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
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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. *
