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OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE. Soniomber 10 , OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEK. Published Weekly by The Dee Publishing Company , JUeo Building , Omaha , Neb. Price , G cents per copy per year , $2.00. Tor advertising rates address Publisher. Communications relating to photographs or artlclon for publication should be ad- drewed "Editor Omaha Illuntratcd Dee , Omaha. " Pen and Picture Pointers Tlio lost Tow weeks have belonged to thu volunteers of 1808 , whose glorious homo- coining from tlio Philippines hns been cele brated by receptions and ovations nnd en thusiasm gnloru. Thu coming week will be long to tlio volunteers of 1861 , who will gather In tholr annual reunion at Lincoln and there recount their deeds In defense of the ling nnd for the preservation of the union. For the first time nt this reunion the veterans of 1801 will have as tholr guests veterans of another war , as the Invitation has Ixson extended broadly to all the mem bers of the Nebraska volunteer regiments that responded to the call In the war against Spain to participate In the gathering , the principal feature of which will bo a recep tion to those volunteers. In presenting ns the frontispiece of this number of The Illustrated Ileo a portrait of the department commander n few words about him and his war record will be of Interest. John 13. Evans , department commander , Grand Army of the Republic , was born In Tloga county , Pennsylvania , moving to Wis consin with his parents In 1850 , who settled In Sank county on a farm. At the ago of 17 ho enlisted. On account of bis ago ho was on detail duty for some time , being subse quently assigned to Company L , First Wis consin cavalry. This regiment was In bo- SBNIOH VICE COMMANDER JOHN , REESE , BROKEN DOW. twoon fifty and sixty engagements during the war and lost by death 403 men ; of this i number Company 1 * lost forty-nine. General Wilson's cavalry corps , of which i the First Wisconsin formed a part , reached I Macon , On. , on April 20 , 18(55 ( , whore they first learned of the surrender of Gouoral I Leo. Colonel Henry Harnden , with one battal . ion of the First Wisconsin cavalry and n portion . tion of the Fourth Michigan , had the dltt- uncuon anil snurcu in ino rowaru 01 inu capture of Jeff. Davis. Thu regiment marched from Macon , Ga. , to Edgflcld , Teiin. , where they were mustered out. In the spring of 18GC Commander Evans ciuno to Nebraska , going by wagon to Montana , and after two years of exploring nnd prospecting returned to Nebraska , homosteadlng thu present tow unite of Memphis In Saundois county. In 1871 ho moved t Nortli Plnlli and , like most of the energetic and suc cessful young men that cnino to Nebraska In an early day , engaged In contracting and stock raising , not overlooking the Impor tance of securing a line half-section of land near the county seat. In 1881 Mr. Evans was , without opposition , apolnted post master at North Plattu , served four yenm as county clerk nnd clerk of the district court and tuo years as deputy secretary of Hlato. Commander Evans has been an active ami liberal member of tlio Grand Army from the organization of a post In his town , serving In every capacity from guard to the posi tion ho now holds. Few men have u more extended acquaintance throughout the state , Ho Is respected for hla hoiiraty , Intelligence and loyalty , His love for Ihu old Mag which ho helped to maintain has never waned , but grows stronger with years. The other department alllcers are well known In Grand Army circles Senior Vice Commander John Reese , living at Broken Dow , Junior Vice Commnndor Rjbert SVI1 - eox at Omaha , and Adjutant deneral W , II , Darger at Lincoln. Peculiarly enough Com rades Kvnns and Danger both belonged to Company L of the First Wisconsin cavalry and did service In the Wilson raid through Alabama nnd Georgia In 1865hlch wound up with the capture of Jeffortnn Davis. Com rades Evans and Dargor , too , have both lived lu Nebraska since 1871 , working sUe by sldo In the Grand Army of the Republic organiza tion. The return of prosperity to Nebraska Is nowhere bettor evidenced than In the con struction of new school buildings anil churches ' In the towns throughout the state. A week ago the good people of Wayne , Nob. , performed the dedication ceremonies upon anew now i church Just completed , which will bo used i by the First Presbyterians of that flourishing town. The church Is n magni ficent structure , practically paid rot , a neat sum having been raised by contributions at the dedication exercises to apply on sinking the debt. Tim Deo'a leaders nro favored with a pho tograph taken of the burning chlorlnallon works at Deathoml August 28. This disas trous tire was fully chronicled In thu news of the day , but the present picture shows the perfection to which the photogrnpher'H art Is attaining. Wo have had snapshots of cyclones , Hashes of lightning , moving trains of all sorts of natural phenomena nnd the camera promises to preserve for us also the ravages of the lire llend Just nH they are committed. Great preparation ; * nro being made for the reception of Admiral Dewey on his return to the United States , In which Now York , Washington , Chicago and several other cities expect to outdo one another In the lavlshness of tholr entertainment. There Is no question but what the admiral will meet with a welcome such ns no other naval hero over enjoyed , but the depth of the enthusi asm can be no greater than that which was accorded the volunteers ot the First Ne braska regiment on their ro-ontry Into the circles of their families and friends. The Dewey celebrations will only bo n reproduc tion on a much larger scale of the small receptions which have been seen In Ne braska towns and villages during the last two wcokB. About Noted People A movement has been set on foot to have either Massachusetts , or New Hampshire buy the Daniel Webster estate In Marsh- Hold , Mass. , Including the tomb In which ho Is burled ; or , this falling , to have a sum of money raised by prlvato subscription suf ficient to purchase the burial place of thp "great expounder , " and provide for Its beIng - Ing held In trust. After General Shatter had made nn nddrcra to some school children In Grand Rapids not long ago , < ho disappeared nnd the searching party finally found him In a schoolroom , signing his autograph for about 100 clamorous children. As he followed the committee out he called back : "You that didn't got the autograph send your names to mo nnd I'll see that you gel It. " H Is said ithat ho kept his wuro. . Colonel "Jack" Hayes , one of the most noted of our Indian fighters , spent a few days In Washington hist week while en- route for the Philippines , where ho will command a cavalry regiment. Ho has been eervlng under GcneraF Fitzhugh Leo In Cuba , the two being old friends and comrades , having bath been wounded In the ' same Indian battle away back In the fiO's , ' when they wore young lieutenants. Colonel ' Hayes said ot his contemplated Philippine campaign : "I think that when the cavalry gets after the Agulnaldo outfit the rebels 1 won't last long. " Jules Gucrln , the self-constituted prisoner of the Anti-Semite club , Is n retired tripe seller of La Vllette , which explains why ho 't lias a lot of butchers with htm. He Is n "galllard" of 35 or so , solidly built , a great crony of M. Drumont's , and received his 1 political education with the Marquis dr Mores. Ho was one of the band who signed thomsclves "Tho Friends of Mores. " After the death of the marquis , M , Guerln took thu load ot the anti-Semites , and , nlwa > spoiling for a fight , he has been In every street demonstration which the anil-Somites have got up In Paris for this last ten years. M. A P. , n London publication , says or htm "He Is a strong man , 35 years of age , tall nnd very broad , anger lurks always in W. II. BARGBR , LINCOLN , ADJUTANT GENERAL. his eye ; his fist is perpetually pounding ; among agitators he Is the fiercest. Director or the 'Llgtic Antl-Scmltlque. ' editor of its organ , the 'Antl-Julf , ' ho has to Interest and entertain the 50,000 members of the first and the 80,000 readers of the second ; he does nil this sturdily , nnd glories In It. " Post Wheeler , New Yorker , poet , Prince ton man , author of cynical "Reflections of a Dachelor , " has been missing from New York for two years. His departure followed close upon the report of the breaking of an engagement between him and Hallie Ermlnlo Rives , cousin of Amelia Rlvea , the Princess Troubetskoy , who Is herself an author , and not long ago startled the read ing public by the novel , "Smoking Flax. " Mr. Wheeler Is living In a remote Indian village In a spur of the Rockies , close on the Arctic circle , In the great Northwest Territory , on the edge of the barren lands , hundreds of miles from civilization , where an occasional half-breed or trader Is thu only visitor nnd a white man Is almost un known. Ho has Joined a tribe of the Tukudh Indians , has been adopted as Sl-Clii ( only brother's child ) by the head chief , has taken on their customs and dress , speaks tholr tongue , and ranks as nn under chief. Mr. Wheeler was recently visited by a cor respondent , who says that the poet is reti cent ns to reasons for becoming an exile. The language , he says , was his greatest difficulty. "What do you think ? " said Mr. Wheeler , "of a language boasting five eub- Junctlvo moods and two first persons plural ? Max Muller was right when he pronounced the Eskimo of the northwest more Intricate than Greek , but the Tukudh is far more complex even than Hebrew. " An Old Lund Title Robert R. Stuyvesant of New Yoik has Just sold a plot of ground which hns been owned by the Stuyvesant family for 216 years. It was purchased directly from the Indians by Peter Stuyvesant , gov ° inor of New Amsterdam. NRW CHURCH AT WAYNE , DEDICATED SEPTEMBER 3 , Story of the America's Cup ( CopM-lnbted. 1SSi. ! by the S. S Mi-Clure C'o. ) The "America Cup , " or , to speak more accurately , the "Hundred Guinea Cup , " Is at Tiffany's ; , In New ork. Million * ! d la < will bo spent during the autumn In the con test for Ita possession , nnd this fact furnishes a straiiRe anomaly , for the cut ) Is nut In trlnslcally valuable. If It could tell Its own story It would have something like the fol lowing to say : "When Sir Thomas Llpton , the tea man , tries to win me awny from the United States It will be the tenth time an effort ot that kind has been made | n forty-eight years. H seems that I am ns desirable to sportsmen ns the Golden Fleece was to the Argonauts. Eleven times two nations have been wildly excited over these contests , which have cost enough to build a decent navy for each one of them. "And what Is It all about ? I am only a little old misshapen silver mug , of no par ticular design , and so out-of-date nnd com monplace that a flret-clasa Jeweler In these days would be ashamed to confess mo as his workmanship. The bottom Is out of me , my covering Is Inferior , and If melted down I would bo worth , according to the present quotations for ellver , just $75. A Junk dealer would think bard before offering that. "What In the world am I that you should make so much fuss over me ? Really , I feel tjulto bored over all this attention , for , In confidence , I dm of no value at all , and my career has been quiet. I was made by R. & R. Gerard on Panton street , Lon don , on a hurry order when the yacht America came over in 1851 and beat our English regatta at Cowes. $ t was not a celebrated firm , and the workmen only or dinary. Ono of them said he thought I ought to bo fashioned In the style of Henry II and another thought a Henry III de sign more suitable , so I am a sort of mix ture. I had no Idea that 1 should become an International prize then , nor did the men who ordered mo dream of my com- simple , but I pride mjself that my Hues have an aristocratic appearance , my lip Is certainly curved gracefully , and my neck beautiful. Just ono tiling more. Many call mo the queen's cup because I was bought by the committee of the Royal Yacht squadron , but this is wrong , for when the men took mo off the shelf In Gerard's office I distinctly heard thorn say : 'This Is to bo known as the Hundred Guinea cup , ' and that's what I used to be called on both sides. " InorinoUN KMii'iitlKiirvH. Nevertheless , thousands of persons from all over America will como to Now York shortly , nnd , standing before the Tiffany window on Boradway , gaze at this mug long and deferentially , for , after all , It Is the most historic trophy of Its kind In existence and has cost so much money that It gives your ordinary American a thrill to think of It. Such enormous sums have certainly never been spent before on a like object. A member of the Now York Yacht club , In looking over the Inscriptions on the cup the other day to refresh his reminiscences of the bygone contests , figured roughly that the Englishmen had spent 1n the neighbor hood of 11,000,000 In 'behalf ' of this trophy , nnd the Americans probably ft llttlo more , owing totho expenses Incident to the trial races. This , of course , includes only the money spent In striving for and defending the cup. When you figure on the expenses of the public In witnessing and betting rn the races an approximate estimate la Impos sible. Tlio challengers nnd a heavy expense In rigging their vessels for sea travel. This is essential owing to the conditions laid down by George L. Schuylor , who re-deeded the cup to the New York Yacht club In 1882. "Owing to the present and Increasing size of ocean steamers , " said Mr. Schuyler , "It would bo quite feasible for an American , English or French club to transport on their decks yachts of large tonnage. This might bo availed of In such a way that the match would not be a test of B i-golng qualities , as well as of speed , wUlch would essentially detract from the Interest of a national com petition. " Mr. Schuyler therefore Inserted this clause In the deed : "Vessels Intending to compete for this cup must proceed under sail on their own bottoms toms to the port where the contest is to take place. " The English owners have also been to a considerable expense usually in bringing along an advisory committee , ns Dunraven , the Hrst time , brought over Wnteon , designer of the Valkyrie II , and Lnpthorn , sail- maker. Tlio CUP'H IiiNcrliitloiiM. The only things about the cup Itself , however - over , 'that tell of these millions spent on ac count of it are the Inscriptions , carved in different styles and type. In looking back fifty years these brief legends Inspire nwo In 'the ' heart of the veteran yachtsman. They toll him of ono struggle after another when the country was all in a flUter over the approach ot a challenger , nnd when It seemed sure that Yankee supremacy on the water would bo snatched away by the Brit isher. On each occasion the result of the contests has been the samo. The nearest that the game challengers have ever been to the cup Is to look at It in Tiffany's win dow , or perchance view it on the banquet tables at the New York Yacht club house. Tiffany Is now concerned ns to where ho will carve these , Inscriptions. There is only one small panel below the six large shields about the body of the cup that Is not filled. On these shields Is told the story of the trophy. And the narrative has taken all the space available there for Inscriptions , nlso on the panels underneath , with the excep tion of ono , leaving Just enough room to contain the account of this year's races should there be more than two. That num ber can be crowded In and still leave space for another contest. More than that will fill the cup. iAti first the silversmiths were quite lavish BURNING OF THE GOLDEN REWARD CHLORINATION WORKS , DEADWOOD , AUGUST 28 , 1809. ing Importance. As a matter of fact the firm received Just ? 525 for me , and now I could bo duplicated for JltiO. "I weigh 134 ounces , am twenty-seven inches tall , measure thirty-six Inch-is around the waist nnd twenty-four at the buee. The decorative work ou me Is verv with tholr space , not conceiving how valu able It would bo In later years. On each successive race 'they economized , aa will be seen by the following list of inscriptions which the cup bears : , Hundred Guinea cup won August 22 , 1851 , at Cowes , England , by yacht America at the Royal Yacht squadron regatta , "open to all nations , " beating the cutteis Volume , 18 tons ; Arrow , 84 tons , Alarm , 103 tons ; Mona , 82 tons ; Bacchante , 80 tons ; Freak , CO tons ; Eclipse , fiO tons ; schooners Beatrice , . 101 tons ; Wyoern , 205 tons ; lone , 75 tons ; Constance , 218 tone ; ( Jlpsey Queen , ICO tons ; Brilliant , 392 tons. Schooner America , 170 tons. Commodore John C. Stevens. Built by George Steers of New York , 1851. Presented to the Now York Yacht cluWr as a challenge cup , open to all foreign clubs , by the owners , John' C. Slovens , Hamilton Wilkes , Georgu L. Schuyler , J. Bookman Finlay , Edwin A , Stevens. Challenged to bo sailed over Now York Yacht club course , August 8 , 1870 , by Mr. James Ashbury , with schooner yacht Cam bria , representing Royal Thames Yacht " club. Cambria beaten in the following order , by schconor yachts Mnglc , Idler , Sll vie , America , Dauntless , Madglo , Phantom , Alice , Halcyon , October 1C , 1871 Schooner Livonia against Schooner Columbia , James Ashbury , esq. , ownerj-Franklln Osgood , ctq. , owner , Cam bria winner by 27 minutes 4 seconds. New' York Yacht club couise. October 18 , 1S71 Schooner Llvcnla agaliibt Schooner Columbia , Columbia winner by 10 inlnnlrh 33 seconds , Outsldo course. October 19 , 1871 Schooner Livonia against Schooner Columbia. Livonia winner by 16 minutes 10 seconds. New York Yacht club course. October 21 , 1871 Schooner Livonia against Schooner Sappho. Sappho winner by 30 minutes 21 seconds , William P , Douglas , ceq. , owner. Outside course. October 23 , 1871 Schooner Livonia agalnsi. Schooner Sappho. Sappho winner by 25 minutes 27 seconds. New York Yacht club course. August 11 , 1876 Schooner Countess of Duf- ferln against Schooner Madeleine ; Charles Glfford , esq. . owner , John S. Dlckenson , ceqj , ( Continued on Third Page. )