DccomlMT 1, Will
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THE ILLUSTKATKD II IS IS.
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lltKN VILLI MKLLKN DOIHIH ;
G
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another inimt h rlklng example of
what brains and pluck can ue
compllHh. Korty-Hovcn yeiim ngu
he came to Omnha, a boy JttHt in
of colli go, with little experience and no
employment. In the lifetime that Iiiih Mown
allien then lie Iiiih accompllHhcd what but
few men achieve and baa made a name that
will be rcnit inhered iih limn ax the works of
men eiidtire. Am chli f eng'neor of tho Union
Pacific, railway dorian IIh construction
period hi bnlblcd a monument which will
bear til name down to poMtcrlly ai Httrely
iih iIiiih the pyramid of Cheops carry thnt
of tho KKyptlan king, and with greater
credit In Omaha one day IiihI week (len
eral Didgo Hat down to liiiicheon with a
number of men who knew him when ho
lived In Omaha ho Ioiih ago and who hnvo
watched lil career Hltire. One of thcao Bald
afterward "I thought I knew a great deal
about the hlHtory of Omaha and the In
clilcutH connected with the building of tho
Union Pncilc rnl'rnnd. but (Icucrnl Dodge
told uh mere today than I knew and Homo
thltiKH I hud never dreamed of. He h a
wonderful man -one of the greatest (IiIh
country Iiiih known and ho nioibHt Is Ii'h
conduct that the people know llttl or noth
ing of li 1 ni
ri.lH tilbute. paid by a man
who for more than a generation has been
llHtened to with defcrenct! In the went, Ih
deemed but merited by those who know
(leneral Dodge IicmI. Ills career has not
been one of the Hkyrocket Hurt, but a Htcady
m ow Hi. Yet withal It Is remarkable. In
I KM he wiih at tho bottom of the ladder In
Omaha. Ten yearn later he was a major
general In the ureal army of the United
SlateM, had been publicly commended by
tho great commander, (Iraut, and was en
gaged in la ii ii Iiik the way for tho con
HtrucHon of the llrst of tho tratiHcoutlneutal
railroads. TIiIh seenm meteoric. Indeed, yet
It was but the result of the development of
the iuiiii'h genius.
(leneral Dodge wiih born In Duuvcrs,
Mass.. April 12, 1831. Ills early educa
tion wiih In a military academy In Ver
mont, where ho wiih graduated In I.S51 with
tho degree if civil engineer. Ho cntno
went to Omaha and wiih hero a few mouths,
returning to Illinois, where ho had employ
ment at his proffHHlou on tho IUIiioIh Cen
tral and Hock Inland roailH. When tho
government begun to look up a route for
tho Overland railroad young Dcdgu was
employed In the work. I In was engaged
as a banker at Council llluffs when tho
war broke out and ho, entered tho Hervlce
iih colonel of the Fourth Iowa Infantry
Ills Hcrvlen continued until lRiifi, when he
retired nH a major general. During all tho
tltno ho Fervid In the iinny ho wiih moro
or I hh occupied with the Paclllc nil Iron I
problem mid when no left the service It
wiih to take up the active work of building
as chief engineer of tho Union Paclllc. In
1807 ho was n member of congress from
Iowa, serving one term. In politics hu Iiiij
always been u Htnnch republican. Ho buc-
ceeded (leneral Sherman us president of tho
Society of the Army of tho Tennessee, an
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(MUCH IIO Ftlll IlOKIH, lit IH (WHO ItrOH U tMU
of tho New York com.nandery of tho Loyal
Legion. In 18!i8 ho wiih a member of the
cotnmlKslot, appointed to Inquire Into tho
iiiaiiiigemcui oi mo war wiin npnill. lien-
eral Dodgo retains IiIh homo In Council
IIIiiITh, but spends most of his time In New
York, where ho has an ollice Ho Is a
power in tho world of finance, his long ex-
perlcnce, wide ncqunlntnnce and extensive
Information, together with his natural
shrewdnesH and Intuitu hh Insight, making
him one of the real controllers of lallroad
destiny In the United States.
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Nibrasla's National (lunrd Iiiih never
been given tho support accorded to the cltl-
.en soldiery In older states, but with tho
nialeiial It has had tho organization has
turned out sumo pretty fair fighting men.
The nehleveiuentH of tho Klrst Nchnisku In
tho Philippines aro too fresh In tho minds
of the people to require recounting here. It
was not tlio fault of either tho Second or
Third regiments Hint they did not attain
martial fauio as lasting, but the one was
sent to Chlckamauga and tho other to
Jacksonville, nnd there they were when tho
war with Spain was ended. Tho Third had
a year of garrison duty In Cuba, but no
battliilchl on which to chow Its prowess,
Tho nucleus of these three regiments of
which the state Is Justly proud was from
the National Oiiard. O Ulcers well trained
In the science of war, If lacking In actual
"experience, were furnished from tho various
companies of tho fiunrd, and tho recrult
who filled up tho skeleton organization!
fell Into good linndH from the very tlrst
Wot that the life of the Nebraska guards
man has been entirely devoid of excitement,
for In a small way he had his share. Hut
Ing riots In Omaha, strikes and lmilnr dis
turbances gnve hint nn occasional oppor
tunity to taste the life of actual service,
and In the winter of IX'.m-'.U (ho entire bri
gade wiib mustered on the northern bonier
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of Ihi' Htnte to take pnrt In tin- Pine Itidge nwal'lng IiihI ruct Ioiih before proceeding to
Itiillnn wur Such experiences, with the an- lil.n pout.
1 1 11 it I ilirnmpimnt ami m IuxjIh of Inst ru
Hon, wire of great value In making icnl Several tlnn h of late public attention haa
HoilUr out of in lilt tn 1 11 1 ti . Nor ver. the l''ti tilled to Home Jim! -expired Itnllvldttal
boys behind In the more showy foatuiis of who had lived In thrie centuries Tit's
u guardsman's life. Kvery Omahan recall' week The lice direct h attentlnn to one nil
with ride and tut lHfm'1 Ion the fact that
the Omaha (luatds and Thurston Wiles vis
ited MemphlH once, where In open cnmpi
tltlon with the crack military organl n
tlotm of the whole country the Xihrnskn
guar Ihiiicii won every prle they went after,
which Hit Included about everything woith
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Neithcr of these comp.itiloH has dcterlor-
a'ed In elllclcncy, though both hnvo been
to war since. Now tliey have a worthy
eoiiitmiiiiin lii tint Mlllnnl itlilen. tlin voiiiii;.
est of the companies maklUK up the (litard,
hut one which already hIiows hIkiis of bo-
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11 moat vlgormw aspirant for leadership
1,1 l"'1"1 ,,r military elllclcncy. Tho pictures
Printed of this company in this Issuo woro
Hieuri'il while the boys were out for u prac-
'I''" march "limit Hi" outskirts of Omaha.
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ll.'nlonants. Slarford and Itlchards, aro
'"'"'"I lmkl' "''If company the best In
Ni'bnwUn If thorough drill and constant
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Advices from Washington nro to tho olTori
llmt irnany objects to tho presence of an
Atnctlcan consul general at Apia, ami thnt
lll,H '"aj result in me itecision not to M-ntl
n riiuesentatlve of tho United States there
'' fci'j'''l Hu' I''1" Judge Luther W. ()
lmr"' T,,K ' """ of ''''Hi-ato questions
w Ith which Mr. Ostiorn had to deal. It rests
"" ,n" "'i'i""i liu'm mat t'polu, that par-
tlcular Island on which Apia Is located, Is
Herman territory and not subject to tho
Irlpatilto agreement under which (lurmany,
Hi' I lilted States and (ireat llrltaln under-
took to goM'tn the Samcan group, it Is not
I'l'rtnln that (lermany will Insist, however.
t" the point of preventing an American
representative- hiving headquarters there
Hun (Iiorgo H, II liniid of Omaha has been
"PP'ilnted to succeed Judge Ostium and is
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THi: KAMILY AND DUSCKNDANTS OK
DUCTHD TIIU CUHKMONY OK TI1K
gentler, an who Iiiih lived In three centuries
and who Is mill hale and hearty. Ilcnajah
II. Phelps of Colorado Springs Is 102 yearn
old, n ml his Him. who hIIh Inside lilni In the
Idcture, Cnhin PhelpH of Iloone, la . Is 7'!,
Tho older Mr. Phelps snyH It's nothing when
you gel URPd to It. He was born In Vermont
In 17!)!i. nml lived In the east until long
past tho allotted thrce-ncore years and ten '
HlHcyiHlght and hearing aro defective, but
his mind Is elenr and active. While ho Is
possessed of a fair nllownnce of bodily
Htreimth It Ih not recorded of him that ho
cuts any ulvcn number of cords of wood
dally, nor does ho habitually ciik.ikp In any
other athletic Htunts. He pattern around in
the Knrden a little in tho summer time, cludltiK a trust fund of $2,000 bequeathed
but lots tho young folks do the real hard by his sister, Kllza It. Snow, for tho educa-
work. HIh memory Is remarkably clear nml tlou of tho Snow children,
he Is a good conversationalist, especially
on matters connected with tho early part of When Sir John TenHlel, the famous enr
tho nineteenth century. Ills chronicler doca toonlst. was asked why ho had never mar
not net forth that Mr. Phelps has used r,.,i , replied: "Well, If I had married a
either tobacco or whisky for longer than the KH hio would always have wautid to be
life of man, but ho dues say that he h:n KuK about all over the place nml that
voted tho dctuncrntlc ticket over since there wmiii not have suited me: while, on the
wan otio to vote.
About Noted People
UK Livingstone County (N. Y.)
Historical society has erected u
handsome granite monument at
Orovelnnd. near tho head of
Ccnesus lake. New York, in honor
of I,leutcn:int Thomas lloyd. S-rgeant Mich-
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will were amnusoiii noil miicsaii en iij In
dians In lloyd and his comrades con
stituted a scouting party of (leneral Sul
livan's army and the Indians who slaugh
tered them wen allies of tho British gen
erals, Iltttlcr and iliant.
A wenlthy American who took tho waters
t Cnrlsbad last summer was given minute
at
Instructions by his physician, who dismissed
lit tit with the Injunction: "As for smoking,
you must limit yourself to thrco cigars
dally; throe cigars anil no more." A few
days later ho returned to ask tho doctor It
ho could not reduce his allowance of tobacco
"
to two cigars, as It made him deathly Hick
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i, uw.i,.. ih'i,,, Hiwi it. Him ...nrl.i
o 1 (k ',f nml , or,
(m lU)l,t)r ,,.,.,, .., (loetor wa8.t It
whoiM .,'. t.,'r8 n ,,ny
and no tuoro?' Of course I thought they
were part of tho euro and begun upon them,
though 1 never smoked before."
Tho (teoriftn Iculslntimi bus lust niitbnr-
jz,,,i t,., KI)veruor to appoint a commission
to .,rvl,,, fr n, erection In the capltol
nt Washington statues of two of (Icorgln's
tablt sous, tho cxperse to bo met by poptt-
Hr subscription. More than twenty years
nK ,m, legislature passed n resolution that
(j,.0rgln should be represented In tho statu-
ary ball by statues of James Oglcthorpp. tho
founder of tho Htnte, nml Dr. Crawford W.
j.ong. claimed ns the discoverer of
nnacthesln, but no further nctlon wns taken.
;
The report of the "special administrator
shows that tho estate of the Into Mormon
president Uircnzn Snow of Salt Lnko City.
Utah, la valued at hut $1 1,370, besides his
Mil. AND MUS. JOHN PKTKOWSKKY.
CIOLDKN WKDDINO AT WKST POINT -
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.m MHS, JOHN PHTHOYVSKKY OK Cl'MlNO COL'NT i, WIIOSK (JOLDI2N WKD-
)N) was CKLKIlltATKl) ON NOVKMHKIt 11 AT WKST POINT Photo by LatiKur.
books, mostly of u regions character, his Just umio rlht up here and hold down this
household effects and a cold watch and chair next to mine."
chain and a Kohl-licaded cane. There nro
claims of about f 1.000 against tho estate, la
other hand, If 1 had married an elderly
lady she would have worn a shawl and that
1 could not have stood."
Aftir live wieks spent among the Onon
daga Indians of central New York, Prof
Krederlck Starr of the University of Cht
cago has returned home as llalcsatha wis
est Hpeaker of the council ami n member of
ttie turtle ( Ian. lie was admitted as a
,,rotlu,r ,, tIu, ., (.,,,,. ,n ,! H
a candidate for the ollice of brave and a
member of tho "Society of I'lilsefncps." It
was Prof. Starr who is quoted ns hav
lug snld in a recent lecture to IiIh cIiish
that tho Americans were gradually becom
lug Indiana. "My alliance with tln Onun-
,,'"a,H ;'"P"''"-,' -fter nllnijulsh-
! ' . ',. ' ,'u' Sncs "'l'1 1 "' U
Prof. Starr. "A feast wns given, for which
I, iih tlio newcomer, paid. My llrst name of
llalcsatha is merely temporary. I shall get
two more names. Next time I shall receive
a natuu of one of the dead braves which
they wish to perpetuate. Next Mnrch I
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Shelby M. Cullom hns been one of the
political leaders of Illinois for so many
years thnt few remember when ho was not
prominent. He Is like all Hiiccessful poli
ticians in his ability to conciliate opposi
tion and win support. The Situtdiiy liven-
lug Post tells a slury of the way he makes
friends for himself and his party. It says
that during the cninpalgn of P.K10 he was
making many speeches. As he faced a large
audience. In his home city of Sprlngllcld. he
In the audience a fellow townsman who
h'l formerly been mi influential republican.
' ' who had Joined the opposing party and
UIlnycd a dangerous nctlvlty In Its sup-
lft. This man arose from IiIh sent nnd
apparently was ready to begin n series of
"I'ntoh questions." Ileforo his Intention
rould bo put Into execution Senator Cullom
paused In his speech, nnd. In a convorsa-
tlonal tone, cnlled out
John Slmnson. vou ro too ot,i n tnnn
stand up in any audleme that I tnlk to
WITH THK KOUH PHIKSTS WHO COV
Photo by Lunger
The Invitation was accepted ami at tho
close of the mass meeting the man un
uouueed that he was "back In tho fold" and
had "come to stny."
An army olllcer back from the Philip
pines tells the following story of a callow
young olllcer whose mistakes nro a fre
ittent soul co of amusement to his com
radiit: Knrly In his military experience the
lieutenant wnc awukemd one night by the
sentry wlio passed by his tent calling out
tile hour mid vouchsafing the Information,
"nil's well " Tito youth turned over nr
settled down to another nap hut the next
hour was awakened ngnln by the unwel-
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ft
fTTi nflU
PLANCIIK WALSH AT THIS OATH OK ST.
JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL Photo by n Staff
ArtlHt.
como t'ul1, l'1'8 'lnl ''"en repeated
"10 llllnl 11,1,0 1,0 'I00'''"! to endure It no
lol,Kt,r nllll- Kolng to tho door of tho tent,
called out: "Ijook hore, It's very kind of
I'ou to tell mo tho time, hut 1 hnvo a watch
,H"r" 1)y so I''1"'' P'iro youtnelt
further trouble."
Denis Mulvihlll, tho'now mayor of Ilrldgo
port, Conn., hns been receiving nlmost ns
much attention ns Seth Low during tho pnst
two or threo weeks, Mulvihlll Is Interest
ing because no ono expected n coal shovoler
to bo elected mayor of u city with 7G.O0O
population. Ills opponents treated his nom-
inntlnn as a Joko nnd It was dlfllcult for lib!
own party to regard It seriously, nut ho
wns elected. Ho had been nn nlilormnn with
n good record. Ho got 7r.O a year as a
stoker. His enlnry ns mayor will bo 3,000.
During tho campaign snmo friends sent him
checks to help him pny his expenses. They
amounted, all told, to $1,700. Mulvihlll kept
the checks until nfter election, then ro
turned every ono of them, saying ho wns
nble to pny his own bills. His schedule of
0XP8, 1 "Her tho election showed thnt
,10 llai1 fxpendeiHUO In being elected, Now
Ilrldgoport s wondering what ho will do.
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