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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1902)
The Illustrated Bee. Published Weekly by The Bee Publishing Company, Bee Building. Omaha, Neb. Price, 6c per copy per year, $2.00. Entered at the Omaha Postofflce aa Second Clan Mall Matter. For advertising rates address publisher. Communications relating to fhotorarihs or articles for publication shou'd be Ad dressed, "Hditor The Illustrated Bee, Omaha." Pen and Picture Pointers 'V.T O teers who fought In the Philip- men managed to miss Color Ser geant Richard Holmes of the First Colorado. "Big Dick," as the boys affectionately called h'm, Is six feet and several Inches from the top of his tawny head to the cole cf his ample feet, and . THE ILLUSTRATED BEE. lbterri1dho ",,m8Bt- came home after his promotion became very popular foremost citizens. William M. Beardshear. show, ft m Lu? nC' "V 1 ,1,u'tratlon wl n not on'y the "en tinder bis command, long IdentlOed with the Iowa Agricultural ment wen v. T "m he tXt W,th hl' brotner fflce" aod nla Ames and the cause of educa- ZZn m i r0U8h Philippine cam- uperlors. He was born In New York in tlon nationally, and John F. Duncombe of Lui "1"n0WCarefuni:P,re9erve,1,I,tn8 1861' but ha n Colorado sine he Fort Dodge, eminent as an attorney, an nrtl ,. n! Coloraa' oat was 4 years old. In 1884 he was gradu- orator and a democrat. Mr. Beardshear'a precious mementos of a regiment whose ated from West Point Military academy fame had reached far beyond Iowa among record la the pride of the people of the with the highest record in the history of the educatora of the nation, and. Indeed, state. One cf the features cf the home- that famous institution. He was made first his fatal Illness was contracted while at coming of the regiment was the welcome lieutenant In 1886. serving with the En- Minneapolis in attendance on the sessions given that tattered banner an it passed up gineer corps. In 18ft0 he resignfd from the of the National Educational association, cf Market street In San Franrlsco, borne by army and associated himself with the Gen- which he was president. His continuous !? ,you,h wh0 had ""led It eral Electric company, of which Institution efforts were too much for his physical through the rising t de alcng the beach in he was western manager when war was strength, and a nervous collapse overtook vi .? , . v ADtonl- and wno ba1 declared against Spain. His record In the him. from which he did not rally. Mr. held it aloft wherever the regiment had Philippines Is an enviable one. his service Duncombe was one of the pioneers of cen- marched all the way from Manila to Calum- continuing from the mustering In of the tral Iowa and had long been known as a pit. From the water front to Van Ness Colorado regiment until the close of the lawyer and a talker of unusual ability in avenue in San Francisco Market street was volunteer campaign In the islands. He re- a state which has become famous for Its Jammed. with people esger to welcome the signed his commission and resumed his con- attorneys and orators. Being a towns- Coloradoana, and the sight of that wind- nectlon with the General Electric com- man of the brilliant Dolllver, the merits torn and shot-riddled banner was a signal pany at Denver. of the two were frequently compared, but all along the I'ne for the most enthusiastic be)ng a hopeless democrat. Mr. Duncombe cheers that ever rang In the ears of the Major General Arthur MacArthur is never attained to prominence In the affaire Colorado soldiers. Never looking right or another of the general officers who took of the nation. He was highly honored by left. Holmes and his escort, the color part in that campaign who will be a wel- his fellow Hawkeyes, though, and filled guard, marched briskly along, apparently come visitor at the Council Bluffs reunion, many positions of honor and trust within oblivious to the ovation they were recelv- He had command of the Second "fclvlslon the gift of the people of that state. At lng. And that night, at the Ellis 8treet of the Eighth army corps and directed the his Fort Dodge home he was affectionately armory, when called upon to face a gather- active operations against Agulnaldo's army called "the grand old man of Iowa." Mr. Irg of the 8an Francisco Relatives union, until the Insurgents ' were scattered. He Duncombe was 71 years of age, and Mr! he blushed like a schoolgirl and admitted has promised to be present and make an Beardshear had reached the age' of 62. he would rather face a regiment of "Goo- address on one day of the reunion. Brlga- S goos" than that hall full of cheering dler General Funston, U. S. A., Is also ex- President Roosevelt's home life is not the friends. On his return to Denver Ser- pected. He went out as colonel of the ,eaat Interesting phase of his. many-sided geant Holmes had another momentous task Twentleh Kansas, which regiment saw existence. He is a high type of the Amerl- to taco iu Buuiilit'.ns to tis -t rvij; hsrd tzf,nS "long with the other cn nusband and father and Is blereed in his fellow citizens. He was garlanded as volunteers who served In MacArthur's di- " " viilirca rrlth. a fai!!y that were all the boys with flowers on arrival Vigton. is worthy of him and his high position. August 10, 1902. 1 . J r THE LATE JOHN F. DUNCOMBE OF FORT DODGE, la. accomplished women in Washington. She Is the second wife of the president, who was married when very young to Mies AItc Lee of Boston, who lived but two ev three years after her marriage. She kaA ana (Continued on Eighth Page.) THE LATE WILLIAM MILLER BEARDSHEAR OF AMES. Ia. was voted the best natured and must wid est man In a regiment filled with good fellows. He carried the flag fiom the day it was placed In his hand by Governor Adams In front cf the capitol at Denver until he returned It to the hands of Gov ernor Thomas In front of the capttol six teen months later. It was a beautiful bit of silk, fringed with gold, mounted on a rosewood staff topped with a gilt eaglo when Big Dick Holmes first unfurled It at at the depot, and was singled out for es pecial attention at the banquet which fol lowed, but the worst of all his troubles . came when he had to stand up on the capitol lawn and face the camera. No Mauser rifle ever held the terror for him that did the tube of that picture-making box. Then be tenderly cased the flag which had been his dally companion through many months of actual danger and priva tion, and, turning it ever to Governor Thomas, a tear glistening in his eye as he did so, he ended his soldier life and stepped back a private c'tlzen and a splendid repre sentative of those soldiers of whom Mrs. Jean Hooper Page of Denver wrote. "Not glory they sought, nor life's shallow fame, Nor honor, nor hope of renown They battled for God and their country s fair name. And the flag that never came down. General Irving Hale, the first president of the Society of the Army of the Philip pines, is an excellent example of the American volunteer soldier. He went out at the head of. the First Colorado and was the first volunteer colonel to win a star In the Philippine. He was recommended for promotion on account of conspicuous ability In the operations before Manila, his Y-ommlsslon dating from August 13. 1808, the day the city was taken. General Hale commanded the Second brigade of the Sec ond division of the Eighth army corps, and the First Nebraska regiment served under him. On the first step out of Malolos on the way to Calumplt, the First Nebraska changed the plan of attack and drew from General Hale that expression which will always be a part of the Antelope state's military glrry: "There goes the First Ne htaal s, and all hell can't stop them!" Colonel Stotsenburg misunderstood an order and charged his regiment against the Fili pino trenches. He lost hlsxlife, but the charge was not In vain. It cleared the trenches and made the crossing of the Quingua river possible at a point that had beeu thought Impracticable. General Hale personally Is one of the most genial of men. He was the idol of his regiment, and c y . , L. -'-Sr.lSIXLE'JStV. ' " s i j MONUMENT TO THE DEAD OK COMPANY F. FIRST NEBRASKA VOL UNTEER INFANTRY. UNVEILED AT MADISON. Neb., MAY 1. 10I. Mn. Roosevelt, who was Miss Edith Death removed last week two of Iowa's Carow, is cne of the most cultivated and r - t' l II i i WALTER M. RILEY, COMPANY F. FIRST NEBRASKA DIED AT MALOLOS. ; i' r v : if " CAPTAIN C. A. VICKERS AND SERGEANT A. H. VICKERS, COMPANY F. FIRST NEBRASKA SERGEANT VICKERS WAS KILLED AT GUI GUENTA, P. I. ARTHUR SiMI9 nu" pnuoiiiv n w vunt nvvi K . FIRST NEBRASKA DIED AT MANILA. , s - 1 f 3 Jf , ' 1 4 CHILDEN PLACING FLOWERS ON THE CRAVES OF THE SOLDIERS AT THE CNVEIUNG OF THE MONUMENT.