TIIE ILLUSTRATED BEE. Tm: Ii.i.u.vruATKD Bi:i: Published Weekly by Tin- Meo Publishing Company. H"f IIiiIIiIIiik. mnulni, Neb. I'rlri . ' cents pi r cop -- per ''lir, JiMio. I 'nftt Olllce lis Sec mil l.nli r il nt tin' Omaha Class Mull Mutter For ndvirtMiu rales millions Publisher t 'utiitnuiili'iill'iiix relating In photographs or iirtiili'" fur publication hIhmiM l ml- ln s (1 "IMItor The Illustrated lie . ( tn (i 1 1 : i " tlii' hospital, front which he was discharged fur disability, lie wmb out of tho service h your mill then enlisted In the Ono Hundred Mini Seventy-ninth Now york t ti fn n try. I in Willi WOlllllled IWlOO, till! lllHt tlllll' WilOtl till) anny win In front of Potcrsbuig, near tho cloco of the war. That cvi'tit fotiiul him in the lioHiilal front which In; toeelved his Dual discharge." Tho explanation win satisfactory to tin1 roiiuiry Mi l' gate DniliiK his hctvI'i' In the nrniy Major Wil cox parili ipatcil In hIxKm n i iigiigcmt'titH lie lit' -t Jnliii'il tlir (iraiul Army of the Ue pubb nt Chicago wh ro he hunim ,1 iiietn tier of Cutter no: t On hlH rrtnoval to Om.ha he uniteil with Grant pimt, in which Pen ami Picture Pointers ' " ""n,j!" ""''"'"i- ti; now oi.itiuiiiii r llmU the organization In a Here Ih the tale of a i iilattopho It hangs hv ill lit 1. of a .il Tin lUus rat I Men lllls presented the plcliile of a whidi was not the cut which -n fur th picture Mow It ciiiih' it limit u.ia in llil win' When II wiih decided li p il-ll: h a h'lpti-l on cuts olfnlts well' mad 1 r t the wliereahonlH of such OiiimIiii fi line urlH mi tats (in might exist. Not n I it 1 1 m- ub i experleticeil, lull I he tepnini' nd ill iiiiihI an- pallent iiml pels m ring anil dually the pIctiiicH ami pcdlgrn- of hiir a dozen or mo rn In were colli il Unolig 'lic-a vmis urn- who" tall II.iiiii'i l i i ' I ill I he lirccc il 1 1 1 Willi ll was lilil lie ill Hi iiiiiiih I ami deMgiiuled iih i In- i-f"p rty if Mm John I.. Webster of Onmlm When The llliiHirateil Hie appeiunl with tin In all Ofiil pnrlraltH if the happily Mtuuinl cat who cute not how the ml e p'n' lie ailHi to lliem It mailer lint, Home Km il wmti who ale ItiteieMteil In calx ami mlei ' Ii'Iikh looked ami pnmlcreil ami 1 ' I in' archUcH ami ciime out with n U v y lleaii llrnmmel i- m i II' an llrnmtn I at all lull i tt" nl ami i 1 1 1 ' I r l.el itgn g to MfH John I. Wili'-ter if Oiinilui l nwmil hy M ih l.olnud Norton of lining-. I i I trlliuie to the i iii illation i f iln. pap r thi Mrs N'ortoli in able to wi'Ut Hull .he ha rei i Iveil man limr from all or t e MltS LAUUA II LUFFS II SNYDER OK COUNCIL nourishing ciiiiillllon, ami. In the opinion nf a gicnl majority of the society, brings i Ihe nlllre attainments which will rcHillt in ihe IncriaHi'il clllcacy of lln order. Mrn Anna U. Askwlth, the new prt sklent f the Wotiiii ii'k Itellcf uirjis of the Depart nii'iii of Nebraska. Ih a native of PIUHlnin;, I'a In lMI'J hIui came with her husband and ramlly to Iowa and hooii after removed to Nebraska, wliuro hIio Iiiih since to-dd (1. She In dime Idontllleil with the Itellcf rnrps llfieeii yeatH ago, when hIic J ilind Governor llurvoy corps. No. 'Si. at Tlld n, Nil) W.iun hIio remiivi d to Omaha hIio milled with (icorgo Crook corps, No. SS, of will -ll she is Hllll a incinlier. Mrs. AhUwHIi Ih not only tho wife of a Holdler, but tho daughter of one. Her father was a member of the I'MtHt Maryland cavalry and wiih kl'lcd at Cedar mountain. At her home. I'll" (Irani 81 root, whore hIio resldcH with her family. Him Ik already deeply oiikiikoiI In tho work of tho department. niTaiiKltiK tho rccorda which sho recolvod fiom lior producoHHor and aciiialntliiK IuthoU with tho condition of tho order MltS NNA K ASKW I'l'll ()!' CM MIA cmiiitry calling hrr attention to the iiiIh tako MrH. Widm'or Iiiih iiIhu noon icniinded of It, anil Ih much oinbarniHHcil by tho falRo attitude In which hIio Iiiih been placed Inquiry ilovolopn the fact that when the nrtlHl called at tho Webster home to ho curo a HltlitiK. Hcau llrnmmel wiih IiiiIIh piiHed lmllKCHtloti or BiimetlilliK of (lint Hint and could not pono for a pi tare A Hi'cond call wiih tnado and Mih. Welmtir dl reclod ii Hcrvnut to K" t her room and Ki't a liholoKt'iipli of (ho cat ami Kle It to Iho arllHt. Tho Horvant. liiHplii'd by Ihe futility of the etiiKH. came back with a phntoKraph, handed It to tho waltlliK artist, and as a result Itoyal Norton of OhlenKO wiih Heal forth to the world as lleau llriim niol WoliHter of Omaha. And many notes on tinted paper tiro Htlll belnu eclianm'd. . - Itobert Sllllinan Wllcov, olected com liiiimlcr of the NcbraHka department of the (rand Army of tho Itopubllc at ItH moot hit at riattHiiiouth. was bom In Hath, N. Y.. A 1 1 1 II ti, 1815, ami camo to NebriiHka about a dozen yearH a no ICvorybody knows him as '.Major" Wilcox, a title w ill di Iiiih been conferred upon him by ciiHtom, and thin courtesy onitie near costing him tho posi tion, which under tho precedent oslnbliHliod In tho ilo-artinotit he had come to look upon by rlKht a ll Ih. There wiih a HttotiK ele ment In tho last convention which at tempted to break down tho ciiHtom of liav lllK tho senior vice commamlci' succeed to tho position of commander; not that Humo people had any objection to Major Wilcox, but becuuso they feared that tho custom would work a hardship to tho order some nnio In tho future. They made strenuoin effortH to carry their point, and wero active In their cniivtiHs of tho country iloloKtiton Ono of theso was appionchod by an opponent to tho Idea of rotation In ollleo ami asked to vote a mil MM the Oinalm man He re plied 'Well. I won't iite against him on that score but 1 will vote iikiiIiih! It 1 ill because I don't believe the shoulder straps should command the deparl numi." One of the major's friends overl'einl ih remark and then nave the roconl if th now lommamlcr as fallows ' Tho highest position he cv that of corporal, although In ns Kilor HeiKcanl at the time the wound which letired htm nei'vlco. llo became a lu'lvato Now York battery In went lo the f I out with t hold win wiih iicIIiik ho received ft mil active In the First UKUHi, IMil, and that oti:aulatiou llo served about a he was shocked by year and a half, when Unlit niiiK and Bent to 1. W Colby Is the third adjutant Kouoral NebriiHka has had diirlnt: the twentieth century. Ills military career Ih well known to his fellow NebraHkaiiH and Is honorable as a man ami creditable as a Holdler. Ills Ioiik connection with the National (Jtiard of the Htate and his services in Ihe volunteer army of the United Stales wore Hitch as to demonstrate his Illness for .command, (lon eral Colby wan In cotninatid of the NcbraHka brigade of National (Itiard which was In tho Hold around ItUHhville during tho l'lne Itlduo Indian war of lSMO-'.M. llo then co operated with tho United States forooi under eofjiuand of (lonerals Miles and Hrooko. Af'or that canumlKn (Jeneral Colby was coiit.ectcd ' with tlio mmrd until the call for vol.ir.'oors In tlio spring of tsiis. when l'rcsldei.l McKlnley cotnmls sloued him iih liiiKnuit t general of volun teors. lie was iissIkuoii to a command a' Cliickauiauna. whore he served until th cb so of Ihe war with Spain The rehablllta Hon of tho Nebraska National li'mrd found (ienoral Colby outside Us ranks and the reslKtiatlon of Adjutant (leneral K'.Hun to accept a commission In the regular ts'sb llHliment opened the way to Hit) appoint incut of the general lo succeed him Anions other things' woman did when she cast orf Ihe domination of mini was to In vade the realm of myHtery and have lltili Beerot societies of her own. So far sho has not horn able lo raise the veil that Kiiards Iho secrets of home of Ih" oldi i soeletles but In order that she ma shite the beticllts of "bolnniMliK" her brethren have allowed her lo form auxiliary orders and In these she takes much delink! True, man Insists en havltlK a share In the direction of the alfalrs ot these. Just as though woman was tint qualllled lo regu late them to suit herself. One of the most Itilluontlal of those Pccrel orders for women Is the Order of tho Kastern Star, which Is allied to Masonry. Uko tho Masonic bodies, It works quietly and wholly within Itself, and does not often Heck news paper publicity. For that reason tho excellent photographs of the olllcors of tho Nebraska i;rand chapter presented this week are of especial Interest. A not her of tho auxiliary aiders which Is much In vogue now Is the Pokito of Honor, connected with tho Ancient Order of United Workmen. Wo have Ihls week nn excellent picture of n Kroitp beloiiKliiK to the nrand Island Indue of Ihls order. In selcclltiK Mrs. I.aura 11. Snyder ot Council UluffH for the olllce of vice presi dent at law the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary soetnty of tho general svnod of the KvntiKollcal Lutheran church of Hie United States honored one of the organisers of tho work Mrs Snydi r has been for twetily-Hix vears the wife i.f Hov (leorge W. Snyder, now the pastor of the church In Council Bluffs, and all of thai portion of her life has hi n spent in mis slon Melds for the chun-h Mrs Snyder was one of tho orgimlers of the Synodlcal Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society In Inv.n. from whlih all of tin organized missionary effort among tin women of the I'vntigolleal I.uilierau church has grown. That was twenty-live years ago Inst October and Mrs. Snyder was chosen president. She has hold ollleo contlniiotisb nlnco then. For sixteen years she was cor responding secretary and for the last four years she has been tho historian Mrs Snyder has attended several of the biennial meetings of the society connected with the general conference, but has taken no pari in them The election to the olllce of vice president at large came as a complete stir prise to her, for she know nothing of it until her friends In Council Hltltrs began to congratulate her on the honor Mrs Snyder did not uttend this meeting, held In Washington, but remained at home while In r husband and daughter. Miss Sylvln Snyder, enjoyed tho trip and tho meeting Mrs Snyder was born In Dayton, n and la not as old ns one might think from th part she had In the church work a tiarlet of a century ago. Iter maiden name was Sebohl. Her father died while she was quite young and her mother, now Mrs Margaret H. Hay. resides at the parsonagi' in Council llliilfs. nother western woman who has been honored by a national bidv Is Mrs 1). A Campbell of Lincoln. She has been elected oo president of the western sect Ion of the National Federation of Musical Clubs, which met In biennial session at Ciev land earb III May. Mrr. Campbell Is well known In Omaha and Lincoln. She has b'i n active In Iho club and social life of the capital city. Sho has Hang In the churches ther- and In private her sweet contralto voice Is often the delight of her friends When th ivnl recruit lug station was sol up In Omaha the olllcors In charge ox pressed themselves as highly pleasid at tho class of young men who olfered theinselvc:' for enlistment. They were of a type not to be found in the large cities along the seashore. Among those who went from here was William II. Ilayden. who was assigned lo the position of pharmacist on tho Kent-surge, now at Sau Francisco. He has already taken his station on the great battleship, which will likely be sent soon to Hong Kong Mr. Ilayden is a Nebraska boy. Ills father was the late W. II. Ilayden well known as one of the I'axtoti-dallaghor traveling men. About Noted People Senator J. V. guaiies of Wisconsin has been visiting Indian tenitory and comes back with Ills Ideas of that region om pletoly revolutionized. "I was not pro pared," ho says, "lo tlnd the territory In such an advanced uglic.illiiral condition. In ciitniniiii with most members of con gress I hail an Idea that Indian teniUiy was a wild cactus country, IH residence only for those who refuse to cultivate the urtH of civilization. That country has the makings of a very rich state " Joseph Hume, whii tiled In Horkcloy. Cal.. recently, was tin- pioneer sulinoii puker of the I' ii id. ..nisi lie was born llfty- I IBl H fl A t3EH' B m ' i K HltlO ADIICIt OFNUUAL L. W COLBY, U S. V ADJUTANT OICNICUAL N N G MltS D A (WMl'HKI.l. OF LINf LS stx years ago In Augusta Mc Ills father was a younger son of tin- carl of Mapii tnont. In Kngliind Young 11 tunc served through the civil war In a Maine regiment, receiving a bullet wound in the leg and contracting the discuses which finally caused his death, llo wont to California at the close of the conflict. Iliibbard H. McDonald, Jo.trnal clerk of the United Slates senate. Is credited with being the ablest parliamentarian belonging to that body. He Is tho third of his family to hold the position, his father and grandfather having preceded him. His business Is to sit close to the presiding nllloer and keep liltn from fnlllng Into parliamentary pitfalls, llo reports that of all tho vice presidents he has coached In his twenty-live years' experience Mr. ltoosevolt Is much tho hardest to hoop In lino. Prince Kill Whn. the second son of the king of Coren, who Is n student nt Honnoko college, Salem, Va , Is about 20 years old and falls In naturally with American man ners ami i ustoms with whkh he i xprassod hlmsi If as on iiuith pleased llo Is a wuing m m if pleasant ami agrei able lunu la rs ami bis made man friends. After the gn -I'.isnii In Washington, where ho was royally cntortnlnoil while the guest of the Coreali legation, he enjoys this quiet life Iii Salem He is accompanied by his two Coican companiiiiis. Messrs. Sim Sung Kim ami linn Kitng Nl. who are also being Instructed In Itoanoke. M. I'obyeuotnstsoff, who narrowly escaped from tho hands nf an nssassln, was the schoolmaster of the present czar it ii il of his father, lie Is nearer to tho throne than nny other tnnn In Kussln. On tho day on which tho czar's pence rescript made him the most tnlked of man In the world Nicholas wrote to his old tutor tin affectionate letter. In which ho signed him self: "Yo.ir always unchanged, nffectlonato and deeply grateful Nicholas." Tt was probably not nn accident that tho letter was written nn the same dnv ns tho re script, for 11 Is M. robvonotostsoft who is generally credited with having first planned the desire fur peace In tlio young emperor's mind Tho Philadelphia Press says: "Tho only material remnants nf the short nnd bril liant enreor of Stephen Crane, his library of l.r.no volumes of history nnd hlographv which, by his will, ho bequeathed to La fnvetto college, has been lost. When Ms will wns read, soon after his denth abroad last venr. the only thing of note In tho document wns his remembrance of La favette college, whore ho hail spent over n venr Stephen Crane's widow notified the college authorities that the ntitlinr had rl wnvs desired that his small llbrarv should be presented to Lafayette college nt his drath and that this was provided for In ono of the clattsos nf his will. Further than that Lafayotlo has never boon able to learn anything nbnut the disposition of tho library." "There may be." says tlio Philadelphia Iteeord. "an element nf heredltnrv Influence In tho fact that A. .1. Casatt. president of the Pennsylvnntn railroad, will extend Ills hospitality to President MoKlnlov and the governors of the thirteen orlglnnl states, who nro expected to assist nt tho comlrg Valley Forge celebration. Tt wns Mr. ( as ."att's great-grandfather. Oeneral John Simpson, who. when Washington nnd his soldiers were stnrvlng at Valley Forgo, took his sons, servants nnd slnves, with sixteen teams, to protect Ihe fond that had been gathered In Maryland, nnd conveyed It. In spite of tho Hrltlsh soldiers, to the relief of the American forces Oeneral Simpson was n personnl friend nf Oeneral Washington nnd was one of tho lnrgest land owners of the so'itliorn part of Pennsylvania." "I am the possessor of u town anil coun try house, u yaiht, a stable of thorough breds nnd a box at the opera " She hesitated, ami a slight Hush ho t rayed that she was listening. "I have got." ho continued, with a cer tain llerceiiess, "thirty servants, forty pairs of trousers, Ilfty ancestors, three automo biles, six prize bull pups ami an iiriny com mission." Ah! she lind found her tongue at last. "And how ninny golf medals?" sho lisped. Tho young man shuddered. Ho felt thnt he had lost. Ho had played norvlly and high, hut she was above his limit. Pointed Paragraphs Chicago News: The weigh of the trans gressor Is Invariably light. Tho breath of scandal Is an ill wind that blows nobody good. A nickel car fare saved puts a dime In the shoemaker's pocket. An ounce of prevention Is bettor than a 200-pnillid physltlall Perseverance will not do everything, but ll certainly works wonders Where lie Fell Down The young man drew himself up to his full height, relates Judge. "I have," ho cried, "nn unsullied charac ter, nn ardent heart, n versatllo mind and strenuous bleeps," Tho young girl yawned nnd seomed In terested. He wns quick to push his ndvnntnge. WILLIAM II II A YDKN WHO HAS TAKEN A POSITION IN THE NAVY. A man sometimes loses his head, hut n woman seldom loses her tongue. A rolling stone gathers no moss, but n rolling mill gathers a lot of dross. Conscience Is something that makes a guilty man tremolo every time tt thunders. Mirth Is a paying investment because Its stock Is nover watered with tears of regret. Many a man spends half his time, antici pating tomorrow and the other half In regretting yesterday. "I stand corrected," said tho school boy who didn't enro to alt down nftor tho teacher had chastised liltn Tho monoclo Is frequently snuored at, but sonio of the sneerors might get along hotter If thoy wero to stop at ono glass.