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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1899)
TrTTT rP1 ? A'PTm ItTCliV Aiicust 20. IRflil. OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE. PulllBhc < l Weekly by The Dee Publishing Company , Bee Building , Omabn , Neb. Prlco 5 cents per copy per year , $2.00. For advertising rates address Publisher. Communications relating to photographs or articles for publication should bo ad dressed , "Editor Omaha Illustrated Bee , Omaha. " Pen and Picture Pointers Although the members of the First Ne braska will not complete their muster-out until this week the Interest and expectancy aroused by their approaching homo-coming la , If anything , Increasing rather than de creasing. The Dee this week gives Its readers some now nnd attractive pictures bearing on the history of the regiment which will rnako a valuable Installment In the pictorial series. The frontispiece Is a group of all the commissioned officers of the regiment taken In the Philippines by the official photogra pher to the War department. The photo graph was made shortly before the death of Colonel Stotsenbcrg nnd shows the colonel In the center , with the officers of highest rank nearest him. The present colonel , then major , Mulford , Is Immediately on his right and the friends of other olllcors will easily recognize them In the group. The photographs of camp life at San Francisco give a good Idea of what the boys are doing there , as do also the characteris tic portraits of a few of the most popular officers. Ono of the most deplorable accidents which , has over occurred In Omaha Is that which took away the lives of four flromen at the | Mercer Chemical company flro week before ! last. The accident was most peculiar and 1 probably has no counterpart anywhere. The | men were lowering an extension ladder , FIREMAN CHARLES A. HOPPER- KILLED AT THE MERCER FIRE. which came In contact with a llvo electric wire , sending a current down the Iron frame ; work of the 'truck and communicating a pow , erful shock to the men at the crank of the windlass. From this shock four of the flro i- men failed to recover. The firemen who lost ) t their lives were Lieutenant James Adams of Company No. 3 and Charles 'A. Hopper , Otto Qlsoko and Qoorgo Bondson. Their death was not only a sad blow to their families , but a painful surprise to the community , -which has sot to work to relieve tlioso dependant on thorn by a subscription fund Inaugurated by Mayor MooVes. The funerals were largely attended , the sym pathy of friends being manifested by the most elaborate floral offerings. Not In years has the department suffered the loss of so many men In a single accident. Ono of the Interesting views In this num ber of The Bee Is that showing the cere monies attending ho cornerstone , laying of the now court house In process of con struction at Wayne , Neb. , the first of this month. Nebraska can prldo Itself upon hav ing a mobt prcficntablo lot of county court houses at the various county scats , and those counties which have been behind the others are taking advantage of the present era of prosperity to erect commodious court houses to accommodate the public business. The now court house at Wayne promises to bo a creditable structure In every respect. The cornerstone was laid under Masonic auspices , with Grand Master W. W. Koysor In charge. The building should be completed some time this fall. The Illustrated article on the provisional government of Nebraska will open the oycs of our readers to the fact that Nebraska's history'does not begin with Its orga/nlzatlon / as a territory. Notwithstanding laws on the statute book which declared that no 'white ' people should take up their residence In the territory now comprising the state there were wlilto people In Nebraska who took an active part In securing Its organiza tion before the Kansas-Nebraska act was passed. The State Historical society In gathering and publishing the data relating to the main figures In the early history of the etato Is doing a work which should receive the encouragement and co-operation of all who have materials which may bo valuable In the future for historical pur- poses. The secretary of the society Is Mr. J. Amos Barrett , and his address , Lincoln , Nob. , an'd ho will be. glad to have com- munlcatlons on the subject. About Noted People Patrick Connor le dead at Winchester , Va. Ho achieved fame as the owner of the cele brated and historic Cannon Ball House. This house was shot entirely through by a twenty-four pound ball from Mllroy Ferry fort , on the western heights of the city. Mr. Connor and his children had Just left their beds nt the time , and the ball splin tered the bed Into fragments. Afterward the shot was recovered and placed In the aperture In the outside wall , where It has remained since. Atlanta has the youngest lawyer In the United States in the person of Edgar O. Crawford. This young gentleman has won for himself a reputation for knowledge of the law that Is far beyond that usually accorded to the average practitioner after years of study and hard work. Mr. Craw ford Is Just 17 years old , a native of Atlanta and Is a direct lineal descendant of the famous William Q. Crawford , whoso name Is Inseparably bound up In the history of Georgia. John D. Rockefeller In recently declining to aid personally In raising the debt of a western church said to the applicant : "I cannot oblige you because I have had no opportunity to examlno a report of your financial condition and I never contribute under any other circumstances. You had best apply to the mission people for as- slstanco. Last year I contributed $1,000- 000 through the mission officials because I felt sure they know the ncods and could distribute It wisely. I might make a mis- take. " iTho summer homo of Senator Jones of t California Is at Santa Monica , Cal. The estate occupies an entlro square , and all | about are streets of palms and the eucalyptus. The mountains form the horizon Una at the i roar , and the sea Ibluo and beautiful , they say , as at Naples Is In front , and along f the very wldo beach there Is bathing all the year round. The walks about the place , Instead of ibelng mere sandy reaches , ara LAYING COURT HOUSE CORNERSTONE AT WAYNE , NEB. FIRST AND SECOND NEBRASKA INFANTRY. palm alloys , with everywhere arbors of , roses , the jasmine , the moon plant. The friendship between J. P. Morgan and Governor Bushnoll of Ohio began when the latter was taken ill In Now York during the dedication of Grant's tomb. A member of his staff hastened to the nearest house , and said hurriedly to the footman , "Will you please to tell mo who lives In this house ? " "Mr. Morgan , " was the reply. "Which Mr. Morgan ? " "Mr. J. Ploroont Morgen. " "Is he at homo ? " "Ho Is , sir. " "Please say that I am Colonel Prettyman of Governor Busbnoll's staff. The governor. Is seriously ill and must have a short rest. Ask Mr. Morgan If I may bring him In here. " The great financier came to the door , wel comed Colonel Prettyman , assisted Governor Bushnell Into the house and entertained him as his guest. According to the account of her friends , Rosa Bonheur awaited death with the ut most calmness , and asked that no military honors should bo given her , although she was entitled to them as a member of the Legion of Honor. She requested to be burled In the family vault In Pero La Chaise. Nothing Is known as to the amount of the famous artist's estate , but it is said to bo considerable. Her heirs are her brother , M. Isidore Bonheur , a-sculptor , and M. Peyrol , who married her slstor Juliette. 3ho has left many unfinished pictures , notu- bly a very large one representing horset > starting at full gallop. Rosa Bonheur Is said LIEUTENANT JAMES ADAMS KILLED AT THE MERCER FIRE. to have been offered $80.000 for this pic ture. But for some reason or other shs refused to finish It. Told Out of Court After the pettifogger with a good case had been beaten by a first class lawyer ho broke out : ' 'la there any man so small , mean , con temptible , despicable and rascally that you won't try to protect him ? " "Oh , I don't know , " smilingly , "but you had bolter give mo a retainer before wo talk any more about the case. " In a murder trial in Dallas , Tex. , the other day , the counsel for the defence was exam ining a venlroman regarding his qualifica tions to serve. The candidate admitted that ho had once boon a member of a Jury which tried a negro for murder. It Is not per missible in such cases 'to ' ask the result of the trial , so 1he counsel said : "Where Is that negro now ? " "I don't know , " was the reply. "Tho sheriff hanged him at the appointed time. " The following Is the full opinion of the court In a Pennsylvania case : "An affidavit of defense having been filed , but no affidavit of defense having been handed to the court with the other papers , and none being found In the office of the prothonotory , where it ought to bo found when calted for , wo shall take It for granted that an affidavit which was s'rong enough to walk away and take care of Itself Is sufficiently strong to face a Jury , and therefore discharge the rule. " Hero Is a good parrot story , related by the Plttsburg Dispatch. Ono of those birds occupied the witness stand in Judge Schalk's court In Newark , N. J. , the other day. Poll strayed from the house of Its owner , Meyer Posnek. Jacob Hanfler , a saloon keeper , took it 1 in and bought It a cage. Poll Is an aci cbmpllshcd conversationalist , and drew some trade by his witticisms. Posnek passed by and , hearing the parrot's laugh , went In and claimed him. Hanfler resisted the bird's removal - moval , and there was a 'fight. The case went to court. Placing the bird on the stand Judge Schalk said : "Who owns you ? " FIREMAN j OTTO GISEKE KILLED AT THE MERCER FIRE. "Posey , old boy , " answered Poll. "Lot's go i somewhere and get a drink. " "Tho parrot Is yours , Posnek , " exclaimed the Judge. Pointed Paragraphs Chicago News : The occasion always gets there on time. Bad habits should be broken before they are acquired. The cynic Is apt to be the offspring of his own failures. There are numerous popular fallacies and a few popular facts. His satanlcal majesty smiles when some men make their tax returns. Money may not produce happiness , but It sometimes makes It possible. No sensible man sympathizes with those who run Into debt because of fashion. Love Is blind to everything with the pos sible exception of the golden eagle. Don't think because Q man Is a poet that ho Is unable to appreciate/ / square meal. Too many people who are only capable of making a loud noise Imagine they can sing. , Men and women have different Ideas of beauty. No one ever saw a man with his 1 hair dyed red. Some men have such a horror of debt that t they refuse to let their friends owe them i money. Always try for the best , prepare for the worst and bear with equanimity the out come , whatever it may bo. When-Lightning Hit Him Albert Mantey of Denver has escaped the jaws of death , survived the crack of doom his doom and now lives to talk of the ter rors of sudden annihilation or the lak of terror , which Is more marvelous still. Mantoy is a man of giant frame , a miner 30 years old , who -weighs 200 pounds. He Vies In the county hospital , burned from head to heel , sore , immovable , but getting bet ter , reports the Denver Post. Mantoy was struck by lightning last Tues day afternoon , fifteen miles from Denver , while he and H. R. Van Derek and R. G. Fling , residents of Denver , were driving along In an express wagon toward Mount Vernon , on a camping-out trip. The fierce flro from heaven scared the flesh on bo'h sides of his face , along his breast , and down his back , and spent Its force upon J metal truss which hung about bis loins and probably eaved his life. Van Derek , who lay In the bottom of tbo wagon , and Fling , who sat besldo Mantey , escaped without Injury , without even sustaining a shock. Ono of 'tho horses attached to the vehicle was killed. "I don't know how to begin to tell about * It , " said Mantey yesterday. "There was BO much about It that I can't describe , so much glare , such a queer feeling of I don't know how to tell you a hot feeling In my head , not unpleasant , though , and a sort t of notion that I was flying apart , alt Into little strips , light , like feathers , floating ; away Into yellow epace. " "But how did you feel when It happened ? " ' ho was asked. "Well , that's Just it. " aald Mantey. "There i seems to bo a little bruised spot in my mind , and when I try to turn my memory back to that I time It hurts. " "What hurts , your head ? " "No , my mind ; it don't seem to be my head. I I can't locate it. " "Try to recollect , will you ? " ho was urged. "Well , wo were Jogging along. Fling was talking I about something , I don't know Just what. I wasn't paylne much attention to him. I was thinking about something else I was thinking my , how my mind hurts. " "What were you thinking ? " "You'll laugh nf. mo ; It was such a darn fool thing. " said 'Mantey ; "but there had been some rain , and I was looking at the horse that jogged along ahead on my side of the wacon. The heavy breeching , you know , the leather strips , the back part of the harness , that goes over the hips , was beginning to chafe the hair off his sides , or so it looked 'to me. "At every Jog It rubbed him more , and his skin was beginning to flinch under It , and I was just going to tell Fling that I thought we ought to stop and loosen up the harness In some way , or drop the breeching altogether when the yellow came. That's the only way I can describe It the yellow flash that came and stayed. "The funny part of it was that In amongst all the other feelings , I could see that old horse Jogging along , Jogging along not all of him , you know , Just his hips and ithe breeching that kept rubbing. I didn't have an ache or a pain , " 'Mantey ' went on , "not the first bit of trouble. I didn't even know that anything had happened , only I wondered at the yellow that was everywhere , and the hot feeling In my head , and I thought It was kind of strange that I should feel so light and all split up. I couldn't see anything but the old horse's hips , and It looked after a while as If we were away up In the air somewhere , I a-floating and he just Jogging along ithe same as ever Gee ! how iny mind pains me. " \And how long did this last ? " "I don't know how long , but It was till I felt something sting my face. Then the yel low and the old horse faded away , and the , doctor said , 'How are yru. Mantey ? ' and I said , ' 'What ' , me ? I'm all right. ' and then I found myself all bundled up In cotton and my aches and pains set In. " Extraordinary Resemblance Chicago Post : It was the morning after their arrival at the seashore , and she had her little boy with her on the porch of the hotel. "What a dear little fellow ! " exclaimed FIREMAN GEORGE BENDSEN KILLED AT THE MERCER FIRE. the now acquaintance'who wanted to make herself agreeable. "So like his father , too. " "Do you think so ? " asked the proud mother. "Oh , yes , Indeed , " was the reply. "I no- tlced the resemblance In a minute , " "You've met his father , then ? " said the proud mother Inquiringly. > > i saw your husband when you all ar- rived last night. " "This Is my second husband , " returne.ij . the proud mother somewhat coldly , "Mj | little boy's father is dead. " And the new acquaintance eald "Oh ! " would have liked to say something else , bi she couldn't think of anything appropria to the occasion ,