Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-31
FOUND DEAD IN A ROOM
Tragic Death of Edward Rose
water of Omaha.
A NOTED NEWSPAPER MAN
Founder of the Bee and Its Editor
Since 1871.
PROMINENT IN STATE POLITICS
A NOTED NEWSPAPER MAN
PROMINENT IN STATE POLITICS
Original Promoter Of Exposition Of
16es-Candidate for Senate in
Recent State Convention.

OMAHA, Neb., August S1.-Edward Rose
water. proprietor and editor of the Omaha
Bee and prominently identified with polit-
ical. financial and business affairs of Omaha
and the state Of Nebraska for forty years,
was found dead In district court room No.
8. on the third floor Of the Bee building,
early today. 1t is supposed that Mr.. Rose
water sat down on bench in the court
room, fell asleep and died Of heart failure.
Thursday afternoon. where he delivered an
address to the soldiers of Nebraska He
reached Omaha on his return at pm. and
went direct to his Office in the Bee build
ing. He. is known to have been in his
office during the evening, but was not seen
by members of his family after returning
from Waterloo
1t was the habit of Mr. Rosewater to 20
to different parts of the building at his
pleasure, and 1t is presumed he stepped
into the large court room and sat down
on one of the benches for a minutes re-
pose and fell asleep
Found Body In Easy Posture.
Judge Troup, who presides over Court
No. 6, found the body when he arrived
at the court room this morning. The body
was sitting In an easy posture and was
leaning against radiator Mr.. Rosewater's
head was. resting on his arm, which he
had extended across the end of the bench
on which he sat- In his right hand he held
handkerchief
Mrs. Rosewater had left light burning
last night at the family home, directly in
the rear of the Bee building, anticipating
that her husband would be home during the
evening. When he did not appear she notf-
fled Chief of Police Donahue Nothing was
done in the way of search, however as it
was not uncommon for the veteran editor
to be detained late at the newspaper Office
/ The death of Mr.. Rosewater, coming thus
suddenly. was a great shock to the people
OF Omaha. who learned of it through extra
editions of the Omaha papers.
Wanted Death to Come Quickly.
DR.. Charles Rosewater, brother of the
dead editor, said to the Associated Press
that Mr.. Rosewater had often expressed a
wish that when death came 1t would be
quick and painless.
Dr. Rosewater attributed the sudden death
OF his brother to excitement attendant on a
long campaign in which Mr.. Rosewater was
a prominent candidate for the nomination
for United States senator by the Nebraska
state convention The convention was held
August u, and Mr.. Rosewater, unanimous
ly supported by the delegation from Doug
las lomahal county, was prominent figure
at that gathering His chief opponent was
Norris Brown. After the ballot which nomi-
mated Mr.. Brown, Mr.. Rosewater showed
some evidence Of physical weakness, but
revived quickly, and addressed the conyen-
ton, thanking his friends for their support
and pledging himself to the support Of Mr..
Brown and the state ticket. Later he an
nounced through the columns of his paper,
the Omaha Bee, that he was out Of the SEN
atoriai race.
Life an Active One.
Mr.. Rosewater's life has been an active
one, and the greater part of that activity
has been spent in Omaha. For some time
after coming to Omaha he was manager
for the Western Union Telegraph Company.
having followed the telegraph profession
before and during the war. He was mill
tary telegrapher and was trusted teleg-
rapher of Gen. Grant. After leaving the
Western Union Company Mr.. Rosewater
founded the Omaha Bee, a small afternoon
paper. He developed the paper into one of
the largest newspapers in the west.
A few years ago he gave over the active
management of the paper to his two sons,
Victor and Charles Rosewater "a though he
retained the title Of editor. He gave con-
siderable attention to politics and was a
candidate three years ago for the Office Of
United States senator, being defeated by
Senator Willard.
Mr.. Rosewater's life has been devoted
largely to the upbuilding of Omaha and
NEBRASKA. ASIDE from MS editorial efforts
he has given largely of his financial means
to the progress of Omaha. He built and
his newspaper occupies one of the largest
and most modernly equipped newspaper
buildings in the country, the cost of which
exceeded half million dollars. This build
ing has been the pride of Mr.. Rosewater,
and he has not hesitated to expend effort
and money to keep 1t in Its original state of
preservation.
Edward Rosewater, founder and editor
since 1871 of the Omaha Bee, was born at
Bukovan, Bohemia in 1871. He came to
the United States in 1854 and began work
as telegraph operator when eighteen
years old. From 1861 to 1868 he was a
member Of the United States military tele-
graph corps, and in the latter year became
manager of the Pacific Telegraph Company
at Omaha.
He was at various times member of the
Nebraska legislature, member of the re-
publican national committee, member of
the advisory board of the national COM
mittee. member of the United States mint
commission and representative Of the
United States to the Universal Postal Con-
gress, of which he was vice president
He was the original promoter of the
trans-Miss,ssippi exposition, held at Omaha
in 1898 He was a candidate for the United
States Senate before the recent republican