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Rediscovering
Omaha
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Hy T. W. M’Cl'LXiOrOH.
Police reporters of tha present day,
with their "press room" at tha cen
tral police station, typewriters, tele
phones and other conveniences, may
Mess their stars they were not on the
job when Omaha was first commenc
ing to enjoy a "metropolitan" police
force.
It was the legislature of 1887 that
did away with the job of city marshal
in Omaha and established In his
stead a chief of police. Marshal Tom
Cummings was the last of a long line.
Webber S. Seavey was Omaha’s
P c chief of police.
Seavey had a stormy reign as chief
of police. He could not get along
with the newspapers. One or the
other, and mostly all of them were
, in a row with Seavey continually.
Seavey Issued orders forbidding re
porters to ride on the patrol wagon,
forbidding the desk sergeant to give
out Information, forbidding the prcs
- once of reporters in the lobby of the
old jail on Fourteenth street, forbld
lng anyone below the captains to give
out any Information.
Kindly Judge.
Rut the boys managed to get the
news Just the same. Judge Rerkawas
In charge of the police court In those
days. He left his room open, so the
reporters had a place to roost In bad
weather. Sergeants Pat Moystn, Tom
Ormsby and Mike AVhalen were most
considerate. Some of the patrolmen,
like John Savage, Mike Dempsey,
Mike Kissane and a few others did all
they could to help. Henry Dunn was
just then coming along, and with an
eye to the future, he furnished many
a bit of Information that would have
landed him "on the carpet" had the
chief ever found him out.
The never-failing friend of the
boys was "Patsy" Havey, who was
night desk sergeant for many a year.
Havey took his job in his hand night
after night to give the boys tips
when he could not give definite In
formation. He was offset by "Paddy"
• 'uslek, who was patrol conductor on
the night shift for many years. Cuslck
(lid not like a reporter in any guise.
What he did to make things tough
for the newspaper bunch was enough
to fill a good-sized volume. His great
est achievement was to buy a padlock
to fasten the little booth in which
Garbage Master Louis M. Goldsmith
had a telephone. Goldsmith did not
object to the reporters using the
phone, but Cuslck did. "Paddy” gave
several of the boys a ride In the
patrol wagon, and saw to It that they
stayed In jail until liberated next
morning by Judge Berka.
Surgeon's "Jimmies.”
Alike Klsanne served under Marshal
Turn Cummings. One day when the
high-wheeled bicycle was In vogue
Alik# saw one go down Tenth street
from Howard and turn th# corner on
Jones. The next man hs met asked
him If hs had seen a man go by on a
bicycle.
"No. I didn’t," said Mike, “but be
gorry I did see a hoop runnln' away
wld a man down th* street.”
Tom Cummins' fame rest* mainly
on his edict against “Mother Hub
bard" gowns. He attained a nation
wide notoriety because of bis crusade
against the flowing garment.
One of th# older doctors of the city,
still in practice, tells of being over
hauled by Cummings one dark night.
"Who are ye, and where y’ goln’
this time o’night?" was th# marshal's
demand.
"I am So-and So, a physician," was
the reply.
"Oh, It's gqfn' fishin' ys are! Well,
this Is a hell of a time o' night to be
goln’ fishin'. What y# got In the
bag? Your tools? I t'o't so. doin'
fishlsTj It's a burglar ye arel"
The doctor says he never had to
talk harder In hi# life than he did
to get the marshal to let him go on
hi* Journey.
Reporter's Murder Clue.
But the police and th# reporters got
together frequently. I recall one very
notable Instance In which Charles
Somers Young, now publisher of th*
Oakland (Cal.) Host-Inquirer, then
night police reporter on The Omaha
Bee, did an excellent piece of de
tective work. A brutal murder had
been committed, and the police were
searching for the murderer. Young
located a little brother of th# girl
victim, and from him secured a story
ihat led to the arrest of the murderer
In a few hours after the crlm# had
been committed. The guilty wretch
was convicted and hanged.
A^aln^ter Incident marked the exe
cution. Just as the doomed man
mounted the scaffold In the oW county
Jail yard, a procession swung around
the corner of the court house square,
the hand playing “Thetje’ll Be a Hot
Tim# in the Old Town Tonight." The
last earthly sound ths condettined cul
prit heard ws# th# strain of that
ribald tune.
How Ball Game Came Out.
One occasion that caused much
merriment was the ball game of Re
portere versus Policemen, played st
the old Miami park In the summer of
3889. It was for the benefit of Mrs.
George W. Clark's “Open Door.” nr
Institution since supplanted by the
Salvation Army Rescue home. Th«
policemen won by a wide margin, nr
one ever knew Just how wide, bul
three morning papers next day *n
lmunced the score as 28 to 1 In favor
of the reporters. Three afternoon
papers followed suit, and the police
inen never did get their side of the
story to the public. Incidentally, Mrs
Clark's funds were swelled by more
than $400 aa a reaultj of the game.
One of the star playe of the after
noon was made by a sporting editor
who was then as now famous for his
ability as a writer. He played left
field for the reporters. A husky cop
per boosted a ball about a mile high
out Into left field. Tha sporting
editor tore over to the right spot, got
all set, and tha spectatora war# pre
paring to cheer a beautiful catch.
Just as tha ball was descending to
his hand* the sporting editor turned
and ran. The cheer turned to laugh
ter, and the policeman brought up on
third baae.
Mrs. Winterson 111.
Mrs. G. C. Winterson, former slate
president oT the Daughters of 3812,
Is seriously 111 at her home, 2798
Newport avenue. She has been In
bed for 14 wneke. Mrs. Winterson
Is also a member of MaJ. Isaac Sadler
chapter, llHUghteia of the American
Revolution and a Coloniui Dame,
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Garrulities of a Grouch ,
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By «. O. M'INTYRE.
Some one tins said the two biggest
events in married lives are the com
ing cf the first bnhy and buying a
home. This may be true but the hap
piness is individual and it should not
he expected that the whole world
should join in the paean of joy.
Babies are a blessing. X love them.
I love them when they are cooing
and I love them when they cry. Yet
some day I would like to meet a
brand new father who did not maneu
ver around to show you a picture of
his baby in his pocket. Babies look
pretty much alike. Some have a lit
tle more fuzz on their heads than
others but that is about all.
Tho picture of any baby could be
presented with: “That's my baby."
And no one could dispute it. Yot you
are supposed to gurgle praise. Now
in the same measure homes are In
humanize business if Mr. Sear* or
Mr. Roebuck would come to the of
fice every now and then Jn the morn
ing and say to the office force: "Well,
did yo’u get a letter for me today?"
After a good laugh everybody would
plunge into the day’s toil with zest.
I manage to lumber along on en
thusiasm alone for pleasures ahead.
I am unable to work if there isn t
some prospect of fun ahead. If I am
going away on a journey 1 can do
two days wtJrk in one and do it bet
ter than if nothing were in prospect.
| The greatest joy of a journey is in
j anticipation. It never measures up
i to much. I know a man who gives
every employe two weeks vacation
twice a year, in winter and summer.
In my opinion he lias the most cap
able and loyal force I have ever en
countered. Now and then he takes
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1 love babies, but some day I would like to meet a brand new father
who did not maneuver around to show you his baby.
tersstlng yet I don’t believe the aver
age man Is Interested In all the de
tails.
He doesn't rare what they have
ordinarily these days—except a well
stocked cellar. Yet the new home
owner can talk of nothing else. He
will drag you from attlo to basement,
peer Into cldset, im>^ you Inspect
the grain of the wood and feel the
polish on the floor. Still perhaps I'm
cynical. I don't own a home or a
baby. And I’d like to have both.
I have always believed I have been
miscast In life. (Shouts of "Who
Cares?"). It seems to me the ideal
existence would be to be the husband
of a lady who conducted a boarding
house. I have In mind a house with
a wide front porch and a comfortable
chair. There I would enjoy day
dreaming through life being Inter
rupted only by )>elng called to my
meals. Of course, I wouldn't mind
collecting board from the boarders.
For this work I would be willing to
retain only 10 per cent and this w!(h
my keep would make me perfectly
content.
One thing about big business Is Its
lack of humor. Things are always
taut. It seems to me that It would
a shipping elerk home to dinner at
his palatial residence on West End
avenue. He has made a better ship
ping clerk of that employe.
Too many big business men take
themselves seriously. Just as do
novelists, newspaper men and garage
mechanics. I have In mind one strut
ting peacock for whom I worked a
brief spell. He was the kind who
went In for morning conferences.
Those stupid affairs whfcre most of
those In attendance spend their tlfne
penciling unintelligible hieroglyphics
on pads. He bad a way of showing
hi* importance by trying to make
some of his employes appear dumb
before their fellows.
“What do you think of this Idja?"
he would ask one of them. Then he
would mercilessly tear the reply to
tatters and imagine that he had made
a big impression. Every employe de
spised him. He went Into bank
ruptcy, found himself absolutely
friendless, and the last I heard of
him he wrote a friend, asking If I
knew where he could get a Job. I
felt sorry—hut not too sorry—for him.
On the other hand, there Is another,
man In the silk Industry who was
tho soul of courtesy to those who
worked for him. During the war he
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woman can dye or tint lingerie, allk*,
ribbon*, skirts, waists, dresses, coats,
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struck lean days and there came a
day when it looked as though the
sheriff would soon arrive to seal the
safe. His employes heard of it and
every one. to a man, pooled his as
sets to save the firm. They did and
it is still prospering. He Intends final
ly to retire and turn It over to them.
It is the old bromide, but it is true.
Kindness pays dividends. I have
never found much courtesy among
street car conductors. In New York
especially they regard tile .passengers
as so many dumb cattle, to be shifted
and shunted about. And most street
car conductors don't go very far.
Perhaps this may be the reason. As
an example of what they can do on
the job there is—or rather was—a
young Irishman on* a fifth avenue
bus. He was absolutely amusing in
his cheeriness. He had a happy word
for everyone. He helped old ladles
and old men oil and otf the stages
and chucked the babies under the
chin. He never lost his temer and
when a passenger suddenly discov
ered lie didn't have the price of the
ride he wasn't put off. The conduc
tor loaned him the dime. He is not
a bus conductor today. He was on
the job just two years and today he
is tlie head of a big business in the
Bronx and is drawing a salary of $12.
oon a year. Be had been watched for
some time by a man who was look
ing for just the sort of optimist he
appeared to be. and so lie got the
job. Kindness does pay.
On die other hand, I like several
grouches. One in especial appeals to
me. He is an animal keeper at one
of the New York zoos. If any one
asks him a question he turns and
walks away without answering, lie
does not associate wiili bis fellows.
He snarls at them. Hut he IS'4* eap:
able worker, understands animals and
Is kind to them. The more he sees
of animals the belter he appears to
like animals. Perhaps lie is right.
There is another perennial grouch
in a building where I have an office
that I rarely visit. When I do go
there I usually ride on the elevator
he operates. One day the car stuck
between floors. I was the only pas
senger.
“How long do you think we Wijl
have to stay here?" I asked.
“If I was a mind reader I wouldn't
be running this damn elevator," he
snapped, and that closed the conver
sation. Still, I rather like him.
After all. It Is quite easy to 6e
agreeable, no matter how high or l(Av
the calling. Just the other day I ran
into Dr. Sigmund Spaeth. He Is a
professor of music, and his hook, “TheI
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Common Sense of Music,” is consid
ered one of the most humanizing In
fluences iiu produced about music.
Somehow, you think of Dr. Sigmund
Siweth as a professional person with
heavy eoncavo glasses, to whleh Is
ai tached a big black ribbon, lie lec
tures before high brow audiences and
he writes weighty articles. Yet the
night I met him we dropped into
of those stool lunchrooms and had an
onion sandwich and he told me one
about an East Side peddler and a poll
paj rot that is what we know In uin
less aesthetloal circles as r well or
wow. A man may be learned, yet
human.
MASONIC SCHOOL
HELD IN AUBURN
Auburn, Neb., Feb. 21.—A school
of Masonry was held in this city
Thursday and Friday of this week
which was attended by a large num
ber of Masdns from southeastern Ne
braska.
It was conducted by Grand Junior
Deacon .Orville A. Andrews of Un
rein. There was also present Grand
Master Robert It. Dixon of O'Nell
mid Deputy Grand Master John
Wright of Lincoln. The meeting
closed with a banquet at the Auburn
hotel Friday evening. *
HARLAN ACCEPTS
FREE PARK OFFER
SperlHl Dlnpfttrti to Thu Omaha Bw*
Harlan, la.. Feb. 21.—The late H.
If. Pa Up bequeathed to the city of
Harlan 10 acre* of ground In the
northwest part ot the city, condition
ally.
The city was to establish and main
tain a park and swimming pool
1 hereon and acceptance of the be
quest must be made within two years,
and work begun. The matter was re
ferred to the park commission, and
nothing was done.
At a recent meeting the city coun
cil accepted the bequest just as the
time limit expired, and as no work
has yet been started there Is ques
tion ns to whether the bequest can
be held.
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Ex-Shelby County Man Dies.
Osceola, X'eb., Feb. 21—Conrad
Thelen, G8, died in San lllego. Cal.,
yesterday. Funeral and burial will
he held there Sunday. He lived In
this county from 1874 until a few
years ago, when he moved to the
coast, , ,
He was prominent In business clr
cles of Shelby county and was also
active ih civic affairs.
OSTEOPATHY
The Voice of ^
Authority concern- j
ing Adjustment of
the Spinal Column
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5 FOR $1
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Enjoy the Privileges of Spring Draperies and Fut^
an Orchard-lVilhelm riilure of interest is nonT^S
■ Charge Account .Tr/c'U ls‘
To defer p.yment, -1 chatd-WAhdm ,n the
considerate TERMS will be Burgess-N ash Windows.
arranged, so that you can O-o
take advantage of this sale.
o-o The A Bluest
All Cotton Baby
Mattresses firriitrec
Special, All Felted Cotton ) X J iX v3
Mattress in fancy art tick- The season.g finegt Baby
ing. Sale 1 Carriage designs in a wide
Pr'ce .is-** variety of styles and colors
are priced especially low.
Special, All Cotton Mattress much lower, in fact, than
with felted cotton top, bot- for many years,
tom and sides, in attractive
as ,00° Ruffled Curtains v
Carriages
—Exquisite 17.50 23.50
—Seasonable 029-5Q0
Prices-Unbelievable
These curtains arrived too late for our big mid
winter sale and so we are offering them now.
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One of the Most
Beautiful
Lamps
We have ever shown will
be sold complete with shad*
tor
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Georgette Shade
Trimmed with .galloon and
dainty silk flowers.
Metal Lamp
Exquisitely wrought snd
gilded, embellished with em
ber snd amethyst drops.
GIFT SHOP M
MAIN FLOOR
Inlaid
• Linoleum
The latest marbl* and smart
est tile designs are showm In
excellent assortment, of
heavy, fl-ft. wide inlaids at,
per square yard—
Printed
Linoleum
1.10 and 1.25 printed linn
lemn on a genuine cork, oil
and burlap bast*. . Excellent
patterns, out short rolls, l’er
square yard—
85c
Pro-Li no
(For Linoleum )
(rood tile and carpet pat
terns that have the quality
of endurance <,n a “iio-neod
to-tack" felt base. Regular
75c quality, per square yd.,
49c
Three Patterns all with tie-backs per pair
—Voile Curtains, some with pink and blue stitched ruffles.
—plain sheer Voile Curtains with pink* and blue stitching to
full ruffles and full ruffled tie-backs.
;—sheer, striped, White Marquisette Curtains.
Regular price on each number it 2.35. Sale price.....
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Two Patterns—both with tie-backs
i—barred and dotted White Marquisette Curtains.
—fine, sheer, plain White Marquisette Curtains.
Regular price on each number it 2.50. Sale price.'•.*•••■•.
Four Patterns— all with tie-backs
►—four patterns in beautiful, fine, sheer Marquisette, including a small
dot in Point d’Esprit effect, a medium dot, and two dainty vj I
barred effects; all snowy white, with full ruffles and tie- O v/
backs. . _.
Regular price la 3.25. Sale price ....
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Two Patterns— both with tie-backs
t i—beautiful blue, rose or gold dotted Marquisette Curtains.
—fine, sheer White Marquisette with blue dotted Marquisette _____
ruffled tie-backs to match blue dotted ruffling.
These two numbera eery cheap at 3.95; in the Sale they are “simply wonderful . .
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. The “Rocrular Prices’’ quoted above may well be
!\l tO * considered very low, while the apecial »a!e price*
, * i Y l/l/C'i supcest purchasing for many months ahead.
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Hi-Lighted Walnut Suite
Eight superb pieces for your dining room
nt a price that will make you marvel.
Executed In rich American Walnut and Birdseye Maple Veneers,
tntieil and shaded in the new Monk's Brown. Eight pieces include
Buffet, 60 inches long, large Oblong Extension Table that extends
to 6 feet, five (.'hairs and one Arm (’hair.
The same design but with buffet, bti inches long and table with ten logs, 333.50
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ScvcraDDclapcd
Shipments of Fine
Rugs
are offered for
MONDAY'S selling
Pxl2 Wilton Rugs in very ,
desirable Oriental patterns
having the new taupe or
blue grounds. Slightly
shaded but offered at a
ridieulouslv low price—
72.50
9x12 Hartford Saxony Rugs
in good patterns for living
and dining rooms. Regular
price 140.00. r,<rw-—
110.00
9x15 fine Worsted Wilton
Rugs in Orict.il designs—
157.50
9x9 Seamless Wilton in ex*
cellent design—
115.00
9x15 Bui lib*"'*" Wilton Rugs
in fine colors—
127.50
11-3x15 Wilton in Oric
design t f great beauty—
165.00
. 11-5x18 Hardwick Wilton
in beautiful design for large
living room—
235.00
27x54 Wiltons in several
good grades, each in a num
ber of equally good color
combination*. Sale price—
8.75. 10.75, 12.75
36x63 Wiltons to match the
above—
11.75,14.75,19.75
45.00 9x12 Seamles* Vel
vets in fine Wilton designs,
fringed. Kvery mg is slight
ly imperfect, but none the
worse as far as wearing
qualities are concerned;
9x12 site— «
37^50
26 50 6x9 Heavy Axminsttf
Rugs in good colors—
21.50
42 50 9x12 Axmihster Rygs
in Oriental designs—
35.00
42.50 4-6\6-6 Cro*< seamed
Wiltons, from samples— I
21.50
S?x54 Bnuieh I ht* W
weight .but good colors
1.20 \
27x54 Velvet Rugs of eg.
cellent quality