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Financier of the American Revolution

vanced to the government altogether $685.
O07, 1S. al enormous sum at that period for
a private individual, when all business and
commerce were Frustrated. This sum does
not include his support of the delegates
in congress and officers Of the army and
government with the means of defraying
their ordinary expenses Of the men, among
others, already named.
A committee OF the United States con-
gress in 1850, to whom was referred a res
olutlon to reimburse the heirs OF Haym
Solomon, for the money so generously ad-
vanced, admitted the justice of the claim
and reported that he had advanced lib
orally of his means at a time when the
slnews Of war were essential to success
In 1864 the committee OF revolutionary
claims Of the United states senate reported
a bill appropriating 1858. 1888.
Down-to-date not a penny has been re-
paid to the heirs and TO their honor, II
must be said that they do not ask for
money, but that some medal be struck in
recognition OF the services OF their Illus
trious ancestor and more recently a move
ment has been ~inaugurated to have his
picture adorn a bank note. Madison, In
1927, urged that the memoriaiities might
be Unidentified.
Jared Sparks wrote many years ago that
salomon's associations with Robert Morris
were very close and intimate, and that a
great part OF the success that Morris at
tanned IN his financial schemes was due
to the skill and ability OF Haym Solomon"
salomon died suddenly In 1885, at the age
OF As, left his affairs In a tangle, and his
wife and four children to use the language
OF the congressional reports: ITO hazard
and neglect" lie had great claims due
him, quantities Of public securities, bonds.
notes and mortgages. government securi-
ties and other papers.
For any account OF Haym Salomon's
dealings with the government we have TO
depend chiefly upon congressional reports.
Almost all books and papers dealing with
him and his affairs were destroyed when
the British pillaged and burned The public
archives.
The Oft repeated observation OF the in
gratitude Of republics, applies with strlk-
ing force TO the little Jew broker" Here
is his obituary notice taken from the
Pennsylvania journal and Weekly OBJ
server OF January $, 17s5; ION Thursday.
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brave fellows who unsheathed their swords
for human liberty.
Solomon was born at LISA In 17lO, OF
Portuguese descent. His family were
highly respectable and learned people.
After visiting many countries and acquir-
ing various languages, Solomon came to
America, probably soon after the partition
Of Poland in 1872.
In IT'S he was taken prisoner in New
York by the British general. sir Henry
Clinton, on charges that he had received
orders from Washington TO burn fleets
and store houses and had made the at
tempt.
But Solomon got into trouble earlier than
his for his patriotism. As carly as i775
he had made himself obnoxious to the
British. lie was confined in tho prison
known as the Provost" which stood ON
the spot now occupied by the old Hall Of
Records In the City Hall park, In this
loathsome den he suffered inhuman treat
ment. lie was liberated through the in
fluence OF a Hesslan commander. named
Hester, and made his way TO Philadcl-
phia, and there married Rachel Frank,
sister Of the distinguished Colonel Jacob
Frank, of the Revolutionary war.
He became an uncompromising foe to
British dominion. He was engaged IN
banking and money lending, Several Euro
pean financial houses did their business
through him. The hand of Solomon was
beneath every %pecuniary help this country
received from abroad. He was entrusted
with the negotiation OF all the war sub
sides OF France and Holland, ION his OWL
personal security" which were disposed to
the resident merchants In America, with
out any loss, al a credit OF two and three
months, FOR which he received only a OF
/ per cent.
when Count de la Luzerne became am
bassador for France. Solomon was made
banker for that government. He was APP
pointed by Monsieur Roquebrum. treasurer
OF the forces OF France in. America. and
made paymaster general, which office he
dlled free OF charge
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-13

cial economy at Columbia University, said:
Charity never will die out. There is
scarcely a neighborhood in this city but
what has need of charity, and the incura-
Bile cases nave no one to look to for aid
but the state.
Indeed, laying bare facts as 1 know
them, 1 am disposed to turn DR.. Porter's
theory completely around. The incura-
bles should look to state charity and the
hopefuls to private aid.
Private charity. 1 find, is not inclined
to seek about for the hopeless cases; it
wants those in whom there is greater pos
sibility of cure. 1t does not want the old,
the decrepit or the incurable; this might
be money contributed to no avail.
ITO whom then must the deserted in
durable look for aid? why the state. of
course. There is no other resort left him.
And the state comes promptly to his aid,
whereas II there were not such charity
to relieve or isolate, such as the case may
require, he possibly would go the way DR..
Porter prescribes, and very quickly IL he
must depend upon private charity.
DIR. Porter leaves out the question Of
control. Many incurables, such as the in
sane and others, must nave control ex-
ercised over them.
And then, nowadays, charity Is directed
in channels toward those things which
make people fit to live. We make special
efforts toward good housing. Fairgrounds
for children and removal from bad en-
vironment.
And there Is money enough to so
around. We could have more public funds
IL taxes were put upon a few more things
amenable to taxation, such as on big cor
porations and the like; but as II is we can
do very well. But when 1t comes TO dis
pensing private charity rest assured 1t will
not be the unfortunate cripple. the Gun
sumptive or so-called unfit who will be
favored; certainly no, for It will concen-
trate itself upon the hopeful things, because
those are the ones that appeal to private
charity. Or. Porter may mean all right
but his theory put into practice won
work; not In our times"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-13
maha History as Told by the Theaters of the City Past and Present

One Of the figures Of the city at that time was Jack Morrow
known by the Joyous title Of the Iron Man OF the Plains lie au
Patee had been on pleasant terms in their association here n inc
lottery man was a familiar parsonage about Morrows saloon .
complaint that Pattees game was not Just what 1t ought to D o acn
Morrow one memorable day. The redoubtable Morrow put n q
brace of the crude but efficient sixshooters of the type in vogue theh
and went to the next drawing. '
"f the games on the square I'll protect it, he announced tax
ing a seat by the lottery wheel. III It amt therell be a few funerals
in Omaha"
He watched the game through and saw nothing to cause MS ais
pleasure. Mr.. Pattee left Omaha very soon after and tradition says
he had something like half a million dollars with him when he went
to New York. This same Mr.. Pattee once ramed on ne hedlck
theater. After the drawing was over he still had the house. which
he leased to the city for a council chamber and office building
Before the present season ends Omaha VII ave wv more
theaters, the Brandeis and the Morris. OF the now existing houses
the Boyd is the oldest. The Trocadero. now the krug' was erected
in 1895, and came under the present management in 1903 The
Creighton theater was erected in 1894 and became the orpheum In
1898. The Gahty was erected as the Burwood in 1905.
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HNNhDMNunMEL Lady Henry Somerset and What She Has Done to Upif Inebr1ates

order. they are simply known by the pa
tents as Sister Annie, Sister Mary. etc.
Some of them are ladies who are glad to
do this work, some of them are paid, and
all are intelligent. public spirited and tact
ful in dealing with the cases assigned to
them. Lady Henry is al5O known as sister
and wears the gray dresses and snowy
cap Of the assistants.
No woman patient knows anything Of
any other patients life story, so that all
start on an equal basis. some nave been
convicted OF crime. and under the first
offenders act have been sent to the colony
by the government in the hope that the
cause Of their misdeeds, drunkenness, may
be cured. Others have come voluntarily
at the request Of their husbands OF parents.
1t is the sisters duty to win the con-
fidence Of all. She is there TO help them
mentally, not physically. A woman doctor
and two trained nurses attend to the latter
part OF the work.
Women over 80 are not eligible for the
village and no patient can stay there more
than three years. Any one may go at any
time. Doors and gates are wide open, but
in the last five years only one woman has
voluntarily left the colony before her time
was up.
Since the foundation of the colony 1900
women have been treated. OF those dis
missed a large proportion nave been per-
manently benefited. Some have returned
several times. A number have succumbed
to their vice and died or gone insane.
In one corner of the village is a par
ticularly charming cottage slightly larger
than the others. which is known as the
Nest" Here are to be found the daugh-
tiers of inebriate. cruel or neglected. par
ents. whom the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children has sent down to
Lady Henry's colony to be cared for and
educated.
About t%wenty-four little girls are in the
Nest at present. They range in age
from II down to babies. All can stay in
the colony till they are Is. They are edu-
Gated to take their places in the working
world, and an effort Is made to get good
homes for them when they leave Dux-
hurst.
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is a fund that will preserve me from ex-
tremities, but / never resort to it without
great modification, as he obstinately re-
jects all recompense. To necessitous dele
gates he gratuitously spares from his prt-
vate stock. Called on to advance the entire
pay for the ensuing year to Jones, RAN
dolph and Madison as members OF the
revolutionary congress-. it was in writing
allotted that Madison should get fifty
pounds less than the other two, but Salo-
mon, seeing in Madison, then only 20 years
of age, great talents, for which he became
afterward distinguished, presented him
from his own private purse the fifty pounds
and the equalized pay Of the whole delega-
tion.
Jared Sparks. the historian. declared
'the person who did loan the cash to a
member TO relieve his distress in that day
was IN no expectation Of ever getting re-
paid" Funds were also given to Jeffer-
son, Ross. Duane. Reed. Mercer, Arthur,
Lee. Harrison, Mlfflin, Rl%ttenhouse, Ran
dolph and others.
saved the Constitutional Convention
Henry Wheaton says that Judge Wilson.
so distinguished for his labors on the con-
ventlon that framed the federal constitu-
ZION, WOulu nave fellfeu from pubic SefN-
aid OF Haym Solomon, aid administered as
ice had he not been sustained by the timely
delioately as It was generously.
1t Is true that other men subscribed to
make up army supplies in 1850, but Madl-
sons journal shows that they had a con-
tingent security of the best sterling ex-
change to the amount Of fi5O,OO 0 in excess
OF their subscription.
A document presented to a COMMITTEES OF
congress, from the Sank OF North
America. the first and only one chartered
by the revolutionary congress, shows that
the accounts Of forty other principal mer-
chants wereinot as large In the aggregate
as that alone OF Salomon's. Ills balance
reached as high as $4,000 and the amount
charged by the bank to his account as
paid TO Robert Morris, was $4,000, while
Morris own account during the same
period showed a deposit OF less than ti0.-
900 and which was received on the very
day from Haym Solomon that II was
charged too hin.
As appeared from documentary evidence
afterward adpltted 10 congress he ad-
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1900 house waited for him, were unavaiing. He stayed with his
new found friends and the audience at the Academy Of Music was
sent home.
One rather unpleasant night in 1871 John Stevens appeared orr
the stage at this house to present one of his since famous plays.
There was one man in the audience. Stevens was equal to the occa-
sion.
ION account of the illness of the leading lady he announced
with a couruy bow to his lonesome audience, 1.-THE play cannot be
given tonight 1 take pleasure in doing what no other actor has
been able to do in the stage history Of the country. The audience
is invited out to take a drink with the leading man"
The audience rose unanimously and accepted the proner. 1t is
whispered that they had quite a time John Stevens, then the actor
manager, left Omaha not long after and gained fortune and fame by
his Unknown" While in Omaha Stevens and Isaac Walton Miner.
who still smilingly remembers those old days, roomed together at
the Academy of Music.
I'VE have had some great actors in Omaha, even back that
early" remarked Mr.. Miner. "It was at the old Boyd theater that
we had a most remarkable social session of the Eks lodge, which
then occupied quarters above the theater. The "Bostonians" we're
appearing at the theater that night. We invited the members of the
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S entering a saloon.
Are they going to hold an antl-liquor
crusade meeting there?" she asked her
companion, and was more than surprised
to learn that they were merely going for
their afternoon drink.
Her experience Is that OF many Of her
co-untrywomen. The sight OF elderly ma
irons and slim young girls standing at a
bar with men and ordering drinks freely
has always surprised visitors from the
United States.
Until recently these feminine tipplers
we're often accompanied by boys and girls
and even babies. but the children's bill
which was passed several months ago has
made 1t unlawful TO allow any child under
IA to enter a drinking resort. Now the
mother leaves her children in the charge
of a nelghbor while she takes her pen
north or "~ha'penn'orth o. gin"
In view of this practice of public drink
ing among women of the poorer classes
the statement that there are more inebriate
women in England than in any other coun-
try in the world should not cause surprise.
Many men and women in England have
sought to correct this evil and various in
situations rave been started and homes or
ganized to aid the victims of the drink
habit. The enterprise which is said to have
had greatest success was started by a
woman-Lady Henry Somerset.
Fifteen years ago Lady Henry became
interested in the work Pastor Won Bodel-
schwing carried on among the epileptics of
Germany under the colony system and she
believed that similar treatment might be
applied to inebriate women. Through her
efforts a colony was established at Dux-
hurst, about two hours from London. She
believes that the results fully justify the
enterprise.
Duxhurst is beautifully situated. for Lady
Henry believes in the value Of beautiful
surroundings. Hills stretched as far as the
eye can reach and flowers riot in their pro
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company up after the play. Henry Clay Barnaby begged of, said he
had to go right over to the hotel to Mrs Barnaby after the play. He
at last consented that he would come up and stay long enough to get
f. l.. studley, the musical leader Of the show. to warm up and play
a bit
1T was a fine night and Barnaby was. as l very distinctly re-
member, the very last man to leave that morning at 4 o'clock. No,
l don't know what happened at the hotel afterward.
THE whimsicalites of the actor folk of those days are we'll H.
Illustrated by a stunt performed by Edwin Arden, who played at the
Academy Of Music. One day he went up to Fort Omaha and got ac-
quanted with the officers of the garrison. He invited the whole
crowd down to see him play. That night they came in about sixty
strong on his written pass and sat in a body in the center of the
house. That was Arden, all sudden enthusiasm"
Frances Wilson, whose dancing made him famous, came to
Omaha in 1871 as a member of the Salisbury Troubadours. His
work at that time gave an intlmation Of what he was going to be
come.
The Redick theater was the scene Of the last of the Pauee lot
teries in Omaha. The lottery was the last expiring flare Of the un-
restrained wild west in Omaha. Its end was httingly in keeping
with the spirit of the day that it represented.
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formerly been known as Creighton hall. The Eden Musee burned
in 1892, but the enterprising management Immediately moved into
the Grand and opened again in March Of the same year.
The new Boyd theater. which has for twenty years held its posi-.
ton with the theater going people OF Omaha, was opened on septem-
Der 3, 1891. The theater was erected by Governor J. E. Boyd and yet
remains the property Of his family. The Boyd was opened by A. NJ.
Palmer's company in Alabama" The first night was a brilliant
one. The society folk Of eastern Nebraska we're there in all of their
6nery and it was an occasion Of much speech-making and fencitation.
The stars who appeared on the stage Of earlier Omaha have con-
tributed much to the gaiety Of history, mostly unwritten. John Dill
Ion, the comedian, was once billed to appear in an important attrac-
ton at the Academy Of Music. The house was packed and, a half
hour late, Mr.. Dillon could not be found. At last a searching party
discovered him. In a state more glorious than elegant he was anus
ing a crowd Of ROSTERS at a vaudeville resort in the gay and unre-
stricted district of the city. The efforts OF a delegation OF prominent
citizens sent to induce Dillon to return and put on his show, where a
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-13

.,an ~ Iowa City. president Of his class.
student representative of the athletic board
VI control, vice president and chairman OF
the constitutional committee OF the glee
club, tackle on the foot bail teams of 'O7,
rs and '0a, center on the championship
basket ball teams of 'S and 90 and a
.,einDer OF the track teams for the last
' zee years. lie has been active in Young
On Christian association and literary
work.
liegler is only 20 years old. He received
his preliminary training in the Goldfield.
Ia, schools and the Grinnell academy. He
has the reputation Of being democratic aud
a thoroughly good fellow" among the
students.
Il expect to leave for England in DC
tobor, 1910" said MIR. ziegler after hearing
the announcement that he had won the
decision last week, II certainly appreciate
the honor conferred upon me by the college
presidents and will do my best 60 uphold
the standard set by Walleser OF Grinnell,
Van der Zee Of Iowa, Woodrow OF Drake
aud other students who have gone from
this state to Oxford"
Three Grinneu students passed the ex-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-13
Iowa Winner of Rhodes Scholarship

but i'm a test vote OF the student body at
Grinnell Zieeler easily won the choice so
that the judges considered only one OF the
Grinnel candidates. job Huff Of the
University Of Iowa and J. o. II. Larsen of
Luther college were the other contestants.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-13

died Haym Solomon, a broker"
That's all. The real financier OF tho
American revolution. one Of the greatest
benefactors OF his country. and the fore
most philanthropist Of his day. Surely
this American republic should now, I'm this
twentieth century give credit to the Iew
broker, whose princely munlficence hhds
possible our peerless republic.
MADISON c. PETERS.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-13

After weeks of this outdoor life have
done their work she can take up whatever
labor she prefers. She can help In the
laundry or the kitchen, she can learn sew
ing, she can max butter or attend to the
chickens. In whatever direction her capacity
lies it is developed and~>encouraged.
In each house are installed eight or ten
women. They have separate rooms and are
overlooked by a sister, who is a capable
woman, chosen by Lady Henry. These
sisters. do not belong to any religious
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fusion. All the village homes are designed
artistically and at the same time prac-
tically. Thatched roofs and lattlced win
dows give an old world look and the rooms
are made attractive with snowy linen and
cleaning old brass, well made furniture in
quaint forms, pretty curtains and good
pictures.
Every one works at Duxhurst. The little
houses are kept in immaculate condition
by their inmates. The cooking, laundry
work, gardening and farming are all done
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-13

SALOMON, the Jew
broker whose money made
possible the success of the
American revolution, was a
native of Poland, the land ot
Pulaski and Kosciusko, the
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-13

Feb. S-Not long ago
an American woman passing
through a London street saw
a number Of respectfully
dressed, quiet looking women
entering "A saloon.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-13

6by the women.
Lady Henry's pet theory is the helpful
ness of outdoor work in cases Of inebriety,
SO after a patient, fresh from London, has
spent a few days in the village hospital, she
is put at work in the garden, where she
will get plenty of sunshine and the fresh
breezes from the hills. Sometimes her
efforts are rather disastrous to the flower
beds, but she is never told so. The mis-
chief is repaired and she is urged to con-
tinue.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-13

lat William A. Ziegler is the
best all around man to ever
receive the Rhodes scholarship
from Iowa Is shown by his
record. His activities have been
as captain OF the 1909 football
The log cabin Democrat., 1910-02-22

They just said l was the governor and they would give me dose. That is the way they do business up there they started the wheels going to put me out of business. The equalization board reduced the assessment on my property.
 This is the way these Little Rock politicians fight. Why, they are out in a troupe after me now. Who have we here today?
 "W. P. Hutton, treasurer of Pulaski county, here to boost my opponent.
 "W. M. Moore, assessor of Pulaski county, here to boost my opponent.
 "B. L. Roberts, sheriff of Pulaski county, here for the same purpose.
 Charles Shively, collector in the office of the sheriff.
 "They come with arms.
 "Then there is old man Robinson professional politician, who has been
The log cabin Democrat., 1910-02-22

court room, many of them ladies, and about 200 blocked the railways, while several hundred were turned away. When Donaghey began to speak the audience was about equally divided. When he ceased the handful who re- mained loyal to the alleged political Moses was pitifully small.
 Robert Womack acted as chairman of the meeting and allowed Gen. w. F. Kirby to announce his candidacy for associate justice of the supreme court before Governor Donaghey began his message of truth.
 Governor Donaghey began by pro claiming the campaign against him to be as false as the charges could be made. He said the charges were so false they almost disclosed the identi- ty of his real opponent, Judge w. M Kavanaugh. Governor Donaghey stat ed that most people believed they were being asked to vote for Judge w. M. Kavanaugh instead of his brother, c. c. Kavanaugh.
 Governor Donaghey then asked Kavanaugh if he favored the tax com mission, for the enforcement of an equitable and just system of taxation, such as was passed by the last general assembly; if he favored an increase of the tax rates for the state, and if not, how would he raise the money to meet the demands which would be further increased by the matters plac- ed forward in his platform; how he could meet the demands of excessive appropriations by borrowing from one fund or another in the state treasury, when the total and all to be collected was inadequate to pay off the obliga- tions of the biennial appropriations /; if he was elected governor would he approve the appropriations for the state institutions if made as large as those of the past general assembly, even if it put the state on scrip basis; if he favored a law discharg- ing Caldwell & Drake from the service of the state; if as governor he would have torn out the defective work in