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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1915)
THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, FKUW I'AltY Jrt. VM ATTORNEY GENERAL TOLD WHERE STANDS Railway Commission Quotes a Little Law with Respect to Employ ment of Special Counsel- SHARP NOTE TO MR. REED tFiom Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Fob. ?:. iSpcctal.) railing upon Attorney Gti. ral Willis Itrd to familial lie himself with th" law Infjre hf attrmpts ti rrlHclw the State Rail way ommlsim, l the way the railway ronur.ls Ion pets hark at the legal rcpte srnUtlve of the atate lor hU letter of ytstrrdtiy. tolling the commission thtit th muit consult his office when serk lnn adxli-c lrlatlve to rresent proccetllnus hcfjro the Intnrstate Commerce commis sion. The letter is as lollows: Tl e tone ami contents of your letter Is entirely unwarranted and the puollhlnn or sntne, without first Hdvislnn the com mission of your attitude, discloses n pur m to Inject, for the first time, politics' let a situation which la already diffi cult onouRh. rather than a sincere desire to assist. pedal Qualities edril. While you mlKht not realize it, it 1s a fact nevertheless, and. so recntcnia.'d 1 y those who know the facts, that "com merce law." so-called, has heconie hs much a specialty in the law as pat' iit it admiralty law. Neither you nor the mi ni bers of your office have had any "Xieri ence in that branch of the law. Kor that l-Piifon tMs roniinisMnn has net seen fit to call on your predecessors in the attor ney emends of I Ice, all of whom, '.vlth I e. exception of Mr. Mullen, have I eon republicans, for assistance In cases pond inn before the Interstate Commerce cc m inisslon. This commissi n has handled many eiiscs before the Interstate Crm merce commission with uniform success, and hut ome in the eUht years of Its ex istence luia it seen tit to employ its own counsel in smh enses. It Is fitlinK to add that in only one other cae, dui-ins tie period when tie Hon. W. T. Hi. imp aim S'i ably represented this state as at torney general. ,s this commlsrlon m I loyed special counsel. Tin ae fads irso facto are sut'fl- tent answer to the un i ailed for riienestion cunt lined In your letter that the politic of this commission bus In anv manner Influenced the com mission in Its failure to solicit the aa fitance of so eminent an uttorney ai ourself. o Dot)' Imposed by Iaw. The commission Is authorized to call on you for advice, and for constructions or the I'iw. and you are renin red Ihcm lr. writing when asked for t" arpear in hen TELLS OF LOGAN FONTENELLE AT HOTEL 0PEI1ING. f A. S t ,r. J f V 1 to Ivo likewise beluiif of the coniml-'Kl m its ordi rs are in litlcatnn in me courts, but there Is no duty imposed upon the commission retUirlnK It In iniersiai Commerce proceedings to avill itslf of ynur transcendiinl local attainments un less it desires s J to do. In conclusion the commission iiuolea the statutes wllh respect to the envloy ment. of sechil c ur.sM and Bts forth that It ha authority to employ s;ecltil attorneys whenever in funds and it deems the Im'ioitunce o" the case sufficient to warrant th" outlay. Ilonse May Step In. Following up the letter sent by Attorney tieneral Heed on Wednesday to the State Hallway commission, giving notice that his office stands ready to appear for the state and long after its interests in all lltluation and otjier proceedings. Repre sentative l-anlmm offered this resolution In the house this afternoon: Whereas, A controversy has arisen be tween the State Hallway commission and the attorney general's office with refer once to the western advance rate case now pending before the Interstate Com merce commisnion. be It Resolved, That It is the sense of this body that the Attorney general should be In vhargo of uoh litigation and hearimc. and that the tate Hallway commission should be as amenable to the Attorney general's department as any of the other constitutional officers. Upon Mr. Lanlgnn's suggestion the reso lution was laid over. It will come up for disposition, as the rule provides, on the second legislative day after its introduction; SKETCH OF LIFE OF LOGAN FONTENELLE Atlantic to the Missouri liver, and was LESSEE OF but waiting for the c - tlimulsbment of j Indian litbs to sweep westward to Hum DOLLAR Pacific. To the Indian it was the floo I tide of life, and a treaty of eace with the federal government was the ark tif safet . Took Chief, t Washlaatnn. I l.ngau ronteneiie tns the man nr 'the hour. He n.onlli d the chiefs of the different hands .if his nation and i took them to Vahliii:'on city, where be ! negotiated the great Indian treaty of IV.4 That treaty is n inimitable docu ment, both from the striking character jof some of Its provisions, and the great result that followed its approval. It Is a docinne.it as s gnirhani to the begin ning of the growth or the structure oi jour state as Is 'he le. laratlon of Inrte- r"ndence to the federal government, or the great treaty between Napoleon and Jefferson, by which the Umlslana ter ritory was transferred from r ranee to the Vnited States. By this Indian, treaty ot IV.4. the title ut the Omaha Indian nation to millions ot acrs of Nebraska lands were reded to the general government, and were thrown open to settlements. The prairies which wore once ancient battle fields are now being cultivated as farms. Where once there were Indian villages, miro are now towns and cities. Had It not been for that treaty of ISM, these plalna would still le Indian lands, the property of the Omaha Indian nation, und no white man would have a right to set foot thereon without the permission of the Indian chiefs. "This greater Omaha, with its popu lation of more than !O0.X people, the gateway to the vast regions between the Missouri river and the Pacific ocean, has been built upon the lands which once belonged to Logan Kontenelie and his people, and Its existence only be enme possible by that treaty of 1nS4. "Other Important events followed Im mediately after the execution of this In dian treaty. Congress passed the en abling act. by which the Territory of Nebraska was created. The president ap pointed a governor and a corps of offi cers to administer civil government. Then and there were laid the foundation of our statehood, which became a now star on the aiure blue of the flag In THE NEW MILLION OMAHA HOTF-T.. (Continued from Page One ) the effect of the mingling of their blood in marriage, and went on: l.liclnn anil Mr-Uum-Rah-The. "Much has been written of Lucian Fon- uh Kit.".".-. t -'.x-m Jk.J't Right Size lor Every Mnn's Foo) Sclltnn in Main Floor Shoe Dept. Ci 0 ?'i y. like those of the kings of Kngland. or of Corlolanus or of Julius Caesar, that the name of Logan Fontenelle, like theirs, might live eternally In memory." Kontenrlle'a AaMaalnatlon. "Wo now com to a sari part of the story. Login Fontenelle, as one of the first considerations of the treaty, had a provision put in it by which the United States agreed to protect the Omahaa from 5 Household Economy new to nT tba Beat CaagB X S Resaeay a ad Bare 93 by S Hakla It at Bum j i Couth medicines, large quantity of plain irr granulated sugar with y$ a rule contain a plain syrup. A pint of with Vt Dint of warm water, stirred for 2 minutes, gives you as good syrup as money can ouy. Then get from your druggist ounces Pinex (60 cents worth), pour into a pint bottle and fill the bottle with sugar strap. This gives you, at a cost of only 4 cents, a full oint of really better couch yrup than you could buy rjdy made for tenelle, the father of Logan. Me had the the Sioux and all other hostile tribes, l ei wandering instinct of the incessant trav- within a year after the signing of that elcr. While smarting under a rebube or document and with the name of our coun- reprimand from an aunt, which he felt try's president. Franklin Pierce, affixed was not merited, ho ran away from bin to It, the government ordered the Omaha homo In New Orleans and followed up the Indians to le removed to their northern Missouri river until he reached the wild reservation, on the borders of which the ngions of fur company trappers and nd- Sioux were constantly committing depre venturers. In his wanderings he had gone as far north as Hudson bay and westward across the ranges of the Rocky mountains, and back again along the val leys of the rivers and across the plains to his new home at Bellcvue. He became the representative of the Interests of the American Fur company throughout this western country. Captain Bonneville, made Illustrious by Washington Irving's picturesque romance, who was more or a wanderer than an explorer, met Fonte nelle in 1S32. at the head of sixty well mounted men. at 'Scott's Bluff, and at Fort Laramie, and at Green River on his way to the far-orf camps of the fur com pany on the Yellowstone. Luclan, with equal bravery with Bonneville, traveled through the rugged regions which were Infested by the warlike Crows and Black feet as if he wera a free lance of fortune, snd fearless as Richard the Lion Hearted. Recalls IMa Mother. "The historians have overlooked or for gotten the mother of Logan. 1 wish for THE FONTENELLE SERVES BANQUET TO ITS SPONSORS (Continued from Page One crest! All ot xe finest. And ol- datlons. Logan Fontenelle appealed to the Vnited States for protection against the Sioux under the provisions of the treaty, nut rroteclon was not given. "LoBan Fontenello declared It was equivalent to murder, and nothing but murder, to place the unarmed and de fenseless Omalias In the paths of their hereditary enemies, the Sioux. The power of the Vnited States was too great for his nation to resist and ho said: 'We will go and meet our fate.' They went. "The fai'.ure of the government to ful fill its treaty obligations to protect the Omahas did result in murder. In 15 that grat Indian chieftain, Logan Fontenelle, who made It possible that the state of Nebraska might come Into existence and this city be built and this magnificent i hotel constructed, was assassinated by a band of hostile Sioux Ills Breast was plTced by seven arrows, his skull was eruslvd by the blow of a tomohawk, his scalp was carried away as a trophy of Kiniiv- vmIoi- It was a crime that bor- ! dored on martyrdom, yet the government moment to tiring her name back to of the Fnltod Stites never punished the ' e, x serve He was interrupted by a small man with a red miutnche. He wore a cook s garments and cap. The man small with the mustache red started to speak to monsieur. But mon sieur interrupted him to Introduce him to the reporter. "My chef, Jean Mario Kscallo." Jean Marie was delighted. He said he was surpassing himself In preparation for the stockholders' banquet, which will open the new Fontenelle tonight. Tlmn quickly monsieur guided the re porter to his office, shooing away people ua ho went. To Personally Illrect. "Yes," he said. "1 myself will direct the banquet of the stockholders r.ls even ing. Ah, 1 will present for the approval of the people of Omaha such dishes as they nevalr tasted before. La, la." The visitor was curious about new things and he ventured to inquire about those new dishes. Monsieur did not refuse to write out the names of some. From relish to dcniltnsie every course Is to be gladdened by something brand new, the Invention, the discovery of Monsieur Charles Mayard. Here are some of them: "Delcle Fontenelle," a relish of a rellshablor.ors. "Chair do Crab, a la Mayard." fish served in a way never before dreamed of. "Supreme do Volatile, Roland," an entree. "Folios Bergere," a salad named in honor of that dead theater of such a sweet memory In that dear Paris. "Poussin en Casserolle, Lily," a roast um-m It molta in the mouth. "Bombc Omaha," an ice cream. "Red Leg Partridge, la Escalle." thl named in honor of that master chef, Jean Marie Kacallo. , Will continue Friday, olfcring men an unprecedented opportunity to select shoes from one of the best assorlments of shoes in Omaha at really vvonderlul savings. High quality shoes, absolutely perfect. Stryiter's $5 and $6 Shoes for memory, for to this superior and charm ing Indian woman are to be traced many 2.60 a clear saving of nearly f2. Full ! of the distinguished qualities of her cole irections with Pinex- It keep perfectly nd tastes good. It takes hold of the usual cough or 'chest cold at once and conquers it in 24 ' hours. Splendid for whooping; oougn, bronchitis and winter coughs. It's truly astonishing how quickly it loosens the dry, hoarse or tight cough and heals and soothes the inflamed mem branes in the case of a painful cough. It also stops the formation of phlegm in the throat and bronchial tubes, thus end ing the persistent loose cough. Pinex is a highly concentrated com pound of genuine Norway pin extract, combined with guaiacol, and has been used for generations to liral inflamed membranes of he throat and chest. To avoid disappointment, aslc your druggist for ounces of Pinex," and I ...A:n .l.A A miorant ! of absolute satisfaction, or 'money prompt-!nn Indian of the Iowas because he had v refunded, goes with this preparation, i ruiniessiy miiraerca an umann inaiun brntod son. She was the daughter of an Indian chief. Her name was Me-oom-bah-the, which in Kngllsh means "The Sun.' It is a name which stands for cheer fulness, for brightness, for warmth of heart and sunshine. She was such an Indian maiden as a Frenchman like Lu clan would select for a wife. It might be said of her as an Hnglish traveler Bald of some Sioux maidens whom he met In his romantic travels on the plains In 1M!I: 'They had extremely beautiful but firmly chiseled features, darW lustrous eyes raven locks and pearly teeth,' which they dis closed In gracious smiles that lit up their lovely faces with the most bewitching radiance.' Yet slm had the courage and natural instincts of her race, a fit squaw for an Indian chief, and onee she killed Stryker's $3.50 to $5 1 1 CI U IIUn., pWB fV II II I II IB T'IT 'i'he Tinex Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind. ITCHING, BLISTERED SKIN-ERUPTION ALL HIS LIFE, NOW CURED Nov. 19, 191L "All my life, until about a year ago, 1 was troubled with blisters and sores over my entire body. The itch ing and burning was terrible, and I could hardly sleep. I used many treatments that were unsuccessful and did not give ine any relief. I started using Heslnol Ointment and Itesinol Koap and they helped nie wonderfully. I WAS HE L1EVKI) AT ONCE, and after about two dozen applications I can say that I was free and cured of that awful disease. My skin now la as clear as anybody's." (Signed) Geo. Whitcher, Jr., R. F. D. No. 64. Caledonia. N. Y. Reslnol Ointment and Heslnol Soap are sold by all druggists. For trial free write to Dept. -R, Resinol, Baltimore. boy. Hotel llreslin Broadway td 29 St "An Hotel Where Guests ar Made to Feel at Homo Not too large, yet large enough to afford the maximum of value at minimum expense. Exceptionally Accessible 504 Jtoesu MaeVratt Utearaaf OarfM Sisal Room, wllh Runnini Wtier $ 1 .00 1. $2.00 per day Sisal. Room vlth Tub r Shower fl.SO io $1.00 per ay Doibk Room with Runnini V.Mr $2.00 la $4.00 per ar Dovtl. Rooms with Tub r Shower $3.00 I. $8.00 per Uf EDWARD C. FOGG. Managing Pirmclmr ROY L. SROWN. KasiJmi Mmafw Wedded by Belgian Priest. ' The marriage between Luclan and Me-ocm-hah-the was performed by Father de Smet, the most distinguished Jesuit missionary who ever came Into the west ern Indian country. He had come to America In 1830 from that part of Hol land which is now Belgium. A French man for the groom an Indian maiden for the bride a- Belgian missionary for the priest the place of the marriage an In dian tepee In the wilds of the windswept prairies, and the time before the white man's civilization had dispelled the Indian mystery that cast its shadow over the western plains. Such is the romantic stage setting for the subsequent birth at Old Calhoun in 183 of the Indian chief, Logan Fontenelle." Elected Chief of Nation. The condition of Nebraska at the Urns Fontenelle uiqned the great treaty was vividly outlined with stories of the visits of explorers and adventurers, "Trappers, hunters and traders traveled over the lands of Nebraska, but they left them as barren of improvements and of settle ments as they were In the older period before the feet of white men had touched the soil west of the Missouri river." He then proceeded to discuss the treaty or 18M. "In 1S33 Iogan Fontenelle by the unani mous vote of his people was elected head chief of the Omaha nation. He knew that the time had come when his people stood on the threshold, midway between the savagery and wild Indian life of the past and the oncoming rush of Anglo Saxon people and the new civilization of the future. He compared tiie crudities and the barbarities of the one with the luxuries, advantages and graces of the other. He weighed in his mind the sim ple lire of the Indian wiio tells the time of the day by the sun and the stars with the cultivated life of the white man as he learned It through his French an cestry. He compared the harmonies which he found In the great book of nature and its hidden mysteries with the libraries of printed books which told of the triumphs I of the sciences and the arts. The time had come fcr him and his j.eople to decide whether they would cling to the life of the past, or accept the great world's new tivlliutlon which had bten crossing tbo continent by leaps and bounds from the perpetrators of that foul deed. "When I reflect upon these trasic clr cumstarcs I am frequently calling to menoiy a stitement lately made by Malor fieneral Grenvlllo M. OodKC that there never had been an Indian war which had not been instigated by a failure of the federal government to fulfill its treaty obligations. A Philosopher and a Martyr. "In conclusion I wish to summarize my conception of the life, character and wis dom of Logan Fontenelle. In my open ing I said of him that he was a French manan Indian. I wish now to add that he was a philosopher of life and a martyr to its cause. ' "He was In favor of universal peace before Andrew Carnegie and Oavld StBrr Jordon became its apostles. He provided in article 10 of the treaty that the Omahas would not make war on any other tribe except in self-defense, and would submit all matters of difference between them and other Indians to the government of the United States and abide its decision. No other nation has ever been willing to grant such supreme and unappealable authority to a Hague Congress, or to Insert a similar clause In any International treaty. "He wanted to secure protection to his Indian nation against hostile invasions and to surround them by the Anglo-Saxon people, so that they might in time throw off their old habits and customs of sav age life and take on a new civilization of peace. He trusted the United States and became a martyr to the cause of his peo ple. But out of his martyrdom, like that of John Brown, the spirit of his master work went on. The Independent national ity of the Indian tribe perished, but, I'hoenix-like, the red men rose up into citizenship In the white man's govern ment. Our nation has beocme their na tion, and our flag has become their flag. That great treaty of 1864 was the sunset ot the Omaha Indian nation, but It was the sunrise of the new stste ot Nebraska From WiiKtn to Hotel. "From a group of Indian wigwams to this magnificent hoteV, from a cluster of tepees standing upon the wind-swept prai ries or upon the hilltops where the win ter breesea blow unhindered, to the com forts and luxuries of this palatial build ing; what a romance in the history of a century! It Is a subject too full of sour stirring events and tragic Incidents to be told In the dry details of a volume of history. It is a fit subject for an epio such as a Homer might write with ogan Fontenelle as the hero of the poem. Oh! that we had an American Shakespeare who might put It Into historical dramas. Miss Lathrop Given High Honor in East (From a ftaff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Feb. 2fi. (Speclal.)-Mlss Edith Lathrop, Resistant state superin tendent of education, has been honored by a call from John Hopkins university to teach rural education in that Institu tion during the next summer session. Superintendent Thomas has consented to a leave of absence for the six weeks and Miss Lathrop will accept. Miss Lath rop was formerly county superintendent of Clay county. She was also state rural school Inspector during part of the ad ministration of Superintendent Deliell. Sttoes for At These Sensationally Low Prices Are: High Shoes, Low Shoes, I Lace Shoes, Button Shoes. Pumps and Oxfords. Cloth Tops, etc. Black Shoes, Tan Shoes, Patent Leather Shoes in fact, a complete selection of shoes in the host styles for early Spring and Summer wear in all sizes and in all the shapes that are most admired. Much of Stryker's spring stock was in the store when the fire occurred. ( The Strykcr Shoe Co. long have oorupied the Board of Trade building. Because of the fire there they wero forced to seek new quarters. Accordingly they wished to dispose of their shoe stock as quickly &n possible. We made them a cagh offer, which they accepted. 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