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Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

master OF guard, II. Schoenfeld: sentry 7 c
heysor; picket, r. J. Dohse; musician. n
heyman; captain OF degree team. II. e
Hartry trustee, H. F. Boon.
AT Ashland the United Workmen elected.
Master workman, S. S. Sanders; foreman
). T. Whipple; overseeT, James W. strat-
ton; recorder, N. L. Whistler; nuRncjer w
A. Fowler; receiver, G. A. DerIesh. insids
watch Ward Gilbert; outside watch, j. A.
heece; trustee, ]. A. Derleth.
Omaha lodge. Royal Achates, Monday
elected: President, ]. w. Watson. mast
president. J. w. Carr; vice president, n. A
Wo-ley; secretary. F. C, Craig; treasurer.
C. Z. Allen; chaplain. Mrs. LILLIAN r. Da-
kin; marshal. Lucille Owens; assIstsst mar
shall Irene Birmingham; guard, II. C..
Timme; sentinel. Mrs. Mary M. syas; trus-
tees, w. q. Dakin, II. A. Morrison, Mrs
Caroline Cowieson; musician. Mrs. Helen S.
Stewart; captain. H. A. Wilson.
Clan Gordon No. So. Order Of Scottish
Clans. held regular meeting at Continental
building Tuesday evening. There was a
good attendance and William KENNEDY be-
came clansman. Nomination OF officers
for 1908 then proceeded. and under the head
OF good OF the order. ClansmAn William
Kennedy made one OF his racy speeches
which At once made everybody happy and In
good humor. r. @. Watson sang a song and
ID. Burdick spoke. As finish William Ken
nedy recited Burns we'll known poem
Death and DR.. Hornbrook."
A splendid musical and literary program
was presented at their open meeting last
Thursday by Maynower garden OF the Gard
eners, assisted by Gellenbeek's band. Dane
ing and refreshments added to the pleasures
OF the evening.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

Mr.. Simms will present special mu-
sical program tonight at All Saints church,
beginning at 80, when the "Magnihcat
and "Nunc Dimittis" Of Wood will be sung
also three anthems by Harry Rowe Shelley.
Mr.. Simms will play two interesting organ
numbers from Guilmant and Salome.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

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Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

The following letter has been sent to me,
and | answer 1t, as follows:
ITO settle a dispute, will you kindly
answer the following in Sundays paper:
What determines an opera-'grand opera
the quality of music, the number taking
part in its production, or both OF these
features combined? Can grand opera be
sung in Omaha theaters? Has grand opera
ever been sung in Omaha theaters? II So
when and by whom? II not why? Yours
truly, E. w. N"
AS to the first question, would refer you
to The Sunday Bee of November 23, wherein
the question of grand opera is somewhat
exhaustively dealt with. The number of
participants does not constitute grand opera
witness the hundreds OF performers in
the Ben Hur" or Beauty and the Beast"
productions in the metropolitan centers.
Grand opera can be, and has been sung in
Omaha theaters, by the Tavary Opera COM
pany, the Max Maretzek forces, the German
operatic forces under Damrosch, at the
Boyd, and the Damrosch- Ellis productions,
with zelia De Lussan as the star, also at
the Boyd; Patti and her company at the
Coliseum; Clementine De We're and her
company in the standard grand operas at
the Creighton lin it's earlier days) and
Melba with her company, and Sembrich with
hers, and heaven knows what else before
the present scribe was living in Omaha
that is, previous to 1890. And now, how
does the best stand, and where does the
musical critic of The Bee come in?
THOMAS ]. KELLY.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

Alas! how many young women have pur-
sued, are pursuing and will pursue that
absurd and impossible will O. the wisp OF
getting something for nothing.
1t is the same old worn story. The mis-
take is not the desire to go on the stage"
but II is the reckless thought that the
stage life is easy, is rapturous. is the one
delight in life and that 1.-The life" is an
ideal one, all flowers, all footlights and
attentions and success.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

Omaha tent. Knights Of the Maccabees.
elected officers Thursday as follows: Com
mander, c. l. Smith; lieutenant COM
mander. II. A. Whipple; record keeper @,
A. ostrom; finance keeper. II. C. Hartry;
chaplain, l p. Patehen: sergeant, F. e
Grange; master-at-arms. N, @. Anderson
nrst master Of guard, r. ]. shanke; second
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

Mr.. Burger wrote on April /,
1902: / have received your very
kind letter and note the advice
therein. also the enclosed urinary
analysis, with many thanks, and
am pleased 20 say that the sample
bottle of Warmers Safe Cure, to-
gethCr with the sample of War
ners Safe Pills did me so much good
that I was induced thereby to pur-
chase another bottle, which ] have
since been taking, with the result
that l am much stronger and have
more vim and vigor than have had
for some time past The kidney
and liver trouble, and the pains In
my back have ali gone. 1t Is GER
tainly a great remedy. | had sut-
fered so much with lame back but
l did not know what it was until l
made the simple home test sug-
gested by you and discovered that
nv kidneys were clogged and my
bladder very much infiamed. | shall
certainly and with confidence, rec
commend Safe Cure to anyone
who is troubled with lame back
kidney, bladder or liver trouble.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07
Benefit for old Soldiers.

samI Burns, Xmas bargains See adv. on
society page.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

Let not this be construed into a jeremiad
against the stage Far from It, This Is
an appeal to those who think they have
something which, undeveioped, will never
theless bring success. 1t is an appeal to
the ambitious but misguided girl who
thinks that her future would be blissful
forever on the golden blaze OF a glory be-
hind the footlights.
Meanwhile let US ponder on the joys Of
one-night standsl
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

At Creighton the knights OF Pythias
elected oficers as follows; Frank r. Hut
smith, chancellor commander w. A. War
ner, vice commander; e. II. Warrington.
prelate; F. C. Hamilton, master Of e1-
chequer; orin Bruce, master OF finance;
w. l.. Henderson, keeper OF records and
seal; Amos Sweet, master at arms; w. q.
Galley; master OF work; II. L. Mccoy. inner
guard; W. A. Meserve. outer guard; W. C.
Galley, trustee.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

The appearance in Omaha Of Arthur
Hochman, the wonderful young pianist to
whom | alluded last week in this column,
is an assured fact. SO Mr.. stephens in
forms me.
A young musical friend Of mine who
| heard him in Cincinnati writes me the
| following interesting words concerning him.
| AS the young man to whom l allude is In
no way interested in the local presentation
of the artist, take the liberty Of repro
| ducing his comment He says:
zone thing sure, Hochman has more than
| made good everywhere. Critics disagree
| about him-but in a lively way--and he
| has every one talking but privately
and honestly l will say that the fellow is
honest and he is not posing He can
play Beethoven, Schubert Schumann, for
you, all night. To properly show his scope
! he should play at least four entire recitals.
! But you will say who wants to hear four
! programs?' p and Of course, l must submit.
However, his quality of tone is something
one seldom hears, and he does not seem
to try for it-that is the beauty! OF
| course, on one hearing, it is hard to Judge
! him, but l do so wish that you could hear
| him. l know he would delight you beyond
measure. have heard the great ones and
! l want you to hear this Hochman. If YOU
do not agree with me-you know"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

Irvine, past master workman; o. X. Reedy,
master workman; Lars Hanson, foremani
William F. Spencer, overseer; A. w. King,
recorder; ]. A. McCullum, fnancier; A.
H. Felch. receiver; p. J. Broulard. guide;
Emanuel Bell, inside watch; Charles
Treadwell, outside watch; ]. w. Ashen-
felter, trustee; A. H. Felch, medical ex-
aminer. The Royal Neighbors OF Marri-
eta camp elected Mrs Emma Savage, ora
Gle; Mrs. George Springer vice oracle; Miss
Nellie Smith, recorder; Miss Nora Arnold,
receiver; Mrs Helen Thomas, marshal; Mrs.
Anna Miller, assistant marshal; Miss Lulu
Brown, inner sentinel; Miss Ella Dale, outer
sentinel; Mrs. Anna Miller. Andrew sper-
ry, managers; Drs. Love, studley and Fall,
physicians Mrs. Ella Dale. chancellor; Mrs.
Treadwell, delegate to state camp. Dudley
castle, Royal Highlanders, elected: Paul
Springer, P. i. p; Robert Smith, /. p;
Mrs Emma Savage. C. c.; J. f. Harkins,
w. E.; Roy Headley, P. c.; o. l.. Savage,
warder Sam Carnahan, sentry.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

master Of guard. II. schoenfeld; sentry. ]. S
keysori picket. r. J. Dohse; musician. H
Heyman captain of degree team. IT. e
Hartry; trustee, H. F. Boon.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

This fattering and absolutely sincere
tribute comes from a true and tried friend
OF the best in music and therefore l offer
it to the readers Of this column without anv
hesitation whatever.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-07

would that every stage-struck girl, mat
inee idolator and would-be "actorine'
could see Ave real rehearsals. Things
might then be different.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-17

load of tamels. reached Iudianola,
Texas. on the Gulf of Mexico, Febru-
airy 10, 1857. Three had died during
the voyage, leaving seventytwo in the
herd.
About half of these were taken TO
Albuquerque. New Mexico, where an
expedition was fitted out under com
mand OF Lieutenant Beale. for Fort
TETON, California. The route lay
along the 35th parallel. crossing the
Mohave desert The expedition con-
sisted OF forty-four citizens, with an
escort of twenty soldiers. the camels
carrying the baggage and water
The expedition arrived safely at Te-
jon. and the camel caravan made sew
eral trips between Fort TETON and AL
buquerque. The other half of the herd
was employed in packing on the plains
of Texas and In southern Arizona, then
commonly called the Gadsden Pur-
chase.
The first caravan to arrive In Los
Angeles reached that city January 5,
1888. A local paper thus notes Its ar
rival:
"A orove of fourteen camels under
the management of Lieutenant Beale
arrived in Los Angeles. They were
on their way from Fort TETON to the
Colorado river and the Mormon coun-
try. and each animal was packed with
1000 pounds of provisions and military
stores. With this load they made
from thirty to forty miles per day
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-17
KING ALFONSO XIII
NOW FUbLo-FL6D6ED
Took an Oath 10 Support and
Maintain the Constitution OF
Spain TODAY

MADRID, May liking Alfonso
Nil attained his majority today ana
became king In fact as well as in
name. having reached the age of 16
prescribed by the constitution.
Beautiful weather favored this. the
central day of the fetes. AT an early
hour all the bands of music of the
troops composing the garrison marched
through the principal streets, playing
lively marches, to the royal palace,
where they performed beneath the
windows Of the kings apartments.
The royal procession was formed on
the Plaza de Armes, In front of the
palace. shortly before 2 p. M. and
proceeded TO the chamber of deputies
where in the present of the Senator'S
and deputies, the king took the oath
TO uphold the constitution.
The procession was a spectacle of
medieval magnificence,
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-17

known as most devout young man.
He is only "a years old. and has a
young wife and two children
The prisoner maintained that he was
Innocent of the crime until today
The officer in the case then came upon
some damaging evidence, and when
confronted with it Poleet could not
dispute IL. He sat a moment as II in
deep study. There was no sign oi
emotion, but the officer knew that a
confession of the crime was revolving
IN the preachers mind.
Then SUDDENLY Poleet extended his
hand to the officer and without a
tremor said. Its too plain; you
have got the evidence too straight. and
can't get away from 1t. will throw
myself upon the mercy of the court =
The evidence which the officer had
showed that after Poleet had killed his
victim he rified the dead youth and re-
lleved him of SIS In money and a gold
watch. The timepiece Poleet traded
al pawnshop for a silver watch and
81 in money. and 1t was the fact that
the officer knew this that caused Po-
leet to confess.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-17
SHOT ENGINEER FOR
BLOWING OFF STEHM
SdloonkeeDer EnrdOed bu Noise
Fired Twice and Filled a Man
With Shot

NEW YORK. May l7.-Enraged be.
cause the steam from locomotive
sas blown off In front of his place
John Sehuster, a saloon keeper at Fort
avenue and Third street. Elizabeth
port, New Jersey shot Frank p. Bo-
gart, a Jersey Central engineer yes
to-day. while the latter was sitting in
his cab.
Sehuster threw open side window
in his saloon and let fly with both
Larrels of a shotgun at the engineer.
The aide OF the cab was ridled. and the
engineer was struck in the face. arms
and body. Several of the shot barely
missed Ills eyes. and some passed
through his lips. 1t took Or. White
mead two hours to pick the shot out of
tle man.
The shooting was witnessed by
James Willard. the fireman. and also
by the conductor OF the feght train
that Bogart was running. The police
were notified
Schuster leveled his gun at Police
man Murray VINO was sent To arrest
him. but was subdued before he could
fire, He was arraigned today in the
police court on charge of assault
with intent to kill.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-17

The story of the experiment MADE
nearly fifty years ago to utilize the
Arabian camel as a beast of burden on
'a' arid plains of Arizona. New Mex
'eo and the deserts of the Colorado Is
On Of the many obscure chapters IN
,Af history of the Southwest. A lew
fugitive locals in the newspapers OF
'h"' time. and the "reminiscences OF
S'me of the camel drivers who sur
'F'd The experiment are about the
'hiy records OF scheme that its pro.
sqAttors had hoped WOULD revolution
ne travel and transportation over the
american deserts. The originator and
h'eI promoter of the project was JEFF
'Fson Davis, afterwards President OF
me Sou hern Confederacy.
Hlring the last days OF the session
VI congress in 1851, when the army
appropriatlon bill was under consider
S"Ion, Mr.. Davis then Senator from
H%lSsippi, offered o bill providing
,pF W., 'he purchase and introduction oil
,'4rF ,uuF camels and twenty iromedaries'
'''h Ten Arab drivers and the neces-
ary equipage
IN advocating his bill. Mr.. Davis al
'nutd 10 the etxent to which these an
mas are used In various countries In
'"la ami Africa as beasts of burden
~ ,'u among other things stated that
WY are used by the English In the
,I' r'p'V IN les in transporting army sup
aSS ,,'e ana often in carrying light guns
'" '''it backs; that camels were
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-17

used by Napoleon In his Egyptian cam
paigns In dealing with race to whtch
our wild Comanches and Apaches bear
close resemblance. Mr. Davis
thought these animals might be useo
With effect against the Indians on our
western frontier. Drinking enough
water before they start to last ioo
miles travelling continually without
rest at the rate Of ten or fifteen miles
an hour, they would oyertake these
bands Of Indians, which our cavalry
caa not Go.
They might be made to transport
small pieces of ordnance With great Ia
cllity; and. in fact, do all that they
are capable of doing in the east, where
they are accustomed to eat the harai-
est shrubs. and to drink the same kind
iof inack'sh water which Is said to ex-
ist in come portions of the western
deserts. q.
The t;H was lost--19 yeas and "a
nayg. The appropriation of $So.ooo 10
buv camels with was a reckless extfaF-
agance that the Senator'S OF those days
could not sanction. ,
Then the newspapers of California
took IN tho scheme, and the more they
apitated 1t the mightier 1t became.
They demonstrated that 1t was possiDle
tn form lightning dromedary express
to carry the fast mail and to bring
eastern papers and letters to caiiiorh''
in fifteen days. , >. ~
It would be possible, too, II Con-
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-17
story OF EXPERIMENT TO INTRODUCE CAMLS THE SOUTHWEST NEHRY FIFTY y6R AG0

finding their own subsistence in even
the most barren country, and going
without water for six to ten days at a
time
Again the same paper of July 81
1858. makes note that "the camels
eight in number. came into town from
Fort TETON. after provisions for that
camp The largest one packs a ton,
and can travel sixteen miles an hour. >
1t would seem that beast of burden
that could pack ton travel sixteen
miles an hour subsist on sage brush,
and go from six to ten days on one
drink. would have supplied most ef-
fectually the long-felt want of cheap
and rapid transportation over the
desert plains of the Southwest. Inc
promoters of the scheme to utilize the
camel in America made one fatal mis-
take They figured only on his vir-
tues; his vices were not reckoned In
the account.
The mistake they made was in not
importing Arab drivers with the cam
els. From the very first meeting of
the camel and the American mule
whacker who was to be his driver,
there developed between the two a
mutual antipathy.
To be a successful camel driver a
man must be born to the business.
Indeed he must come of guild or
trade union Of camel drivers at least q
thousand years old; and. better still.
II it dates back to the days of Aba
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-17

gress would only import camels and
dronfedaries, to have fast camel pas
senger trains from Missouri river
points to the Pacific coast. The camel,
loading up his internal water tank out
OF the Missouri and striking straight
across the country. regardless. of water
ing places, and boarding himself on
sage brush the plains across. would
take his next drink of the trip out OF
the Colorado river; then after quiet
pasear across the desert, he would
land his passengers in the California
coast towns In two weeks from the
time of starting. No more running
the gauntlet OF Panama fevers and
thieving natives on the isthmus. No
more dying OF thirst on the deserts;
No freezing to death In the SHOWS OF
the Sierras. No more shipwrecks on
the high seas. The double-decked
camel train would do away with all
these and solve the transportation
problem until the Pacific railroad was
built
In December, 1854 Major c. Wayne
was sent to Egypt and Arabia to buy
seventy-five camels He bought the
first lot in Cairo and taking these in
the naval storeship Supply. he sailed
to Smyrna, where thirty more of an
other kind were bought. These had
been used on the Aabian deserts. They
cost from SIS to $500 each, somewhat
more than had been paid for the Egyp-
tian lot, The ship Supply, with lts
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-17
STRIKE OF THE COIL MINERS PREACHER KILLED HIS FRIEND
Confessed That tie Murdered Him For Watch
and MOn6U

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,. May l7.-Rev.
John Poltet, of a Baptist Mission at
McClnskey. Illinois. who has been In
jail In this city several days on suspi-
cion of numbering his travelling COM
panion. Charles lsaakson, confessed
today.
The confession was written to his
father-in-law. John Walker, who came
to Springfield yesterday prepared to
make a defense for his son-in-law,
whom he firmly heiieved TO be inno-
cent and incapable of murder. Po-
leet, In his confession, says he killed
Isaakson for his money, beating out
his companions brains with an air
coupling hose.
He says he can give no explanation
OF his crime other than that he was
seized with sudden frenzy to kill his
friend. and that he was unable TO re-
sist 1t.
But for the effort of Deputy Sheriff
Frank Ryan, who followed him up, the
murderer Poieet would not have been
arrested. and even after his arrest the
officers believed the man innocent. He
bore an unimpeachable name. and was
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-17

ham and Isaac The Erst disagree
rient between the two was In the mai
;er 9f langrage The vigorous invec-
tive and fierc, Profanity of the Guoa-
lam mule drircr IT, lated the nerves
and shocked the finer feelings of the
camel, who, never In his life. perhaps,
had heard anything more strenuous
than Allah, el Allah" lisped in the
softest Arabic
AT fire: the mild submissfvenes of
the catael provoked the drivers They
could appreciate the vigorous kicking
of an army mule In his protest against
abuse But the spiritles detection and
mild~eyed pensiveness OF the Arabian
burden bearer was exasperatin9: but
they soon learned in pure meannoas
one lone camel could discount = Nho10
herd OF mules. His supposed virtues
proved to be his worst vices H0
could travel sixteen miles A0 hour.
Abstractedly that was . virtuAs but
when camp was struck In th6 exe1itnx
and he was turned loose u anp n1k th4
sue ulent cactus either f05 esc1pe th<
noise end profanity OF the camp. 0l Ao
view the country, he wns A1WAfB 13if~
ed with a desire to take 3 pa49ox III
twenty. five or thirty miles before 1l(Il y
per. While this only took An hotft
two OF his time. Ii Involved mon MI
unfortunate driver the neca III
spending hair the night H q anxe u =
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-17
THREE OFFICERS IND THREE NEGRO
CRIMINALS KILLED AND SEVERAL
WOUNDED IN A FIGHT HT HTLANTA.
BLOCK Of BUILDINGS Burned and the Militia
Called Out Before Peace Was
Restored.

ATLANTA. Ga. May IA desper~
Wte battle between posse of police
men. assited by crowd of citizens,
and five negro criminals. occurred this
morning In the suburbs of this city.
The fight lasted several hours, and
before the riot was quelled three ofEi-
GERS were killed, a half dozen people
wounded and three OF the fugitive ne
groes killed.
A company OF militia was called out
to assist the civil authorities
Yesterday afternoon former Police
man Kerlin was waylaid by flve me-
groes with whom he had had trouble
while member of the force. Only the
timely arrival of a trolley car saved
his life. and his assailants were fright
ened away.
Az i:30 this morning party OF Off
GERS, accompanied by a number of
kerlins neighbors, found the hiding
place of his assailants in house and
store on Mcdaniel street. When the
officers approached the house the in
mates opened fire and Owen Heard. of
the arresting party, was seriously
wounded.
One of the negroes named Richard
son owned the store, which was amply
supplied with guns and ammunition.
The attacking party watched until
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-17

daylight and reopened the battle. in
Ethe desperate fight which ensued three
Ipolieement were killed by inmates of
the house.
Il All the available reserves soon after
arrived in patrol wagons. and hum
dreds OF armed citizens took part in
the attack.
Governor Chandler was advised Of
the rioting and hastily ordered out a
company of the Fifth Regiment and a
platoon gun to assist the city author
tiles
Soon after the firing began a negro,
VIII King. ran out OF the house and
surrendered. At the point of Win
#chester officers forced him 10 set fire
to the house. which burned rapidly
and drove the inmates in the adjacent
buildings. which were imediateiy fired.
Two of the negroes took refuge In
the main sewer, but were soon forced
out and filled with lead as they tried
to escape.
The entire block of buildings was
burned. In the ruins charred body.
believed to be Richardson's was
found.
The police arrested a number of ne
groes found In the vicinity, and with
difficulty got them away from the en-
ragged crowd, which by that time num-
bered over 1900,