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Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-13
SENSATION AT SIOUX FALLS
Wife of Millionaire Brewer Arrested on
Charge Of Murder,
SAID TO HAVE BEATEN GIRL TO DEATH
Woman and Man Accused of Punish-
ing Young German whose Body
Was Discovered and
Found Bruised.

SIOCX FALLS, S. D., June 12.-(Special
Telegram.)- Emma Kaufman, wife
OF Nose Kaufman, a millionaire brewer.
was this afternoon arrested on the serious
charge of manslaughter growing out Of
the death a few days ago of Miss Agnes
Polreis, a 15-year-old girl, who was EN-
ployed in the Kaufman household as a
domestic. The girl was German Rus
sian, a member of the Catholic church,
and had arrived in the United states from
Austria only a short time before, entering
the employ Of the Kaufmanns about four
months ago.
Notwithstanding the general expectation
that her death would have sensational de-
velopments the arrest Of Mrs. Kaufman
caused a tremendous sensation. The Kauff-
manns are very prominent and have been
residents OF the city for a quarter Of a
century or more.
It is alleged that the girl died as the
result Of beatings administered by Mrs.
Kaufman and that these beatIngs were
due to Mrs Kaufrmanu Inability to con-
troll a violent temper.
The girl was buried at Parkston and her
remains during the las. few days were
| twice exhumcd so post p,'rtem examination
could be made by physicians.
On her head and body were found nu-
merous cut and bruises. II was discovered
that her lower limbs were sNsthed in cloth
and when the bandages were removed the
flesh had the appearance of having been
scalded. This is alleged TO have been due
to attempts TO revive her after she had
been beaten into an unconscious cor 1tion.
II also is limited that the prosecution has a
/ witness who will testify to having seen
boiling water thrown on the girl.
Defense Indicates Its Course.
Immediately after being placed under ar.
rest Mrs. Kaufman was driven by her hus-
band to the ONCE Of Judge wheelock for
| preliminary hearing. This was not COM
pleted at $50 o'clock this evening when al
adjournment was taken until o'clock TO.
morrow morning The testimony of but
I three witnesses for the state, an under.
taker and two physicians has thus far beer
| taken. The nature of the cross-examina-
! tion by Judge Frank Aikens attorney fol
the defense, indicated that the defense will
endeavor to prove that the girl suffer
! ing from vertigo and that the bruises and
/ gashes upon her head and body were caused
| by accidental falls while working abou
the Kaufman home. The defense viii
further rely upon the allegation that or
( one occasion because of her attacks OF diz
ziness the girl fell down stairs and wal
cared for and nursed several days by Mrs
Kaufman.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-13
RIEht to Contract ModIaea.

This Is 50 because the right privilege
and liberty OF contract usually exigtine
between an persons aud corporations Il
modihed and controlled BY that pr0Vlsfnu
of the conautution Which gives = -
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-13

Gconunusd on second PsSel
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-13

An echo OF the Neill-Reynolds report on
the hacking houses Of Chicago was heard
to-day In the house when Mr.. Aondell
Cwyo) IN a speech precipitated discussion
OF the whole question OF government in
spection.
Mr. MoI leh observed thai the House OF
Commons IN England yesterday had under
oansideration the subject OF American meat
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
Morals and Geography.

On an island in the South Seas
there is tribe whose people wear
no clothes. They see nothing indie
cent in that But they think it inn
modest to be seen eating and at
meal-time dive into bush.
Up in Worcester, Mass, there is a
tribe whose people eat together
without thought OF evil. But at the
mention of humorous study of
Adam and Eve in the Garden of
Eden they shut their eyes and stop
up their ears.
This is morality. The South Sea
islanders were. as moral in their way
as the officers of the Worcester
library are in theirs. All get their
standards from the family, the clan,
the tribe into which they are born.
II is not for us to judge the naked
Brown Man. Nor is it ours 10 pass
upon the moral regulation of the
library in Worcester, Mass, But we
can vet be glad that in Washington
our people wear clothes and our
librarians are willing we should
Judge for ourselves if there is wrong
in humorous diary accredited 70
Mother Eve.
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
ENGLISHMEN TOO BUSY TO
THINK OF GETTING WORRIED

\ London society paper remarks
that although weddings are many
at this season of the year, engage
ments are few" adding in an ex-
planatory way that the masculine
mind is too much taken up with
sport and that the pleasures of
chasing the long-tailed birds that
are sailing overhead in large num-
bers occupy it ito the exclusion of
all softer emotions" Which brings
this sharp comment from the Provi-
dence Journal:
All OF which may be considered un-
qualified rot There may be some men
so busy chasing over the frosty land
scape after long-tailed birds ana short
tailed quadrupeds that they have no
time for other thoughts, but these men
are comparatively few. and even they
have their evenings free for another
kind of game, which is always the most
popular, whatever the season As for
the great rank and file of men, they are
chasing nothing sportier than street cars
and wealth. and most of those who have
not got her by the cosy-corncr age are
as busy as ever in the same old way sew
eral evenings q week. 1t may safely be
assumed that the softer emotions are
getting In their fatal work with great
continuity. whether il is the shooting
season or not.
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
REAL RACE SUICIDE CASE
IN REPORT FROM MONTANA

Butte sends story of a family
of eleven children, born in twelve
years, who live in two-room cabin.
The children are said TO be tough
young vags, neglected, and schooled
in every vice known to the street
gamin. The story leads the In
dianapOlis Star TO preach this little
sermon on race suicide:
Could any spectacle BE- more pitiful
than thai of woman. the mother of
eleven eAildren at the age Of q years,
tOilwOru. physically broken down, her
mind narrowed In the poor daily needs
or her elamOrOuS unkempt flock her
teeth fallen into unchecked decay, nos
ing for approval for having become a
Wrctched human wreck in a remark
ably short term of years2 One does not
need the gift of prophecy TO foresee
what viii be the fate of girls brought
up in such environment or to agree
with the declaration of a good woman
who has investigated the case that the
cry for more children so often
thOughtles8ly raised. needs TO be more
discriminatingly applied What the
race needs IS not necessarily more chill
dren. but more good chilcrcn. Quality
in this matter as in others. is more i'm
portant than quantity. The real race
suicide is the destruction Of the race
through incapacity and Yieiousness,
The Washington times., 1906-11-27

friends that have proyed their worth
many times. il was hearty. Though
Denman Thompson himself was not in
the cast. William Lawrence played the
part Of Joshua Whitcomb admirably.
His Interpretation OF the big-hearted'
yet shrewd. old New Enslander, al
though IL lacked somewhat the finish
of Thompson's acting. was capiJaL
The Old Homestead can hardly be
called art for arts sake. Its author
would probably feel hart il such q
term was applied 10 il. But the ART Is
there. neveTt heless, IN clever mixture
Of pathos and humOr. The human m
terest'' is always in the foreground, a
quality which never grows old
The play calls for a number OF char
acter sketches, ranging from Eb can
Zey. the long-legged hcbbiedeAoy, 20
Aunt Matilda, = typical New England
spinsteT, and the parts are we'll taeku.
Charles II. Clark and Horace RUshby,
as Seth Perkins and Cy Prime, The
boys respectively, both OF whom nave
soft spots in their hearts for the
spinster. Matilda. and whose rivalry Is
forgotten in the TecOllectiOus OF the days
when they were really boys, are very
good. They might have come straight
from the hils of New Hampshire. And
Aunt Matilda. with her common sense
and her shy manners, was cleVsTly played
by Maggie BTyer- Anita /. Fowler,
who played RickeJy Ann, whose claim
we'll as any boy-she looked the part
although she was not given great op-
pOrtBnity, made good Fred Clare was
clever In the part OF Happy Jack,
whose transition from a tramp with an
ability TO ride farther than any OF the
rest of the fraternity on the bumpers,
TO "a man OF means IN New York, was
effected by the loan OF u i've spot and
a bit OF good advice by Joshua Whit
comb.
1t would be hard to separate Tn,
Old Homestead from its double quar-
tet. In fact, the play would lose dis-
timely. The present double quartet is
well trained and the voices excellent.
Its songs were encOred again and again
in the first act Nor has The Old
Homestead failed to keep pace with
the times in its stage setting The
scene outside of Grace Church in New
York, whittier Joshua Whitcomb has
gone In search of his son Reuben, Is
well staged and the scene in the last
act when the fFis5ieal has returned to
the old New Hampshire home and the
neighboTs have dropped in for an old
time spree and square darfce. carries a
Nankee back 10 the land he knew.
The Washington times., 1906-11-27

emy Of Music for a weeks enEagem NJ,
has a strong plot and a good cast. he
multiplicity Of scenes and places, how
eVer-for the scenes are laid In the four
corners Of the earth-Iaake parts of the
show confusing. The heroine Miss
Biapcbe. Shirley, is stolen IN the first
act. which is laid in the Golden West.
and through subsequent scenes and
acts, is taken through Japan. India,
ana the African deserts She is res
CGed, however. just as she is about 10
be sold into slavery, and is returned 10
America. OF course, the villain dies
ami everything ends happily, Burt l.
King as the hero and Harry J. Jack
son IN a Niddish character. were clever.
and Miss Aida Payman. in the role OF
sOuhrette. was a happy thought
The four acts include fifteen scenes-
ranging from the Far West 10 tire
Farther East. and taking IN tile desert
of S1haray and the cast includes char
actors Of widely varying nationality.
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
Keep Going.

Nothing in nature stands stlll, II
il isn't dying it is growing; if it
isn't growing il is dying. This is as
true of men as of plants. A creature
equipped with muscle and mind
must use both every day or the
muscle win soften and the mind win
shrivel More thaR that-when body
and brain fail TO grow, the spirit,
with all its power over life and use
fulness and happiness, is the first
element of man to signal distress.
So it is with old Franklin Farrell,
the head of foundry and machine
company in AnsOnia. Conn. lie is
simply guarding his own happiness
by griming his hands in his mill in
spite of his seventy-eight years. BY
the measure of money he has earned
retirement, for he is said to be a
millionaire several times over. BY
the measure of hard work, he has
surely earned it. But he keeps To
.overalls and his machine shop just
the same. He has found out that
work and work alone viii keep him
young and well.
4 news item in yesterdays paper
says that AIr. Farrell tried once 10
retire" Rheumatism seized him
Immediately. If ne had not found
instant other occupation for both
his mind and his body, the disease
would have made him its own until
he died. Instead, he jumped back to
his work, got well, and has kept
well.
Many men and women who have
done a serious work faithfully may
reasonably hope for rest when they
get as far as this foundryman. But
they won't find rest in idleness.
Neither will they find happiness.
The only things they will find are
stagnatior and hypochondria.
Rest is a kind of work which uses
the faculties in a new way. If You
can't find that kind of work the
emily thing that remains 80 do is to
follow old Franklin Farrell and keep
to your bench.
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
NOT ON LAST NIGHTS BILLS.
BILL, The BORE-SLAYER

What do You think of Wilson, Mr..
Blink" asked the Cultured Person
Mr.. Blink appeared somewhat embaT-
rassed
AT The Park YOU know"
THE Park2 Yes. indeed, and the
Common, and on the buildings and
fences and cliffs and trees and barns
and in the country and village and on
tombstOnes and stone walls.
why, what do you meanI
You asked me what / thought of
Wilson, but really I do not drink.
that's all.
Mayor, al the Boston,
Seen Fitzy? Sure thing, ana heard
him, heard him morning, noon and
night, but right here l refuse TO tell
The Cultured Person sighed resignediy
and tried again.
''Of course. you have seen Peter
PAM?
"Oh, it's just name, you know, A1r.
Blink, name Of
Thought you might refer to some
miper who was panning gold. But what
does Peter pan. and how does he pan
out?'
Peter Pan is really Maude Adams,
you know"
What one of the old Adams family
Disgusting herself as man and as a
mineT?
Really Mr. Blink, you must misun-
derstand me. But surely you know The
College Widow
Weller, YOU viii have 20 excuse me
ii / say / think il rather out Of place
for YOU 10 speak Of her That was
merely a bOyish prank. you know. and
II was all fixed up years ago. / thought
l had lived IL down.
Il mean Ade--'
-Oh. / assure You proper aid was
given, bat you viii have &c excuse me.
il is a painful subject" And Bill. the
Bore-siayer, went outside. where he
could laugh, and also have q smile
mixed up for himself"
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
Narional-Dwight Elmendorf Lectures
on Switzerland.

Dwight Elmendorf took his hearers
of yesterday afternoon at the National
Theater back and forth across the Alps
seven times. In the course OF the jour
ney the party ascended valleys most
of them had never heard Of. took part
il rOllicking winter sports with Swiss
young people, climbed in-an ont the fis-
sures of great glaciers attended we'd
ding. and ascended the beautiful Jung
frau TO its very peak. The lecture was,
perhaps. the most successful Mr.. FL
mendcrf has ever given here.
As usual in this course, the pictures
Wed with the lecturers story telling
His anecdotes evoked waves Of laugh
ter, but not more than the moving views
OF young Swiss girls COasting violently
into banks of snow and Young Swiss
men sliding down steep mountain sides
with their trousers for sleds- Three or
four colOred pictures Of edelweiss and
Anime bluebells were much admired,
But the climax Of the lecture was the
last thing presented-a moving picture
of the speakers climb OF the Jungfrau
with a film mSre taaian mile long ana
the guides dropping into creVasses
sliding down faces of ice. or digging
footholes in the frozen snow.
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
Ladies Have Their Innings
This Week at Local ThedterS
Four Women Stars Ex-
plotted -"Old Home
Stead" Revived at
Columbia.

II is lady's week al the local theaters.
With Mary Mannering at the National
Camille a d'Arville, az the Belaseo; Eu-
genie Blair. ST the Majestic, ana Va
lerie Bergere. at Chase s-four out Of the
six regular Dlayhouseg exploiting female
stars-the women are certainly having
their innings. For the rest there Is suf-
hcient variety IN the offerings s,f the
theaters-seTD' historic romance at the
National; rural. heort-interest drama,
The OLD Homestead about the best
Of its type-at the Columbia. Clyde
Fitch society melodrama at the Majes-
tie blood and thunder melodrama, dis
unctly not society, at the Aeadezly: a
good vaudeville bill, and for people who
like that sort OF thing, an acceptable
burlesque Surely Il Is a difficult taste
that cannot find something that suits in
that program,
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
Camille D'ArpiHe Back
In Real Musical Comedy

Camille D'ArviIle, so long a conspicu-
Gus figure in the field OF light opera,
came 10 washington last night after an
absence OF. several years. and appeared
AT the BelasCo Theater In the name part
Of The Belle OF London Town" The
entertainment is styled by its managers
as "a comedy with music" which
means that itds something between mu-
sical comedy and light opera Just
where the distinction may be drawn is
a little difficult to say, but at auv rate
The Belle of London Town" has dis
pensed with one thing heretofore re-
garded as Indispensable To musical AT
fairs and that is the Chorfz. It is
quite refreshing TO know that the
''merrie merrie' is not just of the
wings waiting to trip m with little or
no DTOVOCauon.
Stanislaus STANCE has written the
book and Julian Edwards is responsible
for the music of 1.-THE Belle of London
Town" Both are exceedingly interest
ing particularly the score, which lovers
of genuinely good light mAsic viii en-
joy a drinking song, quintet Tor
male voices. forms the opening number
and offers some pretty harmony; Miss
the same five male vOl res. is another
charming number. and indeed through
out the four acts Mr. Edwards has sup
piled some truly noteworthy music
]
to the professional stage for several
seasons, but she returns with her old
time spirit TO a0ain take her place in
the field. She has a half dozen or so
songs. which are particularly Well
suited to her voice, and won a success
sion of recalls. Her gowns are pic
turesque and pretty. a she delivers
her lines with a charming accent that
did much to carry their point.
Ruth PEBBLES. a delightfully."- spirited
girl gave a pleasing touch of fresh
ness to her scenes. She sings charm
inely and was enCored reDea tedlv in her
song in the third act With Miss PEBBLES
Edmund Stanley shared the vocal honors
of the comedy. His voice is a light
and most pleasing tenor, and in his
solos. as welt as the duets with Miss
PEBBLES, he was cordially received.
The burden of the comedy did not
naturally fall, but was borne by Frank
Harrington. as Lord FOppngtOn, the
glass of fashion and the mold OF form. %
As an English dandy. he found ample
opportunity for a fine bit OF comedy
work His reading was particularly
effective, and he had an excellent
topical song iU The World Goes on.
on. on Karl Stahl. as the Indifferent
husband, was good and sang very well.
particularly the drinking song i'm the
first act.
The comedy is prettily costumed ana
staged.
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
Mary Mannering PIeaSeS
In Historic Romance

Glorious Betsy" in which Miss Mary
Mannering and an evenly competent
company opened al the National last
night sticks about as closely 10 history
as the majority Of semi-historie plays.
Which IS not saying great deal. The
general historic outline s. maintained,
but many necessary Liberties have been
taken with Elizabeth PattersOn's story
Mrs. Rida johnson Young, yielding 10
the popular demand Tor O happy ending
to a play has reunited her lovers in
the last act and left them presumably 20
live happy ever after. These 'neces-
sary liberties" have resulted in a weak
fourth act. which is neither good art
nor good history,
The play deals with the period when
Jerome Bonaparte. brother Of the great
Napoleon. is travelling in America ineog,
and becomes French tutor TO Betsy
Patterson. belle of Baltimore, he talls
IN love with her, of course, and she,
notWit hstandiug her ambition, ana the
fact that she believes him pennilesH
accepts him. She is called upon 10 act
as hostess for Prince Jerome. and his
mons him 90 France 10 marry one OF
the German princesses. ana Betsy ana
her father accompany MIN. Napoleon
demands JerOme's abandonment or ms
American beauty, and VII not allow
her to land ia France. Jerome weighs
love against d kingdom and returns 10
America 20 claim his true love
Miss Manuering showed excellent
Judgment iu her portrayal or Betsy. the
iovable cOuuette Of the FIRST acts, spir-
tied. fascinating and full OF maldenly
enthusiasm for the great Emperor OF the
French. and the disillusiOned woman
OF the later scenes. misera Die and anN-
ious. her heart well-nigh broken by
the belief that her lover has gone from
her forever, Her strong scene comes In
board la Cigale.' of the coast of
France. she surrenders Jerome TO his
motherland and she rises 10 II splen-
didlv She makes Elizabeth enchant-
inEIy adorable, fun OF the rapture Of
first love or cOQuetTy, ana seductive
ness. of passion and ptque., and finally
In the hour OF trial, OF real tenderness
Robert Warwick. TO whom falls the
thaukless part of Jerome, the Weakling,
struggling between his passion for his
lady love and his fear of his brother ana
devotion TO France. manages to make II
sympathetic. with the aid of the author,
who has certainly fdealiZcd Jerome
William Patterson, Betsy's father. is
very well done by Howard Carr, but
ne Is not at all the William Patterson
OF traditiOu-a cold. precise, narrow
minded. formal martinet-but rather OF
the old English squire type. explosive
ately devoted TO his daughter Alice
Butler makes distinct hit as an Old
negro nanny. In fact there are no
really weak spots in the cHst-Adora
| Andrews, as Eliza Monroe, Betsy +
friend: William BenelH. as Napoleon
and Maude Hosford. as Betsy's aunt.
I are all awraIlpDf
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
Majestic-Eugenie Blair in "The Wo-
man in the Case"

Fugenie Blair appeared in the stellar
role Of THE Woman in the Case, be-
fore a highly appreciative audience at
the Majestic Theater last night
The play was seen here last season,
when II was used by Blanche Walsh as
4 starring vehicle. and the story of the
play is therefore. not new to Wash
ington theaterg0ers. but this fact did
not lessen the intense interest with
which each episode Ia the play was
followed last night.
Miss Manlering was particularly ef-
fective i'm he- denuuciatiOn of the -Wo-
man evincing great emotional force
and dramatic fire
She was particularly effective in her
denunciatiOn af the Woman. eVinc-
inc. great emotional force and dramatic
fire.
Miss Blair is surrounded by a capable
comYauy. Alice Braham as Claire FOs-
ter and Edwin Maynard as Mr.. Thomp-
son, receiving their share Of the ap-
The production is splendidly staged
and costumed and II gives Miss Blair
a chance 10 wear some ma magnificeut
gowns OF the sort that really deserve
to be called creations.
The Washington times., 1906-11-27
CALL FOR w. E. CHANDLER
TO RETURN TO PUBLIC LIFE

The political leaders having failed
TO accomplish results satisfactory
to either party in the selection of
officials in New Hampshire, the
Minneapolis Journal offers this solu-
ton of the complicated situation:
People are asking if a real Senator is
10 be chosen from New Hampshire why
not William r. Chandler. His yellow
Jacket was taken away from him orig
inaIly by the railroads and he would
like, of course. to get II back in spite
of them.
There is scarcely a man in the United
States who could not make himself
more useful in the Senate today than
William +. Chandler. lie has ability
of a good order He has experience
and ne has the capacity TO make his
talent felt. not only in the speeches.
but in the divisions, 1t would be a good
thing for the Senate and IL would De
poetic justice II Chandler could now
be returned to its membership.