Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 11, 1891, Page 16

OMAHA DAILY BEE SINTFEN PAGES. THE ORICIN OF MR, INGALLS, Extraordinary Oircumstances Attending His Political Birth in Kansas THE EXPENSE OF SUBSIDY POMEROY. New Storics of Lincoln—Kitled Fleas on the Field of Ho His Early Law Practice—His Lovo Making. or tCopurtght, 1891, by Frank G, Carventer.1 Wasmixeros, Jan 7.—|Special to Bir tor Tn has had his quarters at ka for the last thre and the se which will tak place there at the last of this month promises 10 be us intercsting as any ever known in the history of Ki Kansas {s a state of s pri itis notan i that the “8ockless Simpson'’ may tako the placo of the “Trridesecnt Ingalls,” It will bea calam- ity if he does so, but it will beno greater sur- prise than was Ingalls' first just eighteen years ago. Noone then thought he had the ghost of a chance and you will not find his name mentioned as a candidate in the newspapers prior to the day of the election He was at this time a young lawyer of Atchi- son. He come to Kansas with little more han the cl on his back from Lynn, Mass,, and had hung out his shingle in Atch- tson. He had made some reputation as a poli- tician, had served two terms In the senate, and his brill phrases and eloquent specchies had given him o state reputation. The chief candidate was S. C. Pomeroy, who had served two terms as senator from Kane sas, and who had, it was supposed, a major- ity of the legislators. Kansas elections were at this time not noted for their purity,and the air was full of rumors to the effect that Pomeroy was buying voters right and left. His opponents saw that they could only de. feat bim by a trick, anda through ome of the state senato they brought about that famous fnterview which re- sulted In Pomeroy's political death warrant, and which elevated John J. Ingalls to the United States senate and to fame. The whole plot was kept a secret until the legislature met'in joint convention to elect the senator, The Pomeroy men wera confident of their success aud as thoy took their seats their faces shone with the smile of confidence, and the senator at his hotel laughed and joked as he chatted of the prospects. As the spealker’s gavel fell there were enough members in tho hall ready to cast their ballots for Pomeroy toelect him, Nevertheless, when the voto was taken twenty minutes later, Pomeroy did not receive one voto and John J. Ingalls be- came the United States senator by an over- whelming majority. The act that accom plished this miracle has become famous. The actor was a state senator named York, who at tho falling of the gavel rose and walked down through the hall with two bundles of greenbacks n his hand. He stopped in front of thespeaker and handed the money to him and asked him to count it, saying that when he was through he had a speech to make which would MATERIALLY INFLUENCE Tili ELECTION. There was a dead hush as the speaker counted the parcels and announced that they contained $7,000 in greenbacks. Then York told how Pomeroy had given him this money to vote for him. He said he had had three interviews with Pomeroy, and that Pomeroy 1 tallked of monoy at the fivst one and that he had offered him §5,000 for is vote. York told him that he must have 35,000, and at the third fnterview, which took place three days befove the election, Pomeroy gave him £2,000 in cash and said that he would give him 5,000 the next day and $1,000 after tho clection. Ho had carried out his promise as to the $5,000,and the $7,000 which he handed to the speaker was the corruption money with which Yori said Pomeroy had triad to buy him body and soul. He asked that this money ba used to defray the expenses of prosecuting Senator S. C. Pomeroy for bribery and he evidently thought he was taking the place of one of the Lord’s avenging angels when he de- nounced Pomeroy and toid him that he had entrapped hum into his scheme. As he went on with his speech the convention became wildand when the ballot. was taken at its close there was not a man who dared to vote for Pomeroy. ingalis nad been decided upon s tho opposition candidate and he was al- most unauimously elected. Papers for the arrest of Pomeroy were gottenout but though he denied the alleged bribery, he was too sick toappear at trial and shortly after this he left Topeka. An investigation of the elec- tion was held hero in Washington and Pom- eroy was white-washed by it, but he was, T am told, again arrested for bribery and a suit was brought in the Kansas courts; and ‘the result of this trial was that there was not sufticient evidence to convict, Whether he was free from stain or not I do not know, but heis always spoken of as “Subsidy Pome- roy” by Kansas people and the story of his carecr has been embalmed in fiction. Mark Twain in his “Gilded Age,” evidently refers 10 him as his Senator Dilworthy, and he here tells tho story of his downfall as’ it occurred. Since this election ex-Senator Pomeroy ha spont the most of his time in Washingto Ho is connected here with various religious organizations and charitable affairs and if he has been bad in the past, he is certainly good now. York cameto Washigton tod, He thought he was a herowhen he delivered that speech and he expected the government to reward his heroism by an oftice. He wa wppointed. Sober second thought made e one Tine head Se lls rial clection nsas possibility election hes DESPISE HIM FOR WIS TRICKERY. Ho left Washington a disappointed m: today bis name is almost forgotten in & Our minister to England, Robert. Lincoln, has been in Washiugton 'during the past weck. He looks remarkably well and has no iden of resigning bis position at the court of St. Jumes. He is not suobbish and has little 1o suy about kngland or English matters, He is now forty-cight years old and is at just about the age at which the youngest of our prosideotial candidates werd chosen. If tho foreo bill should be pussed and the next pres- idential campaign bo foughton the basis of the rights of the colored man he will stand a very far didite ana he 1 which are possessed by no other man in the country. He has shown himself capable of managing a great governmnet department, He has good business abilities and he is pos- sessed of the genlus of common sonse and levelheadedness which goes a great. way to- wards making an_eficient president. Ho Tooks more like his mother than his father but has many of the traits of Old Abe, Speaking of Abraham Lincoln, it is wonder- ful how muny new storics are' told of him from day to day. Tho supply scems inex- haustiblo and [ heard several new ones last night from Judge Solomon, an lowa law- yer, who was brought in close assoclation ith the Lizcoln family through hie wife who was brought~ up with Mai tho wife of Abraham Lincoln, Judge Solomon's stories are cither personil experi- ences or they come from the traditions of the Lincoln and Todd fumities, His STORY OF AN fs differont from any that have ever been published and as his authority is Colonel §ohn J. Hardin, who was 050 of tho seconds, it is perhaps the most authontic account of the affwr, Said Judge Solomon : “Tho duel was between General James Shields, a promivent Illinois politician, and Abo Lincoln. A number of articles bad ap- peared in tho newspapers signed ‘Rebe Which had beon writien at Shields and had made him the laghing-stock of the town, Shields had suspected that these lotters had been written by Lincoln, but he had no proof of thefact. Atlast one night ho was at & dance, and in waltzing with one of tho sweot girls of tho town, he squeezed her hand, as she thought, a little too ardently, and sho re- warded him by sticking a pin 1to him and Jeaying biw on the Hoor, Others of the party n and wnsas. me the laughing next issue of lnughable poem | and_ ridiculing that the writer of at his ofice 10 his hand inted | saw thoact ana Shields bec stock of the assembl v the paper contained aver; describing this incident Shields. Shields was sur pocm_was Lincoln a . He callod upon Nt morning witl the pape and asked in a domineering tone as he to the lines, ‘Did you write that!' Lincoln was a very brave man and e looked Shiclds in the eye with asmilo and finally said: °1 shan't tell you whether I wrote it or not. ‘hereupon Shields ly left, sa; 1 shall hear om me:' and that after 4 man appeal as Shields’ second bearing a challenge from Shic roln Lincoln SWOrs A8 Weapons, > Alton as tho place, and Thurs lay at 5 o'clock the time. On theday set for tho duel Abr ham Lincoln started out alone for th 1d, but 101 the wity at the house of John J Hardin and asked if olonet was in, He was told he was not, whercupon he said Well, tell him I o w«over tofight aduel with Shields and that I want bim to come along and be my second.” A few minutes later rived and hi wife told him what Lincoln had said. He took a fust horse and followed at the top of peed, but did not arrive al the fleld until all the other parties weve there. He has described to his friends how he found Lincoln at this time. He was sit ting on a log at one end of the field with his shoe off and Lis big broadsword lying on the ground before him. He had bis stocking pulled dow * Lis anklo and was evi dently searching for something. As Colonel Hardin camo up he said to him S What ar oing, Lincotn? 0l Abo repliod fim goiug to kill this flea in the first place, and in the second place I am going to fight this duel with Shields.’ What do you wat to fight o duel with Shields for?' said he, “Well, the fact 1s, he has acted about this letter that I can’t help it.’ “*1But did you write the letter’ No.* Do you know who did write it “No.)? Well, as T am your second [ suppose I have the right to arrange the preliminaries of the duel.”’ “Yes,” was Lincoln's you to understand that I and that Tdo not car apology.” Upon this Colonel Hardin went_over and talked to Shields' party, and in a short time showed him the silliness of fghtiog with a man who had dono them no injury, Tho re sult was that the ducl was pateied up and that all parties rode back home together, Lincoln with hislong arms would have had the advantage of Shields in this fight,"” con- tinued Judge Solomon, “but according to Colonel ~ Hardin, it was Shicids’ intention to have made a QUICK THRUST AT LINCOLN'S heart the moment the signal was given, and while Lincoln’s eye was still on the signil. In this way he would have probably have killed him before Lincoln would have had time to have raised his sword “Ithas been claimed by some that this duel arose out of a riv existing between Jumes Shiclds and _Abraham_Lincoln as to Mary Todd's hand.”” Judge Solomon went on. ““I think this is Very doubtful. Mary Podd had a number of tovers, but, T do not think General Shiclds was among them. 1 have heard a number of good storics of Lin- coln’s courtship. In fact some have ques- tioned whether he ever wanted to marry Mary Todd. He was in love with her cousin, but she married some one els nd at last Lincoin hesitated as tothe mateh, and at one of his wedding engagements he failed to come to time, and tho wedding had to bo postponed from the absence of the _groom. The night he was to bo mardied ho blacked Lis shoes at his own oftice, and whi these preparations for the event a boy came in and sail “Why, M, 2 Colonel Hardin & S0 mean reply, “but 1 want ne here to fight, ny kind of an Tiucoln, where are you going?" Lincoln raised up_and replied: “To the devilas fastas the Lord will let me.” And then went on blacking his shoes. Itis question as to whether the match was happy one. Hs cortainly treated Mar. very well, and if he did not love he lowed no one to witness his trouble, Speak- ing of the funny incidents of their courtship, JudgeSolomon continued : T heard of one which iliustrates the humorous clement of Lincolw’s character. It happened at Mrs. Clay’s houe in Jacksonville, Mary Todd was sitting at the piaho pls n old tvne very popular in those coln was standing behind her and acconpa- nyiug her in the song, which ran something like this: I will think of thee nightly 'till life’s sun is set.) Lincoln sang, ‘will think of theo nightly if I don't forgets’ whereupon Mary Todd, hearing the last part of the verse, turned around quickly and said : “Cihavs that, Mr. Lincoin® “Lincoln repeated the verse, and this time riehtly. Itis a small thing, but it illustrates the humor that_afterwards’ formed such a part of his presidential administration.” Was Abraham Lincoln a good lawyer” I asked, *“There is 1o doubt but that he was,” re plied the judge. “He had a good practi 4s soon @s he was admitted to the bar, and though he was an ungainly fellow, he knew how to manage n case and o jury. Ho was not so good looking & man then as when ho was president. He was thiuner and his tall, lean frame, his angular body, and his rugged face were STUIKINGLY TOMELY AND COUNTRIF: Long before he gained anynote as a lawyer or politician, he was asked by a farmer near Springfleld to undertake a case for him which was to be tried in Cincinnatiand he occurred one of the most curious incidents in Lincoln's history. He went with this farmer to Cin- cinnai and it happened that thero were nino other defendants in the case, Edwin M. Stanton, then one of the most prominent lawyers' at the Ohio bar, was the attorney for these nine defendants. ' When e saw tho old farmer come in with Lincoln, he took him asideand ina stago whisper begeed him for God's sake n:ot to bring that tali, angular gawkmto the cuse. “His presencé in the court will ruin us,” suid Stanton. “1 have the whole procelings well in hand and can do you more good without him. I beg you regard the interests of the case to send your man back to Illinois” Lincolu over- heard these words, He was very touchy and as so much hurt about it that shortly after this he told his elient that he would not have anything todo with the ease and that ho had beiter et Stanton to try it This the farm refused todo. He said he had paid for Lin- coln's services and he was bound that ho should present the case to the court and act his attornoy, He told Stanton this and nton, in his grandiloquent way, called on oln” and said Lo had looked' into the and that such and so wero the issues that he had prepared the papers which he hardly sup- osed wovld need to b chanzed 1e thereupon handed the papers to Lincoln. oin took them and read thes ver care- y while Stanton waited, Stanton in the autime tried to draw him out on the case but hie had nothing tosay, and as he saw him d on carcfully through the case, Stanton ked on and wondered if after all ‘he might ot be mistaken and his assistant be a g man thon ho thought. A day later the te camooff. Stauton made the leading speech and it took him a full day to deliver himself. At the close of the speech he said thero was oneof the defendants in this case who had employed another lawyer, and with that he motioned to Mr. Lintolu and said he sup- posed the oourt would give him a chance to make a speech, Throughout the trial Lin- coln bad been the observed man in the court- ad when he now arose every eyo w turped upon bim. He addressol the and made o speech of about one hundred words and then sat down. In these one hun- dred words, however, ho presented an en- tively new aspect of the case and one which brought forth an issue which Stanton had looked or which he did not con- As he sat down tho ‘Well, gentiomen, what have youlo suy as to that point? Mr. Stanton and the other luwyers said they had not don sidered it, and the judge said: *Well, gen- tlemen. itls upon that point that the wholo case hines;’ and in shor, this speech of Lincoln’s DECIDED THE (ASE and gave it to his client, Lincoln saw no more of Stanton from that day on wntil ho was elected prosident of the United States and Stanton was hero in Washington us the attorney genoral in Buchanan's administy tion, L.incoln held little communication with him until Simon Cameron resigned the taryship of warand he then appointed Stan. ton'to this position. It was truly a magnar mous act considering the way Stanton treated him in Ciuciunati,”” Fraxk G, Caneeyri A glistoning gift indeed is a plece of Dor. flnger’s American cut glass. Your dealer should show you such a display as will make your eves dance. The genuing has Dorfiin, er's trado wark label ou every plece. THE GIRLS WILL ORGANIZE. Female Olerks Will Ask Admission to the Ranks of United Labor, AN EDWARD BELLAMY RESTAURANT. The Mail Carrers Efforts to Sec Establishment of Sub-Offi cos—Re: tail Clerks Disband -Local Labor Notes, e ore a proposition to organize a labor ¥ to be composed exclusivelyof labor- being agitated by the members of the various assemblies of the Kmghts of Labo Early st springa plan was formulated, butbefore anything was accomplished the plan was dropped, to be revivel by a few of the ladies who are members of the Kuights. he organization that was contemplaed severol months ago included servant girls, employed in hotels, restaurants and private familics, The recent while it mavement goes not exclude further, and this class of fe- males it does not include them. The proposition s it is now before the public proposes to take within_the ranks the female elerks and shop girls, The ideais to rent alarge hall and make the initiation fee very light, say §1 to charter members and then hold the listopen for thirty to sixty days ‘I object of this association is to he mu- and fit up a pleasant home some place in ntral portion of the city where home- :nd their evenings and Sun- does tho timate of cost has been made and it has been ascertained that a suitable room, large enough to comfortably accommodate from two to three hundred girls, can be se- cured, lighted and heated for not to exceed £ per month, After the organization has been perfected the idea s to raise the initiation to 3, €1 of which is to bo retained in the treasury as a sort of a beneficiary fund topay doctor bills and care for sick members or those who may be out of employment from time to time, Such assemblies are now in operation in New York, Philadelphia anda number of other eastorn cities, where they aro working well_and proving of much benefit to the laboring classes of females. Alady of this city who has made labor matters a study fora numberof years said yesterd “I wasin New York a few months ago, and to satisfy myseif upon this sul i commenced an investigation, and the farther it was continued the more I'was pleased. I leamed that eight years ago a charit- ablo lady, whose namo slipped my ~memory, conceived the of establishing a home for girls who compelled to support, themselves, She wealthy, and going into the business portion of the city she rented a large room on the sixth floor of one of the prominent buildings. Shothen furnished it ina luxuriant manner with baths, soft carpets, upholstered furni- ture, mirrors and dressing rooms. A small but carefully selectedlibrary was placed in the room, after which a notice inviting all shop giris to visit the place upon a certain eyening was pliced in the papers. The first rly five hundred girls were in at- tendance, ~ The purpose was explained fully and those who desired to become members of the club subscribed their names. The meet- ingadjourned and two weeks later anothe s held At the sime plac hat_ night the room W crowded tosuffocation, so much so that another room was rented and furnished in a similar man- ner, 3 “To cut a long story short the organizations flourished to such an extent that at the pres- enttimein Now York eity Yhere are five of theso associations with a total membership of 1,200, Of course Omahia could not go_about this matter inso elaborate a scale, but by starting now, with the aid that could be ob- tained from the other labor assemblies, I am confident we could build up a flourishing ir. stitation where girls would have all the com forts of home at a nominal cost. “While upon the question of costs T wantto say that I have made a carcful estimate and am convince that if we can secure 500 members we can maintain such an assembly by a tax of 50 cents permonth from each member, “In thestartmy idea would be to rent the room, buy a piano, chairs, tables anda cheap rpot, subscribe forall of the daily papers andmost of the standard magwzines, butno Light novels would be allowed. The place would always bo open, and on Sunday _after- noons, with the number of musicians that we would have, Iwould establish sacred con- certs. “After this, if the affair was a succe: would establish a restaurant upon_the ward Bellamy plan, as I know that with the large membership, the girls could be boarded at o cost not to cxceed $L60 per wok. “Counsidering the pauper salaries that reccive, this fee I Ed- femalo clerks now in itself would be a great benefit and cnablothe &irls to make something more than a living. “I have considercd this matter for many months, but never beforchave I given it to the public, as when 1 have talked with my frieuds ey have regarded me asa o and an_extremist, but with the encourag ment I have received of late, Tam now confi- dent that my plan will be carried outand that such an assembly will be in active operation before the coming summer is over.’ A number of thedemalo clerks were scen after hearing the foregoing statement, and after it being explained, they were of the opinion that such an_institution can be built up, and should it be started, there is but litile doubt that it will reccive hearty sup- port, The.Wages of uillers, The sccretaries of the building exchanges in thirty-cight cities in the country have sent to the Wisconsin bureau of labor statistics of theschedule of wages in the building trades foreach city. Where there is no exchange the information has been supplied by masons, and builders. The schedules have been tab® ulated aud interesting facts thus brought to light Q2 The six cities in which the highest wages arcpaid are New York, Brooklyn, Chicago, St. Louis, Galveston and Sin Francisco, Tho trades selected for the table were'ma- sonry, carpentry, pain plumbing, roof- ingand the common lubor required inthe ercotion of & building. No ono city pays tho highest wages in all the trades, or in moro thun one trade. Thus, St. Lonis paystho highest wages for masonry, New York for carpentry, San Francisco for painting, Chi- go for plumbing, Santa Fe’ for roofing and Galveston for cominon labor, Santa more than all other cities for roofing, rauks bolow Brooklyn in all other trades, The lowest wages are paid in the southern cities, Atlanta, New Orleans, Lexington,Va., Vicksburg, and Norfolk, Va. Some of the smallor cities of the north pay but littie more than those of the south. Wages iu the north seem o depend more on thesize of a city than on its location. The explanation is, of courae, thatin the larger cities the trades aro botter orguni. For the same reason two adjoining eitios seliom my exactly the wiges. New York pays morothan 1 for panting, carpeatry and plumb- ing. Brooklyn pays more than New York for masoury, roof and_accordilg to the talk for common labor. There is the same 1o in the wezes paid in the acar-by cities of Minneapolis and St Paul, and Cin- cinnati and Cleveland, Philadelphia and Boston rank below the five leading citie and many smaller western cities pay higner s than do the Quakers and tho modern Athenians. Atlantd pays the lowest wages for roofing, masonry, and common labor, but but comparatively good wages for painting and plumbing 1 The differcnce in the wages rates paid in each _trade is as great as their geographical distribution. Atlanta will pay 21 ceuts an hour for masonry, but St. Louis is willing to give 49 conts for' the same work. New York and Baltimore pay 40 cents an hour, and Hrooklyn, Galveston, Washington, San 'ran- eisco and ‘Chicago from 41 to 45 cents an hour. For carpentry New York pays 89 cent our, and Lexington, Va., 18 cents, In e ities from Minneapolis to Providence prevailing rate is cents an hour, New Or- Toans and " Vicksburg aro willing o pay 25 and 26 conts, but most of the smaller western cities will give less than 25 cents for carpen try, For plumbing Chicago pays 40 cents an hour, and Viekshaeg 021 and New York an Francisea pay 50 cents, The other “three citios) follow in no particular order, somo of thesedn the west paying less than southern cities, The rates for painting show the greatestidifference, San Francisco ents aa hovr, and New Orleans Now « York' pays 52 cents and 51 eenws. Indianapolis, Balti- more and Providene ling to pay 42 cents, and Santa Fe 40 nhotir. Roof- ing is paid forat. the lowest rate of all the trades, 10 cents in Atlanta, New York pays 34, Brooklyn 7, and Santa Fe3S cents an hour. For' common - labor Atlanta pays 7y cents, New York, aocording 0 the table, ys 16 cents an hour less than do Philadel- phia, Boston and Brooklyn. - Galveston parts With 20 ¢ un hour, or § a day, the high- est rate of ull. The rate in San Francisco is not shown, but from another source it is known that £ is aiso paid for common laber there The Mail Carriers® Undertaking. At the present time the mail carriers of the city are actively engaged in the work of starting a movement to secure the location of at least three sub-offices in this city, one in the northern, onc in the soutnern and one in the western portion, In support of this they cite the fact that Seattle has two sub-offices, Kansas City and Milwaukee three each. On account of fear of josing their positions, the clerks ara doing but little 1 this _direction themselves,but they have friends who are ac- tively engaged in furthering the plans, They state that the matter will be brought before congress at an early date and are of the opin- ion that if the movement receives the hearty support in Omala it will become a law. One of the mail-carriers in speaking upon the subject yesterday said: At present the carrier force of our city is worked from ten and one half totwelve hours fromopening to close of their days' work. Still the law is eight hours per day for gov erniment employes, and as the labor organiza~ tious of this city avemn favor of eight hours, they should see thatthe law is enforced, as it would give more men work at that busi- ness. Other cities not as large as Omata havedoubled the force of carriers, and tho only remedy we can see is by the establish. ing of suboftices, as has veen done in larger cities, Omaha should have at least three sub-offices, and the reason for it is, that in the west, south and north partof the city, there ave busiuess houses which doa great deal of shipping, which get butone and two deliveries per day, whereas they could get bot- ter service through sub-ofiices where they would have the requived amount of carriers to make prompt deliveries. As it is at the present. time in the outlying districts, if you dropa letter ina_box atthe beginning of a one-trip route afterthe carvier has passed that point, it does not reach the oftice until ext day ati:30 o'clock. 1f you drop a letter in a box cight blocks west of the ofiice after 4 o'clock, it does not reach the oftice until 10 ¢'clock the next day, whereas if there was a suboftice in thav locality sad let- ter could be inChicagoif collected that after- noon by the tino 1t reached this oftico, { cents, Austrahan Labor Notes. Foremost among the associations in exist- ence for the benefit of the masses, and which bas alrealy established afirm foothold in Auckland, is the Knights of Labor, says the Auckland Star, This society was called into existence in June, 1859, for the avowed pur- pose of organizing, educating and directing the power of theindustri The first, meeting was held on the 5th of that month by Mr. H. W. Famall, who submitted a plat- form based upon the principles of the Ame can Knights of Labor, and the platform was adopted almost in itsentirety, On February 6 last, the knights were formerly “‘organized” by the American organizer, Mr. W. W. Lyght, and siice then the association has donea great deal of useful work. Branches hove been established at various vlaces side of the Y Aratapu, Kopur cury Tairus, Whangapous, Wh Newton and Chelsea, and the_total ship is about 1,600. Mr. C. S. Wrightis master workman, and Mr. H. W. Farnall holds the oftice of recording se y. One of the avowed objects of tho Knigltsof Labor is “to gain some of the benefits of laborsaving machinery by a gradual reduc- masses. tion of the hours of labor to eight per day.”! Retail Clerks Disband. There is one labor organization in the city that has been forced to the wall simply on countof the apathy of the members, Early last spring the shoe clerks in a number of the retal stores felt agarieved because their em- ployers required them to_serve fry to fourteen hours daily. ~The clerk eral meetings and atlast concluded to induce the Knights of Labor to listen to thefr ap- peals. A committee was appointed aud one bright Sunday afternoon the clerks and the committec on “organizition met at Gate City ball. The meeting was satisfactory to all concerned and a few days later a lodgo depu- ty started the clorks’ uriion on its way with a membership of something more than oue hundred. Fora time all went well and at every meot- ing of the order, the hallwas filled. Later on interestin the movement began to laz un- til at last enough of the clerks coutd not he found to constitute a quorum. Then the prime movers lost interestand a few days ago the order disbanded and surrendered its charter. EDUCATIONAL, The principal of the public school at An- tioch, Fa., is A, B. Hendry, a lad of four- teen yi It will probably surprise many persons to learn that Harvard university has no even- ing reading room or library” facititics what- ever for its students, One of the cottages for young women, ot Washburncollege, Topaka, Kan.,, was buried to the ground recently. The 10ss above in- surance is about 3,00, The board of curators of the state univers- ity of Missouri, at Columbia, have tendered the presidencyof the university to Prof. R. H. Jesseof Uulane university, New Or- leans A dispateh from New Haven sa is now no cause to doubt that Pr RR. Harper of Yale college, professor of Semi- tie languages, will accept the presidency of the new National university 1n Chicago. What a great charity Girard college has grown to be is shown by the report that there ara now in the college 1,550 pupils who are clothed, fed aud educated fom the income of tie , £0),000 being expended anuu- ally for the support aud extension of tho college. Western college, located has just closed the ' most suc of its history, A new buildi has just been flnished. istration of the new president, J. S, D.D., nearly §02,00 of new tuuds added to the assets last yeu A prodigy in the teaching line is little Clara Greerawals of Bernville, Pa. Although only thirteen years old, the trustoes of Penn townsnip have, afier investication of her ability, given her the position of school teacher. She his held this place over two mouths, and the parents of ber pupils unani- mously favor her method of instruction aud style of government, The principle of manual training has found an enlarged application in the Fricdrich Wil- helm gymuasium in Berlin, whose pupils are afforded physical excreise, manual training and yaluable instraetion, all at the same time, on a large piece of ground, lnd out, in diminu’ tive fields, which” the pupils cultivate in a 5 of ways, The experiment has proved successful and will undoubtedly be repeated in other German colleges, President Eliot ofiifarvard, on belng asked why the college chase recently a protectionist professor of politieal econoiny (Prof. James of the university of Pennsylvania, who has declined to leave bis prosent. position), stated that the college policy whatever on the question of protection or of freo trade. We have no text-books,” he said, “on the subject, as many other colleges have, and wo advocateno principles. ‘The students aro re- ferred to the whole literature of the subject, both for protection aud freo trade, The thirst of the southorn negroe kuowledgo is illustrated by the ex perien Atlanta Univemity. The flood of students this season is alresdy so great, says the Colieze Bulletine, that “after filling all the available spaco in our buildings, wo have already had 1o vo outside to odate the last arrivals until all practieablo facilities in this direction have been exhausted.” New buildings arean absoluto necessity if the ble work of the institution is not to be circumseribe The annual report of the superintendent of public instruction of the state of Llliois, shows the r of males in the state unle twenty-oue years of age Lo be 87,205, fe- : Thero William at_Toledo, Tn., essful fall te the admin- Mills, was MAX MEYER & BRO. GO. 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P, Harper, president of the new Baptist. university of Chicago, has for formu- lated his educational plan, and it _turns out to beone for college extension, It is pr posed to bring the higher education within reach of tho common people, and todo 501t will be the purpose of the Lew university to operate througha system of branch schools or academics scattered through the country. These branches will be nothing more than preparatory, with of conferring diplomas or degrees. 1, however, be under the supervision of the contral institu- tion of learning. Brown’s University catalogue, to ho 1sused immediately, will be the most elaborate over ublished at’ Providence, with 130 piges, a acsimile of the orimnal charter of ihe rsity, & cut of Prof, Harkness as the and much additional infor- mation concerning new courses of studv. It will show an increase ot twelveover lust year in the number of professors and instructors and the total number of students as 852, an increase of sixty-seven in the twelve months, Greater facilities for the study of Spanish and Italian will be ex- hibited, and the announcement made that all studeuts who have taken any one of tho courses in zoology will have the opportunity to contiuue work during the coming summer, and under special direction, at the Marine biological laboratory, Wood's Holl, Mass. Inalecture in Boston list Sunday Prof. Mary Whitney of Vassar college gave a pleasant sketeh of the life of Maria Mitehell. Miss Mitchell, she said, never sink tho friend and ter in the astronomer, She belonged to the class of reformers who are reformers through conviction, Sho was essentially conservative, and in her youth not in favor of woman suffrage or of the ap- of women in public affairs. Sha was, a constant upholder of the higher cducation of women, as she was of theory of co-education, ind_in time she ame an ardent suffragist. Prominent as acher, reformer und scicntist, she was a simple, sincere woman, r rikable simplo _habits and r directness of oxp Always retaining the influcnce of her Quiker home, she became allied with the Unitarians, although sho owned no crecd. Theone central point of her chavacter was the union of ner moral and intellectual life, bl CONNERBIAL, AEN. Schoot 0, for he Sobbed Jill to Jaclk, mid matrimonial strife, SCurgt be the day when I became your wife,” “Lam amazed,” suid Jack, It is too bad To curse the ouly happy day wo've had.” And now we'rve tottering down, John, But hand to hand we'll go, Aund sleep togethor at the foot, John Anderson, my Jo, The wreath of palus for the oldest r air in the world undoubtedly should go to »anicl Salisbury and his wife of Lac Qui Parie, Minn., who aro 103 and 101 years agge respectively and have been marricd eighty yea Mr.and Mrs, Christopher Grahringer of Minneapolis have been scouring the twin ctties a week for their son, Christopher Girah riuger, jr., & boy of soventoen yoars, ¥ Chwistopher married Miss Lizzlo Stanee o maiden of thirty-four. The par try to have the marrze sunuled Pwo geutlemen in Louisville, Ky., had been 80 extravagunt that they neglect to pay their uts PORTRAIT HOUSE, PLASE BE ESTABLISHED 186G6. fl we hay vourself or decidedtom sy member of you REE OF ure you v s for soveral months, Having been ed for payment. they bit upon a expediont to cancel the indebtediess, rhey invoked the aid of cupid, and after g wrried courtship owe of them ' married the andiady and the other hor daughter. Edward Clensinger_the son of a wealthy tetired morchant of Detroit, Mich,, marricd Miss Donaldson, the daughter of equally althy and prominent people there, Clen- singer, howover, spent. his wile's fortune as well as Lis own in - gratifving his dissipated tastes and finally, after enduving untold cruelty and neglectat his hauds she brought suit for divorcein Pittsburs the other day. The affair has produced a profound sensutioa in the City James Hurst, a white Rapids, Mich,' took out a Angelina Johnson, anulatto ding guests had assemblea colored gentleman and a fo; little private conversation the back yard, When Russell's arm sho saul: “I dun_change my mind, but dar will bea wedding all nght enough, and Jim Hurst won't be de groom, Mister ' James Russell fs the botter man." Hurst was mad and wanted to lick Russell, but was held back by his friends, and t} inister, who stood by Hurst like a man, refused to marry the two colered folks. The wedding was off and the guests took away the prosents they brought. A coloved couple cailed on a well known clergyman in Boston recently to be marries accompanied by another couple, amo to “stand up’ with the bridegroom and bride, The quartet. stood in line, and by a queer misunderstunding of the requive ments of the occasion the “‘contracting par- s got separated, the man standing at one end of the line and the woman av the othe The clergyman,supposing they were properly stationed. suid! *You take this woman to lawful and wedded wife —Say, hold do woman dat I'm goin’ tomarry am at deoderend ob de line; I'm not goin’ marry dis yer extremes met and the cereminy was bocun again and finished without interruptio ¢ 2105t #50,000 in_the recent slump in 7 snid o Yorker to & reporter, and am practically left without capital. 1 shall have to begin the world ugain at forty- five no better off than when I started at twenty, Fora long time I hesitated about king tho news to my wife, This s the plan 1 hit on: I took her to dinner at Del- monico’s the nignt before Thanksgiving. 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