Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 10, 1894, Page 2

Treet Or )mmr'\')fm YMWMV B i BBl sopoimpindich o gl . scomb caf oo G Wy ot V5B o v}‘n;« the charge of being accessorles to the crime of murder In the killing of Willlam Sieger- man’s mother by her husband last spring. | Several teachers from Verdon and vielnity attended the district teachers' association at | Stella Friday. The case of the Verdon State bank against the Verdon Milling company for refusing to pay notes given for their engine, was tried before the district court and resulted In favor of the plaintiff. The Salem Chautauqua association met last | week and made arrangements for next sum- | mer's assembly. One thousand doliars have | already been guaranteed for expenses “Brac, the Poor House Girl,” will played next week for the benefit of Library association The autumn quarterly Record, the officlal organ of the State Territorial Ploneer association, 1s just issued and calls Nebraskans tree planters instead of bug eaters, as formerly they were called. George Hall went to Lincoln to consult a doctor regarding the hand in which a bone was broken in a rumpus on election day. J. 8. Clark, who conducted a_photograph gallery In a tent here during the summer, left last week for warmer quarters. Mrs. J. T. Webster of Emporia, visiting friends In town Mrs, George Lum and son Roy returned this week from a visit with her children at Doane college, Crete. be the of the Ploneer Kan., 1s Tecamsen's New \Water Snpply. TECUMSEH, Neb., Dec. 9.—(Special)—In all probability Tecumseh's water supply will soon come from the Nemaha river. An inadequate amount only can be secured from the wells and the water commissioners ars considering the above mentioned plan The Tecumseh Daily News has suspended Lack of patronage the cause. L. 8. Parker is closing up his busl here and wil move with his family to New Mexico in the near future. Mrs, Nettie E. Kearney, Kearney, died at her home In this city Wednesday, aged 30 years. The funeral was held at St. Andrew’s Catholic church Friday morning, Rev. Father William Mur- phy officiating. L. W. Bird, manager of canning factory, is in Denver. George Welsh, who recently conducted a restaurant here, has gone to Falls City to re-angage in business Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Compton had a son born to them Wednesday, Tho Order of Red Men of this city is arranging for a ball and banquet to be given Wednesday evening. J. W. Hunt this week purchased the cumseh dray line of James Ross. The city superintendent of schools and the entire corps of teachers spent Friday visit- ing the Omaha public schools in search of new ldeas Mr. and Mrs. L moved to Beatrice. The young people of the Preshyterian church held a very pleasant sociable Tuesday evening. A new paper, The Herald, at Elk Creck, in this county, Ogden as editor and publisher. The Junior league of the Methodist church held a “box soclal” Friday evening. Eugene Sampson and Risie Hervey visiting In Kansas. Editor Bennett of the Tecumseh Republic, the official county alliance organ, skipped the town and the sheriff had to sell part of his furniture to pay the printers. The plant is owned by a company of stockho'ders most of whom are farmers. Messrs. William Lawrence and E. S. Perkins have leased the same, and therefore the paper will con- tinue publication. wife of John F. the Tecumseh Te- H. Detterman have re has been started with A. L. are Exeter Notes i Personals. EXETER, Neb., Dec. 9.—(Special)—The revival meetings at the Methodist church are becoming very enthusiastic. The house is crowded to its utmost capacity every night and very decp religious feeling is being expressed. The Congregational people held a “query” social at the residence of James Alexander about three miles cast of town Friday night, which was a brilliant success. An immense crowd was present and the young people bad a whole quarter section on which to have all the fun they wanted, A, C. Lester came up from Brownville to visit this winter with his daughter, Mrs. G. W. Patton. Mrs. C. W. Jones of Lincolfi is spending a few days with Mrs. T. C. McClure, Will T. Jones and Miss Flora Fisher, both of this place, were married at Geneva last week, Judge Shickley performing the cere- mony. Some real estate s changing hands re- s of hard times, and at good prices. Christie sold his 240-acre farm to Z. Watterman of Crete last week, the con sideration being $6,250. Mr. J. B. Benn traded his farm, one-half mile north of town, to a party in Frienl ville. Mrs. Flora MoBride of Lincoln is visiting her parcnts, Mr. and Mrs. John Koahn. Mrs, 8. A. Compton of Seward is visiting her gon, W. I. Compton, this week. Mrs. Bennett Brvin and daughters returned from a visit to Alexandria Thursday. They were accompanied by Mrs. C. J. Weils and daughter. Mrs. W. W. Woodard left Saturday for a visit with hor daughters at Stoddard, Thayer county. Mr. J. F. Hill of Colorado Springs and Miss Effe Thompson were married at Geneva last week. ‘Wisner socinl Event. WISNER, Neb, Dec. 9.—(Special)—The chief soclal event of last week in Wisner was the reception given in the opera house Thursday evening by the Grand Army of the Republic, the Woman's Relief corps and the Sons of Veterans, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Graham, who are preparing to remove to their new home in New Mexico in a short time. The opera house was tast- ily decorated and furnished for the oceasion, and a bountiful banguet was spread by the ladies, Mrs. Graham was for several years president of the Woman's Relfef corps of this place, and she and Mr. Grabam have always taken a great Interest in all the orders which delighted to compliment them before their departure from this community, with which they have been so long and prominently identified. A pleasing program was presented, interspersed with plano solos and music by the home band. N. Salsbury, commander of the post, presented to Mre and Mrs. Graham a rich and valuable ;x mantel clock, a present and token of regard from the three societics, The surprised reciplents were very visibly affected and responded in a man- ner which indicated that they were deeply moved. The large company dispersed at a late hour, individually expressing regret at the circumstance which gave the event the nature of a farewell, but reassuring Mr. and Mrs. Graham of their abiding good will and best wishes for the future. Interesting Ashlund Enterprise. ASHLAND, Neb., Dec. 9.—(Special)—J. J Pursley, the photographer, who has been working on a magic churn for some months, has it complete and it far surpasses his ex- pectation. A stock company 18 talked of to manufacture them at this place. Senator Orlando Tefft, from Avoca, was in Ashland Monday, the guest of David Dean. Foot ball at Ashland |3 fast getting back to its old place of “talk of the town." Postmaster L. J. Pickett is preparing to ove the postoffice to a more desirable tion nsar the center of town Mrs. 0. D. Harford gave a chrysanthemum tea Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Judd March leaves soon home in Kalamazco, Mich., to holidays The Emanuel Daptist church has secured the services of Rev. John M. White, late of Pawnee City, for the coming year. A most entertaining program was rendered at the weekly literary enertainment of the High school Friday night. John D. Robbins recited “Spartacus’ Address to the Gladiators” fu a manner that pleased all present, ‘The program for the teachers' meeting at Wahoo, December 14 and 15, promises (o be very benmeficlal for the teachers of this gounty. Ashland s well represented on the program. for her old spend the HBevkelman Broviti BENKELMAN, Neb, Dec. 9.—(Special.)-- District court will convene here Mon- day. Judge Welty Qid mot call a jury for | beautitul under the rays of the setting sun this term. Bd Howard and his friend, Erick Clark. or Papillion, are on a wolf hunt Jackrabbits are plenty-—about the only thing that there is an abundance of in this cuunty, Ouae of the town sportsmen went out Friday and killed forty in three hours on a 10-acre tract Ex-County Commissioner Hamilton opened a flour and feed store here J. R. King has finished his fall farm work and Is now moving the D. King stock of merchandise from Max to Benkelman and will close out the business as fast as possible, The Benkelman Bee has been leased for a term of years to J. A. Snider of the Haigler Republican. Mr. Snider will move here and take charge the first of the year. The Bee editor will seek his fortune else- where—presumably in Texas. There Is a_continuous wall for aid In the shape of feed, fuel, clothing and provisions going forth from warious localities of this county, and there are not a few who must necessarily have some assistance or perish. ———— ON THE FAST MAIL. has Recollections an from Omal: Singing thre Rattling over ri Shooting un Rumbling ove W !\\/flhu through the mountain, zzing o'er the vale, Bless mel this is pleasant Riding on the rail! axe, 1t was the privilege, recently, of the writer to take a run to Grand Island on No, 844, the locomotive of the celebrated Denver fast mail. Power and dignity are the charac- teristics of the fast mail as it rolls stately into the union depot at Tenth and Mason, preparatory to commencing its run of 166 miles to “the Island.” Grand Island Is the terminus of the first division of the road and the time made from Omaha is very fast for this part of the country. It is when a person is riding on the engine as it plunges through the darkness, rattles over frogs and switches and threads its way through a maze of tracks and a multitude of many colored lights thal the importance and dignity of the engineer's occupation are foreibly impressed upon the mind. It then becomes apparent how much depends on the engineer's presence of mind and devotion to duty. The power of attention exerted by an en- gineer in running such a train as the Denver fast mail is certainly wonderful. It it were applied in literary or scientific pursuits it would enable a person to become very ac- complished within a short time. A first- class locomotive engineer, like a poet or a good soldier, Is born, not made. Long prac- tice I8, of course, required to make a engineer, but there are qualifications requ such as bravery, steadiness and enthusiastic love of the work, which many years of ex- perience fail to develop in some. It is the same in every pursuit. It 1s the few that come to the top. Pride and enthusiasm in one’s work are required to assure succe Any one whose privilege it is to observe Mr. Dolan, of Jack Delan, as he is familiarly known by railroad men, as he manipulates the machinery of that imposing specimen of human skill, locomotive No. 841, would soon conclude that Jack has few equals and no superiors as an engineer. He is one of the oldest engineers on the Union Pacific rosd and has an_unexcelled record. Mike—every one knows Mike—keeps things hot on No. 844, The hard and continuous work he pre- forms during a trip is aslonishing. The fire must be kept red hot in order to assure quick time. When it comes Mike's turn to run a locomotive he is certain to make a first class engineer. Ife is serving his time in a good school and under the cye of a good teacher. The Denver fast mail is a very elegant, speedy and comfortable means of travel. It 13 to be hoped the day will soon ccme when there will be a double track all the way to North Platte, at least. The Union Pacific is a grand railroad, especially west from Fre- mont—west of the prettiest town the road is for the most part straight and smooth. In summer the ride along the Platte rive west from Fremont is a very pleasant experl- ence. The valley of the Platte looks very Impressions of a Trip to Grand Insland. The writer's dash to Grand Island on 844 was a memorable experience. It mystery to the novico how the engine stays on tho track. In the night time the rails as they are illuminated for a short distance by the headlight look much like two slender threads running away into the obscurity in front. They seem {o be almost too weak to sustain the panting, pounding and ponderous mass of iron that forces its way along with so much power and seeming intelligence. It God is great and wonderfu] in his works, so is man. A magnificent and powerful loc motive going at full speed is one of man works that show forth hi intelligence, his dignity and his power, and cause us to forget the many low, mean and purely animal quali- ties that cnter into his strange composition On tho trip referred to we arrived at Grand Island on time. There amother engine was awaiting us, ready-to pull the fast mail to Norti Platte. 1t we consider the hard and dangerous work which railroa’ men: perform we shall agree that it would be difiieult to pay them too well. Every day thousands of lives throughout the United States depend upon the nerve, devotion anud intelligence of the railr mploye. Ii any one desires to see for himself how arduous and dang'rous is the work of the railroad man just lot him take a trip some dark or foggy night on the engine of a train such as the fast mail. ALPHA. Cleaning Lamps. To the wise virgin whose lamps burn un- dimmed through the long winter evenings, I went for advice and Inquired of her methods. “Why do my lamps give a more brilllant light than those in other houses,” she re- peated. *‘Possibly because I take better care of them. Lamps are not to be lighted and looked at merely, neither are they to be of less value than their covering. Most house- wives spend their mornings in concocting new shades, making over old ones or fastening fresh flowers to the one in use. That is not my way. I prefer to devote my time to see- ing that the lamps are rewarded for their genfal help of the night before. “Few women boil out their burners. This should be done at least once a week. I rub mine off first with paper, then place them all in a sauce pan of bolling water and zoap suds. There they remain for thirty minutes, when they are rinsed oft with clear. hot water, laid to drain, and afterward carefully rubbed and polished with a bit of old flannel. I find this the only way to prevent smoking or unseemly greasiness. “In my large china lamps, whers a brass tank holds the ofl, T boil out this metal recep- tacle as well as the burner. I fill the tank itself with warm water, letting it come to a forceful boil on the range. This plan re- moves every suspicion of dirt as well as odor from the brass. After rinsing off, I dip it in a weak solution of ammenia and water, then polish off with chamois skin and silicon. “This 1s my systematic weekly washing schedule, As to the wicks, 1 fancy in most lamps they are not changed frequently enough. I put’In a new one cvery week. The lamp Is apt to smoke unless this is dome. Then never cut your wick. Your eye for a curve may be excellent, but I'll warrant the arc ct your flame will never ba perfect if scissors have been called into play. When the wick is inserted, sumply burn the end off The blaze wil Imake its own pathway more artistically than you could do, and the after light will have no ragged edges. Every morning nip all the burnt edges away with a flannel cloth, “A vital point for the maintenance of a strong glow is the daily replenishing of the oil. Never let the wick strain for its sus tenance. Without good nourishment wicks, like mortals, will emit a very feeble flame. “Ot course, my chimneys are polished every morning. They are ‘scused’ into a generous pan of hot water and soap suds and polished off with chamols. There is no denying' she concluded, “that lamps require much attention, but they are grateful and respond in such a brilliant manner that one never begrudges the time spent on them." i il Milllon-Dollar Presbyterian Mortgage. NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—A $1,000,000 mc gage has been placed upon the property of the Boards of Home and Forelgn Missions of the Presbyterian church in the United States at Fifth avenue and Twentleth street, mortgage s held by the Seamon's Savings bank of this city and is on property which is 10 be the site for the new bulldings to be oc cupled by the boards, ool S Trinters’ f upplies Destroyed. CHICAGO, Dee. 8.—~Fire last n'ght in the machine shop of Schnledewend & Lee, manu- facturers of printers' supplies at Archer avenue and Lee streets, caused a loss on bullding and machiuery of $50,000; well in- sured The | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, DEOEMBER 10, e MULTIPLYING ~ CONFESSIONS Janitor Blixt Tells More of the Cold- Blooded Killing of Miss Ging. SAYS HARRY HAYWARD FIRED THE SHOT Murder Had Long Meen Planned and Was to Secure the Life Insurance Carried by the Unfortunate Dressmakor— Still Another Story. POLIS, ‘Dee, 9.--If the confession voluntarily made by Blixt, the janitor of the Ozark flats, in the presence of Mayor stis, the county attorney and the chief of police today Is true, Harry T. Hayward fired the shot that killed Catherine Ging, and Blixt aided him in disposing of the body. Blixt told of his first conversation with Hayward about one month before the mur- der. It was In regard to either the holding up or the killing of a Chicago man who had loaned Hayward $10, the object being to regain possession of any papers which the man might have as an evidence of Hayward's indebtedn Blixt's ignorance prevents him from giving an intelligible idea of just what the transaction was to be, further than that there was to be a holdup or a murder. Hayward proposed to send Blixt to Chicago and to have him re- turn from that city when he was wanted, Blixt refused to go in it, and says that Hayward went to Chicago himself. Upon returning from Chicago Hayward broached another scheme to him—that of setting fire to a barn. He induced Blixt to commit the act, thus securing a penitentiary hold on the' man, It was shortly after this that the scheme to murder Miss Ging was broached. Hay- ward told him she was completely in his power and that she would do anything he told her to. When the scheme of killing her was mentioned Hayward told him that by killing her he would regain possession of $7,000 which he had given her, and, in ddition, would make $10,0), as she had ‘willed'’ her life Insurance to him. He offered Blixt one-fifth of the amount if he would commit the deed. Blixt still re- fused (o have anything to do with the crime and theatened to quit then and there, whereupon Hayward stated he would do it himself, sayir I would as_scon kill her as [ would a dog. This was about a week ago. In his con- fession Blixt makes no reference to the ride with Miss Ging, took November 27. Hay- ward’s first plan after he consented to com- mit the crime himself was to outline his scheme to Blixt. There was in the ba ment a T rail about two feet in length Hayward directed the janitor to cut it in two, stating he would take Miss Ging riding and’ no one would see him with her. After he struck her with the iron bar, which he would carry concealed under his coat, he then intended to throw the body out of the buggy against a curbstone, start his horse on a gallop and then tell the story of a runaway accident, he calculating that the body would appear to have been thrown from the buggy when it collided with the curb. WHEN THE SHOT WAS FIRED. On Monday night Hayward met Blixt, and by threats and persuasions and promises of money induced him to be a partner in the crime to the extent of aiding in the dis- posal of the body, and make it easy for Hayward to commit the crime and return tmobserved into the city, so that it would appear that by no possibility he could have heen the guilty Hayward directed Blixt to proceed at 75 p. m. (o the poict on the Excelsior road whére the body was found, and there to await his coming. Blixt followed out his instructions to the letter. He had been at the point designated about five minutes when he heard a shot and s o ‘carriuge approach. A4 It drew up. ho recognized Hayward as the driver. Hay- ward said to him: “It is all done. slowly and give me plenty back to towr, and do not leave here wou make sure she is dead.’ Hayward got out cf the buggy and Blixt got in. The woman was on the left hand side. Blixt did not look at the wom the only way that he inferred that dead was because she did not move, He drove up the Excelsior road a plece, then, alighting, started the horse nnd fook a street car into the city. The horse, he . started ofi slowly, and then broke into ‘a trot. Hayward arrived at the Ozark flats at 7:30 and at 7:45 was at the house of C. J. Bartelson, from where he took Miss Barteison to the theater. STILL ANOTHER STORY. Several hours after having made the above conf Blixt called the mayor and chief of police to his cell and said that he fired the fatal shot himself. He then went on to tell that Hayward had per- suaded Miss Ging that “green goods’ could be easily circulated through the medium of her business as a dressmaker. She fell in with_the idea, and on the night of the mur- der Hayward had told her that he had ar. ranged for her to meet a green on the outskirts of the cf oft on the ride together. met o Hayward mdused Rer to 16t BIixt drive her to the place of meeting, with the as- surance that he would himself follow in another buggy and be present at the meet- ing. Blixt then drove the woman out on th: old Excelsior road and shot her. The body was then disposed of as stated in the previous confession B INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. Jump in and drive back of time to get until DALE ON ATLANTA, Neb, Dec. 8.—To the Editor of The Bee: I was very glad to note in your issué of December 5 that at least one of our state officials was willing to show by his annual report some interest in the expense account of the state. I have for a long time esteemed Hon. Eugene Moore above the average of state officers, and only wish that he had had the courage in this exhibit 50 it would not have looked so much like a_partisan move, as his present report would indicate, Our state affairs need looking into in detail, and that not with o much of a partisan.’ I do not doubt but what most of the criticisms are just, but we ought to remember that while the session of 1891 was a populist legislature, yet not more than one or two had ever had any experience in that line, $o it is not strange that we find in the very next se they saved $24,026.10 in incidentals and pay of employes. But why did he not tell us that, according to the state auditor's report of 189, the legisiative session of which contained so many old, lenced members, cost _the tax- s of this state $27,65.05 more than this green farmer body of 891, Why did he not tell the people that this $18 ink stand, and T suppose also the $20 gavel, was bought for Lieutenant Governcr Majors, and that by the secretary of state, without the knowledge or expressed wish of the leg- islative body? Why did he not tell us that while section 3,033 of the Compiled Statutes fixes the salary of the governor's private secretary at $1,600 per year, yet not only under Beyd, but also under the present stratich, $2,000 per annum has been and he has audited the vouchers for the same. Has reference to the governor's private secretary been omitted from the fact that greater honors have been put upon the professor? Other questions might be asked. Hoping not alone for greater economy, bul also some respect for law, I remain, yours truly, W. F. DALE. e RAN AWAY N FEAR, admi paid, Fifteen-Year-0ld Boy Who Supposed Heo Had Killed & Playmate. CHICAGO, Dec. 8.~The police today sent out throughout the west descriptions of Charles Vandervoort, the 15-year-old son ot wealthy Chlcago parents, who has been I hiding since November 7, belleving himself to be a murderer. On the day of his dis- appearance young Vandervoort aceidentally shot aplaymate, and thinking the wound fatal, hid for several days in a cave near his pareots' home in Englewood. The in- jured boy was only slightly hurt, but Van- deryvoort’s companions as a joke, told him that his vietim was dead. They supplied him with food, and while his parents were frantically searching for him the boy took a night train for Denver, after having traded his own clothes for those of a boggar. When last heard of he was in Brookville, la. His father, H. R. Vandervoort, who is a prominent business man, has offered a large reward for the arrest of the lad. S Convicted of Killlng His Father-lu-Law. LEXINGTON, Ga., Dec. 8.—John Saxon ha | been convicted of the murder of his father-in- law, J. N. Dillard, on the 20th of June last and recommended to the mercy of the court, The murder was a diabolical deed and cre- ated @ great sensation at the time. Dillard was a man of means and has a large family. Saxon killed the old man and hid his body in the dairy, with a view of falling heir to & share of the propert e Denver Chamber of Comwmorce Advice. DENVER, Dee. 8.—The Denver Chambar of C-mmerce bas adopted resolutions in favor | And strive, of the construction of the Denver, Sioux City, ukc jor & Crlcago rallroad, and of the kfl\l"m t taking possession of the Central Pad and Unlon Pacific rallrcad svstems and operating them on behalf of the people. A memorial to congress was adopted agagnsty thy: bills now beore that body for thid plfrpose of recrganizing these rallrond systems and extending their se- curities, e T APUSEMENTS. «kiifatioy” at the Empire, Katte Em#blt and an excetlent company entertained an enthusiastic audience at Manager Burgess' Empire theater last even- ing with al éémmendable performance of the Irish drame, “Killarney.” The least that can be said of the performance Is that it I8 one of the best stories of life on the old sod that has been told on the local stage this season. It is a happy combination of the sensational and the romantic, with a pleasing supplement of native wit and some of the best songs that have been heard here this year. The story of “Killarney” is very similar to that portrayed in the regulation Irish ro- mance, but in this case it Is stripped of its tiresome features and so lhurulu:!\l\ en- livened by the marked ability of the players that it seems like a new tc Miss Emmett is seen as Kittie Burke, whose patrimony has been stolen by Martin Kavanaugh and his daughter, Judith, who bitterly hates the light-hearted Irish girl, whose winsome face has lured her admirers away. But Kittie has a plan to win back her property with the aid of her sweetheart, Allan Trac and Captain Deming, a young sold in the British army, who conceals beneath his drawling manner the heart of a true soldier and a gentleman. Judith and her father succeed in stealing the marriage certificate of Kittle's parents to destroy her claims to the property, but as they endeavor to also purloin the regis- ter in the parish chapel, so they can declare her the child of shame, they are balked by Tracy and a faithful servant. This is but the heginning of the fight of the {nno- cent for thelr rights, but of course villainy is eventually put to rout and Allan weds the merry Kittie, while the captain wins a prize in Oma Kray, who has walited pa- tiently for a proposal. Katie Emmett captured the audience frnm the first and her singing and dancing were repeatedly encored. Robert Sheridan as Allan Tracy was an excellent impersonation of a happy-go-lucky Irish youth, and dis- played a volce remarkably well adapted for ballad singing, Hubert Sackett as the dandified but game captain did a very cred- itable plece of work, and the other parts were in capable hands. Not the least com- mendable feature was the singing and act- ing of little Mabel Tallafero, a wee bit of a tot, who smiled her way into the hearts of 'the audience and was recalled until she was tired. “The Dazzler" at the oyd. “The Dazzler” flashed on two big audi- ences at the Boyd yesterday and furnished hilarity enough to easily dispel the gloom d cares of a week's growth. “The Daz- zler” Is built on a plan that admits many changes without danger of damage to the plot or continuity of the performance, and the management has been liberal in the in- troduction of new features, making the performance this year better than ever be- fore. Mason and Ralston, two specialists, who made a hit In a turn with the second company of “The Dazzl last year, are with the biig show this year, and furnished @ large share of the fun. Mdson is a clever dancer and_ singer, and his side part a hummer. Ralston s a midget of the fourth dimension, ~ With a fully developed body he stands less than three feet in his bro- gars, and has drms and hands like a child. Uulike most midgéts on the stage, he pos- sesses considrabic ability as a comedian and made a deewded hit in his songs and dancing, besides, doing a_considerable part in_the regular presentation of the play. The bright particular star of the group is Charley Wayne, who is billed as an e centric comédidn, His dances are all pe- cullarly his owrnswthere are few men who can dance on their heads as well as their feet—and the ,encores of his singing and chavacter skefches, kept him on the stage until the janitdr fufned out the light Miss Florrie ‘Wesf, as ““The Dazzler,” was exceptionally gbod, ‘and the other members of the well Selected company did their part acceptably in gne of the best vaudeville en- tertainments yet gegn in Omaha. —r———— AN EPIC,OF KOUNTZE PLACE, The Men's League of Plymouth Congrega- tional churchj{ifcorner: of ~Twentieth and Spencer streets)’enterfained their friends at a luncheon last Tuesday evening. Some fifty gentlemen sat around the mahogany in the church parlors to test the culinary skill of Messrs. Sheldon, Rich and Conant, who undertook the task of catering to the league, These gentlemen selected a corps of assist- ants, who, in youthful days, had donned white aprons in the Whita mountains, at Chautauqua and Oberlin college. Among the guests of the evening were Judge Macomber, H. S. Jaynes, Dr. Bryant, Mr. Benedict and Prof. Brett, the violinist. Prof. Brett gave a violin solo and encore which were highly appreciated. Judge Macomber gave the address of the evening on “Religious Influence—Its Inspira- tion in_Life.” Mr. H. S. Jaynes responded to the subject “Kountze Place” as follows: A few years since, Kountze Place, unborn, Was but a common patch of corn, A fieid well tilled and fenced with wire And reached by roads of mud and mire; One farm house and a barn, In fact, Compriged all buildings on the tract. The blackbirds and the hungry crows Swooped down upon the rustling rows, Whera from plump ears the gopher stole Its share and scampered to its hole. Then came the long expected boom The growing city needed room; And Kountze's homestead, now his pride, Was staked in lots quite short, but wide, Which sold so fast the extra work Forced him to hire a clerk. Then architects, by scores, did plan Houses the style of good ““Queen Anne," And painted roofs wgre raised so fast, Aladdin seemed outdone at last. Soon Saunders street was paved with blocks, And upper Sherman laid with rocks. Then Binney, Spencer, also Wir sed their proud heads above the dirt, And other streets were cut to grade, Where brick or asphalt should be laid. And then came walks and sewer drains, And costly gas and water mains, And, for a while, no one was lax in paying off each special tax To help the looks and save expen: Few neighbors here built any fence, In summer time they love to mass Their efforts, all, to raising gra Which oft they mow at daylight's close Or sprinkle with the fragile hose, A few—tho' rules forbid—delight To let their sprinklers whirl all night, To drench their lawns and send a flow Down on the walks where people go. As Old Sol runs his daily race From Council Bluffs to Dundee Place, On Kountze Place only seem to fall His noon-day beams, the best of all, Some envious people on the hill laim Kountze Place people are always ill— A sad reflection 'twould appear On all the dcctors living here; And yet the Hillites always do Point cut Kountze Place—their “Cholcest View." The games which need the open air Are played here.on our vacant square, There cricket, tennis, likewise ball, Hold sway from ‘early spring till fall; At some homes, ‘gooll, old-time croquet Far into night the young folks play; Here, now and {hen, the headlights gleam O'er lawrs where ladies serve the cream, Where Chinese lanterns softly swing Or blazing fall from off their string. When mellow autumn days are gone, And folks have put their storm sash on. nd all thelr winter coal {s in Their cellar—or the dealer’s bin— Then Kountze Plice people love to sit And play at cards and bandy wit, as for & preclous boon, To carry off prize cup or spoon; No matter how, the:game may go Each player always claims the “low." And now the men of Plymouth church Have left the ladies in the lurch, And gathered hare, an antlered crew, To break thelr th oyster stew. When each ‘stag here hath drunk his Oné thought may haunt his consclence Ana make him wish his wife were her To share with him the present cheer, s this, if dull times duiler grow They both may have to feed on snow Then let's get up another gorge And ask the Iudies in, by George! They like to eat as well as we, And would enjoy this sort of spree, We know 'tis true, and not a fib, A wife 1s but her husband's rib. Suppose they found a ladies' club, And every one of us they snub. Let's try to head off such disgrace ¥rom Flymouth church of “Sweet Kountze Place.” Impromptu addresses were made by several | of the party, closing with a few well chosen words by the pastor, Rev. J. A. Fisher. A soclal hour followed, In which each man who bad failed to get a chance to tell his favorite story at the tables found audience In a group of jovial friends, and at 10 p. m. the party broke up, each man avow- ing that it is indeed a good thing for brethren to dwell together in uaity, ’ 3 l\l“\’fi’() il 1804 Dr, Franklin Explaing Why They Do Not Acospt Him as the Messiah, GREAT REFORMER BUT NOT DIVINE Story of His Life Made to Fit the Prophe- cles—Where He Krred in Judgment ~When True Mossianio Era Will Come, At Temple Isracl Friday evening Rev. Dr. Leo M. Franklin delivered a lecture explain- ing why the Jews did not accept Jesus as tho Messiah. He said in part: There is no realm of thought, or action, it you prefer so to phrase it, in which the law of cause and effect {s more constantly active than in the domain of history. The destinies of men and natlons, and not shaped by chance, but follow from exact and clearly defined causes, as surely as does the chemlical re- action or the clectrical resultant in the sphere of physics. And, therefore, it happens that men of keen intellect and sound judg- ment may, as it were, rend the vell of the future and with their natural eye gaze upon scones that In reality have not yet been enacted, but which from the very nature of thinks must come to pass, unless the order of nature and the universe be overturned. In ancient times such men were rogarded as being possessed of superhuman powers, and were called soothsayers, prophets and seers Inspired of God; today, when reason is the mentor of men's lives, they are regarded, not as superhuman, but as men endowed with unusual prudence and judgment and in the language of the hour are known as clever statesmen. But do not misunderstand me. I do not wish to efface one iota of glory that justly belongs to the prophets, that il- lustrious line of noble men, whose names in the world's literary firmament stand out as a galaxy of the most brilliant stars. Far be it from me to say a word of them that is not with reverence. But this I do say and wish to emphasize, that in Judaism the prophet has never been gifted with superhuman powers, and the most that we have ever ascribed to him is the ability to interpret the moving forces of his own time. He was the pious, God-fearing, prudent man, but he was never regarded as the fortune teller, who could predict the future without a knowledge of present circumstances; he was not the oracle who could read the fate of men in the flight of birds or in the motions of leaves. STORY MADE TO FIT. With this thought clearly in mind, I be- lieve that you will be prepared to appre- ciate the statement that it would be incon- sistent with the character of the biblical prophets to imagine that they did, or were able, to phophesy particularly or even in- took place more than 400 years after the death of the latest of them. We therefore believe that the theory of many writers is a feasable one, that the whole Christological story was written ‘‘post festum,” and that it was so constructed as to fit the biblical | prophecies, and hence seem to be their ful- fillment. But there are count of which concede the Messiahship of Jes cession is made impossible, especially when we regard the career of Jesus from the standpoint of authentic history. We are not at all in sympathy with those who would re- gard the existence of Jesus as a myth and his life history as a legend, but we do believe that his Messiahship was not genuine, and that it was simpiy a direct result of the temper of terms; that he himself did not wish to pose as a Messiah, and that his doing so was a matter beyond his own control. To prove these theories, I beg you to turn with me to the pages of history and read what there is written. You will recall 'that upon the death of Herod, the wicked, inhuman king of Judea, his son Archelaus assumed the reigns of government and under the title, Ethnarch, tried in a feeble way to imitate the vices of his father. After a reign of about nine years, however, he was banished by Roman decreo in the year 6 C. E., and his dominions de- clared forfeit to Rome. From this time on Judea lost every vistage o¢ independent gov- ernment, and having sunk (o the rank of a mere province became subject in all things to Rome. Rome began her rule in Judea by forfeiting the dominions of the reigning Ethnarch and practically enslaving the Jews. Cerenius is appointed to take the census and levy taxes, but stout hearts rebel against this degrading humiliation, and insurrection is rife. Then it is that the party known as the zealots arises, a party that will not be satisfled save with the downfall of the foe. Under such circumstances it is that a certain Juda of Galilee musters the Hebrews for battle and bravely leads them on to conquer or to die. But he is captured by the Romans.and be- headed just in time to escape the dangerous distinction of being proclaimed the Messiah. I quote this to show the temper of the times. EFFECT OF ROMAN OPPRESSION. In the year 14 C. E. the Emperor Augustus dies and Is succeeded at Rome by Tiberius Nero. Whatever may have been the good intentions of this man at the beginning of his reign, it is not long until he proves him- self to be the most cruel despot with whom the Jews as yet have had to deal. A wicked man named Aelius Sejanus having suc- ceeded in ingratiating himself into the favor of the emperor, persuaded him to appoint Pontius Pilate, the embodiment of every vice, as procurator of Judea. He began his reign with an attempt to abolish the Jewish re- liglon. At this time the influence of Judaism was making itself ‘felt among the heathens, but the more one class of gentiles was at- tracted to it, the more bitter became the op- position from the other side. The outrages of Pilate did not stop at the enactment of cruel laws, but on one occasion ended in an open massacre of the people. But such cruelty and opposition had a pro- found influence upon the Jews themselves. When justice was outraged, morality disre- garded and the kingdom of heaven laughed to scorn, the first question that they asked themselves was this: *“Why does God bring these punishments upon his people? Why do we suffer such unseemly penalties?” And from one side, from the stern and rigid teachers came the answer, ‘‘Because of your sins does God punish you and the only way to restore the kingdom of heaven is by re- pentance, asceticism and mortification of the flesh.” I wish to cail your special attention to this fact, which you will readily observe to be true, that this religious idea of cleansing the people from sin by stern repentance was of a patriotic origin. One of those who taught this doctrine was John the Baptist. But the great bulk of the Hebrews did not belong to his followers. The Jews were no ascetics and no visionarles, and they were unwilling to admit that they were any worse than their fathers. They could not look at matters with the eyes of John, nor could they see that it was because of their misdoings that God had called down upon them the vengeance of Rome. But this irritated John, and when they would not agree with him and mortify themselves he became wroth and called them “a genera- tion of vipers.” (See St. Luke, Ch. 1I1.) But mutual denuneiation only served to increase John's popularity, and the revivals at the river bank often assumed the proportion of insurrections. This alarmed Herod Antipas, the Roman governor of Galilee, and he had John quietly put out of the way, and, as we also other reasons on ac- Such con- WHAT JEWS THINK OF JESUS | the | definitely the coming of Jesus, an event that | the Jews are unwilling to | read, beheaded shortly afterward, at a place outside of his dominions, WAS JOHN'S DISCIPLE, But with his death the sect did not come to an end. John the Baptist had sent forth quite a number of disciples, among the most thusiastio of whom was a certain Jesus of azereth. The exact date of his birth uncertain. Though contrary to his own statement (seo St. Mark, Ch, XIL), his blographers make him a descondant of David but in doing so Inevitably cast a shadow on his parentage. They do o, however, and horo again we are brought face to face with | the matter dealt with in our opening para- graphs, in order to see fulfilled in his carcer certain prophecies of the Ol Testament which they have either wilfully misconstrued or ignorantly misinterpreted And this brings us once at issue. We look upon Je siah foretold by the prophets but as a Messiah by the force of circum- stances. John and Jesus were not the only saviors produced by the violence of the Ro- mans. As already said, Juda of Galilee barely escaped this questionable but very dangerous honor, Another savior of the time, according to the historlan Josephus, was a Samaritan who called his disciples to Mount Gerizim, but both he and they were captured and executed by the order of Pilat | The temper of the times demanded a Mes gain to th us not as a Mes- of our bible, | was the unfortunate one upon whom was | thrust that dangerous distinction. While John the Baptist was still at large, Jesus continged In his spirit and always with refer- ence o his authority to teach repentance by asceticism, fasting and self-humiliation. He met with the same opposition as his pre- decessor, and was successful only among the lowest classes. But Jesus was a man of more liberal thought than John, and it was not long before ho deserted the asceticism of John and branched out to the broad humanitarfanism of the Hillel school, propounding his doctrines in almost the identical words of his master, Hil- lel, the Jew. Jesus was no longer a hermit, but he became a man among men. GREAT MORAL REFORMER. With the moral teachings of Jesus no fault can be found, but his political policy was a grave mistake. He wished to turn backwards the tide of histor, 1,000 years and to return to the theocracy of Samuel. If the Romans interfere, convert and love them, was his doc- trine. But alas, it was too ideal a thought for this very material world. And Josus knew it. He exhorted his followers not to pro- claim him as their Messiah, as it would enta:l for him pain and suffering and maybe death, and it was therefore much against his will that early in the year 36 Peter announced Jesus as the Messiah. But now the word was out and he could do nothing against it. | By the great mass of the Hebrews he was | not received as the Messiah, for their hope | was not for a religious savior, but for a polit- | fcal redeemer. It is true the cruel edicts | of the Romans had filled the minds of the Hebrews with the thought that a political redeemer must soon come, and any one who would have come as such would have been hailed as Savior and Messiah. Upon such circumstances did Peter rely when he pro- claimed Jesus as the Messiah. But of the failure of his proclamation and of its dis- astrous consequences we are all aware, The charge preferred against Jesus by the Romans, and for which by them he was put | to death (for remember that when Judea be- came a Roman province the right to pass and execute sentence of death was taken from the Jews and transferred to the Romans); the charge, I say, for which he was executed was this one, purely political, and not religious, | that he was breeding sedition by proclaiming | himselt king of the Jew Roman bigotry | and fanaticism must answer for many a crime of which this is by no means the least. As Jews, while we admire the manhood and the character of Jesus, we must reject his Messlahship and his divinity, because history, believe, does not bear out his right to such distinction. MIRACLES AND ATONEMENT. The Jews base not a single doctrine on myth, miracle or supernatural manifesta- tion of any kind. For them therefore the commonly accepted theory as to the Im- maculate conception and the divine father- ship of Jesus would have but little weight. The miracles that he himself performed were done before him, we believe, almost without exception, by the prophets of the Old Testament, . but neither in regard to them nor him do they have any influence over our mode of thinking. Is not God manifested sufficlently in nature and In man; in the smallest blade of grass even as in the mightiest of the creatures of this earth, that we should need the miraculous and supernatural to prove his presence and his power? The birth of Jesus and his miracles prove nothing to us of his Messiahship. Of the doctrine of the vicarlous atonement of Jesus 1 have spoken more than once from this pulpit. To the Jewish mind it is unthinkable that one man should bear the sins of the multitude; that by his death he should atone vicariously for the errors of past and future generations. We believe and teach that no one can atone for the sins of another and that the only mediator be- tween God and man is the individual life of righteousness. For all these reasons, and others which the limits of our time will not allow us to adduce, the Jews cannot consistently accept Jesus of Nazareth as their Messiah. But, friends, in these facts there is a les- son for us all, Jews and non-Jews alike. It is the lesson of tolerance. The Jews look upon Jesus as a good, pious, honorable man, whose motives were of the best, and whose intentions were the noblest, though, unfor- tunately, his judgment, we believe, was at fault. We regard him as a man who has brought much good into the world and we blame his followers for errors that have been committed in his name. We grant him no divine attributes, however, nor do we look wupon him as a heaven-sent Messiah, though all reasonable men agree that he was a refcrmer who lived far In advance of his time. Though the views of his followers do not coincide with our own, still we respect them, for we regard as sacred any convictions that are honest and sincere, whether they be the offering of Christian, Mohammedan or Jewish heart—aye, we hold in high esteem any man who has the courage of his own convictions. That this same liberality which we accord to others may be shown to us is the only return that we ask. May the time soon come when men, more | liberal than their creeds and dogmas, irre- spective of sect, will live together in brotherly love, peace and harmcny, worsbip- ing at the shrine of that God who is the Father of humanity, for then beyond a doubt, the Messianic era will be here. —— Brought a Shipwrecked Crew with Her, SAN DIEGO, Dec. 8.—The British ship Scottish Hills of Liverpool, Captain J. R. Hamilton, from Swansea to San Diego, coal laden, has arrived 161 days out. She had on board Captain Reynolds and seventeen of the crew of the British bark, Lord Lindhurst, who were taken off their vessel two months ago when she was in a foundering condition off Cape Horn. The Lord Lindhurst was in ballast from Rio de Janelro to Valparalso. —_——— NORTHWESTERN NOTES. The irrigation work on the Navajo Indlan reservation is progressing rapidly. News has reached Santa Rosa, Mex., of the murder of a family of five Seminole Indians on thelr reservation near that place. The | crime has created a great stir among the | Indians and further trouble s feared. | A number of Salt Lake sportsmen succeeded in making the biggest bag of cotton tails on record along the line of the Unlon Pacific on Thanksg.ving day. When a count was made It blesseth him that gives Gold Gold Gold i Gold Scart Pins, Gold Match Safes Gold Tie Hold Gold Ke; Gold Rel Gold Scarf Plos, Jeweled. cils, Jeweled. Chalns. Gold JEWELER. 16TH AND DOUGLAS 8T, S ————————SSSCSSRE It is twice blestmmm——— Chalns, Cigar Cutters. and him that doth receive, Gold Suspender Buckles, Gold Diamond Studs. Gold Cigarette Hoxe Gold Pocket Knl Gold Soclety Emblerns, Gold Mustache Combs. RAYMOND. point | ah, and contrary to his own desires, Jesus | | THE RACE HORSES 1t was tount enat 1,162 rabbits had met the common fate. Judge J. 8. Waters of Hailey, 1daho, I8 fne terested in a project to water 10,000 acres of | 1and in the Gunnison valley, twelve miles | north of Green River station in Utah, | Trouble 1s feared In the mountains, says an_Albnquerque special, between ranchers | and a roving band of Navajo Indians. The Indians have been stealing stock and com: mitting depredations and are said to be more bold than usual. James Egan and Lawson Atchison came in from Death valley, where they teport having ‘dl\m\vnl a two-foot vein of gold quarts. The samples brought in are copper-stalned and asay $256 gold per ton and uqward of | 7,000 ounces sitver. The excavations for the dam in Von Segern | canyon, near Escondido, Cal., have proceeded sufficlently to enable the men to begin m sonry work. The dam, when completed, will be eighty fect high and will cost $85,000, but its completion will not be necessary for the handling of flowing water the first season, The loss of cattle in Lower " California_a a result of the long continued drought wil run into the hundreds. The Crosthwaites | have lost a large number; Pancho Arguello reports the loss of quite a herd, and other ranchers in all parts of the peninsula have suffered in a similar manner. It has been the driest season so far in twenty years. A deed was recorded last week by which Richard Gird and wife granted to the Pacifie Improvement company a right of way sixty feet wide through the Chino ranch for the Pomono & Elsinore rallroad. 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