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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1899)
o OMAHA ILLrSTllATKl ) 151:313. : July 0 , 1SIK ) . OMAHA I LLUSTHATED BEE. Publhrtied weekly by The Bee Publishing Company , 13ee Building , Omaha , Nob. Price 5 cents per copy per year , J2.00. For adv-srtlsing rates address Publisher. Communications relating to photographs or articles for publication should bo ad- dreasen , "Editor Omaha Illustrated Hec , Omaha. " Pen and Picture Pointers The recent resignation of Secretary of War AlKor nncl the fact that his successor tines not ausunio olllco until August 1 leaves n NobraBkan , Hon. George I ) . Mclklcjohn , at thu huail of that department. This IB no now experience * for him , however , as rupcatcilly during Secretary Algor's Incum bency Mr. Molklejohn , as assistant Bocrotary , linn been cnlled upon to perform the duties of his chief. So well has he acquitted him self In this regard and also In thu discharge of his duties ns UHslBtant acrrctnry that when General Algor resigned there was n strong sentiment favoring his promotion. Goo- giaphlcal location and the fact that the great utato of New York was not represented In the cabinet was against him and proved on Insurmountable barrlor. It was well known , especially among the [ 'holograph by lleyn. IflRIOD A. NASH. newspaper men of the national capital , that the assistant sccrotary Blond high In the estimation of Uiu president , and his conduct during the trying 'times ' of the Spanlah- Amurlcanar had shown him to bo a man of excellent Judgment. Later his handling of the dellcato and exceedingly Intricate ques tions arising out of our Insular possessions proved him a resourceful lawyer , and the fact that not a single breath of scandal has attached to his person Increased the presi dent's respect In duo proportion. As a fair estimate of George I ) . Melklojohn's ability the following from the leading editorial In the Washington Post of Sunday , July 23 , la reproduced. Speaking of the selection of Mr. Hoot as secretary of war , the Post says : The arrangement Is particularly felicitous , owing to the fact that Mr. Hoot will have n capable and thoroughly equipped assistant In his work. Mr. Melklejohn In quite famil iar with the purely military questions likely to arise. Ho has been assistant secretary for more than two years and has brought to his ( auk a clear mind , ati Intense Industry and n drop determination to master the de tails and routine of the war olllco. Mr. Hoot will llnd In him a competent adviser , a strong coadjutor and a loyal subordinate. Such a combination of leadership , backed by a well organized olllco machinery , can hardly fall to give satisfaction. Mr , Hoot untora upon his now duties with an Intellectual' equipment far above the ordinary and he has waiting for him an assistant secretary of war possessed of thorough and exact In formation , who can put his linger upon the vital point of all those purely military Issues which are for the present outside of his own experience. Mr. Molklejolm was horn at Woyouwega , Waupaca county , WIs. , August 22 , 1857 , and la a descendant from pturdy Scotch ancestry. And but a week ago ho returned from a trip to lila boyhood homo In Wisconsin , where ho went on a tour of the Fox river Improve ments which are being iniulo under the di rection of the onelncor branch of the War Photograph by Heyn , GEOHGK'W. CtMIUUOII. department. This was his first real vaca tion slnco ho assumed the position of assist ant secretary and It was during this vaca tion that Secretary Algor decided to tender hlB resignation to the president. Mr. MelkloJohei'B grandfather , Andrew Molklujohn , was born at SterllngHhlro , Scot land , In 1798 , and emigrated to America In J815 , locating at Orwell , Vt. Ills father , Peter Melklejohn , was born in PuUnam , N. Y , In 1818 , and In 1854 located In Whcone n. The assistant secretary of war was reared on a farm and educated at the State Normal school at Oshkosh , WIs. , and the Michigan university at Ann Arbor , where ho grad uated from the law department In 18SO , and In the fall of the name year look up his rowldoneo In Fullcrton , Nanco county , Neb. , and which ban slnco hem his home. Ho was prosecuting attorney of Nance county for three years. Ho was elected to the state senate In 1881 and re-elected In 1SSG ; was chairman of the republican state convention In 1S87 , and was made chairman of the republican Btato central committee In 1887-88. 'Ho ' was olectcd lieutenant gov ernor In 1888 , and by virtue of his olllco as lieutenant governor \vas presiding olllcer of the famous Joint convention to canvass the election returns of 1891 , In which an at tempt was made to count out the ticket duly elected , one of the most Intensely Interest ing episodes In the history of the Antelope iitiito. Mr. Melklejohn declined a ronomln- atlon for lieutenant governor and was elected to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth congresses from the old Third Nebra ka district. In his first race for congress ho had an adverse majority of l.GOO against him to start with , and ns opponents George F. Kelper , democrat , and the present governor of No > bra ka , William A. Poynter , populist. In his second campaign for the lower housi of the national legislature ho ran against W. N. Ilensloy , democrat , and John M. Uovlne , populist. 'Ho ' declined a third nomination.Ho wan appointed to Ills present position April 1C , 1897. Mr. Melklojohn Is ono of the most ener getic men who over flllcd a public posiil n In Washington. Ho poetesses a high order cf executive ability and a kindly courtesy , which contributes to the performance of thu multitudinous and harassing duties of his olllco with credit to himself , the head of the department and the chief executive. The recent reorganization of the executive committee of the Greater America Exposi tion attracted a great deal of attention throughout the Htate. The three new mem bers of the committed are well known busi ness men of Omaha and can bo depended upon to brine Into the committee- power for the upbuilding of the enterprise. Mr. Fred A. Nash , general agent for the > Chicago , ( Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad In this city , needs no Introduction to the people of Omaha and the state. Mr. Nash has been In Omaha slnco 1SC7 , and during all these years has followed a railroad career. Ho began at Uio bottom , and by conscien tious work and great natural ability has won the place ho now holds. Few men In west ern railroad circles are better or more favorably known than Mr. Nash , and his election to the executive committee of the exposition Is a well earned reward for his efforts In the upbuilding of the city. Mr. William F. White , vlco president and general manager of the New Thomson- Houston Electric Light company , Is a young man with a thorough business education. For the past four years Mr. White has been in charge of the electric light plant In this city and has made many Innovations and improvements in the system since his ar rival. Previous to his advent In Omaha he was In the employ of the General Electric company and had occupied Important p sl- tlons with that company both at SchcneUady N. Y , , the general headquarters of the cor poration , and at Chicago. Mr. George W. Clalmugh , secretary of the Omaha Gas company , conuo from an old Maryland family whoso names have been associate * ! with the politics of the state for many decades. Mr. Clabaugh was born at Cumberland In that state In March , 1S5D , Ho attended Pennsylvania college at Oottys- burg as a member of the clat-H of ' 78 , but was forced to leave the Institution before the completion of thecouiwo because of eye trouble. Later ho spent a year In Wyom ing , where ho engaged In the cattle business and then removed to Ilaltlmore , where ho remained until 1885. His next venture was in the line of chemicals and dye stuffs , and Just prior to bin coming to Omaha In 1S90 ho became- traveling auditor for the gas company ho now represents in this city. In this capacity ho visited Omaha and was Invited to remain as the secretary for the local company , The departure from Omaha last week of Hev , Alexander Gllchrlst , paster of the Cen tral United I'rt'shyterlan church , caused universal regret in church clrch-H throughout the city. Dr. Gllchrlst has been pastor of Central United Presbyterian church for the last four years and loaves It for n larger Held of labor. Previous to his call to an Omaha pastorate ho was for thirteen years stationed at Hlchmond , Ind. , and his ac ceptance of the call to Omaha was made agulnet thu protest of his congregation In that city. Ho leaves Omaha to accept the corresponding secretaryship of the Hoard of Homo Missions for the United States , and his headquarters will bo located at Plttsburg. Dr. Gllchrlst Id utlll n young man and has been a very successful pastor. When tendered the position ho now leaves the city to nil , ho hesitated long before accepting It , an he deemed that his congregation hero had claims upon him. He was unable to withstand the Influence brought to bear upon him by frlcndn In the east , however , and his resignation was reluctantly accepted by the church authorities. Hefore his departure hens \\ns given a farewell reception , when the members of his congregation had an op- I'hotogniph bj lleyn. WILLIAM F. WHITE. portunlty to express their regret at his loss and to wish him Godspeed. Quaint Features of Life Four agents of the Nashville , Chatta nooga & St. Louis railroad measure In height , respectively , C feet 3 Inches , C feet 3 Inches , C foot Ms inch and C feet 3V Inches , and their aggregate weight Is 1,018 pounds. They have been photographed to gether and would like to hear from any other railroad that can furnish a group ot four their equals In feet and pounds. Mr. Chamberlain , British minister of the colonies , has discovered a new way to pay old debts. The liabilities of the crown colony of St. Helena exceed the assets by 2,486. A very simple expedient has re stored the balance to the right side. Obso lete postage stamps of St. Helena to the value of .C6,000 have been lying for many years in Downing street , and these have now been shipped to the colony far sale In the local postolllco at considerably en hanced prlcw * . At latest advices a largo demand for these old Issues was In progress. The government has Just disallowed a claim made by a veteran of the civil \ar , whoso name Is not made public , for re muneration for the crops ho left ungath- cred In the fields of his Colorado farm when ho went to ho a soldier. The amount of the claim was $23,033.00. The young soldier , after ho had enlisted , remembered his crops and wanted to turn back , but the recruiting sergeant , In that persuasive way recruiting sergeants have , prevailed on him to stay. In fact , ho was promised a leave of absence In tlmo for the harvest , but ho did not got It. There seems to bo no end to the ludicrous ihlngs which happened down at Arkans.w City during the Fourth of July celebration , ' ' 'lie ninnnFcnii'iu hud engage , ! a famous trick blcyclo rider to glvo exhibitions on the streets. A part of his performance wan to appear In the crowd dressed like a conn try boy and to ride with great awkwardness 1S98. The town's cltlzeiiH have to pay no municipal taxis. Gausbach Is not only out of debt , but Is In a petition to pay a bonus of $13.85 to every male citizen and to every widow in town. liesldes this , every ono gets his fuel free from the vast forests be- Irnglng to the town. I have Investigated tl.o matter and found that the town has been In this splendid financial condition tor the last twenty or thirty years , has asked no municipal taxes , ban paid the annual per capita bonus nrd has given each citizen his winter's supply of fuel. There are a good many people In Germany who would like the citizens of Gausbach. " Jewels of Indian Princes That India , after n foreign occupation rf some centuries , and In spite of the apparent poverty of the great bulk of the people , Is still probably the greatest treasure house on earth , relates the St. Lnuls Globe-Demo crat , Is due to the fact that for ages it was with Ceylrn and IJurmah , the field which supplied the rest of the world not only with g"ld , costly fabrics and snlces , but -with precious stones , the finest specimens pf which , however , were ever retained by the Hindoo and Mogul princes for their own personal adornment. Ono of the Jewel treasures of the Indian princes , that of the gnshwar rf Baroda , Is perhaps the most remarkable , being ap praised by exports n few years ago at the Immense sum of throe hrors of rupees , r < r $ tfi,000,000. Among his collection , his chief diamond necklace , worn on state occasion" , c-ntains the "Star of the South , " a Brazil ian stone weighing 2.1 carats , for which $400,000 was paid , the whole necklace belli1 ; valued at forty lacks of rupees , or $1,000,000. The masterpiece In his possession , however , la a wonderful shawl composed entirely ot Inwrought pearl's and other precious stones worked In the most harmonious and artis tic arabasque patterns , and which actually pnst the extraordinary prloo of $ " ,000,000. This shawl was intended ns n present to fver the tomb of Mohammed , but when It was finished the Kaslnvnr thought twice of the idea and kept It himself. While It is true that the native Jewelers as n rule care l\ss for the purity and commercial value of the stones than for the general effect pro duced , yet their artistic feeling and Bklll In setting gema , often but prorlv cut and poV- Ishcd. cannot bo mirpassed. As an evidence pf this a comb of matchless \ \ rkmanshln was presented to the prince of Wnlos bv the ralah of Jaipur. Another present which th ° nrlncp of Wales received on his visit to Indln In 1S7fi was a sword from the maharalah of Kashmir , sot with diamonds and emeralds valued at $25.000. In addition to which thor" vns a solitaire diamond in the he-It worth $10 ono. Probably pno of the most expensive hats ovar worn bv any person apart from an n-tnal crown was that of Sir Jims Bahadur , prime minister to the king ot Popal , when ho paid his formal respects to the prince of Wales on the latter entering the dominions of Sir Jung's master , for In addition to n magnificent henddres-s of diamonds worth vor $100.000 ho wore In nn aigrette a single rnbv the slzo of a marble , presented to him bv the emperor of China , and of Inestimable value. At the grand darbar. hold at Delhi , the indent capital of the Mogul empire , when Queen Victoria was proclaimed Knlsar-T- llind ( empress of India ) , the costumes of Photograph uy Ifobart , HALL IN HESIDENCE OF HON J H , RVANS. Ho was In the midst of this act when Po liceman Pile rushed up , snatched him oft the wheel and dragged him toward the Jail , shaking him vigorously , The mana gers came running up , explained matters and got the policeman to release his pris oner , but the rider was GO angry that ho wouldn't rldo any more , A correspondent of the Chicago Hccord Bays ; "There was a mild sensation thn other day when the little town of Gnus- bach , district of Hastatt , Iladen , published Its annual financial statement for the year some of the native princes appeared to have beggared description. Maharajah Holhar , for instance , pro- Bumably as a small Item In respect to the rest of his attire , \\oro a certain pair of gloves made of delicate gold flexible scale work , Incrusted with diamonds , having In the center of each back an emerald , Of single stones the late king of Ylsapur owned two fine rublas. one of which weighed GO& carats , and the other , a perfect , flawless stone. 17' , both being valued respectively at J12.000 and J1G.OOO , These stones myste- rlously disappeared , but should any one chance to rediscover them they would , nt ( l j the present value of rubles , be worth at least ten times their former price. Among several stones not accounted of the first value In the west , the cat's-oyo Is a great favorite with Orientals , a very fine specimen being In the possession of the t. > nlzam of Hyderabad , which cost $25,000. Pearls are much prized by all the native princes , the rajah of Travancoro having an embroidered cap or turban cf these gems worth $70,000 , whllo the largest pearl , > known , the size of a pear , and practically shah of Persia. Handsome Omaha Home Every man has his hobby and the hobby of Hon. J. II. Evans Is his homo on Farnam ' between Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth * directs. Mr. Evans has spent not only money to make his homo Ideal , but has given It his bust thoughts and much taste. The exterior , with its well-kept lawns and How or beds , has called forth the admiration of the many pnrsers-by , whllo the favored friends of Mr. E\ans who are familiar with the interior ' * " appreciate its decorations and the richness of its furnishings. The decorations of the reception hall , tcgelher with the handsome collection of rugs and pictures , make an impression upon visitors which Is thoroughly in keeping with Uio rest of Mr. Evans' beautiful home. Pointed Paragraphs Chicago News : Home Is usually the club man's last resort. j The man who thinks little Is apt to talk much. An artist's sign isn't necessarily a sign of genius. Photograph by Heyn. HEV. ALEXANDER GILCHHIST. The egotist is always the first to com plain of egotism. No man knows the right way so well as the ono who has once been misled. Some men's Idea of practicing economy is to preach It daily to their wives. In all stories of the wheel the punctuating period brings It to a full stop. The man who takes his whisky straight usually takes his walks otherwise. The mosquito never waits until the first of the month to send in his little bill. When a man Is hungry a rare steak Is less desirable than ono that Is plentiful. Bygones are always bygones. The world f is Interested only In the man that Is cheat1 The woman who hesitates may bo lost Tea ' a tlmo , but you can't lose her permanently. * " Talk must bo the equivalent of money , : otherwise gossip wouldn't gain currency BO easily. Too many people resemble a ball of twine they nro completely wrapped up in thorn- solves. It seema Inconsistent that fourth-class postmasters should bo allowed to handle first-class mall. History continues to repeat Itself in spite of the fact that two-thirds of history Isn't worth repeating. Whenever you hear a man lioast of having a "boss" wife the chances are ho Is getting dangerously near the truth. It is an easy matter to convince a woman who finds tears moro effective than words that water Is moro powerful than wind. Self-Congratulations Washington Star : "Think of what wo are escaping by not acknowledging that wo are a part of the United States , " said the Filipino pine chief. "I don't quite sec " "Of course , you do not see , ingrate. If it wore not for you we would be now sur rounded by cannon crackers , whistling bombs and all the other Fourth of July do- vlces Instead of enjoying our customary quiet retreat. " Some Mythology Detroit Journal : When the maiden In the old Teutonic myth saw the dragon approach , she waa much terrified. "Aro you going to devour mo ? " she shrieked , claspliic her hands ngonlzedly. "No , Maude , " replied the Dragon , sar castically , "I'm simply going to take your chewing gum away from you ! " Whence wo see that even a Dragon event ually becomes tired of being asked foolish questions.