Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 9, 1890, Page 5

. - TWO OMAHAS IN THE FIELD. The Magic Oity Declines Annexation by a Majority of Ninety-8ix Votes, PACKING HOUSE MEN MISTAKEN. The Proposition Carried in Omaha by carly & Thousand Votes, While the Bonds are Over- whelmingly Successfal. ¥ The election on the question of the annexa- tion of Omaha and South Omaha took place yesterday. In this city it passed off very quietly, the vote in nearly every ward being considerably lighter than had been anticipated. The senti- ment, however, was strongly in favor of an- nexation, only two districts returning a ma- jority azainst the proposition. The vote in favor of the move was' 1,655, that against it it being 638, giving a majority of 00 e vote on the bonds exceeded that on the main proposition, the majorities being as fol- laws: Sewers, 1,280 g, 1 and A engito honwos, 1,582, his i more than two- thivds of the vote cast, and carries all the bonds. The only thing left of the sealp of annexa- tion in _South Omaha _is that portion repre- sented by Prohibition Hill. Significant, to when the saloonmen won a hard-fought tory again at the poll The reasons for the tion in the Magic City to say the people we statement will cover the many obj they had to municipal consolidation. There was an election on April 1 in South Omaha, and it was said_then the puckers could control their men. There was another election yesterday and the rm-k:-n were again to control their men, ailed ig- nominously the first time aid a little better yesterday—a great better-—but there were ninety-six votes lacking of being good enough. The Third ward was said to be going strong for annexation all day. To a man who had 10 chance tosee the actual ballot cast itinoked that v But the packing house men have - vest pockets and they are dexterous of hand. They took “yea” ballots, but sorry it is for annexation they turned out to be “no” ballots when the votes wore counted. One instance will illustrate how annexation was defoated. A gang of fifty-one men from a packing house department were sent out to vote. Iverybody but the men themselves thought all their votes would be ‘yes. That's what the bosses figured on. Well, Just forty-nine of themn’ substituted ballots with their dexts hands _and voted no.” oft 24 would leave against annexation, and 49 added to 728 would muke 777 for annexation and carry it by 3 votes if* T Ber's figures are corrcet, and the official count will' not vary but a few points. It is only an instance of Kow the bosses wero fooled. vote in South Omaha was 824 against S for annexation. The majority against failure of tho proposi- Sufiice it d that ctions Following is the vote by wards and pre- cincts on the annexation question : ONAILA. Ward-—-First distrie sond district.......... ird district AT ID 1 Ward—Iirst district Third district.; 00 Third Ward—Iirst districe.; Socond distriet.... ... th Ward—First district. . Second district 2 Fifth Wird —Firs cond district ard—First distriot Socond district. Third district Soventh Ward - 5 d distriet Vard- Second district Ninth Ward—Fir: Second district Total ... Mujority. ? SOUTH OMANA. Against. ) The Bonds. The following is the vote in the several precincts of this clty on the question of sewer, puving and fire-cngine house bonds SEWER. |PAVING. | » ; g Firat Ward— Firat Distrlot.. Second District.. | ‘ourdh Ward— First District.. Distric "Third District Seventh Ward Van Houten's Cocou—Largest sale in tho world. S nary Engineers Incorporate. os of incorporation were filed yester- @ay of Omaha Association No. 1, National Association of Stationary Engineers, The object of the association is stated to be the elovation and maintenance of the rights of stationary engineers and the recognition of all other business matters in which engineers in its jurisdiction may be interested or involved. ‘The fourth section of the articles reads as follos *This association shall at no time be used in the furtherance of strikes or in any way interfere between its membors and, their employors in regard to wages; uneither shall it be used for political or religious pur- poses, [ts meetings shall be devoted to the usiness of the association, and at all times ference shall be given tothe educating and ng work contemplated in the formation f this order.” The officors of the association are: W B, Austin, president; Joe A. Wetzenback, vice president; James Andorson, treasurer; John W. Matthows, financial secretary; C. E. Palmer, recording secrota Headache, neuralgia, ness, s sleeplo Miles' Nervine, Sampl Co.’s, 15th and Douglas. A Season of Rejoicing. About three hundred of the congregation end friends of the First church assembled in the pariors of the church last night to rejoice over the ruising of the floating debt of the church last Sunday. It was i season of general Dr. Duryea, the pastor, was constantly sur- younded by @ band of his parishoners, who wrung hi the raising ¢ dizziness, nervous- cured by D, at Kuhn & the debt. During the arrival of the congregation, and | for some time after, Will Tabor, the orgunist, delighted the cars of thoso assembled with Poautiul seloctions upon his strament, Ho was surrounded by a party of musical criti who listened with delight to his masterl handling of the Tannheuser march and othe concert. numbers, Sodevmann's Swedish wedding march called the people 1o a duinty supper, after which the lively social chatting was resumed, District Court. Mrs. Minnio Ulman has applied for a di- yorce from Johu Ulman on the ground of v Congregational | congratulation and | hand and congratulated him on | THE OMAHA DALLY BEE, FKIDAY, drunkenness, extreme cruelty and failure to support. The Davenport glucose manufacturing com- pany has commenced suit against Farrell & Co., the syrup men, to recover $1,707.60 al- leged to be due for goods sold and delivered under contract. The Davenport glucose company has also brought suit against Paxton & Gallagher for $1,401.20 alleged to bo the balance due on ac- count for goods sold and delivered. County Court. Fowler & Beindorfl obtalned a judgment against the Coliseum bullding association yesterday amounting to $767.74 for service rendered in superintending the erectionof the coliseum. W. T."Voris has brought _suit against W. H. Alford to recover $4i0 on three notes. —— SIGNING THE PLEDGE. Francis Murphy's Temperance Meet- Ings Growing in Interest. The Grand opera house was crowded last night on the occasion of Francis Murphy’s fifth meeting. On the stage were Rev. W. . Beans, Rev. Char! Savidge, Rev. A. R. Thain, Rev. Asa Leard, Rev. W.J. Pond, Rev. John Gordon, Judge Hubbard of Coun- cil Bluffs and others, ns led in prayer after the singing of the old familiar hymn, “Corona- tion.”” Mr. Murphy then read the story of Christ eating with the publicans and sinne commenting on the same and making applica- tions of the idea conveyed, which brought out the meaning of the story and applied it to modern ideas, The collection was announced, during which Mr, Murphy took occasion to say & few words of thanks to the press for their kindn and indulgence in reporting the progress of the work and the result of his work in the city. He said it was frequently chai i that press was ungodly, but this thing of criticising was not s thing to do, and the mosquito liked to bi around the % of those of the press and icise everything which was said or done, The press, he said, was the most powerful factor in the work of reform, and he could not say enough in praise of the help the press of Omaha had given him. Prof. Smith then sang a solo, “Hold Thou My Hand.” Mr. Murphy called upon Attorney George Townsend to come upou the stage. After re- peated calls the gentleman appeared and was greeted with applause. Rev. A. R. Thain was then introduced and said he had been unable to attend the meet- ings before, as he had been called away from the city, but he was in hearty sympathy with the movement and hoped that great good would be done. He said it had been hinted that there was some antagonism between the ministers and Francis Murphy. s was all a mistake, he said; they were all working in the same way and to the same end. At this point Mr. Murphy created great laughter and applause by shouting “We're dead gone on each other,” and waving his arms about. Mr. Murphy then addressed the audience. He suid the minjsters and Francis Murphy had made up and, like a girl and her lover after a quarrel, were more in love with each other than eve: George Townsend was _then introduced. He said he felt abashed before such an audi: ence and before such a man as Francis Mur phy. He had failed in everything he had undertaken and_attributed his (ulll'lc to the use of liquor. He had signed the pledge, he said, when he was under the influence of liquor, but he intended to keep it with God’s help. Since he took the pledge he had been congratulated by about forty saloon men, two ministers and three members of the church, Judge Hubbard was then introduced b; Mr. Murphy as “one of my lovers.”” He sai he stood before the audience as a saved man. He had been addicted to the use of liquor and knew all about it, but he had been saved by the grace of God. At the conclusion of Judge Hubbard’s re- arks Mr. Murphy took the floor and ad- dressed the audience at length. He said the liquor question must be settled by the churches now, if it was desired to save the country. The churches should be supported by men who were well able to give liberally. It was better to help the church and enablo the minister to preach to the masses than to build jails, The proper way to reach the people” was to feed them. The next time there was' & riot he advised that @ barbecue be held and this would prevent all trouble. Men would not maké trouble if they were well fed, It was cheaper to give aman a suit of clothes and a square meal than to build an- other section to the jail, Mr. Murphy then amused the audience by al of several very comical stories, clos ing with a strong appeal to everybody to sign the pledge. The signers were numerous, among them being severnl well known citizens. ‘Woodcock's Little Game. The entertamment givenat the armory of the Omaha guards for the benefit of the Tenth street mission school last night netted about $100. The programme consisted of tableaux and a two-uct comedy entitled “Woodcock's Little Game.” Those who posed looked very charming and their efforts were loudly applauded. “How Chap- lets Bud” ~was Miss Mable Orchard’s theme; **1800" Miss Belle Dewey’s. and “Ad- versity iss Ogden’s. lorentine Poet” ss Mash, Mr, Hall, Mr. C foot, Mr, Duryca and Mr. How Miss M- Kenna and Mr, Wheeler illu ed that ve tender sentiment, *In Love,” while Miss Hall, Miss McKenna and Mr. Wheeler acted, also, the part of **“The Peacemukers.” Miss Alma Millard and Mr. Wilson appeared in N{wukh Well” tableau, “*Wood Charles Howe, rton Hall, with Hoffman's or- Bessie Yates, H. B. Hodges, John E. Wilbur and Neth George Sheppard as manager. chestra furnished the music, Another Mysterious Disappearance. A case of mysterious disappearance is re- ported from 718 South Sixteenth street. Charles Smith, a plumber who occupies a room in the building, has not been seen for two or three days, and yesterday morning his room was broken open and a letter found on the table, addressed to Miss Carrie Lecton of St. Louis. 1t was opened by the people of the house und found to contain a farewell messago to his sweetheart, stating that ho was about to leave this vale 0f tears and ser- rows. The woman with whom Smith boarded states that for soveral days he had been sul- len and morose, refusing to talk, and at times wandering about the house in an aimless sort of wi She is of the opinion that Smith has taken the river route to the golden shore, while the police regard thedisappearance and leuve-taking lettor us merely a trick adopted in order to shake his St. Louis girl, A Youthful Horse Thief. ¢ O'Brien is young in years, but what he Lucks in age he makes up in sin. The boy in question has seen nine summers and is now in jail charged with horse stealing. A few weeks ago he came here from Oregon and went to live with an aunt who resides on Poppleton avenue, but the lines were drawn t00 psely wbout his liberty and lust . night,” in company with = auother boy of about his owi age, ho made a bold dash for freedom. The two boys went to the barn of William Pattor- son, 1234 South Fifteenth street, where the saddled and bridled two horses and rode awny. The theft was discovered and re- ported at the eentral station, An hour later young O'Brien was captured at Twentioth and Martha streots with the horse in his pos- sesion. The other lad gave the officers the slip and is still at large, D A Motorman Severely Injured. Churles Venerman, a motorman on the | South Omaha line, met wita & painful acci- dent yesterday morning at the corner of Six- teenth and Martha stroets. Ho was going north at the time, up grade, and when he ap- [n‘l&t'll-\l the street crossing twisted the motor brake sharply. The brake handle fiew off the stom, throwing him over the dashboard of the car, and he wes pushed along in front of the car for several rods and severely bruised There was @ brother motorman on the car ut tho time, who picked Venerman up, placed him on his car and ran it to the end of the line for him. Venerman lives at the end of tho line on Thirty-second street uear Ames | avenue, and whei seen Last night wus resting | comforlably. FIRE UNDERWRITERS. Twenty-fourth Annual Session of the National Board. w Yonrk, May 8.~The national board of fire underwriters entered upon its twenty- fourth annual session today with sixty-elght firo insurance compauies throughout the country represented. Presidont Heald in his annual address gave many statistics of interest to insurance men, On the subject of dead companies, he said 679 stock companies have failed or retired since 1860. These companies represented a capital amounting to §01,961,651, and assets of not less than $147,276,845, all of which was either lost in business or was withdrawn from it as not yielding suficient returns upon the investment, On the valued policy law he said: “Valued policy legislation has been forced upon us vehemently during the sessions of several legislatures this year, and thus far in the reat states of New York, Massachusetts and owa, and during the previous year in Penn- sylvania. Such bills failed of pusu\p‘o after the fullest and most searching examination. Wherever this is done such bills will always fail to become laws.” Mr. Heald spoke of the effects of this law, where it had been placed in operation, and called attention to the results in Wisconsin. For eight years before it the ratio of losses 1o risks was .7205 and the average rate of premium the twelve years the liw went into force, from 1889 inclusive, tho ratio of s was said to be 8412 and the average rate of premium 1. The conclu- sion was inevitable that to this law was due the enormous increase in the destruction of projerty by fire in The companies are not defense- less, They can and should meet and counteract ~ the pernicious effects of this and all similar laws by increasing rates and reducing their lines within actual value.” In conclusion he s: : “One fact forced upon us by daily experience and_knowledge of our business is that rates premium are too low, that they are fast approaching the divid- ing line between profit and loss, ev th are not now drawing uncomfortably near the point of safety itself. —— MADE CARDIFF SIC] Sixteen Rounds with Godfrgy Settles the Minneapolis Man. Provii R.I, May 8.—Twelve hun- dred people at the Gladstone club tonight saw Patsy Cardift fall down before George God- frey, the colored heavy weight champion of Bosten, in sixteen rounds. The opinion was generally ‘expressed by thoso who claimed to be conversant, with the western man's peculiar tactics that he volun- tarily surrendered the contest. A §1,200 trophy was awarded to Godfry Cardiff was remarkably clever in dodging. eft oye became completely closed during struggle. The men fought mostly at se quarters, The Boston man’s left eye s discolored and his face was cut. by the powerful left'hand blows of his adversary. ither received any body punishment. In the sixteenth round the men clinched near the ropes, when suddenly Cardiff fell to the floor upon his face. Ho was seized with nausea and suffering from exhaustion. This closed the fight. Iron and Steel Statistics. PuiLapeLenis, May 8.—Special Telegram to Tue Bek.]—The statistical report of the American Iron and Steel association for 1839 has just made its appearance. It shows that 1889 was a prosperous year for iron and steel manufacturers on both sides of the Atlantic, and that the world’s' production of pig iron and steel in that year was much larger than in any preceding year. The present year has opened favorably, however, for the iron and steel industries of the United States, Great Britain and some other countries so far as prices ave concerned. The report contains tables showing the production of iron ore and pig iron and steel by all coun- tries, by which it appears that the = United States now produces 24 per cent of all the_iron ore that is minod, and 26 per cent of all the coal, and 30 per cent of all the pig iron and 32 per cent_of all the steel that is manufactured. The world’s an- nual production of iron ore is placed at 8,230, 000 tons, of coal 462,000,000 tous, of pig iron 24,860,000 tons, of steel 10,513,000 tons. The world’s produétion of pig iron has increased 76 per cent since 1878, and_ its produetion of steel has increased in the same period 48 per cent, the figures for 1878 being respectively 14,117,000 tons and 3,021,000 tons, e Southern Methodists, Sr. Louts, Mo., May 8.—In the Southern Methodist_conference today D. J. Dunkin of “Tennessee introduced a long preamble and resolution, the substance of which was the condemnation of “taking such diversions as cannot_be used in the mame of the Lord Jesus.” Among the worldly dive demned are theater going, dancing, ing and the like; also that the us such expressions as “reformed theatre” and “legitimate drama” had a pernicious effect on the minds of the young, especially when used by a minister of the church, The 1%solution niet with strong opposition, but was finally adopted. Another resolution, to make lay- men cligible for servico on all committeos precipitated a discussion which consumed the remainder of the day. One or the Other Must Fall. New York, May 8.—President Spalding of the Chicago National league base ball club talked with a reporter today. *One league or the other,” said he, “must go to the wall. They cannot goon as they are now doing, each cutting the other’s throat. The public is being overdosed with base ball, or rather with the fight for patronage between the two leagues. In view of the past history of th players, the Brothierhood clubs should draw far better than they do, for they contain_ many men most_popular with the crowds in days gone by. On the part of the National league, I frecly confess that we aro not drawing satisfactory crowds. As the situation stands there is o money in it for anybody. The opposing leagues are waging o war of extermiuation. It cannot last. One or the other must give way." Steamship Arrivals, At New York—The State of Georgia, from Glasgow. At Southampton—The Traave, from New York. At Baltimore—The Rhein, from Bremen. At Philadelphia—The Lord Clive, from Liverpool. At London—Sighted: The Augusta Vic- toria and Greece, from New York. e S Mrs. Snell- reen Sued. New York, May pecial Telegram to Tuk Bek.]—Suit agaiust Mrs. Snell-McCrea- Green for §66 was begun here today by the landlord where she resided whilo here, It is due, he says, on an expired lease, Her coun- sel asks for o bill of particnlars in the case. 1t was opposed on the ground that Mrs. M Jrea simply wished to gain time to_trasfer property to her brother-in-law,one Stone, in Chicago. rees With Emperor William, y 8.-Special Cablegram to Tuk Bee,]—Senor Castellar, in a discussion with & member of the chamber of deputies, condemned Emperor William's soclalistic policy as inspired by mere political design; {e blamed the popo for making advances socialism. He admitted the grievances of the working classes, but maintained that state interference would fail to cure hew. — nference Adjourned, ~The western Unitarian The following ofi- Unitarian C iAo, May conference closed today. cers were elected for the ensuing L. Shorey, Chicago, president; Rev, Safford, Sioux City, vice president’; R. Effuger, Chicago, secretary; Leouard, tréasurer. — Sleeplessnoss, nervous prostration, nervous dyspepsia, dullness, blues, cured by Dr. Miles' rvine. Samples free at Kuhn & Co.'s, 18th and Douglas. A Texas Editor Killed. GarNksvitie, Tex., May 8.—Captain Joo Means, proprietdr of the Daily Hesperian, wus shot and killed tonight by Charlie Ball an employe of the Register. A newspay coutraveray ia supposed (o have caused. Lhe trouble. Ball was arcested. SCHOOL BONDS.KNOCKED 0UT. The State Supreme Gowrt Decides Against the Board ef Education, THERE WERE NOT VOTES ENOUGH. Chief Justice Cobh-Hands Down the Opinion—What Owaha People Think of the Decision— The SyNabus. iy Lxcory, Neb., Miy 8.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.]—In the supreme court this morning Chief Justice Cobb handed down an opinion in the case of the State ex rel the board of education of Omaha against Thomas H. Benton, auditor of public ac- counts. The application for the writ of man- damus to compel the auditor to register the Dbonds was denied. The following is the syl labus of the decision: The board of education of Omaha submit- ted at a regular city election a proposition to issue bonds under provisions of the act enti- tled ““An act relative to the public_schools in metropolitan _cities,” “approved M 1887, at which election were cast: mayor, 12,337 votes: for the proposition to is- sue school bonds, 4,030 votes; against bonds, 2,002 votes, The bonds were issued in pur- suance of the proposition, were presented to the auditor of state for registration, and upon rejection an application for mandamus to that ofticer. Held: 1. That the issuance of bonds was not sanc- tioned by the vote given. 2, Where a proposition to issue bonds is submitted by a board of education under the provisionsof the act of March 81, 1857, held: That it wasunnecessary that it be accompanied by aprovision to levy a tax to pay the interest on such bouds. 3, Under the provisions of the act of Feb- Tuary 7, 1871, authorizing the board of regents of the High school on Capitol square, Omaha, to issue bonds, and the act amendatory and supplemental thereto, held: That the board of education of the school district of Omaha, under the authority and sanction of the elec tors, in accordance with the statutes may expend the public money from the sale of school bonds or otherwise in the erec- tion of school buildings on said square. iscussing the case Judge Cobb said ounty and state elections are held annually upon a day established by law, and their organization and methods regulated by the same autbority. They are therefore regular elections, and that which may be done ‘at any regular election’ may be done at any of these, Butin tho submiseion of tho proposition to issue bgnds the board of edu- cation was not restricted to the elections of which we have been speaking. They might have been submitted at an annual school elec- tion, which is also a ‘regular elcction,’ or ‘at an election called for that purpose.’ Although the power to call special school elections does not, scem o be expressly glven usido from the language quoted, by submitting_the question at o general city election, they adopted such an election with its advantages and with whatever disadvantages it might possess. “Referring to the further proviso of sec- tion 28, it appears to be ouly on the condition that ‘a majority of the ballots polled at such an election shall be for' issuing bonds;’ that the proposition shall be held carried, or that, in the language of section 20, ‘the electors shall sanction the issuing of said bonds in the manner aforesaid.’: This brings us to the main question involyed... Was there ‘a major- ity of the ballots polled at, such an election’ for issuing bonds?" The case of the State ve Babcock (17 Neb. 188) is quoted, also thecase of the State vs ster county, (6i..d. 474); the State vs 22, 1. d. 28) and Stevenson vs Bab- (17 Neb. 185). - “In the case at bar it,is argued with force that there was a difference, and that there was a distinetion between the language of the constitution in_Stevenson’s case as well us that in tho street railroad case, and that of the further proviso of section 28 of the act which we are now considering, but T am able to clearly see the difference upon, or to draw the line of such distinction. And following the cases’ mentioned, it must be held that the proposition to issue bonds failed of adoption and was not sanctioned by the electors, because it did not receive a num- ber of votes in its favor equal to a majority of the ballots polled for the mayor at the same election.”” Opinions on the Decision. W. S. Poppleton, a member of the’ board of education, when informed of the decision by a Bee veporter, said:—“I imagine that the judge held that no provision was made for levying a tax to pay the interest as it be- comes due. He may have also have held to the opinion that not a sufficient number of votes had been cast to legalize the 1ssuances of the bonds. When the election was held, several pro- Fos'n.ions were voted upon, and the total num- ber of votes cast was 12,383, but not all of the voters voted upon the bond proposition, as for the bonds but 4,930 votes were cast, while against them there were course, if the total number of votes taken into consideratiof, then the bonds ,did not receive a majority.” “What will~ be “the next move?’ asked.” At this time, T cannot say, as I have not had time to thiuk over the matter, neither do 1 kmow why the court held aj b us, but I pres ame we shall propose a new proposition and go into court again,” Mayor Cushing—I have just heard of the court’s decision and I am not surprised, as time and time again the courts have held that a negative vote is a vote against a propos tion, and, as a majority of all the vote: was not for the bonds, there was but one alternative, and that was that they were against them. “As far as Tam individually concerned I am opposed to agair tion until the prohibition question i ‘At the present time more than revenue for the support of the publi comes from licenses and fines, If prohibition should carry, this sum will be cut off and the amount must ba raised by a direct tax levied upon the property within the city. So you see it would be folly to go before the people again until we know how much money we are going to need for educational purposes next year and where it is to come from.” — Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Chil- dren Teething relieves the child from pain. 25 cents a bottle, A Costly Shave. . Radam Jones, a knight of the razqr, work- ing for Mallory & O'Brien of Council Blufts, yesterday came to this city and a couple of hours later went to jail. < Jones shaved a cus- tomer and was given a$10 bill, out of which he was to.take the Vu.\' forthe shave. Theve was 1o change in the shop, and going out upon the street to converbithe bill into small change, he forgot to return, and came to this side of the river, where he was arvested Yestorday he refused to-return and a requisi- tion td induce him to rewuan to lowa hus been applied for. was s Tho perfume of violgts, the purity of the lily, the glow of the rosé'and the flush of Hebe conibine in Pozzoni’s wondrous Powder, gl Marriage Lidenses. Marriage licenses wers lssuod by Judge Shields yesterday, thefgllowing boing the parties : i Name and residence. { Mads J. Nielsen, Omoha. 1 Karen M. B. Hansen, Qmaha. { Herman Elsassar, Oniahi. . 1 Pauline Gernandf, Omaha. ... { John S. Drake, Counci! Blufts ... 1 Emma Autenrleth, Council Blufts { Josoph A. Marchessault, Ashland, Wis. i Harriett M. Hoyer, Omaha. .., Miles' Nerve and Liv An important discovery. They act on the liver, stomach and bowels through the nerves. A new principle, They speedily cure billiousness, bad taste, torpid liver, piles and constipation. endid fc women and children, mallest, 1« ¥ surest. 30 doses for 25 conts. Sumples {reo at Kubhn & Co.'s, 15th and Douglas. Clayton-Breckinridge Investigation. Laitrie Rock, Ark., May 8.—The Brec ridge-Clayton iuvestigating committes con cluded taking its testimony today. Powell Clayton testified that when Thomas Hooj was killed in 1865 he (Clayton) was not sponsible for it. Hoeoper was sala to bo a member of the kluklux and the sheriff of Con way county ordered his arrost, after which the killing occurred. Sheriff Sholby testifiea that hie did all he could to discover the murs derer, John M. Clayton, but fatled. This evening Powell” Olayton recelved a telogram from Dr. Weeks of Los Angeles stating that three neighbors of Hopper would :u\sur)- that he was at home durlng January, 889, — BRUTES FIGHT OVER A WOMAN, Desperate Battlo Between Two Heavy- weights in a Low Dive. Nrw Yonk, May 8.—[Special Telogram to Tur Ber.]—One of the most brutal fights that has ever taken placein Newark oc- curred yesterday afternoon. The conbatants were Michael Horner and Theodore Buchalse, each about thirty years old and welghing about two hundred pounds, A buxom damo, who is ouly kuown by the name of “Big Mary,” with whom both men are desperately in love, was the cause of the trouble. Tho men met in o notorious dive. Both men stripped to the waist and for an hour ham- mered cach other in a terriblo manner. Once Horner knocked Buchalsedown and the lattor fell on a dog. The animal turned upon th prostrate man, and seizing him by the neck wauld not relinquish his hold until choked off Horner was afterwards kicked in the stomach and could not come to time for sev- eral minutes, When Buchalse seized Horner by the throat and was slowly but surely choking him_to death, the spectators rushed in and separated the contestants, They were carpied off almost exhausted and terrvibly bruised and battered, but swearing to mect again and fight to'n finish. The fight was witnessed by a crowd of Italians, negroes and hauds numbering nearly two hundred persons, TO RUIN TENNIE CLAFL. An Indictm aid to Be Pending t Her for Manslaughter, orKk, May S.—[Spectal Tel ]—This is printed in_the He this mornin to thg Herald from elllinois indicate that a new attempt is on foot from some mysterious source to drag from the past of the Claflin sisters—Lady Francis Cook of London, born Tennie C. Claflin, and Mrs. John_Biddulph Martin, formerly Mrs. Victoria_Claflin Woodhull, now wife London banker—certain of their histor may be used to their disadvantage, or ai least to the fmmediate discomfiture of Lady Cook. Thi comes from Ottawa, 1L, and is of serious @ character than a charge of manslaughter, which is pending there in the shape of an_indictment against Lady Cook, and the threatencd revival of which by her enemies, when she_goes to Tllinois is, accord- ing to the Herald information, to b used as the medium for her ruin, This story of al- leged manslaughter and the indictment for it, i nco for years, presumably for i v statement made yesterday by the sisters and by Mr. Martin, malke it all the more peculiar. VDER WATER. —_— Dry Street in Cotumbia, Texas. Covuynia, Tex., May 8.—This town with the exception of one street is under water and railroad trafiic is su to Tn Only One SHREVEPORT, May 8.—The Pandera levee in Bossier parish broke last night in several places and the water is sweeping down over a large arca of country. It is a at disaster, involving heavy losses to hun- dreds of planters. A dispateh from Greenwood descripgion of the _ situation Bayou ¥ county The Red river and coast lino steamer, New Haven, with a relief committee reached that sec just in time to save 250 people_and hundreds of mules, horses and_cattle. There is not a foot of dry lund in that whole section em- bracing thousands of the most productive acres in the world, N OMAHA MA ives a gloomy in Blacle IN LUCK. A Wealtby Southerner Leaves Henry D. Clyde $10,000. New Yonk, May 8.—By the will of Colone Henry Fitz Hugh, a wealthy southerner, Henry D. Clyde of Omaha receives 10,000 and the dead man’s “dea I’ Mrsyficorge d coke A Daring Robbery. Leavesworti, Kan, . —[Special Telegram to Tk Br particulars have just been received of a daring robbery, whereby a German living afew miles across the river w robbed of £100 in gold by a negro, who entered the house, bound an eleven-year-old girl in a chair and threatened to kil her if she did not tell hi where the money was. The girl's parents, Mr, and Mrs. Fenschter, were absent, and when they returned they found their daugh- ter bound and half dead with fright and the money gone. At 1 o'clock this (Friday) morning the thief was captured ip this city. Ho is Charles Lewis and was relcased from the Missouri state penitentivry April 20. Delaware Prohibitionists. Wirayeroy, Del,, May *8.—The state pro- hibition convention today was attended by only thirty-nine delegates, but they nom- inated state ticket and_adopted a long plat- form. Willlam F. Kellum of Dover was noni- inated for governor. ‘The platform endorses the platform of the national prohibition party, favors the Australian ballot system and de nounces high li Oue hundred dollavs was subscribed for campaign purposes. —— Carlisle Wants to Succeed Beck, LrxiNaToN, Ky., May 8. —Ex-Speaker C: lisle has declared his candidacy for the seat made vacant by the death of Senator Beck. In company with friends he went to Frank- fort today 1o present his claim to the legisla- ture, now in sessio Germany Will Compromise. Loxvoy, May 8.—The Chronicle's Berlin correspondent says Germany is disposed to the prohibition of American pork on condition that the United States agrees to a concession in regard to German imports. e Strangled His Daughter's Ohildren. Los AxceLes, May S8.—F. Gonzales, prominent rancher near San Jacinto, has been arrested charged with strangling the illogi- timate twin children of his daughter, Attached by an Omaha Firm. BW Youi, May 8.—Missing Broken Quin lan’s property was attached today in bebalf of the Omaha trust and loan company for $106,200, —— The Scrant Scraxto, Pa., May § night's five will probably 1osses ave only partially unce. Blaze. The loss by b §200,000, by last The idsur- e Emory Storrs’ Son Dementod. { )y (ieo, M, Storrs, son of Stors of Chi was_ com mitted to the state insane asylum’ at Pough- keepsio today. City of Mexico Without Water, Ciry oF Mexico, May 8.—A heavy storm bas blown down five arches of the aqueduct and the eity is without drinking water, Steamboat ¥ Searrie, Wash,, May 8.—The strike steambout m on Puget Sound was settled toduy by the companios scceding 10 the de: mands of the employers, “ASILK-HAT FOR A DOLLAR. How Y Ma How many silk hats do you get in the course of the season, anyhow?" usked one clerk of another in the office of a big in- surance company the othor day as he picked up his iate’s shiny “‘stove pipe” and glanced inside, says the New York Herald, *Hero's un imported hat from Paris, if the stamp don't lie; two or tlree weoks v you had a London hat on und short before that you were ng one ot the fashionable mukes ung Men on Small Salaries go to Get Nobby Headgear, s keep mum if I let you into a good thing," ho asked, and the promise was quickly given, “Well, T lost a silk hat bet on the last election and one pay day I ruefully put away 38 and suggested to my successful friend that we go over on Broadway and Fl}‘ that hat. ~ “Broadway?” said he, Not much, You just come with me,’ So he marched me up to Chatham street into a narrow doorway ina rickety old building, upa dark flight of stairs and ushered meinto a dingy loft. Great heaps of high hats ran up to the ceiling along one side of the room and the other side was filled with derbys. The hats in the heaps were tough enough looking but there were shelves of silkk hats that just as sh y you window. number of men stripped to their undershirts perspived as they worked away on hats in all stages of develop- ment, for n red-hot stove in the center of temperature proty high. My friend had evidently been there before, and was. cordially greeted by one of the men who stepped forward ““This gentleman wants to buy me a silk hat,” he explained, and in two min- utes ho was fitted with a dandy loc bit of headgear, the lining stamped with a very English looking trade mark,with a lion and shield and that sort of thing, surrounded by a handsomely engruved name of a firm and the addres I don’t know uch firm in exi 1y and as tony looking ever saw in a Broadway the room kcrt the in Picca- whether there is ence, but what's the odds? The hat was just'as glossy as any you ever saw on Fifth avenue, and [ rather onvied my friond as I asked the wan how much I snould pay. WiThvoo dollars,’ enid o, Well, I was prepared to find the Broadway. L 5, would b _the With- dilly. any s price lower than thought $6, or possil But $3 knocked me sill \g any questious I ‘Let me have one at the same figure,” and there I was with two elegant silk hats instead of one and $2 to the good. “My friend explained the mystery to mo after we left the place. that the majority of the ‘bloods’ around town, after weurin ir expensive headgear for a brief period, which does them very little harm except to the lin- ing, leave them with the fashionable dealers. The projector of the industry we had just observed has an arrange- ment with these men to purchase all the hats that are turned in to them at 50 cents apiece. 1t doesn’t cost him much moro than 50 cents more to put them in first rate shape again, so you see he can malke a nice thing out of them at $3. “But there’s a further wrinkle in the thing. You don’t need to spend so much as $3 even, when you want a ‘new’ silk hat. These Chatham street folks are quite accomodating, by the wa and urge you to come in and " have your hat il'mmli up whenever it gets mussed, free of cost. I had mine ironed a couple of times, and one day, after getting it thoroughly soaked and demoralized in a rain storm I called in again. I had had it then more than six weeks. ‘Suppose figure out It seems here. You must spend half your salary on hats.” The fellow clerk smiled and looked about him for a moment. “Will you you give me this hat and a dollar, suge gested the proprietor, ‘and we'll give you a brand new one.’ I closed tho bag- frain vight off, and walked out with that elegant hat of London make that you wore speaking of. O, I tell you, theroe are ways of being nobby withou being o vagant in this town if a fel+ low can only find them out,” - GREAT ¥ NOIAL SCHEMHE, A Syndicate Offers to Pay All of Mexico's Dept o Boston Horald prifits_the follow- ing special from the City of Mexlco ro- garding the scheme for payiug off the enormous debt of the Mexican governs ment YA project for a way to onable the government to pay off outstanding rails way subsidies has been under considerne tion for ten months, and meantime the administration has had several offers of the necessary funds, one offer being for the enormous sum of £50,000,000, where- with not only to extinguish existing pledges to pay railways, but the entire amount of subsidies in the shape of honds issued for constr which in the course of the next ten years are likely to run up t8 somo £120,000,000 in silver currency, mnd also to pay off tho existing external debt held in Europe, amounting to £10,500,000, and the in- ternal debt, now reaching $29,000,000 sil- s also wiping out state debts, enabling the states to reform their intornational system of taxation, which still in somo states amounts to a serious restriction on trade. ‘“This offer, made six months, has been denied several times in badly informed f’mxrx als, but the plan for this gigantio oan was several months ago submitted to the government and is still under con- sideration, This offer proposes to re- lease the government from all pledges of custom house revenue, the syndicate of- foring to accept government lands as so- curity, and thus place the country on a sound financial basis for half a century. Your correspondent has had this ine formation from one of the oldest foreign residents here on close terms of friendship with the administration, and he adds that a number of capitalists interested in the scheme have hu{tl meot- ings in both Londgn and Paris, Now York people were also interosted. No names can be obtained of members of tho syndicate, as they desire toavoid public ity unless their offer be accepted. Othel offers of lesser amount, some $45,000,000 silver, have been received from repre sentative London and Paris bankers, and Baron Blechroeder is also in the field, claiming a_ prior right to take up any new loan, by virtue of his previous arvangement with the govern- ment, when he converted the BEnglish debt now held in the shape of 6 per cent gold bonds in_ Germany, Holland, and England. Offers for smaller amounts are intended merely to cov 1bsidy due the Mexican Central, Mexican Na- ional, Inte panic and Vera Cruz railways, ete. 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