Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-18

&xAA1AnD the last three or four vars, and
there he Is now, quietly passing the last
days Of his life. 1t is not likely that his
massive form will ever tower over the
other singers in choir or concert, or that
he will ever again shake back his leonine
name and lift his tremendous voice in a
joyous outburst of melody. We have heard
him sing Are Ye Sleepin', Maggie?" or
THE Low Backed Car for the last time
probably. He is suffering from the effects
of a paralytic stroke of a peculiar nature.
and the Chicago physicians, while they do
not say that 1t will be Immediately fatal.
hold out no hope for the recovery of the
great singer. Jules Lumbard's death will
be sincerely mourned by hundreds of men
and women throughout the entire country,
but by none more sincerely than those
who knew him in Omaha, and that practi-
cally means every man, woman and child
in the community. For almost twenty
years he gave his life to this city. He sang
In choirs and at concerts, in homes and
at ~convivial gatherings. and was always a
welcome guest wherever he visited. Here
his last active work was done; here he
buried his beloved wife, and here he spent
what he said were the happiest years OF
his life. as we'll as those OF his greatest
grief after the death of the woman he
loved so we'll. The ones who knew him
best know how sincere that grief was, for
they knew of the quiet hours he spent be-
side her grave. a vigil of love and devo-
ton. The great heart was fondly true to
the very end.
Jules @. Hubbard was born at Honeoye
Falls, Monroe county. New York, April Is,
1881. When he was s years old he left
the parental roof and went to live with a
married sister at Seneca Falls. Later they
went to jackson. Mich, when that city was
the western terminus of the railroads in
those parts. Later still, with his father
and family he lived in Green Oaks, Mich,
and when still very young began work as a
printers devil in the composing room Of
the Ashtabula Citizen Of Astabula, O.,
then edited by Joshua r. Giddings, a noted
abolitionist. In lS7 a telegraph line was
built between Buffalo and Detroit and the
Astabula office was in the same building
where young Lumbard was working. He
became a friend OF the operator in charge
and almost without effort learned to be an
expert telegraph operator. Having earned
but $40 in the printing office in three years
time and being then so in debt, Lumbard
forsook the composing stick for the tele-
oi"Ph - dhu ueCdtne well KNOWN IN the
east as one OF the best manlpulators Of the
Morse instrument anywhere. He was fin
ally assigned to an important relaying
station at Tuscumbia, Ala where he re-
manned for several years. meeting his wife,
Miss Mary Elliott, the daughter of a landed
southern family. Climatic conditions and
impaired health caused Mr.. Hubbard 10
leave the south and he went to Chicago
and studied law. being admitted to the bar
In 1854, becoming a member OF the firm OF
Farnsworth q Burgess.
AS an attorney the young practitioner
met with success, not only with this firm,
but with another which had as a partner
the man who became Governor Beveridge
OF Illinois. In the midst OF this prosperity
Mr.. Hubbard married his southern sweet.
heart and brought her north to a TRANQUIL
| home. as he supposed The war ana tins
} troubulous events leading 10 II interferret
! with the contentful routine, however, and
, IL was about this time that the self-mads
, lawyer became famous-not through hi.
: kin in legal tools, but by his natural gift
: singing. He sold his law library when tn.
war broke out. and made arrangements e
fight for the union as adjutAnt In III,
Eighth Illinois cavalry. which Colone
} FarnswOrth commanded. In this he wa.
I deferred by his wife, whose people wer,
Z fighting on the other side. 1T was eltheI
1 not 10 enlist or 10 break her heart SAFE
: Mr.. Lumbard. and / decided that
. would not do the latter. But 1 determined