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Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-11
COMMERCIAL CLUB DIRECTORY
Il. II. Drucc Heads List of sixty Men
Elected TT the Annual
Election.

At the annual election OF a directory
board for the Commercial club yesterday
1872 votes were east, the highest vote ever
cast at an election by this club. Voting
was done by printed ballots, upon which ap-
peared the 100 names previously selected by
the nominating committee, and the voter
checked off the names OF the sixty men for
whom he wished to vote.
T.. e. Bruce received the highest number
Of votes, los, and received a boom thereby
for the Craftsmanship of the executive com
mittee. The complete list Of those elected
Is as follows:
E. Il. Bruce, II. S. Weller, H. j. Penfold,
j. s. Brady, C, H., Pickens, Edgar Allen, u.
r. Lindsey, +. p, Kirkeudall, c. S. Hayward,
W. V, Morse, w, S. Wright, w. NJ. Glass,
j. L. Baum. f. NJ. ANDERSEN, J. S. White,
G. c. Dietz, Euclid Martin, G., w. LINN
ger, Walter G. Clark, A. Hospe, 4. c. Ha-
vens, Jay b. Foster, John Steel, J. II. Ey-
ans, G. w. Wattles, Alfred Willard, Victor
Caldwell. r. Il, Andrews, NJ. c. Peters. +.
L. Sanboru. Charles Metz, A. j, Vierling,
w. NJ. Burgess, J. b.. Rahm, e. V, Lewis,
W. l.. Yetter, j, +. Carpenter, George NJ.
Ribbell. J.. II, Dumont Thomas A. Fry, II.
G. Streight, David Cole, A, H, Noyes. II. l..
Krelder. c. NJ. Wilhelm, Thomas Fitzpatrick,
w. r. Bennett, c.. c, Belden, Samuel Gam
BILE. o.. c. Holmes, Il, S. Wilcox, o. d.. Kip
linger, h. c. Peters, w. D.. McHugh, c.. d.
Thompson, r. F. Hodgin, w, W. Umsted
W. S. Jardine and George W. HoobleT.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-11
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. THURSDAY, JANUARY II. 1900.

least a large part OF it-and ia just as
soon sell TO them as any one else. The
Mormons are great people in a way. They're
not easily discouraged. Why, they could
live all winter, Il necessary, on cottontail
rabbits and sage tea. Besides. they are
the greatest irrigators on earth. Look what
they did with the Salt Lake country! Well,
| expect them to do the came thing in the
way OF irrigation in the Big Horn basin;
and, mind you, I'm no Mormon. either.
I'm going to give most Of my attention
after this to raising horses. I've got $50
head now in one place up in Wyoming.
It's my opinion that the horse has a future.
The bicycle is a dead fad; it's not going to
interfere with his prospects any more and
as to the automobile, it's doomed to a short
life. It's nothing but a fad, the same as
the bicycle was. For this reason I'm going
to anchor my faith to the horse"
Colonel Cody has been in Washington for
several days. where he was endeavoring to
secure permission from the Indian depart
ment to employ a number of reservation In
dams in his wild West show the coming
season.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-11

At the Creighton Orpheum tomorrow
evening the curtain will rise promptly at s
o'clock in order to allow ample time for the
performance Of a double bill. The first part
Of the evenings entertainment will be de-
voted to the regular professional program
and the latter half will be given up to the
amateurs. Among the amateurs who will APP
pear are the following: Henry Norwich, Il
~fayorite entertainer; Andy Cochran and j..
Franklin, grotesque comedians; Max and
Ralph Weston, singers and dancers; Miss
Maud Raymond, vocalist; Carter and Nealey,
black-face song and dance artists; the
Rouseks, Jacob and Ethel, grotesQue cake
walkers; Gus schooner, novelty musical spe-
cialty, J. r. owen, the wonder Miss
Ollie May, singing soubrette; Charley Day
ton, monologist; Miss Jennie Worth and
others.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-11
ADJUSTMENTS.

There was no fault to be found with the
musical taste of Omaha Wednesday night,
for the Boyd theater was well filled with an
assemblage OF those valued residents who
comprise the art-loving section of the COM
munity and who are not yet willing to eN-
tirpate the old grand operas in favor of the
modern offerings of light opera and farce.
A glance around the house sufficed to show
that the aristocracy had a decided taste for
aristocracy in music, for most of the best
known people of the really exclusive portion
OF society were present.
The occasion of this assemblage was the
we'll prepared program furnished by the re-
nowned Nine. Sofia Scalchi and her com
pany. OF the great star of the occasion
there is little to be said that has not been
said already. Her voice seems to be like
old wine and her manner is as young as
ever. There is no doubt that Scalchi is
worth hearing at any time, for her style
and her artistic interpretations are always
faithful to the best traditions of art. OF
course, she has not the perfect system of
vocalization possessed by some Omaha
singers, but why should she? She has never
lived here. Nevertheless, her voice is in
comparable and 1t is a pleasure to hear once
in awhile an artist who gives not only a
system of voice culture, but her whole self
to her audience.
OF the other members of the company
Nine. Pasquali was thoroughly satisfactory,
Signor Pasquali adequately agreeable and
Signor Franceschetti tolerably good. The
pianist, Chevalier Lo Verde. was quite a
necessity. His solo work was not marked
by any great pre-eminence, but his accom-
paniments we're sympathetic and virile.
The baritone, Franceschetti, was not q
worthy successor to Albert, Scalchi's bari
tone Of former years, but his acting and his
solo work were far in advance of his sus.
tanning power in the ensemble numbers. The
tenor, Sig. de Pasquali, was suffering from
the effects of a cold, but his voice was
pleasing indeed, with the exception of the
few moments when he resorted to a vicious
throatiness.
Nine. de Pasquali was a favorite with thu
audience and she portrayed her operate
characters well. The voice is not large, bu
sweet, and her technique is clean. Hel
enunciation was all that could be desired
For some reason, best known to the com
pany. some of the Trovatore selection wal
sung in English and some in Italian. Thi!
international compromise was unintelligiblt
to the audience.
In this connection it may be mentioned
that each member of the company sang on,
song in English Tor United States, lest tn
Clan-na-Gael be ofended) and therein wa
a point of etiquette to be commended.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-11
AMNEKE JAMS HEIRS MEET
Hold n Secret COncIave and Choose
Their Officers for Another
Year.

The Anneke Jams association, whose mem
bers claim descent from King William Of
Holland and title to property in New York
City valued at from $3.50, 900, 900 to 500, 000,-
600, met in secret session Wednesday in
in a fat at 800 North Fifteenth street and
held it's annual election of officers. Only
about thirty of a membership of 1000 were
present. All the former officers were re-
elected.
The history in which the JAMS heirs Is
interested goes back to the time when
Manhattan island was a wilderness and
deals chiefly with the proclamation of Gov
| ernor Nichols, who, in 1867, confirmed the
| original title to the estate in controversy.
Chronicles of events of that period are
fragmentary and little better than tradi-
tions. Accounts of the mysterious Anneke
JAMS Bogardus, the princess, are especially
| varied and contradictory, but according to
a composite version of these she was a self
willed, romantic scion of royalty, who chose
to wed for love even at the cost of forfeit
ing the kings favor. She married beneath
her station and was cut off with a few hun
dred thousand acres of land along the Hud-
son.
Her husband was the Rev. Everardus Bo-
gardus of the Dutch Reformed church.
! Anneke Jams died in 1857, leaving "a lost
will" which has never been recorded in
New York state. 1t referred to property to
which the Trinity church of New York City
now holds title.
Here are same of the members of the
Anneke Jams association: l.. j. Turner, Ed
dyville. Ia; NJ. NJ. Kilmar, Yorkshire, Ia;
J. +. Kidder. Red Oak; +. C. Coll. Daven-
port; J. B. Johnson, Walnut; l.. NJ. Hit,
Mcdonald, Kan; Louis Turner, Sabetha,
Kan. John e. Copeland, Carroll, Ia; Miss
Anna Jefferies, West Point, Neb.; Mrs.
Sarah J. Crowell, Lyons, Neb.; ]. w. Ly-
man, sos South Thirty-iirst avenue, Omaha;
Henry Van Ness, 1925 North Seventeenth
street, Omaha; A. n. Covert. Carson, Ia.
Mrs. John Pearson, Springville, Ia; Mrs.
Archie C. Powell, 1902 Locust, Omaha
Henry c. Kooken, 1909 North Mulberry,
Mansfield, o.; n. L. Cory, Macomb, Ill.
l. D.. Pearce, Kansas City, Mo-; w. II.
Whitus, Argus, Ind; Miss Helen Decker.
31S Rosin street, st. Joseph; Kate Bradley,
Canton, Mass; T.. S. Seeley, Norwalk, O..
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-11

tries are Just learning that the best ma
chincry In the world comes from America
and shipments abroad are simply immense.
There Is no more overstocking in farm i'm
Elements. Raw material is hard TO get
ami the prices OF material have gone up
materially. These conditions make It prof
table to buy machinery while 1t is cheap
and hold 1t for the advance, which is likely
to come within six months.
In nehnIf of the Visitors.
The response on the part Of the visitors
was by ]. J. Buchanan Of Hastings, who re-
minded the Omaha spokesman that II 1t were
not for the plows that run through the soil
In Nebraska there would be no mayor Of
Omaha. But for these plows and harrows
that traverse the Nebraska prairies there
would be not a brick upon another, nor
stone upon stone, in Omaha, nor even a pea
nut stand upon the bank Of the river. He
pointed out the great part played in civil
ization OF this section by the agricultural
implement and the important and proud
position occupied by the dealer therein.
TIP to four years ago the implement dealer
did not amount to much or rank Al In com
mcrcial or financial circles, but since that
date they all made money and there have
been fewer failures among them than among
any other class Of business men.
President Shumway announced the APP
pointment Of the following standing com
mittees for the session:
Auditing-C. b. Ayers. Kearney. Neb
william Matthiescn, West Point, Neb. e.
+. Morris, Hastings, Neb.
Transportation-H. =. Shumway, wake
field, Ncb.; J. T.. Skadan, Malvern, la,
August Lubulcy, Harrington, Neb.
Nominations. S. Thomas, Lexington
Ncb 7. r. Callan, Essex, la,
Rcgistration-John Watcher, Pender'
Neb Theodore Palmquist, Oakland, Neb.i
G.. u. Knapp, Riverton, Ia.
Resolutions-M. S. Fouke, Liberty; Neb.
+. II. HUFF. Oakland, Ia; j. j.: Nlesak
Prague, Neb.; j. j. Buchanan, Hastings
Neb. =. c. Reed, Corning, la.
G~rievance-T. NJ. Sheaff, Fullerton, Neb;
l.. j. Blowers, David city, Neb.j f. ii
Huston, ShiCkley, Ncb.
Program-J. A. Mclaughlin, Craig, Neb.
Gus Babson, Seward Neb. H.. NJ. Bronson
Albion, Neb.; w. l.. Batten, Gretna, Neb'
l.. j. Blower, David City, Neb.
These committees were all In session las
evening. There will be another open ses
sion this afternoon, which Will be ATTENDED
by the jobbers. All the other sessions will
be rendered a theater party at the Orpheun
by the local committee and Friday evening
there will be a reception and luncheon a
the rooms of the Commercial club.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-11
AnnnumceInen:s.

When the box office at Boyd's opened
yesterday there was "A brisk demand for
seats to the Elks' production of "a Night
in Bohemia" which is to be repeated again
this year for the benefit of the charity fund
Of this popular order, whose deeds OF benev-
olence are done secretly and whose willing
hands are ever ready to open at the cry OF
distress, and it indicates even more of a
success than last year. This rollicking
musical farce has "A well-defned plot and
the many bright specialties which are in
terpolated during the Two acts make 1t a
pleasant evenings entertainment. The
jealousy between Spud Parrish, Arthur
Briggs, r. Haaker and others has been set
tied and Mr.. Parrish will again beat the
drum in the Salvation Army, which honor
has nearly been wrested from him. "The
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-11
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

General Merriam, commanding the De-
pertinent of the Missouri, Is In the city
IRON Denver on his monthly visit of in
spection.
w. IL Youcks. Union Pacific agent at
Grand Island, who has been visiting his
family in New York. stopped over a day in
this city on his return home.
II. j. Meals of Holt county. who is in
tCrtsted in mining property in the Nlondikc,
is In the city attempting - interest capital
IN the venture. lie will return to the north
the first of next monh.
Il. l.. Kerr. an implement dealer of Craig.
Burt county, Is at the Merchants. He says
quail hunting is excellent In the vicinity
of Craig this winter and is attracting much
attention from Omaha s~portsmcn.
James Thomas of Lexington is In the
city attending the Implement Mems con
v%ention. He is enthusiastically prO-BritiSh
and in forecasting the outcome of the
Transvaal trouble can see nothing but de-
feat for Bocr arms.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-11
OWNERSHIP OF WATER WORKS
Lengthy Discussion of Municipal Con-
troll Mt Meeting of
Club.

At a meeting of the Southwest Improve
ment club Wednesday night the question Of
municipal ownership of water works was
discussed at length by Attorney R. w. Rich
ardson, who has made a study of the issue.
1t was expected that Andrew
city engineer, would address the club in
favor of the proposition, but Mr.. Rosewater
was unable to be present and Mr.. Richard
son made a speech in direct opposition to
the theory which 1t is said Mr.. Rosewater
would have advocated had he been there.
Mr.. Richardson read letters from promi-
nent citizens of cities where municipal own
ership now prevails and in each instance
the reports were discouraging to city con-
troll of the water supply. The club mem
bers listened patiently, for Mr.. Richardson
is an entertaining talker, but many of them
are on the other side OF the question. At
future meetings of the club there will b.
further discussion and the advocates of mu-
nlcipal ownership will be given an oppor-
tunity to be heard. One of the arguments
advanced by Mr.. Richardson was that the
city cannot afford the bond issue required
and another was that municipal ownership
will create too many additional city Of
fees.
After the water works discussion ended
City Attorney Cornell addressed the club
| with reference to the Strengthening Of
Twenty-fourth street, there being an offset
near the intersection with Leavenworth
street. Mr.. Cornell said in substance that
all suits in court growing out Of this propo-
sition thus far have been decided in favor
of the city and that pending cases will
doubtless be satisfactorily settled before
the Twenty-fourth street viaduct is con-
structed and likely as early as spring of the
present year.
The club meeting was largely attended
and in addition to the foregoing propositions
some routine business was transacted.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-11
Gasoline Light Contracts.

Al a meetlng OF the AdVlsory bOarC
Wednesday the contract for gasoline stree
lighting was let for the year 1900. The low
bidder on gasoline lamps of the ordinary
pattern was the Gasoline Light and HeaI
company, at a bid of SIS per light for The
year. The Welsbach company was the low
bidder on Welsbach gasoline lights at 81
for each lamp per year. These lamps viii
be of sixty candle power. which Is also the
strength of the WeIsbach gas lamps nov
in use. The lamps will all be used in thC
outlying portions OF the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-11

The committee recommended that five new
chest weights, one waist developer and two
dozen bar bells be added, and it was SO
authorized.
The itemized report OF the athletic park
showed total receipts, 81, 399.42; expenses,
81, 1884 10; good assets, s451.77, and deficit,
$533.51.
A summary OF the hnancia report is as
follows:
Receipts for December for last five years
compared: 1899, $1,434.40: 1898, 1.l69.3 80
1897, 1913. 25; 1896, 1854 70; 1895. sSS2.75.
Expenses for December for last five years
compared: 1899, $1,167.2S; 1898, $1,132.9S;
1897, loo. 20; 1896, SS42.49; 1895, $l,O77.S5
Receipts from May to December, inclusive,
for last Ave years compared: 1899, $6,SS4.55;
1898, 81 ,O33.9 81; 1897, "a, 693. 10; 1896, SO, S35 20;
1895, 1922. 20.
Expenses from May to December, inclu-
sive, for last five years compared: 1899, So
1882; 1898, IS ,S51.16; 1897, $5,437.4S; 1886
So, 1907; 1895, $7,352,44.
1t will be noticed that while the receipts
are greater than in other years, the expenses
have also increased somewhat over the last
four years. This has been brought about
from the fact that the increased use Of the
building by the growing membership has OF
itself made a greater part of this increase
While il is the aim of the directors to keeI
the expenses as low as possible, yet the
increased expense has been due TO the en-,
larged work.
Altogether the directors feel greatly en-
couraged by the steady growth of the in,
stitution, and outside of the financial ques-
ton, which is always present, finds the
problem to be that of sufficient room fol
the increasing membership.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-11
COL. W. F. CODY ON mORMONS
''BunaIo BIZ" Says He VIII Sell a
Big Tract of Land to
This Sect.

Colonel w. F. Cody stopped at the Mer-
chants a few hours Wednesday afternoon
on his way from Washington TO North
Platte, his home.
Il shall only stay in North Platte two
days" he said, land then I'm going up to
my town in the Big Horn basin in north
west Wyoming. You knew | had a town
there, / suppose. Yes. and I've got 200 900
acres of land up there and I'm going to
unload the whole 'ranakaboo' onto the Nor
mons. The Mormons want to buy it-or at
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-11

Salvation Army" "The Broadway Sou
brettcs. Dancing with the Girl You Love, 4"
He Did Like Kelly Did THE Kissing
Bug" The Hoodee- Doodo-Man." the hur-
rah medley OF ragtime songs, the North
Omaha quartet in selections, Charley Lambs
eccentric dancing and Ed Snipley's imita-
ton OF Lillian Russell are some OF the spe-
%cialties. There will be two performance
Fridav and SaturdnN.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-11
Y. M. C. A. MONTHLY MEETING
Reports for December Considered by
the Board of Directors Wednes-
day Evening.

AL the monthly meeting Of the Board Of
Directors Of the Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION last evening reports for December
were received and considered.
One hundred and siXty-four membership
tickets were issued, bringing the total mem
bership to 1924, the largest in the history
of the association.
The religious work committee reported
an average attendance at mems Sunday
meetings of 1871, as against 119 for Deem
Der, 1895; also that five bible classes were
in successful operation.
The Junior department reported average
attendance at boys Sunday meetings as
forty, and that almost every boy that at
tends is a member of the Anti-Cigarette
league; also that a saving accounts system
has been organized whereby a boy can put
in his dimes and quarters until enough has
accumulated to pay for his ticket.
The entertainment committee reported all
season reserve seats as sold and that 300
seats would be kept for single admissions.
The gymnasium committee reported as
follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-11
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Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-11
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Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-11

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Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-11
POSTOFFlCE ROBBER MILLER
Sentenced to Five Years in the Sioux Fall
Penitentiary,
CONVICTED OF RoBBlNG FARNAn OFFICE
Denies the Crime, nut Pleads GuiItS
to burglnri1inE the postonicc at
Mernn-Hns Three Robbcrics
to Ills Credit.

William Miller, convicted Tuesday in
the federal court OF the robbery Of the post
office at Farnam last July, was brought into
court Wednesday afternoon. His attorney.
Mr.. Jefferis. who had been appointed by
the court to defend him, submitted a mo-
ton for a new trial, in support Of which
he spoke at length. He Insisted that tho
testimony offered to the effect that Miller
had been seen at Farnam just before the
postoticc was robbed was not at all such
as would leave no room for doubt in the
minds of Jurors and lntimated that 1t was
a knowledge Of Miller's bad record that
must have operated upon the jury to secure
his conviction. He said also that Miller
had freely and frankly said TO him that he
was guilty of the robbery at Merna and
was ready to plead guilty to that o%ffense,
but that he would not plead guilty to the
Farnam %offense, for he had not committed
the crime.
Judge Munger recalled the fact that one
of the first cases that came before him when
he first assembled the bench was one in
which Miller was convicted of the robbery
Of the postoffce at Stromsburg and init
mated that there was little room for judi
cial clemency. He asked Miller what he had
to plead as to the Merna case and the cul
prit replied that he was guilty and would
so plead.
Have you anything to say why sentence
should not be pronounced against your
asked the court.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-11
Asks for Lcnicncy.

The prisoner responded with n manifesto
been becoming to a countenance not so
manifestly n reflection of the rogues' gal
lery, but in Miller's case a fearless and
shallow agitation of the facial muscles of a
confirmed thief.
NO" said the prisoner, except that |
hope you will be as lenient as possible. |
tried hard to reform upon leaving the peni-
Tertiary last spring, but IT was impossible.
Instead of extending a helping hand every
one tried to push me down. l could not
get work or hold it when | got it. | am
sorry l committed the crime"
Judge Munger at once pronounced SEN
tence, the penalty being 500 and costs and
five years in the government penitentiary
at Sioux Falls. The prisoner took the SEN
tence as a matter of course.
Have you anything now to say why SEN
tence should not be pronounced against
you in the Farnam case?" asked Judge
Munger.
Nothing except that / did not commit
the crime
Judge Munger duplicated the sentence
above recited. This would seem to indicate
that the culprit was to serve ten years IL
the penitentiary, but it is stated by attaches
of the court that he will serve both sen
fences at the same time-that is. the sen.
fences are concurrent. He completed +;
term of eighteen months last spring for tn,
Stromsburg robbery.