Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 19, 1890, Page 5

Ed 4 - + ) THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER. How British Commercial Tourists Live While on the Road. VERY PECULIAR FEATURES. B80ME The Drummers' Outing Among the Mountains — Sensational Elope- of a Man of Samples— Notes Concerning the Boys, ment Nothing interested me moreduring a recent trip abread than the commercial travelers h whom I fell in on the cars and in the hotels of England and Scotland, says H. T Fisher i the Merchant Traveler. The “com- mercials,” as they are familiarly called, usu- ally travel in third class compartments in the railway cars, and are served in separate din- ing rooms at the hotels, There was at least o shadow of an excuse for proclaiming m: a comuiorcial traveler, and acting on the gestion of a Scoteh friend I did so at the next hotel. Tustead of being taken up to the coffce room, the poi took me up to the commercial room, s large, airy aj with bright peat fires bur anda heavy mahogany dinner spread in the middle of the floor, man with a large sample him, was writing lettors at a table near a window. He looked and nodded pl as T ente table ready A gentle- open besi ntly with a pleasant, add , who carried a p: o rof heavy grip- sacks which he deposite in one corner of bowed to us as he entered, an act of eivility that astonished me after my coffee room experience with Eng- lish trav who almost uniformly ignored the prescnco’ of others in the room. T'wo turcens wero brought in and diuner announced. I believe I was first come, gontlemen,” s man who had been writing, as he ook the seat at the head of the table. “And 1 last,” sald the other, taking the opposite end, “Oxtail soup, gentlemen; may T assist to some of it?) said the man at the h ver before him. broth, Mr. President; will replied the other, as ho uncoy thie turcen. When all had been served and the soup drunl, the were cleared away and a joint of mutton was placed at one end of the table and a spitted fowl at the other. After the last course a plute was passed and ecach deposited a penny upon it. These were dropped in & wooden box on the mantel shelf and pipes were lighted. ntleman atthe he a8 “Mr. Presid con | man who has been I hon and t © sits opposit ant presiding ofic the roasts, and it is to offer the other the first cut” before serving the other ggests. The gentlemen i the room when the gong sounds are expected to sit down to- gether, but if one should come in late, as is often the case, he may usk p them, u request that is_always granted with @ show of pleasure. There is no hasto at these meals, an hour generally beng con- sumod in ' dlscussing 1o good things, and there is no fuming over the waits when one course gives place to another. Should a i wish to leave to cateh the train or au appointment, he must address the president, state his reason for wishing to go, and asked to be excused. A person who would push his chair back and slide out in can style would be voted a boor. al travelers maintain 1i Inglish and Americ dining rooms, take care of their or- phans in schools of their own and accomplish much philunthropic and charitable work by the penny collections taken at the close of their diniers, The commereial room is the general rendez- vous aud living room of the British drummer. There he finds a desl and chair when has un ocder to write out; his mail s deposited on a table where he can see it when entering; there is a cosy fire burning in the grate when the weathoer is damp or cool; a s it s al- in_ waiting_there to take his shoes and him a pair of slippers from the lofg row ranged against the wall when he comes in, and there he can always get a cup of tea and a slice of toast on a fow minutes' notic His breakfast and tea arc not s formal ns b dinner. Ho may go down when he likes in the morming and read tho papers by the firo while his chop or fish is being_broiled. The sorvant who takes his order will see that he has a cup of tea brewed especially for him and will Aank his moat plate with & loaf of delicious bread, from which e may cut or break ns much as he pleases, and a plate of butter balls, some salted like our own and others without salt. The meat and bread are inviting, the tea oxcellont and the coffee abominable. They add chickory to their cof- fee and spoil its flavor. The drummer abroad takes life Ieisurely, has_comfortable, home-like hotels, gets shorter bill of fare, but better cooking, s more plainly, makes shorter trips on but less comfortable trains and draws smaller salary than his American brother. He does not mix with the guests of the hotels, but keeps the company of his kind, is treated with a dignified courtsy by his colleagues, compared with which the sociol lifo among our drummers scets rude, and is a good fel- low aud & pleasant traveling companion, vice or ass) must, carve customa for each the two The Drumme Outing. S.S. Whitney of Lincolu has a lotter from Duncan A. Holaday of Denver, secretary and treasurer of the Colorado division of the ve association, in relation to the annual convention to be held in that ity on June 24, which will be of general in- st to the traveling men of this state. The following is the letter De: i, Col,, May Lincoln. Neb,—Dear 8§ Your ostecm of Aprl 15 at hand, In reply thereto 1 will 1t tho national conventlon of the T U ectlve assoclation will meet in psday, Jund uln fual convention K. t soclution and the in u sense, “for T A's only." But we ar xlous to have repre itatives or dele- gates from all Kindred organizations, that we may uccowmplish o for the good of all com- I ding the courtesies tendod to the guests of our di- T will suy t all travellug men will the san far a8 pos e will Dy varied one. S \ml refer to le be to all traveling men g . Wewill runa train ifio to Gray, n the grand s i, the famous ¥ vun - train nwood Springs and \to retuin vin coin silver pu which will pass t ntione Ourdivisi and wo will be pre- tertain all fellow- ro The e nd all wifl Weo would conslder it a great favor you to secure u dele Hlnn fi - Lined will Promise then i reception nne anys thing acearded the ¢ mer i the past 1 would be pleased to hear from you again, and to meot you in June, Yo DUNCAN A Secretary and Sensational ¥ A special telogram 1 from Owattonus, Minn,, say The sensation of the season here is the elopewent of Mrs. Perry Rolfe with Andrew Bulson, a traveling salesman for a Chicago drug house. Bulson's home is in Michigan, and for the past year he has been carrying on a clandoestine courtship with the protty Mrs. Rolfe. Bulsou wade his last visit here about a wock ago, and us usual be and Mrs. Rolfe took advantage of every opportunity to be i each other's com- puny. Both parties are young, good looking and well conne and_ the fair Juliet has constantly had more male admirers hore than the better eloment of society thought just proper under the circumstances, Her hus 1 soemed complotely infutuatod with his Protty and vivacious wifo and was evidently lind 1o her weakness. The erring ¢ wers seen to ve here togoether night at 10 o'clock, Mrs. Rolfo's baggag ing checked upou the mileage boolk of Bulson for Ohicugo. The distracted husband was . 8. Whitnoy, esq.. d favor 1t is the re progr slons ing by on will glorfous tin tos receive and o Tl trivelers iy anticip Darod 1 lod by e Bre as he went to 8t h of them. evidently not aware of th Paul and Minneapolis in s Sample: | Roy 8. Tuttlo of St. Louis spent Sunday at the Grand Pacific, Nobraska City. Sam Cool, one of St. Joo's jolly queensware men, Sundayed in Nebraska City. W. 8. Troxell of Joseph called trade in castern Nebraska last week H. P, Rafter, representing the Detroit heat ing and lighting comp was in the city last woek. on his W. Tracy swept western Towa like : ast woek. George is famous as a punste George Van Houten, the handsome blon. who makes his home in Lincoln, visited Ne braska City last Tuesday. Work has boen recommenced on the Mor- rison hotel, Yankton, S. D., and it will be finished us soon as possible, Peter Wohlers, the big shoe man from Buf- falo, registered ot the Grand Pacific, N braska City, last Wednesday P. T. Wilson, with Kirkendall, Jones & O worked the main line on the Missouri Pacific road last woek Dorsey Burgess loft for the Puget Sound country Wednesday evening, to be gone until January 1, 1891, Dorse has one of the long- est trips out of Omahia. Wash Aldridge of Denver has tackled the grips for the Denver Soap company, and started out for a trip through the southern country carly last weok George Kone, the popular the Caseg, visited his many friends in Ne- braska City the ecarly part of last week George is a great favorite with the tr ng men., Jack Carrett, the popular hat man from Omaha, spent Sunday with his best girl at srasic Cit is_ovidently in love s his face is always when he is in that night clerk of genial Gene Houghton, Swith & Co.'s famous fat man, who s been matehed in the telling of fish ' noticed, however, that hus of late been running short of yarns, so ccasion no surprise to learn” that' he Rocky mountains Saturday even where he will spend several weeks hunt- ing and fishing—especially fishing. Will O'Brien; holding a house position with 3. Smi 0. of Omakia for the past two goes west the coming week to cover tory In Utal, Idaho and_Montana for his loyers, He will operate in con- th his brother, Mr. Charles H. representing the same firm with headq s at Ogden. Will is new to the ranks, but will be given a hearty welcome and wished great suced The Silverton, Col. mers show w pres juncf O'Brien, “Drum- de flows. | spoken to this spr agood business ourmerc |nmhv'| [y is somothin or there would not be so many drummers around. What is that saying about the eaglesi It is 50 loug since we were at school wo have forgotten.” Hotels. . Winton, Wauseo S. A. Morrell, New Atianta, Ga.; F. A. W.J. Robb, Phila- Connecticut; 1. L. Mac Millian, New H B. Vau F. 'W. Owens, W. Watson, White Chicugo; F. W. J.P. Norton, New Yorl fam, St. Louis; H. E. At the At the Millard—W. 7. B. Brown, Atchison York; F.J. Barnard, Morrison, Toledo, O.; delphia; K. Goodrich, ow York; W, Seneca Falls, Pigeon, N. Y l)m‘hm Ch W. H. Kent, C sener, New York; A. Roscnstine, New York; W. M. Dh'l(rnw\n Hls\llm\ lnll\\l\lll(l ar) I|‘<' Chicagc ‘Chicago; L. Esenbaci i, n.us St. Loui: D) land, Sturtz, Ln\u Denver; C. M, Clark, Ol New York; W. G. Blym Manson, ) Frank Bray, Louisvillo; t Coni.; A. M broth, .1, M cut; V hicago: C. Josephs H. D. Bowker, Chi son, Chicago: ¥. k. I M. Sutton, Pitt Belle: ']Vllk rman, Ka City a0; M. AL Low, Tope At the ( B. R. Spratl adelphia: W G. K. Kello i;«-m Denver: . D. Curtis, Phil ) New York; Distone, Brookly i ntyre W. C 13 R . C. Look, Chicago! Chicago; W. D, Witheroup, D. Draper, Louis; G. Waltotte burg; J.H. Temple, . Hill, St. Jos¢ph: John lflm(lm;(, M. Drake, Philadelphi Brooklyn; W Haight, New J. S. Dudley, Rochester; A. Durston, almerlee, Roches ster; qum : C. A, Keef o) St Louis; G. i John L. Now, St. Loui go; John Ott, Chicag uton, O.; J. H. Moor Webster, ) i, tHowe, Vinte Chicago; A. Hillhouse, Creigh- |\uxl Grand Island; L. C. Fes: . L. Burtlett, Keokuls, Ta. B. Chase lh’ll L. Sell, Philadelphia , Neb.; George F H. Coburn, Chicagc Voris, Kansas City; W, Cartor, Groves, Kirksville, Mo.; W I Tovence, Mas: Thomas Jones, I . Marquis, Leavenworth; J. Spiegel, Chic W. K. Ditto, Lancastes A. Roberts, Kansas City bbon; H. C. Bancroft, C )\\n-ll \l Paul, Neb.; S. Lewis, A. Rensis, Kansas City; nd Tslang W. Krass. Minno- apolis,” Mg A, K Graham, Wisner, Neb.; V H. Kintner, Wyalusiy Pa.; F. B. Kintner and wite, Tow W. J. Gray, St. Lonis: Jas. L. Leavenworth; G Vistue, Chicago; Smith, ll(.u‘ S AT ulhln \( l,ul Millc B. },. g J H l'ummn. Chicago ., q mm, Chicggo: E. N Lincoln; I. H. Wood, San™ Franci Suyder, Portland, O R. M. \m)n'n Ben H. Hayden, Omuha; 1Phil s hiladelphia; Carl 'R, Haliguist, Sioux City; J. W. Buchauan, Chicago - BURIAL PLACE, PONTIAC The,Spot that Marks the Great Ottawa Chief's Gray In a few days the old building near the corner of Iourth and Walnut strects, which marks the spot where Pontiac the Ottawa chiof, was buried, will | be torn down to make room (01 \ modern | and commaodious structure, says s St. Louis dispatch to the Chic vibune. Possibly the excavators may uncarth | some of the bones of the warrior, vory name, a little over a century made the redeoats tremble. The story of the closing duys of Pontinc’s caveer is o sad one, The historians of the United States have nothing more to say | | end of Ponti; { land route, | quadruped’s lags werve t | shrugged Charles until July, 1785, under the pro- visions of the treaty of Paris, he had surrendered that stronghold to the Eng- lish and had removed his troops to St. Louis. As commandant at he had been closely connected with Pon- tiac's ambitious schemes, and he alone had been able to persuade the Ottaw: | chief to bury the hatchet when all allies had deserted him. The fame of Pontine at the time of his visit to St. | Louis was as widespread as that of Grant or Sherman in these days. From the Mississippi to the Atlanti | throughout all Europe, his name was synonym for savage courage and cruelty. His deeds has terrorized the English | and delighted the French. Among the | Indians he had been looked upon as the one who was to relieve them from the oppression of the whites and restore | their condition to its original simplici | and security. *He had formed that gre | confederation of many different tribes dwe uinvv\nnnlu-.n of miles apart, occu- pying the country sippl and the Allegheny, the Ohio | the great lakes, to resist the powe encroachment of the English. He had won the friendship and confidence of the chivalrous Montcalm at Quebec; had | distinguished himself in the ambuscade | and defeat of General Braddock; had planned the massacre at Michillimacki- nac; had mature the time for attacking the forts and set- tloments of the English pioneers, by which more than 2,000 of them lost their lives, and had only been prevented from capturing Detroit by the ll'"\c]wly of an Indian girl, These exploits had cast romance about his name and the people of St. Louis the most intense desire to behold the great chieftain, St. Ange Bellerive gave him a most cordial recoptinn at his own quarters in the house of Mme. Chouteau, and he was foted and caressed by the principal inhab- itants of the village. About this time. however, it became evident that the plans of Pontiac, although promising in their inception, and aided by one of the greatest nations in Europe,had all failed. His Indian allies had all forsaken him, and his best friends among the French d perseaded him to sue for pe: rushed by disappointment the ch sought relief for his sorrows in the flow- ing bow! life during the few months he lived in St. Louis 5 one continuous, { inglorious debauch. The great Pontiac had fallen to rise no more While in this condition some French friends Cahokla, a village across the viver, made historic by the footprints of La Salie, invited him to make them a Despite the entreaties of de Bellerive he accepted the invitation. Dressed in his richest robes and adorned with eagle feathers and sparkling beads, he crossed the river never to return aliy He took with him a few of his faithful follow to act as a military es- cort, For a few s Pontiac wus a great attraction at Cahol People came for miles to catch a glimpse of the greas chief, but instead of the great chief they saw only a bloated, drunken. -aded savage. He drank continuous while stupefied by whis woods surround- where he was toma- hawl Indian who had been hir h trader named Williamson lu Lill the Ottawa chief, for ot he was given a barrel of and the whole tribe proceeded to celcbrate the event by getting glor- iously drunk. When de Bellerive heard of the as- sassination of Pontinc he caused the body to be brought to St. Louis and preparations to be made for an imposing funcral. Near the ancient tower which stood at the corner of Fourth and Wal- nut streets his grave was dug and there the fallen chieftain was buried with all the honors of war. There was general mourning among the inhabitants of St. Louis, for the villuge was a French one, and Pontine had always been the friend | and ally of the French. But that barrel of whisky, which the price of his life, cost the Kas dear, for the surrounding Indian: ends of the Ot- tawa, heuring of his cowardly assassi- ised the y and almost ‘minated the Illinoi l|ulmn~: in an indiscriminate slaughter. Such was the ;,one of if not the great- an Indians, o -— he new offices of the great Rock Ts- 1602, Sixteenth and Farnam street, Omuha, are the finest in the city. Call and see them. Tickets to llllpmnls east at lowest rates. - HAD ATI/\'I"I‘LI G TIME. A Dray Horse Plays Havoc in a New York Saloo A big dray-hovse rolled down the by ment stairs and into the saloon of George Moyer, at 537 Poarl street, yesterday, IPor two hours the horse about owned things, and there was a general wreck within the reach of his The horse was hitehed to a d belonging to a lithographing company, and at 5 o'clock waus passing the Pedr “Billy,” the dviver, was on the s a New York dispatch to the St. Globe-Democ Suddenly the and began to tremble, led that he had the blind staggors, the dri jumped down, and \\nh the uid of a dozen men,soon had the horse lying on the sidewalk, In itsfren- zy the horse kicked itself free from the harness. Before the crowd was aware of it, the horse had struggled to the top of the stairway leading down into Meyer’s saloon. The animal balanced there for o moment and then plunged to the bottowm. The frame of the big double doors was strong, and it didn’t give way under the 1600 pounds of horseflesh. The horse was junmed down on his haunches which were cut and bleeding frc the broken The fall had made it wilder than er, and by using its head asa batter- ing ram it broke down the door frame- work and rolled in upon the floor of the suloon. Then the fun began. Neat little pyr- amids of glass piled up behind the bur me down with a clatter under the jarving, and the horse’s hoofs began to 1y out in all direction They knocked the washstund, just inside the door, into kindling wood, and broke the supply- lotting the water gush over the They split the long mahogar d loft the imprints of the on everything in rangk. Saloon- keeper Meyer kept at a distan ce in d. spair for a time, but finally saw his op- portunity and jumped on the horse’s hoead. A few of the loungers in the s loon came to his assistance, and the Meyor sent policemun,. but the office his shoulders and said he would have to leave the driver to look out for his own horse, The animal, meanwhile, g in between the a glamour of sxeited in ¥ ho w ing the ost of Ameri Lot hors @ somebody out for o of him after the failuve of the great con- spiracy and his consequent consignment 1o oblivion His name drops from the pages of their books {ralannm e minds of temporaries, But the musty old records of the early duys of | St. Louis give the closing chapters of his biography, and these rocords are too well attested to leave any doubt of their correctness, Yet fow there are, n of | the oldest inhabitants of St. Louis, who know that in the heart of the city, stone’s throw from the ithern rests all that is mortal us his ¢ hotel, 1 of Pontiae In the summer of 1769 Pontine arvived in St. Louis to visit_his friend and old acquaintance, St. Ange de Bellerive, tnen aeting governor of northern Louisi- ‘ anu. De Bollevive had been- command- aut of the Freach garcison at Fort | Prevention | and ¢ L& a hig pool of blood, which was Howin from u dozen cuts, 1t began to look as Meyer would have to house his unwel come visitor all night, and he made an- other effort to stir up the minion of the law. The policeman was finally per- suaded to send for one of the big ambu- lances belonging to the Society for the | of Cruelty to Animals, When it arvived Meyer saw the horse windlassed up the stairs and cavefully | laid on a bed of straw. Then the crowd | dispersed and Meyer sat up the rest of | the night guarding his stock of liquor with & big gap leading to the str Whete tho tloor had heor - For rheumatism, lumba lic there is no re nuine Dr ouralg superior Thomas' Ecleotric Ol Fort Charles | nd, indeed, | Missis- | 1 the planand appointed | | by M. | ton, who paid 10NDAY, IN MEMORY HE STILL LIVES | The Omaha Newspaper Men Pay Tribute to | Their Dead, GENIUS SHOWS RESPEOT FOR GENIUS. Hons. John M. Thurston, J. L. Webe ster, K. Rosewater, W, R. Vaughn and Others Speak of O. H. Rothacker. A meeting was held in the court of Tur Bee building yesterday afternoon by the members of the press of this city and invited friends to pay tribute to the memory of Ottomar Hebern Rothacker, connected with | newspaper work in this: city until the time of his death, a few days ago. placed him in the front rank of western jour- nalists was manifest by the large attendance afternoon to listen to the kindly words of eculogy from the lips of those@ who knew him best and who loved him, and from others not so well acquainted with him personally who would pay tribute to the genius that made him ex- traordinary as a newspaper writer. Elevated in o commanding position 1 the rear of the presiding oficer, stood & large crayon portrait of the dead journalist that truthfully delineated his features, Mr. Frank Morrisscy, who was closely associated with Mr. Rothacker in life, w selected to preside over the meeting. M. Morrissey briefly stated the object of the moeting, and said: “We have met here in distinguished in a noble profession. In many respects o remarkable character and one of steiking individualities, which emphasize his memory with us todiy. His faults but served” to embellish his noble qualities. Gifted with a splondid mind he was_ still in- tense in his humanity as he v in all thing It was his intensity that caused him o crowd all of a lifetime into half the allotted sps His intensity perfected his friendship. Loy alty to a friend Wwas with hima roligiou principle.’’ Mr. Morrissey then spoke at length upon the loyalty of Mr. Rothiacker to his friends, but he wis a man whoin few really knew. Ho was impatient with the man who could not understand him, and the exigencics of news- paper work often conspired against his being vightly judged. Many deemed him orratic : and while freely the compelling power of his brilliancy and genins deplored the absence of the plodding qualities which anchor less capable men to the g cence. Above cant, de creed, he revered God and devoted himself to the fellowship of mankind. Major Howard, who ku well, read a biographical sketeh of his life, together with many anecdotes of his life. At the conelu: is remarks Mujor Howard offered the following resolution : Whereas, In the providence of God and In aecord: ¢ with the ture, our pro- fession brother, O. H. cker, has died; there Resolved, Th the press of On this oceasion o their sincere sor- row at his los ir thorough appre his ability as 4 newspape; e rocognition of Lis genial. s ch their unqualified admi hm of hls perso and professional bravery, and his thorough logalty to his frionds. tesolved, ts the sense of the newspaper men of Omalia, That 0. H. Rothacker was, us we knew him, one of the yery brightest newspaper men of this country; tiat he was not only a forcotul editor, but a tender poet and u cnustie, yet kind critie. Thoroughly versed in lito ture, h uld detect shan Incisive instyle, he could effectually €¥poso theni. Rusolyed, Dlint we reopgnize tho vory great Joss that the nowspaper profession hits sus tained in the death of O. I, Rothacker. Wo recognize also the 1oss thist tho literature of the countr stalied, hecause he could hivo boen o great autiior and u great post, 1 fita been spared wo bolievo L cen both. , That be spect to a man 'w the dead man 1 brethren of bled, do take ¢ his professior the celebrated artist of Chicago, a_friend of the dead man, who spoke of Mr. Rothacker most tenderly and lovingly. He_voluuteered to paint his lun'lnm.lubu hum,r in the press club rooms per editor of Omaha.'” “In glancing over the editorial page of the Republican this morning,” said Mr. Rose- “I was painfully struck by of article on Omaha journalism, clipped from au exchange published in a neighboring village. With evident malice the writer drew a sarcastic contrast between the generous tribute paid by Tiie BEE to the memory of O. H. Rothacker with somo bitter and uncomplimentary things said of him dur- ing a heated political and personal contro- versy when @ie was_editing the Republican. Now I despise all shams, shows and false pretenses as much as any man, and I shall mot stultify myself even on this occasion by abject apologies for what 1 have ever written or suid concerning Mr. Rothacker, Whatever Imay have written or uttered I conscicn- tiously believed to bo true. But_ the aori- monious conflicts of journalism do not and hould not extend beyond the grave. ‘For- Cusour trespasscs s we forgive those who trespass against us.” 1 would not exalt or magnify the man. He had his faults, but he also pos sed attributes which attracted and attached tohim many whose friendship 3 s was very intimately uinted with him. The first intercourse between us was by letter, when 1 wrote to him years ago offering him a position on Titk Osaua Bee, my uttention having been at- tracted to him by a deseriptive letter that ap- peared in a democratic paper over his in- tials., In reply Mr. Rothacker said he had a permanent place in Denver and was not in a position to cha When Lie came to Omaha with the late Mr. Rounds he called upon me and we exchanged cordial grectings. Soon after we were plunged into a bitter political campaign and hard blows were given and received. In this line of newspaper work Mr. Roth- acker was almost matchl He_wielded a pen as keen as a Damaseus blade. Nevor very profound, he struck from the shoulder and cut a wide swath. Although impetuous ard 1 found him a man willing to ac- rrors. Some months after ncounter we met in the room of Goorge Francis Train in the Puxton, and Mr. Rothacker came to me voluntarily and offered me his hand, acknowledging that he had done wrong. (1 made up with him and from that timé forward he did uot utter u harsh word against me aud 1 don't think I have against him “Rothacker, with all hls faults, was one of the most brilllant and foreible writers I ever knew. His friendships were warm and Iast- ing, and to these qualities I pay tribute with who were intimately associated with know! our memor The following original poem was then read Frod Nye: fo is a platitude anif'so is doath, And griof Is one, and words of grief I count it doubly sorros ful to mourn Finding old songs toyoice the newer woe. 1 sickens fox itself nm‘ this ly once, bilf o'er and o'er agiin Springd the need of newer ¢ newness of the eternal pain. the yeurs to Athens, weh 8¢ Pass through where a burd, denth of y his strad “Alas! n tosing, Began Cry 1 saw a vision and it spoke and sald “Doubt not that human promlses The dead you love and mourn as i Waked to fulfillment even us he ur has lost its spring “There are 1o ‘halt-caught thymes' beueaths his pon— Words blo has pussed The lost springs come strotched arms. Smiles (n his radiant fuce und cries */ The next speaker wus Hon, John M [’ most klowitg tribute o the Rothacker. He spoke of bis to his friends, his genius write In Roth 2 like roses where your friend lost love, with out- At last! Thurs. memory of Mr, warm attachwent and marked ability acker's hand, he said, the pen was either a stilletto or a broad sword. "Ho spoke of the power of the press and the responsibilitics resting upon the shoulders of those connected The respect felt for the genius that had | of those that gathered together yesterday | i | | | Utah are found MAY with it. Rothac! k"r never put his on 'fl paper but that ho attracted the attention of men. This made him great in journalism, Thero was about his writing and unstudied naturalness and individuality that impres itself into all he wrote. Rothacker good citizen because he defended good insti- tutions and good society. These he never at tacked. He was not a professor of religion, but believed in o limll of the univ Fathor of man, loving, tender and g have no doubt that he went singing into his death, trusting in the tend forgiveness of the God he acknowledged Hon. J. L. Webster was tho next speaker. It would be useless, he said, for him to at tempt to describe Rothacker. The peculiarity of his nature was such _as to be beyond nary description. Not so marvelous as it was peculiar, He spoke of the bril- liancy of Rothacker's mind and of the con- suming firo that burned within him, of his in- tensity and poet-like genius, He could see beaut in nature that others could not dis- cern om the clouds he could draw pictures of beauty, pictures of fancy, clevating not only to himself, but to those around him. But while he would give the dead writer full eredit for his genius, his fervor and his imagis jon, it was' but fair to thero are editors Omaha more competent to build ¢ than Rothucker, Men whe 's minds as well s to their make men think and see as ho thinks and sces. Rothacker had not reathed this standard, none possessed of his forvor could. Rothacker had not written for a da; !-||l many of his better thoughts were stored in the libraries of the world to be read and read again. Mz Will paid high tribute +dead friend and were listened to with much attention. The resolutions offered by Major Howard were adopted by a rising vote and the meet ing dispersed. AN in All - INDISCREET YOUNG MA) A Mexican Lieutenant Says Nau Things About His President. City or Mexico, May 18.—[Special Tele: gram to Tig Bee.] —Mexican papers are giv- ing undue importance to tho Yturbide inci dent. Yturbideis a young man, a grandson of the emperor of the same name, and is now a second lieutenant inacavalry regiment with noofcial standing, though he has some money, which enables him to make frequent trips to the United States. During the last tvip he s reported to have said that he repre- sented the conservative party. Tho local press took up the matter, when' he, boylike, to set matters straight, rushed into print, publishing a letter in I mpo. in which ho criticised the government, the liberal party and also President Diaz, who is commander- in-chief of the army, and for this he w sted and sent to the Tlaltalolco military prison, where he is undergoing a triul for complaining against a superior oficer. The authorities att little importance to the affair, though they are inquiring to ascertain whether he was ‘instigated by’ others, So fa however, it appears that he wrote the impudent letter without consulting any one, and therefore the government is inclined to deal leniently with him, particular] he claims that his ideas are 'purely republican and that he never dreamed of a monarchy. His attorney, Mr. Verdu, claims that even if he is l'ullull guilt an be sentenced to only one or two months’ imprisonment. . A HORRIBLE DEATH. ty The Night Despatcher in New York's Postoffice Buried in Quicksand. Woonsior, L. I, May 18.—James S. Par- sells, the night despatchier in the New York postoftice, met a terrible death Saturd ing in this village. Parselis was repairing a well when it caved in, burying him neas the neck. The quicksand~ continued to run down and the effor s to extri- cate_the unfortui 3 the danger. A rubber tube was procured and placed in Parsells' mouth so he could breathe after the sand had covered his liead. After several hours’ labor the sand cleared away again, put it was found th Parsells had been unuble to retain the tube in his mouth and had been choked to ds ¥ 1s o prominent citizen widow and a large fami e A FIRST CLASS FUNERAL. Bismarck's Humorous Reference to His Resignation. Panis, May 18.—The Matin publishes an interview had with the French journalist De: Soux, who was recently enfertained by Bi marck. Bismarck referred to his resig- nation as a first cl but_added that he was quite ali He de- claved, among other things, that Ger- many ' would never attack provoke France to attack hes well understands that Russia would inte vene to protect France if attacked, just as Gormany would aid Austria if Ressia at- tacked hej e otes from Norfolk. Norrork, Neb., May 18.—[Special to Tt Ber.|—Eleven saloons are now running in full blastin this city and the thirsty can cer- tainly imbibe to their heart's content. There are sevefal cases of scarlet fever here, but they have been of the mildest forr The Norfolk brick and tile company has commenced operations and employ ‘about forty men, A few more such industries are needed in Norfolk, Negotiations are now pending between the city council and a company represented by ge A. Brooks of Baile Mills and Henry urren of Chicago for i gas plant, which, nsummated, and the outlook is very flat: tering, will give 400 men employment for the next three months atun outlay of more than 365,000, The_future outlook for Norfolk is brighter than for many months. ~ She has rid herself of asserted boomers and is now getting down to steady business. Miss Winnie Miller, who suffered from such severe injuries, as reported a few days siuce, is improvin The mayoralty contest is still on tap aud will be tricd next weel. Quite anovel case at law is being tried in this city in the case of Verdigre school di trict yagainst George Quinby. the district, by mis land, and a8 soon us the building was finished Mr. Q. proceeded to move in with his family houseliold and cooking utensils, and says I is pledsed with “his'" new residence very much. By R Niobrara’s Coal Find, NionRAKs, Ne al to Tie B, |—The coal discovery near here by Johu R. Joll, the practical miner, brings to mind a lecture Prof. Samuel Aughy, forme state geologist and now geologist of W livered at Niobrara in the summer of after an extended trip with T sspoudent. In speaking of the coal tions he mentioned the Benton group of blue chali rock as the one of most interest to this section, It is in this group that great basins of lignite coal are found, and in this kind of rocks the great coal beds of But there these been broken up and the strata nd in this way the coal is exposed at nu ous places. Hore, hov 1gh ther are the me kiud of vocks, they lie horizon- tally, and the ouly way of finding the_ceal is by boring in numerous places until it is found, There is uot a particle of doubt but there is coal in abundance, and some day me will stumble upon it and find their Niobrara thinks it has stumbled upon tho professor's foretold fortune. sl i Whipped by a W Burrato, N. Y., May 18.—Yos | noon David Lorrigan entered the house of | Mus. Vance, a widow lady, | finally | Lorrigan fled, but she follow and attempted to The woman fought fi ed in getting a howie au dray At the sight of this d him and man aged to inflict se cuts in his shoulder. Mus, Vance was arrested, but will probubly be discharged tomorrow, and Lorri gan is apt to o to jail - Boulanger's I Loxpoy, May 15.— Boulanger has informed a friend that the letter by which he dissolved the Boulangist national committee does mean that he is re laims but de- sires the fium be universal ussault her. suce from u bure uffry ivides, Cal., retary A Prom MILWAUKEE, clal say May A San Gustave Eissen, sec shin both | coly and | knifo | 1 hosom, | ner ehild, 1o u sche | malk P Fair white ears Soap hands: Brightclearcomplexion Soft healthful skin. “PEARS'--The Great English Complexion SOAP,--Sold Everywhere.” Etchings Engravings. Artists’ Supplies. Mouldin gs. Frames. 1618 Douglas Street, Omaha, the Fredoricksburg brewery, cause unknown, Eissen was, ago, A prominent business man_in Milwau- was a leading member of the turnes secretary of a music socioty, and was widely known in German circles’ throughout tho northwest r picided thero; until a year n Can be ¢ — - Only the Cook Bostoy, May 18,—The mer Cit Micon, from Savannah, brings Cook Pol of the schooner Hattio Clark, he having been found drifting in an open boat. Polaski says the schooner capsized in a squall and he_ e lieves all on board but himself were lost. The crew consisted of Captain Lane and five men besides Polaski. The Passion Plu BISMARCK, Oberammergau promi; cess. The actors were ¢ rvelou e at Oberammergau. The Passion play at s to be a great sue- cllent. Mayor was and in the dress rehicar s othier actors were skillfu with the exception of Judas voracted v. The play ud - half Nebry pat hvo pe Tas nlw W May 18.—[Special Mrs. C. M. Woodward n m.-m,.u\( church on the evening of the 17th under the auspices of the Woman's Christian Tem perance union. This morning she spoko in the Methodist chureh. In tho evening she addressed the railroad men at the Congregational chureh. Accidest in a Circus. Kixastox, N, Y., May 18.—During the per- formance in a ¢ last night a section of the reserved gallery fell down, carrying sev- hundred persons with it." Many were v*cut and bruised, but uoné were fatally Lurt. Tele- | Co's. "MAG hav or ¢ ben the solieit the teled ovory ery. Corrosp #lon of eviden Mark what we FMAGIC REM cured. It is CAUTIO) edy. None others ugents for us e Victorious Wissmann. BexruiN, May 18.— Advices from East Afric are that Major Wissmann had captured Ma- kindini, placing the whole coast from that place to Zanzibar in the hands of the Ger- mans. AR 1602, Sixteenth and m streets is the new Roek Island ticket off Tick- ets to all points east at lowest rates. THE HOSPE For snlo only by the Cook Remedy Co., who hinve misslo; bflied (ho skill of the most C REMED ing the dixonso has Lo oure any onse that or nivertis known. Write for particulars. culars (reo. Addros Rooms 2 and 40 8t. © Corner idth and Dodge Hallet & Davis. Kimball, Pianos & Organs. Sheet Musie. Nebraska. SYPHILIS sured in 20 to 60 days by the uso of the aglC Remedy of Omah TILe L un fOr the nanies o on_ cured w to rofer. Sypl tomedy Ly evor liny- 0 Who nlternas aporary 4 an bo pro orcury, potash, 3,8 8 steus 4 b imiat ope of Tecoy L us put you in iy Say: In the o YO MUST Uk E ity the mo Allletters confiden- ro gotting the Bo sur s Rom- Cook Re on dy Cos. Maglo aro gonutne. Parties claiming to be aro fmpostors and frauds. Full partl Al communications to COOK REMEDY CO, atr Hotel Block, ts., Omaha, Nebruska. UN ot HE DECLINE OF DRINKING. Why Young Men Cannot Uphold the Reputation of Their Fathe If the ninetcenth century does not boast “‘two-bottle men” it must be attributed to the inevitable action of the laws of heredity. The fact is that our worthy but bibulous anc by their unlimited indulgence in fermeonted liquors, made it for their degenerate descendants to imitate their example, says the London Tel- egraph. All their fine feastings and revellings, all those steady drinking bouts, when the cloth was removed and the ladies had gone up-staivs, and many of the gentlemen wore quite content to finish th evening under the table, have left an unwelcome heritage in those contemporary disorders which run 0 glibly off the tongues of our doctor: Suppressed gout and dencies 10 acidity and eruption of cezema, we owe together with loss disguised s, to the free and generous life of our ‘forefathers, How v people nowadays could drink strong beer with their dinner, old port afterward, and then fiinish up with more strong beer? Yet this was the normal habit of old university dons and country elergymen at the time when the anded floor, which grits beneath the tread,” was usually found in bar parlors and common rooms, before an ¢ of enfor valetudinarianism, and thin French clarets have dawned for a feebler ifnot more moral humanity. We can only wash down ourtoasts in whisky and aerated water instead of “Trinity audit ale” and *Old Avchdeacon’ and wine of the comet year. The only people who drink port now ave fox hunting squives and undergraduatos who ve just left hool. Many @ men, be- sides cultivating other interesting fads 1l anism and a belief in Ibsen’s dreams, proclaim the virtues of blue ribbonism. stors, have impossible all drabuk and ul indiscretio oplum, or sti Tufirmit convenient fo $1 0 packag Dr. Birney, prac al diseases of nose and thron A BABY'S mnx ANCI Adventures of a Tot of Six Between Philadelphia A Texas. Little Rosa Croom, the story of Ll ice limited to catarrh- Bee bldg. | ine money. cular free. M BOND Correspondence solicited. ¢ompaniEs, ETC. N.W. Harnis & Company, Bankers, 163-165 Dearborn Street. CHICAGO. 70 State Streat. BOSTON. MANHOOD RESTORED. After phed rom penmption and Ineanity. MADRID CHEMICAL CO, Branch Offic 7 Dearharn Street, J. A, Fuller'& Co., Ce A.D. Foster & Co. ION PACIFIC: ON SALE PRINCIPAL POINTS EAST, WEST, NORTH a nvd SOUTH AT— 1302 Farnam Streot. HARRY P. DEUEL City Pa.ssenger and Tiocket Agent, 3 WANTED ISSUED BY CITIES, COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WATER NATIVO,” the rful Spanish Remedy, in sold with n Written Guaran- too to cure ull Nery- ous Diseascs, such an Weak Memory, Loss % of Brain Power, Hend- % nchie, Wak ofdlners, Jge. Lost "Manhood, Nerv: ouancrs, Lassitu 1oss of power of the Generative Ot ans, In el her sex, caneed by over-exertion, youth- s, or the exceesive nse of LobACCO, milante, which ultimately lead o stup in Prico ) to onrry in the vest pocket. or 6 for 5. With every 85 ord §ive 8 written guarantes to oure or Sent by mail to auy addre fon this paper. “Address for U. 8 JHGAGO, TLL. i, BY 15th and Douglas Stroc it & Douglas i nel) Blnfts, lown whose journey to Texas in November last was published far and wide, has had o curious life histor The story of little Rosa tures during her short s of existenco is & roma: veal life which surpasses the most fanciful flights of fiction Rosa is the child of John M. Croom, , and his wife Gu nd they lived at {\ harton, Tex., siys the Philadelphia Mr. Croon is a prosperous nd real estate agent, but his do- life was an unhappy one, His wifo Gay was of a restless disposi- tion, and sl d dramatic aspirations. Kventually the couple determined to separate, and the wife suddenly left her home, taking little Rosa with hoer, The woman drifted to Philadelphia, and she took a position as saleswoman in the book department of John Wuna- maker’s great st Being dissatisficd with the work and anxious to go on the . the mother determined to send her little daughtor back to T in charge of her own velativesat Pales. tine. Phe baby journey, with which money in my | Mprs. Croom, when she had left Wanamaker 1 of elocution at No, 1 hearing, however, and not her own parents, had are of her baby, she determined to an effort to got her back again, When matters had quieted down and suspicion was lulled she traveled quic b wnd has again in tearis Rosu from the arms of her unhappy father, who is now moving | § he Liis darling bucl l { and her adven- suliing Geath sbing Mfi-llll vas sent all wlone on her long u placard on her tiny ed me, 1 huve got rid of She went | - 1121 Arch Thit han | the ¥rench street, ( cure au hushand the Omaha; M kto* BUCCE wnd earth to g Speciflo for Hysteria, Dizzines Tiivens, Montal Deprussion Manhoo {auming Frematu FOlt LADIES ONLY NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT, cla, Wako- iiFain, ro. “ocay and . Fita, Twura Deprasaion, ol ty and | hiso! JFDMA 1110 Farnam Street, 5 0N exylamation oad Brosh E MED 1CAL CO., BU RESTORED. TLewkiy FiEx. 2F ot enl Pl wystomn mind Promots Dr nedy, not on 1 by Bhorman & M hai, €A Mulh Blums @ i the worlds