Fhe . Omaha- Sunday IAT II L l!"LF-TG!IE SECTICII PACES 1 TO 4. VOL. XXXVII NO. 4 OMA1H. SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 30. 1I. t SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. . MELVILLE W.STONE VETERAN OF CIVIL AND INDIAN WARS A Descendant of Eevclntiorista, He Patriotically Served His Cotry, ia the SoUi zzd in. th West, and Pisjed a Precunei Part as aa Z-pire Builder C 1st tb Hwmi THE OMAHA DEC Est West EE TEE ancestors of Dr. Mel rill W. Stone cam to America , wail th thirueea colonies wer Kill tnder the yoke of Great Britain From their earliest residence in ti aewr world tbey wer patriots ul chafed under the rot of kings. Tbey enlisted themselves ani&xg ti first when re bellion grw aad whea tie fight for liberty began. Dr. Stone's great grest -grand father wa Thomas Su, on of tfce signers cf th Declaration of Independence. There were also others of tit ancestors to gave valiant service ob tie battlefield aid wise ooutel it sex ttt will ti momentous straggle wa going on which resulted in the it iepm ienc of th ooloniea and the establishiaent of tie stw republic. The descendants of thoe members of tie lii wis lived tn tb revolutionary dan kept aa tt family fame for patriotism Tbey were always substantial citiaent axd la timef Ttr tier were among the cotr-try t defeadera Dr. Stone, himself, devoted t Urge jart of ti lif to service la the amy during th- iH aar, and during tb Miti'it dijs wbea civllined cii waa taking tie place of th aboriginal ia- tie big country wet of the Missouri river ud was platting tit ittttBUPBt and building tit industrial enterprises where there had be-n aotiing before. His father v ai a contractor and builder living in Delaware. 0 at tb Tiire MelrlDe wat bom. December 11, 1IS7. In IliZ tie farai!y nrT-d to tie tori of Wattitrt-on. WastiLxtoa couttj. Ioa- Therm tt Vt er.trieT.ed tit rrelinilEarT dijcatioB asd toot a f-o-yar cptmf at tie acadTT atich at tien tie pride of tie frontier covet;-. Tif be ttrpped oct of tie 'UderxeBt into tae rerter of riTilisatior. tttinc P tit Dedical ataliet at Belierue coliege. New ToTk City. Ftotb that itttJtatioB te prtdtitted Trtti tit def;re in 1 V 1. Jtirt before tie rivil ti; broke out. He return to til home La leva for a rrrt Tiif and xhr-n in eoirjiany wVJh axother jotrg 'ett north ar ("o'.Hftor for a larpe Bortoa xaercattile bocse. Tbelr ter rrt"ry i;cd"il aertera Tetseasee.. Lonifiaiia asd nontieakteni Teata. Lie Eetter Then Than Truth While tbey -aere at tort ia GaJrertoft. dsrtas tie early dart of tie ir. tiey trere takea ia ttarpe by lie coi-federate airtbor "tet sad askf d to hoa- reason a by tiey fchotild cot JoiB tie releJ arrLr. Dr. ttoie'a partner could ttoar ss good reason axd aat fortb ltt forced to joiL ti ajmy. "Bxt I conKiderfd that a lie well toli and imarioutiy FtBck to was better than tie trcti ia aotoe ca. Vl tle'orre in whici we foead ourae-Te. nart Dr. Stone. And so b t tp" a jifctaeaat little fairr tale atout tit tome beiEg in Ken ti.ri wtre Ued hit aped father and aotiwer and where tit brotb-era r T t:ting for htm to come and join a confederal regiment being rt i tit: e. It wat bt frttita that the roaap tnaa rbonld be penritted to i- th nerrice In bit own ttate arooag tit friendt He was aJloed 'r so with tie frJaactioT) that be make tarte to ret to Kentucky. t :- r h be jwtenoed be wat mct axriont to do He reelected to state. lo-A'-rer. that hit jrrxcipal otjett la hasten ire to Kentucky wat to gr;e otf core ajon tie beautiful Ohio riwer and that tit ofcject in ies'.-in? to (caxe npon thtt hietoric stream wat not an aesthetie me. hut the practical one of teekirg to eaxe without loss of tim upon tie ttrfam from tie north era bank which -rfW anion aofL He boarded a rerenne cntter at Galreftoa and tience rot on tia frirate M;nncoTa -of ""'Ttj-ro g-ana. Tilt brongit him to tia irouth of the Miasiffiippi river, and there be took a tug and tie tuj took lira into Sew Orteara There be wat again cuescionod by a committee of safety regarding bit trmpatiiet and hit Intentioat and there be again related tit pleasant tale about tie regiment la Ken tucky, tit aed fattier and motler. hia feretlrea and tit rtstert and tne reaouIul ine CT7miEJivr di uwa urn jtt -in,i artr'ted Mm that be would be given only three bonrt to depart fro a y-w OWts. He took a rtrer packet for Mempllt In which city i trr ; ir due fteaoa. There wat repeated tie little tale about tit v -rent, the parents, tie hroth-ert and aiBtert and tie beactlful C And thee again he wat ctvea throe hoars to leart tht city. Poot the Only Way There wat other meant of leaving exoept oa foot. Bat tia aa:: i')g was good and before tie explratioB of tit tire boart ta wat ten milet from tie Inioapitaila city azd rtlll making food rpeod r.rer the tiet cf tie LoulFrHje k. Memptit railroad. A maa Joined 1 in, OB tie track. And at be wat ia a bardie country Dr. Stone re garded him with the era of tutpicion. A apy sent out by tit eota mittee of safety t follow him aad If poatitl to tra him and bring him back to eater tie rebel army. This It what ha deddo ta waa. The coarictioa wat farther strengthened by tie manner af tha rsaar Hit rt-pliea were erasrra. Ht teemed to be w08aliag aometiing. FinaJ'y be asked his nam. Abe Tbotcpaoa," waa the reply. -Well, that's Strang-. X knew a boy by that wery atat whea I llrwd 1a Delaware, O" said Dr. Steae. Vk"ht is yoar nam?" demaade the straager. Dr. Stone told tin and the stranger grasped hit hand and wTtng rt It drreloped that tba tnaa wat tb wery same Aba Thomp son whom Dr. Ftx-ae tad kaowa at fc boy. JdareoreT. he was trying at bard as Dr. Stone to reach tht berth. H had beea in tie aoath at correspondent for tb New Tork Hrald. How to proceed best, that waa tie nestloa. They had no era dentiala Ttompaoa wat an lareatlT fellow and nlckly decidod t j-,iB the same imagiaary rogisieBt to which Dr. Stone waa going c? to join ia Kentucky. Bnt his imaglnatioa watt a aceh better thaa Strne'a, and be immediately dcaded they ought to lave a bote from -army bead Quarters" stating who they were. It waa ra Cm, for rtandtng on proprtetiea, aad Tbojxpaoa immediatery wrote out two ordn-s addremaed to Geaeral Backaer in command of a regiment at rraalfort. Oa of tbea orders aaslgnerd Dr KelTSle W. Stone to tb rerDn: as major aad tb other assigned Abe Thompson to tie tarn as colonel Thus forttfled tie two aiTentnrert proceeded along ti tra'-k m til tbey arried at Tale's Station oa the rut lis betweea Keatarky and Tet mwn, where all had to deraia and stay orer eight. "That towa oertalnly treated as Caa." says tie doctor. "Some how tb word got around that ww were two officers going to Join the regiment at Frankfort. A bir crowds assembled In front at tn hotel aad called erttBsiaatea!ly for ei W went out oa a balcony and Thompsoa stood up tier and gar one cf the finest patriotic ad dnaet oa behalf af th south I erer heard. It was punctuated with cheers aad harraha. Tbea tiay called a me.. I axon and thanVed them but told tbexa I was as talker and that tie colors-r id tie talking far both cf aa. Tbey were satisfied and we retired la a cloud of glory." i - ' . ' t " W 1 J hornly mutilated, whii tb atifcent-e of Red Bird tp'id tie rtory af tit truarhery. "I wat ordered from tlre to Lar-nce't Fok. atrre soldjers were guarditg a cairp of tie ctttr," mi Dr. Stoce. -From Sjd dt I procf-d d in company w it h Clxriie St. Claire, a a agotti.atter. ttrccjrh tie mountains. At we mrgfd frora the caxypn out on to the tbedittii a band of fifty Iniiant dashed into rirw. We had a running Ztt aiih tlem for ttcty miit and eca;ed :th oar llrea, Man LiYes Tho-h Sc&Jped 7n the tpring of 1KT a tgtt occurred at Fium.rreek. In which J. Wiison. tie Utiot Tacific t ag tt at that piaoe, wat shot and scalped. The Indian a ho took tie scalp a at thot and the icalp re gaixied. The wounded man a at t roctlt to Orr,h at oukkly at p.(-.t)e and It-re tie physicians nonked the scap and attempted to s-w it on the i lat e hence it ltd been cut. The? tu?f3ed ia sea tLg rt on, hut it refused to pre. Wiison. however, survived.. "In the summer cf lf two conductors on the I'nioa Pacific, Tom Caloon and 'ftLkt dsu&d(ca. are fsliag ia Lodge Pol ereek ntrar Siirey. a ten the Indiant surprised tlem. I took tin arroat oct of Cab-cn ard v out of EdmuLdftoa. None tad pureed a vital Fpot and the tufa turrived their awful eiperieaoa. Cahooa waa afteravrd police judge in Ogden. Uttt. "Tie Indiat? mad- a laid at Fort VrPterson ca ore oecatioa and d"cv off I0i' bead of lorvt end mtW Loectertnt (to Oen eral i TdoeuiJ of Fort Ixican. freth from West POiLt, purtaed with tie Fi'th ctvelry. For five affkt 'e foiloaed the trail and taally cam upon the hand at Surrn it Spring. Colo, la additioa to re capTnr.Er all The stolen stck k ae camured tiere 4. CO bale of buf fa mb.. iI in a liJe: 4 r . f-o r pcucdt of Crd buffalo meat and bc ;"c-f. to ay notlitr of twenty-one Id bocks and squawa. tr we fok to 'lite bof ai.d two white girts. The boys wre Sccul. naed Join Carrrbell and Jame Camplell. Tbey had 1rn rxx'lv fr-m tome fie jetrt before when they were only S years old. They had been taken hile at pity In a care nader a clay bank. 1 returned tim to th ir parentt. though It wat hard to get them to leave tie Indiana We took them to the entranr cf th caxyoa where their cave hi.3 been. Suddenly a light of latellipeac came into the eye of one of them. Tgh." be said. Indian-like, and ran off at once, followed by hit brother. Straight to tie care he went and be-gan playing again at be had been five years before wbea matched cp and carried tT ly tie Indiana. The two girii whom w car-tcred had become thorougcly Indianized, had forgotten their owa lar.gi.are, tad each married an Indian buck and ch waa carrying a child oa her back." Pioneer cf Lincoln County DR. TfrT.TTTJTX W. STONTB. to take th army m&lraJ examiraUona. Ee passed these with credit, wat ralaod to tb rank cf captain and ordered to join the Army of tie Cumberland nxder General Kosecraxa. With tiia departmeat of ti tglfitx ir.arl.1ift he remained until after tie battle of Clicka mkuga. He was with General Sherman in hit march to tie sea re turned from that hlstaric expeiitioa with General Thomas and went ttroagh ti battle of Franklin aad of Nasi Till, Tern. At tie doe of tb war h took charge of all th hospital and xsecical storea at Clark as rO and Fort Donaldson. Tb war wat ower . There was no more fighting amotg cmiised men. But tier waa still fighting In the west where tie red man wat resisting th ad-rent of ti railroad and other eontxiTances of tie wilt nu lata his happy hunting groenda And tie white ia tit benewoleBt plaa found it .necessary reQBatly to tin tie red tn order to trwtoct The said lmproTomeata. To th -vest. Ciea, Dr. Stone tamed his face, bringing with tim lit youxg wife. Her he tad met la ti military hospital at Keokuk. Ia Se wat Mist Margaret Cot a before he married her, Aagnat 22. 1 Hi. She had beea with him through som of ti scenes of ti nri: war and did not go entirely unprepared t the wild scenes which were before her. It wat the last of March. wbea Dr. Stone received orders to re;ort to ti oc-mmandirg officer f ti Department cf tie Piatt whose headtuarten war la Omaia. Ar riritg in Omaha April T. IV 6, he recti Ti orders to proceed to Fort Sedgwick. Oa tie wild plaint of. Nebraska and ti farther vest he saw much of bloodshed and sarage iarror. Boon after he arriTed la F'ort Sedgwick a band f twenty men, with a lieutenant, set out for Fort Hayea, Kansas, commanded thea by General Custer. They were guided by Red Bird, aa ladlaa ssb ctiir. whewe protestations of loyalty war believed. Th men did not arrive at Fort Hayes in ise time. A searching party of which Dr. Stone was oiie wat sent after tieta and ti bodies were found. "When their children were growing up Dr. tone and hit wif decided ii would be nessary to abandon army life aad settle la some town where school facilities could be enjoyed. For a whil tbey lired la North Platte. While living there Dr. Stone took a prominent part in tie organixarJoa of Lincoln county. Tbey mowed to Osceola in 1SS and there Dr. Stone helped to organise Polk county- They Hved there until 1677. during which tim Dr. Stoa was engaged actively in practice of medicine. At the solicitation of Judge Reese and other frVeedt Dr. Stoa moved with tit family to Waioo ia 1S77 and lired tiere nata 1811. wbea ie wat appointed superintendent of tie Hattinga Asylam for the Insane, which he opened aad managed antn ltJ. whea be re signed. In tie same year he wat appointed turgeon gee era! for Ne bratka, a post which h held wader tire? gcvemort for twelve years. Dr. Stone wat medical director for ti Grand Army of tie Republic from 167J to lt0. A consutntioa naturally Tigoroas for seventy years hat beea aaAermiaed scaaeatat during recent year by a aervout disorder and Dr. Stone is now Bring retired with his son-in-law aad daughter. Mr. and Mra C W. Pieraon. 2 Oil Wirt street. Besides this daugh ter Mr. and Mr. Stan have tire other children Edward Urea la North Platte and FJliaer and Harry lir in Omaha and are ia th cm ploy of the Cudaiy Packing company. "I haT seen sevcB states grow oct of a country for which I wotld at have giver 25 eetts aa acre wbea I first looked apoa t" says Dr. Stone. That wat la the day before man had learned th hidden value cf tiia country ia which nature had placed sach a prise, only waiting for the hand ef man to dig for It. Whea I first cam t Omaha It had a population of only a few thousand; it was not a beautiful dty to lack at; th Taioa Pacific s wtarjoa consisted only cf a box ear. Th differeace betweea ti Omaha of t tt day aad tie Omaia of today epitomises tie dlffereao betweea tie voet of that dty and th west vt today. - But no on wCl ever know what It cost la blood, tn hardship, ta money, la all manner of in man end ur ate to wrest this country from savag ianat and from tb bosom of tie desert aad make ft a garden spot tar th most advanced peo--pl oa tie far of th earth." England and France Join in Opening a World's Fair Themselves axd Honey Safe Next aigtt tb yomng aaea arrivwd ia lioulrriri. Tbey took a cab ai-ihe statloa drov tiroagh a dark street aad at ti darkest spot on stepped out of each door of th cab. They made their way to the river; found a boatmaa; fiered hint 12 ta take tiesn acroaa; whea a demurred tireateaed to kill him aad thus gained th other aide. Ther tbey were aa frteally soil and saickly mad their way t Cincinnati and Dr. Eton weat ca to Delaware. O. lie carried t . ia gold ia a satchel an tireagh his trip. Be bow forwarded this to his firm ta Boataa, settled aa his afiairs aad proceeded to tit bom ia Iowa wher oa July IS. 11(1 h entered ti Unioa army aa a private ia Coapaay H, Seweath Xawa lafantry. Tb regiment waa takea south ta St. Louis, to Arcada, to Caji Girardeau, ta Bird's Pulat. eeiz.g axtica serricc throbghout. Oa NoTmber C. lid th regimatt wat ordered ta Belmoat. Ma., wher Dr. Sto was takea from tb ranks aad mad a me-dical effer with th Ctl ( lieatenaat. Ia this eapaery h west with ti regimeat ttrota ta battles of Fort Doaaldsoa aad Siiloh. Tbea h was aasigaed to tak a boatload of waanded soldiers cp the riTer to St. f e-r t Vpom his arrival char h was orderad t g-rooeed ta New Tork LONDON. May 1. A great exhibition, which a generation ago would bar beea tic talk of two hemispheres, will opes ia London on May 11. but it Is doubtful if half tie population ef the metropolis has beard f its existence. And yet Its site is' witiia twenty Etiaatos walk of tb Bani at Eng land aad more than flS,0e,6 bat beea spent oa its architectural features alone la tie last year. No fewer thaa 12 S large buildings have beea erected, thirty miles of roadwaya baa beea con structed tn a word, a veritable fairy city hat beea created which snrpaabos ia beanty tie Whit City of Chicago or Its later rivals at Paris and Si Louis. A worid"s fair no leager appeals to the popular tmscnaTloa. That is why tie Franco Brrtiaa exhfbiuoa has scarcely beea heard of. Th entmot cordial betweea Brttaia and Franc, which has beea writtea about. pK-tared, sung about, evea Joked about, at th real genesis of this exposition. Franc and Its caionies are con tributing great -vums of sracey as wall at exhibits of maay sarta. Kaglaad la its desire to show tie varld Its frtendHaess toward Franc hat don Itself pro ad la th beaaty and art which have beea. lavished am. tie exhihitioa grounds and bcildnga All that tic artLBtic exoeUence, ti commercial eiterpris aad the pleasure-giring ingenuity of two aatloBiS could devise and contrive has sprung Into being. Aa irregular area of It acres tat beea wsed. aad to aatast risitors to get about boats a 111 steals along- ti arrfiwtl car. alt, Biriatnr railways wtU circle the grounds axd small omni buses aad roller chain pasted ly mea will be at ti ooTT.ir.aad bf wisHara. Tier arc 121 print pal talldiags. and IH miaof ones. Twecty-tws palaces bv beea eewcted. sevea of which are som 71 feet wld by 14 long These win be devoted to wdaoatioa. fine art, decorativ art, appbed art. tuusic. womea's work, science, social economy, hygien. cbemlcal tadastries. machinery aad botanical prod acta. It Is true that Jerers of regularity and adher ence t form la architectsr may tear their hair at ti medley of stykw ia the conarractioa and arxJLmentatioa of ti baildinxa. Tex a wonitr- fsl and beautiful efect haa been achieved in this architectural Babel. Doric, Corinthian, Egyptian, Turkifh, Byrantine, Criental and Ara.besc.ue dc aigna are all easily recognised. Tie Machitiery hall, covering over 3(,K0 aquare feet of fioor pace, if the largest ever con Ftmclbd ia ti.it coantry. The Paiai cf Women t Work will be at intereauig at it it beactifsl. Here every branch of woman 't activities will be exem plified, and dretfsikkers and milliners from Franc will re a ith tieir Eritith 6itter artists to gain tie attention of feminine -risitors. A model of a hospital fully equipped axd a staff of anrbet will another feature of this b -ail ling. The Fine Arts Palace is to have a remarkahle eC'Eection of picturea Trom ail tie prinrijitl mu seums of Franc are being sett ty;es of tie mod em movements and i.iiOc.ls ia painting. Lille, Nantes. Joi.s and Bcro-atix ttve consented to Vend their treasured w-orkt of art and tit Luxem bourg ia Pent will have many grett temjorary gsps on itt wallt while tbe eihiljtitin is ia prog ress. English arrest , too, aiil ie well rep resented. The Palace of Decorativ Art will have model! of roomi fitted with the interior decoration in vogue at various historic times from Queen Anne, Charles IL George 111. Inieo J one, tie hrotierl Adam and Chippendale to tie present &y. The Coart of HocTor it the mat bekDti!ul spot ia the extii.:tiax It ia really a collection of pal aces rather than one tijd:ng. On either Bit of a space more thaa ll'O yards ia width rise buildings of oriental design, all of a dtxxling whitrneta. Ia tie center ia a T&ke spanned ty a bride, substantial, but cf a light, delicate design which tarmoniaes admirably -;tb the sarroundiLga Jutting oat from the shore and also from th bridge are charming little paviljcn iu which visi tor will be a tie to sit and etj-jy u.? musc cf in famous Preach and British bkxds w hx-h have beea extaged to jlay daring th exhititioa. Green turf and fiowert scrrotad th Court of Honor, a til tiindred of trwet were planted there over a year age, and whea thousands cf shrubs are ad Atd. aa tie win b a txtajana U Ui ta-tp gar dexing vj have beea accomplished. At present ilb French and 4E English expert gardeners ar at tork in various parts of the grounds on ti sixty arret of gardens which it is promised shall be in order oa the opening day. From France has come a magnificent display of fruit trees, hundreds of peach, pear, aj.pl and plum trees from ti cifajtest French tureeri have beta transplanted and are now thriving in ef i-eciaily prejiared soil, w hile in ti gardtna of tie Elite Court are hundreds of transplanted French roe bushes of rare species. Ey a ta; py coincidence it was derided ia 1H'( during the tournament at Athena that the Olympic fi.nes were to be held this year in London. Suita ble ac-commodation hat beea found for them tt the evhiiiition and the stadium which has bees erected is worthy cf it occaalon. The beautiful martie Stadiam at Athena, though a third of a mile in circumference and af fording space far 50. ('06 jerona. aouid ot touch tie cinder jiath if it cou.id bt placed within the Fraxico-Entish stadium. This attraorditary struc ture has been put up ia a l;ttle more than six mentis at a cost of ttSO.tCr. It wUl stat LP.f'bi people and hat standing room tut many thousands more. Lrloa the seats is a concrete cycle path banked cp ax th curved ends to a height of Ben feet and ttlrry-five feet wide in th home straight, oa snub it aill be tosE.bje to attain a sjieed of sixty miles an tour with safety. Witiia the cycle path it a broad cinder path for foot racing, ne-tlird of a mile la length, and oa tiia all running events in tie Olympian game sill be decided aiti the exception of the taenty-v-mie Marathon race. The grass arena ina.de the cinder path is 22 S yards Icng by li t yards broad, so aill give ample scope for football, hockey and lacrosse niatcte. Tfce atllerjc joruc of the Olmjian grimes will ocujy a fortnight from July U At otler t.mes ptyaical exercises on a scale hitherto axattempted in Erf ai d will be jerf armed by large numbers of Frenth and English toys and girls la the arena. Oa three tiffct s week firework dis;j?s ar to te snad alternately Vy French and British pyToterh- ll Is a'T.tJt la itn: ti ta grr aa adc&uai idea of th magnitude and aoop of th xiIbitioa AH tie French eoVoale ar repreaexte4 by a titiu la their special jialaees and by rfllaXBa la the recreatiea part of th gronada. India Is s aoonced In a beaotifcl baildiag. copied from a la moat palace. There are als Iadiaa villages aad baxaart and s theater wher IJtbto persona caa b accommodated and ia which a darbar axd a tiger hunt win be ti big spectacle. Cey lon hat a large spaos reserved for tt aad the houses erected are modfela of thus la th Cutis t streets ef Colombo. Ireland tat gon lata th aaifhitloa heart aad socl. Besides itt Palac of Xadastries, It has coa triluted an Irish rlliag, waich Is as in teres ting at anything ia th a tola exhibiuo. la the beginaing tt waa oaly intended ta haw an actaal repreeeBtatioa of "McKinley's eottagw." with the genuine aiadews, doors, stairs, floors, the large Iron griddle aad eran. tie bed aad even th lucky horseaho.. It was reasonably supposed that tils woald apjeal ta an loyal Americans, axd Irishmen whether loyal ar aoC . From this original Mea grww tie present vil lage of taiiy-Maclintoa. with McKinleys cottages'-11 as a racleus There wtU be a populatioa of 2fc0 linng there, and they win be able to feel theme)ve ouite at home, for theyH se th -wispt of smt ke" rising to the sky from th -wold roof." aill breathe the fragrance of the peat aad have s alacgh with Andy Feelaa" whii admiring ti fa;r looks cf all tb latported Irish Bridget. Moirat and Kates In th 1 hatched cottage win be seea going oa carpet aejving. lao making and embroidery. There aill be a genuine Galway fisherman's cot tage, aed'erf otrse one of the fam-oua round tow ers w;H be reproduced. A herd of Kerry cowt will r on tie oottkirts of the rilitge and the hlu (. ed (oM--eYs sir i ;it item All tLe gstt profit irom tfce viilsg.. at well at those frcm tb sale of goods, aill be devoted ta tie i!T-uuc.n of phthisis, atieh it increasing la Ire lari Canada. Ntw Zealand and South Africa ( Courted a Paa Fwax