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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1900)
o OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE. January 128 , 1000. OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE. Published Weekly by Thu Bee Publishing Cuinpiiny , lieu Hulldlng , Oiiiului , Neb. Price , 0 ei'titH per copy per year. J2 00 Entered nt tliu Otnulin Postolllce as Second Class .Mall Matter. For nilvi'i Using rates address Publisher Comtniinlratlons relating to photographs or iiI tides for publication Hliould be ad dressed "Editor Oinalia Illurtrateil Hue , Oinalia. " Pen and Picture Pointers President Euclid Martin of the Omijha Commercial club , whoso portrait nppearH as the fiontlHpleco of thlH number of The Ilee , talks Instructively on the work of the club , past and present , In an Interview In another column. Mr. Martin has been Iduntllled with the Commercial club slnco Its organl/.atlon and knows Us strength and weaknesses probably better than any other person. Ills elevation to thu presidency of the organiza tion at this ilmo comes In the regular line of promotion and Is a recognition of his service as a member of and chairman of the uxccutlvo committee , which Is In reality the actlvo force of the association. C. II. 1'lckenH , chairman of thu new ox- ecutlvo cnmtulttco of the Commercial club , wan elected to the position during his ab- Hcnco from the city and against his Inclina tions. Mr. 1'lckons Is a native of Mich igan , but has lived In Omaha for thirty-three years. Ho has hem connected with the wholesale grocery honso of I'axton & Gal- lagber for twenty years , having entered ltn employ us receiving and bill clerk and grown with the business until live years ago ho became Its secretary and treasurer and general manager. Ho has seen the bus iness Increase from small proportions until last year the Institution furnished employ ment to thirtythreetraveling men and 1111 men and woimii In Its establishment , and the volume of Its trade reached $1,000,000. The friends and ndrmlicrs of General Tliadduim II. Slanton , and ho had thousands of them scattered all over the United States , were Inexpressibly shocked by his death In this city last week , General Stanton was best known an the lighting paymaster be cause , although detailed to a comparatively Inoffenslvo branch of the service , ho never let an opportunity pass to put himself In the thick of the light. Particularly In the Indian warn along the western border did bo make THE LATE GENERAL T. II. STANTON. himself useful as an army olllcor , associated with Crook and Miles and Henry and all the other famous Indian lighters , What coinen to few actlvo men In the army , General Stanton reached the highest rank In his branch of the service , that of paymaster general , from which ho .was retired not a year before his death by the operation of the ago limit. The Bcatrlco Chantniiqua assembly 1ms become ono of the recognized Institutions of Nohtaska , and thu annual session Is an ticipated with pleasure by thousands. This assembly Is organized on high moral grounds , for the purpose of supplying the demand , In a popular manner , for secular and re ligious education , providing a meeting ground for the great reformatory move ments of the day , securing the host spe.ik- ors on topics now and Important to the body of the people and with all this giving , In souno beautiful situation of nature , rust and recreation and an abundance of wholesome entertainment and enjoyment. The assembly him Its homo In ono of the most bountiful parks In Nebraska. Umlor the trcra , scattered thickly about the gioundH , can bo found ample Hhiulo. The liilmrimclu , where public imtertalnmonts are held , will comfortably seat 4,000 people. Halls are scattered about the grounds where class work Is conducted dally In a dozen different departments , aiul the whlta tentH of thu campers add to the picturesque- ness of the scene. Delightful concerts , rare lectures and valuable Instruction these are HOIIIO of the offerings of the Heatrlco Chau taiio.na assembly. This summer thu Chautauquii holds Its twelfth annual Bosnian , with a program promising to excel that of any provlous year Among those already announced to appear on the lecture platform artv Hov. It hurt Mclntyro , Colrnel fioorgo W. Haiti. Hov Sam P. JonoB , Jiihu DoWItt Miller. Prof r ' . N. JUddell , Alton Packard , Colonel Cope- land. There will also bo llnu vocal and Instrumental music and all lines of Chau- tauqua Instruction. There Is a possibility HEV A It SCOTT , NEW PASTOR CAS- TELL Ml STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHl'RCII , OMAHA that Bouker T Washington may bo heard [ at the assembly July ! ; If not he , some other speaker of national reputation will be , secured for that day. Rev. C. S. Dudley , | now of Chicago , will again be superintendent this ycai. Thu Ileo presents several Interesting views , of the Heatrlco Clinutauqua grounds which 1 sustain the claim to plcturesqueness and 1 beauty of situation. Rov. A. R. Scott , who has been called to the pastorate of the Castellar Street Pres byterian church of Omaha , comes hero from Chicago. Ho is a comparatively young man of great vigor and power , and a pleasing pulpit speaker. Hto congregation IB consid erably enthused over his advent and expects him not only to maintain the position and Inllnonco of the church , but to widen the fluid In which It Is working for the good of the community. In the passing of Jay HurrowH came the demise of one of the principal founders of populism and the populist party and one of Its most actlvo promoters In Nebraska. A firm believer In populist principles , Mr. Bur rows refused to bo swerved along the lines of expedition for the sake of the 'spoils ' and the patronage , and on that account perhaps moro than any other wielded an Influence equalled by none of the other populist lead ers. In the political history of Nebraska he will occupy a place which no historian can Ignore. About Noted People The story of Thomas Edison's constant smoking whllo at work In his laboratory souiis to bo only partially true. He puts a cigar In IIH ! mouth when Uo begins work , but at once becomes so abnorbed In his work that ho often forgets to light it , though ho keeps "drawing on It" vigorously all the time. Ex-President Harrison's maiden speech In the senate was a eulogy like that of Sen ator Depew'H. The subject was General \ . E. Hurnsldo , then recently deceased. Mr. Harrison submitted his manuscript to Sen ator Sherman , telling him to strike out what should bo omitted. "Not a word , " said Sherman after reading It over. Governor Crane of Massachusetts is very popular among the employes of his paper mill In Dalton , owing to his liberal treat ment of them. There are several aged men In the town whoso solo duty is to walk to the olllco of the mills and draw tholr poj a sort of pension for services loyally rendered In the past. A strike In the es tablishment has not been known In the three generations of fnmlly management. Henry Savage Lander , who Is now on a lecture tour of this country , speaks sixteen languages , In which ho perhaps shows the effects of heredity , for his grandfather , the great poet , was also a fine linguist. That the young man Is not lacking in courage Is shown by the fact that he has revisited the scene of his terrible captivity and torture. The second time , however , ho went with a strong escort and the Thibetans got the worst of It. John H. .McDonald ( f Now York , who has secured the contract to build thu proposed $3.ri,000,000 tunnel , Is a Tammany man and a close friend of Richard Crokur. Yet , by general agreement , he Is recognized as the nan to build the tunnel. McDonald has had experience In tunnel building and Is an honest contractor. The Baltimore Sun says that the mile and a half tunnel under Baltimore , which he built successfully f r the belt line railroad of the Baltimore & Ohio , was "ono of the most daring feats over attempted " Hon. Theodore Schoch , the veteran of veteran - oran editors In Pennsylvania , la now con fined to his room suffering from stomach and kidney trouble. He Is qulto the oldest editor in active servlco In the fraternity of Pennsylvania and ho has never been con nected with any other journal than the Stroudsburg Jeffersonlan that ho founded nearly flfty-nlno years ago. He was then a whig and started a whig organ In the over- whelmliigly democratic county of Monroe when there were hardly 300 whig voters In the county , but ho has maintained his paper by commanding the respect of the moro In- tolllgcnt people of all parties. The Youth's Companion makes this refer ence to the late Mr. Ford : "Tho readers of the Companion have lost an old and true THE LATE JAY BURROWS OF LINCOLN- ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF POPU LISM. friend In the death of the great and good man whoso name heads this article. Al though most of them never before saw the name for It la now printed In the Com panion for the first time ho has been for forty-two years Its editor-in-chief and pub lisher. Gifted with a broad mind , a quick Intuition , a conscience as pure as a child's , n sympathy that embraced every living creature - turo and an unwearied Industry , ho has left behind him a monument which all the world can see and admire , but In the hearts of his associates ho has left a void which nothing can nil. " Point Not Well Taken Chicago Tribune : "It seems to me , " said the magazine editor , condescending to point out some flaws In the literary style of the contributor , "you use a faulty figure of speech when you speak of a 'brave old hearthstone. ' How can a hearthstone bo brave ? " "Well , sir , " said the contributor , "the one I nm writing about has been under flro for nearly forty years without flinching. " President Martin on The Commercial Club The newly elected president of the Com- niorcial club of Oinalia , Euclid Martin , was Installed a week ago. Mr. Martin had been chairman of the executive convmlttee during the year preceding and was chosen In pur- Hiianco of the general plan of the club to promote the chairman of that committee to the presidency. Mr. Martin has been prominent In com mercial circles In Omaha ever since his ad vent In this community , seventeen years ago. Ho came to Omaha from Illinois In 1SS2 , opening up a branch Implement house for the Parlln & Orendorf company. Al though other Implement establishments were already hero , this was the first branch Implement house opened at this point , and from the beginning Mr. Martin has been the solo manager of the business. When the Commercial club was organized ho was ono of the charter members and has served on the executive committee al most continuously during Its existence. Once before ho was made chairman of the ex ecutive committee , but declined to stand for the presidency at the end of that term Speaking of the work of the Commercial club and its prospects , Mr. Martin expresses Ills views as follows : "What are the principal things the Com mercial club has done for which It shoul 1 bo given credit ? In my opinion of first 1m- portanco is the matter of lire protection which it took up at the time Chief Uedu'l was brought here. A joint committee was appointed of members of the Commercial club and the city council , which held nigh1 sessions and examined witnesses , Investi gating Into the capacity of the water plant and the efficiency of the flro department Out of this grew the enlargement of thi malna , voluntarily , on the part of the water works , and the retention of Chief Rede 1 and a general overhauling of the fire depart ment. This was followed by a consequent ivductlon of flro Insurance , which was , I think , In the neighborhood of10 per cent , raising a tremendous burden from the busi ness community and saving an immense amount of money to this city. Aclili'VcniciilN of ( lie dull. "Tho club has taken up a great many things. It was a potent element In the launching of the Transmississippl Exposi tion and providing entertainment features anil taking care of the numerous conven tion * ) held In conjunction with It. Even before that It had taken an active part In securing the location of the State fair at Omaha , and was the nucleus out of which grew the Ak-Sar-Den organization , whceo good work Is recognized on every hand. "It has also done a great deal to get fa- \orablo action by the railroads with refer ence to freight rates , although It has failed In many Instances in accomplishing what people thought It ought to have accom plished. But It has clone a great deal In that direction for which It should have credit. "What are the problems before us this year ? One matter came up at our last meeting which I think will lead to some thing of no little Importance. The proposi tion was presented for our club to Join with the Comoncrclal club of South Omaha in tryIng - Ing to secure an Improvement of the main artery of commerce between the two cities. It was stated that South Omaha people felt better toward Omaha than they had and a joint committee was appointed to take such action as seemed advisable. I believe that out of this will grow a much closer union between these two cities , and should the question of annexation bo brought up the Commercial club would doubtless bo a mov ing spirit In fact , I believe the club will devote Itself largely during the present year to such measures as will tend to make Omaha produce a good showing 'In the Im pending census , but of course only in a YORK ( NEB. ) RUNNING HOSE TEAM STATE CHAMPIONS OF I80S legitimate way. The club does not want to have anything inflated or exaggerated. I'rourimi mill l'r < iMpees. "As to the club Itself , I think It Is moro Influential today than It has over been. You would bo surprised at the different commu nications that came to mo In the last two or three months In the capacity of chairman of the executive committee asking us to take hold cf various projects. Just now the coun cil wants us to take an Interest In the new- tax levy , In the water works agitation and Various other matters. The club Is out of debt , has a good paying membership , I's dining recon full every day , and Is as strong , I believe , as any similar organization In any other city of the same class. I kn w of no commercial organization that stands stronger than ours does just now. "What would I do to maintain its strength ? I see but ono way , and that Is to avoid spreading over too much ground , but when CHARLES H. PICKENS , NEW CHAIRMAN- EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE , OMAHA COMMERCIAL CLUB. wo take up anything to stay by It until it is finished. That has been my Idea all along. As a member of the executive committee I have said a hundred times , 'Let us stick to ono thing until wo finish it up. ' The Bee has given that same advice many times , as far as that Is concerned. But the tVmp- tatlon , as you know , is great for a member to offer a resolution favoring some project and then to let It drop , Imagining that that Is all It Is necessary for him to do. In a word , with good guidance and united action I think the outlook for the Commercial club Is excellent. " Told Out of Court The jury In a prosecution for Indecency rendered the following verdict : "We , the jury , find the prisoner at the bar guilty > without mercy and recommend him to the extreme penalty of the law. " An Illinois attorney , In his brief , com ments on a witness as follows : "Practice has como to distinguish between an ex pert and a liar ; otherwise wo should not dignify this witness by calling him an ex- pert. * * * It Is with great self-control that we longer speak of him as belonging to that class. " The late Lord Ludlow was exceedingly mild on the bench and on. moro than one occasion his amiability In Interposing out of pity to a confused witness led to un foreseen results. A witness was once bad gered about a denial of Intoxication. The Judge asked him kindly from the bench : "Did you say , 'I was not drunk , sir ? ' " "I never said anything about you at all , " was the unexpected reply. At a murder trial In Arkansas the Im portant w'itness for the prosecution was a colored boy only 10 years of age too young , the lawyer for the defense thought , to understand the nature of an oath. "Hoy , " ho said , "do you know what would happen if you swore to a Ilo ? " "Yes , sah. Mammy would lick mo. " "Would anything elss happen ? Deed doy would , case do devil wculd git me. " At this point the Judge leaned over his desk and said with pre tended sternness : "Don't you know , boy , that I would get you , too ? " "Yes , sah ; dat's what I jus' 6ald. " After Vest returned from the south ho commenced the practice of law at Sedalla with John F. Phillips. Whllo In his olllcu at Sedalla ono day Vest told a St. LOUISA reporter this story : "When a boy at Frankfort Just starting out on his career of public speaking ho pen etrated the knobs of Franklin county , Ken tucky. Ho was making a speech to a small crowd which bad scattered about tbo stump on which ho stood. The audience either sat or lolled back on the ground whllo ho spoke. As ho expressed It afterward , ho thought ho was playing the old Harry with the opposite side , when , at the height of what he considered a splendid flight of oratory tory , some long , lean , lank , ono-galluscd , shrill-voiced follow rose from a lounging position In the middle of the group and said : " 'Go It. my peckerwood ! ' ' Vest's hair was very red and ho were a blue suit Ho was knocked clear off the stump and adjourned the mooting. "