Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-13
SEES HER CHILDREN BURN
Little Ones Locked IN House While She
Visits with EsighbOL
FOUND LOCKED IN EACH OTHERS EMBRACE
ytate University Observes LincOIu
Day By Appropriate Exercises
and Addre by ,. J..
McBrien.
Trom a star correspondent.l

LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. I2.-(SpecisD-
With their frantic mother only a few
hundred yards away rushing to their as
Instance, the son and infant daughter OF
Mrs James Lyons were burned TO death
this afternoon In a FIRE which completely
destroyed the house and all It's contents.
The oharred remains OF the two were found
lying side by side. the elder Of the two
elasping the baby In his arms. Tightly
wedged between the children were the
remains Of a little pet dog. as though he.
too. had sought relief in the arms Of his
young master. The son was 8 years o.
age and the daughter ~ years.
The children had been locked In the
house, a two-room franc building, by Mrs.
Lyons, who left home for a short call AT
the house OF a ~neighbor. She had been
gone only q few minutes when the flames
were noticed issuing from tho windows
and roof OF the building. Screaming Al
the top Of her voice for assistance Mrs.
Lyons rushed to her doomed home. a
stranger passing noticed the flames and
vas at the house making futile efforts to
break In the door, when Mrs. Lyons ar
rived A. the door gave way. the frantic
mother made q rush into the flames which
issued from the doorway, but was prevented
from entering by others who had arrived.
an = WHY hnOTL Time anu before any ono
could enter the burning building, the root
fel In. By this time the IRE department
arrived, but all the men could do was to
bring forth from the burning timbers the
remains of the children and the dog
The mother was led away before these
were recovered but her lamentations were
pitiful and her condition now is serious.
1t IL not known how the nre originated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyons for some time have
been separated and she, with the two
children, have been living at 102 D street.
The IRE occurred shortly after 2 O'Clock.
Governor Mickey today honored requl-
aition papers for the return to Illinois
Of Bertha Lebbeke. better known as
Painting Bertha" who is charged with
Fobbdng q woman on a train. Bertha is
now in Jail at Omaha.
Friday is red letter day for the state
War department. Four meetings are booked
as follows: Board of survey. who will dig
down in the basement and inspect the goods
condemned by the various companies; the
state military board; the election board
and the examination board.
Farmers Complete Organization.
The Farmers Grain and Live Stock assoc
citation has completed It's organization and
elected the following board OF directors:
James M. Armstrong, Jacob Ehlers, o. Brit
tell, r. p. Price. J. S. Canaday, L. F. Deitz
and John Reese, at large.
o. II. Smith OF Kearney and DR.. EnRle-
hart Of Rising City were appointed a COM
mittee to assist the legislature in passing
bills that will be In the interest Of tho
members Of the association. Tho object OF
the organisation is to protect the members
against indiscriminate charges by the rail-
roads and corporations. and to furnish re-
ports Of crops and market conditions and
to procure the best possible market and
transportation for products.
McBrien ON Lincoln.
j. L. McBrien. deputy state superintend-
ent. spoke at the University convocation
this morning on Abraham Lincoln. Mr.
McBrien gave q history of the life Of Lin
coin and eulogized him as an example 'oi
all young men to follow. During his re.
marks Mr.. McBrien said: THE pessimisl
would have you believe that the people ant
the government In the times of Lincolr
and Of Hamilton and Jefferson were modeli
OF purity and excellence, while we ar,
prodisals Of the worst type; that we ar,
political rimmers Of the vilest kind; tina
We decry patriotism as vulgar and ignoble
But when we read In the records Of thos,
happy days that party luminosity and part,
outrage denounced Washington, not only a
a federalist. but as q tory. a British agent
a mai who In his high ONCE sanctioned cor
ruption; that no abuse was too malignan;
no epithet too coarse. no imprecation to-
savage to be employed by the assailants o
the great philosophic statesman. Thoma
JEFFERSON; that Clay was branded as tn
Judas Of the vest that broadsides Dor
dered with woodcuts Of cofins and know
as conn handbills narrated the unjust exc
cution Of soldiers by General Jackson Il
the Florida campaign; that Lincoln wa
stiEmAtised as the 'slavehound Of Illinois
It gives us some charity for the shortcom
ings Of the present day"