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Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-23
Twenty Years Ago.

Twenty fesrs Ago
Nora Hutchinson. the s-year-old daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton .. Hutchin-
son, died Of diphtheria at the family
home, t2i3 Nicholas street.
s. II. II. Clark, the new president Of the
Union Pacific. anchored the presidency
Of that road permanently in the old head
quarters building at Ninth and Farnam
streets taking ur his regular Offices
there. PRESIDENT clark stated that among
the fret things 10 receive his attention
would be the new Union depot. Re de-
sired full authority To- carry out the com
promise agreebment made with the peo-
pla of Omaha.
II was learned that Rev. W. r. Heillngs
OF. Milwaukee had accepted cali to the
pastorste Of the First Baptist church Of
Omaha, The news occasioned general
rejoicing among the church members.
who vouchsafed the information that the
new pastor would find a reunited people
Il. minister unto when he came, about
August l. ass
The Board Of Public Works was dead
locked on the matter OF paving specifica-
tons MsjoY John B, Furay and Chair
man Burkhauser seemed TO be the leaders
OF the opposins forces President Davis
and Messrs Chsffee and Lowry sot into
the fight on the edges, After good deal
OF wranslins sufficient peace was re-
stored to transact little business.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-23
Ten Years Ago.

len ears ago
The Grand Army elected AZ department
commander Calvin s. Steele. Fxsrbury:
senior vice commander, 9. s. Peters.
Beatrice: delegate-st-large to the national
eneampmsnt., Judge Lee s. Estelie.
Omaha
Tangier temple Mobiles Of the Mystic
Shrine. decided upon the Union Pacific
as the official route OF their pilgrimage
TO san Franeisoo.
Speaking In the First ward. r. ].
Cornish. republican candidate for con-
sress. declared that he stood with former
President Mckinley and Roosevelt for
freedom 70 the Philippines, and he re-
fused 20 be read out OF the republican
party for standing upon this republican
PLANK.
Omaha beat Bill Evsretts Colorado
Springs team 70 a. Oscar Graham and
Gonding were the Omaha battery. and
Harry MeNeely and Baerwaid were the
battery for Colorado Springs. while Old
Arlie Latham unpired the game One Of
the features Of the day was an attempt
upon Bill Eversfrs part to- do the UNI
pirsng himself. which resulted in Big
Bins expulsion from the game
JudEe Derks united in marriage Edna
Wilson and Henry Woods. both coiored.
!, was the judges frat matrimonial per-
formance since taking his place on the
police bench Deputy County Attorney
Lysls Abbott and Court Clerk Lee Grier
acted as witnesses
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-23
5O,lO9

APkIL cIRctLATIoN.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-06-28

Madison, Wis, June 28.-De-
claring that Roosevelt was not a
part-of the progressivemovement,
that he was directly identified
with. the steel trust, and that in
Sthe history of the United States
Dthere "has never been a primary
campaign for presidential nom
nation approaching the extrava-
giant expenditures made in his
campaign" Senator LaFollette,
in signed editorial in his week
", makes bitter attack on
Roosevelt and his usurpation of
the leadership of the progressive
movement that LaFollette had
fostered.
In part, the editorial says:
Until Roosevelt came into the
open as a candidate for the presi-
dency FIVE months ago there was
a strong and,rapidly growing pro-
2TeSS1Ve mOVenentW lInln the re
publican party.
Into this movement when it
gave promise of national success
Rooseelt projected his ambition
TO be president third time. He
spent weeks carefully planning a
Spontaneous CALI for himself. He
responded by announcing that he
would be receptive candidate
Headquarters were opened,
newspaper writers were engaged
at large salaries to boom his can
Ididacy. Special trains were hired |
and the receptive candidate
started in frantic pursuit of the
nomination
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-06-28

Clarence S. Funk was found not
guilty of alternating affections of
John c. Henning's wife.
Los Angeles.-Darrow trial adj
journed until Monday. Juror A.
L. Leavitt stricken with appen-
dicitis. 18th juror will take
place in box.
San Francisco.-Ashes of
Montelle R. Fletcher, newspaper
man, who was killed in auto ac-
cident, near Los Angeles, have
been sent to Chicago.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-06-28

closest political friends. They car
ried overwhelmingly the standpat
states of Illinois and Pennsyl-
vania. No real progressive could
have secured anything like such a
vote in either of these two states.
The newer recruits were attract
ed by this outward sign of sue
cess.
Upon Theodore Rooseelt and
his followers rests the RESPONSE
bility of having divided the pro-
gressives in their first national |
contest. In the convention they
put forth no issues. They made
no fight against the reactionary
platform adopted.
"But the progressive move
ment does not consist of few
self-constituted leaders. 1t con-
sists of millions of thoughtful
citizens drawn together by a COM
mon belief in certain principles.
They will permit no combination
of special interests and political
expediency to secure control Of
the progressive cause, which is
ultimately to redeem democracy
and restore government to the
people"
Clarence S. Funk was found not
guilty of alternating affections of
John c. Hennings wife.
Los Angeles.-Darrow trial adj
Evening star., 1912-09-29

Special Correspondence of The Star.
NEW YORK CITY, September 20, 1912.
TN the safe deposit vaults of bank ON
14th street is a curious old watch,
= made in the shape oil Greclan urn'
a relic of hundred years ago. In rear
tenement down Greenwich village way
lives the owner Of the watch. She scrubs
floors for her living. And the man to
whom. according to it's present owner, the
quaint timepiece first belonged lies buried
across the Seine from the Place de la
Concorde, beneath great dome where
the tattered flags of Marengo and Aus
terlitz wave all day in a garish yellow
light and the tourists throng in unending-
ly to see his tomb.
There are not many relics of Napoleon
in America; the old watch is one of the
few. 1t is an heirloom in the family OF
Mrs Philip Finnegan of 166 Varick street.
and it was given by Napoleon, she ex-
plains. to her grandfather.
Mrs Finnegans grandfather was not "a
friend of the first consul. He was not
even an officer in one of his regiments.
He never served in any Of Napoleon's
wars. and he only saw the Little Corporal
once in his life. Indeed-for the man be-
longed to one of the conquered nations
it is quite probable that Mrs. Finnegan's
grandfather hated Napoleon Bonaparte
with all his heart and rejoiced in the
news of Waterloo. Yet on the one occa-
sion on which he saw Napoleon he saved
the great leaders life, and received the
watch by way of reward. And. although
he was a poor man and his descendants
have been as poor as he, they have kept
Napoleon's watch as their priceless treas
ure.
Mrs. Finnegan, who shows the watch
once in a while when people ask to see it
and who stands sponsor for its history,
says that her grandfather was a young
man in northern Belgium at the begin
ming Of the last century. He was peas
ant. whose work often took him along a
highway where there was some amount
of travel and much driving for pleasure.
One day he was at work in the bushes
near a high bridge, where the road
crossed a stream, when a pair of horses.
obviously running away, dashed down
the road and swerved suddenly toward
the water.
my grandfather was very strong
Evening star., 1912-09-29
Really, 1t Would!

THERE We're three Americans in the
party, four Scotchwomen, and one
who was English. and they were having
tea one rainy afternoon in Edinburgh
One of the Americans had changed the
subject of conversation from humor TO
golf She had graciously agreed with the
Englishwoman that it was quite too Alb
surd to say that English people were slow
to see joke. She had even. with no effect
of perjuring herself. admitted that the
English mind accepted light and frivolous
remarks in a thorough light and frivolous
spirit She had been most agreeable. and
then she began to talk. as every Amer
lean who goes to Scotland must sooner
or later begin to talk. on the avidity IN
which the Scotch played golf in the rain.
II have been in Edinburgh she said.
for two weeks. 1t has raned every da,
for thirteen days. The Bruntsfieh LINKS
look like lake. And yet there are peo-
pie playing golf there; there have been
people playing golf In the rain every day
I've been here-quite as many as on tle
one day when the sun shOne for forty-fve
minutes! And all the time I've been in
Scotland-every one Of the twenty-five
days-I have seen men and women and
children driving balls over puddles. Does it
make it better sport? Or do they love it
SO that they can't miss day, even when
it's pouring? Or is 1t that it always
rains?''
The Scotchwoman smiled. but no ono
had an answer ready. And one OF the
other Americans permitted herself light
remark.
'T have a splendid idea." she said. IT'S
an invention. I'm going to make a for
tune. I'm going to invent golf stick that
has an umbrella on the other end. You
can hold one end over yourself and hit
with the other Isn't II great?"
The Scotchwoman laughed. The other
Americans laughed. The Englshwoman
looked puzzled for moment, and then
she leaned across the table. laid down
her toasted scone and spoke earnestly.
'Oh, but really she said, .'wouldnt
that quite spoil the str0ke?"
Evening star., 1912-09-29

State. | catcha on to wan theeng:
everySod say he ees da onla man to
sava da countra. Eet maka me theenk.
W'atsa de mat weeth da countra dey
gotta save eet SO mooch:
Firsta com Bill Taf. He drop cen
for hav trimma da beeg mustache. He
say. TONY. / no can play gooda golfa
gam agen. / feela ver' badda bout
ma old frand Teddy Da Roose. He
Civ me da marbla heart.
Mista Taf' he cry so hard da teersa
run down hees cheek on hees shirta
front. He say, Tony, befora Teddy go to
Africa TO shoota da wild bulla moose.
he tai me to steecka 'roun' da Whita
House for t'reea four yearsa maka da
heet weeth da peep. an he maka ma
da second time presidenta. He say.
Evening star., 1912-09-29

man." said Mrs. Finnegan. proudly.
pausing in her recital for a moment ana
then going on with her story, and ne
caught the horses just as they were
about to go over the bank II they had
the men in the carriage would nave
been killed. for the bank Was very high.
l don't know whether my grandfather
knew that the man in the carriage was
Napoleon. / don't see how he could
have known. though; he hadn't time to
see But of course, as soon as he mao
got the horses stopped he saw who 1t
was.
"Napoleon-I do not think, explained
Mrs Finnegan. that he was emperor
then-asked my grandfather his name.
and he told him-Henry Vogt- In this
country we spell it Voght. but 1t was
spelled Vogt in Belgium. Then he offer
ed my grandfather money. but he
wouldn't take it, Then he said he would
get him position in France but my
grandfather said that he did not want
any reward at all. SO Napoleon took the
watch from his pocket and gave my
GRANDPA ther that, and told him always to
remember his own bravery and the man
who had given him the watch.
You see. it hadn't anything To do
with a battle the present owner OF the
watch went on. Napoleon was just
driving for pleasure one day and the
horses ran off. and my grandfather was
near and stopped them. There isn't
much to it, and yet we've always been
careful to keep the watch. And my
mother told the story to me when l was
a little girl.
when the family emigrated to America
they brought the watch with them. MY
grandfather died when my father. whose
name was also Henry Voght, was a lit
tie boy My father died here when l was
a mere child, and left the watch to my
mother. I was very young girl wnen
she died. but she gave 1t to me on ner
deathbed, and ! have kept 1t ever since.
It has been shown several times. l don't
know what I am going to do with II. l
have thought Of selling 1t to some one
who was interested in Napoleon. or was
making a collection of old watches
The Grecian urn which contains the
works for the watch, and on which the
face is set. is inclosed in round gold
trimmed glass case about the size of the
ordinary mans watch. The face itself,
set on the body of the urn. is very small
no larger than ten-cent piece. The
hands and the dial are like those of
modern watch, and the watch has the
modern bridge verge escapement. but the
engine starts on an eccentric near the
bottom instead Of at the center. Fart or
Evening star., 1912-09-29

years an come down to earth an be
min Our first ancestor had his tail
docked, an, havin lost this here MEM
Der which was at wanst his names iv
rapid thransit an his aisy chair, tn
old gintleman cud no longer swing
firm tn branch iv tn three am amuse
tn childher be pickin' things off thin,
but had to go to wurruk. In ordher to
apply FIR a job he was forced to larn
to walk an to talk. He manicured
his front feet an made hands iv thin.
an, so he cud win tn affections iv tn
fair, he was compelled to shed his
comfortable an nachral hairy coat an
buy clothes. TIL family all took afther
tn old man an improved on him
through tn cinchries, till today ye have
tn magnificent jukes We see all ar-round
We. dhressed up in quare garments, put
tin on supeeryor airs. wearin' crowns,
runnin' f'r office, KILN each other,
dancin' tn turkey throt. an gin'ralIy
behavin' so foolish that whin tn ia
ther iv family iv monkeys sees
Evening star., 1912-09-29
THE ORIGIN Man
BY FINLEY PETER DUNNF ~~

that give us our push lords respecta-
bility, tn first mimber iv tn family
that moved uptown, TIL survivor iv tn
Fort Dearborn massacre, TIL pilgrim
father that came out iv tn jungle, tn
foundher iv tn family fortune was
I give we thousand guesses. 1t was
TIL jumpin' shrew iv South America.
It's as 1 tell ye. Here ye see it in
black an white befure yeer eyes: Man
DESCENDED firm tn jumpin' shrew.'
Hence our sunny dispositions an tn
presint campaign. I niver cud undher
tn monkey we weren't more janyaL
But now I know. It's tn old shrew
blood that still coorses through our
veins that makes US so cross with
each other.
"Yes, sir; this lad with tn aid iv
a microscope, knife, an perhaps
dhream book has thraced us back to
this inthrestin' little crather, prOb-bly
We niver see jumpin' shrew. Ye
wudden't? If We ar-re careful about
yeer habits ye will not be revisited be
ye'er ANCESTORS. There ar-re very few
:iumpin' shrews in this neighborhood
since Father Kelly's last timprance
lecture but back in TIL old estate in
South Africa they ar-re numerous an
highly RESPECTED. Nanny iv tn Numbers
iv tn original branch iv our family still
Evening star., 1912-09-29
Old Gold Watch Relic Of the little Corporal

the works" are at the top of the little
urn. The timepiece is of gold simply
chased i'm a lattice design. On the reverse
is a round medallion-a dainty little pic
ture of two little girls The works are oLt
OF order at present, but can be repaired.
a jeweler has told Mrs. Finnegan, so that
the watch will run
Evening star., 1912-09-29

live in tn homes iv our ANCESTORS an
keep up tn traditional customs like
tn old families iv Boston. This scien-
tific dock gives us a plain pitcher iv
their lives. These tree shrews.' says
he, 'ar-re small squrl like animals
which feed on insects an fruit. Whin
feedin' they often set on their launches,
holdin' their food, afther tn manner
iv squrls, in their front paws There.
Einnissy, ye have view iv yeersilf as
ye were befure tn flood. Ye'ye often
told me ye were descended firm tn
kings iv ireland, an NANNY is tn time
iv ir'n an bull skin, settin' on a horse.
holdin on to tn name with wan hand
an to a spear with tn other. But
injye more TIL thought iv We still fur
ther back. perched on tn branch iv a
three maxim light lunch iv a peanut
an an ant. Some day I'm goin' to
take a stepladdher an go to South
Africa an visit these relations iv ye'ers
an mine. An why not? If a man be
thryin' to prove that he's DESCENDED
firm a cillibrated holdup man iv tn
same name in tn reign iv Queen Eliza
beth why shouldn't he look up his
rilitives, tn jumpin' shrews iv South
Africa an be took over tn family risi
dence be a caretaker f'r a shillin' an
see where tn OF jock died defindin'
his threasures iv huckelberries an
Evening star., 1912-09-29

da beeg barber vote of da countra eel
he use da safety raZe.
Woodra Wilse speak lika deeS; ne
saw: "As fora Mista Taf, he suffa
great handicap cen hees life. He com
from Yale an ees republican President.
l chasa heem back to Cincinnati.
Wilse no lika Teddy Da Roose. He
Evening star., 1912-09-29

human bein' comm along in tn woods
he calls out: Mother, bring tn little
vans to tn end iv this branch. Here
comes wan iv our poor relations who
has to wurrull f'r livin. He Wud've
been just as well off as we ar-re if his
family hadn't squandered their tails.
Dhrop cocynut on his head an see
him jump Amt he the funny sight,
Il can well reminder how hot ivry-
body was again Darwin on account iv
what he wrote Nobody had been very
proud iv Adam as an ANCESTOR, but
still ye cud put up with him If ye
took into account that he was dalin'
with new problems an was tn first
married man. But it hurted good
NANNY proud people to think that but
f'r tn luck il tn game they might all
be up in Lincoln Park maxim faces
through tn glass. al little boys and
girls So Darwin was eXcymunicated
fr'm NANNY church that he'd niver
Evening star., 1912-09-29


maka
Zoo" Woodra say o gotohal"
you stan'e eenp
Copyright, s the
Evening star., 1912-09-29

"GUESSIN' WHAT HAPPENED IN SOU
YEARS
weevils against tn night attack iv tn
ant eater an tn banded armydillo? Tell
me why. An why. now that this prof
has thraced out tn line, Student we
resume tn family name? Be rights
we'd all be called jumpin' shrews.
There's a chance fr hyphen there
that NANNY a mimber iv tn stock ex-
change wud welcome. It'd be Bill
Hone Zollern Jumpin' Shrew, an
George Fourth Jumpin- -Shrew, an N.
Romanof Jumpin -Shrew.
4
But l don't think this here prof
wint far enough in lookin' fr our start.
TIL jumpin' shrews ar-re all right
enough, but what come befure thin?
Accordin' to this article it's hardly
thirty billyon years since this gallant
little fellow first hoped up a three.
Are we to fget our arlier ANCESTORS?
What about tn patient lobster. tn
ca m eyesther, tn cheerful jelly fish.
an back through tn cinchries tn first
onobtrusiye micrObe, an befure that
tn VEGETABLES. an befure thin tn mud
at tn bottom iv tn sea? Rash, upstart
iumpin' shrew. dye niver realize that
it's an own cousin ye're atm fried on
tn beefsteak an maybe a shOvelful iv
th' original stock ye're hurlin' into tn
Evening star., 1912-09-29

say, You can stuff da. bulla moose, but
YOU no can stuff me. Baysides, 1
theenk eight yeara ees Tonga 'nuf for
wild animal to hanga 'roun' da Whita
House. -
Teddy Da Roose say, by Georgia, I
hav' sweeta revenge. I maka da bulla
moose party cen Chicag'. I weel Civ
frand Bill da solar plex. I weel slugga
heem through da rope. 1 buck da
elephant weeth da bulla moose. I feel
bulla; bulla for da bulla moose. I
maka mysaf tree time presidenta OF
Unita State. l sava da countra for da
peep"
He say he sava da countra. justa lika
Bill Taf'.
Mex day Woodra Wilse com to
Washeenton to see hees frand Champa
Clark. Dey walka long Pennsylvania
av' to ma shop. champa no hav' hees
Evening star., 1912-09-29
[R.EE BILLYON

H AFRICA EIGHTY-THREE BILLYoN
ago."
barrow to give ride down to tn
dump?
"But don't feel bad about 1t. There's
always wan encouragin' thing about tn
sad scientific facts that comes out ivry
week in tn pa-apers They're usually
not thrue. 1 know there niver was a
Dooley that lived in a three. because
niver see wan that cud climb a
three. An anyhow 1 don't care.
Divle tn bit iv ittintion I give to a
fellow lookin' at a glass iv wather
through an eyeglass an guessin' what
happened in South Africa eighthy-
three billyon years ago.. Mind We, T
don't blame this dock FIR thryin' to
make us all-th Dooleys an tn Hone
zollerns an tn We're de Veres-mem-
bers iv tn same family. His name is
Smith. But il he'd frgit about tn
origin iv tn race an tell us not where
can comes firm. but where he's goin'
to I'd take an intherpter aroun' an
listen to him.
These men ar-re inimies iv religion"
said Mr.. Hennessy.
"P'raps." said Mr.. DOoley. But they'll
niver be dangerous ontiD some wan
comes along an translates their lee
lures into English. An / don't think
there's a chance that cud be DONE"
Copyright, 1872, by Finley Peter Dunne.D
Evening star., 1912-09-29

.Rill. I hay' two crack at da job, wat
l want weeth thirda term? am no
Iika peeg. Baysides. ! gotta help ma
frand Abbotta run de Lookout News
pape'.'
Den, firsta theeng you know, Teddy's
frand, Giffa Da Pinch, hav' fight weeth
me bout de Chre eesmasa tree cen Alask.
Gift was wan ver' badda boy. / feel
compel to Civ heem swifta keelS cen
da pants Roosevelta gat yer mad;
he maka da bulla moose party to de-
feata me cen Novem'.
But baylieva me. Tony" Taf' he say.
.da republican, elephant weel max
democrat donka an progress bulla
moose look lika thirta cent mex No
vem. [ gon sava da countra from
deesa man Roosevelta da anarcheestra.
Den wan day long com Tedda Da
Roose. lie maka secret trip to Wash
eenton evra two osweek to setta hair cut
from me.
He shaka ma han justa lika pump.
He hav' two begga han lka buncha
banan'. / say. "Welcom To Washeen-
ton. Teddy" He say, 'Thanka you,
Tony, ] lika Washccnton so mooch l
theenk | com back TO live mex March
Evening star., 1912-09-29

Firm what Dock OLeary says, this
here professor has seen Darwin an
histed him a couple iv billyon years.
If ye'd like to hear about it I'll tell
We. Well, thin. it was this way: Some
wurrukin' fr Mullaney. tn contractor.
dhrivin' a team fellow be tn name
iv Darwin come along an made a
monkey iv man. He showed that tn
principal diff renee between us an TIL
little frinds iv Italy was that we had
lost our tails. We have to lave tn
old entailed estates an tn ancesthral
bamboo threes where our family had
spint so many happy millyOns iv
Evening star., 1912-09-29

tn pa-apers whin yc're not 1ookin fr
il. an a fellow that's paid cents 10
find out where Gyp tn Blood spint his
vacation. if hl doesn't stop there, put
goes on readin' is lible to end up as
an idiacated man.
Maybe ye'd like me to read ye some
thing out iv this here fable in slang.
Well, thin, listen to tn pro-fissor
Such habits not on'y tended to develop
the motor cortex itsilf. he says. but
thrained tn tactile an tn kin--th kin
I'll spell il f'r ye-k-i-n-a-e-s-
tibet t-i-c-pronounce amy way ye
plaze-senses an linked up their corti-
cal areas in bonds iv more intimate as
socyations with tn visyool cortex--''
What kind iv language is that?" Mr..
Iennessy interrupted.
Its scientific language, said Mr..
Dooley I've been thryin' to wurruk
it out mesilf with tn aid iv "a ditchnry,
but | cudden't put it together till Dock
OLeary. who's great at these puzzle
pitchers. come in. Firm what he said
/ guess that tn professor that wrote
1t meant to say that tn raison man is
betther thin tn other animals is be-
cause iv what's in his head. / SUSPECTED
as much befure an have often said So
But nobody has iver asst me to go be-
fure a larned society an have me
chest dhraped with medals fr sayin
it. 1 cudden't fill up me time tn
program. All / cud say wud be: Eel
low professors. tn thing that give ye
an me shade over tn squrl an tn
grasshopper is that we have more
marrow in tn bean. Thankin We again
FIR yeer kind attintion, / will now lave
We while ye thranslate this almost on
fathomable thought into a language
that on'y dhrug clerk can undher-
stand.
Evening star., 1912-09-29

HAT ar-re ye
readin' .? Il $ k g d
Mr.. IIennessy.
"A comical lit
tie piece in tn
sunday pa aper
on tn Descent "
Man. said Mr..
Dooley. "Yc get
a good dale iv
knowledge out iv
Evening star., 1912-09-29

Pennsylvania av' near da Whita House
Ma good frand Docta Vermicelli, da
great Eetalian physish, Civ me let to
Eetalian ambass': maka me acquaint
weeth buncha good peep.
Pretta queeck j gatta good biz.
Planta good Gust com to da shop for
hair cut an shave: Teddy Da Roose
Bob Lafol, Champa Clark an Woodra
Wilse- Everybod' Civ me glad han
an talk weeth me justa lik' wan
broth.
Evening star., 1912-09-29

| keeDa ear on da groun. Yer soon
l gat wize to politeecal gam of Unita