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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1903)
March IS, 1003. TtiB Illustrated Urn. Published Weekly by The Hee Publishing Company, Bee Building, Omaha, Neb. Price, So Per Copy Per Tear, $2.00. Kntered at the Omaha PostofTice aa Second Class Mall Matter. For Advertising RateR Address Publisher. Communications relating to photographs or onirics for publication snould be ad drepsed, "Kdltor The Illustrated Bee, Omaha." -t . . w 'vl'.l -r-: i. & J " . A-ri - . . ' r ' T..r: Pen and Picture Pointers " -: v; j THE ILLUSTRATED IKE. ? - . AMES R. OARFIELD. who has been placed In charge of the Bureau of Corporations In the newly created Department of Commerce, . la the second son of the late President James A. Garfield. He, like his father, haa won bis way to the front by his own merit. , Personally, he resembles his father very much. Mr. Oar field Is an attorney by profession, and haa built up quite a practice. At the time of his appointment to his present position ho was a member of the Civil Service com mission. In his new capacity he will have to deal with tho control of the great cor porations of the country. In 1890 he mar ried Misa Helen Newell of Chicago, daughter of the late president of the Lake tihore road. Jacob ef old had as his prmdeit reason for boasting twelve sons, all grown to manhood. It was his comfort as well as his pride to have about him these twelve, who In time became the bsads f the twelve great divisions of the Hebrew race. In the narrative of the bible are -found ample evidences or the satisfaction this patriarch derived from his unique position. Pew men have had the same source of content but one of them Is Prank Btewart of Ttngley, la., a retired farmer and stock raiser. He gathers about him an even dozen of robust, hearty sons, all grown to man's estate, and each performing the duties of a man in the world of affairs. Recently a reunion of the family was held at the father's home, the boys being to gether for the Bret time In seven years. These men are scattered from Ohio to Nebrakka, all well-to-do, either conduct ing successful business of the'r own or holding high and honorable positions In the community where they are located. The oldest Is 43 years of age; tho youngest Is II, and all were born In Warren esunty, Illinois. The nloo younger boys first seen light In the same housi. Tho accompany ing cut shows tie fattier and twelve sons M they appear at the present time. Read ing from left to right, beginning with the back row In the picture they are: W. B. Itewart, aged 36, conductor C, C. 8. Ry., Chicago; . V. W. Stewart, aged 41, livestock auctioneer of southern Iowa and lorthern Missouri, Tlnglcy, la.; P. Stewart, lather, aged 73, retired, Tingley, la,; J. R. Btewart, aged 43,. Jeweler, Diagonal, la.; B. W. Btewart. aged 38, secretary Cook County club, Chicago; B. M. Stewart, aged 29. cashier for DeVol Hardware com pany, Council BlufTs, la.; A. R. Stewart, ged 34. wholesale grocer, Columbus, O.; J. T. O. Btewart, aged 31. grade manager. Elate Industrial school, Kearney, Neb.; L. B. Stewart, aged 36. (twin to W. B.) edu cator, Cedar PaJIs, la.; P. II. Stewart, aged IS, principal of public schools, Bartlett, la.; T. B. Stewart, aged 27, student, Iowa Btate Normal. Cedar Falls, Ia.:'B. H. Btewart, , aged 21. Instructor In printing. Btate Industrial School, Kearney, Neb.; C. R. Stewart, aged 25, stenographer, Lincoln, All are staunch republicans, having with the father east thirteen republican totes at the last general election. Each Is, an ac complished musician and a plan Is on foot Ifl Episodes and Incidents in '"Governor odeii of nw York was Q I present the other day at the J Bearing OI cerium mm against Sheriff Kaiser of Erie i ranntr. He asked one witness if he received anything for working for the democratic ticket. "Only a handshake," was the- reply. "That's all anybody ran get out of politics," said the governor, gloomily. In answer to a similar question another witness aald with emphasis: "I am a democrat." Said Mr. Odell: "There is reason to believe that you aro not alone, for another great roan made this same re mark on one occasion." The late Thomas B. Reed was without the fear of man, but he never did have much nerve at poker, reports the New York Times. A few way still recall a little game In a back room In Portland, when tho limit was a dollar and a certain sharp-faced lit tle man sorely vexed the great speaker of the ' house. The little man seemed t be getting all the bad ctrJs, which he threw down with exclama tions of diagust. At last ho made a et, and all the players dropped out except Mr. Reed, who eyed his own three aces com placently and raised him heavily. The lit tle man snickered, and came back with an equally heavy raise. Mr. Reed opened his round, little mouth, blinked bis llttlo black eyes and gurgled with uneasiness; but he -. MRS. WILLI AM BABCOCK. to Arnnlit and become one of the at tractive features of the 8L Louis exposi tion In 1904 as a band and orch?stra in one family of brothers. J. R. Btewart, the eldest. Is a musical director of long ex perience. Tho father of this remarkable family was born In Chester county, Pennsylvania, December 29, 1829, and the mother, 8usan J. Stewart, now deceased, was born In Guernsey county, Ohio, February 27, 1S39. They were married in the latter county March 30, 1859. Mr. Btewart. although having been engaged In numerous busiocas and financial pursuits, has devoted his at tention chiefly to farming of which, with the assistance of his boys, he has made a flattering success. He retired from active business life sis years ago. when his help mate for nearly forty years, passed to her reward. At tho recent meeting these twelve men stepped upon the scales and tipped the beam at 2,085 pounds. All are of good physiquo, ranging In weight from 16C to 210 pounds. Five of the brothers are married and have families. AH have been graduated from h'gh schools and six of them have secured college degrees. Tho father keeps up a regular correspondence) with each boy, and his highest earthly hope is realised when be can mingle with them in a body. Fifty years of wedded life, forty-two of them spent in Jefferson county, Nebrsska, is the record of William Babcock and Mercy Furbush, his wife, look back upon. They were married In Scobarie county. New York, on March 6, 1863. and came to Nrbraaka In 1860, settling at what was then called Big Sandy. In Jefferaon county. The log house Mr. Babcock then built still stand, about a mile from what la now Powell. It was not the Idyllic life of the present time that the young couple led. Nature was kind, but the wild men of the plslns resented the Intrusion, and In 1864 Mr. Baboock, with his wife and children, bad to fly for their lives before a raid of the Indians. Peace was soon restored and the family pursued the even tenor of life on a Nebraska farm. In 1870 a new borne woo built, on Cub creek, where the golden wedding was cel ebrated. Five of their eight children and shoved his -chips onto the pile and put an extra red on top. The little man covered the red. then deftly swept the whole of his slack onto the board and eyed the great man with a superior smile. Mr Tled lurched back In his chair, looked at his opponent severely for a moment, and quit. Then tho little man spread out a pair of trays aud gathered In the winnlnss. "Wty, confound you, sir," roared the speaker of tho house, "you ought to Join the senate lobby!" T. P. O'Connor says that one of tho fun niest txperiences that ever John Dillon had was while he was on a tour of this country. Mr. Dillon is of very slight frame and looks rather melancholy. He und Parncll appeared on the same platform In an eastern city at a time when famine threatened Ireland. After the meeting the chairman took Mr. Dillon by tho had ami with tears In his eyes said: "Ah. Mr. Dil lon, when I board Farnell speak I was not moved. There, I said te myself, la sn aris tocrat who knows nothing or suffering, but when you, Mr. Dillon, got up 1 shed tears. There. I said to myself, Is a man who has known hunger. He has hunger In his face." 4) Joseph Olrouard of Spencer, Mass., hss grown weary of his debtors who cannot afford to pay him what they owe and the other day - announced that he would give . . ... WILLIAM BABCOCK "W-"""1 JillUlUJL-l.ll.iLl.JUJI d-i-Ml 1L.-Ji ...J i.. 1 ! . . .. f ;-; ... OLD KIT. THE FAMOUS MARE OF THE HARMON FAMILY AT BEAVER CITY. Neb. descendants to the number of thirty-eight, all living In Jefferson county, were present at the celebration. ' Both Mr. and Mrs. Babcock are In good health and bid fair to celebrate many more anniversaries of their wedding day. The good old family nag, Kit. property uf W. H. Harmon of Beaver City, died recently, and the members of the Harmon family feel as though they had lost a val ued friend. A part of ' the history and achievements of Kit, as Mr. Harmon re lates them, may not be uninteresting to the readers of The Illustrated Bee. Kit was purchased by Mr. Harmon twenty-six years ago, being 10 years old at that time, making her 36 at the time of her death. She waa the mother, grandmother, great-grandmother or still further rrooved ancestor of over 100 horses. All of Mr. Harmon's the Lives of Noted People receipts in full to all who applied, pro vided the debtors would aver they were unable to meet their obligations. "No mat ter whether It Is 10 or $100 or $1,000." he declared, "any man who says ho cannot pay it fhull have a receipt. I want to fee! kindly toward all '.ho .people nnd not have them burdened with any debts to roe." Mr. Glrouard is a French-Canadian, who made a fortune In the livery business and after ward built up u "no trade in Importing Canadian horses, bringing In about 16,000 during bis career In that line. There was great Jubilation ou the floor of the house when news was received thero that Congressman Ball of Delaware had been elected one of the senators from that state. Litter he was escorted o the benate chamber, where the congratulations took such noisy form that President Pro Tem. Frye felt called upon to give a few warn ing taps with his gavel. Dr. Ball will be one of the youngest senators. He Is not yet 43 and graduates to the upper legisla tive branch after only two years' service in the bouse. During the afternoon be had oc casion lo give lllust ratio-is of the pronoun elation of the name of his colleague. "It is A -Ire," sold the new senator, as he ac cented the last ryllable distinctly. Dr. Anden Sven Iledin. the Illustrious traveler, who lately returned from a won - V- .-t ri--'i--t 9 OP JEFFERSON COUNTY, Neb. boys have been fitted out with colts that could trace their lineage back to old Kit. Aside from being a faithful, kind and trusty animal for all these years, her influence upon the financial affairs of the Harmon household have been remarkable. Mr. Har mon says that a very close estimate will place the amount received for her offspring at not far from $2,000, not Including a farm of 160 acres lu Kansas and a fine quarter of Nebraska land that be purchased with her colts. Her descendants are scattered over many states and some of them are known to be In Canada. For several years Kit had graced at. will over the pastures that her labors helped to secure. Mr. Harmon feels a sense of sadness whn he visits the old homestead and misses the familiar form the the faithful old animal whose services to her master and her country were ell rendered. derful Asiatic Journey, was born at Stock holm on Febri'ary 19, 1S65. Stockholm, Upsali, Berlin aid Halle contributed to his education mil his first expedition was through Portia and Mesopotamia In 18S5 86. In 189J he was a member of King Oscar's embassy to the late shah of Persia and in the came year began a Journey through Khorndan.and Turkestan. In 1S93 he started on what proved to be a four years' ex . pedllion through Asia from Orenburg to Tckin via Lop-nor and Thibet, and bis lato journey through much of the same country and Including severe trials in the Oobl desert was begun In 18U9 and ended only last year. In the directory of the Fifty-eighth con gress, Just out. Senator J. Frank Allee of Delaware describes himself "as president of the Bay State Oas company.' thus an nouncing his identification with Addicks. Mr. Hi y burn, the new Idaho senator, is de scribed as "not effected by the silver erase of 18DG." Representative Ames of Massa chusetts Is probably the only member of congress who gives the name of his grand father (Benjamin F. Butler) and also that of his fath.T (Adelbert Ames). The new senator f-om Utah In a six-line sHeteh takes pains to say that he was "married September 17, 1884- to Alpha M. Eldridge." He thus makes the attack of the Utah re monstrants an endeavor to "correct the record."
