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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1899)
THE O rAItA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , REPTHMREtt 28 , 1899. n Special Pictures of the 1st Nebraska Raisin ? "Old Glory" nt Fort Santa Crtix , padrone Xalaada * including the late Colonel Stotsenberg , Camp Mesa , the Hospital Reproduced from an Illustration In " On io Manila Illustrations taken pital and the fighting line a complete roster of the * regiment , at the time by showing promotions , etc , White the Douglas , A Book war correspond In order to give all the ent of the Salt to be friends Francisco Exam of the First Nebraska an opportunity of hav iner , served ing a complete and correct history of the regi ment The Omaha Bee has at great expense placed this beautiful future book within their reach no coupon required order quick as we The Old Islands. Bell at Cast Sntnaye In iCSo. , I.nflrone Reproduced from n Illustration . In have only a limited number. " lu to Manila. " etice. On sale at the Circulation department -f f , . Sent to address of the - .j ; prepaid any upon receipt price8 First American fits Stalae4 Ore * Manila. Address , Omaha Bee. . History Department Ktduced from an tUiutratloa U "On to Manila. " MAULEY DISAPPOINTS HIM Holoomb et al Bid Not Expect Him to Sea Any Light but Populism. REVIEW OF EVENTS AT THE REUNION No Opportunity Neglected to Turn 11 > Trlok for the Ilcucfli of the Free V Sllvcrltcn Event * nt the I Street Fair. LINCOLN , Sept. 24. To the Editor of The . Dee : Lincoln has Just closed a two weeks * n jubilee In which' it was all agog In an effort 1' ' to entertain the Grand Army of the Republic , glvo a reception to the First Nebraska regi ment , and as a < final it plunged Itself Into all the frenzy and geegaw of a street fair. All of the old soldiers expected that their reunion this year would bo the best ever held in the state , and it woa In point of numbers , there being 2,773 veterans of the rebellion who registered at the reunion headquarters during the encampment. However - over , the reunion had the zamo dirty , sloppy class of bum shows , fakirs and gambling concerns which has characterized It during the four years In which It has b'een held at ( Lincoln , . An old soldier , in talking to the writer , aid : "Tho members of the Grand Army of the republic generally are down on this man ner of conducting the reunions , but they can have little to say In the matter of en tertainment. Colonel Pace , the chairman of tbo reunion committee , seems to think that this trash entertainment on the grounds Is what we want , but that Is a mistake. Wo nro not desirous of having our children see come of the Immoral shows hero and to have them learn to turn the wheel of fortune for a cigar. Wo can buy our children cigars without giving them a desire to gamble long with a bad habit , and we hate to see our boys sneaking around to got beer at that'hole In the wall' back of where they have the 'biggest living snake In the world. ' Pace corns to bo captured by the lemonade and eoda water elands , for IIP docs not furnish half enough Water for tho-crowd. I toll you our reunions are not half so good aa they Were ti few years ago. " Ex-Governor Silas A. Holcomb Is a very ttlsappolntod man , especially In one appoint ment which ho made for the First Nebraska when that regiment went to the Philippines While the governor did not care whether or not the boys of the First received any par ticular religious training , he did expect that when he appointed Rev , James Mallley chap lain of the Fir-tit Nebraska , who waa at that time a strong populist , that the chaplain would Inculcate In the boys all the vlrulency of populism , Dut what happened to the Pinner happened to Chaplain Mallley ; he wai converted to the best party on earth while in the Philippines , if wo may judge by the brilliant republican speech Mr \ Mallley made nn Sunday afternoon at the I reunion tabernacle. jTJ 6lla could hardly listen to that address of Chaplain Mallley , which waa Intcntely patriotic. At the conclusion of the address the audience sang "America , " but this was too much for the governor who bad made I possible for Mallley to bo a chaplain , nni he left the tent In the midst of the nong ) Drinking and blinking at the crowd. K. It might be o ( Interest to state that ex / Covernor Holcomb made a speech to the veterans At the reunion. He was not on tb program for an address when Governor Toynter welcomed the Grand Army of the Republic reunion to the city and state , but Colonel Pace , who la a populist and a church member , fixed the matter by calling Mr. Slolcomb from th audience to the platform. Mr. Face introduced ex-Governor Holcomb as one of the speakers. Every demo-pop had supposed that Silas lolcomb was a man of great nerve and self- lossesslon. But when he waa called upon o make an address to the old soldiers it was plainly evident that he was confused. AB ex-Governor Holcomb stepped forward to make his address ho blushed like a school girl. girl.Ho Ho said : "Gentlemen and ladles , you see that I am mdly confused or I would have said 'ladles' > efore I said 'gentlemen. ' " But the ex- ; overnor In his next sentence capped the climax of his being rattled by saying : "I am glad to welcome you olfl veterans to this ; reat exposition. " Mr. Holcomb managed , o stammer out on apology for calling the reunion nn exposition. He evidently had .he fact on his mind that the populist man agement of the reunion had endeavored to make it a second Midway in competition to : ho Greater America Midway , It was really appalling to see an ex-gov ernor of Nebraska , who aspires to the dig nity of the bench of the supreme court , be come BO ridiculously rattle-brained and confused. Ho was like the little boy who made his first speech : 'When flrst I stepped upon the stage my heart went pity-pat , for I was thinking all the boys and girls would say , what rattled ioy Is that who wonts to bo a Judge. " About GOO of the boys of the First Ne braska attended the reception given the regi ment at the Grand Array of the Republic reunion at Lincoln. The ex-soldlora of the First were well cared for during their three days' stay at Lincoln , especially in b ing provided with meals and lodging. The Bryan free silver fakirs , -who con trolled the department which furnished meals to the boys of the First Nebraska at the reunion , stooped to something very low when they attached silver tassels to each meal ticket furnished to the members of the First Nebraska , thus symbolizing the hobby of Bryan's Insane - sane idea about silver which la the thcmo of n crazy party reeling In the stench ot its own corruption. It Is gratifying to know that nearly every member of the First Ne braska wlio received a meal ticket with one of those silver things attached to It Jerked the silver appendage off of the ticket and stamped It into the ground , thus showing the opinion of Nebraska's Fighting First in regard to the hocdlamlsin of free silver. Tha boys o ! the First Nebraska were also insulted In the parade which they took part in on tha streets of Lincoln by the populist reception committee , who controlled the r * coptlon of the Flrbt It Iswell knov/n that nearly all of the boys of the First returned to Nebraska strong republicans. When thin became apparent the populists commenced to howl that the Second and Third regiments were being slighted , and that all the honors worn being bestowed upon the First regi ment. To make this foaling more Intense Governor Poynter and General Barry would not permit the Second regiment of National guards to encamp with the returned soldiers ot the First Nebraska , but compelled the Second regiment to camp at Lincoln park , flvo miles away from the reunion grounds. In this tha populists managed to arouse much feeling among the friends ot the Second end and Third regiments against the First Nebraska. . . In the Lincoln parade the Grand Army of the Republic and the three Nebraska regi ments were in the Una of march , with the Grand Army of ( ho Republic in the lead. Then came the First Nebraska , every mem ber a modest , manly looking fellow. The regiment carried the regimental bullet- tattered battle flag , which it had followed gallantly in battle , winning the world's honor for the FirtA Nebraska and the state that could produce such a magnificent regi ment of fighting men. But as these 'bravo ' fellows of the First Nebraska marched up O street -what did they BOO ? At the Intersection of O And Eleventh streets there -was a large arch , and 'aclng the First regiment on this arch was on emblem bearing the inscription in large alack letters : "Welcome to the Second and Third regiments. " There was no sign ot welcome to the First regiment , except an Insignificant wording on the south Bide of the arch eaying : "Welcome to First rogl- , ment. " When the Fighting First turned south on Eleventh street , if any ot the boys eaw that sign they would have been compelled - . polled to turn around and look back. It Is the record of the First Nebraska that it j always looked forward and went forward and never backward , and eo it is safe to | say that the First Nebraska eaw no sign of welcome in the parade At Lincoln but did the popullfrtB want the First to see such a sign ? No. It would have boon appropriate for the committee to have placed an inscription where it could have been seen by all Ne braska soldiers , saying , "Welcome to the First , Second and Third regiments. " But when the populist reception committee found that the First regiment was nearly all republicans , it concluded it would do something to gain the greatest per cent of tha veto of the Second and Third regiments for the throo-rlnged circus at the fall elec tion. So in order to accomplish this It hypocritically placed the sign of welcome to the Second and Third regiments in the most conspicuous place to win the- applause ot these regiments , to whom the parade and reception was given preeminently. The boys of the First wore then insulted by plac ing the sign of welcome to them at their back In the line of march. It Is astonishing that Lincoln , a city that baa a large republican majority , would al low euch discourtesy to < bo heaped upon the heads 01 the First Nebraska -when it was entertaining the regiment as its guest The question arises , Is Lincoln 'becoming ' a pop ulist town ? Ons thing is certain , tbo pop ulists seem to have control of everything at this writing. So far aa the addrceaea at the reunion were concerned , they wore all Intensely loyal and patriotic. No objection could be hon estly raised against the program carried out during'tho reunion and it Is to be hoped 'that other entertainment connected with future Grand Army state reunions will be as pleasant as the speeches and Jokce ot the boys'of ' 61. During the last week Lincoln boa been In part a great Midway. Throngs of people watched the cake walk , the flying trapeze performers , contortionists , equilibrists , card tricksters and have been done to a turn by fakirs and pickpockets , despite the police protection. The people have been gratified by being permitted to walk the Streets of Cairo. In fact , Lincoln leased a largo part of the Greater America Midway and turned it locse in tbo city for the gratification ot | these who visited the street fair , Wo saw in all tier glory the woman , Bella Hella Sbazer , or eomo euch name , the one who gives the voluptuous dance of Egypt. It was rumored that she bad made an Improve ment since coming to Lincoln by securing a clean sweater , Lincoln is certainly progressing. While Omaha has a greater exposition , Lincoln had a greater street fair and it thinks it bos got oven with the metropolis on this score. But Lincoln is seriously contemplating tbo matter - tor of catching up to Omaha In population. This was demonstrated by the introduction at the street fair of an "infant Incubator. " This is no Joke. They say it orks very successfully , But wo have so many in fernal ornery kids down hero now that I can not eee why the town wants to hatch them out any faster , The report that the people of Lincoln are wearing badges which say , "To h with Omaha , " cannot bo verified. The other evening I stepped up to a dealer In badges and eatd : "I would like to buy one ol fhTeo badges , 'To h with Omaha. ' " "Vot ? " cald tbo dealer , In amazement , "I no keep such bodges. Never { heard of dot klndob _ badge , undt I never keep vone ob dot kind , unless ho bo to ih with Spain. " The flower parade on Wednesday at the street fair , which was advertised as being worth coming hundreds of miles to BOO , was really not worthy of such an effort to wit ness. What there was of It was very pretty , but it lacked variety. The main object of the parade seemed to have been to decorate a dot of buggies with paper flowers , in which to haul the society women of Lincoln. Had the promoters of the parade known their bus iness there would have been many other 'eaturcs in the parade that would have added to It-greatly. The flower parade was to have been re- > eatod on Friday , but the Lincoln beauties n the parade became offended because they all did not receive prizes and they got into such a pandemonium over the matter of prizes that It waa impossible to have a epetltdon of the parade. The Lincoln press : as warned a member of the commltteo on jrlzes , who resides in Lincoln , to leave the city if ho wishes to avoid serious cense quences. The other members of the commlt tee llvo In the country. Ono woman became rrantio because she did not get a prize and wanted < o flght tiho whole committee , but .ho members respectfully declined the honor of euch a combat. The Methodist conference , which was : iolcling its annual session , was nearly abandoned by the ministers , who desired to see the flower parado. The preachers said Lhat they might never see such a sight again this side of heaven and they throw conference duties to the winds and left ono who waa to have given them a lecture with out an audience. Every ono seemed crazy to see the effect of some paper flowers and every one In the parade has been in a tem pest of wrath since it occurred. Three thousand bicyclists were advertised to take part In the blcyclo parade on Thursday evening , but there were only a few hundred wheels in the parade and comparatively few of thcso wore decorated. Calcium lights had been placed at Intervals along the sides of the street , but their ruddy glow failed to shine on the wheelmen on account of the Inefficient pollco force , which allowed the crowd to get between the lights and the rldora In the parade. The parade was com pletely blocked in places by a mirglng mass of people in tbo middle of the street. On Friday night the traveling men's pa rade , though not largo , was enjoyable and partook something of the ludicrous. Most ot tbo boys carried cornstalks attached to paper lanterns. At Fourteenth and O streets they dropped their armament , making quite a litter , and started away from the parade in confusion , with a sign bobbing up and down above tholr heads saying , "Follow us and you will have a good time. " No ono doubted the Import ! of tbo sign. There were several signs carried in the parade with flings at Omaha. One , was : "Omaha went to Hastings to see a crowd ; Hastings stayed at home. " This last clause evidently meant that Hastings stayed away from the Lincoln street fair. Another sign bore tie Inscription ; "Did the First go to Omaha ? NU. " There was another sign with a puff for the street fair , After the parade there was a pyrotechnic display. Lincoln's street fair closed last night , wide open. This may not seem logical , but that was the way of it. The streets presented the scenes of a comedy , with masked figures in every conceivable guise. There was a bedlam of noise , a fog of dust that made people sneeze , and' ' as they performed the nasal feat they were drenched with -water administered by squlrtguns. Girls and < boy& iwunded each other with inflated bladder * and then hugged one another in thedr masked attlro. Some of the women who did not wear masks made some very uncompli mentary remarks about the women who wore masks. Many of the women spectator * were kissed by masked fellows , and this lu part * ubdued their w.rath about the anaskeo. girls being huggedk The carnival was a morry-go-ns-you-pleaso affair which lasted until the cock crowed on Sunday morning. By 10:30 the maskers became so sloppy that the police compelled every one to un mask. Some had complete masquerade at tires and they had to disrobe In the alleys and then take a back street homo or else go to the cooler. After the masks were discarded pretty girls appeared on the streets with huge ( black mustaches and stun ning goatees and some of the men were kissed by these bearded femlnlnes. A young man walking down O street with ills woman friend shrieked ! as some ono poured a quantity of sand down his neck. The last seen of the couple the young man was down on his knees and the young woman was reaching down his 'back ' under his shirt , trying to extricate the sand. The girls played tag with follows they never saw before. The evening partook of all the features of the masked carnival , with vari ations. Paint andi brickbats were prohibited At 1 o'clock Sunday 'morning ' , as I write , crowds of people are yet on O street and the noise Is una'bated. ' Women and men nro doused with water as they pass along the streets to their homes. O street Is white with paper "bags " , busted bladders and confetti. I cannot glvo everything about the carnival and the closing scenes of. the street fair , as some ungodly person squirted water in my eye. WASH R. KRUMMB. Patnl Fall of Triiiiere 1'erformer. CHICAGO , Sept. 27. Walter Shaw , while performing on a trnpezo at the Chicago opera house las > t night , fell a distance of fifteen feet to the Htnge. The injuries he received resulted In death. He was a mem ber of the team of Shaw Bros , The other brother was holding by his teeth a ring on which Walter was swinging. He let go the ring , dropping Walter. The Injured man was taken to his hotel , where he died. The act was the last on the program and the curtain was dropped quickly. Several women fainted when Shaw dropped , but were soon restored to consciousness. CHAIRMAN TRUAX RESIGNS Doc Not AVlsIi to Stanil In the IVny of Succeia of Chicago' * Festival. CHICAGO , Sept. 27. Charles Truax today resigned as chairman of the general cora- mlttco of the Fall Festival association. He Issued the following letter : "An Open Letter to the General Cojnmlt- tce of the Chicago Fall Festival : Ae It baa been stated by the city press and by those representing the labor organizations of this city that saldi labor organization will heart ily co-operate to contribute to the success of all the features of our October celebra tion provided I will resign my ofllce as president of your committee , I deem It to bo my duty to meet this emergency , which I now do by tendering to you without reserve - servo my resignation aa your chief execu tive officer. "I assure you of my earnest co-operation In any way In which I can toeof service to your committee. As a mark of your regara for mo I ask that you accept this without comment or discussion BO far as relates to my actions and at once no mo my succcssoi that the -work of preparation may proceed without interruption to the end that the citizens of Chicago may meet tbo great responsibility resting upon thorn In the dla- charge of the duties necessary to the oc casion. "Tho incidents about to traneplro In this city will appear as pases in our history. Our chief executive is eoon to > bo our guest and ho will here meet the representatives o ! other nations and many dlstlngulehcd citizens ol our country. These facts give to the autumn festival an International significance that on this occasion , In iny estimation , dwarfs men and committees. . "Will you kindly consider this a call for a special meeting of the general committee to talco place at the Union League club at t o'clock Wednesday , September 27 , nt Which time I will present this communica tion la a formal -way. way.CHARLES CHARLES TRUAX , "President Chicago Autumn Festival. " A Narrow Thankful -words written by Mrs. Ada B. Hart of Groton , S. O. : "Was tak n with a bad cold -which settled on my lunge ; cough Bet in and finally terminated in consumption. Four dorters gave me up , saying I rould live but n short time. I gave myself up to my Savior , determined If I couldi not stay with my Xrlonds on earth I would meet absent ones above. My husband was advised to get Dr. Kings Now Discovery for Consump tion , Coughs and Colds. I gave It n. trial ; took In all eight 'bottles. It has cured , me , and , thank God , I am saved ar.d now n well and healthy woman. " Trial 'bottlra free at Kuhn & Co.'a drug store. Regular size , COo and Jl.OO. Guaranteed or price refunded. HcrMulf mill Children. THE DALLES. Ore. , Sept. 27. News nan been received here of a tragedy which occurred about forty miles from hero yesterday , when Mrs. w. T. Gyton drowned herself and her two children a boy of 1 years and a girl of l'/i years In the Des Chutes river. Family trouble la said to have caused the woman to commit the deed. The bodies were recovered today. TOO MEAN. "Skinflint wants th c earth. " "Oh I no he don't. " * 4 "Why ? " "Because he'd b'e too mean'to Day the taxes. *
