Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-14

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ropolitan hall. The supper was served
in Balduffs best style, the napkins
folded in a piece of wooden shaving
and the menu printed on dainty veined
wood.
Charles Beindorff, junior member
Of the firm of Fowler & Beindoff. ar
chitects, leaves today on a business
trip in the east.
Conductor w. H. Jackson, running
the dummy train between Omaha and
South Omaha, says he takes fare from
about 1,100 passengers daily.
Henry Mics of Omaha has gone on
a visit to his old home in Germany
and intends making a tour of Europe.
Hank says he is enjoying his trip to
the Fatherland immensely.
The Union Pacific railroad is get
ting ready for an early start upon its
bridge over Thirteenth street, and a
large quantity of material has been
unloaded at the place. ss,
The Butterfly club was delightfully."-
entertained at the residence of Miss
Gundie Coburn. Among those present
were Misses Curtis, Doane, Fonda,
Wakeley, McClelland, Crandall. Tre-
maine, Sharpe. House, Morse, Dixon,
Mansfield; Messrs. Moores, Redick,
Mccormick, Marsh, Rustin, Rogers.
Beall, Cook, Griffiths. O'Reilly, Keller,
Smith, Kountze, lyman, Simpson,
Guiou, Fonda and Anderson.
This Day in History. e
1639-Convention met at Hartford
to frame a constitution for the Con-
necticut colony. e
1730--William Whipple, one of the
Connecticut signers Of the Declaration
of Independence, born at Kittery. Me.
Died at Portsmouth, N. H., November
n 1S14--Norway was ceded to Sweden
by treaty of Kiel. e., .....
A 1846--Kansas Indians ceded to the
United States 1000, 900 acres in Kan
sas.
1S5S-Attempted assassination Of
Napoleon III by Orsini. "
1892-Duke of Clarence. eldest son
Of King Edward VII, and heir pre-
sumptive to the throne, died. Born
January s, 1864. q3s
1893--The pope appointed Monsig-
nor Satolli permanent apostolic dele
gate to the United States. F
189S--Rev. Charles L. Dodgson
Lewis CarrolD author Of alice in
Wonderland" died in England. Born
there January 27, 1882. - 5.5'
1907--An earthquake destroyed a
large part Of Kingston, Jamaica.
1912-The supreme court of, the
United States upheld the constitution
atty Of the employers liability law.
The Day We Celebrate.
John M. Mcfarland is 60 years old
today. He has been practicing law
since 1873. .s,..
DR.. B. b. Davis today is So years
old. He was born in Fayette, Wis,
and was chief surgeon for the Bur-
lington out at McCook before he came
to Omaha to practice. He was also
once one of the regents Of the Uni
versity of Nebraska.
George F. Pearce who holds the
important post of minister of defense
in the ministry of the Austrian COM
monwealth, born in South Australia,
forty-seven years ago today.
Coe l. Crawford, former United
States senator from Kansas, born at
Volney, Ia, fifty-nine years ago today.
Marquis of Lansdowne, former gov
ernor general of Canada and viceroy
of India and several times a British
cabinet minister, born seventy-two
|, years ago today. .
Richard +. Outcault, noted cartoon
ist and comic artist. born at Lancas-
ter, O., fifty-four years ago today.
Jean de Reszke. the younger of the
two brothers who became world
famous as opera singers, born in
Poland, sixty-seven years ago today.
Benjamin B. Odell, governor of New
York for two terms and a former
member of congress, born at New
burgh, N. Y, sixty-three years ago to-
day.,
DR.. Henry N Snyder, president of
Wofford college, born at Macon, Ca,
fifty-two years ago today.
Chronology Of Inventions.
Block printing was invented by the
Chinese about 500 A. D.
Advertisements first appeared in
newspapers in 1852,
The torpedo was invented by David
Bushnell, an American, in 1777.
Bombshells were first made in Hol-
land, in 1495.
Brandy was first made in France in
1910.
The game Of billiards was invented
in France in 1471.
The first pair of spectacles was
made by an Italian in 1899. i.
The first modern typewriter was
made in the United States in 1878.
The first American paper money
was issued in 1740.
The velocipede was invented by
Drais In 1917.
The first pipe organ was made by
Archimedes in 220 B c.
First blade skates were used in Hol-
land in the middle Of, the seventeenth
century. ...
Roller skates were invented by
James l.. Plimpton Of New York in
1869.
Shorthand writing was invented by
| Sir Isaac Pitman in 1897.
Watches are said to have been in
vented at Nuremberg in 1447.
m-winding watches were the in
| vention of Noel. in 1851.
First tram road in United States
| was built at Quincy, Mass, in 1895.
Fishplates for joining rails (now
universally first used at Newcastle
Del, in 1S43. a,H
| First sleeping cars patented by
| George NJ. Pullman in 1868.
Air brakes were first applied to
passenger trains in 1853.
First vestibuled train was used on
the Pennsylvania railroad in 1885.
First railroad cars with raised roofs
and ventilators used in United States
In 1885,