Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 29, 1903, Page 16

1 A b o ‘: 3 10 THE PUBLIC: Nebraska Ohildren's Home Society Gives Oat Bomo Information. ~ HOW ITS AFFAIRS ARE LOOKED AFTER Fall Statement of Methods Work, Its Management and Its X Onre for Children that Come to It. The board of trustees of the Nebraska Children's Home society has prepared the following statement for the public: Our attention has been called by the press to the fact that certain parts of the work of the Nebraska Children's Home society #re not understood, and that because of k of knowledge several charges lacl gahz been made, to the effect that our fon of them after they have been in homea are defective and improper. | our | iclam_has also been made as to of kesping records and managing , the finances of the society. For the benefit those who are not familiar with our Hhofll we have thought it wise to make following statemen Placing and Supervising. ‘We have a method for the placing out of hildren and their future supervision which superior to any in the world at the pre ime and for which we hold, in Chicago, the medal from the Columbian exposition rst, the state s divided into districts of five to fifteen counties and a compe- tent district superintendent is put in charge of each district, who gives entire time 10 the work in all {ts various departments, anizging and réorganizing local lacing children and ave been placed in work. This plac under the direct supervision of expert work- who_are trained for this particular seryice. These district superintendents work the direction of the state superin- tendent and the state board. Local Boards. Our local boards are, in a great measure, secret of the success of the soclet have 650 local boards at the present time that will average eight members to a glves us thousands of the lead- and gentlemen ot the state to lacing _ children in and who keep a watch- them after —they have placed to see that they are not perly treatéd. They also report to the any children needfng homes. We have local bourd in every town from NOFth Piatto to Omana and on il the main lines, us well as branch lines, of the various rallroads throughout the 'state. Parties ing to take children must fill out a applicaiion lnecllll{ prepared for this and must sign the conditions, and same must go before the local board must be passed upon as to whether the roper place for a child, and ded the child is gn three months' trial in accord with ing rules, but we do not require our Bnll boards to deal directly with the seeking to take a child, thus pre them from local and licants for children who are under care of this socfety must be kind- , humane and mentally competent, ith observing and church members. must be in such financial cireum- and sustain such social relations as ‘e children good advantages and com. gl and an education suitable to conditions and circumstances in life must urvl .k (n'::upt"lhre \;hlld and re e soclety from all future expen lfl nd in reference to such chll({?e 6 children are placed on three months’ trial to insure satisfaction, and taking them must keep them three iths unless otherwise ordered by the superintendent, who may remove At any time or may extend the time may judge best for the interest of child rtfes will be requjred to give ty da notice at the end of the three if the child is to be removed. the family having the child d remove at any time there must be n thirty days' notice by the family, Mther to the state superintendent or to the nt through whom the child was placed In no case Is a child to be given to y without the written consent of the state surnnulflmt. 1 1 settlement of a child he Just be placed either by adoption or by contract, and the state superin- sh decide which it shall be. taking children are expected to expenses of the final papors. ly no one m}luld question that if n aced in homes In accord with conditions they must have good Record of Children. ve four classes of records, vi uishment paper; The Chiidren’s or' Tecording the chllaren rec nt book speclally ed r the placement of chiidren; a a e name an imber of the chIA and. enclosing the To- ment paper, application and recom- from the parties who took the and a placement slip, stating where by whom the child was ed. A 0 cement slip if the chil boen Which is frequently the case. Financial Mansgement. bos v prepare rds we have ney collected rict superi rer, w. m ational bank of ha. In oay | ll‘cndl a recelp: to lihe as a personal receipt Who has pald any pert of the In by the local treasurer. We auditor, Mr. H. A. Snow, who for the Omaha Gas company. ts the state treasurern ccount A a_voucher for all the me L IO tne -:.:3355, ) eck, vhich 1s paid out, which is done h-ur tendent’s expe: audited eath month by Mr. Snow as that of the state treasurer. mw.:nld on t| n:une II and thorough plan ose. d bank or n‘l‘mlfltlh hou i . Salarlies. Wi &. an executive committee who ve of the general work, fixing the F: of the state and district suferin: its, a8 well as of the other workers. may be of interest to some to know that of placing out children and_our | salary of the distriet or the last ten yeurs was n al in which simijar socleties are at work, the salaries of the #state and district uperintendents are higher than they are In Nebraska. Reports, tle over per of the twenty-five states, The soclety makes an annual r"rflrl‘ of all its business for the yoar. showing the condition of the soclety at the time of the report. This report is published in the leading daily papers and in the Children's Advocate, which is the organ of the soclety, It is also printed In book form, a copy of which may be had by applying at the home office. Mistreatment of Children. In several papers we have noticed the charges of Mr. Willlam Acor of Colorado Springs against the Children's Home Bo- clety in regard to the treatment recelved by his daughter, Edna Acor, while in the home of Mr. C. P. Loyd of Nebraska City, where our soelety had placed her. The na. | ture of the charges and the language in which they are made are, of course, such as to indicate that the attack is false and malicious. However, some may desire to know the facts, which we lndly give, At the request of Mr, Acor and on his written relinquishment of “the child, the mother being dead, Edna Acor was received by the society and by it was placed in_the home above mentioned. Mr. and Mrs. Loyd were recommended by our local board and by thelr pastor, Dr. Shepard of the First Methodist Eptscopal church. Mr. Loyd was at that time deputy treasurer of Otoe county and was afterward elected treas. urer for two successive terms. His home was considered one of the representative homes of the city. During the years they lived in Nebraska, after Edna Acor was Placed with them, ‘she was repentedly vie- ted, as I8 our custom, by agents of the soclety, among them 'the state superin- tendent and Miss Irma G. Allen, one of the state workers. No intimation was ever recelved from her or anyone in the com- munity at any time that she was not well treated. The fullest opportunity was given for such disclosures, as our workers talked Wwith ‘her privately and once, loast, when the family were away from home. 8¢ far as we can learn she seemed happy and contented during her entire residence in Nebraska City. About February, 1902, Mr, Loyd moved to Enid, Okla., and In May of that year our state superintendent, Mr, uivey, was informed by Mr. Loyd that they were having some trouble with the irl and was requested to come and fmves- igate. Upon his arrival at Enfd he found that the girl had left her home and was r[rrulnfln? throughout the community storles of outrageous cruelty, inflicte upon her by her foster parents. Certain persons in the community had taken the matter up and were doing their utmost to create sentiment against the Loyds. Mr. Quivey made careful inquiry of Mr. an Mrs. Loyd as to thelr version of the story and found that in their efforts to control the girl they had found it necessary to punish her, which they did, but only such as they would have bestowed upon one of their own_children under the same circum- stances. He then questioned the girl and all who clalmed to know anything about the matter, examined the girl's body, in search of marks of the punishment. but could discover no proof of unusual or in- human punishment had been Inflicted. This ended the matter 8o far as our connection with It was concerned. The girl was sent to Colorado by those who had taken up her case and is now, we are informed, married. Example from Otoe County. The public will readlly understand that in the work we are engaged in we are con- #tantly llavle ta have entrusted to us, will- ful and untruthful children, whose training involves endls perplexities, often made greater by the Interference of relatives of & similar character. The following certificate will be of in- terest, as_indicating the judgment of citi- zens of Nebraska City, concerning the treatment of a girl In the home of Mr, and Mrs, Loyd for the six years from 1866 to 1902, It should be remembered that the allegations of cruelty now made, cover this period, as well as the few months of their residence at Enid, Okla. ‘‘We, the undersigned, citizsens of - Otoe county, Nebraska, residing In Nebraska Cit; do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles P. Loyd and wife; that we have known the id Loyd and wife for many years past; that we were also well acquainted with one Edna Acor, who was placed in the home of the sald Loyd by the Nebraska Children's Home so- clety on or about the 16th of June, 1806: That we were well acquainted “with, and know of our own knowledge, of the treat- ment of the said Loyd and wife toward the said Edna Acor, and that we belleve that the said Lloyd and wifo alway troated Edna Acor with kindness and gavi her the same kindly treatment and con- slderation as thelr own children, and that the sald Edna Acor received from them proper educational advantages and church firlvll-l‘l. and that we belleve that she ad a good home with the sald Loyd and wife in eve respect. ated Oc oberpg 1908. &Sil'nod.) rs. Eliza Krebs, 8. H. Fields, Davies, stettar, 8 T J. Dennis, Mrs. Thorpe, J. J. Hochs Mrs, J.' J. Hochstettar, J. 8. oy, Mre. J. & Darby, Mrs. A, H. Hutch- ins, A. B. Hutchins, Z. T. Wright, James Roed and Mrs. Jameés Reed. An lnstance from Oreg: The following afdavit from Mr. and Mrs. B, F. Morden of Portland, Ore., formerly of Nebraska City, and Who were close nelghbors and friends of the Loyds', will also show how they were esteemed and respected by their triends and those who new them: , State of Oregon, City of Portland, County of Multnomab-—ss.: Benjamin F. Morden and Elizabeth J. Morden, husband and wife, depose and say, each for himself and herself, that they are’ residents of said city of Portland, county and state aforesaid, and have been for two_ye: last past, and prior to mov- ing to Oregon were residents of Nebraska CI\{ Otoe county, Nebraska, where they resided for more than twenty (20) years prior to the 18th day of October, 191, at which time they left sald state of Ne- braska and have since resided in the state of Oregon. < These afilants further say that they have read the articles lished in the *Ne. braska Weekly Pre: 1803, under the caption { g also further state that tl c‘ ‘were well acquainted with the said C. P. Loyd and wife and Edna Acor, t tles named and referred to in said a 80 published. These affiants further say that frequent visitors at the home of C. P. Loyd and wife, during the time said Edna Acor was a_member of the family of C. P, Loyd and wife, and frequently saw said Edna Acor ~ during these visits and calls, and never at any time saw ln{lh‘n‘ bearing the slightest resemblance of mistreatment of saild Edna Acor by sald C. P, Loyd and wife, but that on the contrary sald Edna £ x Acor was kind and o ys treated by them in 3 rate mannet. the same as Iren to ) call s near nelghbors time they lived she would other; ° that at the residence of the sald Lo at almost any hour of the day, unan- nounced, being an intimate friend of the said Mrs. Loyd, they being members of t same socleties’ and had an excellent op. portunity to discover an the said Loyds of sald had been the case, This afant further states that the said Edna Acorfrequently atfended entertain: ments with the family of sald Loyd, and was dreased as neatly ns other girls f her age and in the home of sald Loyds' was treated the same as the rest of the family, o far as her knowledge extends. State of Oregon, Ciry of Portland, County of Multnomah, ss. Benjamin F. Mérden and Elizabeth J. Morden, beln duly sworn, depose and y that t have read the foregoing ements made by them jointly, and that the same are true, as they verily lieve, and the sald Elizabeth J. Morden says that the foregoing statements made by her indi- vidually are trie, as she verily believes BENJ. F. MORDEN, (SEAT . ELIZABETH J. MORDE! (SEAL) Subscribed fn my presonce and sworn to before me, the undersigned, at my office in the city of Portland, county and state aforesald, this 17th day of November, A D. 1%, J. 8. WELLS, Notary Public for Oregon. We also have on file in this office an aff- davit from Mr. C. P. Loyd denying ea and every allegation as to any mistreat- ment of Edna Acor. It is not our custom to pay attention to every little charge that we hear against the soclety, but on account of the open re- gort,in thé papers. and in justice to Mr. ,oyd and the socléty, we feit that an ex- planation was necessary, and we belleve that we have made it 'plain as to the charges against the socfety, both as to the management of the work génerally and the treatment of Bdna Acor while In the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Loyd. Respectfully submitted, DR. W. Q. HENRY, C. 8. PAINE, J. W. THOMAS, HOWARD H. BALDRIGE, T, J. MACKAY, P. HARFORD, Q. W, WATTLES, A. LANBING, - HUBERT C. HERRING, Officers and Members of the Board Trustees Neb. Children's Home Soclety. na Acor, if suc) of The New Short Line of the Chicago d Great Western Rallway Offers two finely equipped trains dally from Omaha and Council Bluffs to St. Paul and Minneapolis. The Flyer running every night to the Twin Citles is unexcelled for speed and comfort. The Day Bxpress iy the best train for Fort Dodge, Mason City and Austin. For further information apply to GEORGE F. THOMAS, General Agent, 1512 Farnam st, Omaha, Neb. RELIGIOUS, Rev. Mr. Cook of Concordia. Kan. has bought space in one of the papers pubiished there, making a year's contract at regular advertising rates and will print his sermons weekly. Rev. James William Adams, clergyman who ever won the Victorla cross, has just died in England. He won it during Roberts' march to Kandahar, rescuing two wounded lancers under the fire of the enemy. Canon Bernard Smith, one of the few sur- viving men identified with the Tractarian movement, of which Cardinal Newman was a contemporary, has just died at Marlow, England, In his 89th year. Episcopal Bishop Wifllam Paret of Balti more, Md., 18 quoted as saying that he fully agrees with Rev. Dr. J. 8. B. Hodges, reotor of Bt. Paul's Protestant Ep'scopal church, Baltimore, In his plea for simpler wedding: in the churches. Dr. B. F. De Costa, formerly guished Eplscopal minister of New York, who went to Rome last winter to study with a view of entering the Roman Catho- lic priesthood, has been obliged to g0 to {he northern part of Italy on agcount of his the only a distin- Parke Cochrane, who has years, s resent on a visit 'to {his country n Indlanapolis. His brother, :H\:u):' W, Cochrane, 18 still in rma, where he has been a missionas the last thirteen years. 4 vl There are new churches under way in the boroug! t Manhattan the of ,000. The Catholic churches represent one-fourth of this sum, the Presbyterians come next and the Epis- copalians third, In the Hlst 1§ the First Christlan Sclence church, cost $750,000, that 1s to be dedicated within a few weeks. Miss Edna Hall a talented woman of Guthrie, Okl., until recently a resi- dent of Richmond, Ind., has entered the uaker ministry and has accented a call to the church at Liberty, in Woods county, her state, For some time she has been under the tutelage of Mrs. Willlam M. Jenkins, wife of Oklahoma's ex-governor, and her- self a Quaker minister. Certain religlous organis in some parte of the union are setting thelr faces as flint nst the raising of money for churches through oyster suppers, bazaars, tableaus, games, fish ponds and the like, and are not in the least enthusiastic over church kitchens. Nevertheless the tendency toward multiplying attractions in the form of innocent cntertainments and festivals on weekday: ertainly growing stronger in countless parishes between Sandy Hook and San Francisco. The loaves and the shellfishes, the cates and the candies, flluminated pictures and other forms of {fltlnclllon bring together hosts of recep- ive souls. Rev. Dr, Newell Dwight Hillls, the New York grelchor who Is generally engaged In something more or less sensatl planned a series of ‘‘conferences” on im- portant questions of the day. He intends to ln\'lte}ufll!l, lawyers, editors and prom- ingnt business men fo take part in the dis- cussion of topics of interest. The confer- ences will take place in Plymouth church every Sunday {n January. e expenses of those from other cities who shall be wanted to participate will be guaranteed. The first conferonce will be upon “The Perils of Moral Illiteracy in a ublic.”” The secon on “The Place of A Sun It’ " For the other conferences Dr. Hillls will select subjects of equal importance. ) 78l (@l = @ T 3 EEE ‘Al [ REEEEEE Done Qut” . Never know what it is to be restful with a constant aching back. 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Seeing Doan’s Kidney Pills advertised, I got a box at Kuhn & Co’s drug store, corner 15th and Douglas streets, and before us- ing them many days the pains disappeared and I was finally cured. I never intend to be without a box of Doan’s Kid- ney Pills in my grip. I cannot speak too highly of this val- uable preparation.” THE OMAHA DAILY PRINCETON'S OWN PROPHET ““Hell Devils” 8killman, Who Helps Ont the Students with Tips FORETELLS THE SCORES ACCURATELY as to Accurate Information t Que Wil Be Asked Examination and Likes Gooa Roorze. G PRINCETON, N. J, Nov. 2.—(Specinl Correspondence.)—In this town lives the most extraordinary ‘of the picturesque campus personages noted among the big eastern universities, The eccentric “John the Orange Man,"” His counterpart at Princeton, “Jimmy Odoriferous,” an ancient and gylzzled negro, who sold peanuts to the students and lald title to the age of 11§, was an- other. More curfous than either is “Hell Devil” Skillman of Princeton, as the fol- lowing narrative will show. “Hell Devil" was mentioned in the press dispatches a few days ago for foretelling the score of the Princeton-Yale foot ball game. To Captain John DeWitt of the Tiger eleven three days before the en- counter, he wrote, “Remember what I say, Princeton will win, 11 to 6." And that s what the Tigers did. This {s the first time that “Hell Devil” Skiliman attained to the fame of newspaper | comment, but the prophecy Is but one of an interminable list, and the fact that they all come true is what makes the man re- markable, too skeptical to trust to “Hell Devil's" strange power of second sight mdde snug little sums betting on the tips he gave them on athletic events, and procrastina- tors who deferred study till the night be- fore examinations often were enabled to pass by “Hell Devil's” marvelous knack of selecting the passages and questions in a subject which professors were certain to ask on the morrow. As “Hell Devil” is so little acquainted with the subjects of a university curricu- Jum that he wouldn't know a chemical element or a logrithm from a two-step or a touch down, his methods of ascertaining what the examination is to be Is interest- ing as it is simple. How He Works Ex “Boys, I don’t know nothing 'bout these studies of yourn,” says “Hell Devil,” “ca’cu- lus, chemistry, histology @nd ethics is all Greek to me, just you put down the num- bers." By that “Hell Devil” means to write on a | plece of paper the numbers of possible or probable questions and subjects. He then ponders over the figures sometimes an hour, selecting numbers from the group and then erasing and exchanging them When his list is completed it is a moral certainty that the numbers he has jotted down on a slip of paper represent pas- sages which will be found on the examina- tion papers next day. The lads who belleved in “Hell Devil and profited by him were few at first and much laughed at by their friends. But that was long ago. It s quite the common thing nowadays to regard ‘Hell Devil” as the university oracle and hold a consultation with him on all such momentous under- akings as picking tho winners of foot ball and base ball games, crew races and the like. Ard great as his use in these finan- clal projects 1s, “Hell Devil” is even more indispensable as a short cut to a diploma to those indisposed to study. How “Hell Devil" came to be discovered 15 an interesting story. It happened in the fall of 1897. *Hell Devil" is comical in ap- pearance and fond of being joked by the collegians. He used to prowl about the campus nights in quest of the cheery glare of lamps where he might be welcome to smoke & pipe of borrowed tobacco and be- come the butt of jests. Being a southern town. Princeton is a place where negroes are numerous, and among the colored peo- ple “Hell Devil” already was known for his abllity to predict truly. Prophesied a Defeat. In old Edwards hall, rooming en sulte, were several of the Tiger athletes. In their rooms “Hell Devil” felt that he was often- est welcome. One night he rapped on the door about the hour for finishing study and retiring. Walter Cowles Booth, who fs coaching the University of Nebraska foot ball eleven this fall and was then center on the Tiger team, was one of the group. Arthur T. Hillebrand, head coach at Prince- ton this season, then a tackle, was an- other. Edgar C. Holt, one of the assistant coaches at Princeton this fall, was there, also Lou B. Palmer, end in 158 and 1599, and “Boss” Reiter, a halfback. Charles H. Kilpatrick, the New York Athletic club half-miler, whose fastest time against the English distance men at Travers' fsland still stands as a world's record, had just matriculated -at Princeton and, with Johnny Crogan, the New York Athletic club's fidetest miler, helped to entertain and discover “Hell Devil” that night. “John, there's a bootblack over here at the university who tells me you can tell what is going to happen on all occasions. Which will win, Princeton or Yale?" asked Booth during the conversation. ‘Hell Devil's" reply to the center rush. “It looks bad, You ask me for the truth, I'll give it to you. Yale's going to win that game 6 to 0." As the Tigers had an eleven that made a splendid record in the early part of the season with many of the veterans of the year before, when Princeton won 2 to 6, “Hell Devil's" prophecy was heard with incredulous smiles. The Princeton men had occaslon to remember “Hell Devil” on a memorable afternoon at New Haven not long afterward, when the crippled Tigers were unable to stop the snaky Charlie De- saules' innumerable runs and the Elis brought the encounter to a close with ex- actly the margin foretold by “Hell Devil." “You were pretty lucky on that foot ball game, try your hand on this examination,” remarked Booth to Skillman not long after the Incident mentioned. In a *“De Sone- chute” examination Booth studied just the passages selected by “Hell Devil” and passed at the head of his class. It was not long before “Hell Devl)" was tutor of the whole Junta club, the sophomore organiza- tion to which Booth belonged. From the club his reputation spread to the university at large. Many is the time a crowd of stu- dents diligently “cramming” for an examl- nation despaired of covering the necessary ground and sent post haste for “Hell Devil" to pick out the matter on which the examil- nation would touch. Noth Like His Name, “Hell Devil" gets his formidable name by antithesis. He is small and deferential His towsily red beard and hair are streaked with gray and his clothes are dust-spotted and worn shiny by age. “Hell Devil" makes a lving by conveying in a dilapidated wagon the truriks and baggage of the s dents from the village depot to the rooms on the campus. He used to be a teamster with & big patronage, but “Hell Devil” lost most of his trade on account of an escapade when the Clevelands moved to Princeton Skillman was employed by Grover Cleve- land to cart all the Cleveland possessions from the freight house to the Stockton home, which the Clevelands purchased. I making up 4 load one evening ‘‘Hell Devi observed several pecullar-looking casks done up in burlap. He also detected the invigorating evidence of fine old wines and brandies within. 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Then look through the Want Ads pearing in these the quotation; Then write n by the VALUE. .$50.00 10.00 .10.00 8.00 6.00 6.00 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 11.50 1.50 1.25 1.25 Get R eady It Begins Monday Address: Bee Want Ad Dept., Omaha ..00.0000OOOOOOOQOOOQOOOOOOQ"M. $217.75 ELUILLLLY —_— ‘When a student who once lived in the same block with the Cleveland's at Buffalo hap- pened along as Skillman was loading the wagon and told him that Grover Cleve- land's wine cellar is the best in Amerida, “Hell Devi®™ was beset by temptations. It happened that night on the way to the Cleveland house with the precious load a ‘wheel came off the wagon and the falling casks broke. It happened also that the ac- cident took place very close to the domicile of “Hell Devil" and a searching party made up of freight house employes was unable to get trace of “Hell Devil” or the casks till daylight. He was then found back of the stable slumbering soundly as the tra- ditional sleeping beauty and several hun- dred dollars of Grover Cleveland's cholsest wines would not be returned to the casks. This was considered a closed incident be- fore it was even opened, as residents of Princeton are most of them staunch Presby- terfans with a leaning to prohibition and any Interference with “Hell Devil” might have led to the disclosure of informatien regarding the Cleveland wine cellar, about which the proprietor was reticent. THE FagT TRAWS CALIFORNIA ARE OVER Union Pacific And via Omaha reach their destination sixteen houre quicker than any other line, ' wo HROUGH RAINS DAILY Handsomely Equipped with Puliman Palace Sleeping Cars. Free Reclining Chalr Cars. Buffot Smoking and Library Cars. Tourist Sleeping Cars a Speoclalty. Dining Cars, Meals a la carte. Pintsch Light—Steam Heat, otc. 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