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Show ho had a host of sincero friends, while everybody who knew him admired him for liis brilliant talents. His death will be deeply mourned by those who knew him bust. Mr. Rothaeker was a Virginian by birth, and had not reached the age of thirty-five. At au early ago he was engaged en-gaged in newspaper work in Louisville, and was the pupil and friend of Henry Wattursuii, of the Courier Journal. He afterwards conducted a w eekly paper of his own In that city. Ho next located in Denver, and gave to the Tribune of that city a national reputation. Had ho taken advautagu of his chances ho would have made a fortune and become be-come a great power in Colorado, but his reckless character und au unaccountable unac-countable feeling of unrest caused him to neglect und throw away his opportunities. oppor-tunities. His experience in Denver failed to teach him a lesson. His career ca-reer elsewhere was the same as it was there. For a short time ho conducted con-ducted Tho Hatchet, a weekly publication publica-tion at the national capital. He next went to Omaha and there had editorial charge of the Republican for some time, For the last year or two his health prevented pre-vented him from doing any work except ex-cept occasional contributions of a literary character to the leading metropolitan metro-politan papers and magazines. Toor Rothaeker! l'eace to his ashes. His spirit of uurest is u rest at last. He is gone, but will never be forgotten by his loving friends. A BRILLIANT MAN 1K A I). Thero died in Omaha on Saturday one of tho most brilliant newspaper men in this country. His name was Ottomar Heboru ltothacker. He was a Iitcraiy genius, who had he not been cut off in his youug manhood would have made a name that would havo lived in the world of letters. Mr. Rothaeker w as a liucly educated man. Ho possessed a vivid imagination, and having a wide command of language, he was both a graceful and forcible writer. In the praise of a friend or tho denunciation of au enemy he had no superiors. He was a warm friend, and a bitter hater. He was a man of original ideas aud strong convictions. His wit was pointed aud sarcastic, sar-castic, and his originality and independence were admired by both friend ami foe alike. He had a deop sympathetic chord iu his nature, and when aroused in behalf of a frieud ho used the most beautiful and tender language lan-guage to express tho noble scutimeuts of his gentle heart. Mr. Rothaeker was a born poet. Some of his poems aro gems that deserve a place in the ranks of American classics. His prose, which was tho acmo of pure English, was impregnated im-pregnated with poetic e.pressious,most beautifully clothed. In many respects Ottomar Hebern Rothaeker reminded one of Edgar Allan Toe. A genius, like Poe, he was of a most erratic and reckless disposition, and was his own worst enemy. Mr. Rothaekcr's dissipatiou no doubt led to his early death. He was a victim of consumption, consump-tion, which was caused iu all probability proba-bility by the excessive use of liquor. He loved social companionship and was liberal to a fault. .These characteristics characteris-tics frequently involved him in financial finan-cial embarrassments and dissipation, nnd explain the causes that led to his untimely end. '"But with all his faults |