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Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-04
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

Boston is to have a college for working
women.
In Great Britain BAG tinplate mills are
running.
In Japan most of the horses are shod
with straw.
Fine silk was produced 1000 years ago
in twenty-five provinces In Japan.
A first-class lake steamer costs about
1000 a foot to build and equip.
In ten years the production OF steam en-
gines in Germany has been more than
doubled.
Seven and a quarter millions bushels OF
oysters were taken in Maryland waters dur
ing 1897.
Tacoma will probably pave nearly a mile
and a half Of streets this summer with
fir blocks.
The consumption of coffee the world over
Is growing rapidly. The average annual
consumption In the decade 1870 and 1880
was 1872, 000, 900 pounds; In the next decade
it was 1920, 900, 900. Last year it was 1885,
900, 900.
Chauncey M. Depew says that when a
man has grown old in the service of a
great corporation the mere fact of his years
should in no wise be considered grounds
for dismissal. We have many employees
who have been with the New York Central
road for fifty years. Think Of that! When
they turn the half-century mark we retire
them with pensions for the rest Of their
days"
A new departure is being taken, accord
ing to the Electrical Review, in the con-
struction OF gas engines of considerable
size for the propulsion OF electric gener-
ators in competition with steam engines.
Gas engines of small size have been in ex-
tensive use, with good results, recent i'm
p%rovements having brought them to great
efficiency, but the larger h~orse-powers
have been scarce. The Review, however,
mentions a gas engine OF $50 horsepower
in direct connection with an electric gem
orator, which has been In successful opera
ton for over a year. 1t has a speed OF $50
revolutions a minute and is OF the verti-
cal three-cylinder type. The cylinders are
SO arranged that, with each revolution OF
the engine shaft, an explosion OF gas occurs
by the aid OF an electric spark. AS the
load varies the supplies OF gas is automatic
ally regulated, with the result of obtaining
a fairly constant speed. There are circum-
stances in which the steam engine is in
convenient and a practical gas engine is a
desideratum.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-04

female acrobats direct from Roster q Bials.
New York. where they closed last week
their FIRST American engagement. They are
European importations and the act is a very
costly one. AS acrobats they claim no equals
both as to grace OF their work and the diff
ferent feats they perform. In a comedy way
CARVE, Thompson, Bartlett and May are the
head-liners. Mr.. Garvie and Miss Thompson
will be seen In what the New York press
accredit with being a really meritorious
comedietta. II is called The Missionary"
Bartlett and May have been considered vau-
deville stars for years. They will be seen in
the laugh-producing comedy, "a Woman in
the Case" The act is a melange OF singing,
dancing and fancy antics. They are reputed
to be two OF the most stylishly dressed
women in vaudeville. Their dances are said
to be original and contain some contortion
and acrobatic features. William DeBoe, who
originated the act of balancing on his head
on a swinging trapeze, is one of the novel;
ties OF the bill. Some of the feats he does
while balancing are juggling knives, balls
and eating, also twisting the ropes Of the
trapeze and allowing them to untwist with
great rapidity, all the while maintaining his
equilibrium. Attic Spencer's comedians
promise to present a strictly new and orig
inal form of entertainment and Znerol, the
European nondescript, will be seen in an
original act.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-04
MISSING FOR THREE WEEKS
Friends of William Avery Believe
He Was SluEged and
Robbed

William Avery, a farmer living one-half
mile east of Coffman, Washington county,
has been missing since May IA, and no trace
of him has been found either by his rela-
tives or the authorities. The disappearance
was not discovered until about a week ago,
because Avery was a bachelor, living with a
bachelor companion on his farm, who sup
posed he was staying at his mothers place.
Avery has worked for Allen Root, an old
settler in Douglas county, whose farm is
one-half mile west of Ruser's park. Ac-
cording to all Information that Root has
been able to gather, Avery went to his farm
the afternoon OF Saturday, May 10, I'M
hitched his team and then went imme-
diately to Florence, where he was seen at
about II o'clock that evening. The next
day he appeared at the saloon at Fort
omaha in company with a stranger. The
proprietor of the saloon says that Avery had
a $40 bill changed there and drank a little.
No one has been found who knows any
thing about his movements after he left
the saloon in company with the stranger,
and foul play is the only theory advanced to
account for his disappearance. 1t is known
that Avery had at least $35 with him, which
he had received from his sister, Mrs. Root,
just previously. A day or two before he told
Root that he had sold a horse for $55. but
how much Of this was paid in cash is not
known. Deputy Sheriff Grebe, who has
been at work on the case and is still work
ing, is inclined to think that Avery met
with violence at the hands of the stranger
who was seen with him. or the strangers
accomplices.
Avery was between AZ and so years Of age,
about five feet eight or nine inches in
height and weighed probably 1875 pounds.
His face was usually covered with sandy
whiskers and he was partially bald. He had
on a pair Of new shoes when last seen. 1t
is probable that he wore a pair of blue over
alls and was without coat or vest. His usual
appearance led his acquaintance to dub
him Farmer Bill" and he was widely
known by this name. He has two brothers,
Hiram and Charles Avery, farmers OF Nc
Ardle precinct.
Ward Lewis, the man in whose company
Avery lived on the farm near Coffman, met
Avery's mother and brothers at the dog
show in this city last Saturday night. He
mentioned to them that he had not seen
Avery in two weeks and supposed he was
living with them, They became alarmed and
went at once to Roots place to find out IL
he had been there. Root made inquiries at
Florence and at the fort on Sunday and on
Monday notified the sheriff's office. The
sheriff Of Washington county will be asked
TO cooperate in the search. Root fully ex-
poets to find that Avery has been dubbed
and robbed.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-04
PInxs mud pInNcrs.

Frohman will produce THE Libertine''
next season.
A Chicago court has decided that an actor
is not a laborer.
%Zangwills children OF the Ghetto will
be acted in New York on October &c.
Mrs. Langtry's daughter, Jeanne, has this
spring made her debut in society.
De Wolf Hopper is getting together a COM
pary to produce "El Captain" in London.
j. H. Stoddart is playing in a new ar
rangement of Beside the Bonnie Brier
Bush"
Nella Bergen and Hilda Clark, De Wolf
Hopper's recent prima donnas, will probably
sing in London.
Della Fox has hired a cottage at Long
Branch for the season and will attempt to
regain her health.
1t is rumored that Sousa is going to take
Roster & Balls old place in New York and
call 1t Sousa's theater.
John C. Rice and his wife, Sallie Cohen,
will sail for England on June Z. They are
to play in the music halls in London.
Julia Marlowe sailed for England on May
81. Mr.. Taber is to remain in Vermont I'M
til he shall have recovered his health.
Annie Yeamans' drollery, so long familiar
here in Harrigan farces, is new to London,
where it is getting considerable attention.
Gladys Wallis, the actress, who has been
playing WIN william II. CTdne, was IudI-
ried on Tuesday last to Samuel insult Of
Chicago.
Viscount Hinton, the young English noble
man who has been earning his living by
playing an organ in the streets of London,
Is going to do a turn on the vaudeville
stage.
Notwithstanding the late announcement Of
her permanent stage retirement, 1t is now
stated that Janauscheck will enact Meg Mer-
rifles in a fresh dramatization of Guy
Mannering."
In New York's revival OF "Erminie"
Francis Wilson, Lillian Russell, Lulu Gla-
| ser, Henry E. Dixey, William T. Carleton,
| Max Freeman, Harry Woods and Jennie
| Weathersby will be in the cast.
Alice Nelson coolry left an understudy in
her place during half an hour of a per-
formance at a Chicago theater while she
went to sing at a banquet. Her absence
was explained to the audience, but no re-
bate was offered.
The Dramatic Mirror publishes a letter
from an actor who saw "Cyrano de Ber-
gerac'' played in a small Nebraska town
with a cast OF seven people. At the con-
clusion Of the performance the company
gave away a live pig.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-04
Four Charges of Forgery.

Four complaints charging forgery and ut
tering forged instruments have been filed
IN police court against p. NJ. Powers and J.
c. st. John, the advertising solicitors ar
rested the other day by Detectives Savage
and Dunn. Morris Karpeles alleges the Toss
of Sc, William Rawitzer of $40, Edward O.
kratz of $40. while Detective Savage swears
he found a forged instrument on the per-
son of st. John already for passage. st.
John is also charged by President Neff of
the Drovers' Stockman-Journal with obtain
ing money under false pretenses by repre-
senting himself to be the manager of the
company when, in reality, he had been dis
charged and had no connection with the pa
Der.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-04
Buildfnu Permits.
The following building permits have
$500 hG 4ha-ai4.- la.illlnH lnrnaa4aH.-

The following building permits have been
issued by the city building Inspector:
S. A. Huntoon exposition grounds, res
%taurant, $3.50; H. F. Hamam, 2S13 Leaven-
worth street, addition, 500: A. w. Bowman.
III North Sixteenth street, extension, $500;
e. w. Mcconnell, exposition grounds, $500;
e. w. Mcconnell, exposition grounds, re-
pairs, 500; Dunnavant, Cummins & McCon-
nell, repairs at exposition, 500; S. H.
F~arnsworth, Spalding street, frame dwell
ing, 81, 500; Thomas Dowd, Templeton street,
frame dwelling, 81, 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-04
ELlGIOU

There are AZ, 1913 Baptist churches in he
United States, an increase of 500 over the
number reported last year.
There is a strong Christian Endeavor So
ciety of sixty members at Havana, composed
Of Cubans and Americans.
The ninety-third regular session Of the
general synod OF the Reformed church in
America will meet at Catskill, N. Y, June Z.
DR.. Patton reports that a Christian En-
deavor society recently won a whole village
in the New Hebrides islands from heather
ism.
The Methodists, Presbyterlans, EPISCOPAL
ans and Roman Catholics each have n church
at Dawson City and 1t is stated that all of
these, besides the Salvation srmy barracks,
are filled every Sunday night.
OF the s., 10, 900 desired by the Wesleyan
church Of England as a twentieth century
fund" $3,475, 2S9 has already been subscribed.
1t has been decided to use 81, 900, 900 of the
fund for building a Wesleyan hall in Lon
don capable of seating 1900 persons.
The graduating exercises of the Catholic
University of America will take place June
Z. So far the university has conferred the
degree of doctor OF theology on but two
priests-Rev. DIR. Lucas OF the diocese of
Scranton and Rev. DR.. Dublanchy OF the
Marist society.
A letter containing ten 81 900 bills was
recently left at the office of the American
i'Shih VI ioI'lbh Nv NSOhBlt Bd-
tiona) by an unknown messenger. An ac-
companying note said the funds were to be
used "by the board in whichever way, in
Its judgment, will best promote the interests
Of the Masters kingdom"
Rev. DR.. Briggs has chosen for his pas
toral field in the Episcopal church the
crowded tenement quarter Of the East Side
in New York. He was born on the East
Side, in Henry street, when that portion
Of the city was uptown" and was inhab-
tied by wealthy and fashionable people Of
sixty years ago. 1t was because OF his
birth in that locality that Or. Briggs asked
Bishop Potter to have him ordained in the
pro-cathedral on Stanton street instead of
in Grace church.
Some statistics compiled for the Chris
tian Advocate by DR.. II. X. Carroll re-
garding the membership Of various re-
ligious denominations in this country are
of unusual interest to churchmen. DR..
Carroll finds that there are no less than
14S distinct denominations in the United
States, a gain of FIVE since the last federal
census. Only twenty-nine OF these have
more than 100000 communicates, while
twenty-six have less than LOCO. Owing to
the looseness with which some denomina-
tions keep records the figures in several
Instances are unsatisfactory. The Christian
Scientists claim an increase of 10000 and
now number $500 ministers or lecturers,
AIS churches or circles and 10, 900 members.
The table giving the numbers OF
cants in each denomination shows the order
of the first ten TO be as follows
1, Roman Catholic .... 6 421. 201
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-04
school Fund Gains az, 1000.

The refusal OF the Board OF Fire and Po-
lice Commissioners TO grant a blanket license
for the sale OF liquor at the exposition
grounds has already saved the school fund
ST, 900, and the indications are that it Will
save $4,000 or $4,000 more before the licenses
are all taken out. Six applications for per-
mits to sell liquor on the grounds have been
made and several more are expected.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-04
DISTRACTED the Mail.

Guy Macon, John O'NeilF, Arthur Kephart
Archibald Walker and Joseph Flynn, tramps
have been brought in from Sidney, charged
with obstructing the United States mail
The men boarded a passenger train and re-
fused to pay their fare or get off. They were
turned over to Deputy Cooley of the United
States marshal's office, who took them be-
fore a United States commissioner, where
they waived examination.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-04
MUSIC.

Last week was a busy one among the
amateurs, and the friends OF many young
people were highly delighted at the success
of the ~recitals which were given. Mrs.
Muentefering'a was the first on the list, and
then came DR.. and Madame Baettens.
Mr.. Keck followed with a very interesting
evening on Thursday, when his pupils sang
at the First Congregational church. MIR.
Keck has given some distinctly enjoyable
musicales, but 1t is fair to say that he kept
the best for the last.
Those who assisted at this one we're Misses
Clara Ekstrom, Lula Knight. Grace Cady,
Frances Tfbbitts, Mabel Latey, Mary Latey,
Amy Gernhardt, Lula Warner, Rene Hamil-
ton, Louise Bfanke, Messrs. Frank Newlean
and w. b. Graham. Mrs. Webster appeared
on the program as accompanist.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-04

Arthur Mitchell entered a plea of guilty
to stealing a Royal Arcanum badge from w.
NJ. Giller and was sent to the county Jail
for thirty days. Mitchell was brought back
from Council Bluffs, where he was arrested.
An overcoat belonging to James Sheehan,
which he also stole, has been recovered.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-04
Last night closed the engagement at the
Coming Events.

The matinee at the Creighton Orpheum
this afternoon will mark the commencement
of the summer season at that play house
and great things in vaudeville are promised
by Manager Rosenthal. who has Just re-
turned from a two weeks vacation in the
east. The foremost feature this week will
be an act imported by the Orpheum folk
from Europe. The Four O'Learys made a
distinct sensation in London during the sea-
son just ended. They were in such de-
mand at the music halls that they were
compelled to fill several engagements in one
night, going from one place of amusement
to another in a carriage. They were seen
for the first time at the Masonic roof gar
den in Chicago and come directly from that
city to play their engagement here. Their
speciality is along the lines laid down by
comedy eccentrics, with an acrobatic turn.
The perfection they have attained is said
to touch the limit of human skill. An
American novelty which won a signal tri-
umph in London at the same time has re-
turned home and will be at the Orpheum
this week. This is the musical act CT one
who styles himself Musical Dole. The
brothers, John and Harry Dillon, authors,
comedians and artists, will doubtless delight
with their songs and witticisms. They have
written many popular songs and among
those best known are Put Me OFF at Buff
falo' and DO, Do, My Huckleberry Do"
They have until recently been identified
with Weber and Fields notable success,
The Vaudeville Club" George w. boy
Is a monologue comedian whose wit is said
to have tickled the eastern people into
spasms of laughter. Martinez and Suther-
land are the mirthful pair who held leading
roles in the boy Wanted" company. Mile.
Alexander and Tom Carter, unique novelty
artists, complete the regular bill. An ex-
ira feature will be the first professional ap-
pearance OF the Omaha girls, Dora and
Mabel Swearingen and Lille Kauble.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-04
This Years Festival.

This year the same general plan will be
followed as in the past. There will be two
and possibly three street parades upon as
many nights. The dates have not been
fixed. but they will be about the middle
of September. In each parade there will be
not less than twenty floats, plans for which
are now being prepared, and will be ready
for submission to the Board of Governors
for approval in the course of a couple of
weeks. Several new and original ideas will
be injected into the construction of the
floats this year and electricity will play a
much greater part than heretofore. AS in
the past, the general plan of the floats will
be to tell a story of the wealth Of Ne
braska, illustrative of the resources of the
great west. OF course there will be the
throne Of the king and the grotesque fig
ures about him, but on the whole it will be
a picture of great development of a state
that but a few years ago was a boundless
plain, inhabited only by Indians, buffaloes
and other Wild animals.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-04

In this weeks bill at the Trocadero vaude-
VILE theater Manager Cole promises a well
selected and diversified list OF attractions,
each one OF which is said to contain some
new feature and none conflicting. Its chief
attraction or head liner" in showmen's
parlance is the Ave Cornallas of male and
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-04

The news reached this country last week
in a very roundabout way that Hortense
Barbe-Loret. known to the world as Rhea.
had died in France. The date of her pass
ing away was not set down in the letter, nor
has any news come OF the last weeks OF her
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-04
BRILLIANT REIGN PROMISED
King Ak-sar-Ben V is Preparing for the Fall
Festivities,
ACTIVITY OF LORD CHANCELLOR SAMSON
Prospects Are That the Annual Sep
TENDER Carnival VIII Excel All
Previous Events in Extent.
Originality and

The reign OF King Ak-Sar-Ben V give:
promise of being more brilliant than that o.
any Of his predecessors and everything
points to the fact that before the fall %festivi.
ties Lord Chancellor Samson will gather
more knights OF the Kingdom of Quivera
than have ever before followed the banner
Last Monday Samson issued his edict, in
structing the faithful to assemble at the
castle during the evening of that day and
as a result nearly 100 Of the representative
citizens of the city responded and from twi.
light until midnight they made merry, the
Board of Governors conducting the novices
over the burning sands, assisted by a force
of trained men who performed the same
duties during the reign OF King Ak-Sar-Ben
~.
The initiation services and exercises con
nected with the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben are
unusually solemn and awe-inspiring and at
the same time they furnish considerable
amusement for those who are called upon
to ride wooden horses and move through
the air at the ends of ropes. This, however,
is far from being the real purpose for which
the order was organized and is continued.
The initiation is simply a side issue, the
real purpose of the knights being the cult
vatiCn of closer relations between the bust
ness men of the city and advancing the COM
mercial and other interests of themselves
and others.
The knights of Ak-Sar-Ben are nearly all
business men of Omaha and as such they
meet at the old Coliseum on North Twen-
tieth street each Monday evening, where
they talk bisiness, exchange views and dis
cuss matters of vital Importance to not
only Omaha, but Nebraska as we'll. Incl
dentally they have an initiation service that
is very funny, it having enough spice con-
nected with 1t to induce the members to
hustle for new victims and at the same time
attend with considerable regularity. The
first year that the organization came into
existence 1T was successful and by reason
Of the spectacular parades given in the fall
many thousands of strangers were brought
to the city, spending their money with the
merchants and hotels. The next year the
parade had many new features and on the
whole was regarded better than its prede-
cessor. So it has been with each succeed
ing parade and now the fall festival is the
talk of the whole country within a radius
of several hundred miles.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-21
Anchored.

Cup in my den, said New Orleans
bachelor. who lives in couple Of
quantity furnished rooms in business
block down town, "between tine fire
place and the first bookcase on the lief,
You will find two large slippers nailed
to the wall. some four feet above the
wainscoting. The heels of the slippers
are quite close together, the toes spread
slightly outward, and being made OF
brightly lowered drugget they look not
unlike two enormous particolored bee
ties, clinging to the wall with folded
wings. They are not, however, intend
ed as ornaments, but have very home
ly and practical purpose.
"When retreat to my den at night,
take down the book that suits my
mood, get into comfortable, ragged
old jacket, turn the lamp just right and
light my pipe--when l have performed
these preliminary ceremonies, place a
chair directly in front Of the slippers,
insert my feet in their depths and lean
back with the blissf1l consciousness
that I.cant possibly tip over and break
my neck. l am anchored. so to speak,
to the wall. and the light is 80 arranged
as to make the position the best posi-
BILE one for reading. My friends claim
that the habit is pulling out my legs to
an abnormal length, but don t let that
worry mo. I'm thinking of having the
scheme copyrighted. - New Orleans
Times Democrat
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-21
Our One Good Point.

The English woman was arraigning
America and everything American and
to an American. "Your bed springs are
uncomfortable. she said, II never
slept in comfortable bed the whole
time / was in the States And your
breakfasts-shl great, overfed meals
as they are! don't see how you live,
breakfasting as you do. AS for your
American voices, well, they 60 without
saying. or rather they won't go with
saying but SO many more eloquent than
have 20 often scored you upon that
point won't pretend to compete Of
oil the many dreadful things about
America, though. there's nothing so
bad as your voices"
"Can't you think of something good
about us!" came in still, small voice
from the American. "Eaven't we a
single redeeming quality
Tho English woman thought Il bit
"Well, yes, you have one. she said in
the tone Of one who is making great
concession, land that is your little
elastic bands. They are so convenient.
and they seem to be so plentiful. never
saw SO many in all my life as l did in
the States, must confess that to my
mind very many of your worst traits
are more than made up for by your lit
tie elastic bands. New York Sun.