Show SUDDEN DEATH Of VETERAN VETERAN EDITOR Edward Edvard Rosewater Ro r of the Oma Omaha Omaha 0 ma maa ha a Bee Passes Peacefully r Away in Court Room BODY OD FOUND BY 6 Y THE E JUDGE J D HEART FAILURE GIVEN AS THE CAUSE Omaha Aug 31 Edward Edward Rosewater Ros proprietor and editor of the Omaha See Bee and prominently prominently identified with the political financial and business af fairs of Omaha and the state of Ne No braska for forty years year was found dead dea tn n district court room No 6 on the third floor of the Bee building early today He had evidently died of heart failure Mr Rosewater went to Waterloo Neb Thursday afternoon where he de livered an address to the old soldiers of DC Nebraska who were holding a picnic nt at t that He reached Omaha on hIs liis return trip at 7 p m He is known to have been in his office during the evening but was not seen by members of his family after returning from Waterloo It was a habit of or Mr lr Rosewater to too togo togo go o to different parts of the building whenever his this pleasure so induced and andt It t is 15 presumed pr umed ho stepped into the large court ourt room and sat down for a minutes and fell tell asleep Body Found by Judge Jude Troup When Judge Troup who presides over court No 6 arrived at the court room thia morning he was surprised to find the lifeless body of Mr lIr Rosewater on ona ona ona a bench He was sitting slUinG at the end of the bench reclining easily against a radiator He had reclined his head on onLie Lie lis 18 extended arm ann across an arm at atthe atthe atthe the end of ot the bench In his right hand bawd he Ju held a n handkerchief having evi evidently dently felt warm worm and used it to wipe the perspiration tram from his face Mrs left a light burning at the family home which is directly in hl the rear of the Bee building ar F r sting lUng that her ber husband would be home during the evening When he did not appear rs Ro notified Chief Chic of Police Pollee Donohue that her husband had hadnot hadnot hadnot not returned return d home although it was known that he had been at his office during the e ec Nothing was done in the way of ot search however as it iti i was os as not uncommon for the he veteran editor to be detained at the newspaper office Dr Charles Rosewater brother of the dead Edward said to the Asso Associated Associated Associated Press that his brother had often expressed a wish Avish that when he should die that it be without lingering illness and that h ht he would prefer to pass away in the manner in which he did Effect of Long Campaign Dr Rosewater attributed the sudden death of his brother to the results which followed the excitement attend attending attending ing a long campaign In which Mr Rosewater was a prominent candidate for nomination by the Nebraska state convention for United States The con occurred Aug 22 and Mr Ir Rose Rosewater Rosewater water unanimously supported by th delegation from Douglas coun count county t ty was a prominent figure at that There were several ballots taken during the course of which Mr Rosewater Ro gained steadily against lite hl hi chief opponent Norris Brown Follow Follo Following Following ing inh the ballot which nominated Mr Ir Brown Mr 11 Rosewater delivered an earnest speech to the convention thanking his friends for their support and pledging himself to the support of or Mr Brown and the state ticket and urged ur d the Convention to nominate a c clenn clean lenn ticket for which no apologies would be necessary Mr Dar following the conven convention convention convention tion announced through the columns of his paper the Omaha Bee ee that he was out of ot the senatorial race Showed Evidence of Strain During the campaign Mr r naturally was under considerable strain and following the announcement of the result lt of or the ballot which gave Mr Brown a majority gave evidence of weakness but revived at once and ad addressed addressed addressed dressed the convention He told a close political friend that he felt little worse for the excitement of ot the campaign and was strong enough to go into the t the battle for the election of the tho state ticket Mr R life Ute has ha been an ac active active active tive one and the greater part of that activity has haa beon b on spent in Omaha For ForBorne some Borne time after coming to Omaha he was manager for tor the tho Western Union Telegraph company having followed the ithe telegraph profession before and dur ing ng the war He was a military telegrapher telegrapher and was a trusted telegrapher jf af General Grant Founded Omaha Bee After Arter leaving the th Western Union company Mr Rosewater founded the Omaha Bee a small afternoon paper He developed the paper into one of th largest newspapers in the tre west A few years ears ago he gave over the active man management management management of ot the thc paper to his two sons son 3 Victor and Charles he still retaining r the title of editor He gave considerable attention att to politics and was a candidate three years ago for the theoffice theoffice office of United States senator being I by b Senator Millard Mr rr life Ure has been devoted largely to the of Omaha and Nebraska Aside from his editorial efforts ef efforts p forts he has given largely of his finan financial financial cial fal means to the progress of Omaha Ho Hl built bunt and his newspaper occupies one of or the largest and most modernly equipped quipped newspaper buildings in the i country the cost coat of which reached half halfa a million dollars This building has been the thc pride of Mr lr Rosewater and ho he h has not hesitated to expend effort and money mO to keep it in its original of or preservation Edward Rosewater founder and since 1871 of oC the Omaha Bee was born at Bukovan Bohemia In 1841 He came to the United States in 1854 1554 and began work as a telegraph operator when 18 yeas years yea s old From 1861 1561 to 1863 1563 he was a member of the United States Statesman man mall telegraph corps and in the latter year became manager of the Pacific Telegraph company at Omaha He was wasat wasat wasat at various times a member of the Ne Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska braska legislature member of the Re Ri Republican Republican publican national committe member of the advisory board of the national com committee committee committee member of the United States mint commission and representative of the United States to the universal postal congress of which he was vas vice president He was the original pro promoter promoter promoter moter of the exposi exposition exposItion exposition tion held at Omaha In 1898 1695 |