Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 25, 1894, Page 5

"o & 10 SUCCEED JUDGE STRODE Lanoaster County Bar Association Selects John M, Stewart, BOME MEMBERS OBJECT TO THE CHOICE Qommittee Appoluted to Inform Governor Crounse of the Cholce of the Lincoln Lawyers—Further Litigation Over Mosher's Affairs. LINCOLN, Nov. 24.—(8pecial)—One hun- @red members of the Lancaster County Bar astoclation convened in the court room this afternoon to pass upon the question of the puccessorship of Judge Strode, who will step grom the bench and into congress January 1. The following resolution was introduced by Paul F. Clark, who moved its adoption: “That the Lancaster county bar proceed to allot for cholce for judge, the person re- iving a majority of all votes cast to be declared the choice of the Lancaster county bar for district judge to succeed Hon. J. B. Strode, and to be recommended to the gov- ernor for appointment.” The resolution was adopted, and after some WQiscussion the vote was taken, with the fol fowing result: John M. Stewart, 33; A. J. Cornish, 15; W. A. Selleck, 7; J. R. Webster, 6; B. P. Holmes, 1: E. H. Wc , 13 00 A Atkinson, 1. Total vote cast, 63. Nearly forty members of the bar were present who did not vote. D. C. Courtnay tried to show by the records of the secretary of the asso- elation that Stewart was not the choice of @ majority of the members of the bar. But he was overruled, and on a subsequent at- tempt was again knocked out. The motion to make Mr. Stewart’s recommendation unan- fmous was carried and the following commit- tee appointed to notify Governor Crounse of the action of the bar: H. H. Wilson, B. J Burkett, F. M. Tyrell, George W. Hibner and Paul F. Clark. . TO PROTECT MOSHER'S VICTIMS, Recolver Hayden has secured permission to be made a party to the proceedings rel- ative to the equitable and legal ownership of Mosher's holdings of stock in the gas and insurance companie Manufac turing company and the prison contract. Ile has filed his answer and cross petition, which 88 a document of some length. Hayden states that he secured judgment in the federal court against C. W. Mosher for $13, his holding of 420 shares of bank stock, $85 00 against Mosher on -his indebtedness he bank, as shown by promissory notes, and $36,428 agalnst Mosher and Outealt on the 820 shares of stock held jointly by them. No property has been found to satisty executions sued upon them. It is alleged by him that t the time of the failure, as at present, the books of the company showed that Mosher Swned (00 shares of stock in the Western Manufacturing company and ) shares of old stock in the gas company. The court is %skm] to subject this stock to his judgments. he penitentiary contract, he also says, is wned by Mosher, but that it has been fraud- ulently assigned to W. ter, he alleges, Is in r money which go directly to the benefit of Mosher. Permission is asked to get at the Profits of this contract. The names of the present holders of the stock the recefver Bays ho is unable to secure. But he says their claims are in fraud of the creditors of Mosher. C. 0. Whedon, C. BE. Magoon and J. D. McFarland are alieged to be putative owners of a portion of Mosher's stocks. The transfer of this stock, however, it is alleged by the receiver, is fraudulent.” In his petl- tion Receiver Hayden prays that all interest of Mosher in prison contracts, togother with is stock in_a number of campanies, be held ubject to the equitics of the receiver; that they be sold and proceeds applied to his Judgments as being superior liens to all other creditors, IN THE DISTRICT COURT. In the district court today David May began suit against A. D. Kitchen for $2,000 damages for the alleged malicious atta ment of property belonging to plaintiff. H. Dorgan. The lat- pt of large sums ot It is claimed by May that Kitchen unlawfully tetained some goods, and says that defend- nt’s action, supported by false and mali- fous affidavits, injured his credit, inter- Fupted his business and otherwise interfered with his financial interests. A similar action as also began by Tillie and David May. hey ask damages against Charles White @ his bondsmen, C. E. Shaw, L. M. Craw- ford and L. C. Burr, in the sum of $12,000, Claiming that the defendant caused an at- tachment to issue against them, injuring their credit and business. On similar ounds Mrs, May also sues Hattie Tuttlo or $500. The district court this morning denled the loa of Mrs. Lucy Kilpatrick for a rehear- ng of the case in which her husband se- red custody of her child. But the grand- g.nmu of the child, the Kilpatricks, were rdered to give bond in the sum of $250 to keep the child within the limits of the dis- grict court. ARRESTED DAVEY ROBBERS. Speclal Officer Maguire, who was sent out %o Davey this morning by Detective Malone run down the men who robbed the stores f A. S. Eager and Phillip Opps at that lace Thursday night, carrying away $300 r $400 worth of goods, secured his men. e also recovered the goods. Ths Niobrara River Irrigation and Power company flled articles of incorporation today with the sccretary of state. Headquarters of the company will be at O'Neill, Holt county. The capital stock is $5,000,000, and $5,000 is to be paid in. Period of extension 18 ninety-nine years. INCENDIARISM IN LINCOLN. Fire tonight destroyed a barn at the corner of P and Thirteenth strects, belonging to W. H. Hyatl Four horses were burned to death. Two others were rescued. The loss 18 $800, fully insured. It the work of a fire bug, who was seen by Mrs. Shaffer, re- slding near by, to run from the building im- mediately after the flames burst forth. At 6 o'clock this evening fire was discov- ered in the basement of the Salisbury flats, corner Thirteenth and M sireets. Prompt action on the part of the department in flood- ing the premises prevented a costly blaze. This was the work of boys playing in the basement. Ancendiarism now. is rampant in the eity just Detective Malone has a number of * suspects under surveillance, and arrests are vertain to follow soon. The fire in the Austin residence last night is known to be the work _ of fire bugs. : Dodge County Farmers Fight. FREMONT, Neb., Nov. 24.—(Special)— Yesterday two farmers of Elkhorn township, Willlam E. Neary and John Ellis, got into & dispute. During the altercation Ells picked U & neckyoke and stk Neary on the head Wwith it, inflicting painful injuries. Neary came to town, and after having his head bandaged by a physician swore out a war- rant before Justice Wintersteen for the ar- zost of Ellis. Sherift Milliken, went down to Elkhorn township and served the warrant and brought Ellis to town. He was arraigned before Justicc Wintersteen and pleaded not gullty. In order that witnesses might be subpoenaed the case was adjourned until today at 1 o'clock, Ellis giving $300 bonds for bis appearance. Today the case was again continued to December 10. A bumber of Fremont poultry fanciers will have chickens on exhibition at the poul- try show at Missourl Valley next week, and it is fondly hoped that some of the Fre- mont roosters will capture the best prizes. Only two prisoners occupy the Dodgo county jail now, the smallest number for years. One of these is Charles Carlton, con- wioted of murder, and the other is McMar- tin, awaiting trial for criminal assault. The will of the late Peter Salspair, who was drowned in the Elkhorn at Hooper re- eently, was admitted to prcbate by County Judge ' Plambeck yesterday. His son-in-law, Johnson, is ‘made administrator. Sals left his property, whioh was considerab! about equally divided between his wifo and daughter, Mrs. Johnson. A prairie schooner going westward yestor- @ay bore this inscription on the ¥Sneaking Back to Nebrask: Newonstlo News Notes. NEWCASTLE, Neb., Nov. 24.—(Special)— Mrs, J. Lloyd is visiting in Leeds, la. W. A. Clingan transacted business in Sioux canvas: 1 Dity Wednesday. A. A. Pettit of Sioux City, Ia., s his daughter, Mrs. George E. Ford. ! Rumford of Sioux City is assisting his brother, ¥. D. Rumford, in the restau- rant. Among those who attended the Peak sis- ters' entertainment from Ponca were Mes- dames J. H. Logan, W. Hughes, B. H. Cul- ver, McQuaid, and Misses Mary and Cassi McKinley, Mary and Lena Schroar, Ella Roden, Lizzie Rogers and Lizzie O'Conner. JUDGE HOLOOMEB NOT BOTHE 5D, Attending to His Judicial Duties and Pay- Ing No Attention to Contest Talk. BROKEN BOW, Neb., Nov. 24.—(Special Telegram.)—Judge Holcomb closed his last term of court in this county tonight after two weeks of continuous session of jury cases Ira Thomas, who was found guilty several days ago of seduction, was se ntenced this evening to one year In the state prison at hard labor. The friends of the young man and his attorneys brought strong pressure on the judge to have him Inflict only a jail tence, but the judge, true to his convictions had the nerve to rise above the pleas of sym- pathy. Judge Holcomb will go to Loup City next week, where he will hold court, after which he will hold short sessions at Lexington and at Kearney, which he estimates will employ his time up to about December 15. He will then return home and dispose of some cases which he has taken under advisement. By December 17 he will have completed the Judieial work now mapped out, at whi time his resignation may be expected. Up to date he has received no notice of contest and he not worrying over the result should a contest ba instituted The following resolutions, passed this after- noon by jurors of the pre t term of court show something of the high esteem in which Governor Holcomb is held by the citizens of his home count To His Honor, Judge Holcomb: We, the members of the'jury of the November, 180 term of the district court cf Custer county Nebraska, desire hereby to express to your honor our sincere thanks for the courteous treatment we have received at your han the entire confidenc ability and integrity as judge of our court and our regret in the knowledge that you ghall soon quit the bench of this county But we, regardless of our political opinions, one and all feel that, as governor of this state, you will exercise the same enc we feel in your impartiality and justice that you shown as judge of this court, and we ar sure that the people of this 'state, at the termination of your term, will feel tow you throughout the staté as we here press curselves, The following are the signers: W. F Spottswood, James Boggs, Ed Sims J Knapp, A. McClellan, Lewis J. Ptrehm Alexander Mickle, R. S. Skinne A. Fisk A. T. Record, H. C. Stimson, N. J. Ottum James Wardrobe, R. R. Duncan, I. M. Sims, 3. W. Goodrich, G. L. King, H. M. Coltrane, rhompson Baker, Charles Hammond, Wil liam Said, B. F. Larue, C. G. Ellls, G. A. . Moeting at ¥ YORK, Neb., Nov. 24.—(Special )—An open meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic post of this place was evening. The exercises were opened by a song by Mr. Gauque. The evening was nearly entirely devoted to the soldiers of the New held here Thursday England states, their valor and the way they helped in putting down the rebellion. The cvening was ended by another song by This is the last open meeting to The executive committee of the Nebra Sunday School association met here last even- ing. The committee is composed of Messrs. H. W. Trueblood of Kearney, E. J. Wightman of York, C. L. Mathews of Fremont, C. White of Crete and M. L. Trester of Lincoln. No court was held here Thursday, owing to the fact that Judge Wheeler was called to Seward on urgent business. The long winded case of Atkins against Seeley was tried yester- day. This case has been carried from the justice courts and was tried in the last February term by the district court, but as the jury failed to agree, it was again con- tinued. The jury was out until 12:30, when it brought In a verdict for the defendants. It is thought that the case will again be ap- pealed. The case is for the price of a casket and undertaking services. The plaintift claims that it has never been paid, while the defendants are of the opposite opinion. Fred W. Powell and Miss Cora E. Larimore were married In the county court room last Thursday. 0. G. Pruett was called to Avoca, owing to the death of of his sister. Nebraskn Educators Meet. ALBION, Neb., Nov. 24.—(Special)—The teachers of Boone, Nance, Madison and Ante- lope countics closed a successful two day session at this place today. They were ably addressed last evening by Chancellor Canfield of the State university. The Junior Endeavor soclety has completed arrangements for a supper to all needy chil- dren of this vicinity on Thanksgiving even- ing. Land near town has been obtalned and ar- rangements made for flooding and conducting a skating rink this winter. The annual Thanksgiving dinner of the Cooking club was given Wednesday evening, a week earlier than usual, owing to the contem- plated absence next week of a number of the members. This club is the leading social organization in the city. It has about de- cided to take complete charge of the culinary department of the next Farmers' institute, which meets in January. ka To Solve the Irrigation Question. M'COOL JUNCTION, Neb., Nov. 24.—(Spe- clal.)—The business men and citizens of Mc- Cool Junction propose to solve the irrigation question, and two wells are being sunk in hopes of tapping flowing water, the same as found by the farmers fifteen miles east of here. They expect to find flowing or artesian water at a depth of 150 feet. Bach well is estimated to successfully irrigate twenty- five to forty acres. Dave Kuns is boring for flowing water and has gone down eighty teet, passing through forty feet of sand, and is now eight feet in solid rock. Mr. Kuns expects to irrigate two sections of land. With a flow as found by tho farmers east of here, a cheap and good system of water works will be put in. Flowing water has only been found in the valley of the Blue. BEATRICE, No (Speclal Telegram.)— Wegman, the Lancaster county farmer whose wife eloped Wednesday evening with Jack Jones, came to this city today in search of the guilty pair. Securing the services of an off he proceeded to Holmesville, where the elopers are sald to be stopping, intending to leave Monday for Arkansas. Wegman states that a few days before leaving his place Jones attempted to shoot him. Wegman struck Jones' arm just as the revolver was discharged, causing the bullet to pass through the skirt of Jones' coat. If found Jones will be taken to Lincoln and charged with assault with intent to kil Question of Citizen CLAY CENTER, Neb., Nov. 24.—(Special.) —Frank Schaefle, chairman of the demo- cratio county central committee, yesterday caused the arrest of Charles Splelmann of Sutton, charging him with illegal voting at the late clection, Spielmann is a young man and the question hangs on the point of the mp. father's citizenship. Hon. E. E. Hairgrove appeared for Spielmann before the county Judge and waived examination. The case will come before the district court. Afeaid of Diphthoria. BERLIN, Neb, Nov. 24.—(Special. funeral of Clara Hillman, the 7-year-old daughter of Geroch H. Hillman, occurred here yesterday. It was first supposed she had diphtheria, and the schools were ordered closed for the past three days But it was finally decided to be membraneous croup, and the schools will open again Monday. Masonle School of SUTTON, Neb, Nov, 24.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Grand Lecturer J. A. Tullls, a past grand master of the Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons of Nebraska, is here holding a three days Masonic school of instruction. A number of officers are in attendance from the lodges of neighboring towns. Boy Drowned While Skating. IDA GROVE, Neb, ov. 24.—(Speclal Telegram.)—The youngest son of Arthur Whinery was drowned while skating on the Maple river here this afternoon. He was under the water about thirty minutes before rescued. He was & bright boy, about 10 yoars of age. | not trom ofe THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SI*™NDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1804. - " WAITING ON CZAR HOLDREGE Attorneys at Lincoln Ready to File the Con- test Papers at His Word, IT IS NO LONGER A QUESTION OF POLITICS Redueed to a Mers Proposition of Manage- ment of the B. & M. Road In Ne- braska — Republican Sentiment Against the Move. LINCOL Nov. 24.—(Special)—The an- ticipated contest of the election of Judge Holcomb appears to have been taken out of politics. It is now in the hands of one man, General Manager Holdrege of the B. & And Mr. Holdrege is said to be a democrat. It is almost the unanimous opinion of Lin- coln republicans, and many visitors from other portions of the state, that a contest or a recount of the votes is unadvisable and in expedient from a party standpoint. But in face of all this contest papers have been pre- pared in blank, attorneys are on the ground ready to file them, and word is only awaited, als of the republican party, but to go ahead with the deal. y limit fn which they must be filed expires at midnight Monday next. No consultations are being held with re- publican leade and the whole affair ap- pears to have degenerated into a matter of strict business with the B. & M. railway company. The only point not yet definitely known is what kind of a compromise, pledge or promise does the Burlington expect from the new administration in consideration of which it will refrain from filing contest papers with the secretary of state and upon Governor-elect Holcomb. Judge Holcomb, who was expected to ar- rive in Lincoln today, did not come fn from Broken Bow. It is stated at inde- pendent headquarters that he will arrive carly in the week GAIN AGAT NEBRA egram.)— ing this evening to from Holdrege The twenty-d NST ODIUM Nov. 24.—(Spectal Tel . H. VanWyck, speak- The Bee correspondent regarding the much talked of contest, sald I have thought all along that it would be attempted. Not that there are any grounds for a contest, but because the Majors men think they have the power to seat him. You soe the entire state ticket except governor is republican; also the legislature and su- preme court. Behind both these powerful bodies is one more powerful, the B. & M. railw I don’t know whether the B, & M. will onsent to contest or not. Should Holdrege think the gain in event of winning the con- test would be greater than the infamy that must cling to him from such proceedings the contest will go 6n. All decent republicans, however, are against it, and their determined attitude may cause the corporation heelers to allow the choice of the people of Nebraska to be seated in the gubernatorial chair with- out casting disgrace upon the state. Protty Koot Ball Contest. HASTINGS, Neb., Nov. 24.—(Special Tele- gram.)—A large crowd witnessed a pretty game of foot ball at the league grounds today between the Grand Island High school eleven and the Hastings High school team The score resultad 4 to 0 in Hastings' favor. Grand Island Pop Factory Burned. GRAND ISLAND, Nov. 24.—(Special)— Fire destroyed the entire contents and most of the building of Carl Gruenz's pop factory last night. It is supposed to have been caused by a defective flue. Loss, $1,100; in- surance, $700 in the German of Freeport. George Veenker Goes to the Pen. HASTINGS, Nov. 24.—(Special Telegram.)— George Veenker, who broke jail two months ago and was recaptured, was tod tenced to two and a half years in the pen- itentiary. fastings Forger Sentenced. HASTINGS, Neb., Nov. 24.—(Special Tele- gram.)—John Roeder, found guilty of uttering a forged check, was sentenced to a year and a half in the penitentiary today by Judge Beall, Charged with Sed HARLAN, Ia., Nov. 2 Trotter was arrested at lies in jall here. tion. ots (Special.)—Taylor Creston and now He Is charged with seduc- ——— Last August while working in the harvest fleld I became overheated, was suddenly at- tacked with cramps and was nearly dead. Mr. Cummings, the druggist, gave me a dose of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diar- rhoea Remedy which completely relieved me. I now keep a hottle of the remedy handy. A. M. Bunnell, Centerville, Wash. —————— WAS MIST THEY SAW. Taconin Professor Declares the Smoke Seen on the Volcano Was Merely Steam. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 24.—Rain still ob- scures Mount Tacoma. People here are still positive that some great natural change has oceurred to the mountain. TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 24.—Prof. P. B. Van Trump of Elm Prairie, thirty miles north of the Northern Pacific, where a splendid view of the mountain could be obtained, writes the Ledger to the flect that mist rising from the mountains has been probably mis- taken for smoke. Prof. Van Trump writes; Persons familiar with mountain phenomena, especially those pertaining to this great mountain, know that clouds or masses of mist often form very rapidly on the moun- tain side or near its base, which sometimes suddenly elongate Into streamers or columns and shoot rapidly up the mountain in the ravines or depressions between the rocky ribs, and rise high above the peaks, or one of them. Seen from the other side of the peak, this ascending column of mist is of a dark or dark blue, when seen In a certain light, and looks exactly like smoke issuing from the summit of the peak. Such phenomena is sometimes seen In connection with. t north peak. Again, the weather caps which are thrown off from the middle peak, some- times a half dozen in rapid succession, often appear very much like puffs of smoke. These caps are simply condensed mist, air or steam from the crater, and almost Invarlably pre- cede a storm or change in the weather. ———— TOUGH CUSTOMERS APTURED. Turning Hawk and His Mexican Friend Behind the Bars. DEADWOOD, 8. D., Nov. 24.—(Special.}— Deputy United States Marshal Bray has re- turned to Deadwood from Pine Ridge agency, having in his custody a noted Sioux brave, Turning Hawk, who was a conspicu- ous figure in the last Indlan war. Turning Hawk’s heart is still bad, and fo the ways of peace he cannot find contentment. His latest escapade was to hit his dusky sweetheart over the head with an ax, almost splitting her skull in two, and then with the blunt end of the weapon sought to drive her into the ground, but was prevented by some other Indians, who witnessed the as- sault, from killing her outright. Marshal Bray was sent for, and when he arrested the red brute it looked for a time as though blood would be shed, as Turning Hawk, backed up by a half-breed Mexican, was in- clined to make a fight, but the marshal, as- sisted by the Indlan police, soon convinced the desperadoes that they would just as soon take. them dead as alive, and Hawk and his greaser friend weakeved. They are now safely behind the bars of the Deadwood jail. e R Judge Winters' Reply to His Critl INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 24.—The severe criticism by a local newspaper respecting the allowances made by Judge Winters, implying extravagance and mismanagement in the Iron Hall receivership, has calicd out today an open letter from Winters to Judge Me- Master, his successor on the bench. The newspaper In question has especially do- nounced the allowance made by the court to Receiver Failey of $50.000 and $30,000 to one law firm for services rendered in the settlement of the trusi, and characterizes = O, K. DOORT D), To attract the attention of out-of-town buyers to our immense stock, we sale this week in the different —which $6.00 good bl On Buttons, WO, large Hotn Mads of sp! a4 Oxfer nixed CH )T, with row lurge Hoin But hir grades at $12.00, 0 and $18.00 Astrakhan Coals 0 EACH. Suts up. J SCOFIELD CLOAKS SUITS.FURS. PAXTON BLOCK. now threatens to last cause of their meagre assortments, ANOTHER $9.98, Tailor-Made strongly recom- mend’grades from $25.00 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL I EALER IN Cloaks, Suits and Furs MID=SEASON ANNOUNCEMIENT: departments, Black Bouele cloth, 10 inches long, loose front, half 1ined, large pearl buttons, at 0.0 Same garment, lined throughout, | $35.00. h Same style In shorter lengths, at $20.00 and $25.00. Electrie Seal long 50-In. long a JACH, You may some ACH quoted at less price, $1H00 EACH but qualities will b £50.00 BACH found far below in th We Invite the clo: t In scale. The vl st is the spection aid comparison cheapest. This sume oth of qualities and Stter, mink , monkey, prices, 8h es will marten and Canada be found the latest. ¥ Pric low Wrapper Sale THIS WEEK. DIFPER- STYI ON LXHIBITION We have them like this WWe have them as low as Sz 50c each, but best bar- il L D v wili be half waol ranging from the cheap- iderdown wrappers in 8, up to $33.00. paiterns, like cut, at lannelette ne wrappers, ¢ paiterns, at in \ neat $2.19, \ $1.25 each. U{(sconfiLn CLOAKS SUITS. FURS. PAXTON BLOCK, N. B.—We give cloak sales this week atthe following towns: SCRIBNER, NEB ,Monday, Nov. 26th,at the store of 8. E. Street, HOOPER, NEB,, Tuesday, Nov..27th at the store of A. H. Harms. WEST POINT, NEB.. Wednesday; Nov. 28th, at the store of J. L- Hamons. Dry goods merchants of Iowa ulars as to what their trade requires and estimate of amount of busines and Nebraska who do not handle cl is. Th ol Astrakhan Capes. HAVE WE THEM AS LOW AS §!1.98, 3ut we recommend more highly our g ades at § $28 4nd 30, All 30 inches | long Longer vapes pro- pottionttely cheap. oats. IN EIDERDOWN, Trimmed with white Ango- ra, 1 to 4 years, at 98¢, $1.38, $1.79 and up. give below a few illustrations of garments on Owing to the strike of cloak tailors in New York, during the pas all winter—would be purchasers find it impos Fortunately, we gave large orders early, which were filled before the strike began, and placed liberal orders in other markets at the commencement of the strike,consequently, are in a pc eryone in either cloth or fur garments. 0adKS few weeks, sible to buy from their home merchants be-« ition to please almost ev= You'llnot regret making the trip to Omaha if only one garment is needed. “SEALSKIN CLOAKS. 5,00 TO $213,00, oriing to Lensth, carry only one THE BEST, OTHER COATS SUPERFEINE Q\n\l.’ 1Ty, o0, ¥ Nk COATS, 250.00 TO $526.00 Northwest Seal Capes With the COLLAR. CRUSZITA newest in hown only. $15 06, 0,00, " MACKIN- TOSHES, AT $2.98. We carey a very large stock of these $00ds and guaranies Cvery gar- ment, from the oue quo- ted up to those costing / $.0 ench, These, ks S 2 « all of the different gars Z 3 shown in this adi £y ement, will make useful and acceptable Christmas giets. K SCOFIELD CLOAKS SUITS. FURS. PAXTON BLOCK. nd furs de ing a 1d. K SCOFIELD CLOAKS SUITS. FURS, PAXTON BLOCK. CRISWOLD, IOWA.,. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 30th and Dec. Ist,at the store of D, J. Snow, £ c. should address us at once, stati; " paRsAnd. tire deairing s sale CSS at once, stating full partig' it as a scardal that the courts should In vestigate and correct. In his letter printe today ex-Judge Winters calls upon Judgs McMasters to thoroughly investigate the charges. e WANT IT TRIED AGAIN, Property Owners Will Ask the Commis- sloners to Resubmit the Canal Question, That the canal projeet owners and business men of the city is indl cated by a petition which has been extensively circulated during the past few days. It i addressed to the Board of County Commis. sioners and to the Omaha Canal and Powes company and is contained in th following language: “We, the under: signed, citizens and taxpayers of Dougla; county, do respectfully request a resubmis. sion of the canal bond proposition at earliest possible day, so that we may us our best endeavors to give Omaha the cana and prosperity.” The document is liberally endorsed by wel known citizens, among the signatures being those of the Morse Dry Goods Co., Boston Store, Hayden Bros., Dewey & Stone, Keliey, W. K. Bennett Co., Stiger & Co., Free land, Loomis & Co., Goodman Drug Co. Shiverick & Co., Nebraska Clothing Co., C. O. Lobeck, R. W. Breckinridge, W. H. Alex: ander, H. H. Baldridge, B. M. Bartlett, and Thompson & Belden. The petition ers at the next meeting. CASE 185 GETTING HOT. is still recelving the attention of many of the leading property the will_be presentel to the Board of County Commission- | 7| KILLED BY INDIA o o IN MEXICO Story of a Summer Trip Up the Gulf of California, FATE OF LOGAN AND ROBINSON CONFIRMED Story Told by the Nebraska Member of the Party in The Omaha Bee Substantiated by Smithsonian Instituto Profes- sors—Indians Confessed. s T e +| TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 24.—The fate of James - | Logan and R. E. Robinson, newspaper corre- spondent, who, with three companions, went e | down the Colorado river from Yuma in the 1| sloop Examiner, has been corroborated from 1| reliable sources. They were killed with their own rifles. On April 14, 1594, the sloop Examiner .| sailed from Yuma for San Francisco via the - | Colorado river and the Gulf of California. On Loard were R. E. Robinson, James Logan, Charles Cowell, George Flavell, known as d | “Clark, the Trapper,” and Morgan O'Brien of Falls City, Neb. On reaching Angel bay on sailed southward. On June 6 a letter reached Yuma from Gyaumas, Mex., dated May 31, which had been sent by Flavell, and which Canvassers Come- fnto Court and Admit | .o e 3 o e BN nlclcuunl of tho sloop's trip to Tiburn KANSAS CITY. Nov, 24.—The election | 19180, which is closo to the Mexican coast, fraud case Is getting hot in the courts, though the proceedings now going on are only pre liminary to & decisive cootest. W. T. Jamieson, the republican candidate for pub- have a lic prosecutor, and whb claims to prima facle case of haying been counted out, is pleading for a writ,of mandamus to com- pel the election canvagsiug board to make a | returns affecting that | this suit | new canvass of the office. Among the are Justice B. W defecdants to Shagnop and Justice J. H. Hawthorne, one a demoendt, and the other a | republican, the men who made the official count from the forged glection returns, and they have fled au apswer saylng they are altered will be now satisfied “‘the returns and changed as alleged.!; The continued Monday. ——————— TRYING THE LYNCHERS. were case sy Testimony Concerning the Negroes' Crime Ruled Out by, the Judge. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Now 24.—In the lynch Ing trial today Judge Conger ruled agalns the attempt of the deféhse to show that the negroes lynched were difgifed in a conspiracy to burn houses In Millington neighborhood Two colored witnesses for the state testified to seeing EQ Smith, one of the men now on trial, and Jim Sisley, also under indictment leave a certain house armed, on the night of the lynching, and retufi the next morning The defense attempted to remalned at the house all that night. Kobbers' Powerful Weapons. ROSALIE, Wash., Nov. 24.—Robbers at tempted to enter the bank of Rosalie by |™ digging under the bank and (hrough walls of the vault, which is built of brick They tried to blow the safe open with dyna mite and nitro-glycerine, but were unsucce: ful. The vault was slightly damaged, but robbers secured no booty. Glant powder and nitro-glycerine were found under the bulld- Ing. Oregon Kidney Tea cures nervous head: aches Trisl siza 25 conts. All drugglsts. show that they the and of the probable killing there by the In- dians of Robinson and Logan while hunting on the island. Flavell said in his letter that he and O'Brien only escaped because they were on the beach at the time, and succeeding in hauling out their boats before the Indians could shoot them. Later a letter was re- ceived from O'Brien giving details, and it was printed in The Omaha Bee last July. On re- ceipt of this letter a telegram was sent by Robert Hornbrook, a Yuma newspaper man, | to Reed, asking him to invoke the aid of the state in learning the fate of Robinson and Logan, and it they have been Killed to pun- ish the slayers. The State department asked for fuller information. Pending an answer |1t was ascertained that Robinson, who was & newspaper man, had been the author of | 4 some lurid tales, which had given him the reputation of being a hoaxer, and it was thought that he had concocted the story and given It to the press tnrougn Clark. Nothing more was done in the matter by the United States government, although the Mex- -|ican government sent a troop of dragoons ¢| to the island, whose search proved futile, The story of the killing of Robinson and Logan is now confirmed by Profs. McGee and Dunwoodie of the ethnological bureau of the | Smithsonlan institute, who are just back from a trip of forty days among the Indians. The Indlans first denied the killing, but finally admitted 1t, but would not point out the murderers. They denied that the men's re- . | mains were served at a cannibal feast. The explorers, however, found no trace of the bodios. The Indlans have been a life study of the professors, who say the tribe are the most .| primitive ndians they ever saw. The sav- eat their meat raw and live entirely by o chase and soa. About 400 of them sur- vive. A —_——— - Killed in & Drunken Fighr, PERRY, Okl, Nov. 24.—In a drunken fight at Winton United States Marshal Snoddy and Frank Brown were fatally shot and James Brown, J. R. Knight and Charles Kitchen orely wounded. The men, It seems, had grudge against Marshal Saoddy. While a intoxicated they met him alone and threat- the gult Cowell left the party, and the others | ened him. A terrible battle with Winches- ters followed, resulting us stated above. As yet James Brown, Knight and Kitchen have not been taken into custody. ———— BANK SUING MRS. COTTON. Claim for Over Eight Thousand Against the Rallrond Magnate's Widow, SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24.—The First National bank, through Samuel G. Murphy, its president, has sued Mrs. Colton, the widow of the late railroad magnate, David Colton, for $8,250. The com nt merely states that Mrs. Colton is indebted to the bank in the sum named, but behind the suit 15 a story that revolves around the sale of the Colton mansion on Nob hill to-C. P. Hunt- ington. When the Southern Pacific president de- cided to purchase a San Francisco residence, A. N. Towne recommended the Colton man- sion on Nob hill. The relations between the | Huntingtons and Mrs. Colton are not con- genlal, and all the negotlations were con- ducted through a third party. Mrs. Colton | was finally offered $275,000 for the property, and upon the advice of her friend avd banker, President 8, G. Murphy of the First National bank, she accepted the offer. Recently, Mrs. Colton desiring to close her account with the bank, found $8,250 of her funds had been | withheld. She was told that $8,250 was com- | mission duc President Murphy on the house sale. Mrs. Colton refused to recognize this claim, but the bank held the money. Then | the lady hit upon a plan to get it. Her | checks were alw honored, so she drew | one for 38,034, leaving a small balance of $216 as a ruse. The amount was paid, and | later the cashler wroto her that her pay-| ment was made by a misunderstanding, and demanded its return. Mrs. Colton laughed amiably and kept her money. The sult is in the superior court as the outcome of the bank’s unsuccessful efforts to recover the sum, e WEST AND SOUTH, Trade and Graln Congress at New Orleans Discusses H ness Unlon, NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 24.—Two hundred delegates attended the last day’s session of the south and west trade and grain con- gress. At the morning session papers were read by C. Cinder, Savannah, Ga., W. D. Chardie, Kansas City, Mo., C. G. Matthew: Memphis, and A. Reeves of Charleston, S. C. The committee on resolutions presented | a report which increased federal protection to waterways, particularly the lower reaches of tho Mississippl. These were adopted. At the afterncon session there was a general dis- cussion of the advantages (o result from the alliance of the west and south in a busi- ness sense. During the sesslon resolutions reported by the committee were adopted by sections. Among other things they urge the | completion of the Nicaragua canal and pro- tection and improvement of the Mississippt river, ask an Inclination to bring about be ter trading relations between the south and | west and for congressional assistance in open- ing up the Indian territory. A uniform quarantine system was discussed st the ev- ening sesslon. An invitation was received from the transmisslssippl congress, whose sos- sions will open in St. Louts Monday, November 26, asking the delegates to visit that con- gress. Adjorned to meet in Moblle next pring. _——— Pacers for Callforn BUFFALO, Nov. 24.—Trainer Geers will take a string of Hamlln's racers to Cali- fornia next week, including four pacers with records under 2:10—Robert J, Hal Pointer and Ed Baston, and the peerless 4-year-old mare Fantasy, 2:06. Races will be ar- ranged with (he cracks of the Balisbury string at ‘Frisco, PLUNGER PIERCE'S PROFITS Further Insight Into the Ways of the Great English Financier, MAY REACH A MILLION AND A HALF Creditors Picking Up Crumbs by Attaching Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars Worth of Property in Yankton — The Swindler Lost dight Of, YANKTON, 8. D,, Nov. 24.—(Special Tele~ gram.)—Criminal proceedings against John T, M. Plerce, the English plunger, swindler and forger, have been begun. Every foot of | his property in Yankton has been turned over to other parties, and it is announced that all of his possessions will go to satisfy credi- tors. The ramifications of his operations ex- tend from Sydney, Australia, to Vancouver, B. C., and from London to Mexico, In all of these places he owns property of greatér or less value. His interests in Mexico are stock in gold mines, in the Aurora mine near Zacatacas. He has sunk 350,000 endeavoring to develop the property and get it into shape to sell to English capitalists. He is sald to be in Mexico now, but it is believed he is elsewhere. In his exploits Plerco has been assisted by one or two shrewd Yankee opera- tors and promoters, but while they shared the profits they escaped the peril. Thelr nests were feathered, and it is believed thelr skirts are clear. Attachments aggregating $35,000 have been filed against property in which it Is thought Pierce still has an interest. It is now esti- mated that the loss to his English dupes will exceed a million dollars, and may reach a million and a half. - Bonds purporting to have been fssued by th Yankton Board of Education for $15,000 have turned up as the property of McCausland of Belfast, Ireland, who bought them of Plerce. Arthur Nation of London is alleged to have lost $200,000, and John W. Robinson of Hull, England, has reached here to see if he could save anything from the wreck. The company now here is alleged to have $100,000 of Plerce's fraudulent paper. Lo NOT PROSECUTE. BURLINGTON W Cannot Prevent People from Circulating Stories or Others Belleving Them. BOSTON, Nov. 24.—The Chicago, Burling- ton & Quincy rallroad officials will not take action concerning the swindlers of security holders by the circulation of bogus dise patches relative to the declaration of the quarterly dividend Wednesday last. This is in substance the result of an official interview with 8. H. Howland, who spoke autharita- tively for President Perkins, when he said he did not see how the company was called on to concern itselt In the Investigation of stock jobbing schemes engineered by specula- tors. He sald ample warning had been given when the announcement was made that local board of directors would make known the amount of the dividend from the floor of change ‘immedlately after ad- The company was powerless to prevent people from telephoning reports of their meetings that were inaccurate. When Mr. Howland's attention w led to the re- ports in circulation that certain directors were not entirely clear of suspicion of belng concerned in Wednesday's coup, he said such tallc was rubblsh. —————— Oregon Kidney Tea cures all kidney trom bles, Trial size, 25 cents, All druggists