Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-18

dress and contains fourteen pages OF
interesting reading matter.
While crossing the Sixteenth street
viaduct the horses attached to car
riage containing Mr.. and Mrs. An
drew Rosewater and two friends be-
came frightened by locomotive and
broke the carriage pole. :,
Rev. T. ]. Mackay Of St. Paul church
In Council Bluffs announces that a
new pipe organ has been ordered for
which he has made himself person.
ally responsible.
c. s. Higgins gave a banquet at his
establishment to a few Of his Pythian
friends, the occasion being in honor
of his having taken third rank degree
in Triangle lodge.
Thomas H. Larke, the competent
young man who has been acting as
private secretary to W. N Babcock,
general agent of the Chicago e. North
western, has resigned and gone into
the real estate business.
This Day Tn History.
17s5-Geore Peabody. philanthro-
pist, born at Danvers, Mass. Died in
London, England, Novembr 4, 1859,
1S17-General Lewis A. Armistead,
noted confederate commander, born at
Newbern, N. G: Killed while leading
his brigade at Gettysburg July 8. 1858.
1S42-Charles Emory Smith, Phila-
delphia editor and postmaster general
in the Mckinley cabinet. born at
Mansfield, Conn Died in Philadel-
phia, January 10, 1908.
1S4S-General William o. Butler
succeeded General Winfield Scott as
commander of the American forces in
Mexico.
1S61-Jefferson Davis was inaugu-
rated president of the Confederate
State Of America at Montgomery.
1865-Federals occupied Charles
town. s. c., which had been evacuated
the day before by General Hardee.
1867-The Austrian emperor re-
stored the Hungarian constitution.
1871-The republican government of
France was recognized by the great
powers.
1892--Arthur J. Balfour introduced
the Irish local government bill in the
House of Commons.
1Ss5-Archduke Albrecht, who COM
manded the Austrian troops in the
Franco Italian war. died in Vienna.
1SS9-Emile Loubet was elected
president Of the French republic.
'1904-Lord Roberts retired from
the post Of communicative chief of the
British army.
The Day We Celebrate.
r. F. Kloke Is 81 today, having been
born in Wisconsin. He came here
from West Point, Neb.. to take up the
farm loan and investment business
Jean Jules Jusserand, French am
bassador and dean of the foreign dip
lomatic corps at Washington, born at
Lyons. France, sixty-two years ago
today.
James P. Goodrich, governor of In
diana, born at Winchester, Ind, fifty
three years ago today.
Edgar e. Clark, interstate commerce
| commissioner and member of the spe-
cial commission named to investigate
the workings of the Adamson eight
hour law, born at Lima, N. Y, sixty
| one years ago today.
August Belmont, head of the New
| York banking house that bears his
| name, born in New York City, sixty
four years ago today.
Right Rev. Theodore N. Morrison,
| Episcopal bishop of Iowa. born at
| Ottawa. ILL.,. sixty-seven years ago to-
day.
Sherrod N. Smith, pitcher of the
Brooklyn National league base ball
team. born at Mansfield, Ca, twenty
six years ago today.
Storyette Of the Day.
1T is rule to which most good
lawyers adhere" observed a we'll
known attorney, never to tell more
than one knows. There was an Incl
| dent in a western town wherein a
lawyer carried the rule to the extreme.
Counsel for one side objected to
person, whose name was on the
courts register for some purpose or
| other, on the ground that he was
| dead. The counsel on the other side
| declined to accept the assurance, and
demanded conclusive testimony on
the point.
| 'Whereupon counsel for the other
side arose and gave corroborative evil
dence as to the decease Of the man in
| question.
but sir, how do you know the
mans dead?" demanded opposing
counsel. ..
We'll was the reply. I don't
know. It's very difficult to prove
LAS suspected. You don't know
| whether he's dead or not?'
mo. But / do know this-they
buried him about a month ago on sus-