Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 21, 1910, Page 7

o ——— - - L . ...&«.:::n- Accomntant. Have Swol 1850 —Wational Ldfe Insurames Oo—1910 Charies B. Ady, General Agent. Omaha Store Your Fine Furs in moth t 'vlulu Nominal dost. 1 tg:;y Bvery Dolisr Fisoed with the Nebraska - @avingd and Loas Ass'n helps to earn an- other. Six PP Ceit per annum credited semi-annually, 106 Board of Trade Bldg. Melp the Oenwus Man—Supervisor of Census Charles L. Baunders asks that par- ties knowing the family history of persons who have léft the city temporarily will kindly send A4k such Information to the pensus bureadi in the federal buliding. It §s the wish of the census department to get as accurate & census of the population ot Omaha as possible, and to this end the assistance of all g60d citizens is requested. Brogan Mepresents Omaha—Omaha's ropresentative on the speakers’ program at the annual @inner of the Nebraska State Association af Commercial clubs at Colum- pus, April 28, will be Francis A. Brogan. | Fits subject Will be, “Taw and Business.” ‘Agoouncement has not been made of the 1 &Py eveakets, Town-"Omaha { surely the market town for the whole “west/* said N, P\ Dean at the Commercial | club, *“Last Baturday I recetved by res- | fatered mall, ten watches from Tillamook, Ore, to be répaired, Think of that, within few miles of Portland Just how Omaba eta this business s hard to figure out un- less by reasom of the favorable advertising 1 1t gets throughi our trade excursions.” Oollision fnjures Xirk—C. J. Kirk, an expressman, . was knocked from his wagon Ldt Twenty-fourth and Leavenworth streets w»i—c-y afternoon by & rear-end col- Yisionk, With S&n automobfle, which sped Away from the scens of the aceident. Kirk was removed to his home, 20 Charles strcet. He noted the pumber of the ma- chine, which he says was driven by a man with & woman passenger, The police are looking for the machine, Graln Company Makes Meturn—The Ne- praska-lows Grain company is the first grain corporation to make its presence known in the office of the county assessor. ¢ The return shows §36,610 worth of personal ! property, The law firm of MoGliton, Gaines & Smith is running Sullivan & Rait close for putting in a law library at some- where near the true valuation, the last named having some time ago reported $700, and MecGiiton, Gaines & Smith now return- ing 9650. Prinoe Boy Lak is Coming—Henry Sling, ‘the Union Pacific’s Chinese agent, visited ihe general offices Wednesdny, prepara- i tory to making & trip to San Francisco, where he will meet the party, consisting of the Chinese minister, his son and secre- tary, wbo are on their way to San Fran- -eisco to escort Prince Boy Lak to Washing- fon, where he expects to meet President Matt. The Chinese prince is coming to | America to study American methods of ! maintaining the military, More Chauges in New York Life Build- | dng—New owners of the New York Life * building have taken out & second permit isfor work to the smount of $0,000, to be @one on the structure, in preparing it for the Omaha National bank, which is to take about June 1. The first permit for the amount of $35,000, making a sotal of 75,000 in all to be spent on altera- glons and improvements, With probably more to come yet, On the mew plumbing one $12,000 is being spent, which means a ties, Arab patrols were present from every of the country and kept things mov- g One thing that impressed Postmaster homas & little out of the ordinary was {that ‘New Oricans with 300,00 population, m&mmwmmm than |, Mark Twaln Growing Weaker. REDDING, Conn., April 20.—The condition of Siersens (Mari ), Who s seriously Il of angina pectoris at his Eon was_reported {PROIlSES FOR INDEPENDENT | Receiver Abbott SBays "Phone Company | Will Show Some Speed. | Lysie L Abbott receiver for the Inde- | pendent Telephone company, has returned | from Chicago, where he was buying sup- | plies for the South Omaha and Florence plants. He says that a record is going to be made in installing the South Omaha plant, The two-story, brick, cement and | steel fireproof buflding must be completed | by May 10, and the supplies are expected | 1o be all here by May 1, ready for installa- | tior. a8 soon as the building is ready to re- eetve them. “By the latter part of this week,” sald Mr. Abbott, e expect to have about 300 men on the job, laying condult material. In & few days I expect that I will be able to name the date when telephone communi- cation will be established with the South Omaha plant. Construction Manager F. E. | Ebersole and I have been to Chicago, and | Monday and Tuesday we let the contracts for several carloads of material. Twelve | carloads of poles, thirty-two of conduit, fourteen of cable and one of miscellaneous stuff will soon be on their way here. “The important thing in connection with | the installation of such-a plant is to get the instruments, that is, the telephones, themselves. In this we were most for- tunate, We succeeded in getting the manu- facturers to let us have two carloads of equipment, Including 1,000 phones and ma- terial for installing 5,000, which was about | to be shipped to another firm. It bas been | agreed that the instruments will e here by May 1, which is as soon as we dan use them. Arrangements have been made with the raflroads to ship ail of our goods on express time, and they have guaranteed that the materfal will be here within two days after it is shipped In Chicago.” ’John C. Troutan is Chosen for Trainor’s Place Former Police Captain of South Omaha Elected to Vacancy in County Board. John C. Troutan is elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners to suc- ceed P, J. Trainor, who resigned to be- come mayor of South Omaha. Mr. Troutan's election took place Wednes- day at noon and was unanimous. It is re- ported that mone of the three members of the electoral board, County Judge Leslle, County Clerk Haverly and County Treas- urer Furay, inclined strongly to the sup- port of any other candidate than the man chosen. “Troutan has a good many friends in South Omaha, Who came to the front for him,” said Judge Leslle, discussing the choice of the board. ‘“The other candidates have friends, of course, but they were not enthustastic enough to make themselves known as ardent in support.” : The sucoesstul candidate has been cap- taln of policé in South Omaha and at pres- ent Is an inspector Of pavements for South Omaba. ' S — Counterfeit Dollars buy trouble, but a genuine quarter buys Dr. King’s New Lite Pills for constipation, malaria and jaundice. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. | The efficucy of Cramberiain's Liniment 1n the relief of rheumatism Is being demon- strated daily. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Dr. James Irvin was called to Minnesota Tuesday by the death of his sister. Lieutenant Collins of the Eighth cavalry, who was operuted upon for appendiel; the Fort Omaha L 18 along nicely, He is stationed a Robinson. The report made to the comptroller under date of March 29, 1910, shows that this bank has Time Certificates of » Deposit $2,034,278.61 3% % Interest Q\I on certificates running for twelve months. dirst National] Bankof Omaha When a McKibbin hat you’re wearing Words of praise you're always hearing! i?.lks’ New Héxfie Dedicated with Formal Ritual Local Lodge to Dedicate New Home with Pomp and Ceremony Pl The Elks' lodge and ciud rooms in the ©Omaha Elks' Home building, formerly the Granite block, are to be formerlly opened Thursday #fterncon with a reception. In the evening the ritualistic dedication by the Elks will be held. The reception Thursday afternoon is to the Elks, thelf familles and invited friends. The guests will be received by Sidney W. Smith, exalted ruler; Gould Dietz, vice pres- ident of the Elks' building company; Mrs. || Dietz, General and Mrs. Charles F. Man- derson, Judge and Mrs. E. Wakeley, Rev. George A. Beecher and Mrs Beecher, Mayor and Mrs. James C. Dahlman and Mr. and Mrs. Willlam I Kierstead. Judge James U. Sammis of LeMars, Ta., grand exalted ruler of the Elks, Is to arrive at 3:30 in the- afternoon, and will be present at the close of the afternoon function and through the ritualistic serv- ices of the evening. He will be entertained at dinner at the Henshaw at 6 o'clock by the officers of the Omaha lodge. Flowers and shrubs will decorate the rooms for the reception. Music will be furnished by Dimick's orchestra. Refresh- ments wil be served. Daughters of the members will assist at the punch bowls. The dedicatory ceremon) will begin at 8 o'clock In the evening. A large number of the members of the lodge at Council Bluffs will be present. There will also be visitors from Lincoin, Fremont, Platts- mouth, Nebraska City, Shenendoah, Ia., and St. Joseph, Mo. The visiting Elks in Omaha are invited to the ceremony. Arthur C. Wakeley will be orator of the,evening. Clinton Miller's Elks' quartet will\furnish the vocal music. Judge Sammis will make the official greeting to the members in at- tendance. Admission Wwill be by Elks' cards. After the close of the ceremonial refreshments will be served. The function will be one of full dress for the officers of the lodge, while the matter of garb is op- tional with other members. T. B. McPherson, president of the Elks' building company will not be present. He was called away from the city by business affairs of importance. ‘Shippcrs Oppose Change in Rates Storm of Protest from Omaha Men Over Increase Proposed for Returning Goods. The proposed change in rates on re- turned shipments is causing such & storm of protest among Omaha shippers, espe- clally dealers in implements, vehicles and wind mills, that the Interstate Commerce commission has announced that public hearings will be held on the matter, per- taining to the rules, reghlations and prac- tices respecting the transportation of re- turned shipments and the rates governing them. As an example of the change, agri- cultural implements returned have taken a rate of 50 per cent of what it cost to ship the goods out. Hearings have been assigned to Minne- epolis on April 22 and at Chicago on April %. They will be held before Examiner Lyon. The low rates will be canceled May 1, unless immediate action is taken. In addition to Implements, many other articles are atfected In the samo way. Essay Medals Az Awarded Miss Helen Davis and Robert Steh- low Take Prizes in High School Contests, Miss Helen Davis won the gold medal offered by the Daughters of the American Revolution for the best essay written by an Omaha High school girl, and Robert Strehlow won the one offered by the Sons of the Revolution for the best essay writ- ten by an Omaha High school boy. This essay coutest is an annual event in the Omaha High school, but this year the two organizations combined and the same subject was given to both the boys and girls. The subject offered was, “Resolved, That the Treatment of the Loyalists of the Revolution was Justifiable.” The girls debated the affirmative side of the argu- ment and the boys the negative side. Besides the winners of the, contest being announced, honorable mention was ma of six boys and six girls who had written especially good essays. These were Orville Andrews, Willam Grodinsky, Wilson Hel- ler, Wiliam Sandy, Maurice Shillington, Laurence Wilbur, Helen Davidson, Alice Gideon, Edith Neale, Amy Nelson, Irene Shepard and Florence Smith. HAVENS NEW CONGRESSMAN Democrats Are Successful im Thirty- Second Distriet of New v York. ROCHESTER, N. Y., April 20.—More than 18,000 voters of Monroe county changed from the republican to the democratic column today and elected the first democratic con- gressman that has represented the Thirty- second district In twenty yesrs. James S Havens, a demoerat, running on the tar- iff reform platform. defeated Georsge W. Aliridge, for a score of years the ruler of county republican organizations, by §%0 ‘votes, THURSDAY APRIL 21, 1910. Some Things You Want to Know l For more than a month the news of the |day has been enlivened with reports from different sections of the country recount- Ing fests of endurance at so-called “Mar- athon dances,” in which the terpsichorean marvels are sald to have danced from eight to fifeeen hours continuously. In more than one inftance the police have intarfered. But how trivial seem these efforts when compared with the truly re- markable feats of endurance performed by the Indian braves of the plains! For the Sloux, the Cheyenne and the Arapahoe tribes a dance of seventy-five hours was not an infrequent event in the old day when the Indians were allowed to cele- brate their victories in orgles of blood and torture, The most striking of all Indian dances 's known as the “Medicine Danee,” which now has passed into history. Original the medicine man, or doctor, was the dic- tator of these dances. Usually about once & year he sent out his call to the war- riors of the tribe, naming those indivia- uals whom he wished to dance in this ceremony of divination, for the medicine dance was not a ceremony of devotlon, but rather a sort of American “Delpifg | Oracle™ to determine what were to be the |fortunes of war, the state of the crops and the health of the tribe. _ ‘When all the warrior dancers were as- | semblea they marched to the Hoch-e yum, or lodge of the cotton-wood poles, beneath which a eircle of about twenty feet in Qiameter was roped off. The dancers assembled in this ring. Then be- gan the beating of the tom-toms and the Indlans, slowly hopping from one foot to | the other, began to make the circult of the central pole, from which was sus- | pended a two-faced image, one of the | faces representing “the ‘“‘Bad Medicine | and the other representing the “Good Med- leine.” During the dance the women and chil- dren of the village would gather around the roped circle and shout encouragement to the dancers. After about ten or twelve hours of this ordeal the dancers would begin to drop from exhaustion. As soon a8 & warrior was overcome he would be seized by the feet and dragged from the circle. The medicine man would bend over him and paint symbolic figures over his body, which was always naked except for the breech clout. If these symbols 4id not revive him he was hauled from bereath the lodge and water was thrown in his face. This usually caused the war- rior to revive and he would be ordered back Into the circle to continue the dance, unless the medicine man could be persuad- d by the members of the dancer's family, through the gift of ponies, blankets or beads, to allow him to retire. It is estimated that ordinarily, if 100 war- | riors were in a dance, fifty would drop out before the end of thirty hours, and another twenty-five by the end of the forty-eighth hour. Usually from ten to fifteen survived to the fourth day, or the seventy-fifth | hour. During this long period there was no rest, no sleep, no eating and no drink- ing. No warrior was ever required to per- form the medicine dance a second time, however. Usually one daheer was selected for every 100 inhabitants. After the waning of the power of the medicine man these dances were continued but the participants were always volun- teers and these were confined to young men who were anxious o' impress some of the young women df theotribe with their prowess, or some warrior who wanted to do penance for a suppOSEA™transgression, or else some person anxious to propitiate the evil spirit and restore the: health of some member of his family. Usually the volunteers were the young bucks who Joined in the ceremony chiefly because it was “the thing to do'—fashionable, in other words. X After the dances there were the seif-in- flicted tortures of the young men of the tribe who were anxious to be rolled as full- fledged warriors. These ordeals were truly remarkable. A lad of 16 would be examined by the medi- cine man and there would be a council to determine how much torture he ought to be able to endure. He wouid lay bare his breast and the medicine man, armed with a broad bladed knife would make two in- cisions in each breast, about one inch apart and about four inches long. The flesh and muscle would be lifted away from the bone, and beneath these two strips would be passed & horsehair rope, about three-quarters of an inch In cireum- ference. Then, fastened by his own flesh the young man would be tied to the top of the central pole of the lodge, with about ten feet of play, and would be required to remain there until he could tear himself loose. Sometimes If the youth were par- ticularly robust he would be suspended three or four feet above the ground and would be required to remain until through his own exertions or the softening of the tissues, he was able to break the cords of flesh and muscle. No food or water was | given to the would-be warriors during this ordeal. As s00n as they succeeded in breaking loose the victims usually | plunged into a river or lake to cool their Indian Dances, fevered flesh, and after this their wounds were & by the medicine man, The herbs used“were of such a healing quality that the young braves generally recovered within three or four weeks. If during this torture there was any outery of pain on the paft of the sufferer, he was released and sent away in diagrace, thenceforth to be known as & “woman man” ‘and made to 8o the work of woman. Such a man was never allowed to marry or hold prop- erty. The medicine dance among the Stoux In- | dians was known as the sun dance. In all of the Indian dances there is practically fio variety in the movement of the legs. The feet are kept close together and the whole Wwelght rests upon the ball of the foot, the heels being free from the ground. There is & rising and falling of the shoulders to the beating of the tom-toms. This form of exercise Ia particularly trying on the mus- cles of the ealves of the legs and while an Indian can keep up the movement all night and seem perfectly fresh in the morn- Ing & White man is utterly exhausted at the end of half an hour of this sort of exer- tion. From the time when “Davia danced be- fore the Lord,” dancing has been an fm- portant part in religious observances of every race and students of customs even trace the rising and kneeling for prayer on the part of Christians as an embryonic, or perhaps mote properly a decadent, form of dancing. At any rate, the Indians had man: forms of religious dances, one of the mot Interesting being the green corn dance of the Florida Seminoles. In many respects this dance seems to link the red man with the Greeks and Romans of 3,00 years Ago, when harvest time was eele- brated with the dance to Cerella, followed by the orgies devoted to Venus. One of the most grewsome of all Indlan ceremonles i the scalp dance, now prac- tically unknown. Warrlors returning with their bloody trophies retired to a place near the village and stretched the skins from the heads of their victims around the edge of hoops. Willow poies ten or twelve feet long were then stripped and the hoops tied to the ends of these, after which the warriors marched Into the village, set their poles upright in a circle and began their weird nopping dance about the gory trophies, keeping time to the tom-toms. As the dance proceefied the warriors would grow wild with the thought of the battle and each man in turn would narrate the story of his com- bat, all the time going through the most extravagant antics. Among the most curlous customs of the Indians were the “begging dances.” These ‘were really civilization's old-fashioned sur- prise parties, and the participants were two tribes tecently at war with each other, but at peace when the dance took place. The surprising tribe would swope down upon the friendly village with every evidence of hos- tility, and the surprised tribe often was at a loss to know the intention of the visitors untll they assembled in the center of the village and bégan their dance. Then the unwilling hosts assembled around the per- formers who from time to time darted out and embraced the onlookers. Each host so embraced was in duty bound to bestow upon upon the dancing visitor some pres- ent, These begging dances practically bank- rupted the host tribe, for it was a point of honor that the beggars should be royally rewarded. During the 8ry season on “the plaifis/ which frequgntly extends over a period of elght months, social dances are much in vogue among the tribes, there sometimes being as many as five a week. These dances have been compared to our own favor germans. The entertainments are never formal. A youth will begin to pouna upon & tom-tom at dusk and the guests begin to assemble at his family's teepe. The men drift in together by ones and twos and take their seats at one end of the teepe and the women assemble in the same manoer. After all are assembled the drum 1s struck by one of the young bucks, and all the other dancing men, grouped dround the drum, begin to beat time with drum sticks mbout two feet long. Then one of the girls will rise and go over to the group of men, taking one by the hand. They will go to the center of the teepe and begin to dance with thelr arms about each other, such a8 the white man does In his round dance. Finally they separate and the girl chooses another man, and the man another girl, both of the new dancers join- Ing each other In the center of the teepe and continuing. In the “kissing dance” the fun is in- creased because each girl has to kiss her partner. White men who attend these dances aré often selected to take part fn the “kissing” feature, and the only way in which they can avold paying the for- feit is to glve the chooser something, usually & nickel. As soon as It is discov- ered, however, that the victim is willing to pay for his release he is choosen each time and a pocketfull of small eofns s barely sufficient for the osculatory fayors showered upon him. By FPREDERIC J. HASKIN. Tomorrow—Making s Garden.” |Battalions Meet in Track Events Preliminary to the Big Contests to Be Waged Later in the Year. Omaha High school will hold its annual Battalion meet In track athletics next Sat- urday at the Omaha Driving park, near Courtland beach. The meet will be more of a trial practice of all the track men in school than a regular contest. Each of the three military battalions in the ecadet regiment will have a team to represent it, and the band and bugle corps will combine to try and defeat the others. By means of this event and the annual ————————————————— class meet to be held on Aprll 29, Coach Carns expects to be ablo to pick the track squad to represent Omaha in the Int scholastic State meet to be held at Lin- coln on May 6. Ho stated yesterday that he thought that "over seveny-five athletes would be out for competition next Satur- day. & series of twelve events will be run off Saturday for the High school lads to con- test for, the list being practically the same as wil be used in the big school meets to be held later in the spring, including pole vault, 120-yard hurdles, 100-yard dash, mile run, running high jump, 0 yard run, 2m yard hurdles, 220 yard dash, twelve pound hammer throw, $80 yard run, twelve pound shotput, and runnfng broad jump. Real Estate Men "to Help Census Resolztion for Co-Operation with Enumerators Passed at.Meeting of Exchange Members, A resolution was adopted at the meeting of the Omaha Real Estate exchange Wed- nesday noon signifylng a desire on the part of the members to assist the census enumerators as much as possible in making the count of Omaha's popilation. Every member who has not filled out one of the blanks was required to do so &t once in order to expedite the work as much as possible. George C. Morton talked to the meeting on “Improvement of Residence Property.” He expreesed himself as being heartily in favor of the platting of new additions and the establishment of street grades before the sale of the property begun. He was especially iu favor of the establighment of « grade which would have to be sanctioned by the blty enginecr | ore accepled as an Children are very apt to become round | healthful positions when standing or sit- Relieve yourselt of all worry of ting. 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