jrvMWftyWWJC "..' va 2 THE JKED CLOUD CHIEF. ""T""'"v" .;iMwiij'y'ir,.ia Mi Hi ill TAMMANY'S TRIUMPH VAN WYCK ELECTED 85,D27 PLURALITY. DY long, Ohio, PrniiKjIiniila. Murjlnnil nnit MMrliiiMtls t(piiiliUi'tiu ('uloriido I" Doubt tli-ftlhlii, KrialntLy mid pw York llpiunrnitic. Nnw Yohk, Nov. 4. Following Is the grand tottil of llio voles received by tho three Irarilng candidates for mayor In 0 renter Now York: Van WrcU, Tammany Democrat ..,.23!,80n Low, CltiwnV t'nlon 140,H7n Tracy, Itcmifallrati 101.H3H flrnrnr Jt-nrtnl.-ili Djmocr.lt ...... SO.flBti fileaion. InflPliPiidetlt.... 621 Van Wj-cU'k plurality ovfr how... 63,1)27 1 Tammany's victory In CSrcnter New York in ft sweeping one. As early ns 7 o'clock It was orldent that tho only question to t settled win Ltio sl.o of the plurality. Complete returns show that It was 60, COS oror Low and 133,358 over Tracy. The leglBlntlve branch of tho city government Is Tnmmniiy-Democratic. It Is a double- headed body, one branch being the municipal council, consist iog of the president and twenty-eight members, and tho other, the board of nhlermen, comprising sixty memberr. Tho vote of Van Wyck In New York county U nppioxlmatcly the name as was cast for Uryan In 1S00, which was )V,G24. General Tracy (Hop ) polled approximately 55,000, ngalnst McKin loy's voto of 110,350 in Now York county, whllo Low (Cltlrons' Union) polled approximately 77,001, tin i Ueprgo. (Jefferson1 Dcm.) 1V,00 Aliusv, N. Y., Nov. 4 The com ploto roturns from the statu demon strate that tho Iteptibllcnn landslides fnf 4 Tin ntiLr Iti-A HUM ImttA lm . V aM-w U.)V IfllU JU4IID MIIIU UVUII I V " versed, If not by giving as largo a ma jority for tho Democrats, at least by changing something like 740,000 votes. Governor Black's plurality in tho state last year was over 200,000. John Palmer, tho Republican secretary of state, won tho year previous by over 100,000. Tho indications are that these enormous pluralities have becu swept away and a reverse plurality of between 30,000 and 50,000 given. Tho greatest surprises of the re turns ara the great gains made in the assembly by tho Democrats, many of them being In counties and districts where there tvai no expectation upon tho part of Democratic managers of winning. Republicans explain the so gains by attributing them to the heated municipal campaigns and tho trading of votes. Tho nornintr ro turns Indicate that tho Republicans will still control tho assembly, al though by a largely decreased ma jority. More surprising, perhaps, than the roturns upon tho state nnd assembly district tickets, were results of the municipal campaign In tho largo cities. Buffalo, Rochester, Blnghampton, Syracuse, Utlcu, Albany, Troy and Schenectady, clcctted Democratic mayors. In Albany tho conditions were very similar to thoso In New York. Two Republican candidates pllt up tho voto of that party and al lowed tho Democrats to win. The combined Republican voto was 2,000 In excess of tho Democratic vote. In Buffalo and Rochester Republican suc cess was thought to be nlmost assured prior to the election, but the result are foreign to tho predictions. LATEST RESULTS l-tel Nrtti Ontitlimtric On .Situation in Din Vnrlmit Stutri From the latest returns possible to obtain tho results in tho various htatcs Thursday morning are as follows: i Ohio. Troublu is expected in Ohio over the result in regard to tho legislature. Both Bides claim it It will probably bo so close that tho balance of power may lie in tho fusion candidates from Hamilton county, three of whom are republicans, and two of these silveritcs. Tho republican Btate ticket hns managed to pull through by a plurality of atout 20,000 as compared with 51,000 for MeKlnloy in 1800. Hamilton county, which last.ycar gave McKinley a plurality of 10,740, gavo Jluahncll only 1,510, a republican loss of 18,230, while tho republican loss in the state iu pluralities is 25,000. NVw York. Democrats elect their stato ticket by a plurality of about 30,000 to 50,000, which moons that 210,000 votes were changed' from last year. Tho cities of Albany, Syracuse, llmghamptou. Huf- laio, liocnosicr, Amsterdam, Scltenco tady, Kingston and Jamestown elected democratic mayors. Van Wyok's plu rality in Urctitcr Now York is 81,578. Iovru. Shaw, republican, may have a pin rallty of 30,000, although tl.ts is dis puted by Chairman Walsh of tho dem ocratic central committee. The repub lican plurality last year was 05,523. The legislature is safely republican. Kentucky. Kentucky is back in tho democratic column; Shackleford, silver democrat, for clerk of appellate court will have a majority of about 30,000. I'cnnaylvanla. Hearom, republican candidate for Mate 'treasurer, has n plurality of 12t, 881. Tho feature of tho election was the surprising strength of Dr, Swal low, prohibitionist, for treasurer, who polled 110, 158 vote and carried ten of tho elxty-seven counties. Tho total btatc vote was 731,251), compared with 1,1114,355 In 181)0 .Maryland. Republican stato ticket elected by in rulmutcd plurality of 0,000; legislature in doubt. .Muibuilitnt'tti. Koger Wolcott, rep., re-elected by a plurality of 05,000. Legislature rcpub-uma. VhRY CLOSE VOTE IN OHIO Tim llrpnlillrmi Mnto TlrUct Wlm t.f UUturn In Doubt. Coi.t'itnrs. iTilo, Nor. 4. The result nf the election In Ohio Is still in doubt. It is evident that It will require the otllclal count to satisfy tho contest ants. Tho mora the rcspe.ctlvo parties figure on their returns tho smaller their pluralities seem to become, whllo their clainiB lucroaso In opposite di rections. Tho closenesi of the voto has caused Intense fccllnsr and tho usual cry of fraud. When tho result was In doubt In ItiflS It was discovered that the tally shcots wnro forged. Last night tho Republicans telegraphed to all their countv committees to bewaro of tho frauds of 1385. And when tho Repub licans were claiming tho legislaturo by only ono or two majority on joint ballot tho Democrats telegraphed their county committees to beware of all sorts of fraud, and to remember that it was a majority of ono by whleh tho groat crltuo of 1877 was committed that dofcutcd Tilden. The stato headquarters will bo kept open nil week, or until tho official counts shall be made In all of tho eighty-right counties of the state. It Is oxpcclod that there will bo trouble in some of thu close counties. Meantime tho managers of both tho Democratic and Republican state headquarters tire to-dny claiming tho state Tho Democrats claim tho elec tion of Chapman for governor and their stato ticket on such a closo mar gin that it will require the official fig ures to dctermlno tho plurality. ( htilrmiiiii McConvlllo claims that tho Domticrats will havo a majority of 7 In the leglslnturo on joint ballot for senator, llo says the Republicans aro claiming counties tLat arc doubtful and others that the Democrats havo carried by small pluralities. The Republicans claim that Rush ncll for governor and the rest of the Republican state ticket arc oloeted by a good 8,000 plurality and that tho Republicans will have a majority of two on the joint ballot of the legisla ture for Senator. Tho Republicans conecdo that they will not havo a majority in the senate, which would prevent tho passage of what are known as "rippers" or any other partisan legislation. Tho Re publicans claim seventeen ot the thlrty-slx senators, with eighteen con ceded to tho Democrats and one doubtful. They claim that fifty-seven members of tho houso aro thelr's, con ceding forty-eight to tho Domocrats, with four doubtful. If the Democrats should secure all of theso five doubt ful members tho Republicans still claim a majority of two on joint Fallot The closeness of the vote is expected to causo trouble in somo of tho doubt ful counties. Tho count will be con tested with tho secretary of state, tho state returning bonrd and probably in tho courts. Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 4. Tho En quirer, Democrat, docs not concede tho election of either Ilushnell or tho Republican legislature. It charges manipulations of returns by tho Re publicans for the purpose of assisting In what It calls "dirty work" in close counties. Its cnlm for tho legislature being Democratic is based upon tho election of Democratic representatives in Lucas county (Toledo) and upon the election of nine of the twelve In Cuy ahoga. On tho other hand the Commoralal Tribune, Republican, claims Bushnoll's election by 20,000 and that tho legis laturo Is Republican. lTelthor paper publishes specifications of what coun ties aro claimed by tho legislature. IOWA. Itetnrria Indicate- 30,000 IMuralltr fol tlio Republican Ticket. Dr.s Moinks, Iowa, Nov. 4. Roturna were slow in reaching the headquar ters of the state central committeo to day, but Chairman McMillan of tho Republican committeo contends that Shaw's plurality will be 30,000. Re ports received from fifty counties give Shaw a plurality of 20,320, and the es timate of tho Republican committee is that tho other forty-nlno will do as woll. It is expected that the plurality will bo from 1?,000 to 11,000 rabro when tho roturns aro received from tho cntlro stato. As to tho legislaturo the Repub licans claim sixty-thrco in tho houso out of 100 and forty out of fifty in tho kctiato. Tho Democratic stato committee concedes Shaw's election by 15.000, but gains aro claimed iu tho legislature. PENNSYLVANIA. Prohibition Cnudldato (or Treasurer Da velupt Surprising Strength. Piiii.Aiiui.rniA, Nov. 4. Tho com plete returns from nil tho wards in Philadelphia show a plurality of 71, 010 for Ueocom, Republican, for state treasttror. Tho rest of tho Republican ticket has approximately tho earao plurality. Swallow's voto is 15,556. Tho voto for Thompson, Indopcndont Republican, is slightly ovor 3,000. The majority In favor of tho 912,000, 00 loan Is 15.091. In ISO.", the Renuh. lican plurality was 74,548 and last year McKlnloy had 113,139. Returns at midnight from the state il3!9?10 Umt Ur- s c Swallow, Pro hlbltlon candidate for stato treasurer, known In politics us "tho fighting par son," has received mora than 125,O0f votes. VIRGINIA. ttntlra Ilorancratla Ticket Elected iy fiB, OOO Mitjorlty, Ku.mi3.sn, Va., Nov. 4. Although Ihoro was unt.s'ia apathy, it t estl itiwlcd that tho Democratic stato tick et is elected by about 55,OJ0 or C0.OO0 majority, and that tho Democrats havo two-thirds of tho house of dele gates and four-fifths of the senate. Neither party polled anything Ilk a full vote. PLEAS AST RELATIONS SPAIN SEEKS ONLY PEACE WITH U. S. MrMng I'rnm I'remliT NbhIh- I)prlrn lion of Wnr Would lp Itecnrdrd H 11 til-rut MUfortuue - Spain' .Soto Itiuil In Cnblnrl Mii'llnc Is Sii tig rue lory. .M.Miiiin, Nov. 1(1.--In response to n cable mcsstigc from a non-ofllclal American sou roc, Senor Sugnsta, the premier, has sent the following cabled declaration through Scnor Dttpuy do. Lome the Spanish minister at Wash ington: "So fnr front seeking a pretext to de clare war ngnlnst tins United States, Spain would regard it as a great mis fortune to be given tho occasion for such an unhappy resolution. Animat ed as she Is by the most amicable sen timents toward the great, republic, Spain hopes of America that the latter will ilo its utmost to fortify sentiments of friendship for the sake and welfare of both countries, while tit the same tltno respecting tho rights of Spain." Wasiii.voio.v, Nov. 10.- Tho full text of Spain's reply to the Woodford note was reatl tit tint cabinet meeting today. Its tone was pacific, and Instead of being at all 'vtirllko was regarded by the cabinet ns very satisfactory and as calculated to all.iy any fear of a hos tile outbreak. Trunk Seek McKlnley. W.xiii.ino.s, I). (,., Nov. 10. A rank appeared at the White house yesterday and demanded to see Presi dent McKinley. He said the president had not treated liim right. llo tried to go upstairs by the elevator, but was taken in charge by an officer. lie broke away from him and tried to hide behind the conservatory. He was taken to tho station. At police head quarters the man said ho was Henry Rockctt of No. T.MI Fourth street, southwest. There is no such name or address in this city. Vliiernl Withdraw. CiiicAoo, Nov. 10. Former .lutlgc Viuceut, who conducted the defeuso iu tho first trial of Adolpli L. Luetgert, has withdrawn from the ease. Private business affairs were given us tho cause of his withdrawal. Attorney l'halcn.who was associated with Judge Vincent during the famous trial and who today announced tho lutter's withdrawal, will conduct the defense at the second hearing, which, however, will not be called within six weeks. The Thorn Trial. Nkw Yoiiic, Nov. 10. The trial of Martin Thorn for the alleged murder of William (luldensuppe began In earnest yesterday morning. The jury was .secured and at 10 o'clock District Attorney Win. .1. Youngs began his ad dress. Thorn, clean shaven and well groomed, sut with unmoved counte nance, us the prosecuting uttorncy out lined his case. When he had conclud ed the taking of testimony began. WAR ON A COAL TRUST United Slate Akd to Sun Franclieo Dtatert' San FnANcisco, Nov I'rntonuto tilt Anoelstlon. . The pre made toward llmlnury move has been the prosecution of the Retail Coal Dealers1 association under the provis ions of the anti-trust law of 1800. At torney A, L. IJlack has drawn a bill In equity asking for an Injunction to restrain tho operation of the alleged trust and has sent tho papers on to Attorney General MeKonna, asking his consent that suit bo instituted in the namo of the United States, and United States Attorney Footo hos ap proved and Indorsed the request. Tim "Ilrat Iloru" i London Fitlturn. London, Nov. .The "First Rorn' having proved a failure, will bo with drawn from the Olobo theater to morrow, and tho whole company, after six performances, will return to America. HlllUrds on Hoard t lie Irontlilei. Tho gunners on tho Ironsides at Morris Inland had a neat way of ex ploding their projectiles within the fort. It was impossible to drivo them through the sand and cotton of whluh tho work was made, nor could the guns be so clovated as to toss them in ns from a mortar. So the pieces woro depressod, und the shot, strlklug the water about fifty yards from tho beach, jumped in. In nearly every instance this manner of making the missiles effective was successful. "Those aro what 1 call billiards," satd the captain, watching thu firing, "thoy carom on the bay ami bunch anil pocket tho ball in tho fort overv time!" dincuiin Too fold. Llttlo Dot: "Oh. I Just love cake. It's Awfully nice." Maramn (reprovingly): "You should not say Move ralfe, nay 'like.' Do not say 'awfully,' tay 'very. Do not say 'nice,' Bay 'good.' And, by the way, the word 'just' nhould be omit ted, also tho 'oh.' Now, my doar. re peat tho sentence correctly. Little Dot: "I llko cake, It's very good." Mamma: "That's better." Little Dot (with an air ot dlsgtiBt): "Sounds as If I was talkln' about bread." Pearson's Weekly. I'oor Fellowi, In 18(14 I was a member of eompauy (i. 139th Illinois, and on duty at. t'niro, 111. Our regiment, from tho central part of Northern Illinois, started Juno 1 from l'eorla, III., floated down to Columbus, Ky., whoro wo went into camp on tho blutfs. My idoa Is that Stanton und tho president figured If wo wont to the front tho confederacy would suddenly collapse, ami tho older men In the service would bo jealous of our glory; so thoy ordered us back to Cairo und let. tho 132d Illinois go to tho front. I havo learned since that somo of them went GOV. HOLCOMB'S DECREE Nclrnl' Kftltlvr TnlM on Cltlens So ItcmtiT ThntikK. Governor Holcomb today issued the following Thuuksglvlng proclamation: KxKcuTiVKOiiAMiir.rr, Llvcoln. Ni: nitAStCA, Nov "--Thanksgiving prudn mntlon: During thu year now drawing ton close, Clod, in Ills Infinite wisdom ami mercy luw abundantly blcsod nnd cared for our beloved country and Its people. While strife nnd contention, pesti lence, war and bloodshed havo been tho unhappy portion of many of tho pooplo of other countries, In our own wo havo been blessed with peace, plenty and a spirit, of good will toward all men. While gaunt fiiinlno hns stalked abroad in other liiiidx, bringing sulTorlng and death to many ol God's unfortunate creatures), IYoviuonco 1ms blcsHcd us with u most bountiful har vest, lining to overllowlng our gra naries and storehouses with tho best of tho lund, Theso evidences of Ood'.s goodness, supplying the temporal wants of man kind und adding to his welfare, comfort und happiness, huvo prevailed generally throughout the United Htatcs, but nowhere in n moro marked degree than in Nebraska, thus espec ially giving to our citizens cause to feel a deep houso of gratitude to the giver of all good for tho rich blessings wo havo boon permitted to enjoy dur ing tho pausing year. Our crops with n mo.st fuvorublo sea son, havo never been stirpusscd in tho history of the statu. Our peoplo havo devoted themselves diligently to peace ful pursuits iu tho varied brunches of industry, in supplying their wants and assisting In tho upbuilding of ti great commonwealth nnd their labor bus not boon without just rowurd. Our state is steadily advancing in importance and standing among the sisterhood of stutcs. Under tho favor of divlno provldenco the peoplo of Nebraska have made wonderful progress in de veloping tho stuto's material resources and utilizing them for tho comfort, use und benefit of mankind. Admitted into tho union scarco thirty years ago as tho thirty-seventh state. NebrasKti has attained In tho degreo of intoHigenco of hot citizens: in her schools, colleges und universities; in her churches und ehurltablo institu tions: in tho products of her lllcds, and factories; in tho development of her many resources, a most cnvlablo position among tho great common-woalths- of tho nation. Let us not then forget to render unto Him, tho Ruler of Nations and of Men. all praise: "offer unto God Tliansgl ving: and pay our vows unto tho Mo-it High.'' Now, therefore. I Silas A, Holcomb. govornor of tho stato of Nebraska, iu compliance with law und conforming to tho proclamation of tho president of tho United States, do hereby npitolnt und designate Thursday, tho -"th day of November, A. I). ISD7, us a Day of Thanksgiving nnd Prayer, to be by the peoplo appropriately observed by de votional exorcises in their usual places of worship, around tho family fireside, or In othor sultablo manner. Let us also on this day remember the unfortumitc, poor und needy among us and not oy our prayers alone but by deeds of ehnrlty contribute in a sub stnntiul miuiner to their temporal wants, thus rolioving distress und ren dering them moro hnpny und contented 'for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness." In witness whor of, I have hereunto .-ot my hand and ulllxed the Great Seal of the Stuto of Nebraska. Dono at Lincoln, this Oth day of Nooembor, in the year of our Lord, Ono Thousand Night Hundred und Ninety Eight, the 'list year of tho State, und of the Inde pendence of tho United States tho Ono Hundred und Twenty-second. Sirf. A. IIomiomu. Hy the Governor: W. F. Porter, Seerotury of State. RAISING PEACOCKS FOR PROFIT Tlieri- l Much .Money In tin- Imtuntrj In RiicIhiiiI. George Vnndcrbllt, Theodore Havc meynr and a number of other very rich men have quite recently token It Into their heads to go into the business of raining peacocks for profit, says an ex change. This Ib a comparatively new Industry on American Boll. Although peacocks- arc not unknown hero they aro not nearly bo often seen ua In Eng land and on the continent of Europe. Perhaps the most remarkable peacock show today seen anywhere In the world is at Warwick caatle. The place Is famous for them and the handsomest of tho blrdH are white, a rare color for peacocks. It does not require great skill to breed pea fowls. They must, however, ho fed- regularly nnd plenti fully, and In whiter they must have a warm and sheltered homo. The hen bird should ho allowed to chose her own nest if a strong, healthy brood Ib desired, and tho tactics of tho pea fowl farmer In HiIh regard should bM exact ly the opposite of the succct-sful poul try raiser. It iu understood that tho breeding of tho birds Is very profitable In England, and It Is not to lm mi. posed that tho millionaires whose mimes are here mentioned would go in to tho business of raising peacocks un less there was nomo possibility that there would ho money In It In Arnerl. CJ. Knglncer Killed t Atcblinn. Atchison, Kan., Nov. 0. Jacob Verhoven, an engineer on a swltoh engine in tho yards here, was killed at 3:20 yesterday morning. His en gine jumped tho track. Ho sprttug off and was caught by an overturning boxcar and was ir round to doath. (Inunnd'ft l.rmi'li In Mndnty. Gounod, the great musician who died a few mouths ago, was once waited upon by a young poet anxious for guidance In somo work on which ho was engaged at the time. Advico was generously given, and then, struck perhaps by his friend's domoniior, Gounod, told him that as he grew Ik his art ho could Judge of the masters of the past us lm (Gounod) now judged of thu famous composers of former days. "At 'your age," Gounod pro ceeded, "I used to say 'J': at 25 I said 'I und Morart'', ut 40 'Moart n:id L' Now I say 'Mozart.' " 121,000 FOR SULLIVAN RETURNS FROM EIGHTY FIVE COUNTIES Oilier lite Comitlr Will I'mbubly In cramp Ilin Figure Mmp Vile un lie t;riiU li floor but Hip Upturn 10 fat liutlcntc F.lrctlmi uf FiilinitM Returns from eighty-five counties In the stale put Sullmtn's plurality at 12,183. Custer and Kearney nro tho onlv imnot-ttint counties tturenorted. nnd It is expected these will increase Sulltvnn k plurality lll.ODO and possibly more, Following arc the figures from the eighty-live counties on Sullivan and Post, the vote for Swlt.ler, nntion nl democrat not being given becuus.o inconsequential. a COl'NTV. rf I o a U ij Adiinw IMil IMS AlileloiiP 11.1 ll) Milliner I.XI 10.1 Hlnllie IVI IIooiip Krtll IJS4 Has Untie 4(fl M llovd MH Mi Hurt 1261 1I0U lltillcr V.'.V) ItWl Huffiilo KM 2174 llniwi .'KM 2W riuiv sii fr fiis 2110 KT0 liberty .V.S two fciliir lux) 1312 I'luy 1IUI 1M7 t.'olfux R.V) Cumtliu 101-7 IM'7 ('hejpiine ;! 4tH) IMistrr. TOO Dnliutii f,74 OI'J tUwvon 1120 )47.'l DoiipJ 27:1 2711 Dodifc 1771'J SOffl Huwe-i VIH M9 DImoii (mi 1070 UotlKlas MM) 7077 Handy 217 2.3 I'lllmiiro .vi I 1KWI Kruitklln 7.'il 10HI frontier .- rx K54 I'ltrmis imi XA Carllcld im 201 tlosprr Mi (VC1 lireelcy :i7S 785 tlrunt ii IbiCP 2M0 2140 Hayes KS 213 IIiMiKcr 7 45 How.ml '..... 742 1101 Hull KWI 1.S8I llumllton 12III 1M0 lliirliin 717 10W llltebcodt 402 MO Holt .' W0 .lpffTon IB23 1537 lohnvon Man Irtfl Konrnry 777 IMS Keith 207 214 KeyaPubu 241 3(0 Kimball HI 49 Knox tfiS 12 I.anniMer .VR7 4ec l.tlli-Oln 1073 1197 L.OKUII Kl 95 Madison 1375 IM54 Merrlclc W7 951 Nanep rm PI2 Nenitiha 1319 I7C9 N'ucliolls 1235 1150 Dtop 1H77 2210 I'nunre 1310 1141 IMpivb 519 R57 Perkins 110 213 1'olU GfiH 134R Phelps 7X1 1006 PlnttP 1095 20fl0 Ned Willow SOI 030 nock 354 231 Itlrlumlson 2107 2(02 Siillne 1R29 1799 Surpv 591 995 Similiters 1725 2510 Sheridan 49 733 Sherman 43.1 751 Sioux X7 175 Seward IM 1M0 Stunton O'.'S 779 Si-otts niutr -'ia im Thayer 1310 13M) Thomas 42 78 Thurston WVt 515 Valley 691 Ml Washington 1179 1219 Wayne Ml 037 Webster. ;........"."..." 10x2 1225 Wheeler. 77 ltd York I7U7 17W Total 81503 0O113 The figures for Colfax, Custer, Grant and Holt counties aro majorities. MR. HELLER'S .FUNERAL ilnny Trlendu of the Victim of nn Acci dent Attend It Ht Ccrpucn. Tho funeral of Mr. Heller which was held at Cereeco on last Saturday nf ternoon was the largest attended ever held in the city. Friends were pres ent from Lincoln, Wahoo, Superior and other points, llcv. llroden of Omaha preached tho funeral sermon. Tho remains were buried at Pleasant Hill cemetery nnd wero followed to their last resting place by a large con course of friends. Tho coroner's jury last Friday lis tened to evidence in tho matter of tho death of Mr. Heller. After examining fourteen witnesses tho jury brought in a verdict to tho cffc.it that lie camo to his death by being run over by a car on the P. E. fc M. V. railway whllo a flying switch was being made. Tho evidence was somewhat conflicting nnd did not tend to show ucgligcnco on tho part of cither Mr. Heller or the railroad company. It is thought thut Mr. Heller did uot notice tho approach ing car until ho was quito close to tho track, too close in fact to avoid 9 collision. FlontPr 1'ound v v stmmv. n fisherman, found tho i-emulns of a man about 50 years old floating in tho Missouri river near-Gifc-son Friday afternoon last. Tho body was badly uecomposcu unu nun ut-cu m !,.. .. nlinnt. tU'O WOCICS. UOOII Ills person was a note signed by Mrs. Mat tie 11. Syhes, saying: "You will do mo ii favor by letting James Nichols havo mall addressed to me." From this it is supposed the name of tho doceased was .lames Nichols. There was uoth log to tell from whence ho came. BREVITIES. W. J. Dean, superintendent of tho Norfolk city schools, has resigned be cause of ill health. Tho new Overland theatro being erected in Nebraska City by J. Sterling Morton is almost completed. The Nebraska Hinder Twine com pany at Fremont started up Saturday morning on this year's crop of hemp. Burglars tho other day tried to crack tho safe in the general store of John Wggs at Kimball but wcie un successful. The lleatrlco corn cnrnlval held last Friday was such u dUtiuct success thut it has been decided to mako it an an nual feaUire. OMAHA AND THE FAIR Probability of Ito llPiiitnnl Hithuhp if Poor Loral Support The publication recently of the re ported assertion of one of the board managers that there will be no more stntc fairs held In Oiuiihn bus attract ed some attention in Omaha, but It is not news. It wns said duriiig anil aft er the fnir. and even before it. while the members of the board of intintigers were trying to get certain necessary Improvements out of the fair and spend association, that, tho board were tired of trying to got tint facilities and con veniences assured them when the fair uu.s moved to Oinaliii. During tho fair, members of the board were heard to say that the state fair would uot again be held so far from the city at which It Is located, as the necessity of traveling such a distance by street, car and similar conveyance seriously cut down tho attendance. Attention was called to the fact that Omaha people, did not turn out to the fair as the state board had a right to cxpoet. they would, and as it had been promised they would. This was duo largely to tho distance they had to travel nnd the uncertainty of rsachlng their home, iu season if they cnt. At the next iimetlng of the state board it will bo shown that the attend of people from Lincoln, fifty-live miles away, was actually greater iu propor tion to the size of the city than was that from Omaha. This seemed to be a startling statement, but a reliable und prominent member of the board who knows its affairs thoroughly said that a statement wounl be nitule show ing it to be a fact .Inst what steps the Oiuiihn fair and speed association, which owns the grounds where the the fair is loented and which was thu prime mover in securing the fair for Omaha, will tuko is uot known and probably will uot be until the propo sition to remove it assumes dcllnlt-j form. PAY FOR SUGAR BEET. Mitniiriirtiirpr mid Prodm-pr Co to thu Supreme Court. , . Tho Norfolk licet Sugar company has appealed to the supreme court, from u judgment of tho district court of Matlison county, amount lug to S2,.T.ifi, obtained by Hcrger ltros. The firm of Hcrger llros. contracted to ralso sugar beets during the. season of ISll.", for which the Norfolk UectSugnr company agreed to pay S.1 a ton. Seventy acres were cultivated and 1,012 tons of beet were produced. Tho producers claim that an agent of tho company afterwards induced them to silo thlrty-slx acres of the beets and to deliver them later than the date men tioned iu tin: original contract. An ex tra price of from 25 to to cents a ton wns to be paid for such silo beets, and In addltioti the company was to accept all beets without reference to per cent of sugar and purity eo-uflleienL Lat er the company notified Merger llros. t tin t. no beets were to be harvested and put iu silo until the company gave permission. A limited quantity of beets were received by thu factory, but finally the firm were notified that any beets siloed would not be received unless the beets contained 12 percent with a co-cllleieiit of H. By this refus al to receive tho beets Merger Mros. claimed they were prevented from de livering the crop uccording to con tract. Suit was brought to recover S;i,t!l0, and a judgment .secured for 82,31)0. KILLED CHILD AND SELF .Mnigpr Iti-port of 11 Murilt-r und Siilrlili ut t'liudlllii, Coroner ICostens of Otoe county re ceived word nt Nebraska City Saturday from Uniulilla that Kalph V. Vail Horn, a prominent eltlen of that pluce, had shot his child und then him self and that both had died from their wounds. As It seemed to be a clear case of suicide it was deemed mincces sary to hold an inquest. Fnr Itrrach of PromUr. A case of considerable Interest is on (rial in district court at Fremont. It is the SI 0,001) breach of promise suit ot Miss Murle Merge of Wlsner vs. Dr. George Hnslam, a prominent physician and proprietor of the Fremont hospit al. Tho pliilntifTVt father was former ly county judge of Dodge county, and later a justice of the peace, and during this time tho doctor paid his attention to the young lady, and the plaintiff us sorts, usked her to be his wifo, una Inter wilfully left her for another. C'oiitrocry Settled. Tho old fight between the Nubraska City Water nnd Light company and thu city authorities has been settled. Me cently the city mudo a proposition to the eoninimv. Accordluc to tho nuren- ment, since ratified, tho city will pay 837.50 per year for all fire hydrant's up to 100, und $3.1 for ull iu excess of of that number. The city owes tho eompauy three years' hydrant rental, whicli will be. paid according to thu new scale. lUrlliiRtou to Hiivp l.lelit. llartlugton will soon have an electric light plant, and the business houses, streets ami dwelling houses will bo illuminated by electricity, The city will ruu and opcrato tho plant. Identity Kit Mhl Ul.cil. The Douglas county coroner has es tablished tho Identity of tho man whoso body was found near Olbson by a fisherman. His name was James Nichols and ho formerly kept a littla grocery at Hamburg, la. Although a negro, ho was almost white and wa a well educated man. For some timo he hns been living with a colored man named Syltcs in Omaha. Ho has been out of money and as ho was addicted to tho use of narcotics, It is supposed that his inability to eitisfy his appe tite for them led him to throw hliimcK juto the river, .v i i rr i V 71 it-w;-.-wBm IL