Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 5, 1889, Page 4

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Btate of Nehraska, Vs, County of Douglas, {55 Bworn to before me and subscribed proxence this 24 day of Novemby (Sea).] fos Stats of Nebraska, County of Douglas, zachuck, being duly sworn, de- )8 that he iy secretary of The Beo Publishing Company, that the actual average daily circulation of Mg DAty BEe for the month November, 185 186 coples; for De- comber, 1888, 18,2 coples; for danuary, 1%, 15,674 coples; for February, 15, 1896 copies: for March, 69, 184 cobfes: Tor April, 183, 8650 coples; for May, 1869, 1860 coples; for Jun ples; for July, 1850, 18733 1860, 14651 coples: for Sep- ies; for Oc E to in m; 1 1080, . P, FEIL, Notary Pubiic, I¥ YoUu want to keep the schools in the hands of machine politicians, vote for Coburn. NEITHER the sheriff’s office nor the coronership should be made a family inheritance. I¥ Captain Foley and the Pinkertons were here now they would turn in and . help to elect Coburn. A CHANGE of landlords in the county boarding-house will materially increase the county’s revenue. MAINTAIN' & non-partisan judiciary unless you desire to have our judges se- lected through the influence of the *ward bummers. JAMES ALLEN, the republican candi- date for county clerk, is a working- man, and should have the support of laboringmen. T. LoUIs has decreed that the bob- tail streot cars must go into retirement. The town is determined to be fast in fact as well as in name. THE attempt to stir up a rebellibn in Guatemala has proved a failure. The revolutionists refused to revolute at the request of the beliigerent invent- ors of foreign news in New York. WiLL the workingmen of Omaha go back on George Heimrod, who faith- fully represented their interests and wishes 1 the legisiature? If they do they wili show themselves very un- grateful. TuE electric wires in New York suc- ceeded in roasting a horse and knock- ing out two men at one blow. It is evident the mankillers will provide several funerals before they go under- ground. ——— Tue government cleared nine and o half million dollars by the coinage of silver dollars during the past fiscal year. From a financial standpoint silver coinage is a profitable side issue for the nation. THERE are fifty-one divorces on the November oonrt docket in Lincoln. ‘This is an average of one in every one hundred and fifty families in the city— a record of matrimonial infelicity that is not creditable to the capital, BARNEY MAGINNIS imagines he can fill the ** long-felt want” on the county bourd. Possibly, if size is all thatis reguired. But the fact that brains and energy are the prime requisites, places Barney at the tail end of the race. ——— RESUBMISSION is the issue in several Kansas counties to-day. If the people vote as they talk they will at an early day discard prohibition and resume the only rational and practical method of restricting the evils of the liquor traflic, Soe—— SNYDERS two deputies, according to the slate, are to be Pat Ford's son-in-law and Frank Morrissoy, T'hisis why the hue sud ery is made against Heimrod and the Irish resolutions in the legisla- ture. Perhaps the slate may be smashed. SEm——— MONTANA is republican, plete canvass by the state canvassing board shows thau the democrats elected ouly the governor among the state officials, & result due mainly to the su- perior personal pobularity of the candi- The com- date. A majorityof the judicial officers chosea are -republicans, and there will be a small republican majority on joint ballot in the legislature, so that the full congressional delegation from the state will be repuplican, This political sit- uation in the new state will be entirely satisfactory to republicans generally, and when all the circumstances are con- sidered wmust be regarded as really a signal victory. A CHANGE 1S NECESSARY. ‘T'he voters of Douglas county cannot plead ignorance of the condition of county affairs it they fail to elect com- petent and trustworthy men to office. Tur Ber has repeatedly shown what the grand jury investigation has con- firmed, that reckless incompotency and indifferenco to public trusts are at the hottom of the seandalous waste of the people’s money. First of all, a change is demanded in the management of the county jail and the sherift’s office. Mr. Coburn has ghown himself to be the friend and de- fender of the criminal elass. His con- duct tends to defeat the ends of justice. and his avarvice has deprived the county of thousands of dollars in fees which he has illogally retained. The fact that the county is compelied to sue for a recovery of these fees is in itself sufficient cause for his rejection at the the polls. Taxpayers cannot stultify themselves by keoping in officc o notorious fee-grabber. A radieal change in the character of the board of county commissionors is necessary to secure honesty and econ- omy in the management of county busi- ness. The reckless extravagance of the present board has brought disgrace upon the members and cost the county thousands of dollars, for which there is no adequate equivalent, It has encour- aged jobbery and bribors, and permit- ted scandalous raids on the county treasury. Messrs, Berlin and Smith, the ropublican nominces, are well and favorably known, In character, ability and bus- iness experience they are far superior to their opponents, and their election is a guaranty that competency and business methods will mark the future conduot of county affairs. COBURN AND THE PINKERTONS. During the memorable strike of the Burlington locomotive engineers a horde of mercenaries was imported into Nebraska and stationed all along the line from Omaha to McCook. Armed with clubs, revolvers and rilles these hirelings were instructed to knock down or shoot down workingmen who showed the slightest disposition to come near any locomotive to induce the im- ported engineers or firemen to quit work. In several instances innocent men were brutally beaten or shot down by the Pinkerton gang. And when the governor was appealed to to expel this outlaw police, he pointed to the fact that he was powerless to do so, because thev had been commissioned as deputy sheriffs. By what authority the sheriff could deputize non-residents has always been a mystery. ‘Why, for instance, did Sheriff Coburn commission Captain Foley, of Chicago, and his platoon of Pinkerton’s hired cut-throats. There never was any s ous disturbance that he and his regular deputies, aided by the police, could not have quelled, and if there had becn any serious trouble, the mayor and the sheriff together could have mustered one thousand men at any time to main- tain order. On the top of this Sherift Coburn would have been reinforced on short notice by the regulars from Fort Omaha. But Coburn was too anxious to serve the Burlington managers, who supply him, his deputiesand jailors with passes for trips to the pemtentiary and insane asylums. These passes are worth hun- dreds of dollars o vear to the sheriff, as the county pays him ten cents a mile for round trips. There are also other oblibations which Sherifl Coburn incurred, and he paid his politi- cal debts and balanced his pass account by issuing commissions to the Pinker- tons. With the dive and road house-keep- ers, the railroad bosses, Dr. Slominski and his Poles, and subsidized political clubs, Mr. Coburn, in spite of his vuluer- able record expects to be re-elected for a third term. If the workingmen of Omaha and citizens who desire our laws enforced, do their duty, he will be rele- gated to private life. PERTINENT SUGGESTIONS. The letter addressed by Chairman Cooley of the inter-state commerce commission to the Western States Pas- senger association, directing attention to the fact that large numbers of per- sons are improperly carried free on the roads in the association, that the privi- lege of granting excursion rates is abused, and that the ticket broker or “*sealpor” is still tolerated and directly or indirectly supported by tho rail- roads, is pertinent and suggest- ive. Judge Cooley points out to the association that the ob- ject lesson conveyed by these facts may impress the public mind that regular passenger rates are now alto- gether too high, and he asks if persons charged the regular rates should com- plain of them asexcessive how could the railroad companies undertake to show that complaint to be not well taken. These matters were under considera- vion by the inter-state commecce com= mission several months ago, and there was some very plain talk from Judge Cooley regarding them, and particu- larly with reference to’ the ar- rangements Lotween the railroads and the ticket brokers. It will be re- membered that it was shown that the most flagrant violation of the law was general under these arrangements, the disclosures being charactervized by the chairman of the inter-state commerce commission in the most vigorous terms of condemnation, accompanied by earn- est warning that the improper business must cease. It would seem that not only was this warning without effect, but that the practices by which a portion of the traveling public are imposed upon in the interest of a fa- vored class, and to support an army of scalpers, have been continued in aggra- vated form. The obvious inference from Judge Cooley's letter is that the railroads have persisted in disregarding the provisions of the law as to free transportation, excursion rates. and the discrimination necessarily nvolved in dealing with tickel brokers, and he usks why, when the rail- roads so distinotly give the pub- lic to understund that their regular rates are more than a fair remunera- tion for the service performed, the fack should not be stated with oqual dis- tinctness by the commission in its offi- clal communications. Ali these matters it is to be presumed the commission will present fully and clearly to the attention of congress, and meantime public attention should be directed to the object lesson suggested by Judge Cooley. This simply is that tho railronds which are guilty of the practices charged by Judge Cooley are evidently exacting more than a reasonable compensation for the service performed from those who pay them the regular rates. * The commission should have a larger authority to rem- edy this state of affairs, It may have full knowledge of these violations of the law, but it can only procecd against a railroad company committing them upon complaint of some one who has been injured by them. The very remote chanco of a complaint ever being made allows the railroad managers to persist in their coursa with a sense of comparative safety. If the commission were ompowered to call them to ac- count upon its own knowledge of the facts the improper practicos complained of would in ali probability be speodily abandoned. Advice and warning hav- ing proved to be oi no effect, treatment more summary is evidently necessary, and this congress will' undoubtedly be askod to provide for THE WESTANDTHE SPEAKERSHIP The Chicago Inter Ocean, discussing the present aspect of the speakership contest, remarks thut the only hope for the west lies in- concentration upon one candidate, Regarding Mr. McKinley, of Ohio, as a middle state rather than a western candidate, our Chicago con temporary says the three representa- tives of the west in the field are Mr. Cannon, of Illinois; Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, and Mr. Henderson, of fown, and 1t declaves that “‘if all three re- main in the field all will ‘be defeated.” Naturally it counsels & union of western vepresentatives in support of Mr. Can- non. All the arguments presented by the Inter Oczan in favor of seating o western man in the speaker’s chair of the next house of representativos are good, but their application to Mr. Cannon may not be regarded as altogether sound, particuiarly by the supporters of the Ohio candidate. They may fairly ask why Mr. McKinley is to bo counted as any less a western man than the representatives of Illinoisand Michigan. There is no good reason why those states should not be placed in the same sectional division as Ohio, and as a matter of fact they arc so placed in the popular mind, and very vroperly. Haif of Michigan is as fur easy as the center of Ohio, and the ssippi, which 1s now the rec- ognised dividing line, bounds Illi- nois on the west, thus de- priving it of any fair claim, or indeed any better claim than Ohio, to be considered a western state. Correctly speaking, therefore, there is but one western candidate for speaker now in the ficld, Mr. Henderson of Iowa, and the fact that his candidacy was not announced as early as that of Mr. Can- non, and that his support at the outset promises to be somewhat less than that of the Illinois repre- sentative, has no beaving whatever upon his claims, No one pretends that Mr. Henderson is not as well quali- fied for the position as eitlrer Cannon or Burrows, and since it is both just and desirabic that the speakership of the next house should be given to the west, the Jowa candidate 1s obviously the man upon whom the western repre- sentatives should concentrate. The Znter Ocean is vight in the view that the time has come when the republican party caonnot afford to roject the claim of the west in this matter, and the section west of the Mississippi, which is the strongest and surest bulwark of republicanism, having a candidate for the speakership who is in every way qualified to hoyor- ably fill the position, has an indisputa- ble claim to be .recognized. If the speakership contest is to be determined upon sectional considerations, which now appears likely, McKinley, Cannon and Burrows must fairly be held to represent the middle sec- tion, leaving Henderson alone in the field, as the repre- sentative of what is popularly regarded, and isin fact, the west. If western representatives are faithful to their section it is the Iowa candidate upon whom they will concentrate their sup- port, and it is the probubility of this being ultimately done which leads the friends of Mr. Henderson to regard his chances of success with a great deal of confidence. SPAIN proposes to divide with the United States the hoaor of calebrating the fourth centenary of the discovery of America. Preparatiouns for the event have assumed such proportions that congress must take prompt action if it hopes to attract her share of European exhibitors and visitors. It is proposed to hold an international exposition in Madrid in 1892, and the Spanish gov- erument has invited England, France, Portugal and [taly to co-operate. Bris- tol, Engiand, proposes to celebrate on her own hook, not asa tribute to Co- lumbus, but to John and Sebastian Caboy, the latter a native of Bristol, who, five years after Christopher, struck the desolate shores of Labrador, sailed down the coast and floated the British flag over what 15 now New dngland. With two foreign -competi- tors in the field, itis yecessary that congress aet promptly so that the American exposition ean be thoroughly aavertised abroad and exhibits secured from all departmeuts of foreign in- dustry. THE political missionaries of Ne- braska should not despair. The Span- ish and Portuguese missions will bo vacant in a few months, We have no Belmonts or Lorings to spare, but we have a score or more who will, il ap- pointed, draw their salavies with as much vigor and regularity as the most accomplishea plenop. THE St. Louis Republic is vigorously reading out of the party the wet nurses of Hill’s presidential boom of the south, Meauwhile the governor 18 mortgaging the !r|endph§{) and support of party spollsmen with the effective slogan, “I'm a demderat.,” The signs of the times confiffn ‘the Now York Sun’s as- sertion that the democrats are *‘getting together,” but they cannot conceal the bowies in their sleeves THE bunch ¢ hungry steers which raided the pastures within the corporate limits of Kansas Cicy displayed more valor than dicretion. Of course they were shot down. The city by the Kaw could not letthe impression go abroad that her wide spreading flelds were cat- tle ranges. They are reserved for the exclusive use of the verdant real estato sucker. Tar value of buildings for which permits were issued during the past ten mouths cxceeds by a quarter of a million dollars the aggregate for 1888, The total is a fraction over four million doilars. This sum represents about two-thirds of the actual cost of build- ings crected in Omahn this yoar. Tt is safe to estimate that the total for the year will exceed six million dollars. THE first test of the Australinn system of voting will be made in Massa- chusetts to-day. If the law with 1ts extensive and costly machinory, includ- g printing of the tickeis by the state, works satisfactorily in populous commu- nities and secures the ends aimed at, its adoption by a large number of states is cortain to follow. The yien o Vote A rainst, spatch, The candidates for the school board who are depending on political influence or **pulls” for success are good candidates to voto ngainst, - A Keeble Echo, St Paul. Ploneer-Dreas, The Parnell commission has resumed busi- ness, and the London Times says fainly “Ncw is the time to subscribe." - Worthy ot Siverin, New York Commercial Advertiser, ‘Tho czar has a fine vestibulo train for his private use. There is a buffet car attached, 80 that his majesty may dynamite without attracting attention. — (Men have been sent 10 Siberia for less than this.) - Gongar and the Bee., Chicago Times, The fight for probibition in Nebraska has developed an interesting quarrel between Mrs, Gougar of the stump and Mr. Itose- water, of Tue Bre, an Omaba paper with a sting. Wit the indiscriminate zeal often characterizingproponguts. of what they chioose to regard as u great moral reform Mrs. Gougar declared at aa interior town that the editor of Tar Bee was a bribe-taker, who sent reporters into Towa iostructed to make a false report of the operations of the probibition laws in that state; that he was a tool of the Liquor Dealers’ association and had uccepted a bribe of $4,000 to assist 1 preventing the submission of the prohibition amendment, As madam was making theso remarks wherever she presented herself be- fore an audiéuce in Nebraska Mr. Rose- water, with a Stenographer, presented him- fav Tekamah, Mrs, Gougar, unaware of his presence, made the usual churges, advis- ing everybody, upon the representation she made, to cease subscribing for Rosewater’s paper. Under the Tlinois taw madam would ve indictable as conspiring to. diminish the vaiue of property, but Nebraska does not provide for the punishment of a slanderer. When Mrs, Gougar had recited her piece ro- “gavding Rosewater he sat sitent in the audi- ence. Upon the conclusion of her tirade he arose, without any exhibition of anger, to ask for the proofs of her allegations. & had none, of course. No jourualist of or nary good sense needs the stimulus of money 1o stir bim to opposition against so absurd, fanatical and impracticable a proposition us prohbition. Her course was thut of a per- son conscious that in her irresponsibility she had gone too far. She adduced no proofs supporting her allegations, but insisted that Rosewater was intorrupting a relig- ious moeting and ought not be heard. Further speech was denied him. e resorts now over his own naaie to his own declaring that the stump speaker's has been as dishonorable as it was shameful, unchristinn and un-American, No man or woman possessed of a spark of decency and honor would publicly charge a man with penitentiary offenses and avhen facod by the cused refuse him a hearing in his own de- fense, much less refuse him a chauce to de- mand the source from which his accuser has made up such charges. No honorable man or woman, and nobody who has any respect for rehgion, would be guilty of publicly beariug false witness against any mau, how- evir humble, and cap the climax of infamy and cowardice by inciting & credulous audi- ence to do bodiiy violence to the victim of foul slunder, and urge his arrest under the pretense thut he was a disturber of o ‘ro- ligious meeling.’ " 1t is not & pleasant quarrol to have on one's bands, for warfare with a woman is not chivalrous cmployment, but the editor seems to have been without other resource. A Common Slanderer. Omaua, Nov. 3.—To the Editor of Tur Brg: Mrs, Helen Gougar's caroer of slan- der dig not begin in Nebraska, In the soring of 1887, in Leavenworth, Kas., the business men of that city nominated a candi- date for mayor. and the probibition element also put up a candidute. Mrs. Helen Gaugar came and threw herself into the fizht end endeavored to organize @ support for the so- called tempersnce candidate wmong the women of the city, the Kansas luws permit- ting them to vote at all municipal elections, 13ut the wives ana- daughters of the best cit- izens of Leaveuwarth, in the wise exercise of their new-foupd right of suffrage, de- clined to array themsolves against their fathers and husbands. This so enraged Mrs. Gougardhatsho gave vent to the most atrocious ' and, unfounded charges against the morals of the, entire circle of society ladies in the city. ‘The charges were not publicly made—they were too coarse and vile—but they Were given a pretty extensive circulation, and Mrs. Gougar, ‘when con- fronted with the statements, did not deny having made ‘thém, whereupon she was quietly but firmdy requested to leave town, which sLe promptly did just on the eve of election. The editor of the Leavenworth Standard can corroboaate the above state- ment and give you full particulars. A Reaper o¥ Tue Bee, b o Banks to Consolidate. The Union National and Douglas County banks are on'the voint of vonsolidating. It 18 expected that the deal will be con- summated this week. A stockholder of the latler concern says thai everythiog has been agreed upon except the disposition of cer- tain posiions. Kach corporation has em- ployes whoii it wants to provide for. If the consolidation should be effected, the Uniou Natiooal will be moved iuto the building of the Douglas County bank, corner of Dodse and Sixteenth street. Which of the two names will be retained is still under discus- sion. A Large Revenue. The amount of money collected in the police court during the month of Ootober was §3.83275. This i< the largest month Judge Berka has hai s - he bas held the oftice. I a———e—_— TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1880 - ‘ THE NEW REGISTRATION LAW, Two Prominent Lincoln Lawyers Win Test It. THE RELIEF AND AID SOCIETY. Report of the Annual Meeting Held Sunday Night—A New Railroad Company—The COapital City In Brief. 1020 P Staret, LixcoLy, Neb., Nov. 4. A large number of Lincoln cltizens failed to register as required by the new law. In support of this factitis only necessary to cite the registration books, which show but 4,400 voters for n city that prides itself upon o population of 50,000 peonle. Muuy voters failed to rogistor because of nagligence, while others hud a purposo. Among this number nay be mentioned Judge 0. P. Mason and Hon. Charles O. Wheedon, w0 of the best known attorneys of the city. In their opwnton the registration law is clearly unconstitutional, and it is their in- tontion to offer their votes at their usual wlaces for voting, and in the svent that th aro refused, thoy propose to ‘“‘mandamu the clerks and judges of eloction in the su- vrema court fortnwith. The Rolief and Ald Society. The Relief and Al society held its unnual meeting last night at the St Panl M. E. church, with branches at the [irst Baptist and First Congregational churches. At cach of theso churches there was alargoe audience of those who were intorested in re- lieving the city’s poor. The total collections amounted to §440.41. At St. Paul the service was opened by De. Stein, who was followed by President Ernst with his annual address. He reviewea the work of the society at some length and sum- murized the objects as follows : 1. There are in every community real and honest cases of destitution, waich it is the duty of vhe wore fortunate to reliave. 2. Phore are aiso a large number of fraud- ulent cases whose destitution, if existing, is the result of luziness, and who are not de- serving the sympathy or support of honest people. 3. Individual assistance, even in the most deserving cases, is often misdirected, but under a system of organized churity like thus, the worthy poor are more apt to receive their dues and the frauds to be exvosed than in any other way. If the people give their charities to this socicty, then the mendicants cun be re to the distributing agout, Eider Howe, and if they are found worthy they will be cared for. = The following is a summary of the work done Families assisted, Individuals assis Porsons provide b lodging, lunch or transportat 400 Tons of coal distributed. . 200 Garient i 12,000 Laxcony Buneav or Tur OMmuna Bee, } 400 2,000 * 20,000 up the poor. Money used 10 the work. ..... Governor Thayer, Rev. Lu¢ Dr. Hewitt, 1ilder’ Howe and Dr. Dorris priate remarks, ‘the collection Au tue Kirst Baptist Church the service as opened by Professor Adrian, the annual address by C. lunson, and interesting talks made by ( Lambertson, Iev. New- nan, Rev. Williams and others, The collec- tion umounted to $31.45, he I'irst Congregational church the s were conducted by Dr. Curtis and Dr. Gregory. ‘The annusl address was reut D. L. Brace, and talks were mude by Howe, Albert Watks and W. J. “I'he collection amounted to $165. New Raileoad npany. As required by law, articles were filed to- day incorporating the Missouri & Sioux Reservation railway company. Niobrara, Kuox county, is cited as the principal place for the transaction of busi- 700,000 is the authorized capital 1ts business nature is stinulated to be the construction, mamtenance and operation of a railroad, or railroads, and branches w the statgof Nebraska, with telegraph lines in connection thorewith, and in such other states and territories us it may acquire tne corporation right to_enter for that purpose. Tne corporato existence dates from Septen.- ber 16, 1389, to September 16, 1938, ¢’ certiticate fixes the termini of the road at township twenty-seven, range five, in Antelope county, and thence through I§nox county to the north boundary line of the state, with other rights us indicated. Incorporators: F\ Bounell, Charles H. Swigart, A. BSeal, John M¢Elhinney and J. N. Kesterson. Where They Will Vote. Governor Thayer votes at Grand Island: Secretary of State Laws at McCook; Com-~ nussioner Jobu Steen at Walioo; Treasurer J, B, Hill Attorney General coso at Sew Garber at Red Clond and L. W. Gilchrist at Alliance. With the exception of Leese and Hill, the stuto ofti crs named left for their respective vot- inc places this afternoon. The last named 0 L0-mOXTOW Inorning Now Nota Pubhie. The governor to-day made the following notavial appointments: Willlam A, DIl worth, Hastings, Adams county; W. A. Thompson, Albion, Boone county; Alva L. Temblin, Weeping Water, Cass county: Richard’ H. Chfford, West Union, Custer county; Charies C. Hettman, more county; D, B, Crobsey forson county Lancaster county; M. J. Scotts_Bluffs _county: Yori, York count; City Nows and Notes. Hop. J. L. Caldwell went to Omaha to- day. Huffman, Gering, Witliam Scott, The B. & M. car thieves were bound over to answer to the district court thisafternoon, Deputy County Clerk Churchill is suffering from u suvere attack of rheumatism. Mrs, Sylvanus, mother of the well known contractor, . ., left for her home at Clin~ ton, Ia., to-day. 1t. W. Jobnson, chiet clerk of the Cabital hotel, goes to Beatrice this weck to under- take the management of the Paddock for K, K. Crily & Co. J. J. Imhoff brought suit to-day in the dis- urt to foreclose a mortgeie of §10,000 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and part of 7, sec- Oand 6, against Charles Peterson, Thomas Kyan, J. J. Butler and Edward P Childs. Ditve Ackerman, charged with rapiog his little sisters, was discharged this evening by Judge Houston, because the evidence pro- auced was 1ot convincing. MINDFUL OF THE CRECHE, Society's Darlings Will Dance for It To-Night, This evenmmng occurs the great social event of the season, when wealth will ar itself in its rarest jowels acd richest gar- ments and whirl for a few bours in the ball room for the sweet cause of charity, It is to be heid in Washington hall, and this auditorium, beautiful though it is ordin- arily, is undergoing a transformation in honor of the event. § The promise of success is flattering, al- though the event has not received the pre- liminary advertisement that it probubly should. A large number of tickets bave already been sold, and the leading social lights of the city are among the patrons, The event promises to be a glit eriug social suc and coming as it docs at the 3 mencement of the winter's amusements, when society's appetite is keenesl for @ re- sumption of the pleasures of the dance, and with no counter attraction, there is every reason 1o believe that the event will eclipse in pumbers at least uny charity ball held 1o Omuha for some time. The proceeds are for the bevefit of that worthy iosutution, tbhe Creche, s Horsford’s Acid Phoxphats Relieves wental and physical exbaustion, SMIKE OF DOTHEBOY'S HALL, The Original of the Character Drawn by Dickens Still Living, The original of ‘‘Smike” — one, of na’ charncters in “Nicholas Nick- y ' —is ll\'m%‘ at Bury St. Bdmunds, says the St. James Gazette. Helisa toyshop keeper namad Johnson. lnter- viewad by a ropresentative of the Bury and Norwich Post, he stated that he was undoubtedly the original “Smike.” He gives a graphic account of Tis life at the Yorkshire school kept by a Mr. Clarkson (*‘Squeers™). 1In reply toa question how long it was since ho know that he was the original of “Smike,” Mr. Johnson assured his interrogator never koew ‘*Nicholas Nick- was written until about ten yoars ago, when he was told by Mr. Gibbs, a confectioner, who borrow the work for him tovend. He had proviously relatod to him the history of his life in Yorkshire, and 3ibbs said: “Why, your life ten by Charles Dickens in ‘Nicholas Nick- leby,”” and ufter Mr. Johnson had proved the matle for himsalt he betook nhimself to a sister at Brighton to get additional infor- mation and_verify the conclusion to which he had come. He paid his sister a surprise visit, and said: ‘I have come to have my dinner with you and to ask you whethoer you know that my life Las heon written by any hor. he said: it has been writte By ¥ said our friend *“Smike.” t has been written by Charles Dickens in in ‘Nicholns kloby,’” said she. hat is all I want to know,” was the satisfied reply. Provious to this si prise visit he had not been to see his sister for forty years, and during no part of this time had she ever men- tioned the fact to him of his having been adopted by Dickens as one of his characters. *‘And is the character of ‘Smike,” as given by Dickens, o faithful portrayal of the fucts ns you know them?” was the next question submitted. To this Mr. Johnson replied that it was un- doubtedly based upon actual facts; but, of course, there was a deal of fiction thrown in by way of padding. Dickens did not exceed the truth in describing the condition of affairs at Dotheboys hall. and might have easily made it much worse than he did. His characterization of the porcidge as a “*brown composition, which looked lik diluted pincushions without the covers,” was thoroughly justified, for it was in- deed *‘wretched tackle,” and the “‘stir- about and potatoes,” which formed purt of thedietary, were no imaginary quan- tits. *‘So badly were wo treated,” Mr Johuson says, “‘that we used to break out at night and rob bean ana peu stalks in order to supply our wants and to make up the deficiencies of the larder at ‘the hall.” But there was a thorongh esprit de corps among the *boarders,’ and those who gathered these supplemental luxur- ies were loyal to their companions in misery, and the understanding respect- ing the fair and equal distribution of the spoil was always faithfully carried out. Of course,” he continued, “‘we were never allowed to sit at the table to our meals, We were arranged in two rows at a long deal table and we had to stand while eating”—a privilege which provbably was not included in “‘the thanks for what we have received.” Pressed on the point respecting the administration of the “flour of brim- stone and mola: » Mr. Johnson re- plied that it ety accurate. “Brimstone and tr our medi- cine,” rdministered ¢ he dryly added, s holiday Al s givon on the occasion.”* Of his escape from the school and subsequent adventu lie also gives alively account. Asked to what age he was when he ran way from the school, he replied that he was 15, Vhen he was old enough to be able to r¢ e his surroundings there were about forty boys in the school, bui at the time he loft there were not more twenty scholars receiv- ing instruction, “‘the first class in Eng- lish speliing and philosophy” having become proportionately reduced in numbers. The terms were 20 guineas, which included board, washing, and everthing, not excepting the “flour of brimstone and molasses,”” which, while purifying the blood, had the additional advantage of being a valuable substitute for breakfast and dinner. B LEANING TO CATHOLICISM, oy Many Changes in the Rites and Ser- vices ot ths Kpiscopal Church, *‘Mighty changes have come over the ant Episcopal church since its e [irst sown in this countr, ago,” said a prominent min- ster of that denomination, toa reporter for the Philadelphin Recora. “In forms of orgunization and uf worship, ns well as in doctrine, a transformation has gone slowly on. From a simplicity in church architecture, form an ritual thoroughly Quakerish, the Protestant Episcopal body has advanced to a love of the ornate, the esthetic and the awe- inspiring, almost Roman forms. **Look at the change in church archi- tectur Where once the house of worship was plain of forbidding aspeet, rich cathedrals and churches aro now built aspiring in grandeur to the great Gothie piles of the old world. Likewise in church interior frescoing is now seon everywhere. The walls, ceil- ings and windowsare imaged with Bible scones. *Church sorvices have undorgonoe the same transformation, Brass bands are now heard inthe music,where a hundred yoars ago the organ was barely toler- ated. Tn the old days a mixed quartetto led the singing, consisting of simple hymn and psalm tunes; now robed chor- 1sters rendor massesy canticlos and ora- torios. Responses in the sorvice, onco H‘mkkn by the congregation, are now chanted. “Clerical vestments are chang- ing. The plain stole and surplice are seen giving way to the more gorgeous dress of the Roman Catholio olerg: The cassock bound at tho waist, the c ored and embroidered stolo, the rich cape over the shoulders, tho beretta on the head, these now are all seen in Episcopal churches. *That those chaunges all indicate a stendy progress toward Roman Catholio vites and usages 0o ono will deny. Tho whole Episcopal church hus not swung 1nto line in this procession, nut it is true, novertheless, that the fendency of the great body of members is that way. In speaking of dress I should have mentioned the changes in Kpiscopal garb, The bishop sometimes wears a purole cassock or a long silk apron, oftentimes the university hood. *'I'he practices and customs of muny of the Episcopal clevgry are coming into strange conformity with Roman codent. Celibacy, poverty and fasting are encouraged; tho priestly face is shaven, a long biack coat is worn on the street, working brotherhoods are encouraged, and Bishop Potter, of New York, has given his assent to the with- drawal of young men and women from the world to devote thomselves to holy works and_holy living. How strangely Roua sl thls Bowva, TTREe REWL important doctrinal teachings. I substantation is a doctrine no longer taught by Roman Catholics alone. The apostolic succession receives Iipiscopal assent, praying for the dead is not ur known, and the importance of auricular confession is urged. “Not long ago Prof. Peabody, of Har- vard colloge, delivered an address in this city in which he asserted that the body ‘of Christians are now dividing into two contrary camps, one of which is making for Rome and the other for liberalism under the name of Unitarian- ism. That wasa sage remark, to my mind. Whatever loyal Episcopalians may say, their body, follcwed by all the other reformed communitions, is on the way back to the bosom of thut mother from whom it turned in those oventful days of the sixteenth century.” “Forms of church government de- velop in the same direction. Hier archical arrangoments grow in favor, and just now the introduction of a pro- vincial system with archbishops into America 18 being agitatod. The regavd in which the minister is held is chang- ing, as from a position of social inter- course and converse with his flock he comes to be looked up to as a holy man, without the world of enjoyment. And over and above all these changes comes the proposition that the name of the de- nomination be changed; that the idea of denomination be discontinued. Some would eall 1t the Holy Catholic Church, and claim that it has come down unin- terrupted from the days of the fathers as God’s only church in which the whole body of the saved must be gathered. Those who argue thus believe that the Baptist or Methodist or Presbyterian cannot escape hell lire. - MURPHY IS PRESIDENT, Only One Street Railway Company Now in Omaha, The papers transferring the effccts of the Omaha motor railway company to the Oma- ha street railway company have been finally signed,and yesterday morning Frank Murphy president of the consolidated c. npany, took formai possession of the power house, cars and tracks of the late Omaha Motor railway company. Mr. Murphy left orders that everything should continue us usual and there is no indication at present of any change 1n omployes, although there is o probability that, later, there will be a sus- ponsion of some superfluous help. ‘The first move will be to perfect the servico ! of the assimilated motor lines by having the cars run on schedule time and to make any changes or improvements that may be found necessary. The Hauscom park and North Twenty- fourth street line is still in the hands of the Sprague company, and_probably will not be turned over to the strect railway company for a week or ten days. ‘I'he working of the line is wntirely coutrolled by the Spraguo agent, Mr. Bickford. Tt SR v s Why don’t you try Red Cross Cough Drops, five cénts per box. Took Out Their Kinal Papers. Four citizens of Fremont came to Omaha yesterday to take out their final naturaliza- tion papers, as raquired by the registration law. The men were between thirty-five and orty years of age, and were old-time resi- dents of Fremont, who had been voting right along until brought to a halt by the new law. One of tho quartette holds a county office, but refused to state what oftice it is. James R. Peterson, C., A. Peterson, Frederick Moller and Leopoid Moller are the names of the parties. 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