TIIE ILIiUSTIfcATED BEE.
February 15, 190H
Thq Illustrated Bee.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
