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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1907)
Omaha's ' : , ... INSTALLTNQ Vi:nTIPun In tbn hum of tho rmwil nt tho AU'lit"! lum liwt Jf.t "on. isn t that just a mar: Wouldn't It ho" "Tip tir ixpl'pilcd and" "Only JJ,'Xj f.r that? Think Ml get one Jn the" "Tho Jar will twist your transmission and" Honk! Honk! "Ain't that rule, Charley? Save up " "Tho roads out thcr are worsp than" "What a horrid looking thing! 1 wouldn't tie-" "Cum, nlr? Cigars?" "No odor, Mo danger of ex " "(ee, I winht I had a rich paw!" Tho last from a little hoy who got In for running an errand. Thne were no ele phants at this cireuB for lilni to carry water to, nor wan there any tent for him to crawl under, but he found a way to get In without paying. Admiring eyes, curious eyes, wondering eyes and loiiKlng, envious eyes traveled about tho Auditorium every afternoon and evening for four days last week, ending with last night, taking in the fights of tho second annual automobile show, a far greater display of "devil wagons" and ao -r."""ra iiinii iiiiiitii i-uiriL HI 1"1, Kvcrybixly was there the man who had the check book In his pocket anil the money In the bank, as well as the one who walked to save car fare, and one was as welcome -OB tho other. For in this land of swift money getting and spending, tho genera tions "from shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves" are few In numlK-r, and none In that crowd of visitors but would confess to serious consideration of sometime riding about In oni) of these machines himself, as sole owner and proprietor, and that wifh some foundation for his apparent audacity. Itut there is something else about theso engines of speed, that huve caused sij Wt'tnuch antagonistic feeling, which attracts eren the man who hates them and those , who own them. That heart Is dead Indeed Pioneer Doctor of Nebraska ill. WIMJAM IIE.N'HY SCHILD- I KNKC1 IT, who died at Platts- I mouth February 21. was one '1 of the pioneer physicians and surgeons oi ino suite, naviug practiced his profession in Cass county since 1W1. He was the last of that genera tion of old Nebraska physicians whose name is held in kindly iemembrance by hundreds of "native suns" and among whom may be mentioned Doctors Peck of Omah.;, Campbell of Nebraska City and Livingston and Douelan of Plattsmouth. Dr. Schllilknecht was a natlvo of Ohio; born near Dayton, May L'S, lS.'ifl. He camo with his wife to Cass county In and entered as a homestead WO acres of land three miles south' of Plattsmouth, a trai t till brining his name, although sold by him several years ago. Having studied vnedlclno In Ohio, he practiced his profes sion while "holding down" his claim. It Is recalled by old residents that no duy was -too stormy nor night too dark for Dr. Bchildknecht to respond to a call. When his horses wero tired from wurk on tho i '" . ' I V J ; 7 ;. ' ' l 'v V' Av i WILLIAM SC1ULDKNECKT. it D. Second Automobile m LlS it,.. j . r.vv" f" r -." 1 , i inimn ilium m jmwi Ji - ' :; i i V TIIB EXHIBITS. which does not respond with quickening beats to the splendid, almost perfect, and almost noiseless pulsations of the modern automobilo mechanism. It does not re quire nn engineer to be able to admire th work fomeone has done Irr developing sucU wonders of machinery. It Is this which proves the drawing card! with the masses. As the stately locomo the of the modern type Is gazed upon In wonder and amazement, so the automobiles at the show, fresh from the factories, are almost as much a source of Interest to the person unable to buy as to the one who) Is, because of the magnlflcnce of Its crea tion. And no less Intricate, though on a much smaller and more compact scale, Is tho automobile than the locomotive. And! that Is one of the features which make lta mechanism really beautiful to watch as It Is put In motion. So the question of Ratronage for an ex hibition of automobiles In Omaha neves became a factor after the first show, held last year. The 1!6 display was little morej than nn "experiment" as compared with Its successor, for nearly two times as many machines were on exhibition this year as on the previous occasion. The Omaha event was purely for busi ness purposes. It was conceived In order to awaken Interest In horseless vehicles not only In Omaha, b'jt In the territory which, by the grace of the manufacturers or western managers, has been clipped off to bo tributary to this city; and also to provldo opportunity for persons "on tha fence" In the matter of selecting a ma chine or buying to act. The show was arranged by tho Omaha Automobile Dealers' association and tha Auditorium company. The officers of tho former are Clarke O. Powell, president, and J. Clarke Colt, secretary and treas urer, liy the rules of the arrangements made by automobile manufacturers, the only exhibitors at the Omaha show could be Ontaha dealers. Tho factories them selves could maintain no displays direct. This Is because the local show is not a "licensed" affair, Chicago, New York and farm or road he would make his long trips on foot more merciful to his horses than to himself and his gentleness in the sick room endeared him to those who depended upon his skill, but who in many cases were able to pay for services in good wishes rather than in hard cosh, as many other pioneer physicians were too frequently paid. lie was ma it led In Indiana in 1864, his wife being Miss Mary Adams, a slHter of the late Jonathan and Jacob Adams, Nebraska pioneers. Of this union ten children were born, of whom but one survives. Mr3. Bchildknecht died In 1S73. A number of years later Dr. Schildknecht married Mrs. Jane McCormick Fox, widow of Jesse C. Fox, a lawyer and Journalist, who died at Plattsmouth In 1871 She survives. Dr. Schildknecht was for many years a member of the Masonic lodge of Platts mouth and the members conducted the fu neral. Interment was at Eckenbary ceme teryone of the oldest burial grounds of the state, where sleep many of the men and women who did their part In the early days of tho territory and state. .'V w -, , v TIIE OMAHA II. B. FREDRICKSON Boston being the only cities bearing that distinction. This is fixed by the national organization of manufacturers. While the sight of a panting Iron mon ster of a locomtive, which seems to actu ally breathe and move of its own will, stepping off at a slight motion on the part of the engineer like a high-spirited, thor oughbred horse. Inspires awe in the heart of the onlooker, the very compactness and small size of the machinery In one of the 1W model motors with several cylinders, Gossip and Stories About People of Note Srhnrs's View of Ilueliannn. N the last installment of his rem iniscences in McClure's magazine, Carl Schurz describes President Uuchanan as "a portly old gentle man with a white head always slightly Inclined to one side, and a cun ning twinkle in his eye, which Boemed to say that although ho might occasionally not appoar to be of your opinion, yet there was a secret understanding between him and you, and that you might trust him for It. He always wore a white necker chief like a divine. His moral weakness was of the wise-looking kind. He could pronounce the commonplace sophistries of the proslavery democracy with al the im pressivencss of unctions ponderosity. He had rendered tho slave power abject service In the Kansas affair, again and again put ting forth statements of facts which he could not possibly believe to be true, nnd constitutional doctrines that cculd be sup ported only by the most audacious shifts of logic. He was mindful of the fact that he owed the presidency to the trust of the slave power In his fidelity to Its behests. So far he had Justified that trust to the full of bis ability and of his opportunities. No southern proslavery fanatic could have served the Blave-iiIding Interest with mora leal and considering his position as a northern man with more self-denial. Py forfeiting the good opinion of his neighbors, he had really made himself a martyr to the rause of fdavory. IJut when his south ern masters went so. far as to strike out for the dissolution of the union, the destruc tion of the republic Itself, his situation lm cume truly desperate. Thus he satisfied neither, but won the contempt of both." A m t Mn dor firmer and the Telephone. James Uryre, the new British ambassa dor to the I'nlttd States, has a horror of telephones. The d'plomat has freq'iently b'-en railed on tho wire since his arrival in Washington and It Is said that on numer ous occasions he has refused to talk by means of the speaking plecr. When he .Vies talk, however, he Insists on knowing Immediately who the person is at til other end of the line and his business. Mr. Bryie simply doesn't like this modern method of carrying on a c invert atlon and ns a result gets out of It whenever he can. I,ong-dis-tance calls are said to be particularly dis tasteful to tho ambassador. While at times he has consented to talk to people over the phone In 'Washington, he hates to converse on the long-distance lines. Consequently out-of-town calls for England's new rep resentative are not cordially received. If t all. Fooled the Doctors. "Very few of the friends of Archbishop Ireland know that he was a chaplain dur ing the Civil war," said M. E. Thornton, a prominent lawyer of New York City, and an Intimate friend of the archbishop. "I have known Archbishop Ireland for many years," continued Mr. Thornton, "and he told me of an incident which I di not believe many persons ki.ow if, for SUNDAY BEE : MAKCH Show Presents Many Fine . - 1 - 'Wt ONH CORNER BEFORE THE OPENING AND HIS AIRSHIP BAG. all working with a precision almost human, and quietly as though with bated breath, Is something to hold the attention until the eye tires of watching. The smaller cars and electrics did not seem to attract the attention that was given the larger touring cars and wagons. Each had its group of admirers almost continually and there was no way of tell ing, from the interest shown and remarks made, who was a likely purchaser and who merely a curiosity seeker. Thus were all I think It nas never been published. The archbishop, then a chaplain, had been serving In the south, and was taken seri ously ill; so ill, Indeed, that he was or dered by the doctors to the general hos pital at Vlcksburg. He was sent on board a boat bound for that point, and was so weak that he could hardly talk. He asked his nurse for a glass of water, which had been prohibited by the doctor. Tho nurso repeated the request to the physician on board the boat, and the latter, after ex amining the chaplain, bade the nurse give him anything he wanted. For. said the doctor, 'lie will not be alive when we reacn Vickshurg, and we might as well give him whatever he desires In the few remaining moments of his life.' Hut the chaplain, who was afterward to become one of the strongest powers In the Catholic church of America, surprised the physicians. He was alive when he reached Vickshurg, and astonished every one by his remarkable vitality. He was a very sick man for weeks, but he recovered." Rismarrk nnd Hnssrll. When "Pull Run" Russell, who died a few days ago, was with the German army in 1S70 he reported a long Interview with the en wn prince (Frederick), siiio ex pressions in which gave umbrage to Bis marck. Bismarck sent for him, lost his temper nnd said: "I suppose you couldn't resist showing your importance by report ing all that that 'dunderhead' coumled to you?" Russell replied; "Your excellency knows that I always respect confidences; there Is much that you have sild to m" yourself that I have not reported." Bis marck: "Pouf! Anything I say to you may biwl from the ton of St. Paul's." "1 thank your excellency," said Russell. "I shall us that permission to record your opinion of the crown prince." f nmpalxu of Itlval llrotliera. Probably the most speotacl.ir campaign in which rWiati r-tleet Taylor of Tennessee ever partlciuteJ was that with his brother Alfred, bark in the 'Mi's, when they were the. guixriiatorial candidates uf tile demo cratic ami republican parties, respectively. They Jointly canvased the state and the crowds which turned out to hear them were rem rd-hreukei . The campaign w as dubbed "the war of the rose.," and whenever the brothers appeared on the hustings they each wore a ros- a pretty white one ap pearir; on Bob's laiI, while s red one nestled on Alf's. The followers of the brothers took up the conceit and thi crowds which nocked to hear them resembled a huge flower garden. The "white" won, naturally, In democratic Tennessee. HrtiaklWnw a iluJe Ilrakeiuan. The late A. J. Cassatt. president of the Pennsylvania Railroad company, used to pilde himself on never losing bis temper, no matter what the provocation. At the fame time he showed consideration for others lens favored in the matter of equi librium. On one occasion he was ou a Pennsylvania train which stopped owing to Soma trilling mishap. Mr. Caasatt atked a -;V .St y I ' , ... ;.' J , s " " . ' - - mnnnm ., "-' " - . 17, 1907. , V lines obliterated before the wonder of the mighty automobile. . The show was confined principally to pleasure vehicles touring cars, runabouts, road and depot wagons, cabs and phae-tons-no attempt being made to display business wagons to any extent. A delivery wagon already sold was shown Inconspicu ously, but that was all. Automobile busi ness vehicles are not as salable In Omaha as cars for pleasure purposes, and this was purely a business proposition and there was no space to be wasted. A large portion of the attendance was women, any way, and they would have no interest in trucks to haul freluht. Above all, the snow afforded nn oppor tunity for noting tho, progress of improve ments In automobiles, and the tendencies In manufacture. In general appearance, cars have changed little for years. Efforts seem to have been directed toward securing greater power, greater speed, less noise, lesi Inconvenience, arid less cost. In each direction there has been progress. While the demand for machines Is still equal to tho ability of the manufacturers to pro duce them, there has been keen rivalry for honors and every change that , might give one car an advantage over its com petitors has been added to Its list of quali ties. And automobiles are cheaper. The same may be said of appliances and supplies. While neither Is yet within the reach of the average citizen, as in a horse and buggy, tho stride toward lower prices is noticeable. Allied with the business of manufactur ing automobiles. Is the building of motor boats ond motorcycles. These had their proper representation at the show neither one extensive, but proper for the field. The Same machinery which can make an auto mobile go at the rate of an express train, has been applied to boats with exciting and Interesting results. Motor boats, how ever, that bear the same relation to water craft that a sixty horse power touring car does to land vehicles, would be of small value In this part oC the world except for exhibition purposes, and as tills was a local dealers' show only, there was none to be placed on display. Only ono motor boat appeared In the ar ray of exhibits, with two or three canoes, but these received a share of attention from the visitors that Indicated Interest was not centered In the big "chug" wagons alone. An Important department In the exhi bitions was that of the numerous accessor ies. From the wares displayed It appeared as though, tired of trying to figure out something new for the machines them selves, the inventors turned to the sub- brakrman some questions regarding the stoppage and tho man, not knowing the passenger, replied In sulphurous language, consigning Mr. Cassatt to hot quarters and telling him to mind his own business. The president related the circumstances to the superintendent of that division and added: "Just call the man into your office and tell him he cussed the president and that here after' he should bo more polite to pas sensers." Itnyalty and Revenue. , Nearly all the royalists of FAirope could. If driven to it, earn their own living. The queen of Roumania, Carmen Sylva, makes nn Income from her books that many au thors cannot equal. The emperor of Russia has a sweet nnd well trained tenor voice. The queen of Italy Is a linguist of unusual talent. The king of England is one of the best Judges of wlr..s and cigars In the world. As a wine or tobacco expert or as a dealer In these luxuries he would soon have grown rich. The quern of Portugal has a medical degree and rould easily earn her living as a doctor. The German em peror could make a good living as a poet, a musician, an artist, a shipbuilder, a pottery manufacturer, a horse dealer, sn actor, a bookbinder, a clergyman, a tailor, a sculp tor, a barber, a farmer or a dentist. MlKbtj Close Call. Nothing short of Providence stayed the hand of Fireman .(Jrace Cantrlll and saved the lives of himself and Engineer Phillip Drennen and probably prevented a bad pas senger wreck near Paducah, Ky. Passen ger train No. 'J2, from Evansville to Nashville, Knglneer Phillip Drennen and Fireman flrnce Cantrlll, stouped at the Sullivan coal mines, between Henderson and Princeton, and coaled. Cantrlll fired the engine at Intervals and suddenly what he thoutht to be a large lump rolled down. He grabbed It in his bands to hurl It Into the furnace. Its renter of gravity seemed to shift and Cantrill hesitated. It proved to be a battered tin can filled with giant powder, such as Is us.-d In blasting In coal mln'-s. Someone desiring to steal powder had taken the bat"ied tin keg, filled It with giant powder and deposited It In the coal uln, Intending to take It out at night. I'n fortunately the train coaled before It was removed and the keg thus accidentally found its way Into the engine's coal sup Mi'. i Governor Ilral'H lllnner stor, "The chief trouble of the miners." says n-fkivrrnur Brady of Alaska, "is lack of variety in their fixid. One day a young fellow fresh from his lot turned Into Seat tle and entered a hotel. llnng roe some pork and beans,' was his requ' t. The food was brought. 'Now bring me three dozen oysters." The waiter complied. With the two dihes before him the miner proceeded to say: 'Well, pork and beans, you have been very friendly to me all my d is In Alaska. You have stood by me like good fellows. Now stand by me and ee me eat cj ultrs." "Seattle Times. CENTER. OF THE AVPITORH'M. Jeet of chauffeurs and passengers. There Isthese disagreeable features were principally certainly nothing the occupant of an auto mobile could conjure up as being even possibly necessary that has not already been manufactuied for him. And this also applies to her as well and possibly more so. Put under the topic of accessories, numer ous as were the articles shown and wide ns was their range, there were still some Important "ncciFisoiien" which motormen have often, all too often, come to require. Tho show Is now over. It whs a success. I'ndouhtedly there nre somo things which tho automobile salesman shoulld endeavor to keep as far from the mind of his customer as possible, which still belong to the business. Hut the enterprise of the advertising man who sold the spare In tho program of tho show must have come near spoiling things for tho sales man, for he had notices of firms dealing In both artificial limbs. However, be went st'.U farther In the "side line" business, and it was oulto ap propriate that ho :i!:ould huhicn a firm which manufactures a. ronllmr beverngo for- tho weary motorer out on the hot and dusty road. In n prohibition district, to buy space In which to remind the reader of his wares. And the same might !o said regarding the firm of cleaners which takes the grease upots out of the driver's clothes after he has spent nn hour under the machine fixing it so It will go another mllo. Also In this mention should bo added the banking firm which offers to hold tho money tho motorist has not yet spent on his car. All these things nre "accessories" to the automobile business nnu nan inoir display cither on tho floor of the Auditorium at tho show or In the official program. The mention of the words "nutomobllo show," or even the first of the two words nlone, brings to the mind of most persons tho smell of burned gasoline, the "chug" of motors and the "honk" of horns. But Seeks o Suceed Spooner ILI,IAM IIATTON of New I.on- Uon, WIS., is one oi me men woo hopes to succeed Senator John C. Sivoner, who has retired from tho diked Slates senate. r rf ilr Mr. Iiatton is a former state senator and has a legislative record, of which ho and his frlenils are proud. Senator Sanborn, who, Is actively pushing tho candidacy of Senator Hatton, says: "The most Import ant legislation which Is to come before the nation during the next deenda Is similar to that which Wisconsin as a state has al ready enacted Into law. "It H. etijH to mo that It Is highly essential that Wisconsin send to the 1'nlted States senate a man who not only believes In tlieso things and has been Identified with tho movement, but that tho state should bo represented by somo ono who has passed through tho legislntlvo mill whllo these laws weio beinsT framed and passed. There is no better posted man in Wisconsin than Mr. Hatton oi thoso subjects, which are to come up In Washington just as they have here. It Is patent that tho usefulness of the man who succeeds Senator Spooner will be greatly enhanced by such experience as Senator Iiatton has had." J' . , w x W' r H ' Features t conspicuous because of their absence, ex cept for the Inqulsltlvrness of the mis rhlevous small boy, who Indulged In littlo occasional pressing of rubber bulbs to get the key when he thought no one waa looking. Asldo from that tho only 'annoy ance was the lad with the gum box anil clgnrs. The purchase of automobiles Is too ponderous nn undertaking to call for undue pressure from Salomon to tnduce pnssersby to buy before going farther, and no una was molested by them who did not ask to bo molested. Considering tho small amount of ndvrr Using given the show, tho attendance from first to last was remarkable. No banners) spanned the streets, no billboards pro claimed Its coming and littlo or no atten tion was given the event In tho wlndov displays of tho big stores. Yet there wera at all times good crowds Inspecting wltH care and evident Interest tho rows of ro splendent vehicles. This was a strong Indi cation of the strength of tho attraction, that while no "erase" exists as In some communities, there !s a healthy and lively ,,.Bre to know more about automobiles and a growing desire to own one. Tha "germ" has entered tho blood and la propagating. The attendance from outside towns was notably good. If the same Increase In displays Is main tained for the next show as the second obtained over tho first one, the Auditorium will bo hardly large enough to provide spneo. And It Is quite rertnln the increaso will be large. The demand for cars Is hl(f and Increnslng In this territory, and tho sales made during the show wero most gratifying. The show Just closed stirred, ninny a heart with tho hope of "somo time owning one of those beautiful, graceful machines, and, had nil spoken tholr thoughts aloud, there probably would havo heon many who could have been heard BiKhlng with the small boy, "ace, I wlsht niy paw was rich!" tfB great to be rich, all right. Mr. Iiatton is accounted a millionaire, being a heavy dealer lnx lumber. He la about 50 years old and bcga.ni llfo poor, the development of thA lumber Interests of his state proving his good Judgment In, In vesting In that line of Industry. He was lr tho state senate for ten years and his record summarized is ns follows; Chairman of tha committee that succeeded, In enacting the famous Wisconsin ad valorem tax; chairman of tho committee which caused to be enacted tho primary election law; chairman of tho railroad com mittee and author of the Wisconsin railroad commission law; leader in all reform move ments and right-hand man of tha move ment In the state. A Wisconsin man says of him: "He has stood for everything good In Wis consin, he is as strong a fighter as Ia Folletto persistent and as dogged and de termined; but makes no enemies and loaves no Bears; he has the confidence of all par ties; he has written many articles on rail road and railroad finance; is a member of the American Economic association and looked up to by economists throughoulithf country."