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2 THE ILLUSTRATED BEE. September 20 Te ILLUSTRATED BEE. features uffording new whose daily lives are given over to the ex- who have together faced the w delights for the thou tenslon of the city's kingdom of commerce, gifts, adversity and prosperity t sands who throng the and they make quite an army, too, held a fifty years? Golden wedding Published Weekly by The Bee Publighlng 5'70! during the gession In Omaha for the transaction of arguments against the genera Company, HBee Bullding, Omaha, Neb. days of the celebra business pertaining to their calling and at that marriage is a failure, and w tion. This year ther its close gave a parade such a travel- celebrated the people at large 9 Price, bc per copy—per year, $200 was much to contend ing men full of life could Their ebrating with the couple who are Entered at the Omaha Postoffice as Secont Againet Unscasona reception on the strects wa cordial, entitled to be called ‘“‘happy Class Mall Matter Rl as the crowds around them will easily at- Mr. and Mrs. Henry Berg celel B L R R f fittieth anniversary of their wi For advertising rates address publisher. Imnml.l.v u.,.‘myu, i test " e :’Alz . hv‘nnu-.nf g e suffalo put all thought Another parade depicted In The Bee this | Rosenstock, that this hale old week is one in which every American eltl- gurrounded by their children and without regard to race or religion, felt qren's children, looked back down lecp Interest. When the funeral cortege iy of of President McKinley moved up the broad traveled Commun.cations relating to photographs or of carnlval fun out of articles publication should bhe nd people Bven amkln dreased “Editor The [llustrated B¢, ! wVen oy Omaha." the minds of th these depre ng fact the street parade Pen and Picture Pointers !/ broectd o unusunl sucee vears through which the as companions. The national thoroughfare, Pennsylvania avenuc. taken by a Bee staff artist show in Washington, the hearse was followed In .gting and contented a family grout spirit if not in person by millions of sor ould well wish to look upon rowing people, who sincerely regretted thetr great electrical di Ak-Bar-Ben week in Omaha has come to play, which moved in 0 be one of the features of western life to the rain and between chief, dead at the hands of an assassin Atother convention that met in O which people look forward with as much long lines of silent The day in Washington was gloomy and during the week of the carnival wa onfidence ag they do to the procession of men and women, wa rainy, but some very good photographs were Nebraska State Bankers' association. T the equinox. Only Ak-Sar-Ben is not ac one of the best yet ecured for The Bee by its commissioner men of affairs held a two days' sessior copted so quietly as is the weather. While devised and its pa ind the reproductions from these give some which matter pertaining to finance the annual recurrence of the festival | sage was noted as the notion of the ceremonial attending the na- business were discussed The mes just as surc as anything can be, there i« frst on record when tional obsequies ended with a banquet ench time a tinge of novelty given it, new Nothing interfered to mar it. The daylight parades were glven by Scme thousands of people crowded into the old Coliseum building one night to vitness one of the prettiest ceremonies in connection with the Ak-Sar-Ben festival the crowning of the queen. None of these the state troops and the traveling men Thousands of peopls thronged the side walks to witness the people abate one tittle of their democracy pusting of these dis g g for anybody, but all felt they could easily plays, which, while REV PHILIP G. DAVIDSON, NEW RECTOR ST. MAT wear allegiance to the young woman who devold of panoply or THIAS CHURCH, OMAHA had been chosen to be queen of Quivera for pomp were Impres sive. Two magnificent panoramic views of these parades are glven . P forms is remarkable, but the bhusiness During the week the people were given a Wbl ol bt LU AL AL L v . ause 3 ) nost vivid object lesson in real war, the lke appearance of the men, the precision 108t¥ none the less because of her repub e coming ye S ] :, she not very pretty to look upor th ming \| ar eventh in Hn"nn; ; o8 t ( geepter over ] ‘ar a riot drill expedition. The utter absence Thles wi 1'\ 1 mH\I epter -.\ T ‘u”u AT ~‘ of gilt and tinsel, gold braid and flashing ©f sublects as loyal as ever made blessed the life of a real scion of royalty, her ma- enoout on riot drill by the state troops affording an ©f their movements and the certainty with 'lcan surroundings and extraction. For excellent illustration of how crowded Which each order s executed has a most nitha e s le- fo neer streets can be rapidly cleared and actual Feassuring etfect on those who look to the FOU BAVEe Our Briactous g } Long may she reign seren disorder subdued by diseiplined and cltizen-soldiery as a source of protection O'er all the land trained men acting together under proper Some of the scenes which thousands wit : . dtrections. The marching, firing and othop Nessed and applauded that day were caught Fifty years scems a long time to a young features of the riot drill were execnted with by the photographer and help make up an person, but to the man or woman who has a precision that delighted even those who Ivteresting page of picture passed the mark it is even as old Job spoke, did not understand the real significance of O “a watch eet in the night.” Yet half a the maneuvers they were watching, while Not a bit hehind the military were the century is really a Jong time, less than the to those familiar with the tacties the fraveling men. who do oceasionally find allotted span of man's life, but far longer eMelency displayed by the troops was a real time from business to contribute somewhat than the average individual lives. What, treat The Nebraska National Guard is to the merriment of the world. These men, then, must be said of the man and woman CARL JULIUS ERNST Republican Candidates for Nebraska State Offices ® UDGE Samuel H. Sedgwick, in com HENRY L. GooLD destination he found a man patiently awalt fused to accept any nomination except for mon with all others of the name in ing his arrival, who had heard a doctor a judicial position Amertea, traces his lincage back to was coming and was in pressing need of He has surrounded himself with a large Robert Sedgwick, who immigrated his professional services. From that time Jaw library, in which he from England to Charlestown, Mass.,, until 1865 he divided his time between untiring energy and o 1636 The Encyclopaedia-Britannica farming and the practice of his profession these years. His says of him He wae always prom- In the fall of 1865 he removed to home, inent o affairs of the colony, being Wheaton, in the same county, to give his representative of Charlestown in the gen- Children the advantages offered by the col eral court, a commander of the colonial eee located fn that town forces under Cromwell and o member of Samuel H, Sedgwick was born on the farm the commission to govern Jumaica, where at Bloomingdale, 111, March 12, 1848, As a he died May 24, 1606, Among other things boy he was sedate and studious, and in ad he established the fist fron furnace In dition to the advantages offered in those esteem of all who know him. He is a man S¢rved two terms on the state central com of stern and unwavering integrity and hig hitte When elected in 1865 he led the personal character is above reproach. ticket by more than 1,000 votes His selection by the republican state con . 4 5 absorbing Interest all yention was not the work of any political Carl Julius Ernst recreation is found at faction. The Fifth judicial district, where where he has a fine, well-assorted he {s best known, and the counties near by Carl Julius Ernst, born in Girbigsdorf, a library, embracing the best works of the him in the state, were solidly for him, and suburb of the city of Goerlitz, province of best authors in history, poetry, science and when the preliminary skirmish was over Silesia, Prussia. He came to America with romance. There are very few subjects with pearly every delegate in the convention his father and settled at Nebraska City in which he is not familiar. He is well versed turned to him as the logical candidate, and May, 1868. Until 1872 he was employed in 4 in the ancient languages and is familiar hen the tide turned his way his nomina- 'he book store of N. 8. Harding & Co. at with the modern classics and has given tion was generously and heartily made Nebraska City, then changed to the Otoe g C some attention to almost every scientific unanimous. County National bank, same town, remain- Ameriea in 1643, and was one of the found- qays by the common schools he had spent gupjoct Ing in its employ until February 1, 1876 ers of the Anclent and Honorable Artil- one year In college before the removal of | : \76 . . d Mr. Sedgwick is the only republican who v 3 le went to Lincoln February 1, 1876, to lery company in 1638 Many of the . o Whe " 66 ac p i i 3 x prderig 18 W WHE [ B B ) to Wheaton. In the fall of 866 pay ever been elected to the bench in the Henry L. Goold accept a position offered in the B. & M i J Seduwick have ¢ e entered 1weaton college and was gra o p bt % land department recommended to A, E : z . Fifth judicial district, which has two judges . ¢ . y v ) nmen( 0 A W and still are well known (n Massuchusetts 4164 from the classical course of that in- o e ; Judg Henry L. Goold, a candidate for re-elec- poyzalin then land commissioner, by Hon md Connecticut, mainly as lawyers and ’ This district Las had a fusion majority of (ion a5 u member of the board of regents of : Hy il ; ! . ; stitution in 1872, having in the meantime et P 5 as & Mmemmher ot Lhe board of regents of 7 gterling Morton. He was advanced from judges. Some of them have been in con nearly 3,000, yet in the face of this over § b : attended the law department of the Univer the University of Nebraska, has served a & . : 4 S asd ? time to time until appointed cashier of the Kress, one in the Unit sity of Michi whelming majority he was elected to the gix.year term acceptably to both the pub AP} has worked with d States senate amd v year. lan partme Oc¢ o 880 one, General John Sedgwick., was o dis i district bench in 1895. At present he is lic and the educational interests of the \l:,o‘htl”JI S 1 g l\l‘ }r zal tinguished soldier His mind early turned to the study of presiding over Department No. 2 of the su- state. ”I |1um uurlu:;‘), 1‘: l‘, Mr nuull.lu ull‘ lht-;: ( 'Y ays i ) - ema o 5 4 : reside 0 he hicago, urlington v Eljah Sedgwick removed from Connecti- MW and it was always his ambition to fol- preme court commission, having been ap- Sinco Mr. Goold has been a member of o ol Northern, purchased the consolidated horse car lines of Lincoln and offered Mr. Ernst the position of manager. Ernst had been, as a matter of fact, a prime mover in the original organization of the Lincoln ¢ Street Railway company, chartered in 1885 cut to Onelda county, New York, where his [10W that profession for his life work. For pofinted by the supreme court when the com- the board he has devoted much attention eldest son, Parker Sedgwick, the father of W0 years succeeding his ‘“'“"”‘"”"" he WS mission was created to the agricultural and stock raising in- Semuel B Sedgwick. was born in g brincipal of an academy at Sharon, Wis His work on the bench has been exceed- terests of the state, having been especially He studied medicine, graduating ot the ind was admitted to the bar at Green Bay ingly satisfactory to the attorneys who have active in building up the agricultural de- oldest medical college in the Empire state. in that state in 1874, He practiced law with practiced before him. He is absolutely fear. PArtment of the university, which was not and entered practice in his native county. marked success in Kewaunee and Sheboy- jooe i ine discharge of his duties and noth- N existence at the time of his election. mpp. offer was accepted and the position in . scharg t : i ] Towas accepted ¢ e pos In 1842, his first wife having died, he mar win, Wis, until the fall of 1878 ing can tempt him from the straight path Now the university has a short winter the Burlington 1.,.{] de purnmnll 'r signed rled Hepsibah Goodwin of Hartford. Conn The vast and growing west with its un- He has pre-eminently a judicial mind and, "°urse designed especially for farmers' sons April 1, 1887. In 1800 Ernst am-\u; in [ f ( : 2 4 7 g irns ssiste His health having falled, he concluded 10 yeaenred possibilities attracted his atten having ascertained to his own satistaction ‘" # three-year course, both of which are selling the street railway property to an- give up the practice of medicine and remove o0 and in the fall of 1878 he removed to .h very successtul operation. Durlng his oipen syndicate, At the ame time a change ;'I'"l:" ".::'I"“ '”“" \\ul: "” A '”'Hlvl': "* York, Neb. where he has since resided. On Idly and uncompromisingly to it without any ,l:ln‘l '«;f ferviog r“l ! “l““ has seen the at in the B. & M. land department occurred seond ma 3 8 M e endance grow fr ) ) g “l‘", .h\ the way ,,? the Brie canal and th his way west he stopped In Illinots and (hought of who may be pleased or who may ‘Aml' ce grow from about 1400 to BeArlY g;q4 Bynst recelved the appointment of as- . By . B B U married Miss Clara M. Jones of Ogle county, he hurt by his dec fon. He br Ll g s i oy S i - o . ) o ) 8 decisio v brings to the . : sistant land commissioner, in charge of the Qreat Lakes to Chlcago, the trip consuming Hlinois, who accompanied him to his new Mr. Goold was born in Knox county, I111i- B the law in a contested case, he adheres rig- three months. Here he purchased a team b Aina .'" neh a most thorough knowledge of the law nols, 1n 1851 and received his education at the .\rl»r;nku' land grant, taking effect Novem- and went twenty-five miles west to Bloom and of human nature, a comprehensive mind Northwestern university at Evanston. He ber 1, 1890. As soon as this was learned ingdale, Du Page county, 111, and settleq For twenty-three years Judge Sedgwick and calm and deliberative Judgmont. HI8 came to Nebraska fifteen yonrs ago and set- ¢ BEW owners of the street rallways of tuy upon & homestead which a friend had pre- has adhered strictly to hig profession. opinlons are clear and incisive and are tled at Ogalalla. whera he has since been LAnC0!R offered Ernst the position of man viously selected for him His hope of Though often fmportuned to become the models of diction engaged In stock raising. Mr. Goold has ager of the much enlarged and electrically abandoning the practice of medicine was candidate of his party for offices of greater — As a citizen Judge Sedgwick Is active and not been ¢ mspicuous as an office seoker | 1UIPPCd 8ystem, at increased pay, but he l it once dissipated, for when he reached his or less fmportance, he has steadfastly re- progressive and commands the respect and but rather as a party worker. and has (Continued on Seventh Page.) BANKERS WHO ATTENDED THE MEETING OF THE STATE ASSOCIATION IN OMAHA—Photo for The Bee by a Staff Aartist, 4