Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 8, 1890, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, MOND.' BISHOP KEANE'S DISCOURSE. Exporition of the Purpose of the Oatholic University at Washiogton AN EDUCATION WITH GOD IN 1T, The Eloquent and Masterly Sermon of the Noted Prelate at St. Philos mena's Cathedral Yester day Morning. Bishop Keane, the learned and emergetio prosicent of the new Catholic university at Washington, delivered an eloguent yosterday morning at 10°30 o'clock in the Cathedral of St. Philomena, corner of Ninth and Harney streets, Ading the eplstle and gospol of the day scoursed eloquently upon the peace of God,showing that the world and the in- dividual could have no peace save in follow- ing the teachines of God, which were those of Christianity. In closing his masterly dis- course, he spoke as follows There are some who tell us that th e Cath- olic church has plunged the world in dark- ness, und they assert that itis impossible to reconcile science and faith. What nonsence! The church of Christ is filling the world with fustitutions of light and learning. She began with the schools which give an education with Christ in it, an education with the light of the world in it, an education that will fit men for all the r stable walies of life, and now she wants to do what she has doue all over Europe, fin her work by erecting a reat national university, an institution of the fihest ming and the greatest learing, und the decpest learning, telling all about nature, all about history, all about phil all that the busy mind of man can study or know, with Godinit, with Christin it, with the light of the world run- ning thro an institution which of itself il prove how perfectly the Catholic faith ogrees with the highest learning, the most perfect refutation that can be given to the scepticism, which is the danger of our day. fT'hat is the work which the church now has & hand tod 3 om here today to tell the people of Omata, to #ay to you people of Omaha, you are Ameri cans; you are Chris 'you are of those who love your country your holy religion; you are in the of our count 10 raise up a rreat institution of learnin those that have been reared by the Chris of the old world, The Catholic church is the mother of all the universities. Itis she that has brought them forth all over Kurope and 4f they banished the old chul from within in these instiwtions so much the worse for them. Our Ca youth, thank God, are lifting themselves up in the social scalo and they are no longer tent with the education that 1s given by our elementary schools, and they are knocking at the doors of all the learned professions and they are asking if the church cannot do for vhat it has done for tho old world, ¥ oannotyou give us the ighest | ng as Christiuus’ as you have done it in the old world? Doyou not think a3 much of America as you do of the nations of the old world and when our young Catho- lics have a mission to become scholars we do 10t want o say to them, *‘you will have to go to institutions without God and without Christianity in them.” No, we have vhe right to be able to give them the highest learning with God and Christianity m it. Chrst is not a God of darkness but of light and the highest learn- ing with God and Chbristianity in it can bo accomplished only by the old church of Jesus Christ. Thank God, we have already made a begin- ning of that university, We have laid its corner stone and we have the faculty of dlvinity hard at work training picked men from all over the country, men who, after having ncquived the ordinary education that fits them for performing the ordinary duties of priests, having aspirations for the work, are studying and making themselves scholars hll ‘onu or otherof the departments of di- vinity. ! Wfi) waut to open it also for the lalt{. We wantto give there an education which a young man would get at Harvard, at Yale, at ohns Hopkins’, in fact all that he would get at any university in the world. There is one mischief about it and that is that none of these things can be done with- out money. How I wish they could. When the bishops of the United States asked me and when our holy father as) give up my position as bishop of hmond, where 1 had spént eleven happy years, [ knew that it wus condemning me to bea beggar and a tramp for the rest of mylife. Isad I am ‘willing to be & tramp for Christ's sake, will- ing to bea beggar, willing to go and talk to the people and try to wake them up, and so [ am doing it all over the country, and thank God, wherever Igo I am encouraged. Our people love learning and as soon as wo tell them we want to put up a great big justitution of learming that will rise above all the schools, all the colleges and all the semi- naries, liko a great lighthouse, shedding its Yays to the very end of the country, they say that is a glorius work. Weloveour country aud we want to do all we can to help such a noble institution, You have heard of that voung girl [Miss Drexel of Philadelphia] ‘who was instru- mental in starting the university, who vowed when sixteen years old, in the presenceof the blessod srcrament, that when she was of age she wovld give onethird of all she possessed freely at her disposal for the endowment of a Catholic uni- versity. When she had attained the age of Lwenty-onc the bishops were assembled in Baltimore. Her father had fixed matters so that she could have control of only $1,000,000 and she gave §00,000, And they said surely 11 she had the courage to do that we can not be cowards.”” Her sister gave #0,000, Mr. John Kelly gave §100,000 to endow two divin- ity chairs, a the ladies have come forward, endowed '$ 88 monuments to their fath- ers or de od husbands, and men haye como forward to immortaliz themseives by endowing divinity and professorial choirs, and those who could not give 50,000 have come forward and given accerding to their means, Good old Patrick Quinn came to mp said: “I know that this is the that God® and noblest” work churcn has taken in hand and it ‘will do more to put the church rightin the eyes of the people than aunything else. I want to have a hand in 1t, v on me for £20,000.7 A good lady in Philudelphia said: “Put me down for $10,000 and 1 will pay ivin four instullments of §,500.” Turee of these she bas already Ynm. After meationing & number of other dona- tions received from eustern people the bishop continuec Now 31 am making my appeals to cities of'tho west. The east has already sub- scribed £00,000, but it takes millions to es- tablish & university, and | want to know if the proud-spirited city of Omaha—and o prou ~~Allllilud city it may well be, with all the evidences of wealth and prosperity which it possesses say, I want to among those whom God has so signally blessed there will not be found many who will donato liberally to this noble cau Re- member that it is not only for your: that you have been lifted up. The wealth that You have has not been cntrusted to you merely to keep it in your pockets. I tnank God thatl have nothing inthe world. I thauk God that though a priest for twenty- five years I have nothing and I know the com- fort of having nothing. But there are others who have wealth forcod upon them, and 1 somotimes wonder what the people wiil the kinow whether say when God will ask, “What have you | done with your life! \What have vou doi with your means 1 kept it in my pocket, and the answer will b, “My child, is that ‘what 1 gave i vou for?" ~ Again some may say, ‘I mad® first-ciass investments, and everybody says what an enterprishing man [ am.) When"1 hear people talk that way [ thimk it would appear as though it was the devil that gave it to them. Brethiron, God will talk to his people somo day and it is the right and seusible thing that A1 God gives mo more than my fellow man he Inust expoct me Lo do more for works that are for God's plory and for humanity, 1 foel convincod that the people of Omaha ~will have the good scuse to understand that 18 1s true and that this is the noblest thing that God's church has tuken in band, & great national work appealing to the heart of every Catholic to make this the grandest institi- tlon noat enly for this world, but also with re- gnrd to the world to come. I ask of you in wll earnestness to pray that God may bless this work: Some times I feel so crushed uu- der wmy responatbility that I alwost think it 'rom me. t since I have it 1 know must jog along pray that it ‘may prosper. Pray that It may be an honor to our covntry, pray that those whom God means to be his agents may be assisted in the noblest undertaking, and pray that the end the church has in view v be realized, that you may be saved from langers of sceptict from iutellectual hi ‘woul(; be o hlm\xinfi it God would take u! I our blessed Savior and that sho may be, what God means her to be, the light and beacon, And may God bless you, doa friends, and biess your homes, aad bless this great city, and may you who are among a people that rogressive in material prosperity, also show that you are a people who have souls, who belfeve in Christand who are prepaving some day to meet Him. May such be your life here that it may fit you for the life to come, Dr. Phraner’s Adgdress, There was an immense audience at the First Presbyterian church last night to listen to Dr. Phraner of New Yot the well known missionary*workor. He discussed the mis- sionary work both at home and abroad and presented some excollent suggestions to help 1n the work of reseuing the uvehins who have 10 lome and no parents. phstodbaieH THE CLEAKRAN Financial Transact try During th Bostoy, Dec. 7.—(Special Tue Ber] —The following from dispitchos from the of the citios named, shows changes for last week, with rates per cent of increass or decrease, us against the several amounts for the corresponding week in 1889 ; RECORD, ns of the Coun= Last Weck. Telegram to tablo, compiled clearing houses the gross cx- cTies, CLEANIN NewYork Boston Chicago .. Philadel phia. 1s 0T | Providen: Loutsiile. Denyor. St Pau Columbus . 3 i Montreal ... *Salt Lake City. *Houston....... Total oy Outside of New Yo *Not Included in totals. this time lust year. “No duaring house at e e Willis Concluded to Run. At10:90 lastnightas E. C. Willis, pross- man at the Republican job rooms, was re- turning to his home from an evening call, he wils met at the corner of Twenty-fourth and Leavenworth streets by a man, who ordered Dhim to hold up s hands, emphasizing his demand with a big rovolver, Willis had ecn- siderable money and a gold watch, and cot cluded to take desperatechances and immedi- ately started to run, The footpad followed, but’ his intended vietim was too fleetand made his escape. The revolver was either empty, or the highwayman was afraid to use it, s 1o shots were fired, sbafiede Colonel Hoagland's Work. Colonel Hoaglar, the well known worker smong neglected boys and girls, held a very interesting meetingat the First Methodist church last night. He related a great many of his experiences i the work of helping va- grant boys to good homes and in teaching them how to live useful and honest lives. The address was listened to with much interest and the large number of boys present were ally entertained by what tho speaker Tonight Colonel Hoagland will meet at the Young Men's Christian association with all the people of Omaha who wish to no some- thing practical for the poor, homeless boys and gitls of On Painfully Injured by a Fall. Mrs, Joseph Pratt, who resides at the cor- ner of Twenty-ninth and Indiana avenue, fell on the sidewalk last night about 7:30 and was quite seriously hurt. She was ussisted to her home and a physician called, who said that the Iady had no bones broken +but was seriously shaken up. e English Help for New York Banks. LoxDoy, Dec. 7.—The writer of a financial articlo which appears in the Times this morning says he thinks it will be necessary to nssist New York banls to copo with their diffeultios 1n getting gold from London. S Rev, Turkle Recovering. The many friends of Rev.J. T.Tarkle of Kountze Memorial church will be pleased to learn that he s recovering from an attack of scarlet fever and will boableto be out in a fow days. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS, T. M. Worth of Denver is at the Casey, M. M. Gasser of Duluth is at the Paxton. I, E. Hartof Chicagois atthe Merchants, F. G. Stanley of Hartford is at the Bar- ker. . P, Hill of St.Paul was at the Casey last night. J. R. Cain of Fulls City is rezistered at the Casey. . C. Walsh of Richmond, Va,, is at the Murray. J. G. Tateof Hastings is rogistered at the Millard, William H. Swmith of New York is at the Millard. B. I. Ward of Lincoln is in the city, at the Merchants. L. B. Ballard of Jt. Joseph1s inthe city at the Paxton. Clayton of Chicago was at the Mur- ast nigh Francis L; at the Barker. H. I, McAdou of Kansas City was at the Millard last night, A. W. Ware, jr, of St. Paxton last night. . Henry Gund of LaCrosse, Wis., is iu the city, at the Millard, Alexander irvin of Philadelphia 1s regis- tered at the Murray. Thomas.L, Coleman of New York was at the Barker last night. K. A. Brown ot Nebraska City was at the Merchants lust nignt. L. R. Roberts of Hartford, Coun., the Paxton last night, J. P reke of Seward was in the city yesterday, at the Casey. G. M. Ellis of New York was in the city last nighv at the Murray, Ix-Senator Charles H. Van Wyck called upon Tuk Bee yesterday. . H. Wing of Minneapolis was in the city 1ast night, at the Merchants, The members of the *“Faries’ Well" com- pany are in the city, at the Barker, B. E. O'Neil and Tom HBrennan, two popu- lar railroad boys, passed through the city yesterday enroute to Rawhns, Wyo. Mr. O'Nell is one of the tr\llli’ eogineers who ran the Northwestern teain into Omaha during the tervific blizard of January 13, 1888 Rumor has it that he will ere many moons warry & charming young lady who resides at Huron, S. D, nof New York is in the city, Louis was at the was at TRIBUTES TO THEIR DEAD. Omaha Elks Honor the Memory of Departed : Brothers, THE ANNUAL LODGE OF SORROW. An Interosting and Tmpressive Ceres mony In Accordance with the Customs of the Order—W, . Gurley's Address. Omaha lodge No. 30, Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, met yestor noon in the lodge rooms in the Continental block, assembling as a lodge of sorrow, in ordance with the custom of the order. The lodge of sorrow meots once a year, and its duties as set forth in the ritual are “to faithfully record tho virtues of departed brothers and to teach the living that the brightest, record we bequeath to those whom we leave behind is that gained by the faithful practico of charity, justice and brotherly love,” For this purpose the Elks and many of their friends assembled in open meeting. T. M. Cook, C. E. Magoon and €, W. Mosher of Lincolnlodge came up from the Capitol city to participate in the exercises. On the walls of the lodge room, on either side of th alted ruler, were the portraits of six deceased brothers, heavily draped in mourning, They were: Willis_ K, Clarke, Dwight Hull, Zach Thomason, W. B. Alex- r, Charles MceCovmick and P.A. War- rack, the latter threo having died during the past year. Thelodge room with all its para- phernalia was appropriately draped and the desks of the oficers were graced with flow- ers, beautiful tributes to the dead. Trinity quartette, consisting of Mrs. Cot- ton, Mrs. Muller, Messrs, Lumbard and Wil- kins, gave several numbers, and Mrs, Cotton 84 most sweetly “I Know That My Re- decmer Liveth,” After the opening cxercises of the order, Canon Doberty offered prayer, and read sev- eral passages from the Episcopal ritual for the dead, Mr. W. F. Gurley then gave utterance to the following beautiful sentiments : Ships th other Only u th 155 In the nigk't and spenk cach sing. shown and a distant volee In durkness. foont ocean of life, we pass and speak to one anothier, Only o word and o volee—then darkness again and siience. “‘Man is dcomed from his birth. The joy that fills the mother’s breast as she looks with rapture on her new-born babe foretells a sorrow which must sarely come. The path- ways of life are many. One is strewn with roses, another with thorns. ‘One is warm with sunshine, another is davk with shadows, The journey is over, all meet before ‘the pos tal we call death.” Beneath its gloomy arch tramps the great army of departed humanity We hearken and the echo of receding f stops falls upon our ears. On they mar Kingand peasant, the child of wealth and the victim of poverty, the tender babe and he of the whitened locks and feeble limbs, maiden and. matron, the youth and the strong man, the high and the low, the accuser and the ‘accuse ond the mystic gates 1o the shadowy alm, *“The unnumbered centuries of human ex- perience have taught us that ‘we al lJare under sentence of death.) Countless years of human philosophy have failed to reconcile us to that decree, “We stana beside the open grave of one wo love, noris the load of grief which weighs upon our hearts made light because within a thousand nameless graves lie still and cold the forms of those whom others love. The aveeping widow of the cottager finds no sur- cease from sortow because forsooth in yond dim cathedral iies the king in state. The humble swain whose vows of love thrilled her young heart with joy was more than king to her. The king is dead—palace and castle are draped with black. She looks—the wide, wide world is shrouded in her sorrow. “The great incident in life is death, The years sweep swiftly on, Death’s sickle does not, may not, rest And shall not spare the brave, the best, For any prayer, for any moan. ““Out of the dark despair, the cruel agony, the awful grief, which fills the hearts of those who watch beside tne pillow of the dying has been born hope, faint shadowy, still a hope, that the darkness of the tomb is not the ‘be all and the end all.” A hope which may find falfillment in a 1ife of peace and reunited joy in the land of the hereafter. “Ior those who have departed from among us, this we know —there is rest. That mighty host which far outuumbers the living sleeps in peace, in sunshineand in storm, beneath the skies of every clime. The globe itself is one mighty sepulchre. **Daily the tides of life go ebbing and flowing beside them. Thousands of throbbing hearts where theirs are at rest and forever, Thousands of aching brains, where theirs no longer are b 3 Thousands of toiling hands, where theirs have ceased from their labors, Thousands of weary feet, where theirs have completed their journey. “This solace, at. least, is~ ours. Hope may spread her wings andsoar to othor lands where night shall never come; but human kuowledge halts beside the tomb. f aman die, shall he live again? From how many countless thousand pleading lips hus gone forth that cry! The only answar is the echo of that mournful wail, ‘shall he live again?’ “Hope! The first bright star that cast its radiant gleams across the rosy streaks of the primal dawn. The last celestial sentinel whose light_proclaims the midnight watch. Art thou indeed @ herald of the Infinite? “‘We gaze at yonder wall and wonder, could those pictured lips but part in_speech, what message could they bring? Fallen in the ! Many a loved brother, whose tamiliar nd form lent zest and spirit to your so- cial homes, who, in_the days when *sorrow cast her shadow and afiliction came to some within your order, extended the brother's hand; and healoneto whom the proffered service came could name the helper. Call the rvoll for '00! Alexander, McCormick, Warrack—no answer. Lovingly, tenderly, aguinst their names we place the stur. “Oh, watchman, tell us of the night; shall this mortal put on immortality, or do the weary limos of those who sink beneath life’s burdens, find repose inslumber dreamless and eternal? We donot know; we caunot tell. By the sea, the dreary nocturnal sea, Stands a stripling man, His breast full of sorrow, but head full of doubt, Aud with gloomy lips heasks of the waters : 10, solve me the riddle of Life, ‘That harrowing, world-old riddie, Whereon many heads have poundered and brooded. Tell me—whatsignifies man?t ‘Whence has he come and whither goes he? ‘Who dwells upon the golden stars? The waves they murmur theirendless babble, The windit biows, aud the elouds they wander, The stars, they glitter coldly indifferent, Aud a fool waits for an answer,”” M. Gurley was followed by Mr, Simeral, who ‘stated that during thopast year the asterisk of death had been placed opnosite three names on the roster of the lodge, and that in accordance with their custom this lodgo of sorrow was held to pay tribute to the memory of the departed. AS & man bows at the altars of charity, justico and brotherly love, 50 can ho anticipato the respect of his brothers in this life and expect the merey of God in the world to como? Human _science that ean chain the lightning is helpless and impotent as to telling the number of ourdays. The speaker paid a tend ribute to the departed brothers, and the exercises of the occasion ciosed in accordance with tho ke tual. el Gould and the Union Pacific, New Youx, Dec. 7—The executive com- mittee of the Union Pacific railroad held a meeting in the office of Mr. Jay Gould yes- torday. Messrs. Sage, Dillon and Jay Gould, eomprmn% the executive committee, wero present, Tho question of paving the floating debts of the road was touched upon, but the conclusion reached by the four magnates was not made public. Said Mr. Gould after the meeting: “The question of considoring the foatlug debt of tho Union Pacific railroad has not been alto- gother the subject of the executive com- mittee's deliberations. The Union Pacific is all right, the prospects of the road are greater than ever, The meeting todiy w 1o discuss the plapsibility of calling a confor- ence of railrosi commissloners, The object of the confereheo would have no other sig- nificance than thoe promotion of harmony and good fellowship among the railroad officials. Such conference would boa power in pre- cluding the podsibility of a recurrence of any sort of demoralizgtion, Many days will n pass when that taference will be held." i DEMOCRATIC LOBBYISTS, They Areat Work Among the Farm- crs at Ocala. Dee, 7.—~While the national alliance delegates have been resting more or less today, on thy labors of the past five days, still thereis boing nlarge amountof com- mittee work going on wnd many_ important conferences have been held. All this will fa- cilitate convention work tomorrow, and it is predicted that moro real business will be donethan during all the previous sessions put together. Before adjourning last night, Washington, D, ( as decided upon as the place, and the third Tuesday in November as the ‘time for holding the uext annual meeting of the national alliance, Strong efforts, it is said, will be made tomorrow to revoke this action and make Indianapolis the piuce with considerable hope of success, The prejudice against Washing- ton has been excited by westerners here. The opinion is gaining ground thatthe national leaders of the democratic party have many lobbyists here in their interests and thatihe policy of alliance in many respects will be influenced by them, notably inthe case of the sub-treasury bill. ~ Tha is now under consideration by the alliance and has been for several day It is predicted that when it finally com from the committee it will have been modi- fied and changed in many important particu- lars with aview to making lll accord with democratic doctrine to such an extent that 1t con casily bo adopted by the national democratic convention of ™ 1812, or perhaps b passed by congress prior to that event with some slignt changes and modifications. The alliance, Ocala, plat- forin, it is predicted, secure absolute adop- Ocara, Flay tion by the natioal domocratic convention, and this with the endorsement of amodified sub-treasury bill would place the democt party squarcly upon the farmers' alliance platform. In'this way it would gain the su port of the entire alliance and democratic votes throughout the country. Thero was & citizens’ alliance formed hero today for tho purpose of ostablishing a local citizens’ allanco in tho citios and large towns of thecountry. It was organized with J. D, Holden of Kansis as president; Ralph Beau- mont, New York, secretary; S. P. Wild, Washington, D, C., treasurer. ' These officers also constitute its executive committee. My A FRIEND OF PARNELL. Dublin’s Lord Mayor Moves a Very Vigorous Resolution. Dusrix, Dec. 7.—No references was made to Parnellin any of the churehes here today. A meoting of nationalists was held tolay in Phoenix Park. The attendance was only moderate, owing to the bitter cold weather, The lord mayor, presided moved a resomtion that Parnell alone was fitted to lead the nation, He con- demned the Healyites, whose independence and fnte; been sapped by English w Ho called on Pamell under no circumstances to abandon his position Gladstone, he sald, was still humbugging Ireland. When Sexion, Healy, Dillon and O'Brien [groans| were diningwith Gladstone they were perhaps selling the Irish cause. Sweetbreads aud nice dlshes had overcome them. Ho challonged Parnell's opponents, whom he characterized as political lepers, to come to [reland and see how they would bo received. The resobution was carried un- animously; alsoa vote of thanks to those who supported Parnell. The crowd burned an oftigy of Healy and kicked the romains about the park amid shouts of derision. Otherwise tho meeting was orderly. ————— BLOOD FLOWS IN TEXAS. | Convict SoldiersCondemned to Death forthe Marder of! Guards. | Dexver, Col, Daw. 7.—A special from El- Paso, Tex,, to the Ropublican says: A bull- tight this afternoon at Janries, Mex., was at- tended by an immenss erowd. It was brutal and flerce in everyrespect and one horse, ridden by a fighter, was horned three times, ripping_the loft fore leg almost from the body. The bulls were vicious and kept tho crowd at a fever of oxcitement during the afteraoon. The last buil was saberedand dragged from the arena dead. While the sol- diers were absent from the stattending the fight the convict soldiers olted at th racks and killed asargeantof guards, cor- voral anda _private, The murderers, igh- teen in number, broko from the barracks and escaped to the mountains, They were fol- lowed by soldiers, three overtaken and shot to death and four captured and returned to tho post. They were ordered to be killed at sunrise tomorrow. MILES POLICY. He Will Disarm Every Indian Found ‘With a Gan. Curcaco, Dec. 7.—Advices from the Indian country received at army headquarters to- night show that everything is quiet, Several regiments ave expected at Rosebud agency and other stations in the country to- morrow. There are already nearly six thousand soldiers in that localily under” com- mand of General Brooke. 1t is the general’s beliof that when General Miles reaches the Indian country that his policy will be to fw- mediately disarm every Indian found with a gun, Stealing Horses. S1. Pavr, Minn,, Dec.7.--A Pine Ridge agency special says: Reliable information has been received here today that Indians are stealing horses and rases north of the Cheyenneriver, _Scouts were sent out today to ascertain the facts. ilent. New York, Dec, O’Brien, Sullivan, Dillon, O'Connor and Gill, Irish envoys to America, arrived in this city from Chicago. Harrington who has decided to cast his lot with Pamell did not accompany them. 8. P, O'Connor went to the Bartholdi hotel where he has friends, while the other four put up at the Hoffman house, They took the finest suite of rooms in thie house on the first floor, They refused to be mterviewed but all signed the following statement for the pres: “We regret. 10 be obliged to muintain silence in the circumstances of the present moment. We have cabled our approval of the choice of Jdustin McCarthy as chairman of the national party and our earnest hope thit our colleagues and our people may see the way to acquiesce in the conference and 'thus tore the priceless blessing of unity infourparty. Whatever ad ditional communieation we may find our- selves atliberty 1o make to the publie will be made collectively and, will not be made so long as we can sgeany possibility of saving our country fupm a rumous conflict. We would prefer tl our views should suffer by our holding our tongues rather than the pos sibility of unity being prejudiced by a single injudicious word mt this painful moment.”” it THE SPEsD R Today's Live. _AF CLIFTON. f,m, irene . dodosius, Repeater. Third m«:nd‘dm} onahae, St. Patrick. Fourth raco—Cynosure, Fernwood. Fiftn race—~Hub 8, Deer Lodge. Bixth race—Bradford, Macauley, ——— The Last Shot Took Effect. New Youk, Dec. 7.—Late this afternoon Ernest Kettler, aged thirty-cight, shot his wife, forty years old, in the arm and then shot himself in the left temple. He died in- stantly, The woman's wound, which is not dangerous, was dressed by anambulance sur- geon. Still e A post mortem exumination of the re- mains of Mrs, Jones' baby, which died suddenly in the Cunninghnm block last Suturday night, showed that death wus duo to diphtheria. An inquest will be held at 10 o'clock this morning, — Just look at Tue ment of eiveulation. Y, DECEMBER 8, 1800, MONY MESSIAHS HAVE ARISEN. Tmpostors Who Have Duped People in the Past Fow Oenturies, BAR-COCHBA THE SON OF THE STAR. He Ted a Vain Revolt Against the Emperor Hadrian—Carcerof Ma- homet—The Mahdis of the Orie Few ileas have been more liberally misued in the past ages of the Chris- tian era than that of the coming of the Mossiah, Imposters and quacks have found the muntle of a so-called Messinh a covering for some of their vilest crimes, says tho New York Morning Journal. In the mind of the Jewish coming of the Messiah was ceded bya period of bitter misfortune and sorrow, the purpose of which was the reconciliation of the people with God, The Jews doclined to recognize Jesus as tho Messinh bocause he voluntarily took upon himeelf death for the sins of others. In the later Judaism, as isshown in the Talmud, the conception of the char- acter of the Messiah is mostsingular, Thebelief was that the true Maossiah, the son of David, would be preceded by anoth Mossiah, a son of Joseph of Ephraim, who should suffer death for men for a sin offering, Century after century has passed, and the Jewish nation has vainly expected the former, and has often arisen and placed itself under the standards of dreamers, fanatics and imposters who took to themselves the sacred name, Of all these imposters, Simon Bar- Cochba, leader of the Jews in their great insurrection against the Romans under the Emporor Hadrian, from 181 to 185 A. D, was the most formidable and remarkable, Three times the op- pressed Jews had revolted without suc- cess, but when Simon placed himself at their head things changed. He assumed the name of Bar n of the Star,”” pretending that in himthe prophecy was to ba fulfilled. ““There shall come a star out of Jacob,” ete., Numbers xxiv 17, He foughtav first with greit success against the Romans, and even obliged them to evacuate Jerusalem, where he was proclaimed king, and had ooins struck with his name, War spread over all Palestine, and fifty towns, besides villages and ham- lets, came into the possession of the Jew But on the a | of Hadrian’s goneral, Julius Severus, Jerusalem was retaken; fortress after fortress was seized and Simon Bar-Cochba fell at the storming of Bother, A dreadful mas- sacre ensued, and from the fall of this false Messiah dates the final disj ion of the Jews throughout allthe kingdoms of the earth, In the fifth century there arose in the island of Candian false Me ah called Moses, who had a great following for a time, but who - finaily came to grief and shame, In the sixth century a Messiah named Julian caused gieat excitement, amony the peoples, In Persia and Arabiseven as late as the twelfth century, Messiahs occasionally appeared, leading lives of triumph fora time, then being discoy- ered and falling a proy to popular fury All the more modern Maossinhs have been mystics, but have had some prac: tical ambition concealed beneath their prophet’s cloak, Mahomet, the founder of the Mussul- man religion, is often called the “*Mes- siah of the Moslems.” He was born in , and his biograph- erssay thathis birth was accompanied by mivicles, When he was forty years old he had a vision (he said he knew not whetker it came from anangel or from anevil spirit at the time), but after- ward he claimed that it was from on high, and created him the prophetof the people, All his life he pretended tobe guided by revelation and by visions, and he eeded in obtaining the fanatical fol- lowingof millions and his creed has been perpetuated for 1,200 yea Unlike most false Messiahs, Mahomet died in his bed. He was a great man and his pretended intercourse with divinity probably did much more good than harm in the barbarous age in which he lived. Other falso prophets have done very effective worle™ for the Mussulman domi- nation at various Pux'iuds since the eleventh century. The Mahdis, or “Directors,” who appearat intervals in Arabia and Egypt for the purpose of es- tablishing the reign of universal justice and peace upon earth, have dono won- ders ut grouping poople around them and at subduing tho infidel. In 1170 a Mahdi who preached the unity of God, appeared in Moroceo and took up hisabode in a burial ground, where he preached daily until he had 100,000 disciples. After various vie- or the unbelievers he is said to v nslated. The Mahdi, or director of the faith- ful, is foretold by the keran and is ex- pected as the Mossiab by a very large class of Mussulmans, In 909 one of them made himself culiph of the try, from the straights of the border of Egypt, and 5 conquered the whole islund of Sicily. The latest of the Mahdis, whose ph nomensl career wrought such tremend- ous changes in ISgypt from 1881 to the siege of Khartoum and the death of Govdon, wis ono of the grande allic Not only did he vanquish gy ptian and European armies, but he tened to cross the Medite reached Cairo and to de Marseilles and other southern ports. While he was at the height of his glory he died of small-pox, butis sup- posed by his followers to have translatéd to glory. He has a su who made things very uncomfortable recently for Kmin Pasha in the equator- ial provinces of Africs the Indians w Messiah as efficl nation the to bo pre- A re led by a fulse nt as the ) E Tessiahs have been | numerous in_the United States. Joseph | Smith, the founder of the seet of - | ter-Day Saints,” known as the Mormons, is the leader in this interesting category of itluminated worthies, At one time the Mormon Messiah | marched forward as boldiy as Mahomet, | but in later years his influence has di- minished and is likely to perish alto- gother, unless indeed some of the Mor- mon Messiahism is lurking under the mummeries which are arousing the In- | dians at present. Some of the most abominable tr - ties of the Messinh have appeared in the western and southern states in the last Beg's sworn state: | few years. The boldest imposter 18 the wan Schweinfurth,who pretends to have Each Season Has Its own peculiar malady ; but with the blood malutained in astato of uniform vigor and purity, by the useof Ayer's Sarsaparilla, the system readily adupts itself to changod conditions, Composed of the best alteratives and tonies, and beiug highly eoncentrated, Ayer's Sarsaparilla is the most effective and economical of all blood medicine “For some years, at the retu 1 had serious trouble with my Kidneys. I unable to sicep nights, and_ suflered greatly with pains in the small of my back, 1 was ‘also aflicted with headache, loss of appetite, and indiy These symptoms were mueh worse Last spring, esp trouble with my back. A friend persuad me to use Ayor's Sgrsaparilia. 1 began taking it, and my troubles all disappeared.” =M. Geneven Helanger, 24 Bridge st. Springfield, Mass. Ayer's Sarsaparilla PREPARED HY DR.J. C.AYER & CO, Lowell, Mass, Boldby Drugiists. $1,4x $5 Worth $31 bottle, authority to found a heaven upon earth, and who orders theweak-minded of hoth soxes to live 1in_communities which he founds, Several times the local authori- tios have visited his earthly paradise, suspecting himand his disciples of po- lygamous” practices, but thus far no action has been taken against him. ‘Two yours ago there appeared in the lowland region of Georgia and South Carolina a white man who called himself *The Christ,” and . whose promises so wrought upon the simple and sensuous negroes that the authoritics were com- pelled to interfero to protect them agninst themselves, Men and women gave up v wandered through the fields ecstatically waiting for the wings from heaven which this false Messinh had sold them at $1.50 a Yuiv. n the village, three negroos. to show their faith after being excited by the false Messiah’s exhorlations, walked into a blast furnace and we urned to death instantly. The Messith siid they had been translated to the skies. The ‘‘false Messinh” has only to ap- pear and hold up his hands, and he in- stantly has & procession hehind him. Such is human credulity, and such has it been through the centuries. vk and - ey The Smoke Nuisance in England. The question of wholesale smoke abatement is being canvassed with great earnestness in England, A leading glish journal says: *“The smoke d. befouls the atmosphere, exeludes the sun and shortens our alveady too shovt days. This compels us to use largely artificial light, which costs money, wher natural light costs nothing. It blackens our public status, our persons, our clothing, and tends to lower generally the standard of cleanli- ness. The effects of smoke on vegeta- tion are obvious to all. T'rees die, flow- ers will not grow, even our grass degen- erates into weeds—or obnosious forns of vegetation can resist unwholo- some conditions, People are begin- ning to awaken to the impor- tance of the commercial and social as- peets of the question. The Hon Rollo Russells in o lecture delivered lately in London under the auspices of the Na- tional Smoke Abatement association, showoed ina most st 1z manner the effect of smoke and the resulting fogs on the health of the peoplo of London, and further thut, apart altogether from in- jury to health, the smoke and fogs of London costs its inhabitants about = ), ,000,000 per annum Jor ial loss and damage alone. lord provost of Glasgow, in an address on the subject, urged the necessity of legal enactments for the compelling of all consumers of coal to condu their operations so as to avoid the discharge of smoke into the atmospher That this was possible under conditions which are generaly supposed to involve the generation and emission of a large quantity of smoke he showed by quoting aletter from the proprietor of a large print works, in which it was stated that, although fifty tons of coal were used in his worlk v, no black smoke w: made, terstated that the ap- paratus used is what is called the *‘hop- per and shuttle continuous spreading feed,” and it was attached to his doub! flue boilers. The smoke nhatement que tion hus heen taken up in England by thovoughly competent parties and there is every reason ~to believe that in a short time a great improve- ment will take place in the atmosphere of the Brivish manulacturing centers. This matter is of interest to Americans from the faet that indications are not wanting that the question of smoke con- sumption is one that will sooner or later ITEN VAT A B20. Uit of Clothes i —OR— =A B20-= Overcoat ellmgnj { To the person inthis state or “in Iowa that will furnish us the best original suggestion for an _advertisement or trade scheme to pro- mote the interest of our business for the com- ing holidays [all plans to be in writing and at our store by Monday night, Dec. 8] The successful contestant to be notified by mail and through this column. The reason for doing this? We started in this secason to supply the finest clothing trade in the city, and now we have too many gentle- men’s extreme fine overcoats; and we fear no contradiction when we say : that we have some of the nobbiest and tastiest top and box overcoats ever shown in the city of Omaha/ We have cut them in price about .one- fourth. Come quick for they are the latest, the richest, the finest nobbiest and the most have to be seriously considered in this country. e Cost of a Society Dinner. has become a city of ex- n dinner-giving, and many entertainments, with all the delicacies of the season and rare wines, cost from $20 to 100 per cover, writes Foster Wates in the Ladies' Home Jour- nal. Of course the latter is the outside figure,butreckoning thut one gives a din- nor once a week ton party of, say, fifteen, at the first named figure it will prove a snug sum at the end of the year. In order to render these dinners complete and perfect, the hostess must Empm-s a dinner service more or less elaborate, and iv is rarely, if ever, that the major- ity of outsiders stops to consider what these consist of and how much money is spent in this direction. In the old Roman da ter magnificonce could have exi inthe way of tuble decoration, and service, than a millionaire New Yorker displays when his wife gives a large dinner. —— + witzerland's Musical Mikm 1ids. In Switzevland, it is said, they will pay higher wages to a milkmnid who can sing to the cows than to one who T'his is done on the principle that bad treatment of a cow injuriously affects its milk SCROFULA 1s that impurity of the blood whieh produces unsightly lups or swellings in the neck; which causes runuing sorcs on the arns, legs, or feet; which develops uleers in the Y08, €ars, or nose, ) causing blindness or deatness; which 1s tl 2 of pimjles, can- cerous growths, or *humors;" which, fasten- ing upon the Iy auses. consumption and death. 1t is the most ancient of all diseases, andvery few persous are entirely frce from it. "W CURED It Be By taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, which, by the remarkable eures it has acconplished 113 proven itself o be a potent and peenliae miedieine for this disease, 1f you sulfer fiom scrofula, try Tlood's Sarsaparilla. “Every spriug my wifo and children hive been troubled with scrafula, my little boy, tiree years old, being & temible suffercr. Last spring he was oue mass of sores from head tofeet. We alltook Hood's Sarsaparilla, aud all have been eaved of the serofeia. My little boy is entirely free from ores, ar four of wy childrenlook bright and hea W.B. ATHERTON, Passuc City, N. J, Hood’s Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists. §1;sixfor . Preparedonly by 0. 1. HOOD & €O, Apotliecaries, Lovell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar genteel line of over- coats” ever offered for the price: Our $5,%0, $7,%8, $9,810,812 ~ Lines of never sold so fast as at present. We will be out of that grade of goods before New Years if the trade doesn’t let up on them. Come in and sce us, we were here long be- fore the rest of them and are liable here when some gone with the rest, be have to Hellmans Corner 13th and Favpam s, = Omaha. overcoats. .