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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1900)
10 OMAHA ILLUSTRATED JJEE. April 8, 1000. How Omaha Looks by Artificial Illumination Ilvcry resident of Omnliu known how the city looks by day, but tho Impression It gives to tlii visitor at night In not by tiny means tilt.' KilllH'- Tho daylight Omiilia present a picture of animation with hustling, busy crowds upon tho streets, vehicles moving to nnd fro, bus. Iiltnblo doom opening Into tho nttrnotlvo shops and stores indicating a wort i.f open hoiiHo everywhere. Nightfall changes thla sccoe. Tho area of activity Ib contracted ho that It Include llttlo moro than the business center anil even there only certain suctions of tho territory remain nwako after in Id -night. If Omaha by day covers twenty-live square miles Omalia by night could bo com passed within a single squarti mile. The late traveler who nrrlviH In Omaha at the railroad station finds his reception bright and cheerful with the glowing electric lights. Ah ho emerges nfter climbing tho stairs up to tho Tenth street viaduct ho looks back nnd sees tho two Imposing depot structures standing out n a black background like clasnlc palaces keeping sentry on either aide of tho railroad tracks. When he leaves this at bin back ho must traverse a half mile bo foro ho enters ngaln within tho realm of night Illumination. A sort cf fog of light brighter In somo spots than In others reigns over this district. 'Hie I'.lrel rle .Sluiiliiinril. Ab ho goi up tho street ho passes one by one tho hotels1, many of them with piercing slgiin marked out In letters c.f lire with all OMAHA I1V NIOllT "DUl'OT SUNTRIUS IN THU RUAR" IMioto by Louis R. liost wlck. their portals swinging Inward. Another patch of light hovers around tho theaters, which aro sot off with similar signs made particularly for piercing tho darkness of the night. Thmo theater lights bum from early overl ing until the closo of tho performance, when thoro Is a Biidden outpouring of humanity from tho Interiors of tho largo bulldltign and the people rush to catch tho cars to tako them to their homes, scattering In every direction. For perhaps twenty minutes tho thoroughfares are crowded with tho hurry ing throng, tho street carB congested, hack3 and carriages moving about, nnd then sud denly tho llghlH thnt mark tho theaters are extinguished, ' tho nctors leave tho play house and the vicinity Is ns quiet and do sorted ns tho most orderly residence soc tlon of tho city. Tho restaurants do buslnoFs for quite a while yet. Midnight workers go to nnd fro, stopping for their lunches nnd gazing occasionally Into the shop window that ro mains to entice them. In tho distance to tho north tho clock In tho postolllco building Htands out llko a full moon, Its hands moving around to show tho passing of tho hours. .Mill; I ii u' Hie .llnrnlnu; Paper. On thu crest of tho Varmint street hill Tito llee building rises up In shadowy outline, the windows of tho top story stnndlng out In bright light, showing whero tho men aro at work making the- morning paper, whllo thoso who conio within close range enn hoar tho clicking of tho machinery by which tho typo is set nnd tho beating of tho brushes In tho hnnds of tho storeoiypora pounding out tho matrixes on which the plates aro enst from which the morning paper Is printed. An occasional messenger boy scoots along on hla bicycle and tho weary policeman ninkefl his rounds, to bo followed a llttlo later by tho early collection of tho malls by tho postofilro men who mako tho rounds with their llttlo carta to empty tho letter boxes In tlmo for the early morning trains. (Irndunlly tho scene changes to morning. Tho electric light circuits aro cut off and tho gns lamp lighter retraces his Hteps ti extinguish tho burning Join. Tho early risers mako their appearance. Tho milk man nnd tho Icoman, the newspaper delivery carriers, tho newsboys, and tho night sceno gives way to tho day scene, with the clerl-H hurrying to taku their places In the stores and olllces. Omaha by night may not bo far different from other cities of Its slzo after nightfall, hut It preHonts many Interesting aspects which would repay Investigation nnd study and people who want to know nil the slglKH of a great city cannot afford to Ignoro till dally shifting of tho scenery. Big Sum for a Lost Grave There Is $1,000 rewnrd waiting for whoever can II ii ti tho body of a young man burled on tho plaln.s of northeastern Weld county fifteen years ago, relates the Denver Repub lican. In a marble maiiBoleum near Chicago there waits a niche for tho bones of John Lilly, who died alono on tho range in Colorado. In the vault aro tho bodies of his parents and of his two brothers and when tho bones of tho young man are recovered tho doors will bo sealed, for ho waH tho last of his line. Tom Mlnnlnger, a Wyoming cowboy, who rode tho range for many years In Colorndo, was In Denver recently and told again the story of tho lost grave. "It was llfteen years ago last August," he. declared, after u process of reckoning which Included all tho big events of raugo life for many years. "This feller Lilly was tho only living son of nil old mnn In Chicago that owned most of tho 'hashknlfo' cnttlo running tho rnnge north of tho riatte. Tho boy had been kind of delicate, so tho old man sent him out with n letter to Jim Taylor, tho foreman of tho ranch, to let him rough It awhile. "Tho kid was a nice enough young fellor and tho boys give him a good tlmo nil through the summer. Ho got so's ho could rldo a gentle horso pretty well nnd then tho beef round-up enmo along. We went up ncross Crow creek nnd down Owl creek, nnd then wo Htruck ncross by the Chalk bluffs, whero wo met tho Wyoming men nnd traded strays with thom. Then wc swung south townrd the I'awnee Huttos, planning to push right through to tho river gathering beef na wo went, so as to havo about twenty traln londs to ship nil at once, as tho round-upa would bo ovor, and tho cowpunchers could go on to Chicago with tho cattlo In tho cars. Tho first enmp before wo got to tho Unties was In tho hlg flat whero 'Wild Horse Jerry's dugout used to bo. it's a great big Hat, hollowing a llttlo to tho center, nnd In the middle there's springs nnd over beyond there's n lake. "The rook was lato hltchln up the grub wngon that morning, nnd tho kid grt stnrTed" Just being told how to go to tho next camp, keeping tho point of big I'awnee straight ahead until ho enmo to tho lint. That was nbout 7 of the morning, nllly camo driving his six horses to the grub wagon across tho prairie on n trot, for ho had to be In camp and have s unethlng to cat rendy by 11, and behind him camo nil tho other wagons. Thoy always let our Hilly pick tho way. bc- causo ho was an old campaigner. Along with tho wngons camo tho horso herd, eating nnd running nnd eating nnd running, tho wrnngler fnvorlng them along over good feed, becauso they'd havo to havo their bellies full when It camo tlmo to chango mounts nt noon, and then came the dozen great cnvvles of steers, fiOO or 1,000 In each, great wild Texnns, fat ns hogs and ready to run at the drop of tho hat, brought nlnng enreful, so ns not to loso n bit moro beef on tho road than could bo helped. I tell you In thoso dnys n round-up left Its mnrlt when It passed over. "On tho edge of tho lint Hilly saw tho kid down by tho wnter, sitting on tho ground, kind of bent over, whllo his horso was graz ing 'round. Hilly never thought but that ho was sitting there resting nnd ho drove up, bo's tho lend tenm nil but run over him, but tho kid novcr stirred. Ho wns Just ns dend ns a stono. It wasn't no bullet, or a snake, but his heart Just naturnlly quit "Well, Hilly wrapped him In n blanket and went on and got dinner, nnd when 'Jim' Tnylor conio In, ho thought a minute, nnd then ho told us to dig ft gravo and wrap the body In threo or four thicknesses of canvas wo took an oxtrn wagon 'op wo had along nnd bury him. 'And see,' snld Jim, 'that you mark tho gravo well.' It rock along tho ridge, so wo dug tho grnv about four feet deep, up on tho sldo of thu slope, and wo mnrked It with ono of tho end boards of tho wagon, so's It could bo seon a mllo. Jim stnrted a man off for tho railroad with a telegram fcr tho old man. "As the. sun went down thcro hung over In tho cast n cloud piled with chunks of froth, miles nnd miles high. Wo could seo tho lightning playing In It ns tho sun went down. It had been nn awful hot day, with tho cattlo turning to balloons out on tho ridges and lakes and rivers flowing In all tho flats and valleys and tho mountains dancing In tho air, all what thoy call mirage, and I looked for trouble that night. "It must havo been after midnight when I looked out from my blankets and saw that cloud breaking up Into small, blick clouds, full of lightning, nnd I wasn't mom than out of my bod beforo the sky overhead wan full of flying clouds nnd tho wind began to rise. mom OMAHA HYNIGHT-'WIAKINO TUB MORNING NUWSl'Al'UR OMAHA 11V NIGHT - "THU THUATURS LOOK LIGHT AND - I'hoto by Louis R Host wick CHUURFl'L." - I'hoto by Louis R. Hostwlck. Wo hail kept horses up and every man wan man in charge, and took all of us who had and tho caretaker has had the lonesome tnsk put out to help hold tho cattle. Hy tho tlmo been at the burying back to look for tho of looking nfter them. I got out to the herd they were moving rest- remnlns. Hut, Lord, there wasn't one of us Fort Hays has had an eventful history. It less nnd uneasy nnd lowing a little. Thu that agreed on the plnct-to within 100 yards, wns originally called Fort Fletcher, and was night herders said they hadn't got them to It all looked alike where the cattle had located fourteen miles south cf hero on the llo down once. Then wo heard thu roar of been, but wo dug around thcro until winter Hlg Muddy. One day tho creek was swelled rain coming, half an hour before It reached drove us out. Tho old man declared ho was by a storm and tho waters drove the soldiers us. It came In buckotfuls, and hall llko coming back In the spring nnd keep up tho cut of tho fort. Soverul colored soldiers bullets. Tho first gusts struck tho steers, hunt until he found tho grave, but ho never who woro too slow were drowned and Gen- iiiit uiuy iiein mi rigiu, wiien wo nearu ma uvea mat long. I guess that boy was about oral I'opc ordered tho location changed to criicK-crucK-cr.icK oi u Hix-snuuier uowii mu nil no liven ror, anyhow, wind. Something had started a bunch of "Tho executors of his estato havo been out cows and calves wo woro taking to their here slnco looking for the grave, but it's not range soutli or the l'latte. "They came, snorting and bawling, Into tho first bunch of steers, and these camo smash Into tho next bunch, and in ten min utes tho wholo push was mixed Into ono big tangle of cattle, not running very fast, but moving so thoy couldn't bo stopped. There been found, and I don't think It ever will be. Old Fort Havs Wiped Out Tim most famous military ost on tho Knm?as frontier lias dv the nassnire of the .. ....... ii . 1. ... 1 I. 1 ... ... 1 nuiu .nun nu uiiuukii me uuiiuii, nu.niK i.0ri nays mil by cor.-sress last week, been were laid tho victims of their prowess. It their horses up and trying to work out to wiped out of existence, jays a writer In tho wns called Hoot Hill and there llo forty- tho edgo through the thin spots. It was ns St. Louis Gtobu-DemocrM. This fort, which live of tho distinguished gentry who died dark as pitch, except when It lightened, and wns for ninny years tho c Mitral point of the with their boots on, somo being known by men you u.i.uu m-u u ui.muu nv nine un.i nrn,y operations against lie redsk ns. has the r real names and somo not. It will miles, nil moving cnttle. "There were threo or four bunches of ror years been deserted. Iti- f.000 acres have been lensed to cattlemen nr-l the splendid timber that Is uncqunled In vestorn Kan sas has been furnishing the settlers with fuel. Nineteen big frame cottages, tho olll cors' homes, the barracks and training quar ters, havo been unoccupied, ami it will be a great delight to the people of this section to seo them filled with studcuts of tho State iNormai scnooi nun tlio s;tate gricultural again marshal, with a predilection for kill school, both of which are under the bill to Ing. havo branches here, This fort wns the barrier ngnlnst the In dlnn rnlds thnt marked thu last nttempts of tho redskins to frighten tho people of tho Ftate. When tho Clieycnnes came down from tho northwest the soldiers of Hays with tho nssistnnco of thoso from Wnllacu and Harker met them and drove them back, sav ing tho lives of thousands of settlers. (Jen oral Georgo Foray thu folbwed Roman Nose Into tho Upper Republican country, and thero with surrounded OMAHA 11Y NIGHT GA5CU INTO T DOWS" I'hoto by Louis R. Hostwlck. GUT "LATU STROLLURS "ho u I't'ople as far east as Topeka ored) tried to get even with the town bu rilH FUW LIGHTRD WIN- fclt uneasy, but the Indians did not come In tho battlo that ensued six of their mini by Louis R. Hostwlck. u" l" earner oecnsions. it men uer were left dead In tho street Thero bocatno npparwit that there was no fur- were mnny other fatnlltlnx in m,'iii fnsn't caught In tho rush and ther need of tho maintenance of tho post, botwoen tho town nnd fort, and tho soldiers ion nt them heard tho shouting nnd It was nbnndoned n few years nfter. All found that they had a town of lighters to t to help. They struck tho big this tlmo tho buildings havo stood empty deal with. steers that wasn't caught In tho rush and part of tho men and camo over moving squaro mllo of cattlo near tho hoad nnd swung them off a little, and tho rest followed, and the rain let up n little, so thoy'd faco It, nnd thero thoy milled nnd milled for tho rest of tho night. I never know whero I wns till morning. I could hear cattlo on nil sides of mo nnd feel things bump Into tho pony, nnd onco n. horn scrnped nlong by my knee. Light camo slowly, for tho rain had turned to n cold drizzle, but 1 found myself on tho edgo of tho bunch and not half a mllo from camp. Tho cattle had beon all around nnd through tho wogon ond thero wasn't a bit of firewood left, some of tho boys' beds that had been left out had been torn to rags. Wo nto ft breakfast of cold canned stuff nnd started to move tho wholo bunch down nbout ten miles to bottei grafs, whero wo could break 'em up by brands ngaln. "Just ns wo wcro starting Jlin Taylor camo to mo and told mo to go bach and see that the mark wns on tho gravo. "I novor found tho board. Ten thousand cnttlo had tramped nnd tramped th.it hl'l all night, In tho wet ground. There wasn't a traco of grass left. A thousand Acres nil looked as though It had been plowed and harrowed. I gave It up right tht-re. Jim ciiFfled when I told hi in nnd rodo back, but when ho saw tho looks of things ho gave It up. "Wo mot tho old mnn threo days later. Ho nred Jim Taylor out of hand for not leaving tho cattle, leaving everything, and bringing his boy to tho station. Then ho put another Examine the Package ! In view of the many misleading and unscrupulous Imitations ol ' Baker's Chocolate" which have recently been put upon the market, we find It neces sary to caution consumers against these attempts to deceive and to ask them to examine every package they purchase, and make sure that It has on the front a yellow label, with our name and place of manufacture, WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd., DORCHESTER, MASS.. and our trade-mark TRADC.MAHK "La Belle Cliocolatiere" nt,he If your grocer does not keep the penuine article. nl,.n i( us know, and we will endeavor to put you in the way of getting It. Send for a copy of our Choice Recipe book, mailed free to any ao pllcant who mentions this paper. WALTER BAKER & CO. Limited, Dorchester, Alass. Vfr ESTABLISHED I 7n tho present site. Tho buildings were then erected nnd Improvements made. Tho town of Hays City, which was then founded a short distance to tho north, was a rough place, being filled with cowbojs nnd frontiersmen who followed tho building of tho railroad. Tho city council granted thirty-seven saloon licenses tho first day that It met. Thero were "killers" without number nnd on tho slopes of a llttlo h'll never bo known who really were laid to rest In the unceremonious fashion of llm frontier days, for now It Is too late to find out. "Wild Hill" was marshal of the town for awhile, until one day ho shot threo soldiers on the street, nnd then It wns healthier for him to go hence. Ho went and wan next heard of at Abilene, whore ho was Tho most famous event In tho hls'ory of the fort wns tho raiding of tho nrmy stores In 18611. The government then had a great mnny stores hero nnd the surplus that could not bo cared for at tho fort was piled up along tho railroad track with two watch men to guard It. Ono of them, John Hays, went ncross tho street ono night nnd en tered a saloon to get a drink. As he went In ho was met by two soldiers from tho fort, who, without provocation, killed him. his band of 100 soldiers was Tho soldiers wero" colored and wero drunk, by fully 1,000 of tho redskins. They went Into a barber shnn nn.i drnVn For threo days they were held there, and minors nnd senred the proprietor to tho then wero rescued by succor brought by two roof of his shop. He went to the fort nnd scouts who osicnped nnd went back to the when tho men wero rnnged In dress parade fort. It was found that the Imprisoned by order of tho colonel ho picked out tho soldiers hnd been mere than victors, for desperadoes. They were taken to Hnys nnd thoy had killed more thnn a dozen for every shut up In a collar that served ns a Jail one of their own number that fell. Roman That night they wero taken out by the Nos0 himself was among the killed. citizens nnd strung up to tho rnllrond Thero was another senro in tho latter bridge. In 1871 the N'lntii ifn,,t i. t