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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1903)
TIIE ILIiUSTIfcATED BEE. February 15, 190H Thq Illustrated Bee. Publish Weekly by The H Publishing Company, Bee Building, Omaha, Neb. Trtce, 6 Ter Copy Per Tear, $2.00. Entered at the Omaha Postofllce as Second Clan Mall Matter. For Advertising Rates Address Publisher. Communications relating to photographs or article for publication snituld be. ad dressed, "Kdltor The Illustrated Bee, Omaha." Pen and Picture Pointers lILLIS VAN DKVANTER of Chey w enne. Wjro., recently appointed as an additional Judge on the 1." bench ot the United State court for the Eighth Judicial circuit. is at present assistant attorney general for the Interior department, was born In Marion, Ind.. April 17, 18D9. He attended the common schools of his native town, then pursued "bis studies at Indiana As bury (now Do Pauw) university, and later at the law school of the Cincinnati college. After practicing law In Indiana for a few years he removed to Cheyenne In 1884, and rapidly won recognition as one of the trengest lawyers of the Rock mountain region. Ha became In succession city at- FRANK 8. MONTGOMERY 07 CRCIGH TON UNIVERSITY, WINNER OP NE BRASKA COLLEGE ORATORICL CON TEST. torney of Cheyenne, member of the terri torial legislature, a commissioner to re vise the statute laws of Wyoming, and by appointment of President Harrison In 18S9 chief Justice of the territorial supreme court. His Judicial service during the ter ritorial government was of such a high order that upon the admission of Wyoming to statehood he was elected by the people as the first chief Justice of the state, but soon resigned his position to resume, the practice of his profession. ' Judge Van De vanter has also been chairman of the state republican committee, member of the na tional republican committee and delegate to the St. Louis republican national con vention. At the beginning of President Mc Kinley's first administration Judge Van De vanter was appointed assistant attorney general and assigned to the Interior de partment. At the legal adviser of this great department he has by his industry, masterful grasp of the details of the de partment and fine executive ability, won the admiration of Secretaries Bliss and Hitchcock,, under whom he has served. During his stay In Washington he has also been processor of equity Jurisprudence and of equity pleading and practice in Colom bian university. $ One of the remarkable families of Ne braskaby adoption is the St re ter. Right children, alx girls and two boys, make p this group, all living and the youngjmt St years of age. The oldest Is nearly H. The family came to Nebraska In 171 from Wis consin, and settled In York and Seward counties on homesteads, and thrr the brothers and slaters still reside. The pho tograph from which the picture in this number waa made was taken In York in 1898. Beginning at the right of the picture, the first Is W. H. Streeter of Aurori, Ham ilton county; next i Mrs. J. W. Front of Beaver .Crossing, and then come Mrs. C. Seaman of Waco, Mrs. M. William of Kau Claire, Wis., Mrs. U. L. Nichols of Beaver Crossing. Addison Streeter of Bradshaw, Mrs. S. 8. Wellington of Beaver C.nsstng and Mrs. T. J. Godding of Beaver Crossing. Each of these bale and hearty boys aid girls has a family of children and grand children, so that the Streeter d?seaUaals number a strong tribe-In Nebraska. Francis Montgomery, winner of the state championship In college oratory. Is a mem ber of the Junior class of Creighton uni versity. In him CrHghton has broken the record of the Nebraska Collegiate! Orator ical contest by ' obtaining the first place two successive years. Mr. Montgomery la a nephew "of the earnest andeble- Zachary Montgomery, editor of the Family's Pe- tender. He la a brother of Rt. Rev. Bishop Montgomery of Los Angeles, Cai. The 1 V' Montgomery come from an old Kentucky family. The father of Frank moved to Kansas In the '70s. Near Concordia, In that tate, ' Frank was born. Having passed through the high school there, he entered the Wesleyan college at Ssllna; but after a few months' stay he changed to. Creigh ton university, where ta Is now spending his third year, and succesHfully passing through the Junior class. A genial com panion and an earnest student, Mr. Mont gomery has won tb esteem of tbe students and faculty of the MnlversHy, as well as of many Omaha friends. He made a strong fight for the honor of representing Creigh ton last year, but was beaten by J. J. Wood ard. In (ho home contest this year George Merlen, James Fitzgerald and William I. Brown were close competitors. Mr. Mont gomery, hovever, secured first place at home, and later In Lincoln, at the state contest, and Is now the champion college orator of Nebraska. As such he will ap pear at the Interstate oratorical contest to be held In Ohio about May 1. J Judge Homer M. Sullivan of tbe Sixth Judicial district, who surprised tho public by resigning recently, la a populist-democrat, and was appointed to a place on the district bench by Governor Holcomb :n 1!97. He Is an extensive stock raiser and uch man, as well aa a lawyer, and though he gave no public reason for his resignation. It Is generally understood that be desires to have more time to devote to his private business. Hon. Charles I Gutterson, who waa appointed by Governor Mickey to Mir ceed Judge Sullivan, wai the law psrtrer of the latter gentleman at the time hi was appointed to the bench. Mr. Gutterson la a native of St. Lawrence county. New York. He was educated in St. Lawrence acadiiiy and the State Normal school at Po'ilim. After finishing his school course ha read law In the office of bis uncle, Alphus Wright, at Boulder, Colo., and was ad mitted to practice at tbe bar by the su preme court of that stale in 1878. He wont .o California and then to Arlsona, practic ing law, and was elected prosecuting at torney In Arlsona. In 1888 he came to Ne braska and located at Broken Bow, -.'here he has been very successful. He and Julge Sullivan formed their partnership la 1S89 and continued It until the appoi'itinont of Judge Sullivan to the bench. Julge Gutter son is generally esteemed by bis fcl'ow cttlsens aa a thoroughly reliable rj.il of his proressioa. He has accumulated consid erable wealth In land and stock and Is In good financial circumstances. Amateur dramatics are always in order, and always Interesting, too, but there are degrees in this aa In everything else. Just now some of the younger members of Omaha's smart set have taken up tbe mat ter for the dual purpose of showing their friends what ther can do and to aid th Creche fund. "The Critic" la under re hearsal, with a cait that promises nucn for a splendid performance. On Tuesday night a dress rehearsal was held at the Crolghron university auditorium, where the staff pho tographer got some excellent plct ires of the young men and maidens who are to ap pear In tbe drama. e FAIRBURY, Neb., Feb. 10. To the Editor of The Bee: The paper on fighting on the plains In last Sunday's Bee was of much In terest to old plainsmen, but It la evident THK STRKKTER -t '- " C-v-.. v' : t ' ' ' '.i: vi ri t ) .-... . , . I - - - v .a it V-.r ! HORACE M. SULLIVAN, LATE JUDGE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. that ti e author had no personal experience in "bullwhacklng" or be would never have figured on ox trains making the trip to Denver and return In one mon h. The time required from river points Omaha. Platts moith or Nebraska City was about six weeks, or 100 miles a week, to Denver; and the time required for the return trip empty was about thirty days, making a ten we?ks' experience of camp life before "America" or "God's country," as It was variously termed, was again reached. Tbe wages pall drivers "varied each year, as at some times during 1863 and '64 there were so many persons going to Colorado fcr their health (about the times of the draft, to fill up the quota for Ohio, Illinois and other east ern states) that drivers were obtained ct $25 per month. Later, In 1865. drivers were paid $60 per month and board. The num ber of wagons In a standard or regular train was twenty-six, but I do not remem ber to have seen a "Conestog" wagon used on the p.' ilng. The s'andard freight wagon had a level top with bed of about four feet depth and was loaded with thrert or four tens, according to the bulk of the load, the motive power being five or six yoke of oxen. As to the weapons us?d or required, until 1864 there was no necessity for any except for providing game for the commis sary department or "grub pile," as wo called it, but later every train was required to provide revolvers or rifles fcr every man and the trains were Inspected at Fort Kear ney, Fort McPherson and other military points to see that these requirements were complied with. In 1865 trains going west from Fort Kearney were required to mus ter fifty mer, and from Cottonwood Springs (Fort McPherson) no pars waa granted un less 100 men were in the company. ' No military escort was sent out from the forts with trains unless they were transporting government goods, but a rigid Inspection of , passes and arms was made at every post,' and in especially dangerous localities the wagon masters were directed to drive their trains in double lines, so as to bo able to corral! quickly In case of sudden attack by the Indians, a very beneflcal requirement a the writer found by perional experience in 1865. W. W. WATSON. FAMILY EIGHT CHILDREN. THE YOUNGEST " ' ii. .. . , r IM tmm ? . . r- - li -' ' 1 L - -- " -. ,' f . I (71 CHARLES L. GUTTERSON, NEW JUDGE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRlCr. It Was So Funny "Isn't It funny," gurgled tbe Cheerful Idiot, "that one has to raise one's voice In order to call down cellar?" "Not any funnier," cackled tbe Brain Fever Immune, "than the fact that the most essential part of a fellow's bringing up is an occasional calling down. Balti more American. . Fiendish Revenge The burglar softly opened the door of the suburbanite's sleeping apartment, slipped Inside, and searched the room thoroughly, but found nothing worth stealing. "Darn him!" he soliloquized, "I'll get some satisfaction out of him, anyway!" Thereupon he set the alarm clock on the bureau for tbe hour of 3, and softly de parted. Chicago Tribune. Pointed Paragraphs Most men admire those who Jolly them. Borrowed money often causes a total loss of memory. Many a man works hard in 'trying to avoid hard work. No, Cordelia, key-rings are not made by hammering oc a piano. A girl may say "No," but she knows how to retouch br negative. It takes a strong minded woman to con vince herself that she Is homely. Heaven hasn't time to help the man who is a victim of that tired feeling. Sentences of some orators are so care fully rounded oft that they lack point. Every time some men make a move they are accused of trying to avoid paying rent. When a politician voluntarily gives up politics it's a sure sign there isn't another dollar in sight. It's doughnuts to fudge there is some thing wrong with the woman who talks only' when she has something to say. A fool sometimes profits by his own ex perience, but the wise guy always profits by the dearly bought experience of others. Chicago News. - 6 YEARS OLD.
