THE OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE.
April 28, 1003.
Amateurs Will Play "The Mikado" for Benefit of Omaha Guards
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MRS. WILX, OUDEN AS K ATJSHA Photo by TrusnfJ.
IT II AH bren s.iW ut the Omaha
Ouarda that they were "first In
war, first In peace and first in
IVCS'jjP the hearts of their fellow citi
zens in umuii. uuuipiuiy vj.
Second regiment, Nebraska National Guard,
as the Omaha Guards are known on the
official books down at Lincoln, was or
ganised In Omaha on the evening of
October 21, 18SS, In the office of Potter,
Webster & Co., In the Board of Trade
building.
L,uclen Stephens, one of the charter
members of the company, tells this lit
tle story In connection with the organi
zation of the company: "C. V. Hull, C.
A. Harvey, W. A. AVebster, A. II. Siharff,
Kll Hodglns, myself and a number of
others had arranged on the evening of
October 81, 1S87, to organize an Independent
military company, the Intention being to
meet In the Darker block. We sallied
along until we arrived at the corner men
tioned, when we discovered th block was
being gutted by fire. We then went to
Mr. Webster's office In the Board of Trade
building and effected a temporary ori
ganlsatlon."
And the records now on file In the
armory ot the Omaha Guards show that
the company has always been "Johnny-on-the
Spot," whether the occasion was a
national call to arms, a serious strike, an
Indian outbreak, national or state en
campment, local parade, .Memorial day ex
ercises, a July 4th colebration or a social
funotlon. Thus far Company O has never
been found lagging.
Independent Six lnr.
For about six years after the first meet
ing the company remained an Independent
inilitury organization. During to3 It was
mustered Into the National guard and
since that time has remained the fleur-de-lis
of Nebraska's volunteer soldiery.
At Kansas City In 1&90 the company won
first honors in the maiden class. At
Hastings, Neb., In AugUKt, 1900, the Ouards
won for the third' successive' time the
Governor's cup, which entitled them to
keep that coveted trophy. On October 30,
ISM, on the occasion of the opening of
the Douglus street bridge, the company
won first prize in a drill contest, winning
the "bridge trophy." And on numerous
other ocensions Company G has been In
the, foreground.
A. II. Siharff, o.ne of the original members
of the company, was the first captain. The
late Dean C.ttdncr was the first chaplain,
Jesse Lowe the first first lieutenant, C. A.
Harvey the first second lieutenant and 11.
B. Mulford the first third lieutenant. The
company first met at 1018 Furnam street
and later six u red quarters at the old rink
on Capitol avenue, between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth street. At present the
armory is lu the Crelghton hall.
SuccesslYe Officers of louipanr.
Captuln Bcharff Berved three years as
head of the company, being succeeded by
Harry B. Mulford, who was at the time
of his promotion first lieutenant of the
company. He now Is In change of a bank
at Manila, P. I. At the outbreak of tho
Spanish-American war Mulford was made
a major of the First Nebraska volunteers,
Captain Wilson having charge of the
Guards during their stay at Chickamauga
Eleanor Franklin Awakens Japan
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kISS EU5ANOH FRANKLIN, rep
resenting The Bee In the Far
Kant, Is the only woman news
paper correspondent with whom
the Japanese War department
lias ever come In contact. When she first
arrived in Japan, bristling with formidable
credentials, she created no little conster
nation in the minds of those ofllciuls whose
duty during the Kusso-Jupanese hostilities
has been to keep information out of the
world's newspapers. Mr. Martin Kgau,
commander of tho Associated PreHS brigade
In tho Far Kast, whose graceful surrendur
lo tho Jupunette army's rules and regula
tions won for him the lasting regard of
the authorities, was dined In company with
liis excellency, Count Katsura, prime
minister of Japan, on the evening of Miss
Franklin's arrival in Toklo.
"Your excellency,", he suid, "when an
Houncemunls are In order I shall nave one
to make that I think vlll rather startle
our Industrious friends In the censor de
partment. A young lady correspondent
arrived In Toklo todHy, who hag a reputa
tion in America for being able to get
whatever she happens to go after."
"A young lady!" exclaimed the count.
"Are you sure? . Why, that's awful. ' Do
you. think she'll ask to bo sent to the
front?"
"Without a doubt," answered Mr. Egan
solemnly, and the count, whose sense of
humor Is not trained down to American
fineness, believed him and was so Im
pressed with the unusual bit of misin
formation that he repeated It with great
gusto and next day all oftictl Tokio knew
that a" young American woman had asked
for permission to join Kurokl's army in
Manchuria, and all official Toklo was gasp
ing with astonishment and wondering how
such an Insane young woman could be
allowed to remain at large.
It was the very best thing that Mr. Egan
could have done for Miss Franklin, how
ever, since It accounts for the fact that
she Is now enjoying all tho privileges that
can possibly be granted to a newspuper
correspondent In Japan. When ' It was
learned that she hud been sent to the
Far Eust for the harmless purpose of study
ing Japanese methods of relief, charitable,
and prison work In connection with the
war, as well as those features of the na
tional life that are Interesting to the world
at large at all times, they were so relieved
that her greatest requests seemed rea
sonable and now, through the personal
direction and assistance of Baron Naka
shlma, confidential secretary to the prime
minister, she Is engaged on a series of
articles that will be of the greatest pos
sible Interest and will begin In The Bee
about May 1. In the meantime Miss
Franklin is enjoying the distinction of
being the only duly accredited newspaper
woman In the Far East, that part of the
world that lias been unsuccessfully be
sieged by correspondents for so long. She
spent most of last year In Japan, travel
ing all over the country in the Interest of
Leslie's Weekly, U which she sent a ieriea
of articles that attracted wide Attention.
She Is a careful and conscientious student,
and It is doubtful If anybody is better
equipped than she for the lulsslou with
which she la entrusted.
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READINO FROM TJCFT TO RIGHT Tf. C. JESSBN1 AB NANKI POO; HAZEIj LIVINGSTON AS YUM Yt'M; OSCAR
tdKBEN AS KO KO; BIRDIE WILSON AS PITTI SING; B. S. HAMILTON AS POOH BAH Photo by Trussel.
ALTON RISLET AS THUS MIKADO Photo by Trusse!.
Park. When the company was ordered
returned to Omaha It was reorganized with
Captain Ell Hodglns In charge, O. G. Os
borne aa first lieutenant and George Purvis
as second lieutenant. For the last two
years Allen Falconer haa been captain.
At the annual Inspection at the armory
last Monday evening General A. S. Dag
gett, I. S. A., said after the Inspection:
"Company O of the Second regiment Is one
of the best oomanlefl I ever Inspected."
As a matter of Tact, the company received
perfect marks In' every department of the
inspection. There were fifty-one men pres
ent on that occasion.
The original roster of the company is as
follows: W. B. Allen, N. W. Brigham. A.
A. Brooks. J. A. Bryans. H. E. Carey, O.
E. Carey. F. W. Clark. H, C. Coon, O, Day,
W. Day, A. E. Denormandie. A. Fabwau,
F. F. Gruniger, C. A. Harvey, H. M. Hub
bell, C. W. Hull, F. H. Hummell, H. I.
Latham, J. Lowe, B. A. 'McAllister, W. M.
Morrow, C. F. Reed, 8. B. Reed, J. A.
Robinson, L. A. Saunders, A. H. Scharff,
B. A. Searla, E. A. Sherrlll, E. E. Sherwood,
L. Stephens, W. B. Teneyok, M. Terrill, A.
B. Touzalln, W. Z. Webster, M. Welch and
J. B. Woodburn. It la significant that
many of the -above are now prominent in
Omaha business circles.
Benefit for the Company. .
"The Mikado" will be given at the Boyd
theater on Wednesday, April 26, by local
talent for the benefit' of the company's
armory fund. The Guards secured the
Omaha Operatic association and Its di
rector, W. H. Kinross, for their operatic
venture. The Omaha Operatic association
has been organised about three months
and has for its object the production of
operas by local singers, who must have
three qualifications to enable them to be
come members voice, reading ability and
good presence.
The cast and chorus of "The Mikado"
will number nearly If not quite a hundred
voices. The regular theater orchestra will
be augmented to nearly double Its number.
Entirely new and handsome costumes are
almost completed, and nothing is being
left undone to render a perfect perform
ance. Mr. Kinross is sU-.ging the opera as
well as directing it musically. The Omaha
Operatic association's cast of the opera Is
as follows:
The Mikado Dalton Rlsley
Nanki Puo ('. 11. Jesnen
Ko Ko Oscar Lieben
Pooh Bah S. S. Hamilton
Pish Tush Will H. Smith
Nee B:in George L. Stem
Yum Yum Miss Hazel Livingston
t'iitl S'tig s irdie v linen
Peep Ro Mis Nellie McCann
Katlsha , Airs. Will Ogden
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W hat Ther Are.
Miss Hazel Livingston, as Yum Yum,
might be said to have the prima donnA
role she has mode frequent appearances
In tha performances of the pupils of the
School of Acting at Boyd's theater,
but thl wlU tt her debut In opera.
Mlsa Nellie McCann and Mlsa Birdie
Wilson. the other two "little maids
from school," are fair to tha eye and
graceful vocalists. Mrs. Will Ogden is
physically a typical Katlsha; II. C. Jessen,
the Nunkl Poe, Is leading tenor In Mr.
Kelly's choir and Immensely appreciated
In his chSrch. S. S. Hamilton, a promising
young basso will be the Poou Bah, and Mr.
Will H. Smith Pish Tush, both having dif
ficult vocal parts. The comedians ara
Oscar IJeben. as Ko Ko, George Stem, aa
Nee Ban and Dalton Rlsley as tha Mikado.
Mr. Rlsley Is not unkonwn to our publlo
as a comedian an invariably raakea good
and If Oscar Lieben only duplicates his
father's performance of the same character,
the present cast and the very excellent
chorus of the association will round out
and produce "The Mikudo". quite as w?ll
as It haa ever been given In Omaha.
Curious ond Romantic Capers of Cupid
New Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
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MIES ELEANOR FRANKLIN.
ASHINGTON, April 20.-(Speclal
Correspondence of The Bee.) Is
the Roosevelt administration to be
known as the "Newspaper Man's"
administration? is the question
..i-iuently hear propounded In the lob
bies of Washington's hotels, in the offices
of government officials and really wherever
people congregate. On the face of it It
would look as If the newspuper men stood
In close confidential relations with the pres
ident, for nevtr In the history of any pre
vious administration has there been so
many newspaper men given high office un
der the government as in President Roose
velt's administration.
Cortelyou, who Is easily tho representa
tive of the presidential thought and con
science, served an appcrtntlceohip as a
newspaper man in New' York.
Robert J. Wynne, formerly postmaster
general and now consul general at Ixmdnn,
was a newspaper man up to the time he
was made first assistant postmaster gen
eral, having been an active worker in the
Washington field for nearly a Quarter of a
century. .
Thin there In Conquest Clark, formerly
connected with the Washington bureau of
the New York Tribune, now superintendent
f the Washington division rural free de
'vcry. ...
James Rankin Young is also to be included
In this category. For years before he was
member of congress from Pennsylvania he
was Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune, and later editor of the Phila
delphia Star. Alter his election to congress
Mr. Young terminated his active life on a
daily newspaper, but so strong were the
habits formed by years of association with
the dally newspaper grind that he contrib
uted a weekly letter to a leading Philadel
phia dally over his well known Initials "8.
M." Young on feavlng congress was ap
pointed chief of the dead letter office of
this city, which position he now holds.
Then there Is George Roberts, director of
the mint, an Iowa newspaper man whose
whole life largely has been spent in a news
paper office.
Two of the district commissiortars of this
cltyt LL B. F. McFarland and Henry L.
West, until their appointment to their pres
ent positions, were active working corre
spondents lu the capital of the nation. One
Is the outside political writer of tho Wash
ington Post, the other Washington corre
spondent of the Boston Herald and Phila
delphia Record.
These are but a few newspaper men
who are holding government Jobs under
the Roosevelt administration, the last
newspaper man to. receive recognition at
the hands of the president being Peter
Voorhees DeGraw, fourth assistant post
master general.
In many respects the appointment nf
Mr. DeGraw is attributed as much to the
old telegraphers as It Is to the newspaper
men, for ever since he was 13 years of
age DeGraw has been either pounding a
key or writing inateriul for the big press
association or leading newspaper. At 13
DeGraw, who was born In .Princeton, N.
J., entered the telegraph office at South
Amboy, X. J. where he served the Cain
den & Aiiiboy railroad as telegrapher for
several years. Subsequently he waa con
nected with the Pacific & Alantic company
in charge of its office In the Continental
hotel In Philadelphia. In those days the
telegraphic business waa differently han
dled from what it Is today. The offices
lu big cities, and for that mutter in many
places throughout the fnlted States, were
conducted on the commission plan, the
operators receiving for their compensation
a part of the proceeds of the olfW. Ho
successful was DeGraw at the Continental
hotel in Philadelphia that he joined the
eorpn of expert telegraphers of the West
ern I'nlon In Philadelphia, where he re
mained until 1S7S, when he entered tho
service of the Associated Press at New
York as a telegrapher. Iwlraw and an
nidtlme friend of his, Eddie Boileau, were
elected aa two of the eight men to work
the quadruple! system, then being In lta
Infancy, under the direction of Thomas A.
Kdlaon, lta Inventor. Three men, at I
o'clock In the morning, would take their
places at the "quad' Instruments, while
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May and December.
HE romantic telephone courtship
has resulted In the engagement
of K. R. Whitney of Montreal,
reputed to be worth $20,000,000 and
pretty Anna Bennett, 22, a switch
board operator at the Grand Union hotel.
New York.
Mlsa Bennett has been given a betrothal
present of 1100,000 with which to purchase
her trousseau. Miss Schwlndt, who Is to be
maid of honor, has been presented with
1600 with which to buy a gown for the oc
casion. Miss Bennett is 22 years old. Mr. Whit-,
ney Is 70 years old, but he looks ten years
younger. He haa a ruddy face, fair atrong
carriage, clear eyes and Is a fine typo of
the kindly old school gentleman.
Mr. Whitney' acquaintance with the
pretty telephone girl began six months ago
In tha way of business. Neither at that
time dreamed that this first meeting the
mere asking for a telephone number was
to develop Into a tender affection and the
present engagement.
The telephone calls became more fre
quent and Mr. Whitney's acquaintance
with Miss Bennett became more friendly.
There were dinner parties und theaters,
and finally last week the proposal. Miss
Bennett's answer in the affirmative was
followed by her resignation front the tele
phone company's employ on Saturday last.
"It will be my second marriage." said
Mf. Whitney. "My first wife, died two
years ago. I always had been opposed to
the Idea of second marriages and did not
bellevo the death of husband or wife was
a valid reason for the survivor to enter
the matrimonial state again. Particularly
did I hold these views lu the case of old
persons, and I'm a very old man, you
know," he said with u, smile which lit up
his rugged features. "But I'll take back
all my former theories on the subject. I
did not understand. Miss Bennett and I
had not met."
Husband and Wife Remarried.
The wedding of James Wear and Mrs.
Susan T. Joyce of Zanesvllle, O., In Ogden,
Utah, recently waa the culmination of a re
markable romance. Both were originally
residents of Wellsburg, W. Va., where tliey
were married before the civil war. Jamas
Wear served throughout the struggle and
returned home, separating shortly after
ward from his wife and going to Utah.
The couple were subsequently divorced.
One son had been born to them. He la W.
T. Wear, at present enduing a newspaper
In Alabama.
In the meantime Mrs. Wear met James
Joyce In Washington, Pa. She moved to
Zanesvllle and Joyce followed. Their wed
ding took pluce In that city two years ugo.
Joyce died, leaving his wife and stepson,
William T. Wear, in Zanesvllle. Tho boy
then went to Alabama. James Wear, the
father, had remarried in Ogden, Utah. A
few years ago his sesond wife died.
The son In the meantime began a search
for his father. He was successful. Cor
respondence followed between the former
husband and wile. - A few weeks ago the
son accompanied the mother to Utah and
the second wedding of his father and
mother w.is solemnized there.
Daughter of Omaha a Talented Author
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PETER VOORHEES DE GRAW.
Edlsnn was on his knees or his back work
ing underneath the tables, which he erected
In the Western Union office. New York
City. For months these labors were con
stant, finally resulting in one of the great
est achievements In the domain of
telegraphy. x
In 1879 De Graw left the operating de
partment of the Associated Press and was
transferred to the reportorial stnfT of the
great news association, with the headquar
ters In Washington. In ISS-j he became
associated with Walter P. Phillips In file
Western Associated Press Bureau at Wash
ington, lu 1SS2 he whs appointed mun
agr of the Associated Pr'-ss here and.
with the Western and Xrw York associa
tions united, was. by order of tho ev
ecu'lve committee of the As.-oiint-d Press,
giv-n general management of those
branches. In November of lS-VS p. y. l),
Graw became associated with Walter I.
Phillips in the United ITess. and on the
convening of the Forty-eighth congress
took charge of the work at the capital
for the new news scrvioe. In lSVi he
was appointed manuger of the United
Press at Washington. In 1SK7 lie up.
repted B position s Washington ntanagi r
of the Scripps-McIt-te Telegram company,
continuing to hold his position as general
southern manager of the United Press
until that news service went out of ex
istence. Sir. De Graw was for eiglit years secre
tary of the (Iildi'-on club, having been one
of the rounders of that famous orgii ni ;:e..
tlon. Of late year Mr. Ie Hr- has
been connected with the Columbia Phono
graph company and the eastern press rep
resentative of the Ixiulslana I'umliuse ex
position. Between these times he wen
back to his old newspaper life, becoming
coimtclPd Willi the Cincinnati Unqulr-r
under John R. Jlrlati.
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"I first met P. V. De Graw," sdid an
old-time newspaper man. "away back in
the '70s. He was then n youth in his
'teens, and In company with his close ir
aonal friend, Eddie Boileau. had Just
landed from a train In the Baltimore Ar.
Ohio depot. Both were to begin aervlr
In the old New York Associated Press
office here, as. telegraph operators on Its
leased wires.
De Graw waa a fine looking, well built
young fellow. v Both of the youngsters
wore white, furry, high hats, and in their
general makeup had the appearance of
opulent tax collectors out for a vucitlon.
"The Associated Press In those days laid
much stress upon Its star operators, and,
lu my judgment, if there was any star In
Its leased -wire galaxy of greater magnitude
than the others it was the man who Is
now fourth assistant liosttnaster general.
He attended to business with the utmost
care: was apt and cautious In his work,
and it was not long before tie graduated
from the wire to enter the role of n press
news reporter, when ho began to Rather
in a most i I n ! -I-- r ?;erlenec, und made
good, solid ft lends dny by day.
"When Mr. rhlllips became chief of the
United Press, then running counter to the
Associated Press, he made Do Graw tha
Washington agent. Phillips always had
n notion that ti lt graph operators could
rve iK'tter a? heads of pteRS bureaus
than could nowspan r men. Me made.no
mistake In De Graw'sVcase, t couch that
gentleman was already prominent In the
new field, but whethir he was wise or
not in selections made for other leading
cities I leave for other to express opin
ions. "De Gvaw was the personification of cour
tesy to everjonc. His sulHirdinutcs wcie
In the main expel !r?;c d newspaper men.
and he wt,s not alsive consulting them ou
all rinper ,M-(nsions. There nt-vcr was
time when his head became Inflated to such
an extent as lo cause the Inner rim of his
list to make a deep red ritn around It.
ills friends have every -onlldeti-. thst
the degree of success which has marked
his rar.,-- fj-iun that tnoiolng. when ii.
reaehMl town with his furry white hat
until the present day will keep up to th
mark.
"With the onerous duties and exacting
trials of his new position that he now
haa to face he la like the Infant bear: 'All
his troubles are before him.' "
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,K8. CHARLES P. MUlilAKTl,
author of the new volume of
poems, "Friendships' Frngraul
Fancies," has a unique claim on
the favor and good will of Omaha.
Horn In Omaha, educated In Omaha schools,
bho Is u fine type of the strong, Intellectual
womanhood which molds and adorns the
twentieth century life of th" west. Spring
ing from pioneers, she understands and
appreciates their early struggles, their
hopes, their later day successes, and the
broad, pure spirit of her environment lends
a locul atmosphere to many of her verses.
Mrs. Moriarty Is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Rush and a niece of the first
white child born In Omaha. Tho lutter
distinction Is claimed by Margaret Ferry,
daughter of James Ferry, grandfather of
Mrs. Moriarty and one .of the earliest
settlers and builders of OmaKa. Her
rhyming goes back to her girlhood years.
As early an 10 she began wooing the
mu.se. showing sufficient aptitude ut that
time, to warrant Mr. eitush In giving her
lessons in the art of verse making. The
talent awakened so early lu life has been
cultivated devotedly and Intelligently. The
fact that many of her poems have been
widely published In newspapers and maga
zines Is good evidence of their merit. Com
mendation for her work is not confined
to home admirers, whoso Judgment Is too
often considered partial. Frequently from
distant admirers she has received com
mendation and encouragement. A recent
testimonial Is a bunch of the rare moun
Haln flower, tha cdelwels, sent her from
Switzerland by a womun who had read
and admired ono of her wandering poems.
It is gratifying to know that tho talented
authoress has collected her published
poems and, with many now ones, published
them in enduring form.
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