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Middletown transcript., 1916-12-30
NEW MULvANEY IS FOUND
Promoted to Sergeant and Then Re-
duced to Private Within Four
Months.

Private c. was man of mystery.
We picked him out from the ranks dur
ing the first parade. There was no
mistaking him; he was a young man,
but an old soldier. There was nothing
in his attestation paper to that eff
feet; but q. man does not become an
expert at squad drill and the handling
Of arms by instinct. Van Hay writes
in the Saturday Evening Post.
Next day we made him lance cor
poral and gave him dozen backward
recruits to bring on. In fortnight he
was a full corporal after two months
he was a sergeant; after three months
he was a corporal agnin; week or
two later a lance corporal at the end
of four months he was back IN. the
ranks. He had a failing just one
and it had been his master for ten
years. He told me al about it. He
asked me, in confidence, as a personal
favor, not to recommend him for pro-
2@ae
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naveS, each consisting of nine arChed
vaults the two aisles being formed of
ten chapels. The choir and stalls
are of cedar and mahogany and
are ornamented With remarkably
fine wood carving, while among
the treasures of the church are to be
found some excellent paintings, among
them being n fine MurillO and one Of
Rembrandt's masterpieces.
Arequipa Cathedral Is Old.
Among the cathedrals Of Peru that
CT Arequipa is one of the oldest and
most interesting. The city was raised
to q bishOpric in 1857 and the erec-
ton of the cathedral was commenced
in 1912. 1t was completed III due
course, but in 1871 its interior was
partially destroyed by fire, many OF
its rich treasures, paintings, and other
possessions being lost. The rebuild
ing took 20 years, and four years after
its restoration it again suffered some
damage from the terrible earthquake
of 1868. The structure faces the Plaza
de Armas, its facade measuring 40o
feet in length. It has three entrances
and the building is supported by ~
large columns of composite Ionic and
DOric style, lending it massive and
splendid appearance. The interior Is
divided into three naves, separated by
superb columns that support the great
arches above with harmonious effect
The main altar Is of marble, and th'
pulpit of beautifully carved wood.
Huanuco, capital of the department
of the same name, was made an epis
copal see in 1865. The once large pop
uIation of the city has dwindled since
the discovery of the famous copper
mines at Cerro de PascO until now
there are perhaps about 5000 left
The cathedral which fronts the plaza
is chiefly remarkable for its solid con
-struction, having stone arches and a
high and pointed steeple. This is ac-
counted for by the fact that severe
earthquakes have never visited this i'm
mediate section.
ChachapOyas has been bishopric
since 1S43. The cathedral is a sim
pie one-story structure of brick, hav-
ing two square towers to relieve the
plainness of the facade.
Ayacucho, bishopric since 1909, has
q cathedral of more pretentious archi-
lecture built of volcanic rock from
! the Picota mountains.
Puno, raised to a bishopric in 1861
has a cathedral which is we'll con-
structed and quite ornate in architec-
turaI establishment. The space Of
the facade between the two towers is
highly ornamented and has numl,eI
of fine statues of saints placed in open
inches as an unusual feature.
TrujiIlo's Two Large Towers.
| TrujilIo. an episcopal see since 1871
has q large and substantial cathedral
whose architectural features are two
large towers with a cupola over the
center of the building. Many fine
paintings decorate the sacristy. The
! general plan of the building is similar
to that Of the cathedral Of Lima.
Cuzco, the ancient capital of the In.
cas-, was made a bishopric as early as
1885, Construction of the cathedral
was begun the same year, but for one
reason and another the building was
not completed until so years there
after. It is in the style of the Span
ish renaissance and was built of stone
at a tremendous cost. The interior
consists of three naves separated by
stone pillars which support the higF
vaulted arches.
Middletown transcript., 1916-12-30

-HE traveller in South America
who studies the various fea
lures of the history of that con-
tinent, the life of colonial times
and that which followed it as the ma
tiOnal life Of the separate cOun-
tries, soon discovers that there
Is q well-defined line of dcmarca-
tion between that time when the
people borrowed their artistic in.
Spiration from the traditional sources
Europe and that later time
when local influences began to be felt
md when the continent developed its
own artistic sense that demanded some
original expression. This statement
applies to the industries that were
first brought over from Europe across
the Atlantic; it is true Of the social
life and of education in all the re-
publics of the southern continent mani
Testing characteristics which are pc
culiarly their own; it is likewise true
of municipal and governmental affairs,
and finally in regard to the cOnstruc-
ton of their buildings, especially of
the architecture ecclesiastical edificeS
Of the diocesan capitals, says the
French edition of the Bulletin of the
Pan-American union. AS. an exam
pie of the colonial epoch in church
architecture the cathedral of Lima Of
fers a good illustration. That cOun-
tru l1oc opo orobhic icbOn,.;o +hof Of
Lima, eight dependent blshoprics, viz,
Arequipa, HuanucO, Chachapoyas,
Ayacucho, Puno TrujillO, CuzcO, and
Huaraz.
In connection with the name Of
Lima two characters will always be in
timately associated with its historic
memories; Pizarro, the intrepid con-
queror, whose remains rest in the ca
thedral whose corner stone he laid,
who founded the capital and gave it
the name of La Ciudad de los Reyes
(the city of the kings) and second
a young girl who renounced life Of
social ease and pleasure and became
renowned for her piety, n renOwn
which resulted in her canonizatiOn by
Pope Clement TX in 1871 under the
name Of Saint Rosa of Lima, the pa
tron saint of the capital city as well as
of all Catholic South America.
1t was Pizarro who laid the plans
for the imperial city, including the
erection of great metropolitan
church. 1t was not finished and dedi-
Gated until 1910, and it was at the re-
quest of Charles V of Spain that Pope
Paul III raised the see of Lima to an
archbishOpric. AS a consequence 1t
was determined to rebuild the edifice,
and the work was started under auspi-
cious circumstances. Owing to vari-
Gus interruptions, changes of plans,
and other delays the building was not
finished until 1925. Not long after the
conservation Of the cathedral, by Or
der of the Spanish vicerOy, the mortal
remains of the great conquistador were
transferred to the edifice and now rest
In q splendid sarcophagus in one of
the chapels.
In 1746 an earthquake made 4 mass
of ruins of the city of Lima, the ca
thedral being among the buildings Sc
riously damaged. In 1853 it was finally
completely restored. The building is
of gray stone. and is the largest OF
the old Spanish ecclesiastical edifices
of South America. The facade is 4SO
feet wide, the crowning feature of the
building being its two massive square
towers. The many columns and archi-
tectural decorations are for the most
l-aaEt Cnrlnthian in STYLE: It has five
Middletown transcript., 1916-12-30

unlocked, ready for you. Statemen
for the newspapers will be found OF
desk. I'VE just completed 1t. Wa
smashed in collapse of market on the
board floor this afternoon -. No
that's-and then, ironically ali
Hanpy New Year!'
His receiver clicked down on the
hook. severing the connection in the
midst of Mortified abjurations from the
other end Of the wire. simultaneously
MYRTLE, the telephone girl, jerked the
metal loop from her head and sprang
down the aisle, dlsregardfng the sur
prised exclamations of her fellows and
the imperative call of the supervisor
She grabbed her hat and shabby little
jacket from their pes on the locker
room wall as she fled.
A suicide? !. he was about to Gle
by his own hand -. And with that
sweet-voiced wife waiting for hin
there at home with the dear little kid
die tucked up In bed and crying for hi'
daddy's goodnight kiss! 1t was wronI
all wrong! J.. To stop him! An
If only she could get there in time
There was a chance-a slim chance
for it happened that the Stock Elk
change was directly next door to the
big gray telephone building.
Fortunately the night elevator man
had his car waiting there on the main
floor, while he leaned against the side
of the cage gossiping with one of the
scrub women. Myrtle bounded in, star
Ting both nearly out of their wits.
"Quick!" she painted, seizing his arm
with tense fingers, "The fourteenth
floor :. Not an instant to spare?
sBut it's against rules to let you go
up there at this unholy time of night
unless you've got a permit" expostu-
lated the bewildered elevator man.
/ iUu Gttn
Myrtle drove the motive lever home
herself and the iron cage shot swiftly
upwards before the man could stop
her. 1t was a sickening breathless Else
Middletown transcript., 1916-12-30

Promotion means increase of pay.
and money to him spelled only -disas-
ter. He had been in two regiments of
the line-he told me the names of
both. He had fought in South Africa.
but he had no medals to show. So we
left him in the ranks-the best soldier
and the bravest. man in the whole COM
pany. He died very calamity last Oc-
tober, during a bombing attack in the
salient at Ypres. Nothing in his life
became him like the leaving Of it,
Middletown transcript., 1916-12-30
LOOKING Ahead.
.'lNhat are you reading?"

what are you readings 2"
"Oh, just a few hot weather hints on
how to keep cool" replied the fat man.
s'But summer is over now"
II know It. I'm checking of the
suggestions I tried, so won't waste
any time trying them again next sum-
mer."
Middletown transcript., 1916-12-30
Not : Botanical Species.

The artichoke, which originally came
from Barbary. is net a botanical spe
cies, but variety Of the thistle, which
grows spontaneously all along the
African coast OF the Mediterranean
from Morocco to Palestine.
Middletown transcript., 1916-12-30

need not be great to be beau
here may be as much beauty
flower as in q majestic tree
|e gem as In a great mountain.
4 beautiful life IS one that full.
mission that is what God
to be. and does what God
~ do.-Ja1nes r. Miller.
Middletown transcript., 1916-12-30
The Ugly Revolver in His Hand.

Ah. the fourteenth floor at last!
Precious moments wasted fumbling
with the mechanism of the elevator
door Then through 1t and out =. {.
the staccato clatter of little high heels
racing down the long dim, empty cor
ridor to where blotch of light showed
through the transom of Suite 147S.
For a brief second Myrtle's heart
suspended its pulsatiOn and she hesi-
tated with her trembling hand out
stretched to turn the knob. What If
she should find-should find him al
ready the victim of his own mad act
lying there on the rlchly-carpeted floor
of the sumptuously furnished Offices
with a pool Of blood slowly cOagulating
around the bullet hole in his temple.
If
But Myrtle, the telephone girl, wait
ed to conjecture no longer. She threw
her weight against the unlocked door.
1t gave suddenly and precipitated her
inwards cOincidently with her frenzied
cry of:
"STOPl"
The man sitting at the long mahOg-
any desk with the ugly revolver al
ready in his hand half started to his
feet, his face ashen; stared at this
most unexpected intruder, bulge-eyed.
He seemed unable to collect his
thoughts; only passed his hand over
his mouth two or three times, mutter-
ing In a half-Witted way: "WhO g.
who what :"
Then he toppled suddenly and fell
flat on his face to the floor.
'DeadI" grOaned Myrtle, horror
stricken, dropping to her knees beside
the inamlnate form.
"Nawl" grunted the elevator man,
who Just then Joined her. "He's tainted
that's all, kid. Better go git me a
wet, rag to sop his face with. That'll
bring him round In a jiffy."
But Myrtle was already seated at
the adjacent telephone, calling the
number she so we'll remembered:
''Yes, yes, operator f. That's it,
Riverylew ALI. Hello he'll
10! Is this Mrs. Thornton talking?
= - III ION know me, but that
matter You hurry aHa wake
aooknms; put on all his things
furry down here to Mr.. Thorn.
Office. He needs you Asked
IS caIl you up.~. Says he VI. ats
begin a Happy New Year with you
6ndi the baby right down here.
n You'll come right away Al right
thank you j. Yes, III walt here too"
AnN just then a deafening racket Of
horr whistles and bells burst forth
WIFI hundreds Of little white lights
belsln to flash here and there along
= tleirSgreat switchboard In the nearb!
/ q none exchange, and the girls
IDS few to the connections. And, al
9sa1es Thornton slowly revived undel
de tender. solicitous ministrations o
the 'ph9Re girl and rhe grimy elevator
white light lllumined his sou
res :SnoOkums?' he Querie,
Middletown transcript., 1916-12-30
NEW YEAR MEMORIES
Rx Fred eoaardus.

On! for an old-fashloned New Year day
With enjoyments keen and pure.
When fun and froIlc reigned supreme,
Good fellowship the lure.
AS we journeyed to the parties
Afoot, perchance by sleigh,
The atmosphere seemed laden With
Best wishes OF the day.
With good old hearty handshakes
We knew were welcome grips,
Instead of the present method of
Just touching the fingertips.
How we merri'ys danced the lancerss
Danced itFy,d a zeal,
Middletown transcript., 1916-12-30

Also the p9 nets
ange. alas.
of
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ma. rh.t ls eeautIful.

res :SnoOkums?'" he Queried
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Myrtle drove the motive lever home
herself and the iron cage shot swiftly
upwards before the man could stop
her. 1t was a sickening breathless rise
Middletown transcript., 1916-12-30

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shuteI
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Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-31
STRIKE MIGHT END
WESTERN LEAGUE
Rourke and Hanlon Make Plans
to Move Teams Sunday to
Get Here Labor Day.
AUTO PLAN NOT FEASIBLE

Omaha may cop the Western
league pennant three weeks ahead of
time. For If the railroad strike oc-
ours the Western league playing
schedule will cease abruptly the day
following Labor day, when all
teams in the league. are carded to
make a jump.
As precautionary measure Pa
Rourke last night called up Ed Ham
Ion Of the Sioux City club and ad-
vised Hanlon to leave. Sioux City for
Omaha Sunday night. The Sioux
play Omaha two games Labor day
and one Tuesday. II is possible for
them to leave Sioux City at 7:20 Sun
day night. This would be the last
train they would be able to catch if
the strike is called.
Rourke will catch a train out of
Lincoln Sunday evening, so the
Omaha club will get home all right.
This will insure the Labor day double
bill, which should be vast financial
assistance. Ordinarily the teams
would not start for Omaha until
morning.
But after Tuesday there is no tell
ing what will happen. 1t might be
possible to continue the schedule by
rearranging the games SO that games
carded for such distant cities as
Denver and Wichita could be trans
ferred to the central towns OF the
circuit. between which trips could
be made in automobiles, This is not
regarded as feasible, however, be-
cause Of the great expense and in
convenience, and It is thought the
magnates will choose to bring the
session to a close.
After Tuesday there are sixteen
more games scheduled for Denver,
fifteen for St. Joseph, thirteen for
Topeka and Wichita, four for Lin
coin. five for Sioux City, one for Des
Moines and none for Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-31
Bad Boys Not Able to Keep Jack
and His Machine Out of Parade

just like a regular one. When Jack"
got home and found that his tires
had been punctured, he gave up hope
Of going to the race, or driving his
pushmobile in the parade. But Z. R.
Wilson happened to hear about all
this. So Tuesday morning big truck
backed up to the Crary home and
took Jacks pushmobile to be fixed
And Jack went along on the front
seat.
When the big truck was pretty near
the garage, the driver looked back
and what do you think he saw Why,
one OF the pushmobile wheels had
worked loose and had dropped off
somewhere.
They all went back and tried to find
it. But it was gone.
Jack didn't cry, but he almost did.
Then the men took his car to the
garage, and put regular automobile
wheels on it, and yesterday Jack and
his Red Cross car were in the parade.
Jack and his two pushers were dress
ed in white, and his little Of pushmo-
bile just made everyone look.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-31

lack" Crazy, 1922 Spencer street,
wanted a pushmobile. Jack is only
10 years old, but he has a lot of
friends amongst the older boys, so
four of the bigger fellows banded to-
gether and made him the finest little
Of pushmoble that you ever saw.
The little OF pushmobile wasn't
really as little as you might think, be-
cause. when Jack wanted to enter the
race today, he found that his dandy
new car was too big for the rest of
them.
He felt pretty bad about this, but
found out that Red Cross car would
be needed, so he and the big boys
fixed it all up to look after the drivers
that might get hurt.
The car was all painted white with
a Red Cross mark on each side, and
Jack took it up in the vacant lot to
show the rest OF the fellahs.
THAT Of car amt so much" said
one bad boy to another, and when
Jack" wasn't looking he stuck nail
in two OF the tires. Yes, sir, it had
real automobile tires and everything,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-31
ROURKES HAVE TWO
BAD INNINGS, LOSE
Boosters Hammer North in
Fourth and Errors Adds to
Count in Eighth.
OMAHA FAILS TO BUNCH

The Rourkes got mixed up with a
couple Of bad innings yesterday and
the Boosters slipped our heroes a
bitter dose of defeat, 8 to 4. As the
truculent Sioux walloped the lowly
Links, however, Omaha did not lose
anything in the race for the we'll
known pennant. a. ...
Lou North was the first victim.
Lou retired theIsbellites three in a
row for the first three innings, but in
the fourth they began to thump him
and when the smoke of battle cleared
Lou was seen vending his wear
way to the shower with a towel over
his right shoulder. The Boosters
nieked Louis, curves for four hits and
counted three runs.
Prince, Gaskell was summoned to
the rescue with one out and the bases
choked. Z. Prince had the old windup
working in tip-top form, but he had
some bad luck. First Marshall COM
mitted a passed ball for a score, then
Kilduff loafed play and then Higgin-
botham garnered scratchy hit All
this gave the coon creekers three
more marks.
Krause Finishes.
The prince sailed gaily along until
the seventh when he was derricked
for sniper and Harry Krause hn-
ished the game. A hit, followed by
errors by Miller, Marshall and Irelan.
gave the Boosters two in the eighth.
Omaha outhit Des MONIES, but all
the latter's hits came in punches and
when the Rourkes made errors.
- cass Makes Error.
Omaha slipped over one run in the
third on Kilduffs single and three
base error by Cass. Two errors by
Mclean with hits by Thompson and
Forsythe counted two in the eighth
and Smiths single, and Thompson's
double gave us another in the ninth.
Two Des MONIES youngsters, who
were judged as the best grade school
base ball players in the Iowa capital,
are making the trip with the Des
Moines club. Tom Fairweather, for
Nmerly secretary of the Des Moines
club and now a councilman, put; up
a trip around the circuit as prize
for the best grade school player in
Des Moines. When the points were
totalled up it was discovered that
Clarence Hurst and Clifford Knox had
the same number. So Fairweather
said both youngsters should have the
trip. Hurst and Knox make up
battery and the Isbellites say they are
coming youths. One is IA years old
and the other 10.
The last game of the series between
Omaha and Des MONIES will be played
this afternoon at 3:l5. Then the
Rourkes hike to Lincoln for I series.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-31
Friends Of Ralph Leake
Hold Farewell Reception

About fifty frineds of Ralph Leake,
assistant physical director of the
Omaha Young Mems Christian assoc
citation, assembled Tuesday evening
in the parlor of the association build
ing to bid him farewell on his trip to
Foo Chow, China. Mr.. Leake will
leave Omaha Friday for his home in
Keokuk, Ia, where he will enjoy
short vacation, after which he will go
to Vancouver, B. G., to embark on the
steamship Empress Of Russia, which
leaves for the far east October S.
Mr.. Leake's work in China will in
clude supervision Of the physical edu-
cation Of the members Of the Young
Mems Christian association in the en-.
tire state of Fu-C Chen, having a pop
ulation Of 100000 persons, and he
will have the title OF associate ma
tional physical director.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-31
LEONARD HOLDS
BROWNS HITLESS
Boston Hurler Forces Most
Batters to Pop Up Easy
, Flies, Tanning Three.
CARDIGAN BEHIND THE BAT

Boston, Aug. 30.-Dutch Leonard
held the Browns without a hit or
run, while Boston scored four runs of
Weilman. Two men reached first base
but neither got osecond. Leonard
struck out only three men, for the
most part forcing the batters to pop
up easy flies. Today, no hit, no run
game was the second to the credit
of the Red Sox this season. George
Foster turned the trick against New
York last June and sporting writer's
directed attention to the fact that
in both games Manager Carrigan was
behind the bat An examination of
Captain Barry's right hand today dis
closed that bone on the back Of the
hand was fractured and that he would
be out Of the game four weeks. Score:
ST IOIJfS ROSTON
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-31
Columbia Fire Defeats
Braden Direct In Race

Des Mones, Ia, Aug. 30--(Spe-
cial 1.-The work of two Nebraska
horses featured the Great Western
circuit races yesterday. Columbia
Fire, a bay gelding, owned by E. G..
Bohannan of Lincoln won the free
for-all pace in straight heats from the
favorite, Braden Direct, and Califor-
MIA B., bay gelding owned by Earl
Beezley of Syracuse, Neb., broke the
worlds record on a balf-mile track in
the 2:l5 trot under saddle by trotting
the second heat in 2:l4K. Summary:
Trotting. 2:zb class, purse, $500: Don Lo.
peg black gelding. by Kinney DeLopez, won;
Black silk, second; Ignatius McGregor,
third. Best time 2.l6M.
Free-for-Ail Pace; Purse $1,000: Column
bla Fire, bay gelding. by Pactolus. won;
Braden Direct, second. SADIE Dsnsnore,
third Best time, 2;07h.
Pacing. 2:1s class; purse, 800: Sad
Thoughts, b. m, by Bingen, won; Red Clip
per, second; Orc Lou and Jimmie l.. Patchen
divide third and fourth, Best time, 2:l2k.
Iowa State Fair Futurity, trotting division;
purse. 5000: Charles Simmun. jr.. b. h., by
Charles Simmun, won; Calivivian, second.
Best time, 2:21h.
Trotting, 2:ib class, under saddle; purse.
$500; California b., b. g., by Athasham,
won; H. Curtiss, second; Larrie K, third.
Best time. 2:14h (world's record).
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-31
Ticket Sale for Welsh
White Ejuht Is larue

Colorado Springs, Colo, Aug. 3d.
While Champion Freddie Welsh is
indulging in moderate amount Of
road work in preparation for his
twenty-round bout with Charlie
White for the worlds lightweight IT,
tie, which will be fought next Monday,
the latter does not believe in the long
running grinds.
Promoter Edward Pitts stated to-
day that the advance sale of seats to
date indicated capacity house and
that any railroad trouble would not
materially affect the attendance. =
Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-31
Standing of Teams
WEST. LEAGUE.
NAT. LEAGUE.
AMER. LEAGUE. AMER, ASSN.
Yesterdays Results.
WESTERN LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Topeka s.; Wichita, 6.
Sioux City, g.; Lincoln, O..
Des Moines, s; Omaha, L.
Denver AZ; st. Joseph. 80.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Brooklyn, 4; st. Louis. l.
Philadelphia. 0; Chicago, ..
New York 8; Cincinnati, s.
Boston, If; Pittsburgh. OIL
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Cleveland, /; Washington, 8.
Chicago, I; Philadelphia, %.
Detroit, Q; New York. s.
st. Louis 0; Boston, 1.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Louisville, /; indianapolis, Q.
Milwaukee. /; st. Paul, l.
Kansas City. 8; Minneapolis, s.
Columbus. II; Toledo, o-s.
Games To-day.
Western League-Topeka Mt Wichita
Sioux City at Lincoln: Des Moines at
Omaha; Denver at St. Joseph.
National League--Brooklyn at ST. Louis;
Philadelphia at Chicago; New York at Gin
cinnati; Boston at Pittsburgh.
American League-Cleveland at Washing
ton; Chicago at Philadelphia; Detroit at
New York; st. Louis at Boston.