Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 23, 1889, Page 2

THE TABOR AND NORTHERN. Completion of a Short But None the Less Important Road. THE RESULT OF GENUINE PLUCK, A Line Destined to Build Up a Fers tile Section of Iowa Herctofore Snubbed By the Big Corporatic A Ronad Built By the Peg Tanon, In., De pecial tol Mhe completion of, the Tabor & North ern railway from Malvern to Tabor, Ia., was celebrated In an appropriate manner by the peole of those towns and a large number of visitors I'riday. The Javor & {North- ern, although but nine miles long, is destined e become an important factor in the build- fng uv of a fortile section of Towa that has been loft out by the railroads, and the pe- culiar circumstances under which it was huilt give 1o it an _intorest that will attract the attention of the outside world, It cost about §60,0)0, and stands alone as a railroad built by college professors, school boys and athall farmers, and shows un amount of pluck and energy not generally found in a town of B00 inbabitants, or even in one ten times that size. Tabor college being located here gives the town an fmportance that it hus long desired to assort, but so long as it had no railroad connections with the rest of the world 1t was kept m the background as a quiet® country village. After many unsuccessful attempts to got a railrond built to their town, the peoplo finally took the mat. ter iuto their own hands, and headed by Prof. Thomas McClelland, President William M. Brooks of Tabor col- lege, and other enterprising. persons began the work on their own account last August andsolicited means from every source, Their enthusiasm seomed contagious and every ona became interested in the undertaking, and ia order to help it through, those too Poor to_coutribute money gave their ‘wices, “Tabor college made up thy shortagy and after four months’ work the road was completed and the rejoicing began. It was then decided to have a grand public demon stration in honor of the combletion of the ‘Iabor & Northern. The whole town put on Yoliday attire and business was suspended. Then women and children atl joined to- gother in celebrating the great event. An nteresting programme was arranged and aftera big dinner served by tho ladies in the basemient of the Congregational church, the: exercises began with an appropriate ]Im The address of welcomo was de- ivered by Rev. J. W. Cowan, who intro- duced the village of Tabor to the outside world us & young lady cntering into society. He spoke of Tabor’s” grent hopes for the future and designated it as *a raiirond town ‘with a ratlread all her own, a college rail- road with a college professor for presi- dent, and another for treasurer, and a college community to uphold and maintain it. “He congratulatea the people of Tabor and along the line on the success accom- plished after so many trials. and it and extended a hearly welcowme to the guests present and to Malvern, Council Bluffs, Omaha, Chicago, New York and all the out~ side world with which ™ Tabor is now con- nected by the iron rails. The next speaker was Mr. W, C. Brown, superintendent of the lowa'lines of the Chi- cago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, with ‘which the Tabor & North counects, Mr, Brown said: *“The ise man hath said *Thero is a time 0 every purpose, a time to be born and a time to die; a time to break down and o time to build up; a time to weep and o time to laugh; a time for silence and a tinie for speech.’” Loug established custom has marked an occasion of this character as appropriate and proper time for speech. Sixty-one years ago last Fourth of July Hon. Charles Carroll 1aid the first rail of the first railrond built in the United States. None dreamed when witnessing the laying of the first var of iron that Charles Carroll was performing as great a service for the com- mercial and industrial world as the service rendegea the cause of humanity and free government when he signed tho Declaration of Independence, To appreciate the benefits ‘which follow the building of railroads we havé but to look at the conditions which ob- tained beforo railroads were built. Freight transportation was very high and wuch time was consumed in going short distances. The charge for hauling a barrelof flour 150 miles was $5, and salt which cost 1 cent a pound at the seashore cost 6 cents a pound 300 miles from there. The surplus corn raised in central Pennsylvania was abso- lutely worthless, the cost of transportation Deing greater than the price it would bring in tho market, From 1530 to 1850 many railroads were built throughout the eastern, southern und middle states, and in 1853 the first railroad was com- pleted to Chicago, which was the most west— ~ern pointthen reached by rail.” He then pro- ceeded to show that the richest agricultural countries bad yielded uothing to the farmers owing to the impossibility of getting the farm products to market, and then after giving the history of railroad building in Iowa, he showed the important part played by rail- ronds in time of war, and gave some inter- esting statistics to show the great reductions 1 freight rates all over the country, which hos so materially benefitted the people of overy class and calling. *“From every ma- terial point of view the railroads are a factor of inestimable value to the country and exert o powerful influence in building up and ad- vancing the material wealth of the land. They advance tae cause of religion, civiliza- tion and education. *“Ihe growthand development of Towa dur- ing the past thirty years has exceeded the expectation of the most sanguine of her eurly citizens, due chiefly to the influence of railrouds, and the noxt decado will soe still greater strides in the way of improvement, and prospority und peace shall be the hand of the maiden of plenty and harmony shall be the harbinger of prosperity, such as this state hus never known. Then may it be said of lows, ‘The affections of her people, 1ke the rivers of her borders, flow on to per~ petual union,! President William M, Brooks of Tabor college followed with an interesling accouat Of how the Tabor & Northern was built, and suid Tabor was the only place on record where the cltizens voted a tax of 5 per sent, Without a dissenting voice, for a rairoad, and subscrived liberally far beyond thewr means, without even the hope of returns, He told how contributions came in from all sources, how a washerwoman subscribed dollar from her hard earnings, how the col- lege students contributed their mite and how @ poor country woman contributed the money for which she had sold eggs, and showed what great interest had been taken \fi all classes. Ho complimented Prof, cClellend ana Dr. Clarke on the work they had dobe in ac- compiishing the success of the in- terprise, and said that Takor college had con- tributea liberally and that the roud had cost an effort and real sacrifice, but the future ‘would yet bring large return: Prof, Thomas McClelland, Tabor & Northern railroad, speaker, He humorou ¥ ©opro, Burlington & %1 ncy railroad as a branch of the Tabor & Northern, slthough he said the Omana Bee had referred to the ‘Tabor & Northern as a branch of the Chi- cago, Burlinglon & Quinoy, He spoke of the increuse in- value of property and other benelits to be derived from the railroad and complimented the enterprising and perse- vering geople who had aided to build it cellent music was furnished for the oc- casion by the Tabor cornet band and the Schumann Quartette club of the college, In the evening a pleasant sociable rounded off u 's celebration and then the quiet but Plucky littie town of Tabor resumed ber everyduy attire. Tabor college, which is the promoter of this railroad anuTrlu, is the fluest v the state and one of the oldest colleges in the west, 1t compares favorably with the best Now England colleges and its course is very Ihuwll aod grade very high, The college has 230 students and thirieen teachers ana the general air of refinement that permeates section is due mainly to the good moral fufluences of the college, Which is a credit to the state and must be a source of gratiiica- ton to the people of Tabor. The college not resident of the Wis the nexy alluded to the Chi- THE OMAHA DAILY BRE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1880, only furnistied the Jargest part ot the means necessary for building the Tabor & North- ern railroad, but one of it professo Thomas McClelland, is president of tha road. Another, William M. Brooks, is vioo presi- dent and J, ‘'odd, also a college professor, is treasurer of the road. The other officers A, T. West, secretary and J. C. Tipple - A Short Lightwelght Scrap. Nuw Onteaxs, Dec. 23.—Tho fight this afternoon between Andy Bowen, champion lightweight of the south, and James McHale, champion of Pennsylvania, was one of the shortest on rocord. After a few soconds preliminary sparring 1o wen struck McHalo on the jaw, knocking him down. It was fully fifteen seconds before he was brought to time. Under strict ruling the fight had already bten won, but MeHale came up grogey and Bowen struck bim another lick, knocking fim out. th ana Slavin Will Fi ht Today. LoxvoX, Dee, 22, <[t is stated that the fignt between Slavin, the Australian pugil- ist, and Jem Smith will take place tomorrow forenoon at Bruges, Beleum, i i Crooked Postoflice Clerks. ®, Col,, Dec, 22,—Joseph Woodward, delivery clerk at the postoftice, was arrested last night while attempting to pass a check for §1,100 made out in favor of Henry Bohm. Today he confessed that he had taken the check from an immediate delivery letter, Officials of the postofice say this kind of robbery has been going on for some months. Burrano, N, Y., Dec. 22.—Warren B, Hed- strom, mailing clerk in - the postofiice here, has been arrested for opening letters and de- stroying their contents. In his pockots were wwo decoy letters and eight other letters which had been mailed at Buffalo Saturday. — A Rough sea Passage. BostoN, Dec. 22.—~The steamer Hritish Empire, which arrived today from London, reports a tempestuous voyage. On the 15th inst. a tremencous soa broke on board, doing great damage. Quartermaster Smith, who was on deck at the time, was thrown down aud seriously injured. The brig Screamer, which arrived today from Passugoula, re- ports that November 28 First Mate Bogart was wushed overboard and drowned. Ll Bueraro, N, visited by a singular phenomenon, a mid- winter thunderstorm, this morning. The thunder peals were terrific and the light- ning almost continuous. The wind blew at the rate of sixty miles an hour, Several small buildings partially collapsed and other slight damage was done. P Death of Chemist Fay. New Yok, Dec. —Elton Fay, the chemist who was found in a lodging house suffering irom cocaine poisoning, died to- nights et et Fonscca Not Seriousty 1L Loxvox, Dec. 22.—~The Brazilian lezation announces that the illness of President Da Fonseca is not serious. THE l)Al&U'PA R 1EEF WORKk, The Omaha Commitree in Something of'a Dilomma. Colonel C. S. Chase, chairman of the joint committes of the board of trade and real estate exchunge appointed to soliclt aid for the Dakota sufferers, was askod as to tho disposition which should bo made of a car load of grain to be raised at Talmage, ns mentioned in & dispaich from there pub- lished in Tne Bre yesterday. “Any informution of _that kind,” said the colonel, “may be obtained of Mr. Frank Darling, aéting sccretary of the joint com- mittee. We have receivea no positive promises from any of the railroad com- paunies, but 1 feel cortain there wil be no difficulty in getting freight for the relief of thé distress free of charge.” What is the joint committen doing?" *“The committeo is practically at a stand- still for the preseut, When the committee whichHad been sent to Mitchell by the ex- change to 1oox after the Failroad returaed to Omaha Mr. James Barker, who i3 also n member of our joint committee, stated that there wis a great deal of dolicacy expressed by the peoplo of Dakota on this retief question. Ho said the eneral opinion seemed to be that there was no moro distress than Dakota herself could abund- antly take care of. At tho meeting of the committee Saturday Mr, Barker made the same ‘statement, and it had considerable weight. -Mr. H:'T. Clarke sided with him, and saidl wo wero gomg oo fast aud wero medaling in the matter. He suggested vhat wo wait until Dakota usked for ussistance beforo doing anything. 1t was then decided 1o telegraph to Governor Mollette, asking 1f Dakota needed suy assistance and offering what was needed in_the name of Nebraska. Thus the matter stands, and_nothing will bo done until a reply is reccived from the governor, If assistance is needed we will g0 to work and foel confident wo can raiso a large tiain load of donations in a very short time. *1As for the car load of grain at Talmage,” concluded Colonel Chase, “I should say, send it along and take tho chancos on tho froight. I haven'v the least idoa that any charge would oe made by the railroads, and gramn would be one of the most usoful things that could be sent, as there is a large amount of stock to be fed, and thatis as important as anything else.” e Bewaro of frauds. Red Cross Cough Drops will cure your cold. ¥ors Omuha Social Notes. The Fort Omana Social club gave another of thoso pleasnut parties on Friday last. An abundant repast was served at 11:30 and a most eojoyable evening was had by all Among those present were: Mr. and Mr: Williamson, Mr. and Mrs. John Meohan, Mr. and Mrs, Baker, Mr. aud Mrs. Allson, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, Mr, and Mrs, Michael Hays, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas 8. Shaw_and Mr. und Mrs. H. Loveland, Miss Mary Sulli- van, Haona, O'Conner, Kate ~ Fhnn, Mary, Aunna and Nellio Dally, Hat' tie 'Powers, Roso Burnes, Birdie Cowloy, Agnes Logroon, Maggio Magee, Forbes' Burgoss, Sariason and Wood. Mr, and Mrs. Johnson ggve a most enjoya- bie informal aance Saturday wight at their new quarters on Thirtieth street, near Fort Omaha, Supper was served at 11:30, Those eujoying the ploasure of the evening were Me. and Mrs. Johoson, M. and Mrs. Still. well and Mrs. Johnson, Misses Anna Burges, Auna Montgomery. Emma Humilton, Clara Sinkey, E. Sinkey, Ela Miler, May Hubble, Hill, Caml, Ada Hack, Eila Hack, Ela Davis, Grace ' Wisp: Clara and Ella Sinkey, Phoebe Welch, Ella Latch, Ada and Eva Fox, Messrs, Byron Cowley, Gerlach C. Reed, Coulver, Ains- worth, Harte, Kelso, Shoa, Lee, Laylund, Hoyle, Fitzgerald, Taylor, Payne, Bell, ‘Thombson, Thomas Giblin, J, Stahl, Kegan, Sullivan, 'Hoch, Kurtz, Prugh and the Misses Ritter, Messrs, Baunks, Hielisker, Logan, Kurts, Ling, Redman, Hellman, Cunningham, Morehouse, Anderson, Dun- ham, Dietrich and Byron Cowley. : Dinham's orchestra furnished the music. PEIP S Fort Omana Court Materials. Privates Charles H. Caddy, Company D, Twenty-second infaatry, and Willlam H. Balles, Company C, Fourteenth infantry, have been found guilty of desertion by a court materlal of which Major Butier is president aud First Licutenant Mallory judge advocete. Both were sentenced to be aistonorably discharged from the service of the United Stetes aud 1o bo confined at hard labor in the Fort Leavenworth wmilitary prison for a period of three years. Privat Truwblo, roop G, Eightt cay: alry, and Private W. Sherad, Company K, Eighth infautry, were alo tried for the samo offense, Trumble has served fifteen yeurs aud has always borne an excellent cLaracter. He claims to have been Major Keno's orderly at the time of Custer's massacre. Both men denied the jurisdiction of the court, claiming that they were not legully in service, as they had en- listed on Sunday. The plea was samitted by the court.according 1o the 40th article of war—"Who bas received pay is Liable for u::.nrl‘n“;‘.n. wana hlnh thufi t‘;“l; r:nelved pay," el ‘he plea of not guilty of desertion but of absence without leave” was wmade, The court's findiogs have uot yet been wade knowa. e THE LIBERTY OF PILLAGE. A Diplomat Says This {s All the Nihilist Soeks. NOT REFORMERS BY ANY MEANS, According to Colonel de Arnaud Alex- ander 1L Was a Martyr to the Cause of Humanity—A Plea ¥or Exiradition, One Version of Nihilism, Wasmxoeron, Deo. 10.—(Staft Oorrespond- ence of Tue Bre|—Extradition treaties promise to be an important feuture of the cxecutive session of . the senate this winter. President Harrison came out :strohg in his message o congress the other day mn favor of the ratification of the treatics which have been pending before the upper branch of our national legislature for many months. He cailed especial attention o the necessity of ratifying the treaty with Groat Britain, The ratification of this treaty was dofeated, it will be remembered, by Senator Riddle- berger of Virginia, He claimed that the es- tablishment of an extradition treaty between the United States and Great Britain, would be a death blow to the efforts of Irelund to sccure home-rule, since those who violated the laws, of Great Britan in their efforts to establish home rule for the Irish and were compelied to fles to this coun- try as a refuge would be taken back to Gr'eat Britain under treaty stimulations and unduly punished, without proper opportunities for defense, o Some of the arguments used against the Brilish treaty are being laid against the ex- tradition treaty with Russia. The nihilists and anarchists of Russia and this country have waged a persistent warfare against the ratification of the Russian treaty. Your correspondent about two years ago received a letter in opposition to the ratification of the Kussian treaty from Sergius M. Step- niak, the arch nihilist of the Russian em- vire, now exiled in London. I'ms letter was published throughout the country and at- tracted a great deal of attention, 8ince it up- held the violent methods used by the anarch- ists in_KRussia who have for a score of years plotted aganst the lifo of the czar and his tamily. epmak and his colleagues will opposu the treaty when it comes up again be- fore the senate, ‘The principal objection of the §nihilists to the treaty lies in a clause in article 8 where it states that murder or manslaughter, com- prising the negligent or willful killing of the sovereign or chief magistrate or any of his family, shall not be cousidered | .an offense of a political character. Under this clause the nihilists or anarch- 1sts claim that the Russian government may induce the United States authorities to surrender persons who may have been en- gaged in revolutionary projects in Russi and the Russian government desires by such treaty with the United States thut the latter shall declare revolutionary movements in Russia as haying no political meaning, and that the assassination of the emperor or any member of his family shall be declared by the United States 1s sfmply plotting to commit murder; that these concessions the Russian governmeut bas beén denied by Fugland, " These are in reality the only ob- jections the nihilists or anarchists make to this treaty. Your correspondent today asked Colonel de Arnaud, a pative ol Russia and an accomplished diplomat, to explain the real meanwg of that clause. Colonel de Arnaud said: Russiaasks formthe United States govern- ment by that treaty o other concessions than are accorded 'by thre United States to other favored nations, The clause in regard to the killing of the emperoror any of his family has been wisely inserted by the fram- ers of that ‘treaty for - the follow- ing reasons: . Anyone who is apquainted with that country and its political conditions will agree with me that there areno revolu- tionary movements in Russiaand never were and that the nihilists did not work as an or- d body. The mihilists are simply crea- tures composed of deluded students, - G1sap- pointed ofticeseckers, lawyers without prac- tice, traders withoui business, ruined gam. blers and & whole swarm of charaeterless, contemptible idlers, who infest all large cities of the world. And the Russian gov- ernment as well as all loyal citizons of Rus- sia know well the shallowness of those nihil- ists, their utter incapacity * for rational free- dom, the utter perfidy of their intentions, and the selfish villamy of their objects. ‘1 will furthermore say that every man of sense who has visited or studied from an impartial point of view the civihzation and rapid progress of Russia under the present Russian dynasty, will acknowledge with me that those nihilists and Solons and Catos, of revolutions in Russia huve notas their ob- ject freedom for the pecple, and that their only idea of liberty is liberty of pillage; and a8 history proves with them, revolutions are the expediency for rapine and a license for plunder. Since the emancipation of the serfdom in Russia some of the nobility bear a grudge against the emperor and s family for having abolished slavery in the empire. In 1860 when the Iate lamented Alexander 1L resolved to abolish slavery in Russia, a deputiation of nobles called upon -him and statea: ‘If you abolish slaveryin Russia, those small slaveowners who are dependent for a living upon their sluves will surely assassinute you.’ “To this the great Alexander the 1l replied: ‘If this is the case 1 am willing to die for such a noble cause,” and he signed the emancipation proclamation which liber- ated 26,000,000 white siaves in Russia. True to the words of those men the late lamented Alexander 11, paid with his life for this act. Siuce the time of emancipation of serfdom in Russia the smull land owners in Russia who lost their slaves througi that edict swore vengeance against the empire and the imperial faanly of Russia. The assassina- tion and attempts of assessination of the emperor and tis family dates from ' that period. v *It is a folly to say that theunttempts of the assassination of the emperor and his family emanates from patriotic imotives in Russia or because the emperor refuses a conatitutional government, I have written *a great deal uvon this subject of consti- tutional government in fRussis and it.is ab- surd to say that the Russian people, ‘com- posed of nearly one bundred and ten million souls, demand a constitutional form of gov - ernment. The Russians know well that their rights, liberty and safety fortheir property rests in a strong government, as constituted at present. It is wisely inserted in the treaty between Russia and the United States that the assassination of the emperor orchief magistrate, or any of the imperial family, shall not be considered a political *offense. In Russia there are gangs of roving nomads ready and willing to hire themselyes out for the purpose of robbing or assassinating, 3 of those discontented land owhers who lost their slaves could at any time hire those men to assassinate the czar or uny of bis fuwily, take refuge in this country and proclaim himself a nihilist or an anarchist and be ex- empt from any further punishment. “I have just received a fetter from Rus- sia,” continued Colonel de Arnaud; *where an mcident happened which, I think. will be of interest to quote here. ‘In wsmail town in Russia some mazurs or nomads similar to those of the Venetian bravos were hired to nssassinate and rob & paymaster whohad & large amount of moneyforthe purpose of paying the army. While riding jp his car- riage for tho purpose of _guymd several regi~ ments he was attacked -by those mazurs, be and his driver kalled in a Tost brutal man- ner, and robbed of severalhtindred thousand dollars, Tlis event produced such a stivin Russia that the police and deteetive force used their utmost endeavors to find out the real porpetrators of the act, They caugnt one of the murderers, Who was in the act of crossing the Russian frontierinto Germany, and on his person was fouud a large portivn of the money and a letter addressed to a well known nibilist in London, who was to see him safe Lo America, where he was to find a refuge of safety, 8s the "Ameérican ‘varlm::ent does not extradite nihilists to ussia. is well known in Russia amongst the evil doers that when they reach the shores of America, if they only proclaun themselves @s nibilists lh;y will be -exempt--from all bunishment. Therefore you will see how wisely it was a saving clause was inserted in the treaty. ";pukllg of revolutions i Russia re- minds mo that we have ouly to glapca ut the history of thit empire from the time of Ruriok, the founder of the empire, in the ninth centuny; to the prosent time to learn that there nover were any revolutions or at- tempted revolutjons. in- Russia to upset or overthrow the monarchial government there, ‘The uprisings in the early part of the Rus- sian history, were éaused by various pro- teuders to" thethrone, but to change the form of govetnment there never was an up- rising and never will b, for the industrious classes in Ryssia are perfectiy satistied and will not permit iny change i the form of gov- ernment. This is not the case with any other nation in Eurdpe. Letus for instance take jermany. Germany, in a short space of time, will have a republican form of government, for rveasons of bemng a government of the classes. In that country the most ndustrious and the educated people, who form the majority, be- 10ag to the masses who are tyrranized to the fullest extent by the military. Therefore the masses form into secieties for self-protection against those classes, and it is only a ques. tion of time when German, | chango ite m of government. 13ut this is not the caso in Russia, The government In Russia, the Tiead of which is the emperor or czar, and his government, are a government for the musses against the classes of aristoe he Russian government since the oman- cipation of the serfdom has had and has a task to perform. In order’ to protect the wasses who were mostly against the classes, Who were the serf owners of the aristocracy, the RRussian government favors the masses; honce the massos are with the government, and to entico a rebellion in Russia against tho present government is impossible. Tho people are on the side of the government. Tho agitators or the psendo pa- triots in Russia, who mostly resido in London or other parts of urope, are simply creatures who are hired for tho purpose of agitating against the Russian government; men who cannot make an hon- est living 1n their own country, but who are willing and ready to lend their hands in favor of the ruined serf-owners in Russia by agitating against the Lussian govern- ment with that cry of tyrrauny which enters into the feelings of all English-speaking na- tions.” Perry 8. HEATI - Beecham’s Pills cure bilious and nervous ills g B'ANAL BRITH, A Sooclal and Literary Entertainment at Washington Hall. Nebraska lodge, No.- 854, Indopendent Order of B'nal Brith, gave a_literary enter- tainment and ball at Washington hall last night. The event was largely attended and wasa lighly successful affair. The exer- cises bogan withan overture, after which the opening ode was sung by a male quar- tette, succeeding which the installment of newly elected officers took placo, Mr. Isaac Oborfelaer then delivered an address which was warmly received. Tho officors of the society aro Louis Heller, dent; 1. Wedden, vico president; F. sceretary; Isaac Oberfelder, treas- I Adlel urer. Dr. William Rosenau_then delivered an ablo lecturo on “Brotherly Love,” after which Miss Tsaacs rendered a'solo,which was heartily encored. H. Rosenberg delivered a German recitation, which evoked much fa- vorable comment, and was succoeded by H. Black, who recited & humorous selection. Rothehild, then sang @ _solo, “Irish George Cohen delivered an fiddress Home,” and then the dancing began. The committpes, were: On arrangemonts, Carl Brandeis, F. Adler, Louis Adler, G. Reichenberg and 'G. Dryfuss. Floor, Oberfelder, J. Mayer, M. Lowis and E. Wedeles. e CHRIS1'S CARE OF THE PEOPLE. Sermon Dellvéred by Rev. Kubns Last Night, Rev. L. M. Kuhus, pastor of the South- western Lutharan church on Twenty-sixth street, between Poppleton and Woolworth avenues, delivered a sermon last night on the subject “‘Christ's Care of the People,” taking as his text Matthew 14-16: And Christ said unto them, They need not depart, give yo them to eat. - ‘The following is a synopsis of the'sermo: ‘When Christ deats with the people what- ever he does is interesting. His touch is ele- vating and uplifting. Why this is we need not try to explaia, but we know that it is so, and we know that His touch today can make us bottor men and women. ‘When Christ had cowe to the part of Palestine where we find hum, it was about the time he heard of the beheading of John the Baptist at the intigation of Herod. He was at the height of his popularity. Never again was he 8o popular as at this moment. The sick are healed and the lame made whole. He is about to take his depart- ure as he did not care to mix in the political turmoil about Him. Herod had acted contrary to public opinion in his action ir the beheading of Johm, and the people wanted to make Christ king and took his departure. ‘We have heard how He was offered a kingdom ana refused it. How many men would do the same to-day? But Christ would not have it, preferring to wait until the time when His Father saw fit to give Him a kingdom, So He went away, With His disciples He went to Bethsaida Julius. The people were there before him. The peoble hever ran from Christ—they were glad to receive His teach- ings. There is no man can bring his teach- ings home to the soul of his hearers lLke Christ did. The people kept coming until there were 15,000 on the ground. Think of the picture of 15,000 souls standing thero and only one man there to satisfy their needs. He bad lefva crown and a kingdom to save them. Christ knew that he should withdraw from his disciples. They had just returned from a missionary tour an’l he knew he must lift them up to the top of the mountain of truth, He knaw that his disciples were the men to turn the world upside down, for they stood out like spires among the rest of the people. ‘With that gathiering of the peoplo we shall have more to do. Christ said *‘they need not depart.” Why did he say that! He had compassion for the l’mopl& Have you ever listened to the teachings of Christ! Have you ever studied the word of God and not learned of His compassion? We come tonight where Christ’s teachings are, where we may feel his compassion. It comes to the hearts of us all. So Christ was there with the multitude and was touched with compassion for them, Night was fast coming on, the aay was speat. The disciples sug- gested that he send the people away. They were probably actuated by the same spirit which actuates 8 great many people now-a- days. But Obrist said that the people might perish by the wayside and ordered that the multitude be fed. And the people sat there like & groat gardea in thewr variously colored costumes. Their wants ‘T'hus we sce how Christ will supply our wants, Ho~gives us day hy day our daily bread. Not a moment does he allow us to be out of his sight, Is he not satisfying us today by feeding us and satisfying all our wants? He combletely and entirely satisties every want. It is the secret of why veople cling to Christ. They come where his words and truths are to be learned. T e e Cozzens hotol, $1.50 and $2.00 per day. P Cut-Off ‘sand Sports. There was a nd chicken fight at Peto Begle's, on Cuf 1slagd, yesterday, which was largely at! , about 200 people being present. A common and & game cock opened the perforntance, the scrub fow! kill- ln&hu Mvnrlnfl&e five minutes, 'wo full-bloot game fowls battled each other for haif an bour and then & bulldog and a cur fought- for an Lour, the former winning, In the meantime beer flowed like water. The crowd then voted that a good time had been had and came home, e Mamie Mark Dead. Little Mamie Mark, the daughter of Mr. John Mark, who was supposed to be in a cataleptic state, is dead. Rigor mortis set in Saturday night soa Sunday morning the body was cold, with uo signs of life. The cause of death was pronounced to be heart failure, The attending pbysician states that this Wa8 ok, strictly Speaking, a vase of cay lepsy, but was a case of heart failure, with a remarkable prolongation of tae animal beat of the body. The body was taken to Illinois last even- ing for burial. — - An Omaha Artist's Work, Miss Mellona Butterfield, the local artist and china decorator, has just completed & L. vory handsome oyster set consisting of twolvo plates and a large platter. The pioces are exquisitely decorated with ocean shells to which tho sen moss 18 olinging, done on a delicately tinted pink ground. The work is designed for a Christmas present for a lady in Chillicothe, Ohio. et All the rage, RRed Cross Cough Drops five cents per box,sold everywhere. Personnl Paragraphs, F. Roso of Columbus is at the Casey. D, K. Bucklin of Aurora is stopping at the Casey, Stahl of Lincoln is registered at the Paxton. AR Murr: G, G, Brown of Columbus the Case, R, I Scott of Des Moines is registered at the Murra; » George W. Littlo of Lyons is a guest at the Millard, Ohatles D. Smith, of at the Millard, George H. Thummel of Grand Island 1 at the Millard. John P. Galbraith, of Albion is registered at the Ca Mts, Hatchett and daughter of Schuyler are guests at the Casey. T. J. Gilman and wife of St. Louis are among the guests at the Murray. Frank P, Ireland of Nebraska City is among the iate arrivals at tho Paxton. At the Windsor—H, T. Vandercook, Leayenworth: A. Shicagos J. W. Maney, Chicagos mball, Oged; W. "Suyer, Rod Oak; M. McGahey, Galesburg: A. L. Meegs, Lincoln; J. C. Abbott, Wilten June- tions C. W. Lemont, Tnman; C. L. Emery, Norton; T, C. Wood, eity; A. G. Horrs, Seas of Portlaud, Ore., is at the is stopping at Lincoln is stopving Chicago; A. J. McDonald, Chicago; J. I. hicago. DIKD. Mrs, James, wifo of M. E. James, Sherman avenue and Corby street, yester- day at S o'clock a. m. Funeral at Holy Family church Tuesday morning at 9 o’elock. Change of life, backacke, monthly irrogu- larities, ho! flashas, are cured by Dr. Miles’ Nervine, Freo samples at Kuhn & Co.'s 15th and Douglas. S SOUTH OMAHA NEWS, Death of Frank . Marshall. Frauk C. Marshall, aged thirty-two, one of the well known and popular young men, aftera short illness died at 4:15 Sunday moraing. Mr. Marshall leaves u wife and a little son four years of age to mourn the loss of a good husband and father. The immedi- ato causo of death was failure of heart action. Mr. Marshall was a popular and influential momber of Entecprise lodgo, No. 70, Knights of Pythias. The body will be taken Monday morning to Deunison, Ta., for interment. William H. Marshall of Dennison, fa., and Mr. ahd Mrs. J. V. Patterson of Omaha, sister and brother-m-law of Mr. Marshall, | are tere, summoned by tho sad news. Brok lis Shoulder. Thomas Gaffey of the Drovers' Jowrnal force Saturday night fell from a motor car and broke his left shoulder blade, The un- fortunate man was taken to his home and a surgeon summoned who reduced the frac- ture. Notes Abouct the City. Court Teutonia No. 200, Independent Order of Foresters, will meet Thursday evening in Knight of Labor hall for the electron of officers, An organization of discharged German soldiers is being formed in this city. Al- ready twenty have sienified their intentions of joining, and it is believed that seventy- fiveor eighty will beccme mombers. Peter Zulfer was bitten on the left hand by a dog belonging to F'red Bowley. Brandels & Soboda, of Vinton and Eigh- teenth streets, Omaha, reported to the police that their horse and buggy was stolen Sun- day evening. The rig was found in Bruen & Carpenter’s stable. The horse had broken the hitching strap and had simply strayed away. By the accidental upsetting ofa lamp in C. M. Hunt’s houso the Hunt-Gould block had a close call for a big fire. The city council will meet this evening. Thomas Harty of the Omaha Packing compauny’s force has been promoted from the loading gang to be straw boss. G. W. Howe has taken out a_ permit w build a residence 10 Missouri pari addition, About People. William A. Atkins will start Monday for Pittsburg, where he will erect some ma- chinery for electric light plants. John T, Hartman of Beomer is the euest of Albert F'. Kunth. Floren Altfels of Bellevue, Ia., spent Sun- day in the city with nis nepliew, John Frey, Edward Hatcher will leave Monday even- ing for & boiiday visit with friends in Clin- tou, 1a, Messrs. Charles S. Forsyth, Maurice M. Barrou, Robert Russell and Patrick T. Mo~ Gratn of the Armour-Cudaby force will go to Chicago to spend tho holiday scason, Patrick J. Crow of West Side, Iu., is visit- in# his son-in-law, Judge Patrick J. King. —_— How Women are Punished in Porsia. Women are never incarcerated in a public prison in Persia, writes Thomas Stevens in the Youth’s Companion. A lew days' forcible detention in the house of a priest is the usual punish- ment inflicted upon them for small of- fenses, When their crimes are such as to merit punishment, however, no mercy is shown them because they are women, Near the city of Shiraz is a deep well, into which women guilty of certain crimes are cast alive. The woman is conducted. te the well, seated on the back of a donkey, with her face turned toward its tail. She is followed by a hooting mob, who fling mu1 at her and jeer at her misery. Arriving at the well, she is made to kneel down at its brink. A word or two is uttered by the priest, the executioner give the wretched woman a shove with his foot, 'and all is over. e | The Women Who Smoke. | The habit of smoking among women 'seéms to be growing to such an extent ias to cause serious alarm to certain |pessimistic thinkers on both this and the other side of the Atlantic, says the New York World. It is certain that (this bad habit, like all weeds, grows apace, Itis not many years since fe- male smoking was confined to traditions of Spanish senoritas reclining among tropical ' folinge in secluded courts slowly puffing out wreaths of blue smoke from their fragrant cigarettes to the rhyth of splashing fountains and gui- tar serenades, the reverse side of the picture being the shriveled old hag of our southern and western sections tak- ing a pull at her short clay pipe as a 'sort of change from snuff-dipping, nei- ther extreme coming near enough to the great mass of womankind to cause serious apprehension of danger. Little by little, however, the fatal cigarette has found its way into the boudoir of the jaded society woman, who, having }ound it good, bus recommended it to her friends, and so it hus been passed on from wouth 10 mouth, so to speak, until, if reports be true, more women are familior with its taste than would care to have the world know of it, the public opinion is by no means yet pre- pared to admit the woman smoker en- tirely within her paie of respectability One reads, indeed, of a woman of fash- ion who has boldly taken the bull bs horns, douned her smoking-jacket, an inyaded that masculine sanstum, the smoking-room, cigar in mouth, The great fear 18, however, that the habit is olng beyoud the limits of the uurel{ ashionable world, which, after all, | forms a small part of the great world of womankiod, 8bd is gaining a foothold in the affections of the®business woman, Every day tho great army of womon bread-winners is increasing, Every ficld of labor is opening to them and the competition with men grows olos ovory day. The samo causes which ne ato the uso of narcotics among men are beginning to operato with with women—viz: nervous strain due to the rush and excitement of business. It 18 but logical to conclude that the samo remedy will be applied in both cnsos. Yankee Hobes in London, At the fancy fairs and bazaars of tho last season or two in London, says a letter from the world's fair capital, the refreshment departments have heen usually managed by a bevy of fair Americans, Lady Randolph Churchill being espocially encrgetic, while the duchess of Marlborough Mrs. De Roode, Mrs, Thackeray, ana Mrs. Faclkler all helped on various oceasions. At the ice carnival, that most tawdry and much- abused of bazaars, the two great sensa- tions were the wonderfully effective and novel eleetric rose worn by a Mrs, Ronald, and the dress, perfect in all its details, of Miss Walt Whitman as Po- cahontas, though Mme. Nordica's stall *‘at the north pole™ camo in for a large share of admiration, Indecd, at this o- called ice carnival our American cousins had it all their own way, in spite of the rival attractions of Lady Carew, who, as usual, presided over the fish pond, the Ladies Cholmondeley, working as hard as ey ho countoss de Mosella, and Lady Ieodore Sturt. Ano name which'is “always on the list” is that of the good-natured *‘silver queen,” Mrs. Mickay, who never minds taking trouble for a good object. Still, although Americans very fre- quently undertake the dispensation of fascinating cakes and vefreshing drinks it was not an American who received the well-known snub at the hands of Mr. Labouchere, but an Bogiish pro- fessional beauty. Soon after the intro- duction of the fancy tair it became cus- tomary for ladies—with shame be it said—to enhance the value of such waresas button-holes, cigavs, or drin by putting the flower in the purchase: coat with their own fair fingers, by bit- ing the end of the cigar or by vutting the glass to their own lips, The story runs that Mr. Labouchere having be: beguiled into one of these wighty crowds, took refuge at the refreshment stall and agked for a cup of tea. Stretching out his hand to receive it he asked the price. A shilling,” replied the beauty; but raising the cup to her lips and bestowing a fascinating glance on the would-be purchaser sho contin- ued: “Now [ shall ask a vereign.” “Thanks,” he returned laconically, “but I should prefer a clean cup.” - The Toibetan Woman. A point to be noticod here, says an article on Thibet in the Nineteenth Century, is the freedom with which women of all grades go about from pla to pigee; in the shops, in the streot: the vaulted entries which give access to every dwelling-house. The Thibetan female is an independent and buxom dame, very unlike her Hindu sister across the border. Her frame is well knit and sturdy, she can carry any weight you liko on her back. Move- over, there isa jollity about her smile and general deportment which would be very engaging if she mude nerself a little better acquainted with the wash- bowl. Though she ravely uses water for ablutionary purposes -the black stains which™ cover the Thibe woman’s Pace are not due to dirt. a custom, said to be founded on a strict law enacted 200 years ago, for all the adult females to stain their faces with blotches of a deep dye styled tu This disfigurement, which origin- ally was ordered for -the purpose of subduing the natural attractiveness of the female face to the other sex. forms almost a complete disguise to the countenance. In reality a Thibetan girl’s face is most comely and pretty. Tk Nools Sutsapaiia 4§ PORS QoD Do Not Delay taking food's Sarsapartila ts you have that fealing of innguor or exhuustion which Is often the warning sy mpton of approache Ingsickness, This modicine expels all fmpuris fes from the Wlood, cures scrofula and all humors, creates an appetits, assists digostion, strengthenens the nerves and fmparts health to every organ of the body, Hood's Sarsapariiia Is sold by ail drug- &lsts. 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