Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-09
This Day in Omaha Thirty Years Ago.

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bouquet of flowers in recognition of the man,
courtesies which they have received at his hands
Mrs John Shaw OF Walnut Hill has returned
from visit to relatives in Des Moines and
weeks attendance at the Iowa state fair. r,
Thomas Riley OF Frank Dellone g. Co. ha.
gone to Helena, Mont, on an extended bushes.
trip.
The excayating for the new city hall. building
On Eighteenth and Farnam has been commenced
and the work will be pushed rapidly by Messrs
Regain & Bors, who Have the contract.
Duff Green, the depot policeman, silenced two
noisy hotel runners by sending them up. They
were each, fined 81 and costs.
Nahan Frankie the celebrated volnist, has
i decided to make Omaha his permanent home
| and intends ITO open up college Of music in
the exposition building with the assistance Of a
| force of competent teachers He will also or
ganize large chorus of male and female voices
This Day in History.
lsl6-Rev John Gregg Fee, who founded
| Berea (Ky) college as, an anti-slavery school,
1 born in Bracken county, Kentucky. Died at
Berea in 1901
.1S2S-Count Leo Tolstoi, the greatest of
sRussa's philosophers and one of the greatest
| of its writer's born. Died November 20 1910
is4iNPfesident Tylertve the fiscal V cor
poration bill, in consequence of which nearly all
the members of his cabinet resigned.
| l84o-Edwin Booth made his first appearance
on the stage at the Boston museum.
| 1855-Sebastopol was evacuated by the Rus
| slams after eleven months siege by the English
and French
1860-Victor Emmanuel was proclaimed king
of Italy at Naples.
lS63-Ctmberland Gap surrendered to the
federals.
ls7o-Empress Eugene, driven from France
by the fury of the people oyer the Prussian
victories, arrived at Ryde.
lSSl-Military revolt at Cairo headed by
Arab Pasha
1Sol-General strike of freight conductors on
the Louisville & Nashville railroad.
1892-Fifth satellite Of Jupiter discovered by
E. E. Barnard Of the Lick observatory.
p l909-Edward H. Hartman. railroad magnate,
died at Arden, n. Y. Born at Hampstead, L. l.
February Is, 1848
lol2--Many thousand people were destroyed
by typhoon in China. -
The Day We Celebrate
Miss Esther Cleveland, second daughter of the
late President Grover Cleveland born in the
White House twenty-three years ago today.
Prince George, eldest son of the fexiled King
Peter of Serbia, born thirty-two years ago today
Marguerite Snow, celebrated photoplay star,
born at Savannah Ga, twenty-five years ago
today
Owen R. Lovejoy, noted soci6logist and
pioneer champion OF the national child labor bill,
born at Jamestown. Mich, fifty years ago TODAY
Dr.. James H, Kirkland chancellor of Van
derbilt university. born at Spartanburg, S., c.,
hfty-seven years ago today.
John B., Miller infelder of the St. Louis Ma
tiona league base ball team born at Kearney.
N j., thirty years ago today. l.. EI
Frank L, Chance former manager of the Chi
cago Nationals and New York Americans, now
manager of the Los Angeles Pacific Coast
league team, born at Fresno, CAL, thirty-nine
years ago today.
Where They All Are Now.
I, Dr. Birney, remembered as a catarrh special
ist practicing here twenty-five years ago. got
rich on his "catarrh remedy" and at last accounts
was living in retirement and ease over in Eng
land.
Alois P. Swoboda, once the instructor Of the
bohemian Turner'S in Omaha, is located in New
York, where he is pursuing his profession as
physical cuturist
Emil Strauss, who had charge of the Dutch
Cleanser department of Cudahy's, is with the
same Institution over in Chicago
George w. Hunt, once in law practice here.
Neb, r.
W. Q. Chapman, on The Bee staff some years
ago, is in newspaper work in Chicago.
Timely Jottings. and Reminders. n
Logan, O., today will celebrate the centennial
OF, its founding.
The Maine campaign closes tonight with DO |
litical rallies throughout the state
California will keep ITS customary holiday to- |
day IN celebration of its admissionto statehood.
The Wisconsin state fair at Milwaukee is to |
nave its formal opening today and will be con-
he
Charles Z, Hughes, republican presidential
nominee, is to close his Maine tour today with I
speeches in Augusta, Brunswick and Rockiand
Winchester, Mass, today will celebrate inn
provemetts Of public utilites--waterways, roads
and bridges and buildings OF the town-made in
the last three years at a cost Of more than
Vice President Marshall. Congressman Hef-
I'm OF Alabama and Congressman Farris Of Okla
bona are scheduled. to speak today at Win
chester, KY, at "a big rally to mark the formal
opening OF the democratic state campaign
Storyette Of the Day.
One OF the latest Novelties offered BY the
street vendors in the financial district is Mexi-
can paper money issued by more or less recent
Observation-Disclosures, Villa, Madero etc. The |
price tor all is about the same a general aver
age being about 10 cents pound aud the de-
nominations OF the notes making no particular
difference. This places the currency on par K
with confederate money during the closing days
OF the war when the finances OF the southern l.
cause were at their lowest ebb,
That's horse vo,s have \