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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-22
PLANS OF J. S. WOOD FUNERAL
bytsrtan Chureh, Burial NJ
Forest Lawn

The funeraI Of Captain John g. Wood.
who died Tuesday morning at his home
30 North Twenty-fourth street. will be
held at .. m. Friday at the Second Pres
byterian church. Rev. Newman Hail Bur-
dick. pastor. will have charge OF the serv-
ices At the church and the interment serv-
ices at Forest Lawn cemetery will be In
charge OF Phil Kearney post, Grand Army
OF the Republic, OF South Omaha, of which
organization Captain Wood was a charter
member. The pallbearers will be selected
from among members OF the Phil KeaTney
post
Mrs. A. J. Noble OF Chicago. a daughter
OF Captain Wood. arrived in Omaha
Thursday morning 70 be in attendance at
the funeral but another daughter. Mrs.
r. Z. Ruggiss OF Roxbury. Mass. has tele-
graphed 70 Omaha members OF the family
that she VIII not be able TO attend on ae-
count OF the serious illness OF her hus-
hand. A son OF Captain Wood. John &.
Wood. jr.. is a sailor on the United States
battIeship Colorado. and Is now stationed
AZ Manila. p. l.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-22
C0LoRED PEOPLE FORM CLUB
Fret Meeting to he Held sunday
Afternoon at the Zion
Baptist Church.

The Peoples Mutual Interest club. a new
club organized by prominent Omaha colored
citizens, will meet Sunday afternoon at
Zion Baptist church, where a program will
be given and ways and means for placing
the new organization on a firm basis will
be talked over. The club was formed last
November and has a membership of fifty
enthusiastic members. The officers are:
John Grant Pegg. president; Maynard l.
Wilson, vice president; Robert Martin.
recording secretary. An executive, commit
tee viii be selected Sunday afternoon.
The purpose of this club is to promote
fellowship among the colored folks, and to
advance their educational, religious and
physical welfare. 1t is the idea to occupy
permanent quarters soon and later to own
a building. Many features now Identified
with the Young Mems Christian associa-
tion will be adopted. current topics are to
be discussed, lectures given and a library
maintained.
Sundays program will be:
Prayer. ....,... Rev. H. Curry
Introductory remarks. 80. John Grant Pegs
Instrumental solo. Miss Flora Cassell
Paper-Object and Aims Of Club. ........
......,.................Pr Prof. w. A. johnson
Vocal solo. Miss Celia Bersi Jewell
ADDRESS. ....'..............ReV. g. w. Wright
SOlO..s.s..-.. Dan DeSdumef
Adoption of constitution and bvlaws
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-22
SATURDAY AT BRANDEIs..

Choice Lots of a Retail Clothing stock
from Albany, n. n, Including
Young Mems Suits from Hart,
schanneF a Marx, b. KuD-
PenheimeF q Co. of Chi
eaEO and Other Wen
Known brands.
MEMS SO, AND SIS SUITS AT s..
At New York auction Brandeis bought
choice lot OF mems suits from the stock of
Babbitt & Co., Albany, N. Y, far below
value. Many young mems sizes in the
famous Hart, Schaffner 4 Mark and r.
Kuppenheimer & Co brands will sell at
IS. positively worth up TO S25. Mems suits
In all sizes az IS. al Boston Store Saturday.
]. l.. BRANDEIS & SONS.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-22

"DOubIe Track of steel All the way"
From Chicago TO Pittsourg' Phhadeiphla
and New York on the pennsylvania snort
Line. representing the standard railroad OF
America" The passenger service has been
greatly improved and six f1rst-class passen-
ger trains are running daily from Chicago
10 New York over double tracks of steel
all the way'-"rock ballasted and free from
dust" Address w. II. Rowland. T. p. Agt.,
II. s. Bank Bldg, Omaha, Neb.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-22
BuildinE Permits.

The following building permits have been
issued:
w II. jackson. 1850 Pinkney. 81. 900 dwell
ing; William Pfeffer. TWenty-fifth Avenue
and Leayenworth, brick shop, 5000; r. +.
ONCE. 81 800: CaIile Lee EpIey Forty-sey-
enth and Douglas. x2hnO dwelling
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-22

The new novel by Harold Bindloss,
author OF ALTON Of somasco" and The
Cattle Barons Daughter" published by
Frederick A. Stokes company. is entitled
The Dust OF Conflict" The action takes
place for the most part in Cuba In the
time just preceding the Spanish war. The
blowing up OF the Maine" has a dramatic
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-22
ON RoIIern ARnIn.

Patrons of roller skating win have the
last two days OF this week for exercise
on the wheels at the Auditorium. The
missionary convention will be over and
out of the way after Thursday evening
and skating win begin Friday afternoon
There win be an exciting race on Friday
night, also on Saturday night at O'Clock.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-22

part in the plot The publishers are con-
fident that Il will be the most popular book
Mr.. Bindloss has yet written Harold Bind
loss II an Englishman and lives quiet
country life at Great Corby. Carlisle. Eng
land, a fact rather surprising to one who
has read his novels. which are stirring.
and descriptive OF the widest Part Of west
ern America and British Columbia. His
diversions from literary work consist CT
wheeling bodybuilding and gardening. for
Mr. Bindloss. having had to shift for him
self great part OF his life, Is a Jack-of-
all-trades. a veritable Robinson Crusoe.
Like Crusoe he lives on the products of
his own garden; whether he acts as cook
Also we cannot say. He declares. however,
that this regimen keeps him In the best OF
health. Mr. Bindoss' Is an interesting per-
sonality He writes Of himself In a letter
TO his publishers Il have no literary ac-
quaintances In fact, my associates In Eng
land are mostly postmen. and when pos
sible, railroad men. one finds them so
much more interesting" In this point of
view lies much Of the secret OF the vitality
and sincerity of Mr.. BindioSs' characters.
Of whom his Alton of Somasco'' is per-
haps the finest example.
"Citnes of Northern Italy" in two vol
umes. telling of Milan Verona, Padua.
| Bologna and Ravenna, were begun by
Grant Allen and were completed after his
death by his old friend and co-worker.
George c. Williamson. Each city included
IL separated widely from the others by
| customs, dialect, art and traditions and
each possesses distinct claims to the con-
! sideration of traveller and reader, and has
its own supreme attractions. which are
| well worth visiting and studying. They
are illustrated with full page plates and
bound in decorative covers. l.. c. Page &
Co. Is the publisher.
Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine
and the Loire Country" by Francis Mil
toun, author of "Rsmbles in Normandy"
| "Cathedrals of Northern and Southern
France" etc, will be much enjoyed by the
admirers of this authors former works.
Mr.. Miltoun's love for and knowledge of
old France shows him at his best in this
volume. He knows every nook and Granny
of the old chateauK and has their histories
and legends by heart. His knowledge of
art and architecture is sound and schol-
arly and his descriptions are illuminated
by seven colored plates and upwards OF
fifty other illustrations by Blanche Nc
Manus. l.. c. Page Co. is the pub.
Usher.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-22

Now IL the time TO make your wants
known through The Bee Want Ad PAGE.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-22

o. f. C. whisky at schlitz hotel and ]. p.
o Briena. 1tlS Farnam
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-22
Not for Politics.

He refers TO several provisions or the
charter to refute the statement of the
councilmen that the proposed law would
allow the engineer to use his department
for political purposes and that 1t would
place no check on his expenditure Of
money.
Answering the argument of-the other
side that the engineers power to buy ma
terial and supplies would be dangerous to
the welfare of the city, Mr.. Rosewater
says the bill provides that all contracts
shall be awarded after advertising for COM
petitive bids.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-22
letter 10 Commercial Club.


Mr.. Rosewater has addressed to the ex-
ecutive committee of the Commercial club
a letter outlining his views on II. r. ibI.
TO which the clubs opposition has
been invited by members of the city coun-
Gil.
He says the main features OF the bill
is the authority of the city engineer TO
employ men and all teams and all persons
connected with his department, without
submitting their names for confirmation
to the city council. He adds the difference
between the proposed and the old law is
that politics is to be eliminated from
municipal affairs so far as the construe-
ton of public works. cleaning Of streets
and making of repairs are concerned.
Mr.. Rosewater says that the present law
permits construction and repair work to be
DELAYED indefinitely until the council con-
firms his appointments; 1t Icompels the
engineer to compromise with councilmen
and appoint political friends; 1t admits OF
manipulation by contractors who WELD po-
litical power to secure the appointment of
inspectors favorable 10 themselves; II al
lows responsibility to be conveniently
shifted from one 20 a half dozen OF more
persons. whereas the proposed concentra-
ton of power would make the engineer
alone responsible.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-22
CIVIL SERVICE FOR CITY
Engineer ROsewatsr's Fill is Going Through
Legislature Rapidly.
cOuNcnMtN BEGIN TO TAKE NOTICE
Democrats see Political Patronage
slipping Away and win Make
Fight TO Retain Their
Grip on Places.

The manner in which City Engineer Rose
waters bill. known as\ II. r. 157, IL go
'7E through in the legisle ture IL CAUSING
Omaha councilmen TO sit up and take no.
tice. The councilmen believe the bill will
give the city engineer too much power
and take away from them political patron
age they think they are entitled TO. While
no individual councilman can be found who
will openly say he would favor any enort
to remove Mr.. Rosewater. yet II Is gen
orally understood in the city hall that
trouble is brewing for the engineer, who
is not ignorant of what is going on.
Speaking of the bill. Mr.. Rosewater said
"One of the councilmen even came to mo
and told me that II I would not cause the
bill to be withdrawn steps would be taken
to get my scalp I even understand that
the councilmen are looking around for
man to take my place and that If my OH
goes through the new incumbent will be
placed In my office while I am not look
ing There have been so many mistaken
IDEAS circulated regarding my bill that
have written to the Commercial club
letter outlining the whole situation rms
hue and cry about me having absolute
authority is all bosh - IN with the new
bill passed the general charter provisions
give the mayor and council authority 10
inspect all accounts and books OF the de-
partment and even the manner OF ap-
pointment of the engineer himself VIII not
be changed, the office to be an appoinuVe
one as it hasNbeen."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-22

AianEum Co. LETTER SPECIALISTS,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-22
one of the HOIdOvers.

Mr.. Rosewater holds his once at pIesen'
by virtue OF being what is known as
''holdover," the present administration
having failed to make any confirmation Oh
either a new incumbent or the present en-
gineer. Mr.. Rosewater would resist in the
courts any attempt to Dust him unth lne
present term shall have expired.
Mr.. Rosewater said his bill was not IN
spired by any personal motives but merely
to take his department out of politics ana
place the public works department on
civil service basis.
Extracts from the bill read:
No persons shall be employed or dls-
missed for political or partisan reasons.
1t is declared an offense and malteasshce
for the city engineer or any other omcer,
foreman or employee in said department. 70
solicit votes or support for SUBSCRIPTIONS
Of funds for any candidate for any once,
or in any manner to urge the participation
OF any city employe OF laborer IN any par
tisan or political movement whatever. any
officer, employe, foreman or Inspector IN
said department who shall endeaVor 10
compel or persuade or force by threats or
otherwise any such employe or iaoorer 70
take part I'm any partisan or pohtcal move
ment shall be dismissed from the service;
With the emergency clause Attached the
bill will become operative Immediately upon
si1nature by the governor.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-22
Sundays program win be:
MRS. CLEVELAND SELLS OUT

Adoption OF constitution and bylaws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05
OLD-TIME PUNISHMENTS.
Cold Water for Swearing and Ear
Clipping for Hog Thieves.

From the Youths Companion
To punish child in such way that 1t
will see the direct connection between the
I correction and the fault is one of the pre-
cepts of modern education. The judge of
the eighteenth century was not worried by
such psychological theories, but his deci-
sions often had the grim humor of fitness.
What could be better for the scold than a
cooling plunge, or for the wife better than
a few lashes on his own back? Alice Morse
Earle instances, in a book on "Punishments
of Bygone Days." some of these picturesque
but often cruel sentences of the colonial
court
A number of tender-handed English gall
lants joined a pioneer expedition to Vir-
ginia The weather was cold and the work
hard When these soft-muscled young men
were set at chopping trees their hands Were
sorely blistered by the axe helves. With
the cries of pain many oaths were heard
The president of the company soon put a
stop to this swearing by ordering can
of cold water to be poured down the sleeve
Of the guilty one at every oath he uttered.
In colonial days hog stealing was con-
sidered one Of the most serious of crimes.
At the first offsnse the thiefs ears were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05

space covering ten or more acres, which
on two or three days of each week Is filled
with people buying and selling. There are
hooded men in from the country, moving
about on bare legs. There are dignified
Moorish merchants, in turbans and gowns
There are peasant women with great hats
and yelled Mohammedan ladies. all mixed
together in one of the queerest crowds to
be seen anywhere In the world. You must
add Jewish men in caps and long coats,
bare-faced Jewish women, their heads
bound up in bright-colored handkerchiefs,
and staggering Moorish soldiers on foot
and on horseback. A great ungainly camel
moves along here and there, while count
less donkeys carrying loads as big as them
selves push their way through the people.
There are peddlers of all sorts, from those
selling water from goatskin bags on their
shoulders to those with sweet cakes and
candies. There are women loaded with
fagots and men toting charcoal. There
are bread peddlers and vegetable peddlers
and other odd-looking men and women
peddling almost everything under this At
rican sun. AS to just what they sell and
their curious methods of trading 1 shall
write more in the future.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05

slit. at the second his ears were nailed to
a pillory and at the third he suffered death
without benefit of clergy"
Deceitful bakers and careless fish dealers
had to loose their ears" while he who
spoke detracting words had his tongue
bored by a bodkin.
Frenchman. travelling in America in
100. describes the ducking stool as a
pleasant mode of furnishing a scoding
woman. He says:
"Of members. we tongue is worst or beste.
An yll tonge oft doth breede unreste worthe
a ducking stoole."
In 1875 Thomas Hartley OF Virginia wrote
of his witnessing the execution Of a duck
ing-stool sentence:
DAY before yesterday, at two OF ye
Clock, I saw this punishment given to one
Betsey Walker, who by ye violence OF her
tonge made her house and her neighbor-
hood uncomfortable. They had machine
for ye purpose vt belongs to ye Parish. 1t
has already been used three times this
Summer Ye Woman was allowed to go
under ye water for ye space of y minute.
Betsey had a stout stomache and would
not yield until she had been under five
times. Then she cried piteously. Then
they drew back we Machine, united ye
Ropes and let her walk home, a hopefully
penitent woman"
1t seems strange to read that almost
within the memory OF persons still living
Mrs Annie Royal was sentenced in Wash
ington. d. c.. to be ducked for writing
by editing Paul Pry'' paper. Even John
Quincy Adams pronounced her a virago.
and she was arraigned as a common scold.
Mrs. Royal was sentenced to be ducked in
the Potomac, but was afterward recessed
on paying fine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05
THIS YEAR MAN FLIES
Santos Dumont Says the Time
Has Come.
AEROPLANE RACE FOR 1907
Paris Getting Ready for the Big
Prizes.
REASONS FOR HOPE OF SUCCESS
Full List Of Aeroplanes Building in
Paris Would Include Half the
Auto Manufacturers.
AEROPLANE RACE FOR 1907
REASONS FOR HOPE OF SUCCESS
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
PARIS. December %, 1906
t'This year man f1iesT' says Santos Du-
mont: and the Paris automobile world Is
so convinced Of 1t that we are witnessing
phenomenal aeroplane scramble
The Marquis de Dion has put the De
Dion-Bouton factory to work on two aero
planes and six experimental motors. En-
nest Archdeacon is building a single-box
machine, with seventy horsepower motor
of his own devising. The Italian Vina has
his single plane refitting with one of the
remarkable twelve-cylinder motors, of
which 1 shall speak presently Serge de
Bolontoff. son of the Princess Wiasensky,
is removing his plant from Vevey to Paris.
The Count de la Vauix. who has hitherto
despised everything but spherical balloon
ing, has ordered aeroplane with pro-
peller force to drive it thirty-seven miles
per hour. A. V. Rol. the Londoner who adj
mittedly follows the Wrights. has come to
Paris to profit by mechanical facilities and
be ready for the coming mix-up. Henri
DeutSch is paying for two spare-no-eXpenSe
copies Of the Bird of Prey; while the BE
riot-VoiSin combination has abandoned Its
original form to copy the same winner of
the two first heavier-th than the-air prizes
the Archdeacon cup and the Aero Club
prize.
Probably full list of aeroplanes building
in Paris would include half the great auto
manufacturers. Grardot of the G. G. ",
for example. is admittedly a candidate; the
younger Clement is backing a school friend
inventor; many are working in secret; some
Of the productions will never be heard Of
but 1 cannot exaggerate the movement OF
anticipation. intensified by Santos-Dumont's
two flights.
Sensational rumors circulate. "since
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05

for educate as deckboy an stan'-by-at
crane boy on steamah. sar. no Mt LOT
stay with you, sar, if you call me lmperti-
nent savage"
Carter stared Good heavens, man! I
didn't intend to hurt your feelings
White Man s-Trouble waved the bleached
inside of his paw toward his master on
Carter, you apologize. Palaver set" He
bowed a head which was quantity shaved
into garden patches, replaced the Glad
stone bag on its central bed Of wool and
once more STROBE cheerfully ahead.
Carter followed moodily. How had they
all guessed at his admiration for Laura
He had thought 1t the most intimate of Sc
crets, a delicate confidence that ne hao
no more than dared breathe even to his
own inner consciousness. But nrst ola
Smith had blurted it out, and now even
his servant talked about 1t openly. He
had no doubt whatever that the Whole thing
had been fully discussed over the cooking
fires of the native compound at Mdlid-N uiia
the night before.
Then somehow his eyes swung around
to the dancing horizon. and the Liverpool
steamers smoke boring up toWaro tne
north easily ferred his thoughts across
the gap which lay between that baking
African beach and the cool village tucked
snugly in beneath the Upper Wharfedale
moors. He tried to concentrate ms milo NJ,
on the roses in the vicarage garden. His
mother liked abundance o. blooms ana
cared little about the size. The vicar ad-
mired big blooms and shipped OF super
way and during summer a gentle wranSle
over the roses was quite one OF the fea-
lures of their quiet life.
But the roses refused to stay In the CEN
ter of the picture. Laura insisted Oh tak-
ing their place. Suppose he took Laura
back to Wharfedale-as Mrs. George Car
ter. His mother, blessed woman, might be
sorry, but she would accept her. He was
sure Of that. But his father? Almost the
last piece of advice the vicar had given
on parting was:
Now, lad, remember always you're 4
white man, and don't get mixed up with
any woman who owns single drop OF
blood darker than your own if you do,
YOU can never come back here, and you'll
hate yourself all the rest of your life. Re
member / held an Indian chaplaincy before
got this living. and know what I'm talk
ing about"
Carter shook a sudden fist at the steam
er's smoke for supplying him with such a
distasteful train of thought, and turned
for light conversation to White-Man's-
Trouble. That garrulous person was quite
ready to humor him. in the matter.
The sea breeze died away little after
g. and they marched in GREATNESS heat
till the cool land breeze took its place and
brought them spicy odors Of the inland
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05

trees. And always on one side of them
the surf roared and crashed and cre1mcd
along the beaches.
The sun dropped to the horizon and hur-
ried beneath 1t in visible inches of fall.
Daylight went out. The colors were blotted
from the sky and the stars lit up, one
racing another to be first The noises
from the forest changed in correspondence.
From close at hand a leopard roared
greeting to the darkness.
Night was fully dressed ten minutes after
the sun had vanished. 1t was after 3
o'clock and in the chill of a wet. gray mist
that they reached O'Neill & Craven's fac
tory on the banks of Smooth river
Now o'clock in the lonely factories of
the coast Is usually bedtime. and Carter
was a good deal surprised to hear the hum
of a great activity pulsing out into the
night; and presently. when they came with
in eye-range, to see the buildings aglow
with lights. But there was a further sur
prise packed and ready for him AS they
came close a black man leaned over the
enc of an appraised wall of palm oil punch
cons and deliberately pointed a gun squal G.
ly at Carter's chest.
CTo be continued tomorrow