Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-06
This Day in History.

This Day in History.
1777-Forts Clinton and Montgom-
cry, on the Hudson, taken by the
British under Sir Henry Clinton.
1S17-First general assembly of
Mississippi met at Washington, Miss.
1S1S-Shadrach Bond, first COVER
nor of Illinois, inaugurated at Kas-
kaslkia.
lS4s--Insurrection in Vienna and
murder of the war minister, Count
Latour.
lsS6-The Prussian government
took formal possession Of the king
dom Of Hanover.
1S72-Religious ceremony at Lour-
des in honor Of appearance of Virgin
attended by 10000 pilgrims.
commander on the Rhine In 1870, for
treachery and misconduct at Metz,
began.
iSs2-Lord Alfred Tennyson, Eng
fish poet laureate. died. Born August
6, 1909.
1sIO-Charles e. Hughes resigned
the governorship of New York to be-
come associate justice of the supreme
court of the United States.
1915-The engagement Of President
Wilson and Mrs. Norman Gait Of
Washington, D. c., was announced.
The Day We Celebrate.
John L. McCague, president Of the
McCague Investment company, is just
so years old He was born in Cairo,
Egypt, where he spent his first Ave
years. He was for seven years in the
auditing department of the Union Pa
cific, but since 1880 has been asso-
ciated with his brothers in the real
estate business. He served on the
School board for two terms.
Fred F. Paffenrath. local manager
for Nicoll the Tailor, was born Octo-
Der 6, 1866, in New York City, He
came west In the summer Of 1885, en-
tering the employ of Nicoll the Tailor
In Chicago, being transferred the next
year to the Kansas City branch and
two years later to the Omaha branch.
He has been active in business or
Plantations and also in Ak-Sar- Ben.
Bryce Crawford Is celebrating his
forty-seventh birthday. He was born
in Sparta, H., educated in the Univer-
sity of Kansas, being admitted in 1888
to the bar in Omaha, where he has
since practiced law.
Robert F. Glider, state news editor
of the World Herald, was born Octo-
Der 6, 1856, at Flushing. N. Y. He
was at one time with The Bee and is
a brother of Richard Watson Glider.
Ernest K. Beale, vice president of
the Carbon Coal and Supply company,
was born October 6, 1859, In Van
buren, county, Iowa. He came to
Omaha from Seneca. Kan, and has
been In the coal business here since
1897
George H. Payne. real estate man,
Is SO years old today. He has been
particularly successful in marketing
and colonizing large tracts Of farm
acreage.
Albert ]. Beveridge, ex-senator
from Indiana and one of the former
progressives who have returned to the
republican party, born in Adams
county, Ohio, fifty-four years ago to-
day.
brated Dutch lieder singer, born in
ago today.
Rt. Rev. Matthias c. Lehman,
Catholic bishop of Great Falls, Mont,
born at Dubuque, Ia, sixty-two years
ago today.
Joseph w. Bailey, former United
States senator from Texas, born in
Copish county, Mississippi. fifty-three
years ago today.
Rt. Rev. Frederick Burgess, Epis-
copal bishop OF Long Island. born
at Providence, R. l., sixty-three years
ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Following closely upon the Jewish
New Years festival comes the fast
Ypm Kippur is considered the most
ment, which begins this evening and
continues until tomorrow evening
Yom Kippur is conesidered the most
important event In the religious life
Of the Jewish people and is more
strictly and generally observed than
any Of the other fast days In the He
braic calendar.
The birthday anniversary Of the late
James Whitcomb Riley, the "Hoosier
poet" Is to be observed today with
special exercises in all Of the public
schools OF Indiana.
The one hundredth anniversary of