War Heroes Who Are
At Rest in Omaha
OMAJIA ILLUSTRATED 1EE.
"Thuro go thotio Nobraskans again and
till h 1 couldn't stop thuin," remarked
Oouurul Halo more than a year ago and ihu
regiment Ih Btlll gi.lng. The dnsh which
thu volunteers dlspluycd bforo Marllao
tliey have put Into thu tnoru proHjiu tasks
of life and thu twclvo companies uru scat
tered, each soldier to h 1b duty, throughout
the breadth of tho state. On May 30, how
over, any who boaut of having fought undor
Stotsunburg or even of wearing thu red utid
black button of tho Eighth army corpa will
bu found In Omaha If ho Ih within striking
illntanco of tho city, for Company L will pay
trlbuto to Its dead.
In thu company'!) reserve ut Piospcct Hill
cemetery llo four bodies. Tho ether llvo
who fell wero claimed by relatives: out of
tho city. Close together aro thu resting
placet! of Mcynnrd 12. Say 1 oh, Francis 12.
Hansen and Ralph W. KoIIb, thu grave of
Captain Ixiu Forby lying to one bide. No
Decoration day la needed to koop their mem
ories green. Tho grave of Forby Ih marked
by a handsome headstone, erected by bis
futher, C. II. Korby of this city. The others
aro merely designated by a block of granite,
but within a year thu young votorans pur
pose to build a lofty monument on tho site.
Tho fato of Kells was a notable one, as
ho was thu first Nubraskan fullen In thu
Philippines- That Is believed to menu that
his bloud was tho llrut to bu shed In tho
natlvo Insurrect.on. On tho night of Feb
ruary 4, when tho enemy had mussed In
largo numbers to thu front, tho Nobriis
kans, as often afterward, boro thu brunt of
thu lighting. All through tho night KoJIs
held his place and Just nt daybreak full
with ii mortal wound. Kells' home was In
South Omaha, whoro his mother, sister and
brother now live.
Private Saylee saw nearly two months of
thu lighting und fell In tho midst of a gal
lant charge. "Tho liiHUrgonts had crossod
tho rlvor on March 27," said Captain ltlch
iirds of Company L, " and mado an attack
on our lino boforo Marllao. Tho Nobruskuna
gravwi In loving acknowledgment of a task
nobly done. In thu circular plot of ample
dimensions uro thu graves of 1U4 union vet
erans who huvo died In this city during thu
lust twelve yours.
mo caio of the gruves has been assumed
by thu ' Union Soiulurs and Salient' Uurlul
Corps of Uouglaa County," uu orgauizuildii
inuuu tip of lepreseniativoo of ine tiiree posts
In tills city, Oram, Crook a nil Cusur. A
large space lias been left In the center for
the monument still unbuilt and the uveuues
leauing In three directions aro named In
honor of thu three generals mentioned, 'the
labor of building a monument has been un
dertaken by tho Women's ltellcf corps und u
good sum hus already been laid usldo for
thu purposu. 'Iho graves are now only
murkod by modest government houustoucs.
Tho cannon wero originally owned by thu
city and were later donuled to the burial
corps.
There uro In Omaha nearly TOO union vot
crutis, but not until 1888 was thu decision
reached to have a common burlul placo for
OIIAND AIIMY OF THE REPUBLIC LOT IN FOREST IAWN CEMETERY
I.ouls H, liostwlek.
thu Holdlur dead. Tho prlmo movors In tho framo house that once stood on tho slto of
-I'hoto by
plun wero Champion S. Chase, Jamos France,
M. J. Feeuuu, J. 1. Henderson, L. K. Mugiun
und U. R. Hall. Throo representatives woro
detected by each of tho Grand Army posts
and thoao nlno mako up tho burial corps.
Tho preseut o ill cent aro as follows: G. P.
Carllck, president; John 1'. Henderson, sec
retary; J. 11. Sawhlll, treasurer.
Tho monument association wus Inaugu-
thc Ilarkor block, Fifteenth and Farnnm
stroetH. Mulcahy was slightly wounded, but
was nblu to hold tho prisoner until help
arrived.
Tho death of McChcane cause! intense ex
citement In tho community and on the night
of tho occurrence a lynching party was
formed to deal out Instant Jiwtlcc. A rope
was procured and Dnlnn's fato would have
ruted two years ugo by tho Women's Relief been sealed had not tho earnest plea of prom-
corps, tho promotors being Mcsdumos Pot
ter, Eastman, Hull, Hondereon, Yulo and
Miss Feenun. Tho association hopes to so
uuro $1!,000 for its purposo und expocta to
raise what Is still lacking by public enter
tainments and subscription.
In Holy Mt-iMilelifr.
In tho Holy Scpulchcr cemetery, to the
west of tho city, llo the bodies of the Irlnh
patriots who gavo their unstinted sorvico
at tho call of tholr adopted land. 1'rlnclpal
Incut citizens for law and order had Its
effect on tho crowd. Judgo Savage and Dr.
(leorgo L. Miller were tho men who stood be
tween death and Dolan on that night.
Dolnn was trlel and sentenced to life Im
prisonment In tho penitentiary. Shortly
utter tho. beginning of his term, howover,
ho managed to escape and dolled all effort"
at capture. His fato Is unknown to this
day.
Near tho grave of General Mulcahy 1b that
nn.mi.nl T.vln. VM..H n .1 1 a 1 1 n iti 1 1 a li ml
on our lino boforo Marllao. ino NourusKuna uln0Ug theeo Is Genera Thomas .Mu ca hy, ,' """" '"'
hm.i .1 imrt if Mm Dnkniuna woro alone- able . T i 7 n " , . " , Irishman who bore his part In tho war of the
and a part of mo uaKoiuns woro uioul aoic who InaJo nB uome jn Omaha from 1808 un- ,,,,, ,. ,,, nMMin ,lfrr tn win frw
to meet them In any sort of regimental for- tll hU (leatu lu Novonlber, 1893. Although f "" 1 ,c Zf ufZrlLha, been
....iinn i una witiiin ihn.n fnt nf Snv oh . ............ ..... . .... ....... doin for his native land. His gravo has been
............. - ...... . uunurtu muituuy uuu uul-u uruveiuu uiiu-
whon hu was struck. 'Theso apciit Filipino alur gcnorai "0r gallantry and niorltorloiw
bulls Htlng, don't they?' ho remarked coolly Bcrvlco ,urlng tho war" he preferred to ro-
givlng un Inatlnctivo movement us if brush- tnlu hB old utlo r 'COionoi nd was known
by that form of address until his death.
Genorul Mulcahy was aa modest in his pri
vate llfu aa ho was daring as a soldier. Ir.
September, lhii., lie entoied tno tcrv.u .
lug u Ilcck of dust from hla bloimo.
llntv .Moilorn HvrocH Dir.
"Tho bullut wan spout, as ho Bald, but It
still had sufflclont force to tear an ugly
marked through tho cliorta of tho "O'Nell
Monument association." Other graves worthy
ivf a pllgrlmugo In tho vicinity aro those of
General Uutlor, whoso body was brought
from Purls to Its present resting place, and
General Georgo M. O'llrlen.
wound In his breust. Saylea kept hl plocu hla ndopted country In tho Ono Hundred and StOl'ieS AbOllt S t tit C Sill CU
In tho charge for sovoral minutes and then,
as 1 saw him falter, 1 callod to Captain
Tuylor uud wont on with tho men. That was
tho liwt time I over saw Saylea alive. Hu
wau taken to tho hospital at Manila and hU
wound seemed to bo hoallng, when ho was
stricken with typhoid fover. In his weak
ened condition ho was unable to withstand
tho ravagett of disease and died a month
lator on tho hospital ship. Saylee was very
popular among tho boys and his lovo of
iiiubIo brightened many a weary hour of
camp llfu."
Rov. Newton M. Mnnn, who hud been his
pastor, paid a high trlbuto to tho young vol
untoer. "Ho fullllled tho mission to which
ho wus called," ho suld, "in nuch fashion as
to bring honor to his country und tho name
ho bears. His blood was shed in a worthy
cuuso."
Francis Hansen died two days after Saylos
und, like his comrudot whose bodies repose
on either sldo of him, ho had Just entered
his majority. Ho watt stricken on a day full '
of casualties for Company U Captain Tay
lor, who hud boon shot lu tho arm, was
forced to retire for a day to havo hla wound
dreeiod. Tho light proccodod ou iMurch 25 und
Crawford waa shot In tho side Just ubovo tho
hip. Koopmnn and Poguu wero hit In tho
tihouldor and Fay lu tho arms und leg. Han
Ben was struck In tho arm, but bound up tho
wound and went on with his work. In a
few days tho wound became lnllamcd and
ho was sent to tho hospital, vrhero Auch
moedy tunderly cared for him. Hansen's
death was uliK) duu to disease when lilt
wound had undermined his strength,
On tho samo day llaohr and Funning wero
shot through tholr sleoves In tho charge.
Hall was atruck by a bullet on tho bolt
buckle and Frltachor was slightly wounded
In tho loft hand
Twenty-Ninth Now York volunteers and
participated In a long list of battles. In
brief, hie military career shows that ho was
promoted to bo major In August, 1803, and
lieutenant colouol In Juno, 1864. Then he
wan brovuted colonol in March, 18G!i, "for
gallant nnd morltcrlous sorvlce In tho bat
tle of Fort Harrison, Vn.," and was later
In the Fifty-first congress, when Czar
Roed llrst gained that title by his arbitral y
decisions, Judgo Culberson was ono of hi
titrongeet tuipporters, although ho gavo tin
speaker no public endorsement, for political
reasons. Ono nftornoon, whllo tho demo
crats wero In a terrlblo tumult over a
brevotrd brigadier general In recognition of dec ltd on of tho speaker, and tho proceedings
Mny 27, 1000.
sldo noxt to tho audience, which had been
nailed firmly to tho upright posts at tho
cornors and therefore had not gone down
with tho rest of tho platform. Upon thin
plank Mr. lilalno promptly clambered, rose
to his foot, calm and dignified as ever, and,
stretching forth his hand to command si
lence, said:
"Ladles and gentlemen, no matter what
happons, I havo found that tharo Is always
enough loft of tho republican platform to
stand on. Such being fortunately tho caa
on tho prcfient occasion, I will now go nlioid
and ilnlsh my speech, resuming tho aiguraent
at tho point I had reached when th'ngs took
a drop."
And as soon aa tho shouts of laughter and
applauso had died awoy the witty stat.eman
calmly proceeded to deliver the rest of his
speech, not even forgetting a word of the
peroration.
Judgo David D. Culber.on of Tox.a, wh bo
death has Just been announced In tho news
paper dispatches, was a member of congre a
from tho Fourth district of that etato for
moro than twenty years and waa considered
ono of tho ablest men In the houeo of rcp--resontatlves.
Ho had a quaint and homely
wny of putting things which gavo h.a
opinions moro .forco than they would have
carried If they had
been expressed In
conventional language,
saH a correspondent
of the Chicago- Ibrcord.
For example, when
the treaty of Paris,
was signed one of his
former colleagues
asked him what ha
thought the demo
cratic party ought to
do to prevent expan
sion. "Expanel n!" re
plied Judgo Culber
son, an he shifted his
quid of tobacco to the
o her cheek; "I reckon
we've done expanded
nnd for one I dm't
like to see tho demo
cratic party hanging
onto the shirt-tall of
progress yelling
'Whoa!' "
Representative Gib
son of Tennessee, a
recent acquisition to
the house, throws hla
head back whllo he
la making a speech,
says a writer In the
current lssuo of Suc
cess, and talks di
rectly at Xho celling.
He Is not very well
acquainted with the
other members nnd
this circumstance
cnuejd him some em
barrassment last
month In his home
district. He was a
candidate for renom-
1 n a 1 1 o n, attending
HOLY SEPULCHER CEMETERY Photo by Louis R. Bostwlck.
of tho house wero very near riot, a thunder ,nany prlmnrles and meetings. At ono of tho
storm camo up. When th? coufuslon was Intlor lin mol n nromlnnnf Tnnnnnnpnn whn
highest a blinding Hash of lightning and a knows everybody In Washington. Tho fol-
tonlble crash of nature's aitlllery star.led lowing dialogue ensued:
every soul on tho lloor and caused a "Do you know your follow-member, Mr.
profound slleiice. Judgo Culberson, like Slnith of Kansaa? He is qulto prominent, I
everybody else, waa deeply moved, but was understand."
tho first to recover. ..No.0( i ca.t aay that T (lo
inai was uou Aimigniy, sir, caning mis "Well, vou must know Mr.
houeo to order," ho exclaimed In an 1m
presslvo tone, addressing tho spoaker. Then
turning to his colleagues, ho said: "Now lot
us proceed to business like men."
tho celebrated
Drown of
republican
Massachusetts,
orator?"
"No, I really don't remembor him."
"Strange! But you suroly hnvo met tho
GRAVES OF THREE FALLEN HEROES OF THE FIRST NEBRASKA IN PROSPECT bo ono solitary plank of tho platform etlll
It happened durTro7o of the stumping 00 ,ra edI.Mr Jonre f yo,nBV
tours back In tho late '70s or tho early '80s, Wel1' I vo seen him In the houao, o
says a writer in Llpplucott's. Mr. Maine was courso- but-the Is, they all know mol"
addressing an open-air meeting In a Massa
chusetts town. Tho speakers' platform,
which had been hurriedly erected for tho
occasion, began to groan under Its load of
"distinguished citizens," and presently set
tled gracefully to the ground, tumbling tho
crowd on It tcgether In an undignified heap,
but doing no moro serious damage than
ruffling their hair and clothing and Injuring
tholr foellncs.
Whon tho crash was ovor Mr. nialno was
tho first man on hla feot. Thero chanced to
Our Fallen Heroes
We used to think tho hero was a product
of tho linst,
That Washington, and Fnrrugut, and Lin
coln, wero tho last;
That their names would stnnd forever at
the bottom of the page,
Since nono might rise to glory In this
bleak, prosaic age.
HILL CEMETERY Photo by Louis 11. Bostwlck.
left In position. This was tho plank ut tho
Hut,
A
lo, n. bugle sounded
his service, ilurine tho whole threo years.
Mnson, Murruy and Herb nonernl Mulcuhv was wounded boforo Pet-
Tuylor ouch had hund-to-hand combats with oret,urg j Juno,' 1S64 and fn September of
tho enemy und each mustered hla opponent. tnu 8amu vcar yenr Wn shot through the
Kany in tno morning or marcn -o vuiuuui tnga u anoll at chapitTB farm.
Stotensburg notlllod Goneral Halo that ho oonurnl Mulcahy's was a familiar and ro-
was ready to movo on Maloloa and nt 5:30 8,,0ctcii porBOnallty to nil of tho vetoran
n. in. tho colonol gave tho command. "For- roallU,nta ot tno, cjty and mnny excollcnt
wnrd," moving out with Iho Smith ""jkotas. BttrcH ftro l0,(1 of hla oarly reBidonco hero.
Tho enemy was routed from its well built Jn ghortiy aft0r his arrival In Omaha,
trenches In front of San FrnncUco del Mon o. practice of law nnd was soon
leaving its ueau ami wounaou pouma. . u .,-..,, ,pplm, )UBtica of the noaco. Tho
uuuoi ..... ....,,,, ..
Ural CUSO WHICH CUUIU lu I11B juu.u.u. iii.vM-
chnrgo Coptnln Forby recelvod a
tho head. On March 29 camo tho brief mea- u i ....
SSo'fi.'"""" '" 0nmh"' ";" 5"3S7 "'!
cpl" i '. mllH.ry KcorJ I. a. M- Cnrai.o. nl that llmo n co.mlbl. lo plaoo
Cnnnnil unriFonnt Thurston KII10S. UO- '"iuii uhuvi uw-ov,
lunof v w w w Vw.n..HV
legion rose in readiness
limns to girci,
Tho men to the occasion llko
Krnnlte rose
And fearlessly, Intrepidly went out to meet
their foes.
und a call "To
their sturdy
n wall of
Whatever the opinion ot tho wrong or of
tho right
Of sending sons nnd brothers to u foreign
land to llcht,
Wo nil ngroe that never wero there men
moro bravo nnd true
Tlinn those who sweetly slumber In tho
Isles beyond tho blue.
And when wo meet together on tho 30th
of Mny,
To lay a wrenth of Ivy over blue nnd over
grny.
Wo tlnd nnother soldier Just ns good nnd
Just ns great,
Tho boy who died In Cuba In tho days
of '08.
coiubor, 1893; third lleutonant, July. 1897;
first lloutenant Thurston Rifles. ; ad-
a j'utant, First Nobraska volunteers, May,
t 4oao. ..nlnln rnmnnnv fl .Tntiunrv. 1899.
Olvll War VelpriiiiH
Tho criminal was locnted In a amnll shanty
nt Twelfth and California streets and was
surprised in his owl. Ho was surly when
uwakoued, but apparently submissive and
was ordered to dress. Uiulor proionso oi re-
from the
their
2 tfoTuigle toi long since died out of his body. Inflicting a mortal wound Mc
mou'8 hear" flower, are atrewn on the Cbwmo died a few bouw later lu the UtUe
mm
PROSPECT HILL CEMETERY CAPTAIN LEE FORBY'S GRAVE Photo by Loula It.
Bostwlck.
Wo would not cull a blossom
wrenth of those who .lin.i
I'pon tho fields of '61 -long may
Hut weave another gnrland for his dear
and worthy mnte,
The manswho died for glory In tho year
And when tho critic cavils that tho men
or later mold
Ar men 'of 'old horolc slzo thl,n wero the
Just Jil!!1?.0 th First Nebraska boys, the
clory and tho pride ' '
f "h'loVXy'ud. 0Untry' and tel1
Plattemouth, Neb., Myf RICI,BY'
