Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SUNDAY , NOVEMBER Q , 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES.
A REVOLUTION IN POLITICS ,
It is That Bather Than Republican Defeater
or Democratic Victory ,
A STUDY OF STATE ELECTION RESULTS ,
How Jtcpubllcnii StronghoIdM Jlnvo
Clmnuctl Clinrnotcr hi ttio llotnrns
Tlio Govcrnor-Hlcci Points
In ills Career.
No election In the history of Nebraska was
over so hotly contested ns the ono Just passed ,
nor liavo the returns of nny excited. such
universal Interest nnd surprise. It Is only
nftcr several days of alternating liopo and
despair on the part of all tUrto purllus that
clciliilto results arc discussed.
I. A STIlANUi :
The result of the election In Nobrasltn la
not a republican defeat , nor u democratic vic
tory , It U n political revolution. Incident-
nlly the republicans hnvo been defeated nnil
the democrats hnvo elected sonioof their
candidates , but these features of the returns
nro of subordinate Interest nnd Importance.
The overshadowing fact la that a now politi
cal party , thtit ono year ago bad neither rnn-
dldntca , leaders' iior votes , has cast seventy
odd thousand votes and bccomo almost , If
not finite , the controlling factor in the poli
tics of the state.
When a state that htH boon domocratio
goes republican , or a stnto that has boon re
publican goes democratic , that Is merely the
swinging of the pendulum. It Is.a thing
that , has happened in nearly every state
nnd that is of almon annual occur-
icn'eoin sorao state of the union. It is the
natural operation of popular Institutions. It
has happened In republican Mnino nnd in
flcinocrntlo Virginia , for instance , within ten
year * . It occurred last year in Iowa , and
this year In Wisconsin. In all such cases
the nulurally dominant party has gone tem
porarily out of power as n consequence of
having raised unpopular local Issues , and
former conditions hnvo boon resumed when
those Issues have" passed away. Hut the sud-
ilen formation of a new party , with now
headers and new purposes , is n different
thing. It is a rovolutlon n disrupting of
party organizations , a development of now
political forces , mm n thing possessing aslg-
jilllcauco not attaching to nn ordi-
cmry reverse in the sentiment of
state. What nmltcs this movement still
more interesting is the fact that it is not pe
culiar to Nebraska. It is even more prc-
nounc'cd In Kansas and various southern
( .talcs , is an organized force In Now York and
New Kngluiid , mid looks to congrcs.i aa the
teal nrona of its operations.
The farmers' movement furnishes a broad
Held for speculation and discussion , nnd is re
ceiving u full measure of attention in the
great reviews and the newspapers. Briefly ,
It can bo said to hnvo arisen from the fact
that large bodies of formers bellovo they nro
not enjoying .tholr slmro of Iho country's
prosperity , and that thov can lighten their
burdens by standing together in asocial ,
business ami political way. They have ar
rayed themselves in favor of sev
eral radical measures of legislation , of
which the most important nro : First , Increase -
crease In the volume of currency by means
of free silver eolnago nnd other legis
lation j second , public. warehouses , where
com , cotton and other staples can bo de
posited and money advanced thereon by the
government , so as to secure both the benefits
of early realization oa cropi and of the sub-
beauent rise in values ; tblrd , government
ownership of railways , telegraphs and .tele
phone ] ; fourth , the election of United States
counters by the people directly ; fifth , prohi
bition of gambling In stocks , of alien loud
ownership and of trusts. There nro many
others of lllto character nnd Import , und it is
upon this basis that a formidable party has
suddenly sprung Into being in Nebraska and
many other states.
II. TUP. T1IAN8FOII.MKD IIKTUKXS.
A brief comparison of this year's election.
returns with these of two years ago furnishes
vivid evidcnco of the nature and extent of
ttio strange upheaval.
In 18HS Nebraska gave Harrison n majority
of 2r,87 . Last year it pave .fudge Norvnl ,
Without any campaign or effort to get out Iho
voters , over 10,000. 1'rofound pcaco reigned
in the politics of the state nnd there was
nothing to indicate that unusual forces were
nt work. A democrat who should then iinvo
predicted that twelve months bonco a man of
ills political faith would ho governor-elect , or
that tlio republican candidate would bo third
in a rnoo whcro a now party bad entered the
lists , would hnvo boon carried off to the homo
ot tlio Incurable Insane. But sco how the
1888 figures and these ot IS'JO look in parallel
columns. They nro the pluralities for ro pub
lican candidates for congress in 1SSS and
against them in 1SOO :
1R9. 1SOO.
ItepiMtcan. OptwxUiau.
J'lrst district . : i,40li S,1U5
Frconil district . 0,7X1 15,000
Third district . , . 11,070 6fiO :
But oven this presentation of actual plural
ities adverse to the republicans does not indi
cate the real size of the overturn , because thu
llgures of 1838 wuro very nearly the same as
clean majorities over all. To get at the ma
jority in each district adverse to the republi
cans wo must add the alliance vote in tlio
First district to Bryan's plurality over Con-
ncll , mid the domocratio vote in the Third to
KonVs plurality over Dorsoy. Then wo have
this striking result :
rmsT niRTwcr.
] lciulllciui | plurality in 1W38 . .1,400
JIujorlty against roDublleinisin IKK ) . is.iso
HKCONI ) IU8TIUCT ,
Htcpnhlloun plurality la 1 88 . 0,7.71
Slujurlly against republicans in 16tX ) . 15,000
TJinin IIIHTIIICT.
Jtepubllcnn plurality In IB88 . 11,070
Jlujorlty against iiipiiblUmiis In 1SUO . i.T.OT'J
The Important fact Is that these awconlng
changes , possibly excepting a few votes in
the First district , nro utterly disconnected
with the great Issues that dlvido tlio two old
pin-tics , 'i.'hoso Issues Imd no part in the can
vass which culmluntod in such phenomenal
results. The only point at which cither of
the old parties touched the principles of tha
Independent movement was on the silver
question , and there the republicans ap-
lirouched the ground of the alliance and the
democracy stood opposed to It. It Is perfectly
clear , therefore , that the potontoy of the
now movement must bo recognized as tlio
dominating factor in this your'u results.
The election of Boyd is hailed abroad and
celebrated at homo as "n great democratic
victory. " It Is such in the sonsothatadomo-
crai has boon chosen governor where nouo
ever before came out of an election
nllve. But it is not n democratic victory in
nny tmo sonso. The democratic vote oflS'.K )
is less by 8,000 thnn in 1 ( > SO. A loss of 10
per eont is not usually reckoned as an "un
precedented gain" In political mathematics.
A few yours moro of similar ' 'progress"
would sco the last democrat vanish from the
soil of Nebraska.
The striking feature of the returns , as has
been said , is that n new party has won a sig
nal victory oa now issues. And when it is
seen that this now party is only ono division
of un iirmytbat is. camped on the national
"battle-Held , and that a year and n half henco'
wo shall bo la the mlitst of n presidential
campaign , it is perfectly plain that American
iwlltlcs have developed a now clement of In-
torost.
It is In this light that tbo results of Tues
day arc seen to have an unusual significance.
III. TUB CIOVEIINOU-ELECT.
James E. Boyd is a representative western
business man. Enterprise and success hnvo
irmrkoil his career from the lirst. Ho was
one of the pioneers of Nebraska in her infant
territorial days. Ho preceded the Union
1'acltlo railway into the heart of the wilder
ness nnd. bciug n carpenter by trade , built
the first house in Gibbon , Buffalo county.
ITrora that time forward ho has had a part in
most of the political events , and many of the
important business developments , of the
state In which bo had wist bis lot ,
"Boyd's ranch , " in Gibbon , was n frontier
outpost a quarter of a century ngo. When
the Union Pacific railway began to push its
war westward across the prairie , Mr. Boyd
took a construction contract and was thus
Identified with the first railroad
Iwllt In Nebraska. Removing to Omaha , ho
was ono of the projectors of the Omaha &
Northwestern railway and largely responsi
ble for Its construction. Theu ho started the
. ilrst packing house In Omaha , and thus in
augurated what has now become the largest
of local Industries , Boyd's opera house was
another of his numerous enterprises , in all of
which ho prospered and aided in building up
tbo city and stato.
Mr. Iloyd ha * been prominent in
public affairs for many ycnrv In
the last constitutional convention ho
served M chairman 'of the committee on
railroads' and drafted the stringent provision -
vision : ) of the present constitution relat
ing to that subject. During his term ns
mayor of Omaha many of the most Important
public improvements worn undertaken , It
inuv bo Interesting to recall , for the benefit
of republican oIMco holders , that ho did not nt
that time inaka u clean swoop of his op *
IKmcnts , but left the most worthy of them
undisturbed. Mr. Boyd tins represented
the Nebraska democracy as member of the
national committee for several years. Ho has
exhibited symptoms of n luudablo ambition
for Mitholllco on several occasions whtn tbo
conditions appeared favorable. Ills course
in taking th'o nomination this year Is good ev-
id on co of his Instinct in this respect
The governor-elect is a democrat and a
business man. His administration will correspond
spend with his politics and his training.
IV. THIS 8UAUOW Or T117 : OVIl.tOTIKR.
Ttio first democratic governor of Nebraska
will have n lively time with thooftlco seekers.
The boys who have been whetting their ap
petites ever slnco the state was admitted ,
away back In 1807 , are tolerably hungry now.
And James 1C. Boyd Is an admirer of the Old
Homan of Ohio , who sold Unit 'trno civil ser
vice reform conshtcd In "giving the boys a
chance to como in and warm their toes. "
Governor Boyd will hnvo no postolllces to
distribute , but several first class appoint
ments will bo within his gift ,
and the best informed politician in
the state tells mo that directly
nnd Indirectly his guillotine will cover fully
1,500 heads. Some of them will bo very
humhlo , however , with salaries ranging from
fc > r n month tolf > 00. For the bcnclib of tlio
faithful I mention some of Inn best plums :
.Siiporintendonoy of the insane asylum at
Lincoln , present incumbent . W. Knapp.
Salary , 62,500. ,
Asylum at Hastings , present Incumbent
Dr. Fred G. Test. Salary , S1JU.
Asyium at Norfolk , present incumbent K.
A. Kelly , Salary , ? -f.OO. !
Institute for deaf nnd diinib,0niahapresent
JncunibontJ. A. Gillesplo. Salary , ? . ' . ' , ( )00. )
Industrial school at Kearney , present in
cumbentI. T. Mnllallcu. Salary , $2,000.
Instttuto for the blind at Nebraska City ,
present incumbent J , B. Pnrmaleo. Salarv.
W.OOO.
Institute for fceble-mliulod youth , nt Bea
trice , present incumbent Dr. Armstrong.
Salary. * 'J,500.
Warden of the Lincoln penitentiary , salary
ei.rm
Each of ibo superintendents ot state Insti
tutions has quite an army of ir.cn umtor him ,
nnd , by n , liberal construction of the Jackson.
Ian creed , they are open for democratic suc
cessors.
But the highest ofllcos which the now gov
ernor can bestow wlll-bo the appointment of
twp now Justices of the supreme court. Hero
arc honors , worthy to bo struggled for by the
best domocratio lawyers In all Nebraska.
Doubtless the careful study which
hungry democrats will bestow upon
the subject will bring to light
sundry other snug berths wlilvh will bo open
to thu untcrritled politicians who have sud
denly been thrust from outer daruncss Into
the grateful warmth of gubernatorial favors.
Governor Jltn will be surprised to discover
how many wnrm friends ho has in the next
few weeks.
It is not to bo oxncctod that the only demo
cratic chief executive the stuto over saw will
refuse to use the guillotine. It wouldn't bo
human nature. The shadow of the awful
instrument already falls athwart the heads of
the republican onicoholdcrs.
v. rinuiiE or BTATI : POLITICS.
And now the question is , What of the fu-
turol In that proolcm , as in the work of
Tuesday , the new nnd interesting factor is
the Independent party. It bus already
wrought a great change in the face of our
politics. It has wrested the governorship ,
the comrrcsslonnt delegation , the legislature
nnd a majority of the county governments
from republican control. With such a stock
in trade it is doubtless prepared to go into
business on its own account. What are the
further plans of the men who engineered this
uprising of the farmers of Nebraska , and of
other stalest
This is the new problem of politicians and
students of events. It is Important to the
people of Nebraska In its local aspects , but 1
bfillovo that it is to bo determined not in tno
state , but in the country nt largo not at Lin
coln , but nt Washington. So fur as state
legislation can affect it , the movement will
partially achieve Its ends through the legisla
ture-elect. But state legislation cannot , strike
at tbo root of the issues Involved. It can do
something , but it.cannot begin to deal with
the great vital questions that underlie this
movement. State lines are merely imaginary.
State laws eannotcreate un isolated prosperity
In the midst of surrounding conditions that are
fundamentally \vrong , and especially in the
casoofnn Industry that does business in the
broad markets of the union and thci world. If
it bo true that the American farmer suffers
wrongs which the law-making power is able
to mitlgato or entirely sot right , then his ap
peal must bo to ttio government at Washing
ton. Ho his made n formUlaulcshowing ; but
is far from being directly In control at that
seat of power. It Is from this standpoint that
the future must bo studicu.
Now , does it not all depend upon these two
things : First , the success of either of the old
parties in satisfying the demand , in
which case the now party would
have no use for a political
organization ; or , second , in cose of the fail
ure of that unlikely possibility , ttio capacity
of this now class movement to hold Its mem
bership intact for a national contest ? It
seems reasonable to say that these are the
two hinges on the door of the future.
Viewed alone as an affair of state politics
the problem is easier , and can bo summed up
in'a few words. If the course of national
/vents holds the party together it will gain un-
'dlsputod control of tbu state nt the next elec
tion , unless the effect of its radical measures
should bo. to drive conservative democrats
and republicans Into n combination. On the
other hand , If the movement goes to pieces
the individuals who compose it will largely
drift back to their old politir.il
adulations. Then the history of the
grange movement and the greenback ngltn-
iioh will have been related in the history of
the alliance.
But in the meantime wo have a new and in
teresting factor in state nnd national politics.
It enchains the attention of social observers ,
It makes conservative business men thoughtful -
ful , and it keeps the professional politicians
painfully on the anxious scat.W.M.
W.M. E. SUYTIIC.
A Gay VOUIIB Forger.
SAXAXTOXIO , Tex. , Nov. S. On October
25 Harry Moulton reached Son Antonio and
put up nt the leading hotel. Ho was about
twcnty.fivo years of ago , with clear-cut features -
ures , a graceful mustache , distinguished
presence and of very bright mind. Ho flow
high here , presenting himself ns thu second
vice president of tbo Standard Oil company.
Nothing WOT too good for biro to oat und
drink. In some thrco days of residence , by
his reckless proclivities , ho earned the
sobriquet "Champacne Charlie , " which
ho was apparently proud of. Yesterday
ho wont to II. "W. Browdon , manager of the
Monger hotel , nnd induced him to cash two
checks amounting to $100. They were drawn
In favor of himself , wore signed by J , 1C.
Boretta , u well known local dealer In dry
poods , and were mndo payable at Frost's
bank , this city. They were forgeries. Moul
ton blew in the money with two members of
ttio Bluebeard , Jr. , troupe. This morning ho
went to Bryant's stables and hired n horse
and buggy , explaining that ho wanted a
fresh animal. Ho has not been seen.since ,
nor have the oftlcers any idea of his wherea
bouts. It is probable , however , that ho Is
striking ser Mexico.
Hcport on Imlltum'H Clinrltlos.
IxnuxAroLia , Inil , , Nov. 8. Secretary
Johnson , of the state board of charities , sub
mitted his annual report to the governor to
day. It contains n number of recommenda
tions , ana says that cruelty and negligence
arc now rarely found In nny of the stnto or
county asylums. The total number of per
sons in the state institutions Is 4,762 : in
county asylums , 4,803 ; In private institu
tions , 010. For the first time , the report
says , these institutions have been visited by
ono in authority.
Trlotl to Poison Ills Mothor-ln-I.nw.
MAUKNOO , III. , Nov. 8. Morris Dean , a
farm hand living near Harvard , was brought
hero today charged with nn attempt to poison
his mothor-ln-law , Mrs , Jane McCarmack. by
putting strychnine in a cup of wine wulch
she drank. Her life was only saved by the
timely aid of phyilclam.
TMIK hl'J-lliO HMXU.
Nnnhvllto Itnorn.
NASIIVILI.K , Tonu. , Nov. " . Summary of
today's races ! " .
Two-ycar-olds , four furlongs-j-Blancho'a
Last won , Maud B second , Laura.Doxoy
third. Tlmo-50./ .
Throo-year-olds and upwards , si * turlongs
Lemolne II won , Amos A second. Argenta
third. Tlmo-l:10. :
Three-year-olds nnd upwards , mllonndono-
eighth Fax-cite won. Barney second , Cash
ier third. Time li5.V , .
ilvo Milt Young
Two-year-olds , furlongs
won , Faithful second , Lucille Mnnnutto
third. Tlmo-l : ( { . '
Tlireo-year-olds and upwards , eleven-six
teenths of n mllo-MIss Francli wni first
under the wire , but was disqualified on nc-
count of crowding , nnd the nice was given to
John A'liutu , Magglo 13 second , Dclgnrd
third. Thno-lU.
Races.
os , D. C. , Nov. 8. Summary of to-
day's ' races :
Six furlongs -Coldstrcnm won , Blanche
second , Hustle third. Time 1 :1" : .
Two-year-olds , six furlongs Kitty won ,
Helen Koss iecond , Vlrgio third , Time
1:10 : .
Three-year-olds and upwards , ono mlle
Lnrchmont won , Syracuse second , King
Hary third. Time-IMS.
One mlle Tanner won , Taxmedo second ,
Iceberg third. Time 1 ! 411f.
Steeple chase , over regular course Zanzi
bar won , Gray Goun second , livangolino
third. Tlme-U:5l. :
Failed to Ijower Tliulr Itocords.
SAN FIIAXCISCO , Gal. , Nov. 8. [ Special
Telegram to Tin : Br.n.J I'nlto Alto (2:12j ( : < f ) ,
SUmboul ( Jlljl : ) and Sunol ( 'J:10 : < < ; ) were
each sent n mile against time nt tlio Bay
cistrict track today , but fulled to lower their
'
records , Palo Alto' making a mile in 2:14.n/ : .
Stamboul waspivon two trials and trotted
the llrat mlle In 2 : lt ! and the second mile in
aMil'.f. ' On the first trial the three-quarters
post was passed , but the stallion hroko sev
eral times before finishing. Sunol trotted
her mile In : J:12 : > . The weather nnd track
were pood. _
M oml ay 'H Tips.
First race Rumpus , Judge Post.
Second race Hlloy , Senoritn.
Third race -Princo Jamos. Ballyhoo.
Fourth race-Bush Holt , Lutina. ,
Fifth raco-EllnT , The Lasa.
Sixth race Cracksman , Kingstock.
Seventh race Wilfred. Quotation.
AT XASIIVILLI ! .
First race Silver Light , Clark.
Second race Little Crete" , Jubilee.
Third race Frank Shaw , Malacca.
Fourth race Vexation , Big Three.
Fifth race Tom Karl , Ilnrcmbourne.
JOntrlcs for Monthly' * Unoes.
AT r.MZAIlKTir.
First race , three-quarters of n mlle Mac
Pncrson. KumnusVcst Chester , CUiildcan ,
Hholngold , Forerunner , Lcpauto , Zed , Judge
Post , Corialniius , Landscape.
Second nice , mile und one-quarter Ulloy ,
Sonoritu , Badge , Como-to-Tiiw , ISIyton , Now-
or-Never , Kuymond. Nevada ' Luvinlu Belle ,
Salute , Floodttdo. .
Third race , three-quarters of a mile Sir
John , Lady Jane , Burcrv. Prince James , Dr.
Holmnth , The Sheriff , "Kyrlo B , Ballyhoo ,
Veronica.
Fourth race , flve-elghths of a mile , selling
Eiidora , Hydra , Pisa , Ireno' II , Glenbrier ,
Scrapis , W. B. H. , Lutina , King Altu , Cas
cade , Bush Bolt.
Fifth raco. live-eighths of a milej selling-
Mr. Snss , Tom Mooro. Marigold , Ella T ,
Dictum , St. Patrick , Common Sense , Bennie -
nio Blue , Ada Chatham. Nellie Peyton , Han
nibal.
Sixth race , three-fourth of a mlle King-
stocK , Fustic. Cracksman , LongTime. Pirnto ,
Curnot. Stonington , Santa Fo , Not Guilty ,
Repeater , Bill Barnes , Silent , Vurdce , JAm-
wood , Flambeau , "Wlnona , Little Addto , Lee
H , Kinetl , Mischief.
Seventh race , ono and one-sixteenth miles ,
selling Wilfed , Quotation , Jack Koso , IConi-
pland , Little Jim , Martin Uusscll , Count
Lun a , Ernest , Clunuiound , Lynn , Theodaslus ,
Floodtldo , Poai-1 Set , Lysander , Erie , Kay-
inond. _
AT NiSUVII.I.13.
First race , one-half mile , soiling Major
Hughes , Bob McCart , Muckahi , Silver itght ,
Clark.
Second race , three-quarters of n mile , sellIng -
Ing Dick Delaney , LIdn I. , Event , Mudolln ,
Little Crete , Bertha , Pautalctto , Pullman ,
Jubilee.
Third race , inllo and one-sixteenth , non-
winners this year Vanity , Alarm Bell ,
Malacca , Frank Shaw , Jcro Baxter , Sullross.
Lord Tom Hluiyar.
Fourth race , thirtccn-slxteenths of n mlle
Harry Wolden. Hod Fox , Rod Cap. Lucy P ,
Buckler , Mamie Fonso , Vexator , Miss JLcon ,
Jubilee , Big three.
Fifth race , live-eighths of n mile , selling
IComp Dillard , Wyndom , Mark I , Haram-
boure , Jack Diamond , Miss Frances , Nettie
Kent , Chicago , Billy Parker , Tom Karl.
To Purchnsc the ItiiiiiH of Delphi.
NEW YOHK , Nov. 8. [ Special telegram to
THE Bisc. ] For the x > ast two years the
Archaeological Institute of America has boon
contemplating the purchase of the 3rjO,000
acres of land hi Greece upon which the little
village of Kiutri is built Tlio ruins of Del
phi are hero , nnd to make extensive explora
tions among them would ho the object of tha
purchase. The Greek government has given
the Institute the first opportunity of securing
tno land. At the annual meeting of the Now
York society of tbo Archaeological institute
this afternoon William H.Varo , professor of
architecture of mines , announced that the
Boston chapter had subscribed Sl,000 ! , the
Chicago chapter 810,000 , nnd thu New York
chapter $10,000. It Is thought the remainder
of the $80,000 , the price of Uio land , will not
Iw hard to raise. The Institute has been
given until the eighteenth of this month to
close the bargain. The Greek government
has received mauy offers for the land.
A TciiipoHtiious A'oynsc.
LONDONNov. . 8. [ Special Cablegram to
Tun Bun. ] The British steamer , Ludgato
Hill , Captain Brown , from Now York Octo
ber 23 , arrived at London today. Slia bears
every appearance of having passed through
very heavy storms ; in fact , Captain Brown
says that the weather during the entire passage -
sago was the worst ho over experienced. On
the first day out the steamer made only sev
enteen miles and her bows were constantly
under water. Sea after sea came aboard and
fifty-one of the cattle In the pens on deck
were washed overboard nnd lost After the
first day the steamer ran before n gale , and
for the remainder of the voyage tbo weather
was bitterly cold. The remaining cattle ,
numbering 532 head , suffered greatly.
i Christian ttrulonvor Convention.
EvANsvau ? , Ind. , Nov. 8. The third an
nual convention of the Indiana Christian En
deavor union was opened at 4 o'clock this af
ternoon by n devotional moctlngconductod by
Hov. A. C , Hathaway of Klchmond , Ind , One
hundred and tlfty delegates from various portions
tions os the state were present , and tonight's
train brought forty-two moio. The evening
session was lield in Grace Presbyterian
church. President W. .T. Lewis mode an address -
dross of welcome , which was responded to
by IJov.'B. J. Leo of Princeton , Ind. The
convention sermon was delivered by Hev. S.
C. Palmer of St Louis. Several hundred
more delegates nro expected to arrive tonight
to bo present at tomorrow's uud Sunday's
sessions.
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The O'SIion Divorce Suit.
LoNiioy , Nov. 8. [ Special Cablegram to
TUB BCE. ] Mr. Frank Lockwood has been
retained by Mrs. O'Shca to defend her In the
suit for divorce broupht ugainst her uy her
husband , Captain O'Shoa. who buses , his
nctiou upon the relations which ho alleys
exibtcd between Mrs. O'Shcn and Mr , Par-
noil.
' Postofllun Burglarized.
METitorous , 111. , Nov. 8. The postoflfco at
this place was burglarized last night , and a
small amount in stamps nnd pennies secured
by the thieves. The burglurs .extracted n
largo glass from the rear window and entered
throURb tha opening. The loss will not ex
ceed 110. ,
Hall , lloyal lnno.
Corr.xiiAOEN , Nov. 8. [ Special Cablegram
to Tut : BKK. | Princess Marie , wife ofPrlneo
Wn'dcmar of Denmark , has given birth to u
son.
Superior Cilia : n.f OqlcLmto the Defeat of
Prohibition ,
PAULINE'S ' A DEFAULTER ,
Serious Charges 1'rcferreil Against n
Prohibition Orntornt North Plntto
Tlio DotlKoti Mystery Snow
at Fremont.
Surcmon , Nob. , Nov. S. [ Special Tele
gram to Tur. Br.i : . ] Today it was intcndco
to have n grand celebration over tbo defeat
of prohibition , but owing to the Inclemency of
the weather , the celebration was postponed.
This , however , did not prevent nn enthusias
tic crowd doing full and ample justice to n
most bounteous and sumptoua spread fur
nished by 0110 of Superior's most genial citi
zens , M. II. Vcrrlek , who had tnstcfully dec
orated his parlors In honor of the oc
casion , nnd whoso tables fairly groaned
under the weight the choicest viands
the market afforded. Speeches nnd toasts
appropriate to the occasion were made , nnd
Messrs. Umcwntcr , Webster nnd Hojrgen
were most wat inly applauded for their glori
ous victory over the imported colonels , Mr.
Yorrick Is ono of our most enterprising cltl-
7cns , mid it was largely due to his efforts nnd
that of his able lieutenant , George Dobson ,
that Superior gained her splendid vote against
prohibition.
The Dolllson Mystery.
McCoot. JUXCTIOX , NOD. , Nov. 8. [ Special
to TIIK BKI : . ] The search for Tom Dolllson's
body in Red Lion mlllpond has about been
civen up. For the past thrco days water has
been drawn out of tbo pond , but It 1ms been
impossible to get the water out of the river
channel. Men have boon dragging the chan
nel , but so far no discovery has been made.
Owing to today's snow nnd sleet storm no
moro work will Iw done at present. Detective
Pound still thinks ho will iluit the body in
the inlll pond. Ho has traced a team and
wagon from Dollisou's homo near Exeter to
tlio mlllpoud , u distance of twelve miles.
Tracks of men and horses were found up to
mid near the boat that was spotted and clot
ted with human blood.
A I'rohlt ) In HcrioiiH Trouble.
GmnoK , Neb. , Nov. 8. [ Special Telegram
to Tun BKE.J D. P.'Ashburn , postmaster at
this place , and who had the honor of deliver
ing one of the last of the prohibition speeches
In the M. E. church in this city , was placed
under bonds at North Platte yesterday
charged with assaulting the wife of W. L- .
Bovee last fail.
Snow nt Fremont.
FIICMOXT , Neb. , Nov. 8. [ Special toTnn
Ben. ] . There was moro than an inch of snow
on the ground this morning and it has been
snowing , raining nnd sleeting all day. The
storm will seriously Intcrfeni with com husk
ing , but otherwise it will do great good , as
the ground had bccomo very dry.
A Default I UK Town Treasurer.
HASTINGS , Nob. , Nov. 8. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun BEE. ] B. K. West , town treas
ures at Pauline , this county , was arrested by
the sheriff today orj n warrant issued from
the county court. West is n defaulter in the
sum of 900. Hovas also a merchant ut
Paulino.
AltltKSTKlt FOlt MVKItEIt.
It Is Claimed Tip Dnlo Confessed to a
Dnntardly Crime.
ST. JOSEPH , Mo. , Nov. 8. This afternoon n
inau named Tip TJalo of Sugar take , in the
southern portion Of Plattc county , was ar
rested Avhilo attending the United States
court hero on a charge of having been impli
cated in the mysterious murder of a stranger
which took pb\c5T" JbuV years ago. The
warrant for Dale's arrest was sworn
out by Thomas' jMooro , a store-keeper
nt Sugar Lake , who claimed that
Dale bad made a confession which pointed to
John Estes as the murderer of the unknown
man. Estes is a boarding house keeper at
Sugar Lake , nnd Dale was formerly the
operator at that station. It is claimed
that the stranger had ? 3,500 in money on his
person when killed nnd that his body was
thrown into tholake. Dale denies that ho over
made n confession nnd states that a few
days ago , while ho was drunk on election
whisky , a man named Squire Smith of Sugar
Lake offered him a farm if bo would make a
confession implicating Estcs in the murder
of the unknown man , und also the murder of
John Ideii.whlcb occurred there a year ago un
der mysterious circumstances. The prosecut
ing attorney hero would not Issue a warrant
on Moore's statement nnd the instrument
was ootalncd in Platte county. The at
torney placed no credence in Moore's story ,
because Moore is now on trial in the United
States court for violating the revenue laws ,
und both Dale and Estes are Important wit
nesses against him. However , ns the arrests
have been made , it is quite likely that some
light will bo thrown on several mysterious
occurrences in'tlio Sugar lake neighborhood ,
for it. Is likels thntlf .the case against Estes
und Dale came to trial there will bo testi
mony which may not bo relished by several
people In tttat section. Estps was arrested
this morning aud taken to Plulto City.
jwvi r si < i KK jr KiA'jjr a o 'Eitxoit
Senator Blinrmnn on tlio Ohio Man's
Defeat mid the General Itcsult.
NEW YOHK , Nov. 8. Senator Sherman of
Ohio , who is at the Fifth Avenue hotel , was
interviewed in regard to Tuesday's elections.
Mr. Sherman said that Major McICinlcy told
him before the election that ho did not expect
to succeed with such odds against him. The
senaior added i "But I shall not bo surprised
if it makes him governor of Ohio next year. "
As to the general result of the congres
sional election Sherman said : "I have seen
such convulsions n dozen times or more , but
they have had no permanent effect. I do not
regard the present situation with apprehen
sion. The country will bo wiser by nextyoar
and better able to pass upon the issues.
Regarding the causes which brought about
republican defeat in the construction of the
house , Mr. Sherman said that.it was hard to
say exactly what they were.In Ohio , " ho
said , the McKinlov hill was growing stronger
ns the campaign advanced , it is n measure
that is greatly mlsmiilorstood. It think that
it workings will b&TAund to bo beneliclal to
the country , nnd when .the people find that
out , ns they are likely to do before the next
congress is choscu and tbo next president
elected , they will ( jast their votes accord
ingly " „ . , , , '
Mr. Sherman saiiQ Uat the farmers had become -
como impressed raJphUly that they had been
badly treated-nnd unequal burdens in the way
of taxation were thrust upon them , which ho
regarded as the cause of domocratio success
in some 01 the states.i This was particularly
true of Kansas , uU ; l'P the farmers' alhanco
hod achieved such , u triumph.
i-.i ' J i *
fOI'E LEO AXMt TilK JI.ISOX8.
4.
Tlio Order Icc1fn'ed ' to He Animated
lj tlio Spirit of Satan.
Nnw YOHK , Nbyi ft. An ofllclal translation
of the reccntlv issued1 encyclical of Pope Leo
XIII. has been received by Cardinal Giblxms
and all the archbishops and bishops of the
Catholic church in this country , to bo read
by them to the people of their respective
dloccssos. The letter lays particular stress
on the evil Influences of the Masonic
order and blames it for nearly all
the indignities and abuse which have
boon heaped upon the pope by tlio Italian
government , The pope says ho is not sad
dened by personal offenses , but by tup uni
versal ruin toward which ho sees Italy going
forward , throatenoj in its faith. The Masonic
order is declared lo bo "animated by the
spirit of Sntat1 , whoso Instruments thny
nro , " In Itnlv , aid especially In Homo , this
war Is said to uo wcgoJ more tnau elsewhere.
Tno various plates of this war nro traced
from their eric u Too uctlou of the state Is
said to bowlull/dlpcted "to cancel the Ira-
print of roll loitnd Christianity from the
nation and from 1 o laws. "
fATK
ST. PAW , Minn. , Nov. S. Corrected returns -
turns , ' most of them oftlclnltp , to 10 o'clock
tonight glvo Men-lam ( rep ) a plurality of
l/'T1. .
ArlcnntmN.
LtTTi.r. ROCK , , Ark. , Nov. S. Returns from
the First district ( ofilclnl ) give Calo ( dom )
874 majority over Fcalherstono ( rep nnd un
ion labor ) . The official returns will not ma
terially change these figures. Oftlclal returns
from nil the counties lu the Second district
glvo Brechlnridgo WXi majority over Lang-
don ( rep nnd union labor ) .
South Dakota.
Htmox , S. D. , Nov. 8. Additional returns
Increase tlio republican majority in the sen-
nto to 2. . , with several districts "not reported.
The republicans have n majority in the house ,
the opposition having only -IS , provided nil
tinreportcd districts are theirs , which Is not
nt nil likely. Melletto ( rep ) now hns 8,000
tu J.HH uii.j : xno democrats DOIIOVO they
have circled seventeen senators nnd enough
member * of the house to hold the legislature
by tbo aid of the Independents. If Mcllottc
is elected it is only by a verv sinnll plurality.
Huron claims the stnto capltol by 1,703 ma
jority. It now seems probable that the ques
tion will go to the courts for settlement.
A Clumsy Deinnuratlo llody.
WASHINGTONNov. . 8. [ Special Telegram
to Tun Bic. ] Kvcry ono you moot has
some wonderful and now.cxplanutlon for the
result of Tuesday , nnd ns the polltlcans and
members nro coming into the city on every
train it keeps ono busy to catch all the now
ideas advanced. The one Idea remains , however -
over , and that is that the house will have
such n large democratic majority that the
party will tangle itself all up la its Immensity
nnd die of exhaustion in trying to straighten
itself out. Each now recruit hns some gossip
nbout the coming spoaltershlp contest , and
Mr. Brcckcnrldgo of Kentucky may Hud him
self too late to enter the race next full If ho
waits , ns indicated by his letter published
this morning , Thcro Is n tendency among
the southern democrats to force lllllbuster-
ing during tlio coming short session' and
delay the passage of the appropriation bill.
If ono falls them an extra session will have
to bo called next spring and the speakcrship
contest will have to bo settled ut once. The
southern men claim it to their ndvnntaco to
elect u speaker next spring , for the south can
muster moro votes nt nn early date than it
can wlicn the rebel cry is raised against
them , as It was In the speakorship contest
The president nnd his cabinet had a long
mectingycstcrdny and general talk ns to the
best policy to bo pursued by congress during
the coming session. The president does not
wish to call an extra session next spring and
it is known thnt ho is strongly In favor of
having tno dying congress pass on the neces
sary bills and not force an extra session.
Nebraska and Iowa
WASHINGTON' , Nov. 8. [ Special Telegram
to Tun Bun. ] Pensions were granted todiiy
as follows to Nebraskans : Original invalid
David M. Francis , Cowles ; S. Schuster ,
West Salem ; Simon D. Ewmg , Shubert ;
Joseph C. Colcman , Kearney ; Daniel Mock ,
Lindsay ; JobnNorwoodClearwater. Restora
tion Lucius Heaton , Bcnkleman. Increase
David Hoes , Chatlron ; Lewis French Day ,
Ainsworth : Beujamln Brooks , Ellwood ;
Edwin Wellington , Friend.
Iowa : Original invalid Henry Leik , Dubuque -
buquo ; Arthur Connory , What Clioor ;
Abraham Fritchcr , LoMars ; David H. Ham
ilton , Creston ; Leunder Miller , Iveiulnllvillo ;
Jacob M. Pbibsen , Creston : John Harring
ton , Monticcllo ; John Mickey , Winton ;
Robert N. Hnuna , Creston ; Sylvester
Byrnes , Muscatlne. Increase James Etncr-
soivMagnolia. John O'Brien , Vincent ; Emer
son J. Price , Diagonal ; James Sickler , Vernon -
non ; Robert Fletcher , Otrantoa station ;
William A. Pierce , Council Bluffs ;
Rcnssnclcr Allen , Cooper ; Benjamin Leo ,
AVoodburn ; Alexander Labross , Plcusnnton :
Frank D. Ordway , David City. Heissuo
Albert Rcmeut , Nashua ; Peter Rcntlcs , Col-
fax ; David A. Stuart , Iconlurn ; John F.
Wilkinson , Chlckasaw ; Sanford I. Lewis ,
Russell. ,
A Hlso in fanned Aleuts.
CHICAGO , Nov. 8. Packers of canned meats
at a meeting today decided to advance the
price \i of a cent a pound because of the in
creased cost of tin under the uow tariff.
They also considered n plan of moving the
stockyards and various paciting houses to n
point south of the city and nearer the lake.
After the meeting Mr. Armour said : "Tho
yards will bo removed. It wiis shown to bo
feasible to establish at n profit , now and
greatly improved yards and packing houses ,
with better facilities for handling stock at
loss cost. The present yards will bo used
for other purposes. "
.Uiotcrs Held.
NEWAUK , N. J. , Nov. 7. Mrs. Parsons ,
Etiglchart Hammer , Simon Gordon and Aug
ust Selscr , anarchists , arrested last night for
inciting u riot , were hold today to the grand
Jury on Monday. Flvo other prisoners were
lined $10 cah and scut to Jail for ten dnys ,
There has been so much avarchbtic ele
ment displaying itself hero recently that the
police determined to crush It out There is a
nourishing international socialist society
hero , composed mostly of Uu&sian Poles and
Germans , and meetings were held frequently.
The police say they will allow no moro public
anarchistic celebrations.
Held Up by Footpads.
Martin Ebcrhart is a colored man from
Kansas City , und ho is nearer the boundary
line of bankruptcy by Just $33 than ho 'was
wlicn ho reached Omaha last Friday nftcr-
noon. In trying to iind the Webster street
depot about 4 o'clock Saturday morning to
take the train for Norfolk Ebcrhart , got lost
among the tracks and box cars in the switch
yards of the Elkhorn road and was accosted
und robbed by thro * footpads. Ho reported
hla loss to the police , but no duo to the roo-
bors has yet been discovered.
A Young IMnn's Serious Lark.
DAXVII.I.E , Bl. , Nov. 8.-Orlllo W. Can
non , a prominent young man of Danvlllo , got
drunk last night , and hiring a cab , started
out to do the town. Ho mot Mrs. Shuckrow
on Chestnut street , and throwing her to the
ground , attempted to drag her Into the ad
jacent alloy. Hur screams brought assist
ance , nnd the young man Jumped into his cub
and got away. A warrant was sworn out for
his arrest this morning , but the ottlccrs were
unable to Uud him.
The People Again His Kspcoinl Cnrc-
PARIS , Nov. 8. [ Special Cablegram to Tun
BIIK. ] General Boulaugor has issued an ad
dress to tbo electors of C'lgnancourt In which
ho advises them to abstain from voting. Ho
confesses that ho erred in accepting the co
operation of the conservatives und was mis
taken in reiving upon their professions of
good faith. Ho further says that henceforth
he will devote himself entirely to the cause
of the peoplo.
Hroko Hie Show Window.
A show window in Edward Paulson's store
at Sixteenth and Webster streets was broken
in last night and a number of pocket knives
were stolen. Thu depredation was discovered
about U o'clock. Some boys wore seen loit
ering about the place during the evening ,
nnd it Is supposed that they committed the
burglary.
Lord Coleridge's Condition.
LONDON , Nov. -jSpccIal Cablegram to
Tun BUE. ] The doctors who are attending
Lord Coleridge , lord chief Justice of Eng
land , who was suddenly .taken ill while on
the bench last Thursday , have forbidden him
to attend to any business for several days to
come.
Jo tli oI'Gcncriil MuKlMion.
WASHINGTON' , Nov. 8. Ueneral David B.
McKlbben , U. S. A. , on the retired list , died
hero this oftomoon of cancer of the throat ,
( icncral Mcltibbcn served with distinction In
the Mexican and Indian wars and in the war
of the rebellion. _
Tho'Wcnthor ' Forecast ,
For Nebraska and Iowa Rain nnd snow ,
foliovert by fair in western Nebraska :
warmer ; variable wind * .
F jrSouth Dakota Snow ; slightly warmer ;
vuriibli ) winds.
UK ATS TItK IIOXAXX.I.
A California Mlno Wonderfully Illoh
lit Oold.
SAX FitANcisco , Cal. , Nov" 8. No wining
event since the discovery of the Big Bonanza
on the Comstock has so interested California
minors 03 the final turning of the water from
the Feather river tied , by which the pay
gravel Is brought to light For months the
eyes of alt mind's in the state hnvo been di
rected to the Golden Gate mliio opcrntlons ,
by which the Fcatlior river was diverted
from its course nnil' the rich river l > cd laid
bare. Today It was learned that the pay gravel
was tested with results Unit show the mine
will yield many millions. Nearly all minors
declared the scheme Impracticable , but n few
days ngo the work was llnlshcd. The bed of
the river appeared as n deep r.ivluo about ono
hundred feet across , bounded by rocks eighty
feet high. Above , sweeping through nu im
mense Hume , the waters of the Feather glide
nt a velocity of seventeen feet per second.
From the Hume It is estimated that H',000 '
tons of water drop every second. This a.OOO
yards of river bed presents nn lutnr-
fstlng study. When the water was
turned into the Hume two weeks ngo there
still remained sovernl miniature lakes In
the bottom of the stream and thi'so WCIHJ
augmented by the seepage of wat < r from Iho
big dam. The seven hugu water wheels
which hang across the flitmo were connected
by wire cables to trout pumps aud these
working night nnd day began to pump water
nt the rate of 1,000 miner's Inches a minute ,
ilischnrging into a sub-Hume. When the
wate'r was pumped out it was found that
tnero was n vast amount of unexpected debris
to bo removed bcforu uncovering thu'pav
gravel.
Several hundred men wore put to work to
strip the debris from the 'claim , nnd , if pos
sible , to got down to pave gravel. At nicht
the scene it worth going miles to sco. A line
of electric lights i are hung along the Iliimo
that skirts the walls of the river. At 0 : : ! ( )
each evening the dark ravine , burled In deep
shadows , Is suddenly Illuminated by the
white glare of electricity , which tunis the
gloom today , and the nii'lit shift men boglu
work whcro the day crows left on" an hour
before , when dinner signal pounded. At
n point where a little streak of top
graveUwns reached Major McLnughlin be
gan panning. Flvo cents to the pan Is
considered very rich for1 good dirt
but this top gravel run 2 = 5 cents , and n little
deeper it wont if 1. Such richness nt the top
would indicate n richness a bed rock far ex
ceeding expectations. Pan nfter pan of dirt
was worked , and It was the same every where ,
gold in everything and plenty of It. When
tbo richest of it Is being worked it will simply
mean $1(10 ( nnd upwards to thu pan. The pay
gravel will bo shoveled up into sluices. So
rich is the gravel uow known to bo that
much of it will bo worked by rockcnt. Ksti-
mntinir $1 lo the shovelful , and that evcrv
man lifts ten shovelfuls n minute , with 5H ( )
men nt work $5,000 per mfnuta will bo taken
out In gold. This gives an idea of the 1m-
mcnso returns which como to the successful
river miner. The Colden Onto is now being
worked for nil it is worth in order to make n
clean-up before the winter ruins set in. It is
merely a question of weather , and ovorv clear
day is invaluable to the stockholders in the
mine , which is believed to bo the richest river
mine over laid bare iu tlio world.
At the llrst sign of a rise in tlio river from
the mountain rains , Uio sub-Humes , derricks ,
pumps , sluices , etc. , will bo removed , the
waste gates opened and everything placed in
readiness for the mountain lloods , which for
several months will send a Niagara over the
heavy deck apron which now shields the big
dam from the mountain torrents , As soon as
the water subsides in the summer , work will
bo begun , as early probably ns July , a the
great head dam mid llumo are already in
place , and Iho work of removing the gold hl
bo carefully done. It , is expected that the
mine will yield $10.000,000 , ns the river bed
has caught nil the tailings of the rich placers
that yielded many millions In the ' 50s. Just
below this niiuo is the Golden Feather mine ,
which has n mile and a half of the riven bed.
It will bo ready to work two years hence and
is expected to yield 5,000,000.
CllASUKlt r.VTO.I SLEEMXG CAtt.
Serious Accident in Kentucky oil tlio
Cincinnati Southern.
CINCINNATI , O. , Nov. 8. A sleeping car on
the north-bound Florida limited express on
tbo Cincinnati Southern road was run into by
n Louisville & Nnshvillo freight at Junction
Citj' , Ky. , yesterday morning. The tracks of
of the two roads ut this point cross each other
at right angles. Tlio Southern train had
pulled across the Louisville & Nashville
track , but loft the sleeper on the crossing. A
Louisville & Nashville freight got away from
the engineer on the down grade and crashed
Into the sleeper , shattering the conch nnd in
juring a number of passengers. The Injured
are :
B. L. Austin , assistant general passenger
agent of the Northern Paciflo railroad nt St.
Paul , Minn. , legs crushed. Ho was brought
to the Good Samaritan hospital , this city.
AV. T. Hardcc , general freight agent of the
Savannah , Florida & Western railroad ,
back severely injured.
Mr. Townsloyof Hclvidero , 111.
F. J. WhcolOi' , Findlay , O.
Fred R. Slmlci- , Findlay , O.
Mrs. S. W. Wheeler , Milwaukee. Wis.
Mrs. Wheeler is not dangerously injured
nnd will remain in Junction City for r few
days.
A sad feature of the misfortune which be-
tcll B. N. Austin is that ho had gone to
Jacksonville , Flo. , to take homo the body of
his mother , who had iccently died , nnd'licr
body was In the baggage car at the time of
the accident.
Conductor McLean of the sleeper was
slightly injured , as was nlso ttio engineer of
the freight train. E. D. Nortbrup of Elll-
cottville , N. Y. , was a pnasenger on the
wrucked slooper. Ho arrived hero today mid
said ho could not account for the cscapo of
anybody In the car.
I'rohldont 1'ollc Jiilillnttt.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 8. President Polk of
the national farmers' alliance is very Jubilant
over the result of the elections. In an inter
view today ho said ; ' -Democrats nnd repub
licans were claiming everything just now ,
but when they como to sift the cluifT from
the wheat they will find that tno farmers'
alliance had something to do with electing n
fair proportion of the good men who will
have souts in the next congress. Up to the
present time it is a certainty that congress
will contain thirty-eight straight out alliance
men , and there are twelve or fifteen moro
who are plodircd to us. These men nro from
the south nnd northwest , two sections In
which most of our work was done. The
alliance in Nebraska , Minnesota nnd Iowa
is not our organization nnd is not
amalgamated with us , but it mndo tbo snmo
fight and will Join us this winter. Our al-
llanco co-operated with thorn , wo will co
operate with any fanner's association and in
a little while have n grip oa the situation In
almost every corner of the hind. Wo nro
hero to stay. This great rcfform movement
will not cease until it has Impressed itself In
delibly on the nation's history , Financial
reform is tbo necessity of the hour and it
must come. The press and the voice of the
stump speaker were our onlv assistants. The
alliance has no campaign fund , no boodlo. If
we had had money wo would not hnvo used
it Tlio principles on which the alliance was
founded are solid mid correct. Wo must sue-
food. The llsht was no small affair. The
extremists In both partloo attacked us bit
terly nnd gavu no inch of ground. In * the
south it was the democrats who opposed us ,
In the north our most vigorous antagonists
were republicans. "
Dlocl ol1 Ills Injuries.
KANSAS CITV , Mo. , Nov. 8. David G rover ,
the wealthy cattleman , who was shot Friday
by Clifford , the New York lightweight pugi
list. djcd from the effects of the wound this
afternoon. Clifford will ho nrriiignod Mon
day , charged with murder. Mrs. Clifford
loft the city yesterday to visit her brother-in-
law in Luavonworth , hut a dispatch from
Leavunworth says uho is not thura. It Is
thought she may have concealed herself ,
fearful of being charged with complicity In
0 rover's u.urder.
Diphtheria Among School Children.
BI.OOMINOTON , III. , NO.V. fl. Owing to the
prevalence of 'mullgiinutdlplithorlnnniong tho.
children nt the Lexington public schools these
places have bevn closed. One or two deaths
of children Lave occurred und many children
are ill ,
TO niK
AJc porato Klcotlon liny I > nol He- \
twcuit Two KcntuuklniiN.
Lr.xiNUTO.v , Ky. , Nov. 8 , Tlio terrible
olcctlou-ilay duel In Kstlll county , of which
only meager mention was mndo In the prois
dispatches of Wednesday , turns out to have
been ono of the most desperate encounters
over witnessed in Kentucky. Irvluo , the
county scat of Kstlll county , is almost cut oft ,
from the rest of the world , having only a
stage connection with Richmond , nnd details
of the nw/ul tragedy have been slow In reach-
IIIK Uio newspapers ,
A man from Irvtno tolny ; tells the follow
ing story of the ttesporato unit brutal nffidr :
The men engaged in the affair were Dr. P.
Lilly , n prominent young physician of Iho
town , son of Judge II. Clay Lilly , on ouo
aide , and John Wilson , commissioner of com
mon schools in Estlll county , on the other
side. Lilly was n republican ami Wilson u
democrat. Lilly brought up a negro to tint
polls to vote , when Wilson challenged his
right to cast n ballot. The Judges coincided
with Wilson and the negro was rejected.
This fired up Lilly aud hot words ensued be
tween him and Wilson , resulting In the
drawing of pistols by both men
Lilly got his wo.ipon out readily , while
Wilson's hung In his hip pocko t und was no
cidetitnlly discharged before liO could levo
it. In tlo ! nietthtinio ho received two balls
from his antagonist , both lodging near thu
heart The wounds , however , were not Im
mediately fatal , and the dreadful combat con
tinued. 'Wilson got his weapon frco and 11 red
two shots , ono of which struck Lilly near the
heart.
About this time Wilson's ' brother inter
fered nnd succeeded in wrostlbg Lilly's
weapon from hU haiiils. . Nothing daunted
him , however , and almost In the throes of
death ho draw bis knlfo and made several
fatal stabs in his enemy's body. Bolh fell
to the ground , hut the tprriblo duel was not
over. With his last ebbing strength Wilson
raised up and fired the liist load in his pistol
at Grant Lilly , brother of Dr. Lilly , who
had appeared on the scene , inlllotingn dan
gerous if not fatal wound. . Not satlsllod
with this , Wilson crawled over to whcro his
antagonist had fallen and burled the hammer
of his pistol in his head. Lilly died in a few
minutes , whllo Wilsou lingered uutll the next
day at noon.
In addition to the men already named as
having been shot thieo outside persons re
ceived balls , but were not seriously hurt.
Altogether the affair was the most desperate
thnt ever occurred in Bstill county. A dispatch -
patch received hero tonight says Grant Lilly
is also dead. All engaged In the dllllculty
were prominent men in Kstill county.
Judge Lilly hns gained n national reputation
by trying the mountain desperadoes of Ken
tucky for their offenses.
TIIK llUIIiUUUS' BANQUI3T.
A Most Enjoyable Afl'nir nt tlio Hotel
llurker.
Last night the llrst annual banquet of the
Builders' and Traders' association ij'as given
in the Hotel Barker. One hundred and ten
guests ranged themselves around the laulc.s ,
which wcro most beautifully decorated with
flowers nnd symbolic designs , One of the
ornamentations represented n miniature resi
dence in course of erection ; another a hugo
fish swimming in u sea of gold , emblematic
of the crrt of prosperity upon which Nebraska
has entered sluro destroying forever the
power of the prohibitionists , nudetlll another
a gigantic porcupine rampant , intended to
represent in various ways the several gentlemen -
men in the gubernatorial race.
The menu comprised the most claborntn
display which has possibly been made in this
city. The several features were served to
the delightful strains of the Musical Union
orchestra anil by a corps of thirty radiant
maidens attired In spotless white.
There was u largo number of invited X
guests , among whom were Hon. J. L. Wuh-
ster , Hou. James B. Boyd , Hon. W. H. Say-
ward , secretary of the national association of
builders.
Richard Smith , the president of the asso
ciation , assumed the chair wlicn the guests
assembled around the board , but resigned It
Inter when the tongues of those assembled
struggled for utterance. His successor was
Mr. N. H. Hussy , who tli.itiirKiiIxlictl himself
as a most versatile mid capable toastmostcr
Among the speakers of the evening wcro
Hon. James E. Boyd , Hon. J. L. Wonster ,
Hon. Kuclld Martin , Mr. U. F.BolndoriT , Mr.
W. II. Savward " , John Jenkins und Mr. 13. A.
O'Brien.
The affair was a most unqualified succcs ,
Everything that could have been desired hiid
been anticipated. The speeches were short
and to the point. Tbo service was excellent. >
the menu cards simple yet beautiful , and thrf <
management of the whola a tribute to the
committee of the association ns nlso to Man
ager l'A. . Balch of the Barker and his son
James , whoso efforts to mnko the affair
worthy of the occasion were as energetic ns
they wcro indeed successful.
What Tom Cook Says.
Tom Cook was in the city yesterday. Ho
was happy as usual , but Just u bit moro so
over the fact thnt the vote of Omaha had loft
no room for doubting the correctness of the
census figuros. Ho says Lincoln did not sup
port him in this respect as handsomely as did
Omaha , but she made a respectable second.
Mr. Cook said ho fought nil day Tuesday in
his homo ward single handed and nlono for
high license , while there wore nrrrnycd
against him two or throe ministers , a. dozen
ladles and sixty theological students. All the
latter , ho said , wcro groomed by a professor
nnd each had been instructed to vote.
Twenty-six of them succeeded In doing so.
But Mr. Cook called ft halt and challenged
the remaining ones on the ground of non-
resldciico.
When required to swear that they were
residents of Lincoln they weakened , nnd ot
course wcro not permitted to vote. But. their
intentions' also these of the professor who
herded them , wcro recorded in black letters.
The Anti-Cow Faction Won.
FOOT Donr.n , la , , Nov. 8. ( .Special Tele
gram to Tin : BKI : . ] The Fort Dodgocow ,
whoso proud position as queen of the city has V-
made her famous the world over , bos been -
deposed. A herd Inw was passed by nn
almost unanimous vote of the people nt thu
recent election shutting off all the privileged
which that favored animal has enjoyed with
Immunity for twenty years. The result of the' "
election was a great surprise to the friends of
the cow , who had supposed her flrmlv en
trenched In popular favor. The overwhelming
victory of the anti-cow faction Is laid to the
tremendous * agitation of a year ago , which
held up the cow thralldom of the city to the
lidlculo of the civilized world. Anti-cow
agitators the county over will bo encouraged
In tholr work by tills famous victorv in this
hitherto Impregnable stronghold of the big-
eyed bovine.
Btnainslilp Arrivals.
At Quecnstown The Servin , from Now
York , for Liverpool.
Passed the Lizard The Brotagne , from
Now York , for TIavro.
At New York The Egyptian Monarch ,
from London.
xu fit o < , x. i .T
Qovoroncr Thnyor has Issued tbo following
Thanksgiving proclamation :
TO TIIK I'KOl'I.i : OKTIIKHTATKOK NKIIIIARKA !
Tint time Is druwlni ; near lion , In ywo
wllli a moit apin-oprluto custom , the
nro Invited to iiHionthlii In their luTi
places of H'llxluiiM worship for tin ) pimiovi ot
oiroiliw up lliulr lioiuuKu nnil ( smtlliiijii t < > thu
Jtnlorof the unlvui-M ) for 111 * manifold bless-
"frow. therefore. I , John M. Tliiiynr , coyurnor
of tliostutuof NoliraHkn , do Issue ) Hi U , niv
proclamation , di > slmutlnK | ThurMlny , lliiiSTth
ilny of 1 hu in csent month , In Iliii yuar of our
J.ord. no thousand iilulu liutulri'd nnil ninety ,
us a ilny of tlmiiksxlvliii , ' and iiruKu 10 tlio
Most High. I trust that Jim purple of , thin
cominonuonllli will on Hint flny ccaMi from \
tliulr usunl iivocntliius mill , cnthcrln In tlni
gnnctuniU'S , oll'tT up di'vcmt thnnKH nnd SOIIUM
< > H > rnlsn nnd Invoke tlio uontlnuuucu of Ilia
Ixil inn 'most earnestly rntrrol all on thnt
dny < isodiilly o remember Ilio poor unit
needy HIM ! toulvo totltcmoC thtilr abuiidftiici ! ,
and thus miLkii ibolr litwrt * tilnil , rcnminher-
IIK Iliullt la moro blessed to KVO ! than to ID-
ct'lvu.
In testimony vrlioreof I liuvn hrminto Mil
juy Imnd uinl eiuibixl U > I HI ulllxtxl tlio grunt
Hoitlof ( lieHtnto. IIOMU nt Lincoln , thU ( itli
liar of Novamlxtr , In tlio yuar ot our l ird , ono
tnmihtind olKht liundrnil nnd ulnoty , of thu
htnta thu iwrnly-foiirtrrniid of thu liidniicnd-
oiii'enfthu ( lulled KluU'S tlio o o hundredth
anil flfU'tintli.
lly Iho uovornori JOIIK M. TIIAVKII.
C'owuKiir , HuuioUry of Htulu.