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Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07
Getting Busy.

The thought never struck me TO wait for
the arrival Of a mastering officer to be
assigned for that purpose by the War de-
partment, before leaving my home and my
business, nor was the same thought sug-
geous and public spirited men whom I
drummed together in short order and who
declared their willingness to follow me.
There was no time for delay. Inside of one
hour we were twenty-one men in the sad
die. our carbines and revolvers loaded a
blanket and some provisions rolled up and
tied to the rear OF the saddle Striking
almost bee line to the southwest and
keeping on fast trot most OF the time
we marched thirty-five miles, reaching
Vesta about midnight, and after few
hours rest Beatrice in the morning about
II o'clock August 8, many a half mile on
the lope. Before reaching Beatrice we had
found on the road near the Big Blue and
Beaver creek vacated farm houses and
half cooked meals on stoves still warm
and animals tied up in their stables.
The news OF the massacre to the west
had spread somehow with lightning rapidly
and resulted in n perfect stampede; many
families secured such conveyances as were
at hand and took fight toward the Mis-
souri,, many never stopping until they
reached the river. Terrified settlers were
still pouring into Beatrice from Swan.
Turkey and Indian creek The arrival OF
our advance guard of Nebraska militia, +"
with good arms and ammunition. however.
soon allayed the intense excitement and fear.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07

away on leave at the White Earth reserva-
ton In Minnesota. He returns here 70
school March l. He informed me that he
does not intend pitching professional ball
FOR at least two years" Neither will the
club get Flaherty. the Pittsburg pitcher.
President Hermann has waived claim. de-
spite the fact that he tried to secure him
last summer Flaherty will probably be
transferred to a minor league.
.
George c. Edwards, Harry Beal Torrey
and A. W. Whitney. the three professors
on the athletic committee OF the Univer-
slty Of California, have issued a statement
setting forth their reasons for desiring a
change in foot ball conditions on the Pa
cifc coast. This report which is prelimin-
airy to any action that the committee from
Stanford and California may take toward
the remodeiing Of the game, will be printed
in the University Chronicle in a few days.
Meanwhile the report has been issued in
advance form for publication in the daily
papers. Among other things the profess
sors say,
Slugging, kneeing, neck twisting putting
good man out of the contest by vicious
attacks even when such attacks contribute
nothing to the success OF the play then
in progress cannot be too severely con-
demned and punished. Such penalties may
be not only removal from the contest but
disqualification for the season or perma-
nently. From being a pastime foot ball
has become vocation, followed a short
period each season by players and bleach
ers. The large sums made each year have
made large expenses possible. which the
players are not called upon to stand 1t
has become a money maker, requiring an
administrative staff The management
naturally looks TO II as a spectacle. Grand
stands must be built and they must be
| filed 1t must, therefore insist upon the
quality of the game, regardless of the
number Of men engaged, or its claims
merely as an amateur sport. Business
| takes precedence here. Commerciaism
| enters. We are forced TO the admission
| that foot ball, fifteen years ago free as
| air, is now bought and paid for by an
| outside public.
Your committee does not believe in the
| employment of foreign coaches The col
| lege occupies the position Of hiring an out
| slider to win the game, a thing which is
| decidedly unamateurish.
| Some of the notifications which we would
| suggest as looking toward the desired end,
| IL mere notifications are to be made,
would be: Require that at least seven
| men of the offensive side shall be on the
| line of scrimmage. Diminish the time of
| each half to thirty minutes. Establish fif-
| teen minutes as the maximum aggregate
| time to be taken out for the benefit of
each time. Return to the old bar cleats
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07
Preliminary Organization.

This state of affairs continued at intervals
until Fort Sumter was fired upon and ina
tocsin of civil war was sounded, when GOV
ernor A. Saunders issued his proclamation
of May IS, 1861, calling all able-bodied men
to enroll in companies Four were formed
without delay in Nebraska City, among
which was the Nebraska City Rangers, with
b. H. Kalkmann as captain. His excessive
avolrdupois proving to be an impeachment
oven on horseback, after the first few drills
and scouts, he resigned and the company
mostly German Americans-elected your
humble servant in his place. About tho
same time we changed the name OF our
company to Otoe County Reserves, which
enjoyed an increase OF fifteen mounted
farmers of Otoe county with more or less
military experience acquired in the old
country.
My last commission as captain Of the
Otoe County Reserves was issued much
later by Acting Governor A. s. Paddock,
June 10, 1862. but we kept up our organiza-
ton by regular drills an Independent
company OF the First regiment, Second bril-
gade Colonel C. p. Mason commanding In
an emergency he always called on us, be-
cause he knew that he could rely upon us,
although he was a very severe taslSmaster.
in federal capacity. that OF a proves.
marshal for the southern district OF Ne
braska and recruiting officer, with a body
guard or detail OF six to ten men from the
volunteer or regular army.
To the best Of my recollection there were
assembled in the Morton house. Nebraska
City, on August /, 1861, about thirty COM
missioned militia officers from the South
Platte counties, when we elected Isaac
Coe brigadier general, TO take the place Of
H p. Downs. who had gone to the front
as lieutenant colonel of the First Ne
braska volunteers. / made the nomination
Of General Coe, not for mis- military ex-
! perience or achievements, but for the two
reasons-hrst being public spirited brave
| and loyal citizen; second, being the wealth.
| lest man by all odds, who could and would
| furnish the sinews OF war In time of actual
need and peril. The new general proved
the truth OF my assertion by ordering on
the spot four big boxes or sparkling cider
| to celebrate the occasion.
| II there is another survivor OF that mem
| orable meeting would be happy 20 get his
| address; but. alas, Mason Furnas, Butler,
Dundy Ivers, Cornell, Boydston, Lett and
lesser lights all have Joined the grand
army above.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07

made It as Napoleonic in it's design and
execution, and should place it on the pages
Of history alongside Of other great and
bloody butcheries by savages.
At that time already many ranches
dotted the great military road at in
tervals of a few miles. These ranches
had become in many cases valuable farms,
with substantial improvements graced by
woman's presence and ornamented by
wcman's tasteful care. number of such
ranches were in jefferson. Thayer,
Nuckolls, Adams and Kearney counties,
upon and contiguous to the government
road. The Indians had been quiet and
peaceful for long time, and the settlers
along the road were peaceful and happy.
Without a single note of warning the
crisis came From Denver to Big Sandy,
a distance of COO miles, near the middle
of the day, at precisely the same time,
along the whole distance a simultaneous
attack was made upon the ranches, the
unsuspecting freighters, the poor pill
grims" in their emigrant wagons and tho
overland coaches No time was given for
couriers, no time for concentration, no
time for the erection or strengthening of
places OF defense, but as the eagle swoops
down upon his prey the savage warriors
attacked the defenseess white men,
women and children. No principles of
military courtesy laotuated the breasts of
the painted assailants. 1t mattered little
to them that they were In vastly superior
numbers, and their opponents had often
fed them when they were hungry. All
alike were made to feel their cruelty or
their lust No mercy was shown. No
captives were taken but a few women.
and death was preferred to the captivity
that awaited them. Could the eastern
philanthropists who speak so flatterihgly
of the noble red men of the west" have
witnessed with us the cruel butchery of
unoffending children, the young and old
women. who were first horribly mutilated,
impressed with the true character Of hos
tile Indians on a predatory and slaughter
ing incursion or excursion.
AS soon as Colonel o. p Mason received
the first information of the sudden out
break and massacre by telegram from
some station on the Big Sandy he called
at my office on Main street, at Nebraska
City, Nebraska territory, then and there
bluntly and peremptorily ordering me- as
the captain of the local company of Ne
braska militia, forthwith TO place myself
and men between the terror-stricken set
tiers and the pursuing Indians on the Big
Sandy and the Little Blue"
At the same time he took my receipt
for twenty-seven muskets, six carbines,
$500 rounds OF buck and ball cartridges
(all the available arms in his possession),
which was loaded on two wagons.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07
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Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07

City, has prepared a detailed account of
the operations of the Otoe County Reserves,
a militia company organized in Nebraska
City in 1861 for the purpose of protecting
settlers from hostile Indians. Dr. Renner
was a resident of Nebraska City at the
time, became an officer Of the company and
was a participant In the campaigns he de-
scribes The account was written at the re-
quest of Adjutant General Culver, and is, In
part as follows:
II is a fact easily proven by surviving old
settlers like General John NJ. Thayer b. f.
b. Kennedy, Martin Durham and many
others, that we had militia organizations In
all the better settled river counties. l can
speak authoritatively for Nebraska City,
where we had militia organization ever
since 1885, with Hiram p. Downs as briga-
der general and o. P. Mason as captain Of
the Nebraska City Guard, of which l was
high private and surgeon, according to cir
cumstances. This, our original and volun-
teer organization, was destined principally
for home protection against outlaws ana
Indians, who caused frequent scares, espe-
pecially when they appeared in unusual
numbers; sand this 'ieppeneds almost every
winter when the rascally-beg pardon
democratic-Indian agents had delayed the
payment of the Indian annuities, even
months after the boxes filled with silver
dollars. had arrived and were piled up in
some bank vault.
At such seasons the Indians, instigated by
the traders and other white men who had
claims against them, laid for weeks and
months around Nebraska City begging
threatening and necessitating constant
guard for defense and safety.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07
The Last Massacre.

It cannot be gainsaid that the Nebraska
territorial militia prepared and forwarded
many recruits 10 the regular or volunteer
army and that those whom family or
business affairs compelled 10 stay at home
braved the dangers OF frontier life during
the Indian scares and actual troubles,
guarding those vast prairies for peaceful.
prosperous and happy homes. This is es-
pecially true OF the Indian raid and mas
sacre OF August, 1864, which received in
congress but little attention. and seemed
IN comparison OF so little Importance as
scarcely 10 deserve a place in national his
tory. Yet the military strategy and pre-
cision, and the secrecy and success, and
the cool butchery and cruelty OF attack
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07
Bentrice People Arm.

turned over the arms and ammunition
Of Colonel Mason 10 Jefferson B. Weston,
Joe Saunders and Hiram W. Walker, who
had organized the settlers into a company,
had their wagons circled up, corral fash
ion. by the side OF the mill on the bank
OF the Big Blue. determined to make
bold stand against the savages, II they
should come to the east bank of the Blue
But as / could see no immediate danger
In this locality l declared my intention to
proceed southwest after a very short rest,
TO meet the Sioux, who from all reports
were still raiding down the Little Blue
and killing every white person they could
overtake.
Sixteen mepbers OF my company de-
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07

with headquarters in the Schlitz building.
on the days set for the general meeting of
the members four and FIVE tables are filled
with enthusiastic onkeln. DR. Baetens Is
one of the founders of the club and he says
that the game is not confined to the Ger
mans even in the Omaha club, but that tho
Americans who have taken up the game
are as enthusiastic as any of the others.
Skat is a great game in some of the north
ern cities and in St. Paul and Minneapolis
groups can be seen all over playing skat
especially the more elderly men. a big
slkat tournament was held at Milwaukee
last winter with players from a great many
cities. St. Paul has also held several state
tournaments. In New York City members
of the upper 400 pay as high as 81 an hour
for lessons.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07
First Regiment of Nebraska Militia

These last four companies, raised,
equipped and mustered into the service by
the governor of the territory after August
u, 1864, were known generally from that
time on as the First regiment of Nebraska
militia, just as II the men who served in
the regiment of Nebraska militia from
1855 to 1864. August II, and were attached
during all these years TO the First regt-
Inent of the First and Second brigade,
Nebraska militia, respectively, had never
been in existence. neither de jure nor de
facto. as Judge Mason would have said in
technical language.
Without fear Of successful contradiction
1 may claim for the Otoe County Reserves
that we have been an independent COM
pany, but respected one, of the First
regiment, Second brigade, who furnished
their own arms their own or their hired
or gratuitously loaned horses all their ac-
couterments, served without pay. paid all
their bills, obeyed all orders and discipline.
emanating from the territorial officers, who
were appointed from eastern or southern
states from time to time by the federal
government, e., Presidents Pierce, Blu
chanan and Lincoln, as well as those ema-
mating directly or indirectly from The mill
tary officers of the United States and were
at all times willing to be used and EN-
ployed by the United States authorities in
defending the public frontier and were thus
required to render the ordinary and COM
plete military service OF the volunteers OF
the United States army in defense of the
government and its property in time OF war,
when 1t had insufficient force TO protect
the frontier against hostile Indians and
other public enemies.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07

changes, and all we westerners can do now
Is to sit and wait until such time as the
rules committee shall act Players do not
say the game is too rough and spectators
do not make the same claim, and Il is hard
20 show the 1000 who turned out to see
the Yale-Harvard game where 1t is to be
improved. Sull the advocates Of the more
open game will undoubtedly have their way
and some changes will be made. The open
game Of Chicago won from the heavier
Michigan team and this is the strongest
argument In favor Of the game.
Bowling has again struck its natural
and healthy gait after the excitement Of
last week, occasioned by the visit OF the
Gunthers Of Chicago. The regular work
seemed a little tame after the close matches
played with the champions, but the visit
has done an immense amount of good, as
1t has shown the boys what can be done
by little practice. OF course, some Of the
Gunther players are about the best this
country or any other country can produce,
and still they had to fight for their laurels
against the teams which had been picked
and against men not used to playing to-
gether. Wood of the Gunthers is one of
the best individual players In the country
ana MS game was watched with interest
throughout the contests. AS seen from the
table printed herewith, practically the whole
advantage of the champions lay in the
number of strikes they made. The first
ball seldom went wrong, and while it did
not always hit the strike spot, it was al
ways near enough to leave a better chance
for a spare. Omaha had to roll for twenty
| four more spare chances, and at that
made but three more errors than did the
/ Gunthers. The Gunthers made twenty-six
| more strikes and were extremely lucky
| in punching them. Three Of the Gunthers
and two of the Omaha men rolled error
! less games. p Stoke, ordinarily a crack
| player, made as many errors in three
| series as the three top error men Of Omaha
combined. 1t is always a good thing fol-
any game to give the players chance &c
see the best there is and undoubtedly the
game received good boost by the visit OF
the Gunthers TO this city.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07

on the shoes Designate an official who
shall call the ball as down and not leave
the decision to the carrier Of the ball,
further. and in so doing invites the men
Of the opposing team to fall on him and
The committee concluded Its report b.
embodying the resolutions passed by the
conference recently held at the University
club. recommending that intercollegiate
foot ball contests should no longer be held
under the regulations Of the present foot
ball rules committee: and recommending as
substitute the present English Rugby
game. or else the present American game
with such notifications as should promise
to eliminate existing evils.
Mr.. W. ]. wilson the honorable secretary
OF the Surry Foot Ball association Of Eng
land, has been studying up the history OF
the game recently. So much Of an author
ity has he become that he recently lectured
to a large number of foot ball enthusiasts
here in London, dealing especially with the
ancient laws upon the subject. Mr. Wilson
authoritively declared that foot ball was
six centuries old. Shrove Tuesday had been
associated with the game from the earliest
times, and in the fourteenth centuryQn the
reign of Edward IL, foot ball was played
by so many youths in the streets that the
merchants appealed to the king to put the
game down, as il interfered with the COM
merce of the country. But foot ball was
strong enough to defy the Jaw even of the
king. both in England and Scotland, despite
agititation and much condemnatory writing
against the game In the sixteenth century
the game though unlawful, was played in
the streets and fields, the goal posts ranged
from such objects as bushes to houses
and were often miles apart. One special
prayer was disseminated by writer named
Stubs. decrying foot ball on the Sabbath,
on the ground that It was ''bloody and
murderous game, backs, legs and necks
being Unfortunately broken" Another
writer, more generous declared that the
game put courage into the hearts of the
players and stimulated them to meet the
foe eye to eye without flinching. After
showing some amusing lantern slides treat
ing Of the lighter side of the game, Mr.
Wilson wound up with lucid explanation
of the off side rule.
Omaha has real skat club Of its own,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07

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Some OF the basket ball teams in the
City league race have been a trifie slow In
organizing and interest both in and out
of the City league has not been as keen
up to date as 1t should have been. AS a
consequence OF these delays in organizing
teams some of the games scheduled have
not been played, but 1t is hoped. now that
the holiday season has passed, that the
schedule may be caught up and, once going,
games will be played as arranged The
games played thus far, the High school
beat Boyles, AZ to II; the BENEFITS beat the
Thurston Rifles. q to II, and the High
school team beat the Thurston Rifles, %
to 20. The Omaha Commercial college was
one OF the teams delaying the game. but
that team was organized Wednesday night
H. b. Boyles proprietor OF Boyles college,
has recognized his team and will take the
management upon himself in the hope Of
improving the standard of the team. As a
consequence of this change the game sched-
uled last week for this team was postponed
and the game with the Bennett team will
be played later. The lineup OF the teams
is not all complete. but those which have
been handed in are: Benefits, Graw,
| Griffith. Hansen, Swan and Duncan; Thurs
tons, Nordwell, Williams, Churchill, Dunn
and Baur; Crescent, w. Frankfort, II.
| Frankfort, Wilson, Pjerron and Wessen;
! High school, Clark, Hall, Webster, Neavles,
| Burnett and Thomas.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07

The Cincinnati Base ball club will not
have the services OF the Indian pitcher
Charles Roy, for next season. A telegram
has been received from Major Mercer Of
Carlisle as follows: Charles Roy is now
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07

ORDER to supply a missing
link in the chain of history of
the Nebraska militia in terri
torial days, DIR. Frederick Renner
of Omaha formerly of Nebraska
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07
SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEk
university Of Nebraska Affairs Take on
UauSual Interest.
BOOTHS LEAVING STARTS THE POLITICIANS
New Coach Must he Man who
Can Put winning Team
on Field for Next
Fall.

Two important events happened in the
athletic world which gave the University OF
Nebraska students plenty TO talk about
during the past week-the renewal Of ath-
letic relations with Kansas and the an
nouncement from Walter Booth that he will
not return another season to coach the Ne
braska team, While this decision on tho
part Of the big coach has been known 70
some Of his friends for some time, the an
nouncement was not made until during tho
last week. The burning question Of tho
hour now is:
who will succeed Booth2" with the
announcement of Booths resignation
came the report that Herrnstein was
being considered and many think that
he might be a good choice. Herrnstein
was coach of the Haskell Indian team a
year ago, when that team defeated the
strong Cornhusker team at Kansas City.
Students were OF the opinion that a coach
that could train a team that could beat that
Nebraska team must be all right. and so
Herrnstein has many rooters among the
students. He Is a product OF the Yost school
of hustle. and seems TO have imbibed freely
OF Yost's hurry-up tactics. Another man
prominently mentioned Is Dan McGugin,
also a Michigan man, who took the Wander
bilt team and put It In such shape that It
almost took the breath from the WOLVERINES
this fall losing by the score OF II to o. The
athletic board now has a serious question
to decide, for the people Of Nebraska Will
expect a winning team next fall when the
large freshmen who were barred this year
will be permitted TO play.