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NEWSFROM NEBRASKA TOWNS
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An Illicit Still Houao Broken Up
Near Btmtrlco .
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DOOMED TO UTTER DARKNESS
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. • IMtHiuiiukh Will tin Without Stront
Lights Until Spring lloblicil Ilr
Tramps Suits Postponed
Other State Nous
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A Ncbrnnlcn Moonshiner
IlriATliUJR , Neb , Dec 2. [ Special Tele
gram to TUB Hku.1 Dcmitv Andy Kerr of
tbo internal revenue dopartmcu of tills sec
tion of the stnto uc ( coded yesterday in
brcnklngim'anjtllclt still house ubodt twenty
inilcn southeast , of this city Tlio moonshln-
Iiig concern .vos run by n man named Hutch
Ins , nn experienced moonshiner from South
Carolina Hutchlns lcnriiod that the rove
nuo officers were nftor blm end skipped out
His apparatus vvai discovered in im oat bin
nnd brought , to this city Inst night and todny
Bhlppcd' to Collector Peters , nt Omnliii
Thostill was of sWty gultons
capacity Hutchlns had been dong ' n
thiivlni * btislnoss among the farmers
in that'vicinity ' nnd along the cdgeorKun
ns , , ,
The still Iioubo wns concealed In n thick
it row th of timber In that locality and wus
only discovered seine days ngo by seine
hunters
Hutchlns told the fnrmor on whoso promlbu
* e ho hid his rfllll that it was all right ana
that ho wasgoing to open up government
illstlllcry theie JIntchins was formerly en
gaged In a distlllory nt Deer ( rook , this
stuto , nnd It is statoi Hint ho shot orstubbod
n man Micro nnd had to leave to escape
lynching Tnls is the second Illicit still
ever kuown to bo In operation In this state
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Four Prisoners Br "it ; lnll
Wiuimi , Neb , Dee J Four prisoners ,
nil Incarcerated on u charge of grand larceny ,
escaped from the authorities horc about I
o'clock yesterday morning Nine desperate
chnructcrs had been brought up from
Beatrice to await trial before the district
court , which is now in session Four guards
• were loft with them , but It ia presumed they
• wore nstogp while the mischief wus boiug
done They effected their escape by prying
ono of the bars from onoof lho windows of
the rooms In the court house in which they
were Kept , and letting themselves down from
tlio second story by the aid of u rope , inudo
from strips of blankets tied together A.
search wns immediately instituted , nnd { 100
reward offered for thulr capture , but noth
ing bas Uoen hoard from them
Lolt ill tIn llurk
Pjattsmoutii , Neb , Dee 2. ISpoctal to
Tun Bex ) Our city is deemed to darkness
until ncM spring at least , as Judge Field
overruled the motion to dissolve the itijuuc-
tion acninst the electric light comp.iny , and
recommends a trial by cvidonco The olecV
trie light company have nil the wires strung ;
and n law suit will bo nut to follow if tlio I
location of the lnmiis is changed , for the clr-
cuit over which the wires have boon strung ;
covers about four miles of territory nnd thu i
company has becu ut u heavy oxpouso lu gotJ
ting it ready for operation
Lnreo Crlmiiinl Docket
Guano Islanii , Neb , Qec 2. [ Special I
Tologrnm to The Bisr : . ] District court con
vencd hero this morning , Judge T. O. C.
Harrison on the bench Tlio criminal docket
is quite large , the principal being Wood , for
assault and rape una Ilium for selling liquor
on Sundny There is a largo number of f
civil cases , aud it will take nt least thirty
days to clear the docket
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, A Ilond Election Coutfist
Plattsmoctii , Neb , Dec 2. [ Special Tel
cgram to Tun Drb | Judge Broady arrived
from Bcntrico at-1 o'cloclc p. in today and
opened court for the hearing of the court
liouso bond election contest Tlio case will 1
bo nrgucd on both sides by sorao of tbo most
ublo man of the Cuss nnd Lancaster county
bars and is being hotly contested ,
Iichl Up by Trumpi
PLATrssiouTii , Neb , Doc 3. [ Special to
Tin : Ukk.J Late last nlghtusEdwardBarn-
liardt was returning to his boarding house
near the B. & M. shops , be was held up at
the point of a revolver and relieved of his
watch and $12 In cash by three tramps
Barnhnrdt not Mod the police and the tramps '
wero.traced to a box car where they had
taken quurtors for the night The watch
nnd S10 was recovered , the other $3 having
been spent for beer
Iliiisoti at liiticrty
VALr.inMo , Neb , Dec 2. [ Special Tele
gram to Tim Ube.J The prosecuting at
torney , nfier a thorough examination of the
uaso of Albert Ilinsch , for shooting J. V.
Jjowis , dismissed it nnd Hinsch is ut liberty '
Quito u crowd gathered nt the depot hero to
'wclcomo hiui homo , but were disappointed ,
us Ilinsch had boon taken homo in u wngon
by ono of his Uor.muu frienus
- No CniiHo fur lliinunmlnl. .
, Noufomc , Neb , Bee 3.f Special Telegram
to Tub Bke.1 Hon John Steen has made a
thorough investigation today into tbo al
leged scandal arising out of furniture for
the now wing to the Insane asylum hero and
Is fully sutlsllcd that Dr IColly , the superin
tendent has served tlio state well In the pur-
cnascs mndo by him
A Now rostmastrr
Nkiiua6ka Crrr , Neb , Dea 2. [ Special
to Tub liEn [ Unndilla , this county , has anew
now postmaster , Henry Hutchlns , editor of
the Nobrasiia City Times , having resigned
mid llurton Donnnn , deputy uastmastor , securing -
curing the appointment , and Uin lo ng exist
ing trouble over the olllco is anally settled
Suit * 1'on pnni'd ,
> 'BiniAbKA CiTr , Neb , Dea 2. [ Special .
Telegram to Tiik Bee I The election contest
nutts over the ofllco of Bhcriil have boon post
poned until the 0th.
The commercial llbol suit of Noack vs
Bluchdorn has also been postponed to allow
thd tfufv'sdunt time to secure doposltious
from Germany
Iiuploiiiont Wuroliomo Bupnod ,
McCooic , Neb , Dec , 2. | Spoolal Telegram -
gram to The Bki . [ The Implement ware
liouso of M. D. Welch burned this afternoon
Nothing wus saved The loss is about $8,000 ;
insurance | 1,0XW.
'TlirotVfi Krniii Illi Wniton
Gil and Island , Neb , Dee 3. [ Special
Telegram to Tun Bob ] Peter Franz was
Borlouslyliurt today bv oeing thrown frum
Ills wagon The team became frightened 'S ,
u switch und run awuv
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I'uliliu Debt btntomoiic
Wasuintoon , Dec 2. Interest bearing debt
Principal and interest , 8351,001,0130 ; debt
en which . Interest has ceased since maturity ,
• l. J , ' ; debt bearing no Interest , $701,009- ,
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0U.1.Totnl
Totnl debt Principal , $1,003,59.1,533 , ; inter
os $ VrT8BaO ; total , fl,01T,87- ; loUl
debt less available cash items , $ lU90.U3UlVJi
' not cash ia treasury , $40 , .M9,1U7 ; decrease ' of
debt duriug the mouth , $ ltU9,073 ; decrease
of debt since Juno 39 , lbS'J ' , $ i0,505,010 ; total
nasii In trousury as shown by troasuror'a ,
gehoral accouut , $017- 2l,5Ol. ,
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Itlo Gpanilo CousDir < loHcntoncerl ,
Dbnvkk , Cole , Dea 2. Ex-Lleutonantof t
rollco Couuer , James Marshall of Kansas
City aud Charles Connors , who were re
cently convicted of conspiracy to rob the Rio
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Qratido'exprosM last April , were toduy son
teucod , tbo two former to two years in Jail [
nnd 15,000 each end the latter to ono year
and $500. An oppoal will bo taken
Cant I'ay tlio O lupnn * .
Boston , Mass , Doc 2. Vioo President
Bolnhart of the Atchison oonflrms thu pub
lished stntemont that tbo adortloa of tbo ro-
organlzation plan precludes the payment of
Deoouibor coupons of the Chicago , Kansas &
Western Qrst mortgugo flvos and Atchison
collateral trust sixes ,
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CTjBiiimisMMgii i gSZBS
POT OAV1D ON TIIK 1j1 T.
Governor Hill tlio Victim ofn Clilongo
Mntrlmotilsl lliirrnn
_ , New Yoiik , Dec 2. [ Special Telegram to
TiibHkb ] Some wicked Chicago mnn has
played n cruel ] eke on Governor Hill Hoabl
contly it has boon noticed his mall has been
unusually largo nnd that most of the letters
cimo from thouostnnd n ldrossod in n fomlwll
nlno hand The governor carefully opened
nil tlio letters onch day nnd nfter n glance
would tear thorn up The private secretary
did not touch thorn , thinking that they were
sacred epistles to the bachelor governor At
ins , hovevor , the secret has coipo out , A
Chicago matrimonial ngent had put Bachelor
Bnvid on his list and scut Ins nnme to n bun
dred western maids and widows who have
been showering jwrfumod eplstlos upon the
governor _
A rithloiTT"IVItKCK. .
Both lOnclnei Sin -iBlicil null llio Klro-
men IiiJiipciI
Chicaoo , Dee 2 [ Special Telegram to
Tub | Brb.1 A freight wreck occurred nt
Ogden nvdntio on the Panhnmllo tracks to-
day , In which two men were seriously Inwa
] urcd nnd thousands of dollars worth of
property . destroyed A train of cattle cars
drawn by a St Paul onglno nnd on the way
W the stock yards , collided hard on"
nt o curve with n train of empty cars
drawn by n St Paul onglno golug in the
opposite direction Both engines were do-
molishcd , four cars reduced to kindling nnd
ilftcen or twenty head of cattle killed The
accident is attributed to n mlsplacod awitcb
At the tlmo neither train wns running fust ,
nnd the oiiglnoors und llreinen had time to
Jump ' U bo ilromcn were both badly injured ,
but may recover
ICXTIJNUiNO J'Hli : MHIT9.
KansiiH jClty Annex * ! * Several Subilrco
bnn Towns
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Kansas City , Dee 2. ISpocial Telegram
l0 The Bee.1 The ordlnanco oxtondlng tlio
corporate limits of this city passed both
houses nnd the common council tonight
The present limits of the city include twelve
square miles nnd the proposed extonslon
will make lttwonty-two. There was u bit
torfight'mado J by some proocrty owucrs , but
the council wns practically unanimous The
now limits will include the Blue rivur ou the
east where nro locntod the manufacturing
towns of Ceutropolls , Sholllald and Man
chester ; lirush crook on the south to a point
{ half a mlle south of the corporate limits of
the town of Wostport
By the extension botweou twonty-flvo
and thirty hUddrod inliabitauts will be added
l0 the city and $15,000,000 la taxable pro
perty
Western 1'eiiHlons.
WASniNOTOK , Dee 2. [ Special Telegram i
to The Bke.I Pensions granted Ncbrns-
kans : Original invalid William Warner , i
Congdon ; lr.t S. Nickorson , Fremont ; Seth i
W. Pearson , Estell ; William V , Bantu , Ox
ford ; Joel Cox Hampton ; Caleb Drake , Su
perior , ; Frederick W. Hoot , Aton ; Henry
Willoy IjUco ; Theo Baker , Browstor i
William Burnoboy , Mullen ; Edwnrd NolBon ,
Waterloo Kcissuo John Phillips , Sidney ; !
Charles K. Hamenjvav , Clear Water OngSl
inal widows , etc Minors of David Irvine ,
Dudley
Pensions for IoWans : Original Invalid
James II Watters , Dos Muinos ; Jonathan
Shearer , Bed OaK : Mlottacl II Stcclesinlth ,
Conrad Grove ; Edwin'J , Lockwood , Kent i
1'arkerT. Gihbs , Molngonn Ucstoration
Clement llurson , Bed Oak Hcstoraeion nnd
increase ! Daniel Smith , Boonesborouch
Kcstoration , reissue nnd increase
_ Addison C. Douglas , St Charles ,
Increase Henry Webb , Ottumwa ; Sumuol 1
Ar . Allison , Charles City ; Edward Farnsy
warth , Waterloo ; Matthuw D. Crane , Vor-
non ; Francis M. Brown , Now Market ;
Finloy C. McLennan , Samaha ; James F.
McNaul , F.iyolto ; George E. Grinith , Des
Moines ; John Crulkshank , Buthven ; Bar
noy Murklo , Hcdncks ; John llllyora , Uich- '
aidsonvillo ; lilchard I , Gallagher , Neola
Daniel Scott , Keokuk , Uoissuo nnd increase ; -
crease Joseph Kollnor , . Tnoola Original 1
widows , etA Delia M. , widow of Charles J.
Harrington 1 , Cedar Falls
Pensions for Dakotans ; Original invalid "
Peter 1 Peterson , Washburn ; Lyman S. Itow-
ell , Yankton Incraiso Joseuh Hulford I ,
Mndison 1 ; J. Melfoe , Ilormosi ; Chauncey II
Hall , Harold ; Jeremiah MeEown , Brudloy
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i lilcngo Wants it Settled
Washington , Dee 2. About ninety gen
tloinon 1 , including practically the entire 111 1-
1'O
nois delegation and many representative
men of Chicago , hold a meeting hero this
ovonmg for the purpose of advancing the
worlds fair project On motion of Beprct
scnlntlvo Mason n resolation was passed ! 1
that , Senators 'Cullom and Farwell Bdwin
Walker and Congresstoon Springer nnd
Wnlkcr be appointed a special committco to ;
coufor ' with similar committees reprcsonting
Now York , St Louis and Washington with ! { ;
n view to perfecting arrangements by which !
the question of the worlds exposition lJ
lS' .O mny bo Bpoedily presented and acted on
by congress
It is said the object of the resolution is to
sccuro prompt action by congress In tno
matter of choosing n site for the worlds
fair in order tbnl there may bo tlmo for the
work necessary to make the fair a success
wherever it is held
A Ijonilon scnoilal Fugitive
New Yoiik , Doc 2. [ Snocial Telegram
to The Bek.J Charles Hammond , nn Bn-
glishman who is supposed to have brought to
this country papers proving the London
scandal and who wus sent from that country
to prevent his giving testimony in tbo trial
of the nristncrallo criminals , Is said now to
bo in Philadelphia Ho stayed ono night in
this city nnd then went to Jersey City nnd
thence to Philadelphia , where ho was soon a
few days since
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Krnnco nnil Ilrnzil ,
oPauis , Doc 2. In the deputies today , re-
plying to an interrogation regarding the nttl-
tudo of Franco toward the now Brazilian
government , Foreign Minister Spullor said •
that after the provisional government had
placed Itself in diplomatic communication
with Franco ho had instructed Frances
agent to contluuo the sumo gond relations
with the republic that had bceu maintained
with the empire No olUcial notifications
have yet bcon made on Qitbor side , and the
now government of Brazil Is probably await
ing the ussombllng of its congress
No Republic ror Iortngnl
oLisnojj , Dea 2. It Is somi-ofllcially do-
onled that thcro Is any agitation in Portugal
arising from the revolution of Brazil , looking
to the establishment of a rcpublio Tbo
pauor making the announcement says the
republican groups in this city nnd Oporto
conflno their actions to theoretical propa- I
ganda Tbo > monarchist pmss considers tbo
government too liberal oven In this lespcot ,
Navassn Rlotorn Found Guilty
Baltimoiii , Md , Dec 2. The jury in the
Navassa case brought iu a verdict this mora
ine They Ond George S. Key guilty of
murder in the first degree : Moses Williams ,
alias Dakota , not guilty They did not agree
as to the otlior sixteen prisoners This ver-
uict does not rolcaso the sixteen for trial on
9other indictments
Victims ut Coul Gas
Elgin , III , Doc , 2 John Stapleten and his
wife , aged about sixty years , and their grand
son , iiL-tul ten , were found dead In their
house this moruiug They were last seen
allvo , ast Friday Their death was caused
by coul gas
Iilonizlnir Governor Gordon
Chioaoo , Dea 2. Govern Gordon of Gcor
gia wns el von a popular reception tonight ; at
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which fully 2,000 citizens shook bauds with
him , Many uotablos were present
Affairs in Mexico
Cur or Mexico , Doc 2 , The weather Is i
intensely cold for Mexico Several persons
have died from exposure
A terrible disease is killing many fish I In
iha Bull of Mexico
Prpderlltsen'a Eatatn
Chicaoo , Dea 8-Spocinl ' | Telegram L to
Tun Bee.1 The great Frodoriksou swiudlo
toruiluutod most ludicrously in Judge Shop
urd's court UiU uiorulug At his request
SMsaisaMSkMMSHlSs S S S S S si
Helgo A. Ilnngan was dismissed as rccelvor
oft the estate of Nells Fredorlkson byJudgoV
Shopnrd , Mr , Hnngnn was glnd to get out
Ho ] made very light of the estate generally
supposed : to involve several million dollars ,
and snld that the assets which ho was en
abled to sccuro consisted of $3,239. a
tin bo < c and some pnpor boxes containing
miscellaneous papers Among these were n
number of secuntlo' , but Hangan says It
will require some funds to realbo on these
nnd thu oroditon hnvo refused to advance
any money for this purpose Mr Ilnngun
submitted his nctouut , which wns approved
Itrcia i :
"By cash received S32.89. Bv ca9h paid
for attorneys , fees $ i" . Same for clerical
nsslr.tntirc $ - . * > . Bnlnnco on hand $ .I3. 'l'J.f '
A. Fllkin was nppolntod rccelvor in
Mr Hangun's place
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ItiYIiFOUU'S HAtr
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The | | Irish tlulverilty Must Bo Grntctic
rullv Aoeetitoil
Glasgow , Uea 2. Unlfour in a speech
hero , today set forth the ideas of the governtor
mbnt on the subject of the proposed Irish
college Ho declared , howovcr , that ho
would never ndWso his colleagues to embark
upon the nrduous ontorprlso unless the folthe
lowing necessary conditions were fulfilled !
1. ] the boon should bo cordially accepted
iy the Irish people
2. The offer shall not bo used ns a political
weapon by one party In parliament against
Its opponents
it , Bnglishmon , Scotehtncn nnd Irishmen
shall all concur In ottering this boon ,
Iloconfcssod ' ho saw no likelihood that it
would ho ncceptcd with the e conditions It
wns never any part of his intention that the
government should undow a C.ithollo theofol
logical l f chair
Victims of tlio Kntnl Tnith Fnko.'n
Kaxsvs 1 CJiti , Dec 2. Mrs Jnmos Lytho ,
the wlfo of a wealthy farmer in Livingston
county , died ut her home \ustcrday Irom
lnck , of medical attention Mrs Lytho wns
nl believer iu christian sclcnco und relied for
her recovery upon the faith cure Her
sister , Mrs White , n wealthy widow , is
dying and alio , too , will allow no physlcijns
to boo her trusting llko her sister to tlio
faith cure Both of the lndlos belong to
the _ , Holiness Settlement here , the leaders
of , which attend thorn during their illness
The , ' Holiness Doctors will bo prosecuted
for malpractice
Unfitness Troubles
New YoitK , Dee 2. An attachment was
obtained today against Lewis 1 _ Cox St ComB0
pany , mannfacturors of knit goods Now
York and Philadelphia In Philadelphia It
j3 said Cox Is 111 , but that the attorney for
his creditors estimated that his liabilities
would amount to $500,003.
PiiiLVDBi.ritik , Dec 2. Miller A ; . .Kittentt
house ' comuany , drugs nud chemicals , as
signed . today The company was organized
three jours ago with a capital stock of $200tl
000. < ) The liabilities tire estimated at $300,000.
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Hn7.lu _ Comes High
Chicaoo , Doc 2. [ Special Telegram to
Tin : Bee.1 At Madison , Wis , today Dudley
M. Flower , who was found guilty of hazing !
young ' Itiloy of the state unlvorslty , was
sentenced by Judge Ewart to a fine of $10 I
and costs nr , in default , lo sixty days in the
county jail The Uno , which nmounts to 1
nearly $100 , will bo paid oy the university
students | This action by the authorities '
will \ doubtless prevent any hazing in the 3
state university in the future
Heat Siovcii'h Tinir
CniCAoo , Dec 2. Tom Roe , the bicyclist 1
arrived hero today from Snn Francisco ,
having made the entire Journey on a bicycle ,
beating the record of Stovcns by twenty-four
hours j nnd thirteen minutes The journey
was begun September 23 and ended this
afternoon at 2:13. : Stevens cimo over the
Central ( ; route while Boo took the road
through Southern California , Arizona and
along the line of the Atchison road
A Fninoiis Cimo Settled
Kansas Citt , Mo , Doc 2. The appellate
court today affirmed the decisions of the
lower j courts lu the noted case of O. T. Garn
risen against Caroline Lyle of .St Louis in a
habeas cornus proceeding to got possession
of Lyle Garrison , a grandson of Mrs Lyle
Young Lyle Is heir to on immense property ,
nud [ the tight for his possession has been a
long nnd bitter ono The court ordered blm
Into ( the keeping of Mrs Lyle
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The Visible Supply
Chicago , Dea 2. The visible supply for
the I week ending November 30 , as compiled oy
otho t secretary of the Chicago board of trade ' 1
is as follows :
, Bushels 1.
Wheat 31,471,000 { }
Corn , : 11.204.000
Oats ( , 5,117,000 X '
Kvo i . 1,2 ,000 i |
Barley 2,911,000 ,
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A llrowery Itlnwii Up ,
Newark , N. J. , Dec 2 , An explosion oc-
curred i this nfternoon in Trezot's brewery , ,
presumably from gas escaping from the ammonia -
\
monia pipes in the ice machine Instantly
after the explosion n great flood of beer
gushed through the roar windows from
where the vau stood aud ran in sticams
across liunlcin street nnd down to the houses
below Thousands of gallons of malt liquid
wmolost Tin | loss is estimated nt $120,000.
The brewery was purchased a short tlmo ngo ;
iy an English syndicnta
Hnvcd Hy n Boole
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Kal\ma7oo , Mich Dee 2. Dr Morris
Gibbs , n prominent physician , this afternoon >
walked into the lobby of the Amorlcan hotel
nnd shot F. E. Mlchenor The bullet was
deflected bv a book in Michcnor's pocket and ,
tbo wound inlllctod was Blight Gibbs tried |
to tire again , but was overpowered Ho
tlnllegcs that Mlchenor induced bis wlfo to
nbnudon him
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Iliotnt n Moxicnn Hull Figlit
BSCitv ov Mexico , Dec 2. There was a riot
ut the bull ring at Pasoo yesterday because
the Uulls were bad The people were indig-
nant at the tameness of the show and hooted
jd
the bull fighters and noariy demolished the ;
amphitheatre The palico wcto reinforced
by the military anu several arrests were
made
Sixteen ftlon Infurod
East Tawas , Mich , Die 2. About thirty
men working nt Sags cump started for work
boforn daylight on a flatcar , Thov backed
into a sleeper overhanging the track nnd
seventeen were moro or less seriously in-
lured
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xiio Plot to lMurdi-r Tlrza
Vienna , Dea 2. Important discoveries
have been made of the details of an attempt
to nssaslnato tbo Hungarian prime minister ,
Tlrza a mombor'of the opposition wus let
into the secret by the conspirators and ho
succeeded lu parsuadiug thorn to abandon
the plan
Ilellcvcs Peters is Donil
Berlis , Dee 2. A cable dispatch from
Zanzibar states that Captain Bush , a mem
ber of Dr Peters expedition , lias returned '
to Lamua , and bolievcs Polors and Llouton-
ant Tiedomann nro dead
Siousa Boy Acqiiltlcd
CoxsTAHTisorLB , Dea 2. The trial of
Mousa iioy , charged with committing mur
der , arson and pillage In Armenia , was con
cluded today und resulted in his acquittal
Jommvis * Condition
New Obleans , La , Dee 2. Jefferson
Davis if anything is slightly bettor His ex
treme weakness makes it a mutter of dlBI-
culty for the physicians to give any decided
opinion , _
Iiuslnc84 J roubles
Puiladeli'uia , Doa 2. Judgments with
executions were entered this morning against
Lewis Cox & Company , retail dry goods ,
cloaks , etc , for 185,000. No assignment has !
been made
A Couch , Cold op Horn Throat should ]
icpnot be neglected Browns Bronchial Troches
are a simple reincay , and civo prompt relief j
i lTVffl
SB-HIIIBSa
COUNCIL BLUFFS A WINNER ,
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The Moraos'Go Down Before the
Rod Cloud Laila
IN AN EXCITING GAME OF POLO ,
, ol t
The Cell iumnWoll Filled With Cn-
ttnml'istio Spactilors Thn Oamo
Bound to • Itocnina I'opulnr
Third Gniiio l'rldny BvuiiIiik
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The second chntnplonship polo game took
pluco nt the Coliseum last evening between
tic , Council . Bluffs nnd the S. P. Morse
teams Thcro was another largo nnd cntlm-
shistio nttondnnco , who evidenced their in-
torcst in the sport In froqucnt bursts of apm
plausa The building'was In splendid coniv
dltlon , bolug comfortably heated , nnd proGl
sonting u very attrnctlvo appearnnco under
the numerous olectnc lights The Bnrracks
band discoursed Inspiring musio and nlto-
gothor | the evening was very onjoynbly
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spent -
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There J was some little delay in gottlng n
start , nnd It was exactly 0 o'clock when
Bofcreo Prlnco lilcw his whlstlo and the
rushers , started for the ball ln the first '
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innings
The positions of the two teams were as
follows : Council Bluffs , Kcnuody first
rush : , Orudy second , Bull center , Gresbach
hnlf-back ' nud Vnndorrburg goal tend
Morses , Chamberlain fitst rush , Mathews
second , Barker cantor , ' - Pardoo half-baelc
and Kelly goal tend Their colors were rod
and black respectively
Clmiuborlaln of the Morses was the first to ,
roach the s ' phcro , nnd with nswecpingstroko
sent it rieochettingdown towards the Uluffs 1
cage 1 Ike a shot Bero the contest wuxed warm 1
for . twonty.fivc seconds , when P.irdoo drove >
the bnll into the c.igo and scored the first t
goal for the Morsos
The Bccond bout lasted four minutes nud 1
ten seconds , nnd was.won by tbo lads ia tbo
Bauguinary habllimonts
This put thorn on their mcttlo nnd thov
took the third and fourth goal in 2:45 : nnd I
8:00 : respectively , first rush Kennedy doing
some really skillful playing , and demont'
strating clearly that ho was the best man on
the lloor Tlio five minutes rois
mainiug , of the first innings wns
taken up in a rough nnd tumble
scramble for victory , but neither side was
enabled to score und the whlstlo signalled
their retirement ,
Alter the allotted twenty minutes rest
the : two toaras wore again summoned within
the nrenn aud hostilities were rcsumod , The
Morses scemod the fresher , and nftor seven 1
minutes ' Btrugglu scored the first goal They
nlso took the second nnd the score wus a tie
Aguhf the remainder of the inning was conJ
sumed in a fruitless endeavor to score , and
the game was a tjo
The referee bcro.nnnouncod that after ten
minutes rest iUtC'fm minutes would bo al-
lowed 1 In which to , play oft the tic , the side
making the fir ft'sroro to bo declared the
winner r fl
This was accomplished in Just thirty seca
ends , , the CounclLBluffs team winning iu
flue form Thc core :
Council Bluffe . , , . ; . 4
S. P. MoHo . . . . ijV : i
The third game will be played Friday
evening botwecn'i the Gate Cilys and the
Millards n.f
OIT Tori the Bench Show
Dr George B. Ayres loft for Donvcr Inst
evening to attend the bench show which I ;
opens there on1 * two 5th. The doctor took
with him llvo handsome thoroughbred dogs
"
Cannon 'OotViitn Buizm
ironi/rip7il i .fli Jit'JicJ ' Oordoii llenmtt.\ \
London , Dee.j 3. , ; ) Now York Herald
Cable Special tojTjis-BEE.I Tom Cannon
defeated Eugcno Batzan nt a Grnjco-Bomnn
match , 0110 fall , at the Aquarium tonight for
alleged stakes of 200 a side
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FAVOnS IjOOAL GOVERNMENT ! ,
Gladstone's filioccli Before the Lib ,
ornl federation nt IMnnohoHter
LondoS , Doc 2. At the mooting of the
liberal 1 federation in Manchester today Glad
stone , ln tbo course of bis address , said the
government bill did not meet the legitimate :
demands of the country Ho advocated
granting to county councils the power of tax >
ation , tbo control of the police nnd the
liquor traffic , the ) power to deal with the
question , of ground rents and to form dis-
trict I councils , end ho would possibly go fur
thor nnd establish tbo parish principle of
:
government nnd thus convoy to the rurnl
j population the first elements of tyelr publfo l
education and create a sense of public duty { ,
which Is the highest duty of a statesman *
cTho provision for direct Scottish : and
Welsh homo rule , Gladstone said , must bo
dcnlt with by future parliaments
Ho referred to his approaching eightieth ,
birthday ] , end said it was not probable that t
ho 1 should have any direct Interest ln many
future l great reforms •
Hoferring to the recent transactions in
Crete I and Armenia , ho said it is difficult to !
deal i with Turkey He trusted the govern I
inent i would not use honeyed words in mat
tors i involving property , liberty , life aud .Z
honor I Tbo country would not admit of
apologies and paliations for cruelties and
wickedness ,
Gladstone predicted a liberal viotoryat tbo
uoxt election for members of parliumont ,
.
A Sl'OMSN W1FK.
The Thiol' Itanolvcs n Fatal Wound
From the llusbnud'H Bntohct
CiiAMiiBiiLAi * * , S. D. , Dee 2. [ Spoclal
, Telegram to The Bek | Last night Tom
Thompson , an Indian , horribly cut Mcdicino
Bird with a hatchet on the reservation op-- '
posito this city , Inflicting wounds which are
certain to nrovo fatal Medicine Birds [
brains worn exposed by n fearful blow ln the ,
head There is intense fooling botwoou the
friends of the interested uarties , The 1
trouble began two vears ugo when Mcdicino
BUBird stele ono of Thompson's wives culmi-
natingiH a desperate light last umht at a
dunce Tbompsou is in charge of the Indian
police who will turn blm over to the federal ,
authorities for trial
Sioux Fuli ) Jobbers Ifuppy
Sionx Falls , 1 d , „ D „ Dec 2. [ Special ,
telegram to TiibiBeu.1 Today notlco was
Ingivon to the Slouxlt'alls jobbers by the Mil
waukee , Illlnols 'Cpntral and Bnrlington
roads that the Biip distribution of irelght
!
rutos to wholesalers given to Sioux City j
would bo granted to Sioux Falls This nn-
nounceinont hnsbo6n ; grcotod by universal
Jo/ hero To Bcojoli'polnt against Sioux City
'
that will effectually wrest from that city :
her boasted Dakota trade has been the aim
of the Queen C ty jobbers for the past four ;
years , lllo new , rate goes into effect December -
comber 10. "WitJijtJJIs rate the Jobbers nil
ugroe that they f.m place their goods lu nluu-
tenths of the South , Daltota towns cheaper
than Sioux UilxiWord | was rocelvod here
today that a comuiWtoo has boon appolntod
by the Sioux Citi'iJpbbors to interview the ;
presidents of railp Js who have granted the
cheap rate to inioux Falls and endeavor to
get them to rescind the order , but that tboy |
will not succeed Is the opinion ot Senator
urPottlgrcw , through whoso oltarts the rate
was given to this city
How Stern & t > nrn Failed
Cincinnati , Dec 2.- Today two men rep
resenting themselves ns traveling salesmen
Sxfor Stern & Stern , Jewelers who recently
01failed in Now York city , were found ut the
hotel loadlug up 30,000 worth of jewelry to
romovoit to Kentucky The sheriff wok
charge of the ontlro lot
Civil Horvioo Itoport
Washington , Dee a The annual report
of tbo civil sorvlco commission calls special :
nttontlon to the ncod ot adequate means to
carry on the work The number of appll-
cants examined during the last fiscal year : !
I was nearly double the preceding year , while
I the working force remained exactly the
' 1 f * 1fl ll * * * Ti * * | * * * * ' * 5 ; * , * s * _ ffiaeaa _ _ _ _ _ a
same The commission nsks for an appro
priation of | * KI,00n for the next fiscal year
Aftdr viewing the changes and improvoCr
ments ln the r stem at great length the retort -
| tort says the merit system of making np-
polnlttidnt < J * , us contrasted with the natron-
ngo System , is 110 longer In the experimental
stage Whcrovcr the system has had n trial
it has worked admirably
TMOOSANDSOF BOMBS
_ _ _ _ _
.l.imrs Addison Itcnvlcn' Atieinpt to
Str-nl llioin Foiled
Tucson , Ariz , Dec 2. Surveyor General
Johnson has transmitted to the general land
ofllco nn adverse report on the Poraltn grant
claimed by James Addison Uoavlcs on the
ground that his wlfo is a llnonl descendant
of the original Spanish grantee The claim
Includes \ , C,00JU)3 ) ncros ot land , nn which Is
located the cities of Phrenlx , Florence
nnd Solomonvlllo It is vnluod at n low ostl-
innto } nt $25,000,000. Tlio survovor general
holds that thcro is proof ot forgery und
fraudulent insertion of papers , tlo rocoinJU
mends that the claim bo not allowed and
urges vigorous prosecution ot the parties
guilty of fabricating it
BNGINIBBtS lNI > OIBI' ( : IjlNINGI3B ,
A I'romlao of Fair Treatment Better
Tliiin No IromHc
Fifty stationary onglncors mot nt room 513 ,
Sheely . | block , last night lor 0110 purpose , sim-
ply , ) to endorse " u candidate for mnyor who
will tnnkn what the ongtnoors Tlcomnsndly
ucoded , change in the olllco of the city bailer
Inspector Mr G. W. Ilrush was called to
tbo chntr and Mr J. Thompson solcctod as
secretary , Speeches were made tiy Messrs
Austin , Campbell , Owens , Cooper , HamIti
moud , Balloy , Collins , Mathews , Campcc
boll , , Wollzoiibaiigh nnd othbr ougincors
presout , in which it was declared that the
present city boiler inspector Is incompetent 1
nnd docs not properly perform the duties of
his olllco lnstanees were cited In which
men ! . have been ghen an engineers license 1
without an examination nnd Inspection cor-
tlllc.ites ] without an Inspection
Mr E. Hosowutcr uppuarcd before the 1
meeting ln rcsponso to nn Invitation nnd do-
llvcred u bnof nddrcss , Mr Kosowntcr said
it was n matter of considornble importaiiro '
for the property owners , the men who huvo 1
millions Invested in buildings , to know that
they hnvo competent men in charge of
their onglno rooms In regnrd to the objec-
tions that had been muuo to the present
boiler inspector , Mr Uosowater sugcested
two methods of correcting the evil , ono to
publish the fuels and lot people know what
is being done , nnd thu ether to elect a major
who will rccognizo the rights of the enCc
glncers of Omahu lu selecting a competent
mail for the ofllco
After Mr Uosowator's remnrics a coin
mitteo appointed bv the engineers to intor01
view the candidates for mayor mndo 1
5 report They stated that they
had been to sco Mr Cushing
but could not find him His campaign man
ngers , linwover , had promised them that
they could have anything they wanted ,
They had learned , howovcr , that Mr Stand
even was working for Cushing nnd had boon
premised a coulinuanco in his olllco if Cush-
nig is elected Tno members of the com
mitteo : bud nlso called upon Mr Liningcr.u
Bo would make no promises except that if
ho wns elected ho would , in his appointment
of a boiler inspector , consider the wishes of
a mujority of the stationary onglncors of
Omaha
"Itcomos rigl jo this , " said Mr Cooper ,
after the reports had been received , ' • shall 1
wo suppoit 11 man for mayor who runs nway
nnd leaves his uromlscs in the hands of men
who glvo them to every npjilicant , or shall 1
wo supiiort n man who will make no premise
except to do what is right and consider our
claims , Mr , Liuingor has promised this and
I urn in favor of suppoiting him "
A motion to support Mr Liningor was
then offered by Mr Balloy and was carried I
unanimously
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Thrnttlod in the Dark
. Emma Trout , a domestic in the family of S.
D. : Bennett , at 845 South Twenty-first street t
had an expeiicnco Sunoay evening which
she will not soon forget When she returned
homo about half past 5 o'clock , from having
spent a pleasant Sunday afternoon with
friends , she wa3 nccostod at the door by nn
ugly , brutish-looking , largo-sized man , who
gruilly I Inquired whether Mr Bennett was at
home
. "I dent know , but will see , " responded
the young woman
After going through the house , she ro-
1turned 1 and informed the individual that ho
was not there
. Ho had gene to his cigar stand at the Mil
lard hotel , toieliovo Mrs Bennett who had
been on duty all the afternoon AVhen the
latter and a lady friend who nccompanled
her reached the house , ubout 0 o'clock they
were surprised to find it durk nnd upparontly
deserted ' On going into the kltcUen she
stumbled against and almost fell over a form
prostrnto on the floor
The frlghtcm-d lady hastily lit a lamp nnd
discovered her servant girl in an unconscious
condition Some of the neighbors were
called and apbvsicinn was summoned The
girl was then soon restored to consciousness
Shn said the strnngor , who evidently was a
burglar , bad assaulted and so seared her that
she ran against the table , fell down und then
beenme uncouselous
When she said to the tramp that Mr Bon
nctt was not at homo , ha caught her by the
arm and demanded that she clvo him nil the
money there was In the house or ho would
strangle her Miss Tiout screamed and
fearing that the people in adjoining houses :
would hoar her ories for help , the villain
abandoned his purpose nnd fled
Board of Public Works
A spccinl meeting of tbo board of public
works was hold this afternoon nt which tbo
following cstlinutcsjvcro allowed :
J. E. Knowlcs Bidownlks , ? 1,404.32.
J. P. Smith , sidowaliis , 8U.3S.
Hugh Murphv , paving , intersection Twon-
I ty-secondand Popplctou nvenuo , SI3S3.83.
Alloy pavlnir , district No 01 , 81,259.07.
Alloy paving , distrietNo 4(1. ( fl.33S.31.
Alloy paving , district No I5 , Sllb9.15.
Alloy paViug , district No 74 , SilsO ( M.
J. IS Kiloy & Co , paving district 205 ,
53,914 07.
J. F. Daley , sewer district OS , ? i,831.40.
Hugh Murphy , paving district 217 ,
57,014.23 ; alloy paving district 71 , $1,355 Olr
alley paving district Tl , $1,100.03.
J. H. Smith & Co , paving district 111 ,
$ S.Wi3. :
The bills of Frank L. Reeves & Co . sewer
constructors , were the subject nf consider [
able debate All were allowed except the
one of $1,515 71 for 08,890 foot of lumber used
in bracing the excavation for the sewer at
Thirty-drst and Farniim stieots Major
Balcombo and Major Furay iuspected the ox-
cuvation ivhilo it was being dug and as it
was in filled ground it was very dangerous
IllThoy ordered ubout 150 foot of bracing to
render it Bate lor tlio mon in the ditch ,
which was from tweuty-llvo to thirty foot
deep Hooves & Co claimed It was uccos-
sary to wull up the sides ot the excavation
ufor 350 feet and brought in n bill for the (
Bauiu Both Major Balcoiube and Major
Furay thought the major portion of the bill
exorbitant Thov therefore declined to al- |
low t'1Q ' bill until tuey investigated the case
further
_
llorsl'iird'H Aold Phospliato
Imparts Bcnowod Strength
nnd vigor where there has been exhaustion
-
Steniuship Arrivals
At Copenhagen The Slavonla , from Now
york
At Brcmerhttven The Fulda , from Now ,
York
.
At Havre La Gascopnc , from Now York ,
At Now York Tlio Alaska , from Liver
pool , and the Tbinavalla , from Christians
land
At Now York The Bugia from Hamburg ;
the Etruria from Liverpool ; La Champagne
frou , Havro
Passed Sicily Tbo Gellcrt from Now York
for Hamburg *
Passed the Lizard La Gascogae from
New York for Havre and tua Vtouduin from
Now York for Koltcrdsm
At Queonstoivn The British Prince from '
Philadelphia for Liverpool
New Oiileans Dea 2. Prof Baptisto
Fovnaude , the aerial diver who was badly
injured Friday night while diving from a
tower ut Furamas , died this morning
New Yoiik , Dee , 2. Samuel Wilkonson ,
secretary of tno Northern l'aclfio railroad
company , died hero thu evoulng of heart
failure
TOIlAYS' , S KliEUriON
Cnndldntos mill Three Bond Proposl-
llon * Will tlo A * it MI Tor
The proposltfoti to bond the county for
$2" > 0,000 In nld of the Nebraska Contralrnllll
way company will bo voted oil nt the regular
city | election today •
'lho proposition mndo by the officers ot the
company to the county commissioner * , upon
which this question is to bo nutitnltttott to a
vote of tha people of the county , is us fol
lows ' !
The Nebraska Central railway company
proposes { ] ' to build a double track stool railway
bridge neross the Missouri river nt some
point ) yet to bo selected nbovo the present
bridges , nnd south of the north Una of the
city of Omaha provided the county of Doug
Ins ' will donate to the company two hundred
and fifty thousand ( $350,000) ) dollars nr ft per
cent twentv-j "ar bonds of the countv , to bo
dollvcrcd to the compiny ou the completion
orthobrldgo } ' ready for operation on or before
Juno 22 , 1B92.
The bridge is proposed to bo built under
an uct of congress entitled 'An net to
nlilhnrl'O the construction of n bridge over
the Missouri rlvnr nt or near the city of
Omaha ' , Neb , ' approved Juno 2i , lbSS And
the not provides that the bridge shall bo
open to ull railroad companljsdcslrlng puso
the same , upon equal tormi , w
"In kho the construction of the bridge is
not-begun before Juno 15 , lb90 , or the brldib
Jf0 not completed before Jitnu 22 , lb'J2 , the
company shall not bo entitled to rcceivo any
of said bonds , ovcu though thu Proposition
should bo carried by vote ot thn electors ,
And , provldop further , tlmt suid bunds
shall ' ' bo delivered to tha said Nebraska Conlis
tral railway compnny , its ngents successors
or nssians , only upon the execution by said
Nebraska Cuutral railway company or
Its successors , nnd delivery to said
county of Douglas of tin underco
taking in writing to tha effect thntthapriuui
pal depot of snld mil way company , its gonns
{
oral unices and principal machine shops ,
when built , shall bo located nnd maintained
within the corporate limits of the city ot
Omaha , Neb , and that a violation nf the
term of snld undertaking by the snld N -
brnskn { , Central railway company 'or its sue
cossors shall ruudur said Nebraska Central
railway company or Its successors indebted
ta the said county of Douglas to tlio lull
amount of said bonds nud the interest
thereon :
"By order of the board of directors of the
Nebraska Contrul railway company
J II Dumont , Vice President
"Gnonan C. Bausum , Socrctury "
The company proposes to build a bridge
thnt : will cost at least $ l,0O0,00t > , and to ex-
pund three times that amount in depot nud
terminal facilities
It proposes to uroct n depot thnt will tif-
commodato all of the Iowa roads that wish
to outer Omahu , una to furnish them nn out
let ] into the state by mcaus of the Helt line
Thu bonds , it voted , will bo..void If work
01 the brideu is not commenced betoro lho
'
lSth ] day of'Juno , 1899 , or if the bridge ia not
completed by Juno 22 , 16'JJ. '
THE MAHKUT HOUSK 1IONUS.
. A proposition will also bo voted upon to 1
lssuo $05,000 in bonds to bo known as mar
ket ' liouso bonds , " to run twenty years nt 5 I
per } . ' cent , to pucchaso the building known as
the exposition building on Capitol avenue 1
between , j Fourteenth and Fifteen h streets ,
und to remodel the same and convert it into 1
a mm ket house
It is proposed 10 pay $00,000 for the build
ing and to expend $5,000 In timkini * tlio necestli
sary alterations Tlio building , if the bonds '
carry , will bo provided with suitable store 1
rooms , stalls nnd stands ror e.sposing for sale '
and making sale bv the lossco and occupants
theieof of vegotabios , meats , ( Mjultry , fruits
and such other hi tides ns are usually kept at
n , public market , the same to bo leased , con
ducted and managed as may bq provided or
required ( by the ordinances of said city
THU SCHOOL IIONPS
A proposition will also bo voted upon
which authorizes the bourd of education to \
issue school bonds in the sum of $215,000 ,
twenty years , Ti per cent bonds for ttio purvi
cbaso of school sltos and the erection ot '
school buildings
, Thosltcs proposed to bopurchnsod nro : In j
the vicinity of 1 wenty-fourth and Luthrop
streets , at $ y,000 ; ln the vicinity , of Gibson.v
at $3,500 ; in the vicinity of Fort Omaha , nt
S2.500 ; in the vicinity of Windsor Phicc , at
$5,000 ; in the vicinity of Bedford Place , nt
S3.500 ; in the vicinity of Center school , at I
$3,500. ;
The buildings pronosed to bo erected in-
cludo a $75,000 addition to the high school ; i
an eignt-room building ou the Long school
site to cost $ .55,000 ; n twelve-room building
ou the Franklm school site to cost $30,01)0 ) ; a
twelve-room building on the West Omaha
bita to cost $30,000 ; a twelve-room building
at Eleventh and Center strcots to cost $3011
000.
It Is also proposed to soil the Bnrtman
school site and expend the funds derived
from the sale in the purchase ) of a school site
within six blocks of the present Hartmuii 1
school
canoidatss
Thofollowinirnrothorepiibllca.n cnndldatcs
who will be voted for on Tuesday :
For mnyor George W. Llninger
City treasurer John Bush
City comptroller Itobcrt Armstrong
Police judge Leo Bclslny
For counciltncn at large :
First waid Ernest Stuht
Second ward Dan O'Koefo
Third ward Arthur llriggs
Fourth word William F. Hcehel
Fifth I ward Jacob Couusman
Sixth ward John MoLcario
Seventh I ward Mux Baohr
Eighth I ward Theo Olsen
Ninth I ward Fred L. Blutnor
The noils will bo open at 8 o'clock a. in
and 1 remain open until 0 p. m. this evening
Cushln'r Dnivncil Avrtin
The following statement regarding Cusbt >
ing's j fraudulent rallroai promUos lu Iowa
by which Clariilda merchants were swindled
out ( of about $12,000 was made by tno under
signed f , a former resident of that city :
. "I have seen the article published lo Tun
Bun ' ot Saturday , Novotnbar 30 , rcforring to ,
the ' fact that certnln storekeepers of Chinndn
and ' that vicinity * in Iowa , had been de
frauded I out of about $ l2,00atirotij-h ! the
uuarantco 1 given them by It C. Cushing , now
the uemoci'utio candiduto for mayor in this [
city < , said guarantee having , been
given I while the said Cushing ;
was ' the resident manager of Flt/gorald &
Company ' , who were then building n line of
Irailroad 1 from Humuilston to Shenandoah '
lho ] gunranteo being that ho , the Bald CubIi-
ing I , would see that they , the said merchants [ ,
grocers j and produce dealers , would bo ro- ,
imburscd I for any goods they might sell to
the ' graders worulngon lho line
"At that tlmo I was a resident of Clarlnda
nnd | I know , of my own knowledge , that
it was thu general understanding of
the ' people of that town that
the goods in question had been
furnished the said graders and contractors
solely upon the guarantee of the said U. C.
Cushing as tlio ostensible representative of
the firm ot Fit/gcrald & Co ; and further ,
that these goods would not have boon fur
nlshod had itnotbpcn for the gunranteo :
nbovo speclflod "I also know that it was
generally understood the said -ruders nnd
contractors hud ooen introduced into that
section of tbo country by the said firm nf
Fitzgerald & Co , us also that they , the said
graders und contractors , had left the place
under the snmo control
"I also know Hint It was current belief in
Clnrindn and vlplnlty that demand had been
made upon the said Cushing for payment of
tlio debts incurred by the said graders und
inthat the same hud been refusou ,
"X desire also to state that 1 was person
ally acquainted with S. M. Crooks , C. 1C.
Vance , James Harrington , M. Ii Ansbacb
aud T. J. Bracken , yvhosu history of the
fraudulent transaction has appeared in Tun
llrv and nm prepared to afilrni that they are
all men of good business siundlug lu thut
community and are now , us they were then ,
men of undoubted probity ami unquestioned
voruclty und further , that their story us pub
lished in Tin : linn uorrecliy sets forth the
fraudulent transaction between them and
H. E. Cushing us the representative of Fitz-
gcruld & Company , bv which they , the suid
merchants , were defrauded iu various
amounts of money , aggregating as above
specified , ubout $12C00.
Fiuxk Joves
Without Ills Ituovvledgo or Consent
Omaua , Dee a To the Editor of Tub :
Bbb ] l"have recently boon infor-od that I
was nominated at the state prohibition con
vention for councdman-nt-large. This was
without my knowledge or consent } am not 7
u candidate 1 have never boon a prohi-
bltlonlst , und yvpuld have bcou no moiosur-
prUed had I been nomluatud on thu demo
cratic ticket Yours W. M. f munu
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CAN CITY GRADERS VOTE ? 1
_ .
Thoao Only Who nro Pormuuont
Rosldouts Hitvo Thnt RlRhb
FLOATEHS ' ARE NOT VOTERS
Those ' Who Sloop tn Grading Cainpt
Ciiinnt Vote The City Attorney'M
Opinion Cimouircil In hy At
torney General ticcso W
InstiMictlonq tn Judges of I'lr-utioin.
, The following corrcspoiulonco on tha
legality or Illegality ot the camp graders
tote explains llsolf :
Bon J John L. Webster , Cltv Attornyi
Omuh.i . . . Dear Sir ! Ploiiso give mo your
opinion , ns city ntlornoy , upon the following
points ' for the guidance ot thctitlres ] { of olou-
tion in tliuir duties election day , December
y , 18J > ' . > .
. . 1. Although a person s iinnio appears upan
the ' registration books In proper form , and
such person appears thereon to bo 11 lognl '
Voter , con the vote 01" such a person bo chal
lenged [ nt thu polls !
2. , If yes , " then what test can bo applied
to determine thu iiniillllualiou of sUoh person
lis 11 votort
8. j We nro informed thnt In certain voting
. districts in Omiihn , grading contractors
located vamps uiion the commons , that these
contractors establish their camp * near the
place where they are grading and ns soon
ns their wont In the
. . neighborhood Is done ,
they remove thulr men mid ciiini to niintlior
locality ' These contractors employ mid dis
charge their men ut will Thcro Is no pro
tonsotnatthu camp Is established as a homo
.
but simply us n temporary pluoo to bo sus-
11 lined only while the work In that vicinity
is hoi ng done In such case do : * a man so
employed become a resident ot each voting
district . [ { under the oluction law who may
have boon in such camp tun days or more
nnd who wont Into such camp , not for tno
purpose of making it his homo but Tor the
temporary . purpose of remaining there 110 '
longer . than until such work should bo com
pleted
4. Is a pauper In the county house a lognl
voter in the Seventh ward , who did not ro-
slti . . ( ( ) within the boundaries of such wdrdat ,
the tlmo ho was taken to tbo county house !
Very ' respectfully , D. H. Miiiicmi ,
Chairman llopubllcati City Commlltoo
D. II Mercer , Chairman Uepubllcan Cen
tral Coiuinittoii Dear Sir : My answer to
the questions propounded in your letter of
Novciubcr 3i ) ure as follows :
Answer to First Question Any person of-
fenng to votn , whether registered or not ,
mny bo challenged when ho offers to vote
See , session laws , ltisO , page 45 } and section
, .
27 , pago393of compiled statutes 18S7 , It Is
the duty of each of the judgo3 to challenge
any person offering to vote whom lie knows
ot . suspects not to bo qualified , and uuy
elector may bo challenge '
Answer to Second Question Tlio tests to
bi npplied 111 uaso of u challenge nro those
specified lu the general election law See
sections 23 , 23 , 30 , 31 and 32 , pages 333 and
331 , complied statutes 1SS7.
Answer to Third Question Under the
state nf facts set forth in this question , a ,
person would not be a qualified voter in thu
voting district where ho may ha so camped
. Ilik voting districi would bd lho voting dis- tl
trlct of his home or permanent ubodo . ' ]
Answer to Fourth Question A pauper . , ]
who did not reside within the boundary ( it \ \
the Seventh ward at the tlmo ho b cauie nn I
inmate of the county poor house , Is not a J
voter of the Seventh ward Yours truly , 1 ]
John L Wnusrcu |
I fully concurin thcnbovooplnlon .1
'
William Liasi : , •
Attorney General , |
' I' '
Ilohom'nn Doiiincratlu Oluh
The Bohemian Democratic club held a t
lively session In Motz hall , on South Thlr '
tconth , Btrect last night , The attendance * .
was very largo Joe Miek , the president of J
the club , made the introductory speech , nnd '
defended Cushing's conduct at the city dump
n few years ago when ho employed strikers 1
nnd thugs ns substitutes for honest laborers
who had walked out j
Candidates Philip Andres and Ed Mori- I
untv and others made speeohes , nnd the 1 ov'J
clry was continued until far into the night \
> :
Hrpuhllcnn Onirn.1 Committee t
The republican citvcont'al committee hold
n mooting at the Millaid hotel last night at V
which the ballots for thn election toduy were >
distributed und other business transacted
A wild rumor guincd credence last night !
that Mayor Breatch was nbout to bolt the
republican tlcl-ut , and that ho with n aoloct
number of friends would lssuo and support
nn Independent ticket
Members of the commltteo who are friends
of the chief executive declare thattlus is not
bo nnd that while Mr Uroatch mav scratch
his | ticket there is no general movement iu
tbo t direction of a diroet bolt ,
Si"Ctmd Wn-d DRiiincr.iin ,
The Second ward democrats hold n meet
iug ' last night ut Eighteenth and Vinton
About fifty persons wtro present Frank
Morrissey , G. H , Mack and George O'Koofo
made speeches ,
,
Pozzom's Complcxioti Powder produces a
soft , nnd beautiful suin ; It combines every
olyuiont ot beauty und purity
At tint luirt ,
Mrs Mary Thomas Fletcher announces
the 1 marriage of her daughter , Mary Vnsliti
Mlsku.v ; to Captain Chailcs A. Dempsey on
November : 27 , 18i9 at Philadelphia , 'lho
bride ' und groom will bo ut homo to thMr
friends ou MondiiVH21d and ROtn of Decem
ber 1 at Fort Omaha , quarters 18.
Lieutenant Wilium Turnjr Second lu
fnntry : has returned from his trip to the state
agency 1
Miss Marion Turner , who has boon qulto
ill ' , is much unproved
Miss Webster , who has tiecn dangerously
ill 1 , Is making satisfactory progress towurd
convalescence 1
Lioutoiiunt Uoirell has been conlluod to
his ] rpiartors by a sharp attack of bronchitis
Ho is aguin ublo to bo out howovcr
• Lieutenant Wllkins is visiting friends in
Yesterdny being the 30tli and last of the
mouth , thu regular monthly Inspection and
muster of troops at Fnrt Omaha took place
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
Thlspowtlo nuvir\arlts A muivolornurllr
streiiKlh nut waolssoinoin-is. Morn eronoml
tal than thn orilluury Kinds , und cannot boiold
lu coiuprtitl > u vkltti the mult ntil > , uf low tyjt
rshort w l litttluinornlioiipli ( tKilBM fc t < l
oiilwlu Winn Uoi'A-lJAKl.NU 1'uwutu CO , 104
Wall St N. V.
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