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Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

tread of millions going cemeterywards the
roll of mufied drum, the voice raised in
praise and prayer. the cracking rifles of the
firing squad, and the bugie's call Then
no one. as in later years. thought of maxi
ing the day a holiday.
To many next Saturday will still be in
the nature of a holiday pure and simple.
but to hundreds of thousands besides the
lettering old men who will ha,tingly march
TO the graves of their long dead comrades
the day will nave solemn significance, for
IL has been brought home to them. They
are the men who fought in Cuba. who
stormed the Spanish strongholds in Porto
Rico. who langulshed in southern mObiliz-
ing camps, and who have known the hard
ships of campaigning in the Philippines.
They have learned by experience on the
battlefield and in concentration camp what
Memorial day really stands for. and when
ever II recurs they and their kinsfoIk keep
IL with a new spirit which offers refutation
to the frequently made statement that,
now that the veterans OF the civil war are
dying off so rapidly. the true purpose OF
their great day is as speedily being lost
in that of the holiday.
Four hundred thousand soldiers served
in the Spanish-American and Philippine
war. Each soldier that fell had at least
ten relatives TO mourn him. Each soldier
that lives has at least ten kinsfolk to honor
him; and so four millions of p~eople-one
in every twenty in the cOuntry-have leav-
ened the whole body polite and given a
more serious note to Memorial day since
the late war than was present for many
years before on the anniversary of the
dead. This is the testimony of Grand
Army posts and of Memorial day speakers
throughout the country.
Their testimony could not be otherwise.
A soldier can never forget the days of his
service; he cannot be enlisted a month
without hearing in camp OF in battle the
benediction of the bugle over the body Of
some cOmrade-in-arns: and. though un-
conscious IL may be. the thought is never
from him that the same call that puts
him to sleep nightly with lights out. on the
morrow may luIl him to his eternal slum-
Der. 1t is the contact with death and its
militant song that brings home to him the
deep Significance of the Day of the Hero
Dead and causes its proper observance by
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
Public Library a Feature in Municipal Organization

civilization. They often precede deliberate.
conscious reasoning and judgment. yet
they are often themselves the result OF
an unconscious reasoning process producing
action of the will in advance OF deliberate
judgment. Sometimes they are pure re-
feKes. like winking when the eye IL threat
ened by n blow. The free public library
can neither be established nor maintained
usefully without their aid. but their meth
DDS. or want OF method. must he carefully
guided to produce good results.
The sentiment that we ought 20 estab-
lish institutions for the diffusion OF knowl-
edge Is the expression of a real economic
need and should be directed and encour-
aged. and not suppressed. Logic lisa useful
steering apparatus, but a very poor motive
power.
JOHN G. BILLINGS, LID.
Director New York Public Library.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

him and his.
Ask any of these men who are respon-
sible for the new spirit of Memorial day
or the old one enthusiastically the day
is the most solemn one of the year to him,
and the answer very likely will be in the
form Of an incident of the mans cam
paigning days. And IL a member of a
certain regiment that served in Porto Rico
is questioned, his reply most probably
would contain the following story:
For days the regiment had encamped
on the brow of a hill overlooking the sea,
waiting for the transport that was to take
it home. As the soldiers waited and swept
the horizon for their ship they worked in
the cemetery that had been laid out TO
receive the soldier dead from over the
island. They were kept busy. A day did
not pass without one or more burial squads
being detailed to give decent interment
to some poor devil' whose body had
been brought on mule back or In army
wagon from a camp in the interior, or who
had died in the regiments own hospital
on the sun-baked slope. SO 1t came TO
pass that at any hour of the day during
the weeks that the regiment sat on the
hill no one was surprised TO hear taps come
TO him through the tropical air from over
the grave of a newly laid soldier less than
a mile away.
At last. Unexpectedly and after the regt-
ment had about given up hope of getting
of the island in time to spend Thanksgiv-
ing in Gods country" the transport
steamed into the harbor. and the order was
given to break camp the next morning at l.
that the soldiers might be spared from the
beating rays of the sun as much as pos
sible.
1t was 9 when camp was broken. every
thing packed in knapsack and wagon. and
everybody, hilarious at the prospect or
sailing. lounging and waiting In the shade
OF piles of baggage for the word of com
mand to fall in in the company streets.
And then. when chaf and banter were at
their height. word was passed along that
up in Company r a soldier. overcome at
the thought OF seeing his invalid mother.
had dropped dead OF heart disease just as
he had finished packing his knapsack.
A soldier Is not afraid Of death when
the heat OF hattie Is on him. but intruding
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

amply equally well to free lodging houses.
free lunch rooms and soup Kitchens. free
fuel, etc. all of which II Is generally be-
lieved do tend to pauperize a city. except
in great and special Emergencies The
proper answer is that the free public IL
brary is an important and indeed necessary
part of the system OF free education which
is required to secure Intelligent citizens in
our form OF popular government. and that
while in a few very exceptional cases free
schools and free libraries may tend TO i'm
providence. or Incidence. or even TO certain
forms of crime. these rare cases are of no
Importance Ia comparison with the benefits
which education confers upon the immense
majority of the community. and with the
fact that without free schools and libraries
a large part of the people will not be suf-
hciently educated to be useful citizens un-
der our form of government.
With regard to the third count. the pub
lie library, again. may be considered, to-
Bether with the public school. While 1t is
difficult to trace to either specific instances
of material or moral Improvement. IL Is
certain that the general diffusion of intel
iigence which both certainly affect, does
result beneAcialIy in these directions. Com
munities with nourishing free schools and
libraries are Usually more prosperous and
ANaCe s1@N 1919
and while there is doubtless room here for
a confusion of cause and effect. Il is prob
able that there is both action and reaction.
Prosperity calls for Increased facilities for
education. and these ia turn tend to make
the community more prosperous
That the majority Of books withdrawn
from public Libraries are works of fiction
cannot be denied. Many Librarians are
wont TO deplore this fact. and most libraries
endeavor in one way or another to de-
crease the percentage OF fiction In their
circulations.
The proportion of recreative reading in
a public library is necessarily large. In
like manner, the greater proportion of those
who visit a geological or botanical garden,
do so for amusement. Yet the information
that they secure in so doing is none the
less valuable. and both are certainly edu-
catiOnal Institutions. So. IL in the public
library a large number of its users get
their history, their travel and their biog-
raphy through the medium OF recreative
reading. we should not complain. Were II
otherwise, these readers would probably
lack altogether the information that they
now certainly acquire. although perhaps
not in the most systematice way.
Taking up the final count in the indict-
ment, it is doubtless true that sentimental
and emotional considerations have had
much TO do with library development They
have furnished the initial motive power,
as they have for free schools. for the
origin and progress OF democratic govern
ment, and for most of the advances OF
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

the townscape-certain cities have planned
buildings which by reason Of materials
and architectural embellishments, cost
about double what the same library ac-
c-OmmOdations could have been provided
or-they spend 100000 for the space that
could have been furnished for 5000. If
the city were itself paying for the build
ing this extra expenditure for the art
education of the people might he perfectly
Justihable, but vines these architectural
features involve the doubling of the Ii
brary tax for adj future time, their desir-
ability becomes more doubtful.
There may be excessive and I'M
justihable taxation for the support of a
public library-the amount which the city
can afford for this purpose should be cafe
fully considered in connection with its
needs for a pure water supply and good
sewage disposal, for means of communica-
ton, for the care of the sick poor and for
public schools. Each case must be
judged by itself; the only general rule l
have to suggest is that in the Department
of Education the claims of the Public
Library for support are more important
than those of a Municipal College or High
school. The people who have no taxable
property, and who therefore often err
roneous suppose that they contribute moth
ing towards the payment of the taxes, are
usually quite willing to have a higher tax
rate imposed for the purpose of securing
for themselves and their families free
library facilities-although in exceptional
cases religious or sociological opinions may
lead them to oppose it.
A considerable number of taxpayers, on
the other hand, are more or less reluctant
to have their assessments increased for
this purpose, and their arguments should
be considered and met. They say:
First-That they should not be taxed for
things they do not want and never use.
S~econd-That the furnishing free books
tends to pauperize the community and to
discourage the purchase of books for home
use.
Third-That there Is no evidence that free
public libraries improve the community
materially or morally.
Fourth-That the greater part of the
books used are works of fiction. and that
these are injurious tc the readers.
~FIfth-That most of the arguments used
In favor Of free public libraries are merely
m and emotional, and that those
who urge them most strongly do so for ad-
Yertising and political reasons, or TO make
a place for themselves or some of their
relatives.
The first of these reasons would apply
also to taxes for public schools, street paw
ing. sewerage and many other items of
municipal expenditure, and has no weight.
With regard to the second argument il is
not a sufficient reply to say that everyone
pays through the taxes, for this would
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

- AWAKENED AOE nAtusotll oags u
solitary khaki-cIad bugler, standing over
a few graves in the little island of Guam.
will start the saddest notes in all music
ON their long Journey.
Fifteen hundred miles to the west. while
the smoke from the guns of many a firing
squad rolls silently upward above the
heads of serried ranks of bronzed men
gathered about tropicalIy-decked mounds
that mark the spots where heroes lie. bUgle
after bugle will sing the song Of rest in the
islands of the Philippines. Then. as the
heart-wrung reverberations die away. the
tender message OF a nations undying CRATE
fulness will swell out over the narrow
homes Of its defenders in the Chinese en-
pire.
After that. as the sun goes westward.
taps will follow it for in many legations
and in the American colonies OF Paris and
London the practice of observing the day
by sounding the call Is followed So the
air will be caught up in Europe and sent
on its way to Cuba and Porto Rico. There,
instead of a lone bugle carrying the strain,
a hundred will take up the burden. This
hundred a few minutes later will give way
TO thousands. for America will be reached,
and from countless Gods acres in city and
town and hamlet will rise the mighty wall
- a dtO lOT ~ REGIONS tnal nave uleu
for its faith and hope.
In an ever swelling chorus the bugle's
music will sweep through the land out
over the Pacific. Far away Hawaii will
honor the heroes slumbering within its
soil and. last of all. Samoa. almost be-
tween day and night. will catch up the
notes, renew their energy over the graves
of a handful of storm-wrecked sailors, and
stand at attention while they sink.
The whole world will have been witness
to its nOblest lesson In national grateful
ness and patriotism.
1t will have teen witness. too. to the new
spirit Of Memorial day; for 1t will behold
a nation mourning more In the fashion
of the first decoration days. Then every
noise In the land was hushed except the
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
Etiquette of the Fued

There's just one thing. sah," observed
Colonel Gore of Kentucky, lin which we
are behind Turkey"
What's that?' Colonel Bullet asked.
quickly.
well. sab, after a general KILN the
porte always sends a polite note OF apology
"a the survivors of the massacre. If we
could only end our feuds In that way,
sab"
but we can't sab, exclaimed Colonel
Bullet. excitedly, for the simple reason,
sab, that when one of our feuds ends no.
body's left, sab. to apologize to!'-Balti-
more American.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
She Would Interrupt

they went down on TwentY-third street
the other morning. Each had a bundle and
each looked happy. After a few introduce
tory remarks. just to impress each other
that they were glad they had met, this con.
Versation ensued:
Eyes, MOllle is down with"
"rOh, you don't say sol"
'fShe was taken with
THE poor girl!'
"As 1 was going to say, Moliie is
And she always was delicate"
YES; but 1 was going to say"
''GIVe her my love and tell her i hope she
will socn be out"
Pardon me, my dear; but 1 was going
TO say"
WHO'S your doctor?"
Pardon me again; but as l started to
say"
"Ob, you did start to say something; I
beg your pardon"
las 1 started to say. Mollie Is dow with
her aunt in Hackensack. She was taken
with a desire to get to the country. and
went yesterday"
And then both went back to the bargain
ccunters.-Detroit Free Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

library of some sort. and the
- same is true of many of the
smaller cities. Many of these libraries
have been founded on gifts OF individuals.
some have developed from subscription
lIbraries-but the majority are now sup
ported mainly OF entirely by funds appro-
pristed by the city government. A con-
siderable number are still in the formative
stage. this being true of those for which
buildings are being erected from funds pro-
vided by Mr.. Carnegie-and for several
hundred others for which he will probably
provide buildings in the near future.
The conditions upon which he provides
funds for the erection of municipal library
buildings are simple. The city must pro-
vide a site, which 1t may obtain by gift
If it can, and it must agree to provide an
nually for the maintenance of the library
a sum equal to at least 10 per cent of the
cost of the building. Practically this offer
is open to any city which has no public
Library building, but the length of time dur
ing which the offer will thus remain open
is unknown. Under these circumstances
what is the duty of a city which either has
no public library buildings or has one
which is inadequate and insufficient for its
purpose? Should the municipal authorities
take the initiative, decide as to what kind
u hbIdIy DullulilS lHtg want anu lleH
make application to Mr.. Carnegie for the
amount of money required for its c~onstruc-
ton? The answer to this is not unanimous.
Some good citizens think that the city
should provide its own building and not ask
for it as a gift. Some municipal authorities
are willing to accept the buildings as a
gift If it is directly offered to them, but
are unwilling to ask for it themselves. In
such case it has often happened that a few
enterprising persons not connected with
the municipality have prosecuted the case
and asked that the offer be made-at the
same time giving assurances that the offer
with the usual conditions will be accepted.
In three or four cases, however, when
the offer has been made by Mr.. Carnegie,
on the solicitation of private citizens. it
has not been accepted-in at least two
cases because of the opposition OF leaders
of the labor party, who claimed that Mr..
Carnegie had no right to the money he
offered. 1t may be that there have been
one or two cases in which the offer has
been declined because the munic'p pal au-
thorlties were unwilling tn guarantee the
future support Of the library to the amount
required.
This is really the main point TO be con-
sidered by a municipality In dealing with
such an offer. but / doubt whether in many
eases 1t receives much thought. In order
to make the Carnegie library an adorn-
ment to the place-a special feature OF
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

Fps viii sound around the world
next Saturday bidding Americas
soldier dead sleep peacefully on.
Hours before America itself has
o-okooad for Aemoriat dav a
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24
The New Spirit of Memorial Day

Copyright. 1903. by Guy T. viskniskki.>
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-19
LEAPED To DEATH.
AN ALABAMA GIRL BROWNS HER
SELF IN HER BRIDAL ROBES.

West Point, Ga, May 19-Dressed
in her bridal gown, Miss leila Law.
renee Of Lovette. Ala, just across the
river from here, leaped into the Chat
tahooche because the man who was to
have been her husband failed to APP
pear at Hymen's altar. Miss Lawrence
was to have been married at 0 O'Clock
and the guests had assembled at her
fathers home. Miss Lawrence was
robed in her bridal gown and the min
lister was ready, but the groom never
came. instead he sent o note saying
that he could not marry Miss Law
renee. Shortly afterwards the girl was
missed. Search was instituted and
she was traced to the river. On the
bank was found her hat, and the fol-
loving note to her mother:
Don't grieve after me, for | am
miserable. My heart is broken.
Farewell, dear mamma. ZELLA."
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-19
Eph Carter Found Last Night
With Skull Fractured.
The Police Are Not Certain Who
Struck Him, Nor Of the
Cause.
SUSPECT ARRESTED
INDICTED ONE S

Eph Carter, colored, who resides in
Hotfman's alley near South Ninth
street, was struck in the head last
night and the injuries may prove ia
tai. The officers are working on the
case but so far have no clue to the
identity of tine person who struck the
blow.
Garter was found about Q O'Clock at
Ninth and Washington in an uncon-
scious condition and taken to the home
OF Patrol Driver John Austin and lat
or to his own home in Hoffman's al
ley. The wound was inflicted over
the left eye and has the appearance Of
being made by some blunt instrument.
The skull is thought to be badly frac-
tured and this morning at 10 o'clock
Carter was removed TO the city hospit-
al No one seemed to know anything
about the affair and the officers can
CLEAN nothing.
Carter this afternoon is much worse
and is wild. The attendants at the
hospital have to keep him strapped
down 20 the bed. His brain sooms TO
be affected and he cannot talk intelli.
gently.
After investigating the case today
the police announce that they have
the name Of the man who did the
striking and are hot on his track. II
Is understood that Captain Bailey has
gone up the Louisville division Of the
1. O. in search of him.
A negro giving his name as Jack
johnson was arrested this afternoon
about O'Clock by Officers Gouriex
aud Potter on suspicion. He was near
the corner of Ninth and Court streets
when the officers noticed him moving
away with more than ordinary speed.
They walked after him and he began
to run and the officers then gave
chase, catching their man within a
few blocks. He claims his home is in
Chattano oga. Temp. but had come
here from Cairo.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-19
BETTER SANITATION.
POLICE TO BE ASKED TO A..
SYST.

Mayor Yeiser stated this morning
that he would notify the police com.
missioners to have the police pay more
attention to the sanitary condition OF
the city. Several cases of neglect in
q sanitary way have been reported.
The ofiiccrs were today instructed by
Mayor Yeiser to secure VIBRANT
against the Armour Packing 20. for
maintaining a nuisance ON South
Third street opposite the Nance under
taking establishment. At this branch
house chickens are killed and picked
AMI the residents and nearby mer-
chants complain of the stencil and ask
that the nuisance be stopped. The
officers have notified the company that
unless something 10 done to-day to-
wards abating the nuisance a warrant
will be Issued. In Fulton = similar
place was made 10 move outside the
city limits.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-19
Military Action All That Saved
the Jews.
Peasants Circulate Incitjng Reports
Which Arouse Fiends Who
Slaughter.
ONE CAUSE OF THE TRoU BILE

London, May 19-The Daily Mail
publishes the following special from
Tiraspol, Southern Russia. dated May
8 (neld up in transmission):
Massacres in Tiraspol, Odessa, Mic
olaieff, Elizabegrsd and Kieff, like
that at Kisnhineff, have only been pre-
vented by rigorous m ilitary measures
But for the comprehensive precau-
tions taken, the widespread, open
threats to attack the Jews in those
places would have been carried out on
the Russian labor day, the LIST of May.
which falls on May IA, according to
the new style Of reckoning adopted
in most civilized countries.
The streets have been strongly pa
trolled for the last 4S hours by Cos
sacks, infantry and mounted gen.
darmes, while abundant reserves have
been kept under arms in the barracks.
At Nicolaieff the governor. Rear Ad-
miral Enkvimst, was so impressed by
the popular attitude against the Jews
that he had cannon posted in the chief
thoroughfares yesterday in order to
deter the riotously inclined elements
from an open outbrek.
All manner of monstrous. malicious
ly oonoocted reports were disseminated
among the people against the Hebrews
One report, which was industriously
spread, was that the Jewish bakers
were supplying poisoned bread to their
Christian customers and scattering
broadcast poisoned sweetmeats and
chocolates among the Christian chill
dren.
No statement was:too flagrantly alb
surd to prevent ready credence by the
besottedly ignorant fanatic Muzhiks
Russian peasants). Their authors
are persons of different class, whose
dastardly object is to incite the popu-
lar passions and promote outrages.
The ringleaders are as anxious to
bring. discredit on the local authorities
as they are to perseoute and despoil
the hated Jews.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-19
FAMILY FEUD.

Louisville, Miss, May ia des-
perate ARRAY occurred at Plattsburg
saturday. Eugene Coghlum was kill
ed by his son.in-law, Rufus Stewart,
his throat being cut John Coghlum
and Jim Lawrence. a son -in-law of y,
Coghlum, were badly cut. Rufus
stewart was so seriously cut that he
may die. Old man Bill Stewart was
cut over the eye. CLARK Stewart was
in the fight but escaped unhurt. Bill
and CLARK Stewart are in Jail at Louis
Vile. The others are not able to be
brought to jail. The fight was in Win
ston, but the parties all lived in Ne
.hoba county.