Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 18, 1895, Page 5

WILLIAM FINALLY FORCIVEN His Little Tiff with His Tmperial Grand- mother is Bmoothed Over, INTEREST IN THE COMING YACHT RACE Fuglish Papers Scoft at the Ronsts of merican Sallors and Prediet an Easy Win for Valkyrie Over Defender. Lryyrighted, 1905, by the Assoclated Press.) LONDON, Aug. 17.—Facts which have now Teaked out respecting the meeting of Queen Victorla and Emperor William of Germany at private partles given by her majesty at Oshorne during the Cowes regatta woek show that the cordial relations which had been ruffied by the emperor's faliure to consult the queen re- garding the present czarina’s engagement to the czar have again been restored and the coolness has quite vanished, Queen Victoria has long been known as the great matchmaker of Europe. While at Coburg with the queen and others in April of last year, upon the occasion of the mar- riage of Princess Victoria Melita of Coburg and Gotha and the grand duke of Hesse, Km- peror Willlam took upon himself, without consulting anybody, to bring to a head the long pending but frequently deferred en- gagement of Princess Alix of Hesse to the then czarewich of Russla, and her majesty felt very much put out, as she fancied she was the first person to be consulted in such matters. This caused a coolness between Derself and her imperial grandson, but dur- ing the dinner at Osborne the conversation of the two soverelgns was most animated and affectionate, those present noticing es- pecially the great tenderncss which the em- peror displayed in assisting the queen to arise after dinner and the graclous manner in which she accepted his help. Congiderable comment has been caused in certain circles by the announcement that William Brown, ‘a nephew of the famous John Brown, who was for many years the attendant of her majesty, and for whom the queen had a high regard, has been appointed the queen's personal attendant. Willlam Brown inherits to a degree the somewhat British manner of his distinguished uncle. INTEREST IN THE YACHTING CONTEST. As the date for the races for the America’s cup approaches Interest in Valkyrie II1. and the performances of Defender increases, The brief cable dispatches from New York published here in the English newspapers are eagerly read and much iscussed. There 18 no doubt that the yachtsmen here are far from feeling confident that Lord Dunraven's yacht will bring the cup back to England; but it 48 generally admitted that she has a better chance to do so than any of her pre- decessors. Naturally the greatest interest of the experts centers in the question whether Valkyrie 1L will or will not have to allow time, and thercfore there was much disap- pointment when it was announced that the measurements of the cup defender will not be known until shortly before the race. On this subject the Daily News published an article yesterday on the cable dispatches re- coived in England on Friday regarding De- fender. The article is headed: “Again the Eagle Flappeth. Vigilant and Defender and the Miserable ~ Britisher.” Under this caption the Evening News sald “The cup committee’s decision not to pub- lsh the dimensions of the Defender ana Vigilant will not cause such grief on our side as may be expected, as our experts Xknow their dimensions as need be. The fact that the yachts are to b measured, how ever, forms an Instructive commentary upon the real state of the matter. After the talk heralded at the launching of Defender, and the subsequent shouting about her speed, the mere thought that thece Is a question as to her superfority Is diminished. We are told she can make rings around Vigilant and the American eagle flapped her wings and shouted as usual. But tnere does not seem to be more in the new frog than in any other frog.” The Evening News, though only a cheap paper, has a big circulation, especially In sporting circles, and the foregoing remarks will be widely read. The interest in Mr. R. S. Palmer's Amer- fean schooner Yampa and Mr. Frederick Wills' British cruising schuoner Amphitrite on Wednesday Jast off Cowes 1s creating a great deal of interest here. Yampa, although beaten, was generally admied. The Yachts- man says: “The pleture presented by Yampa with every stitch of canvas et is ope that makes our boasted cutters sink into Insig- nificance. Britannia could never make so fine a picture.” The Yachting World hopes that the schooner contests will give a new Tease of life to a rig which is equally services ble and picturesque, adding: It is only fair to say that all the papers here praise Mr Palmer for his sportsmanlike conduct. He, in the first race, made no attempt to con- ceal the fact that he had additional men on board.” STARTS A BOOM FOR WHITNEY. Mr. William F. Harrity, chairman of the democratic national committee, sails for New York shortly, after having done England, Treland and Paris. He is much improved n health and takes a sanguine view of derfo- cratic politics. In conversation with a re- porter of the Associated press he sald: “With the great work the democratic ad- ministration is doing for sound money, good times are returning and will continue to im- prove, for which democrats will get credit. The next ropublican house s sure to encoun- ter complications. 1 really do not believe Mr. Cleveland would take a third term. There is no pronounced candidate for the presidency among the democrats, not be- cause the chances of his election are not good, but because it Is too early for candi- dates to appear. Mr. Willam C. Whitney 1s the most talked of. I see he says he is not-a candidate. Mr. Whitney is human, and would make a splendid candidate. My best information Is that the democrats are Boing to get together and carry New York next November. That will encourage the democrats of other states. We shall there- fora go Into tse campalgn full of enthusiasm. With the return of good times the free coin- age agitation will die out, and good times mean a democratic victory in 1896.” GOSSIP OF THE THEATERS. Since the August bank holiday the more fmportant London theaters are definitely closed. Among those houses given up to cleaners and decorators are Drury Lane, Covent Garden, the Lyceum, the Garrick, Comedy, Court, Savoy, Shaftes- bury and the Strand. ' This leaves a small margin of fashionable West end houses that are open for the delectation of the American play goer now in London. It is not long since the Strand and its immediate viclnity was considered the ouly location where = theatrical _performances might be successfully given. Now, however, the suburbs are all coming in for their separate house of entertainment. There is the Metropole at Camberwell and the Park- hurst at Holloway. There is the Lyric Opera house, Hammersmith, and at Ealing there is another Lyrie theater, while a Shakespeare theater 15 belng built at Clapham. The houses that continue doing-the largest business uro the Trafalgar, with “The Pass- port,”” which has lost noné of its popularity with its removal from Terry's theater; “Prince of Wales,” with Arthur Roberts as Gentleman Joe, and the Adelphia, where the successful American drama, “The Girl 1 Lett Behind Me,” is now drawing to a close. Olga Nethersole bas appetred during the week at the Grand theater In the ever popu- lar “Camille.” During her tour of the provinces, which will follow, she will play in a dramatic version of Carmen and an adap- tation of Dumas' “‘Denise." Mr. and Mrs. Baneroft left London a week ago for their summer vacation in the Engar- dine, where they will spend a portion of the autumn. The only novelty of the past ten days has been the production of the musical farce, “All Aboard,” at the Criterion, which, during Mr, Wyndham's absence, has passed into the hands of Miss Cissy Graham. This piece is by the authors of “The Gaiety Girl,” Owen Hall and J. T. Tanner. The cast includes o Cutler, H. Delange, Horace Mills, C. P. Little and Ada Reeve. LONDON SMALL TALK The publishers of Du Maurier's cheap edi- tion of “Trilby” are mik'ng desperate effor 1 force the sale of the novel which had extraordinary a sale In America. In spite of this fact, however, the story dces not seem to have hit the popular idea of an entertain- ing book of the English public. The old Hengler circus in Argyle square, so ~ ' wnown to American visitors, ls sbortly o be turned Into a skatl of the National !hl!:x Madame Sarah Gr: among the bieyeliste. Emperor Willlam's visit to Lowther castle as the guest of Lord Lonsdale has been one of Incessant activity and in one day he trav- eled seventy miles by coach and steamer in order to see the lake and hilly eountry. Dur- ing the first day’'s shooting the emperor bagged nearly fifty brace of grouse, and al- though he s a capital shot, the precaution was taken to have the birds driven almost up to the muzzle of his gun. There has been much adverse comment in sporting and other circies here upon the utter- ances attributed to Mr. M. F. Dwyer, the American horseman, after his return to New York, after racing his horses in England. The Evening News, for instance, after some scathing strictures on Dwyer's Interviews, de- clares that his remarks were entirely con- trary to those made here on the falrness of English_sport Ada Rehan Is spending a holiday fn Cum- berland and wiil remain there until the mid- dle of September, when she returns to Amer- ica, spending a week in Paris on her way there Lydia Lebrun, the American soprano, has been engaged for the St. James hall baliad concerts and smoking promenade concerts. She opened at the Queen's hall this wesk with success, and with a capital orchestra and bigh class music. Rév. Frank Herrick Johnson and Major McClaughrey of Chicago are now in London, George Henschel has arranged to start for Ullted the end of March in order to give a series of recitations in April and May. The Canadian Gazette strongly urges the Canadian artillery corps to arrange to com pete at the Shoeburyness artillery meeting of 1896, as the Canadian riflemen do at the meeting of the National Rifle association at Bisley. The Gazette adds: “If the Dominion minister of militia will arrange for the men to come in 1898 they will be sure of a hearty welcome.,” rink under the title alace, s the lalest recruit States at LELEREE] gSOUTH OMAHA NEWSVS The following South Omaha people will leave Monday afternoon for Boston, where they will attend the Knights Templar con- clave: J. A. Hake, wife and daughters, T. C. Shelby, wife and daughter, Thomas Whit- tlesey, wife and daughter, E. L. Howe and wife, James Foley and wife, George French and wife, Mrs, A. C. Weir, Miss Clark, Miss Jessle Carpenter, Miss Ida Moxler, Miss Cum- mings, Mrs. P. L. Hughes, Mrs. Ella T Christ, Miss D. C. Carlos, Mr. G. F. Beavers, John Welsh, Willlam Young, Joe Rockford and J. Wyman. Runnway Broke His Arm. J. P. Laird, who lives at 1625 North Twen- tieth street, Omaha, had his left arm broken in a runaway accident at noon yesterday. Mr. Laird was driving east on N street. When near the Methodist church a girl with a big parasol crossed in front of the horse. The animal became frightened and turned around, upsetting the buggy and throwing Mr. Laird onto the stone pavement. In falling he put out his arms to save himself and the force of the fall broke one of the bones in his left arm. A phy jan was called and the arm set, after which Mr. Laird went home. Elected the OfMcers. upchurch lodge No. 2, Degree of Honor, has installed the following officers: Past chief, Mrs., H. Owens; chief of honor, Mrs. W. Rader; lady of honor, Mrs. Lila Babcock; chief of ceremonies, Mrs. N. E. Sherman; recording secretary, Mrs. M. Doyl; financiai secretary, Mrs. A. R. Behmke; receiver, Mrs. E. J Hedges; usher, Mrs. C. W. Miller; in- side watch, Miss Casey; outside watch, Mrs. Dickard. Magle City Gossip. Miss Maggie Nieman is very sick. The South Omaha Cycling club makes a run to Lake Manawa today. Mrs. Harper has caused her husband's ar- ;e?l for threatening to kill her. He is in all. Dr. Wheeler's topic at the First Presby- terian church this morning is A Superb Manhood. Rev. Dr. Dawson, pastor of the First Meth- odist church, will preach this morning on “‘Sympathy.’ Business at the stock yards is bracing up. Receip! for the week show an increase of nearly 5,000 cattle, R. B. Hawley, local manager of the Amer- ican District Telegraph, is spending Sunday with relatives at Percival, Ta. There will be special services at the Fourth ward mission this afterncon. Elder 0. E. Bruce will conduct the meeting. The women of the Ep'scopal church will give a lawn soclal next Thursday evening at the residence of Rev. I. P. Johnson. This afternoon the Independent Order of Foresters will hold a mass meeting at Pi- vonka's hall, Twenty-fourth and L streets. Elder Smith will have charge of the Sun- day school at the Presbyterian church today and R. B. Montgomery will instruct the bible class. Arrangements for special mus'e have been made for at this evening's services at the Presbyterian church. The pastor will preach on “The City of South Omaha.” The funeral of Robert Malin will be held at the family residence, Twenty-eighth and S streets, this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Wheeler will conduct the services, The remains will be intgrred at Laurel Hill ceme- tery. Mrs. Mary Taylor was fined $5 for contempt by Judge Christman in police court yesterday. Mrs. Taylor falled to respond to a subpoena to secure her as a witness aga'nst her hus- band, who was arrested for disturbing the peace. Rev. John A. Henderson, formerly of Omaha, will preach at the United Preshy- terian church this morning at 11 o'clock. At 8 p. m. the pastor, Rev. J. F. Ross, will preach on “An Index Finger Pointing to Chr'st.” Tuesday evening next a joint meeting of Samuel Dennis post, Grand Army of the Re- publie, and Samuel Dennis Woman's Rellef corps will be held at Masonic hall. All old soldiers, sailors and their families are in- vited, and all women who wish to join the relief corps as charter members are requested to be present. On Thursday evening last Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Abernathy entertained a number of their friends at their residence, 916 North Twen- tieth street, in honor of their niece, Miss Nellie Crispin of Missouri Valley. High five was the principal entertainment of the even- ing, after whieh refreshments were served. Those present were: The Misses Waddell and Johnson of Atlantic, Ia., Chr'spin, Seykora Dr. and Mrs. Schindel, Messrs. Hastings, Prosser, Seykora and Waddell. The charter of the State Farmers' Mutual Insurance company, recently organized here, has been recelved from the state auditor and the company will commence business Au- gust 20. Charter members are: E. P. Sav- age, J. E. Curt's, R. H. Jones, J. B. Holman, C. W. Smith, B. R. Stoffer, R. M. Carpenter, 8. B. Bashelder, A. Clemmens, E. L. Martin, J. G. Hayzlett, George M. Drexel, A. Water- man, Herman Timme, Oscar J. Pickard, V. Konickad, W. J. Wallace, ndrew Hoffman, Lewis Keep, F. J. Olsen, orge L. Redman and W, F. Martin. L TN Miss Lottie Niles Drowned. The Ithaca (N. Y.) Journal of August 12 has the following account of the drownig of Miss Lottie Niles, sister of 8. W. Niles, re- cently on The Bee staff: Miss Lottie Niles, daughter of Rev. W. A. Niles, D.D., pastor of the Trumansburg Pres- byterian church, was drowned In the lake at Frontenac beach early yesterday morning. Her body was discovered by her brother only a few feet from shore within ten m'nutes after she fell into the water, and although every means at hand was utilized to restore lite, all efforts proved unavailing. Miss Niles had been for two weeks_stopping at a cottage with her mother and sister and brothers at Frontenac, Dr. Niles, who was at Ocean Grove, was notified by telegraph of the sad affair and reached Trumansburg this morning. The funeral serv'ces will be held at the residence at 3 p. m. tomorrow and in- terment will be at Binghamton. Miss Niles 4s 33 years of age and was a highly accom- plished woman. She was for several years professor of lterature and elocution at Elmira college. She was an earnest Christian and was most active in the affairs of the parish of which her fater was the pastor. Jid Sl o THE WERE THEIR OWYN DEFENDERS Missionaries Use Guns to Stand Off a Mob of Ohinese. AUTHORITIES GAVE THEM NO AID | | Concenled by a Chinaman Whom They Had Befrlended and from Ll ing Watehed the Destrue- tion of Their Property. VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 17.—Among the passengers by the steamer Empress of Japan were Dr. Stevenson and family, missionaries at Sze-Chuan, China, who narrowly escaped murder at the hands of the natives in the first of the recent riots. Dr. Stevenson be- longs to a Canadian Methodist mission and fs now euroute to his home in Milton, Ont. He had to leave China owing to the Il health of his wife, who was suffering from the effects of the horrors. Dr. Stevenson said that the vicious official system of the empire T8 re- sponsible for the persecution of missionaries Left to themseives, the people of Sze-Chuan peaceable and well disposed toward The better class of Chinese were quick to appreciate the'r superiority in many respects—in medicine for example—and Dr Stevenson had his hands full attending to his numerous patients among all classes. The viceroy of this province may be re- garded as a typical specimen of his class, or a little worse if anything. Recelving merely a nominal salary from headquarters, he made up the deficiency from the pockets of the people with such good results that in a few years he amassed no less than $50,000,000. He even allowed his rapacity to get the bet- ter of his discretion and behaved so tyrannically that his own countrymen grew dis. gusted. The popular clamor was so great that the central government was forced to recognize the people and last year the viceroy was disgraced. But he could not b removed until a successor was appointed, a process in- volving considerable delay 'n China. Seeing himself on the brink of political annihilation, he thought to retain favor and make an enviable reputation by ‘turning the mis- sionarles from the country. It was afterwards learned, moreover, that Le had secret instruc- tions to that effect. CIRCULATED OUTRAGEOUS STORIES. All kinds of outrageous stories about mise sionaries were circulated among the people for the purpose of securing their co-operation, The missionaries had built a hospital in Cheng-Tu, now destroyed, at considerable cost, and Dr. Stevenson was one of the dostors employed. On the 28th of May a placard was posted declaring that the foreigners fried their children to obta'n the ofl in them. A request was made that these placards should be torn down and a few of them were torn down, though several persons objected. “Dr. Kilborn," continued the doctor, ‘‘was Just filling Miss Jackson's teeth and I was doing some work about the dispensary when we heard some children yelling and throwing small stones. This was about 4:30. We sent our cards at once to nearly all the yamens. They were received, except ome sent to Tsong-Pao-Kachal, an inhuman man, who fol- lowed up his refusal with a vicious proclama- tion. This man had been cured of an ulcer In the leg of twenty years' standing by Dr. Wainwright a short time before. The crowd attacked the Canadian mission and broke in the doors. Dr. Kilborn had a double-barreled gun and I had a Martini rifle. When we ap- peared on the scene the crowd disappeared in a hurry from the gate and left the opposite mud wall clear. We fired three shots low down into them and they ran right out into the street. We held the crowd at bay until the cahirman arrived, who promised to keep the street clear, adding that the offic'als would soon appear. Good liars, but bad police, they soon allowed the people to come right into the gate. Again we cleared the street. In a little while our wives wanted to see us. They had picked up the babies in their night clothes and ran to the hospital through the dividing wall and we soon heard crowds beating at the hospital gates on the back street. Dr. Kilborn blew a big hole through the top panel of the gate and fright- ened the crowd back. We now went into our dispensary building and tried to lock our- selves in, but we soon heard the roar and clash of panels on the dwelling side. We made several vain attempts to escape into an adjacent lot. EXPECTED DEATH. “We fully expected death, but in a short time a man whom I had cured of opium smok- ing found us and told us we must leave at once. He had found a hole in the hospital gate made by a stone from a rioter. One of my twin babies was taken by a woman servant to Kilborn, the other by the opium slave. My wife held onto the other babe. We all ran to the gates. There was just-room for one to get through the hole at a time. I was one of the last to get out and pointing my rifle at a man who was yelling: ‘Tax zee' (str'ke dead), he shut up at once, as there wera only a dozen or so by the hospital gate. I was forced to resort to this expedient several times. While we were running out on the parade a man kicked Mrs. Stevenson. I leveled a gun on the wretch and had he tried to follow it up there might have been another story to tell, but he saw me and stopped. Atter this my rifle was needed no further aud it was left next day, and some rioter has a gun for which I would be willng to pay him a fine price as a relic. “Next day the party made its way to the China inland mission house. From there they watched the destruction of the two old houses of the Canadian Methodist mission. The people on a certain street promised them protection, but a mob collected. The party however, got away !n chairs to the yamen The place was barricaded, but th: mob broke in and Dr. and Mrs. Kilborn, and Mrs, Hartwell, the ch'ldren and Mis=:s Breckbill and Ford escaped by ladders oves the back wall. They entered a small house and bribed the owners for 30 taels to conceal them inside the bed curtains. For three hours they waited in terror, while the work of destruc- tlon was going on about them. At night they succeeded in gett'ng away. At night the same condition of affairs prevailed at the £piscopal and Roman Catholic missions. In all eleven places were looted and the inhabi- tants barely escaped with their lives. The Roman Catholic bishop was next to the v co- roy's yamen and could easily hava b vad, but on appeal for help he was reofuscd it more than once. ALL WERE HOMELESS. “Phat night T saw thirty-one foreigne men, women and children, French and Brit- ish, in the yamen homeless, their houses leveled or burned, with scarcely a whole tile left. A wire was sent off to the Ching-K'ng consul, but when the viceroy heard of it he ordered the operator to feteh it back, but it was too late, and the news got through to Peking. The district magistrate took care of the refugees and treated them as well as he could in his yamen. The next day was ex- edingly trylng. excited people as- sembled and threatened to wreck the yamen and kill tye foreigners. But the fourth day the Tsung-li-Yamen at Peking had made the viceroy act and a stiff proclamation was ls- sued. Eleven days after the riot all the British and American missionaries, except Mr. Jackson, had left by boat for Chung- King, the magistrate sending two or three officials and six small boat loads of soldiers as an escort. Mr. Jackson was escorted overland to Cong-Pa by another official. Mr. Vale went ashore at Kia-Ting, and the remainder of the party, Rev. H. O. and Mrs. Cady, Rev. J. F. and Mrs. Peat, Dr. and Mrs. Canewright Methodist hospital missionaries, Rev. G. and Mrs. Hartwell, Dr. and Mrs. Kilborn, Dr. and Mrs. Stevenson, Misses Breckbill and ‘ord and Mr. and Mrs. Cormack reaching Chunk-Kiang In safety on the 17th. Similar scenes were enacted at Huan-Hslen,, Suitl- Hsien, Kiong-Cheo, Sui-Fu, Pao-Ning, Pen Cho, Cin-Fu and Sin-King, missionary prop- erty being injured more or less and the mis- slonaries terrified. ATTACKED BY BOATMEN. “At Kia-Ting on Tuesday, July 4, during the triennial examination, the thres houses of the Canadian mission, American Bible Missionary union and Canadian Inland mis- slon were looted and pa:tially damaged; also the Roman Catholic mission. Rev. V. C. Hart and Dr. M. Hare, Canadian Midland mission, had a boat in ‘readiness. Mr. and Mrs. Viking had left for Tsun-Kei on the 3d, leaving Mr. Birie in charge at the were them. OMAMIA DAILY B American Bible mission, He was roughly handled, but got away jn a boat with Mrs. Birle and Miss Bridgewator, “'Next day Mr. and Mrs. Squire and thelr little boy arrived at, Kia-Ting In a boal. They sent a servant ashore to see If the streets were quiet, and the boatmen ordered them off shore. They refused and were at- tacked by the boatmen, one of whom was armed with a knife. The boatman caught Mrs. Squire, but Mr."Sqbire pulled her away and managed to get ashore. Shoeless they made their way up the river bank to the native custom house, but the officials would not allow them to take refuge '“ere. One Or two Attempts to escape were {olled, o they determined to face the streets and try to reach the yamen or die together. Thus, going along and praying aloud they saw three old women they knew, who took them and sheltered them until the middle of the night, cooking some food for them to eat About midnight they reached the yamen, minus all belongings excepting the clothes on them, and thus joined Mr. and Mrs. Birle and Miss Bridgewater. “At Ya-Cheo the officials safety of the foreigne to leave during the night under military escort. All people were ordered in doors, and they were escorted to a raft by the of ficlals. ~ At Ne-Gal, 110 miles down the river, they found the Roman Catholie mis- slon had been rioted. There s much same- ness in the reports from the different towns, and there is no doubt that there wasa gen- eral agreement among the rabble to drive out the missionaries.” RALLY DAY FOR fearing for the , arranged for them TATE AlR. to See s and Grounds Before iz Show Opens. 1t has been decided by the Omaha Fair and peed to have a race meeting preceding the opening of the state fair. It will be on September 6, and is to furnish a pleasant occasion fcr people to tee the new grounds and buildings. Horse races, broncho riding and speeches will afford entertainment The street railway will be extended to the grounds by that time and all business houses in the city will be asked to close up that afternoon. inal arrangements for the event will be made at a meet'ng of the association at the Commercial club rooms Tuesday after- noon. assocation ANNIVERSARY, Wil Be Presented w General Ma nom. Next Tuesday evening is the thirteenth an- niversary of the organization of U. S. Grant post, Grand Army of the Republic, and the post has requested its first commander, Gen- eral Manderson, to furnish his portrait to hang upon the walls with those of Lincoln, Grant, Sherman and Sheridan. F. P. Day, a member of the post, has painted a most faith- ful likeness of the general, which will be presented to the post by the general on that evening. It is expected to be the most memorable event in the history of the post Comrades of other posts and the women of all relief corps are cordially invited. Hid Them Too Yesterday afternoon stolen from Charles Spivek, 103 South Twelfth street, and the fact was reported o the police. The stolen property was found later in the day on the person of an individual who was t00 drunk to give his name. He had the coat and vest under his shirt, but was not smart enough to button the shirt after putting them there. Consequently when he picked out an easy spot in the gutter and went to sleep an officer spied the stolen goods and placed him under arrest priiniaty it bkl North End Republicn A meeting of the North End- Republican club was held last night for the purpose of final organization and to hear speeches from candidates. By-laws' were adopted and ex- ecutive, finance and menibership committees appointed. It was decided to invite Judge Scott to address the clib next Saturday night. The meeting was addressed by John Jenkins, E. Zimmerman and H. K. Burkett. There were thirteen persons present. “In Christinnity Played Out?” Rev. A. H. Byles of Hanley, Eng., will speak at the Young Men's ©bristian association 4 p. m. service on therquestion discussed a great deal today: “Is Christianity a Failure?” Dr. Byles Is a man of wide observation, a student of years, in touch with the greater movements and can speak with much author- ity on the subject. Dr. Henry will conduct a song service preceding the address. ——————— Sitver City Firm in Trouble, Dun & Co.'s commereial agency in this city reports that Pullman & Huddinger, general merchants at Silver City, Ia., have given mortgages aggregating $21,000 upon their stock. The firm is one of the ollest in the western part of the state ortrait of Carelessly. coat and vest were TIE Born, to Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Kirkendall last evening, a son. The annual meeting of old settlers of Sarpy county will be held at Papillion September 5. The Omaha Saengerbund and friends of the society will picnic today at Ruser's park. Gordon Johuson, commonly called Jim, a negro who had been a familiar figure about the Millard hotel.corner for years, died yes- terday morning at the county hospital. A pienic was given yesterday afternoon and evening at Courtland beach by the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. It was for the benefit of old and feeble soldiers. A special motor train of eleven cars left Sixteenth and Howard streets at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, loaded with excursionists to the Woodmen of the World picnic at Union park, across the river. The committee on arrangements F. for the t plenic_and excursion at Courtland Beach on next Thursday evening under the auspices of the Young Men’s Institute has about com- pleted all' the necessary plans for the oce casion, J. R. Dimand of Keokuk, Ta., will close his meetings at Jefferson square at 8 o'clock Sun- day evening with a sermon on “Liberty and the Bible” Last evening he held an open air meeting at Twenty-sixth and N streets, South Omal Heads of departments at the Millard hotel gave Head Clerk C. W. Squires cause to pleasantly remember his birthday yesterday. They presented him with a_silver-mounted cane and umbrella to match, inscribed as the gift of “the Millard guard. This morning an Elkhorn speeial train will take 500 excursionists from Omaha to Bennington, who will there celebrate the victory of Germany over France in the war of 1870. The excursion will be under the auspices of the Landwehr society. Judge L. L. Morrison of Rockford, Iil., and H. A. Toulmin, a prominent. atforney of Springfleld, 0., are in the city, taking testi- mony in conjunction with Messrs. G. W. Sues & Co. in connection with an important patent suit soon to be tried in‘the courts. Rev. Dr. L. L. West'/of Winona, Minn., who occupled Dr. ‘Butier's pulpit at St. Mary's Avenue Congregational church last Sunday, has been perswaded by, his friends to remain In Omaha another Sunday and will preach there again this morning. Rev. Leslie Hawk of the First United Presbyterian church of this city will deliver an_address under the auspices of the Wom- an’s Christian Temperapce union on Sunday evening, August 18, at' 8 o'clock, in the Beth Eden Baptist church on Park avenue. Judge Berka received a letter this morning from Rev. E. B. Tra Pethren of Worthing, S. D., askiug to be glyen all the particulars relative to Master Daye Lind, who kills small animals and sucks thefr 'biood, He also asks for information as tq the lad’s parents. He says he wants the fhcts for scientific study Superintendent Arthur of Courtland beach has a force of men at work in the amphi- theater at the grounds making the prelim- inary arrangements for the “Siege of Vicks- burg,” one of Paine's pyrotechnic pieces. It will form a prelude to the other great show, the Nebraska state falr, While an unknown woman was standing on the sidewalk on Farnam street between Fitteenth and Sixteenth streets, last night, a well dressed man snatched a pocketbook from her hand and ran. Several observers of the incident pursued him, but he es caped. The pocketbook contained a small sum of money. A unique entertainment will be given by the Omaha Woman's Christian Temperance unlon on Thursday, August 22, at the Kountze Memorlal church. Six adults, three ladies and three gentlemen, will compete in ora- tory for first and second prizes, «#1 other features will be added td make this one of the most pleasing and novel entertainments of the season. ER: SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 1895, Principal Not Qualified to Conduot a Con- cern Without Capital, RESULT INEVITABLE FROM THE START Bee's Advertising Cla Tressed Only After it Was Known that Other ¢ tors Would Canse The collapse of the 8. P. Morse Dry Goods company last Thursday was announced by The Bee with the least possible display. Al- though The Bee was one of the principal sufferers by the confessed judgment jugglery, it refrained from making public the un- favorable comment that was current upon the streets and among business men generally concerning the principals involved in this plece of commercial thimble rigging. The version which 8. P. Morse has given to other newspapers in trying to throw the responsibility for the failure of his Peter Funk corporation upon the publishers of The Bee compels it as a matter of self-defense to let the public understand the true inward- ness of the wreckage. On Friday morning the World-Herald, in announcing the failure, indulged in the fol- lowing comment: The immediate cause of trouble came In the form of sults brought by The Omaha Bee for advertising bills. These suits were filed some ten days ago. One was for $2,006 and was brought_in the district court, he other was for §7 and was brought in the county_court The filing of these suits precipitated the trouble and destroyed all hope that the com- pany could pull through the dull season till fall le opened, In speaking of these sults by The Bee, Mr. 8. I Morse was particularly bitter. “The Bee has done me and my company a great injur said he, without doing itself any good. I feel all the more out- raged by its assault on the credit of my company because in past years 1 have paid The Bee tens of thousands of dollars, For years I was the best patron the paper had. Not_only did my contribute to the building up of The Bee, but vears ago I loaned The Bee $1,000 to enable it to blossom out into an eight-page puper from a_ four- page sheet. On several other occasions I advanced The Bee moncy in the times of its distress, and now on the first occasion Mr. Rosewater turns on me and tries to ruin my business.” The effect of the suits by The Bee was to bring others on rapidly, and hardly a day has passed since they were filed that other creditors have not pressed their claims vig- orously, and at last the company has de- cided to give up. A retraction of this tissue of falsehood was demanded from Mr. W. V. Morse, who dis- avows all knowledge of or complicity with the slanderous article and shifts the blame upon S. P. Morse. who has been in a condition of irresponsibility for days, and, In fact, for months. The Bee violates no confidence in saying that the S. P. Morse company was organized to collapse. It was a stock company with no stockholders and with no capitai back of it beyond the stock of goods that the proprie- tors of the old Morse & Co. were willing to unload under conditions that would make them safe when the crash would come. Its organization, with S. P. Morse at its head, was a surprise to the community. The reputation of this man as a debauche, whose habits unfitted him for any active responsible business, made h's selection appear as an_extra hazardous risk, and the sequel fully justifies all of the worst apprehensions of his friends and creditors. It was because his excesses and debauches became a matter of public notoriety and failure was inevitable that the business department of The Bee sought to press its advertising bills, which had reached over $2,300 by the middle of last July. The payment of these bills was put off from week to week with promises of par- tial payments, which were never made. When asked to give promissory notes for a_ portion of the claims Mr. Morse refused ind finally sent insulting messages to the business mana- ger, using language too vulgar to go into print. When all efforts to secure even a partial payment failed, The Bee filed Its claims in court, but not until it had been informed that other creditors were about to institute proceedings and that the firm m'ght be closed 1t any moment. On this or any other score Mr. Morse has no right to com- plain, in view of the repeated scandals he has caused and the notoriety that he has achieved. When Mr. Morse attempts to make The Bee a scrapegoat for his own transgressions he undertakgs to underrate public intelligence. The fact that he has paid The Bee thousands of dollars for advertising is not disputed, and so have other business men who avail themselves of its columns for drawing pat- ronage and who could not do business without advertising in The Bee. These people have all_received an equivalent for their money, and while their patronage is appreciated they hava no right to impose upon The Bee. There is no truth in Mr. Morse's assertion that he ever loaned or advanced The Bee or Mr. Rosewater even as much as $1. About ten years ago Mr. W. V. Morse made a bargain with The Bee for thirty pages of advertising at a rebate on the payment of $1,000 in advance. This is what S. P. Morse calls_loaning money to Rosewater, when in fact he was discounting his own bills and at a very liberal reduction. R IPLE YOU KNOW, Miss Mary Krebs is visiting relatives at Stanton. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Fell started on Tuesday for a ten days' trip through Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Hart of Counchi Bluffs are registered at the Leland Ocean house, Newport. The friends of Judge Dundy will be glad to learn that he has recovered sufficiently to drive out in his carriage. Mrs., A. T. Sidwell and daughter, Mary Alice, of 1820 Vinton street, returned Satur- day from their visit to Chicago. Dr. E. W. Lee came home Sunday from New York City and Rando'ph, N. Y., where ho has been for the past two weeks. Miss Rogers and Miss Edith Rogers of Washington, D. C., are the guests this month of Mrs. Oscar B. Willlams, 3722 Half Howard street. Mrs. Cowin will chaperone a coaching party for- young people next Wednesday evening, who will dance at the home of Mr, Fred Lake on their return. Mrs. James G. Martin and daughter, Sarab, of 2818 South Nineteenth street, returned last Thursday from their two weeks visit to Kansas and Missourl. Miss Edwina Ward celebrated her sixth bifthday by entertaining some fifteen of her little friends at the home of her father, Mr. George A. Ward, 2202 Ohio street, Wednes- day afternoon. Mrs. . M. Campbell gave a kensington Tuesday afternoon for Miss Downs of Chi cago. After a short contest in croquet Ml Gail Comstock carried off the prize. prosent were: Misges Downs of Chicago, Babeock of Boston, Baldwin of New York, Poters and Alice Peters of §t. Louis, Com- stock, Gail Comstock, Lee Comstock, Knox, McCague, Campbell, 'Condon, Adeline Co don, and Mrs. Martin, Sprague, Marples, Todd and’ Stratton. A very pleasant dancing party was given at the residence of the Misses Condon at 1122 South Thirty-second street Thursday even- ing, in honor of Miss Laura Baldwin of Baldwinsville, N. Y., who is the guest of relatives in Omaha. 'Punch and wafers were served during intrmission and the score or more of young people who were present enjoyed a most delightful evening. The party was chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Condon and consisted of Misses Baldwin, Condon, Adelyn Condon, Comstock, Gail Comstock, Lee Com- stock, Blessing, Downs of Chicago, Boss of Leavenworth, Kan., and Messrs, Hunt, Irons, Fleld, Beach, Buffett, Colt, Vickers and Graham Maynard camp. on Kiug's lake, near Water- 100, is & most delightful one and all the mem- bers of the party enjoyed themselves to the utmost until Wednesday, when they returned to the city. They had a perfect little city of tents, cool and well shaded, and provided with water by means of a well, which they drove to a depth of seven feet. The camp is but a short distance from the lake, where they have a number of boats, and only a few rods from the Klkhorn river, where the lath- ing 18 excellent. The party cousisted of J. W. Maynard and family, W. H. Salsbury and family, T. P. Cartwright and family, Mrs. Ackerman and son, F. T. Clarke and wife, Mrs. Hudson, Joo Maynard of 8t. Louls and Frank Wilcox and wife. The Rev. Frank Crane has returned from a three weeks' vacation and will occupy his pulpit both morning and evening today. Miss Jennle Donaldson returns Sunday from Grand Ieland, Neb, where she has been vis- iting her sister, Mrs. George Loan, jr., for the past two weeks. neral James W. Foreyth Is being visited in San Francisco by his two daughters | Mrs. Bache and Mrs. Bacof, with their Lus- | bands, Colonel Dallas Bache and Licutenast | Colonel John M. Bacon. Miss Florence Weir left Thursday for Manitou, going with a party of friends. She will return the last ot the month, when she will go with her mother to Dubuque, la., which will be their future home. Mr. George Hoagland and Miss Helen Hoagland went to Lake Washington, Minn., on Friday, where they joined Mrs. Hoagland and Mr. Will Hoagland. Mr. Hoagland has now gone farther west, but his family will remain at the lake for some two weeks longer. At the residence of Mr. Frank lIsrael of this city on Thursday evening, relatives and friends of the family witnessed the marriage of Mr. W. B. Wolfe and Miss Irene Grace Israel, The groom s assistant cashier of the Bank of Benkleman. They will be at home to their friends after September 1. One of the enjoyable events of the week was the select dancing party given by the Ideal Trilby club of Omaha at Purcell's hall Irvington, last Fridov evening. The club me: at the residence of Mr. Garnsey at 7:30, from whence they drove on a hayrack to Irvington where everything was in readiness for » pleasant time. Dancing was indulged in until a late hour, when refreshments were served ter which the jolly party returned to thelr homes. Those present were: Misses V Dorn, Burns, Beeman, Sundeen, Reven, Ne: ton, Fisher, Willilams, Seavers, Stitt, Sheldon Emerson, Taylor, Words, Robbins and Kaise Messrs. Ellington, Garnsey, Van Dorn, Buz zell, Vandervoort, Perrey, Beaton, Beeman Gosney, Omsted, Soloman, Seaman, Jones Irland, Baxter and Wilson. Tusday evening Mrs. J. €. Wilcox, assisted by her daughters, Miss Wilcox and Miss Pearl Wilcox, gave a delightful lawn party Their beautiful lawn was lighted brilliantly Refreshments were served at 11 o'clock Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. C. K Boyden, Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Arnout, Mr. and Mrs. Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Gray, Mr. and Mrs Brandies, Mrs. E. J. Arnout, Mrs. Hay es Mortensen, Hay, Lane, Nellie Lane » Higland, Bell, Newton, Trimble, Ma- h Crawford, Arnout, Boyden, May Wil- x; Messrs. Bell, Edward Chadwiek, Freod Borsch, Charles Trimble, Robert Trimble, J Mortensen, Edward Mortensen, G. Weilage, Carlson, Albert King, Arnout, J. Arnout, Charles Evans, P. Wyman, C. Hopper, C. Wilcox, Henry Hopper, Harry Lee. Pervonal Parngraphys, J. W. Houder left for Chicago last night. George Canfield, Sheridan, Wyo., is in the o Paige Warwick of Holdrege is at the Del- lone. Otto Gramm, Laramie, Wyo., is a Millard guest. Major R. S. Wilcox leaves for Chicago to night. Ed R. Babeock, Storm Lake, Ia., is at the Millard. Miss E. the cast. J. W. McDowell of Beatrice was a Paxton guest yesterday. J. 0. Lessel of Weeping Water was in the city last evening. Mr. A. N. Ensor is registered at the Barker from Milwaukee, Wis. Proprietor Merritt of the Arcade will spend today in Nebraska City. * Mr. and Mrs. Bruklacher, Stuttgart, Ger- many, are at the Millard. L. M. Clayton of Casper, Wyo., registered at the Arcade last evening. A. H. Findlay has returned from a ten days’ vacation in the country. F. L. Joy and R. B. Schneider of Fremont were at the Millard yesterday. Mr. W. R. Fountain is registered at the Barker from San Francisco, Cal. Mr. C. C. Wilson of New York City Is spending Sunday at the Barker. J. Sidney Goodmanson and R. G. Strong of Pender are guests at the Millard. George W. Megeath, formerly of the Union Pacific coal department, is in Chicago. Robert Byers of Holdrege and N. Robins of Norfolk are at the Merchants, A. C. Dunn, Union Pacific city ticket agent, is spending Sunday in Minneapolis with his wife. Dick Smith, Sam_ Butler, Beecher Higby and John Westberg have returned from their fishing trip. Mr. Wash Hoskins, H. P. Cushing, C. M. Connor, Charles Snowhill, John Graves, John Harrington and Sam Hament, lithographers for Ringling Bros. World's Greatest shows, are quartered at the Barker. Joe Glenn, with the Booth Packing com- pany, has returned from a trip through northern Nebraska. He says that no report about the enormous yleld of oats and the H. Terrill returned Saturday from w. promise of corn In that section can be oxe aggerated, Q. R. Tapp, traveling passenger agent for the Loulsville & Kvansville line, was in the clty yestorday, Attorney Thomas D, Manitou and Colorado weeks' vacation R. Heber Holbrook, president of the Nae tional Normal college, Lebanon, 0., is regise tered at the Dellone. Mr. John J. Holland and E. J. Gosney, ad« vance representatives for Lemon Bros.' cire cus, are stopping at the Barker. Miss Thomas of the general. frelght agent's office of the Unfon Pacific left Friday night for a vacation. She goes to Buffalo by way of Duluth and the lakes. Victor Bierbower, leutenant governor of Idaho, is In the city for a few days, visiting his brother, E. L. Bierbower, before co: tinuing his Journey to the east. Mr. Robert Nicol, manager of Thompson, Belden & Co’s_cloak department, leaves today for New York on a purchasing trlp and Incldentally to attend the Knights Tems plar conclave at Boston F. T. Hamilton, teller of the Merchants National bank, left last evening for a trip to the ocast. He goes first to Boston and then through the White mountains, returns ing by way of Buffalo and the lakes James A. Powers has returned from his summer vacation in Milwaukee, where in company with his wife and {nfant daughter he visited his parents. Mrs. Powers and daughter will return next Saturday, At the Mercor—Harry 8. Cantrovitz, Chle cago: J. M. Buck, Holdrege: H. H. Halburt, Philadelphia; . Abrams, Chicago; R. A. Bare ber, Lincoln; Warren W. Templeton, Hoston C. Stafford, Milwaukee; P. Westphalen, & Josoph; George Cox, St. Louls; W. M. Meel Denver; R. F. Seers, Atchison, Kan.. Charles J. Barber and family of 2116 Cale ifornia street, will leave for the east Mnoday to spend several weeks on the Atlantic coast, visiting Boston, Portland, New York and other eastern points. Miss Mabel Barber will not return to Omaha, but will attend La Selle Seminary at Auburndale, Mass., the coming year, Crane has gone to Springs for & few DR, W HANNIBAL, Mo, Aug. {tors were present this afternoon when the court of common pleas convened to recelve a report of the grand jury, whith has been in continuous session for nearly three months, investigating the celobrated Still- well murder case. The report was filed at 2 p. m., but its tenor was not known until after 4, when Sheriff Pratt went to the rese idence of William Perkins, at whose home the IHearnes are staying, and placed Dr. Hearne and wife under arrest, charged with the murder of A. J. Stillwell on the night o December 28, 1888. The indictment <was for murder in the first degree, and the case is not therefore bailable. An’ effort was m to tnterview Dr. Hearne after his arrest, but he refused to say, anything. The sheriff ‘toole his prisoners to Palmyra by private con- veyance. Sheriff Pratt stated that the Hearnes would receive the same treatment accorded other prisoners. They will be lodged in separate cells on different floors, and they will not be permitted to see or talke 1o each other. They will be arraigned on the 16th of December in the Hannibal court of common pleas, for the murder of Amos Still- well, the wealthy pork packer and formee hushand of Mrs. Hearne, JGRAPHIC i BRIEFS, The Lake Shore foundry at Cleveland hag advanced wages 10 per cent. Texas fever has appeared in a herd of cat- tla in Miami county, Kansas. General John C. Moon, a prominent Ohio Grand Army of the Republic man, died Sat- urday. In iwrites that to free silver. Mrs. James H. Brady of Abilene, Kan., has brought suit for a divorce. Brady Is wealthy real estate dealer. Six prisoners in the county jall at Toledo, 0., attacked the jailer and escaped, after locking the jailor in a cell. Mrs. Fraucis of Englewood, Ill, was drowned Saturday in an ineffectual attempt to save her little child, who was drowning. The recelvers of the Jarvis-Conkling com- pany have asked that a new trustee be ap- pointed in place of H. C. Gibbert, who h: removed to Mexico. The propeller Montana ran afoul of the wreck of the steamer Britannic in the De- troit river Saturday and was beached to prevent its sinking. A mob which was waiting to lynch Henry Smith at Lexington, Ky., who had assaulted a white woman, was fooled by the sherift, who spirited his prisoner away. Mrs. J. Thomas of Atchison, Kas changed several shots with a burglar Friday night. Mrs. Thomas was not injured, but blood on the floor indicated the burglar was wounded. response to a letter Senator Peffer t Is true that he was opposed to pick up the d reme measures .xistence. ELLER3 OF e URNITURE, STOVES No operation or d y case. 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