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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871 , OMAHA , TUESDAY MORNING , MARCH 15 , 18J)8 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
WAR SCARES OF THE PAST
Historic Instances Illustrating Eow We
"foiled for a Fight. "
ATTACKS ON THE YOUNG REPUBLIC
IA Accuninlntlnii f InmiliN Settled In
thrVnr of INlU Slnnuy fon-
trovprnlr * with I'runoe
nn l
Ot have had " . "
war scares we "K-plcnty.
The repubMc was not out of the kindergarten
when they began , like ominous storm clouds ,
to nail over the national horizon ; and they
hare been calling there , at Intervals , ever
cine * .
The flirt one began In Washington's second -
< end administration , relates the Springfield
Republican , and continued while John Adams
v.cw prrpldent. The French Revolution com-
mande / the deep sympathy ot a majority of
the American people , and when war broke
out early In 1793 between France and Eng
land , many ot our people maintained that the
, treity of 1778 , by which we contracted with
Franco an offensive and defensive alliance-
was Btlll In force , necessitating a. declara
tion of war by the United States against
England. Washington aroused Intense anger
by a proclamation of neutrality , which
meant that. In his Judgment , the treaty of
1778 waa no longer In force because of the
change of government In France. Then camt
the Genet 'episode , accompanied by varloua
Incidents such is the sailing of an American
privateer under French colors from Phila
delphia , the orginlratlon of expeditions
against Spanish porsceslons by French offi
cers In Georgia , and the act of a French
iran-of-war In Beaten harbor rescuing a
libeled vrtiel from the United States mar
shal. Fancy such thlngn happening on the
dear old soil today ! We can almost hear
the explosion.
A ROW WITH FRANCE.
Gc-net was ordered home and forgotten
but the war scare stayed with u < i. The ,
French directory became very Insulting to
the Amcflccn cnvojs to Paris , beiaufio 01
Jay's treaty with E-ngland and the over
\ throw of the French sympathizers In the
election of 1790 , when John Adams dcfcatei
Jefferson. T.lo French authorities regarded
America as ungrateful In not helping Franc'
In return for Frcmti aid In our revolution
The outcome was that ttio American envoys
were ordered to quit France , and meanwhile
French cruisers attacked American commerce
merco and committed great depredations
John Adams asked his attorney general fo
an opinion on the atate of affairs , and he
reported that "Franco was our enemy , " an :
that "there extols not wily an actual marl
time war bstnecn France and the Unite"
Btatrs , but a maritime war was authorizes
by bcth natlcnr , " In May , 1798 , congres
authorized the president to Instruct the cow
, mandei-s of our war ships to seize Frcncl
war ships caUEfit pillaging Amcrlwn ccm
nierce , an army to be enlisted for Wire
years was also authorized , and In Juno Georg
Washington accepted a commission an com
mandcr In chief of the United States mill
tary forces. All French treaties weredc
clared void , and on February 9 , 1799 , th
United States frlgato Constellation capture
the French frigate L'Insurgente. Yet , very
curiously , there was no war , beyond wha
tbcso Incidents signify , according to th
weight of judicial opinion since then. Th
French In 1799 became peaceably disposed
received our cnvojs and the clouds psaie
awayf As a wnr scare , however , the affal
could not bo surpassed , and It must b
given the flrct rank among the storms tha
have threatened but never burst upon ut.
BRITISH ASSAULTS.
Wo got along fairly well through th !
troublesome period ur/.ll "June , 1807 , wher
the British frigate Leopard so wcntcnly at
tacked the United States frigate Chesapeak
and removed from her by force a numbe
of seamen. There was.a scare. But cvei
that outrage , never enualled In our annal
as an attack upon the national honor , dl
not cause war. They are sober hlstorlac
who th'ik that Jefferson , was deplorably weal
In not making the affair a casus belli , bu
ho was anxious for peace and , notwlthstand
Ing the Intense popular feeling , left the matter
tor to be settled some time afterwards b
diplomacy. But war was now In the air , ao.
five years later U came , after various vlolen
fluctuations In popular feeling.
Wo had rather stormy times during Jack
eon's two administrations. War was ro
pcatedly threatened with England over th
Maine boundary and with France over th
payment of the French spoliation claims , bu
. Jackson got no nearer actual hostilities tha
* to occupy the harbor of Charleston with
quadron of war ships In order to overaw
the South'Carolina milliners and that -was
domestic Issue. In the forties there was th
war -with Mexico , of course , but aside from
that the country was threatened for nom
year * with war with England over the Oregon
gen boundary. The democratic national cci.
ventton In 1844 demanded "the whole o
Oregon or none , with or without war wll
England , " a cry which later on became
" 64 40 or fight. " In 1840 there waa a genu
Ir.o war scare , for the president was dtrecte
by congress to give England twelve month *
notice to quit , but Polk In deolln ? wit
England was a different man from Po'.k deal
Ing with Mexico and the war cloud.j ble
over and by Iho treaty of 1S4G wo were lei
on latitude 49 as our northwest boir.dary.
HOT TIMES IN THE FIFTIES.
There was a scary time In the 50 ? , who
three American ministers \if \ Europe met a
Ostcnd and published a manifesto decMrln
that there was no hope for Iho safety an
repcso of the United States without the ac
1 qulaltlon of Cuba. anJ when a number o
filibustering expeditions got away from
American ports to start rcvoliitlciis In C. . _
nnd Central America , but nothing cam3 from
them except some executions ) of adventurers ,
riots In New Orleans and an Indemnity out
of the United States treasury. Iho civil war
was somewhat more than an ordinary rear ?
and Is still remembered by the American
people. Those who don't remember It- have
probably hearJ about It. During Its progre.u
we nearly came to blows with England again
ovtT the Trcnj affair , and after the rebel
privateer Alabama had efcaped from an En
glish port Mr. Lincoln told MlnUter Adams
to "tell Palmerston .that another Alabama
means war. " After the rebellion kid beco
put down ojr government threatened to mo-
blllzo en the Mexican frontier to eject
the French puppet Maximilian , and In the
early 70s the Alabama claims for a time
made the skies between here and England
look decidedly lurid. But we didn't flght.
In more recent yiura wo have had throe
scares , the Chilian under President Harrlwi ,
the Venezuelan under President Cleveland
and the Cuban , which Is now hanging over
us.
us.There
There have been other scares In American
history , but these suffice to show how nu
merous they have been and In some In-
ctanccs how gr vo without ictuallv pp-lni.
Utlng war. In but two cases , the second
wur with England and the war wltuujc.io ,
have the scare ® become realities when affect
ing foreign powers. The chances , there
fore , Judging tram history , are that a war
icaro will never be more serious than a
! , ecare. Responsible governments dislike to go
v > to war. and generally they wiggle through
I , 1 the crisis , even at tbo cost of popularity at
* home.
Still llrliiKlnv Over Gold.
NEW YORK. March 14.-It la announced
that J. & W. Scllgmnn & Co. have ordered
tUIU.OOO additional jjjld from Europe. Kid-
Uer. Penbody & Co. ot Boston will Import
fJOu.OOO In gold from England ; the National
City bank of New York. $3G5ttW ; Heldoluaca.
Jckelhelmor & Co. . 1330,000. and Kessler Is.
Co. , 1500.000. LJ
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Iloomlnir Grant for Senator.
BAN DIEGO , Cat. March 14.-A Grant
club has been organised hero with Simon
Ley us president and L. N. Ward as secre
tary , for tba purpose of promoting the can-
4W cygt _ U. . Uraat u United States
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CATTLE QUARAXT.IXI- . : LAW VALID.
Civil Action Will Lie fur
from Infectnl Anlinnli.
WASHINGTON , March 14. In the United
States supreme court today an opinion wai
handed down by Justice Harlan In the cane
of the Missouri , Kansas & Texas Railway
company against Charles Haber , affirming the
constitutionality and validity of the state
laws of Kansas prohibiting the transporta
tlon Into the state of cattle Infected with
Texas fever and providing for a civil action
for damages In case of the Infraction ot the
law.
law.These
These lawn weiio attacked on thu ground
thai they were repugnant to the constitu
tion of the United States and also on the
ground that domestic cattle were sufficiently
protected by federal laws and by regulations
of the Agricultural department under the
act crtabllahlng the Bureau of Animal In
dustry. Re-ferrlng to this latter contention
Justice Hatilan nild :
The act of congress did not assume to
give any corporation , company or person
the affirmative right to transport from one
state to another statci call e. that were lia
ble to Impart or capable of communicating
contagious , Infectious or communicable dls-
a c ! > . On the contrary , It < , \\a made by the
nlmal Indurtry act a misdemeanor to Oe-
'ver for transportation or to transport or
rive from one state to another cattle
nown to be affected with contagious , In-
eetlous or communicative diseases. Whether
. corporation transporting or the person
aiming ) to bci transported from one state to
mother cattle of the clars specified In the
Canras statute- liable In a civil action for
uch damages as may be < ustalne < l by the
iwners of domestic cattlu by reason of the
ntroductlon Into their ptate of such dls-
: arcd cattlci. Is a subject about which the
nlmal Industry act dd ! not assume to mn'/c
ny provision. The act docs not declare that
ha regulations established by the commla-
iloner of agriculture should have the au-
horlty to exempt from civil liability one
i-ho but for such regulations would huve
icon liable , either Under the general prn- !
Iples Tf Inwi or under Fomo state imact-
nent , for damage ? ! arising out of the- Intro
duction Into a state of cattle so affected
And , as will be scon from the regulations
Wicrlbod by the secretary of agriculture ,
hat officer < ! Id not assumeto give protec-
ton to or against such liability.
It wat > asserted that the local slatute was
nconslstcnt with the Interstate commerce
aw. On this Justice Harlan said :
The statuteof Kansas is not , -within the
meaning of the constitution , nor In any Just
sense , a regulation of commerce among the
states. It cannot bo supposed to have been
so Intended even If Its validity-were to de
pend upon the Intent with wh'.ch , It > Mit en
acted. It did nothing more than declare as
a , rule of civil liability that any more driving
ing- , shipping or transporting or causing to
be driven , shipped or transported Into or
through any county In thnt state cxttle ca
pable of communicating Texas , splenic or
Spinlsh fewer to domestic cattle should be
'Inlilcin damages to any person-j Injured
{ hereby. It wan pns's-'ed in execution of n
ipower to protfct the people In the. enjoy
ment of tm-Mr rights of property and to pro
vide for the redress or wrongs within Its
Imlts.
Ho alto laid down the more general prin
ciple tbU even If the subject of such rel
ations as were made by the state under thin
aw bo one that "may be taken under the
exclusive control of congress and be reached
by national legislation , any ao'.lon taken by
the state thnt does directly Interfere with
rights secured by the constitution of the
United States or by some valid act of con
gress must be respected until congress In
tervene * .
XOMIVATIOlfS nV T1IK TOESIDEJIT.
Tw * Nebrnikn Men Drnw PoMtnfltce
I'lnnifr ,
WASHINGTON , March 14. The president
today sent these nominations to the senate :
Treasury Horace H. Thorns , to be ap
praiser of the merchandise , district of Chicago
cage , 111.
Static Herbert H. D. Pierce of Massachu
setts , to be secretary and Edgar O. Achorn
of Massachusetts , to be second secretary ot
the embassy at St. Petersburg , Russia.
Justice B. F. Burwcll ot Oklahoma , to be
associate -Justice ot the supreme court of
Oklahoma.
Interior To be registers of the land omces ,
George W. Fisher at Topcka , Kan. ; John B.
West , at Lewlstcn , Idaho ; Charlce A. Sehl-
bred of Oregon , to bo a commissioner In and
for the district of Alaska.
Postmasters California , M. Roblnsou ,
Vacavlllo ; J. N. Turrentlne. Escondldo.
Illinois , Thomas Dllcr. Sterling ; G. C.
Butts , Pana ; A. R. Wllcox , MlnonV Wil
liam G. Duslln , Dwlght ; W. M. Gaudy.
Fatcfleld ; J. P. Williams , Salcra. Iowa. P.
Mac Leon , Crcstcti ; W. S. Gardner , Clln
ton ; C. A. Lisle. Clarlada. Kareas , W. II.
Yarcho , PlttsVurg ; William T. McElroy ,
Humboldt ; C. R. Townsley , Great Bend.
Missouri , T. J , C. Fagg , Louisiana ; G. F.
Robinson , Jefferson City ; William H. Sllll-
iron , Clarksvllle. Nebraska , H. M. Wells
Crete ; G. M. Prentice , Falrfleld. Oregon , J
McCain , McMlnnvllle. ' South Dakota. J
Rogers , Planktnton. Washington , Oliver
Hall , Colfax.
To be third lieutenant In revenue cutter
service William G. Blalxsdell ot California
and W. A. Wiley of Ohio.
Confirmed by the Senate.
WASHINGTON , March 14. The senate
today confirmed these nominations : William
P. Smith of Missouri , consul at Hull , Eng
land ; Lawson D. Melton , marshal district
of South Carolina ; W. G. Kccklr.son , register
'and office , Gainesville , Fla. ; II. S. Chubb ,
receiver of public mcneys at Gainesville ,
Fla.j J. W. Harding. Indian agent , Yankton
agemcy , South Dakota.
sAMsiu'uv is i.\ MII > OF A IIKST
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Will flo to tinSou til of Friiuee to
Keeuiieriite.
LONDON. March H. It Is officially an
nounced that the marquis of Salisbury , the
prcm'er and minister cf foreign affairs , was
greatly fatigued by-Friday's cabinet cuncl
end a return of the weakness'from which
he has suffered , following the attacks ol
Influenza , supervened , with the result that
Sir William Broadbcnt , his physician , ad
vised the prr-ralcr to take a complete rest
In the south of France. Mr. A. J , Balfour
the first lord of. thu treasury and government
leader In thu House ot Commons , so tar as
necessary. Is now dealing with the foreign
cilice business.
The Press association says It It authorized
to declare that the rumoru that the marquis
of Salisbury contemplates resigning either
of his offices is absolutely groundless. The
marquis starts for Beauleu In abut n week's
tlmu and will stay there a fortnight.
Clilll-Periivlau Trouble .Vot Xeftlcil.
LIMiA , Peru , March' 14. ( via Galv'cston
Tex. , March 14. ) Private Information has
been received to the effect that the minister
of foreign affairs received on Saturday las
a cable dispatch from Scnor G. E. Dllllng-
hurst , the vice president of Peru , datei
from Chill , the tencr of which Is that an
arrangement of the disputes as to the dls
position of the provinces of Tacna and Arlca
now held by Chill under the terms of the
trccty of Anco , has not been arrived at , bu
Is almost certain to be concluded. Tha
Peruvians ot Santiago , Chill , have been
under the belief that the arrangement was
an accomplished fact. The government has
ordered a general Inscription ot the na
tlonal guard for April 10. which will Include
cludo all clttlzens from IS to 55 years o :
Cniinillan. Illvrro Overflow.
TORONTO , Ont. , March 14. Dsp"atchw !
from western Ontario tell of the overflow o
the Grand and Thames rlvere , causing serlou
damage along their valleys. Sections of Lon
don , Brantford cod Gait are completely cub
merged to a depth ot etven feet. Man )
people have been drjvea from tn"clr homca
Bridges and building * were swept away b ;
the rushing torrent.l In Brantford , flremei
aad citizens fought tpe waters all of ye.tter
day , but were finalljr beaten out ; and Wcs
Brantford la * reiular take ? . At Gait a
heavy loss wai sustained by the buelnes
people. The Ue Jim In the Grand river g v
way and the flood following It tore away
bridge * and tree * and wrecked number o
private mUoact * ,
BOND BUYERS BACKING OUT
Latest Move of tin Foil to Beat Sale of
Omaha Eecur.ties.
NEW YORK BROKERS REFUSE TO SETTLE
Firm Which Hid 111 the Funding IMKUC
of the City Mnklnii Dexpcrute "
Effort * to KHCIIIIC Itn
, Hill-Kill n.
The rumored conspiracy on thcrpirl of the
bond buyers' pool to defeat the sale ot the
$300,000. Issue of refunding bonds has ma
terialized , and It Is now apparent that Ber
nard Thurman & 'Co. will not accept the
bonds except at the end of a flght. Unless
the opinions of the city officials undergo a
decided change In thU respect they will te
accommodated In this respect , for it Is now
proposed to enforce the rights of the city at
any cost.
In bidding on the bonds the New York
firm was represented by Thomas McCague
of this city , who deposited wllh Clly Treas
urer Edwards his certified check for $6,000
as security that the bid was In good faith.
The check was drawn on the First National
bank of Omaha and certified by Frank Clark ,
> aylng teller. When City Treasurer Ed
wards presented the check at the First Na-
lonal hank yesterday for payment the
jank absolutely refused to honor It. It was
rst presented to the paying teller , who re-
erred the treasurer to Mr. Kountze. The
alter gentleman Informed Mr. Edwards that
ho bank would not pay the check. When
ressed for his reasons he stated that It waa
because he had "been requested not to do
o. "
Tbo fact that the New York firm proposes
o back out of the bargain If possible Is In
dicated both by a letter received by Trcas-
trcr Edwards and by the statements of Its
ocal agent. In the letter the firm stipulated
hat the bondd must be engraved by the
Jnlted States Mortgage and Note company
of Ne * York. They have already been litho
graphed by a local firm , and have boon
signed ready for delivery. It would cost t48r
addtllonal lo have the bonds engraved as re
quested and $225 additional for express. But
he city authorities are ready to have the
> or.ds engraved If this will satisfy the pur
chasers. It Is asserted that the advantage
of having the bondi engraved In that they
can then be sold In the foreign market ,
vhere lithographed bonds arc not available.
But 'Mr. McCague has , In effect. Informed
the city officials that his firm does not pro
pose to accept the bonds at any price. He
declarer that the bonds are Illegal , but as
'ar as can be ascertained no definite objec
tion has been urged. City Attorney Connell
says that the bonds arc legal and correct
'n every particular and that the city will
ake vigorous measures to enforce Its rights.
io says that the purchasers have not raised
a definite and legal objection to accepting
ho bonds , and unices they can make an ob-
oction that will hold good In the courts they
will have to take the bonds on their bH. In
regard to the refusal of the Tjrt National
jank to honor the check , he says that there
s no question of the ability of the city to
ompel payment. In case the bank con-
Ir.uc-a to decline to liquidate he favors bring-
'ug suit at once against that Institution.
Late yesterday afternoon attorneys for
Bernard Thurmin , who does business as
Bernard Thurman & Co. , appeared before
Judge Fawcett and secureJ a temporary re
straining order to prevent the city from d't-
temptlng to collect the $0,000 check. The
order runs against the city council , mayor ,
attorney and all other c'lty officers.
Mortality StutUtlc * .
The following births and deaths were re
ported at the health office during the twen
ty-four hours ending at noon yesterday. ,
Births B. O. Johnson , Forty-seventh end
Marcy streets , boy ; John Seech(1223 South
Twenty-second , boy ; William J. Carter , 1711
Davenport , girl ; Pat Tracy , 1115 Jackson ,
girl ; William Brltton , 108 North Twenty-
sevcath , girl ; J. McWolff , 1013 North Thlrty-
iiecond , boy ; Martin Palmqutst , 2822 Frank
lin , girl.
Deatho Mrs. Mary J. Llndemeyer , 55 , 2902
Sahlcr , Forest Lawn ; Hannah S.
Davidson , 68 , 2766 South Ninth , spinal men
ingitis , Prospect Hill ; Alexander McPherscn , |
31 , 623 South Fifteenth , apoplexy , Forest
Lawn ; Arthur H. Rylan , 17 dajs , 2613
Parker , Forest Lawn ; Mrs. Joseph Prlchard ,
78 , 3702 North Twenty-first , pneumonia. For
est Lawn ; George S. Robblna , 61 , 828 South
Twcmty-seventh. cerebral hemorrhage , Forest
Lawn ; Jennie K. Wills , 23 , 1823 Ca..ia. Holy
Sepulcher ; Mre. Elmer L. Blackburn , 64 , 1546
South Twenty-ninth , angina pectorls , Em-
porla. Kan. ; Emll Sager , 29 , 2411 South
Twelfth , German Catholic.
ClrnnlnK 'More Street * .
The street department has renewed the
effort to relieve the pavements of their load
of refuse. The force la now at 'work on
Sherman avenue and Cumlng street. These
will bo thoroughly cleaned up and then
Leavenworth and Twenty-fourth street * , . Af
ter that the progress of the Improvement
will.depend very largely on the financial
provision made by the city council.
Def THICK ii Hnnd.
City Clerk Hlgby has received the annual
supply of dog tags and he will begin Issuing
licenses Friday. The ordinance provides
that all canine ? untaggcd after April 1 will
bo subject to the attentions of tbo dog
catcher , and that official will begin opera
tlons promptly on .that date.
SI-AX OF A XUW IllMDOK FALLS.
Six Workmen lliully Shaken Up , Iiut
Xo OniKilled. .
W1NONA , Minn. , Slarcb 14. The eighty-
six foot steel span being placed at this end
of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad drawbridge
bridgeacro's the MUsUalppI river here fell
toJay , with six men on It. a distance of
tw nty-flve feet. The span had bacn moved
two feet out to let a train pass and while
H this position the timber cribbing support
ing It collapsed. All six men were badly
shaken up and bruised.
The Injured are : James L. McDonald ,
Frank Sanjcr , H. W. Wella. Thomas Man-
grn , Thoma.i Dlcn , all ot Chicago ; Harry
Fclgate of Wlnona.
\ntlre Sentiment oil Annexation.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 14-BenJamln
Cluff , Jr. , president of the Krlgham Young
academy at Provo , Utah , has returned from
a visit to the Hawaiian Islands , where ho
went at the solicitation of United States
Senator Frank J. Cannon to determine the
btutus cf the annexation sentiment among
the. H&Aallans. Ho speak } the kanaka
language llucntly and has made n thorough
canvass among the natives of the islands
of Onhu. Maun and Hllo. He said : "As n
result of my Investigation I wouM say that
probably one-half of the Intelligent natives
are pronounced advocates1 of annexation. Of
the remaining half ! would say the gre.it
majority ore , prlmariy ; , ! n favor of the res
toration of the monarchy and secondly ,
they much prefer annexation to the l'nlte.1
States to a continuation of the present gov
ernment. "
Ship Illonn HlRh nnd Dry.
SAN FRANCISCO , March H. The ship
New York , from Hong Kong for this port ,
was blrwn ashore In Half Moon buy. thirty
miles south of here , last night.'and Is now-
high nnd dry on the beach. Although In
tact , the chances of getting the ship off
arc very llm. nnd unless t'e gale abates
It Is feared It will break up. Captain Peabody -
body and crew escaped uninjured.
Ithnde-iHliiud Democratic A'fimliintlnim
PROVIDENCE , R. I. . March U-The
democratic atute convention , which met
here today , nominated Hon. D. I 'Church of
Tlvertsn for governor , and Fayette E.
Ilartlett of Burrellvllle was named for
lieutenant governor. Miles McNameen for
vecretary of state. George T. Brown for at-
tornty rtneral , and Edmund Walker of
on * Kingston. | i rl UtMurtr.
OMAHA HIGH SCHOOL ATHI.I3TICS.
Ueorgr ItMwrll 'Siirorrdii ' Frank
KntRht nil Hrnrrnl Mnnnvrr.
George Bldwell , son of 'General Manager
Bldwcll of the Elkhorn jtatlroad , has Just
been elected president apdjgeneral manager
of the Omaha High School Athletic asso
ciation. He will succeed 'Frank ' B. Knight ,
who resigned In order that ho might devote
his spare time to working up a creditable
bate ball nine for the High * school this
spring. I I
The movement started'by the Omaha High
school to form en Interwhalavtlc foot ball
association has progrenfe taTorabty , anil a
meeting of the representative * of the vari
ous teams will soon be/b Id-ln this city.
The West Point high sr oo has wlthdiawn
on account ot the dlstirtqe separating It
from the other schools , s place In the
association has been takci 1 y Tekamah. The
araocl-itlon consists of thief i oot ball elevens ,
of six first-class high sc iooU , viz ; Omahii ,
Council Bluffs , Lincoln , 1 ea Oak , Nebraska !
City and Tekamah. At he meeting which '
will soon bo held a constl utlon and by-laws
will bo adopted and a comxltteo appointed
to arrange a schedule ot games for next
season. , j
A crack drill team haji just been formed I
at the Omaha High school. It consists of | I
the best men picked from the five com- >
panics of the High school battalion and Is j |
captained by L. C. Clark. It Includes sixtyJ J I
eight boys , nearly all of the same stature ,
and when drilling presents a better appearance - |
anco than any previous team sent out from
the High school. The members ot the team j | '
ana the largctc boys In the school , and make i
up sets of fours , evenly balanced and well
drilled.
The Omaha High School Athletic associa
tion Is In reM'lpt ot a letter from the Min
neapolis High School Athletic association
suggesting dual spring , gum CM ou field and
track athletics. The Minneapolis boys have j
a very strong athletic team this year , and
are contemplating a trip ithrough this part
of the country with theirphysical dlrecton
to demonstrate their prouess. It Is possible
that track and field games' may bo arranged
by 'the prospective visitors with the High
school teamu of Council Bluffs and Omaha.
CASHIER OF UMO.V NATIONAL.
J , W. TlinnuiH Klecti-d tovthe Vacancy
In thr lliink'H Start.
J. W. Thomas ha * been elected cashier of
he Union National bank. Mr. G. W. Wattles
will relinquish bin duties as cashier and re
main aa vice prcsldoat. '
Prior to coming to Omaha six years ago
Mr. Thomas was president of the First Na
tional bank of 'Rushvllle ' , J eb. He hue been
the receiver for both the Midland State rnd
American Savings banks , of Omaha alnce
their Insolvency. The affairs of these re
ceiverships have been wound up. Following
Is a statement o ( the affairs of the American
Savings bank ;
Total liabilities $1" , C23.2D
Uncontestecl claims paid
by receiver In full $13 .037.
Contested claims settled. 17,165,71
Contested claims In pro-
cesH of settlement 2,419.29-ii5fi2ri.:0
All claims settled , except $2,419.29 , and
whose validity Is contested. Tn addition 'to
these there arc two sult/i pending , one with
the receiver of the North Platte National
bank of North Platte , Neb. , aivl one with
the receiver of the First National bank of
Ravenna , Nob. , on which DO further report
can be made till the matters In controversy
are settled In court.
unni.v WOUK ititioirr > A > EAHI/V. . .
. C. Dclnncy Itnblipd mid Knocked
Down by Foott ndn.
M. C. Dejaney , a colored- porter , rceldltig
at 524 North Fourteenth-street , while going
to his wcrk at4 o'clock yesterday morning ,
was held up and robbed1 df-$20 and a golJ
ring. j
Dclaney had Just parsed khe alley between
Cass and California , when he was confronted
by two men , who ordered { him to throw up
his hands , which he prpiriptly did. One of
the fcotpndj held a revolver at hla head ,
while the other ono rifledhis pocketa , and
secured his mency and ring , after which
they knocked Delaney down with a club and
made their escape In the darkness ,
Delaney describes them ea , both being tall
and wearing dark c'.othee.
Delaaey , after recovering sufficiently
from the effects of the blow he had received ,
made en effort to find a policeman , but , fall
ing In the attempt , concluded to report the
matter to police headquarters. Several offi
cers have been detailed on. the case , but CB
yet the whereabouts of the highwaymen is
unknown. > ,
Ilurwrlnr Ilnnt * far .Money.
Sunday night a burglar ranaacked the
house of Robert Hunter at 2209 Spencer
street. It was early In the evening , during
the temporary absence of the family. The
thief catered the cellar through a window
and gained the upper portfon of the house In
that way. A .search was for money alone ,
evidently , as a number of articles of Jewelry
that might easily have "bepn taken were 1101
molested. The only 10Ing missing Is a re
volver. . , „
HOYS STAKT FOIt Till : SOUTH.
Omnlin YoutliM OR to _ Make War
AgrnliiNt S | > ! ilii.
Three boys , Henry C. Davles , "Spec" El
lington and John Donohoe. have left good
homes In this city and have cast their lots
with 'the Insurgents ot Cuba. The boys left
homo last Saturday nlgn't and went east
with the fixed determination of enlisting In
the navy. If they cannot do Ma , they \ >
go on to Florida and from there they will
pill lo Cuba to Join tfiij Insurgent army ,
The boyo are 17 years of 'iise and for oome
time have been talking ct going to Cuba.
The parents , however , have paid little af-
tcntton to the matter , thinking that the lads
were merely romancing.
When Davies and Ills' companions left homo
they had $150 and It Is.tuU that they bought
tickets -Sop Penwcola , Fla. Before starting
they told some of their chums that they
were going to war , but pledged them to
sorecy.
FALLS IX 1'OSTOFFIPE OPKX AIIKA.
J n in en KlmliloeU Get * n Tumlile Hint
InJnrrH Him Severely.
The open areas In the rear of the new
postofflce building claimed a victim on last
Saturday. James Kladdock , a 10-year-old
boy , residing at Elshth and Hickory streets ,
fell down cnu of them. When he was picked
up he was unconscious. He was carried to
the'office of Dr. Clark , , where ho was revived
and showed Indications of concussion of the
brain.
The areas are deep , unclosed and have no
railing about tlrcm. Entfance to the building
Is effected over stone platforms , along the
sides of which there : are also no railing. A
misstep elthar on the platform or along the
edges of the areas Is likely 'to precipitate a
person to the bottom. Young Kladdock fell
head downward and alighted In some mud.
ItnllroiulerH Srelnijr tbe SluhU.
CHATTANOOGA , Tvlim , March U.-The
third day's meeting of the Southern Train
men's union has be n spent In slght-ueelng
by the 500 delegates and others In attend
ance at the meeting. An excursion was
run to Chlckamauga Lookout moun
tain , where tne vlsltorn wore entertained by
the local unions. Tonight the meeting will
close with a prajul ba.ll to the visiting cilefs
nnd their ladleu."Grnnd. Chief Arthur of the
Brotherhood ot Locomotive Engineers will
lead the grand march. ,
Oregon TaklMK on giiii1le * .
SAN FRANCISCO. March U.-The battle
ship .Oregon la lying 'in the stream with
scow tchooner.8 all uboul It. From two ( A.
the scows coal la bring' discharged , from
another powder Is being boUted on board
the war ship and from a fourth she'ls for
the big guns. The ultimate destination of
the Oregon Is presumably the Atlantic
coast. It la taking In 140 tons of coal , which
It U figured will carry It to Callao ai al
ready staud. It * Ul MtUt wd r ftl Val- ;
PACIFIC EXPRESS AFFAIRS
Vanderbilt Interests Benin to Make Their
Influence Felt ,
ALLIANCE WITH AMERICAN IN SIGHT
Movement to Urlim About donor Ite-
liitloim HetTveeii Former Hlvuls
In TnklnK on Very
UcHulte Slinie.
Ever sltica the big shake-up In the Pa-
clfls Express company occurred exirly In
,
January ( herd has been a report most per
sistently circulated within the Inner rail
way and expre&s circles to the effect that
a close alliance would soon be effected be
tween ' the Pacific Express company and the
American Express company. Since Presi
dent Burt ban taken charge of the Union
Pacific ] railroad , which is the real po.vei
behind i the throne In Pacific Express clr-
cles ' , this rumor has becctne more wlilu-
spread. i It became marked when Union Pa
clflc , officials were placed In charge of the
accounting departments of the express
company. ' It was accentuaated on Saturday
evening < when President Burt of the Union
Pacific and President Morsman nf the
Pacific Express company left for New
York to confer with the head officers of the
American Express company. In the mtada
ot some It received almost certain corrobora-
tlon when J. A. Brewstcr of New York City ,
tor jcars the chief clerk In the accounting
department of the homo office of the Ameri
can Exprcea company , nan ins'allcd as as
sistant auditor of the Pacific Express com
pany at the headquarters In this city. This
occurred yestorday.
Since the election of Eractus Young , au
ditor of the Union Pacific railroad , to be
general auditor of the Pacific Express com
pany , the position of asslstmit auditor of
the express company , hap been filled by
George T. Crandell , traveling auditor of the
Union Pacific railroad. Mr. Crandell has
made a thorough and complete Inspection of
all the books and accounts of the express
company , and whatever he learned from that
Inspection has been duly reported to Horace
G. Burt , president of the Union Pacific and
the Ica'dlng director ot the express company.
CRANDELL TURNS OVER.
Mr. Crandell spent all of Monday mornIng -
Ing In turning over the accounts of the
express company to his successor. Mr. Brew-
ster , and the latter will from this time on
bo the practical head of the express com
pany's accounting department. While Mr.
Young will remain as general auditor of the
express company most of hla time will bo
occupied In supervising the multltldlnous
work of the Union Pacific's auditing depart
ment. Hlf office will remain at the local
headquarters of the Union Pacific , while Mr.
Brewster will have charge at the express
company's headquarters , subject to orders
from Mr. Young.
The Pacific Express company operates
over the lines of three railways : The Union
Pacific , the Missouri Pacific and the Wabash.
Since the Inauguration of the Vanderbilt
regime at the head of the Union Pacific ex
ecutive department It has been freely pre
dicted that the American Express company
would soon be , transacting business on the
Union Pacific lines. The Amerlcao Express
company operates on all the Vanderbilt llnw.
Its headquarters are located iln New York ,
and from1'there Its business extends westWard -
Ward oyfer ttid Ne'jV ' York Central ; the Lake
Shore $ . Michigan Southern , the Michigan
Central , , tbo Chicago & Northwestern , the
Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley , the
Sioux City & Pacific and the Chicago , St.
Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha railroads , be
sides over all of the 'smaller lines of what
Is known & 1 the Vanderblll system. The be
lief thai this system will extend Its express
busnc&s ! over the Union Pacific arises from
the prominence given Vanderbilt Interests by
the new management of the Union Pacific.
An express official , who Is iii a position to
know , said to The Bee recently that plami
for the purchase and control of the Pacific
Express company by the American Express
company had been under consideration , but
he thought they had been abandoned.
UNITED STATES IS INTERESTED.
At present the Pacific Express company
works most closely with the United
State. ? Express company. Should there
be any consolidation between the Pa
cific and the American express com
panics the United States would un
doubtedly drop out of the combination and
"paJdle Its own canoe. " The highest officials
of the Interested companies do not anticipate
that there will be any consolidation between
the Pacific and the American companies dur
ing the present year , as the long deferred
election ot the former company has finally
been held and executive officers chojen for
the current year. On the other hand , there
are those who argue that the present visit
of Presidents Burt and ( Morsman tothe.
home office of the American Express com
pany and the Installation of an official of the
American as the working head of the Pa
clfic's accounting department arc Incidents
not wholly devoid of significance.
Statement from Minn Jneobi.
OMAHA. March 13. To the Editor of The
Bee : Iu The Evening Bee ot the 12th Inut.
Is published In part , with reference to my
case agaliut tha Chicago , Burlington &
Qulncy Railway company , which was dls
mlostd March 12 , 1898 , the following : "One
day while running along tbo rallioad track
she fell and a passing train cut off both her
legs mlduuy betvtcen the knees and the
aultlts. Shortly after this the rallroid
company Fettled with the girl and her par
ents , paying them the sum demanded , and
thuy the matter rested until a few months
ago , when , upon reaching her majority , she
biought suit In her own name. " That ! Mft
of the statement which says the rallroid
company s'ttled with mo and my pare-nts ,
paying the amount demanded , la Incoirect.
Tim facts aio : In about a month alter my
Injury the company's agent came to our
house In Greenwood and represented to my
father that the conip&ay was In nowlso lia
ble for m"y Injuries , and that the company
would give him $200 as a free will offering.
My father bad not consulted an attorney ,
and relying en the representations of such
agent , ho accepted the { 300. I rlgned a re
ceipt for the $300 with my father at the
agent's request , but did not receive any
port of the money , as I understood the $300
received by my father settled his claim for
damagra , but In nowlso bound me. The
matter rested in this way until we moved
to Omaha , and then learned for the first
time I had a cause of action against the
company , and suit was commenced. On Ing
to the fact that my attorney Intends to
bilng another action Immediately against
the company , I thought In Justice to myself
you wojld correct the former statement by
publlrblng this , to as not to leave the Im
pression I had received a large amount of
racney from the company In satisfaction of
my Injuries , and because of my being an
Infant at that time and now taking advan
tage of the plea of Infancy , and thereby
wrongfully trying to procure more money
from the company. EFFIE JACOBS.
Held Tlilerex.
Ernest Krank and Joseph Solomon , sup
posed ID be the parties who sometime ago
stole a gold watch and a quantity of Jewelry
from the Merrlam hotel lit Twenty-fifth
and Dodge streets , are under arrest. Solo
mon nnd Krnnk at the tlms of the theft
were employed at the Merrlam. The police
are In receipt of a letter from Acting Chief
of Police Mat Rhodes of Salt I.aku City ,
Utah , saying that Solomon and Krank have
been arrested at tnut place for numerous
offenses.
Another Illcyde Stolen.
Joseph PlnauX employed at the Western
Union telegraph office OH a messenger boy ,
reported to the police yesterday that KOIIIO
one Btolo hla bicycle , valued at $40. while It
was ( landing In the alley next to the West
ern Union olBct.
COVIIT 19 AT WORK.
Thirty liny IItin nn tlir
Docket In Commenced.
The United States court lm convened In
special scsrlon which will extend over about
one month. Adjournment will probably betoken
token about tuc middle ot next month. This
limitation hr.a been put on the term by
Judge Munger became ho Is scheduled to
hold coma In Hastings on the third Monday
In April. During the term no civil Jury
cases will be touched. The entire time Is to
be spent upon the equity and criminal
dockets. Lack ot money to pay Jurors for
services tn law case ? Is responsible Cor the
slight put upon the law docket.
The equity side of the court will be given
full swing during this week , Next week the
criminal ducket will be taken up and the
petit Jury which has bten dmwn will re
port for tervle. The venire has been re
ceived by the marshal and the summor.ncs
will be sent to the Jurors Immediately. The
Jury will bo kept hard at work until the
docket Is cleaned up and It any time re
mains until the end of the term It will be
given over to equity cases. Mutters In law
cares which do not inquire a Jury may be
presented to and will bt , considered by the
court during the term.
The first matter of Importance to come up
Won In the case ot the United States against
the South Omaha Live Stock Exchange.
District Attorney Sawyer made nn applica
tion for a temporary Injunction agaliift the
exchange , enjoining It from further operation
on the grounds that It exists In violation of
the Sherman anti-trust law. Ho based thin
application on the grounds that such an In
junction was warranted by the 'testimony ad
duced by the government In the hearing be
fore Examlncr-tn-Chancery Battln. The at
torneys for the exchange 'ought the motion
on the ground ? that they had not yet been
given.an opportunity to offer testimony.
After listening to the argument , Judge
Munfier gave the oxchcuge twenty more dayu
In which to procure ntvl Introduce testimony
before the oxamlner-ln-chancery. He fixed
April B as the date upon which the hearing
on the application shall take place. The
hearing will be Html , It the government
docs not desire to give more toUlmcny after
being put in posrtttslon of that of tbo de
fense.
United States District Attorney Sawyer
Is dissatisfied with the present status of the
cuso. He sa > s that the exchange M simply
working for a delay until the supreme court
of the United States passes upon the Kansas
City case.
John J. Karbnch nnd Fred Metz , ar. , bonds
men of the late John H. F. Lehmcn , receiver
In the case of Ackerman against Ackerman ,
which Is pending In the Douglas county dis
trict court , have filed an answer In the milt
Instituted In the federal court by the George
R. Dickinson Paper company to hold them
responsible for tn alleged short coming on
Lehman's part.
When the printing firm of Ackerman
Brothers & Helntze became bankrupt Leh
man was appointed receiver. Under an order
of court he sold the property In duo course
of time. The Dickinson Paper company was
creditor to the amount of $9,629.24 , but Its
pro rata share of the proceeds of the sale
was fixed at $732. The company was dls
satisfied with the amount nnd carrl-d the
case to the supreme court of the state. This
court declared that IB ! share should have
been $2,7S2. The order to Lehman to pay
over this amount was never served on him
before his death , and the company , there
fore , began suit In the federal court against
his bondsmen for the difference ,
In the answer the bondsmen set up that
when the supreme court passed uppn the
matter It declared orjlly that It did not In
tend to make a personal Judgment against
Lehman or his bondsmen far the amount. It
Is also stated that Lehman accounted for
every cent of money that passed through his
hands and that he had 1'gally sold the prop
erty under order of the court.
MATTKHS IX DISTRICT COUIIT.
Clmrle * llenilrlckn Found Guilty of
HlKhwiiy Ilobbery
Charles Hendrlcks , charged 'with ' robbing
Nels Nelson , has been convicted ot the
crlmo of highway robbery , the Jury returnIng -
Ing a verdict of guilty. The crlmo wcs
committed at Thirty-sixth and Farnam
Directs a few weeks ago. Nelson was going
homo and Hcndricks assaulted him with a
revolver , demanding that he throw up his
hands and turn over his money. Instead of
Nelson doing this , he knocked Hendricks
down and held him until the arrival of the
police.
Aprrlcnltiirnl Society Suit.
The case of 0. J. Plckord and others
against G. R.-Williams and others Is occu
pylng 1ho attention of Judge Scott. The
plaintiffs , the old officers of the Douglas
County Agricultural society , seek to oust the
defendants , the officers who were elected at
the annual meeting , held last December. The
plaintiffs contend that the election was con
ducted In a fraudulent manner and that Ille
gal votes were cast.
SUCH for Price of n Hand.
Judge Dickinson Is hearing the evidence
In the case of Marie HoffmcUtcr against the
Model Steam Laundry company. The plain
tiff seeks to recover 'the ' sum of $10,000 dam
ages. She alleges that while she was In the
employ of the defendant , she manipulated a
mangling machine , and on account of some
defect In the machinery , she caught her hand
between a couple of rollcis , and It was
crushed , rendering her a cripple for Ufa.
i.Votex from the Court * .
Judge Kejeor has returned from holding
court in ono of the rural counties ot the dis
trict and Is now hearing caeca In court room
No. 2 , heretofore occupied by Judge Baker.
The Philadelphia Mortgage company seeks
to eject John E. Izzard from the Colonnade
hotel , allrglng that when 'he leased the
property , the defendant agreed to pay the
gum of $100 per month In advance. The
plaintiff avers that Izzard has not lived up
to the terms nf h's agreement , and that foi
this reason , lie la not entitled to the pos
session and occupancy of the property.
It fill FUl.itc G&chutiKc MeetlnK.
At the Real Estate exchange meeting heli
In the Comme'clal club at neon the snbjec
of credit rating on tenants was considers
and the committee to whom the merits of th
competing companies had been explained re
ported recommending both competing com
panics to the exchange , and advised tha
membera make use of the ratings from both
companies. A committee was appointed to
have the statement which Is made concerning
taxes In the exposition book being Issued b ;
the Megeath Stationary company changed
In this book It 1 stated that tha rat
of taxation In Omaha Is 51 mills on a valua
tion of $18,003,000 , and It should be 24 mill
on a valuation of $33,000,000. Some discus
slon was given to a proposed plan of having
the Real Estate exchange make a trip to Bos
ton to advertise the exposition and Omaha.
Joyce Helil for Home. StenllnKT.
J. H. Joyce of Knoxvllle , la. , has been
orrestc'd on the charge of grand larceny
Joyce Is wanted In Knoxvlllo for stealing
a horse , Huddle and bridle valued In all u
$1M > and owned by Joseph Campbell , als
of Knoxvllle. Upon Investigation It ha
been ascertained that Joyce left the horx
In a livery barn at Shcrllan , Iu. , with In
structlons for them to keep It until h
called ( ih'aln , The Caddie and bridle wer
located at the Stock Exchange building
South Omaha , where Joyce nail gold them
The authorltlex of Knoxvllle are cxpectci
Tuesday morning with requisition pap r
for hla return.
Aecimeil by Their Kuiiloyrr.
Jerry McCarthy and It. J. McMulion , em
ployed at K O. Jackxon'g livery stable a
Twenty-eighth nnd Furnam streets , hav
been arrested on complaint of Mr. Juckuoi
who charge * them with the theft of n num
ber of blankets , robc-s , whips nnd bridles
It Is alto alleged that thuy stole a trunk
belonging to Charles Homer of Cherokee ,
la. , which had beta torcd In Jackson's
tarn.
HOICOHB'S INSULT TO OMAHA
Appointment of Htrdmnn so Oons'dircd by
Many Citizens ,
OPULISTS ROUSED BY THE GOVERNOR
Irmbem of HU Kxeellene } ' I'nrtyt
Condemn IIU Action In I'lnlu
Term * nnil Point tint Iti
, . Certain llemilt.
The appointment of Lee Htrdtnan to sue-
ecd himself leaves the Douglas county pop-
lists In scarcely better condition than
ielr democratic allies. While It Is admitted
hat a number of tile so-collo.l leaders have *
een brought over to the combine by a lib-
ral distribution of promises , that largo
ectlon of the populist votcrrs who hiivc been
lamorlng for the appointment of a populist
elds Its vocabulary Inadequate to oxprre *
ta feelings. Any dcmoctat was bad enough ,
ut Hcrdmin they consider en Insult , and
hey loudly assert that In rcappolntlng til in ,
Governor Holcomb has kicked over the pop-
list milk bucket. Other populists had
eng ago given up the hope or Inducing th *
; ov < ? rnor to appoint n populist and they
iavo llttlo to Gay , They Intimate that all
lemocrals are alike to them and as long as
he governor was determined to appoint a
cuioccat It might as well bo Hcrdmca aa
nyono else.
TMii apparent submission on the part of
few docs not Indicate1 , however , that
Governor Holcomb'u aspirations for a pop-
list endorsement In Douglas county are
going to be easily gratified. It occurs that
here are cvi'ial very active candidates for
he gubernatorial chair among the local
'OpullstB ' and between them they absorb aa
iverwhelmlng majority of the populht vote.
) . Clcrn Doavor has been bulldlni ; fences la
hat direction for several monUip and J. O.
Yelscr IB In the. ring as an out pokni and
'Igorous rceidldntr. It l > i also Intimated
hat Dr. Pcabody Is quietly fixing himself
or a boom In the same dlrcctlcn and hero
s where S3in& Interciitlng complications ace
Ikely to develop. It Is conceded that
Icrdman's appointment means that all the
nlliiencc of the police board Is to bo exerted
n behalf of Holccinb , but with Peabody an
active factor In the race Hcvdnian might
Ind It dlfllcult to deliver the goods. Auy-
low the result will be one of the liveliest
amlly rows that has been ntlrrcd up In
ocal politics In recent years and wllli both
ho democrats and populists spilt wide 0,1 on
he machine has a pretty situation on ltd
amis.
'OPULISTS WITHOUT _ REPRESENTA
TION.
John Jefrcoat saltl the appointment of
Icrdman left the popull.its without any
representation upon the Board of Fire and
'ollce CommlEsbners. "Wo claimed Pea *
body , " he tald , "but It Is now apparent that
10 Is a democrat and always ( tas been ono ,
3ur party can expect no favors from him.
itcgardlcig Herdman , his appointment la
simply the carrying out of an agreement
made n long time ago.
"I want to say that I am not satisfied
with Herdman , but I suppose tint we will
have to stand It , though I am of tha opinion
that It ham hurt bath democrat and populUt
parties. I am certain his appointment will
hurt our chances for controlling the legis
lative delegation from this county. "
Simeon Bloom In discuss In K the appoint
ment of Herdman raid : "The action of Govv
crnor Holc-omb means the death of populism
in this elate. Ono > car ago we were In god
shape and were sure of carrying the electicn
I fib fall , but this one act of the
governor has defeated all cur plaivi
ind has lost us all that we have gained Iu
these many yearn that wo have been fight
ing 'for a principle. The governor seems to
have Ignored the wishes or the people and
lias played Into the hands of n lot of cheap
politicians who arc In politics simply for
revenue. The appointment of Herdman has
disfranchised us tn the management of the
affairs of the police board. Ho ha done
what has been anticipated for a long time
and has placed everything In the lunds ot
the machine. "
DAMNS THE POPULISTS.
John Quldn when questioned upon thu
effect of the appointment of Herdman raid :
"Governor Holccenb has damned populism
In Douglas county and has Insulted the men ,
who elected him. He has sovmded the roll
call that means the death of our party ; ho
las entered Into a trade and has tiaded off
all of the popullstlc principles for a mesa
of democratic pottage ; ho hen given every
thing to the democrats and has left nothing
for the men who made him. "
Aaked If Herdman had the support of the
populists , Mr. Quhn : said , "Ho has the sup
port of nothing except the .ilush of the demo
cratic party and the wins room and dlvo
element to which ho ties catered ever since
he has been a member of the po'.lco board.
Ho was appointed as a democrat , but ho )
not a democrat. Herdman Is a representa
tive of anybody and anything who will push
him along. Governor Holcomb knew this.
Th&so matters wore called to bin attention ,
but It Is apparent that * ho listened to th
representatives of the dhruptable clement of
the city and paid no attention to the appeal *
and advlco of the better element ,
"What effect will It have upon the cam
paign thU fall ? It will result In the election
of every ropubllcm nominated , providing
decent men are put In nomination. Hun
dreds of men who have heretofore voted
with the popullsta and democrats will de
sert those parties and the republican ticket
will bo elected from top to boUom. Whllo
I am a populist , 1 am tired of this ring rule
ring rule that In the most corrupt that tha
country has ever seen and llko thousands
of others , I am ready to take hod ! end help
defeat the men who have dragged our party
down to the lowest political dcptl's. "
JACKSONIANS ON THE WARPATH.
A prominent member of the Jacksonlan
club , who for business reasons refuses to be
quoted nald : "Tho action of Governor Hol
comb In appointing Herdman , HIM us the
death of both the democratic and popullstlo
parties In Nebraska. Of course , I do not
know what prompted the governor 'to make
thu appointment , but I do know that such
men as P , C. Hcafoy , Andy Murphy , John
Powers and J , A. Conner were suggested
and they were turned down. It Is said that
Herdman represents the democratic party
of Dauglas county , but the facts are that
he represents nothing aside frccn the gam
blers and the hoodlum element. Ho could
not re euro the votes of 100 of the reputable
democrats ot the city.
"You ask. 'What will bo the result of
Herdman's appointment ? ' It ineann the
death of the democratic party and the elec
tion of the entire republican ticket this fall.
With the exception of the bum element In
our party , about all of the votes thin fall
will bo cast for republican legislative can
didates. Wo have concluded that the dem
ocrats of our party are traitors to their own
Interest * and we propose to cck a chango.
Wo arc not In sympathy with Herdman or
his strikers. Whllo the appointment of a
democrat was desired , we , or at least a
majority of the democrat * of the Jackaoulan
club wanted a democrat appointed on the
board , but Instead , we have a man who \
simply a tool ot the lowest element In the
city
"Governor Holcomb no doubt bas carried
out a pledge that ho made to some ot the
members of the ring , but In doing so , ho baa
killed himself polltUally and at the earns
time he has killed both the democratic and
the popullstlc parties. "
O | il u in Joint Unified.
The laundry conducted by ChnrleH flune
near Eighth and Dodge streets was raided
by tie police ut nn early hour , which re-
nulled In th cap'.tiro of Fred Mnckey , alias
John Rolan , and Winnie Kcrsltr. Both were *
und r the Influence of opium at the time
of thu arrcuL * .