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This is a presidential year and for that
reason politics In tho vary naturo of things
Is bound to overshadow activities In other
Holds, nt least until after the November
election. This nccnuntH for the prominence
of political features In nil tho newspapors
and periodicals and will explain why ho
much Journalistic Hpuce must bo given to
politics and politicians. In Nebraska the
storm center will bo around tho statu ticket,
which will bu hendod on tho republican side
by Charles II. Dietrich of Hastings, as tho
candidate for governor, put in nomination
ti wcwk ago. Mr. Dietrich, who Is now In
troduced to our readers by bis portrait, will
Introduce himself In portion during tho cam
paign, In which ho Is bound to bo a
prominent (lguro. Ho has n history replote
with episodes of adventure, a few of which
nro roforrod to In tho short sketch of his
career accompanying.
porary republican
Tho sketch of tho extension to bo built Tupolo, Miss.
onto tho present Unltod States court house",
custom hotiKu and postoftlco building In
Omaha reproduces tho original by tho
supervising architect of tho treasury. An
appropriation of flfiu.OOO has already boon
AHCHITECT'3 SKETCH SHOWING EXTENSION TO UE I3UILT IN REAR OP OMAHA POSTOFFICE.
resident postmaster of
About Noted People
Senator Pottus' big black slouch hat Is a
curiosity. It Is hie traveling desk. When
nllowed by congrcsB and tho money Is now ho slarl1 out ln tho morning Senator Pet
available for tho work. Recently tho gov
Charles H. Dietrich--
A Self-Made Man
eminent advertised for bids, a Chicago firm
making tho lowest bid. While tho contract
has not yet been let becausu of the In
ability of tho linn to guaranteo Hint It can
furnish stono to match that used In tho
tim nils tils hat with letters and papors.
Ho distributes thorn In sections as ho visits
LINCOLN, May
Ing pemsvernnco,
9. (Special.) Unswcrv
Indomltnblo dctcrmlnn
courngo and liberal
main building, work will doubtless bo begun of tho bwt onuors , lho 1)0U80( ,m8 novor
soon and that Imposing structure c tnploted.
Tho annual reunion of tho Nubraskn divi
sion of tho CI in tul Army of the Hcpubllc nt
MMl -jam
tlin Whltn Unimn nml thn ilnn.irt.mnntn lint tlon' Utllllnchltlg
tho old slouch hat Is still bulging with Kc-noroslty nro tho distinguishing charac-
documcnts when ho reaches tho oennto. termucs or unnrios H. Dietrich, tho ro
s publican nominee for governor. Ho has a
Representative J. P. Dolllver of Iowa, ono striking personality and Is unassuming in
disposition. Through his own efforts nlono
ho has gradually risen from an obscure posi
tion to ono of honor and trust, which well
merited his selection ns tho standard bearor
of tho republicans of Nebraska for tho
campaign of 1900. HIh adventurevximo enroor
furnlshen mntorlal for an Interesting vol
umo. Mr. Dietrich's parents wore both natives
of Germany. In 1818 his fathor was forced
to lice from his native land becauso of bis
cspoiifttl of tho cnuwe of tho patriots, and
his mother followed a fow months later,
Inndlng at New Orleans, while tho fathor
had landed at Quebec. After a long search
they found inch other nt St. Louis, from
which placo they wont to Chicago, whoro
unlike moot public speakers, taken any
lessons In public speaking or volco culture,
novor tnkes any 'precautions nbout his throat,
and yet has novor boon hampered In spoaklng
by tho slightest throat trouble
Frederick Moynrfinn", tho sculptor, lias
just completed a colossal etatuo of Briga
dier aenernl Grlllln A. Stedman, Jr., of Now
IxhhIou, Conn., who was killed at tho bat
tle of Fredericksburg, Md,, during tho wnr
of tho robolllon, In which ho had sorved
for four years. Tho statuo Is to bo mounted
on a grnnlto pedestal In Camp Felt!, near
Hartford, whero tho soldier had frequently
drilled prior to his departure for tho scat
of war.
Mosch W. Richardson of Doston tins built
and equipped a haudsomo Inn In Temploton
Contro, Mass., which ho haB given to tho
town. Ho spent his boyhood In tho
town, and 1 ug cherished n purpose to do
something to benefit It. Ho found, how
ever, thnt It already possessed nn oxcollent
side. This was In 1875. Ho secured tem
porary employment cutting cypress logs,
nnd In tho winter of 1S75-G, with just 12C,
ho started for tho Dlack Hills. Th,ore ho
cut logs and helped to build tho pioneer
storo at Doadwood. For n long tlmo ho
dollvered merchandise for this storo. Ho
aftorward engaged ln tho mining business,
Inter selling his sharo to an eastern capi
talist for a considerable sum. In Mny, 1878,
ho married MIbs Ellznboth Slaker at Auro.-a
Wyo., and located In Hastings, whero he
ombarked In tho mercantile business. Mr.
Dietrich worked ln his storo all day, and
In tho evening dolivorcd goods to cust mors
In n wheelbarrow.
His business a succcfh from tho start, Mr
Dietrich won became ono of the forom st
of tho entorprlslng citizens of Hastings,
Ho was Instrumental In organizing tho Gor
man National bank of Hnstlngs and Is njv
president of that Institution. Ho has given
unsparingly of both tlmo and money to
various business and public enterprises
May 13, 1000.
volvers with tho request to throw up their
hands and retreat to tho rear of tho room.
Tho prlsonors woro taken from their beds
and down tho stairs to tho street. A little
ways off a carriage was In waiting, Into
which two of tho prisoners were forced.
As there wns not room for tho three prison
ers ln ono carriage, Mr. Dietrich was forced
to lead ono of them to a bridge nbout a mile
abovo town. Tho prisoner, Unbcock by name,
was but a boy who had been led Into tho
trouble by tho older aud moro hardened
criminals. His parents and two sisters lived
In Hastings at tho time. On the way to the
brldgo Uabcock, ln hopo of having his life
saved, mado a completo confession. At tho
brldgo ropes woro placed about the necks
of tho thrco prisoners.
"Mr. Dietrich was holding fast to tho rope
around Ilabcock's neck when they woro
shoved oh tho bridge. Ho hauled him back,
standing off tho entlro crowd, touk him ts
Hastings nnd turned him over to the sheriff.
Tho boy, though sentenced to ten years In
tho penitentiary, wns released about seven
years ago and has since been leading nn
honorable and Industrious life. Had It not
beon for Mr. Dietrich's cool determination
and fearless courage tho boy wculd have
gono down with tho other two.
Siives I.Ivom of Two Wo mm.
"Hut that Is not all. I remember another
instance that shows to still better advan
tage his absoluto fearlessness and disregard
for his own safety when tho lives of othets
nro Involved. Mr. Dietrich nnd nnother gen
tleman nnd two joung women had driven Itita
tho country to visit friends. They remained
until midnight and when some distance,
from town woro overtaken by a cloudburst,
which filled the draws In that vicinity with
water. Imposslblo to seo anything on ac
count of darkness except tho blinding
flashes of lightning, tho horses missed a
bridge across a deep draw and wero soon
floundering about In water over their heads.
Tho sldo curtains of tho carriage had been
fastened down tightly and tho -water was up
over tho heads of tho occupants. Mr. Diet
rich climbed out, worked his way to the
ido of the carrlago, toro open the curtains
and pulled tho young women out ono at a
time and swam to tho .shore with them.
This wns ln tho early spring of 1801. Dut
in 1853 their son, Charles H. Dietrich, was which ho considered to bo for tho benefit of
mo town.
"I recall three Incident's which show Diet
rich's courngo and determination," said
Isnnc Le DIoyt of Hastings, who has been
very Intimately acquainted with Mr. Diet
rich slnco ho located in Nebraska. "Ono of
theso was in April, 1883, when ono of tho
born.
Tholr early Ilfo In tho United States was
attended by mnny hardships, but by tho
oxorclso of that samo persovornnco which
became so characteristic ln tho son thoy
managed to build up a comfortablo homo.
Thrown upon his own resources early ln
huh a moiiei notei would Do most appro
priate. The Inn Is one of tho handsomest
nnd best equipped houses of thu kind in tho
state.
The shnh of Persia, who Is nbout to pay a
state visit to England, Is 47. Tho monarchy
has been vested In tho dynasty of Kndjars
slncn 1794. nnd tho nrcsent nlmh In th
nt Ilia lltin T)w iil.nl. nt Doraln dim
IJonUlco selected a now tot of omcentafgftmmmffaffo Greece
thocoiulng year, at tho hom000 and spend four or flvo days ln Athens ex
Coiifuel John Reeiii!ivhlch Is nmlnlng tho nntiqultles. This will bo tho
pnrtnijpSSr who will servo as uo- nrst occasion since u. u. isu inni n reraum
onunnndor. colonel uooso, wuy ruier nns visueu urcece, oui uiu sunn i
ToHldea at Ilroken Row, has been actlvo ln peaceably Inclined, nnd doubtless will visit
llbrnry anil school building, so ho concluded llf0, Charles, at tho ngo of 9, began to work qlllot' lnw-aoJdlnB an'l highly respected c0
COLONEL JOHN REESE NEW COM
MANDER OF NBHRASKA GRAND
ARMY OF THE REPUI1LIC.
nt anything ho could And to do. At th " ax.., 1 . 2 " c
ngo of 12 ho secured employment on a farm, ?T13o"lir0b?0ry nnflt'l'-,,Ti cold blood. REV. S. D,
nnd after remaining at that work for threo ,; , nSflal25-ero discovered and placed UNITLD
v..nr wnn s T,,,i. tn n,i . vrcst. iney wero Kent away irom tno umaiia.
gaged In tho hardwaro business. Ho after
ward followed tho .imn p, (ynny-
meiu in c;r,
DILLOW NEW
EVANGELICAL
PASTOR OF
CHURCH,
c,tyor a week to provent a lynching and
tbl nhnrlff nnd hl nldea wnrn worn out and
nYlimiRtral when ttm lirl.qntiftrH wnrn flnnllv
liu."Wloro succeeded in .,, ,.). t Hnstlncn. Them wns n een-
avTnga small amount of enpltnl, with which ora, oolnR that tho men should bo lynched
ho Intended to embark In tho hardwaro busl- nn(1 ,0 provont thla Mayor banning appointed
ness for himself ln Arknnsas. His pros- ft KU()r,i nn(1 Uad thom sworn n ag jopmy
pwts wero good and ho looked forwnrd with BhorfrB to guard tho prisoners. Dietrich
bright hopes to ultimato success in his now wnfi ono of tho guards,
location. Ht-KCiit'H u Hoy from I,y iiclicm.
An Kurly Adventure. "About 10 o'clcck nt night thirty-three do-
Uut as ho wns travollng through Arknn- termined men marched to tho door of tho
Grand Army of tho Ropubllo circles for n Snlamls without nny heartburnings for tho sns ho wns sot up n by highwaymen, robbed room whero tho prisoners wero confined,
number of years and hns gono through tho dnfent of his predocessor, Xerxes, 2,380 years of all ho possessed and left In nn nlmost Tho door was broken down nnd tho guards
I dying anil (leauiuio comuuon uy uui roau- louuu uiciusuivcs iuciiik ikiiiiuit ui re-
rogular lino of promotion as vlco coin
mnudor, leading up to his presont position.
Among tho Omaha churches that havo neon
keoplng In stop with tho matorlal devolop
mont of tho city Ib tho English branch of
tho United Evangollcol church. Iast year,
with tho aid of somo wealthy mombors of
tho church In tho east, this denomination
built a lino now church nnd parsonage on
Franklin street near Twonty-fourth and
dedicated It free from debt. Rov. S. J. Shupp
was Installed ns pastor. At tho conference
of tho United Evnngollcal church, held In
Wymcro durlug March. Rov. Shupp wns
mado presiding older of tho Koarney dis
trict and Rov. S. D. Dlllow, who for four
yenrs had beon presiding older of tho lllue
Springs district, wns selected ns pastor of
tho Omaha church, entering upon his minis
try tho first Sabbath in April. Rov. Dlllow
has beon in tho ministry for sixteen yenrs
nnd bus served tho United Evangelical
churches at Nelson, Lexington, Lomax and
Eddyvlllo. Ho wnB nisi presiding oldor of
tho Kenrnoy district for four yenrs, mnklng
bis homo at Kearney during thnt tlmo. While
presiding elder of tho HHio Springs district
ho lived in Hastings. Rov. Dlllow's photo
graph nppenin In this Ibsiio of Tho lleo.
The "wit of tho houso," Congressman
John M. Allen of MUslBslppi, and how ho
got tho worst of It in on encounter with
James 8, Clarkson, former editor of tho
Iowa Stato Register, Is tho subject of nn
Interesting character sketch In this week's
Dea Through a little boast of tho Missis
sippi congressman Mr. Clarkson, who at that
tlmo wns fourth assistant postmaster geu
oral, waB enabled to turn tho tables on tho
practical southern Joker and appoint a tern-
ngo.
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GROUP OK OMAHA SKILLED MECHANICS
for Mr. Dietrich theso women would surely
havo perished.
How He (iot the Cnrx.
"Still another incident shows Mr.
Dietrich's determination to stand up for
his own porsonal rights. While ln Lin
coln ho engaged flvo empty cars ln which
to ship tho wheat raised on ono of his
farms near Kenosnw. Tho understanding
between tho railroad company and tho grain
buyers nt that tlmo was that tho latter
should be suppllod with cars in preference
to individual shippers. Ono of the grali
buyers at Kenesaw claimed tho cars under
that agreement. Dietrich protested. Tho
railroad company wlrod tho agent to turn
tho cars, then standing on the track, over
to the grain buyer, but boforo tho onglno
came along Mr. Dietrich and his nephew
armed themselves with shotguns and ro
volvors, and ranging thomselves ono at each
end of the row of cars, they stood tho rail
road men off for forty-eight hours, at tho
end of which tlmo tho railroad authorities
reversed tholr order and turned the cars
over to Mr. Dietrich. This incident oc
curred nbout twenty years ngo, when Mr,
Dietrich wns yet a young man, but It serves
to show In a most forcible manner his cour
age nnd determination to maintain his rights
against a powerful corporation."
Tribute to Dietrich.
Adam Dreed, editor of the Hastings
Tribune, and for years a fellow citizen nnd
associate of Mr. Dietrich, pays this glow
ing tributo to hla character. Ho says:
"Mr. Dietrich is a self-mndo man, ono of
those typical Americans who have fought
their way slnglo-hnndcd from obscure pov
erty to a competence and positions of trust
and honor. Church and charitable or
ganizations have always found him a lib
eral contributor, but tho recipients of his
prlvato bounty are without number. But
while Mr. Dietrich is generous, he Is also
Just, two qualities that, unfortunately, do
not often go together. Mr. Dietrich has
nover sought any political preference what
ever. This la Indeed a caso of tho office
seeking tho man. Ho Is nn Ideal candi
date, a clean man In every sense of tho
word, an enthusiastic republican, a man
of broad, liberal, practical Ideas. He will
give us a good, clean, businesslike administration."
