The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-01
Sudden Demise of Ed
 ward Rosewater.
WAS EDITOR OF OMAHA BEE
Veteran Newspaper Man Was Prom
 inent in Nebraska Politics (
The Deceased Had Just Completed An Unsuccessfui Campaign for Re- publican NoHInation for
 United states ssnatOr.

Omaha. Neb., Aug. 31-Edward Rose water. proprietor of The Omaha Bee ana prominently identified with the po- litical. financial and business affairs or 1 Omaha and the tGate of Nebraska for l forty years, was found dead in the district court room No. on the third floor of The Bee Building early today.
 Mir Rosewater had evidently sat down on a bench in the court room
 and fell asleep and died or heart | failure.
 MT. Rosewater went to Waterloo. Nebraska. Thursday afternoon where he made a speech. He reached Omaha | on his return at p. m, and went 10 his ofice immediately 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 It was a | habit of MT. Rosewater to go to dlt- | ferent parts of the building whenever his pleasure so indicated and 1t Is pre- stunned he stepped into the large court room and sat down for minutes re- pose and fell asleep.
 When Judge Troup, who presided over court room No. 6. arrived at the court room this morning, he was sur prised to find the lifeless body or MT | Rosewater on a bench in the court room. He was sitting at the end or | Ina hench. reclining easily against a
 radiator. He had reelined his head on his extended arm, across an arm at the end of the bench. In his right hand | he had a handkerchief. He evidently
 felt warm and wiped precipitation ircSn | his face.
 slOIiee Are Notified.
 1 Mrs. Rosewater left light burning
 in his home, which Is directly in the
 rear of The Bee building, anticipating
 that her husband would be home dur ing the evening. When he did not Ap- l naer carly in the evening, Mrs. Rose
 tyatar notifed Chief of Police Donohue that her husband did not return home, although it was known that he was
 at his office during the evening. Noth- ing was done Tn the way or searcp' l however. as 1t was not uncommon for | the veteran to pc ueta'heu A~'o "' '"
 newspaper office.
 Tbe hody was later removed to the
 Rosewater home.
 Dr. Charles Rosewater. brother or | +ba 5aad editor, said to the Associated
 Press that his brother had often ex-
 nressed a wish that when he should die that it be without lingering Ill., ness. and that he would prefer To pass away in the manner in which he did | h0SGWaIGF
 death of his brother to the results which followed the excitement attend h.g a long campaign. in which MT
 Rosewater was a prominent candidate | for the nomination by the Nebraska state Republican convention for United States Senator.
 The convention occurred August 22, and Mir. Rosewater, unanimously sup ported by the delegation from Douglas ! (Umaha) County, was prominent hg- ure at that gathering. There were several ballots taken, during the course
 ot which MT. Rosewater gained stead fly against his chief opponent, Norris Brown Following the ballot which nominated Brown. MT. Rosewater de- livered an earnest speech to the con vention thanking his friends for cheir support and pledging himself to the
 support of Mir. Brown and the State ticket and urged the convention to
 nominate clean ticket, for which no | apologoes would be necessary | Mir Rosewater, following the conven-
 ton, announced through the columns