Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-21
'CONQUERORS RETURN HOME
All Of Capital City Turns Out to Help
Students Honor Foot Ball Team.
MEMBERS OF TEAM TOO MODEST TO TALK
Lincoln Police Requested to He ON
the for John Gross,
who Kidnapped His own
Children.
CFrom a Stan correspondents

LINCOLN, Oct. 20.-(Special.l-A bois-
ferrous but decidedly warm welcome was
given the Nebraska university foot ball
team this morning upon its arrival from
Minneapolis. Nearly 1000 students, busi-
ness and professional men and feminine en-
thusists crowded about the Burlington depot
and waited patiently for the arrival of
the belated train.
Its arrival was signslled by a strenuous
whistling of engines and neighborhood fac
tories and the moment a ~Cornhusker
stepped from the train he was grasped by
extended hands and carried bodily to a
waiting carriage. This was a gilded char
lot used as a band wagon and upon this
each foot ball man was gently deposited.
Deafening yells were kept up all the time,
and these we're repeated as the procession
wended through the the principal streets.
The chariot was drawn by a rope some two
blocks in length, to which towline every
student In the college and every small boy
in the town who could had attached him
self. The business houses we're decorated
with great streamers Of scaret and, cream
and the glad hand was extended the foot
ballists at every step.
The parade ended at the university chapel,
where formal thanksgiving exercises were
held. These we're not as formal as they
might be. The stage was a bower Of roses,
plants and Fodder shocks. and just above
1t the fairest Of the co-eds we're punched,
with the university colors daringly prom
lent.
In two minutes the chapel was packed.
No one could move and several tainted from
the excitement and heat. The megaphone
chorus was on hand and they did not permit
the chairman to get busy for a long time.
THE OaOfIaman JudOe Pound nf the SUI
preme court commission, who had thrown
away dignity for the day and marched in
line with a lath on his shoulder, recounted
the history of foot ball at the university
and Of it's gradual development until now
It had a team that ranked with those of the
greatest college teams in the land.
Profs Fling and Caldwell of the faculty
and Chairman Wyer Of the Athletic board
| responded to demands for speeches, all OF
which were in a humorcSs vein. Prof. flint
declared that hereafter all historical events
will be dated from the year Nebraska beat
Minnesota.
Rev. Fletcher L. Wharton spoke Of foot
ball as a developer Of manhood and a con-
servator Of s~elf-control. 1t was a good
thing to have scholarship, but before we
have the scholar we must have the man.
Intellectual attempts to draw responses
from the members OF the team followed.
Bender. who made the touchdown. modestly
disclaimed any special credit for that
event. The other members refused to do
aught but bow. They we're each severally
and judicially declared to be all right, and
the meeting adjourned.
Coach Booth said that his men had not
played the best game they we're capable OF,
but they had played plenty fast enough
to defeat the other fellows. Nebraska had
better interference, did better work at tack
ling and excelled in team work. The supe-
rior weight of the Gophers avaiied them
nothing.
kidnapped His own Children.
Local officers have been asked to look
out for John Gross, a former resident OF
the city, who followed his wife to Los
Angeles, Cal, and there kidnapped their
two children. Gross formerly ran a meat
market in this city. He married a young
wife, but they did not agree very we'll. A
divorce followed and the wife secured
their two children. although the husband
made a strenuous fight to retain their GUS
tody. Three months ago the divorced wife
took the children and went to live in Los
Angeles. Her employment kept her away
from the place where her children were
being boarded from Monday morning until
Saturday evening, and last week, after her
departure Monday, the father came and
got the children and skipped. She did not
discover the loss until the following Sat
urday and has no idea where Gross has
taken them. The one child is but 20
months old, while the other is but 5 years
of age.
Lincoln I'm Brief.
At the once Of the secretary Of state the
clerks are busy sending out to county
clerks blanks designed for the return Of
certificates Of election. abstracts Of the
election returns and sample ballots for
use in the coming election. The sample
ballots will probably be put in the mails
tomorrow.
Articles of incorporation Of the Con-
sumers' Ice company OF Lincoln have been
filed with Secretary Of State Marsh. Its
declared purpose is the cutting. storing
and manufacture Of ice for domestic con-
sumption, it's authorised capital stock is
$50. 900 and its incorporators are Richard
]. Miller, John Y. M. Swigart, Benjamin f.
Johnson and Frederick Shepherd.
The Western Realty and Investment
company is the title Of a new corporation
which has Just filed articles Of incorpora-
ton In the once Of the secretary Of state.
Its incorporators are Charles F. Dodge,
Emma E. Dorsey. Edward Benton. Arthur
X. Dame and George w. E.. Dorsey andsits
headquarters Fremont. Its purpose is to
deal in real estate. bonds. stocks. mort
cages and mining stocks and it's capital
stock is $50. 900.
Nebraska's oficial fish car will pass
through Lincoln Thursday on a FISH plant
ing trip through the northwest, which will
include all public waters and many prl-
vate ponds between the capital and Chad
ron. 1t will carry along with II some 49,
900 bass. croppies. pike and catfish, vary
ing in length from two and a half inches
to one foot. most Of which were raised in
the state hatcheries.