Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-10
ON NATIONAL Guard
Has Been Used Little to Support the
Civil Authorities.
NOT ONCE IN FOURTEEN YEARS
Men Capture some Prizes at
the Cbfcngo Live stock how
Local Views of the
Capital city.
CFrom a stan correspondent)

LINCOLN. Dec. "A recent request Of
the Eecreetsrv OF war for Information as 10
the callinEE out Of the national guard q
Nebraska in aid Of the civil authorities
during a number Of years past, caused an
examination Of the adjutsnt generals Of
flee. bringing out the information that
such had happened on several occasions.
On April 10. 1879. during the progress Of
the Olive trial az Hastings, Neb-. Governor
Nance received a telegram from Sheriff
Martin Of Adams county. asking for troops
to preserve order, that cowboys and others
were threatening 10 burn the town and
release Olive and his gang. and asking
that the troops reach there by special train
the next day. Sheriff Martin apparently
considered the situation serious for his
telegram closed with the sentence For
Gods sake. don't fail"
AT that time the militia companies were
small and scattered. and could not be got
ten together quickly, so the adtutant gen.
eral. after trying to communicate with the
several commanding officers, asked that
soldiers Of the army AZ Fort Omaha be
sent there. which was done. and peaceful
times soon ensued.
In quiry OF old settlers as to the Olive
treble bring out that Olive was a Texas
cattle man, who had cattle on the range
northwest Of Grand Island. and who. with
mis- gang. had trouble with some home
steaders. and that two Of the homestead
ers, Mitchell and Ketcham, were hung to
the limb Of a tree and fires built under
them, and that one Of them had his feet
nearly burned off: some say that the Has
tings trouble was not the time Olive was
tried for this. he having had trouble al
other times, and that the time Of the
Mitchell and Ketcham incident was two or
three years after.
On May q. 1880. the employees OF the
Omaha Smelling Works struck and an e-
fort was made to substitute colored men;
the smelling works people and the citizens
Of Omaha called on Governor Nance for
aid to suppress a threatened riot. and mill
tia companies were sent there from wahoo.
Columbus and two from Omaha. The
smelter company in a few days comprom-
ised with their employees, and the compan-
les sent home, there having been no serious
incidents.
In 1881 the militia compnays were
organized into the National guard.
On March 10, 1892, occurred the calling
Of the first regiment, Nebraska National
guard to Omaha because OF the "R. & M
Dump Strike" at the time grading was
being done for their present freight depot
the trouble was officially called, as be-
tween "workingnen and the municipal
authorities" the troops were kept in
Omaha ten days, and during which time
one civilian was killed in an attempt Ia
cross the line against orders.
On January .. 1881, the entire National
guard, second regiments. were sent to the
northwest part Of the state to guard
citizens against the Indian uprising, where
they remained on duty about two weeks
the Indians having surrendered and re-
turned to the agency: during this service,
one soldier was accidentsiE shot while or
picket duty.
In October. 1892, the sheriff of Hitchcock
county sent alarming kilograms to Gov.
ernor Boyd. stating that shots had beer
exchanged between citisens Of two rival
towns, Culbertson and Trenton. over q
county seat fight. and thai an Injunction
of the supreme court had been violated
readiness. but never left home stations
August 10, 1S94, at time the National
guard was In camp at Lincoln, two CON-
panies from Omaha, one from David city.
one from York, one from Beatrice and one
from Lincoln. were sent TO South Omaha
TO aid the sheriff Of Douglas county, dis
pIutIE LAdNlIik dI1Stu from Inc Strike 81
employees Of the stock yards and packing
houses, who were aided by a large number
Of idlers and unemployed; the troops were
kept there eight days. and order having
been restored. were returned to cAmn.
This affairs at South Omaha. fourteen
years ago, was the last time the National
guard has been called for active duty.
with the exception Of for the Spanish
American war. when, on April y. 1895. the
entire guard was modified in Lincoln.
LiDcOln Men Capture Prizes.
Mark and George Woods have returned
from the National Live Stock show at Chi.
cage. Their Lincoln exhibits captured sec
ond and fifth awards in the stallion ex-
hibit and second and third places in the
Percheron contest.
"The show was a splendid success" de-
elared Mark Woods. "It was really inter
national in its scope. Europe was repre-
scented as well as all parts Of the United
States. Nebraskans attended by the hun
dreds. S~eventy-five students Of the state
farm were there.
Much comment was caused by Nebras-
ka's showing In the cattle judging and
dairy exhibit contests"
WSman Attempts Suicide.
When Emergency Officer Joseph Ken
nedy broke into the tiny frame house al
2411 o street this morning he found the oc-
cupant of the house, Mrs. Lulu Parks, ~
ing on a bed in one Of the front rooms, hall
dead from the effects Of a potent poison
she had taken early last evening. while
the air in the house wal suffocating from
the fumes Of an oil lamp. which Mrs
Parks had used TO light her way into
eternity.
It is thought that dependency over hel
recent arress, coupled with a possible en-.
tanglement in her affairs of the heart
was responsible for the attempt at self-de,
structiOn-
Let me die-Oh let me die" reiterated
the suffering woman. when City Physician