Nebraska Newspapers

    THE TEIBUNE.
F. OT. Jc E. Iff. , Piibn.
McCOOK , NEE
OVER TSE STATE.
CONDENSED ELECTION RETURNS.
Jlie Kesulfc of tho .Final Count of tho Vot
on State and Congressional Tickets , wit ]
tho 1'lurulltles and Majorities of Jiac !
Candidate.
Following is tho compilation of tho vot
cast at the lato state Election as it stand
after tho final count in the secretary of state1
office :
GOVERNOR.
Thayer-R 75,0 ;
"North , D 52,05
Hardy. P 8,17
Burrows , N. U 1,42
Scattering. S
Total 128,23
Thayer's plurality 23iOO
Thayer's majority 13,073
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
She-Id , R 75,17
Bowlby , D 53,50
Graham , P 8,20
II. K. Lewis , N. U 1,48
Scattering
, Total 133,30
Shedd's plurality 21,003
Shedd's majority , 11,953
SECIIETAUY OP STATE.
"Laws , R 75.05 ;
Thompson , D 53,001
O'Neill , P 9,7s
Scattering B !
Total 138,51 :
i JAWS'1 ' plurality 21-HO
, .Laws'1 ' majority 11,500
AUDITOR.
Babcoclr , R 7-t. % ;
'
Hooper1 825 <
ijteadwell , N. U 1,5W
Scattering , IK
Total 138,11 ;
Babcoek's plurality 21.4 U
' Balx-ock's majority 11,515
TREASURER.
Willard , R 73e7f
Hale. D 5323 ]
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vv.H ! becii"ir."u. . . ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i4ii ?
Scattering ] ;
Total 138,300
1 "VVillard's plurality 22,01t
\ViUanTs majority 12,250
SUPERINTENDENT 1'UDLIC INSTRUCTION.
Xane , R 75.412
Cooley , D. , E2.881
Smith , P. : f,173
Chamberlain , X. U' 1,210
Scattering. 7
Total I37.iia
lane's plurality 23.023
Lane's majoiity 12,5b3
ATTORNCV CnNER.\.L. .
I-ecsc , R r 75,003
Green , ! ) 53.57G
Hrower.P yGl !
Scattering. 40
Total 188,703
Xeesa's plurality . " " . 21,8i2
l ese"s majority 12,088
COMMISSIONER.
Scott , R 73,32-i
Smith , D r-3-127
1'ahner , P. 9,0-0
Scatterini ; 10
Total 133.J07
Scott's plurality 21,8aS
Scotfs mtijcritj' 12,233
CONGRESSMAN , FIRST DISTRICT.
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TUcShane , D 3.305
.Howe , R 10,373
Uigelow , P 2,807
Scattering 43
Total 42,079
JlcShane's plurality 7,0,23
Jit-Shane's majority 4,113
CONGRESSMAN , SECOND DISTRICT ,
JfM , R 18.373
McKeegan , D 10,315
Harrison , P 3,750
Scatteiing 187
Total. . 3S.CC1
Laird's plurality 2C5S
laii-d's majority
CONGRESSMAN , THU1D DISTRICT ,
Dorsey.R 23,717
"VVebsterD 2J.043
OlngerP - > , :5S3
Scattering 112
Total 52.155
Dorsey's plurality 7,774
Dorbey's majority 5,279
PREFERE-CS FOR SENATOR.
VanAVyck 40,001
Several thousand voteswere cast for other
.parties , but as none had aiinounced _ themselves
-a ? candidates no special interest is attached
io the returns.
LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENT.
forvv 05,321
.Against 22,231
Legislative amendment lost , not having
i nuisito majority.
STATE 3IAXIERS.
THEwarden of the state penitentiary lias
presented his reporb to the board ol public
lands and buildings , and it shows all the
facts and figures concerning the convicts in
his charge. The counties sending the most
convicts to the institution , with the nuin-
Ler sent from each , range in the following
order : Lincoln , 40 ; Douglas , 48 ; Cuss ,
14 ; Qtoe , 115 ; Cheyenne 11 and Hall 10.
The total number of prisoners in the insti-
-tutioii December 1 was 328 , of which num-
Ler 42 aremanied and 5 females. Twenty-
four of the prisoners are in for life , and the
catalogue oi crimes , with the number for
each , rims as folio WH : Burglary , nO ; grand
larceny , 47 ; horse stealing. 41 ; murder. : > G ;
forgery , 20 ; robbery , 22 ; manslaughter , IS.
In regard to previous occupation , there ara
GO farmers , : > 4 laborers , and the rest rep
resent almost cvcr3' known branch of busi
ness.
ness.A
A LINCOLNcoriespondent writes : Yes
terday the sheriff of Colfax county brought
to the hospital for the insane Charles M.
Coutes from that place , who is entirely be
reft of reason and labors under the usual
number of hallucinations. 3Ir. Coates has
J > een in the Black Hills for a few years
back , but he was an old resident of Colfax
county , and in 1874 purchased of General
3IcI3ride the Schuyler Register.
A viiBKLMnN's contest commences at
Omaha on December 0.
AVM. A PAXTO.V , one of Omaha's rich
men , is putting tip a six-story structure
that is to cost ? 300,000.
Tnn North Nebraska Teachers' associa
tion meet in Norfolk December 28.
THE Lincoln Journal says that consider
able pressure Las been brought to bear
upon Governor Dawes to induce him to
pardon two penitentiary convicts named
Frederick Harrell and Edward Packer.
The governor answered the request , stat
ing that he could see no reason why execu
tive exercise should be exercised. Tho
terms of these men will be completed Janu
ary 5,1887.
T7. G. Joxns has made application to
the district court for a license to sell tha
lease of the Fremont Normal college to ap
ply tlie proceeds upon the debts against hia
father's estate.
Tun t.-gislaiiii r will convene at 12 in. o
Tunsday. .limitary 4. Tha lirst and onl
thing in onlur when the house is called t
ordor will be the election of a speaker un
permanent organization. The cuuctisi
will probably be held on Monday oveniti ;
After organization the legislature , in joh
session , will proceed to canvass the vol
on state oflicers , after A.hich the new oil
cct-8 will be sworn in and the retiring govei
vor's message and the new governor's it
auaural will be delivered.
SAM JONMS gave one sermon in Lincoli
and the people of the capital city were s
well pleased with his effort that they wi
endeavor to sncurc his services again a
eome future tim- ? .
AT an early mortiini ; fire in Omaha a fe'
dnyK ago , n number of inmates sleeping i
the building escaped barely in time to nav
their lives , losing all furniture and wearir
appnrel.
WEST POINT Republican : A cnriotis frea
of the late storm is fie ahsortibn of all th
walerin the Klkhoru river at this place
This ( Thursday ) morning there is no mor
water in the river-bed than there is in th
streets of West Point. Tho reason for thi
is plain. The .storm was a general one , es
tending , probably , the entire length of th
river. For forty-eight hours or more th
snow was driven with great force into th
river in suih quantities that gradually 111
wii ler was all absorbed. This same thin
happened in a three days' blorm that o (
cm-rfd in Awil. 1874.
THE Beatrice council have voted the !
water works a success , but the Expres
says that at a , fire there the other night th
companies cou'd ' do nothing toward put
ting it out because it was two blocks fron
the nearest hydrant.
THE North Nebraska Fair and Drivini
Park association lias been organized ii
Norfolk.
THE latest change , : in an official way , it
tlto Union Pacific headquarters , is the ap
poinlment of Mr. G. V. Rogue as chief en
gincer , in place of Mr. J.Blickcnsdorfer.
Gov. DAWKS has asked for the re.sigiiii
tion of Superintendent Mat hen son , of th (
insane asylum. The superintendent re
fuses to comply with the request.
Mi : . CAMIOU.V , internal revenue collcctoi
of Nebraska , wants more room in which tc
conduct affairs of the oflice.
THE Ivcarney street railway , with a cap
tal stock of § nO,000 , has Hied articles o !
ncorporalion with the secretary of state.
THE instruments for the new signal ser-
rice of the Union Paciffchave been ordered
UK ! will be received shortly. They will
: ost altogether 52,000. Mr. Powell is the
nan who will take charge of the service.
OMAHA. BEE : A deputy marshal brought
-o Omaha yesterday morning Mrs. Joseph-
ne Luwler , a woman who was arrested in
Lincoln , Neb. , some time since on a charge
if conspiracy to kill her husband. The
rime nith which she is charged is alleged
: o have been committed in the Indian ter-
itory. This , of course , gives the United
Hates jutisdiction over the case. The
natter will come up before judge Dtindy to
letormine whether or not she shall be
aken to Kansas for trial. Mrs. Lawler
icrself says that she prefers to her trial
ake placo right here in Omaha.
THE Good Templars of Fremont have
eased the skating rink for the winter
cason.
NoivmiSTANntNr the large number ol
hvelliiigs erected this season in Fairbury ,
.here never was so much inquiry for houses
: o live in. Everything in the shapo of a
milding obtainable and rooms , in business
louses are utilized for this purpose.
RET. Mi : . TVNG , late of Fremont , has
iccepted a call at Syracuse , New York.
BUILDING continues in Chadron , Bays the
lemocrat , in spite of cold weather.
COONS , the B. & M. clerk at Lincoln , who
j accused of issuing time checks and draw-
ng the money on them , has been bound
iver to the district court for trial.
LEADING men of Omaha will urge upon
he authorities of Washington thepropiiety
f locating the Indian warehouse in that
Sty.
Sty.A
A WISNEU special says : John Schultz ,
ne of Gumming county's most prominent
lerman citizens and farmers , living six
liles southeast of Wisner , was smothered
n death by gas while repairing his well ,
liirty-two feet in depth , this morning. He
saves a wife and five children with a large
state in lands and chattels.
WYMOHE special : The preliminary ex-
miiKition of Spencer G.Bryant for assault
a maim T. D. Cobbey by throwing sul-
huric acid upon him on the night of
'ctober ' 31 , camo up for hearing before
ounty Judge Enlow at Beatrice this after-
oon , and resulted in Bryant's being bound
ver in the sum of So,000 to await the
ction of the district court , which A\511
robably meet in the early part of Feb-
lary.
A TEAM attached to a street car ran
ivny in Omaha last week , owing to failure
f the brake , in consequence of ice , to do
cccntion. As the horses flew down the
: rcct the car , with its load of human
nng * , tipped over and was smashed.
3veral of the passengers were pcrntchcd
iid cut by the broken glass and blinds ,
jt none weie seriously hurt.
THE Fremont Tribune says there was a
iiughter of cattle 0:1 the Union Pacific
? st ol that town on Wednesday , wherein
veral wctv Killed outright and twelve
ore injured so that the'y had to bo
ivnghtered. The cattle belonged to the
uy State company , and had forced theii
ny over the fences to the track by the
hiding storm.
Tin : fitst highway robbeiy , says the
airbury Gazette , ever committed in this
> unty took place Monday evening at
jout G o'clock. JohnLott had sold Home
ags that day , but luckily lie had not
rawn the money and had but about 520
his pocket , and this was all the thief got.
'hen Lotthnd put his mules up , after un-
ading , he spent the day in town and was
rinking .villi Hub Savory and some oth-
s. He started home about dusk , and on
laching Chaplin's grove , cask of town , an
nknown man suddenly grabbed the mules
y the head , while Hub climbed into the
agon and presented a revolver at the old
an's head. Savory put his hand in
ott's pocket and took the pocket-book ,
icn both men disappeared as suddenly as
icy came. Savory was arrested and
jund over to the district court.
SAMPLES of the printing and wrapping
iper turned out by the West Point mills
said to be a fine article.
the storm last wool : a queer pa
Kenger came into .Beatrice on one of ti
trains , being u , full grown chicken that h :
taken rcfugs from the storm by perchi
on one o' the trucks under the cars.
THE Catholic society of Hartihgton ha1
placed a very line bell in their church.
THE convention of the Rational Societ
on Charity and Corrections is to be held i
Omaha next year.
TUB Brotherhood ol Locomotive E ;
gineers are preparing for a grand ball i
Clmdron in December.
Tut : Union Pacific has made great in
provenicnt this year in its lolling stock. ]
has added 1,025 box cars , 2HO fruit car ;
3.5 lefiigerator cars , HO furniture cars , HO
coal cars , 25 dump cars and in pnsscngt
coaches ; bp.sides 2n pa mMigcr engines , 1
' 'Wooton11. freight engines , G narrow gaiif
freight engines and ten new switch engine !
Of the box cars 7.10 were built at the PCI
insular Car works , and 1500 by the Indiai
npoli.s Car company. The others cam
from the Michigan , the Pnhnnn , lUtrnej
Smith & Co. . and the United States Hoi !
ing Stock companies.
TWENTY-FIVE bents of the Rulo pi
biuige were carried out by the floating ici
COLD weather hns put a Btop to work o :
the postollice building at Nebraska City.
SAMUEL JONES , the revivalist , after ge'
ting through at Omalin , will go to Lincol
nnd preach "c.ie n'ght only. "
POSTOFFICE officials of Omaha arc in nee
of more room to accommodate the rapid !
increasing business.
THE secretary of state i = j being deluge
with letters from almanac men and statii
ticians of all kinds asking for the oflicif
vote of the state.
THE following appointments have jus
been made by Gov. Dawes. AH the con
niibbions-issued to militia officers arc o
reappointments , except that to D. A. Wa
den : . .1.1. . Ginnaer , of Gage county , MM
geon of the First regiment , Nebrabk ;
National G-uards , with the rank of eaj
tain ; C. 0. Bates , of Beatrice , . adjutan
with the rani ; of first lieutenant ; S. ,1
Shirioy , of S.dney , quartermaster with th
rank of first lieutenant ; D. A. Walden ,
Platte county , surgeon nith the rank o
major ; L. F. Biett , chaplain with the ran ]
of captain.
1111 : six-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs
John Gracer , living home six miles outsidi
of Lincoln , died by suffocation last week
the babe being found dead in its mother' ;
arms whe'n bho woke ; all evidence of deatl
showed that the child some time in tin
iliaht had suffocated.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT ATTORNEY L VM
ISEKTSON hits received a letter from A ttor
ney General Garland , in which that oflicia
directs that all prisoners hereafter con
victed in tlie district of Nebraska shall b <
sent to prifton at Sioux Falls , Dak. Here
toforc they have been sent to the house o
correction in Detroit. The Michigai
authorities arc objecting to this now , how
ever , and hereafter tho Nebraska prisoners
will be sent to the Dakota prison.
J. B. FOLSOM , of Tekamah , Neb. , a ynnnj
man who enjoys the ( li.stinction of being ji
cousin of President Cleveland's wife , was
arrested in Omaha last week and slated as
suspicions character. He was caught
ivhile "working" an intoxicated traveling
man.
THE semi-annual school apportionment
rt ill be made in December , about the 20lh
irobably. The amount to be distributed
upong the different school districts of the
slate will fall little short of SliOO.OOO.
NEBKASKA. CITY special : D.V. . Simpsor
ivas to-day taken to the pen by the- : ; her'.ff ,
where he will reside for the next four years
! or embezzlement. The prisoner was hand
Jtiffed and public sympathy ran high in his
behalf. The sheriff's course is freely criti
: ised , as it Is thought he might have spared
din this humiliation.
ONE of the quarter sections on which tin
: own site of Chadron is located i.s in litiga-
; ion. SUuiton , the contesting claimant ,
nade out contest pnpei.s when the lam"
\ located , but the papers lay neglected
n the land ofiice and other parties pur-
ihasing a rclinquishmcnt , filed on the land
ind from them caiue into the hands of tin
ailroad company. The local officers re
using to hear Stanton's contest , an appea
viis taken to the department , which re-
mlted in a reversal of this order , and a
tearing of the contest i.s now being held.
T.JXDS.vz >
The forthcoming report , of the commie *
ioner of public lands and buildings , the
licnnial report to the forthcoming legisla-
uie. will .show some interesting and in-
tructive figured regarding the tales , rentals
ind leases upon the state and .school lands
if the stale. From t-oinc of the totals
already computed in the office a few figures
nay be presented that arc not unintercst-
iig. The total number of acres of state
: id school lands in the > tale Novcmbei
10 , and not yet di po.s .l of by lease oi
ale , are as follows : Acres of suliool land ,
I.G27.931 ; acres of Mate university lands ,
1,7JG ; acresof agricultural college lands ,
iSGOO , ; acres of normal school lands ,
2,481. The number of acres of school
ind.s under contra11 of sale is , in round
itmber-J , 49S.Jl. ) > . the cash principal on
hose sales amounting to ? . } ,85. 5,9n ! ) ;
gricu'tural college hinds under contract ol
; ii' , . ' 1.1 ' 8 acres ; principal on lhe.se ,
2 : > 4 nn7 ; state university land undei
onlrnrt of salo , 38 , in. ) acres ; value ,
1'J1,2G2 ; number 6f sicrcs of normal
fhool lands undcrconlrnut of sale , 10:57. i
During the past two yearn the number of
cres of school I.im's leased foot up 2S5 ,
28. P.iit the total number of acres ol
chool land under lease from the stale'np
u November . ' 50 of ihe pre-ent year aggre-
ntes I)12,1'17. ) Th appraised value oi
lii-se school lands under Ic-nsc is $2,012-
lo. The total number Tof acreof state
nivtrily lands under len is 2o,7G2.
ith an appraised value -"joOG7 ; total
umber of acres of agricultural collp-
inds underlease. , " 0,7.51 ; appraised value ,
14. } , ISO. The annual rentals from these
iist-d lands arcas follows : From school
inds. .S12' > .2.i ; from state university
inds , $ . ' , u S2 ; from ngrictiltur.il college
inds , § .l , ISIS.
There was sold in the past two years
iding November .50 , 11.97,3 acre.s ol
hool lands at publii : .sale , the considera-
on in total being § 199,27:5. There was
} ! d in the last twoears ending No vein-
t-r 80. at private sale. 123,141 acres o !
ilioiil lands ; consideration in totals ,
Q2G.GOS. There was sold in the same
me at private sale G.40S acreof stale
Diversity lands for § 4:1.121. There was
> ld in the same time at private sale 11-
T7 acres of state agricultural colle elands
r a consideration in amount § 77,780 ,
id there was sold in the same time at pri-
tte sale 720 acres of state normal school
nd for § 5,090. Omaha Bee.
THE tr'.V/O.V PACIFIC IHIIECTORS.
iritut They Have to Kay in Their Annual Hi
port lo tlie fiitf inr ± > ci > artinent.
The annual report of the board of go'
eminent directors of the Union Pacific rai
way was made public on the oOth by tl
secretary of tho interior. During the uii
months ended Sept. 30 , 1SSG , the incon
of tho lines forming the Union Pacific sy
tern amounted to § 8,118,020 , while the e :
penditures were $5.420,092. During tl
corresponding nine , months in ISSo , the ii
comu amounted to § 7OGO,00'S , while e :
penditures were § , " ,797.830 ; United Stah
requirements for the nine months in 1S8I
placed against , the surplus , were § J)00,00 (
and for the nine months in 18S. S were § 780
989 ; so that the balance of surplus in tl :
lirst nine months of 1S8G , less United State
requirements , amounted to § 2,188,92'
against § 47n,282 during the correspom
ing period of 1SS5.
A corporation fctatemcnt of funded an
other debts of the entire. system covering
period of twenty-one months shows rap !
improvements , the directois say , in tli
financial position of the company. Froi
this statement the following figures ai
taken :
December31 , 1884 , the funded debt *
the system in the hands of the pnbli
amounted to § 14iG47,047 ; bonds of tli
companv in its treasury , § 'i , 407.481
floating"dent , § 3,2..7G97 ; total debt
§ 151,334.231. Deducting § 29.2. ) GG9f ,
land "grant assets , there remained at tha
date a debt in rxcef-s of land asset
amounting to § 122.097,332. Decemlic
31 , ISSn , the statement shows the debt i
excess of land grant assets atthatdat
plated at S30G. > 2.9.V. ) to have hren § 118.
1-K..8DI , and September 30 , 18SG. th
total funded debt itt placed at § 147,987 ,
4GO. uilh cash resources amounting t :
§ 2,772.904 , and land grant a set
amounting to § 29,943,981 , thus Icavin
the debt of the company in excess of lam
grant assets on the latter date of § 11. > ,
270n(55 ( , or abmit § 7,2.)0,0u01ess than o ;
December 31 , 18S4.
The directoifi say in their report that :
must be borne in mind that the Unioi
Pacific company has completely changci
in its character and it.s sources of revenit
xvithin the last fewyeais. Ituasbnilta
a tran. continental line and utpeclcd to dc
riye its support principally from trans
coi.tincntal business , but that busi
ness II.IH reci'ntlj * been so dividei
by the . completion of couipetin
lines , of which there are now sis
that it furnishes but 7J-J per cent of th
road's revenue. Like all tho other grea
railroads of the west , tho Union Pacill
must in future look almost entirely to th
development of its local business for it ;
principal revenue. It must , occupy am
develop promptly the territory natural
tributary to its trunk line , or seis thi
taken possession of by rival lines and In
left without business enough to support its
main stems. Its rival lines arc alert , ricl
and entcrpi King and are untramnicli'd ii
their ability to raise funds give guarantee ;
and construct , buy or lease othor roads
It. will be for the best interests of. the gov
eminent , the diieclors in this conncclior
add , and greatly promote tingrowth am'
development of the territory served by Hit
Union Pacific to have the government
place this road in an equally f.ivor.ibh
position , and a number of additional
lines .should be undertaken at an
early day in order to reserve to the
main line its due proportion o ;
territory. The directors , in discussing
the various propositions that have been
made for tho settlement of the indebted
ness to the government , say that since sub
mitting their last report in January. 1S8G ,
the condition of the lines have changed
only for the better. The floating debts
have been entirely paid off , the bonded
debt reduced and about 100 miles of new
and valuable feeders have been built. The
property as a whole is of great and increas
ing value. Criticisms upon the vabi'oi
any of its branch lines , considered as inde
pendent. roads , are misleading , ami it
should also be borne in mind , they say ,
that in a few years the fulling due of the ( > ,
7 and 8 per rent bonds in very large
amounts will afford opportunities to effect
a. very important saving m interest by
the issue of new bomls at a much lower
rate.
Should the government , in any evenft | as
sume ownership of the system it could
easily take up all outstanding bonds with
n 3 per cent government bond , which
would reduce the fixed charges more
than one-half. It seems , therefore ,
to the government diiectors beyond
liny reasonable question that the
-ecuiity which thu government will have
'or its debt , is abundantly sufficient. Thfy
therefore recommend the passage oi the
bill now pending in CDiigress unnniiti'iusiy
oported by the hou < > u commitle on P.ic.iic
railways , which provides for the final ad-
_ ustmenL of the debt in seventy years of
51,807,000 a year in semi-annual pay-
nonts.
In closing their report the board of
lircctoti ; express trust in the purpose and
narked ability of the present managers of
: he present company , whatever the furmer
nanagemi'nt was , or what gave riso to a
ack of confidi'iico and friendliness to it ,
IIKI they think it h'uh time in the interest
) f a iiht umlerslandiiig by tho govern-
ncnt so important to the right handling
) f the important interest in tlie company
: o dr.iw the line at the present inunage-
nent and present ownership. Its managc-
nent now is honest , economic and able.
Iml tho-so facts they say entitle it to be
lealt with without prejudice or disfavor.
Chicago special : A. II. Swan , the big cat-
Icman , n said to have been neatly taken
: i by a well known Chicagoan who is now
i Europe. This latter gentleman a meiu-
er , by the by , of all tho clubs hero went
0 Europe to sell cattle ranches to rich
ristocrats of England and the continent.
le cabled Swan , one of whoso ranches he
ad , that he had the property sold for a
plendid pr'ce , and he gave in detail tho
ay in which payments were to ba made.
wan had some partners in this venture.
nd as soon as he got his cable he skurrit-d
round and bought out on liberal terms
is partner's intere&t. It turns ont now
liat tho Chicago man wasn't as straight
s he should have befn. The first payment
as not made , and when called on for ex-
lunation , the well known club man said ,
ither weakly , that tho trade had fallen
lirottgh. This left the millionaire cattle-
inn in a bad way. He had shouldered hig
artner's interests and had gotten left.
lilt Swan was only one of the men taken
t and done for by this elegant Chicagoan.
A IZJSIX1 LESS VRAXK.
Cleveland dispatch : Since last August ,
rs. Guriield , wife of the late prcsiileufc ,
.16 been gieatly annoyed at her country
31110 in Mentor , by the receipt of letters of
1 vice , etc. , from j , person feigning himself
A. Uodde. Yesterday he appeared for
ic second time at the Gartield farm house
id being reuisud permission to bee Mrs.
LU'iield he cursed all the members of the
mily. He was followed from the house
id later placed under unvat at i'aines-
lle. Bodtie is thirty-eight years of age , a
itive of Holland and formerly lived at
Drt Wane , Ind. Alter an inquest in
nacy , the judgu deckled that liodde was
> t of sufficiently unsound mind to warrant
s incarceration in an asylum. He was
nt to the county poor house for &afe
STRIKESIA7J HOYCOTTS.
George Says It In AV > ( l j Tltcir Haf Tin
-ltnginen Can Secure Their JHyhla.
New Haven dispatch : Carll's opera hott :
was crowded to its utmost capacity t !
night , tho occasion being the grand rally <
the "united labor party , and the present
of Henry George of New York , the prineipi
speaker of the evening. Erief speeches wei
made by P. J. Lynch , the labor Candida !
for mayor of New Haven , and Henry (
Baldwin , of Naugatuck , the well-known e :
grcenbacker. Henry George was then ii
troduced and after the applause hail sttl
bided , Mr. George stepped to the front (
the platform and said :
"Ladies and Gentlemen : I thank yo
for this reception. Iilon of New Haven ,
came here from New York to bid you Goi
speed in this movement. You are takin
the only right way to purify the ballot.
do not know whether you can elect on
candidates , and I don't care. Success doc
not mean the filling of an oliice. We di
not meet with Hticctss in our late electio
in New York , but "vxe accomplished a wor
the news of which has traveled a
over the html. Public opinion i
the long run will rule. Our politics hav
become corrupt because principle has aon
out of them. The last national electio
turned on a question of personal charnctei
Think of it a nation of GO.000,000
people haggling over I he personal charactc
of two rival candidates. The work of th
republican party is done ; black slavery i
abolished , lint the crusade now I.egnii is ;
crusade for emancipation of all mankind
both white and black. At last the laboi
ilia masses all over the country are organ
ising. Strike * and boycotts , to my m.nil
ae like swords and rifles , they aio tig ! ,
weapons and although it may bo necessar
in some instances lit resort to titcin , it i
not by the use of ( ither the workingnic :
can secure their rights. All over tho cnun
try a gteat awakening oi minds has beci
going on , but these thoughts have b'-ei
crude until reo-'titly , when they have bi-gn
to ctyslalize. The real heart "of the la bo
question lies in the lam ! qui-.slion. You
candidate for mayor has told you that fo
over thirty yearhe has earned his brent
by the sweat of his brow. There was som
applau.se , but it was limited. Men do no
applaud thosi > who earn their living ii
that way. Tho good things of life , tin
riches and ninu.seniu'iils , are ; iot for work
tngmen. It is not natural fur men t (
like work. I never saw men looking fo
work because they liked work , and ye
we have massive protectivelaws to kec [
work in the country. We are building im
metise ships of war that we do not wan ;
and we are told that we may need then
sometime , and at. any rate work is fur
iiishcd for thousands. Well , if we burntu
up houses , we would furnish men work ii
rebuilding them. No man has a right U
demand work of another. No man has ; i
right to say to another that himust 01
must not employ a certain man. Whal
we must do is to produce a condition o
things that will furnish an opportunity foi
all to work. Our civilization now doe
not give this. 'It absolutely denies it. W'
have abolished .slavery and boast of otii
splendid country , when tramps abound
and the Silms hon-cs are ft'il. I was re.til-
ing to-night of a now alms house that was
beiiiL' constituted in a western city. In
this hotibo i.s to be a tramps' room , which
i.s to be constructed so thai it can bo filled
with water and tho tramps forced to p-imp
it out or drown. What is a tiump ? lie i.s
an American citizen ; he will nob work and
ho will vott , and the rich man who runs
for office will buy his vote. It is the very
rich and the very poor man we fear. What
n ridiculous thing it is to tax houses. Are
there too many houses in this country ?
IJefciring to his well-known principle that
taxation should fall upon land values and
Lhat , no individual should own land to tho
L'xcltt-ion of a community's right therein ,
Mr. George continued :
"What right have those who are dead in
land on this continent ? About as much
right as .a man who has left a railroad lias
la tho car that speeds on it.s way. If I
ivanfc to buy a vacant lot in New York I
mi obliged to pay part of my earnings to
,01110 rich man because the will of some
lead English king , who never set a font in
hi * country , says so. What foolK'iiiess !
Ton enter a railroad car , and you find ait
he scats filled with bundles. You attempt
: o sit down and you are told the seat is
in gaged. You ask how it came to be en
raged , and you are told it was bought
rum the person that alighted at the sta-
.ion. There is just as much Reuse in the
: ar illustration as there is of selling of land
or building purposes.
"There ought to be no such thing as star-
ration when the great granaries arc all full.
riti ; great Creator has put enough in this
vorld for all. Equality of opportunity is
vhat is needed. Justice is whut wo want.
"What you are doingiii this election is to
lovale principles. I hope no Into demo-
rat or republican will fail to vote for your
i-.bor candidates. If you cannot elect ;
hem , come as near as you can. Your in-
liience will be exerted for the good men of
s"ew Haven , nnd doyour duty and lee it go
nrth to the world that Connecticut is
ng up to the cause of labor. "
New York dispatch : A man named Wil-
'am Kurz jumped into the river from
Jrooklyn bridge about 1:4.0 o'clock this
fternoon. An 030 witness , who was on
he Dover street pier , said to a reporter :
'I was looking up at the bridge and saw
. man get over the railing next to the
imp post outside the New York tower.
le clung to the rail for a minute and then
; t go. He turned two somersaults in the
ir and fell on his back in the water and
isappoared at once. The water seemed to
nek him in and the spray sphushed up
i-ver-tl feet in the air. Very few people
ere 0:1 the bridge at the time" but s-veral
r.ntlrt-d gathered in a few moments nnd
! ; eriws great excitement. The captain
f the lighter steamed ont and picked up
Itirz who had been under the water about
vo minuteWhen picked up lie was
orbing at the month and too exhausted
[ > speak. His face had a j-ellow look and
is eyes were glassy and vacant in ex-
rossion. Whan tho lighter reached the
haif Kurz was placed in an express
agon and taken to the Chambers street
ospital. lie told the officer in charge of
10 police station to where he was lir.-t
i ken that ho wanted to commit aiiicde.
le complained of a pain in IPS head and
L-vian to ravo. At the hospital he wi s
itind to be suffering from th < shock of thu
iuru. Miiii. It is thought he will recovr.
"hen akei ! his reason for tho jump he re
lied : "I wish 1 was dead. "
The Hon. Edmund G. Ross , governor o !
jw Mexico , in his annual report to ths
cretary of the interior , refers to plain
iggested In his last report of storing Un
irplns water , and adds that the sy&teni
[ .storage basins at the heads of llie Sev-
albtieatns , especially the Rio Grande
ir which numerous canyon" and araye-
te excellently adapted , would save a vast
mount of water sufficient to irrigate not
: ily the river valley proper , but also tl.f
esas or uplands , practically to the Too'
\ the mountain on either &idc , rtinnizi ]
irallel therewith. This , he says , would
duce to cultivation many millions of
: iea ol productive land now barren
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31KXICAXS yew 7 > o.vr ; r/ ' . .
JJtcgeil Ayait of l'tittl I'lity * n Sharp
< iiiinr. on Ainii.iynteiit Gfirrit.
City of Mexico dispatch : A tremendoua
and is the-
sensation occurred hero to-day
subject of gotssip in all tho clubs , cafes and
places of public resort. For the last two-
days there has keen great excite r.ent over
thcbnld of tickets at Hi" National theatre-
for the Patti season , live nights in Jan
uary. The crowd around the theatre lm
fairly blocked the streets. The police wcro
required lo preserve order and itsecmed as
if the city had gone mad over the expected
advent , of the songstruss. Prices ol boxes
wei-i ! S.)0 a night" , anil seats ? G. Tlics *
wete three times the oriliiiaiy prices. Tho
ostensible agent of Abbey who was con
ducting the salu of tickets , was a. mau
giving his name as Mayor , nnd claiming to-
be a brother of M. K. Mayer , Abbey's friend
and bu-incss associate. He had with him
letters , one of which purported to bo
fiom Abbey , which hi * showed to Minister-
Manning anil other people. The theatre *
had a ready been engaged for the Putty
season. The advance agent had letters to
bonto of tho beat-known poojile henand no
one suspected the fraud. Tho sale of tick
ets began Thursday morning , people wait
ing at tho theatre door to get the first *
choice. Seats were bought in whole blocks , .
some persons paying a thoiin.tnd dollars *
for boxes. In tho cotirsu of the day the ?
box-office had taken in ? IS. GOO , and on
the previous day pi hate bales amounted.
toSG.oOO , making the total of cash sae
$2 1,000. * The governor of the district wan.
sonu-whal suspicions and sent to "Mayer" "
to inquire if any one was responsible for"
tho large amount of money being taken
Irom tho public ; but "Mayer"managed to.
avoid any act that would further arouse
stispii-inn. It is understood that every
seat was taken for the whole five nights ,
but sonfe well-known per.-iiii.s , as is thi >
cuslc.m hero , did not pay in advance , but.
iiiurely gave orders ; so that the amount lit
cash actually taken , as stated , does not
come to half the seating rapacity of tho-
theatreforfiveni-hts. iaslnight "Mayor * *
went to the hotel where he lodged *
accompanied by a policeman , nom-
inally appointed t % > guard him , but
in reality to see that lit * depos
ited nil the money in the hotel saf * .
In some ingenious way , it is > nid , > 'Miyer" '
t.-anferred over SUO.OOO in bills on tho
National bank and tho Hunk of London to
tinpockets of Ins overcoat , and deluded
the poliieman into believing that all had
been deposited in the safe. At all events
this morning "Mayer" did not appear at
the box ollice of the theater , nor was he
seen at tho hotel. Thu safe was opontrii
ami there was only found 31 , . ? < > ( ) in silver ,
which of coiuse could not be taken away.
Now tho authorities me lool.ing foi
"Mayer" and speculator * are weepimj
and receiving , as best they can , tlw con
dolenceof frie-ils. It is said to be tlio-
biggest Ihini ; of tho kind ever known at th >
capital. People aro saving that thonutix
was an American , but ho s | oke Knglisli
with a tnaiked foreign accent , and had si.
( ierman cast of countenanie. This after
noon "Mayui-V inlerpivter was nrrestitl
at Ar'zaba , v. hllher it is s.ud he had gone
tomakosomo arrangements for excursion
trains to the city. due theory is that
Mayer has gone north by tho raifwny , juttl
another that ho j.s secfotei ! here until thi.
matter blows over.
: i Trusted Jiiiilnc of J-Y/Vf/'U Tears Jtoba
Jli.-i Kinjiluyer.
Chicago special : ' 1 lu-od"ore S. Mige , con
fidential bookkeeper and cashier for Miner
T. Ames , : i millionaire coal daler , nmJ
secretary of the Chicago it Mhionk" Coal
nnd Coke company , i f-aid to bo a defaultc'-
to the extent of § 100,000. Theabstraction.
of funds ha * been going on for a dozen years.
Ames wnsentircly iii"ispiciousuutil.i weelc
tgo , when "ie returned from Europe anil
noticed that something was wiong. An in-
re-.tig.il ion of his LookKeepfi's accounts
onvinced him thatlar 'sitni.swere missing-
lie fiiai-ged Migi * v.-iiSi inisapproptiatior
tnd Tuned tliL-trnth from him. Jiigc pleaded
or mercy and promised to n.ake ivntitu-
ion as far as possible. Examination of
.lie books is now in progies > . " \Iige 's pro-
lerty. including a house on Ellis avenue ,
ias all been turned over to Miner , but is-
ar from being equal to the . 'ef.ileati.in.
kfost of the money taken had beon spent
n extravagant living anil on wine , women
UK * cards. Mine was one of the most
) opti.ir ! young business men of the city , .
ind was thought to be the soul of honor.
I is bately : jj : years old , and has a salary
> f S. ,000 a year. Miner hul .such con-
.denre in him that ho was allowed entire
ontrol of tho funds , signed checks ami
nade deposits in the banks. He had beeu
n Miner's cmioy for fifteen yeat-s. He ib-
i son of Edwaid Mi-re , tho wi/H-known rail-
oiid man. Up to the piest-nt time ho ha : *
tot been nrrrstul.
YOKIC county has voted favorably foi
> onds to aid a railroad from Suttoa tc
itromsbtirg.
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.