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BERNHARDT NOT 4 JEWESS.


The Stddtsblrger Zeaung and some other
German journals recently claimed that
Sarah Bernhardt was the daughter OF a
Frankfort Jewess that she passed the first
portion Of her youth in that city the home
of her mother. Some Of the French papers
printed the story with little or no COM
ment. That made the Divine SARAH
blazing mad. She picked up her pen,
wishing it were Ratchet, and a Ia Nine
Nation, proceeded 10 smash all silly scrib-
blers in sight. She commenced with the
editor Of the Intrdnsigedn''
Il am surprised that your journal appears 70
take for truth the stupid Canard OF scandal dealing
sheet printed in Berlin. according to which de
cared that was a German JewcSs and that had
passed my youth IN Frankfort on the oder, the
city OF my birth. | am not a JewcSs, but Chris
tian and French woman, and the cary portion
champs In Versailles"
To a Jewess in Berlin. but originally from
Frankfort, who wrote 10 the great tragedi-
enne claiming relationship Sarah Berp-
hardt sent the following tele gram:
Madam. You have been led into an error By
a scandal dealing sheet. was born In Paris.
rue Sain, honort, My mother was Dutch, but
meat my " conTS rmany am chld of the 81 great
country. France,
Rushing upon the Figaro man. after
giving her reasons for playing in Berlin,
here il the way she chops him.
"RtJane Antoine and Coquclin played In Berlin
and the French rapers reported their success with
the greatest sympathy. They treat me In quite a
different manner. \ scandal -mongering am black
mailing rar In Berlin Is making campaign against
me. i, says that was bonn IN Frankfort on the
oder. that my father was q cab horse dealer. and
that pasScd the nrSt portion OF my youth IN Frank
fort md that is the rubbish which the French
press picks upi For more than thirty years have
held up high as I could, and with al the force of
my heart and my intelligence the lag OF French
art After the war Of 1870 ! received a gold medal
for my conduct during the campaign And people
arc trying to mud out II ! am a French womanl
Well let me answer them. Yes, n thousand times
YES ny my birth In my heart, In my soul, In my
profession and In my affections am French
woman.
Now. gentlemen, sail in. There is ma
| terial over which you can sharpen your
| pencils and flourish your pens, But don't
| forget that you also are French. Be bright
| but remain courteous for
SARAH BERNHARDT."
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that are not properly starched and oiled.
In the language Of the Andover witches
they are astonished and amazed and
consternated and affrighted. Get on
train? Never! Board ut. Board
it then, in the name Of Heaven and NOAH
WEBSTER. and be thankful If the unfeel-
ing conductor or brakeman doesn't ask
you to" steplively.' Board hasa good,
buccaneering. cutlass-bearing. on-the-
account, jolly Roger look. Board
your train, and when you arrive at
your destination, Ne descend" alight,
disembark, disembogue.' Don't get
off," As the beautiful old poem. re-
vised, says, Suffer me TO alight at
Buffalo"
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Philologian and Cars.

With glad heart and hand we greet
another constable of English. Like so
many other prudent souls. he never
travels without full set of grammars and
dictionaries. Sometimes, many times
he misses his train" if we may use
so common a phrase. The train pufYs
or whizzes away while he is bordering
how to board it with the utmost gram
NAUTICAL propriety. Give ear, We school,
masters and schoolma ans:
To THE EDITOR or THs Sus7SE: As a reader
of your paper, and as an admirer OF good English.
| wish to call your attention to article In last
weeks editorial, Another forgetful Man The
sentence refer to is They go, on the wrong train
The word got seems to be out OF place-'boarded.'
1t strikes me. would be more proper
NEW YORK Nov, q? MAURICE BRILL"
May propriety live long and prosper.
Personally we find that all-accomplished
verb TO get more filling, useful and
elastic than any of its substitutes. The
foreigner who has mastered that mas
terly word, picked his way through its
myriad mazes. has learned a wealth of
inimitabc, idiomatic English This is
| the lean meat and muscle of the Ian
guage but let who will have the fat and
! the fabby. For our own part, we admit
not only without shame but with pride
| that we
Get away, Get in,
Get by, Get on,
Get down. Get up
and so on indefinitely. At the same time
we would be kind to the feelings Of any
brother or sister who can't digest the
sincere milk Of speech, finds the COM
mon word unclean and can't away with
the phrase, however sound OF usage,
which seems easy and colloqual. We
will not say, Because thou art virtuolls,
shall there be no more slippers and shirt
sleeves? IL our toes are equity shall we
deny To Brother BRILL or Sister JILL the
privilege Of perpetual pumps? We rather
like the PHYSICIANS and precisians. They
have a passion for reform and go about
like missionaries, correcting the Ian
guage of their neighbors. Usually their
neighbors are right enough but what of
it? 1t takes all sorts of people to make
a world; and the pathological Purtans
are not among the least amusing of them.
There are good men and women who
seem to regard the giving of the long
sound to the dphthong in either and
neither as the tombstone Of educa-
ton. the chief duty and the one thing
needful for culture" So be il; and
doubtless it is sin that we love to hear
any and all peculiarities, provincialisms,
dialects-not written -brogues, pat
tiers and slangs, relics Of old speech or
the newest picking from the alleys and
the slums
In short, we are eclectics. But VIC
don't care a Democratic platform what
sort of words anybody else prefers
Words are. free. Take your choice and
be happy. Now some folks can't be
happy when they hear or see expressions
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st. Martins summer on the stern and
rockbound coast Of Massachusetts. Ripe
raspberries and strawberries, and pear
trees in blossom in Marshfeld. In New
Haven almost too warm for football In
New York. stout men tanning themselves
and bald-headed men secretly afraid of
sunstroke. We heard a fine hearty old
fellow in Broadway yesterday afternoon
say that II he'd ordered the weather he
might have made it just leetle more brac-
ing, but on the whole he didn't feel like
finding fault"
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in Hdrrcr's MaGd;ine for december are to b,
found many good things. and he who turns away
from the table OF contents unSatiSned must he
peculiarly hard to please MI. Swlhourne writes
of king Lear" and Of Mr. Abbey > ILLUSTRATION,
to the play, Mark Twain tells story, Was II
Heaven or Hem Mr. HowcllS writes OF THE
Mother" and John D. Champlin. Jr', describes
The True capt Kidd" There are stories, al
tlclcs and poems by Mildred l. McNcal Frank
Dempstcr sherman, Dr. AlcS Iirdlicka, Mrs Mary
r. Williams Freeman. Edith Wharton. Booth Tark
ington Auelc Rivos and n bakers dozen OF other
wrIeys, tae number 10 o. striking a. US cover.
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Another instance Of the cruelty of capital
and mans inhumanity TO man. At Aths ms,
U. l.. Mine Motorman CLARENCE RUSSELL.
instead of reporting for work, went raLt it
hunting" He was discharged by his ar
rogant employers, whereupon 200 miners
went out on strike. It's so much more anus
ing TO 60 rabbit hunting than to work.
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Sir Walter Raleigh had Just laid his cloak In the
mud when ESSEX inquired the reason,
Because" replied the willy couriler. u wanted
to raise the dust
and subsequent present from the royal bounty
showed II was indeed pay dirt
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Yale may well crow loud over her vic
tory OF yesterday. II was a crushing de-
feat Of one OF the best elevens Harvard
ever sent to battle.
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A" baby room will be one OF the features OF the
new school OF education at the University or Chi
cago.-Inisr ocean.
Doubtless this department will be In the
hands Of the famous TBIdGs. author Of
How TO Name the Baby"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-28
SHOT TO DEATH BY WATCHMAN
Tour OF Two New FORK Men Ends in
Tragedy An Railroad Yards nj
San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Aug. 27.-N. G.
Rogers, said 10 have been employed by
Wells, Fargo 4 Co. in their New York
once as a bill clerk. and who arrived here
yesterday from the east on a sight
seeing tour. was shot and killed at the
Santa Fe railway yards here early today by
Waterman Sullivan.
Rogers and John Hanner. also Of New
York. were sleeping in a box car when
Sullivan came upon them. HaffneF asserts
that he and Rogers we're awakened by a
rain Of blows from a club In the hands OF
Sullivan. Half dazed. they started to run
and Sullivan fired. killing Rogers.
Severe bruises on Hafner's body tend to
substantiate HIS story OF a beating. Hafner
Is said to formerly have been In the employ
OF Thomas L. Johnson. the railroad man. and
says tina he and Rogers are from New
York City. Rogers lived in NInety-seventh
street and Hafner In Ninety-second street.
NEW YORK. Aug. fiat the once Of
Wells, Fargo q Co. Il was said today hat
Rogers was formerly In their employ. 1t
is understood his family lives At Fort Ham
ilton.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-28
WIRING for the street Fair.

Emmett FINLEY, exalted ruler Of the Coun-
Gil Bluffs lodge OF EIks, has issued an on
cial call for the members to assemble at the
clubhouse Monday morning at 0 o'clock to
take part in the Labor day parade. In his
call he asks that at least 400 members be in
line. The Elks will be distinguished in
the parade by cap. tie Of the colors Of the
order and canes bearing small triangular
flags Of purple with the letters "B. P. o.
E." In white.
The street fair and carnival will be opened
at / o'clock the afternoon Of Labor day
and the several committees are hustling
day and night to get everything in read
mess for the festive occasion. Indications
are that with favorable weather the street
fair will be the greatest success Of any
thing Of its kind in this section Of the
country. Work on wiring the streets and
park was begun yesterday. 1t is planned
to make the fair n blaze Of electric
lights.
The vote in the diamond ring contest for
the most popular young woman In the city
last night was: Edna Keeline. ~; George
Mitchell. Z; Adah Sargent and Edith Butler
s each; Marion Benton. s; Alice Bonham, A
and Miss Aten, 2.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-28
Why DO You Submit to a Daily
Life Of SuftsringP
PdinG'S Celery
Compound
r
Summer Dyspepsia, Indigestion.
and Stomach Troubles.

The tortures and evils Of summer dys-
pepsia and Indigestion are experienced by
thousands at this time. The dyspeptio's
train OF evils may be enumerated as fol-
lows: Feelings Of dizziness, languor.
nervousness, sleeplessness, headache, die
tension Of the stomach, loss Of flesh, dim
cult breathing and the action Of the heart
is seriously affected.
All forms Of dyspepsia are quickly
banished by the use Of Paine's Celery
Compound. The use OF this marvellous
medicine allays the Inflammation OF the
nerves conferred about the stomach; It
opens up the sewers Of the body and re-
moves all waste matter; 1t ~cleanses the
blood; It makes new nerve hbre; It re-
stores digestive power and promotes bod
lily strength and activity. Mr.. Fred Ross,
Clarendon, Ia, briefly writes about his
happy experience with Paino's Celery
Compound as follows:
at gives me great pleasure 20 testify
to the merits OF Paine's Celery Compound.
l can ~candidly and honestly say it is the
best medicine in the world. Two years
ago / was suffering from indigestion and
nervousness and was so run down that I
could hardly walk without help. l used
two bottles Of Paine's Celery Compound
and got better almost from the FIRST dose
and have had no use for medicine since.
l was completely cured" N
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-28

The embers Of the Council Bluffs
Knights Of Pythias lodges and their lam
lilies and friends will hold their annual pie
mic today at Lake MAnawa.
AZ $3.50 In the afternoon there will be a
ball game between teams from St Adams
and Coneordia lodges. The game promises
to be a spirited one. as the winning lodge
will secure a handsome pair OF gavels and
in addition the team will be given a box
Of cigars. In the evening this program OF
sports will be carried out; Fat mans race
slim mans race. married mans race. single
mans race. boys race. ladies' ball-throwins
contest. married lady's race. single lady'E
race. girls race, little girls race. little
boys race. Valuable prizes viii be glVeI
the winner OF each event.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-28
STEEL TRUST FILES ANSWER
Makes Sweeping Denial of All the Al
Legations In the Bill of Par
tIcuIars of plaintiffs.

TRENTON, N. j., Aug. 27-The United
States Steel corporation today filed in the
court Of chancery an answer to the
amended bill of complaint Of ]. A~spinwall
Hodge, Bernard Smith and William II. Cur
tiss to restrain the proposed conversion of
5000. 900, 900 7 per cent preferred stock into
$500, 900, 900 5 per cent second mortgage
bonds.
The answer denies that the books Of the
| corporation show Curtiss to be the owner
Of any stock Of the concern.
Smith. 1t is averred, did not own any
stock Of record until June 2, 1902, after the
plan Of conversion had been adopted, and
that the stock now recorded in Smiths
name was voted in favor Of the plan.
Hodge, 1t is admitted, owns 100 shares Of
stock, but it is alleged that he was not
present at the stockholders meeting when
the plan was submitted and that his stock
was not voted, either by himself or by
proxy.
1t is denied that fifteen or more of the
directors OF the steel corporation are mem
bers Of the syndicate through which the
preferred stock was to be converted into
bonds. It Is announced that some Of the
directors are members Of the syndicate, but
that this fact was communicated to every
stakeholder IN the circular of April II. 1902.
The answer says the directors in tho syn
dictate are a minority in the board Of d.
r~ectors, but that they are lasge stockhold-
ers and favored the conversion plan because
they believed 1t would be advantageous &c
them as stockholders. 1t is denied that any
stockholders had been offered special terms
In connection with converting their pre-
fefred stock into bonds, in order to secure
their affirmative votes for the plan.
1t is denied that the $50. 900, 900 Of add.
l%tional capital which 1t was proposed to Obtain
was ceded for purposes that were chargeable
to the earnings OF the company. The an
swer then takes up the line Of the argument
made in the afidavit Of George w. Perkins
chairman Of the finance committee, filed
Last week, In which Mr.. Perkins claimed
that this additional $50. 600, 900 was needed
to pay for improvements and to give the
company a larger surplus, to permit 1t t.
do a cash business and be protected against
a money stringency in the event Of a bus
mess depression.
The answer says the earnings Of the cor
p~oration for the year ending March 81, 1902
were Sill. sos. O54; for the month Of April
1902, $12, 800, $50; May. SIS, 12O,S $3.50; June
$12, 22O, 362; July estimated, $11, 900, 900, oil
at the rate of $3.50, 900, 900 a year. An inven'
tory is filed to show that the company
property is worth s 1.40O. 000, 900, more thar
the combined par value Of the preferred and
common stock.
1t is stated also that the company's sur.
plus is now $65, 000, 900. The answer EN-.
phasizes the point raised by Mr.. Perkins &c
the effect that the conversation plan would
reduce the fixed charges Of the company and
be advantageous to all stockholders, both
preferred and common.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-28
ORDER OF LABOR BAY PARADE
Program Announced SO Far as II Has
Been Possible TO
Perfect II.

At the meeting last night Of the COM
mittee In charge OF the Labor day celo-
bration the formation Of the parade was
decided upon as far as possible at this
time. It will form on First avenue, with
the head Of the column resting on Pearl
street, and is scheduled TO start at 10
o'clock. The column will be formed as fol-
lows:
Detail Of Police.
Marshal and Aides.
Council Bluffs Lodge OF Elks, headed by
Covalt's Band.
Mayor and City OficiaIs in Carriages.
Speakers of the Day In Carriages.
Council Bluffs Union Band.
Carpenters Union.
Cigarmakers' Union
Bricklayers' Union.
typographical Union.
Tailors' Union.
BARRIERS Union.
Mason Tenders Union.
Trainmen.
Painters and Decorators Union
Federal Labor Union.
Railway Switchmen.
Leather Workers Union.
Fire Department.
Elks' Floats.
Automobiles.
The visiting unions will be placed d.
rectly in front Of the same home organiza-
tioDs.
The speakers for the day will be Rev.
John Williams OF Omaha and Hon. Emme
FINLEY OF this city.
Plumbin and hsatine. Bfxhv a sonL
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-28
Kansas City PlRnks Ignored by
Democratic CongressiOnal Com
ventiOn Mt LeMars.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, Aug. 2T.-(Special Tele-
g~ram.)-The democratic congressional con-
vention which was held at LeMars today
refused to reaf1rm the Kansas City plat
form. There were only t~wenty-four dele
gates present and Of these the delegation
from Clay county, headed by Earl Bronson
OF Spencer. was the only one that wished
to stand by the Kansas City declaration.
It was decided before the convention was
called to ignore all reference to the plat
form. So great was the fear that 1t would
be mentioned that a motion to appoint a
committee on resolutions was dispensed
with upon an amendment to the motion
made by Judge VanWagenen Of Sioux City.
T. M. Zinka, a LeMars attorney. who was
not present, was nominated after an in
e~ffectual attempt had been made to noml-
nate someone from among the delegates
present. J. H. Quick Of Sioux city, w. @
Whiteing Of whiting, ]. M. Parsons of Rock
Rapids and ]. T.. Montgomery Of Ida county
were urged to accept the nomination, but
all these men we're busy. They had othei
business when an adjournment without
nomination stared the convention in the
face. After mysterious caucussing it wa:
finally decided to nominate Mr.. Zinka, whC
was absent and could not refuse. 1t is no
known whether or not he will accept.
The judicial convention OF the Fourth ju.
dicial district decided to name only one
candidate and <. J. stanson was nominated
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-28
MOTHER HAS BABY ARRESTED
Complicated Litigation over the
Possession OF n Keokuk
Infant.

KEoKUK, Ia, Aug. 27.-In a legal fight
for the possession Of her 11-months- old
baby. which is seriously Ill. Mrs. vina
Kellar caused the arrest Of the infant to-
day on a charge Of vagrancy and had her
self appointed a special constable to take
charge OF the diminutive prisoner during a
continuance OF the case. This was a vic
tory over Secretary Elmer Park Of the As
ISOLATED Charities. who was landed in Jail
for nearly an hour for contempt OF court in
his attempt to deprive the mother Of her
child.
Today's incidents followed the action OF a
local court In declaring unconstitutional the
recently enacted state law providing for
the taking Of children from dissolute or
incompetent parents.
Secretary Park appealed from the de-
oision and refused to obey the order of the
court to return the baby to It's mother.
He was then arrested on a bench warrant
for contempt Of court and sent to jail. His
lawyer then routed Judge Hughes out Of
bed and filed a petition for a writ Of habeas
corpus. which had a hearing today.
In the meantime the mother Of the baby
had a neighbor file information in a JUS
tice OF the peace's court, charging the
baby, IL months old, with vagrancy. A
big constable soberly arrested the baby
at the hospital, where 1t was being treated,
and brought the infant prisoner to court.
The vagrancy case was continued to Sat-
urday and the mother was made q special
constable and ordered to keep the baby
prisoner safely till the case should be
called again. The mother took the baby
and hid 1t somewhere in the city. County
Attorney Marshall said tonight that the
next move would be the prosecution Of the
justices and the lawyers for the mother
on a charge Of conspiracy in the vagraney
case.
In passing upon the habeas corpus petit.
tion today Judge Hughes construed the
law to be that II the mother Is found
competent by a trial court and the child
be given back the filing OF a notice Of
appeal by the Associated Charities stops
the execution Of the order to return the
child to the mother, the effect Of which
would be to keep the child away from the
acquitted mother until a long series Of ap
peals through all the courts to the su.
preme court could be finally decided, tax.
ing generally two years. The attorney fol
Secretary Park said in open court that thi,
was the intention OF his client. Judg,
Hughes is a jurist Of the highest reputa.
ton in Iowa and Missouri. and his decision
rendered in the habeas corpus proceeding
has caused a wave Of intense indignation
over the new law.
Judge Hughes says II is true that tn,
new law makes It possible for anybody I,
hle an information against anybody
child, and after acquittal keep the chill
from the parents for a long time by
series Of appeals to higher courts.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-28
Iowa state NeMa Notes.

Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune With its i'm
mense cornshelds now in tassel Buena Vista
county looks as pretty as a picture.
Flood parties are the thing In What Cheer
A young woman recently issued the fol-
owing invitation: Miss -, at home Au-
Sust :. 1909, A hood party, Coal creek has
J.. H. Harshbarger. one OF the old settlers
of that section. passed away at his home
near Oakland Mills after a short illness
with typhoid fever. He was about 70 years
OF age.
A pickpoeket tried to relieve a Vandalla
woman OF her purse at the Elks' carnival
a. Oelwein last week. He didn't get the
~pocketbook, but ne got the woman. She
hung TO him like grim death until the ofh-
GERS arrived.
A shocking accident happened In Delhi
In which William sherman met his death
fast and the animal fell. throwing hin over
its head. and then falling on him. His
neck was broken and body mangled. The
deceased was a married man and leaves 8
wife and four children.
Deimar Journals: For an even 500 per
acre John Allison has disposed OF his farm
near Delmar TO John McGinn. That strikes
one as a high price. and yet when the con,
dition OF the improvements Is considereG
and the excellence OF the land is given due
weight, the price Is not so very high aftsl
all. and around Delmar Is valuable be
cause IL is good.
Gilmore City Globe. Ratuesnakes In thi
vicinity are very scarce, therefore JOIN
Murdoch was somewhat surprised Sunda!
afternoon when he started TO leave hi
home TO recognize the Observation-Disclosures
be-forgotten warning OF one OF these rep
tiles. He had just stepped one foot out o
the door, and looking down saw the snak
stretched out along the doOrsill on IN
porch and he was standing over Il. III
drew back. secured the stove poker an
succeeded in killing Il. II had one button
The Thomas Anspach farm four mile
northwest OF Buscsy, containing 800 acres
was sold TO Frank Simon OF near Pella 10
SiS.45O. or $50 per acre. This Is the larges
sale hat has occurred In that vicinity 10
years.