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Thirty Years Ago

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Thirty Years Ago
Camp Dump has been renamed Camp
Omaha, and is stu the center Of In
terest by day and camp fires BY night.
Fannie Davenport's presentation OF
Sherfdan's comedy, school for Scandal,
brought out a very fashionable audience
A reporter Of The Bee called AZ the
Withheld house, and sent his card to
Miss Davenport she was lying down
at the time. and referred him to her
manager. Mr.. Price. who soon appeared,
and was interviewed"
The organ In the old Trinity church
Is being removed to the new cathedral.
The Hooks have organized a mutual
benefit association with w. J. Kennedy
as president.
A special train came in from the east
with President Dillon and General su-
nerintendent Kimbail of the Union Pa
cific and party on board.
The fathers have elected the follow
ing Officers for their union: d. Y.
Bennett. president; W. n. Fonda, viee
president: Rollo Williams. secretary.
Fred Bates. treasurer.
General Merrill, national commander
OF the @. A. r.. passed through Omaha
on his way 10 Denver. He was met 81
the depot by General Alexander. COM
mander Of the Department Of Nebraska;
General Dllworth. Colonel Paul Wander
wort, and Frank Moores. commands OF
Custer post Of this city.
A handsome nag was presented to the
First Regiment Nebraska volunteers
just previous TO dress parade.
The funeral services over the remains
of George Armstrong took place from the
paugh officiating. The pallbearers were,
Messrs: knight. o'Keefe. Kelly. Joseph
o'Mahoney. L. V. Green. and c. Hanion.
and q long procession OF working mon OF
different labor unions formed the cortege.
Twenty Years Ago
John A. Mccall. president OF the New
York Life Insurance company. and Dr..
w. T. Booth. also connected with that
company. arrived In Omaha and spent
the day looking over the company's
building at Seventeenth and Farnam
streets and general business. George N.
Hicks and Or. George l.. Miller. thu
company's general agent here. ware TIM
pilots for the visitors. Thirty business
men rendered Messrs. Mccall and Booth
luncheon at the Omaha club. Cover
nor James L. Boyd. Mayor George r.
Bsnis. JIM. woolworth. Edward Rose
water. @. NJ. Hitchcock. W. N. Baboock.
general manager OF the South Omaha
Stock Yards company. made addresses
and Or. Miller presided.
The council took preliminary steps to-
ward the construction OF v1aduct ever
the tracks on Fifteenth street. There
was sope opposition and the vote 10
recommend the ordnance for passage
stood Aye. Back. Kurdish. Conway,
Edwards. Eisasser. Howell. Jacobsen.
Lowry, Munro. specht, Steel and Tuttie;
nays, Bechel. Brlner, chaffee. McLesris.
Prince. President Davis.
A reporter for The Bee was shown
around the old Dodge street school build
Ing by Principal Miss Mary. Fitch and
he found u 10 be badly delapidated and
poorly ventilated and In need OF general
overhauling snd repairs. 4H
The directory - the Omaha club DE-
cided TO buy the Hitchcock property 1t
Twentieth and Douglas streets, esxiss
feet. Many members OF the club pre-
ferred tho o. y. Davis property q
Eighteenth and Douglas streets and c. 9.
Montgomery drew a resolution stipulat-
ins that this site be bought. but the
Hitchcock property. which came U,eo0
cheaper. won out
Ten Years Ago
Casper T. Yost denied q rumor that.
because he had been elected president
Of the Northwestern Telephone company,
with headquarters In Minneapolis. he
would leave Omaha. He said his head.
quarters would continue TO be in this
city.
The new Jury list made up by thu
county commissioners and disclosed. oon-
tain the names OF dosens Of prominent
men, including w. v. Morse, r. r. Kirk
endall, W. H. Mccord. James Creighton,
O. NJ. Hitchcock, w. ]. Broatch. Herman
kountze. Alfred and Ezra Willard. I'd.
ward Rosewater. Victor Rosewater. Emil
Brandeis. J. v. Carpenter. Z. Z. Bruce,
Henry w. Yates, Frank p. Hanicn. and
many others.
Charles 7. KountEe. Frank Murphy,
Luther Drake. Ben woods. James crelgh-
ton and others petitioned the county COM
missioners to employ additional attorneys
to aid In collecting delinquent taxes on
real estate In Douglas county.
The one and one-half frane dwelling
Of Mrs. Anna callen. 2s5i Decatur street.
was totally destroyed by fire at night.
Frank Gotch Of Humboldt. L.. and
Frank Coleman OF Kansas City wsrs
matched in Omaha for q wrestie March
. at the Trocadero thester. Goteh e
throw Coleman twice In an hour.
Senator Miliard arrived from Wash.
ington and went at once to his hank
where q lot Of private business awaited
him.