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Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-05
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

Teh latest electric inventions are a bed
warmer and a pedometer for warming cold
feet in bed. The sensation ought to be
pleasant. provided the current Is not sub
ject to unexpected variations.
An English woman who had hidden
bag Of money, about 5000 worth in Chin
ney, forgot where it was when she wanted
to use it and charged her son with stealing
it, In wrath he left the house and has
never been heard from since, few
days ago a chimney sweep found the money
where she had put it and gave 1t to her.
Now she is sorry.
In the researches he made while gathering
statistics for his book on colonial furniture
the late DR.. Lyon came across a curious
legend about the introduction of mahogany
into England. 1t seems that Dr. Gibbon,
who was a London physician early In the
seventeenth century, had some mahogany
planks imported from the West Indies with
the idea of grinding them up for use as
substitute for Peruvian bark, which was
just gaining vogue as medicine Finding
the wood unservlceable as medicine, he had
a cabinet-maker construct box of one OF
the planks, and the beautiful grain of the
wood pleased him so that he had bureau
made OF the same material. All London
hocked to see 1t, and the wood came into
immediate use among the furniture makers.
IT took the girls of Equinunk, Pa, whole
week to raise $500 for their new church by
chopping wood but the girls OF Susquehanna
purpose showing their Napoleonlc financial
abilities by raising an equal amount In
single night by means Of "hugging bee"
The schedule Of prices ranges from cents
for old maids to 81 for widows. Some OF the
more conservative members of the church
are objecting to the plan. but the girls say
the kick comes from that portion of the con-
gregation that could not be kissed at any
price, and declare they will have the hugging
bee or leave the church. 1t is suggested that
the factions compromise by making II
leap year bee, so that those of the girls
who are opposed to the hugging may have
the privilege of Withholding their endear-
ments.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-05

tian church. Dante and Milton have had
more to do with the teaching on this subject
than Christ and his apostles, and the the
ology OF the past and much OF the present
Is founded on Dante's Inferno and Millions
Paradise Lost" rather than on the written
words of holy scripture. Very small and
poor would be our Easter Joy IL we could
think that any life which God has given
coHld be doomed to eternal tortures in such
a material hell as that Of Dantes. and very
reluctantly would even the saintliest soul
desire to leave this earth life, poor as It is,
Tor the monotonous and aspiration killing
existence of a heaven, where every employ
ment is confined to playing on golden harps
and never ending songs OF praise. No! We
believe that even as on earth the deepest
punishments are spiritual, not material so
Will 1t be in heaven and that as on earth a
lie OF loving service is mans highest and
best, so in the life to come our highest
powers viii be forever engaged in acts of
loving service to those who need our help
The highest ever serving the lowest and all
growing, growing, growing, in the boundless
lie OF That better land, until at the last
an eyes snail behold the king in his beauty.
The new vision Of death which has come
upon the Christian world has transfigured
lts gloomy portals into radiant bars of light
and now we know that death means life. a
life that knows no cessation no waiting for
these poor earthly bodies ere we shall be
permitted to grow and serve. hut that clothed
upon with our real resurrection bodies, we
start at death on career that knows no
WEAKNESS, no bounds, and that will
abundantly satisfy all the hungry craving of
our hearts. Saint Paul declares of that
future life, "as one star differeth from an
other star in glory, so also is the resurrec-
ton OF the dead" No two stars in that
grand zone of worlds alike, and no two
souls exactly alike. The wise and the ig-
norant Will not shine alike in that world Of
spiritual influences. The pure and the i'm
pure will not be on the same plane. The
progress that we have made here below
in the spiritual life will determine our point
of departure in that other life and the place
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-05
REV. HOWARD MAC AYEAL,
congregational

The Effect of the Resurrection on Pract!-
cal Life. Man must die. His l,fe vanishes as
the morning cloud or the early dew. Death
is fundamental to all his experience. 1t is
so practical an affair that all life is ordered
by its rule Every day of life with its
activity; every plan for maintenance of self
and family; every movement in performance
Of life's duties, looks forward to the quiet Of
the tomb. when 'our days darg is done"
Death is not a debt paid to nature. Rather,
II is unnatural Proof abundant of this is
seen in the universal desire to live: in the
desire of every age for immortality. This is
the worlds desire. No one questions in our
day the deductions drawn from the study of
phenomena in the world about u.s. 1.-The
heavens declare the glory of God'-"day
unto day uttereth speech"-GOd speaks to us
In his world The universal and intuitye
belief in Immortality; the sense OF vast in
justice in this life; the unfinished work and
livea here in the flesh; the seeming separa-
tion of the body and soul, each with distinct
powers; these, and many other things, point
like index fingers to life beyond the grave.
Blot out this belief and IL would be the
nlghtfall of the darkest day the world has
ever seen, with not CLEAN OF gold to gid
the gloom. nor a single beacon of promise to
guide earth's weary travellers across the
nght-enshrouded desert Of life.
This. however, is not sufficient The soul
cries for certainly. and the Easter-tide be-
comes most practical in that its lesson is the
teaching of certainties bringing rest to the
heart and life. In its blessed light we may
go from strength to strength unwearled,
drinking from the full pools Of grace by the
way, Easter does this:
First. 1t certihes TO our religion. Godet
said OF the resurrection Such an event in
cludes everything, or else Christianity has
no existence" Splnoza once said: IF /
could believe the resurrection. | should be-
come Christian at once" Our whole civil
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-05
WHEN WE GROW OLD.

VIII T. Hale in Memphis Appeal.
There's much to cheer in well spent lives
and yet.
When we grow old,
Somehow round sunniest scenes will cling
regret.
When we grow old.
As years accumulate, there seems an air
OF something lacking, strangely cold and
bare
o lessend circle, and vacant chair,
When we grow old!
The lack of sympathy makes living drear.
When we grow old!
If we could oftener feel its precious cheer,
We force content-our hearts on other days.
We smie-with thoughts beyond the starry
ways:
o the long waiting for some absent face,
When we grow old!
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-05
PRACTICAL LESSONS
OF EASTER. *
A Symposium on a Pertinent Topic,

OF all the festivals in the ecclesiastical
caltndnr. that OF Easter is regarded as the
mos; important. 1t has dual Significance
the spiritual and the temporal; the one typi-
fyinr the future and better life promised
mankind: the other, a revival OF all nature
after period Of apparent death. 1t is,
therefore. festival Of Joy that appeals to the
believer and the unbelever, to the material
as well as to the spiritual, and embodies In
both triumph over death,
"What are the practical lessons Of Eastern
The Bee addressed the question to num-
ber Of Omaha representative clergymen'
prominent in their respective denominations
and has been favored with the following re-
sponses:
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-05
REV. LUTHER NJ. KUHNs,
Lutheran.

The festival of Easter directs attention Il
the resurrection Of Christ as the chief cor
ner stone of the Christian religion
This faith is declared in the consolator!
and joyous third article of the Greed
without this the superb edihce
reared by the centuries at the price o
prayers and tears, sacrifices and the fra
GRANGE Of sanity lives, is the merest al
Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-05

coNTR TRIBUTED
BY

Rev. Newton NJ Mann.
Rev John McQuod.
Rev. John Gordon, DID.
Rev. T. ]. Mackay
Rev. Frank w Foster.
Rev. T. r.. Crambiet.
Rev. Luther M Kuhns.
Rev. Z. +. Mccarthy.
Rev. Howard MacAyeal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18
FAILURES ~ PHILADELPHIA.

Philadelphia. March 1..-Several big failures were
announced here to-day. Oliver " Long and Will
lam III. Long, trading James Long. Brother & Co..
manufacturers of dress goods made general as
sgnment to-day for the benefit OF their creditors
to David Nlmat. The assignment. II IL said was
partly precipitated by judgments on notes entered
yesterday against the firm aggregating $ss,si9. In
addition to the assignments OF the firm. Oliver ".
Long individually assigned TO David Nmlet. Will
lam Rhodes against whom Oliver y. Long obtained
Judgment for $4,000. also assigned. naming Henry
c. Loughn as assignee. Frank II. Rhodes. against
whom o. y. Long obtained Judgment a note for
100000 and William II. Long for $4,000. also as.
signed. placing his affairs in the hands of Henry c.
Loughlin.
The failure OF the Longs is said TO have been
caused by dulness of trade and an overstock Of
goods The assets and liabilities could not be as
certained this afternoon.
Execution issued this afternoon a judg-
ment note for $4,000. issued In favor OF Rachel
Blank against William Harvey & Co.
IL. II. Shoch entered judgment against William
and Frank Rhodes on five notes aggregating $l5000.
Counsel for Albert Callaghan. trustee for Eliza
beth Callaghan, this afternoon secured executions
against Robert Callaghan on two notes, one for
SOL $50 C5 and the other for 1858 81. Robert Cali
iaghan is a manufacturer OF ginghams. His counsel
says he will probably be able to pay of all his in-
debtedneSs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18
THE MASSACHUSETTS, on TRIAL TRIP

PHILADELPHIA March 1.-THE battIe-ship MaSsac"u
..,. ,arted from Cramps shipyard at ll:5o O'Clock
,,,r,ngo on An unofficial or builders trial trip Ihe
,rr "a principally for the purpose OF shaking down
her engines. adjusting her machinery when IN mo
uor and TO give an idea Of her capabiitles ohe Is
rarrod nv 20 men from the shipyard The trip
un he made over the course always useo py the
cramns for unofficial tests which Is about twenty
miles Off the Delaware capes III Is not hKeIy ina.
any attempt will be made to speed the snip oeyono
the usual short DASH and on that she VIII prooaDiy
be allowed 10 develop only her contract speed Oh
fifteen knots an hour. On her official trial the
Cramps will receive $4,000 for each quarter kno,
the shin NAV make In excess OF fifteen Knots ana
until the prize IS up they will take no chances In
driving her ..o- ,o,r ,birtaen
inch guns on board and the after turret Is weish.sa
with tons OF pig lead to make up the "eisnt oi .e
mlseng cannon. These will arrive IN rev Gay sStn
and will quickly be put in position when tse % snp
returns The Massachusetts, was Iaunchea i,ore n
than two years ago, but the failure OF Ihe a oom
tractors to forward her armor ana guns naS 80
will require only about fortyeight hours, tne snip
Is expected to return TO the yards on thursday
evening Friday morning. $1,000, ro
Pay Director David Kindeburger NJ. I. DAVIDSON:
Of Brooklyn; Major J. Edward Carpenter, ex-Chei
Justice Edwin NJ Paxson, Admiral Makaron ana
Captain ID. T. Mertwados. OF the Russian navy
Joseph ID. Goodwin. Richard Peters. jr; George -;
Bartol president Of the Philadelphia Bourse. aha ana
under the supervision OF Edwin 8. cramp. ana Cap
tain Sargent will be at the wheel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18

Wizard Aside from any new developments,
simple repetitions of the experiments Of R0ntgen
are OF sufficient interest to hold every one open
mouthed with wonder who is capable OF appre-
ciating them.
The Tribune has been at great pains to pup
leh all that has been done In laboratories mas
also placed on view the combination OF apparatus
to produce some of the effects and has clearly ex
planned the meaning Of the name that Rontgen
gave to his discovery (the Y rays, namely, that
they must be classed with the algebraic X untn
their full properties and values can be ascer-
tanned. This is so clearly understood by IT'D
une readers that Its experimenter was coh-
pletely taken aback recently by the exciaHia-
tons of party OF women while visiting Ihe
Tribune's display in Brooklyn. When 1t was
explained to them that the ray to the eye
was simply greenish glow from vacuum
tube. why" said a questioner, we thought
that the X rays came out in the form OF M tne
letter X and that the air was filled with Httle
gold KS. Can 1t be possible that this was 'he
comment OF Tribune reader! ~ r,.
group of newsboys were examining The IT'D
une's glowing vacuum tube on exi,io,t'o" .u hin TO-
One hundred dand-twenty-hfth-st.a ana tne H1a
leader was explaining. with a gravity penttlns
the occasion, that he "knowd all ABOUT IL, ne
seen 1t In de papers and 1t could look risnt tIo9
you and pick out yer bones ana any yh .n,s Che ,he
II could see right into yer head through the
brains" One OF his listeners about TWO lee. Z.
high. pped up the question: Say, Billy, Will 1T IT
tell anybody what kind of brains theys got
"Of course it WILL" replied Billy, scornfuliy
When The Tribune poster headed the rays
was placed in the window at No. l2i2 broauway'
II fascna ted the chief clerk by It's suggestVees,
and he Immediately asked the proprietor as "
whether this TX raise" business was 10 De TAKEN
on permanently and If it would affect MS IN
come at once. hohn,
The X rays are taking on the form OF hopoy,
and the demand for apparatus for experiment
has been so great that the makers llnu 'nvi T,.a
selves far behind In filling their orders. nlS HE
nuhlic interest has been so much the direct re.
suIt os The Tribunes effort that 1t will help ou,
those who are unable to supply themselves WIN M
annaratus and will therefore. ere long add 10 i,s
pra ~ can become the owner by doing something
In return for The Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18
A CROWD COLLECTED BY A HOAX.
FOOLED BY BOGUS ADVERTISEMENT FOR
sKATERs-PoLICE RESERVES STOP
SNOWFALL FIGHT.

morning paper published an advertisement
yesterday for twenty-five girls and boys who could
skate, twenty-five young men who could skate. and
twenty five young women who could sing and skate.
to take part In a carnival at the Ice Palace One
hundred a nd d-seventh-st and Lexington-ave. APP
plicaton be made to Professor Fisher" at
the Ice Palace. at p. m
The advertisement resulted in attracting TO the
neghborhood n great crowd OF young people Of both
sexes, who began 10 assemble long before the ap
pointed hour. The boys and girls became mpa-
tent during the long walt. and entertained them
selves by SNOWFALL combat. There lively
contest Of which the older applicants got the worst
share After a while II looked as II serious dis
turbance likely TO occur.
The policeman on post attempted to stop the vol
leys Of snowballs by the authority OF his uniform. but
his efforts utterly futile and he appealed TO the
East One -hundreda -fourth-st station for help
Captain Westervet ordered out the reserves, and
they hurried 10 the mimic battlefield. In the mean
time the officials in charge Of the Ice Palace
nourced to the crowd that such man Professor
Fisher was connected with the place. Some Of the
would-b be skate-actors. whose feet had been well
soaked In the Lexngton-ave. slush. then walked
away In disgust but the majority OF the crowd had
to be driven off by the police.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18
THE JOHN b. NAMING MISSING.

pos,on March lion March q the day on which
the Schooner Joaat Bourne. which l3 supposed
TO have sunk of Chatham left Portland there
sailed from that port the masied schooner John
T. Manning of New-York. loaded with l.s0 tons OF
ice and bound to New-York. The Manning has never
been heard from since leaving Portland and. as
even with the most unfavorabe weather she should
have arrived 1T her destination It Is feared that
some serious disaster has befallen her. The Man
ming was commanded by Captain +. c. Sprague, and
her crew included Emil Hill. OF Providence, mate
James Roach. OF Delaware. steward: Edward Oleson
son. Charles b. johnson. Frank Saunders, Ole Ole
and an unknown Swede, seamen. The John
pany at Wilmington. Del. In 1883. and she Is owned
by Enos Birdsal OF New-York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18
WALLER PROBABLY on HIS WAY HOME.

NO FOUNDATION KNOWN FOR a PARIS PAPERS
STORY THAT He is STILL IN PRISON
Washington. March Il (SpeciaD-Some one mas
evidently imposed on the "Patrie. OF Paris. IN the
case OF John l.. Waller. formerly united S'a'es
consul at Tamatavc. or else Ambassador Eust' ana
-, I-,,,od states Government are badly Informed
The "Patrie" says that Waller is siil In prison IN
France and that negotiations are In progress pe-
tween France and the United States in regard 10 MS
case According Ia the official records OF the STATE
DEPARTMENT Waller was released on FEBRUARY .,
and has been at liberty ever since. On FEBRUARY e"
.,...so. I-,s,ls cabled 10 Secretary Oney that
,he President OF the French Republic had sIsnen
decree for the pardon OF Waller ana ,nn, hed ns 70
60, Le released The day he again capIen ~
Secretary Olney that Waller had been released. ,Ss
There has been no further correspondence on tIIe
lheie "" a,I the Incident in diplomatic language
q, ..c,osed" Waller Ia supposed TO be on ms way "
ihs copptry. lie has been hsaIa 'r9ps ~ '''@'''
and other places since his release
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18
A CRANK VISITS EDISON.
HE HAD WALKED ALL THE WAY FROM NEBRASKA
ro COLLECT Az IMAGINARY CLAIM

uruApw WALKED ALI. THE WAY FROM NEBRASKA
TO COLLECT Az IMAGINARY CLAIM.
. younp man who said he was Burt Budgeon, OF
rd,son Neb appeared at Thomas A. Edison laoo-
ratory in Orange yesterday and demanded an au-
dience with the inventor. Mr. Edison Is seldom an
moved by the personal visits OF cTanks, but ne re-
ceives n great number OF letters from them every
day and he had received many letters from Budgeoh
IN the last few years. The young man SAID that
eight years ago Mr.. Edison appropriated from MN
natentabe idea relating to arc lights. and that MT
td,son had made thousands Of dollars from 1t while
tho real discoverer had received nothing Budgeon
said that Mr. Edison had paid no attention to his
,e,ers so he had walked all the way from Nebraska
70 collect his claim His clothes and shoes were
,rorn his face was covered by beard his hair hung
down his back and he bore evidence OF telling the
truth regarding his long walk He offered to COM
promise for 800
Mr. Edison's private secretary John Randolph.
told Rudgeon to call again In the afternoon. When
,he traveller came back to keep the appointment
noceman was In readiness and arrested him. In
tbe nocc court Justice Condit advised him to drop
The claim Budgeon finally agreed 10 this and was
released on his promise to leave the State and 30
back to Nebraska.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18
SCHULTZ'S ENORMOUS STEALINGS.

HE GOT AWAY WITH OVER si.5OO.ooO AND THEN
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Tacoma Wash, March 17.-Receiver Burelgh OF
the Northern Pacific Railway Company has Just
made his report the shortage OF the late Paul
Schultz who committed suicide over year ago.
The report Is astounding. 1t shows that Schultz's
stealings from the Northern Pacific alone amounted
to $4,000. He stole s250.O0O from the Yakima In
yestment Company s225 900 from the Spokane Realty
Syndicate y746OO0 from the Tacoma Railroad and
Motor Company. $4,000 from Henry Wizard. over
ss from local financial institutions ana ieft per
sonal debts of grand total OF over $l5O 600
Schultz desired TO control, conquer. develop, build
up the Northwest. to become to 1t what Cornelius
TO California: and. finally, when he had a large
permanent income tS live In Lopd9n , ana be S,, knoWn
outlined this plan to friends. but finding himself
hopelessly involved, he put bullet into his brain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18
r,,r PAID CAREFULLY PLANNED

-,.or,ns TRIED IN vAIH TO INDUCE Df@
JAMESON TO RETURN.
, March 1.-THE examination OF ~ -.
~ h,s feuow-oricers in the Transvaa iaiu "a0
..r,ed in the Bow Stree. Police Coui' ,~,roor, ..-
- AZ al the previous hearings, the cou. .,oo
% e erad with members OF the aristocrac!' -, ra,d
~; aa,nirers Of the defendants. Sir hooei, 80 -,
=, n r watched the proceedings OH - h,,
-. r.arsvaal Government. Associated WI" o.,
~ ~ ca, George Lewis who prepared 'he 'aao ~,
w. parre,I and the Irish party against nc -.
,...-e ,ha parnell Commission Among .he ep.
- 80 LADY Cranborne. Lady Rayieigh @"N 0
), ". ..,s,h- u.,e' Of the late Home Secretary
a.rgeant Ruck. who took part IN the ra'i' w.
ma -, Tho u,itnes.-box and described the prosie''
80 n.d,tion into the Boer country.
ssveral troopers who took part In the hs'. VIZ
,,s poers at Krtigersdorp were called 10 the witness
NV o,d narrated their experiences, the iac's oi
h,.h hava already been published. The LAWYERS
,on ,ha nrosecuon laid great stress upon auiiiis
~ m - ode nv the witnesses that stores re!d!s y.
borses arms ammunition, etc. a"aie9 'iie
5t,;nn az various points on roads cohVeisins
80 Wafeking showing that the raid had ionS Dee
fonred and was not due 10 the Johahnesouie si.a
pS,,nas letter which read after the eApeoi'ioi
arrived at Krugersdorp; ~ ,oho,f y, the Govern
~, they had acted in the capacity OF mes
sacgers when they found that wires had oeen cue
sengess' rmeson's party so that they could not be
ooenmInicated with the witnesses were oDligeo 70
oOnr, n,,e The marty on horseback They overlook
Pprneson and tried in vain to induce him to return
The hearing was adjourned for week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18
CRUSHED UNDER THE DEBRIS.
EXPLOSION IN THE EAST RIVER ELECTRIC
LIGHT COMPANY'S ENGINE-ROOM CAUSES
ONE MANS DEATH AND DAMAGE
AMOUNTING TO ABOUT 5000

There was terrific explosion early last evening
in the engineered Of the East River Electric Light
COMPANY at No 425 East Twenty fourth-st. The
building was shaken to It's foundation and debris
NJ all kinds was sent flying in the air A brick par
tition six inches thick between the engine-room
and the main hallway was blown TO pieces.
The workmen In the place rushed 10 the scene
NJ the explosion as the flying timbers and
dust would permit them. and under pile OF broken
timbers and twisted iron beams found OF
the oilers Edward Whtpe. Of No. 1530 Avenue A.
His right leg was broken and he was badly scaded
An ambulance summoned from Bellevue Hos
pital but WhItple died before the ambulance got to
the hospital
Another oIler named Scuy. was also injured. He
had been struck on the head by the flying tmbers,
but he was not seriously injured
II was Just o'clock when the order given TO
start the large S0-horsepower engine. the largest
one in the works. and Whitple was oiling the en-
Rine Whnpe was standing by the steam chest
when II suddenly blew outward. carrying him with
q right through the six inch brick partition. The
steam m chest Is made of steel plates. from one and
= half TO two inches in thickness.
John blanchard the acting manager. said that
the engine had been overhauled about two years
sgo and that II had been regularly Inspected lie
said that no one could tell what had caused the
EXPLOSION The damage done by the explosion VIII
nrobably reach $5,OW.