Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 25, 1902, Page 7

v » “ Jute BURT TALES 08 STthE{ President of Ulmu Pacific Tnburdens Him- self Concerning Situation. ROASTS TWO NEWSPAPER REPORTERS Refuw For to Give and Information Asked that His Statements Are Not Given Publleity, Compinine President Horace G. Burt of the Union Pacific Railroad company volunteered to make a statement yesterday In comnec- tion with the strike in the shops of his roud, Shortly after the strike began Mr. Burt_was called on by two reporters for a statement of the position of the company and ylelded to a very generous interview, but his utterances upon that occasion and today, while similar in some respects, bear Bo very striking resemblance. “Get right out of this office as quick as you can and don’t you eome in here for any Dews, as you call it; we don't have any- thing to give you fellows, for you are not seeking facts.” This was the manner in which the presi- dent of the Union Pacific greeted the re- porters who had called upon his secretary fand with whom they were in conversation when Mr. Burt chanced to pass through the room and catch a glimpse of them. ‘We have called to ask, President Burt, it you have granted a conference to Mr. Slocum,” interposed one of the newspaper Siccum, I mever head of him. Who s this fellow, Slocum?” angrily re- torted the president. “He 1s the president of the International Bratherhood of Blacksmiths, whose name Bas apyeared In tae papers so frequently of in' connection with this strike,” was tha reply of a reporter. “Never heard of him, never heard of him. Pon't want to, elther,” and that exhausted that subject. Salls Into Newspapers “It you men represented reputable and truthtul newspapers, newspapers that won'd even try to get the facts and print them, 1 wouldn't mind talking to you. But you don’t. We haven't got any such paners in this city. You go and get one side of this question and play that up In glaring style, and it the rallroad men give you anything in the shape of a statement or mews you surround it with insinuations and innuen- does, 0 that its force and effect is d istroyed and the other side gets the benefit iof it, after all—just what you want. No, _isir, T1l not talk to you, continued the ipresident, as the reporters were seeking an wpportunity to get out between blasts. It was suggested that some weeks ago the same reporters had called on the president /and recelved a lengthy statement from him .upon the strike situation and that precisely what he sald upon that occaslon had been printed. “But, President Burt, we have not been permitted since then, with one slight ex- ception, to interview you, so that it has not been possible for. the newspapers to print your personal views or statements.’ It was also suggested that a little over a ‘week ago an otfialal- of the road escorted ,some mnewspaper men' through the Union m\flu shops in this city and that th iwere given the numbers of men employed .!in the shops from lists kept by the offcial "{who took them through, and that these ex- act numbers were published glving the 'entire shop force then at work, instead of ‘making any estimate as the reporters found iconditions in the shops. ““These publications were pronounced jeurate and -fair in every detail, President /Burt, by your own men. Was that treating \the railroad fairly?’ was asked. But he ed to think of any such thing terated his command for the np-run %o leave his office. “And when you get up to your office you CRISP FLAKES OF WHEAT AND MALT tell your boss,” he sald to The Bee re- porter, “that there will be a real, genuine newspaper in this city some day, & paper that will tell the truth and give all sides of every controversy, and it will be a better newspaper, too, than anything he can get up.” President Burt warned his unwilling guests that the “better element of the community”” s not In sympathy with this strike movement, and frowned with the utmost disapproval upon the attitude of the press in printing what he termed the “sensational side of the strike question.” “You ask what the mews is. Why, you tellows don’t want news—faots—you know you don't. All you are after Is just snough sensation to fill up your space and earn your salaries. You've got to make a show- Ing every day on this thing so that your employers will not think you have been idle, and in order to do this you go ahead and print a lot of stuff that tbose union fellows tell you which you kmow yourself is not true. “‘But go ahead and keep on printing what you yourselves know.to be false; we don't care; we don't need your newspapers; we can get along In this thing and everything else for that matter without your old pa- pers. But you mind, there is a time coming when we'll have a paper of our own." “I hope so,” interjected one of the re- porters. “Do you, do you mean that? Well, all right, you'll get your wish and don't you fear,” was the retort. Declines to Give Infarmaftan, “‘Before we go, President Nurt, will you ikindly tell us what we hate misstated in tonnection With this strike, for we are anxious to print nothing but facts,” sald one of the newspaper men. But his inter- rogatory elicited nothing but a contemptu- ous sneer. “The strikers tell us this morning that on last Sunday there were 104 non-unlon men in the shops and that today there are sixty-five. We have no reason for doubt- ing their word, but would like to get a Statement from the rallroad side on that proposition, -as it is Dbeing peraistently urged by the strikers every day that (hs shop forces are diminishing. Can you zive us a statement on that subject, Mr, Burt?" “Give you nothing. What good would it do to tell you fellows anything? Now, you go along out of here. I have sald all [ am going to. 1 wouldn't tell you fellows any- thing.” Slocum Confers with MeKeen, President John Blocum of the Interna- tional Brotherhood of Blacksmitha and a committee representing the Union Pacific blacksmiths conferred with Superintendent McKeen of the motive power department of the company yeste afternoon upon is- sues of the present strike, but nothing in the shape of terms of settiement or conces- slon from efther side resulted from the meeting. The strike leaders urged that plecework be not adopted and the com- pany’s representative insisted that this had been irrevocably decided upon by the Union Pacific. After the conference President Slocum sald: ‘“We were most courteously received and treated by Mr. McKeen, but our meeting ‘was not at all fruitful. We found out that the company is determined upon Introduc- ing plecework and we are determined on fighting 1t, 80 you might say we have just arrived at the starting polnt of our fight. ‘“We argued against plecework and en- deavored by reasoning to show its fallacy and Mr. McKeen srgued for it and tried to demonstrate wherein it would benefit us, but neither of us succeeded in comvineing the other and there the matter ended. I want to emphasize this fact, that we did t seek any compromise in any shape, or or form. We asked for nothing except that the company revoke the order, tsstied by which {t declared {ts fntention to introduce plecework into its shops. This Mr. McKeen refused to do. We deferred our demand for an increase in the wage scale.” Blacksmiths Are Confident. President Slocum left last night for his home in Moline, Ili., but will be in Omaha again within & week or so. Before leaving he expressed his satisfaction with the chances of the blacksmiths and other strikers of winning and said he had no fears of the future. ““We are determined to make a persistent, orderly fight for what seems to us to be our rights and we believe we are sure to win,” he sald The biacksmiths held a local moet: last night. At the meeting & letter wi read from the international secretary say- ing that the bleckamiths over the United Btates had won per cent of the strikes in which they have been engaged this summer and spring. The men are gonfident of success here in view of this fact and also that, as they hold, the company is unable to get skilled bjacksmiths owing to the decided dearth of 'that class of work- men at this time. Machinists d Bollermakers. Secretary Graco of the machinists 1s In recelpt of a letter from Chicago telling of disturbed conditions at the Allls-Chambers establishment, which has but recently re- covered from a strike of a year's duration. It fs belleved that another strike may occur there and the strikérs here cesert that such would materially militate to their ad- vantage in that it would open another fleld of labor to monunion men. President Kennedy of the local and dis- trict bollermakers’ lodges and Secretary Grace of the machinists have received let- ters from Cheyenne stating that between that city and North Platte freight trains have been tied up because of dis- abled engines and that one freight train was abandoned at Lexington for the same reason. Information also has been re- cleved that t ity “dead” engines are lying in the roundhouss at Cheyevme. Strikers clafmed last night that four more defections occurred at the shops here during the early evening. It was also claimed that no nonunion men bad besn sent into Evanston. One New Strik Harry Brown, a bollermaker who came out from New York to work for the Union Peelfic, came to Omaha yesterday from North Platte, where he has been at work under the supposition that there was no general strike in progress. ' He says he was offered 45 cents an hour to stay with the company and go to work here if he preferred Omsha to North Platte, but he refused anl has jolned the strikers. He Is sald to be a very skilled mechanic. The strikers have obtained the services of the Musiclans’ union for their parade Tuosday and b been assured by that or- ganization that will furnish a band of 100 pleces. The parade will start from Labor temple at 9 o'clock in the morning and continue in procession for about hour and a half. Blackemiths will bave a public benefit Tuesday night for their helpers. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. George Sully of Boston is st the Millard. Charles H. Moore of Montpelier, Vt., is a Illlhr\l Buest L. J. Tonner of Chicago was at the llllurd yesterday. o il N, Hardy of St. Louls registered sttty o | egls at the A Mandelberg has recelved a telegram lllm\um'ha the sad ne'l o! hll mother's death in Baltimore. His bro! n- Joe delberg, left at once > tend the Roareey t Small Cost, A few doses of Dr. King's New Lite Pills will cleanse, tone and lnvigorate the whole system. Try them. Osly 8¢, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMARA = Union Pacific Activity Excites Hopes ef Extensive Improvements. LONG DORMANT PLANS TAKE ON NEW LIFE Surveyors Run Lines and Set Stakes Which May Lesd to New Tracks, & Viaduet and & New Depot. For seversl days past a party of railroad surveyors has been working from the sum- mit southward. Wednesday the party worked on Commercial street between H and J streets, and yesterday the work of running lines was garried on almost to the Union Pacific depot. As stakes are belng st and lines run it Is inferred that the Unlon Pacific is preparing to submit a proposition to the city council in the near future. While nothing definite is known officially regarding the proposed proposition, it is understood that a request will be made for the vacating of the stub ends of streets in the northern part of the city. These stub ends are located between Commercial street and the railroad right-of-way and have never been opened to travel, so that by vacating them there would be no incon- venlence to the people. Another request, 80 It s rumored, will be the vacating of a portion of Commercial street in order that additional tracks may be lald from the yards here to Omaha. As Commercial ave- nue north of J street is very little uwed, some of the city officlals see no harm in consenting to vacating at least a portion of the street. Another request which the council expects will be made is the vaca- ting of Rallroad avenue from N street south to Q street. Officials here expect that when the propo- sition is submitted by the Unlon Pacific it will, in lleu of the concessions granted agree to at once proceed to erect a viaduct across the tracks and to construct.a new depot to be located on Rallroad avenue be- tween N street and the proposed viaduet. ‘With the construction of a viaduct and the building of a nmew depot the tracks would be fenced and the grade crossing at Q street would be closed. Members of the city government assert that they are perfectly willing to make any reasonable concessions in order to bring about the erection of a viaduct and a new depot. The contemplated changes in track- age, If made, will greatly increase the rafl- road facilities at this point and permit the transportation lines to handle the rapidly itfcreasing business much more expedi- tiously than can now be done under exist- ing circumstances. Filling Washouts, The dirt purchased by the council from the Anclent Order of United Workmen Temple association for 8 cents a yard will be used in filling the big hole at Twenty- first and L streets. This work will com- mence just soon as the excavating for the temple is begun, which will be in about a week. One of the hardest Dropollflanl is the repairiog of the roadway at the Intersec- tion of Twenty-third and B streets. The hole in the street at this point is as big as an ordinary house and the city engineer says that it will do no good to fill it un- less steps are taken to carry off the sur- face water, A plan has been suggested by the en- gineer whi¢h Is meeting with favor in the council. The engineer suggests that two lots east of Twenty-third street and just north of B street be purchased by tie city and that a flume be bullt to carry off storm water and allow it to waste on these two lots. As these lots are in a draw or gully no harm can come of such an ar- rangement and the purchase will doubt dess be made, especlally as the two lots can bé bought for $100. It is asserted that by doing this B street from Twenty-third to Twenty-fourth street and the intersec- tlon of Twenty-third and E streets can be kept in good condition, mo matter how much wet weather there ls. In the filling of this big E street hole the council will ask for bide and let a con- tract for the work, as it is asserted that the filling can be done much cheaper In this way than by the regular street force. MeCleary Still Held. W. B. McCleary, recorder for gamp No. 227, Anclent Order of United Workmen, is still detained at polico headquarters on the charge of embeszling a certaln sum of money from the order. His hearing has been set by Judge King for next Tuesday afternoon. Ip & conversution with a Bee reporter MoCleary admitted having appro- priated a portion of the funds entrusicd to his care. He sald that there had been 8 death in the family and that it was nec- essary that he have some money at once and he used the lodge money, intending to pay it back as rapidly as possible. McCleary has sent to relatives in Chi- cago for money and made the statement yesterday that he would have the matter ttled up before the date of his hearing arrived. The Library Site. The deeds for the transfer of the prop- erty at Twenty-third and M streets from the Glasgow estate to the South Omaha Library board are ready, but there is some delay on account of lack of funds. The council will ask the board to submit a report of the amount of money on, hand and it the not enough in the fund to complete the purchase, a transfer from some other fund will be made in order that the deal for the site may be closed. The city offic appear perfectly willing to provide sufficlent money for the pur- chase of the site, but so far have decilned to furnish any money for expenses for the board. More than likely ‘angements will be completed the forepart of next week for the transfer of the property. Weather Causes Delay. Zack Cuddington has the conmtract for the gradiog of Twenty-seventh street from B to F streets, but he cannot commence work for some time yet. He sald last evening that, owing to the long wet spell, he would be unable to complete his con- tract in Iowa and get to work on Twenty- eventh street before September 1. This will, it is stated, be in plenty of time to got the work done and let the ground harden before cold weather sets in. The FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1902 gsiting his parents, Captain and Mrs. F. J. Esther Blank of New York City Is e sueat ot Miag Jennle Levy Mr Nels A. Neison, Bightesnth and Washington strects annoutice the bIFth of a son. Colonel J. B. Watkins and wife will re- turn from a trlp to the Pacifie const this afternoon. The street force 'M'ev::-l'd yesterday In constructing & foot bridge across the gully at Eighteenth and N streets Harry Herman was fined $10 and costs by Pollce' Judge King yesterday for beink drunik and insuiting women on the street. Mayor Koutsky was kopt busy afternoon sighing warrants Yoted on the appropriation sheet Waenes: day night will be ready for delivery today. TELEPHONE POLE CLIMBERS Linemen Em Co yesterday warrants yed by Nebraska Bell ¥y Galn 8 antial In- erease In Wages. The wages of 300 linemen in the employ of the Nebraska Bell Telephone company bave been raised and a definite mettlement made of the difficulties which existed be- tween the men and their employers for some time. This settlement was concluded Wednesday when the electrio linemen in their meeting at Labor Temple Indorsed the action of their committee in the terms it made with the telephone company. By thede terms the linemen in the cities of Omaha, South Omaha, Council Bluffs and Lincoln, of whom there are 100, have been advanced from $2.50 a day to $2.75 for a nine-hour day. The linemen through the state, of whom there are 200, divided Into fourteen gangs, are ralsed from $2.40 to $2.50 for a ten-hour da; ‘These terms are absolutely satisfactory to us,” sald R. E. Russell, business agent for the linemen. “And by them the line- men of this company {n Nebraska will get better wages than those in many of the ad- toining state The new scale dates back to July 1, so ground s so soft and full of water now that very little, If any, grading s being done in this vieinity at the present time. Sloce May 10, when the dog-catching scason opened here, Poundmaster McGill has rounded up and impounded 850 dogs. About Balf of this number were redeemed by owners, whils the balance were killed. Under the present.ordinance McGill is paid $1 per head for destroylng unredeemed canines. He must, however, keep all dogs at the pound for four days and daily post a notice on tHe bulletin board at the city hall, detailing & deseription of all animals in the pound. So far this year 450 dog tags have been s0ld, bringing into the tressury the sum of §500. This is more meney than has been takea in for tags for & number of summers past. Magie City Gossip. Mr, 1 Xorlg of Costa. Rics is here visit- ing Jut Levy. Colonel 1. C. extended wi Mlss Iy!\h Keefer has gone to Denver for & two weeks' vacation. O, M. Btter of Cambridge, Il s bere Gallup left yesterday for an eatern trlp. that the men will receive their increased pay from that time. July 3, as was pub- Iished by The Bee at the time, the linemen présented a demand for these very in- creases and for recognition of their union, the latter demand to take precedence over the former. Almost simultaneously with the presentation of these demands the com- pany posted a notice making - these In- creases, but omitting any recognition of the union. While the officials did not ac- tually sign the agreement proposed by the linemen, involving formal recognition of their union; the men consider that virtual recognition has been given and to all prac- tical purposes the matter {s in just as good shape as though the company had actually signed the agree: t. ‘The terms entered into further provide that the company shall not discriminate in any instance against the union or any of the ofll or committeemen of that union and that wherever a foreman of the com- pany shall be found treating unfairly a union man because he is a union man he ¢hall be summarily discharged. The committee of offiaials which met the men was: President Yost, General Man- er Lane, Superintendent of Construction Belt and Géneral Solicitor Morsman. The committee was: Thomas Care- sident of the union here; Willjain Ramey, vice president; I'red Witters, sec- v, and R. E. Russell, business agent. ‘While this settlement puté an end to the controversy with . the Nebraska Bell Telephone company it does not affect in any way the differences between the men and the Btreet Rallway company and the Western Union and Postal Telegraph com- panies. These matters will be pressed until some settlement is made or It is found that there can be mone made until further developments. s PLANNING 'FOR' THEIR PICNIC Douglas Comaty '‘Démocracy Arranges & Few More Preliminaries Anent the Outing. The Dou, County Democracy put a few more touches on the arrangements for their ffth anoual picaie, to be held at Missour! Valley Bunday, August 24, at a meeting held at the club rooms last night. The commit- teo on base ball reported’ that it had se- cured one of the best teams in the city, and was given authority to hustle up a purse to be given to the winning team. This team expects to wipe up the earth with the Mis- souri Valley team. These committees were appointed: Gen- eral arrangements and supervision, John Liddell, J. J. Mahoney, George Holmes, L. J. Platti and Ed A. Smith; tickets, Dan Butler, L. J. Plattl and Thomas Harring- ton; concessions, Joseph Butler, George Holmes and Joseph Connor; prizes, Charles Bwmory, Ed Smith and Charles Rustin; mu- sie, C. Epstein and W. P. McDavyitt; adver- tisament, J. E. Reagan, L. J. Platt! and the members of the arrangement committee. ‘The committees were instructed to hustle this week and report at a meeting to be beld next Thursiay night, at which time turther arrangements will be made.. A good crowd was present and it Is the Intention of the club to make this plenio a record- breaker. The advertisement committee was instructed to visit Councll Bluffs and South Omaha and round up the faithful and get them Interested. SECOND WARD REPUBLICANS Feast at Heada Night, Wher Were It was distinetly a love feast that was held last night at 1443 South Sixteenth street, which i& the headquarters of the Second Ward Republican club. The “re- freshments” were demoeratic to the extent of consisting of crackers and cheese, Lut all things else were republican with a vengeance. Ed J. Cornish talked of republican pros- pects in general and his own congres- sional aspirations in particular, saying that prosperity had already done the party’s campaigning more effectively than any speaker could. A. C. Troup devoted a few minut to reminding his auditors of what the party had done and what competitive parties had falled to do. Councilman Hoye was called, but ex- cused himself after very few remarks on Love NEW BOOKS AND MAGAZIN Twelfth in the lcriu of Btate Artioles in Pearson's Devoted te Nebraskn. CENTURY TO BRING OUTA NEW WRITER Foreign Correspondent of a Chicako Paper Writes a Book of Poeme— Several New Novels DI for Popular IFavor. Pearson's Magazine for August presents an interesting table of contents. The opening article Is the twelfth in the series of the “Story of the States” and s to Nebraska. It is written by Willlam R. Lighton and is protusely lllustrated. Tho discovery of a new resource in the develop- ment of & state is well described. Mr. Lighton says: “On those high plains, de- spite her harshness of aspect toward the grain-grower, Nature has established con- ditlons quite ideal for the pursuit of an- other industry which has been in fashion among men since the beginning of hus- bandry, and which will never lose its vogue. Only within the last five years have our people realized that by every natural right these lands belong to grazing herds and flocks and that through them alone were the arid wastes to be made glad, Nothing is wanting to complete the guarantee of suc- cess. This realization hi rejuvenaict the western two-thirds of the state; It has been like the discovery of a fountaln of economic youth, In 1855 stock grazing In Nebraska was hardly more than a side ls- sue, but it has since taken a place second only to the cultivation of the sofl. In 1801 our ranges held more than 3,000,000 eattle and more than 1,000,000 sheep. As a part of the same healthy Impulse, swine have won a secure place in public esteem; a full chorus of 2,500,000 head now grunt and squeal in fat content.”” The Century is about to bring forward a new western writer In the person of Eleanor Gates, a young woman of Calitor- nia who spent her early life in Dakota, and who has lately written “The Blography of a Prairle Girl,” specimen cbapters of which are to be printed in the August, Sep- tember and October numbers of that maga- zine. A sample of the style and substance of this book will be afforded by the Au- gust installment, which deals with the birth and christening of the prairie girl. The former event occurs in the midst of a blizzard, the description of which is said to be one of the most vivid pleces of writ- ing about nature ever printed in the Cen- tury. The work Is to be not only the blography of a prairie girl, but, so to speak, of the frontier farm, dehling with it in all its characteristic experiences, for- tunate and unfortunate. It is, in brief, a sort of natural history of Dakota. Miss Della Austrian, who is the travel- ing foreign correspondent of the Chicago Evenipg Post, has written a delightful book of poems entitled, “Love Songs.” The principal poem is ‘““Cecella,” dedicated to her deceased sister. It deplets the life of these two sisters from ‘“‘girlhood gay to womanhood,” and the theme is carried along until death, the great leveler, calls Cecella home. In this particular lyric Miss Austrian has shown ability of the highest order, and when the character of the subject is taken Into consideration, her work is of the best. This love lyric is the ground that the republican cause had almost ceased to need champlons. Inaurance Men Attend Funeral The local fire insurance agents of Omaha held & meeting yesterda: rnoon and resolved to attend the fu, of_Harry Paschal at Councll Bluf: s (rrm.y) king the car ¢ xton at §:15 a. . for Collncfl A committee, consiiting of M. oe . Wheeler, Bartow Varlvess and Jol “Howard, wi lpp(flnled to preplrn rrnr fpsolutins of Fespect, 1o )ie sent he tamily of the deceased, sald committee to Topori at an adjourned mestt the ’nnu to be held at their rooms ll 3 a tlocl anday next. Iny! PVhile alighting from a Sherman avenue Bixteenth and Dorc: Tis Tight collar- praining and brulsing his right k and_bruis! e side of h head. where he is employed summoned. He was made comfortable for ihe night snd will be sent to & hospital {oday. O'Connor lives at Twelfth and C.I\i.r treets. Killed by an Electrical Storm. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 24.—A severe electrical storm passed north of the city last night, instantly killing Eleasor Wiison, & farmer, fatally Ir;ufln( a boy and de stroying & number of barns, & chureh, aod causing other damag divided into fifty parts and each repre- sents a certain period of thelr lives. The interview with the spirit of her dead ter is most realistic and Is but another evidence of the excellent work done by Miss Austrian. Love came and triumphed, and the two spirits commingling as of is beautifully told. In addition to the above lyric, the book contains & number of miscellaneous poems. ‘‘Hushed is Our Stricken Land Today,” commemoratory of the death of the late President McKinley, “The Rose and the Breeze,” “O Love, ‘Where Hast Thou Been Tonight?' “Vie- lets,” “The Bride and the Bridegroom,” “Alone in the World,” are deserving of special mention. W. H. Conkey company, publishers. “The Mald of the Wildwood,"” by George Willlam Louttit, is a story of the middle west and of the time of the beginning of the last century. The incidents narrated are actual experiences of different indivi- ‘dquals on the frontiers of our country in its early history. Robert, as a small boy, is carried off by the Indians, and finds a pro- tector in the Chief Masshawa. Then Naomi, the young queen of the Shawnee nation, becomes int ed in Robert, who is now called Tammy. The manners and customs of the Indlans are described. General Har- rison and General Proctor are presented. The speechés and sayings of Tecumseh are many of them given verbatim. Who killed Tecumseh 1s not known, though many have claimed the homor. His grave has never been located, and it may be that some triend, the author thinks, possibly the hero of his romance, unwittingly fired the shot that caused his death, and in compliance with his last wish, buried him in an “‘un- known and unmarked grave.'" Robert finally returns to civilization and marries Naoml. Published by Colonial Press. r— Clear as Crystal No need to argue that a soap is pure when you can read through it Jap Rose is that pure, and one-sixth it is glycerin. of Jap Rose Soap It is the culmination of 25 years experiments. of We know soaps, and we pledge you that no man can make a toilet soap that's better. JAMES S. KIRK & COMPANY, CHICAGO White Russian Lawndry Soap Wrappers exchanged for valuable promiums. Write for list. a EVERY NEBRASKAN SHOULD READ THE STORY OF Told in a most interesting manner and NEBRASKA illustrated with pictures of people and places you kaow—and sbould know. RIDER HAGGARD'S LATEST AND GREATEST STORY The Pearl Maiden Or, The Fall of Jerusalem Charles Reginald Sherlock, author of “Your Uncle Lew,” is out with another new novel, entitled “The Red Anvil.” the narrative Mr. Sherlock maks the ‘underground raflroad,” through the operations of which abolition in| the north set at deflance the enforcement ‘ot the fu- gitive slave law of 1850. The story by gins on a Sunday when the people are aroused by the news that the church bell is to be tolled by & “nigger who had come in on the underground.” Lyne Di brow and his plcture wagon both interssts and amuses the reader from the begin- ning of the story until we have finished. His quaint but timely stories often used to fllustrate hidden meanings are indeed humorous and pointed. Though he does not appear to be in sympathy with the negro, we are pleased and rather expect to ses him aiding in their escape. We feel that fn his quiet way he is the force bLe- hind his son Win, a doctor, which brings him his success in both his love and 4 ness. Though slow to develop the love story 1s nevertheless interesting. I'eter Gerritt, “the best-beloved man in Smith- boro,” is another interesting character with his benevolent dis ition. The novel is & portrayal of interesting characters. Published by Frederick A. Stokss com- pany. Right Rev. J. L. Spalding, bishop of Peoria, who on June 11, was ziven the degree of LLD. by Columbia university, has written another book which pUb- lished on the same day he recelved his honorary degree. The new volume s called “'Religion, Agnosticism and Educ tion,” and consists of a series of papers along the general line of discussion and philosophy of which the bishop is & mas- ter. Following are the contents: I, Re- liglon; 11, Agnosticism; III, Agnostisism; IV, Ggd in the Constitution—A Reply to Colonel Ingersoll; V, Education and the Future of Religion; VI, Progress in Kau- VII, the Victory of Lo It is very seldom that a prela in the Roman Catholic church is so well and fa- vorably kpown outside of his work. The twenty-fth year of his tonure as bishop Peoria was celebrated with much cere- (SECOND INSTALMENT) ‘Wonderfully thrilling and fascinating; full of deep pathos and of ex- citing episodes. AucusT PEARsON'S Contains these and many other teatures—|0 CTS. EVERY WHERE FOR 2 CENT we will send the entire first instalment of “THE PEARL MAIDEN,” and will show you how to mske A DOLLAR A DAY FOR LIFE. Send Stamp. PEARSON PUBLISHING CO., mony only a short time ago, and the char- actér of the demonstration indicated clearly the love and m in which he is held by the people of his faith. Still he has found time to bring out sev- eral books that have a national reput tion. He is u tireless student of men and affairs. Published by A. C. MoClurg & Co. We are in receipt of a book printed by Hammond Bros. & Stevens of Fremont, this state, entitled ‘“Phelps and His Teach- ert It is written by Dan V. Stephen who is also author of “Silas Cobb.” The alm of the book is to bring the teacher and patron to a better understanding of the children attending school and also to teach the parent and instructor the need of work- ing together. The fact that 60,000 coples of this book, printed in booklet form, has been sold to superintendents of schools since last September, speaks book, and is a good recommendation. from the time he enters and gives his is promoted under the various teachers, each with & distinct method of own acd finally & pro- fessor of natural It 1s & book full of suggestions for instructors. 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