Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 11, 1894, Page 13

ORTER'S TOUR OF ENGLAN Rcoolleotions of a Visit to the Town of Cambridge. University THE YOUNG BLOODS AT COLLEGE Growing Sentiment In Favor of Bimetalllsm —Prof. Foxwell Discusses the Ques- tion - R Balldings. CAMBRIDGE, England, Oct. 27.—(Speclal Correspondence of The Ree)—A day at St. John's college, Cambridge, with Prof. H 8. Foxwell, fellow of St John's professor of political economy, Uni- versity college, London, and the most ad- wanced scientific student of bimetallsm in England, was a day never to be forgotten The memories of it and of the old uni- versity town will, T hope, never be effaced It was a glimpse into a phase of life which #0 many ctiltivated Americans so often long for but cannot obtain in the noise and bustle of our newer, more energetic and perhaps in some respects more hopeful clvilization The perfect calm of the cloisters, the in describable beauty of the autwman foliage, the intenie green of the college sward, the rich brown of some of the Tudor bulldings the architectural beauly of many of the courts and now and again the sweet of the chapel bells, which “Make each several hour give forth A sweet sound ere it fly.” And through it all runs the ancient, peace- ful Cam, overhung by a low, gray mist, high above which, as it flows into the Ouse, rises the magnificent tower of Ely cathedral, made world famous by the painter Turner. The aimosphere was soft and just a trifle misty, the sun gently struggling through the gray overhanging clouds as I stepped off the express train from London and was once anore in venerable, historic Cambridge. Cam- Lridge, 0 at least a half dozen of its most loarned fellows hastened to assure me, still prides itself as much on its learing as its modesty. Unlike Oxford men, Cambridge ®raduates are chary of displaying the knowl- «edgo ob'ained In this place of much learning. Not learning, mind you, in the sense of the American vilifier, who describes his own wollege 'n the same words because ‘‘every fellow brought some learning to it and took none away.” Real, solid lmrmulf which makes men wise but not showy. It might B possible for Oxford men to point to Cam- bridge men who were none too modest, but I will save them the trouble. There was, for instance, Bentley, that famous student of Queen:, who is credited with having said: “When 1 am dead Wasse will be the most Tarned man in England.” Yet another Cambrilge man asserted that thera were many bad lines in the Aeneid which he would never have allowed to appear in a poem of his own. Exceptions, however, only prove the rule, and, as a rule, Cambridge men carry their iearning lightly and with becoming modesty. And well they may after having lived within the shadow of so much learning. wisdom and greatness. Even if a young man does not learn much, a few years gentle knocking about with these Cam- bridge lambs takes the bounce out of him. The skit of the young Oxford man in the play of “The New Woman,” which I believe You have had on the other side, would not apply o a young man from Cambridge. He could never be led into such a trap. Tnclining to brag a bit about taking the first prize for a poem the imperturbable aunt asks: “How many competitors had you?" “There were eleven,” was the proud re- sponse. ““Can It be possible that Oxford produced eleven worse poems than yours?’ was the prompt rebuke for his conceit. Tho philosophy of life can surely be learned in this venerable old town “‘inhabited by things called doctors and masters of art— a town flowing with syllogism and ale.” Here, certainly, as Dr. Doran once told the learned men of the British Assoclation for the Advancement of Science, the ablest master will find the name and memory of a greater than he—the profoundest philosopher will meet with the effigy of him who laid the foundations of his philosophy, want- ing which his own -superstructure would not have been raised. To use the words of this delightful writer: “Healer, it In <corceit of thy power, unbonnet here to the great physiclans who were before thec. Minstrel, however skilled In sweeping the Iyre, the glorious shades of the most tuneful of all poets will encounter you here, in whose presence it behooves you to be humble minded. The measure of the glory of Cam bridge Is full and overflowing. In the names of Bacon, Milton and Newton we may rosume the history of English in- telleet.” tones Even the never-do-wells of the university, | ©of whom It might be said “All the damnable degrees Of drinking have you staggered through had wit enough to write some of England's most racy and most brilliant plays. Divines physicians, pkilosophers, playwrights, in- ventors, poets, statesmen, historians, mathe- maticians, martyrs, reformers, sclentists, ex- plorers, cluster ‘about the several colleges of Cambridge and look down from the walls upon a generation that should be grateful for having inherited so much wisdom and hankful for the wonderful foresight of those Who founded these educational bulwarks for the English speaking race. CHANGED CONDITIONS AT GAMBRIDGE. The Cambridge students of today strike the stranger as a splendid lot of healthy, earnest young men. The descriptions . of Cambridge life at the end of the last wcentury which have been given us would not hit the mark now. In those days beer drinking and roystering and dog fancying and horse riding occupled most of the time of the young lords, more angles being de- seribed on biiliard tables than in the class rooms. This sort of thing s very much Tooked down upon nowadays, and the boys Wwho make display of their wealth are by no means the most popular. When the young princes were sent to Cambridge the prince of Wales left positive instructions that their companions were to be absolutely selected from the students whose morals, capacity and Industry stood highest, and that under no circumstances should they assoclate with the fast set of ycung extravagant lords and rich men's sons, who sometimes boasted that they would mot have to live by their learning. Economy, decency, manliness and earnestness seem o be inculcated here as much as book learning 1 was told by several fellows that from £150 to £300 per annum was ample to meet tho entire expenses of a young man at Cam- bridge. That more than this sum was not only unnecessary, but undesirable, On the ship coming over I met the sons of a rich Philadelplifa iron master, just from an American college. The stories those young men told me of the extravagance of col Iego students In the United States, if true, were enoygh to make us out of conceit with the higher schools of our own country. Compare the simple rooms of Cambridge students, and Cambridge professors, too, for that matter, with some of the saites of our own college “swelldom.” And yet what a Pprocession of great men these little rooms With thelr narcow staircases, low doors and diamond-paned leaden window casements, bave seen. Our rioh men, most of them men of simple hab'ts and fastes, would do woll to follow the present generatiom of Wwealthy Englishmen, and insist upon no vulgar display at college. Let them think ot the splendid young men Cambridge i turning out at a’ cost per annum of from 3750 to $1,000. The first mentioned sum %0 the faculty says, preferred, But I am struggling to taik about bimet- allsm as I find it here In England today. I bhave come from London on the invitation of Prof. Foxwell to lunch with him and n the. evening dine with the fellows in the famous and spacious old dining hall where for conturies the undergraduates have fed, seated on the long, oaken benches clothed In thelr college gowns, while the fellows, look- ing still more somber, have enfoyed the good Hving of the college on a sort of platform under a dias of carved oak. Surrounded by s0 much that is fascinating and interest ing and suggestive of all that Is strongest and grandest and best in the history of th Boglish people, It requires real courage to &t down to such a latter day discussion as that of bimetallsm, It was & hard struggle Oroasing from the cloister on the west side of the “Bridge of Sighs,” I found wy way 10 Pre®. Foxweil's rooms, the clatsic windows THE OMAHA DAILY BEE:- BUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1804. 13 of which give charming views of the college rInur"I-d In the proposals of the himetal- grounds. Here may be found one of If not the most complete libraries on political economy in the world. Prof. Foxwell ranks in this branch of modern study very much as our own Dr. John S. Billings does in modern medicine and surgery, He is absolutely up to date. As Dr. Billings has gathered from all countries of the world the current medi- cal literature, 50 has Prof Foxwell garnered all current literature on political economy. In both instances, of course, the superstruc- ture has been raised upon a rare and com- plete foundation of the classics of their re- spective branches of learning. Prof. Fox- well s a young man, that is, not over 40. He I8 a brilliant conversationalist, nterested in almost every conceivable subject, a student of people as well as of books, of the ex- perfence of nations rather than of thrones, a_delightful companion, modest of his learn- ing and with hardly the ardour nf the class room upon his garments. He is the sort of a man, I should think, that wins not only by his scholarship and power In ad- vocating a ause, but by his personality Ho Is not the man who would be content to rost his case with an able lecture, attrac- tively delivered. ~ Thers is a practical side to Prof. Foxwell which would see that the right people were got together under the right creumstances, He Is one of the most active and carnest forces in the growing de- mand for bimetalism in England outside of the colle He lectures, he dines out, he visits, he sees people, and literally devotes all his spare time from a busy and exacting carecr to the cause which seems to be so ar his heart. It is with him a labor of love. And here in England it has been hard labor and incessant labor to get where the bimetalists are today. While that eminent statist guardian of British statistics, Giffen, sits in Whitehall gardens and de- clares bankers and financial men of Eng- land will not listen to bimetalism, the younger and more enterprising are taking the bit in their mouths and listening with undisguised attention to college professors and statesmen who have broken away from the obstinate unintelligent inertia of the average London financial leader writer, To- day I find, and in this Prof. Foxwell en- tirely agrees, supporting bimetalism the leading living professors of political economy in England and Europe, Iudian statesmen and finance minister; the principal exchange ankers and merchants, who have a profound and practical knowledge of the subject, members of Parliament of all shades of politics, from Mr. A. J. Balfour, Sir, W. Touldsworth and Mr. Chaplin, to Mr. Jacob Bright, Mr. George Howard, Mr. Samuel Smith, Mr. Leonard Courtney, Mr. R. L verett, Mr. S. Montagu and Mr. Vesey Knox, some 160 In all; three ex-governors and present directors of the Bank of Eng- land; the finance ministers of nearly all the leading nations in the world (Germany and Austria_are only waiting England's lead); the manufacturers of Lancashire and York- shire, of Dundee, Leith and Glasgow; the mostenlightened agriculturists, like Mr. Heneage, Mr. Clare Sewell Read and Mr. R. L. Everett; and last, though not least, the icaders of ‘the trades unions in Lancashire und elsewhere, Bristol included. The Man- chester Guardian, the Manchester Courier, the Financial News, the editors of which urderstand the question, are among the lead- | Ing organs in the press on the side of silver. The opponents are Lombard street bankers, the gold monopolists and money lende: 1d some highly paid o highly pensioned treasury and Board of Trade oficials: the ty editors of the Timed, Standard, Daily ews, Economist and Statist, whose pur of this subject is, as Prof. Foxwell said to me, limited to the next sbttling day on the Stock Exchange, and whose insignificance is sheltered under the anonymous editorial “we," but who, if they signed their venorhous articles, would be appraised at their true value against such authorities as Prof. Fox- well, Nicholson and Sedgwick, Sir Louis Mallet, Sir D. Barbour, Mr. H. H. Gibbs, Mr. Grenfall and Sir William Houlds- worth. “Will you,” I asked Prof. Foxwell, “kindly define for American traders the present atti- tude of the English bimetalists?" “I may add that English bimetalists find themselves In complete agreement with Gen- cral Francls A. Walker in regard to the seitlement of existing monetary difficulties. I do not know that I can better describe thelr position than by saying that the views of leading bimetalists here, whether in the world of business and politics or at the universities, are practically the same as those of what Is sometimes called the “gold” party in the United States. That Is to say, we are opposed to all purchase schemes, all mere manipulations of silver, all partial and Iccal attempts at its demonetization. Noth ing less than international free mintage of both metals appears to us calculated to bring about a lasting and final settlement of all the very serious difficulties into which the world's trade has been plunged by the fateful demonetization of 1873. We can sympathize, of course, with the sufferings and the in- justice which have led to the extreme de mand of your populist and western parties, but we do not believe that anything less than international bimetalism will give a general feeling of monetary security; and unless public confidence is restored temporary palliatives wiil not have any very sensible effect. They will probably be followed by mischievous reactions and will prove, in the long run, to have only resulted in postponing the true and durable settlement.” “You mention General Walker. How do volitical economists in England regard him ?"" “It is difficult,” replied Prof. Foxwell, ““to put into words, and it would be hard to ex- aggerate the very high opinion which is en- tertained in this country of General Walker and his economic writings. He would be generally regarded as the greatest American publicist, and he is perhaps the only Ameri- can economist of whom it can be said that his writings have profoundly modified Euro- | pean opinion. There can be no doubt that the appearance of his celebrated work, ‘The | Wage Question,' marks an epoch in the his- tory of English thought upon that important subject. In this book he once for all dis- posed of the old wage fund theory, with its dismal outlook for the laboring classes, and substituted for it the more humane and nat- ural mode of viewing the position of labor which is now universally held by econom- ists.” “I believe one of our distingulshed states- men, Hon. W. C. Whitney, has been in Eng- land this summer making some observations of bimetalism. Did you have the pleasure of meeting him?"* “Yes, I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Whitney and must say that I liked him very much. He appears to be an exceedingly clear-minded, conservative man, anxious to obtain all the information pos- | sible in relation to the bimetalic movement In Europe. So far as I could gather his views on the monetary question wero very much in agreement with the cau- tious conservative views entertained by our leading bimetalists. I think such men as Mr. Balfour and Mr. Whitney view the ques- tion from very similar standpoints. When this question again comes under considera- tion in Burope I firmly believe we shall find such men as Balfour and Whitney working together in general sympathy and agree- ment.” “Are there any other of our public men who take an interest in the work of the Bimetalic league in England?" “Yes, we received the following cable at our International conference this year “We desire to express our cordial sympathy with the movement to promote the restoration of silver by international agreement, in aid of which we understand a meeting is to be held tomorrow, under your lordship's presi- dency. We believe that the free coinage of both gold and silver by international agree- ment at a fixed ratio would secure to man- kind the blessing of a sufficlent volume of metalic money, and, what s hardly less im- portant, would secure to the world of trade immunity from violent exchange fluctua- tions.” John Sherman, Willlam Allison, D. W. Voorhees, H. C. Lodge, G. F. Hoar, N. W. Aldrich, D. B. Hill, E. Murphy, C. Price, C. H. Platt, A. D. Gorman, W. P. Frye, C. K. Davis, S. M. Cullom, J. M. Carey, United States Senators. “This was greeted,” continued Prof. Fox- well, “with deafening applause.” “Why are you a bimetalist, well?" was the next question Cambridge professor, “The current system known as bimetal- ism," sald Mr. Foxwell, “depends for its explanation upon what, beyond doubt, is one of the most beautiful results of modern eco- nomic analysis. Indeed, it was this ingen- fous theory of substitution, brought to my notice by ‘the late Prof. Jevons, that first attracted me to the study of the compound of bimetalic standard. But the main inter- est of the subject does not lie in these theo- retical considerations, tascinating as they al ways are to the expert. It is the economie and soclul bearings of monetary questiops iat give them their real human significance. For myself, at all events, I was not serlously and Dr. tutelary Robert Prot. put Fox- to the ists, until, while Investigating the causes of Irregularity of employment, I began to real- ize how infinitely they concerned our indus- trial and commercial prosperity, and the condition of labor. Unless I am entirely | mistaken, the present state of monetary chaos has most Injurious effects upon our foreign trade and our productive Industries In any case, it will not be denied that in- terests of national importance are involved in the monetary policy of the near future 1 doubt, Indeed—I say this with some de- liberation—whether there has been any ec nomie controversy agitating this country during the last fifty years, except the con troversy of free trade, whose practical issues were 8o grave and so wide reaching PROFESSORS AND BIMETALISM. I understood you to say that professors and teachers of political economy in England are generally favorable to bimetalism. Is there any reserve to that statement?"” Fully a year ago I said that they were gengrally favorable to bimetalism, and at any rate accepted the theory upon which the practical working of that monetary system depends. I can speak now with more con- fidence in regard to both points. It may be partly owing to the natural development of opinion, partly to the vivid light thrown on the situation by the striking monetary events of last year; but whatever the cause, there can be no doubt that economic opinion has distinetly advanced in the direction of the views which we advocate, and there is a greater disposition to aid in giving practical effect to those views. Our ranks have re ceived a notable and weighty accession in the person of Mr. ‘Leonard Courtney, whose recent speech in Cornwall you m ha cen. British economists are practically unanimous upon what is really the funda mental point, viz: That the monetary dif- ficulty will never be settled upon a pern nent and satisfactory basis until silver is again brought into use as standard money upon the basis of an international agree- ment. There are differences of opinion amongst them, naturally, as to the precise ratio between the metal which will give the best guaranty of stability; but I do not think these differences will prove to be serious when we come to the practical settlement of the question.'" BEFFECT OF GOLD APPRECIATION. “Mr. Courtney recently observed that the appreciation of gold had more than neutral- ized all your efforts to pay off the national debt since 1873, even including the relief afforded by Mr. Goschen’s conversion of 1888, Do you believe this? “I certalnly do,” replied Mr. Foxwell, “and more than that, the same thing happens in the case of every private debt, every advance and mortgage. It is for this reazon that the American nation, and especially American farmers, are in favor of bimetalism The aro an active, industrious, enterprising com munity, and, therefore, a community of bor- rowers, Here your census statistics in rela- tion to individual mortgage indebtedness in- struct us. There you show a fixed charge of $100,000,000 annually on the productive powers of the nation. It takes nearly double the amount of grain and farm produce it formerly did to meet this fixed charge. Every farmer who has raised money on his little property finds that the weight of th loan becomes Increasingly oppressive as pric fall, dnd he naturally objects to be made the victim of an artificial contraction of money. The manufacturer is in the same po- Rion, and I need not point out that any- thing which increases the burden of the fixed charge payable to capital cannot be for the advantage of labor. In fact, if gold continues to appreciate business will become so ruinous and hoarding so profitable that the parable of the talents will have to be reversed. The really wise man will be the man who buries his talent in the earth.” “But you are a creditor country, so urges Mr. Giffen, and, therefore, interested in every- thing which increases the value of the gold due your capitalists?" 1 might reply, such falsification of con- tracts is base and immoral. It would be u worthy of a great country to make fraud the aim of its monetary policy. Even Shylock only pressed for his pound of flesh. But, as generally happens, the immoral Is also the inexpedient. It has been urged that it is not to the interest of a creditor to crush hi debtor. This is undoubtedly the sound as well as the generous view. England’s great- est interests rests on the solvency of her debtors, and the prosperity of her custom ers, both of them sapped and endangered by the Insiduous process of the appreciation of Rold.” And now I come to one of the most im- portant and pertinent answers given by Prof. Foxwell, because, upon it to a very large extent, T regard hangs the strongest argu- ment, hoth in favor of bimetalism and a Judicious protective tarif. “How do you answer Mr. Gladstone’s and Mr. Giften’s continuous statements that great s has been made under a gold mono- ic policy 2" ‘Of course,” was the prompt reply, gress has been made, for a bad monetary system cannot neutralize all the forees of civilization that are working for improve- ment. But the rate of advance has greatly fallen off. I do not wish to be misunderstood here. Prosperity cannot be brought about by monetary conjuring. But if you play tricks with money you may seriously retard prosperity, for the simple reason that you discourage enterprise. The real reason why we prefer steady, or rising, to falling prices is that the former condition stimulates, the latter contracts production. The in- creased production is, of course, the real cause of the prosperity. All classes ulti- mately gain by it, and especially the work- ing classes, who form the great majority of consumers, Even the creditor class will profit in the long run. They will find com- persation for the fall in the value of money, in the greater demand for their capital caused by the general prosperity. In any case it would be absurd to sacrifice the in- terest of the producer to that of the in- vestor. If England has become a great creditor country it is because she has been a great producing country. She must make her capital before she can lend it.” 1 thought as the earnest British political economist uttered these words that If they cculd hava only reached the American work- men in their full meaning what a blessing it would have been to our country in these days of inoreasing production and prosperity, which came to an end in 1892, or if (hat grand statesman, William McKinley, now concluding his remarkable campaign in America, could have heard these words spoken within the sacred precincts of British learning how he would have rejoiced to find the greatest economic thinkers of Gngland thus recognizing the force of the argument of the greatest practical statesman of the New World. FALLING PRICES. Agaln, on this question of the fall of prices, Prof. Foxwell said: “‘The recent coal strike and the demand for a ‘living wage' may seive to remind us of the serious social difficulty involved in a fall of prices. At first, no doubt, the loss is borne by the employer, but as the margin of profit melts away trade becomes depressed and cmpley- ment contracted, and money wages have to fall. It prices are to fall continuously no power on earth can prevent some fall in money wages. It s all very well to ray that wages must govern prices, not prices wages. But prices are governed by the monetary supply and unless the unions can induce Parllament to remedy the monetary contraction they will find it vain to attempt to maintain prices. It will be sald, perhaps, that when prices are falling the lower wage will buy as much as the old wage did with higher prices. This is true, but it is not easy to get men to understand it. Nothing is more difficult in practice than the adjust- ment of wages to a falling scale of prices Eeonomically it looks simple enough, polit- fcally -t may mean revolution. So if we look at the cry for a ‘living wage' in one sense this is reasonable enough. There is a minimum of comfort below which it Is neither right nor economical to work human beings.” All honor to Prof. Foxwell; that a British political economist should so boldly enunciate this doctrine is indeed a sign that the old Manchester school of economics has seen its best days. The Cobden club today does not number among its members a single political economist of any consequence or standing. The men who, like Prof. Foxwell, are up to date have long since consigned the old and utiquated fictions which Prof. Sumner and David A. Wells preach at home to the sepulchers of exploded thrones, common errors and fallacles which the credulity and supinity of mankind have permitted from time to time to flourish Politically it has indeed meant revolution In the United States. One consequence of the further appreciation of gold has been to intensify the agricultural depression ail over Europe, and especlally in England. Most of the land charges are fixed and they weigh more heavily upon the land owners as gold rises in value. 80, again, rents will become more onerous “pro- and, | | as 1t d | worth A and further redugtions must follow. TIn short, the active pfodiicer in every branch of Industry runs the'¥sk of finding himself, as years go on, ovérloaded and in the end crushed by the welght of an ever increasing burden “In short,” sald 'PPEL. Foxwell, “the root evil of the present- monetary situation is the continued appregiation of gold, depressing es the enfdrprise of the industrial ss, the great boPebwers, without really improving the posigiom. of the comparatively inactive class, the lenders of capital “Are you making’rich headway ? “Yes, we have dotd 'better this year than ever before. You would be surprised to find the number of promipent people taking up the subject and 106king into it carefully. Once they do’ this‘wé capture them. Mr. Balfour has been a tower of strength to us Mr. Courtney is likewise an acquisition. Sir Henry James, one of the most popular men In England, is ‘how on our side. Lord Rosebery admits it s an important qu tion. Still, we don't feel much like brag- ging. There Is nothing your busy man dis likes ®0 much as to be squarely faced by Inconvenient facts which compel him to reconsider a familiar course of action, per- haps even to grapple with an unfamiliar {dea. It has been somewhat unfairly said that it requires a surgical operation to get a joke Into a Scotchman; but has tried both feats will admit that this is child’s play compared with the effort re- quired to get a new idea into an English- man. The Englishman resists ideas a outrance. Upon this characteristic it Is easy to play. And our opponents do play upon it, as you Americans say, for all it is They are trying to spread the idea that it is a hopeless complicated question which the farmers of England can nev master and that all college professors other monetary cranks are trying to jolly them fnto beileving. In a country like England the feeling s most difcult to overcome."” “And now,” sald Prof. Foxwell, taking out his watch, ‘‘we have talked enough bimetal- ism for one afternoon, more I fear than your readers will care to read. 1If you like good music come with me to King's College chapel and hear a pretty anthem and an organ and singing that will make you forget political economy and statistic Soon we were seated in one of the rarest ecclesiastical buildings in adom, wherein the stonework, woodw work contend which shall deserve most miration. The soft rich tones of the organ standing nearly in the middle of the chap:l reverberated through the building. apel is still lighted by innumerable can- dles, The daylight gradually faded away and the peculiarly rich tracery of the win- dows changed until it looked like a mass of gems and then, as darkness enveloped the chapel, almost disappeared in the superb vaulted roof. An hour of such musio singing with the shadowy surroundings was well calculated to bring calm to the most active mind. In the presence of these magnificent and unqualified edifices of b gone centuries even up-to-date political economists may well bow with profound re- spect and reverence. Latter day architec copy and imitate these marvellous structures, but, unlike the thranes of political econo- mists, they can not be knocked down and pulverized by each succeeding school of economics that flourishes for a generation only to be sent kiting to Jupiter and Mars by the next. These old specimens of an art almost lost stand like mighty giants amid the pigmies of-modern architecture. ROBERT P. PORT! e CONNURIALITIES. Maud—I hope you are not going to marry that Mr. Korier. Kate—Really, I didn't think it would make any difference to you, dear, it T didn't. “Have you ever loved another, Tom?" sald Miss Gush to her intended. ‘‘Certainly,” replied he. “Do you wish written testimon- fals from ‘my previous sweetheart “No, George,” she sald, "I can never be yours.” “Then 1 am rejected,” he moaned. “No, dearest, not that, but I am a woman suf- fragist, and cannot’ be any man's. You, however, may be mine if you will." Rev Dr. Edwardy Beecher and wife of Brooklyn celebrated -the sixty-fifth anni sary of their marriage recentiy, and the v erable Mrs. Henry “Ward Beecher dined with them. P50 ybu wish ‘mhy daughter for your wife?” “Partly that, madam, and partly that you may be my mother-in-law." At the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Fairfax Gaines of Warrenton, Va., the other day to Chief Justice Thomas Smith of New Mexico four clergymen officiated, and there were twenty-six_bridesmaids. Isn't It rather pathetic that band who has been married pays his wife a compliment on her good looks it makes her so happy that she has to go and tell all the neighbors what he said Don't ask the man who was married May twenty years ago whether or not he be lieves in the old superstition that May is nn unlucky month for marriages. Mrs, Dimpletop—I would like hotel life, but 1 am 0 lonesome all day while my husband is at the office. Mrs. Cheltenham—Why don’t you keep house? Then you ean spend your spare time in thinking what you wili have for breakfast A ‘“young prince,” who advertises in a Vienna paper that he desires to wed, invites proposals, so to speak, for the marriage con- tract and he stipulates that she must be handsome, intelligent and of a fine figure. He specifies that the last named shall not be less than $1,250,000. The engagement is announced of Miss Lulu Bechtel, daughter of the late George Bechtel, the millionaire brewer of Stapleton, Staten Island, to Hude Keppler, son of the late famous artist, Joseph Keppler, of Puck Fares A. Ferzan, who conducts a jewelry business at Atlantic City and elsewhere, was married in the Syrian church in New York on Sunday evening last to Miss Sassool Maloof, and while the ceremony was going on friends were firing guns and pistols from the windows until the police, oblivious of the correct form for a swell Syrian wedding, stopped the fusilade. The Alabama girls who formed an anti- smoking club, the by-laws of which forbade them to 80 much as Kiss a man who smoked, has gone to pleces. Its president has married a lawyer who stops smoking only long enough to sleep and eat, and its secre- tary is engaged to marry a man who smokes botween courses at dinner. So perish all tyrants! when a hus- twenty years —_—— KELIGIO Brooklyn's clalm to be called the City of Churches has passed away and the honor is now given to Philadelphia The centenary of the London Missionary soclety will be celebratod next year by an effort to send out 100 new missionaries. A minister’s salary in Morocco Is about 2 shillings a day, but they acquire immense wealth, the resuit of pppression and extortion. Rev. Prof. Henry:Preserved Smith, who, with Prof. Briggs, was suspended from exer- cising the duties of hig, chalr because of his views in regard tq o]d. testament criticism, is staying with hi§ fanily in Ven He intends wintering (fi'Alglers. Rabbi Wolff Willner; late of Eden Street synagogue, Baltimore] has resigned from the ministry and enteréd”'Johns Hopkins "uni- versity as a studenf of Romance languages. An English clergyman has been teaching two courses of sermona entitled “Rebellion, Rags and Ruin” anid “Repentance, Robes and Rapture.” The Presbyterian g4¥s: Socleties for do- ing all sorts of things continue to multiply One of the last is,"for doing good to all men, wherever it cani" By and by we shall have a soclely for teélllng the truth and it will cost $1 to beloh, f‘p it. We would pay the initiation fee fo o or three persons whom we know if They would live up to the constitution. b AN OLD FARM HOU, Al Cary. Now the hickory with its hum Cheers the wiid and rainy weath And the shoemaker has come With his lapstone, last and lea E PICTURE, With his head #s white as wool, With the wrinkles getting bolder, And his hesrt with news as full As the wallet on his shoulder. How the children's hearts will beat, How their eyes will shine with pleasure, As he sets their little feet, Bare and rosy, in his measure! And how behind his chair They will steal, grave looks to summon, As he ties away his hair From his forehead, like a woman. When he tells the merry news, How their eyes will laugh and glisten! While the mother binds the shoes And they gather round and listen, one who | The | nd | in | SUSPENSION OF A PRIEST Details of the Latest Trouble in the Catholic Diocese of Lincoln, AN INTERVIEW WITH THE vICTIM The Case of Father Jo plained and False fated ~Alleged ¥ Furnitare from Hastings. K Acousations Koglish Ex- Re- noval of Chare A few days ago a Lincoln paper published what appeared to be an official statement of | the reasons why Bishop Thomas Bonacum suspended Father John E. English, pastor | of the Catholic church at David City, Neb. | Pather English, it will be recalled, was pas- tor of the Hastings church for five years, | and was removed from his charge by the bishop September 1 The short time allowed to make the change prevented the pastor from packing his personal belongings, and they were recently shipped to David City by members of his old congregation According to the Lincoln the sus on to account pended priest paoked up all the furniture in | the Hastings for shipment parsonage and stored it away His successor at Hastings complained th the house was almost of its belongings. “‘Bishop Bona cum was in Colorado at the time, but he in | structed Father English not to remove the | Boods from Hastings until he 4 visited the parish and decided upon the rightful ownership of the furniture. Father English failed to obgy him, but instead had the furni- ture removed to David City at once. The Hastings contingent, which was very angry over the action of the father, sent the bishop word this time and asked him to have every- thing restored to the house. The bishop again wroto Father English and told him that unless the furniture was restored to the parsonage at Hastings by a certain date he could consider himself suspended. The date rolled around and the furniture had [not been returned, and the father was ac | cordingly suspended by his own lack of ac | tion,"" | The assertion is also made that some of the furniture taken is shown by the father's handwriting in the pa h books to | to the parish and that ecclesiistical laws re- quirs that personal property shall be spe- clally noted in the parish books. The impr conveyed by these asser- tions do English a gross injustice. Those who know him best in Omaha and throughout the state declare he could not be guilty of the petty accusations published as the reasons for his suspensfon. And this belief is borne out by a statement of the case made by Faffier English himself while in Omaha this week “The Sunday prec {astings, August 25, said Father ‘I announced to my parishioners at that T would be obliged to take my September 1, and that steps should be taken to get together and remove my per:onal ef- fects so as to make room for my successor. I requested the ladies to assemble after servico and take such action as might be necessary to that end. This I did for the reason that the ladies of the congregation had special charge of the house and church, They held such mecting and appointed two of their number as a committee to separate such artic as belonged to me from the others, and to dispose of them as I might direct. ““In this connection I might say that when I first went to Hastings [ was earnestly and solemly assured by the bishop that in all human probability that parish would be the scene of my life work. In view of this repeated assurance, and of the then im- poverished condition of the parish, I pro- cured from my relatives funds to a con- siderable amount. For this I have never been reimbursed. In addition to this num- erous articles have been presented to me personally by friends during my incumbenc and were in every sense of the word mine, And then the parish was largely otherwise in debt, and the members of It clearly real- ized that its property was, both legally and mordlly, Impressed with a trust in my favor to the amount which w coming to me, However, 1 urged upon the committee, as my dzsire, that in doing its work, that if any doubt arose with regard to the owne ship of any of the property such doubt should be resolved in favor of the congregation The committee selected such articles as r judgment belonged to me and stored | them in"a Louse in Hastings, pending my | arranging for their removal to David City. In making the division I took no part, atever was done was done by the ttee of the congregation. The property ained in Hastings from the first to the of September, and no question was raised during that time as to the propriety of such action “‘On the 29th of September I received from the bishop's secretary an order directing me not to remove the property from Hast- ings. The property arrived in David City on the night of the 20th, consequently I could not comply with the request. Thus matters rested until the 12th of October, when I recelved an extraordinary letter from the bishop removing me from the parish and commanding me to appear before the dlocesan court at Lincoln, on November 29, to show cause why my suspension and the | withdrawal of my faculti priest should not be final and permanent, “The bishop is not satisfied with the in- dignities heaped upon me at Hastings. Em- boldened by the succoss of that removal and filled with conceit as to the extent of his power, he seized upon the silly pretext af- forded by a dispute over a few articles of | small value, and cruelly and maliciously de- prives me of my faculties. Willing in all things reasonable to render him due obedi- ence, in this case and under these circum- stances obedience is no longer a virtue. ““The unreasonableness of the bishop's order with reference to this personal prop- erty is at once apparent. He might have specified in his letter the furniture about the ownership of which there could be any doubt in his mind and not inflict such a needless burden on me as to pack and send all my effects to Hastings, and then have them examined and then repack and ship them to David City. Apart from the damage and harship to ‘me, it required the ex- penditure of considerable money, which 1 did not have, I advised the bishop that the effects were at David City and the dispute could be easily settled there,” Father English Is not concerned about the proposed trial. It It is permitted to go on the outcome can be stated in advance. The court Is organized by the bishop and his will ts the will of the court. But the suspension is contrary to ecclesiastical law, which requires that an offense shall be proven before the proper court before punish- ment can be inflicted. In this case sentence Is imposed before guilt is proven. The case of Father English is a sample of the many which have dragged the diocese of Lincoln into public contempt. The prede- cessor of Father English at David City, an elderly man of great plety, was precipitately removed from the parish and was not per- mitted to remove even his books, the treasures of a lifetime. Three priests have left the diocese within a short time and their successors are lable to follow soon. Of the forty-six priests in the diocese oniy twenty-two were educated for the dioc . These men cannot be suspended and do- prived of their rights canonically under the laws of the church. The remainder are transients, i. e., priests educated for other dioces and their stay under Bishop Bonacum is entirely at his option. His will is the sole law governing them Father English does not propose to be driven out of the dioces under a cloud or otherwise. He proposes to stay with the bishop in peace or war, and give the latter some years of anxious experience before his threat to drive the father out of the diocese is realized. It is a mistake to suppose the celebrated case against Bishop Bonacum s settled, Action on the charges is merely deferred for the reason, as stated by good authority, that Delegate Satolli's powers are insufficient to deal with so grave a case. The documents enlarging his authority are believed to be on their way from Rome, and after their arrival the complaining priests are confident of a vindication e Kiduey Tea cures nervous head- Triul size, 25 cents. All drugglsts, 2 stripped sion ather 1ng my departure from Oregon aches. belong | " MORSE. Sixteenth and Farnam. What's waked up the stores--the news- papers bulging with extra advertising pages -filled with startling display? MORSE’S must have been short-comings in [the other stores, else |there'd be no ocecasion for old ones to plead |their goodness now-- more and more of you lare finding us out to lyour pleasure--busi- |ness doubled in 80 |days--you’ll help us | double again this |month, the help is mu- [tual--we’ll help you | help us. Left 16th stre | | | | | | entrance. Blankets -- we |selling a manufactur- |er’s stock of blankets |at the price for blank- |ets at the n'ill and in |some cases at less than cost to make. Ours ave honest goods at honest |values, full weight and |size. are Full sized blanket, §7c the palr. Iixtra size blanke 23 the pair. iifornia blanket, $3.93 the pair. Extra g blanket 5 It's not a question whether you can af- |ford to attend thissale, |but whether you can afford toremain away. Trust your eyes and fingers, look at and feel of them, Left 1y 16th entrance. Men’s winter under- wear on sale Mon- day. Every garment represents extra good value. Men's fine heavy mixed shirts and draw- ers, i7c the garment. Men’s heavy ribbed underwear, woolen goods, colors blue and mode, both fast, 75 the garment, Men's fine soft fleece lined drawers, In natural colors, 75 Men's’ tan _and black hose, 2 pairs for 25c. Men's tan fast color hose, 3 pairs for 2 An extra double sole, fait black hose, § pairs for Gc. Scarfs. The new fall your cholce We have just re- ceived our new scarfs for men, in all the lat- est novelties for this fall, See the line we are selling for BOc. shirts and the garment fast color, shapes and colors, tomorrow, Saturday, 2 each. The types won’t teH of china beauty or crystal elegance, no way but to see ite-ele= vators -- broad stair= way and street en- trance to this half-acre show room. It’'s new and novel to have china treated so handa sonely -=It’'s novel =~ The china business we've made -- We leave it to you to say-- it’s the best in town, Second Floor, Crockery Department. Smith, Ford & Jones' ele Iain, 100-piece dinner sets, patterns, new designs and $7.48. You'll pay $10.00 for the same 3 styles of A. D ; value, 40c. 3" styles’ of sugar value, 40 Cream 9c, more. Come and see, hero now. ant, semi-porce- in fwo different decorations, at sewhere, coffee cups and saucers, and cream sets, Dpitchers, 12¢ and up, worth we're too busy to dwell thatis so freely adver- tised as bargains, we tell you frankly you can not get it here-- we'll not sell goods we can not truthfully reec- ommend. Dependable goods, at lowest prices, is our motto. Third Floor, right Butterick’s Patterns, Publications and cut- lery. December goods now on sale. Third Floor, Ladies’, Misses', Chil- dren’s and Infants gar- ments Saturday. We place on sale a sumple line of ladies’ Golf and Tourist Capes at a sav- ing of about 88 per cent to you, No two alike; blues, blacks, browns and fancy mix- tures, Call early and secure first choice. elevator, Fur capes, largest loe, newest styles, lowest prices in the city.’ Do not buy a garment without first seeing our choice lines and values, You've learned by this time to expect what we advertise, We assure protection If you want the stuff| ] torall i;;xyer*s on every- Monday, November 12y, ot | thing sold under our roof. ind Maln Alsle. Notions, small wares and toilet articles, This is a very important de- partment and we guarantee a saving in it to you. Crochet cotton, ghade Knitting cotton, 4 Novelty and feath, Hooks and eyes, Darning cotton Basting thread, Hair pins, lc. Safety ping, all siz Twin a8 stays, 7o, Best velveteen facing, 19¢. Ammonia, large bottles, 1le, Colgat sor Japs, be. English Tooth Powder, 17¢. Japavese baskets, 3¢, two for Corded ruchings, b ard, Cream of Flowers, 17c, Espy's Cream, 17 eam, white, 3. cdge brald, 16e bex, card, spool, 3. Comparison will give us the trade--will save you the money--why not consult your inter- ests and compare our goods and prices--with what you’ve been used to seeing and buying elsewhere. Winter Underwear, Ladi seams, Ladies and ecru, § Ladies” extra fine fleeced vests and pants, finished seams, heavy welight, 50c. Ladies' half wool vests and pants, fleeced, ts and finished natural flecced v pants, ced vests and pants, fine nonshrinking wool vests and pants, silk finfshed, e, Children’s ribbed 'vests and pants, fleeced, finished seams, winter welght, 25¢ hildren’s unfon sults, black, white and natural, $3.00 suits at half price, $1.50. Hosiery. Children’s black hose, extra heavy welght, * bieycle hose, double knee, heel and toe, “extra " value, e, Children's fleeced hose, fast black, 2e. Ladies' fleeced hose, fast black, ribbed top, Tadie plain, Ladles' silk fleeced hose, fast black, 85c. Ladies' fine English cashmere hose, fast black, high spliced heel and double sole, §0c. * fast black, woolen hose, ribbed and Take-Off Department. Left main isle, This department was crowded Saturday as it has never been bea fore-- The assortment is still complete. You’ll find silks and dress goods,flannels,notions, china,glassware goods from all overthe store worth two--three times the prices. Sat. urday's price was 8le; Monday we take off 8c;Monday’s price 28ec. Come and take off some bargains. “arnam street alsle. The best, not a small assortment, but & complete Variety of desirable new textures in prints, ginghams, outing flannel, at low prices, also completé stock of sheetings and cottons Dress Linings, The newest of new goods, the lowest of low prices, the choicest of choice fabrics. We have silesias, perca- lines, sateens crino- lines, canvas, grass cloth, hair cloth and cambric at lowest of low prices, You'll hear from us again Monday --- we’re working hard for your interests by selling you good goods cheaper than other stores do, Recefved late Saturady evening, on salg Monday, Seal Cloaking Plush, 6 incheg wide. THE MORSE DRY GOODS CO, Sixteenth and Farnam, THE DESIGY'S THE THIVC, Design is to furniture what seasoning is to a salad, It makes or mars its perfection and taste, This chair fairly bristles with design. It is a study in outline. The picture gives no conception of the slze; it Is not a large, un« gainly “Comforter,” but one of those light frames that lift so casily, roll so readily and are the delight of every visitor. . The covering, as shown on our floor, i§ merely a figured muslin, so that you maki your cholce for the upholstering from our magnificent line of coverings. There is no finish in the way of gimp or fringe, but the edges are bordered with soMd mahogany mouldings, glving rich and beautiful finish. The frame Is old mahogany. Such a chair is an Indispensable In the arrangement of any drawing room. It coms bines beauly with a high degree of comfort, And it takes little space. Charles Shiverick & Co. FURNITURE of Every Description. Temporary Location, 1206 nnd 1208 Douglos Stroek MILLABD HOTEL BLOCK.