Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-11
ANDREWS on ULYSSES GRANT
Chancellor Of Bsbrasks UnivsrSity Delivers
Bsooalsursats esrmOn.
RANKS WITH WASHINGTON MO LINCOLN
Traits of soIdier-statesmsn's Char
seter That Made Him Great and
Endeased Him 20 the Masses
Of His Countrymen.
LOO . stan correspondentl


LINCOLN. June 10-(special) lin the
presence OF crowd which completely hlled
Memorial hall Chancellor Andrews OF the
state university tonight delivered the an
nuaI address to the senior class Appro-
pirate music added to the pleasure OF the
occasion. Chancellos Andrews talked on
Ulysses g. Grant" He declared after
Washingtoa and Lincoln. Grant was the
most distinguished of Americas citizens
He gave Grant higher place In the ahec-
lions OF the people than do most OF the
historians. and in speaking OF the death
Of Garfield and OF Lincoln he said: i
doubt IL on either occasion the genuine
deep lying sympathies of the American
heart were aroused or enlisted as at the
death Of Grant He said;
am sure that our enthusiasm for him
comes only to a little extent from the mere
fact OF his having been a successful ehieiT
think that the deepest OF these are three
The fret r. his simple, genuine, uhsneC ,sr
manhood and manly exec usnee, Q. o' ara ss,
sumption. Another deep. source OF bis
popularity was the conviction Of General
TsnE wbs hes tes ms eR %sr hero 70
hearts most closely Of all Is the fact that
he was the one who led our armies to hnal
Xs soldier citizens we need General
Grants prudence; we need his cours hte
and endurance ssPec,elly v 90 we cb nsa
form OF war cry: Boss. boodler, CRATER,
my enemy and the country's, l propose 70
ward. town county. state, the nation,
everywhere, TO fight i out, against thee = 4,
and all thy hosts, Il y taxes ~ oeath'
And let US be true 10 the resolution.
FaiIure rs Businens Man.
In private business this remarkable per-
sonage, whom events showed to be ge-
MUS, one Of the comparatively re" a.it q
total failure. His iii success in financial
affairs toward the end OF his life was no.
his hrst In 1881 he tried fsrminE sho SnS;
he was Industrious, toiled with his own
hands, sweating in the field from morning
as well as a worker, he found It a contin-
usl struggle barely to support his family.
The farm was named HaTdscrSoot LEA re
real estate agency. Poorer still He
sought appointment as county engineer,
but no one would indorse him At last
De secured post in the custom house, but
for some reason got through in month.
His brothers, well-to-do leather merchants
relative, IL seems gave him a place,
which he was glad to accept. in their store
sssaH Ror.ssG6 ana esT OF H az earned
his money but showed no ambition and
babe fair to live and die poor. uninfiuential
Review Norfolk Hearing.
Governor Mickey, Treasurer Mortensen
Land Commissioner Eaton. Attorney Gen.
sral Brown and Secretary Of State Galusha
will go to Norfolk again Wednesday where
Thursday they win resume the hearing
OF charges against Superintendent Alden
and Assistant Nicholson. Governor Mickey
will not sit as member of the Board OF
Public Lands and Buildings, but will at
lend the meetings in order to be in q
better position to pass upon the reports Of
the board. 1t is understood the duty Of
the board will be merely to take the evil
dence and report to the governor without
a recommendation.
Lancaster COunty Assessment.
County Assessor Miller reports the as
sessment this year in Lancaster county VIII
g,bs materially advanced over. the assess
ment of last year. though he has no
tabuated sufficient returns OF his deputies
to make any accurate estimate Of wha
the total increase will amount to. Tn,
business houses in Lincoln show a yer!
marked increase some OF the larger firm
returning an assessment from $4,000 4
10000 In excess Of last year. The assess
ment OF real estate will probably be in
creased only according to the improve
ments made, while personal property re
turns, the assessor says, are very salts
factory, showing a healthy increase.
The County Board of Equalization wi
meet June q In the afternoon to liste
TO protests from property owners agafns
the overassessment of property. Count
Clerk Dawson, clerk Of the board, ha
published his notices to taxpayers to az
pear or forever after hold their peace.
Menderfer-SIickeI.
kilograms were received in Lincol
yesterday announcing the marriage OF
p. Nickel and Miss Loretta Menderfer 3
San Antonio. Tex. The couple will maxi
their home IN the City of Mexico. Bot
parties formerly lived in Lincoln, NJ
Nickel being former business manager {
the Star.
OIL discovered ON Yankee Hill.
In driving an oil we'll for developmer
purposes at Yankee hill near Lincoln,
large amount Of petroleum has been foun
in a heavy. artesan now at depth
$50 feet. The product Is pronounced by e!
perts to be- good quality of crude p
troleum. This is the first discovery OF 4
in Nebraska.