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Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24
,MAHA CITY OFFICIALS, 1857.

f|GUNIC1PAL life Of Omaha will be
mi fifty years Of age on Tuesday
49, March g. 1907, only a few days
tesSI1l hence. Thursday, March S. 1855.
was the beginning OF recorded
time so far as Omaha as a city Is
concerned. Prior TO that time the affairs
Of the then village OF Omaha were con-
Quoted by county commissioners.
Mayor Dahman has brought to the at
tention OF the city council and other city
officials the matter OF observing the city's
semi-centennial Of municipal life in some
fitting way The day will DO observed, but
in just what manner has not been decided
Some have suggested securing the Audi
torium and making the event popular
one, inviting all present and former city
officials. besides the living pioneers who,
though not being identified with early pub
lie life, were as much interested in the
early growth of the city as any
lnasmuch as the old city council records
nave been preserved from the first session
1t has been thought It would be a good
plan TO have City Clerk Butler read the
proceedings OF the first council session at
the exercises TO be held on March g.
The one really interesting feature in
noting the flight of half a century in
Omaha's government is the fact that two
or the first set of city officials are still
alive and are now residents Of Omaha.
When the roll of the above list Of officers
is called on the fftieth anniversary only
two-Captain c. II. Downs and James w.
van Nostrand-will respond All the rect
nave been called beyond some having
lived to view the great city whose cradle
they rocked in the days of struggles and
hardships
Captain C. II. Downs now lives at 1900
South Twenty-ninth street and was SO years
OF age February II, while James w. Van
Nostrand resides at $50 South Twenty-sixth
and was rs october II, last. Mr. Van Nos
trand has vivid recollections of the first
city council, but Time, like thief in the
night, has stolen most of that Which Can
tain. Downs has stored in memory's halls
Mr.. Downs was one of the first council
men, while Mr.. Van Nostrand was I'm fact
the FIRST city clerk (recorder) succeeding
II. c. Anderson, who served but a few
weeks after having been duly elected to
the office.
A little book containing the minutes of
the first council meetings is on file in the
office Of City Clerk Butler. The book is
an ordinary blank book. such as might be
used nowadays in any retail store for
day book. Inscribed on the first few pages
OF the book may be found copy of the
original city charter passed by the terri
torfal legislature and approved February
2, 1857. The signature OF the late ]. Ster-
ling Morton, then territorial secretary, was
afixed with seal TO assure the mayor
ana councilmen as to the correctness of
committee on rules. Then the standing
committees were selected. The committees
were judiciary claims. streets and grades,
improvements. public grounds and printing
A committee was appointed to call on
Hepburn and Chapman, printers, and
dicker for prices for printing laws and
ordinances for the city. Matters thus far
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24

Omaha was beginning to grow. In the
earliest days II was the custom for people
to live In Council Bluffs and work on this
side. For many years there was a dds
agreement between Uncle Billy Snowden
and Captain Downs as to which of the
two first slept in Omaha, but the captain
has never wavered from his contention
that he was the first white man to sleep
in Omaha.
AS to the early city government however,
Captain Downs is no authority at this
time. His memory has failed him on the
details. He was, however active I'm the
early affairs of the city.
James w. Van Nostrand, now in his sew
enty-seventh year and in charge Of the
order department of a local department
store, was not only city clerk in the early
days, but was secretary on nearly every
public occasion. H. c. Anderson was the
regularly elected city clerk, but bowling TO
the wishes of his wife, who wanted to re-
turn to the east, Mr.. Anderson resigned
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24

the next morning to consider city printing
and Boveys bill to curb the roaming ten
denotes of hogs. There being no street cars
or automobiles in those days, hogs would
roam all over the village, peep in at the
general merchandise store and at times inn
pede traffic from the Lone Tree landing to
the postoffice during the busy hours. After
Mr.. Bovey's bill went through people had
to tie their hogs up.
Captain Charles II. Downs, the only sur
viving member Of the first city council Of
Omaha, claims to be the original Omahan,
in that he maintains he was the first
white man to sleep in Omaha. Captain
Downs arrived at Council Bluffs on April
IL 1854, and for eight years was owner Of
ferry boats between the Bluffs and Omaha.
During June, 1854, Mr.. Downs moved a
small shack to the Omaha side and located
the structure near the Lone Tree landing,
which was at the foot of what is now
Davenport street. 1t was In this small
building Captain Downs said he lived while
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24

electric railways in Ohio, state in which
these enterprises have been developed ex-
tensively. Ten years ago, the professor
shows, Ohio had 80 miles of electric rail-
way, and 1t now has some 1900 miles in
operation or under construction or planned
And the larger part of this mileage is de-
voted to interurban as contrasted with
strictly urban or street traific. Cleveland,
Toledo, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati
are centers OF trolley systems radiating out
over the state. The feature of the Ohio
electric railway development, as dis
tInguished from our own, is the express
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24


were mere designs OF bridges and locomo-
uves, with plans and gradients on blue
linen.
He walked over and beheld six photo
graphs seeming to tell an interesting story.
They were mounted together in one large
frame. The visitor could see an elephant
and a train on the track.
Here" he thought. SIS something worth
investigating. I'll ask one OF the directors
about It."
He did so, and this is the story the d.
rector told:
I'VE are humdrum people," he said
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24
An Appointment with a Ghost.

John N. Dixon OF Montana. who will
succeed William A. Clark in the United
States senate In March, tells how he once
had an appointment with a ghost The In
oident occurred when a bad man" OF
Montana, with many nOtches on his gun.
was hanged FOR murder at Miss0uIa the
new senator's home. The condemned man
looked forward TO his end with fortitude.
and told Mr.. Dixon that he was certain
there was an after life and that the i'm
mortal part Of man could 50 about freely
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24
Mr.. Jones said:

MT. JOneS SdIu. ~"
HE didn't say darned thing, and II
these smart aleck lawyers would "a let
me would have told you all so four years
ago."-New York Sun.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24


The argument of my learned and bril-
liant colleague" said counsel for the plain
tiff in a recent suit for damages from
railway company, lis like the snow now
falling outside-it is scattered here, there
ana evCN~ here.
Whereupon opposing counsel improved his
opportunity. "All 1 can say" he hastily
interposed. rs that the gentleman who has
lilkened my argument to the snow now fall
ing outside has neglected to observe one
little point to which l fatter myself the
similarity extends-it has covered all tho
ground in a very short time. "-Harper's
Weekly.
Litigation That WINS Fruitless.
A neighborhood quarrel in a Scotch
Irish settlement in Virginia eliminated in
a lawsuit in the Justice court. Mr.. David
son was on the witness stand. The attor-
ney on the side that introduced him
asked:
What did Mr.. Jones say them"
The opposing counsel objected on the
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24
The ChiIlinE Reply

to Washington legal
light, there are times when n
lawyer regrets the use of an IL
Illustration which a moment be-
fore has appeared especially
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24

ROF. e. L. BOGART OF oberlin
college contributes to the Journal
of Political Economy an interest
ing study of the social and eco
mania affects of the interurhan
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24

)NDON, Feb. ia visitor in the
London Offices of the Nag
pur railroad Of India the other
day noticed a big framed picture
In an obscure corner. 1t seemed
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-24
ROoseveit's Literary work.

T IS to creative literary work that
the president turns for relaxation,
and for a respite from the respon-
Ebilities and worries of his great
nfncn. Of thnaa tho nonnrnl r,,,l,IIn
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-03
\ OBITUARY.

STEPHENS-Mrs. Sarah J. Ste
phens, died at her home, neal
Wylie, at 10 O'Clock Monday night,
after a few weeks illness with pneu-
monia.
Mrs. Stephens was born in Mt.
Vernon, Ind, Dec. 28, 1888. and
died in Mcdonald county, Missouri,
Dec. IS, 1906. She was married to
M. H. Stephens, Sept. S, 1851, and
to this union several children were
born. Five children and the hus-
band survive her. Those living are
Chas. A. Stephens, county clerk
elect of Mcdonald County; Mrs.
Sophronia Karney, of Dodge City,
Kansas; Mrs. Lois A. Ward, of
Englewood, Kansas; and Mrs.
Rachel M. Wisely and Mrs. Emma
Liebenthaler, both of Murfresboro,
Ill.
The deceased became converted
and joined the Missionary Baptist
church in 1860 and had remained a
faithful and true Christian till her
death.-Pineville (Mo.) Democrat.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-03
AUCTION.

1 will sell at public auction at my
farm 3 miles northwest of Fowler at
10 O'Clock Thursday,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-03

1 will sell at public auction at my
farm miles northwest of Fowler at
10 O'Clock Thursday,
JANUARY 10, 1907.
the following described property:
Horseshoe span bay. mares
4 and S years old, one span bay
colts three years old; one black
mare, weight 400 lbs; one iron
grey stallion 4 years old weight 100
lbs; one two year-ho colt; one
four year-old gelding; one two-year-
old mare colt; one two-year-old
mule; one six-year-old jack, IS
hands high; one Galloway cow and
calf, both with pedigree, 81 head of
black calves; two milch cows.
IMPLEMENTS-M Mccormick
mower, Champion mower, Champ
ion rake, three section harrow, feed
grinder, Kaffir corn header, two
disc harrows, one double-seated
hack, two sets double work harness.
TERMS-S5.o 90 and under cash.
Above $500 ten months time will
be given without interest or 6 per
cent discount for cash.
FREE DINNER.
w. H. Tracy, Auctioneer.
F. d. Morrison, Clerk.
|C C KINC1 Owner 3.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-03

We wish to say to anyone who
wishes US to discontinue this great
moral guide to them, will please not
hesitate to come in and tell US. OF
course al we require is that you pay
up, if you owe US anything. You
have a perfect right to stop it when
ever you want to, but don't be
afraid to tell US. You won't insult
US, it is only a matter of business.
we want everyone to subscribe, but
we can't expect everyone.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-03
Vo1ufnn 8, Number 1.

With this issue THE News begins
the eighth year of its career. We
desire to wish our readers and
faiends a happy and prosperous
New Year, and may you all enjoy
many more.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-03

For SALE-Two light single
drivers. Three two year old colts.
Part time if desired. Also one
registered English Shire stallion.
Call or address, D. F. Cochran,
Meade, Kans.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-03
Notice

The Southwest Telephone Co. de-
sire all accounts settled with them
the first of the year. Their terms
are payable quarterly in advance
and must he complied with. Call
and settle.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-03

WILSON has Cheap Corn. Come
and see at Red Feed Barn, east of
Carthage Avenue.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-03
Union Envange1istiC Services.
First Service Next Sunday Night.

The Week of Prayer will be held
at the M. E. church Jan. 9th to Jan.
18th. Preaching each night by one
of the home pastors. 1t is proposed
to hold one weeks service in each
of the city churches. Good singing
at each service. Plan to attend.
You are cordially invited.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-03
DON'T forget TO call al
JOHNSTON AND CO.'S


And see their line of FURNITURE. 1t is the biggest
and BEST that has been brought to the County
and they selling at a very reasonable profit
Did you stop think that nice rocker is one of
the most useful aud appropriate CHRISTMAS pres
you could make? They have line of handsome
rockers, also the Most Beautiful Line of Hand Painted
China that be found in this country
They also handle the old reliable New Home Sewing
Machines If you contemplate buying machine drop
in and see the ruby 1t is in construction
and the least complicated of any machine you ever
It has cog wheel in its construction and
the price is going to be the Runation of the Mail
Order Houses.
The Washington bee., 1907-07-13
EX-SLAVE NOW RICH
WYOMING NEGRO ONCE PROPER
YOF JEFFERSON DAVIS.
When Confederacy Collapsed Old Mas
ter Gave Him Money and
Release-A Prospective
Millionaire,

ShoshOni. Wyo.-Sam Davis, the ne
gro mine owner and prospective mil
Iionaire of Warm Springs Greek and
the Wind River mountain, has been IN
ShOshOni for the purpose Of ordering
machinery for his mine. the order in
cluding a ten-horse power gasoline
engine shaft hoist and a compressed
air drill plant, the machinery ordered
aggregating $4,000.
Samuel Jefferson Davis was born
in 1910 on the Briarield plantation in
Mississippi, a slave Of jefferson Davis,
and he was one of the toddling pick
aninnies on the plantation when Col.
Davis headed his Mississippi Rifles on
the battlefield of Buena Vista
As Sam, the slave, grew older Mr..
Davis grew into national importance
as a leader of the south, and when
jefferson Davis was elected president
of the southern cOnfederacy Samuel
Jefferson Davis, his slave, accompa-
MED the new president to Millidge-
vile, the first capital Of the confed-
eracy. Upon the final collapse of the
confederacy President Davis gave
Sam. his born and faithful slave, $500
in gold and told him to go north and
enter upon his new life as a free
man.
Sam migrated and tarried awhile in
Cheyenne, and thence drifted TO the
cattle ranges where, from his wages
as a camp cook, he saved money
enough to buy a few head of cattle
These cattle grew into herd and sew
eral years afterwards Sam sold out
for a handsome sum. In the interval
Sam had married a daughter of Ed
mOnd lie Claire, a noted French Cana
dian hunter and trapper living with
the ATapahOe Indians. Her mother
was Whispering Wind, whose father
was one of the most celebrated Arapa-
hoe chieftains.
Sam rested for several years, living
in rude luxury on the Arapahoe In
dian reservation. Three years ago he
bought from a prospector his present
mine on Warm Springs creek, an af-
fluent of the Wind river, and has de-
velOped it until now he is one of WyO-
ming's assured mining milliOnaiTes.
Samuel Davis has a fond Temem-
bTance of his former master and his
family and, il tender testimony there
of, has christened his mine The Miss
Winnie Davis" so widely known as
The Daughter of the Confederacy."
The Washington bee., 1907-07-13
DO NOT LIKE OUR WHEAT.
Spanish MiIIers Think the Russian
Product Better.

Washington.-Consul General Ben
iamin H. Ridgely, of Barcelona, tells
the bureau of manufactures why the
Spanish millers prefer the Russian to
the American product in a recent re-
port:
American wheat. generally speak
ing" he says, lis not particularly
adapted to the requirments of this
country, lacking, it is asserted, the
strength of the Russian wheat, which
Spanish millers buy in such large
quantities for mixing with their ma
tive supplies and for which purpose
the Russian grain is almost a neces-
sity. Nor is American wheat consid-
cred quite white enough nor sufficient
ly high yielding TO form a substitute
for the wheat of CASTLE when needed
Notwithstanding this, several ship
ments were made from Duluth to
southern Spanish ports during the
past year, and doubtless more Ameri-
can wheat would have found a market
in Spain had not our crops been below
the average and the prices relatively
high as compared with those ruling in
other countries"
The Washington bee., 1907-07-13
DIAMONDS
Put Your Money IN Diamonds. No
Better Investment To-Day.

Put Your Money IN Diamonds. No
Better Investment To-Day.
Prices in the Diamond market
are advancing, but our Prices haze
net been ddvaHced in some time.
We still have a large collection of
superb Diamonds which we bought
a considerable time ago at lower
prices than prevail today.
We shall not advance prices on
these stones. We are merchants
and not SPECTATORS and our fair
percentage of profit is all we ask.
So, as long as these Diamonds last,
it will be possible to buy them here
under the regular market for fine
stones.
Ladies Diamond Rings, $500 70
$4,000.
Ladies Diamond Breaches, so
to $1,000.
Diamond Earrings, $500 to
$4,000.
Diamond Scarf Pins, 800 up.
Diamond Cuff Buttons, $500 up.
Diamond Studs, $1,000 up.
We have Ladies Handsome Dia-
mond Rings set in Tiffanv Mount
ing which we are selling at $4,000.
This will make an appropriate pres
ent for Christmas. Evevy stone a
ball of fire.
CLOCKS AND BRONZES
Clocks of all makes-American,
French and German. We have a
Clock as cheap as $5.oo-must be
seen to be appreciated. All Clocks
kept in order for two years.
The Washington bee., 1907-07-13
FINBAcK WHALES TAG A CRAFT
School of LeViathans Founders Many
Miles Behind a Steamer.

New York.-The Atlas liner Vir-
ginia, which has arrived in port from
the West Indies, had an odd expert
ence with whales on her way up the
coast according to Capt. Felix Zack
and the passengers. Jogging along
through a moderate swell, the Virginia
came across a school of % whales 80
miles off the Capes of the Delaware.
First the school was sighted not more
than a mile away, and as the steam
ship passed they turned and followed
in her wake They were finbacks and
ranged in length from so feet, the ap-
parent size of the leader, to 40 feet,
the length of the smaller members in
the rear guard.
The whales followed the Virginia
from II o'clock Monday morning until
four a. m. Tuesday, when the steamer
was of Sandy Hook. Then the nam
NAL headed east along the Long island
coast
The Washington bee., 1907-07-13
NOVEL CHURCH ON WHEELS.
Unique Chapel Car. With: Bishop Hen
messy in Charge, to Tour Kansas.

Wichita, Kan.-A chapel car, the
only one Of its kind in the world,
has been brought to Wichita from
Chicago. The car was made in the
Pullman car shops at Pullman, H..
suburb Of Chicago.
The chapel car will be in charge of
Bishop Hennessy until next December.
IN this time the bishop. assisted by a
priest and a cook, will tour the branch
lines of the railroads through Kan
sas. He will stop at the towns and
gather the scattered members of the
church for the purpose of administer
ing to them the sacraments of the
church, instructing the young and
lending financial assistance to the
poor.
The first of the novel religious cere-
monies in connection with the chapel
car was seen in Chicago, when the
small, convenient church on wheels
was dedicated under the auspices of
the Catholic Church Extension society
by Archbishop Quigley, of Chicago.
The chapel car" is the gift of Am
brOse Perry, of New York. Excepting
the popes private chapel car, which
has never been used, it is the only one
of the kind.
The car was built on the model of
the Pullman private car. 1t is fitted
with the necessary accessories for
travel. It contains two sleeping apart
ments. a kitchen and a library. The
distinctive feature is the chapel, built
TO accommodate so persons. 1t con-
tains an altar and a confessional,
where the various sacraments of the
church can be administered. The car,
with its fittings, is valued at $4,000.
The Washington bee., 1907-07-13
OLD HEN FRUIT WOULDN'T DO.
Name Written on Egg Three Years
Before Fails to Start Romance.

COleridge, Neb.-Miss Della Taylor,
of this place, has just received a letter
from a young Sacramento man, the
tone of which rather implies a wish
for a Irritation with a possible roman
tic elimination. The writer said his
mother had shown him an egg, on the
shell of which was the name Della
Taylor, Coleridge, Neb., and out Of
curl j. and possible amusement he
h9 c.,ten to the address given. The
sirls name was acccTr panied by a
little note" saying she was a high
school girl.
Miss Taylor has just written a reply
to the CalifOrnian's letter She says
she was indeed a school girl when she
wrote her name on the egg, but that
was three years ago, and she feels
that her graduation is a long time
passed. She explains that one day
while visiting some friends in Rodney,
Ia, they were putting eggs in a case,
and for lark several of them wrote
their names on the shells.
There at least appears to be some
thing to recommend in the keeping
properties of the Iowa eggs, but the
romance has been taken out of the
incident because Miss Taylor has
other plans.
The Washington bee., 1907-07-13
Man lakes Brides Name.

Baltimore, Md.-Dr. Annie z. Cope
Ian was married to Abraham Erott
Copelan, formerly Abraham Erott.
DR.. Copelan, who received her NJ. D.
from the University of Maryland four
years ago, has built up a fine prac-
tice. She loves ETott, but she did not
wish to have her shingle reIettered
DIR. Annie r. Erott, formerly Cope
Ian"
So Mr.. ErOtt, a student in the uni
versity dental department, decided
that the best thing to do was to
change his name to Copelan, and the
courts Obliged him.
Friends of the Copelans foresee con
fusion when Copelan. born Erott, be-
comes D. D. S. Suppose a man disIo-
Gates his thigh and hobbies to the
Copelan Office, is DR.. COpelan in?"
Yes. Which one do you want, your
leg or your tooth?"
The Washington bee., 1907-07-13
HOLDS RECORD AS TRAVELLER.
Great Distance Covered by President
CT Illinois Central.

Chicago.-President ]. T. Harahan,
of the Illinois Central railroad, enjoys
the distinction of having travelled over
more miles of railroad than any 9TH
er man in the United States, if not in
the world. In 50 years he has trav-
eled 2,2S1,250 miles, and during that
time has been in only one accident
a small collision in which he was
merely shaken and not injured.
For 10 years he travelled an average
Of $50 miles a day, and for 20 years
an average of 200 miles a day. Had
Mr.. Harahan kept travelling in
straight line around the world for the
past 40 years, covering the same dis
taHce he has in fitting from place to
place in this country, he would have
CiTcuited the globe 80 times.
President Harahan is known to rail-
road men all over the country as being
extremely close to the rails"-more
so, perhaps, than any other railroad
official That is to say, he is an in
veterate inspector of the tracks of the
big system of which he is the head.
I might say I know nearly every
rail in the illinois Central system in
timately," he said, recently. With a
good roadbed and well-made rails ac-
Cidents on railroads are reduced to
minimum. l make it a rule to inspect
the tracks personally, as far as 1 am
able, and find the knowledge thus OBJ
tanned very Yaluabi. times. l spend
about nine months each year on
the road attending tC multitudinOus af-
fairs, as we'll as inspecting the road
bed. "
The Washington bee., 1907-07-13
Historic Cottane TO Go

New York.-Summer residents at
Easthampton, L. l.. are disappointed
to learn that the John Howard Payne
Home, Sweet Home" cottage there
is likely TO be sold within a few days
to a Brooklyn man. He is expected to
so alter and remodel it as to destroy
its identity When the wardens of St
Luke's Episcopal church bought the
Payne property last year, some of the
summer cOttaEers endeavOred to raise
a fund with which 10 buy the cottage,
bat without SUCCESS.