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Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

George T. Scherer, a business man of
T%onawanda, N. Y, talked Interestingly Of
the coming Panamerican Exposition to be
held at Niagara Falls. Said he:
st was the intention originally to have
the Panamerican Exposition this year. The
project started two years ago among some
wideawake business men of Niagara Falls
and Buffalo. The war with Spain came on
though, and we found that the sentiment in
many of the South American republics
was divided; in fact, there was much SYM
pathy with Spain. This settled the matter
of attempting to hold a great exposition Of
panamerican products and resources for the
time being, as astute business men foresaw
that it could not be made a success until
time is given for the antagonistic feelings
to subside. The leaders of South American
commercial enterprises, outside of Brazil,
are largely Spanish, and it was quite natural
for them to entertain sympathy with their
mother country. BY putting our exposition
off until 1901 we believe it will prove the
biggest thing in this line the country will
have ever seen by that time, and 1t will be
a spectacle of progress which will open the
eyes of the whole world. OF course, to hold
our exposition in 1900 would be absolutely
out of the question, because the South
American countries do a great deal of bust
ness with Europe and they will be liberal
patrons of the Paris exposition. We are of
the opinion that we will be able to secure
very many of the Spanish American exhibits
at Paris for our Panamerican Exposition,
and thus everything is working in our direc-
ton for a fair that will prove a
world phenomenon"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
Mayor John Redmond and Councilmen r.

Mayor John Redmond and Councilmen r.
T. Wallace, J. f. Allison, j.. H. Daniels and
George T. Hedge of Cedar Rapids, Ia, de-
voted a part of yesterday to a ride around
this city and also a visit to the packing es-
Establishments of South Omaha. The main
object of their trip was to see how the
asphaltum pavement stands the effect of the
extremely cold weather. Ed R. Shaw did
the honors of escorting them around. Be-
fore they left on the evening train they had
a great many words of praise for Omaha
push. Mr.. Redmond said:
You Omaha folks are all right and we
are satisfied that If you have made up your
minds to have a big exposition again you
will make a success of it as you did with
the Transmississippi. Iowa will come to the
front in many ways in the Greater America
Exposition, for we believe we will get the
full benefit of advertising our great agri-
cultural and other resources. We thought
we would just take a run over here to look
at Council Bluffs and Omaha and see how
the idea of another exposition Is taking. l
have certainly found more enthusiasm than
| expected on both sides Of the river.
Omaha has the name OF accomplishing
whatever she starts out TO do and l guess
you will find that the surrounding country
will lend a hand with the same ready will
as it has in the past"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

Sheriff to T. II. McCague, receiver,
lot /. block II, South Omaha ........ 900
William Boettger, administrator, to
Max stuhr, swN 2-l6-l2 ............., $500
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natal o,,o,,nt 80 t.,,.cor- SIO mn
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
HEARD ABOUT Town.


' Fa - ~ - ~ W ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Il have a plan which will open the eyes
of the labor reformers Of the country was
the Information II. d. Watson of Kearney
gave to several of his friends during a visit
to this city. MIR. Watson is an old Boston
newspaper publisher and has the distinc-
ton OF having planted the first cotton mill
west Of the Missouri river, he says. He went
on with a description of his plan Said
he: II am going TO give away homes free
to any honest workingman who wants to
enjoy this advantage. How do l do it?
Well, l am putting up twenty five homes
and with each | give ten acres of land. The
men | employ at $40 a month all the year
round, or IL they do not want to stay the
whole year, l pay them $25 a month during
the summer l expect them to remain with
me for ten years. Thus they have their
house rent free and are in possession of their
homes as long as they want to stay. What
is more, / will pay them a rental of SO an
acre for the use OF their land IL they let
me put it in alfalfa. l can do this because
/ can get that for the use of the land my
self and II it is worth that to others it is
worth that much to me. / now have $500
acres in alfalfa. Altogether l have 5000
acres of land. In answer to questions put
to me at a dinner with some friends in the
east as to what / get out of this PROPOSE
ton to let the men have their homes free,
| said l had 5000 acres of land and could
afford to give ava 1000 acres and still
have 1000 acres left. There would be no
danger of me going to the poor house with
all that. My selishness comes in here-I
get steady service out of the men. 1t
amounts to this, that l put a man in a posi-
ton to help himself and then he is in a
position to help me. This is my practical
solution of the labor question. You see, 1t
is not philanthropy-it is just a method of
obtaining good and serviceable employees"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24

Total amount of transfers..........
Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-24
RELIEF FROM PAIN.

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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-19
OUT AND ABOUT.

UNCONVENTIONAL work rcrmed the sub
ject of yesterdays meeting of the Wor-
cester League of Unitarian Women at
the Church of the Unity. There was
an unusually large attendance, and the
day was one of exceptional interest. At
was held for Mrs. Mary C. Harris a
member of the league, from the first,
whose death is felt as a personal loss
by many in the organization. 1t was
voted to send an expression of sympa
thy on behalf of the league to her only
surviving daughter
The first paper of the day was pre-
sented by Mrs. Mary c. Roys of Tx
bridge under the auspices of the relig
/ lous and philanthropiC news commit
tee, Mrs. Theo. Brown chairman, and
was upon the work of the Lend-a
Hand Clubs and the Young Peoples
Religious unions. Mrs. Roys was fol-
! lowed by Mrs. Kate Gannett Wells of
Boston, who opened the subject of the
day with bright and original address
on the National Alliance of Unitarian
| Women" She advocated the forma-
/ ton in every church of an alliance as
an aid to the growth of the church.
as a missionary influence and for the
sake of the personal growth in spirit
ual life of each member of the alliance
A branch alliance in the church was
| a great assistance, she thought, to the
pastor, who could then lelegate to the
/ women of the parish many details of
/ church and philanthropic work which
| ordinarily fell on him. At the same
! lnne she deprecated The way in which
knd-hearted women give themselves to
charitable work. For on,. thing, they
work too hard, doing more than their
! snare and often wearing themselves
out, and for another, they deprive 9TH
ers of the opportunity to do Something
As may be imagined from this skele-
ton, her talk was crammed with fresh
sensible ideas.
AS II was generally supposed that
Mrs. Wells would speak in the after
noon, a large number of ladies came
III after the incoming in the expectation
OF hearing her. They did have a chance
! 10 near her, however, as a number of
questions We're asked by the audience.
which she answered in a very salts
! factory manner. After she had left
to take her train for home. DR., Edith
L. Clarke read an excellent paper on
the work of the British and Foreign
Unitarian Association. She described
the rise or Unitarianism out of the
reformation. the reluctance of Uni
tarlans in the last century to adopt
the name and the civil disabilities
which until quite recently attached to
the name in England. She told of the
strength Of the church in Hungary,
Australia, Cape Colony, Great Britain,
Spain, Switzerland and the Scandina-
Wan countries.
Then followed an experience meet
ms" in which some of those there
told OF the curious ideas and ignorance
OF unitarianism-th religion of Milton,
Locke, Lowell, Emerson--wh they
had met with in various parts of the
world. One told of the mixture of fear
and aversion which in Childhood had
always invested a particular church IN
London; In later years she had dis
covered that it was only harmless
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-19
TREATY .PROSPECTS.

Somebody is being badly fooled over
the prospects of the peace treaty. The
anneXationists assert that they have
enough votes pledged to ratify it, with
the expected help of a few senators who
are classed as uncertain or non-com-
initial, while the ants affirm with equal
positiveness, that they have 81 senator's
pledged to vote against the treaty in
its present form.
A conservative statement of the sit
uation is, that "a senators are pledged
for ratification and 90 pledged to oppose
it. Then there are ten more in the
doubtful column. In the latter class.
the anneXationists claim five as surely
theirs and predict the accession of one
other. That would give them exactly
the needed sixty votes.
This calculation allows no margin for
possible shrinkage, and with the de-
termined opposition now made by the
ants, and the various evidences of
wobbling on the side of the annexation
lists, ratification by the present senate
weeks ago. 1t is not likely that vote
will be reached before the last DAYS
of the month, and a special session of
the new senate for the purpose of rati-
fication is by no means impossible.
Without doubt there is a way to
accomplish prompt ratification, and
that is either by amending the treaty
so as to accept the Philippines on the
same terms as Cuba, or by the adoption
Of a resolution which shall repudiate all
intention on the part of the United
States to retain permanent possession
Of the Philippines and formally annex
them without consulting the wishes of
the natives. With the adoption of such
disclaimer, nearly the whole force of
the opposition would disappear. The
recent utterances of senators and the
Chicago organ of the administration
suggest that some such device may yet
be the resort.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-19
COMING ADJUSTMENTS.

The next attraction at the Worces-
ter Theatre is Through the Breakers"
a sensational melodrama with elabor-
ate mechanical effects end a thrilling
plot. 1t will be mere on Friday and
Saturday and in the company are
Maude Banks, Hope Booth, Sol Aiken.
waiter Seymour and a,number of other
actors who are always connected with
good things
Following this, the first three nights
OF next week are given to 'TTnder
scared orders" a rnelodrama which
James w: Harkins wrote and in which
Mourlce freeman is starring. The
strong local interest which the pleca
VIII nave, insures for it a successful
sngagement. John Drew comes on
Ihursday in THE Liars" and Denman.
thompson In 1.-THE Old Homestead" IA
booked for Friday.
Milton Aborn's New England Onera
company IS Lothrop's next weeks at
traction. Ida Mule, ]. Aldrich Libby.
FRANK Dechon and Charles r. Byers'
a worcester boy, are the PRINCIPALS
ana Isle of Champagne, .f3occaccio,
Fencing Master" Bohemian Girl"
"Beggar Student" Princess ~ TraS.
izonde," Said Pasha. and "FantinAS
the repertoire.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-19

A fair Inference from Gen. Eagan's
amended testimony before the war in
vestigators is, that he considers him
self as big man as Gen. Miles, and
that virtually there is no head of the
army. If there is any head, the staff
does not recognize it. Eagan speaks of
Miles as "the senior major general, .
and grants him no recognition as the
major general commanding. In fact, he
resents the implication of superiority.
Evidently, it is time for reorganization,
when officers of high rank practically
declare the United States army to be
headless.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-19

The Times Herald is in a position tc
state that Admiral Dewey is opposed tt
the United States anneXing the Philip
pines. AS the head of the commission
Admiral Dewey will have an opportu-
nifty to formulate the alternative policy
Of the United States.
Mr.. Kohlsaat's Chicago paper has
lately given indication, also, that he is
not committed to annexation Mean
while, Senators Foraker and Grey have
said in effect that the president is not
determined on permanent possession OF
the Philippines, though the Delaware
member of the Paris peace commission
disavowed any authority to SPEAK
for the president The imperialist ag.
gregation seems to be in as much con.
fusion and uncertainty as ever. Mr.
Kohlsaats announcement in regard tC
Admiral Dewey, however, is the mos
startling that has lately been made, TO,
the entire naval and military estab
lishment, from Manila to Washington
has been counted as solidly for annexa.
ton
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-19

Rev. B. H. W. Leak, a colored
leader, recently stated before a COM
mittee of the North Carolina legisla-
ture that of the 125,OOO negroes in the
state, only one-ffth are qualified to
form an opinion as TO the suffrage. He
said that the negroes ostracise the in
dependent voters among their own peo-
pie, and that the solid black vote was
a menace to government. That there
is danger in the solid black vote has
long been admitted by the most intel
ligent students of the race problem in
the south.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-19
"YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
The Extravaganza Fails to Improve on
Further Acquaintance.

The odiousness OF comparison was
sadly illustrated by the visit Of yam
kee Doodle Dandy" to the Worcester
Theatre last night in connection with
the earlier appearance OF that extrav-
aganza two months ago. Then, 1t waa
complete production, brilliant and
sparkling, according to the approved
metropolitan standard now 1t is the
decrepit victim of la grippe and man
agerial economy.
In justice to Walter Jones and Louis
Wesley the comedians and chief mo-
tors of the piece. it must be said that
both were suffering from the severest
kind of colds and talking was a hercu-
lean task and singing an utter impos-
Slbillty for either. Furthermore, Mr.
Jones, to save one salary is now called
upon to play the absent Seabrooke's
part and his own, which as the pair
used to be almost continually together
on the stage, is a matter of no incon-
siderable difficulty.
There are a. number of absentees I'M
der the present arrangement whose
places are but indifferently filled. The
man who now plays the Spanish lieu
tenant, for instance, is a marvellous
example of incompetency,' and his
"Juanita" song, one of the gems of the
piece, was utterly ruined by his ina
bility to either sing OF act it.
The bright spots are the chorus
which, as regards singing power, num-
bers and costuming, was about UP b
the former standard; Harold Blake.
whose strong, clear tenor made a re-
freshing oasis in the desert of hoarse-
ness; and celia Frank, who replaces
Edna Wallace Hopper and much more
than makes good that widely bepuffed
young woman's departure The audi
ence was large but rot enthusiastic.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-19

1t is evident that the few socialist
labor members elected have no monop-
oily of socialist principles in the legis-
lature. Certain would-be leaders of the
state democracy are making all haste
to catch up with them, and even &c
them one better. they have viewed
with alarm the rapid increase of the
socialist labor vote, at the expense of
the democrats, and they see wisdom
in attaching it as q tail to the demo-
cratic kite, if perchance that might be
done. Otherwise. they would load the
wrecked democracy upon the socialist
train, and thus hope to arrive some
where. AT present, the state democ-
racy is without motive power of any
sort, and desperately in need of some
thing to pull it along.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-19

They are having rather uncomfort-
able time in New York, over the taxation
Of personal property. According tc
the accounts, the total appraisal
amounts to seven billion dollars of per-
sonalty, but in the so-called sitting Out
process, six billion, five hundred mil.
lions of this is sworn off, and only the
remaining S5OO,OOO,OOO is actually taxed
Query: Who does the swearing, and
why? This question has become press
ing, since the general rise of real es-
tate valuations and the increase of the
tax rate. Governor Roosevelt touched
upon this question rather deftly in his
inaugural address, and it is not unlike
ly to come up in some form in the leg
islature.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-19

Unitarian chapel Another told OF
meeting intelligent people in Pough-
keepsie, N. Y, who had never met q
Unitarian before they met her, and
who distrusted her morals on account
of her theology long after they had
come to like her. A third told of the
experience of herself and her husband
i'll Iowa, where his church was called
a cage Of unclean birds and Unitarian
ism was given two years to clear out
in.
Miss Bancroft of Hopedale, the last
essayist. discussed in an interesting
way the American Unitarian Associa-
ton. which has it's headquarters at q
Beacon street, Boston, and which has
done vast amount of work in chris
tening feeble societies and fostering
new ones.
Harry E. Mayo, second assistant
cashier in the Worcester office of the
N. Y, N. H. & Fl. r. r., and Miss
Rosa Winifred Osborn, were married
yesterday afternoon at the residence OF
the bride, 1873 June street. Only the i'm
mediate relatives were present at the
ceremony which was performed by
Rev G. W. Kent Mr.. Frank f. Butler
was best man, and Miss Florence e
Newell bridesmaid. The bride was at
tractivey attired in brown travelling
suit. Mr.. and Mrs. Mayo We're the re-
cipients of a large number of presents
among them being sum of money from
]. A. Norcross, the brides grandfather
After a reception, the couple left fol
New York and on their return they will
reside at 1873 June street, and will be al
home Thursdays in March.
The Harvard Quartet and Mrs. Sid
ney Burrill Moore, reader, of Boston
give concert and reading at the Old
South Church this evening. The concert
is under the auspices of the Mems I'm.
ion of the church and will certainly be
a pleasure to all who attend. The
quartet consists of Jewell Boyd. Lester
Bartlett. tenors, and w. B. Phillips, J.
l.. Thomas, basses.
The following is the program:
=. written for Harvards.J '''s'
Reading .,...,......:,.........Jo John Bennett
Scene in mining camp at Kehocs
Mrs. sidney 9q Burriu Moore.
Song, THE garden by the sea-. -. Lloyd
Mr.. Boyd.
Quartet, Midnight" ........ Dudley Buck
Reading ...,,..,............F Fred w. Adams
THE innocent drummer"
Mrs. Moore.
Song, "The mighty deep" Jude
Mr.. Thomas.
Quantel s.ss'...s. ss.s.s................. MACY
when the little ones say good night a." y
written for HarVards)
Readlng .......;..,;.....,.....Ja james DeMile
Inc senator's dilemma. or the Count
ess LaCica."
Mrs. Moore
Song, His picture of her ~. c. Warren
Quartet. Eternity"
The second of Miss Penelope Burns
talks in German will take place this
afternoon at 4 o'clock at the house OF
Mrs. II. Winfield Wyman, 5S West
street. The subject will be Schiller's
Lied Won der Glocke." The public is
invited
Five pigmy dwarfs from Tartary
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-19

Much has been said in praise of the
automobiles, but nobody seemed to
know how noisy they We're till they
were put in operation in New York.
Now the complaint is that their voice is
more terrifying that the noise of a
four-horse dray loaded with rafting
IRON rods Every new luxury of
civilizations brings peculiar Affections
of its own.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-19

creases the marine corps to 6OO0 men,
abolishes prize money and the rank of
commodore, which is already obsolete
in other navies. What the Senate will
do to the bill remains to be seen, but
there should be no doubt of the adop-
ton of all its essential features. The
reforms have been long demanded.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-19

Dewey and Otis appear to be holding
the fort at Manila and likewise at Ilo-
no. but how much inconvenience and
anxiety they are suffering will not be
known so long as the present censorship
OF dispatches continues. Probably we
shall have to wait till after the ratifica-
ton of the treaty for the real history of
recent events in the Philippines. The
freedom of the press is still restricted
as a war measure.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-19

Senator Quay failed to muster the
thirteen votes needed to compass his
reelection by the Pennsylvania legfs-
lature, and in view of his lieutenant,s
positive assertion that these votes
could be had on call, the result will
have to be considered a substantial de-
feat. Some hardihood would be required
10 predict his complete overthrow even
now, but as matters stand the battle
is against him.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-19

After all, England got away with a
piece Of the Philippines. A British
snip Just locked in Boston brought
tons of the ruins of the Spanish fort
at Cavite as ballast. Perfidious Albion
was uncommonly modest. What she
got, Dewey gave her
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-19

MI Croker is a fellow of no delica-
cy SO far as his treatment of his men
is concerned. He not only runs tha
New York city government but openly
assumes full responsibility for it..
scarcely recognizing Mayor Van Wyck.
The latter appears to know his place.
and he gives his employer no trouble
Whatever. On the whole. it is fortu-
nate that Mr.. Croker is not running
things in the capital at Albany as well
as in the New York city hall.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-19

Thomas w. Lawson of Boston has
been the reputed recipient of some fat
professional fees. SO 1t may be taken
for granted that he could afford to pay
$4,000 for the carnation which was
named for his wife. Still, it was a
round sum to pay for the privilege of
outclassing the New York and Chicago
bidders who would rob Boston of her
pride. The Lawson carnation is no
doubt pink of a posy.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-19

The Herald says that if Boufke Cock
ran is an anti-lmperialist, he has
changed his mind since he went
abroad. He made a strong speech in
favor of territorial expansion just be-
fore he sailed away, a month or six
weeks ago" Well, didn't the Herald
change it's mind in much less than the
space of one revolving moon?-Boston
Transcript.
The Boston brethren should not twit
on facts. Nothing could be more an
moving. The Herald saw a new light,
and saw it with the quickness of
creased lightning, but that is no rea-
son for intimating that it's flop was
executed with undignified haste Haste,
there was, surely hut no lack of dig
nifty.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-19

1t will be observed that the steamer
to be built at Roach's ship yard to re-
place the wrecked Portland will be of
steel and will be propelled by screws.
The anti-sidewheelers seem 10 be on
top.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-19

The United States senatorship is the
regrettable connecting link between 10.
cal and national politics. says the
Chicago Times-Herald. Let it be de-
termined by popular vote and parti-
sans may no longer insist on the ma
tlonal Importance Of Legislative cleo
lions" And yet this connecting link is
very dear to the senatorial candidate
who has firm grip on the party ma
chinery. 1t enables him to concentrate
his energies.