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To America nlono bolongs tho slmplo and
beautiful ctmtom of decorating onco a year
tho last resting place of Its soldier horoos
with tho best of naturo's offering). It Is
undonlably an Amorlcan custom and so gen
eral has It becomo that futuro hlotorlans
will ally It with our raco to provo that un
derlying tho material characteristics of tho
nation was n voln of undying sentiment to
tho natlon'n patriots. In harmony with tho
spirit of patriotism nnd roveronco that
should fill tho hearts of all truo Amorlcanw
at this tlmo, wo print a sorliB of pictures
taken from tho principal Omaha comotcrlcs,
showing tho lout resting placo of tho fallon
horoos of two warn. As a frontlsploco for
this Issuo of Tho IIIUHtrnted lleo wo repro
duco a photograph of tho dear old (lag, tho
emblem of freedom and liberty that In
spired our soldier dead to noblo deedfl. Tho
swoot llttlo mliis who la so Industriously
"counting tho stars on 'Old Glory' " Is
Emily lyoulso Kollar, ilnughtcr of C. I. Kol
lar, an Omaha atlornoy, and grnnddaughtor
of Judge tleorgo W. Donne.
Tho fathers of tho republic had no huh
plclon of tho form which American politics
has assumed. No other country or ago over
had anything Ilko what America under
stands by tho word party. Tho political
party of today, as an Institution, Ib as per
fectly organized ns tho government Itself.
Onco In four years It raise drilled armies,
ihto numerous than nny war over called
forth. It has Its ofllclal chief, Ho national
committee, Its Htate, county, township, ward
and precinct organizations. A party as
well as a nation has Its laws. Itu delegatus
and committeemen nro ns cortaln to bo
elected and thoso elections nro required to
bo hold nt timed and places aH definitely
settled by party rulo an thoso for congress
men nnd president.
Tho republican nntlonnl convention for
1900 Ih only throe weoks off. Tho preliminary
work tf electing tho 915 il.dcgatos, with an
equal number 6t alternates, hns been fin
ished. I'ortraltn of tho sixteen men who
will represent tho republican pnrty of Ne
braska In tho national convention are,
thoreforo, of special Intorest.
Mrs, S. C. Swoot, who was elected presi
dent of tho Womon's Itellef corpB of Ne
braska at tho stato convention at Ileatrlco
locently, wns born In Montpellor, Vt., In March,
1851, moving to Chlcngo In 1803, whero sho
recotved a liberal oducatlon In tho Chicago
schools. Sho was married to Charles A.
Sweet of Milwaukee W1b., In tho yonr 1870.
Sho moved with hor husband to Mllwaukoo,
whero they lived for tho llrst fourteen years
of tholr mnrrlod llfo. Thoy then moved to
South Dakota, whoro sho becamo tntonscly
Interested in Woman's Hollcf corps work,
her husbnnd bolng a volunteer In tho Now
York votornn cavolry and an nctlvo
Orand Army man. Sho camo with
her husband to Nebraska and settled in
Crelghton fifteen yenrs ago, whero thoy
have rosldod ovor since. Mrs. Swcot has
been protnlnontly connected with tho Rellof
corps work nnd hns hold soveral of tho dif
ferent stato offices slnco coming to this
state. Sho Is now ono of tho oldest members
of that order In Nebraska and ono of Its
most nctlvo workers. Notwithstanding tho
honors thus bestowed upon her, sho Is a
unlet, unassuming womnn and Is held In
high estoem by tho citizens of hor own town,
Sho Is an actlvo worker In 8t. Mnrk'a
Episcopal church of Crelghton, of which eho
Is ono of Its most honored nnd nctlvo mcm
Iuts. Mrs. Anna 13. Marshall, nowly elected de
partment president of tho Indies of tho
(Jraiul Army of tho Uopubllc, has resided
thirty-one years ln NobrnBka ond hns been
a resident of Hustings for fourteen years,
during which time sho hns been actively
engaged In lodge work. Six years ago Mrs.
Marshall took up her first work In roiatlon
to tho Lndlca of tho Orand Army of tho
Republic nnd ono year later was olocted
OMAHA ILLUSTRATED HKE.
Partmont treasurer and served two tcrmo. XT 1 IV TV 1 A. A.
Sho was then honored by being elected do
pnrttnent president, and after nerving ono
torm wns re-elected department treaaurer,
which ofllco sho held until tho recent Btato
convention ot that organization, held at
Hcatrlco May 10, when alio was again
honored by being elected department nrcsl-
dont. Mro, Marshall 1b a charter member nf
su wtiniiui lilVUIUUI Ui
HastlngH circle, No. 19, and has always boen
ono of Its most actlvo members.
, , , ? lrom oulB,T 1",,ucncc8 tl'nt
tl. Vo to nonnaVndytabkoy 1 s ll7
lieutenant In tho m la a m So f ,n
are . tho nr L, r LnET it, Z 1 .
aro tho Gorman poople of their young prlnco
trial his photographs aro sold by tho thou-
8
. hi,
Any lingering doubt that may havo existed
" ...it n,ny,ono n"un1t th0 Presence of
u.... IJ lnu . u.uuBiasm in wns city
n.iii.j uinaii'uii-ii Qumi tiny, itiny jy,
by tho enormous crowd which thronged tho
now baso ball park to witness tho oponlng
gnmo of tho Western loaguo season. It was
a crowd which, numerically and enthusiastic
ally, otoquuntly demonstrated thnt Omaha
Is not ndvorso to supporting a legitimate,
wholosomo Bportlng enterprise. In tho flvo
professional games that havo been played
this season tho crowds havo boon much
MRS. ANNA E. MARSHALL PRESIDENT
OF THE LADIES OF THE ORAND ARMY
OF THE REPUHLIC OF NEDRASKA.
lnrgcr than tho most optimistic promoter of
tho now base ball team had calculated upon
and tho crowdod condition of tho "blench-
ers" on tho opening day, as shown In tho
photograph specially taken tor Tho II-
lustrnted Uoe. hns been a regular thing and
will doubtless continue to bo throughout
tho soaBoti. Tho plcturo shows tho faces of
nearly 400 Omaha "fans" that can be easily
recognized.
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Tho progressive, up-to-dato town of
Wymoro, Nob., tho rivnl In many respects
of tho city of Deatrlco ln Gngo county, Is
represented In this Issuo of Tho Illustrated
Heo by throe pretty, tastily dressed society
women from thrco of tho families that load
In tho social nffolrs of the llttlo city on tho
banks of tho Dluo.
,
POlllted ParHlirapllS
Chicago News: Man sets up tho drinks
and drinks upsot the man
Tho bookkoonor's lunch I. !,.. , ,i!.. ,
an adder.
Kindness wins bcauty-lf it buys hor silks
nna diamond.
It seems queer thnt foot no'os should orlg-
Innto In tho head.
Nover confldo In a man until you know
what kind of a man ho Isn't.
Thoro Is no patont on tho fire-escape nude
...
") nviiiiiiis in juui ITOIKII1IIUIH,
wfi VZVtrr 'T 01,8
will bo drawn at campaign poetry.
When a man doesn't feol well ho always
oy sending In your resignation.
says ho has been working too hard
DLEACHBH8 AT WBNINO UASE BALL
crown prlnco of Germany whoso comlne of . ru nna lwo ungates ror each in which ho ncted also as ono of tho , , 7, V . m , I 7
ago was cerebrated X gnT S aui salonal district and tho delegations vice presidents. Ho was tho original nnd (lIsount Dolvldere. earning suflklent to
ceremony tho other ua Ho ta said to bo to U,U8 n,ado Up whon niblcd- " "atlonal promoter of tho Trnnsmlsslsslppl Exposition otnM, BcT ,x"(?n?w; " ,f allla f
men JyVopular tnm onZcnaat ttolm conv!!,tlon "o empowered to nominate tho held at Omaha In 1898. continuing as a fr,01" ,th law ?c'iart1mc"t0,oof the University
pZTo the "other. He Is fair of I c rather Cft,l,,,lJntC8 for prfB,dcnt anl vlco tUct memborofltsexecutlvecommlt.ee. In chargo Wisconsin Juno 16, 1878. Jud3o Tucker
llm.. Is nIto t to S'to "I V!"0anC? tl,. Principle, of tho Publicity department, until Its close, r,
Philadelphia Convention
Nebraska will bo represented at tho ro-
. , 1 1 1 II .
)U,'"can national convention, which meets
hlladolphla on Juno 19 next, by a dele-
(ml Inn r, f nlHin.H . . . ..
and district conventions. Under tho nppor-
n-wv,.. ui niAiuun men cuoscn ny mo sinto
gates at largo and two delegates for each
pnlgn.
T" lhto W th hr ot
ro,rcBcnt,nB Nebraska In tho coming con-
vo"l,on "vetsha.lowed tho rivalry for place?
tho Btnte tlckct( wlth lho rcoult Umt
tho men commissioned for tills purpose ro-
Meet the choice of the party ns voiced by
,t8 various conventions.
Tho Kr8t district was the first to make
uH selection, followed closely by tho other
MRS. S. C. SWEET PRESIDENT OF THE
WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS OF NE
DRASKA. t .1l.-l i . ... . . ..
t;U.,B.KHu i.y u.niriciH. uuu me uetogntion
was completed at the stato convention at
Lincoln, May 2. which choso tho four delo-
gates at large. As finally made up. the-
fore, tho delegation consists of tho follow-
Ing members:
i.i ... .
WUIUKUIL'IJ tlL ruiliU I'jlUViiril ItU II Will nr
Omaha: John V. Erhnr it Stanton J 11.
MeClay Lincoln; and Jo in M Thurston
Omaha.
District delegates: Georgo M. Spurlock,
I'lattHmouth; E. A. Tucker, Humtialdt;
W. F. Gurley, Omaha; E. J. Cornish,
Omnha; Honry Rngatz. Columbus; J. D.
Htskell, Wnkeflold; Alexander Laverty,
Ashland; C. I). Rodgors, Wymoio; O. A.
Abbott, Orand Island; 0. L. Day, Superior;
Georgo II. Darr, Lexington; nnd E. J. Dav-
enport, Valentino.
Tho delegation has already selected W.
ourloy to act ns Its chairman. Inasmuch
ns tho stato Is represented In national con-
volitions only onto ln each four years tho
porsonnel of tho memberwlilp deserves In-
dividual mention.
Edward Rosowator, who heads tho Hat of
delegates-at-lnrgo chosen by tho republican
stato convention, receiving 992 votos out of
1,027 cast, Is the founder and editor of Tho
Heo. Born In IJohemla, In tho llttlo vlllago
of Uuchovan, fifty miles south of Prague, In
tho year 1841, ho received his early cduca-
t,on nt tho vlllago school and In tho high
school nt Prague. Coming to tho United
states with his parents at tho ago of 13, ho
iueu iu uiuveiunu, u., in jsji-j. At 1U no
leurneu mo 10 csrann cone and later imcnmn
oporator In tho United States Military
Telegraph corps, serving through tho years
1862 nnd 1803, In the Inst year nt tho War
department In Washington, whero he trnns-
'""tod tho original emancipation proclama-
1,0,1 'cr tho wires. In 1803 ho becamo
mnna8er of the Omnha oHlco of the Pacific
Tnlntrriinn . n ..i .1 n n ...... n I 1 1 .. . 1
.v.iB.,,u wmniiuj lunmiuun m uini
.- . -" -
.rbi87 f tt'SbrXegls!
ntur0 nnd upon adJ(urnmont of the BBafi;o8n
founded Tho Deo. Ho was a momber of tho
. vLuimiwH uuin ion. 111 uuu year no was
repuuuean national cwnniltteo In 1S92 nnd a
GAME OF WESTERN LEAGUE AT OMAHA.
linn.!! mu nuiiy Hlinil maun un e.im. lin wns tills month clinann n mum mr nf f..u..
am
member of the advisory board of tho ro
public;
a mer
can national committee In 1896. He was
member nf tho tlnltpil Rtntna Mint rnm
. . ..
mission in lsuti and ono or tno rop
rosentntlves of tho United Stales In lIl0
In
Wnri.r !nflfni f w.i,iin in
1S97, In which ho ncted also as ono of tho
board of directors of tho Assoclnted PriwV
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all tho great newspapers published In tho
United States
Joh" A- E'lrhardt wos born In Erbach,
Hesso Darmstadt, Germany, fifty-two years
ngo. His father, ono of tho revolutionists
of ms- camo to this country nnd located
al Chambersburg. I'n., whore his family
Joined him ln 1854. The father died In
185G, leaving tho family In Indigent cir
cumstances. Thoy moved to Illinois In
1801 and nettled In Whiteside county. Mr.
Khrhardt In tho civil war was a member of
Company F, Flfty-necond Illinois Infantry,
commanded by S. S. Dunn, wIid now ro-
sides nt Clay Center, Neb. After tho close
of tho wnr ho attended school nt tho Till
nols Military academy and Western Union
collego nt Kulton, III., until 1807, when ho
entered the regular army nnd sorved throa
years as musician and sergeant In Company
IC, Nineteenth United Statra Infnntry. Af-
tor he left tho army ho worked on a farm
at Jefferson, la., for two years and then
clorkcd in n storo and read law for four
years at iMonroe, la., and was admitted to
tho bar ln 1870. Ho moved to Stanton, Neb.,
In 1877, whero ho has resided ever since.
Ho was married at West Point, Neb., In
1879 to Augusta Moore. They havo ono
child living, Eugene M. Ehrhardt, who Is
omployed ln tho Farmers' State bank at
Plalnvlew, Neb., nnd wns a member of
Company L. Second Nebraska regiment.
In tho lato Spanish wnr. Mr. Ehrhardt Is
a past department commander of the Grand
Army of tho Republic and past grand mas-
ter of tho iMasons of Nebraska.
T tl t T n n I . ,..nn V, n TIT T ltin.l
..v r ,on o...v ;I
u., uuuuui u, ion, ui otuuu imiuuio. nu
romoved with his parents In early boyhood
n .tin olnln nf T 1 1 1 ti n I n lllo in i1 n nlimnl Inn
wr - . u-ta...
was in a l-rtunyienan parocniai scnooi no
stored tho union army in the .prlng of
1801, serving In tho Forty-scveath Illinois
Gantry, participating In all campaigns with
this regiment In tho western amy from
mi.i . Mi.ii .i ,.,o iinn,i
.uioauuu iw iuuuiiu tnn uo buiuiuio'iuuvu
for merit. After continuous servico with the
regiment for four years and nlno months
ho was mustered out In February, 1864. Ho
camo to Nebraska In 1870 and engaged ln
tho stock and ranch business. Ho served
three years as conimlfsloncr and four ycais
" clerk of Lancaster county. Ho was ono
of tho organizers nnd for several yeai
cashier of the Columbia National bank of
Lincoln and. with his business partner.
founded tho Lincoln Normal university. Ho
wns commissioned senior major of tho Third
Nebraska Infantry In lho Spanish-American
war and aftorwnrd promoted to lieutenant
colonel nnd was mustered out with hl.i com-
mand under tho general order discharging
nil volunteers.
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John Mellon Thurston of Omaha was born
at Montpellor, Vt.f August 21, 1847; his an-
cestors woro Putftnns; tholr settlement ln
this country Antes back to 1030; wns
educated In tho public schools nnd nt
Wnyland university, Denver Dam, Wis.,
supporting hlmsoir by farm work,
driving teams and other manual
labor; wns admitted to tha bar May 21, 1869,
nnd In October of tho same year located In
Omaha, whero he has since resided; was
eiocieu a mcmoer or mo cny council in 187Z,
cuv nttornov or umnhn. in 1S74 nmi n mnm.
bor of tho Nobraska legislature in 1875;
was a member of tho republlcannatlonal
convention In 1884 and tompornry Chairman
of tho republican national convention In
1888; was president of tho Republican Loaguo
of tho Unltod States, 1889 to 1891; was se-
locted as pormnnent chairman ot tho repub-
,. ., ...
tican nanonai convontion neid in the city ot
St. Louie, June. 16, 17 and 18, 1896. which
nominated Major William McKlnloy of Ohio
for nresldent: In 1R77 hn hRima na.unn
pany. nnd In February. 1888. was appointed
MAY 19-Photo for The Uee by Lou.a R.
May 27, 1000.
general solicitor of tho Union Pacific system.
Ho was elected January 15, 1895, United
States senator. His torm of sorvlco will
expire March 3, 1901.
Eugono A. Tucker of Humboldt wns born
In Homer, Cortland county, N. Y., May 13,
1850. When 2 years of ago ho removed to
Glenc?- """" 0 .V .Uh h'fl
parents, who In 18C8 removed to Uoono
county, Illinois, After a common school edtt-
cation In the schools of Wisconsin ht grail-
"il In tho High school of uoividcre, in.,
ant tflU8'ht cl.10?! ln Trempealeau, wis-
thero- Ho removed from Genoa to nidiard-
county Nebraska In tho fall of 1879
ho has filled the following ofllrlal
poaltlons: City clerk, police Judge for tcv-
orai terms, city attorney ten years, county
attorney two years, mayor of HumboMt,
twico unanimously nominated couu'.y Judge,
but declined. Ho takes prido ln having been
In nearly every county, state, Judlolnl nnd
congressional convention in tho stato dur-
Ing tho last twenty years, and represented
tho First congressional district at tho Re
publican National league meeting at Mil
waukee In 1896.
George M. Spurlock, ono of tho leading
nttorncys of I'lattsniouth, Ib Judgo Tucker's
colleague. Ho Is a native of NebrasKa, hav-
Ing been born In Cass county In 18G6, whero
ho has spent tho greater part of his life. I
attended tho Stato University of Nebraska
for thrco yenrs nnd In 1892 ho wns grad-
uated from tho DePauw University School
of Law. In Juno of the same year ho was
admitted to practice In the state, stato cu-
premo and United States courts In Indlan-
apolls. After returning to his native hea'h
ho entered actively Into political llfo as a
republican nnd wns elected county Judgo of
Cass county In 1895, serving for two terms.
William F. Gurley was born In Davenport,
la., April 30, 1801. His father acted ns sec-
rotary for Abraham Lincoln whon the latter
was n .tiembor of congress. Upon bccrmlng
presl?..'.it Lincoln appointed his old friend
Unit?! States district attorney for the stnto
of Iowa. Mr. Gurley, sr., was a man of
tho highest order al talents both ns a lawyer
and an orator and would undoubtedly havo
achieved great nnllonal distinction had ho
not illed at the early ago of 30.
William F.
n,w . ,
Gurley was educated In tho public schools
of tho District of Columbia. Aa a youth he
frenuent attendant unon the dehntes
. . hBcamn .', w!th "
who swaved thl " deTtlnv o
nation in tS '70s At the aeo of 18
nnt,0 'fJ0' J f "
n le, nTw ol"c. "f P"lnn,m.w&
Hopors, Davenport, la., with b. m hh fa'her
, . , .
hd formerly been connected and who were
namBI lh StrnnK,est aw n""s
'J10, 1?olr "ucccssln tho Omaha
",luhU sun y" do romomDcrei
"? .nn ;LnBnrm Omaha's early
i118 "1"7 In , wl,,lam F- Ourley came
0 0mann and workcl in Louis Drndford's
I,lm,,er 'nn Tho next yoar ho was np-
r,ln!e( ,clork of ,ho county court by Judro
Cnn(,wlck- afterwards studied law in
tho mco of Thurston & Hall nnd was ad-
mM(,ii to the bar ln 1880. In 1887 ho wns
appointed deputy county nttornoy under E.
w Slmoral, county nttorney. In 1888 he ro-
ruse1 tm' commission as asslstnnt United
stntcs district nttornoy, to which office ho
hnd hen appointed and confirmed. Mr(
Gurloy's most brilliant achievements ln the
,aw havo been In tho criminal practice. He
has defended ovor twolvo persons charged
with murdor In tho first degree. Tho cases
ot McNamoo, Myers, Ish, O'Flaharty nnd
NeaI woro highly sensational. He wns siic-
cossful n all tho cases but tha last. The
execution of Ed Neal only served to bring
Into greater prominence Gurley's masterful
defense and cnlargo his reputation cs a
lawyor.
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""" J- v,urinii wns cern in sinne
niimi raimiy. m.. upceimDor is. isr.i in
1,10 fn" of '"B ho entered the preparatory
courBo nt Tnbor college. Iowa. In 1878 he
ont,red tho sophomore class at the Stnte unl-
vrIty nf Inwn. from which Institution ho
Rralnted. faking tho degreo of bachelor of
nrffi ,n iho c,nsB of 1881. Tho following year
ho ,nt,pn',0,l 'ho Inw department of tho fame
11 n I vnr at 1 1 lnMnH . 1. .1 ...
um ueKrco or nncneior rr
1 U,UB!' lss'" In tno fall of 1882
, " "mnnn nnn in December fol-
lowlnir. when ho became 21 years of nc. wa
(Con-lnued on Fl'th Pace.)
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Dostwick.
