Omaha daily bee., 1891-10-19
INCLINED no DEFEND.
Breach OF Promise suit Against
Lincoln Citizen.

BrcaCh oil Promise suit Against u
Lincoln Citizen.
LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. l~S.-TSpocial to THE
BEE. The 81, $50 breach VI promise case in
which Emmanuel Van Campen figured as the
falthless lover aud Miss Caroline Haarala as
the injured maiden, again intrudes itself on
tho public. This time Emmanuel has some
thing to say. He objects to the jurisdiction
OF tho court in the case for the reason
that a summons has never been legally
served on him, having left Nebraska
December 0 with the intention never
to return again to DO a citizen.
In substantiatiou of this allegation he pro.
duccs several afidavits, one of Thorn by Nose
Van Camper, his father. To enter this Oh.
lection Emmanuel appeared IN court. Usually
in a case when tho defendant makes an ap.
pearanco 1t signifies that the issues are
joined. But in this case the defendant dc.
clares that ne appears merely for the purpose
of Directing, or in other words no has app
peared but not appeared-an anomaly known
only in law.
CRITICIZED POET LOWELL.
At the meeting of the city teachers yester-
day James Russell Lowell, tho doad poet,
was the subject of discussion. One teacher,
Prof. Austin, took occasion to Jump upon tho
litterateur in a savage manner. He pointed
out q number of alleged weak points in
LowelPs character and declared that no man
with such weaknesses could he great. IIo
then branded the poet as being dishonest in
his brief political career and scored him for
accepting the position of minister to the
court OF st. James instead of combining him
self strictly to the work OF q professor and
literary man.
This onslaught stirred up something OF n
small cyclone among tho other teachers,
many of tnom admirers of Lowell, and they
gave Austin such a whlrl that he will not
soon forget 1T.
One of the teachers prefaced his idea of
the poet in these words "Lowel's keen
sense of the responsibilities of citizenship
added to his native genius made him from
early Hfe-in the true and uudegraded sense
OF the word-a politician, and an effective
one, as well as u statesman whose writings
are an arsenal OF human frcedom.n
This sentiment was greeted with prolonged
applause.
ODDS AND ENDS.
There are 125 cadets in the military de-
partment of the Wesleyan university and 1T5
in the State university, making a grand total
of 300 in the city.
All bids for the erection of the new IL
brary building at tho State university have
been rejected, and consequently no work will
be done this fall.
No word has yet been received of the mis-
sing councilman, H.. NJ. Rice. His best
friends are 10th to believe that he would de-
sert his family and business simply because
he had lost heavily at cards. He has not
been heard of for a month.
Mrs. Ida Walters has been granted a
divorce from her husband Gustave, on the
grounds of cruelty and desertion. He did
not appear.
Thomas Wllloughby, the ex-convict, is
lighting the petition of his wife Mary for II
divorce.
A defective hue caused a 500 blaze last
night in the home Of S.. A.. Payne, Eleventh
and q streets.
AS Clyde w. Warfel has failed to obev the
orders of the court as to the payment Of
alimony TO his wife pending divorce proceed
ings, the judge has ordered the suit brought
brought by Clyde TO be dismissed.