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THE ILLUSTRATED BEE
July 27, 1902.
The Illustrated Bee.
Published Weekly by The Bee Publishing
Company Bee Building, Omaha, Neb.
Prloe, to per copy per year. $1.00.
the cultivation of public or private rn- mouth the morning after the deluge down
dorsement. He has won public approval there. These pictures could be matched
by hli course on the bench, and hU nomi
nation at the Hastings convention vas a
tribute paid to his worth by bis party.
many times In many towns, but they serve
as examples of what the western waters
can do when excited sufficiently by exces
sive rainfalls.
June 25, 1876, General George A. Custer
Rain has made a record In the central
west since the first of June that Is not likely
EnUred at the Omaha Poetofflee as Second to be forgotten. The streaming skies have one battalion of the Seventh cavalry,
Claaa Mall Matter. awakened memories of long forgotten fresh- u- 8- A., were annihilated In a battle with
ets, and hoary men are telling the newer Sioux Indians on the Little Big Horn river
For advertising rate address publisher. generation cf the spring floods of '61, and In Wyoming, near where Sheridan Is now
' how the river cavorted In the fall of 63, located. The Omaha Bee was the first
RTVLV- "d the, "kvf In th" r-pect th "w,,p'p" ? 8,vV,h wo!d " rount of
dressed. "Editor The Illustrated Bee, oldest Inhabitant of today has a decided that terrible affair. Since the news
Omaha advantage of him who will be the oldest trickled through by courier from the then
Inhabitant In another generation. For the faraway scene of the slaughter many tales
" present ancient of daya la confronted with have been told of the affair, of Its origin,
PCIl cind PictlirC Pointers no reccri1 cf rainfall or measurement of the progress and result. Only one thing la ab-
rlver'a height as carefully kept In the of- solutely certain: Whatever object Custer
EORGK W. NORRI8, republican fice of the weather bureau, nor do there ex- naa in turning on Reno s trail and com
randldate for congress from the 1st photographs by hundreds to support or menclng n detour to the right will never
Fifth Nebraska district, ha him- confute the stcry of the man whs was be known, for Cutter and all who went Into
self to thank for whatever of there and saw It. In years to come, the the fight with him are dead. Now the
success or distinction he may record made In 1902 will still be referred Custer battlefield Is reached by railroad,
have achieved In life. And he certainly has to, and the photogra;hs taken by amateur and communication with the wilderness of
a claim to both, for It Is both Miccessful and professional will exist to show thing that day Is by the swiftest means known
and distinguishing for a republican to be exactly aa they were. In this number The to civilization. Along with this develop
twice elected to the office of district Jiidge Bee prints some pictures taken at Des ment has come up a crop of long-haired
In a section of the state where the opnoal- Moines during the days when the Des Moines fakirs throughout the west who claim to
Hon usually has things Its own way. n1 Raccoon rivers were out of their banks, be "the sole survivor of the Custer mas
Judge Norrls has Just turned 41, having an couple that were taken In Platts- aacre." No accurate census of these un-
been born In Sandusky county, Ohio, In
July, 1881. Here he grew up, '.'a boy
hood being a hard one because of the
death of his father when he was quite
young. He worked as a farm hand during
the summer and attended school during
the winter months, until he lilted himself
to teach. Later he attended a normal achool
at Valparaiso, Ind., and Baldwin univer
sity at Berea, O. During his time aa a
teacher he was studying law, cad after
leaving the university he went Into a law
yer's office for a era son and then to a
law school. In 1883 he was ndmittoJ to
the bar, but had no money to start vlth.
Two more years of teaching gave him
funds to purchase a library and begin his
practice. In 1885 he opened a law office
at McCook and continued the pursuit of
hla profession for ten years, when he was
' elected district judge. In 1S99 ie was re
elected, and Is still on the bench. Person
ally, Judge Norrls Is described as one of
the most popular of men, his popularity
being due to hla well recognized ability,
his keen sense of right and Justice, rnther
than to any effort cf the man himself In
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8. C. LAMBERT, PRINCIPAL OF
SCHOOLS AT ELGIN, Neb. AD
VANCED GYMNASTICS AND PRI
MARY DRILLS.
mitigated liars has ever been taken, but, If
It were possible to enumerate them. It Is
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INTERIOR VIEW OF GEORGE B. LENHOFF'S BOOK STORE,
PLATTSMOUTH.
VIEW OF MAIN STREET. PLATTSMOUTH, LOOKING WEST.
ERNEST NYROP. GRAMMAR ROOM.
ELGIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS CADETS
AND INDIAN CLUB AND WAND
DRILLS.
not Improbable that they would outnumber
the gallant band who rode to death under
the Intrepid leader. But Custer's fate will
long be a theme for talk and atory In this
country. On July 4 at Sheridan a grand
cowboy festival was held, and one feature
of It was a reproduction of the Cuater
fight, under conditions very similar. In- J
dlans, cowboys and frontlersme-n mlngledy j
In the mimic warfare ana gave a large
number of visitors a most vivid idea of
what actually took place on that dreadful
day In "the year of an hundred years."
Jupiter Pluvlus has frowned on picnics
around Omaha with uncommon severity this
year, and has either drowned them out be
fore they got started or very soon after
they were under headway. One of the few
that escaped was that of the Omaha and
Council Bluffs Elks, and they had an Ideal
day for an outing. It may also be accepted
as a fact that they had an Ideal outing.
All manner of picnic games and sports were
Indulged in, and the affair wound up with
an al fresco banquet, at which the Elks and
their guests sat for some hours, enjoying
life as only a well contented wearer of the
antlers can.
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CRAWLING OUT OF A HOU3B3 IN SOUTH DES MOINES.
I INAPPROPRIATE SIGN IN FACTORY DISTRICT.
IN THE RAILROAD YARDS AT DES MOINES.
Episodes and Incidents in the Lives of Noted People
W
L. JACKSON, M. P.. who now be- the rcom was, so It remains. The half
comes a peer, ta remarkable for smoked olgarette Ilea upon the ashtray In -a
a alow, measured utterance and glais tube. A little revolver lies before the
an Imperturbable serenity, says mirror. Upon each of the tables and upon
the London Dally News. When a. reral chairs la a loosely folded clean hand
chief secretary for Ireland ha kerchief, for it was the cxar's wish to have
n it these a'. ways within iich of his hand.
There lie all hla toilet articles a few plain
bottles and brushes. It Is all modest be
yond belief and the brushes are half worn.
he was
baffled the pertinacity of nationalist mem
bers at question time by repeating. In
reply to supplementary questions the
answer he bad Just read to the question
on the paper. Thus: "The honorable
member cannot have noticed the nature of
my reply to the honorable member for .
My answer was." Then he would read It
It was on the veranda of a club where
the commanding figure of the ex-speaker of
lha house, of representatives la often seen
again. Occaalonally Mr. Jacks;n would get tna aiw,lt welcomed. The doctor, famous
aa far aa a fourth or a fifth repetition and tor Matomlc aklll and gastronomic expert
would carefully state, to the general amuse- nepg WM recounting bis feata of carving
ment, the number that be had reached. All to thd ,glraer, sa;a the New York Times,
this waa done with a perfect freedom from ..0n CM occasion." he remarked, "when I
Impatience and a maitwly deliberation that WM a medical atudent In Philadelphia, I
were fully appreciated by a laughter-loving Mrnea tne undying gratitude of my land
house. Iajy by carving Into satisfactory portions
$ for twelve peiaons one reed bird."
Anecdotes of the elder Dumas abound "Humph," replied the engineer, "It must
at the present moment, the celebration cf naTe Deen a Tora Reej bird."
the centenary of his birth having led to -$
a general search among remtnlscences. Cov rnor Odell told this tramp story at
The following is very characteristic of the Oriental hotel. New York, last Sunday
the great writer: Dumas, it ia well cvenlrg when the conversation turned from
known, waa cften In financial difficulties politics to cnecdotes.
and waa well acquainted with the ways "I waa in a country hotel up near New
and methods of bailiffs. One day a per- burg ope evening when a tramp came
son called upon him and asked him to shambling in about o'clock and offered
subscribe 10 franca toward the expenses
of burying a bailiff. "Twenty franca to
bury a bailiff?" quoth Dumas. "Well, I'm
not In funds Just now, but here's 40 francs.
Go end bury a couple."
to do any chores to pay for a meal.
' 'What kind of chores do you expect
to find to do this time of night,' asked
the bonlface.
" 'Well, boss. It ain't my fault I'm so
late,' said the tramp. 'The freight was
In hUbo.k, "All the Rusilas." Mr. Henry M ,low , th0Ught I'd never get here at
Hurtnan gives an Interesting description of bM lt you'n wake up the railroad people
the bedroom of Csar Alexander II, which ju get ta earlier next time.'
Is kept exactly aa it was cn the morning rna mfc fot his supper."
be left lt. lit wss brought back an hour
uft it be left It, bleeding to death from
Injuries inflicted by the assassin's bomb. Al
The English papers are full of stories
about Kitchener. One of them tells how
General Delarey described one of hla in
terviews with Lord Kitchener, In which
he made an earnest endeavor to obtain
an armistice during the progress of nego
tiations. "I told him," said Delarey, "that
I considered it . extremely unfair for hla
columns to gallop about the country after
my commandoes, while I was here to dis
cuss the posslbl'lty of a peacful under
standing with your people. My men were
deprived of their leader, and placed at
an unfair disadvantage. It waa no good,
though," ccntlnued the Boer general.
"Kitchener turned to me and replied,
'General Delarey, I am not aware that
anyone asked you to come In. You can
gi cut again tomorrow if you like.' "
Christian Dewet seemed thoroughly1 to
enjoy describing how he tackled the man
of Khartoum over the continuance of
English occupation of the country with a
large military force, which, he protested,
would be an undesirable charge on the
resources of the country and a handicap
to Its speedy development. "I told him,"
said Dewet, "that I must stipulate for
the withdrawal of the whole of your army
at the earliest possible date after the
signature cf peace." Kitchener's only
reply was: "Don't be childish."
A New Zealand officer la authority for
a'nother atory, Illustrating the same la
conic, buslnessMke traits. He had been
aent to Pretoria. While he was enjoying
a pipe a ragged looking "gentleman In
khaki" came along the 1'ne.
The stranger wore no etar or other dis
tinguishing marka, and did not look In
any way Impressive. Passing In front of
the young officer, he asked, "Colonial?"
"Yes." waa the reply.
"Which?"
"Third New Zealand." .
"Ah, you are to Join Plumer."
The stranger then began to talk of "in
side orders" In a way that surprised the
New Zealander, who remarked that he was
awaiting just such orders from Lord Kitch
ener. "Well, you've got then I'm Kitchener,"
was the unexpected reply.
While at Oyster Bay Mrs. Roosevelt re
ceived a letter from the publisher of a
rather sensational periodical inclosing a
check for $500 and asking her to writ, a
brief article for h's next Issue upon the
management of a home, the training oi
children, the experience of a mistress of
the White House, or any other subject
she might find more "congenial," the
"honorarium" therefor being enclosed. The
letter and check were returned without
comment. ,
Attention has been recalled by the ill
ness of King Edward VII to the fact that.
In recognition cf his kuen personal inter
est in the work cf the medical profession,
he waa unanimously elected, four years
ago, an honorary fellow of the Royal Col
lege of Physlclana (London), and formally
admitted to the degree. Thla honor to a
layman is very rare, and he ia the only
henorary F. R. C. P. in England. He ia
surpassed, however, by the queen of Por
tugal, who is a regularly qualified M. D.,
having studied and walked the Lisbon hos
pitals aa an ordinary student.
Charles H. HuirTfMarshalltown. Ia., a
grandson of Commodore Isaac Hull, who
commanded the frigate Constitution In her
memorable fight against the Guerrierre,
visited the Charleston navy yard a few
days ago, for the purpose of seeing the ship
on which his grandfather fought. He made
himself known to the officers and every
opportunity waa given him to look over
"Old Ironsides" thoroughly. Mr. Hull made
the trip his first- visit to the Atlantic
coast chiefly to see the famous old vessel,
and on hla way he visited the commodore's
grave at North Murray Hill cemetery in
Philadelphia. At the navy yard he waa
shown over the ship repairing works, and
by way of comparison after his visit to the
frigate, was taken aboard the modern cr
aer Newark. When he left he waa given a
relic from Constitution.
Joseph W. Ogden, a well known New
York banker, Is going to build a church for
the Presbyterians of Chatham, N. J., aa a
memorial to hla father. Rev. Dr. Joseph
M. Ogden, who was their pastor for fifty
years. The family is one of Dr. Ogden'a
life-long friends, W. C. Wallace, who was
a classmate at Princeton, will finish and
decorate the Interior. This la a good way
to keep green the memory of a fal hful
minister.
The peace agreement between the British
and Boer leaders is an interesting docu
ment. It is typewritten, and la probably
the first Instrument of the kind which has
not been written by hand. Not the least
Interesting part of lt Is formed by the
signatures of the Boer leadera. These are
naturally In various styles. Louis Botha's
Is described aa being in a "fine clerkly
hand." The others are all aomewhat
rougher, and Delarey'a is stated to be the
roughest of all. By the way, he splits his
name up Into three syllables, thus: de Ia
Key, while his redoubtable colleague cf the
late free atate algna himself Christian de
Wet, also with a amall "d."
Colonel GeorgeBlisT home, 64 West
Thlrty-nlneth street. New York city, has
been sold by his widow, Mrs. Annla Casey
Bliss, to a real estate firm. It la a strik
ingly individual house, and one must hope
It will not be torn down. Colonel Bliss
had lived there for thirty year at the time
of hla death, In 1897.