The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-31
HIS HEART FAILED
WHILE HE SLEPT
Lifeless Body of the Omaha Edi.
tor Found on a Bench in
~. q Courtroom,

Omaha, Aug. 31.-Edward Rose
water, proprietor and owner Of the
Omaha Bee and for forty years prom
inently identified with the political,
financial and business affairs Of Oma-
ha and Nebraska, was found dead in
district court room No. 6, on the third
floor Of the Bee building, early today.
He had evidently sat down on a bench
died Of heart failure. ~-t..-... 49,
Mr.. Rosewater went to Waterloo,
Neb., yesterday afternoon, where he
made a speech to the old soldiers who
were holding a picnic. He reached
Omaha on his return at z pm, and
went to his office Immediately.
It was habit Of Mr.. Rosewater to
90 to different parts of the building
whenever his pleasure so indicated,
and it is presumed he stepped into. the
large courtroom and sat down for a
minutes repose and fell asleep. When
Judge Troup, who presided over court
No. 6, arrived this morning, he was
shocked to find the lifeless body Of
Mr.: Rosewater at the end Of the bench,
head resting on his extended arm. In
his right hand he held a handkerchief,
having evidently felt warm and used
it to; wipe the perspiration from his
face. .7:.. Z { q + Y J. s$-
The death Of Mr.. .Rosewater, coming
! thus suddenly, was q blow to the peo-
pie Of Omaha, and Immediately it was
known, extra papers announced it to
the public. :: ~ r. =.
=. Died as He Desired. -.
:. DR.. Charles Rosewater, brother of
the dead editor, said Is the Associated
Press that his brother had often ex~
pressed wish that when he should die
that it be without lingering illness,
and that he preferred to pass away in
the manner in which he did.
DR.. Rosewater attributed the sud
den death of hisabrother to the results
which followed the excitement attend
ant on a long campaign in which he
was prominent candidate for the nom
ination by the Nebraska state conven-
tion for United States senator.
: The. convention occurred Aug. %,
and Mr.. Rosewater, unanimously sup
ported from Douglas county, was a
prominent figure. Several ballots
were taken, during the course of which
Mr.. Rosewater gained steadily against
lowing the ballot which nominated
Brown, Mr.. Rosewater delivered an
earnest speech to the convention,
pledging himself to the support Of Mr..
Brown and the state ticket. Later,
thru the Omaha Bee, he announced
that he was out Of the senatorial race.
j. Active and Successful. -.
MI. 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 a military
rapher Of General Grant. .*se=
. After leaving the Western Union
company Mr.. Rosewater founded the
Omaha Bee, a small afternoon paper
and developed it. into one of the largest
newspapers in the west. A few years
ago he gave over the active manage
ment of the paper to: his two sons, Vic
tor and Charles Rosewater, he still re-
tanning the title Of editor.
Mr.: Rosewater's life was devoted
largely to the upbuilding Of Omaha
rial efforts he has given largely Of his
financial means to the progress OF
Omaha. = -
Bohemia His Native Home.
He was born at Bukovan, Bohemia
in 1S41, and came to the United States
in 1854. He was at various times 9
member of the Nebraska legislature
member Of the republican national com
mittee and of the United States mint
commission and representative Of the
United States, and vice president of the
universal postal congress.
He was the original promoter Of the
Mississippi exposition held al
Omaha in 1898.