Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 23, 1891, Page 9

Part 2. -— THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. s TWENTY-FIRST YEAR. MILLIONAIRE DITCH DIGGER, Lincoln's Richest Man Oace Worked with Pick and Shove FITZGERALD'S - 10HN EVENTFUL UIFE, Bvicted from He ©Oa Amassed a dents of Ireland America and Has Fortune— His Carecr. Lixcors, Nen,, Auvg. 22.—|Special to Tne Bee.) ~Hon. Joun Fitzgerald is one of the most unique and st the same time most prominent characters in the financial circles of Lincoln. He is the richest man at the capital city and is the most modest and un- assuming. He is quoted as being worth over $1,500,000, but is not at all puffed up over his remarkable succoss in life. Ho is as approachable as tue lowest menial in his sor v Tho honors that have been thrust upon Mr. Fitzgerald have come unsought as he believes in strict attention to business and #§ avoids all public notoriety as much as p0ssib) Mr. erald was born about fifty-five yeurs ago in Limerick county, Ireland.” His father was a tenant farmer, holding at the same time a fow acres of freehold property the remnant of un cstate belonging to well-to- do ancestors. Misfortune visited the home and Bdward Fitzgerald, tne scion of the novle Geraldine race, was evicted from his farm and with his family came to America to commence life anow. John was then seven- teen years old. Already the lad exhibited the ceaseless enorgy and sagacity that have been the secrots of his success in later years. John did the work of the ordinary Trish laboror and that was anything in the hue of manual labour that came along. It was during thoso years that one day digging with a number of fellow rs iu diteh for a farmer, the lad com- ed figuring up “'in his head” about how Tho dinto his head, why not try luc in taking the contract’ for the con- struction of the ditch, To think was to act and in a short time he made a proposition to the farmer that was accepted and John Fitz- erald, labourer, was transformed into John “itzgerald, contractor, and he commenced the ascent of the ladder that led him to weulth, /Mic job proved a financial success to John fd the farmer was pleased with the expendi- tious mauner in which the young contractor pushed forward the work. itzgerald found out that brain work was more remunerative than physical toil aad he adopted the calling of a contractor. His continued success as a contractor led him to greater ventures and in @ few years in partnership with his brother Edward he turned his attention to railroads Early in the sixties they completed scveral Important contracts in New England and Igterwent to Wisconsin whore they put in faveral hundred miles of railroad also. Later thoy secured big contracts in Towa and gradually worked westward. Some of the contracts secured by bim were sold to other contractors and thereby Mr. Fitzgerald received thousands of dollars without em- ploying a single man. When he came to Nebraska he first located at Plattsmouth and invested considerable of his mouey there. He still owns a large amount of prnKerty theve that brings him good rentals, Meanwhile he continued rai Foad contracting, and took part in the struction of the ~Cincinnati Southern road through Tennessee, the Denver, Memphls and Atlantic railwav and the St. Louis and Canada railroad in Michigan and Indiana, Ho took a prominent part_in the affairs of the First National bank at Plattsmouth and eventually became its president which position he still retains. A humorous story is told concerning him when ho first became an ofticer of the bank. As president it was necessary for him to affix his signature to the bank notes issued by the Institution, A pile of crisp ten dollar bills was broughl to him oue day for that purpose. Beizing a pen, Nr. Fitzgerald set to \\'ur\( to Inscribe his autograph on each one. The successful contractor had never had much ~ time to practice an ornamental style of chiro- praphy and the first autograph written caused \B\;. % knit his brow wWith disgust and he aMiberately took the ten dollar bill and tore itup. Hethen tried the next oue, with no botter success and the fragments of ten dollar bili No. 2 followed No. 1 intotho waste basket. Again and again he tried to write his zame in a style that would suit hun and when the pilo of bank notes begun to look appreciably smaller he struck a style of autograph that suited him. He duplicated this on the romainder of tne bank notes and #uved them from annibilation. To the as- tonished officials of the institution he ex- plained that he proposed to have the currency issued by their bank to be on a parin appear ance with those of other banks. Mr. Fitzgerald 1s also the president of the First Nationul bank at Greenwood. He is a director of the First National bank of Lincoln and also of tho Union Savings bank of Lincoln. Ho is president of the Nebraska Stock yards compnuy and proprietor of the West Lincoln Brick and Tile works. He owns a large store in Lincoln and mercantilo establishments in various portions of the Siate, He has a magnificent farm of 8,000 acres at Greenwood and and _another of 6,000 acres in Giuge county. He also owns soveral favms in Wisconsin and other states. In ad- dition 1o the splenaid wholesale busiuess block at the corner of seventh and P strects veral store buildings and dwelling houses in various portions of the city of Lin- coln. He has & magnificont residence sur- rounded by ample and beautifully laid out grounds that aro his pride. The place is on o fine eminence and is kuown as Mount Emerald, Mr. Fitzgerald has always been ardently attached to the cause of Ireland. He bas al- ways supported every movement consocrated to irish liberty, ana "he has attended evory prominent convention held for the promotion of that_cause, With John P. Sutton and Hon, Patrick Egan he has helped make Lincoln tho headquarters of the [rish na- tional leaguo of Amer Mr. Fitzgerald was first elected prosident of tho local ovgan- itzg Mashy b %= _ization and in 1886 wus unaunimously elected president of the national league, which posi- tion he still retuins. R S HONEY FOK THE LADIES. Whito suede and chamois gloves are popu- lar in London with all kinds of gowns, Protty Louls coats of lace are worn with Pkirts of surah, China silk, net and foulard Some fancy combs with but two teeth have cut garnet cabochou tops, which look well in light or dark hair. Shot brilliautine 15 a dressy and servicoa- ble fabric noted among many of the stylish traveling suits of the season, Fouthor trimmings are announced for cloaks, conts, capes, dresses, boas, hats, etc,, the ostrich and coque leading. Handkerzhiefs are very elaborato. 1 saw some very pretty ones having the center and hem of different colors that contrasted well. The newest things in hosiery wre black wilk stockings with white Hrussels lace frouts and stockings embroidered in forget- me-nots, Bright Miss Kit, who writes so entertain- ingly for the Toronto Mail, has uo use for the young man with & sast. Suoe would have bim’ chloroformed. A youthful toilet is of cream colored be- rege, dotted with pouquets. ‘The upper part of thie corsage is of tulle, and the riband and girdle are of thistle colored satin, Handsome gowns of magnolia-white cloth, which always luoks rich and tasteful on every occasion are made with vests of white silk- cord ombroidery,applied directly to the dress- frout ‘The latest chomises are cut en cour, or in /fi form called ‘Josephine,” which is rounder than en cour, and all orna- nted with lace and open work in- ion, he novelty in millinery silks up to the present is shaded velyet and satin antigue. Among the noticeable combinations are Pages 9 to 16. NUMBER 66. e s ey TO-NIGHT. Sunday Evening, Aug.23. 1TO-NIGHT AND MONDAY, TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY. T H B’ GarapRBow OPRREA OGOMPANY, ~—————IN A GRAND PRODUCTION OF-— Balfes Beatitiul L.gric Opera, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OMAHA \ o the Great Cast of Characters: IE-—— Bohenmian Girl WILL BE RODUGED IN (1S ENTIRETY Including the Grand March of the Gypsies and the Czardash. rand Chorusof 40 Voices. PICTURESQUE SCENERY. Balcony Reserved Seats, 35¢ and 25c. Count Arnheim, Governor of Presburg...Mr. Jonx E. Braxp Thaddeus, a proscribed Pole............Mr HeNry HaLLAM Florestein, nephew to'the Count...........Mr. J. O. PoLanD Devilshoof, Chief of the Gypsy Tribe....Mr. Cras. H. Drew Captain'of thelGuandE s st e .MR. JESSE JENKINS Arline, the Count’s daughter............Miss Lauvra CLEMENT Buda, her attendagits.o.. ot oo. ... Miss LiuiaN Swaiy Queen of the Gypsies................Miss CLara CuresvaN Nobles, Soldiers, Retainers, Peasants and Gypsies. N. B. Twelve years are supposed to elapse between the First and Second Acts. The action of the Opera is laid in Hungary, during the beginning of this century. SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY: Acrt 1—The Chateau and Grounds of Count Arnheim, on the I'anube. near Presburg. Act 2—Scene 1. Gypsy camp in the outskirts of Presburg. Scene 2. On the road to Presburg, Scene 3. Public square and Hall of Justice in Presburg. Acr 3—Consetvatory in the Chateau of Count Arnheim, mousse green and lavender, and pink with dull gray. Boots niid shoes have round or square toes —the pointed ones are supposed to eave gone out—but I think they are certainly tho most stylish lookiug; the others mako the feet look oo large. A very novel hat is of leghorn with a pe- culiar garniture on the inside ¢? gae brim of rows of st ribbon in cream, blue and brown, which is also used at the' front and back in large loops. Corn-yellow India muslins and French ba- tiste dresses are garniture with white Irish point embroideries, and Spanish yellow and pink China silks and bengalines with Vene- tian lace flounces, berthas and Valois sleeves. Some of the newest veils being worn at this moment are the clear Russian nets with the skeleton plush spots. Muay people are giving up the unbecoming plan of woaring veils reaching to the cnin, and have fallen back on the old one of letting them end just below the mouth. ‘apos aro a legion in length and style ave sure to bo_ full over the shouldors, long and with flared collars. The back may fit to sthe figure or hang loosely. A yoke effect is correct; so is the contrary, Feather trimmings aro especially pretty on these wraps, and silk liniugs give the air of a well finished garment. Graceful surplice waists of transparent to- lets baye the fulness from the shoulders prot- tily shaped into a pointed yoke by drawing ribbon through a casing made by facing an wch-wide strip from each armbole to a point still lower aown on the edge in front. The ribbons meot at a point below the chest and aro tied iu a Marie Antoinette knot. The present shapes will be retained as re- gards many of the fall bats, but there will undoubtedly be importations of the very small shapes, such as there is a great effort to'briog 10, and which have boen scon o many stylish persons, although their use is far from genoral, the taste seeming to run rather toward @ moderately small toque, capote or plateau shape. New York World: At least 10,000 stan- dard works establish that woman's dress coustricts her thorax, plays the deuce, scien- titicatly speuking, with her diaphragm, aud converts that which nature intended for a walk into something little better than a wab- ble. T'rue, ten times 10,000 lovely creatures, all health and sprightliness, are found, but sclouce says these are but beautiful excep- tions. The New York Rocorder is an able new. paper and ull that, but it carries presump- tion too far when it inforn:s its readers that a woman five feet three inches tall should weigh 130 pounds, and measuve twenty-four inches around the waist, thirty-one inches around the chest, elght inches around the forearm and so on. There is a deal of noo- seuse about this perfect woman, says the Boston Globe. As well attempl to define s perfect rose or a perfect laudscape, The wowman of five feet three inches or any other helght, is & model woman when she posseses a good coustitution, keeps herself in health, and is satistiod with the figure nature gave ber. The masculine world is much indebted to the Chautauqua ladies, says the St. Paul Pioneer Press, for a great deal of valuable information imparted during the passing season. Among other things they have taken an invoice of the esoteric and invisible por- Thy tion of woman's wardrobe, and give the grand total of such articles as fourteen, which they declare should be reduced to four. Thay are particularly severe on the corset, but skeptical man wiil believe that article of apparel is going only when ho discovers it is gone. They have a decided preference for drapery of the Groek design, but the chances are that about oue season’s wear of that kind of togeery would result in pneumonia, fol- “lowed by an immediate change of the mode. CONNUBIALITIES. Old Hardfeature (on the marriage tour)— Do you like the tunnels, darling! The dar- ling— Yes; if you must kiss me, 1 don’t want to see you'! “Mammwa, may I carry the doggie a little whilet” No, darling, you might lot him fall; but nurse will let you carry the baby, if_you ask her. Ella Wheeler Wilcox says the old bachelors should be taxed to support the old maids. But just thiuk how the girl's would have to humiliate themselves to get on the pension roll. There have been seven marriages among the female olerks of a New York weekly paper in seven years, and they each occupied the same desk, which has beécome a greatly prized one amoug the remaining clerks. In an article entitled ‘‘Marriage as a Life Preserver,” published in & New York liter- ary journal, the writer says that “'if longevity is desirable, then it is better that we should marry than remain _bachelors; for it appears that at every age, from twenty to eighty-tive, the aeath rato of the Benedicts is very much smaller than that of their married brethren.” Deavenworth is excited over the approach of the first Chinese wedding in Kausas. The bride—Miss Young Lee—has been a teacher at the Chiuese schools in San Fran- cisco. She arrived in Leavenworth the other duy wearing a_yellow Ctina silk dress mado in tho latest mode, and is sald to be pretty snd intelligent. Sho is going to marry Joo Leo, & laundryman employed at the post, and sho is already a favorite with the officers. A young wife in Georgia 1s about to sue for divorco on the ground of violation of the marriage contract. Ske alleges that when, befora marriage, she told her swoetheart she was willing to share his poverty and live on bread and water, he pledged his sacred honor that if she would furnish the bread he would hustle around and get the water. Aud so they were married; but hardly was the houoymoon ended bafore the colleotor came around and cut off the street pipe for non- puavment of the water rent. - Languages of the World, A German nuthority says that almost a third of all humanity—that is 400,000,- 000—speak the Chinese language. Then the Hindu language is spoken by more than 100,000,000, “In the third place stands the English, spoken by almost 100,000,000, Fourth, the Russian, with 89,000,000, while the German language is spoken by 57,000,000 tongue and the Spanis by about 48,000,000, Of the European languages the French is fifth in place. e “Johnny," said the minister severely, ‘Do u know where littlo boys who swim on Sunday gof” “Ob, most any place where they ain't likely to be no wimmen passin’,” was Johuuy's Feply. alliance measures. The idea of 4 separate and_distinet ticket does not secm to enter his hiead. None of the farmers whom I met could givo any clear reasons for joining the alli- ance. They had a vague idéa that the tiller of the soil “ought to have a better show,” but nv definite plan was suggested or appa ently known for the amelioration of his col aition. The lazy, half-careless way m which he cares for his cvop is churacteristic of the manner in which ne cultivated his _politics. He is too far behind the Nebraskn farmer to cateh up with him in twenty years, oven the democratic politicians I met could not give any tangiblo reason for thoe exist ence of the alliance organization. Thoy wero either ignorant or affected ignovance of alliance principles. The general idea pre- vails with them that all the farmer wants a chance to put men of their choico in ofice, and the average democrat usks : “What mo'"can tno alliance ask! wo el )i the men that tho alliance select ! “This argument is deemed conclusivo by tha democratic colonel and none dare gainsay it Meanwhile the colongl gets there just the alliance | same and swells the democe eturns with the yotes of alliance men who have left tho republican ranks. Itis an excellent devise tomeet political necessity and it: works well. It was my good fortune to be in Middles- vorough, Ky., at the recent state electiol Miadlesborough is the magic city that has spruag up within the last two years near tho Tonnessee liue and just above the famous Cumberland Gap. The stvle of voting was a reveletion to me. Nearly every vote cast was by a negro, [ could not see any white men voting at all, The colored meu came up in droves under the guidance of white men. 1 looked in vain for the traditional shotgun, It was not in sight. The shot gun was in its decadence and had been superseded by the dollar of our dads. The darkies averaged $5 apieco for their votos and no bones was mado about tho matter whatever. Several were enterprising enough tu vote a number of times at the same volling place, One ola colored fellow openly hoasted u my presence that he had made &1 that duy by the manifold process of voting. He de- clared: ‘I doan’ have to wuk fo' a dollah and a quatab liko dose dam Eyetalians fixin’ up Yallan creok.” Darkies living across in Tennessea w brought over tue line in droves and voted None that 1 met knew that the election was one for state ofticers and that a change in tho state constitution lay at their merc “Phe saloons were 1n full blast all “day long and the strects wero filled with drunken men, The polling place was surrounded by & great noisy crowd that kopt all persons away except those that were known to the gang. Fully a third of the voters of Middlesborough were theret from voting. The police were helpless. Naturally there was considerablo quarrel- ing. While sitting in front of the hotel attention was called to & wordy war in a sa- 1oon across the way. Later blows followed One of the combatants was finally downed, and the allies of the successful brute mided him in tramping and kicking the life out of the fallen man. The poor fellow was dragged to the back of the saloon, where he died. T'he body lay in the saloon all nignt and was cared for by the county next day. CLOSELY AKIN T0 DEMOCRATS Kentucky and Tennessee Alliance Men Are Built in That Way. REPUBLICANS A COMMON ENEMY. Farmers Name Their Candidate and the Democrats Elect Him and Manage to Absolutely Control Him, Monuistowy, Tenn., Avg. 21.—[Special to Tue Bee.|—The alliance man of eastern Tennessee and southeastern Kentucky acts very much likea full-blooded dyed-iu-the- wool democrat. He attends the various ulli ance meetings and calls himself an man, but when he attends political primaries and conventions he is first, last and for- ever a democrat and a ‘“‘wah” democrat at that. He has not fuily forgotten the an- imosities incurred during the great Amer- ican conflict, and ho keeps these in his mind’s eye when ha goes to the volls;-He remembers how he and his republican neighbor tried to kill each other thirty years ago and he votes as he shot. "There is no attempt toward ‘nomiuating a state ticket by the alliance'in eastern Ten- nessee, The southern colonel of that mountainous region ean not brook the idea of antagoulzing anytbiog but republicanism at the polls.” The aliiance organizatious in that region pumover a great many democrats in their ranks, about 60 or 65 per cent being of thé bourbon faith primurily, East Tennessed went republican ast fall and elected a republican congress- man. With the old war-timg ‘enemy in the ascendency the east Tennessee colonel can ill ufford to drain his party of any of its strengih by allowing an alliance ticket to be nomi- nated. ‘This would mean political death for the party, and he 1s shrewd enough to see it. He then sets to work end corrals the farmers’ organization by advocating alliance princi- ples and allows the alllauce man to name the emocratic candidate on.the condition prece- dent that the man selected be & democrat. This is ® swe qua non. The ~ ropublican farmer is ~ thereb caught. 'The choice of tho alliance has been nominated and he is by duly and oath bound to vote for hum. The alliance becomes thero- by an ally of the democratip party, snd the southern colonel is happy. Strange to say the alliance people are ap- parently satisfied with this arrangoment. Juchanan was chosen as the democratic nominee for governor last fall under this kind of a coalition, and the farmers seem happy in the kuowledge of the fact that he was elected as a democrat who Is favorobly wnelined toward the alliance, The same appears true in all other cases where democrats have been elected by the aid of the farmer vote. The alliance men do uot apparently realize that they are being used us catspaws for perpetuating bourbon Tule, | 'Thoy. are satiafied. If the democrat o omiuated favors or declares that he favors Ann't people logitimate kopt areutly GlR [URSDAY BYENING, 27111, Gilbert & Sullivan's Greatest, THEMIKADO PRICES--RESERVED SEATS Lower Floor, Box Seats, No coroner appeared, no inguest was held, no arrests were made. In answer to my aston- ished queries I learned that although Mid- dlesborough had but 3,000 inhabitants, that v a hundred murders had occurred in that éity in the brief two years of its exist- ance. In eastorn Kentucky T learned that the so- called people’s party and the ailiance were treated and regardod as separato parties. Tho two scemod to be more distinct from onch other thau they do in Nebraska, whera the alliance is really a branch of the people’s independent party. It was uoted that whils the farmers’ alliance had not identified itself with the siate tickot of tho people’s party, that 1t was a power n the county organiza. tions which it baa formed, und that in most local contests the atlianco and people's party wero making shoulder-to-shouldor fights, and_tho alliance ecither supported tho candidate of the poople’s party or vico vorsa. In the eloction, ns well known, the farmers managed to get a mujority in tho legislature, Enough of theso agriculturists, however, are of a democ tinge to continuo the demo- cratic domination, &t least that was the democratic politicitns as they grew commun- icative over their draugtits of distillod ossenco of corn In the contral and western portions of both Kentucky and Tennessco the allianco was re. ported as boing strongor then in the westorn portions, but this fact does not appear to dis- turb the democrats in the laast, Thoy seemod to regard it as un adopted child. ~ W. J. B. - L - RELIGIOUS, The name ““The King's Daughters’ taken from the forty-fifth psalm,ninth verse: “Kings’ daughters were among the honorablo women," Christopher Columbus is to be mado & saint, now that nobody remembers tho lan- guage ho used to his sailors when they wantea to go home. The international order of the King's Daughters has had its name changed so as to egbraco sons as well as daughters, as many men and boys have been admitted o it sinco 1887, Tn the museum of the dead letter offico at Washington, D. C., there is a piece of parch- ment upon which is pennod a copy of tho Lord's prayer, written in fifty-four different languages, Chu h statistics show that there are now 920 women _either upying pulpits or licensed to do so. The Universalist denomi- nation heads tho list of churches in the num ber of women it has ordained The mother of Hector C. Havemyer ot New York City, to whom ne left 200,000 for distribution among charitable organizations, | has given £0,000 to the missionary society of be with | my | the Methodist Episcopal chureh. A few days ago Spurgeon in & weak volco o=dered his secrotury to writo down his firm belief that God had drawn him back from the verge of the grave as a direct answer W the prayers of the Christiau chureh It is sald that 500,532 persons are membors of the Congregational church in tuis country and that more than one-fifth live in Massa chusetts, which thus heads the lList. The average of benevolent coutributions is highoest in Minneapolis, Minn, Mrs. George Roberts, & San Jose (Cal.) spiritualist, has converted the parlor of residence into ‘‘the temple of purity and truth.” The furniture and drapiugs are all 50c | pure white, and all who enter must bo clad § white. The templo is for angels to como an hold communion with man. She claims to ba a memver of tho Order of Angels, and tuag Jesus himself has beon in the templo and aps proved of it. She says sho knew Him in life, ‘The Baptists are building a railway chapel, It is sixty fect long and ten foct wido. The car will bo run upon the extended system of the Northern Pacific and Wisconsin Central railroads, It is to befitted up with all the requirements of the nodern chapel, luclud- ing organ, baptistry and hymnology. The Rov Dr. Wayland Hoyt of Ninueapolis is to direct 1t and Mossrs, Colgate Hoyt and Charles L. Colby of New Yorlk ure aniong its finaneinl backers, Of Cardinal Manning a writos: “Notwithstanding is weight in yours, he is still active and well, as busy With his books and as much interostod in the topic of the hour as he was at sixty. Pers hups the greatest inconvenience which his agzo has brought him is a growing inability to fico our somewhat trving weather, Until recently he has sc sly been out of doors half a dozou times since lust Scptomber, and then ouly to keop important \coments,” The annual statistics of the Prosbyterian church, just comploted by Dr. William Henry Roberts, tho stated clork, show a growth in whe number of churches and communicants and prosbyterios, and a in_the wount of contributlons aro 7,070 churches, a growth of 176 in tho yc total number of communicants is S04, against 715,903 for 15005 the number of pr byteries is 216, an advance of three on | there ministers as against 6, 17 year, an iucreasoof only (5; thocontributions Show a falling off, being §14,062,526, instead of §14,365,131, A novel plan for extinguishing a church debt has been hit upoe in Melbourne, Aus- tralia. Tho church committee—or vesiry, as the case may bo- divided tho total debt among themselves, and each man insures his life for tho amount that falls to his share. The poli- cies aro transforrod to the church, and the annual payments on them are made out of the colloctions. Then, of course, as the membors of the committoe ‘‘drop Off.” tho sums in- sured on their lives drop in, and lator, when tho only survivor dies, the last installment of tho church debt is paid. correspondent Keep off the ¢ The schoolmasters of no, Cal,, are evidently ‘abrond.” The town supervisors sook to preserve the pari from injury by posting the following notice: “All porsons ure hereby forbids den from lounging upon, lying or trampe ing upon any grass or plots, excepting respectable women, and chiidren under the age of twelve years, in charge of their parents or attendants,” - Whittier's Tribute to Lowell, From purest wells of English undefiied None deeper drauk than he, the New Worla’s Chila Who, in the language of 3po ke Phe wit and wisdom of New Eugland folk, Shaming i Moustrous wroug; the world-wide laugh ed thereby half TPho wails of slavery down ere yet the ball And wine of battle overthrow tiem all, a5, their favm-fields, Prove might well haye shaken