Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 21, 1902, Page 4

! k i THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER o = WERCER 0N FIRST BALLOT| Reoend Coagrestonal Distriot Republicans Renominate Pro-ent fle reventative, VOTE IS NINETY-FIVE TO FORTY-NINE Sixth Ward Delegation Elected Under Preatt's Name Gets Into the Mer scr Line Before Result s Annou. e d. The Becond di republican congr:s- sional conventicn was called tc 11:25 yesterday morning in Washington ball and adjourned promptly at noon, The result | was the unanimcus nomination of David H Mercer for congress. T. W. Blackburn, Mr Mercer's political manager and chairman of the congressional commiitce, convened the | meeting, with Wesley Cook of Blair at the secretary's desk. R. W. Breckenridge of the Seventh ward, haviog been agreed on by the committee for temporary chairman and Clyde Sunblad for secretary, were perfunctorily chosen and made the permanent officers. ~There was no contest over the credentials, hence all the delogates named on the lists submit ed were glven scats by acclamation. Every ward and precinct in the distfict sent a full ‘delegation The attendance at the convention was Jarge. Every seat on the floor and in the gallery was taken and all the available standing room occupled. The gathering was @& demonstrative one, yet there was no causo for excitement. One notable feature of the convention was the appearance of faces new ito republican conventions in this city and district. These were in evidence on all sides. Yet many of the veterans were there as well. Mercer and his crowd, Gur- ley, Blackburn et al., were among the first 40 arrive. Two of the men who had been opponents of Mercer in the primaries, Cor- nish and Pratt, were present, but Breen did not show up. Inevitable Clontarf Protest. The nomination of Mercer was accom- plished within fifteen minutes after Black burn had called the meeting to order. Everything went off perfunctorily and but one suggestion of a contest occurred. That was when Clontarf was called on the roll. Samuel Hoff arose and announced the one vote from this precinct for Mercer. Simul- taneously another delegate cried, “One vote for E. J. Cornish.” But the Mercer or- | ganization was impregnable and would not tolerate anything calculated to obstruct or |impede the consummation of its “cut and dried” plans. So, in sonorous voice and emphatic terms, Chairman Breckenridge called out: “The gentleman over there (polnting to the anti-Mercer man) is out of order. This vote has been given for David H. Mercer."” This precipitated new life in the at- tempt at a contest and Henry C. Murphy of South Omaha took up the gauntiet and ‘tried to buck the invincible line, but he w told by the chairman to be seated, that he was out of order and that no other delegate from Clontarf would be heard but the one who had cast the | for Mercer. “I appeal from the decision of the chalr,” shouted Murphy, but only the faint echo of his volce could be heard as the din and turbulence of the howling crowd subsided. Murphy persisted in his vain attempt to get & hearing or to have his appeal from the decision of the chalr submitted to a ‘vote, but he was finally compelled to take his seat. Tn the meantime the credential list was consulted and it was announced that Samuel Hoff was the only accredited delegate from Clontarf; therefore his vote and none other was admitted. Gurley Starts the Voting. It 'was by motlon of W. F. Gurley that a rule was adopted for the chairman of each delegation to announce the vote of his dele- gatlon as its name was called. Before getting down to business Chairman Breckenrldge made a few remarks, saying: “This looks more like a jollification meet- ing to me than anything else. We have passed through a spirited primary election and are here to celebrate our victory by nominating our next congressman.” The roll call was then taken up, with this result: Omaha- First ward Becond war Third ward Fourth ward . Fifth ward Bixth ward Beventh wai Eighth ward Ninth ward uth Omaha . nson precinc vote of thal bailiwick Mercer.Cornish oEocoocooo-mo! “ommaaagco Sore Hands Red Rough Hands Itching Palms and Painful Finger Ends. ONE NIGHT CURE. SOAK the hands on retiring o a strong, creamy lather et anoint OINTMENT, the great skin cure and of emollients, Wear, during the night, old, loose kid gloves, with the finger ends eot:fi and air holes cut in the For red, msh, chapped dry, fissured, itching, feverish with shapeless nails and painful finger ends, this Setinact i Shmely woadertul Millions of People Uss Opricura Soar, assisted by Ouri- cuma Oumermmwy, for preserving, purify- ing, and beautifying Mflh.hmw the soalp of crusts, soales, and dandruff, and thestopping of falling hair, for soften- m. whitening, and soothing red, rough, sore hands, for baby reshes, mm-p, o0 soliohs buih, ‘i autsery. Siions of , and nursery. #a-mcwcv- Soar in the form of baths for annoying inflammations, chat- ings, s excoriations, or too free ar offen- sve ration, in ‘the form of washes ve weaknesses, and for man sauative, antiseptic purposes which .-l 1ly suggest theinselves to women. COMPLETE HUMOUR CURE, $1. Qonstotag 0f CUTICURA SOAP (38¢.), to cloause crusts and soales, and softes the thickened X T AN ‘n-.:.'nd’mn ¥ nd heal, CUTICORA LYRaT 'l:-l‘ i\t“\l. ‘!l.‘l; new mh: St R -dn‘l:l-mflhlooz. A SIxeLE Sur s often suflicient to oure the severest casc, e of umours. pecially of baby hi SRR order at | Chicago ‘precinct ... Clontaft precinct . Douglas_precinct ! Dundee precinct | East Omaha_precinct Elkhorn preefnct Florence precinct Jefterson precinct McArdle precinct Mi 1)’1;1 Valiey precinct woo Unlon precinct Waterloo precinct Washington county Barpy county 2 1 0 3 3 3 3 3 0 3 3 0 3 15 ] | meomooswosoo CQ =~mTAP0 ® mMAC-H=2RACT ROQ=FmM<L<=IW0N Tota . sth Ward Delive! The Sixth ward in Omaha on the original roll call announced its vote for Nelson C | Pratt, but as soon as the roll was com- | pleted it changed this to Mercer. Imme- | diately then Fred H. Hoye of the Second ward arose and moved that the nomination !of Mercer be made unanimous and the | motion was carried, amid loud cheering. The nominee of the convention was then escorted to the platform and spoke for a few minutes. In his remarks Mercer did | not forget to impress upon the audlence, in the presence of his two defeated oppo- nents, that he paid mcre taxes into the county treasury than all three of the men —Breen, Cornish and Pratt—who had ran against him in the primaries. The remark | had no particular connection with the | trend of nis talk. | Mr. Mercer then sald “We have passed through a whirlwind of fun and have come here to rejoice in the part we took. The boys who opposed me made & good, hard fight and me and my friends tried to meet them at every turn. This is & big meeting and T think it shows that no one can say the repub- licans i Omaha did not express their choice for congressman. Atfer assuring his audience that he was the right man for the place, Mercer then unfolded the pages of his personal history and reviewed his “ploneer” days as one of the advance guards of civillzation in Ne- braska. He sald: “I have lived in Nebraska ever since I was a little boy and I am still a resident | of Omaha and expect to reside in this mag- nificent city for—" o “Where do you live?" broke in a voice. “In the Seventh ward, sir, if you, please,” was Mercer's retort. The next vital issue with which the can- didate grappled was the status of his indi- th. "I am not a wealthy man,” “But is that any discredit? Must every man hold a large amount of property In order to be a good American citizen?" Continuing, Mercer sald: “The fray is over. We now enter the campaign, and we enter solid and united. We are now all republicans. We will up- hold the great party's principles in this campaign and come out victorious. Who- ever the common enemy is to be in this fight, we will meet him ehoulder to shoul- der. I have never compromised a political fight and I don't propose to begin it now. I have lived long enough in this community to establish a reputation for myself ot be- ing afraid of nothing or anybody. As to the result of this campaign, I have not the slightest questiom, as I have sald before. You will have the opportunity of writing to Congressman Dave Mercer for two years |longer, at least, after election." Cornish Promises Support. In response to the unanimous call of the audlence E. P. Cornish took the stand and made a few remarks. He was grateful to his friends for their support during the pri- mary and the struggle preceding it and sald he had nothing to regret, that he had made the best fight he could. He promised his support to the guccessful candidate from now on. Nelson C. Pratt took notice of the fling which Mercer made regarding the payment of taxes by the individual candidates by saylng: “I acknowledge I do not pay a third of the taxes paid by the three men who ran against Mr. Mercer, but it is b cause I have not the property on which to pay them.” Pratt, too, sald he would sup- port the successiui candidate. On motion of W. F. Gurley Mercer was authorized to name the chairman of the congressional central committee and five members from Douglas county, two from Washington and two from Sarpy. The com- mittee was instructed to fill all vacancies on the ticket or committee. TO DEBATE THE INJUNCTION Strike Leaders and Others Will Dis- cuss Union Pacific Action in Court. The committees of strikers in charge of the antl-injunction mass meeting to be held in Washington hall Monday night, urges all who can to attend. Special Invitations have been extended to business mem, the Com- mercial club, Real Estate exchange, the grocers’, butchers’ and other such organiza- tions. The merits of the ‘strike, with par- ticular stress laid upon the recent injunction issued for the Union Pacific, will be dls- cussed. The speakers will be First Vice Fresident P. J. Conlon, Third Vice President George Mulbery of the International Asmo- clation of Machinists; President John Mo- Nell and General Secretary Robert B. Kerr of the International Brotherhood of Boller Makers and Iron Shipbullders of America, and representative busing men if they can be induced to speak. New Telephone' for Beatrice. BEATRICE, Neb., Sept. 20.—(Special.)— The Beatrice Home Telephone company, which was recently granted a franchise to operate its lines In this city, b stab- lished an office here and is getting ready to €0 after business in earnest. cm————— SHOWERS AND COOLER TODAY Tomorrow to Be Falr and Warm Nebraska—| wa About the Same. \ ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—Foreca For Nebraska—Showers and cooler Sun- day; Monday falr, warmer. For lowa—Showers Sunday, cooler in west portion; Monday fair. Fer Kansas—Showers Sunday, cooler in west portion; Monday falr and warmer. For North Dakota—Showers in east, falr and warmer in west portion Sunday; Mon- day fair. For Missouri—Showers Sunday, probably fair with. warmer in w tion. For South Dakota—Showers in east, fair in weet portion Sunday, warmer in ex- treme west portion; Monday falr, warmer in east portion. For Wyoming—Fair Sunday; Monday falr, warmer. For Colorado—Showers Sunday, cooler in east and warmer in west portions; Mon- day tair, warmer. Monday t por- Local Record. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER RUREAU, OMAHA, Sept. 2.—Officlal record of te perature’ and precipitation compared with the corrésponding day of the past three yea 1902, 1901, 1900. 1509 Maximum temperature .. 8 6 71 8 Minimum temperature b3 3% 4 4 Mean temperature M o 60 57 Precipitation . % .00 0 Record of temperature and precipitation at Omaha for this day and since March 1, | 1902 | Normal temperatu Excess for the day b Total excess since March 1 Normal preeipitation Deficlency for the day asne Total rainfall since March 1 Deficlency since March 1 Deficlency for cor. period, idi 1[nflcu-ncy for cor. period, 1) Suite our lady vigitors. ror, $25.00, on sale this WOOK at ..oivee A three-piece soll CARPET and Velvets. ial and Royal Wiltons. the country. Epecial prices for this week. day three-plece solid oak bedroom suit, ize 20x24, beautifully carved, and washstand that cannot be d er, wasnstund and bed, : This, duie belonss i @ B GO CARPETS, CURTAINS AND DRAPERIES Our furniture many high-class novelties as we are displaying Our suite of art rooms will be re- turnished for our opening. this season. Napoleon Bed Room In dead finish crotch mahogany, beautifully carved, mahogany lined drawers, one of the swell- est suits we have ever shown on our floors. A four-piece French burl walnut suit ,triple swell front, large French plate mirror, hand carved, piano finish, a very handsome suit that will interest all A Louis XII bedroom suit in crotch mahogany, beautifully finished in wax. that will be of special interest to you. We will place on gale Mon- ench Plate mir- Id oak bed, dresser plicated for less than $16.00 I front, dress- shaped piate mir- Solld m’ sui nneiy carv this brass- AND RUG DEPARTMENT. In Cut Carpets we are showing a complete line of Ingrains, Tapestries and Body Brussels, Moquettes, We also carry a full sample line of Bigelow Imper- Wiitons, Axminsters These are the two finest carpets shown in RUGS AT $21.75, WORTH $27.59, We will place on sale Monday, minster Rugs, all new patterns; not goods carried over from last season, but every one strictly up to date, at $2L.7. twenty-five 9x12 Smith's Ax- FOR OPENING WEEK WE WILL MAKE SPECIAL PRICES ON ALL OF 0 THE, FACT THAT OUR LINE OF D RAPERIES This is another suit Three-| plate mirror, carved. you regularly pay $20 for, on sale this week brass beds. inch ornaments, bring $40 as a cl week at. A full size brass bed, 114 tn. tube, all solld department never displayed so We Will Show a 3-Piece Italian Finish Mahogany Bed Room Suite.... This is One of the Greatest N Ask to See It. te autifuily Carved. elties Shown fhis Seasen. hogany and curly birch. floor. in Omaha. plece oak sult, bed, dresser and washstand, large This is the suit that sl'75 Genulne brass tubing, inch, 3 high head and end his bed shou e B $16.00 on sale this week at Our line of dinin att ese 1in a regular $2 bed, on sale at......... ing on same. OUR RUG DEPARTMENT. The largest in the west—contains all the leading patterns ' in Axminsters, Brussels, Royal Wiltons and Bigelow Imperials, in room sizes. ~We will display a complete line of Orfental Rugs,” showing some very antique novelties. of interest to every lady. leading makes in real laces and imj Brussels Curtains from $.00 to .00. Point Arabe Curtains from $10. Cluny Curtains from $5.00 to $40.00. line of double faced Ve lour Portieres RUGS AT $19.00, WORTH $25.00, RUGS AT $35.00, WORTH We will place on sale 15 9x12 all wool Smyrnas {n rugs that eannot be du- plicated for less than 325.00—on sale this week for $19.00. all new patterns, in sizes 8-3x10-6 and choice of this entire line for $3.00. CANNOT BE DUPLICATED IN THE WEST. SHIVERICK FURNITURE AND CARPET 1815-17-19 FARNAM STREET, NOMINATE COUNTY TICKET Mercerites Contrel Comvention and Put Threugh Their flate. IGNORE SOUTH OMAHA AND UNION LABOR Delegates Den the Right to Name Representatives of Their R tive Wards and Precincts on County Committee. ec- For County Attorney ....A. W. JEFFERIS For State Senators— [} BAUNDERS. HALL, . HOWELL, E. M. MORSMAN, Jr., PETER MANGOLD, V. B. TEN EYCK, - W. T. NELSON, b J. H. RIGGS, JOHN WALLACE, D. W. GILBERT, T. C.' SHELLEY, W. KOETTER, unty Commissioners— Sanr, C. H. DENKER, . HENRY M DONALD, For ¥or At the republican county convention yes- terday afternoon the Mercer machine was in absolute control and the managers of that newly-olled apparatus carried their pre- arrenged plans through with a high band and utter disregard for precedent and har- mony. The most arbitrary measures were the ap- pointment of a new county committes with- out consulting the delegates elected to rep- resent the various ward South Omaha, the complete turning down of the demands of South Omaha and the union labor element for representation on the ticket and the defeat of Fred Behm, who in & contest with his oppoment had fairly won the nominmation for representa- | tive, it having been agreed that the Second ward candidate recelving the largest vote at the primaries should be entitled to the nomination by the convention. Another in- cident of mote was the placing of Rev. George H. Shaffer, colored, in nomination for a place on the lbgislative ticket and then cutting him off with just three votes. Whole Slate Prearranged. As & matter of fact the entire ticket rominated was made up and written out in the office of Tom Blackburn several hours before the convention was called to order and each of the machine delegations bad been handed a copy of the list that had received Dave Mercer's O. K. That this list did not contain the name of any rep- resentatives of South Omaha or organized labor made no difference with the majority of the delegates; they were ordered to put it through and they carried out orders The convention was called to order by Chairman Goss of the county committee. o took occasion to speak briefly af the pleasure he had experfenced in serviug in official capacity during the past year members of the committee. After this bit of pleasantry, Frank H. Galnes was named temporary chairman and W. A. Messick secretary, and this organization was made permanent a few moments later. There were contesting delegations from Clontarf, as usual, and a credential com- mittee composed of Charles Unitt, F. A. Brogan and W. G. Ure was appointed to straighten out the tangle. The committee reported in favor of giving each delegation & half-vote and the report was adopted. Jefferls Without Opgosition. First of the nominations came that for county attorney and A. W. Jefferis was made the nominee by acclamation. Mr. Jef- ferls made a speech thanking the conven- tion for the nomination and promising to support the republican ticket this year. The only contest in the convention was over the momination of a candidate for county commissicner in the Third district, which was left for the delegates from the country precincts to settle among them- selves. C. H. Denker, G. R. Willlams, A. P. | Ackerland, F. L. Bleich, Willlam VanDohren | and John Paul were the candidates and it | required five ballots, participated in only by | the country delegates, to settle the contest | in favor of Mr. Denker. | Henry McDonald of the Sixth ward, | brother of John McDonald, of the Broatch- McDonald firm, had the nomination for county commissioner in the Fifth district | handed him with the compliments of Dave | Mercer, although the useless ten votes of the Ninth ward were given to C. 5. Hunting- | ton For the three senatorial nominations the | names of M. A. Hall of the Ninth ward, | precincts and| Oharles L. 8aunders of the Fifth ward, R. B. | Howell of the Fourth and John T. Cathers | of the Sixth were presented. Mr. Cathers | recelved ten votes from his own ward and seven from the Eighth, but all the others were delivered according to previous rangements to Messrs. Hall, Howell Saunders. Naming Legislative Ticket. a| | | Seventeen names were presented for the representative ticket, follows: Edwin Copenharve and Richard Gilchrest of South Omaha, C. A. Porter of Dundee, W. B. Ad- kins of South Omaha, E. M. Morsman, fr., of the Ninth ward, Peter Mangold of Jet- terson, Fred Behm of the Second ward, W. B. Ten Eyck of the Sixth, W. T. Nelson of the Fifth, J. H. Riggs of Waterloo, Johu Wallace of the Eighth ward, D. W. Gil- | bert of the Second ward, T. C. Shelley of the Bevemth, F. W. Koetter of the First, Rev. George H. Shaffer of the Fourth, A W. Johnson of the Sixth and Samuel Fin- layson of Benson. Henry C. Murphy of South Omaha w recognized by the vhair and made a talk in bebalf of Mr. Copenharve's candidacy. He said that it bad always been the tom to give the city at the south at least one representative on the ticket and the delegates trom South Pmaba were unani- rously in favor of the nomination of Mr Copenbarve. Mr. Murphy, knowing that the Mercer slate had been made uov with- | out any reference to South Omaba, pieaded it would be a good thing for mony in the party to recogaize the claims | CIOnts of the Magio City. It was after Mr. Mur- | DundeeHenty BoTamite Daviet Hums phy's talk that the name of W. B. Adkins | East Omaha—P. B. Clausen, Fred Moran. of South Omaha was presented by John | P orne i ', Spumaker, F._J. Bessen, - orberg of the Seventh ward, and Mr, Ad- —Charles F. Ge Voh Nine s of o Seyenth ward, and Mr. Ad- | _Jeferson—Charies I Gotisch, John Tem- perly, nounced that he was in favor of Mr. Co-| MikTdlesGeorge Hohwer, Hiram Avery. | penharve. X | Platte Valley—O. E. Gaines, John Vager, Unlon—Zach™ Ellfs, Willlam Stoltenberg. terloo—8mith Brown, J. H. Riggs. Resolved, That said committes be and it hereby is 'authorized to fill all vacancles on sald committee whether = caused by Chicago—Charl itte, Johi Clontart—Rred Burke, 8. G Hof™™" Hensman, Popular Preference Doesn’t Count. Fred Behm of the Second ward presented | a certificate from the election board show- | ing that he had received a large majority | declination, death, resignation or other- as the preferred candidate for the legisla- | Wise: ture at the primary i his ward. He satq| On motion Chbarles A. Goss was re- that he and his opponent for. the legisla- | lected chairman and W. A. Messick wae tive nomination In the Second had agreed | Fe-clected secretary of the county com- to place thelr names on the ballots at the | Mittee. primary and to ablde by the majority vote ' The following candidates of the ward. This had been done and a |¥ere nominated: large majority of the voters had | Omanha— i expressed | “Eiret Ward—Thomas Astleford. for assessor a preference for him. Mr. Behm pleaded | Birtha Wi ¢ Hliam Nickie, that it would be manifestly unfair for the | Third W Villiam Shoup. conventlon to ignore the expressed wish | Lourth Ward—W.'G. Anderson. “ Fifth Ward—I N. Hammond. W. Eastman | of the voters of the Second ward by refus- | “harles L. Thomas. 1ng him a nomination. | Sevent But the slate had been made out and when | LIEDth Ward _Chris Boyer. | Elghth Ward Chr the roll call came it was put through | Souih Omeho C E Malm. without any régard for South Omaha aad | First Ward-Jay M. Willlams. the claims of Mr. Behm. The following | SyjoidwyardzAlbert Johnson. Third i Bine were nominated: Morsman, Mangold, brin WardoF 3 Frams Fourth Ward—P, J. Trainor, TenEyck, Nelson, Riggs, Wallace, Gilbert, | Fifth Ward—Frank Madur Shelley, and Koetter. Bixth Ward—8. G. Spenc Machine with a Vengeance, | Just before the convention adjourned the |tollowing resolution of respect for one of Then, ignoring the precedent of allowing | the leaders of the new machine w each delegation in the convention to name | adopted: its members of the county committee, the Resolved, That the appreciation of Doug- Mercer machine put through a resolution | las Sounty 1s dus to Hon, harles A. Goss "| to ent, courageous and courteous naming the entire committee. The resolu- | yunner “in” which he has performed . the tlon was typewritten and coples for the | dutles of his position as chairman of the pewspapers had been prepared in advance, | county committee and tender to him our sincere thanks and con, tulat it baving been taken for granted by the | on® (\CCOh Hblition “which he. has 'ml.:'é: | | Mercerites that it would go through with- | to the betterment of party polltics. out & hitch. When it was introduced indig- nant delegates from the Second and Third HY A wards in Omaba, from South Omaha and | MENEAL. from & number of the country precincts ins PR Ly« e RS quired as to who had arrogated to himselt the authority to name every member of the | county committee, but their questions were left unanswered as the resolution was put FORT CALHOUN, Neb., Sept. 20.—(Spe- clal.)—Wednesday at the home of the | bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mads Morten- We will show you some very high class novel- ties in princess dressers, hand carved birds’ eye, ma- Our line of cheval glasses is the most beautiful that we have ever had on our Ask to see the line of dressing tables that we are showing in birds’ eye curly birch and ma- hogany, as these are novelties that you seldom see Solid brass bed with swell end; 1%-inch tubing, highl; ornamented with 3-in. huffs and ornaments, a very sw bed that is worth $50 in any department, 7 b . of the largest we have ever shown., We to ¢ 100 o the noveities we are showing In Our line of sideboards and buffets should interest every buyer In Omaha at the prices we are quot- CURTAIN DEPARTMENT, We have spared no time or expense to make this department At our opening we will exhibit all the rted novelties. o §150.00, A full line of Orfental and Silk Portieres. We also show a full in all the new colorings. We il place on sale our full line of Bigelow Impertal Rugs, Ho00 In any market, and for one week we will give you your sen, occurred the wedding of William Stey- | ers and Miss Mary Mortensen. The young | couple are well and favorably known here, | having lived at Coffman for a number of | years. They have & hcet of friends who wish them well. The ceremony was per- formed at 4 o'clock by a German Lutheran minister. The ring ceremony used. | The ceremony was witnessed by the rela- tives of the bride and groom. through in a hurry. The resolution fols lows Resolved, by the Douglas county repub- lican _convention, That the following per- sons be and hereby are elected to serve as committeemen until their successors are elected, in their respective wards and pre- cinets, 'towit: For the City of Omaha— First Ward—Clyde C. Bundblad, Miner, R, K. Paxton Becond Ward—A. C. Harte, C. H. Kessler, B. C. Y ohird Ward—W. A Messick, V. B ird Vard—wW. ssick, Walker, Edgar 1 Hr_Mlv) Scharton-Masterson. Fourth Ward—W,*F. Gurley, Harry B. | BEATRICE, Neb., Sept. 20.—(Special.)— Morrill, N. P. Dodge, Jr » e ) ifth’ Ward—Hugh A, Myers, Harvey B. | Mr. Christ Scharton of this city and Miss Hinton, Joel Johnson. Belle Masterson of Edgar, Neb., were mar- phixth’ ward Grant Willlams, Bert Bush, |ried at the Congregational church yesterday, Seventh Ward-—A. H. Burnett, C. §. Hay- | Rev. W. Crafts officiating. The young ward, Juhn Norberg couple will reside here. Eighth Ward—Charles Pedersen, Charles - , Charles Youngers. lT\!Illfllh Ward—-Ed :nr, W. E. Rhoades, | Papil.ion Junior Foot Ball Teawm, Charles Unitt o g : s For the CIty cf South Omaha—F. R, Lee, | PAPILLION, Neb., Sept. 20.—(8pecial.)— T. F. Foy, T. J. Cooley, D. M Willuhn, Denna Alberry. For the Country Precincts— Benson—k. J, Grove, ¥, A, Brosan. Click, Fred | The Paplllion junior foot ball team h organied and is hard at practice. TI would ltke bear trom all junlor teams, been | club I Our Annual Furniture Opening OMMENCING MONDAY, SEPTEM- BER 22d, on our floors you will find some very rare novelties from the eastern show rooms, bought as a special attraction for our opening. $37.60 urniture is one feel justly proud PO mIC==Z2RCT ROQ=Im<L=INNn ry 2 N eQ =mw% $45.00. ese rugs are worth UR REAL LACES' AND WE WISH TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO CO. 4 of the esteem In which he held the | that MANY CIRCUS PEOPLE HURT Sells-Dewns Show Train is Rus Inte by a Freight. ENGINEER RUNS AWAY IN TERROR Showmen So Demonstrative that He Concludes to Postpone Making Explanations—Two Persons Killed Outright. CHOCTAW, OkL, Sept. 20.—An east- bound Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf frelght train ran into the rear of the Sells- Downs show train here at 6 o'clock this morning. Two sleeping cars of the show train were completely demolished and many of its occupants were pinioned be- neath the wreckage. TWwo persons were killed and twenty-six injured, all but four seriously. All of the casualties were on the show traln. The dead: HARRY WILLIAMS, A NEGRO, unidentified. Seriously injured: Lawrence Cheatman, internal injurfes. Belle Cheatman (African queen). A Whitman, conductor; leg cut off, arm broken, back hurt; will dle. broken. . Bryan, arm fracturéd. J. M. Kathley, bruised and cut. Ed Smith, internal injuries, arm brokem. Clarence Jones, cut on head. James Carson, back hurt. Elihu Edmond, head cut. Chester Johnson, back hurt. W. H. Raymond, head cut, Paul Graft, leg broken. N. H. Jones, fect crushed. Robert Bruce. Mi Prine~ Oscar Johneox G. Biko, internal injuries. John Smith, head cut. Linden Nathan (negro), arm brokem Prince Mongel (negro), badly hurt. John Smith (negro), head hurt. Blame Freight En The show train was standing on the main track when the accident occurred. The freight engine was not damaged badly and the freight crew was unhurt. The show people laid the blame for the wreeck at the door of the freight engineer and became so demonstrative that he fled. The uniujured went quickly to thelr reMet and soon cxtricated the dead and fnjured. all of whom were taken to Okishoma Oity, sixteen miles distant, late In the afte noon. After the excitement had died down the freight engineer returned. He declared that the lights on the show train were out and that he was unable to ses the #how train in the raln and darkpess, R