Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-30

the man whom she had betrayed and was
sending to Libby prison. From that moment
she began doing penance and she did not
desist in her efforts to undo her work until
she had made him free again They were
married at the close Of the war and lived
! happy ever after, but she never enjoyed
having this affair referred to.
Newspapers and Newspaper Men.
/ Omaha was not without it's quota Of
| newspapers, but the leaders were the
Omaha Republican and The Omaha Bee
the latter with the aggressive and progress
sive Rosewater as its owner and business
manager. The Republican was managed
/ by c. E. Yost. who was not only capable
and efficient man. and is now the general
manager Of the Nebraska Telephone COM
pany, but at that time Mr.. and Mrs. Yost
were the handsomest couple in Omaha.
Their beauty was not confined to their
forms and faces. but their general lives
were In keeping and they were loved and
admired for their personal qualifications,
The Republican was sold few years later
to S. P. Rounds, the public printer of
Washington, d. c.
The Union Pacific headquarters was on
the corner of Farnam and Ninth streets;
they employed fewer men for all depart
ments of the work than they now have
IN the auditing department alone. Yet Mr.
= {. 5. Stebbins, who is now assistant to
4 the auditor, is about the only one left
there Of the force whom we knew so we'll
In the year 20 Thomas L. Kimbau was
made general passenger and ticket agent
Of the Kansas Pacific company, as it had
| become a part of the Union Pacific sys-
tenn, and the advertising for the newly
acquired branch was added to Pards de-
partment. Mr. Kimban was soon there
after made general manager of the whole
! system and he was sincerely loved by all
those who were under him, yet he was a
man demanding the duties of his employees
to be well and accurately done. He was
our good patron saint, who not only opened
up the opportunities for a life of greater
usefulness. but he smoothed many a rough
road by his kindly appreciation of the
work being done.
Men I'm the Railroad offices.
Pard had two able assistants in his office
work, in correspondence. compiling time
tables and doing local work, who have so
risen in tn elmelight OF affairs that they
must have well-nigh forgotten that long
stormy winter were it not for the heart
ties that the association cemented. They
also became members of our home circle
and left indelible impression of their
worth One, Mr.. T. w. Blackburn who
had long been in the newspaper field and
was ably fitted for an assistant in literary
work, has since then become one of the
| legal lights of Omaha. The other was the
Hon. Charles S. Gleed of Kansas City, one
Of the most widely known and highly sue
cessful men in the affairs of the state OF
his adoption. His rafting cane was ever a
welcome sound for it betokened the com
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partnership wherever he entered. His life
! bad not been happy one and it was still
/ full Of sorrows and unsolved problems that
| he must work out to a successful issue
Coming home from his busy office day he
would hide himself in his room with his
| old Stradivarius. and weird and plaintive
melodies would float through the house for
hours while he scarcely knew what he
was doing. Down on the broad of his
| back, with the room as dark as midnight
he drew the bow across the strings in mel
| ancholy pleadings until his mind found
peace again, then with lively reel or a
/ gay patrol to tell of his return TO mental
equilibrium he would appear all smiles
and joyousness. as If he had never a care
in the world. Early in life he had learned
to hide his own unrest in his work for the
happiness of others, and he had learned the
lesson 10 a degree that Few people achieve
There was a brief sketch of him in Serb
ner's Magazine in 1906 that should be read
by every young man Of the day who thinks
his own lot is a hard one. for in its pages
he would learn what earnest and persistent
endeavor can accomplish under most ad-
verse circumstances.
An Excursion to Colorado.
The restlessness of the spring took force
full possession Of our household. Pard was
pining for his beloved Colorado and to
flee from the desk work. which was I'M
dermining his health. Mr.. Blackburn had
been so imbued with the connubial bliss
in our family that he wanted to follow the
example and take unto himself a wife
Mr.. Gleed and Pard had been laid up
with mumps for several weeks and
myself was anxious to get Pard out into
the hills. Mr.. Gleed, therefore took charge
! OF the Kansas City office, and thus took
his first step in becoming a director and