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Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-18

with Drawn Revolver s They Enter
LemburRh's Place and Secure
Only et7.

Two masked highwaymen Committed a
daring robbery In a South Omaha saloon
early last evening, but the amount Of money
they secured wns a small rscompense for
the risk they ran Of being captured.
The scene OF the robbery was Hans Lem
burgh's bar room at Twentieth and N
streets. About 9:45 o'clock .wo men en-
tered. one at the side door. the other at the
front, and with drawn revolvers commanded
Ed Lemburgh, who was behind the bar at
the time. to surrender the contents OF the
money drawe This Lemburgh quickly did.
The robbers then asked him to hand over
the watch he wore and when both the money
and the watch were secured they backed out
OF the room. keeping Lemburgh covered
with their revolvers. and escaped.
The amount OF money taken was ST..
Lemburgh described the men as being nearly
the same height. wearing suits Of dark ma
terial and white handkerchief for masks
One, he said. was about "a years old, the
other 90.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-18

Very few property owners are appearing
before the Board Of Review to ask for a
revision Of taxes that Tax COMMISSIONS
Sackett has assessed in next years levy
Anybody who has a grievance is invited to
come before the board, which meets daily.
make himself at home and register any
objection with all the vigor and emphasis
he deems necessary.
IF taxpayers make their complaints now
they will save a lot of trouble In the
future" says Tax Commissioner Sackett.
1.-THE Board Of Review can make all cor
~rections now and the assessment roll could
be turned over to the council as a clean
sheet. lsut II property owners wait for the
sitting cf the Board of Equalization there
Is lots of work and red tape then to get
things in shape"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-18
PLANS TO IMPROVE BOULEVARD.
Nineteenth Street May He Lined with
CurhE md Sidewalks.


Councilman Lobeck has bobbed up with
q proposition to curb North Nineteenth
street along its entire length as a boulevard
from Cunning to Ohio street, and to follow
this up by putting down permanent side
walks on both sides OF the thoroughfare. He
gives the following reasons for this pro-
Ject:
Nineteenth street Is one Of the best
streets in the city and one that is more
travelled than any other by people who like
to go out of an afternoon and evening for
a drive, and are fortunate enough to own
a rig or the wherewithal with which to hire
one. 1t is a boulevard. and being such
ought to be agreeable to the eye and TO
the foot. But the present wooden walks
that run along the street are agreeable to
neither foot nor eye. Now, it would be an
injustice to force the adjoining property
owners to lay permanent walks along the
street, because it is not curbed, and the
walks every once in q while would be
washed away into the street. But il the
street was curbed, the walks would be held
in place and foot passengers would have
stone, artificial stone or brick to walk On
all the way. Then Nineteenth street would
be a boulevard to be proud Of" "tF.
Councilman Lobeck will introduce an Or
finance for this improvement in the near
future. '~ t . .
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-18
HIM on THE STREET
Angry Mcmbe of MuldOOn's Picnic
Company Chastises the Mu-
steal Director,

Trouble between Vera Wilson. one of the
female members OF the Muldoon Picnic
company, now playing at the Creighton the
alter, and Theodore Northrup, the musical
director Of the company, eliminated in the
public horsewhipping OF the musician by
the actress Wednesday evening. The scene
Of the whipping was the corner Of Thir-
teenth and Howard streets. The unusual
sight was witnessed by a small crowd OF
spectators.
After the whipping the musician hurried
to the Barker hotel. holding a handkerchief
to his face to hide an angry looking red welt
across his countenance. The woman was
also hurried to the hotel in a highly nerv-
Gus state by friends.
But four blows were delivered by the
woman. Three struck the musician in the
back and the fourth cut him across the
face. The woman accused Northrup OF hav-
ing slandered her because her work was not
to his liking.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-18
HEAD OF The SACRED HEART
Mother General Digby on a Visit Of
Inspection to America.
CALLS ON ORDER IN OMAHA TODAY
Inspection Of the schools and Con-
vents Under Her Direction the
Occasion for the First Trip
Across the Atlantic.

Nine. Digby, mother general Of the Order
Of the Sacred Heart Of Mary. will visit the
local convent today. She will be accom-
panied by Mother Stewart, vicar general Of
the Roehampton school in London; Nine.
Gurdon, her secretary, and a lay sister.
The party is on q tour Of visitation in this
country for the purpose Of inspecting the
various houses OF the community.
The headquarters of the Sacred Heart ars
In Paris, and with the present visit Of
Nine. Digby q mother general has crossed
the Atlantic for the hrst time In the his
tory OF the society. The party landed in
Quebec a few weeks ago and spent some
time among the converts OF Canada before
coming into this country. The mother gem
eral then made q tour of the communities
in the principal cities Of the east. every
where being the recipient of marked atten-
ton from the government and church dig
nitaries. Travelling westward she has
stopped at Cincinnati. Detroit, Chicago and
St. Louis. Before leaving this country she
will stop for a while at San Francisco and
also at New Orleans. There Is a conven,
in Mexico she wishes 10 visit and another
in Havana. Cubs 1t is expected, conse-
%quently, that her tour will be so extended
that she will not be able to return to her
home in Paris until late in the spring.
Nine. Digby is u member Of that family
distinguished In English history for its
loyalty to the faith and to the crown. and a
descendant Of Sir Kenelm Digby. Her
father was an Irish nobleman. who educated
her In Belgium, England and France. She
afterward entered the Order Of the Sacred
Heart and soon became vicar general OF
Roehampton school, conducted by the order
In London. In 1895 che was elected mother
general Of the order and Is the fifth to fill
that office.
The Order Of the Sacred Heart is widely
known and has established communities in
many parts of the world. The members de.
vote themselves to the mission Of educating
young girls and young women. 1t was
founded during the turbulent times Of the
French revolution by Madeline Sophie Barat
and the members adopted as their dress the
garb Of widows. As a protection. they as
sumed the title of madame. Their success
soon became marvellous. and the order spread
with great r%apidity. New associations were
formed all over the country and hundreds
of members were added to the order.
The FIRST convent to be established in this
Island in 1S45. In 1S47 they removed to
Manhattanville. where the society fourished
as in France. In the next few years after
the founding Of the first societies., Nine.
Barat sent several colonies to found new
converts. and the order began Its wonderful
growth in the United States. Now there
are about fifty Of the communities scattered
from one end OF the country to the other.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-18
BHIxlS STICKS TO HIS TALE
Cook Insists He Heard E1lron
Pence Planning to Fire =
- r Building.

Edward Brixis, the cook whose informa-
ton to the police caused the arrest OF y.
Ellroff, proprietor Of the restaurant at 109
North Ninth streets Saturday night last, on
the charge of having fired his building to
secure the $500 insurance on the contents,
was in the witness stand for over two hours
at Ellroff's hearing yesterday In police
court. Under the most rigid ~cross-examina-
ton he chung to the story he told the police
Of the conversation he heard between ELL
rolf and one OF his walters, Edward Pence,
who is under arrest on the charge Of COM
pl.icity in the crime, relative to setting the
building on fire.
His story was that a week before the fire
Saturday morning he heard Ellroh and
Pence on several occasions discussing the
chances to be taken for detection in the
event they carried out a plan they had
formed for burning the building. Two hours
before the fire that night Ellroff gave Pence
a key and said to him, "You know what
you have got to do Pence said, Eyes,
and In soon burn the d-n shack" Pence
broke off abruptly, Brixis said. because he
saw him watching. When Pence left Brixis
went to bed in the rear of No. 100 and an
hour or so later was awakened by the water
from the hose of the fremen.
The attorneys tried to force Brixis to say
that he only heard the word Are" In the
conversation of Ellroff and Pence and sus-
pected from that word that they were plot
ting to burn the building. But he would
not change his story and persisted that the
men held the dialogue he detailed. The at
torneys sought to show that Brixis was an
alarmist and jumped too hastily at conclu-
sions.
Fire Chief Redell and his assistant, Salter,
testified as to their operations at the fire
and their suspicious as to its origin. NJ.
F.. Martin, agent for the owners Of the build
ing. testified that Erroff asked him a short
time before the fire II the building was in
sured and that when he replied that 1t was
not was advised by Ellroff to lose no time
in having 1t insured. Ellroff informed him
that he had his belongings in the building
insured.
r. Rosenberg. a former partner Of Ellroff,
swore that two weeks before the fire he
withdrew from the firm and had the insur-
ance policies on the contents transferred to
Ellroff. Several other witnesses, whose
testimony was OF little importance, were ex-
amined for the state. The hearing viii be
concluded today. l.- @
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-18
Park hoard Under "a shadow.

81 do not know whether / Will sign the
warrants in payments OF the bills allowed
by the Board OF Park Commissioners or
not" declares Mayor Moores. II am doubt
full whether the present park board is con-
stitutional In view Of the holding of the
supreme court that the board of the city
must be appointed by the mayor and city
council
Some weeks ago an ordinance. similar to
the fire and police board ordinance. was
introduced in the city council. providing
for the appointment of the new park board
by the mayor and city council, This ordi-
nance was referred to the judiciary COM
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-18
MUSIC At THE JUBILEE FAIR
Young People of Sacred Hear Parish
Give an Entertainment to
Their Friends. .

The attendance last evening at the Peace
Jubilee fair at Thurstnn Rifles armory was
the largest since the fair started. The peo-
Pile came early and stayed late and they
came in such numbers that there was
scarcely an hour when the large hall was
not taxed to its utmost to hold them.
Favorites in the voting contests are so
heavily backed by their friends anu SUI port
ers that the leaders are not the saipe any
two hours in succession and public interest
In the different prize competitions is kept
keyed to a high pitch. Last night the chief
attraction was a musical enter lainment
given by the young pes pie of Sacred Heart
parish and the members OF one or two
musical organizations. The program was as
follows:
Vocal solo-Conquered ......Jules Hubbard
Vocal Solo ......,........ Miss Rose Brady
Observation-Disclosures Philharmonic Quartet
Messrs. Rush. Miller. Brennan, Swift.
selections Do; .n,u,: Zither Club
Sadie Brady.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-18
mittee. Of which Councilman Mercer Is the
chairman, but remains buried there.
Mortality Stnfisttc..

The following births and deaths were re-
ported to. the health commissioner during
the twenty-fohr hours ending at noon yes.
terday:
Births-Frank Valence, 1i19 William
street, girl; Peter Bosooski. Twenty-ninth
and Walnut streets, boy: Elmer Godsey. 1881
South Seventeenth street, girl; Christian
Titzel, 1925 Frederick street, boy; Jacob
Koch, 22l1 Burdette street, boy: ]. A.
Sweeney, 2013 Pierce street, girl; Samuel
Holt, 1897 South Fifteenth street, girl
Anton Pysinger, 106 North Twenty-seventh
avenue, girl.
Deaths-V. Leon, Mount Vernon, O., 20
years; Mary Vodicka, 916 Hickory street, 30
years.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-18
Personal Pnrnxraphs.


W. F. Everts OF Peoria, ILL.,, is at the Her
Grand.
H.. S. Gray Of Kansas City is at the Her
Grand.
o. T.. Bailey. St Louis, is at the Her
Grand.
r. M. Bachelor is at the Her Grand from
st. Joseph.
H. H. Robinson of Denver is In the city
for a day or two.
DR.. George II. Robinson Of St. Louis is a
guest Of the Her Grand.
Judge Jay L. Torrey OF Wyoming arrived
in the city last night and will remain a
couple Of days.
Judge Jacob Fawcett was at Lincoln yes
terday, whittier he had gone to lecture to
the university law class on Insurance"
Captain Thomas H. Russell. the original
pioneer OF the Black Hills and present regis
ter OF deeds OF Lawrence county, Is So
I~ourning at the Willard.
Captain and Mrs. II. E. Palmer, Miss
Clara Palmer and Miss Ethel Morse of this
city will leave tomorrow fer New York,
from which city they will sail for Europe on
he Westerland on November %.
n. II. Butler, a stock grower OF Union
county, South Dakota, arrived last night
and will look over the South Omaha market
with a view to shipping In several carloads
Of fat cattle during the next few weeks.
Ezra p. Howell Of Hampton. Ia, a hard
ware merchant OF tndt Town, II IN the CITY.
He says that II there Is an exposition In
Omaha next year the attendance from CEN
trail Iowa will be much greater than during
the last season.
Dudley H.. Thomas, a prominent exporter
from New York City, was at one OF the
hotels last night, having stopped OF here to
look over the town while on his way to the
Pacific ceest. He said that In his Judgment
Omaha will eventually be one of the largest
titles in the central portion OF the United
States.
Nebraskans at the hotels: J. b. Leader,
Chadron; II. L. Boke. Grand Island; j. r..
Monohan. Hysnnis; C. A. Warner. Geneva;
Norman jackson. Crete: ". c. WeitzeI.
Fremont; A.. E. Cady. st. Paul; J. G. Elliott,
West Point. u
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-18
Unity Club.

The Unity club will begin its work In the
study OF Roman history at its initial meeting
this evening, November IS. at the residence
William Wallace. 2420 Harvey street. Pa
pers will be read by +. II. Pattee on early
Roman Society and by Rev. n. NJ. Mann
on The Sacerdotal State" All members
and others interested In the work Of the
club are invited to attend.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-18
Young Mems History Club.

NJ. Robert Cowell, vice president OF the
Fitzpatrick Dry Goods company, and Hon.
r. ]. Cornish will discuss the pros and cons
Of Philippine retention Friday night at
the opening round table of this club at Cas-
te,lar Street Presbyterian church, Sixteenth
and CASTELAR, streets. Rev. j. NJ. Wilson,
the leader Of the club. is projecting monthly
meetings of a similar character for the win
ter. Young men, particularly of the south
side, are invited to be present.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-18
For Larceny a.. PaiIee.

Edward Thorston. who was trusted with a
quantity Of dishes and tableware valued at
s2i by Mrs. s. T. Thompson March 1 last to
establish himself In the restaurant business.
was arrested Yesterday on a complaint sworn
out by Mrs. Thompson. who charged him
with larceny as bailee. She says that Thors-
ton disposed Of the goods and kept the
money he received for them.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-18
Reunett EnpIOyes' Rail,

TIT eighth annual ball given by tho en-
ployes Of the w. r. Bennett company / oil
place last night at Metropolitan hall. The
ball room was deliberately decorated for the
occasion with palms and a large orchestra
dispensed music, TO which nearly zoo couples
danced until long past midnight. The grand
march was led by II. C.. Pohlzon and Agnes
Moran. Punch was served during the even
ing. rC,
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-18

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Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-18
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Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-18
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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-17
Not an Oncial After All.

One day postoffice official, happen
ing to be passing through a government
Office with which he was connected, saw
a man standing before a fire reading a
newspaper. Hours afterward, returning
the same way, he was shocked to find
the same man, legs extended before the
same fire, still absorbed in the contents
of newspaper.
"Hello, sirl' cried the indignant
head of the department. "What are
you doing?"
Cant you see what ! am doing?"
was the answer.
'sSir, l came through this Office four
hours ago and found you reading the
paper. Ireturn, and you arc still vast
ing your time in the same manner. F"
every true. You have stated the case
to nicely"
Hereupon the head of the department
naturally fired up.
whats your name. sir?"
"Well, don't know that my name is
any affair of yours. What is your
name?"
"Sir, would have you know that
am the so-and-so of the postofiice. "
Indeed Well, l am very glad to
hear it. am, sir, simply one of the
public. a mere item who has been wait
ing here for four hours for an answer tc
a simple question, and should be much
obliged if you would use your influence
to get me attended to. Strand Maya
zine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-17
The Old Andre Prison Bricks.

Shortly after o'clock on recent
morning three young men were seen seal
ing tho high fence which Charles Pike,
the recent purchaser Of the stone house at
Tsppa,, n. Y, has put around the old
Andre prison to protect IL from the depro
dations of relic hunters. and a passcrby
compelled them to drop a large bag which
was filed with bricks from the historic
old structure The plans of the young
thieves were doubtless To sell the bricks
for big prices, as has been done recently,
three or four persons paying as much as
O. apiece for them. MIR. Pike has lrcpar-
ed plans for restoring the old building to
Its original form. provided enough of the
old structure is Left -
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-17
THE WORLDS POPULATION,
It Could All Find Standing Room on One
OF England's Shires.

OF England's Shires.
England today contains 80, 600, 600
people, but it has trebled it's population
in the course Of a century, inasmuch as
the population was 10, 600, 900 on the
accession of the Hanoverian dynasty.
At the time of the great revolution in
1858 England contained $500, 600,
while London, now 5, 800, 900, contain
ed only 500, 600 inhabitants.
1t further appears that the entire
population of the country was under
1000, 900 when the "Domesday Book"
was compiled shortly after the Norman
conquest. Other nations are more or
less amenable to the same principle of
increase, and modern ideas of the vast
populations Of antiquity are far from
being correct. In spite of the grossly
exaggerated statistics of Josephus, the
site Of Jerusalem and the course of its
ancient walls, which can easily be
traced, prove that the Holy City could
never have accommodated more than
100, 900 people, while the outer walls of
Rome, still standing, indicate that the
ancient population of the Eternal City
could not, even in it's palmy days, have
exceeded 200, 900 people.
Westward the star Of civilization
takes it course" is truth confirmed by
the history of the ancient world and set
forth in the rise and fall of the success
sive empires of China, India, Assyria,
Babylonia, Egypt, Greece and Rome.
The westward trend of the Aryan ia
miles of Celts, Teutons and Slavs In
prehistoric times points to an eastern
origin of the primitive nations that gath
cred strength as they marched toward
the lands of the setting sun, and it now
appears highly probable that the bulk
of the worlds population had congre-
gated around the blue waters Of the
Mediterranean when Greece and Rome
were in the meridian of their power.
The numerical strength of these nations
was not great, and modern ideas of the
vast population of the ancient world are
more fanciful than real.
From the foregoing considerations 1t
would appear that the regular home
troops of the British army, numbering
| about 100, 900 men, could find standing
room ON four acres of ground, space
equal to that of Trafalgar square, Lon
| don, while the entire force of volun-
teers in this country, numbering about
| 250,000 could be accommodated III
| Lord cricket ground.
The 3, 500, 900 people in London could
easily stand in Regents park, while the
| 100000 of the United Kingdom
could be packed together in space
| within range of cannon that can fire
| the distance of mile
The present population of the world
| could stand in Middlesex, while all
who have ever lived since the Chris
tian era could stand in Yorkshire, and
all the inhabitants of the world, reck'
oning from the time Of Adam TO the
present day, could, as far as area is con-
cerned, have found ample standing room
| in England. Tit-Bits
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-17
~ refrained from

ly refrained from
the boys recovery.
DIR. TENN was recently asked if he
discredits the theory that the boy was
cured by a supernatural agency.
II do not wish to discredit anything
or anybody. | know, as every obsery
ing man knows, that the power Of faith
is not to be despised. 1t is comfort, hope
and strength for those who believe.
When the life of "a deyout person is in
the balance, its influence is positive. 1t
is not the function of any doctor to scoff
at such influences. They have nothing
in common with the hysterical vapor-
ings Of fake scientists. The conf
dence inspired by religious faith might
turn the balance where medicine failed.
1t is not an unheard of phenomenon "
Brother Arnold takes no credit To
himself for the alleged miraculous work
old man, whose face is trimming with
good natured smiles. He is notably
fond of children and is never so happy
as when surrounded by troops of small
boys, TO whom he recites the stirring
stories of his long and eventful life.
james Murphy, who had SO narrow
an escape from death, is the second son
Of jeremiah Murphy. He returned to
school few days ago and, beyond the
loss of some weight and color, is appar-
emily none the worse for his experience.
Young Murphy has deep rooted but
nnspoken conviction that his recovery
was by the agency of the water of
Lourdes, and his regard for Brother
| Arnold now amounts to veneration.-
| st. Louis Republic.