Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-03

Remaining with The bee a few years he
went to Chicago and won his spurs on
the Record Herald, which later sent him
20 Paris 10 DO the Worlds exposition for
that paper He afterwards was given
charge OF the Reccrd-Heralds bureau at
Washington and Is now in charge of the
New York bureau for that paper, and nles
anywhere from 5000 TO $4,000 words for
that paper every night.
Billy Kent was also a weli-known re-
porter on The Bee in those days and was
distinguished for his imaginative quail
ties One of his great schemes was the
possibility OF bridging Berine straits, and
he confidently believed that he would yet
live to see a railway from Chicago to st.
Petersburg. The last heard OF him he
was at St. Joseph, Mo.
Ed e. O'Brien was city editor of The
Bee in the early EOS. He later went to
Oakland. Cal. and was employed on the
Tribune of that city. Afterwards he was
employed on the Examiner at San Fran
cisco, and won great fame for HIS dis
covery Of the sensational murder OF two
girls In one of the churches of that city
and for which Theodore Durant was later
executed as the murderer.
Harry Hunter succeeded O'Brien on the
city desk Of The Bee He came here from
Canada. After leaving The Bee he went
to Denver and beanie managing editor CT
the Denver Times. His health failed him
and he went ito st. Louis and made a
name for himself on the Globe Democrat
and was sent by that paper to Washing
ton. Upon the purchase of the Post by
John r. Mclean. Hunter was given the
position Of managing editor, which posi-
ton he still holds
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dual position OF editor OF The Weekly Bee
and day telegraph editor. He resigned 60
accept a position with an uncle who was
editor and publisher Of the Newark IN. J.)
Evening News and he IL now second only
in rank and authority on that paper to the
proprietor.
w. Z. Amin, fresh from Princeton, came
to Omaha to make his fortune and found
employment in the ONCE OF the county
clerk. Mr.. Roseweter recognized in him
some considerable ability and employed
him as exchange editor and paragraph
writer Mr.. Amin continued with The Bee
until the election OF A. s. Paddock to the
senate, and he was appointed Senator Pad
docks private secretary. While in wash
ington he became the correspondent of sew
eral western papers, and subsequently en-
tered the rural free delivery service as its
western superintendent and died a few
years ago in Arizona.
In 1886 Edwin c. Hardy. an old newspa-
per man OF Cleveland, o., became attached
to The Bee editorial stan as an editorial
writer, continuing with II until a few
months ago. when he resigned to return to
his old home in the Buckeye state.
Washington D.. Percivai, who was form
erly night city editor Of The Bee, is now
employed on the editorial stan of the
World Herald. Robert Fink. county and
city treasurer, lie an old Bee reporter. ].
w. Hosier is another old Bee man in
Omaha and was one of the first TO suggest
the ex-employes attending the funeral
All Of the old employees who were in the
city, including J. B. Haynes, Alfred soren.
son. T. w. Blackburn, J. c. Troup, N. p.
Fiel and others attested their esteem fol-
their old employer in their presence at Mr.
Rosewaters funeral Sunday afternoon and
Joined in the resolutions of respect for his
memory.