Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-24

as a candidate for election to the United
States Senate after it was that men
who had been in the lead in the race from
the first could not be successful Then
Governor Charles II. Dietrich and Joseph
II. Millard Were chosen. Mr. Millard's re-
tirement from public affairs had been so
complete that comparatively few people
knew who he was when his name was sent
was then president of a bank and attended
strictly to business. seldom being seen out
side his office during business hours. When
not in his office he was apt to be in his
home He had none of the qualifications
of mixer" He does not belong to lodges
or clubs. On Sunday he would generally
be seen in his pew in the Presbyterian
church he attended. He has a reputation
of being a good listener rather than a
talker.
Identified With Omaha.
Senator-elect Milard has for forty-five
years been identified with the city of Oma-
ha. He was young man when he cast his
lot with the frontier city, being but twenty
years of age, and he has stayed with it
ever since. He is now wealthy, but he was
a poor man when he began his residence in
Omaha. When recently asked how much
money he had when he arrived in the city
of his home he replied
II don't remember exactly, but certainly
not more than S10.''
A short time after his arrival in Omaha
he was elected notary public and during
his first winter there he made $500 which
he proceeded to lose by investing it in a
wildcat town. That reverse In his fortune
made him very blue, but in after life he re-
garded it a valuable lesson secured at a
reasonable price.
Mr.. Millard was born in Hamilton, On
tario, siXty-five years ago. His parents
We're citizens Of the United States, and re-
turned to this country when their son was
quite young. They settled on a farm in
eastern Iowa, and there the future senator
lived until he was eighteen years of age.
Then he went to, Dubuque, where for two
years he was clerk in store, after which
he set out for Omaha. He engaged in bank
ing with S. S. Caldwell and his brother.
Ezra Millard, under the firm name of Bar
rows. Millard & Co. In 1864 he was for
two years cashier of bank in Virginia
City, Montana, when the experiences of
pioneers there were much like those of the
miners in the Klondike
New Senator's Family.
Mr.. Millard was married in 1861 to Miss
Caroline G. Barrows of Davenport, Iowa,
whose death occurred only few months
ago, and while her husband was in the
wids of Montana she Joined him there amid
many discomforts. She preceded her hus-
band on their return to Omaha, where they
were again In 1866. Mr. Milard then be-
came director in the Omaha Bank of which
he Is now president, and year later he was
elected to his present office in the institu-
ton.
While the Millard home is an elegant one,
adorned with valuable paintings, he has
never given much time to society. He is a
man OF affairs and not student of books
Mr.. Millard has two children, Miss Jessie
H. Mllard and Willard b. Millard. The son
is married and lives in Omaha, having four
children, who spend much of their time at
their grandfather's home.
The senator from Nebraska has al
WayS been q Stanch republican.