Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 25, 1893, Page 4

2 “UNAA COUNENCEMENT DAYS )M Q@irl Graduates Have Town by Storm. HOME FROM THEIR ALMA MATERS ken the Mise Mabol Heliman's Engngement to Rev. Dr. William Rosenna.-Miss Amy Barker's Pretty Danclng Party—Serenanded at Rappy Hollow. It has been commencement week fn Omal Al the tomples of learning have been turn- 4ng out graduates until the daily papers might easily be rogarded as commencement pumbers for the several schools in the eity. The sweet girl graduate has taken the fown by storm. Tulle and loveliness, flowers nd hope havo been her portion, snd right gunualy bas she sailed upward toward the he sun. “Hoyond the Alps lies Italy” has been Jargely her graduating essay, and she has traversod the whole gamut of the passions I giving phraso to hor ideas of this ancient of subjects, Outside of commencoment exercises so- cioty has boen out of the race entirely, only & fow ovents enlivening the tedicum of the June days. And so it will continue until the autumn time returns the pampered dar- | dings of fashicn to the round of party, ball lmf reception. e The engagement of Miss Mabel Hellman to Rev. Dr. William Rosenau has boen an- mounced. Miss Heliman is the daughtor of o late Moyer Hellman and Mrs. Maria ollman, and a_member of this year's grad- ‘unting clnss of the Omaha High school. Dr, ‘William Rosenau was the former occupant of the pulpit of the Congregetion of Israel of this city and §s now rabbi of Temple Oheb Bhalom of Baltimore, Md., one of the largest and most influentinl Jewish congregations of the United State: T'his engagement following so close on the heels of Miss Hellman's announcement is do- cided proof of the popularity of two of Omana’s prettiest young women. The friends of Misses Blanche and Mabel ellman have planned a moonlight picnic to user's parlk, Iicsday evening of this week fn honor of their engagoments, a special train leaving the Webster streot station at ¥ o'clock sharp, invitations for which were f8sued yosterd; . Tho death of Cald\wéll Hamilton, son of ©. W. Hamilton, Friday afternoon, takes from Omaha one of her brightest young men. Ho was universally estoemed for rare quali- ties of mind and heart and in_the circles of ocioty which he illumined by his presenco s death will bo sincorely mourned. Born of wealthy parents, ho was privileged to on- Joy many things not vouchsafed the ordinary young man of today, but though wealthy ho treated his patrimony as_onl; the conservative man does, knowing the ad- wantages which money brings. He was a most delightful host, and cultured to a de- ree, was n great favorite among his club ‘friends. A Native Son of Omaha, he will bo greatly misscd from tho annual meetings of he soctoty which he helped to create. Caldwell Hamilton was born October 22, 1865, and graduated at Cornell university in 1880, after receiving a preliminary education 8t the Omaha schools and at Georgetown collego. Last year he spent several months 4o Kurope and had planned to cnter a busi- ness carecr this spring, when ho was taken 11l Early in March he ht a severo cold, which developed into tuberculosis and he began 1o decline rapidly. His friends took him to Colorado a fow weeks ago in the hope of finding at_least temporary relief for him, ‘but it was of no use and after great suffering death came to his relief. 8 Party. Wednesday evening Miss Amy Barker in honor of her cousin Miss Osborne, who leaves Omaha today for a short stay in Chi- cago previous to sailing for her home in Europe on the Campania July 1, and Miss Palmer, who is just home from her New York school, zave a lovely dancing party at her residence 626 South Thirty-seventh street. The house was prettly decorated for the: occasion and the guests enjoyed the ‘evening yreatly, it being just cool emough for dancing. The guests invited were: King of New York, Kountze, Gertie Kountze, Jentie Yates, Webster, Dandy, eShane, May McShane. Alice McCormick, artman, Lionberger, Burns, Coe, Carter, Woolworth, Brown, Cook, Miss Lowe, {l;rluy, Van Kuran, Sargent, ller; Messrs, Misses Palmer, man, Kountze, Merer. Battin, Foy, Clarke, Richardson, S. Richardson, Weeks, Jd Weeks, Marbury, Christian, Darling" Nasoo, Marsh, Dietz, Cornish, George, Mc, Mahon, Burgess, Palmer, Wheeler, Tuttle, Morsman, i€ Morsman, Joseph Barker, ir. Seth Drake, Holdrege, John Sargent, Fonda Carter, Buxter, H. Knapp, Mr. and Mrs Newt Barkalow. Righ School Alumsl Reception. The annual reception of the High school _mlumni Friday evening brought out a host of High school graduates of this and other years. The halls were filled with many men and women who knocked elbows with younger graduates and scomed to enjoy the ©pportunity ot meeting old school fellows who were out in the world, trying to make & ‘home and fortune for themselves. Principal Lewis stood at the head of th stairway on the second floor and welcom each guest with a hand shake and a word. The faces and names of all who have been a pil at the school seemed to be perfectly familiar to him. On the lower floor the Second Infantry orchestra was stationed just inside the east entrance. After rendering a musical pro- gram of a few choice numbers, the danco ram wus opened shortly before 10 o'clock avith the “Lanciers.” The dancers occupied the halls of the first story. Upstairs the smembers of the several classcs who did not passed the time in nprurenll_v most nt discussion of old school days. Nearly every class since and including 1870 was re‘rrmnt«l in the gathering. Some of the plder classes showed but few representatives, s was to have been expected. The younger were represented by larger numbers. Reminiscenco and story beguiled the hours when midnizht came there were many Swho had not half done talking over the old "fl with their comrades. 0 reception committee comprised Stacla Crowley, '10; Will McCagwe, '78; Margarot o, Truland, '79; Lizzie M. Isaacs. '80; Jessie n, '81; ie Phelps, '82; Hulda Isaac- pon, 8; Tizie Van Sant, '84; Kdith James, 85; Charies McConncll, '86; 'Mrs. H. Led- wick, '87; Lydia McCague, '83; Rose Brady, 289; Aona Withrow, '0; Arthur Cooley, 91} ettlo Smiley, '92; Russell Wilber, '92; May ‘man, '03. mong thoso preseut, in addition to the class of ‘03, were noticed: Mrs. Fred Mo Connedl, Mrs. Richard Carrier, Mrs. Addie McCullough, Mrs, J. R Van Tuyl,” Stacia Crowley und Ida Goodwan of the class of 76, glrw'humd(-m and Mrs. Frank Fitzpatrick, , aud Mrs. Homer Lewis, Mr. and Mra. QClinton Powell, Prof. N. Bernstein, E. ) Puuflr.. Mary Hogan, Edward T. Gros: m. arvard Parmelee, Carl M. Halgren, hur Cooley, Frank Wead, Marie Parker, Alice Fawcett, Hulda Schultz, Margaret “‘hm Fannie Cogzeshall, Be Latey, ary Walker, Julla Newcoiub, Charles Mo Connell, Louis W. Weymuller, Howard Ken- nedy, r., C, 5. Myers, Anua McCague, Min- nie Swartzlander, Wallace Tuylor, Willism B:vmqr. George H. Hess, Alfred Sawille, wer McCague, Mae Fawcott, Margaret Cook, Stella Rice, Anna Hungate, Pauline , Maud Miller, Jane Goff, Emily ."?'A J. Streitz, Arthur Rose, Earl Delightful Conching Party. One of the pleasant events of the week ‘was & coaching party given by J. Clarke Coit Thursday evening. The night was an ideal one, and after an enfoyable outing of three the merry party returned to the home , where the guests danced. The house ted wh roses and ferns, while in orazy corver Miss Harriet Marsh presided the punch bowl. o host of protty girls be wondered at that l.n.; Palmer, Kh! urchill Jones, Messrs. Allen, Cooley, imer Adair, Goorge, Jones, Wilbur, Sny | dor, Waiker, Tate and Coit, Mr. and Mes Dalles Bache, fr. Dr. and Mrs, G. W. Colt of Missouri Valley, Ia., assistod Their son in recoiving, while nd Mrs. Allee acted as chaperones. Serenaded at Happy Wollow. Provions to Sonator and Mrs. Mander son's leaving for Philadelphia accompanted by Mrs. Manderson's nisce, Miss Fries, the Second Intantry band tendercd a serenade to the senator at Happy Hollow, Thursday evening, which proved to ba particulatly charming, possibly because it was hastily \|lm\mvd by the officers of the garrison When Mr. J. N. H. Patrick was informed | by Post Adjutant Wright that the band would serenade the sonator, it necessi- tated haste on his part to have a number of Ruosts present to enjoy the program. But tho visiting list of the Patricks is necessar- ily large, and it didn't require great effort to secure fifty guests by verbal invitation to be present. In consequence the house was a protiy scene, made so by the presence of a number of charming women. The vorch was canvassed for the evening and when- over the band played a waltz, dancers wero found to oujoy the cxcellent music of the band. Later refroshments werc served, tho evening, on account of its informality, being thoroughly enjoyable. For Mr. and Mrs. sehrand, Mr. and Mrs. John Castles gavo a charm- ing party Thursday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. George Schrand of Milwaukee, neing and other amusements being in' dped in until 11:30, when refreshments rvod. There were presont: Mr. and Mrs. Georgo Sehrand of Milwaukeo, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Minds, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Burdish, Mr. and Mrs. James Connelly, Mr. and Mrs. William Castles, Mr. and Mrs. Frod Bilbow; Messrs. Bd_Fitzpatrick, £d Connolly, Jamies Ford, William_ Clifton, Chris Larson, Ferdinand; Misses Rose Castles, Kato Buckley, Maggio Fitzoatrick, Bid Walsh, M Keough, Illia MeKenna, Jo Anna O'Hftrra, Charlie Castle: Home from r A A Mntors, Will Cowin has returned from Yale. Murry Coggswell, Knox college, Ilinois, is homo. Morris Beall week. Charles Rosewater has roturned home from Cornell university. Ralph Richardson, Worcester, Mass., is cted shortly. y Buck, Burnham school, Northamp- will arrive from Yale next oung men from Faribault, Minn., have returned homo. 1 Rustin and Ned Stiger ,Harvard boys are expected home soon Allan_Marsh and Jay Brown turned from Williams college. Ezra Millard, St. Paul's school, Concord, is cxpected home about July 1. Kenney Billings and Oscar Quick are ex- pected from Harvard next week. Miss Margaret McDormott has returned from her school at St. Charles, Mo. Edmund Grossman of the University of Pennsylvania returned home last Friday. Arthur Montmorency of the Umversity of Nebraska is surveying with a party in Wyo- ming. Alice Andresen and Mattio Stone of La- sell, Aubumdale, Mass., me home last week. Ha Akin, a Princeton man, arrived home yesterday after stopping a short tumo at the fair, Kugenia Getner is a member of this year's l;(uu.lng class of the University of Ne- Will and Herbert Rogors will return next weck from Princeton, having stopped at the fair enroute. Paul Ludington, Larimore Denise, accom- panicd by his_guest, Adison Townsend of Washington, D. C.: Tom Creigh, George MeCague have returned from Princeton. W. D. Osgood, University of Pennsylvania, will not return to Omaha, his father being stationed at Boston. Charles Gardner of the University of the South, Suawnee, Tenn., has goue with the family to Buyfield, Wis. 1sie Colpetzer and Hattie Cady having left Miss Brown's school, New York City, are with their families in Chicago. Margaret Brown and_Margavret McKell of Graham's school, New York, stopped at o before returning home. and Alice Drake of St. Catherine's convent, Davenport, are at home accom- panied by Miss Aunie Bowman of Waverly, Ta, George B. Dandy, jr., University of Penn- sylvania, arrived in Omeha Friday on a :’(m to his parents, General and Mrs, Dandy, LS. A Sadie Lyman, well known in Omaha grad- uated this year from Oberlin college, Ohio, and is_visiting her purents who reside in Norfolk, Va. Carroll Carter returned from Harvard on Weanesday, his_brother Arthur Carter ar- riving Wednesday from St. Paul's school, Concord, N, H. Augustus Detweiler, having completed his course in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, is at present at Johns Hoplins, oseph Morseman, Roy Crummer, a8, Thomas Wilson Battin of vorsity of Michizan will not leave their alma mater until June 30, their inten- tion being to stop several days at the fair befove returning home. Miss Comfort Elizabeth Baker has_com- pleted her course at Fisk university, Nash- ville, Tenny, graduating this year. Miss Baker, it will be remembered, graduated with honor at the High school in 1880, She will teach @ summer school at Newport, Ark., and will be principal af a laree colored school ziext year. Of the young people who graduated th week from the Omaha High school Zandu Cortelyou, August Peterson, Harrison Oury, Bert_Butler and Otis Whipple will enter the Nebraska State university next fall. Kae Hobbie will go to the Chicago university; Georgia Lindsay to Mrs, Ely's Boarding school, New York; Fred Van Horn to Dartmouth; Blanch Robinson to Evans- ton; Clara Rood to Welles oy or Smith; Russell Wilbur to Williams; Nellie French to Leland Stanford university. Ada M. Stone will enter the training scnool. Messrs. Houston and Riley will go into business in the city. Mariou Schibsby and Jessio Thain recoutly engaged in a competitive examina- scholarship at Vassar. The winner will outer that school. Kdna Thain will go to Knox college at Galesburg, About Omnha Peopto. John L, Webster has gone to St. Paul, Mr. Ed Wessell has gone to Chicago. K Bishop Von Scheele left for the west Tues- ay. Iix-Goveenor Samuel Merrill was in Omaha have re Dr. George H. Parsell has returned from New York, > Cole and family have cone to the . arles A. Wanner willleave for Chi cugo on Monday. Mr. E. Durr and family leave for Europe the comig weok. Mr. Frank Colpetzer and Mrs, DuBois have gone to Chicago, My, and Mrs, W. Allen went over last week to the World's fair. Mrs. Lloyd and Miss Helen speud the summer vear Boston, Miss Susanne Walker of the High school faculty, goes to Chicago today. Lloyd will of New York eity, Smith, I Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Galbraith and Will Galbraith leave for Chicago today. 5. 1. 1. Clark, president of th citic, hus returned from St. Louis. Miss White, principal of the Hartman school, has gone 12 the *White City.” Miss Louise Brandon of Dotroit, Mich., fs tho guest of Mr. und Mrs. 5. E. Howell. Mr. and Mrs, N. M. Hubbard, jr., have re- moved to 207 South Thirty-ninth street. Mrs. H. W. Yates and the Misses Yates have returned from their visit to Chicago. Miss Helen Hibbard has joined her sister, who i visfuiag st Arbor lodge, Nebraskd LY. Mrs. Alfred J. Lunt left yesterday for Ra- Union Pa- cine, Wis., where she will spend July and August. Mr. and Mrs. Kohlsaat, who have been &uuu at B ishopthorpe, left yesterday for ew York. Mrs. D, H. Wheeler, jr., Mrs, B 8. Dundy THE_OMAHA ond Miss Dundy loft Thursday for the World's falr. Miss Floy Jones of Wichita, Kan, is at the Merriam, the guest of her cousin, Miss Edith Jones. Mr. Thomas Swobe, Ed Swobe and Dwight Swobe went to Chicago last week | for a few days Mrs. Charles 1. Thomas ana Miss Minnio Thomas loft Friday for Chicage to attend the World's fair Missos Thomas and Love of the educa. tional department of the eity schools left for Chicago yesterday. Mr. Georgo C. Hobbie, who is sponding the summer in Chicfgo in company with his family, was in town for a fow days tho past | week. J. M. McNaughton, chiof clerk i freight department of the Misouri P and wife will leavo shortly for West Vir the Miss Alice Rose, who has been the guest of hor sistor, Mr: E. C. Snyder, leaves today for New York, stopping at the World's fair enroute. Mrs. Elta Matheson, eashier in the post- master's department of the postoffice, has returned from n three weeks visit to the World's fair, Mr. D. Kenniston, Kountze Place, enter- tained a number of friends at high-five Wodnesday evening. After the games lunch- eon was served. Mr, Harry Cartan, Mr. Saunders, Mr. Bar- ton, Mr. C Turner, Mr. 5. M. Fairfield, Mr. Arthur Guiou and Mr. W.G. Doano started for the fair last week. Miss I2dith Gramm and Miss Ida Harris of Larnmio, Wyo., spent a fow hours with Miss Lulu Tillotson on Thursday on their way home from Ogontz school, Philadelphia, Pa. Manager W. J. Burgess of the Farnam Street theater accompanied Mrs. Burgess to Chicago last Monday, returning Friday morning to look after the interests of tho house. Mrs. Arthur Smith leaves for the cast on Monday, together with the young ladies who are now her guests. Mrs. Smith will pass tho summer at her home, Brookline, Mass., near Boston. Victor Rosewatar, who is now a doctor of philosophy, having taken that degree this year, has returned from Columbia, hastily mmoned home on account of the serious illness of his sister, Mrs. Charles S. Il- gutter. Captain and Mrs, Worden and thelr daugh- ter, Miss Helen Worden, who graduated on the 15th from the Sacred Heart convent at St. Louis, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Hubbard, ji., at 207 South Thirty-ninth street, v The Misses Nan and Grace Derby, twin daughters of Mrs, . M. Derby, proprietor of the Merriam, have recently removed from Ogdensburg, N. Y., to Omaha, and will here. after make their residence with their mother. Miss Bertha Steinhauser, late of the New York Casino Opera company is visiting her father at 507 South ‘Twenty-fifth streot. Miss Steinhauser is well known here and will bo heard 1 concert before she leaves for New York, Mrs. William H. Preston, Mr. Fred Pres- ton and Miss [3dith Preston lefv for Okoboji Thursday morning in a "They expect to vide about cight hours a and will be about six days coveriug the d tonce. They will occupy their summer house at Omaha beach for the summe Thurs afternoon tho first g Dodge school were treated to a delightful picnic at the homo of its teacher, Mrs. Lil- lie V. Mickel at her home in Dundee Place. Games were played on the lawn, afterwards being served with a bounteous luncheon. Miss Rose Brady of Dodge school and Miss Beth Van Wagenen, a sister of Mrs. Mickel, assisting in entertaining the crowd of happy youngsters, Mrs. A. Sherrill, wife of the former pastor of the first Congregational church, who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Wil- bur will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Squires this w On Wednes and I'hursday afternoon Mrs. Squires will be pleased to sae her friends and the friends of Mvrs. Sherrill informally that old friendships may be renewed. Mr. Frank Bacon of Omaha and Mi: H. McCain of Memphis, Tean., weret 1n the parlors of th lmer house, Chicago, by I of the Second Bap- tist ¢ uesday. They took a short trip and will be at home in Omaha, 4504 F troet, after August 1. Mr. 2 for many years with Paxton & Alice Kronberg, the singer and vocal or, was married last Tuesday to Miss ie Hands. his most distinguished pupil, in Kansas City. Miss Hands, it will be remem- bered, was the vocalist with tho Listemann Concert company, which appeared here last fall. The wedding occur in Mr, Kron- berg's studio, owing to the illness of tho \de's mother. Mr and Mrs. Kronberg will leave Kansas City shortly for Boston, and both will continue their musical work, Mrs. Kronberg’s fine voice will bo beard at Point of Pines. e The switchback railway, Courtland beach. THE —————— KLECTuICAL FIELD, | Edison is to exterminate mosquitoes. Baltimore is to have an electric L road. § In what is known as the Pinna process of electric tanning, the hides are submitted to the action of altesmating currents while im- mersed in the tanning liquor. It is cluimed that the skins are perfectly tauned by this method in from 100 to 400 hours. A German has recently invented a_system of simultancous telephoning and telegraph- ing which had been tried on a line 120 miles long with complete success. The apparatus is simple, und can be connected to any telepnone line; disturbing causes are thereby alsoavoided. On short lines the telephone receiver is so loud that speech can be distinetly understood by several persons m the room. Some interesting tests have been made at Johnstown, Pa., with an apparatus for electrically welding the ends of rails, after they had been placed in position in tho track Itis found that about three minutes are required to bring the abuttingendsof the rails to a white heat; tho ends being then brought into contact under heavy longi- tudinal pressure, a perfect weld is effected without difticulty. A recent electrical invention of interest to horsemen is tho electrical stable alarm. An alarm bell is placed the sleeping apart- ment of the groom and connected with a spriug civeuit closer by means of a small in- sulated wire. ‘T'he circuit closer is operated by o light, flexible cord stretched across the rear of the stalls. ‘When the horses are dis- turbed in the night by being backed out of their stalls by thieves or any other cause, an alarm is instantly sounded, Electric eranes of eighty-foot span will be installed in the foundry of the Robinson-Ren Manufacturing company at Pittsburg by Willinm Sellers & Co. of Philadelphia, One of the eranes has & capacity of eighty tons und the other of thirty tons, each havin, novel feature in the double trolloy with which they are fitted. This enables the cranes to be engaged on Lwo separate pieces of work at the same time, or permits of two for extra heavy loads. ¥ has now about ®s7 miles of al underground mains, of which 173 miles belong to the Edison Electrie llumma- 1y, which uses the low tension em, while' forty-five miles of subway carry telegraph and telephone wire; ing seventy miles for high teusion lighting currents. The Edison low tension wires are of copper wound with rope and placed in an iron pipe, which is then filled with an in- sulating compound of Trinidad ccment, resin, parafin and linseed oil. Each pipe contains three conductors, is about twenty feet long and is laid iu shallow trenches, the connec- tions being made in coupling boxes. Of the other systems the rost satisfactory form of conduit for the wires is a simple iron pipe embedded in concrete. In the high tension where lead-covered cables are used, the workmen handle the cables without ac- cident although & full current muy be pa: ing through the mains at the time. The lead coating is sald to form an excellent ‘ground,” and thus all danger to tho workmaa is avoided. The prineipal accidents have arisen from the leakage of gas from the gas mains into the subways, owing to which many ex- plosions have occurred. To avoid this arti- ficial ventilation has been adopted. e —-— IMPIFTLES, A few years ago tho was elected to a Cana- He was » slight, little man, and made but & very small showing when hé dressed in the full Canadian regal - DAILY BEE: I SUNDAY. JUNE 25, 1893-SIXTEEN PAGES. Ing knen breechos) | n fact, when Phinps | Brooks saw the ne | | elevated prolate he make of him. His voar viow. Walkin bishop the doctor lal lon the other's shoul- fwn quizzieally said pants i hardly knew what first sight of him wal | up behind the littd { his hoavy hand gen ter, and looking | “Bishop, do you w "My dear young friond,” exclaimed the good man, solemnlyy ‘ylo you atiend church { regularly ) “Yes, sir; but 1 didn't go tolay. visiting friends ougQf@own, you knos § She's \rough this sormon of ee what's in it; it's t—That's all right. I casy enough it's not City Fditor -Wal De Tongtalics ar protty long. AssistA can wade through 1t deep. **s “Young man, did’ you over soarch the cripturos?™ askod the missions “No, sir,” replied the young man, who was a stablo; “an’ if yor want ‘om searchod b yer'll hab ter get out a search warrant.” The Minister—Do" yer ever think of a higher lifo, Miss Emma? Miss Emma—No; papa is so much afraid of fire we always take the first flat. He--Is your sister very high church? She ~—High as thoy make them. She aischarged our old family physician last week for saying that she had a low fevor. Nt - T'he managomoat of the Gormania Lifo In- suranco comp any for Nobraska and South Da- kota has passed into the hiands of Mr. H. R. Vandecar, tho successful and well known insurance man. Mr. Brooks, the former menager, will romain with the company in the capacity of spocial agent. fetieaare v ey COUNIY COMMISSIONERS. Josephus Morritt Turnod Down by n Ul Imous Vote, The county commissioners held the regular weekly meeting yesterday afternoon, and again knocked out the proposition to protect the shores of Florence lake from the ravages of the Missouri river. Mr. Williams offered a resolution provid- ing for the expenditure of piling the shores for a distance of 1,000 feet at a tween the lake and the river. vote was reached vhere was a tie, the reso- lution being supported by the introducer and Mr. Paddock, while Chuirman Stenberg and Mr. Livisey voted against its adoption. Mr. Williams contended that if some thing was not done the water would sweep over into the low lands and mundate thousands of acres on which weresituated farm houses, shops and manufacturing establishments. Not only that, but 1f tho water cut through iv would destroy the road and leave the county without any outlet to the northeast, thus cutting the residents of that district off from communication with the city. Chairman Stenbarg urged that the inter- ests of the property owners in that vicinity were much greater than those of the county and that they should come to the front and lend a helping hand, instead of asking the commissioners to expend money for the pur- Ppose of protecting some private enterprises. By a unanimous vote the commissioners turned Josephus Merritt down and con- nced him thav he did not know what he talking about. when ho preferred zos against the members of the Soldiers’ Relief commission one week ago. At that time Merritt filed n complaint, telling the board that the commission had refused to & ve him aid, notwithstanding the fact that o was an old soldier dnd was in destitute recumstances. Tho matter was referred to Chairman Stenberg. who yesterday reported that he had found that the members of the commission were honerable gentlemen and that they had reasons” for refusing the as- sistance asked. He had found that Merritt was in the army but sixty days, and that he was let out on account of some disability that was contracted, before he enlisted. The commission had furnished him aid to the extent of $431.30 and hhd then called a halt. This report was adopted and the commission exonerated from any blame in the premise: ‘The city superintendent notified the board that if smoke consumers were not placed the court house and jail within ninety days he would do the work and charge the cost to the county. The matter was referred tha committee might nscertain if th moko was o nuisance, and if so, if the city had any authority for ordering it abated. The school district of South Omaha served notice that the sum of $15.000 would b re- ‘quired to run the South Omaha schools dur- ing the next year asked the board to % z of the amount. matter will be disposod of at the first ceting in July and at the time when the other levies are made for the year. John Dighy was give a ticket of admission to the Soldiers homeat Grand Island and the board adjourned until next Friday morn- ing. and e Take your family to Courtland beach today. Bovd's theater orchestra, boat- ing, fishing, etc. e MR, M'DONALD’S FEE. GENEVA, Neb,, June 24.—[To the Editor of Tue Bee.]-—~In your morning issue of this date you refer to extravagaut prices paid for plans, dewails and gpecifications for the Girls' Industrial school as this place. You vided the amount paid me for my ces. [t should read §055.03, 1 beg leave to state that the item paid to J. D. McKel- veoy of §722.21 was puid him as salary of his offce, which ofice was created by an act of lature of 1801, which reads as fol- nd s on page 24 of the ses- laws of 1801: “‘Until the opening of the school only the superintendent shall be appointed and it shall be his duty to look atter the construction of the building and such other improvement as may be au- thorizad by the board.” This appropriation of £10,000 did not contemplates the heating apparatus complete in the building. How- ever, the heating avparatus has been prop- erly put in, also all plumbing and sewerage, and the entire work completed within the appropriation of $40,000 and the writer begs to inform T'ug BEE that this is the first state building of 1ts size ever erected in Nebraska ithin the_appropriation and that there is still money in the state treasury belonging to said aphropristion. As for my pay it was the first thinz [ learned and my first lesson in architecture was to get all I could, and especially when all stone must be “*plugged o size.” G. K. McDONALD. A Gl ANNOUNCEMENTS, “Dorothy" an operatic gem is filled with sweet music and wholesome humor. One is at o loss 1o toll which homost admires in this opera, the brilllant and sparkling gems of the score, or the keen wit and humor of the libretto. It is a delightful blending of luughter and song spicad and seasoned with brilligucy” of action, uud - comploteness of otail. Not ono of the fow presentea “Dorothy havi companies which have in the United States scored in it a groaler success than has been achieved the present scason by that ost excellently trainegd organization, the Andrews Opera Co., which appears at the farnam street theator, this evening. Ed And as _“Lurcher,” the eccentric English sheriff’s oMcer oreates in the second act an endless round of laughable situations. The full company will produce this beautiful and charming opera al he Farnam street theater this avening. I Knights of labor Notes. Knights of Labor, local assembly 3,633, com- posed of working girls; has under considora- tion the establishmentof a co-operative shirt factory and luuukp'. The plan as re- ported is to sell shares at $5 each to the amount of $,000 with which a start is to be made. Most of the members of the commit- Yee on this matter being absent Friday night, no further definite report was submitted. Mvrs. Anspacher, who was the first treas- urer of Knights of Labor local 718, and who has always exhibited a lively intorest in the organized working women's doings, has re- turned from her visit to New York, ——— Bullding Permits, The following permits to build were issued yesterday by the inspector of buildin: P. Peterson, 2504 Bristol, dwelling. Minor permits.. " ———— Three gold safety bars connected by chaius are for children's blouses. Over a thousand persons went in bath- ing at Courtland beach least Sunday. SOUTHCAROLINA EXPERINENT Liquors to Bo Sold Exolusively by*Officials of the State, THE NEW LAW GOFS INTO EFFECT JuLY 1 Eoncted ns a Substitate for Prohibition— The state Wil Condact Instead of Controlling the Whisky Trafo —Restrictions Imposed. Cowvmsia, 8. C.,, Juno 24.—[Special to Tue B#e.]—Threo times in the last half century the state of South Carolina has at- tractod the attention of the world by origi- nating »1d and unique experiments in gov- ernment. Back in the '8 he startied the union with her sensational attempt at nulli- fication. Thirty years later she led in the fatal secession movement. Today, after the lapse of another thres decados, the state is about to inaugurato the most novel depart- ure in liquor legislation this country has { ever known. On the 1st of July the “Evans Dispensary Law," enacted at the last session of the gen- eral assembly, goes into operation. By the provisions of this remarkable measure, for tho first time in the history of the American union, the state assumes the functions of the rumseller, *‘Dispensaries” will take the place of the saloons. The bartender will make way for the “offiial dispenser.” 'The corner grocery with bar room attachment, the club, side boards and even the festive cocktail itself will bo no more. In their vlaces will reign the stato saloon and straight whisky. The liquor trafic will con- tinue, but instead of regulating it tho com- monwealth will conduct it. Orlgln of the Law. Tt goes without saying that ithe passage of a law as radical as this has agitated tue Palmetto state from end toend. For months it has been the foremost topic of discussion in the press and from the pulpit, around the fireside, at market and at meeting place. For years the prohibition movement has been growiny in South Carolina. Just after the great political revolution in 1876, which rescued tho stato from carpet bag rulo, a law was enucted prohibiting the sale of liquors outside of aliincorporated towns. This was followed by what was known as ‘“local option” laws, through which prohibition be- came operative through many scetions of the state. The experiment proved popular in some instances; in others quite the reverse. First the *“drys” would be on top, then tho “wets.” This went on until a few years ago when a demand for absolute state prohibi- tion found expression and became an issue ring Governor Ben Tillman's first ad- ministration, the prohibition leader was Representative L, D. Childs of Columbia, through whose efforts the *Childs bill,” an i d prohibition measure, camo very near being made a law. A I'rohibition Plebisclte, Rebuffed by the legislature, the prohibi- tionists determined to appeal to the people. They procured from the state democratic ex- ceutive committee tho privilege of placing on the day of the gencral election at the polls an extra box in which the people were to record themselves as for or against pro- hibition legislation. - When the votes were counted those in the aftirmative were largely in the majority, and, in most cases, the representatives oclected held themselves as bound to vote accord- ingly in the legislature. As a matter of fact, the vote was not indicative of the real sentiment of the people of the state. The antis did not regard the scheme seriously and largely refrained from voting, and in several counties there wers none of the ‘‘no prohibitivn” tickets displayed at the polis. The prohibitionists were elated at (he re sult, and although their leader, Childs, was defeatea for re-cl on to the legislature, confidently expected thot a measure similar to that which bore his name would become a law. © Accordingly, early in the session a bill to prohibit the sale and manufacture of liquors 1 the state was introduced. This bill was overloaded and spun out to unreasonable length, but it passed the house by a large majority. Then the storm broke. There were indi- cations that the passage of the bill by the senate and its approval by the governor would seriously damage the Tiliman admin- istration. The governor had the devil in front and the deep sea in the rear. The *‘re- form” legislators wanted prohibition and they didn't want it. They were anxious to do something to satisfy their constituents who demanded such lezislation, but at heart they distrusted its wisdom. The fden Borrowed from Georgia. In this dilemma the dispensary bill was devised. 1t soems that in tho town of Athens, Ga., after & series of local option in Which the two factions were ely victorious, n plan was hit upon by the barrooms were closed and the municipality sold or dispensed” the liquor. Larry Gautt, then editor of the Columbia Register, the Tillman organ, had recently come to the state from Athens, and he is said to have informed Governor Tillman of fons of the dispensary there. With that cue, the governor called together his advisers, and tho Evans bill, so called after Senator Gary Evans of Aiken, who offered itusa substitute for the original prohibition measure, was devised. The State's Big Barroom, The state dispensary, from which the county dispensaries are 1o be supplied, is in Columbia, in the famous old “*Agricultural hall,” one block from the state house. The building was erected by the notorious Niles G. Parker, state treasurer in the carpot days, who foll from grace aud skipped, no one knows where, It was first known as *Parker's hall,” and was used as an all- ‘round sporting place, probably the most ele- guut in the south—combining theater, gam- bling saloon and liquor den. The place was familiarly known as the *Third House.” ‘The building finally passed into the hands of the state, and was used by the Depart- ment of Agriculture until three years ago, when the Tillman regime abolished that de- partment, “The big cellars of the dispensary are now stored with some six carloads of bottles and flasks, which fill the rear, while atthe front are the winerooms, also liberally stocked. On the first floor is an immense pile of barrels filled with whisky, Near thesc are three mammoth casks, of a capacity of 25, 000 gallons each. When the work of bot- tling bezins tho barrels are taken up stairs onan elevator, placed over a tank, the bungs taken out and the whisky allowed to flow through pipes into the casks. After this the bottles and flasks are filled there- from by machinery, corked by machinery, and sealed and labeled by girls and boy Twonty women add fifty or sixty boys are employed in this work, The dispensary is amply provided with apparatus for washing, drying and corking bottles, the machinery being run by a 12- horse power engine, e The dispensary will begin operations with a swek valued at £300,000. The appropriation is only one-sixth that amount, but there is no trouble in procuring credit. This amounv is appropriated as follows: fye and bourbon, $100.000; corn, $50.000; boer, §20,000; wines, $25,000; gin. rum, cham- pagne, §25,000; equipment, $50,000; brandies, 10,000; older grades of whisky to mix in blending with the commoner grades of rye aud bourbon $25,000. All the liquor received is of the most tender age, not & barrel of it being made prior to May 1. The state commissioner is Mr. D. H. Trax- er of Timmonsville, & successful merchant, 'whose wifo Is one of the foremost workers in the prohlbition cause. Hall & Mlillion ln Profits. Governor Tillmau declares that the state will clear a half a million doliars by the ex- periment tho first year. It is possible, how- ever, that whon the Ist of July comes there will be very few dispensaries in oporstion. The law requires that in order for a couuty dispenser 10 be appoiuted he must have his application ~indorsed by 8 me- jority of the frecholders of the town. Thus far very few applicants have sooured tho necessary indorsement, the first being Mr. R. 15 HIl of Abbeville county. There are indications, howover, that d ponsaries will ultimately bs established in the counties of Sumter, Barnwell, Orange- burg. Abboville, Newborry, Edgoefield, Aiken and Spartanburg. Thus far fow other county bonrds have taken any action toward the appointment of dispenscrs. ‘They have to givi notico of much moeting by publica- tion ten days previous theroto, Prohibitlonists Aga t It The prohibitionists of the state aroas & rule against the dispensary schemo, regard- ing it as & means of extracting ‘blood money." They will try to secure absolute prohibition by withholding the necossary signatures from the applications for the position of dispensor. Thoy claim that the proventive clauses can easily bs ovaded and that the design of the bill is to raisoa revenue that wil most run the stato gov- ernment, by which means the administration hopes to make itsolf popular with those who are always glad to cscabe taxation, 0o matter how. Whatever opposition fs mada to tho en- forcement of tho law will bo made through tho courts. No lawless opposition on the part of the doalers is expected, but it is cer- tain that overy loophole tho law permits will be taken advantage of. o sav nothing of “‘blind tigors,” thore will probably ba much open drinking of other than disponsary liquors. When the noxt state campaign opons the dispensars law will be the leading issue. It has already brought about therevolt of some of Govertor Tillman's supporters, and the indications aro thav 1t will result 1 a union of all the clements of opposition to the nd- minstration. The unique spectacle will then bo presonted of prohibitionists and saloonkoopers joining hands to fight a law obnoxious to both. Now 1t Will Work. The dispensary law will put the stato in tho bar busin, with the governor as head barkeoper. Tt provides that within thirty days from 1ts approval the govornor shallap- point a state commissioner, balioved by him to be an abstainer, who shall, under rules made by the state board of control, purchase all intoxicating liquors for salo in the state. This commissioner is o reside and have his place of business in Columbia, to hold oftice two years and to roceive a salary of $1,800 a year. Tho state commissioner can sell only to county dispensers and is not allowed to re- ceive from them more than 50 per cent above the net cost. He must also sell no liquors that have uot been tested by the ch the South Carolina colloge and dec be puroand unadulteratod. 1In his pure ho is required to give prefercnce to manu- facturers and brewers doing business in this state. These wanufacturers are allowed to soll to no pevson in the state except to tho state erand to parties outside of the statoe. package, barrel or bottle of liquors shipped beyond the Jimits of tho state must bear tho certificate of the state commissioner or be hable and the railroad carrying it to punishment All packages shipped by the commission to the county dispensers must bear a similar certificate, without which they are rogarded intended for unlawful sale,”and upan con- viction the railroad is liablo to a penalty of £00 for cuch offense. The fine for persons is the samo, together with imprisonment in tentiary for not less than one yea Only packages of not less than onc-half pint or more than five gallons can be shipped. The county dispenser can only, and the purchaser cannot open the package on the premises. The general understanding of the law has been that the state board should appoint a board for each county who should appoint the dispensers, but there is some doubt about whether this can be done, as the actsays: It shall be the duty of tho state board of control to appoint a county board of control,” and nowhero in the act is it provided that there shall be a board in cach county. ‘Avplicauts for tho vosition of county di penser are required to make potition to “'tho county board of control,” stating the appli- cant’s name, his place of residence, the business in which he has been cngaged for two years provious, that he is a citizen of the United States and of South Carolina, that he has never been adjudged guilty of violating the law relating to intoxicating liquors, is not a licensed _drugiist, keeper of a hotel, cating hquse, saloon, aurant, or place of public amusement, and that hos not addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors as a boverage. Permits to dispensors can- not exceed twelve months duration, May Be Total Irohibition, It is possible that, afu prove entirely prohibitory, apolicants for the position of aispenser shall file with the county board of control “a petition signed by a majority of the free- hold voters of the incorporated own or city in which the permit is to be useqa, and ecach person aforesaid shall sign said poetition by his own true name and signature, and state that cach before signing has read 3 tion and understands the contents and mean- ing thereof, and is well and personally quaintod with the applicant.” In many of the countics. 1f not in all, it appears impos- sible for this provision to be honestly car- ried out. Iven if an applicant were found who was “well and personally acquainted” with a majority of the freehold voters of his town, it is doubtful if he could get suf- ficient number of those acquainted with him to sign the petition, for in that number would be maay prohibitionists who would be interested in not having any dispensary in the county, and who would not only refuse tosign the petition but work against it. Another stumbling block would be, that with several candidates in the field, each would fail to get many of his own friends to sign his petition because of having signed another's. Only one dispenser is allowed in county, except in Charleston, where there are ten, and in Columbia, where there are three. all, the law may s it is required No “Treatlng” Allowed, The dispenser is requirea to takeoath that he will not sell or furnish liquor to any per- son who is not known to him personally, or duly identified, or to any minor or intoxi- cated person, or person who is in the habit of becoming intoxicated. Prospective pur- chasers must present requests, printed or written in ink, giving date, ageand residence of signer, for whom and whoso use the liquor is required, the quantity and kind wanted, and his or her true name and residence. The request shall be refused if the dispenser per- sonally knows the person applyiag is a minor or that he is in the habit of using liquor to excess. The net profits of the county dispensaries go one-half to the county treasury and one- half to the municipal corporation in which the dispensary is located. “The law crushes out the clubs by provid- ing that any person who shall keep or assist in keeping o club room where liquors are kept for barter or for sulo as a beverage or distribution or division shall upon conviction be fined from $100 to 3500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for from minety daysto one year. No attempt to solve the problem of liquor legislation has been made in this country siuce the enactment of the Maine total prohibition law that has attracted so much attention as this, It is safo to say that, if the profits of the scheme pay the running expensos of the state government, as Gov- ernor Tillman thinks they will, it will be imitated in many other states. MUSICAL AND DEAMATIC. 1t is rumored now that Verdi's next opera will have for its librotto Shakspeare's *IRomeo and Juliet” and uot **Lear,” as was stated some time ago. W. T\ Carleton, now with the Lillian Rus- sell Opera Comiquoe company, will lead an operatic organization of his owh next season r Ileanor Moretti, William Redmund ana William Harris have been engaged by Mana- to confiscation, ! ell by the package | . is now in Parl ach g gor Wilkinson to support Alexandor Salvinl Dext season. W. B. Qross, who for soveral years hat been connectad with Augustus Pitou's drae miatic enterprises, will bo business managen for Charles and Rose Coghlan next season, The thirty-fourth meeting of the Amerd can Musio society will be held Thursday evening, June 29, instead of June 22, as hat been announced. Miss Kisa Grogori, o wostorn girl, born {a Jackson, Mich,, after a long courao of train. ing 1n [taly, made hor debut with ““The 1 of Champagno” in New York last week. It is sald that she was succossfal The announcement is made on the author ity of a responsible party that M. Viadimir do Pachman, tho eminent Russian plano vir- tuoso, has boen engagod for another serios of recitals in this country. Mme. Janauschok is to play her farowell to the stage in Philadelphia in September, and a monstor tostimoninl is being arranged for her under the loadership of Mr. Goorge W. Chalds, ‘The only play which Comedian William M, Crane will present next scason will be his succoss of Brother John, " Probation” h be acted by Comodian Wilson of the Boston museum. Mr. Louis Aldrich will be seen in “Ihe Senator” all next season, opening at tho Boston musoum in Septembor, Malda Craigen and Iroderick Paulding will revive Mrs, Centlivre's comody, ‘““T'he W A woman Koops a Secre their joint sf ng tour. Tho prompt bool of Charles Ke: which Mr. Paulding owns, will be used for the proguction. “Sheridan,"” which Mr. Sothern will pro- duce during the coming season,is an entirel original play, written for him by Paul d Potter, on the life and times of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Several ot tho charac: ters are intended to suggest the original of personages in *“T'he School for Scandal™ and ““The Rivals."" The comody is in four acts, and treats of Sheridan's career and his clopement with Miss 1 ,_prior to the production of his fivst play, *“Ihe Rivals,” Mrs. Pa wio, for at least twonty or thirty professional years, was the leading contralto of lingland, is about to retire. Sho has amassed a considerable fortunc. Mrs. Patoy visited America in 1871, but doos ok scem to have any subsequent longing for American dollars. She makes her farowell appearance in London at the Patti concert in July. Stuart Robson will occupy the Lawrence Barrott residence at Cohassot, Mass., this summer, the gomodian h g sold his own property to Morton S. Crehore, his son-in- Barrety and Mr. Robson wero and fast friends for moro vouty yoars, At their homes Charles Thorne was often entertained, and Edwin Booth frequently called to pass a week in their company. Now Thorne sleeps in Woodlawn, Booth in Mount Auburn, and Barrett in the little churchyard near his old home. Robson, alone, will pass a silent summer without them, living over the mem- ories of the older and happier days. Ruggioro Leoncavallo, the man of the hour in musicul circles, is #5 years old. Hois quite unspoiled by his meteoric fame and frank and genial in manner. In his porsonal appearance there is littlo to indicate tho composer—no long hairand no eccen- s of attare or demeanor. Dressed as as while in London, in popper-and-salt clothes, brown soft hat and tan shoes, he might have passed, except for his Italian complexion, for a well-to-4o young business man., He composed h 1 Paglioc 1o earn his daily bread, after spending much time and laboe on an ambitious “epic poem in music”—a trilogy having for its subject the fortunes of the house of Medici. Now that he1s famous, this early work of Leoncavallo, on which he toilod for six years, will be given to the public in the fall. T Pagliocei,” on which his fame substantially rosts, was the work of six months. Ad roous is now at work on the | “Quenn of Sheba,” the play which Mme. Rhiea will present next_season. Mme. Rhoa overscoing the work. Will- m Young hus boon cngaged to make tho Inglish transiation of the piece. Sig. Borelli will bo a member of Bessio Bonchill's company next season. Sig. Borelli is a wonderfully versatile artist, cording to report. He plays the mandolin guitar, piano and harmonica, sings in Italia rench, Spanish and English and gives hu- morous recitals, npioton, in S who is now Mrs. H. Os- neisco with her husband. e from Augtralin a weok or Osborno, ie is said, is as stout 3 when she was hero lust, about years ago. and sho still declares in a itating way that she has left the stago ver. The long run record for NewYork city was broken at the Madison Square theater on Thur ning. On th ning tho 604th consecutive performance of a “I'rip to Chinatown" was given. The previous record was 603 performs achieved by “Adenis" at the Bijou theater, The initial perform- ance of “A Trip to Chinatown” was given on November 9, 1801, Satin souvenir pro- grams were presented, and also bronze stat- uettes of Bessic Clayton. ——— NOVELTIES IN JEWELRY. Abeetle three inches long has a diamond body, emerald eyes, and gold claws. China watering pots are in demand. They arc as protty as toys, besides being unique, Ono of the newest is of white china wreathea with flowers, and with a gilael sprinkler. A serpent with a head curved for a handlo had its tail smoothed out and polished to open envelopes, Curiously enough an _up-to-date cigarette box represonts o small Bible, supplemented by imitation gold clasps. It opeus at the side, Charming necklaces of silver are worn with fine chains netted together. They can- 1ot fail to bo popular with young girls ~ with their summer gown The lamps with perforated brass bow on stems of china areo now in greater num- bers, and moro important in size, The mace, such as is used in vhe United States “senate, is reproduced in a rich appearing broastpin® Swords are onriched with flowers, and tne last produced are the most magnificent, One seen has for the guard a flower desigu in gold set with rubies and emeralds, Partly developed magnolias form the body in several varicties of breastpins. The leaves areslightly bent over and gold-tipped, enamel covering ihe other parts. The newest jardinieres are called cameo The design 1s brought out on a raised ground and is gencrally executed in two colors. Pink and gray ave well together, as are green and white, The newest production in Egyptian jew- elry represents the Goddess Isis with out- stretehed wings. The lattor are of trans- t enamel and the figure of gold. The ty is finished in the most artisuic style of true Egyptian. A newly conceived lace pin_ presents two knighus-otrant, nounted and in full armor, churging each other with the loug lances used in the fourteenth centur, About them is & curving, heavy border in filigree work. In metal book-marks a ploneer is a blade after the shape of a broadsword. Sur mounting it is a twisted handle which holds a slender figure of Mercury, The whole is done in gilt, silver and mother-of-pearl. The “gun’’ watch charm is one of theso things which might be styled properly an echo of the great naval review. It is long and shapely, in fact, is an exact miniature of the pretty but destructive amoent peeps ing forth from the white sides of the Chi- cago or Boston. At the breach is & little hook by which the dangerous weapon is suspended. RAYMOND, THE JRWELE ’ I ‘HE Gorham Manufacturing company make up only the best designs in solid silver, and we always show a complete line. The newest things are just in, RAYMOND, FIPTEENTH AND DOUGLAS, OMAHA