Show VETERAN EDITOR FOUND DEAD in ROOM edward rosewater of the omaha bee succumbs to attack of heart fall ure while sitting in deserted court room omaha edward rosewater nose water proprietor and editor ot the omaha bee and prominently with the political financial and business af fairs of omaha and the state of nebraska tor forty years was found dead in district court room no 6 on the third floor of the bee building early friday he had evidently died of heart failure it was a habit of mr rosewater Hose water to go to different parts of the building whenever hi pleasure so induced and it is prasun ed he stepped into the large cobit room and sat down for a minute s repose and tell asleep when judge troup who presides over court no 6 arrived at the court room friday morning he was eur to find the lifeless body of mr rosewater on a bench edward Roe water founded and editor since 1871 of the omaha bee waa born at bukovan bohemia in 1841 lie came to the united states in 1854 and began work as a telegraph operator aher 18 years old from to he was a member of the united states mail telegraph corps and in the later year became manager of the pacific telegraph company at omaha he was at various times a member of the nebraska legislature member of the national committee member of the advisory board of the national committee member of the united states mint commission and depre i of the united states to the universal postal congress of which he was vice dent he was the original promoter of the trans mississippi exposition held at omaha in 1898 |