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THE ILLUSTRATED BEE.
April 21, 1001.
Tnii Illustrated Bbr
"ubllshcd Weekly by The Hen Publishing
Company, Hee Hulldlng, Omaha, Neb.
rlce, 6 cents per copy per year, $2.00.
Entered nt the Omaha Pout OIHco an Second
Class Mull Matter,
lodge, In of rich mahogany, upholstered and himself to an audience, Nye re
in green plttHli. The oIIIcoib' Htiitlons are rrnrked: "I will appear first and speak
beautifully hand-curved. The nullum aru until I get tired; then Mr. Klley will suc
runged along thu walls on a raised dais, ceed tno and read from his own workb
heavily carpeted, while thu center of thu until you get tired.'
Iloor Is polished,
In thu basumunt, which Is reached by a All thu oil paintings of foi mer secretaries
stairway opening from underneath the f tho treasury are being boxed up lor
Andrew Carnegie's
Generous Ambition
Hevt'iity-tiVf yuua uko three wi-avcrs at negli' libraries. Sioux Kalla, S. I) . h
niomiMU'iital Htalrwiiv hi thu entrance bull, shipment from WnshliiKton to tno i an- . ll,i,l.iMi fM1M.i1Pr nvniimi itu,.ir nf n :. mm imUdimr ,i
For advertising rates address Publisher. 'c two bowling ulloys nnd thu bathrooms, American exposition at ""J; " " (llL,,r ,ut(, trnrteH and placed them at other towns nnd cities In the mldd.e
Communications relating to photographs or
articles for iub!leatlon should lie ad
dressed "Kdltor The Illustrated lleo,
Omaha."
Pen and Picture Pointers
also u room for storing bicycles. All in all paintings aru pi in eaen im. .,..u..a ,,,,., r ,i. r,.identH of tho town. onl..y library privilege which c.ui
thu housu Is as complete a club hon.u as ns so.no one has discovered, the P"ro )M ullforni. , , a,ulu,(, ,,,, , ,, ,, f ,.
money and taste can furnish and una of of a republican and a democrat are nailed ' building. iihern.l.v nf ti, Sco.oh.Am.rle,., ir. ..
equipped lu tho best manner possible, Mr pariu.Kl;'s gif is have not been , :
Ul fl,....l tiliv illui twirl Inn nf tin. I'.il.. I
tll.ll, I" v ., ...... ... i.v 1.1
States. I lie racllic con 8 1 lias a line '
which Council llluffH lodge No. G31. Ilenuvo- In together,
lent and Protective Order of Klks, has and Cnrllslo aie companions;
every reason to bu proud. Fnlrohlld aru In the saniu box;
Manning nre paired with each
(luge and
mix- Folgur and 8'nll,1 tllu Scotch town m a monum-.i
nch other; Al- Andrew Carnegie.
lu thi'lr beautiful
was dcdlcntid with
prlato exercises In
Iminenso gathering
order last Friday the
new building, which
elaborate and appro-
thu presencu of an
of members of the
Klks of Council Illulfs
have one of the handsomest clubhouses In
tho west. The building races llayllss park
on First avenue, and the cornerstone was
laid last November, before the lodge was a
year old. Tho building was erected by the
Klks llullillng association, thu stock In
which Is owned entirely by members of
So numerous have Mr. Carnegie's glfi
been to libraries that his name ami the
Paulino Kdur. carrier of mall over the exnnder Hamilton nnd John Sherman nre "ho mtiltl-nilllloiiaire has none :ioui u t'aincgle libraries extending from Scan e
Praha-lluun-Wells-lllssell star routu out made companions for the Journey to Iluffnio his native town. Ills generosity does not , jj0H Angelts. The building In Seattle
from Schuyler, Neb., entailing a dally drive, and I)lx nnd McCulloch will go together. exceed that of his father, for Wl.llam C(Sl 2oo,ooo. Texas Ims seveial Carnegl
excepting Sundays, of forly-llvo miles, en- , Carneglo wns one of tho humble weaver urnr,,8. Tucsin. Ariz., Cheyenne, Wy. ,
Joys a distinction that perhnps cannot be Cnrl"9 " ,,,L' nuW r "surer of tuba, who Instituted the llrst library In Dunfurm- nm, ,Jrnm, jUIU.ton, Colo., have IILr.irle,
claimed by another woman lu thu state, wns born In Poland flfty-elght ye.irB ugo and line. Tho few books that he contributed whuh W(,r, ,V(,M , Mr 0linu.K,t,.
Three months ago, when no carrier could cn,n" lo lnlB couniry wnen a uoy. tie required a great saenuco on ins pari. ,n
bo found to carry mall over the routu f"'Kht nH a confederate soldier during tho drew Cnmegle's wealth Is so great that his
i ....... u i...."i .....n..u civil war and In 18P8. upon the outbreak dft to nunfermllnu waB mnde without sac-
tried and given It up and S Orlssom I in- "f ,no ton ypnrs wnr 1,1 c,,1,a' WL'"1 t3 ,,nl rlllco- mlt ,lu sI)lrlt w,,lcn l'mmpted th- Word "library have come to ha nliuoxt
ported from Missouri for this work' es- iHlnnil nnd offered his services to tho revo- father to offer library facilities to his fcl synouomous. Kach month the library Jour
peelally, had passed It by nfter a year of lutlonlsts. He was made n brigadier gen- low men was Inherited by tho sun nnd has nnls contain u list of bequesis and gifts and
trial, Mrs. Kder thought to try It. Since ('r"' "fterward rose to the rank of dotted tho United States with magnificent the name of A. Carnegie appears among the
she unilertoo'k It tho mall has not 'missed mnJ'T general on account of bravery In nc- library buildings. donorj more frequently than any other. He
being carried a single day, although there tl('"' A ,ho ,,loBC (,f tllc war 1,1 1S7S "I have never heard of a lineage that I not only gives bulldlngs-hlH wealth Is also
were seven days that she was not able to go Wf'n' tn New Yorl nn'' ruinnlncd lu Mils
on account of rheumatism, during which eminiry unui me recent revolution in
her 1.1-ycnr-old son, accompanied by n ninn (',IIm- . ORIGINAL.
near them, madu tho trips, She does not
complain of the work and thinks shu will
endure It and succeed with It unless rhou
mutism, to which she Is subject, thwarts
her purpose. Mrs. Kdcr Is 17 years old.
Flashlight photography Is one of thu most
dllllcult features or the art, not many
camera urtists being able to taku a clear,
sharp picture or even a single subject. In
one of Its pictures this week The Illus
Lincoln City Library
Ilenjamln Carlton Iloyt, who died th
other ilny In St. Joseph, Mich., was the
founder of that city and the only surviving
pensioner of tho Hlack Hawk war In
Michigan. Ho was born In New Hnmpshlr
In 1807, nnd went to St. Joseph In 182H.
When tho Hlack Hnwk war broke out In
1852 a company of forty men was raised,
Mr. Iloyt being the moving spirit. The
Ottawas, Cbippcwas and Pottawattomles
trated lleo presents a most excellent ex- wurc then '"microuH about the mouth or the
muni., nf w,.rW nf ii.u kind. iin,...niiv . int J river, nnd Mr. Hoyfs company was
or young people who aru connected with Knrrlsoncd hero to hold them In check until
St. Mathlas1 church gave a concert for ,llnk nwk wnH, H"l"oI. Kach member
the benefit of thu church. Thu start artist f lhl company, the Orst raised In tho cnun-
secured u snap shot at them while groupjd "cclved a pension or $96 a year and
tins e.anlribuleil
Popular Subscription to purchase a
Library,
PAl'UNK KDKU
Council HUHTs bulge No, Mil It Is built of
grayish buff pressed brick, with llcdfonl
llnit'Htciii) trimmings anil nrcliltecturally Is
colonial, Tho building Is a two-story ami
basement structure, Just lucking two feet
of being 100 feet lu depth, while the width
varies from M) feet lu the front to 10 In the
main portion.
On entering the tlrsl thing that attracts
attention Is the monumental staircase to
tho right, with Its central Might of steps
lending to u platform ficin which branch
stairs right and left, reaching the ledge
room and other apartments or the second
story. Tho woodwork of I his stairway Is
lu natural oak, set o(f with a rich maroon
paper on the walls, while the lighting fix
tures urn of handsome un unlit Iron de
signs. At the head or the stall-landing Is a
handsome art glass window
To the left on entering In the main recep
tion loom. It Is from the center of this
apartment that Is obtained a view of t tic
suite of rooms on the llrst llnur showing a
pleasing vnrluty of
color schemes lu
their d I ff e r e n I
dec rations, which
w bile piesentlir;
striking elfects
still preserve a
beautiful harmony
of (ho wh lu In
t e r I o r . TIum '
rooms, coiuprlslim
smoking, rtadiiig
and billiard rooms
are divided by
h i u are - hemic, I
openings twelve
feet wide, with
cornices and tin t tut
round columns,
with heavy art
drapcrlt'4 lietwuen.
On the second
Iloor, with largo
windows opening
full length onto
the porch, Is a re
ception or geneial
lounging r o o in ,
decorated 111 l.otiU
XIV style. P.isi
lug through tin
usual anterooms Is
t h o niiignlllceiit
lodm room, CO rout
I Dig end !IS runt
wide, with a 1C
root celling. The
decorations of thin
beautiful hall are
deep cardinal and
old Ivory. with
gold embbioulug
the rich red effect
of the walls being
heightened by the
old Ivory of the
wall pilasters and
celling b e u ui s
T h r o o nuisslvo
chandelier bracket
lights, over thu
olllcers' statioiM,
and 125 frlezo In
candescent lights
1 1 1 it in 1 un t o this
room, Tho furnl
turo, especially do
signed for tho
on tho stngo. Kvery face will be noted as
clear and easily recognizable.
Much was said In 'the dally papers last
week of the memorial tablet to Ilev. John
Mcguold, unveiled In the First Methodist
Kplscopal church In Omaha. Dr. McQuold's
strong personality as well as his ability In
tho pulpit had endeared him not only to his
ICO ncres of hind besides being the recipi
ents of a generous bounty.
Frederick 1). Underwood, the new presi
dent of the Krle railroad, was born In Wis
consin fifty-one years ago. At the age
of 18 ho entered the service of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad compnny.
He stnrted as a clerk and became sue-
CMS Certifies ma lfiZrL
tfuU, ""-W CZSUCOA0 to the
itc. ami books for the Lincoln Public
The Library Board of the City cf Lincoln,
would exchange for that ot the llhrury
rouudlng weaver," was tho remark Andruw
Carnegie onco mado while discussing his
family history. Tho elder Carneglo was
given freely for the maiiitcnsince of libra
ries. Seven uses for surplus wealth have been
suggested by Mr. Carnegie: The rounding or
(lend when his son gavo tho now llbrnry to unlvorsitles. rree libraries, hosnltals. oub-
Dunfcrmllno, hut his wife wont to Scotland Ilc rarks or Knr,i08i t 1 1 for lectures and
nnd 1 n lil t hi nnptinrainnn nf t)t tin vt' lillllrl- . i it.
' . .. . . " ..exHlfelv brnkeimin. ImL-LMiireiiuin. Ilreman. " w musical eniertninmeiHB, tree imins, nitrae-
congrcgai on out to a argo ami cons.nni.y - elevators conductor .nslstan lnB- tlvo places of worship. Mr. Carnegie's gltUs
S I?" I"'.1!1" "W!,.,:",,:C,: T. '.,! IZZ Z Jv i ? ,Zt ,u d suilZlden!. There was something of the fairy tale In navc u0Cn largely to libraries. Tho example
nullum ii
Ills death
lu thu man and his nffnlrs and add greatly
to thu reverence which attaches to tho
tablet.
frnel. H . main n,. . ,,,,.V,.i JiVi. 'Hvislon superintendent and superintendent. , 1,lcro "ns somemiiig oi uu in ry uiio in naVe been Inrgely to libraries. Tho example
tXwUu ei ' J''p. ,8S,!- h wn "l.pointed general "-eturn of Mrs. Carneglo to her native of hIs fnther and of Colonel Anderson of
. . . ..' ' ' . .. . superintendent of the Minneapolis & Pa- "wn- Ypn .c,oro. sho 1,11,1 ,,or h,,SPand Allegheny, Pa., are responsible for Mr. Cnr-
About Noted People
iiipcrlntendeiit of the Mlnucapoll
ellle railway, but when that road was con
solidated with tho Minneapolis, Siiult Fte.
Mnrlo & Atlantic, ho became general man
ager. In Jnnuary, 1880, he was made gen
eral manager of the Haltlinore &. Ohio rail
road, and he lc!ivcs that place now to enter
nnd lert tno pinco in poverty to ninKu a ncglo's gifts to libraries rather than
nomo in America. .Meanumo nor sun nan
to
gained great wcnlth and bIio was unnblcd
to glvo her nntlvo town an enduring mo
morlnl. It Is n fortunato thing for tho world that
Andruw Carneglo Is of the opinion that It
Is n dlsgraco for n man to die wealthy.
His gifts to libraries run Into tho millions.
Many cities in Scotland and cities in nearly
nil states In tho union havo been rcmoni-
licrcd by this philanthropist. Kocontly his
other public Institutions.
Iiilliienee nf nil KiiimiIi.
When the future philanthropist
The Illness of Lord Salisbury calls atten-
t Inn to the fnct that no other man since the "i-ivlco of the Krle.
earl of Liverpool has been prime minister T 1 I SI t f S"
so long, and only two men in Kngllsh his- 1 OIU UUl Oi L.Oliri
tory havo held the highest olllce in tho Tho question Is perplexing the three
stale longer than he. He has held tho learned Judges of the supremo court of Col-
l":!;'"!:!", I,..:'" Mr "'ado Whether the title "esquire" be KTo K.
rctnincii in lining nut tno pruned ccriin-
When James WmTclnnb U.ley and "11111" l" f ,tho n,1''"Hsl"n of, Ml8f 0 K
Nye traveled together giving a Joint en- SUllman to practice at the bar of said court.
. V . """' ' mm great run A prominent Washington member of the uciieiueu bh.ui iuvy an annual inx lor ries und other public In-itltutlons In
with the poet Once, lu Introducing Tllley i,.B, frnternlty recently asked Minister Wu '"ltcnanco equal to 10 per cent or tho vicinity or Pittsburg alone.
. nnut it Mm tin I lil trtr
Ting Fang as to the status of lawyers in "". Although Mr. Carnegie is always spoken
Uinna. 1 lie oriental nnswercd quietly:
"Lawyers aru prohibited in my country."
Whon the Washington man fully realize!1
Mr. Carneglo Is Intensely practical In his
giving. All his llbrnrlos are given on con
dition that tho communities which nro to
was a
young boy ho worked In a cotton ractory lu
Allegheny. His family was too poor to buy
many books. Colonel Anderson opened his
llbrnry to working boys nnd remained at
home to exchange books every Saturday.
Mr. Carnegie nnd his only brother, Thomas,
availed themselves of Colonel Anderson's
generosity and resolved that they would
some day establish rreu libraries. Thnt res
olution was not broken, ror Mr. Cnrneglo
has expended more than $5,000,000 for llhra-
the
N " ,,,c " of as a rounder of libraries, ho has given
Nebraska has but ono Carneglo library, liberally to museums, nrt galleries, hospl-
tho significance of Wu Ting Fang's remark
ho hnstened to change tho subject.
tho $75,000 structure which Is now building ,nls ani music hulls. It was his wealth
at Lincoln. A $.10,000 building has been that made possible the great music hall in
offered to South Omaha anl It Is probab'.o New York. He gave $50,000 to Hellcvuo
that Mr. Carnegie's terms will be met by Hospital Medical college hospital, Now
the Magic City. Seven libraries will stand York, for n histological laboratory.
Ill Mr Pll rfimrtl,a nrnjllt til Inil'o linfnrn Mr f!l I'M III I II .11,1 tw.l .....ki.. ii.illl 1CO?
n uvMtntn nf nrlill rn t lnir ..n.u u.v.,v i, ,.,i ui-,u,j ..... ...,..1 ,n, mniij iiiim ini,
" "r,,nm"h another year hns passed. The llrst bullillng when he was 52 years old. The year pro--O
men nro chosen as an ,,,, ,,,, , ..,.. , , .. .,i,.,... ,.. ,.i . . ,
hit huu iw uu iuu iuii nun uiucicii at vwua in nia niiuriilge ills moincr UIUI Olliy
Cattlemen in (ireeuwooil county, Kansas,
are making hard times lor lawyers, They
havo established
differences. Three
arbitration committee. They Investigate ths
trouble and mnke a decision, which Is final.
A fuss Involving $60,000 was settled at Ku
roka recently by an arbitration committee.
Tho benefit to accused persons of having
first-class Inwyers was strikingly Illustrated
in tho United States court at Wheeling, W.
Va., recently. Three rrlendtcss and
moneyless tramps were on trial charged
with having robbed a country pcstolllco.
They pleaded not guilty, but had no lawyers,
so tlio court selected threo leading legal
lights to derend them, Ono or tto lawyors
had been attorney general of the state. Wit
nesses for the prosecution were skillfully
questioned nnd most eloquent appeals wore
made to tho Jury on behalf of the accused,
all of whom were acquitted.
A story is told of an Illinois attorney who
nrgued to the court one arter another a
sorlcs of very weak points, none of which
seemed to the court to havo any merit, until
tho court finally said:- "Mr. , do you
think tlwro Is anything in these points?" to Fairfield, ten years ago. at a cost of
which the attorney answered: "Well, Judge, $10,000. The Into Seimtoi .laniiM F. Wilson
perhnps there Isn't much In any one of them eeurcil this girt from Mr. Carneglo and
alone, but I didn't know but your honor 'Innated tho ground upon which tho llbinry
would kind of bunch 'em." ntands.
. i -TT Davenport, Dubuque ami Ottumwa are
A man was being tried recently In Now Iowa cities which havo .ocurcd $50 000
Sot th Wales for Hten ML' n umiIkIi ti, i.ii.h.. , .. .... ""mu fuiyiuu
. ", ., - ...iv.-,,- imiii.iiiikh mm! mo nil ona rc. Unnor Iown
denco was eonllletlng. and tho Jury mado university, located nt u, L
(A I'
WAskSUJ CO
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up their minds to retire, hut before they Cornell college. , ," , " Zmt tirZ
ert the hall the Judge remarked that If la, have secured $Sro " , " j" gs Cnv
tnero were any nnints nn uliinh i,
quired Intormntlon he would be nleas ,1 . of f 'nrn.'n LtL.J.L n nlumniiH herewith.
ni.lul II , I.H .,. , . ... . 11 WilS ill II S SO C tn- . I....... I.. nvliilml itt
connection with this nrtlelo was secured
brother, Thomas, died. His wire was Mis
Louise Whitefield, n wealthy woman, who
shares hor husband's liberalities. .Mr. Car
neglo has two homes, one in New York and
the other at Cluny castle, Kingussie. Scot
land. When tho Lincoln library proposition wax
before the peoplo the fund seemed to lan
guish for want of Initiative. It fell to tin
lot of an Omaha man to give the movement
life, us will bu shown by the receipt printed
...cm. r.ieven or the Jurymen had left !n Umt Mr. Cainec o nffe,,,i ., . m.:" . '
lit.. ll.... ' .. .V mw III
...unui Hiiiiiror porsiindei fr,,. 1.1... i ti, ,.i,..iiatlc
tho box, but the twelfth remained stand- the college.
M'QUOll) MKMOIUAL TAIILHT
COPAL CHUltCH, OMAHA,
VP FlltST MUTHODIST KIMS-
inc. with bis ..vu iiv-i .i - ... .. " . i'
n,ri,. i .. ...V. ".T '".V"",K ' offT a $..000 Hbrarv t
y has compiled with
lllll lllinl-nl
" ' n""B"8. 18 nilothcr west- l,..,,., members, of tin, toloiM-nnh service and
absorbed in thought. "Well, sir." tmld the Fort Do.Hr.r n. ,i, '..'.. ''"'ulm "brary to 'soventy-threo" Is n tclegrnphlc code signal
any question voir would nil ii,.. ,..i . " ... mnlle'l with used by onerntora In exchanging greetings
before you rcllre?" "I Kmnorln colln t!-, ,1 ","."! K'vor' Mr. Cf rnegle and the editor of Tho Ilee had
Judge, "Is there any
IIkii to ask me
would Uko to know, my lord,
reply. "If you could tell us whet! c c TV. . " "''nn w","h " ro
,i.ln. !.. . , . . . --.-. . IIMIII t II lllll All I 'ntiiw,,.!. tl . .. i . .
ualla and Chmf hn , K'1' cr " autograph was written, tney Knew
- "" mini nave uar-
prlsonor stole tho watch?"
although they had not met personally until
ench other "over tho wire.'