Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 15, 1903, Page 22

2 THE JLLUSTRATED BEE Published Weekly by The Bee Publishing Company, Bee Bullding, Omaha, Neb, l"rl(:; be Per ('(»;;;:-lr-r Year, $2.00. Ento;'e_«i; the Hm_n;I_n—;—'n;lum_(;e as Second Class Mall Matter. A For Advertieing Rates Address Publisher, Communications relating to photographs or articles for publication snould be ad- dressed, "“FEditor The Illustrated Bee, Omaha.” Pen and Picture Pointers ILLIS VAN DEVANTER of Chey- enne, Wyo., recently appointed as an additional judge on the bench of the United States court for the Righth judicial cireuit, is at present assistant attorney general for the Interior department, was born in Marion, Ind., April 17, 1869. He attended the common schools of his native town, then pursued “his studies at Indiana As- bury (now De Pauw) university, and later at the law school of the Cincinnati college. After practicing law in Indiana for a few years he removed to Cheyenne in 1884, and rapidly won recognition as one of the strongest Jawyers of the Rock mountain region. He became in succession city at- ¥RANK 8. MONTGOMERY OF CREIGH- TON UNIVERSITY, WINNER OF NB- BRASKA COLLEGE ORATORICAL CON- TEST. torney of Cheyenne, member of the terri- torial legislature, a commissioner to re- vise the statute laws of Wyoming, and by appointment of President Harrison in 1889 chief justice of the territorial supreme court. His judicial service during the ter- ritorial government was of such a high order that upon the admission of Wyoming to statehood he was elected by the people as the first chief justice of the state, but soon resigned his position to resume the practice of his profession. Judge Van De- vanter has also been chairman of the state republican committee, member of the na- tional republican committee and delegate to the 8t. Louls republican national con- vention. At the beginning of President Me- Kinley's first administration Judge Van De- vanter was appolnted assistant atterney general and assigned to the lnterior de- purtment. As the legal adviser of this great department he has by his industry, masterful grasp of the details of the de- partment and fine executive ability, won the admiration of Secretaries Bliss and Hitcheock, under whom he has served. During his stay in Washington he has also becn prolessor of equity jurisprudence and of equity pleading and practice in Colum- bian university. ST N One of the remarkable families of Ne- braska—by adoption—is the Streeter. Right children, six girls and two boys, make wp this group, all living and the youngest 54 years of age. The oldest is nearly %0. The family came to Nebraska in 1871 [rom Wis- consin, and settled in York and Seward counties on homesteads, and there the brothers and aisters still reside. 'Fhe pho- tograph from which the picture in this number was made was taken in York in 1898. Beginning at the right of (he picture, the first s W. H. Streeter of Aurora, Ham- fiton county; next is Mrs. J. W. Frost of Beaver Crossing, and then come Mrs. C. Beaman of Waco, Mrs. M. Willlams of Eau Claire, Wis., Mrs. U, L. Nichols of Beaver Crossing, Addison Streeter of Bradshaw, Mrs, 8. 8. Wellington of Beaver (rossing and Mrs. T, J. Godding of Beaver Crossing. Each e¢f these bale and hearty Loys avd girls has a family of children and grand- children, so that the Streeter desjendants number a strong tribe in Nebrasika. S — Franeis Montgomery, winner of the state champfonship in colldge oratory, is & mem- ber of the jumior class of Creighton uni- versity, In him €reighton has broken the record of the Nebraska Collegiate Orator- ical cpntest by ebtaining the first place two successive years. Mr. Mon‘gomery Is & nephew of (he earnest and able Zachary Montgomery, editor of the Family's De- fender. He is a brother of Rt. Rev. Bishop Mentgomery of Los Angeles, Cal. The THE TLLUSTRATED BEE. Montgomerys come from an old Kentucky family. The father of Frank moved to Kansas in the '70s. Near Concordia, in that state, Frank was born. Having passed through the high school there, he entered the Wesleyan college at Salina; but after a few months' stay he changed to Creigh- ton university, where L2 is now spending his third year, and successfully passing through the junior class. A genial com- panion and an earnest student, Mr. Mont- gomery has won the esteem of the students and faculty of the universily, as well as of many Omaha friends. He made a strong fight for the honor of representipg Creigh- ton last year, but was beaten by J. J. Wood- ard. In the home contest this year George Merten, James Fitzgerald and William D. Brown were close competitors. Mr. Mont- gomery, however, secured first place at home, and later In Lincoln, at the state contest, and is mow the champion college orator of Nebraska. As such he will ap- pear at the interstate oratorical contest to be held In Ohio about May 1. —_—— Judge Homer M. Sullivan of the Sixth judicial district, who surprised the public by resigning recently, I8 a populist-demo- crat, and was appointed to a place on the district bench by Governor Holcomb :n 1897. He is an extensive stock raiser and :snch- man, as well as a lawyer, and though he gave no public reason for his resignation, it is generally understood that he desires to have more time to devote to his privaie business. Hon. Charles L. Gutterson, who was appointed by Governor Mickey to suc- ceed Judge Sullivan, was the law partrer of the latter gentleman at the time he was appointed to the bench. Mr. Gutterson is a native of 8t. Lawrence county, New Yovk. He was educated in St. Lawrence acadamy and the State Normal school at Potslam. After finishing his school course he read law in the office of his uncle, Alphus Wright, at Boulder, Colo.. and was ad- mitted to practice at the bar by the su- preme court of that state in 1878. He went ‘0 California and then to Arizona, practic- ing law, and was elected prosecutiag at- torney In Arizona. In 1888 he came to Ne- braska and located at Broken Bow, ‘vhere he has been very successful. He and Julge Sullivan formed their partnership in 1589 and continued it until the appointment of Judge Sullivan to the bench. Judge Gutier- son is generally esteemed by his fellow citizens as a thoroughly reliable ra) of his proression. He has accumulated consid- erable wealth in land and stock and is in good financial circumstances. —_— Amateur dramatics are always in order, and always interesting, too, but there are degrees in this as In everything else. Just now some of the younger members of Omaha’s smart set have taken up the mat- ter for the dual purpose of showing their friends what ther can do and to aid the Creche fund. “The Critic”’ is under re- hearsal, with a cast that promises much for a splendid performance. On Tuesday night & dress rehearsal was held at the Crolghton university auditorium, where the stafl pho- tographer got some excellent pictires of the young men and maidens who are %o ap- pear in the drama. __Q..— FAIRBURY, Neb.,, Feb. 10.—To the Editor of The Bee: The paper on fighting on the plains in last Sunday's Bee was of much in- terest to old plainsmen. but it is evident HORACE M. SULLIVAN, LATE JUDGE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. that t'e author had no personal experience in “buliwhacking’’ or he would never have figured on ox trains making the trip to Denver and return in one mon h. The time required from river points—Omaha, Platts- moith or Nebraska City—was about six weeks, or 100 miles a week, to Denver; and the time required for the return trip empty was about thirty days, making a ten wezks’ expericnce of camp life before ‘“‘America’’ or “God’'s country,” as it was variously termed, was again reached. The wages pail drivers varied each year, as at some times during 1863 and ‘64 there were so many persons going to Colorado fcr their health (about the t:mes of the draft, to fill up the quota for Ohio, Illinois and other east- ern states) that drivers were obtained wt $25 per month. Later, in 1865, drivers were paid $60 per month and board. The num- ber of wagons in a standard or regular train was twenty-six, but I do not remem- ber to have seen a ‘‘Conestoga’ wagon used on the p’ains. The s‘andard freight wagon had a level top with bed of about four feet depth and was loaded with thre» or four tens, according to the bulk of the load, the motive power being five or six yoke of oxen. As to the weapons ussd or required, until 1864 there was no necessity for any except for providing game for the commis- sary department or ‘‘grub pile,” as we called it, but later every train was required to provide revolvers or rifles for every man and the trains were inspected at Fort Kear- ney, Fort McPherson and other military points to see that these requirements were complied with. In 18656 trains going west from Fort Kearney were required to mus- ter fifty mer, and from Cottonwood Springs (Fort McPherson) no pass was granted un- less 100 men were in the company. No military escort was sent out from the forts with tralns unless thev were transporting government goods, but a rigid inspection of passes and arms was made at every post, and in especially dangerous localities the wagon masters were directed to drive their trains in double lines, so as to be able to corrall quickly in case of sudden attack by the Indians, a very benefical requirement as the writer found by peraonal experience in 1865. W. W. WATSON. CHARLES L. GUTTERSON, NEW JUDGE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. It Was So Funny “Isn’t it funny,” gurgled the Cheerful Idiot, “that ome has t0 raise one’'s voice in order to call down cellar?” ““Not any funnier,” cackled the Brain Fever Immune, ‘‘than the fact that the most essential part of a fellow’s bringing up is an occasional calling down.—Balti- more American. . Fiendish Revenge The burglar softly opened the door of the suburbanite’s sleeping apartment, slipped inside, and searched the rcom thoroughly, but found nothing worth stealing. “Darn him!” he soliloguized, “I'll get some satisfaction out of him, anyway!" Thereupon he set the alarm clock on the bureau for the hour of 3, and softly de- parted.—Chicago Tribune. Pointed Paragraphs Most men admire those who jolly them. Borrowed money often causes a total loss of memory. Many a man works hard in trying to avoid hard work. No, Cordelia, key-rings are not made by hammering or a piano. . A girl may say ‘‘No,” but she knows how to retouch her negative. It takes a strong minded woman to con- vince herself that she is homely. Heaven hasn’t time to help the man who is a victim of that tired feeling. Sentences of some orators are so care- fully rounded off that they lack point. Every time some men make a move they are accused of trying to avoid paying rent. When a politician voluntarily gives up politics it's a sure sign there isn't another dollar in sight. It's doughnuts (o fudge there is some- thing wrong with the woman who talks only when she has something to say. A fool sometimes profits by his own ex- perience, but the wise guy always profits by the dearly bought experience of others. —Chicago News. THE STREETER FAMILY-EIGHT CHILDREN, THE YOUNGEST 54 YEBARS OLD. )