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Show 1iiiil5iniTor FOUND DEAD III ROOM dward Rosewater, of the Omaha Bee, 8uccumbs to Attack of Heart Failure Fail-ure While 8lttlng In Deserted Court Room. Omaha. Edward Itosewator, proprietor pro-prietor and editor of tho Omaha Bee, and prominently identified with the political, financial and business affairs af-fairs ot Omaha and the state of Nebraska Ne-braska for forty years, was found dead In district court room No. 6, on tho third floor of tho Bee building,' early Friday. Ho had evidently died of heart failure. It was a habit ot Mr. Bosowater to go to different parts of tho building whenovo'r his pleasure bo Induced, and It Is presumed ho stepped Into tho largo court room and sat down for n minute's rcposo and fell asleep. When Judge Troup, who presides over court No. C, arrived at tho court, room Friday morning ho was surprised sur-prised to And tho lifeless body of Mr. Hosowatcr on a bench. Edward Iloeowator, founded and editor alnco 1871 of tho Omaha Bee, was born nt Bukovan, Bohemia, In 1841. Ho camo to tho United States In 18C4 and began work as a telegraph operator when 18 years old. From 18G1 to 18C3 ho wns a member of tho United States mall telegraph corps, and In tho lator year became manngcr of tho Pacific Telegraph company nt Omaha. Ho was at various times a mombcr of tho Nebraska legislature, member of tho Republican national commltteo, member of tho advisory board of tho national commltteo, membor of tho United States mint commission nnd representative of tho United States to tho universal postal congress, of which ho was vlco president. presi-dent. Ho wns tho original promoter of tho Trans-Mlsslsslppt exposition held at Omaha In 1898. |