THE BEE:" OMAHA, THURSDAY, JUlCE 20, 1912.
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AFFAIRS ATJOOTH OMAIA
Union Stock Yards Men to Leave on
L Boosting Trip.
GOING TO NORTHWEST NEBRASKA
Great Interest Displayed In Reanlt
of Election by the CttUena of
Sooth Omaha Going to
Eaglea' Convention. '
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Representatives of the Union Stock
Yards, including General Manager E.
Buckingham, and Traffic Manager Joe
Shoemaker and thirty members of the
Live Stock exchange under the leader
ship of Secretary-Traffic Manager F.. A.
Stryker of the exchange today leave over
the Burlington for a week's boosting trip
out in the western section of . Nebraska.
The delegation will leave Omaha at 4:10
p. m.. and will go directly to Alliance to
attend a meeting of the Nebraska Stock
Growers' association on Juno 20 to 22.
Thence the party will proceed with the
tour of advertising the local market 'to
the stock growers in and about' the
Scott's Bluff country and across the line
into Wyoming for a short distance. Dur
ing the trip automobile circuits will be
made from the railroad points to Interior
towns such as Gerlng and Mitchell. ...
Eagles to ' Conrention.
Jay Williams of South Omaha, state
Michael Brennan and John Martin left
yesterday afternoon for the Eagles' con
vention" which opens today at Grand Is
land. Another delegation of South
Omaha Eagles will leave this morning
to attend the convention. The delegates
include Chris Rogers, J. J. Humpal, J. B.
Ferguson, J. P. Donany, John McKale,
Jay Trapp, C. G. Riley, E. E. E. Rldge
way, F. Tevita, C. D. Torey, C. J.
Southard, Babe Corbett and James Jen
sen. Magio City Goaaip.
South Omaha, Camp No. 2U, Woodmen
of the World will meet tonight.
A snap, for sale, new 5. room modern
bungalow. Easy terms. Tel. South 1981.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Larsen are re
joicing over the birth of a baby girl.
Mrs. A. R. Thrapp has returned home
after a two weeks' visit with friends at
.Ashland, Neb.
An ice cream social will be given on
Tthe Methodist church lot, Twenty-fifth
and E streets, Friday evening.
Misses Gertrude Sullivan, Nina Swan
back and Flora Jorgenson have gone to
Colorado for a three weeks', visit.
Miss Jjulu Wilson of Sidney, la., and
Mlsg Eva Hearst of Longmount, Colo.,
are guests of South Omaha friends this
week.
The past chiefs of honor of Degree of
Honor No. 193, will give a card party at
the Brandels pompelan rooms this after
noon.
Dr. Robert V. Wheeler will preside at
the funeral service of - the late James
begear wno win oe uunuu iuio evening
at 7:30 from the residence of his daugh
ter, Mrs. Delia Benson Lowe, 1709 Mis
souri avenue. Interment will be made at
Danville, Mich. '
Mrs. Anna Hudecek died yesterday
morning at the county hospital at the
age of 43 years. The deceased is sur
vived by her husband and two daughters.
The funeral will take place Thursday af
ternoon at 2 o'clock irora the undertaking
parlors of Janda ft Korisko at Twenty
fourth and O streets. Interment will be
made In the Bohemian national cemetery.
Miss Hazel Carlberg was given a fare
well party luesaay evenins- jxusb sri
berg leaves this week for Texas, where
she will spend the summer with relatives.
Games and music were enjoyed during
the evening. Those present were: Misses
Florence Carlson, Elisabeth Chalfont,
Lillian Fluhr, Vera Welsh, Pauline Best
enlebner, Margaret Hlnes, Josephine
Bestenlehner. Virginia Fluhr, Dprrls
Oakley, Helen Carlson, Eveyln Miller,
May Hunter, Amanda Ohlendorf, Dorothy
Martin, Nellie Pease and Hazel Carl
berg. .
REWARDS JOYOUS FRIENDSHIP
Legacy of Weary Age Beatowed on
Youth's Unselfish Compan
' lonahip.
It Is not often that life yields as charm
ing a story as that of the friendship of
Ross D. WJnans, the millionaire who re
cently died, and Dorothy Bateman, the
young Newport girl whom he made his
beneficiary for a half million dollars. It
is the story of age, wearied and lonely,
Grateful to the sweet unselfishness of
youth for bringing to it some of the en
thusiasms and dreams and light and
laughter which it had almost forgot and
of the admiration of youth for age which
had seen everything, felt everything,
which had had all that life can give and
experience can teach.
Those who read that Dorothy Bateman
Is accustomed to take the milk and eggs
from her father's farm to the customer
in the village have doubtless pictured this
new-Newport heiress, who has now quite
a respectable fortun. In her name, as a
raw, young country girl.
They are m'staken.
The question of the money apart, Dor-
othy Bateman is as romatic a character
as you would wish to start any ''best
seller" with for a heroine.
Although she ' has passed all of her
twenty-three years in the town of New
port, she is almost unknown. She has
no. friends or chums, except her young
brother, and she has been reared so that
she U accomplished and fitted to hold any
place that may come to her with the pos
session of her fortune. -
Dorothy Bateman's home Is the Bate
man house, an old, rambling farm house
which, has stood upon the fashionable
Ocean road ever since thex revolutionary
days.' There is a big veranda in front,
with a concrete basin in which a' little
fountain plays before it. ' A broad gravel
walk sweeps straight up from, the road
to the house.
Just a stone's throw from the Bateman
home Is Bleak house, where Wlnans used
to live, but which he sold about ten years
ago! But when Dorothy was a little girl,
and was still struggling with the "five-
ringer exercises, sne used to visit tiiean
house to listen to the occasional concerts
upon a very fine organ there. This was
the beginning of the friendship which
lasted up to the millionaire's death.
Mr. Wlnans was always fond of the
little yellow-haired girl, and taught her
to fish for bass, and many a sunny after
noon was spent by the" "man and little
girl angling from one of the steel piers.
It was to a place like this that In the
summer of 1910 Mr. Wlnans came seeking
rest and health. At first he would sit
moodily on the veranda or ride wearily
out for an hour in one of his fine auto
mobiles. Then came Dorothy with her
fine, youthful laugh, her radiant health
and her enthusiasm, and teased her old
comrade just to try a short fishing ex
cursion for old times' sake.. Finally he
did, and so the former friendship was
renewed. " . . ' .,'
After that, many a Cay saw them on
the rocks casting tivelr lines by tli hour,
and all sorts of excursions in the open
air were planned. The young girl and
the old man were inseparable. The fine
air ana me Deaumui anves or Newport
tempted them out for early morning
drives, when Dorothy drove, her little
mare and her runabout, or in Dorothy's
little electric runabout they went for
short excursions. , Mr. Winans even .re
covered his health sufficiently" to allow
his going in bathimr. and they often went
to. Spouting Rock for bathing. v
, The two became Inseparable pals they
golfed together, they rode, they drove,
they- went to the polo matches and he
tennis tournaments, and the fresh air
and activity, "without doubt had a most
beneficial effect upon Mr. Wlnans' health.
But more chan that, who can estimate
what benefit 'he, received from the com
panionship of a happy, healthy compan
ion,, who made all the old things seem
interesting once more,' who. brought to
him the significance' of the spring, who
suggested the Joy of bl,ue skies and flow
ering trees and pfoasarit summer days'.'
These are the " things which cannot be
bought with 'money, and there Is no doubt
Ross Wlnans realized their worth and
was grateful. '.,' .
, There was never the slightest breath of
scandal about the friendship In probably
the gosslplest.town In the world, except
that the villagers regarded it with Inter
est and the commont, "Old Dr. Wlnans
seems as partial to Dorothy as If she
were his daughter."
Miss Bateman did not expect the legacy
she received, and when she waa informed
of ; It she could not believe it was true.
She went down to the funeral in Balti
more with her father, and her ninths
was informed over w the ' telephone, by a
reporter of the half million dollar bequest.
"Oh! no," it can't be true!" Mrs. Bate
man said. . "You mean he left hr m
liatle gift jto show his affection."
Ever since Dorothy has been notified
of her good fortune she has started from
the Bateman farm at 6 o'clock in the
morning, just as usual With her eEara and
milk for her customers in the village."
"This will make no difference in Dor
othy's life," Mrs.. Bateman says. ' She
has been 'left the money.1 she is vew
happy over . It, and that is all there is
to it- She win g on living her life "Just
as she did before." New York World.
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MILLIONS IN ASTOrVS ESTATE
Estimated to Be, Larger Than Any
Hitherto Devised by Will In
.'" New York. .
Upon a slender lad of 3D devolves the
responsibility of holding up the name
and fame of one of the most noteworthy
of American houses. William Vincent
Astor, fifth in line from the founder of
the Astor fortune, by . the . tragic death
of his father, in the sinking of the Ti
tanic, becomes the head of the Astor
family In the United States. .
- The estate of the late John Jacob Astor
will probably be found at the inventory
to be the largest, bequeathed by will by
any citizen of New. York since, the. pro
bating of the estate of, William H. Van-
derbllt. It has- always been the presump
tion that the 'estate VHich William ,Wa'-
dorf Astor received, from his "fath'erwas of
the approximate value of 1160,000.000. -But
at the time this estate was probated the
rigid inheritance law of New York . and
the very strict accounting of the surrb
gate's office which now ' prevails were
unknown ". ;v s' ' ; ; .'
' The' estate' left by William H. Vander-
bllt was known to have been considerably
In excess of J100,000,000. - The late Samuel
Barton, a nephew' of Commodore Van
derbllt, and .for many years one of hlr
financial agents,-estimated the: amount
which William H. ... Vanderbllt received
from his. father,' the commodore, at. $90,-.
000,000.- This was halved by the will of
William H. Vanderbllt, so that his sons.
Cornelius and William K., received ai!
of , the fortune of the commodore which
passed to ,Wililan H. Vanderbllt. ' The
other children of William H. Vanderbllt
received all that Mr. Vanderbllt himself
had, accumulated. v As, there were settle
ments made in private by William H.
Vanderbllt with his brothers and sisters
so that each of them received a much
larger sum than was named in the older
Vahderbilt's will, there never has been
accurate knowledge as to the amount of
the estate of Commodore Vanderbllt.
But so far as Is known the estate of
William H. Vanderbllt is the largest be
queathed by any citizen of New York
since 1880. The Gould estate was nomi
nally of the value of 175,000,000, and that
was approximately the.value of the estate
of Russell Sage. EL H.'Harrlman's estate
is understood to have been about 184,
000,000, much the greater part of which
was accumulated " within fifteen years.
John .8. Kennedy's estate was approx
imately about e6,O0O,00O. The estate left
by E. H. Harriman seems to have been
the largest in New York since the death
of William H. Vanderbllt
A rough estimate of the value of the
Astor estate, as-that may be fixed for
probate and state taxation purposes, is
from 1135,000,000 to $150,000,000. Yet, what
ever the amount, it Is not likely to yield
to the state treasury as large a sum as
did the Inheritance tax paid by the. late
James (Silent) Smith. The state received
as a tax upon that estate a little ove
2,000,000, and so far as Is known this is
the-high record for -inheritance tax, both
for New York state and for any other
state. Mr. Smith, however,' was a-nephew
of the testator. For that reason the tax
rate was much higher than would have
been the case had he been a son.'
t A rough estimate has been made that
the inheritance tax which the state will
receive from the ' estates., of John Jacob
Astor,. Isidore Straus and-Benjamin Gug
genheim will be approximately. $5,09O,0f'v
This, however, must ' be a very rough
estimate, for while some idea of the value
of the estate of; John Jacob Astor has
prevailed, nobody knows how many mil
lions make up the estate 'of Mr. Straus
and Mr. Guggenheim. : ... :
The- yearly income "received, by; John
Jacob Astor, hSv. now ( for many :years
been greatly In excess of His yearly ex
penditures. Colonel Astor's friends; have
been accustomed to say, that the. great
hotels In which he Invested a portion of
his wealth were paid for .out of surplus
Income. It has also t been presumed that
whenever he madn additional Investment
In real properties he did that with in
come, rarely. If ever, ' cutting Into- tha
principal for tlfat purpose. Holland in
Philadelphia Ledger.
FORMER CAMPAIGN MYSTERY
'Henry Wilson" Elected Vice Prea
Ident with Grant, bnt Xobody
Knew His Real Name.
That a man should achieve political
prominence, be elected to the next to
the highest office within the gift of the
people, and yet his real name be unknown
t: almost all who voted for him and
the place of his birth undetermined seems
incredible. But those are the facts in
connection with Henry Wilson, who was
elected vice president on the same ticket
with General Grant, and who died in
office In 1875.
Some of the histories do not even men
tion his real name, and, while the bio
graphical dictionaries are more accurate
on this score, they are uncertain in re
gard to his place of birth and the Chris
tian names of his parents. These refer
ence books that make a definite state
ment as to the place of his birth state
that "Henry Wilson" was born In Farm
lngton, I a short distance outside
the present village of Farmlngton, on
February 18, 1812, and that his parents
were named . Colbath, and he was chris
tened Jeremiah.' They were exceedingly
poor and unlettered and the boy was
t.ii-ht te shoemaker's trade as soon as
he was able to do any sort of manual
labor. '
When he became a young man he re
moved ta Natic, Mass., where he-studied
dur'ng his leisure time and fitted him
self to mix with men who had not been
born under a similar handicap. Here he
decided to wipe out entirely the recollec
tion of his youth, jut his parentage and
the past behind him. and changed his
name. To this is due the uncertainty
regarding the place of his birth, for "Wil
son" himself never cared to discuss the
matter.
There Is excellent ground for belief that
the future vice president of the United
States was born in the little town of
Eliot, Me., for the local tradition Is to
that effect, and old residents claim to
have known it to a certainty. The Col
bath family certainly lived near Sturgeon
Creek, in Eliot, and there yet remains
the cellar of the . hovel-like house In
which they resided duringf the winter of
1800 to 1810. In the month of February,
1810, there was a son born to the destitute
parents, and in the spring the family
moved across the Piscataqua river to
Dover Point, N. H.. and in the following
autumn located at Farmlngton, It seems
probable that the Farmlngton claim Is
based upon belief that had for its founda
tion the fact that the boy was seen about
that village when a baby, and the change
in the date of birth was a matter of
guesswork. Families In Eliot claim to
have personal knowledge of the facts,
handed down from the last generation,
and Henry Wilson is said to have visited
the Isles of Shoals in the early seventies
tnd to have gazied acess to the coast of
Maine and remarked to a companion that
he was looking on the land of his birth
for the first time since he was a baby.
The romance is unique In that few men
ever so completely lost their identity be
cause of a desire that was wholly le.
gltlmate. Henry Wilson had nothing to
blot out, but the beclouding penury uml
ignorance of bis youth. New York
Press.
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ALL-STAR CREIGHT0N TEAM
' IS SELECTED AT BANQUET
' The senior class base ball team, winner
of first place in the Inter-class league
at' Creighton university, was the guest
of the league at a banquet in the Olive
room at the Rome hotel Teusday evening.
Maurice Howard, manager of the league,
presided as toastmaster, while Carl Rus
sum. captain of the senior team. Umpire
Dalley and Player Cotinell contributed
to the fun. . K
Those present voted on an all-star
team to be chosen from the players who
have participated In the league . games.
The following team was chosen: Catcher
Maurice Miller, senior; pitchers, Madden
of special class and McGulre of third
high; first base, Russum, senior; second
base, Cromer Coady, third high ; short
stop, "Jlmmie" Kane, third high; third
base, "Jerry" Murphy; outfielders, Arthur
Dalley, fourth high; Maurice Howard,
fourth high and George Riley, seniors.
Those present at the banquet were:
Rev. Father Devlin, president of the
league; Maurice Howard, manager; Carl
Russum, vaptain senior team; Basil
Lanphler, Paul Tobin, John Polskl, Philip
CahiU, "Jerry" Murphy, Robert Connell,
Thomas Norrls, Arthur Dalley, Cromer
Coady, William Madden and John ' Of
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There is not another Piano House in the West, that is
in a postion or can afford, to place as low a price on high
grade standard musical instruments, as we are doing.
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The Power of
Ready Money
Ever Ilenrd Tbla Onet .
! A traveler In the Scotch, highlands told
. his landlord -that he was troubled with a
. week chest and had been advised to settle
; In a place where the south wind blows,
( "Does it blow much here?" he inquired.
I "Man, its aye the south wind that blows
j here," said thA landlord.
, "Then now do you account Jor Its blow-
ing from the north at the present time?"
Oh, that's easily accounted for,' was
the rendy reply." "It's the south " a'
the same, air, just on its way back again."
Boston Transcript.
Movement of Ocean Steantera.
Newest and best motor car exhibit
Tomorrow is the last day
We Take a Chalmers
Car to Pieces for Your
Instruction
When you were : a youngster
didn't you long just ache -7 to
take your first watch apart?
Maybe you did. You wanted
to see the "works. '
And haven't you often wished
: to see the "works" of a motor
car?.
Many people who have owned
cars for two or three years have
. . never seen what makes the
wheels go 'round. ''-'
' They wouldn't know what to
do if they ever did dare to take
their motor apart.
We'll show you the "works"
of a Chalmers car.
Come to our show room any
day this week and see the best
exhibit of motor car parts ever
put together.
Come and See What's Inside
a Good Motor Car
You'll learn a lot and you '11
enjoy the exhibit and the pictorial
trip through the Chalmers fac
tory. Remember, this week only.
v Exhibition opens from 10 a. m.
to 9 p. m.
. Tpmorrow is the last day.
H. E. Fredrickson Automobile Co.
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chase of the pianos from the Chicago manufacturer,
wholesaler and jobber, that we are offering in this sale.
To fulfo realize the great saving opportunities that this
store is affording the buying public, you should visit us.
We are saving for the Piano buyer, . ill a few instances
66 and on nearly every instrument, the price is at
least 50 less than the same quality is being offered,
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