Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 9, 1894, Page 7

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1894. PARENT T0 THE PARENTLESS Natare of the Work Being Done by the 8t. Jamey Orphanage. DESCRIPTION OF ITS APPOINTMENTS ¥ather McCarthy and Eightoen Sisters In Charge—How the Children Are Cared For—Kair Planned for the In- stitution's Beneflt, “Suffer little children to come unto me,” #ald Christ, eighteen and half centuries ago. The physical and earthly embodiment of this simple and touching saying in Omaha, 8t. James' orphanage, stands upon a roll of the prairies near Benson—a large, plain, substantial building, on a road branching from the old California trail and an eighth of a mile from it. Tho bullding s three storles in height, of brick, and perhaps 120 feet long by 45 wide. It is located upon a gently sloping hill which rises somewhat higher than those surrounding. The situation commands a view such as always makes the heart of a Nebraskan glad. To the west, north and southwest stretch out the long rolling billows of the prairie, topped here and there with farm houses and buildings or clumps of trees To be sure, the drouth stricken fields lie bare everywhers, but the Nebraskan Is sanguine. Near by Is Benson with its clus- ters of buildings, the school and church spires standing out from among them. To the east and toward the south lies the city, seattering at first and then thrown together in a bunch, helter skelter one may say. Far oft lie the bluffs of fowa, the long thread of the Missourl almost at’ thelr base. The buflding is without ornamentation and is near the center of the ten acres that be- long (o the imstitution. Two wings flank it, one on the morth and the other on the south, and a long extension runs from the center toward the west. The grounds are not adorned, but turned into a huge play ground, where the little ones can run about 10 thelr hearts' content. Hers thev spend the play time of bright days as cheeriully and joyously as those more fortunately con- ditioned. Toward the east stands a statue of St. Vincent, holding a little child in his arms, while another stands by his side. The whole scene Impresses onme with the thought that comfort has in mowise beeu sacrificed to appearance. ITS NEAT APPEARANCE. The nterior of the bullding is a pleture of neatness. Long, cool corridors extend on eich floor. The floors are composed of hard, highly polished pines, laid double and the ‘corridors and closets are wainscoted with white pine, painted a_subdued color. The bullding contains forty-six rooms. The roof f5 covered with Courtwright metal with galvanized iron ‘cornices, There are a number of stairways and outlets, doing away with all danger in case of fire or acciden The basement contains eighteen rooms. Mere are the play rooms for inclement weather, the boys' on the north and the girls' on the south. Bath and wash cooms are adjuncts. Ncrth of the boys' room is enother used as a kindergarten by the lit- tlest tots. Here they sit upon tiny chairs and pass the thne In play and song. A dcor leads from the girls' play room into a sew- ing room, where the sisters give instruction in sewing durlng the evening. They are kep busy, for rips and tears continually need repairing, not to mention the stockings which encase tho 112 pairs of active, ycuthful legs. The busement of the west extension contains the dining room, large, well lighted and cool. Tables varying in height and with long benches on each side occupy the rooms. Tho tables are covered with pretty table cloths and set with substantial cups, saucers and dighes. The larger girls take turns in caring for ‘the rooms and tables and wash and put away the dishes in an adjoining pantry. The kitchen lies next. The laundry lies in the basement of the south wing and Is thoroughly equipped, con- sisting of a washing and ironing room. The sisters are helped in the work by the girls as far as they are able. Adjoining is the furnace room, the boiler being kepl heated all the while. This is necessary hecause water is obtained by pumping from a deep well. During the winter the bullding is heated by steam and requires daily a ton and half of steam coal. During the summer Iess is consumed, of course. Twenty-five hundred pounds a week 1s then the average The first floor is mainly taken up with dormitorfes. As in the basement, the north end is the boys' division and the south end the girls’. The main roc are occupled with two rows of iron bedsteads, painted Blue, Behind the head of cach is a closet to contain wash stands. OIf each of these are smaller dormitories. Those joining the girls' division contain the small’ cribs and cradles belonging to the littlest ones. The first floor of the west wing contains the beautiful chapels, eighty feet in length and sixty-five in breadth. Memorial windows fill the sides of the room. The parlors, simply and neatly furnished, lie about the entrance. IN THE SCHOOL ROOM. The north end of the second floor is used for school purposes and is divided Into sev- al rooms furnished with desks and the usual school room paraphernalia. One of these rooms is capable of holding fifty pupils, The position is very good, well lighted and commanding a fine view from the windows. The south end of the floor 18 occupled by the apartments of Father Mc- Carthy and the sleeping rooms of the sis- ters, the predominating teature of these, as of the other rooms of the building, being neatness and simplicity. There are at present 112 inmates, forty- five boys and sixty-seven girls. They range in age from 2 or 3 years to 12 for the boys, and 17 or 18 for the girls. Children younger than 2 or 3 are not received. This is not an invariable rule, as little tots whose lives can only be measured by days or weeks are left on the steps of the or- pharage and houses, and, of course, in that case, taken in. These, however, are fre- quently adopted, only one wee thing under @ year being now cared for. When the boys become older than 12 tley go else- where. The gentlor nature of the girls, niore fitted or restraint, permits them to be kept by the sisters until they are 16 or 18 years of age, and they then are also placed in respectabie families. All the children, except the smallest, arlse every morning at 6 o'clock. The day is sultably divided between play and work. School s held practically during the same Tours s in the public school system, and the course of study is the same as that of the graded schools. Where any of the girls show exceptional ability for music or teach- ing, speclal instruction is given. There are eighteen sisters in gharge, with Sister Mary Michal at their head. Father McCarthy has general supervision and cele- brates mass dally, The corner stone of the orphanage was Jaid September 17, 1890, and the building was completed and opened in the fall of the fol- lowing year. During several preceding years the children had been cared for at the Castellar street convent. Before that the orphanage was located in & frame building on St. Mary's avenue. The land upon which the present bullding stands s not encumbered, but there Is a debt of $40,000 upon the bullding, the original cost of which was $60,000. The Institution has no regu- 1ar source of revenue, depending upon contri- butlons of triends for Its maintenance. BENEFIT BAZAAR PLANNED. The institution s doing an incaloulable amount of good, moral and Intellectual, for the orphans of the city, and for children who are perhaps worse oft—those whose will not or can not care for them. of $3 to $8 a month is made for The parents promise to pay the charge, but soly In one or two cases out of ten are the promises Kept. To the county the orphanage saves from $8,000 to $10,000 a year. This 8 the conservative estimate of A city official. On this account its friends think that they are justi- fied In asking the busivess men and taxpayers of the oily to support by contribution and otherwlse the scheme detailed below to 1ift the debt from the bullding. A grand bazaar and fair is to bo held in Exposition hall, beginning Monday ming, October 1, and continuing until Oc- The hall will be gayly decorated and h booths and other incldentals It is proposed each even- nig to give a Nterary or musieal entertain- ment Prominent men of the city are at the head of the undertaking and wiil work hard 1o push it to & success. A soliciting commit- tee has been appointed which will canvass the business houses of the eity during the coming week. No house will be visited more than once, as the city has been divided into districts, and each contributor will be given a card, which will insure him from further solicitation, The management of the fair has an office on the third floorof the Board of Trade building in charge of Mrs Thompson, who attends to all th work of the executive borad The executive board {s composed of John Rush, Andrew Murphy, W. A. L. Gibbon, Frank Burkley, Joseph Beckman, Wil Gentleman, wronce Hobrecht, T Lowry, George Kleffner, John Flynn, Barta, Joseph A. Conner and H. J. McDevitt The following is the soliciting committ Cathedral parish, Miss Margaret Swift, alded by the young ladies sodality; St. Agnes’, South Omaha, Mrs.Frank Doyle; St. Peters', Mrs, Ben Gallagher; St. Patrick's, Mrs. J. T. Burke; St, Joseph's, Mrs. Wagner; St. Wen- esclaus’, Miss Kaufmann; St. Mary Mag lene's, Mrs. Beecher; Holy Family, Mrs. Furay; St. Cecelia’s, Miss Maude Paul; Sac- red Heart, Miss C. omas seph COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Planning Work for the Unemployed: Ing Contracts Award At a meoting of the Board cf County Com- missioners yesterday afternoon, the prelimi- nary steps were taken toward furnishing employment during the coming fall and win- ter to the idle men of the eity and county. A resolutlon was introduced and adopte ing the fact that there would be many men out of employment and thit many of them would have to be supported by charity it something was not done to aid them in earn- ing a living until next spring. None of the members knew fust what to do in the premises, and the whole matter was disposed of by appointing Messra, Livesey, Jenkins and Williams a committee to confer with the Omaha city council in devising ways and means for furnishing work The committtee having in charge the mat- ter of investigating the charges preferred against Justice Brandes of East Omaha, re- ported that there was not sufficient evidence to justify impeachment and recommended a dismissal and that all of the papers in the case be placed on file for future reference In case the matter should be again called to thoe attention of the board. The report was adopted. Henry Hall was declared the lowest bidder on the grading of the proposed boulevard, ex- tending from Benson south to a point near the west end of the Dodge street macadam, and also the lowest bidder for grading the road from Florence to the Forest Lawn cemetery. He was awarded the two con- tracts, which will require the removal of about 40,000 cubic yards of earth. His bid on the first letting was at the rate of 8 2-5 cents and on the second at 72-5 cents per cuble yard. County Clerk Sackett was instructed to Invite bids for flour, meat and other supplies for the county store. The city of South Omaha demanded the re- turn of $1,161.42, claiming that that city had pail taxes in excess of the amount which it was legally required to contribute toward the raintenance of the ccunty government. R iy SCHILLER'S BLOOD WAS WARM, rad- Cleaned Out His Boarding House at the Kalr Grounds. George W. Grover was the owner of an eating stand out at the fair grounds, by means of which he gathered in the shekels of the hungry strangers. He did a pretty good business, and found it necessary to keep a lot of hired hands of both sexes. One of the male persuasion was Fred Schiller, who got into a heap of trouble Friday night, and yesterday was far on the way of the wicked in_the police court. Fred is a German, usually a pretty good fellow, but when he fills up on the extract of hops he possesses by no means the temper of the lamb, Fred began to fill up Friday afternoon and the girls of the establishment had lots of fun teasing him. k@ stood this as long as he could, and then got roiled. He ripped out a whole lot of good old German cuss words and started in to duplicate the performance of the bull in the china shop. He slapped the dishes about fn a most reckless way, and the fact that the house was full of wanderers who were In pursuit of manna did not re- strain him. In fact, he rather liked the au- dience. When he got tired he cursed every ono connected with the restaurant, from the owner, his wife and all his relations down to the little boy who carries out the slop. Mr. Grover, the owner, was not about, but the women folks got scared and sent for him. The scene he witnessed on his arrival was calculated to arouse his Ire. He waded into Schiller, and the latter came out of the tray looking as if he had been run through a threshing machine. Both men were ar- rested. The case was called yesterday but Grover failed to s:cure witnesses, and it was continued. Schiller has had a deal of trouble in his time. Not many years ago he was the pro- prietor of a saloon in Cincinnati, and was doing well. His wife deserted him, and since then h> has been going the downward path, It is alleged that his mind became affected under this misfortune. Lol BUT THE BURGLAR ESCAPED, Had His Job on the Safe Falrly Started ‘When Discovered. E. E. Crane of the Swartz, McKelvey & Crane company came very near catching a burglar Friday night. He was passing by his place of business, on South Fifteenth street, about 9 o'clock when he saw some one light the gas in the office. He had reason 1o believe that neither of his partners were down in town and so he started an investi- gation. Frank Bandle was standing near and he was called upon to help in the search. They found that the door had been opened and locked from the !nside, and could hear the click of the burglar's drill as he worked away at the safe in the rear of the office, Crane's blood was up in a minute and ho wanted o go in and shed some rich red gore without further ceremony. But Bandle was more discreet. He had not lost any burglar and felt that, on account of his family, he should take no chances of having his anatomy punctured with bullets. Then he had a friend on the police force named Charley Munroe who made it his business to get burglars. If Crane would only curh his fmpatience Bandle would go and get Munroe, and then, after the officer had caught and bound the burglar, he would help Crane kick the life out of him, Bandle's argument prevailed, and w! he was hunting an officer the burglar was hunting a place of safety and found it. An Investigation revealed a bunch of keys which Mr. Swartz had lost more than a year ago hanging in the door on the inside. The burglar had failed to get into the safe and nothing else in the store had been dis- turbed. ———— They Want the Money Hack. DULUTH, Sept. 8.—William and John Me- Kinley of this city and James Charnley of Chicago have sued the Lake Superior consoll- dated iron mines for $620,000. They charge fraud and misrepresentations were used to induce them to sell the McKinley mine to the consolidated company. As a result of al- leged misrepresentation the plaintiffs parted with §800,000 of property for stock in a con- solidated mine mot worth over $120,0000, They therefore ask for the difference. o il \Sturgls-Farwell Case Heopened. CHICAGO, Sept. 8.—The Sturgis-Farwell Texas capitol. litigation is to be reopemed, notwithstanding the agreement of both sides t> abide by Judge Tuley's decision as arbi- trator. Upon application of Executor C. B. Farwell the matter wus reopened by tho appellate court this afteruoon and an order isued staying the action under Judge Tuley's finding. Pl T T Second Vietim of Yellow Jack. BALTIMORE, Sept. 8.—Cornelius Watson, second engineer of the British steamer Star Lizak, which arrived in port yesterday with a supposed case of yellow fever aboard, died this morning. This makes the seccad viet'm, The other two sick men are doing well and no alarm is felt. SCHUTZENFEST IS OPENED Seventh Annoal Touraament of the Loeal Verein at Rus:r's Fark. FULLER CARRIES OFF THE HONORS Three Targets to 1o Shot at Today—Bowl- ing Clubs 1 German Alley Contests—Men Tuking Purt Gossip, and At 2 o'clock yesterday afterncon the belch- ing forth of the cannon proclatmed the open- ing of tho seventh annual tournament of the Omaha Schuetzenyerein at Ruser's park. The day was auspicious and most perfect for the shoot. A clear sky and blue clouds augured weil for the event. The different contestants were (n good shape to compete for medals and honors. They were all in fighting trim, and the rifle range probably never saw better shooting on the average. Al divested themselves of the lethargy which had taken possossion of the members since the last national tournament in this city, and every one went into the contest wi'h vim When the day's program was closed only Fred Fuller proved himselt superior on the Kehr target, with 110 points out of a pos- sible 200. This must be considered all the more remarkable because the shooting was at a distance of 200 yards, with only an eight-inch target counting for points. Ful- ler got the honors of winning first and last red flags, attached to which is an additional premium. The latter was closely contested by Fred Menge- doht of the Schuetzenverein. The prize and honors were accordingly awarded to Fuller, who is now a resident of Council Bluffs, but formally of Omaha, and always a member of the Omaha Schuetzenverein. Mr. Charles Herbertz was present and acted as financial secretary for the shoot. FOUR TARGETS IN ALL. Four targets are to be almed at altogether at the local tournament. They are a King, Kehr, Ehren and Man target. The Kehr target was the one singled out for yesterday and all the contestants showed excellent marksmanship. Five dollars extra s at- tached to the second 100 points, and as It now stands Fred Fuller will be the first winner. Tomorrow all the targets will be shot out by the rifiemen. The shoot- ing is to commence at 8 o'clock in the morn- ing. During the afternoon visitors will be en- tertained by popular games and the con- tests of the bowling alley. Music and danc- ing will furnish another incentive for others to visit the park. The rifle clubs of Bennington, Council Bluffs and the Danish Rifle club have also been invited to participate. They will all ‘‘cross swords” on three targets, but the King target Is reserved for Omaha members of the Schuetzenverein. The medal to be awarded on this occasion is a valuable one. It bears upon its face, in bold relief, a wreath, target and rifles crossed. Contests on this target will commence promptly at 1 o'clock p. m. today. Only one shooting card is allowed on the King target, and the winner Is to be crowned as “Schuetzenkoenig” for cne year. All the shooting is entirely ofthand. Among the most exciting games today will be the bowling alley contests, and a fine medal awaits the winner. A very lively in- terest {s exhibjted in the result of today's contests. Among these participating at the rifle range yesterday were Henry Ruser, George Karll, Fred Schroeder, W. F. Stoecker, Fred Mengedoht, Frank R. Heft and Fred Fuller, The rifle club of Council Bluffs has promised to be present today. ‘Wil Resume Training, On next Tuesday the actives of the Omaha Turnverein will again take up and vigorously pursue courses in athletic traming which has been partially discontinued durtng the sum- mer months. The fall and winter term of the German school conmected with the turn- verain will also be opened at this time in Turner hall. Miss Lucke, who has hereto- fore taught the class in & manner giving satisfaction to those interested, will very likely be re-engaged ‘at the regular meeting of the society tomorrow evening. A number of changes in the arrangement of the rooms at Turner hall are contemplated, and workmen are now engaged in fitting up a club and reading room. This is to be on the first floor and connccted by a stairway with the bears’ cave in the basement. Since the retirement of Emil Watzenborn as instructor the turnverein has left the position vacant, but it is generally accepted that a new man will soon be chosen to fill this place, Locnal Germai $sip. Liederkranz has invited friends to an evening entertainment, which is to be given this evening at the hall. Brewery Workers union No. 96 has presented its president, Herman Kraft, with a valuable medal, in recognition of services rendered. Prof. Charles Petersen, the able director of a number of the German singing socleties in the city, has gone to Colfax for recupera- tion. Denison, Texas, papers record the news of the death of Albert Loeflier, which occurred there on August 21. Mr. Loefller's domise was sudden and the result of heart failure. He was, until about a year ago, a resident of this city, where he had' a host of friends. His remains were interred in Oakwood cem- etery and vocalists from the Vorwaerts and Maennerchor societies in Denison assisted in the burial service. Deceased leaves a wife, — My boy was taken with a disease resem- bling bloody flux. The first thing I thought of was Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and DI- arrhoea Remedy. Two doses of it settled the matter and cured him sound and well. I heartily_recommend this remedy to all per- sons suffering from a like complaint, I will answer any inquiries regarding it when stamp s enclosed. I refer to any county of- ficial as to my rellability. Wm. Roach, J. P., Primroy, Campbell Co., Tenn. For sale by druggists. e e PUBLIC WORKS. Coniracts Awarded for Work to Be Done Before Snow Flies, At the meeting of the Board of Public Works held Friday afternoon contracts for grading Thirty-eighth street trom Farnam to Dodge, Howard street from Thirty-third to Thirty-sixth and Half Hcward street from Thirty-third to Thirty-sixth street were awarded to Henry Hall. On the first named street he bid $8-10, on the second 8 4-10 and on the third 74-10 cents per cubic yard for removing the earth The repair bill of the Barber Asphalt com- pany for the first half of the present year was allowed. This bill amounted to $9,- 72.28 and it has been sent o the council for approval. During the past few months the hoard has adopted a new Tule with reference to the re- pairing of the streets by the Barber com- pany. Under the old system, when P, W Birkhauser was chairman of the board, the company repaired or not, as it saw fit, suming that it had the right to say when a street should be resurfaced. As a result of this system some enormous bills were run up and when an attempt was made (o col- lect they were contested in the courts. Since that time the plan has been different. Now the cily engineer makes a profle of all the asphalt paved streets in the city, showing the holes, cracks and the exact condition of the pavement. Guided by tbis the board as- sumes authority and decides what streets shall be repaired and what cpes shall b resurfaced The members of the board report that the work of repairing the Sixteenth street via- duct Is progressing as rapldly as could be expected and that it will be opened for trafilo by October 15 If delays do not come. Court Cullings. In the district court yesterday Lorenzo V Morse flled his application asking that N. R, Wilcox be appointed receiver to take charge of the property of Solomon and Flora Prince, for the benefit of the creditors, running the business and paying the profit over to the creditors, The business and the property consists of a saloon and a beer garden at Fifteenth street and Capitol avenue In the sult of Aunetta C. Carter and others against Mathew and~Wattio Union National bank of intervention, aski Martin, the rday filed a_petition T‘ be allowed to be- come a plaintiff for tW purpose of fore- closing a $6,500 mortgage on one of ths bufldings at Seventserrtr-und Cuming strests In the petition the plaintift avers that there 18 no fraud | eBAnected with the giving of the mortgagh which is now sought to be foreclos: PRt A PHILANTHROPIST. Vojta Naprstek Loaves Lasting Tha When a forelgn-born ¢(tizen returns to his nativs land, still proud’ of his citizenship and glorying in the red’ &hite and blue, he is nourishing the purs&t' tnspiration for all that is lofty in mind and patriotic In citizen- ship. When such & man in his native land has opened to him every opportunity, and Is accorded every mark of homage and re- spect for his broad-minded liberality, and in the face of the importunity of friends and Kin refuses to lay aside his citizenship and his loyalty to stars and stripes, it matters littls what name he bears or from what land he hafls, we have assurance that this was ons of mature’s noblemen, a man among men. Such a man was Vojta Naprstek, whose death in Prague on the 24 inst. was a few days since announced in the columns of Ths Bee. Not only Bohemians in the old world, but those in America, as well ns American friends, will sincerely mourn in his death the loss of a friznd to liberty, a man who devoted his life (n its cause, cham- ploning American interests in their Lroadest interpretations by the spread of enlighten- ment. Not only his personal efforts, but all the means at his command, wers laid down at_the altar of liberty. Vojta Naprstek labored among his friends to inculcate the liberty-loving spirit of the older Bohemia, and he contributed liberally for the education of their children, not only in the history of their own country, but in the achievements of liberty recorded in Auierican progress. He stood for the development of latent genfus, and drawing his inspiration from the example of America, he supported science, knowledge, a belief in the triumph of rght and the emancipation of intellect and charac- ter. Even in distant Bohemia the weaker sex had in him a champion who used his endeavors in their behalf. Through his phil- anthropy America today is represented in Prague by a magnificent museum and nu- merous schools and other institutions in Bo- hemia weré supplied with collections of pro- ducts and specimens of various kinds dis- tinctive of America. At his residence in Prague was an American reading room and an_American Ladies' club room. Naprstek for many years was in commu- nication with many {llustrious American edu- cators and journalists, and during each con- gressional session kept himself informed, through correspondence, on the important social and political movements in progress. He lent his ardent support to the projects of Mr. Rosewater for the establishment of a school for poor Bohemian childran in a village that had been Germanized under Austrian rule, but which unfortunately was met with opposition by the governmen Politically, he took sides with the con- servative elzment, and not with the young czechs. s Among the earliest Bohemian settlers in Milwaukee was Naprstek, Who arrived shortly after the revolution of ‘1848 As a partici- pant in this movement he \as obliged to seek safety in flight, rematning in New York for a brief period in the terim. Accompanying him wore a number of his countrymen, who were among the Bohemian ploncers of the west, The first Bohemian fiewspaper in the United States was started by Naprstek. He was also one of the founders of the first Bohemlan society, which was called “Slovanska Lipa,” out of which evolved the present “Sokol” and the branches of the" secret benevolent so- clety known as “C. S. P.'S." He was born in Prague April 17, 1826, and studied under the philologist, Jungman, at the Prague university and in 1846 matricu- lated in Vienna for the stuay of law, which was abruptly interrupted 'by the revolution in which, as before statdd) he'took ‘an active part: In 1857 amnesty as prociaimed, when Naprstek returned {o his native land. A large brewery he Inherited from his father s sold and the proceeds he devoted largely to the advancement of sclence and art in his native city. Besides the undertakings al- ready mentioned he founded a public circu- lating library. Americans were always welcome guests at his house, Naprstek taking a lively interest in the affairs of his countrymen, a fact strongly evidenced in his gift of 500 vol- umes of Bohemian literature presented sev- eral years ago to the public library in Chi- cago. For twenty-seven years he served as a member of the city council of Prague, dur- ing the tlime acting as director of many charitable, educational and patriotic insti- tutions, and he also labored to secure the best representation of Bohemian (ndustries at the Columbian falr, assisting also in organizing an_excursion of Bohemlans to be present on Bohemian day No wonder Bohemian-Amerfcans visiting the fatherland never forgot to pay their re- spects to the man who above all had a claim to their respect and affection, both as an American citizen and as a patriot. Nothing could therefore be more eminently fitting than that the memory of this man among men be honored in a becoming manner by his American compatriot J. R. JICINSKY, e WILL BiD FOR THE FAIR. Monu t ble. Moro Commerclal Club Has an Offer Ready— Cutting Down Expenses. The Comemrcial club will put in a bid Monday for the state fair. The competition at present lies between Fremont, Grand Island, Lincoln and Omaha, but the final contest will be between Lincoln and Omaha, The Commerclal club is being somewhat touched by the hard times and has begun a little retrenchment. The move 18 not by any means intended to intimate financial em- barrassment, but, as_a business proposition, it was considered advisable to lop off all un- necessary expense. Hereafter only one meal a day will be served, a noon business man's lunch. The club was planned for the convenience of busi- ness men. Most of these take breakfast and supper at their homes, and, as a consequence, these meals at the club have not obtained the necessary amount of patronage to pay for their preparation Another feature that will be abandoned Is the serving of banquets for outside parties. Heretofore it has been the policy of the club to bid for these feasts in competition with the hotels. This has,'paused some feeling among hotel keepers of the city, who con- sider it out of the projigoe of ihe club to do this. Many of th@ fibmbers think like- wise, and hence theif 'abandonment. One of the cooks hds been discharged. The office force is diminiahid by one, a sten- ographer being let o ne of the elevator boys is also dischargell, "The other employes Temain. I SONE OF A NOTORIOUS FANILY. James A. Younger Takén to Kuosas City in Custody for il the Mail«, ST. LOUIS, Sept. & —<fames A. Younger, 23 years old, who ygs'brought here by United States Deputy,arshal Rogland of Kentucky, was taken today to Kansas City to answer a charge of wfiing the mails, He Is a member of the Yeliger family, which years ago gained nototfety\in Missouri, Texas, Towa, Minnesota and pffiet states by holding up (rains, robbing % o s _and murdering every one attempting nterfere with them. The crime for which James A. Younger must answer was committed. in Slater, Mo., on March 26, last. It is alleged that a letter containing a check for $61.59 on the Wood & Houston bank, addressed to S. D. Scott, Slater, Mo., from N. 8, Townsend of Arrow Rock, got into his possession, and that he forged Scott’s endorsement and cashed the check at Higby, Mo, fleeing with the money. - Attachment on a Clrcus. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Sept. 8—At City United States Marshal Brinton Adam Forepaugh's circus on a writ of attach- ment issued by Judge Allen of the United States clrcuit court by George Coupe, late chief musician, who filed a suit for §10,000 damages in court here for persvaal injuries recelved at the hands of the pr oprietors of the show, who, he alloges, brutally assaulted him and et a hound on him at Alma, Kan.; and disabled him for life, hosts of fi r Cly-'o Our largely increased trade of the past leads us to believe that that ‘“back-bone” jof the “financial depression” has been “everlast- : ingly smashed to smithereens.” (Here's hoping that the never be put together.) We Congratulate ourselves= “splinters” can that our judgment did not err—when we decided to purchase a still more liberal stock than heretofore. Then again—think of the saving we made—in buying at a time when cloth manufacturers were anxious to sell. Our $20-$25 and $30 Suits to Measure Trousers to Measure $5-$6 87 $8 We can do no more than urge you to examine the fabrics— Samples matiled upon request. THE GRAND ARMY OF LABOR What the Local Building Trades Council Secks to Accomplish. BUILDERS AND TRADERS EXCHANGE The “Walking Delegate” Has Not as Soft a Snap as Many People Suppose—Must Account Strictly for Every Hour-- Some Unpleasant Duties. The organization of the Building Trades Council in Omaha has grown in onme year from nothing to a strong and powerful union of the workers connected with the building trades. The council now comprises brick- layers, steam fitters, plumbers, hod carriers, tinners, brickworkers, stone masons, stone cutters, painters, decorators, carpenters and joiners, stair builders and machine wood workers, and because this central body of workers has built up so fast the people of the city have not been aware of its existence and many who have contracted for work in these lincs have gotten them- selves Into trouble on some occasions for not specifying in their contracts that the work should be done by union labor at the union scale. To avold this trouble in the future the central body proposes from time to time to appoint committees whose business it will be to watch the records and when a permit Is taken out for a building to immediately notify the owner of the wishes of the organ- ized building trades It the contract is let, as the situation the wishes of the organized workers, he, as a rule, dogs not require that any particular kind of labor be employed, but, as a every person Is willing that the work- ers should receive the union scale of wages when his attention is called to the im- portance of every man recelving good wages. While work bas been light in the building trades during the past summer it is noticeable that a selfish spirit has not been manifested among the union men in Omaha, and it is something unusual to find & union man who is mot willing to share his work with a less fortunate member who 1is idle. By this system of dividing up what work there is to do considerable re- liet has been given to honest workingmen who otherwise would be compelled to ask for and accept charity. Among all of the trades in the city there are probably none that have felt the depression of business so much as have the workers among the building trades. A Bullders and Traders Exchange. The organization known as the Builders and Traders exchange of Omaha has now become one of the fixed institutions of this city, and the Information to be gained by frequently visiting the rooms on the second floor' of the New York Life -building and reading cver the publications on the ‘ables is certainly valuable to any person. The president of the Builders and Traders ex- change is Richard Smith, one of the sub- stantial brick contractors of Omaha, and W. S. Wedge occupies the secretary’s desk. Mr. Wedge is a very pleasant gen'leman and is always full of information that enter- tains. The aims and objects of this organ- \zation may best be understood Ly quoting article 3 of the articles of incorporation, which reads as follows: “The purposes for which said corporation is organized and the general nature of the business to be transacted thereby are the encouragement and protection of 1he building interests of the city of Omaha: the incul- cation of just and equitable princidles of trade; the establishing and maintenince of uniform commercial usages w sald eity; the acquirement, preservation and dissemination of valuabie business information, the adjust- ment of misunderstandings and controversies arising between individuals engaged in building and kindred industrial pursuits; all to the end that membership in said cor- poration may be, to the pul..c, an assur- ance of skill, honorable dealing and respon- sibility. A board of seven directors has the general direction of the business of the exchange, and all of the members are called to meet When business of importance requires - the prosence of all. The exchange is on a solid financial basis, and promises good returns to its membe: The W alking Delegate. “There 1s no individual so much abused as the ‘walking delegate,’ " said one of the local workers to The Bee reporter. ‘He is charged with Inciting riots and with caus- ing the workingmen to be dissatisfied, when of his trade organization. It is true that walkiug delegatos are sometimes found to be untrustworthy, but our experience in Omaha Eas been that the walking delegates are a good thing for any union when considerable work is golng on. A great many have an idea that walking delegates receive incely salaries, when the truth Is they at | i all times only receive the same wages as the men who work at their trades belonging to the same union. The duties of the walking -« plasterers, | ows anything of | now 1s, before the owner kno: YEhinE % | schools abandoned. | Tooms are overcrowded and there Is a cry- as a rule the truth is, the walking delegate | only carries out the wishes of the members | people | will give you a clearer insight of your saving. you'll leave your measure— delegate are some times very hard to p form. For instance, when he visits a cra of workers and the contractor orders him from the premises. This is often the recep- tion given, and to be a successful walking delegute requires more than ordinary ability. He is expected to get new members wherever possible, and to collect all back dues of all the old members, and before he reccives his weekly pay he must report to the union his ections and account for every hour that he claims pay for. I can assure you that tho lifs of a walking delegate is not strewn with roses, and those who know what they are talking about will testify to the fact that to be a walking delegate one must, by foree of circumstances, receive considersble abuse, S INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR Good Showing In 3chool Attendance | for Op-ning of Year, The first weck of the present school year has closed, and considering the fact that the | county fair and other attractions have been | running, the school officials and the teachers are of the opinion that the attendance has been something remarkable, showing that the population of the city has increased, or else that parents are manifesting more interest in getting thelr children into school. One year ago the schools opened on Sep- tember 11, or one week fater than this year, and after the close of the fair. At that time the attendance reached 10,600, while this wozk it climbed up to 11,8922, an increase of 1422 over the corresponding week of last year. This year Tuesday was “Children’s Day” at the fair, and as a result the schools hardly got a start until Wednesday, and again it was so late in the wa:k that many parents kept their children ouc of school, pre- forring to walt until next Monday before starting them in on the term. This year there have been no new school houses opened, nor as yet have there been any In many of the schools ing demand for some way in which to dis- pose of the children. The crowded condition is most apparent in the lower grades, and in some instances it exists to such an extent that the children are allowed to att:nd but | half a day each in order to give ill a chance. The schools where the increases and de- creases exist is an interesting feature to the school officers, as it shows what portions of the city are gaining or losing in population. The following flgures show this: School. Increase. Dec: h High school. N . Ambler . hol 4 Cass Banery 4 Lincoln . » Davenpor 16 Dupont 2 Cent-al Dodge Fort 0 . Farnam Forest . Franklin Comeniu Train Kellom Lake Leavenwort Long . Lothrop . Mason Monmouth Park ... Saratoga Sherman Columbian ton .. Walout Fili.. Webster : i Winsor .. . . 42 1,513 8 Net inorease over the corresponding week last year, 1,422, Besides the above list thare are a number of schools that are not mentioned, but in those there are no changes, the ¢itendance being substantlally as during the same period of of the last school year. Next week the officials predict an increased attendance and are of the opinicn that the enrollment will come close to reaching 12,600, with & possibility of going beyond that num- ber. e MANY SQUARE MILES REGAINED. Survey of the Mexiean Boundary Increases the Size of the United States, SAN FRANCISCO, S¢pt. 8.—Colonel W, B. Barlow, chief of the American commission to re-survey and erect monuments on the boundary line between the United States and Mexico, has arrived here, having con- cluded the work in which he has been en- gaged two and a half years. The distance surveyed was %00 miles from El Paso on the Rio Grande to the Pacific. Colonel Barlow says that originally fifty-twe monuments were erected along the line. The commis- sioners found that only ‘hirty-elght re- mained. They rebullt the others and erected 200, making a total of 262. In one lnstance no ' monuments were found for over 100 miles. In another place a monument was found & mile south of the true Amerl line. This mile strip extended for 320 miles. There were some other inaccuracles in the survey, but they were unimportant. The Mexicans were satisfied with the apparent boundary and let it stand. In some cases Americans who had pald their taxes in the United States found themselves living I Mexico, and In others Mexlcans found then seives luhabitants of the United States. 205 South 15th St. SCOTT AS SALOON KEEPER Oompelled to Close Un His Joint for None Compliatce with Law, BENCH PROVES NO GOOD AT THE BAR Judge of the Criminal Division of the Dis trict Court Tarns Out a Failure In the Latest of s Under- takings, Cunningham R. Scott, judge of the crime inal section of the dlstrict court, has con. cluded that even he cannot run a saloon with any degree of safcty unless he complies with the laws of the United States and takes out a government license to operate his drinking joint. He has come to the conclusion that running a saloon without a city license is not just what it is cracked up to be, and con- sequently he has closed up the bar which & few days ago he was running by proxy. For some months and until a fow days ago Horace O. Bancroft was the proprietor of the “Court” saloon, a drinking place at the alley corner on Sixteenth between Farnam and Harney streets. Lately business in the saloon line In that particular locality has not been as good as it might be and dur- ing the early days of the present week Ban- croft found numerous creditors at the door, all demanding their money. Not having the cash to satisfy the demands he promptly told them that he could not settle. This was re- ported to the district court and several suits were brought. Right here Is where Scott went into the saloon business, continuing therein for a briet perlod of time. It was represented to him that Bancroft could mot pay out and at once he decided upon a line of action, which was nothing else than t call John Drexel in and appoint him recelver for the place, acting in the capacity of an agent and officer of the court. For two days Drexel s0ld mixed and plain drinks over th bar to some of the customers, while others took beer, with now and then a man taking champagne. In fact Droxel, as a representas tive of Cunningham R. Scott, did a nice busi- ness, and so reported tu his superior, the head guy in the business. Everything looked well ought 'to know claimed that the court's “Court” saloon was one of the fixtures. Other saloon men around town were angry and there were mutterings, deep and loud, such as those which come before the break- ing of a storm. Some of them declared that Cunningham had never taken out a govey ment license authorizing him to retail liquor while others held that he might have done 50, but that if he had he had falled to post the same in a conspicuous place, as required by the United States law. Other saloon men of the city went even still beyond this point and urged that Scott was running his saloon without first having complied with the state law, In this, that he had not been before the license board and applied for a city license. This matter was Investigated and it was soon learned that there was not a scratch of a pen to show that Scott had complied with even the minor points of the Slocumb law regulating the sale of Intoxicating liquory It was gettng rather warm around the “Court” saloon corner and equally as warm around the court corner in the county bufld- ing and prosecutions were freely talked of. Scott heard All of this, but he sald that he did not ccre a blank, as he knew his busi- ness and at the same time knew where he was at. Friday, however, It 1s presumed that some friends gave Cunningham a hunch, for without serving any notice upon the publie, the front door of the saloon was closed to the public, Drexel turning over the key and deciding to resign his place as bartender for the judge of the criminal end of the judiclal tribunal. Scott accepted the resigni and now a custodlan is in charge of the stock of liquors, but he is not trying to sell any of the goods, nor s he keeplag the doors of the place open. It there was any prosecution eontemplated, it s more than likely that it will be dropped, as it is considered that Scott's violation of the law, if there was a violation, was due to ignorance, rather than to a maliclous i tention. Scott’s friends, however, In law and order league, are not liable to take this view of the cass, and there are some rumors afloat to the effect that he may be called upon the carpet to explain just why he went into.the saloon business e Loved His Wife If He Did Steal DENVER, Sept. 7.—Pathetic results have followed the arrest of B. L. Kidd, a young Englishman, for embeazling $335 trom 8. K. Barretts, which occurred several days ago. Last Wednesday Mr. Kidd's wife, feeling deeply the disgrace of her husband's ac went to the Vietorla hotel and attemp sulcide by means of polsoning, ‘but was pre- vented by prompt medical attendance. Mr. Kidd was unaware of his wife's predica- ment, but his crime 50 preyed upon his mind that he is uow hopelessly insane. He imagines that his wife is in the cell next te him, chalned to the floor and being tortured to force her to confess that she is & party to the emberzlements and those who