness. ‘I'hnose who are thus en- hlud are illustrating in a practical fe the (ble)llnfl and the precepts and the spirit of Him who proclaimed the sublimest code of morals and ot the laws of the Mount, or when He was teaching in the temple or walking In the streets of the holy ecity, or walking through the groves of Sharon, or resting beneath the bendin, alms of Palestine. lle left an example of oing good to the race, and you, my friends, are &un engaged, trying to ralse up poor, de- luded men, and reform the criminal and the viclous, and are thus oxerting an influence which spreads itself throu.h all the ramifica- tions of society. You are thus trying to ele- vate the human race. I gladly welcome you here, for in the position that I occupy 1 more fully appreciate the labors in which you are engaged, for, having much to do with the criminal class and with the insane, I appre- ciate the labors ihat you are performing, and 1 believe I shall approciate still more tha re- sults of your deliberations and discussions liere as to the best methods of treating these different classes of people. My friends, I am ulad you are here for an- other reason, that you niay be witnesses to the great achievements which have been bronght to pass within a lifetime of one gen- eration, and a little more; for, here in Ne- braska thirty-three years ago there was not a sign of a habitation within all its borders; all that met the eye were vast treeless plains and the sod unturned. To-day all this then un- opled wilderness of prairie has been carved nto beautiful farms, occupied and cultivated by thriving and contented })«onh»,wl(h farms otted all over with beautiful groves, planted ,mtn'n hand. Railroads now Intersperse all through this state. They are bullt so rapldly that we ean hardly keep track ~ of them. FEvery eight or ten miles, there are thriving towns and villages, with .hn-venwnrd—fo!nunz spires of the churches, aud every three or four miles 00l house, and to-day we have a populs lon of over 1,000,000 people. Here has been witnessed a grand developmens of progress and clvilization: we have christianity and education and charitable institutions, shos ing the influence of education and christia ity. This development has been made, this progress has been accomplished Inspired by christian faith and enlightenment. ~ We are, therefore, pleased that you will have the opportunity of beholding what has accomplished. You may excuse a little pardonable pride on our part for calling r attention to theso results. Now, my lends, as the chief executlys of Lhis state, and In the name 5f ine state and of the peo- ‘k ioxtend to you a most hearty and cor- lal weleome. * Welcome, thrice waicome within our borders. May your deliberations here be such that they may exert an inflo- ence, not ouly throughout this state, but Shrougbout all America, and when you go hence you may carry with you pleas- ant meinories, as 1 know we sball memories and _recol- sions of you, and may you carry with you the ponsclousness of duties well performed; of good deeds done in the name of humanity, and In the interests of the huinan race. The memory of good deeds 1s ever blessed. It benefits not only those who are performing good deeds but those who receive the benetit of them. It stops not with the present, but reaches beyond and beckons us onward. As the tvnllfhl fades away Into the shadows of the evening, as the darkness of the nlght melts a IK into the light of the coming morn, 80 the memory of good deeds melts away into the light of Heaven. Again my friends of the conference, I bid you a most hearty welcome. - ‘Tho governor's remarks wore received with hearty applause, Prot. Gillespie then introduced Mn)‘ur Broateh, of Omaha, who spoke as fol- lows: MAYOR BROATCR'S SPEECH. THE MAYOR'S SPEECH. My, President, Ladies and Gentlemen: We foel that in selecting Umahia as the place for holding your convention this year you have conferred upon us a very great honor, and 1, as the executive of this city, enjoy the dis- tinction of extending to you a most cordial and hearty welcome, ‘The name of your as- soelntion denotes the object which calls you fogethor; It Is one of pure philanthropy and in the deepest sanse christian. 1o seeking to benefit & large class of unfortunates you do a0 withouthope of reward in this life, save Union Orchestra LB- consclousness of having carried out the | njunction of the Maste! Inasmuch as ye ave done It unto one of the least of these my thren, ye have done it unto me."” on 1 that your convention was o assemble hore 1 was e Ingly gratified, because we have much to learn, and you who have been engaged in this work are qualified 10 Instruck. We desire to study the objects of your organization—-what plish d you have ac ed and w tare your aims for the lookin= ever the roll of active members, welind nawos that enjoy u nationa! repuin tlon—names famillar in every household: many of these are endeared to us by their ccessful endeavors to alleviate ‘the suffer- ing and misery attending our civll war, and their devotion to works of mercy after peace was restored, We havealso in Omaha, and the state of Nebraska, many noble men and women who are untiring in the performance of good and charitable deeds: to them this convention will be as food to the hungry, it will buth stimulate and nourish, Our eity is young, but 1s advancing rapidly in securing the advantages which haye taken a long period for older cities to acquire, and we propose to benefit by the experience of those cities and if possible, improve upon thelr systems, ¢ Wo are not, however, entirely unmindful of the untortunate, whether they be the eriminals, the indigent, the imbecile or the insane. Ve have very little to show you in the way of public ‘buildings devoted to charitable objects, but we have some very worthy institutions, white though they labor under great disadvantages, are yet doing ex- cellent work, Your Iabors here cannot be_otheryise than beneticial. In the selection of St. Paul last year, and Omaba this, you have shown wis- dom, for the reason ‘that the thousands of acres near these cities, yet untilled, will in the near future support n dense populati and it is reasonable to assume that portion will eome who will need our kindly care. You will find the people of Ounaha in hearty sympathy with you {n your good work, and we will hope that as a result of your labors, our legislature will provide for a state board of charities. Agaln allow me to express to you our gratitude and pleasiure for your attendance hare at this time, and hope thal your season with us may be one of interest and profit to yourselves, and that when you leave, your minds may be iilled with pleasantmemorics. x-Governor Saunders was then intro duced and as he approached the au. ence, he was recetved with friendly ap- plause. C-GOVERNOR SAUNDERS. He said that as the chief execu- tive of the state had extendeded to them the hospitalities of the and as the mayor of Omaha had extended to them the hospitality of the eity, he did not see that anything was left for him to f except to sa as ~ some of the local energetic dealers did advertising their wares, “If you don't see what you want, ask ferit.”” “To the gen- tleu and Jadi for he understood there were ladies taking great interest in the matter, he extended a most cordial wel- come. They had been invited to Omaha, not beoause Omahans needed more than any other people, either charity or cor- rective fluences, but because it was felt that in the surrounding oountry there were yot miles of territory which in the future would be populated and thus render necessary the principles which the conference advooates. He was glad to see them and tell them of what they had about them. When they had left their homes they supposed they were going far west, butit was afact that people out here didn't consider the west was reached until they had passed the Missouri river. They were not farther at this point from the Pacific than they were from the Atlantic, nor farther from the gulf than from the great lakes of the north. They were therefore in about the center of the country, and it wasa fcnd place for them to begin their work of reforma- tion and correction. It was here they raised gheir beef, their pork, their wheat and th@ir corn. The bread made of that corn was the best in the world, and if there were any friends ot his auditors in Kentucky, they mignt find other uses for it there. He closed with a hearty com- mendation of tho objects of the confer- ence, the od it had already done, and the exceeding benelit which it might be expected to work in the future in the country. JOIIN M. THURSTON. John M. Thurston was the next speaker. 1o said: The civilization of the nineteenth century is rapidly developing a compassionate public consclence. Almost nineteen hundred years ago the lowly Nazarene walked the shores of Galilee, 'Poace on earth, good will towards eryin man.” Slowly since that time, butsurely, the Di- vine leaven of those sweet words has been rarmnauug. developing and mellowing the \uman heart. ‘The humanitarian idea Is an outgrowth of the christian religion. _puplic charity was unknown to pagan civilization. At the dawn of the christian era the God ot the world was power. Both nations and men were ruled by the brute law of “‘the sur- vival of the fittest.” (Governments were organized and main- tainad by the strong for tue strong. The weak went to the wall. Misfortune, suffering and distress appealed in vain to the blunted sensibilities of unre- generate man. The world seemed totally unable to recog- nize or welcome the sublime simplicity of the misslon and teachings of tts Mess| Even that wonderful people who received, lirm-hauded, Jehovah’s declared law, whon Moses led from bondage through the miracle- parted sea, and whom Joshua by sword and spear established in the fertile places beyond the Jordan, could not comprehend the infi- nite splendor and possibilities of a spiritual kingdom—would not consent to be deliverea from error and harduness of heart through the wediation of mercy and love. Pagan Rome, the center of clvilization, the seat of power; the home of learning, holding in domination almost the whole known world, laughed in derision at the spectacle of a crucitied Christ, a ncked the aivinity of his mission with own of thorns, Jerusalem is still held by the infidel host. Rowme sleeps in the dust of ruin and deca But the soirit of mercy, charity, love, be- queathed tn humanity by a persecuted Savior is evangelizing the world. I know that crusader and conquerors marched under the holy emblem of the cros: and that conquest and extermination have been justified In its sacred name. But Christ taught peace, love and hope, and above all, merey and charity. Some may say thatthisorganization assem- bled here to-night, is the outgrowth of ecivili- zation, but I waintain that 1t is the product of developed christianity. Such a solendid representative body most mnxn!firnnu{ demonstrates the advancement, Intelllzence, morality and christianity of the American people. 1t shows that in the rapid development of A new eoumr{ in the continued amalgama- tion of all nationalities, into one, and 1o the unoeasing strife for wealth and fame, the welfare, comfortand bappiness of the uufor- tunate are not overlooked or forgotten, What more lorfous union c¢an there be on earth than that of ministering to dis- tress? What herolsm more sublime than the sacrifices 5o many of(vou make for the benent of vour unfortunate fellow men? We welcome you to this great growin state and city as our honored guests. (] are prond of your presence lu our midst, and we know that your deliberations will result in the accomplishwent of greal and far-reach- idg ood. “’r trust that Knur formulated plans may b accepted by the statesmanship of the near tuture, and we hooe that the time is soon coming when only that government can be maintained which protects the weak, the or and the unfortunate from the domina- ion of the strong, the rich and the favored; which fosters and enforces universal indus- try, sobriety and morality and which encour- ages and dispenses an enlightened christian charity. God speed to the day when self-interest shall cease to be the mainspring of human action: wnen wrong can no longer justify at the bar of public opinion under the warrant of power; when might shall be mereiful and justice kind; when the sword of the soldier anall leap from 18 scabbared to pro- tect the helpless and deliver the op- pressed, and when soclety shall open its compassionate heart and extend its sustain- ing land to the repentant sinner and the huk)x-l s outeast. Once again, on behalf of the citizans of Omaha, invite aud welcome you to our homes. v Cowe when you Will, the lateh-string 1s al- ways out. [Applause,| ROSEWATRR'S SRECH, Prof. Gillespie then introduced Ed- ward Rosewater, editor of the Bkx. He spoke as foilows Loss than three hours ago a letter was handed to me by tho secretary of the board of trade with the request that L ‘deliver an ad- dress of welcome 10 the delegates 1o the na- tional conference of charities and correc tions. [ take it that [ was taken on short notice becanse editors are expected to be walking encvelopedias of statistics aud gen- crad infolmation, - iu exteading 10 you the THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; FRIDAY. AUGUST 26, 1 weleome of m‘ merchants, nnnnhc!-u&g and baukers of this city who are organie: under the nlxnl of the board o&!rnd‘. 1 take hg libe ?{ noldentally pointing to some acts, Aly friend, Governor Sauuders, has talked 1o you of Omaha lots. Let me whisper in your ear that he is a real estate agent. (Laughter.) 1 propose to conline myself to tigures concerning the youngest city having an equal pdpulation on the Agerican coutinent, i mean what [ say, Omaha with her 90,000 gn]n\lnliun is thirty-two years old and has trebled {ts numbers since “the last national census when it was 30,630 inbabit- ants, In 1555 the state census credited her with 61,200 and a fraction. This marvelous growth is equalled by commercial industry and activity, During the past year her jobbers have dis- l;nu‘\l of nearly £50,000,000 ‘wortn of goods. Ler manufacturers about $30,000,000, and one institution, which, by the way, s the largest i the world of its kind, the Omaha Smelting works, have handled over $20,00,000 in precious metals dnring the past year. In 185 Omaha expended between five and six millious on public and private build- ings and over £5,000,000 have already been expended this year on eonstruction of build- ings within the lumits of the city, which with public improvements will exceed over $8,- 000,000 by the end of the year. Our bankers have handled £150,000,000 per year, while over 816,000,000 of money' are on deposit in Omaha banking houses. With such commercial activity and rapid growth itls not to be expected that Omaha has reached the culture and retinement of the east, but her people are as intelligent and as full of sympathy with the noble work of our organization as the people of any cily in America. Incidentally the speaker refered to the press and its Influence in_creating sy and arousing public opinion in the the humanitarian mevement in which the conference is engaged. The speaker clo hearty welcome on be trade and the press. ® A MR, WINES, F. H. Wines, one of the earliest mem- bers of the conference, spoke next in be- half of the association. He spoke of the modest manner in which #ome of the other orators had referred to Omaha’s prosperity and referred to the fact that eastern Pu«)po could listen to plain statements of cold matter-of-fact and not Jjudire those statements to be the imagining of westorn people. Althongh an eastern man birth, he yet held that there were certain elements which were peculiarly western, and one of those is that we in the west do tliings better than they are done in the east. The reason was obvious, We begin where they lefvofl, Asa ('onsequuncu} we lay a broader and better foundation for all our undertakiugs and therefore, surpass our brathoru in the east. Speaking upon the object of the confer- ence, he sald that one of the preceding speakers had expressed the hope that there might, as a conseauenca of this conterence, established: in Nebraska a state board of charities. That Wfluhlobe.good thing. But there was something botter and the people ought to organize it. t was their city charity. In our thriving, rapidly- growlng and ever-advancing towns, we of to-day are often strangers in the place of our birth. This growth was found in many west- ern towne, although a friend of his had said that there was nothing even in the growth of Chicago. That reminded of the story of the individual who had tried to hold'ina small vessel all the water which came from a spring 1o a side hill. Soon he was compelled 10 use a pail, then a tud, then a barrel and finally & hogshead, which, however, could not contain the water whicn continued to flow from the spring. That was an f{llustration of the people’s delay. ‘Their charities were the last thing to be organized. He advocated the organiza- tion of the charities of this city so that all might meet on a common basis. Mr. Wines said that the conference had not come to Omaha to instruct the people. They were not teachers, they were simpl: studen! 1f the people had anything to tell them, the conference would be pleased to hear it. In thedepartment of the interior at Wash- ington there was a list of the blind, the deaf the dumb, the the aggregate re of 500,000, or one in 100 of the population. 'was appalling that such was the case, but it was_worthy of congratulation that these figures did not begin to compare with the pauper population of Europe, where it com- tm”d in some instances as many as one in hirty-five. 1f they wished to prevent such a fate in this country, they should organize, come together, exchange notes and do what they could for the amelioration of the people. The conterence had no plans, no principles which it wished to impose upon them, It wanted simply to ascertain the truth, ¥. B. BANBORN. Mr. Wines was followed by Mr. San- born, who spoke as follows: Mr. Mayor, Mr. President and (Gentlemen: The fullness of your welcome and the kearti- ness of your greeting as our conference visits for the first tine this young giant of the western cities, leaves little but thanks to offer you in return, To many of us, your scenery 1s new and your achievements and your possibilities take us by surprise—but hospitality makes us familiar at home. We rccognize under your wild Indian names—Owmaha, whicn makes us put our hands to our top-hair and tbink involuntarily of the tomahawk—Ne- braska, with its more soothing sound, and the swift rush of syllables in Missouri— under these names of the savage, we recognize the milder aspects of our national eiviliza- tion and are well assured that we can here consider the sweet charities without further thought of scalping and roasting. Even the blizzard does not terrify us (being out of sea- son) and we trust to “your kindness to see that we are not visited by a cyclone during the sesslon. You have alluded, gentlemen, to the pecu- liar character of our assembly, that it does not seek the usual objects of worldly ambi- tion, but labors and plans to alleviate human suffering and to give a new and fair chance to those who, in the hot race of life, have fallen behind or been trodden under foot. While we cannot accept all your praises, for simply doing our duty, we join with you In upholding this work of charity and of reformation as the noblest in which men and women can be employed, and we are told (what we should hardly have expected from coaseless activity and evident grosperit{ of your youthful com- munity) that here also are to be found in daily operation those sources of poverty, insanity, erime, and more than bLestial de- gradation, ‘which are so hideously active in older cities and lands of ° innerited misery. If there is anything in our experience that can be of advantage to you, 'we desire to lace it lrm-,l{ at your service and renouncing our dearest Yankee privilege, privilege of asking questions, we >Sifer our- selves to bo quessioned and cross-examined upon those subjects to which some of our number have devoted years of thought and observation. When Mr. Sanborn had concluded President Giles was introduced an grected with applause. He read his speech, of which the following is a sum- mary: Ladies and (entlemen: This national conference ot charities and correction wag organized out of the common impulse of scattered laborers in this department of human actlvity, who felt the necessity of meeting for association and helpfulness. It came into being to supply a generally recog- nized need of a more intimate acquaiutance and a more extended co-operation among the men and women interested in the reforms and philanthropies of the land. The senti- ment prevailed that these tasks wero 00 great to ba borne alone and these problems were too difticult to be solved by individual wisdom., Onpe of the most important objects of the conference is to unify the methods of phil- anthropy, While we must always try to fit our work to the special circumstance before us, and wkile differences of administration will be necessitated by diffsrences of situa- tion, yet there are general principles which underlle all successful etforts, and there are essential elements which every true method must embrace, To lay bare these general prineiples by the report and comparison of wide-spread experiences, and to arrive at these essential elements by close observation and searching discussion,in order that all may work according to the wisest system and that the many may enjoy the discoveries made by each—such is the purpose of this or- ganization, We meet from year to year to publish whataver discoveries we have made 'in our new fields of effort and inquiry; to confs our mistakes, that others may be saved fr error and loss; and to correct our gethoas by the aid of the experlences of our associates, Intimately connected with and includin foreign immigration, here are problems tha touch not only the pockets of all voters, but the deep-lying sources of their security and hapoiness,—problems with which the legis- lator muss deal promptly, ‘! with extending a alf of the board of et wisely. ‘These Is which lie across the pathway of the d limit his success,—evils which urch as well as the state, and to bring In the kingdom of rizhteousness on the earth. For tbie wretched who bave 90 voice W vell e e s thelr woe, we woulddemand intelligent ehar- ity. The insane and feeble-minded, who are ineapable of pleadis for themselves, we rould present jo the Pitying heart of man. 'ho clnims of dépendpat and neglected ohil= aren we would ate, The wrongs of convicts who have ng appeal from the lash we would publisn, behalf of eriminals and for the protectioli ¢t society, we would urge the more ratio! methods of prison management, : To deepen In evelf #hind a conception of these soclal evils, I}, every heart with the humanitarian impulge,. to organize the con- structive and_ reformitive forces of society more efficiently, to chéate a public sentiment which shall demand the ‘isest methods, even If they are nprarvutl: the most_expen- slve 10 teach legldiators to have faith in ability and integrity @ather than in brick and mortar, to convince ¥oters that the employ- ment of the best equipped and most talented men is the truest economy, to bring to an end that American folly which invests in cheap methods and temporary expedients and rewards partisan services with the best laces—-such as are some of the purposes of his conference. 1t has been evident from the beginning that, to accomplish these objects and to har- vest this zood, this conference wust contine itself to the work of publishing information, of awakening discussion and creating public opinion. The work accomplished by this conference in the last decade has outgrown the largest expectations of its friends and justified the hopes respecting its future useful- At its first meeting, fourteen years ago, less than a score of delegates attended; and they represented threa states. Atthe Iast year's meeting, at St. Paul, nearly five hundrod delegates were in attendante, from thirty-five states and territories, . It is a source of gratification to notice the fncreasing attention given to our meeting by the press of the land—that uncrowned king of public opinton and unfrocked priest of knowled. Krom year to year the daily pa- pers have made our words known to multi- tudes who, though interested, could not be here tolisten, The great organs of public intormation have expounded our ideas in leading editorials, while our annual proceed- ings have furnished texts for elaborate re- views in leading magazines and quarterlies. The volumes of our proceedings already muke a respectable library of social sclence, to which ofticials go for information and in which university students find inspiration. We have already done somethiug to shape lesislation. The statutes of almost every state are now annually enriched by laws for the botter care of the dependent classes and the wiser care of public institutions, which ere the outgrowth of the public opinion created by the national conference. We take note of this growing influence in no spirit of pride, but simply to enforco both the encour- agements and the respousibilities of our position. As we turn toward the future, we find our- selves confronted by great problems still un- solved and by tasks that call for the wisdom of the philosopher and the enthusiasm of the saint. ‘The time s auspicious for a step forward. The interest in all social and philanthropic work i3 spreading., The students in all our higher institutions are calling for instruc- tion on social topics. The humanities are gaining a recognized vlace in literature. The pulplt has be 0 the organ of this new irit, and everywhere the prophecy of tho great Metternich is coming true: “There are no more political questions; there are only social questions, The Programme, Friday, August 26.—4 m., prayer; 9:30, preliminary businesss . 9:30-12:30, “report of comumnittee on reports'from states by Fred H. Wines, Iliinois, chair ? 18 p. m., repors of committee on state boi é{n of charities, by F. B. Sanborn, Massachuseits, chairman. Saturday, August *7.—-Excursion to Lin- colu, train leaves at 8a,'m. f the Bur- lington depot p. m., n at Lin- coln; subject, the contradt’ convict labor sys- tem; paper by General R. Brinkerhoff, of addresses by ‘other distinguished speakers, Sunday, August 28.—2 p.m., conference sermon; § p. ., reports of the committ “Our Dity to the African and Indian Rac by the Hon, Phillip C, Garrett, of Pent vania, rlmtrman:_p:rur by General 8, C. Armstrong, of Viradnia, followed by ad- dresses. RS Monday, August 20 3 :30, mis. cellancous business: 9:30, to 10:14, report of comumittee on moral and ihdustrial educa- tion, by the Rev. M, MeG, Dana, D.D., of Minnesota, chairman; 10:15 to 12:30, report of committeo on child saving work, by Mrs. Elizabetn B. Fairbanks, of Wisconsin, chair- man; paper by the Rev. ;. Gordon, of Wis- consin, president of the American Humane society, on cruelty to childven; paper by the Rev. Robert W. I1ill, D.D., of Oregon, on children gt “Shinbone Alley:” ‘mpnr by Mrs, Virginia T, Smith, of Connecticut, on the economy of the state in the care of depend- ent children; 2:30 p.in,, report of the com- mittes on alien paupers and criminals, by Dr. Charles S. Hoyt, of New York, clair- man: papers by F. 3. Sanborn, of Massa- chusétts, und Raiph C. Garrett, of Pennsjl- vania. Monday evening: report of committes on penal and _reformatory institutions by Prof, A. 0. Wright of Wisconsin, on the police system of paper on rezistration of professional : als by Warden J. W. McClaughry, t, (1L paper on the prison contract system from thé manufact s standpoint, by W, T. Lewis, Wiseonsin, president National *Anti-Con- viet Contract association. ‘Tuesday, August 50—4:30, report of com- mittee on Schools for defective classes by J. J. Dow of Minnesota, chairman; paper by the chairman on tha condition of 'thie blind in this country; paper by J. L. Noyes, Min nesota, on trades in for the ' denf; by T. M. Powell, lairman; paper ilwaulkee, i ., report of com- 2 on organized charity, by Dr. Charles D. Kellogg, chairman; paper by Mrs, C, R, Lowell of Massachusetts, on how to adopt organized charity to rural communities: paper by Mrs. John IL Scribner on savings a necessary part of organized charity: paper by Mrs. Putnam on frisndly visiting; by iss Tilpha D. Smith of Massachusetts, on how to get and keep friendly visitors, Wednesday, Aug. 51—9, prayer; 99:30, miscellaneous business: 9:30, report of com- mittee on insanity, Dr. Richard Dewey, lili- nois, chairman ; paper on the colony system of caring for 'the insane, as proposed in Michigan, by Dr. Henry M. Hurd, of Michi- &an; paper on relation of intemparance in parents to insanity in children, by Dr. Jen- nia McCowan, Towa: paper on sleep for in- sane, by Dr. C, M. Finch, of Ohlo, paper on conclusions from personal experience in the treatment of the insane, by Dr. W. W, Reed, Wisconsin, Wednesday afternoon—Closing session, x{_fldlnz up of odds and ends of business, o ™ Personal Paragraphs, H. G. Wilkie went east yesterday. He will visit Chicago and other points, Mrs. J. H. McShane and family ra. turned from Lincoln yesterday. James U. Gridley and wife left for Rapid City, their future home, yesterday. Among the arrivals from the east yesterday were Mrs. Joseph Barker and Mrs.Samuel Rhees. . Mr. W. H. Young, formerly with George W. Cook, :leit yesterday for Portland, Ore., where be has accepted a lucrative position in alarge boot and shoe house, M 1 A. G. Warner. of Bjltimore, who holds a scholarship in Johps Hopkins, and who 18 also a member of the Baltimore Asso- ciated Charities, is in the city to attend lll‘a conference of charities and correc- on, i £ D. W. Ingersoll, a prominent citizen of St. Paul, and presideat of the board of di- rectors of the state reform school of Min- nesota, is at the Paxtou. J. W, Brown, superintendent of the reform school of that state, accompanjes, him. Both are delegates to the conference. A. E. Marriott, late steward of the Mil- lard, bas now taken charge of the din- ing room of the Barker hotel in connec- tion with Mr. Balch, and proposes, with the o[nenlnz of the new addition to that hostelry, to make several important changes in the locativn and fitting up of the same, — Jay-Eye-See at the Falr, At the meeting of the Fair association at the Paxton yesterday it was decided to accept the offer of the owner of Jay-Eye- See to b(lnz that famous steed to the Omaha fafr, e ——— Stricker Out, CLEVEL AND, O., August25.—Johu Stricker, captain of the Cleveland base ball club, was ued $10 and costa in police court this morn- ng, for playing ball on Sunday, * ROAST EGGS. A Damaging Fire in a Commission Houso Last Night, Shortly before 7 o'clock last evening fire was discovered in the commission warebouse of Robert Purvi South Fourteenth street. Oflicer Cullen promptly turned in an alarm from box 42 and when the department arrived on the scene the lower floor of the building was one mass of roaring flames. The firemen ot to work quickly, although for a time it looke the Nebraska Clothing ompany’s establishment adjoining, doomed to go. The origin of the fire {8 unknown, but it is suggested it eanght fire from a lighted eandle used for the purpose of testing eggs, and left burning when the house was elosed. Mr. Purvis’ loss on the stock will reach £0600 and was not covered by insurance. The building was owned by J. J. Brown, and was insured for $22,000. J.J. Brown had stored in the building a lot of dry .iomls and notions from his old stock. hoy were damaged to the extent of $500 and were not insured. A Pleasant Evening. o The Hillsile Congregatios church was filled to the doors last night by an audience assembled to witness the per- formance, by the Young People's Mis- sionary society, of the humorous cantata, ‘The Grasshopper.,” Ald. A, M. Kitchen presided. The programme opened with a piano solo by Mrs. L. B. Hollenbeck; declamations by W. 8. Heller and \W. £, Hurlbut, a dumb speech by Mr. Van Zandt and a reading by Miss Jennie White. ‘I'he parts in ‘“The Grasshopper™ were taken in full costumes as follows: M Kitchen, Gobbler; I'. C. Wallace, Rey. Bumble Bee; Miss L. J. Leggett, a nt maiden; orge A. Ostram, a herald; Miss Addie W. Hurlbut. widow; G. F. Gellenbeck, L. A. Webb, Craig McCulloch and Bruce MecCulloch were black bugs. The chorus was led by Miss Addie Hurlbut and consisted of P. Winter, F. J. Stafford, H. L. Letissier, G. A, Sherwood. T. Sterner and the Misses Van Demar, E. B. Parker, N. M. Showwalter, E. A, Ekland, G. 8. Rich and Mrs, Addie R. Gellenbeck. Mr. G. F. Gellenbeck answered numer- ousencores and rendered a fine march on his Stewart banjo accompanied on the piano by Miss Hollenbeck. After the performance refreshments wero served. Brevities. The internal revenue collections yes- terday amounted to $3,537.70. Arrangements are being made for bringing 150 bicyehsts into line in the grand parade during reunion week. C. 8. Higgins is in hard luck, as far as his horses are concerned. Last week he lost an elegant bay worth §200, aftd yester- aay another horse valued at $300 died. Some tlammatory discase was the cause of death, e Thaddeus J. Wren had an injunction issued against the street commissioner Kn terday to prevent him from grading fason and Thirty-first strests until the damage therefrom to his property lo- cated on tho corner of those strects be first determined by proper appraise- ment, Mayor Broatch complains of being re- ported by the Herald and World as say- ing things that he never thought of. The latest guerrilla pen outrage is something about a Dodge street saloon license. The mayor says he has enough to do in mak- ing truthful statements and he thinks it 1s pretty near time that words he never uttered should not be put in type. Rev. R. Moflett, of Cloveland, O., gen- eral secretary of the Christian missionary convention of the United States, will preach in the First Christian chur ‘T'wentieth and Capitol avenue, on F 3 ing, August 26. A cordial in- vitation is extended to the public. Dr. MofYett occupies a prominent position in his church. The third quarterly meeting of the Douglas County ] hers' association was held at Prof. Bruner's office, yester- day afternoon, and the following oflicers elected: Prof.J. B. Bruner, president; J. Bohrer, vice president; Ella G. Bates, secretary; E. Anna Bowerman, treasurer. The' nssocistion meets every three months to discuss educational top- jes and matters of general interest to teachers and schools. It is understood on good authority that the board of public works is quietly in- igating the condition of the big sewers ity that have been built and are about to be built. It is said that all of those ructed ara faulty, the contraets not having been lived up to. The presenta- tion of a bill of $3,850.80 for repairs on the Tenth street sewor by the Asphualtum company was an eye opener, especially s this sewer was commenced & yoar ago. e Building Permits, The following building permits were issued yesterday: L. P. Pruyn, one-story frame addi- tion to dwelling, Franklin, between Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth streets, 10 cost, ceresiiene C. W, Cantleld, two-story frame re: dence, Thirty-third, between Popple- ton and Woolworta streets, to cost Joseph Woodhull, one-story frame cot- tage, Ninoteenth, batween Sout and Castellar, to cost..... 200 o M. J. Freeman, one and a half-story frame dwelling, Poppleton avenus, hear 'Twenty-second, tocost........ A. Jansen, one-story trame blacksmith Shop. Saunders, near Lake, to cost.. 1. I, Willett, one-story framne addition to dwelling, Twenty-fourth and Cas- sins, to cost.... . Anna M. Hayward, two-story frame dwelling, 'I'wenty-seventh and Mi- ami, to Cost.... Seven permits aggregating. Oattle Afflicted Witk Texas Fever. CINCINNATI, August 25.—The health of- ficers notitied the board to-day that Texas fever had broken out among the cattle at Fleishman's distillery at Riverside, and that seven have died and "twenty more are now sick with that disease. 'The board ordered a quarantine. —— Oil and Natural Gas Discovery. St PAUL, August 25,1t is claimed that a flow of both oil and gas has beon discovered near Fort Snelling. The find was made some two weeks ago. and the parties making it have employed the intervening time in se- curing leases on all the land in the imme- diate vicinity. —— General Orook Honored. WuEELING, W. Va.,, August 25.—At to- day’s meeting of the Society of the Army of West Virginia, Major General Georze Crook was elected president for the ensuing year. Among the many vice-presidents Are ex- President Hayes and General W. S. Rose- crans. e Admitted to Bail. NEw Yonrk, August 25.—Mrs. Fannie Rob- erts, the woman who was charged with re ceiving 810,0000f the money embezzled from the Manhattan bank by Teller Scott, was ad- mitted to bail in the sum of $10,000 this after- noon. e The Khedive Invested. ALEXANDRIA, August 25.—The Duke of Connaught has invested the khedive with the insignia of the Order of the Bath as a jubilee taken from Queen Vietoria. e Another Bank Broken. RocnesTeER, N. 1 ., Augnst 27.—A special trom Dansville, N, Y.,says the First Natioual pank of that place closed its doors this wmorning. e et Hanlan Ready to Sail. SAN FRANCISCO, August 25.-Hanlan, the oarsman, has arrived here and sails to-mor- Tow 0D the Zealandia for Australia LONDON'S TELEGRAPH OFFICE. An Immese Establishment With More Than Two Thousand Operators, EAST INDIAN TELEGRAPHERS. The Nolse of the Humuwing Instru- ments Sounds Like Thunder— English Mothod of Treating Employes—1ted Tape. r London Correspondence Boston (lobe: Visitors to London who are searching for new things to amuse them, should under no circumstances fail to visit the tele- graph department of the general post- oftice at St. Martins le Grand, In Cheap- side. Itisone of the most interesting places in London, yet comparatively few Americans, and even Europeans, ever avail themselves of the opportunity of visiting the greatest telegraph office m the world. The place is wound round and round with “red tape” ana it usunally takes from three to four days after an applica- tion for a tioket of admission has been filed before a reply s received. Applica- tions should be made to C. W. Patey, istant postmaster general, who dele- gates an official of the telegraph depart- ment to show visitors around, he noise which greets one’s ear on entering the first roowm, or llery, peculiar. Those who have visited tho operating room of the Western Union Telegraph company at 165 Broadway, New York, will readily recall the deafen- 1ug clatter of the instruments, sounding like musketry in a great battle. The noise.one hears in the London oflice is of another character, on account of the difference in apparatus, It rolls toward you like the grambling of distant thun- der, then swells into an awe-enspiring roar and settles back into an ominous moan. One can scarcely believe one's eyes at. the sight. Here are hundreds upon hun- dreds of old men, young men and boys, old women,young women and little girls, all busily engaged in the work of trans: mitting, receiving and distributing mes- sages. - Not one of them is idle. On they work, never looking up, sending and re- cewving as if their life depended upon it. As far as the eye can reach,it encounters asea of faces. Here and there a senior clerk, or chief operator, is scen walking up und down the aisles of his division, keeping a watchful eye on his subordi- nates, and urging on to_renewed efforts the weary-looking check boys and girls who are inclined to lapse into inactivity. The operating rooms of the telegraph department occupies the entire seventh and gighth floors of the immense post- oflice builaing, and covers a superficial area of 53,560 square feet. They are di- vided into five wings or gallerics, The Wheatstone automatic telegraph is the principal system in vogue here. This system has lately been used with more or less success in the United States, but the old Morse style is preferred by American operators for numerous rea- sons, the principal one hn-in{(: that it re- quires but little telegraphic knowledge to become an expert Wheatstone o) which brings down the salaries. operators are shrewd! he Englishman has perfected his Wheatstone system to such an extent, however, that the immense amount of telegraphic matter could not be handled without it on the same number of wires as are in use at present. It is quite a complicated system, consisting ot a per- forator, automatic transmitter, receiver and sounder. The perforator,or puncher, is an nrrnnfi- ment of three flat keys of steol, resombling piano keys. One key punches dots, another spaces and the third dashes. A long strip of Kuper tape, about one-eighth of an inch wide, is placed under the perforator, the ma- chinery is set in motion,and as the paper runs through the operator, with the aid of two sticks of wood, one in each hand, punches the code characters through it. Clickety, clickety,chickety, click goes the panch with lightning rapidity, and the young lady with the two sticks pounding away on the key-board, brings back vividly to one's mind a suggestion of Mark Twai's famous nightmare intle- tion: Punch, fair lady, punch with care, Punchin the presence of tho visitaire, Then the tape with the words punched into it is run through the automatic transmitter, which brings the matter ont on tape again at the other end at the rate of 1,500 words per minut ‘The Morse instrument with an improve- ment on the old code signals, 1s also used to some extent, but in this Europeans are lamentably weak. Their great, cumber- some instruments, which look more lke & boilermaker’s machines, do not admit of very rapid work,and 1t is indeed pain- ful fo: one accustomed to seeing the rapid and easy workers in the United States, to watch the Engish operator struggling painfully along with a key about the size of a lemon squeezer, at the rato of twenty words per minute atthe utmost. Yet these same operators and these same keys and sounders in the London office huve transmitted and re- ceived over 250,000 telograms outside of news matter in one day. There are 960 sets of instruments in use. Some of these comprise four dis- tinct machines, such as the Wheat- stone and quadruples systems, All of these instruments — are con- nected at the gwitehihoard or test-box with tno i lines by ‘office wire" which, if stretched out in on continuous line would reach from Boston to Rich- mond, Va. This office wire is 1aid under the floors of the rooms; each wire is labelled at the switchboard, and 1t re- quires but a moment to bring any one wire, if novded, to the surface. A special wing is reserved for the news department where all the special di- spatches for the newspapers and pre associations are transmitted. Ov 250,000 words of press matter have been handled in_this wing in one night, ‘Three miles of shelving situated in the nt, arc barely suflicient to accom- e the 50,000 cells of battery which infuse the clectrical life in the 6,000 ter- minal wires running 1n and out of the building. The entire stafl of the lLondon office numbers 2368, The day force is com- posed almost wholly of women, while the men do the work at night, The operators are taken from the ranks of the cherk olerks as they grow olde and more proficient in telegraphy. From a financial standpoint the kng- lish operator is far better off than the American. ‘The government controls all the tolegraphs, and in order to secure good service places a premium on steadi- ness and sobricty, When & man becomes a confirmed drunkard or otherwiso mis behaves himsolf after repeated wurnings, e 18 dismissed from the service and can never re-enter it. This is not the case in the United States. I have known hun dreds of men to walk from one com pany's office into another after having violated every rule in the servic ‘The drupkard element is unknown in Eng- land for the simple reason that it is not tolerated, Every telegraph employe from the controiler down to the batteryman is given leave of uhsence once u year, ace Cording to rank. Senior clerks and all oflicials above that grade reccive one cal- endar month's leave of absence per an num with full pay. All employes under s position of scnior clerk are given Who ever heard of the fon company giving ap_eul ploye even two days’ leave with pag? Wiio ever heard of the Western Union ator ankce | | | | or any other American company provid: ing their sick operators with medical aid and continuing their pa, d!rinfl their 111 ness? It is done in England. Tt a tele- grapher is1ll he has but to sol\\l l? hlf office, and the staff physician will attenc him, the government ho-nrm!g the ex- pense—and all this time the sick man's salary goos on. 3 “‘Are you interested m long-distance tolegraphy?" asked Semior Clerk Allen when he showed me through the depart- ment recently, Replying in the affirma- ative, I followed him to & desk in & dis- tant corner, where he began to call *Ms, Ms, Ms," signing '“T's,” the London office call. Shortly after ‘‘Ms” an- swered. “That is Marsailles,” said Allen, "“ITam going to have him give us Bona on the northern const of Afriea.” Jerking away at his moustrous key he clicked out to Marseilles: *‘Please give me Bona, ick.” R0 WM.t Call ANl right,” him.” Bona was “‘raised,” gnd was asked to put Alexandrin on. “Call him,” said Bona. Alexandria was reached withetl much difliculty, although the wire seemed to give an occasional swing or lurch, cn\lmsd presumably by some defective p replied :l"u ‘Ad': Can you give me Aden? I think 80, said Alexandria. “Wire been 1n trouble and been raining much. Can't get these lazy Arabs to go out after wire trouble. Try, ‘De.’" “De, de, de," clicked the ponderous in~ strument. Here Alexandria broke in, telling **T's" to adjust his instrument for Aden. Allen_adjusted and Aden an- swered, “i . De."’ ere'we had a port in the Suez canal, thousands of miles away, and it took but a moment for him loreple: to our ques- tion that it was very hot. Could he give ulu Bombayy Of course. ‘‘Please call ‘Bm."" “It took just one minute for Aden to make his conncetions and for Bombay to swer us with a cherry “good morn- ing" that sounded as clear as a bell. He suid it was hot; so hot t he had an idea he would shrivel up if it continued much longer, When told that I was an American, who understood telegraphy, and that I represented the Globe, he said: “Glad to see you, 1 once lived in Bos- ton. Globe’s a great paper, After a few more courtesies had been exchanged the wira “busted” somewhere in Frence, and 1 left the building. And yet they say this is an unprogres- sive age! “ Oh, HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BALN 1s exquisitely lovely,” sald Miss Brown to her friends, as she entered tho drawing room, after taking a long, hot, fatiguiny onm, ., r‘rnclle. and Horrid Old Kkin od by a Hot Bun aud Dry, W Ladies, Vi MACNOLIA BALM 18 for Face, Nock, Arms and can'tbe Det TRY IT? Wit Nor UNHOOK WriLe BEiNG WorN. 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