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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1897)
o THE OMAHA DAII/YV 1VEE : MONDAY , APRIL 5 , 1807. AFTER THE CITY OFFICES Identity of tlio Candidates Nominated 01 Republican Ticket HEN WHO ARE SEEKING PLACES OF THUS' Cnnecrnlnir Tlinnc Ilcforc tli I'lililln AftUliiK for SiifTrnprc of the Voter * of 'I'llIn City ni the Cointiipr Ulectlon. Colonel Frank B. Moorca was born In Hamilton , 0. , and Is abuut G5 years of ago , lie engaged In mercantile business In thai elate previous to the war. During the va ( ho was a member of the famous "Clnclnnal Tigers , " wWch took so prominent a part li tlio civil war and which later , as the rcsul of great loss of men , was merged Into thi Klghth Ohio cavalry. War records show that lie was In the thick of the terrible rain of flro at Cumberland Gap , whore his company stood the ohock of a storm ol confederate bullets. Colonel Moorcs can-In llttlo souvenirs of the occasion In the shape ot two bullets now In hU body. However , s the colonel pleasantly says , he vita able to bo In at the surrender "at tha dap" and to participate In the long scries ot bloody engagements under Hurnsldo which foi lowed the fall of the Cumberland Gap trocha. Colonel Moorcs early settled In Omaha wnd for years was the leading railroad man lu tbo city , having charge of the Wabash lines here. Tlio corner of Fifteenth and Farnam streets , whcro iMoorcs had his office in those days. Is still known lovingly by the pioneer Jokers ot the city as the "old Wabash corner. " There Moorcs acquired the reputation , which st'lll ' clings to him , o ; being the beat story-teller In the city. Ho left t'hat corner to bccomo district courl dork , wlilc/h / position ho held for eight years , Ho Is ono of the most popular men who ever ran for'offlco In the city. Bcechor Hlgby , candidate for city clerk. fa a New Yorker , and came to Omaha In 1801. Ho was elected city clerk to fill a vacancy In lfe'J4 , anil rc-clectcd for a full tcn ; < In 1895. He wa.q a gaugcr In the rov- cnuo department during the Harrison ad ministration. A. O. Edwards , candidate for city treas urer. Is a native of Ohio , and has been In Ouiahn for ten years. Ho was engaged In the real estate business -when elected to the itrcasurcrshlp In 1S9G , succeeding J. H. Du mont In that office. He was a member of the council lu 1892 and 1894 , being president of the body during the last term. John N. Wcatborg , candidate for comp troller , was engaged In the mercantile- busi ness here before ho was chosen , for a pub lic position. Ho is a Scandinavian. Ho vrus deputy comptroller under Olson , and wns elected comptroller In 1895 , being at present tbo occupant of that position. Fred J , Sackctt , candidate for tax com missioner , was an abstractor before ho was elected county clerk In 1SD1. Ho served four years In that position , and upon leaving that office was appointed deputy comptroller un der Wcstbcrg. still serving Irt that position. S. I. Gordon , candidate for police Judge , came to Omahai in 1885 and engaged In the real estate business till 1805 , when ho was admitted to the bar. Ho was elected to the council In 1891 , and elected police Judge In 1895 , resigning the former position when Jio qualified for the latter. Ho Is an old aolillcr. ALL SEEKING IlE-ELECTION. Ernest Stuht , candidate for the council In the First ward , wns a grading contractor for n number of years , and Is now operating a hotel. He takes an active part tn the affairs of the South Sldo Improvement club. Ho was elected to the council last fall. Ho came to Omahn In 1SGG. He is a German W. W. Blnghnni , candidate for the coun cil In the Second ward. Is engaged In tbo commission business. Ho was elected to the council im 1893'and Is-now president ; of that body. " I Louis Uurmester , candidate for the coun cil In the Third ward.isvof German dp- ; scent. He was formerly engaged In tfie saloon business , but abandoned it after his election to the council In the fall of 1895. ! W. F. Bechel , candidate for the council In the Fourth ward , wns born In Canton , O. . and educated lu a college whers Gar- Held was an instructor. Ho is nn old sol- dlcr. Ho la an offlcer and a director of the Pacific Express company. Ho was elected to the council in 1884 and 18SG and was elected president of that body In both of these terms. Ho was again elected to the council last fall. O. H. Christie , candidate for the council In the Fifth ward , was born In Omaha. He is secretary of a building and loan as sociation , lie was elected to the council in 1895. M. I ) . Karr , candidate for the council In the Sixth word , has been In Omaha , for- nlno years , during nearly nil of that tlmo' being engaged In the coal business. Ho was elected to the council last year. D. T. Mount , candidate for the council In the Seventh ward. Is an old-timer Inthis city. Ho Is also an old soldier. Ho is en- cagcd In the coal business. Hewns elected to tbu council in 181)6. ) T. S. Crocker , candidate for the council In the Eighth ward , Is an employe of the Pacific Express company. In the auditing department. Ho was elected to the counr ell the first time In 189G. George Mercer , candidate for the council In the Ninth ward. Is another Omaha boy. Ho was educated at Yale , and la now nn officer of the Mercer Chemical company. Ho Is now serving hla second term in the council , CAMHDATICS OK Till ! FUS1OXIHTS. Who They Are a ml Their Political Hlxtory. E. E. Howell , candidate for mayor'Is a democrat , about 37 years of age , and has spout tlio greater portion of hla llfo In Douglas county. 'Ho ' was elected to the city council In IS'Jl , being the only candidate on the democratic ticket to pull through at that election. In 1893 ho was re-elected1 and elected president of the council. Ho was elected to the state sonata laat full , and Is the reputed author of the new ! charter under which the coming spring election will be Iwld. Ho Is engaged in the coal and insur ance busliiffiS , John O , Yolser , candidate for city clerk. Is a populist , 34 years old. Ho came to this city from Hcd Cloud about seven years ago. $ Ho taught school In th.it pl * : e for several years , reading law In the meantime , nnd was admitted to the bar thoro. Ho Is a mem ber of the present legislature , having ac quired hla eoat through n succraufully prose " cuted contest. H Is the firnt public position Build Up a Your By iiourlfihlng every part of Health your system with blood inittlo pure by tak ing Hood's Snraipnrillu. Then you will Imvo nerve , menial , bodily and of In the Spring ent digestive strength. Then you iiectl not ns four disease , because your system will nnd readily resist scrofulous tendencies and attacks of Illness. Then you will know the absolute Intrinsic merit of Hoods of cine and Illood I'urlfler. 91 , six for $ iPrepared only by a I. Hood & Co. , Ixiuull , Mass. M , i , , nii : act easily , iirornptly and HOOU S FJIlS effectively. as ceuU. ho ror hold. Ho was a candidate for ell ; clerk on the populist ticket two years ngo. J. H. Schmidt , democratic candidate fo city treasurer , la a German. Ho has bee In Omaha about twelve years , and Is a present engaged In the drug business at th corner of Twenty-fourth and Cumlng Mre Ho has never held a public olTlce , olthoug ho was a , candidate for the council a fc years ago. C. F. Brlckflon , popullat candidate fo comptroller. Is n Scandinavian , about 33 year of age. Ho U now engaged In the advcr Using btislncrs for Swcdlan publications. H has been in Omaha about four years. C. P. Halllgan , candidate for police Judge , came from ! New , York , and has lived In thl city ten years. Ho M a so-called republican 33 years old and A single man. Ho was candidate for the republican nomination fo county attorney In 1894 , and was dcfeatot by H. H. Ilaldrlge , the preson occupant o that portion. AMHITIOUS TO .MAKE LAWS. George K. Gibson , silver republican candt date for tax commissioner , 10 a printer an an old resident of the city. H ? served aa justice of the peace In this county from 189 to 1893 , having been elected * by the rcpub llcans. He has nl engaged In the real ( a late buslii'cs. J , I ) . Sclmpp , candidate for the council I. the First ward , Is a populist and a cigar maker , and hao been president of the Cigar makers' union. Ho has taken an active par In all affairs concerning organized labor. Thomas J. Flynn , democratic candldat for the council In the Second ward , Is i plumber. He Is nt present a member of th _ council from that ward. Ho Is 30 years old and 1ms spent the greater portion of his I If here. J. P. Lally , populist candidate for tin council In the Third ward , Is engaged In th cigar business on North Sixteenth street Ho Is a man of middle age , and has no figured prominently In political circles pro vlons to the present time. Samuel Hecs , democratic candidate for tin council In the Fourth ward , Is a natlvo O Ohio and Is president of the Hoes Printing company. He Is 54 years old and has spent nearly half of that period In Omaha. Ho served ono term as a member of the noard of .Education , being elected on a nonparttsin ticket. C. O. Lobeck , sliver republican candidate for the council In the Fifth ward , was for several years engaged in the hardware bus Incss horc , but Is now employed as a trav eling man. Ho Is a Scandinavian. He was elected to the state senate In 1S92 as a republican - publican and sought the republican nomine tlon for congress last fall. R. F. Iluthcrford , populist candidate for the council In the Sixth ward , Is a granlto worker , being engaged , In business on Cum lng Btrcet. He has resided In Omaha for a number of years and of late has taken an actlvo Interest In populist theories. A. H. Kawltzer , silver republican candi date for the council In the Seventh ward. Is a member of the Omaha Tent and Awning company. Ho Is an old resident of the city. Frank J. Burkloy , democratic candidate for the council In the Eighth ward , Is pres ident of the Burkley Printing company. He was born in : Omaha thirty-eight years ago , He is now serving his second term as a member of the council. F. W. Simpson , democratic candidate for the council In the Ninth ward , Is an old soldier. He ran for the same ofllce a year ago , but was defeated. Grrinn n Iteptilillcnn Clnl ) . The German Republican club met at San tier's hall yesterday afternoon to make preparations for an active campaign during the next two weeks. It was decided to bold several meetings , one during this week at Mueller's hall or some other place In the south , and the next one a little later. For this purpose a committee was appointed which will have full charge of all the ar- rangements. The members of the club ex pressed themselves as willing to labor long and earnestly for republican success in the pending campaign and will leave no stone unturned to sea the ticket nominated last Saturday night elected. Routine business occupied the balance of the time that the club was In session. WOMAN" IS CHARGED WITH MUIIDEII Acuuxcd on Her HiiNlmiiil'M TeHtlmony of n. Four-Year-Old Crime. OHICAQQ , April 4. Mrs. Ernestine Dun key , living In the suburb of Melrose Park , has been arrested charged with the murder | of Ernest Kuencth , and aged farmer of Melrose Park , In October , 1892. Kuencth was found dead In a chair In his homo , with two great cashes in hla 'head A cornknlfo and steve poker spattered with blood and hair lay near. The crime has been a mystery until yesterday , when i neighbor of Mrs. Dunkoy Informed the po lice that Herman Dunkey , the woman's hus band , had said she was guilty of the mur der. der.Dtfnkey Dtfnkey tells the following story : "On October 2B , 1892 , my wlte went away from our homo on tbo South Side at about 8:30 : o'clock In the morning. She remained away all day , and It was long after midnight before - fore she returned. Her hair was hanging down and matted with some sticky stuff. I put my hand on her hair and my palm was stained with 'blood. There was blood on 'her ' dress. Her face was bruised and ccratchcd aind thcro were marks of fingers on her chin and throat. She told me she had had a torrlblo UK lit with a man , and tearing off her garments she burned them in a stave. The next day I picked up a German paper and read of the murder. When I read aloud she sprang from her chair with a soream. 'Don't , don't read ! ' sbo cried. I see him now ! I see him sitting In tbo chair ! I see the blood flow down his face ! And to think , only $150 ! I thought ho had much more. But at the least never again will ho propose marriage to a woman and then break his word ! ' " The principal evidence against the woman came from her husband. She denies having anything to do with the murder. She Is a largo masculine appearing woman and Is said to have had nlno husbands before she married Dunkey. COSTLY JJI.A71S IN CINCINNATI. Three Hundred TlioiiKnntl Dollar SCoelc of CiiriiutN Hums , CINCINNATI , O. , April 4. At 1 o'clock this morning an automatic fire alarm notl ' fled tbo central fire tower of a blaze start- ng In the George F. Otto company's car pet store on the south side of Fourth street , one door west of Race street. The entire flro department was called out and n battle royal began. Otto's entire stack , valued at $300,000 and Insured for $150,000 , was de stroyed In less than two hours. The entire It ntrrlor of the Otto building was burned out and the rear wall foil Into Baker alley , The flro communicated to the roof of Henry "ttoaenbaum's clock manufacturing establish ment at the corner of Haco and Fourth streets. It was confined to the top story , however , and otherwise Kosenbaum's dam age Is wholly by water , fully Insured. The of Meader furniture warerooms adjoined Otto , great tailoring establishment was eepa- rated from Otte'x by an alley and across the street from Iloscnbaum's was the St. Nich In olas hotel. None was Injured. The total loss to buildings and stock will be $400,000. The buildings belong to the Kcksteln estate and are fully Insured. The fire started In the top story of Otto & Co.'a carpet utoro next to Oaker alley. at IlniitUt Minuter Sued tor Divorce. NRW YOHK , April 4-ncv. Dr , Daniel C , Potter , who flvn weeks ngo was put out the Iluptlst Tnbcrnaclo church after a Unlit with the Huptlst city Mission society , which hnd extended nvcr flvo years , has i . been sued for divorce on statutory grounds.ar Mrs. Potter names us principal co-reBpond- I " "one Jetlla Oschewskl , better known Julia Ho n , his housekeeper nnd super In intendent of the Young Woman's mission bible class. " There nro other co respondent ! * , Ur , Potter occupied his pulpit today. l day I ml In' * Grretliiu1 to Dr. Ilnrrour * . ho 11OSTON , April 4. Dr. Jacob Chamberlain Ho writes from Mandatiapallc , India , to the American Hlbllcal society that committees tion reception , formed from nil classes and craeda to srect Dr. narrows of Chicago , they who wnu president of the World's Parlia ment of Religions , have secured for him ra Immense audiences . In all the large cttlei. 11 thi Silk AVi-nver * ou StrlUc. NEW YOKK , April 4.-Over 1,000 flllk 1 weavers employed by Glvcraud Bros ) . In 1 West Hobokcn , Homestead and Hackenaack ca struck yesterday for an Increase of 30 per and cent Inwages. . lit CALIFORNIA BREAKS AWAJ Wheelmen on tha Coast Form Organizition of Their Own , SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM THE L , A , W Tlirrntcneil Ittiiilnrc In tlic ItnnUn < tinntioiiiil Moil- Coition n ( ltiNt Mltutlon Adopted. SAN FUANCISCO , April 4. The Cal fornla Associated Cycle Clnba at a in pet In last night effected an organization which practically severs their connection with th League of American Wheelmen , A const tutlon and by-laws were adopted , oinccre were elected and the clubs officially ossumec control of track and road racing In the stat of California. The new organization : differs In sovcra Important particulars from the natlona league. Professionals are not excluded from membership , clubs are permitted to pay ac tual expenses of members participating I : races for club trophies In which the ride has no personal interest and the League o American Wheelmen rules suspending In realisations Is not Included. The conntltu tlon also provides for Individual member ships , the fee for which will be $1 l > er nn num with no initiation fee until after Jan uary 1 , 1S98 , when $1 will bo charged , Clu memberships will cost $10. "Any white person of good character ovc : the ngo of 18 years , " Is the constltutlona description of eligibility. J , Coffcy tried ban to have the word "mate' Inserted , saying that he objected to woman In a bicycling organization. The fair members , however , had numerous champions to fight their cause and CofCey's suggested amendment was de feated. A. P. Swain was elected president of thi now organization ; J. Hanock treasurer , ant The meeting was adjourned until next Sat urday evening. The following clubs were represented at the meeting : Acme Club Wheelmen , Alameda Cyclers , Bay City i Wheelmen , California Cycling club. Capital ' City Wheelmen , East Oakland Wheelmen. Garden City Cyclers , Golden Onto Cycling club , Imperial Cycling club , Mountain View Cyclera , Olympic Cyclers. Pathfinder Blcy clo club , Reliance Wheelmen and San Fran cisco Head club. I HAY CITY IIICYCM : mshAr HACE , | Ten Men Hide the Century lu Leu Klve Hours. SAN FUANCISCO.April 4. The Bay City wheelmen today -won the annual 100-mile Intcrclub road race , and as this makes the third succesalvo victory for the Bay Cltys , I the handsome silver trophy now becomes the property of that club. The annual relay race Is the most Important cycling event ot ; the Pacific coast. The course- extends around the bay from San Francisco to Oakland. . Each club participating enters ten riders and each rider goes ten miles. Tills year ten clubs , entered teams , making 100 racers In all. The 100 miles was made in four hours , forty-nine minutes and thirty-nine seconds , breaking all previous recprds. The Bay Cltys finished a milo ahead with Kelt auco second , a wheel ahead of Acme. COM.MITTKE OP FIFTV ON IJUIXIC to Instruct tlio World 011 the I3vH of Iiiehrlety. BOSTON , April 4. Ma'ny ' references have been made In newspapers during the las three years to a "committee of fifty to the Investigation of the drink problem , " but . the public for the most part has a very ' vague notion , about this mysterious body , and the people moat concerned with temperance anco reform are wondering what relation the new organization proposes"to'.hold to their work. The committee is 'not a new agent in temperance agitation ; does not pro pose to take and direct part tn reform , being simply an organization in the interest of research. Its work Is conducted by four' subcommittees on different aspects of tb < problem , physiological , legislative , ethlca and economic. Nothing of the same 'nature has been attempted before In this country. "It is not expected , " said Charles Dudley Warner \ , "that any organization or' , any na tional power can suddenly or radically change- the habits ot the world. But wiao and practical efforts can mitigate almost any evil under the sun , can produce , a public , opinion that operates in the right , direction. The first requisite in any social problem It. to ( throw light upon it , and this la the 'hum.- ' bio o 111 c'o of the committee of fifty. TII13080PIIIST CHUSAnrcitS AT HOME Mm. TliiKley unit Her Hniiil He.turn' ' from Their JMl jrlliiMK . NEW YORK , March 4. The theosophlcal crusaders reached this city tonight after a tour of 40,000 miles. They held a public re ception at the -Madison Square ball , but at the same time the other thosophUt leader , ' Mrs. Annie Bessant , held a meeting In Chickerlng ball. It was a flattering reception at the Madi son Square Garden hall for the thcosophlcal crusaders , those of the 'Mrs. Tlngley branch , With much eclat the cruaado of 294 diyp , which began on Juno 13 last and extended around the world , ended formally. Sur rounded by multitudinous mystlo symbols flags , drapery , ribbons , wrcath.5 , buttons , etc. . Mrs. Tlngley and her band were publicly welcomed to the city by their conferees. The flag at 'the ' school of the revival of lost mysteries was spread back of the platform. Flags of all the nations visited by the crusaders were strung around the platform. The audience. ' numbered 2,000. The bam ] reached the city early in the evening. They wore met at Albany by a party from this city , which went up in a special car to meet the crusaders. ' ba NUNEZ IN HIDING iVEAIl NEW YOIIIC. of be 'Noted FlIlhiiHter IH SniiiiOMeil to Have ho Itedimeil from Culm. pr NEW YORK , April 4. The United States authorities hero have Information that Colonel Emtllo Nunez , who Is wanted for organizing It and taking part In a dozen or more flllbuat hi ! orlng expeditions , has , within the past few days , returned to this country from Cuba , Is also hinted that Nunez Is hiding here abouts , having como to Now York with Dr. Joaquln 'D. Castillo , who , after forfeiting Ills bond , surrendered himself last week and was allowed to give new ball for trial. Colonel Emlllo Nunez distinguished himself as a daring cavalry leader during the ten years' ' ing war. It la said that since the breaking out the present struggle , . Nunez . . has been en * I i on gaged in organizing and ecndlng men , arms cut and ammunition to Cuba. Ho was tried hero ered last winter for breaking the neutrality laws wo connection with ono of the 'Bermuda ' ox- 10 pcdltlons , but the jury disagreed , a was of a Dny. PHEMONT. April 4. ( Special. ) Mrs. tion f Jennie M. Keene , wlfo of L. M , Keene ot ill illai this city , died very suddenly of peritonitis ai her residence on Fifth1 street at 9 o'clock then evening , aged 47 years , She had been Ic sick but a few days. Mrs. Keene -was a over woman of genial and charitable nature , a west leader In the highest social circles and re it spected and honored by a largo circle of 01 friends. She leaves a husband and two chil to dren. In MONTIIEAL. April 4. James Guest , for nnd yearn ono of the beat known wine merchants Canada , died at Verdun Hospital for tbo Insane today , aged 59 yeara. I NEW YOHIC. April 4. Bt. . Captain Edward P. t.d Doherty died at his homo In this city yester d of heart disease , aged 56 years. In 1861 the enlisted as a private la the union army. Inei became captain of the Sixteenth Now 01 York cavalry , and after Lincoln's assassina rope was detailed with fifty men to capture. ttal Booth and Davis , tbo fugitives , In a barn , pal > having been surrounded. As Captain wo Doherty sprang * in to seize Booth , Booth 00h raised ! a gun. Before ho could flro at Doherty , Sergeant Boston Corbott's bullet through a knothole killed him. TTTO 7Im Uroiviieil lu the Nlauura. eral BUFFALO , N. Y. , April 4.-A sailing skiff with capsized In the Niagara river last night Tliomas Domd , aged 23 , and Kdward in Bowling , S3 years old , were drowned. HAS nnu.MANYsinnn. . q > i - . Six rniiillAnteft In 1hc Field for tlie .llnj-ornllj- Olilenpco , CHICAGO. April 4.-Tho fighting prelimi nary to Tw-odny'a city election Is practically callyat an end. National Issues have cut but little figure In the etruggle , local ques tions having absorbed alt tli ? Interest. Six candidates .aro. In tbo Jlcld , tour of whom have made'sn actlVo campaign , They arc : Carter H. Harrison , regular democrat ; Judge Nathaniel C. Sears , regular republican candi date ; Washington HMlng , Independent gold democrat ; i)6hn ) > Mi Harlan , Independent re publican ; Jn Iwlng J carco and Frank H. Collier , indcixyidpnt. On account of the bit ter fight which has been waged for some time against the so-called republican "ma chine , " both Hosing and Harlan will undoubtedly riraw heavily from the McKln- | Icy vote , although It Is Impossible to tell whether this ylrlunl splitting up ot thc.je- publlcan vole among three men will cut Into l ! McKlalcy8 larnc majority sufficiently tlV result In tho-lMlon of Harrison , who will have the almost solid free silver sup port. A few threads ot this tangle arc the endorsement of Harlan by the mlddlc-of-tho- road populists ; the support of Scars by two weekly democratic labor papers , nnd a big row In League ot Amerk-an Wheelmen cir cles over the Issuance of a circular endorsing ing Harrison by some of Its local memUcro. KI.I3CT A StICCICSSOIl TO riXGUKB. | Mnynrnl Content lit Detroit Aronxcn I Mnoh fulerenl. I DETROIT , April 4. The elections which will bo held throughout Michigan tomorrow' ' will wind up h quiet campaign so far as the state election U concerned. Tlio only state oincers to bo chosen nro ono Justice of the supreme court and two regents of the Unl- vcrslty of Michigan. Justice W. Long , re publican candtdato for Justice , confidently anticipates ro-ulcctlon , although George L. Yaplc , the fusion , candidate , la expected to at least largely lessen the big republican maJorltUa of last November , The contest preceding the elections of city and town ofllccrs have absorbed most of the attention. The greatest Interest prevails throughout the state In the outcome In De troit for mayor , to succeed ex-Mayor Pln- crec , ( who was ousted from the ofllco by the supreme court. The republican candidate. Captain Albert E. Stewart , was selected and recommended , to the nominating convention by Governor Plngree , nnd he Is pledged to carry out the Plngree Ideas of reform. Wil liam C. Maybury , cx-congrcc3man and lead ing attorney , is tlio democratic standard- bearer. Ho is equally pledged to reform measures , but Is conservative , compared with the more picturesque methods of Plugree. Both sides confidently claim the city. STAND ON THE CHICAGO I'LATFOIIM. llr.van Clulm Orgmilze Into n Pro- < 7rt > NMlvc Democratic LeuKtie. NEW YORK , April 4. Representatives of 100 clubs that supported Bryan and Sowall last fall met today and organized the Pro gressive Democratic league of New York City. It is estimated that aslclo from tlio single tax clubs and the labor organizations which took pa'rt 'In ' the campaign , thcro were 200 Bryan and Sewall clubs organized. While only half.of , the clubs were repre sented today , ' the leaders of the movement say that the bther 100 and the seventy-flve clubs not distinctively of Bryan and Sewall nature. wllPfall'ln line ns soon as the of ficers of the1 organizations are communicated with. Thcrileadera , claiming for these in dependent organizations the casting of the bulk of theuvotot for Bryan and 'Sewall , be lieve that the' new movement will assume Immense prflportfbns , and that the Independ ent vote cast next fall. If political circum stances should make It necessary for such a vote to be cast , will exceed the vote cast for Henry Georg In 1886. 68,100. The con vention adopted a declaration of principles affirming alleglap-ca to the national demo cratic platforp ' .of 1896. IIOSSKtf ACCUSED OF I' Trouble IJnOkdl For tit ( hi * ElcctloiiH IU Cincinnati Toda- . -N'ATtiJApfiU. It Is believed tliBrc. y/ \ ? bo troubjjj'a't"'the municipal election ' here tomorrow ) Charges have , .ife'en made that certain firms have been blackmailed fnr funds by agents of the "bosses , " and an Investigation by the state food commis sioner find others will follow the election. It' Is also charged that corruption has been discovered m the proposed construction of new water works to cost $6,000,000. Ore man 'his 1 ecu arrested for falsely register ing twenty-six , names , and the registration lltit indicates that there will be many ar- rfsts for fraudulent voting ? While thU election Is purely local. It will' have sonin bearing on the .election of members- t.e ! legislature next November and th e frlendu of Mark Han a and John S. McLean , the candidates for United States senator , are taking a very 'active part. Senator Foraker is home assisting the republican managers. IIAUHI.S AS IIHYAN'S SUCCESSOIl. ICnnmiH Senator SiiKKeNtcil for rre - iilcutlal Candidate. TOPEKA , Karf. , ( April 4. For some llttlo time the probable candidacy of United States Senator Harris of Kansas for the nomina tion for president of the fusion forces In 1900 has Jbeeli common gossip among Kan sas capltol politicians. The' ' Dally Capital in th this connection 'to day sa'Vs : "A llttlo polit to ical cloud , no bigger than Senator Harris , he has risen over air. Bryan's chances for the th ladershlp of the popocratlc forces of 1900. tr The former Is Tielng urged by his friends to asi make the race' " pa foi COUSINS' CHANRE OF MIND. by cr AlmmloiiM' the Advocacy of FemaleS go S ultra ice , Her Life AVorlc. ne CHICAGO. April 4. The Chronicle this wo morning prints a opeclal from Us St. Louis un correspondent to the effect that Miss Phocbo bli bliW Cousins has abandoned the female suffra W gists , to whoso welfare she has devoted a an lifetime. The correspondent says : "Brought for be back from California , through the M minces ev friends , on ah Invalid chair , she lies on a ob bed racking with pain and eo stricken by thi her ancient enemy , rheumatism , that she will probably never rise again. " had Ou Ilimna lit Home to Vote. ha CLEVELAND i , 0. , April 4. Senator Mark oci Hanna arrived hero tonight , In order to cast sld vote tomorrow In the municipal elec team tion. He will return to. Washington after having cast his ballot and pic FOIIGETS EVEN HIS OWN NAME. me sto Dazed am } HtqpilHf nlncil Slan CluluiH wo ( o Ile-u , lla'llroiul I'reNlilent. do' ROCHESTER.JN. . Y. , April 4. Last even gai a man staggered Into the Kremlin hotel North St.1 Pabl'street. ' There was a deep In bla te pfp 'and ' his clothing was covered SOI 11 with biW 'lhat flowed from the ugly tilt wound. Ho .wasjflcnt at once to St. Mary's the hospital : , whtiralUo Is at present In a very wll dazed ; condition ) iTho man said his name gel John McNcltjiand bo claimed to be the wh president of thofOregon Railway & Naviga man company. First ho .said bo bad been Afi enticed Into a saloon by three men and as hoi saulted , ono'of'HMb men using an axe , and to thrown ftlfo'lho street. Today ho contradicted knife dicted this story ind stated that ho stopped row ( at tbo Central station , while on his way ind , and wljllpjwanderlng about the streets cur either : fell down orwas , assaulted. Ills mind , hat ! however , does'fool feecm clear enough for him pos ; glvo a det'MIed'account of his experiences lilt Rochester , life had considerable money the jewelry with him. rho tloi Mm , SI. John Golnir to Europe. cut KANSAS CITY , April 4.-Mrs. Kugenla the ; John , the woman proucher and suffrage the advocate of Knrmaa , who recently startled ma people of Kansas City , Kan. , by dc- ah < clarinir that a government by men , lifter aenturlcs of test , was a dismal failure , ban jrow completed arrangements for u trip to Ku- intll , where she will spend the sumnnr aid studying the matters pertaining to munici itara troverninent in the older cities of the Ing world and secure material for a fterlen of Lei lectures to be dollvcred on economic topics when she returns. ilppl. itars ( irut-nil Sclinlluld'H Ilnliy Girl. ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla. , April 4-Mrs. 1 hot Scholleld today presented Lieutenant Gen the John M. Bchoflald , U. 8. A. ( retired ) ' , eho a ( Inc. healthy L'lrl baby. Gener.il wai . Jclioneldwas retired eighteen months ago -arth account of tbo oeu limit. lie Is now tha yeurs old. rho POKER AFLOAT ON A FLOOD It Began Joyously in Arkansas and Ended Hungrily in Louisiana. EXPERIENCE OF FIVE STARVING MEN Opi'iilnp : .TacUiot | on the Hoof of n ShanIn the Mldxt of n Tor rent Hot Onine for n llnnU of llrenil. "For thousands of dollars to change hands In a game of poker , " said the man from Arkansas , to the poker expert of the New York Sun , "wns an everyday occurrence In my state before the war , and very often droves ot slaves and whole plantations were won.and lost down near the Louisiana border In the jack jiote that were played on the packets that piled between Now Orleans and the towns In southern Arkansas. The game I am going to tell you about was far more remarkable than any other , and possessed some features that raado It truly unique , oven in that region of extraordinary happen ings. ' ' It began on the Ouachlta river , a llttlo to the north of the boundary , and ! came to on end . on the Mississippi lu Louisiana. The stakes were small at Its beginning ; then the ploy grow reckless and thousands of dollar * were wagered , and In the * ' last hand the lives of five men depended on the cards , \vhllo gold and greenbacks lay on tbo table unnoticed and uncarcd for. It was a scene to bo remembered , and , as far ns I have heard , without an equal for Interest and strangeness. "If you have ever been down In the Oua chlta district , or are acquainted with Its geography , you will understand why It Is that tlmo and modern Improvements haven't made much difference with Ha general lay out. The boats from New Orleans still make their fortnightly accommodation trips to the towns In the southern part of Arkansas , and the spring freshets still continue to defy the I railroads. In fact , islde from the hard times , things down ' .hero today are about ao they were thirty-odd years ago , when that game started up on a Saturday night well along toward March. It was beginning to rain a llttlo , and looked aa If It would keep on raining In the spring style , oo the at tendance at the club wns far below the average - ago In numbers. I was one of the flvo who didn't know enough to stay In out of the rain , and the others were about the worst poker fiends In tlio whole region. Wo all had plenty of coin In our belts with which to back our opinions , and wo all felt that th-j yesslon was going to be a pretty lively one , although , of course , wo had no Idea of the unexpected extra features that were to be added to the program. GLANCE AT THE SURROUNDINGS. I "Tho building In which wo had met was Just like hundreds of others that arc still to be seen thereabouts. It was one story high , with a flat roof , raised on four posts llko a Yankee corncrlb , and looking alto gether as much llko a solid square box as anything else. It wasn't very perfect as to Ha appointments , cither , but It had a table for the cards and some stools for the play ers and a very ample shelf for bottles. It was a new concern and didn't leak from thereof roof down. Whether it was equally water proof from the bottom up remained to be soon when the spring freshet came along , which happened during that memorable i game. ' "I think everybody concedes that tlmo will para more pleasantly and quickly In a good stiff poker game than in any other kind of amusement , except , perhaps , .fighting. All Saturday night the dal kept going merrily , round , and not until Sunday evening did ' the players get thoroughly warmed up and really settle down to burners ; then a big Jack started and grew and grow , and was opened for a cool thousand , and everybody stayed , and filially It ended by making the 'opener nearly ten thousand to the good and the rest of us proportionately that much poorer. This made things Interesting during the next few hours , and nobody at the table had tlmo to notice that the water had been running slowly In under the door and oozing through at the Bld-s and cracks , and was now trickling through the keyhole. Before daylight on Monday morning It was over our boot torxi , and the panes of glass In the window 'were creaking and straining against the outstdo pressure , and the posts under the corners were beginning to sway a I llttlo as the earth In whlqh they were sunk became loosened and softened by the water. There had evidently 'been a cloudburst to the north of us- and the Ouachlta had been roaring and swelling and creeping' toward us and had surrounded us , and there we were caught In the worst spring washout that Arkansas ever knew before or since , and entirely too much Interested tn that poker game to think ot the flood until It WATER ON TUB SIDE. "It was ureless to think of escape , for the water was already too deep for walking and hi too swift for swimming. Moreover , the open fn ing or breaking In of the door or window tote would hava flooded the house in an instant and ruined the pack of cards. Then , too , to the poker game was another consideration tobo detain us , for three of the players were be heavy losers , and It was only natural that Ig they should want to get oven. There was a peen trap ; door above us , through which wo could on ascend to the roof , but as long as the window panes hold solid wo were good for three or four hours more before being drowned out the drops that trickled In through the Tl cracks ; and keyhole. Sovo kept on with the game , and luck still stuck to the two win ners , and the remaining three began to fear wl would bo drowned before the cards Would run our way. Just at the deciding of an pemi unusually Interesting pot , which I won on a mi bluff , the lower pane In the window gave miwl way , and , taking the cards nnd the bottles guar and a stone crock from the shelf , wtrmado ar the roof. We made another quick raid in below for an extra pack of cards , as It was an evident from tbo first glance we might be ca obliged to have a long siege of It. About all that could bo seen was tbo gray sky and the on tops of a few trees about a mile from what been the bank of the river. As for the peg Ouachita , there was no end to It. It might i have been the Mississippi or the Atlantic ocean for the way It stretched out on every ho sldo and surged along and foamed and fought wl hold Its new territory. Some of the vil lage lay below us where It had always boon , ind we could see the housetops and the pee bri on the roofs , but a good deal of it had tlu moved off with the freshet. The rain had wl stopped and the air was quite warm , so after mt tired of looking around we squatted ho down on the flat roof and went on with the of game. ofwo wo AFLOAT ON THE- FLOOD , ser "It really .wasn't half bad up there , and as wh some pretty high hando turned up at which ur hnd good action and won , I rather enjoyed ism turn things had taken. If I could hold rea cards I was sure of a chance to got square evl with the game , as none of the money could uh > away from mo until the flood wont down , which was rather a comforting thought to a pici who was several thousands in the hole. After wo had been playing for a couple of thi liours In our now quarters something seemed give way all of a ) sudden , and before wu wh know it wo were afloat , shooting past tlio Inn remaining houses In the llttlo village , clli booming along southeast with the main Ion urrent of the Ouachlta. A pile of driftwood " struck us and knocked us off the corner auc 03t8. At first the ark. rolled and swayed a bat little , but finally -righted and started down Urn river like -packet , under full steam , tur novelty of the thing took our atten for a few moments , but wo coon got ac customed to the motion , and went on with game. By sundown It liad cleared In afternoon I was not only even , but had managed to pull myself a few hundreds ihead by conservative playing. When It dark wo had to adjourn the session morning , and all night we slept calmly , out on the dry lltt boards , with thu : shining over us and tbo Ouachlta carr > - us along past tree-tops and housetop * Into Uiulsla'na , and on toward the great MUxIs- . It wasn't light enough to play by the , and bcildce wo were terribly tired and ilecpy after having been at It for forty-eight loura. But wbeu the night bad passed and sun popped up over the flood on the left , showing that wo were going couth , nobody .vantod to play pokor. All the money on wouldn't have driven away the thought wai uppermost In each man's mind , coot morning air and the 'hours of sound sleep had brought the secret out so plainly that you could nee it written over every body's face find flasMnf ? out of his cyta. The cards lay on the beaM , the money and checks beside them , Every spot In the deck , ovnry dollar In the pile , every drop In the Ouachlta scorned to mean iho same thing hunger. NO nREA.1) , NO BULLETS. "After A nhllo ono ot the men started up and ran over to the crock , which had been brought up from below , and opened It With n sudden cxclamntlon , his hand disappeared Inside I and came out holding a great hunk ot corn bread. It never got as far as his mouth , for In Iras tlmo than It takes to tell U I four guns were whipped out and pressed against his temples , two at each side. Mad ' as ho was with hunger , he had sen-ie enough left to know that his muscles would cease to move before his Jaws could close on that corn bread ; and , ns wo all wanted II cqilally bad , nnd knew that It wag four ngalnnt one whoever tried to got away with It , we thought It over Individually nnd let It drop back , un tasted , Into the crock. There wasn't enough of It to go around end do anybody any good , and thcro word no four out ot the flvo good enough Christians to appoint themiclvcs a committee to stand by and watch the other man cat It. So wo went back and stretched out on the roof again around the money nnd the cards. I hnd often had an appotlto after a day's hunting or fishing , and BO had the others , but none of us over bad been really hungry. It's bad enough to bo broke when a big game Is going on , and not bo able to sit In il , but It's a hundred times more uncomfortable tn be starving. ub "Tho day passed and the night came on , but it didn't bring any sleep to us. I had sailed the Ouachlta nearly all my days , but I saw things on It that night that no river pilot ever had learned to steer by. There wore eating houses every quarter of a mile , and tables spread right out on the water and covered with ham and eggs nnd rare roast beef , and all kinds of good things. There were bottles of coffee and cans of milk floating all around us , first hurled by the current right up to the side of the aik , and then whisked away Into the darkness Just as wo were about to grab them. The air was filled with the ringing of dinner bolls and gongs , such no wo had heard In the Hotel Royal down at Now Orleans ; and darkles kept coming to UH , all dressed In wJilto aprons , asking us why wo didn't step out to dinner. Whenever the wind blow wo could smell corn cakes baking and oysters frying nnd venison broiling ; and then the great river was fairly allvo with people , men nnd women and children , white and black and red , all nations and all nges , and everyone ono of them outing , eating eating , and never giving us a single bite. It wns awful. "When the sun got up wo were all pretty crazy. Ono man took a handful of money and throw It overboard , and then began to laugh. Another remarked It was about breakfast time , and wouldn't wo bo good enough to toll the cook what we'd have to eat. The light raado us feel a llttlo better , though , nnd we didn't see things the waywe did In the dark. Our oycs kept wandering Irn the direction of the uncovered crock , but nobody was crazy enough yet to walk over toward j It. The man who attempted It would have been killed with four bullets before hisc hail taken half that many steps. Then somebody proposed that we play a Jack pot for that hunk of corn bread. The Idea straightened our wits out Instantly , Just ns a sudden shock or n piece of bad news will sober up a drunken man. Wo agreed to be sporU and stand by the bargain , and all of us throw our revolvers overboard , BO as not to have to shoot the winner whllo he was eating that bread. A great Missouri vulture hovered close over us after ho saw us throw the guns away. He wns waiting to feed on us , and , llko anything clbc from Missouri , grew bravo as soon as ho know ho couldn't get hurt. GAME FOR GRUB. "Then wo turned our backs on the crock and picked up tha cards. Wo cut for deal , and It fell to mo. There was no more crazluess . then. Each man was as cool as stone , as hard as Iron , as quiet as death. This was the Jackpot of our lives , nnd overv onn felt It. One crooked turn of a card or ono suspicious motion would have brought four men on me and forty fingers at my rthroat. But they would abide by the carils in a fair deal , and if I won the corn bread was mine. " 'Burr-r-r-up , ' went the cards lu the shuffle , and 'slap' as th'oy were solemnly divided , and the upper cut placed on the board 'slan' again as the lower cut was placed above the others , nnd now they were ready. Ono , two , three , four , flvo , for flvo times around the circle. I did It very slowly , pinching each card to avoid a nils- deal. The not was declared open by my neighbor on the left. When It came to mo dealt myself three cnrds to a pair of queens. I shall never forcet the Jump my heart gave ns I saw another queen peeping at mo In the draw. It meant bread to mo , and bread meant life , for three queens Is n pretty big hand in au honest deal , nnd a man doesn't feel very uneasy when ho sits behind them , I forget the other hands , but I won the pot. Even In thnt moment when I was mad with hunger I could not help feeling a guddon sorrow for the others who sat there looking the very pictures of despair. In n moment more I felt Just as bad as thov did. for as .1 turned toward the crock the big Missouri vulture , with my hunk of corn bread In Its bt-ak , stepped from the edge of the Jar and flapped away toward the nearest tree. "Wo wore picked up more dead than allvo tcii hours later by a big Mississippi freight boat and taken to New Orleans. It hasn't been safe since for Missouri vultures to nav igate very freely on the Ouachlta river , nnd poker games In thu spring rains are starting boats. " TOUCH THIS IMCrUIUi NISISDEU. The Achievement of nn American Art Student In Ilerlln. "It Is probable that the young American who entertained a Berlin nudlcnco unex pectedly ono evening half a do en years ago may have set up a studio ot his own some where In this country , and If he has I'll guarantee that ho entertains well , " saltl an artist to the New York Sun man. "I was Berlin doing a llttlo painting at the time I fell in with a little colony of Ameri cans who made my stay very pleasant. "Wo dropped In to see a variety show evc'nliig ' at the Itelclis Hallon. The star performer was a lightning-sketch artist , who llgurod on the bill as "I'rofeasor. " He was tall , long-haired man , with arms that reacho.l almost to his knees. A largo easel liold his canvases , and the rapidity with which ho worked greatly 'pleased ' his audi ence , His arms worked llko a windmill , an he swung ( hem thu paint flow off his brush In n Btcady "stream. The result on canvas didn't rescmblo anything until , tvlth a quick plt-&pat of the brush , ho a touch hero and a touch there , and bo- ! , a picture , The picture wasn't a work art , to bo iiuro , but then the spectators vorti by no means critical , Aa the profes sor's arms flow around and his brush kvhacked the canvas , turning out now plct- < In loss than half a minute , the cntbual- Increased , The professor sat down to A esU A woll-drctued young nian , very I'rMi Mi ivldontly an American , called out In very MiA haky German : 'Oh , jrofe ser , you are slow and your ilctures nro bad , ' i 'Coinu up and try ono yourself , If you lilnk * o , ' replied the professor Kneerlngly. 'All right , ' said the young bnan , and A vhllo the rest of the epectatoru were ehout- . and laughing at the Invitation ho limbed up on the stage and took posses- ! of the professor's paints and easel. "It was apparent that ho knew something Mi bout painting from the ease with which ho andled : hla brush. After two or three pre- Imlimry motions to limber up his anna ho urned and bov/ed low to the audience in $2 100 t.w ! THE PILL THAT WILL DBS TH 10 conv CURE TliLI boar HEADACHE INDIGESTION 108 BILIOUSNESS 100 i CONSTIPATION ' the professor's best manner. The caricature was appreciated nnd ft terrific howl greeted him. Turning to the canvas ho nwung his paint brunh at a rate that mule the profes sor's previous efforts seem slow by contrast. Ho seemed to ho In a frenzy , nnd the eyes of the stolid Germans In the theater bulged , out with nl.tdrlshmcnt , They forgot to drink their brer. In less than ti mlnuto the Amer ican turned nnd bowed again to tlio specta tors to Imply that his picture wns completed , and ho awnltrd their decision. As ho stood asldo and the canvas on which ho hnd been working wns exposed thcro was silence for n moment , and then came a storm ot Jeers , In . which oven the professor Joined. The , canvas wns merely a blotch. Not oven the wildest Imagination could trace any sugges tion of a picture on It. "Tho American looked pained at his greet ing , and then turned toward his cnnvfia. A surprised expression came over lib face , That couldn't bo hli picture. The spectators were still Jeering him when , as If It were n second thought , he sprang to the case ) and turned the canvas bottom sldo up , The Jeers were changed to cheers. The canvas now bore nn excellent landscape with no de tail left out. There were trees , n stream , nn old Dutch housp , nnd In the background sev eral cow.i. It had been painted coarsely , but It was effective , and far superior to anything that the profwsbr hart turned out. While the spectator * were laughing at the young' ' American's ready wit , ho sprang off the stage and , iccompirled by several friends , left the hall. I learned , that ho was studying art In Berlin and that ho spent more tlmo In pract ical Jokes than at the art schools. He had fairly beaten the profersor t his own Ramp , however , and there were no more lightning sketches that orrnlng. " IlefleriloitKi of H Ilnehelor. Now York I'rosj : Marriage has reformed a great many men by their not going Into tt. A woman always Judges a man by his voice and a man Judges him by his necktlo. A man Is generally eald to be sick abed , while a girl Is said to bo confined to her room. The man who will never ndmtt that he's wrong generally ends with the biggest repu tation. A woman always thinks a man Isn't hav ing a good time unless he's Jumping around and hollering. When you call on n girl and her hands look nice and white It Is generally a sign that she has held them up above her hsad all the way downstairs. Striving : o I'lennc. Indianapolis Journal : "One of our oldest subscribers. " said the foreman , mailing clerk and adverttalng solicitor of the 1'lunk- vlllo Huglc , "has written to say that he wouldn't bo found dead with our measly sheet on him. " " \\Vvo got to win him back. " said the editor , "i'ut in an nd to the effect that wo will give ? S accident Insurance to the hclra of any man who dies with n current copy of our paper about hla clothes. ' " lloiinil < < > ( Jet There. The dry goods merchant was explaining .X. . tliD situation totuc new drummer he had Jiwt employed , says the Dry Goods Chron- IclA "Your predecessor , " ho snld , "haa got his business all tangled up , and If you take his place you will have a dlfllcult task getting order out of chaos. " "I don't know who Chaos Is , " cheerfully replied the drum mer , "but I bet I'll sell him a bill of goods If I have to hang on to him n week. ' " Two .lien Drowned In LITTLE ROCK , Ark. . April 4. J. M. Clnrk and W. J. Johnson , citizens of De- sure , were drowned In the White river tit thnt place yesterday , their boat capsizing. 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