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pi , HIM * ' ; ; TWELVE PAGES. FHE OMAHA DAILY BEE.TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED JUoSE 10 , 187J. OMAE1A , SATURDAY MOHNEXG , NOVEMBER 8 , 3S5M TWEL.VE PAGES. SLXCJJ.E COPY VIVE CEXTS. ENERGY IN IOWA'S ' CAWAIGN Fepnblicans Making tbo Most Vigorous r light of tlie State's Political History , DEMOCRATS ARE BADLY DEMORAL'Z'.O ' ' Tlialr Slmre of the Campaign Turned Over to the Poiull | tn , Mho Am Slumlng- Fight < lrtlllely with I.lttlo Ctinncx ! ol Yllnulii ? . DES MOINES , la. , Nov. 2. ( Special. ) , Never la the history of the state has such an \ active , energetic and enthusiastic campaign been carried on by the republican managers os the one now drawing to a close. Aided by his experience In the past , Chairman Blythe , with the active co-operation of every member of the state central committee , has been enabled to cover every nook and corner of the state and take a poll ot the voters In every township , thus reducing politics to a flno art. Being supplied with ample funds , the ablest speakers have been constantly em ployed , and even the two great national re publican leaders , Jleed and McKlnley , have been pressed Into service. The speakers have been greeted with largo and attentive audiences at every point , and the mistakes and blunders of the- present democratic ad ministration have been hilly exposed. The battle has been carried on along national Issued , and all matters of a purely local nature have been entirely Ignored. The con stant aim cf the central committee has been to bring the old party back to Us pristine glory , ami after having thoroughly routed the democrats to settle all question" ) of state policy within the party It Is confidently expected that the Germans In the river coun ties , who left the party to the number of more than 20,000 on th& prohibition Issue , will this year get back Into line , trusting In republi can promises to repeal or soften the more odious features , of the mulct law at the next V session of the legislature. In contrast with the splendid political bal- tie. being waged by the republicans , the demoralized , disheartened and terror-stricken democracy has not even made a pretense ot maintaining an active campaign. With the exception of some slight efforts to save the First , Second and Fifth districts , the whole congressional light has been turned over to the populists , and the democrats have cither endorsed the populist nominees outright or else nominated candidates who could stand on the populist platform To this statement there Is one single exception , the Sixth Ols- trlct , where Taylor , democrat , of Davis , refuses - fuses to get out of the way for Allen Clark , populist , thus Insuring an easy victory for Hon. John K. Lacey With the opposition united in this district Major Lacey would probably have been defeated by a small , majority , and the republicans are exceedingly * thankful dial fusion failed here rfiomniTioNisTS MAKING NO TIGHT. Contrary to expectations , the prohibition- iBts hive failed to make any aggressive movement. The threat freely made last year ' 'to ' nominate county and loral tickets In every county of the state In opposition to the republicans" has not materialized , except In a few Instances , and the great horde of orators that was to cover the state has dwln- died down to two or three local bpeakcrs , and these have met an Indifferent reception. The sober second thought of the great boJy ot sincere prohibition republicans has begun to insert itself and they have either accepted the mulct law as the best method of re straining the liquor traffic that can be main tained. or arc malting to make their power felt In the selection of the members of the next legislature. Certain It Is that , with the exception" of a few extremists , the great body bl prohibitionists will this year walk up and vote the republican ticket. From advices - vices received nt republican headquarters It Is now believed that the vote for Dennett Mitchell for secretary of state will not be largely In excess ot the less than 10.000 votes cast for the same candidate for governor last year. In a half dozen districts prohibition candidates are running for congress , but they will probably do as much harm to the oppo- Hltlon as to the republicans , and will , in any event , only receive a scattering vote In fact , the only organized and determined opposition to the republican part ) comes from the populists This party , though pollIng - Ing less than 25,000 votes and without a Ehost of a show of electing Its state ticket , taking advantage of democratic lethargy , has made as active and thorough a canvass as Its nica UN would permit , and Is morally certain - tain to lare ly Increase Its vote , mainly at democratic expense. Heretofore the p-irty has been handicapped with prohibition , woman suffrage and similar "Isms , " but the last state convention sat down on the radicals and extremists and dropped all side Issues , confining Its platform work to free sliver , money , land and transportation. Having thus stripped for the race , the people's party went Into the fight , as the leaders boastlngly said. to "wrench seven congressional districts from tlio control of the republicans and send coven populist members to thn lower house to cast the vote of the state for a populist president In 1836. should the election bo thrown Into that body. Tlio seven districts upon which the longing eyes of the populists were cast and which seemed to afford an inviting field , as the Third ( Colonel Hender son's ) . Fourth ( Updegraph's ) . Sixth ( Major . Lacey's ) , Seventh ( Captain Hull's ) , Ninth ( Hager's ) , Tenth ( Dolllver's ) , and Eleventh ( Perkins' ) . Democratic endorsement tvas , of course , counted upon to nld In overcoming the re publican majority in these districts but this has only been partially secured In the Fourth the democrats nominated J F. Bnb- cock , a farmer grecnbacker , thus forcing the populists to withdraw their candidate , while Taylor In the Sixth nnd Bernard Graeicr In the Eleventh , democratic nominees , refute to vacate the field. Both of these dlstiicts could probably be carried aga'nst the republi cans , were the democrats out ot the race , nnd j thla tact has embittered the popnlUt\ who are calllnK the democrats In these districts some hard names. WIIERB TUB HOT FIGHTS ARR. TThe four districts In which the contest Is squarely between republicans anJ populists nro the Third. Seventh , Ninth an.l Tenth. In the first of these Rev. S II. Bnihor , pop ulist. Is making1 a hard fight for Colonel Henderson's neat , and Is making such a vigorous canvnsg , that tlio services of Thomas D Reed of Maine wore called Into requisition. Heed's meeting at Waterloo and other points wcro large and enthusiastic and will have a telling effect on the Gtli at November In the Seventh , or "Capital Cltv" district , both the democrats and populists hate en dorsed the nomination of Judge J. R Uar- croft , n free silver republican , who U run ning en u platform framed bj labor leaders agnlnat Captain J. A , T. Hull. Two jrnrs ago the vote In this district stood : Repub lican , 10,960 ; democratic. 13.SSO ; populist , 2.CGO ; and prohibition , 550. Judge Barcrott Is an old settler , Is very popular , anil will make serious inroads ' on Captain Hull's ma jority , nnd may possibly overcome It en tirely. In the Ninth , thn contest between linger nnd Weaver li exciting national Interest , and the poll of the district by the republicans shows conclusively that neither candidate will have n walkaway. The content will probably ba determined by the fullness of the vote that Is called out. All concede that FpttavvBttamlo rounty holds the key to the situation. The populists have care fully polled this county , and the > say that In & tingle ; country township eighteen republicans - publicans were found who signified their Intention tention of voting for W * ver , and conrkUntly claim the county will give him an over whelming majority Chairman Illy the srof the republican committee- smites at this statement - ment , and while lie gives no figures isaja his iflVIces from tbe district show linger to be In the lead. In the Tenth Ihe eloqutf'it Dolllvtr's only opponent U n plain , blunt farmer named Walter , who J * jntbtag tbe race 03 a farm- ers' Alliance candidate Pour years ago Dot- liver's majority wan but a little more than 1.000 , but In 1S92 It ran up to over 8,000 , a lead that Farmer llaker , even with demo cratic endorsement , will hardly overcome. The hardest congressional battle ever fought In the slate is jtlst drawing to a closeIn the Second district , where the re publican committee has c ° ntercd all HE energies In one supreme effort to retire Waler I. Hayes , the solitary democratic con gressman from Iowa. The republican can didate , Hon. C. M. Curtis , lives In Clinton Hayes' home county Is a large employer of labor and Is Immensely popular , and en joys nn extensive acquaintance throughout the district Congressman Hayes hits b en extremely unfortunate In his postolllcc recom mendations , and has mortally offended many of hla German constituents. The situation Is further complicated by the active cnnvass b'lng made by H D. Lloyd , the populist nominee , who wilt draw largely from Hayes' strength. Could the opposition be united there Is no doubt of the result , anil even as It Is the chances ot the election of Colonel Curtis , In spite of the 7 000 democratic majority In that district , are exceedingly bright , With the redemption of this district , the republican party will resume control of the destinies of the state , and Iowa once more assume her position at head of the republican column. SOUTH DAKOTA POLITICS. forecast of Klcctton ISo-uiltByiitto Tavorablu to HID Iti'imlillc.iiii- SIOUX FALLS , S. D , Nov 2. ( Special ) There Is a possibility , but hardla prob ability , that the next legislature will be con trolled by foreign-born citizens. Tuesday there will be a new legislature chosen con sisting of 120 members. Among the legis- lallvo candidates there are between seventy and seventy-five Scandinavians and Ger mans. A glance nt the different county legislative tickets Indicates that all three of the political parties are catering to the foreign clement. All of the state tickets have from two to four naturalized citizens on them. As to the full result of next Tuesday's election , there Is no doubt that the repub licans will win the majority of the offices , but whether or not they will capture the legislature Is another question. In legislative matters the light has re solved Itself Into a Petllgrew and antl- Pettlgrew contest In every county. In six teen counties the democrats and populists have fused for the express purpose of de feating Senator Pettlgrcw. The democrats in cloven counties have neither allied them selves with the populists nor put up a ticket for themselves. In these counties the demo crats are the principal bone of contention , as the republicans and populists are using every energy to secure the votes or the democrats. In most of the sixteen counties where there Is fusion the demo-pop candidates will be elected Yet If the republicans can win In half of the eleven counties where the demo crats have no ticket they will have a ma jority in the legislature. The republican state and congressional tickets tire sure win ners. Governor Sheldon having offended the Scandinavians In refusing to acc de to their requests to appoint some of their num ber , will lose a large share ot the Scandi navian vote , but will moro than likely be elected In spite ot this fact Seven or eight thousand will be about the majority by which the rest of the republican state and congres sional officers will bo elected. The no'ltical pot In this county Is boiling over. It Is a veritable tug-of-war con test , with the demo-pops on one sldo and the republicans on the other straining every muscle for victory. Indications are that the offices will not go to one side alone , but will be about evenly distributed. uxtnit T/n/jz/i UT orj/t i// . . A In Peru I'ur.ifjrod l > > tlin Ktcrntl M'nrf.iru. NEW YORK , Nov. 2 A correspondent in Lima , Peru , sends this dltpatclr "Business Is In a paraljtlc state through out the republic. The Injury done already to the commercial Interests ot the country Is Incalculable and it will be many years before Peru recovers Itself from the warfare which seems to to as far from an end as ever. "In a battle between the government forces und guerrillas In Rhaco the latter were vic torious and remain In possession of the town. Tha loss on both sides was heavy. "At Plinentel the government troops sur prised Theodore Semlnaroa and his followers. A sharp fight ensued In which the guerrillas weru considerably worsted , leaving behind them several dead and wounded , besides some prisoners. Theodore Seminnroi himself nar rowly escaped being taken and only suc ceeded In earning off the body of his brother Allplo , who was Killed. "In the south , whore the guerrillas are weak , various small bands have been over taken and dispersed by the government forcss. ' In Cana the guerrillas are said to be occupy ing tlio helghta and mountain passes , while Munez U maneuvering so as to hem them In and force a decisive battle. "Mr. Fry , the British vice consul of Chlca- yale , who manages tht Cnrtavlo estate , has been | one of Scmlnaroa's latest victims of rob bery. ' The guerrilla leader sent a force to the estate to demand 6,000 sols Mr. Try , who was In bed when the guerrillas arrived , promptly refused to pay It and was taken to tbe presence of their chief Semlnaroa apolo i- gized for unceremonious conduct ot his followers , but Insisted on the payment of the 5,000 sols , which Mr. Fry nas compelled to deliver. " TIIK Kxaixr. Nurraw l ! riii * of the S.rallili mml I'nwcn- enroll the II , & At , X < r Lincoln. LINCOLN , Oct. 2. ( Special Telegram. ) The engine ot the southbound passenger train on the B. & M. was wrecked lust night at 0:30 : nrar Dcnton The shaft of the driving wheels hioke , the cab of the engine was completely demolished nnd the life of the engineer piobably saved by the fact that he , was at the llm i on the tender The train was delayed thiee hours. No damage oc curred to an > of the coaches. OrcJcia Thirty Minium Too f.ato. TACOMA. Nov. 2 , Deputy Collector Dor- sey received a telegram ordering him to allow the lead which arrives here en route to Yokohama via the steamship Tacoma , to be loaded not more than half an hour after the ship had left port. The ship could not be readily recalled then Besides her hold was filled with other cargo. The telegram from the Treasury department ordered'that ' hereafter no freight consigned to the Orient shall be stopped unless the customs officers are certain It Is contraband of war. The lead was consigned to the American Leading < company ot Yokohama S.itnllt.iint.ittnn : Nil Secret. NEW YORK , Nov. 2 The Washington correspondent of the Statts-Zeltung tele graphs that paper that the elevation of Mgr. Batolll m the rank of cardinal In December U no longer a secret .at the papal legation. He Is receiving congratulations already and Mgr. McMahon contributed | 1 00 to tbe ex penses of Ihe elevation of the archbishop , Msr , Satolll will soon return to Rome and ni hla cuccessor the name of Mgr. Loren- 1111 Is frequently mentioned It Is also stated that Dr. Hec'or Pa.pl. secretary of the legation , will retire to a Jesuit convent In ' Frederick , Md. Hrjru'n Story leii uiiic < ' . tin n 1'tiiiiil , WASHINGTON , Nov. 1 Senor Romero , tbe Mexican minister , hat received from the ] governor of Puebla , Max. , a statement show ing the Jail and court records for five years past fall to show anything relating to onr < Hugh Ilrjce. who was alleged to be on his way to the United States ta preieiit a claim for damages for 111 treatment by Mexican I official ! The story Is , denounced as a fabrl- incatlou | LIFELESS BODY IN A BUGGY Strange Enrden Hcuilcd Homo by a Team of Spirited Horses , UPPO ED MURDR : AT ATLANTIC , IA \utinc Ncbrxfthnii Hired n Team to Drive to I.cu'ls AVun Neil hern I > riul vrltli a llullrt VVuund In " lll lie id. ATLANTIC , la . Nov. 2. ( Special Telej gram ) . TJcn Merrltt of Flllmore county , Nebraska , ctmo to Atlantic last evening and nent to Ella's livery about S o'clock and stcured a rig to lake him to Lewis , where he said ho was going to visit bis fathei- In-lavv. This morning early the team and ( buggy were found standing In the street near the barn with Mcrrltt's lifeless body on the seat. A bullet hole. . In the right side of the forehead showed the cause of his death. A revolver was found In the bottom ot the buggy with three empty chambers. One empty shell was imme diately under the hammer , but there was a loaded shell on each side of It. The right hand was gloveless and hanging out side the buggy and a whip that was sent out with the rig was missing. On his per son were found a gold watch , some sil ver nnd two small bills. Appearances point to suicide , but no motive' for taking his own life has yet developed. He Is a man of about 45 nnd leaves a family In Nebraska. Ills brother living near Grlswold , la , died several jcars ago and left considerable property - erty and the deceased was acting as guardian of the children , but the. condition of the estate under his management is not now known. The opinion of many Is that he was murdered , as he was seen to leave Lewis be tween 10 and 11 in company with some other persons ami pistol shots were heard not long after. Parties who are acquainted with the team say they were wild and would not have come the long distance alone and retained the body In the buggy. It Is also thought that Merrltt would not have come from Nebraska - braska with only about $7 In his pocket. SHOT MOTIIKII Ycmtic "Mnn Jtcturus from a Mijhftt Work iin.l Kill * Without n Word. BUFFALO , N. Y. , Nov. 2 Without known provocation William Glpp shot his mother to death and fatally wounded his father at their home In thla city today. The patricide ivas a railway car Inspector , the dut'l&s of which kept him out all night. Entering tbe house this mornlnc , and without a word , be fired twice at his mother. One bullet struck her in the temple while the other took effect In her body She died almost Instantly. Tbe shots aroused the family The father was the first to appear , and although the son fired twice , one bullet striking him at the corner of the right eye , near the nose , and the other taking effect in the breast. A brother soon entered the room and grappled with William , trying to wrest the weapon from him. After a brief struggle he getaway away from them and ran out Into the back yard and escaped The father Is at the hospital In a critical condition. UfJIl JA I ! > m.lN. Tried to Save Other * but Ilo > curly Lo.it Ills 1.1 fo in lining It. NANIAMO , D. C. Nov. 2 Alexander Smith , a young engineer , was brought Into this city from Newcastle Island , by an In dian ] In n pliable condition. Smith , with a man named William Martyn , had gone out In an open row boat In search of two men who were supposed to be adrift In the gulf. Whilst adrift a mile out from shore , their boat upset , After several hours drifting the boat , with Smith still clinging to It , was washed head-on to the beach of Newcastle Island Smith fainted away from exhaustion as soon as he touched land. He never re gained thorough consciousness until he reached an hotel In this city where he was brought by the Indian who found htm. He had been lying on the beach two iSaj'S'and two nlrhts Most of the time , It w * : > rain ing. He Is a very sick man now. .Nothing has been heard of Martyn , who was prob ably urowneu. cuvitr sr.iffifi HI rittuburc tliKlgc Declares Wluileaalo Ilculera > "eeil Not Produce tlonliM. PITTSBURG. Nov. 2. Judge Bufflngton In the United States district court decided that C. B. Clark , agent for Armour & Co. , need not produce his Looks to refute charges ot fraudulent returns on oleomargarine bold The action was brought by C. P. Kearns , collector of internal revenue , who asserted the monthly returns of the company were false. In his answer Mr. Clark said that Armour & Co. had paid all taxes due the government , and that the books were wanted to obtain evidence against third paitles for violating the oleomargarine law. Judge Bufllngton declared that wholesale dealers could not be compelled to produce their books. ) i Somn of the .Susirctn. TVRMUPn . Nov. 2. All the persons ar- rested on suspicion In connection with the murder ot Marie Contassolt by strangling have been discharged , except Charles Chal loup , Engine Contassolt , sister of the mur dered girl , and ex-Pollccmnn Antolne Santa pletro. Until a week before the murder Marie lived with Challoup and her sister. She left them ta live with Santapletro. The , sisters. It Is said , had $40.000 which Chal- loup bad Invested In Paris In his own name. The testimony brought out at the Inquest shows that Challoup beat Marie on account of her attachment for Santapletro anil ihe police are still of the opinion that Ihe so * clcty ot Frenchmen known as "Chevaliers d' Amour , " who live off the earnings ofalien women , Is responsible for the strangling pf both Marie Contassoit and Lena Tapper'tt ho was murdered last August. Santaptetro is held as a witness. - . lEnla IVnr at MEMPHIS. Nov 2 The passenger ratfc war between railways has reached the state of a cutthroat fight between Ihe ticket scilpers Two firms have withdrawn Irom | | the brokers association and started to slnih-1 i ! Ing rates on their own hcok The result Is a' complete demoralization of rates to al ! points , Tickets to St. Louis are quoted at Ji and Chi-1 ' , ' cage $9. and the indications are they will I still lower A meeting of the passenger agents has been called for next week to make an effort to put an end to the war. llnllim Will llmo So mo Orciit Knim. DALLAS. Tex. , Nov 2. The state fair management has arranged for the greatest ratine event In the history ot the south , Three of the greatest geldings In the world vvlll go In n free-for-all trot at the state fair grounds tomorrow for a purse of $3.000. Hyland T. 207 % , Dandy Jim. 21014 , and Greenleaf. 2 10'/4 , will be the contestants The match pacing race between Joe Patchen and Lena Hill for f 1.000 and 11.000 added by the association , will take place tomorrow afternoon. Moil * rnlzlng tlio tllil Pncpy l'nri r , LONDON , Nov 2 The Saturday Review was purchased by Mr. Hauban BUSKOII U IK rumored that Mr I'rfnk Harris vvlll be a | > pointed editor ot the- Saturday Review and that he vvlll Intrnluce into It society pa ra graphs , p'ctures , etc. Windier I iitrnililn fur t'rop * . WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. The weather bureau. In Its review of weather crop con ditions , ears that on the whole the weather conditions during October were generally fa vorable for farm work , especially for fall plowing and gathering corn. COUNTING FOB , A , HUSBAND. A Nrvv Miitilinonliil &uu Uktoit IMilcli SoinrtlmrH M orknuml Sometime * liorim't. Just as the train pulled iup at Chelsea Avenue station , Long Branchaa.very pretty girl darted forward to meet a ( you rig man who stepped to the platform , says the New York Herald. Pleasure and. ) triumph strug gled for possession of her bannyHuce as she grasped the extended hand and exclaimed : "Thlrty-ono got cloven of'Ueniton the drive todayI" "Is that all ? " returned hei escort "Sixty- four ! " "Slxty-four ! " shrieked Jhc Jglrl "Where did , you get them ? You're ireal moan ; you said going up to town wouldnft be much of an advantage to you. as they jnrtren't wearing them now to any extent. " "Well , neither arc they , " said the berated one. "Tho fact Is I met a chowder party going out of town , and In accordance with the etlquet of such occasions , , they all wore 'em " "Oh , " said the maid , " what a glorious chance , and I suppose you were glad " "No , Lvle , I was sorry you weren't there. You know I must try to keep evn. . I cer tainly will not shake hands with any other than yourself when my number Is complete , and It vvlll bo embarrassing , to eay the least , to refuse to shake any dainty little paws that may bo offered me. So you'd better make haste " But the girl didn't liear him "Thir ty-two , thirty-three. " she exclaimed breath lessly. " They Just got In a cab' ' " "What Is It all about ? " I asked my sister , who was helping me enjoy the situation " 1 believe > ou are the only man In Long Branch who don't know. It's quite the latest thing In matrimonial superstitions. You must count ninety-nine high white hats nnd four black ones , and you arc sure to marry the flr&t person of the opposite sex with whom you shake hands the first cUgiblo person I mean Of course , if I happen to meet the ragman first the charm does not hold good. " Whereupon I grinned maliciously and said "I always knew you were a. frlcndiy soul , Grace , but do > ou shake hands with the rag man' " BLUFFED A BLACKMAILER. A IVilcrul Olllctul Sunila n Title-IIcnrcr to IllH Ulfc. A good story Is told by Kate. Field's Washington of a prominent federal official , who was In ofilce during the first Cleveland administration and his reception of a woman who endeavored to levy blackmail upon him This woman came Into his office one day and after tearfully reciting her tale of woe and wrong to him and an amused onlooker who had tried , Ineffectually , to leave the room and let the couple attend to their own af fairs she demanded Immediately a check for $100. "But I cannot give you that amount. I haven't got it , " said the official "Well , then , I'll tell all about our dealings nnd you won't show up very well , " said the woman threateningly. "Oh , I don't think you can make anybody believe suoh n taleas you would tell ngalnst me , " came the Importurbed reply. "Oh , I can't , can't I ? " sneered the woman. "Well , I Just need that $100 and you've got to give It to me or I'll let out tbe whole busi ness Now are you ready to pony up ? " The official pondered a moment. "The case would look pretty black against me. wouldn't If" ho said , reflectively. "Yes , I'll see to that , " was the woman's still more threatening answer. "Well , " eald the official , after n moment's thought , and with a suspicious ; twinkle hh eye , "I guess I see a way out of .the diffi culty Now you know Tny wife holds the purse strings of the family/ Now you just go to her and tell her the whole story , and cry about It , and she might give you the amount you want. 'Good dayi" and he bowed the obnoxious caller out of ithe office , while she was too utterly dumbfounded to protest. She never bothered him again , apparently admiring his nerve. llruln IliM | > tM" > c < l IIr. Judge. A. S. Judge brother-in-law ot Pierre Lorlllard and general superintendent of the old Iron Pier at West Brighton , L. I. , made a bet some time ago with Harry Sturdevant of the bathing pavilion there that he would not be frightened at meeting any kind of animal at any hour of the nlgrftjon the dark jiler. Mr. Judge retired to ils rooms over the pier about 1 o'clock In the morning , when several friends thought they ould tDst his remark about meeting anlnmlS. Sturdevant went to an animal show and borr9ned one of the ' performing bears. The T > arty quietly took the animal up to Mr Judge's room and turned It loose. The room was dark , but the bear walked over to the bad where Judge was sleeping and began to paw at the clothes. Soon the sleeper opened his eyes and , striking a match , was horrified to see the big beast In the room. He rushed down stairs to the pier , wearing only his pajamas. After parading the long pier for more than an hour trying to keep warm , Sturdevant nnd the party of'Jokers appearel. Judge was somewhat Indignant at first , but when reminded of his bet hejotncd In the fun. The party then went upstairs , and. after a hard tussle managed to get the bear out of Judge's bed , where he was sleeping soundly. A Ilrliituil Itnpnut. A traveler stopped for the night jat a cabin In the Georgia woods , says the Atlanta Con stitution. "I am very hungry , " [ ie said to the host , "have you something to oat ? " "Nuthln" but "possum " ' The traveler winced , but waited patiently for the repast. After the lapse of a halt hour the host came In. acocmpanled by three hound dogs , and holding a llghtvvood torch ploft. "Here , " he said to hla almost starving guest , "take this rabbit fool an' rub my shoulder with it. " "What Is that for' " asked the guest. "Well , ding It all ! ain't I got to go out an' ketch a 'possum fer yer supper' " The Kniit Win Xut Tlmt. Rather an odd couple applied at the "Little Church Around the Co-ner" a few days ago to be married , sajsithe New York Journal. He was handsomely dressed and about 25 years of ago , while she was younger and quite pretty. As soon as they had announced what they wanted the woman paused and said : "John , hadn't we better wait ? " "Why ? " he asked. "Well , we've only got } 60 , nnd maybe the lawicr won't give" your decree If you don't Pay him. and " But before she got any further she was In- fonnecl that Rev Dr Houghton didn't marry divorced persons. That settled It ; there was no marriage. Unit Ills 4l u Thlnt With Him. There Is a patrolman who doet his duty In the neighborhood of. Houston street and the Bowery , says the New York Journal , who never refuses to give straight Informa tion to any person who.reques ts It. Several mornings ago , about 3 o'clock , a man asked him If there wasn't Just one saloon open In the nelKhb.-r.howl The patrolman replied In the negative. "Are you sure ? " asked tba citizen Am I sure ? Why If I only knew a place I wouldn't be suite Ing fronntlils awful thirst mjielf. " VVumun'M r lu'i will Vnu-rlnln. The members of the Woman's club will meet at 3 o'clock this afternoon In the rooms In the Boston store block for ) the purpose of entertaining the president anU'a number ofof the members of the Womanjiclub at Fre mont. Tea will be served at 3 o'clock end the educational department'Mill meet at 4 p. m riinrml nf Mm. | ljiirr % . The funeral of Mrs Mary Hawes , who died Wednesday , will be held Sunday after noon at 2 o'clock , at tbe residence of her daughter , Mrs. J. W. Martin , 1321 Park ave nue. SOLD PLANS TO THE ENEMY How the Triple Alliance Kept Posted on French Defensive Movements. BETRAYED HIS COUNTRY FOR SILV R Ctinrgra AgnhiNt Cnpiiiln Drpj fm by tha I'rench ( lovfiriiuicnt otlilcli lip V\u u Irimtril i : m pi ore Vuhiiiblo llin | for tha Triple Alliance. PARIS , Nov. 1. The arrest of Captain Al- fred Dreyfus on the charge ot treason and espionage on behalf of the Triple alliance Is the sensation of the hour. The captain was attached to the organizing and mobiliz ing department of the general staff , and In this capacity had accers ta some of the most Important documents relating to the plans for mobilizing the French army. Suspicion against Captain Dreyfus was aroused by his Intimacy with an Italian officer , and General Mercelr , the minister of war , caused de tectives to bo sent to Monaco and to Italy , with the result that Captain Dreyfus Is now under strict guard In the military prison. Captnln DrejftiB Is raid to have supplied the Italian officer alluded to , who Is believed to have been an agent of the Italian govern ment , with the plans for the mobilization of the Fifteenth army corps , covering the departments of the Maritime Alps , Ardcch , Bouclies-Du-Rhone , Corsica , Gnrd , Vur , Van- cluse and Marseilles , as well as with plans for mobilizing the French forces around Brlancon , the Alpine Gibraltar. He Is also suspected of having furnished the Italian agent with the plans of numerous fortified positions around Brlancon , which are con nected by underground galleries with the tovsn mentioned. Brlancon Is a place of the utmost Importance , and e peclally In view of the possible advance of the Italian army Into France Brlancon commands the route across Mount Genevre , between France and Italy and In addition to being most strongly de fended on account of Its natural position ( It is situated on a hill about 4,300 feet above the level of the sea ) , Its surrounding emi nences are crowned with strong , modern for- Itficallons , mounted with the latest artil lery And , as already stated , these fortifica tions communicate with each other and with the town by subterranean passages. A bridge having a span of about 130 feet and ISO feet high crosses the Clarre valley and affords access from the principal forts of the fortifications to the town Itself. Captain Dreyfus Is said to have supplied the Italian government with all the plans so carefully laid outWurlng years past for the defense of the "Alps , and which have been looked upon as forming a complete bul wark against the possibility of an Invasion of France from Italy , and he Is also said to have told nil these plans to Germany and to have divulged to Austria and Germany the names of all the French officers who have recently been sent abroad on secret missions Captain Dreyfus was married to the daughter of a rich diamond merchant of this city. Ultlulrovr Ihflr Prcitrntn The city council ir.et as a board of equali zation yesterday afternoon to consider the protests of a number of Eighth ward prop erty owners who were dissatisfied with their assessments. The bulk of the property on which the pretest Is made Is located between Eighteenth 1t 1 ' .and Nineteenth streets and runs 1t from t 'California"to Nicholas streets. TMs territory t was1 formerly In the Fifth ward , but t when the city was redlstrlcied It was made a part of the Eighth ward. It hap pens that property In the Eighth ward has been ! assessed at a slightly higher rate than was the case In the Fifth Consequently quently when the change In ward lines was made the Eighth ward assessor had to raise the t value ot his new acquisition In order to equalize It with the general plan of assess ment In the ward. This he proceeded to do and thc property owners vigorously pro tested t against the proceeding. When the reason of the Increa-o was ex plained I to the property owners and they were convinced that they were not rated higher than j others In the same ward they decided to reconsider their protests and the assess ment vvlll stand exactly as it was returned by the asse'sor. There Is little change in "Friends" since seen at Boyd's last year , and which began a second engagement at the same theater last night. What was written a year ago of Mr. Royle's comedy drama , of praise , of strong commendation and of congratulation may , with entire propriety , be repeated again. It IE the same Intcrcstlnu story of two men , a pianist and a "literary feller , " who have formed an attachment for one another , which , through the stressful times of their friendship , through the gaunt pres ence or want and then In the da > s of abso lute triumph. Is never broken , but remains an object lesson , and points a moral , if you will , to the thousands who have followed young Paden and Adrian Karjo through vicissitudes of their eventful lives. "Friends" is one of the best plays of the last ten years , and all the more worthy because it Is the product of a western man , who has forced recognition at the hands of critics , both of the extreme east and west. The author-actor , Mr Hoyle. was much more at home In his part of John Paden than when Been here on a previous occasion , the staglncss being much less pronounced , and therefore a much stronger performance. Mr Henderson has also rounded his role considerably his piano playine being one of the features of an al most faultless performance Mr Lyons , whn made such a pror.ounced hit last season as the opium eater and father of Marguerite ( Mrs. Hoyle ) , plays his old part and with lust as much attention to detail as distin guished his Initial playing. Mrs Hoyle has the only female part of Importance , and she plajs Marguerite with a. womanly grace and charm that Is very delightful. The other members of the'cast were thoroughly acceptable and the largo audience present last night caught the fine flavor of the play and applauded to the echo the excellent liter ary work and the strong portraitures pre sented. _ _ Tlio Sherman Avenue 1'iivint ; . The council resolution ordering the Board of Public Works to let the contract for the Sherman nvenuo paving to Hugh Murphy 10m his bid of | 2 10 , has been signed by the mayor and notice served on the board. The board has as yet taken no action In the mat t- ter nnd It Is not likely that It will. Chair man Wlnspear said yesterday that r39 could not see how the board could go ahead and let the contract when the petitions from the property owners had not been acted into by the council and the final ordinance which designates the material had not been passed It la generally understood that the fight from now on will bs taken Into the courts. ot u Mono. Hugh Murphy Is taking a piece of flagstone from bin quarry in Colorado that will bo one of the largest single blocks of natural stone In the world. It will be 00x20 fen and twenty Inches thick. If the Immei .jo stone U successfully quarried It will be shipped to Chicago where It will be set as a sidewalk In front of the establishment of Marshall Ploltl. The stone will bo shipped on three flat cars and it Is possible that the width may have to bo cut to sixteen feet in ordtr to pass the bridges and overhead obstruc tions , Hoard nf I'uljllo Unrlc * At a meeting of the Board of Public Works yesterday afternoon the chairman was directed IIn rected to Instruct the street sweeping contractor - tractor to begin work under the short ached- ule on November 11 The awarding of the contract for paving Jackson street from Thirty-sixth to Thirty' - ' eighth streets WAI postponed until tprlng It tvai tb unanimous opinion ot the la embers that It wae now too late to take chances on la > lng asphalt. I.UNT O.V 1IIK I.l t nt ttin Crow niul I'nusnigi'rn un flip Ill-Tntrd Ship. SCATTL13 , Nov. 2. The lumber schooner Fanny , Dutard , Captain Peterson , arrived at Port ' Ulakcly , reports that the missing tvaii- hoe , with ox-Minister Grant on board , prob ably sank on the afternoon of Septemcbr 29. "We left Port Blakcly , " said Captain Peterson , "on the 2Cth of September last , bound for Santa Barbara , with lumber We sailed out under n. light wind and arrived nt the capo on the 29th Wo saw a tug towing out a ship that same evening and drop tier off the cape. That night a storm came up and on the morning of the 30th moderated. The ship was In company with us , but too far away for us to make out her name or cargo She appeared to have a terrible list to starboard. We could see that nomcthlng was wrong with her for her UK was In the wrong direction. That night the vcsstl dis appeared from sight " The Ivanhoe carried a crew of twenty , who all shipped from San Francisco , and were as follows : Captain , nd E. Grim n mates , James J Too- j hit , ' . C. H Chrlstcnson ; carpenter , William Andolln. two Chinese cooks ; sailors , Hans Stevenson , William Stewart , Frank Xlrlno , H Johnson , E. Lowenroth. George Ordle. Samuel Harp , J. J. Hanncson. M. K Qulder- Bon. Lannart Helm , W. A. Hcrrlnan , John Anderson , Martin Jacobson. The passengers aboard the vessel were : lion Frederick J Grant , editor of the Se-U- tic Post-Intelligencer , Allen B. Folger , and two ladles. Mrs. Mattle L. Bara and her friend. Mrs. Ir Irene Mullen , and a stow away , Udward Alldrlcc , who liad people living In San franclsco. Dlntrlct Court Doing * The celebrated (50,000 damage suit of Campbell against Johnson , which was on trial In Judge Ambrose's court for two weeks , was submitted to the Jury yes terday. This is the case where Larrabco M Campbell , a traveling evangelist , claims that Trank C Johnson stole away the affections of his wife , hence the suit. There was a peculiar feature In the Mary McKenna will case which was disposed of In Judge Blair's court Thursday. When the case was heard In the probate court before ex-Judge E'tei. ' It was held that the will , bequeathing the property to St Joseph s hospital and the Benson orphanage , was ob tained by duress and that Mary McKenna was not In her right mind when she executed the document. An appeal was taken to the district court and the trial came on before Judge Blair Something like a month ago Attornejs Smyth and O Connor , who ap peared for the claimants under the will , noti fied Attorney Baldwin , the legal representa tive of the cousins in Ireland , that they would object to his giving testimony on the cround that he was the attorney and confi dential advisor for Mary McKenna prior to her death When the case was called the attorneys filed their objections and Mr. Bald win said that ho was about In the t > ame posi tion as a prize fighter who taw the blow struck , but did not take n part In the melee He realized that he could not testify and con sequently the findings of Eller were reversed without any testimony being Introduced upon the part of the contestants. Iloiptlitl Donation * The management of the South Omaha hos pital desires earnestly to thank the , follow ing named persons for generous donations during the month of October , and In con nection wish to say : "It must give a great deal of pleasure to all of the- friends ol the hospital to know that by their assistance twenty-three deserving needy persons have been made either more comfortable while dying , or have been nursed back to health sine" the opening of the hospital , besides a number who have paid in money and words of encouragement for the treat ment received while there : Cash , the employes of the Cudahy Packing company , Mr M Hock and J. F. Rlchhart. Supplies , medlclre , A W Meyers ; gasoline , Mr. Rico ; Jelly and preserves , Mesdamcs Bohne , Ncsley , Coltrcll Lott , Polsley. Farnsworth - worth , Austin , ItlcVtard nnd a friend. Com fortables , the Woman's Relief Corp ladles. Dally papers , World-Herald Flowers , Mes- lamcs Hogle , Persons , Snlvely , Sloane , Gra ham , Atherton and Ensor. Washing , two friends. Delicacies , Mrs. Talbot. Sewing , a friend Medical bervlces , Drs. Kelly and Slabaugh and Physician In Charge M. J. McCann The hospital Is still In need of many articles , particularly blankets and comfort ables , which needs wo kindly recommend to the charitably Inclined of our city. Ite- spectfully , EMMA C TALBOT , Pros JOSEPHINE E. CAIIROLL , Sec. Mxtli IConnit of llin CliC8 Tournoy. NEW YORK , Nov. 2. The sixth round of the chess masters' tournament resulted as follows : Delmar lost to Hires , ninety-seven moves , P-Q4 opening. Stelnltz won from Showaltcr , twenty-nine moves , P-Q4 opening Jasnogrodsky won from Naham. forty-five moves , Suekert opening. Pllisbury lost to Rocamora , forty-five moves , king's gambit declined. Halpern won from Balrd , fifty-six moves , Giilcco Piano. Albln a bye. Workmen Injured by it Fulling NEW YORK , Nov. 2 A scaffold sus pended under tbe roof of the Erie depot train shed fell today and six of the eight men at work upon It were hurled to\the station platform beneath Two of the men suc ceeded In catching hold of the roof girders and were thus able to save themselves John Hume and Stephen Uietz were BO badly In jured that their recovery Is doubtful The others Injured me. John Costello , George Steady Charles Rocky , and Cornelius Mc- Phlllup. liunhnu hunk \\ltli All un Hoard. PORTLAND , Ore. , Nov. 2 The ship Fanny Dutard has arrived at Port Ulakcly , bringing news that the Ivanhoe , which Is over a month overdue , sank with all on board September 28. The Ivanhoe was the ship on which ex-United States Minister to Bolivia Grant was a passenger. n Miller and wife of Norfolk are Mlllard guests. David Anderson , Ardmore , S D. , Is at the Merchants. J D McKelncy and wife of Geneva are at the DeUone. F. McCrary , Shennndoali , la. , U a. Mer- chants guest. Mr. and Mrs. C J Leavengood of Mai- vern. la. , are at the Mlllard. Mr. D. Lyons , Miss G retch en Lyons , Mr Harry Allen , Mr Adolph Jackson , Mr Frank M Kelly of the "Friends" company have rooms at the Barker. Mr O II Jeffries , the well known general agent of the Massachusetts Mutual Life In surance company , baa returned liorna from California , where he hai , been on business for Ills company for some months He will take a rest until after election , and then good life risks In Nebraska bad bitter roost high for a time. NihniKlcHti * at th IInt l > , At tbe Paxlon-F. II. Marnell , Ncbrutku City , II Chnrnlierlutn , Kearney. At the Mlllard J. J. Thompson , Hlckman , T. J Morrow. T J Hamilton , Norfolk ; M Chapman , Nebraska C'lt > . At tlie Merchants H , U. HOKITH , Grand Island , II. M Kokjer * . CMnrki. J A. Quid Iner , HnsUiiKX , J L McDonald , Atkins n , H Perry , Meadow Grove. At the Uellone John Wllaon , Kearney Samuel I , l.elaml. Lincoln ; Dr. Flora I HnrbaiiKh , Geneva ; W A I'rlme. Grand Island , L. J Oliver , Lincoln , At the Arcade- A Krawley. 8trim , burn. Tim Hmltb , Atkinson. V M , Tiilly. Cedar Itanldb , A O. Hull , lluntlngn. j ; 6 I left ) , Alliance , ilid , K. IX JJdgar , Mrs , C Uell , 1'cndcr , MAY SET THEM TO FIGHTING Burlington's ' Now Line May Involve Com peting Roads in a Ento War. CONDITIONS BEING CLOSELY WATCHED Mgnlllcuiun of WrMcrn Trip of Union l'a < clllu Chiefs President C'lnrk Mukc * a Iteronl us 11 trout Ciitdur Other Kiillnmil Now * . There Is a decided feeling growing In rail road circles that the advent of the Burling ton into the Sound country will bring a re duction In transcontinental rates and possi bly a rate war , In view of the fact that the Oregon Hallway and Navigation company Is. Inclined to follow the promptings of the Grent Northern , with which It has tied up. The Union Pacific will also be a strong factor In the situation and altogether Interesting : times are predicted , General Manager Holdregc of the Burling ton stated yesterday that the Burlington train was running on time and that a fair amount of business was being developed for tlio company , both In freight and passenger traffic , and he thought It would prove n valu able adjunct to the Burlington sjstein , Clark u > f-t riiu Mm-nd , President S. II H Clark , General Manager Dickinson , Superintendent of Motive Power McConnell , Superintendent of Car Servlco Buckingham , of the Union Pacific wcro In Suit Lake Wednesday. While In the city of the srInts Buckingham , was Interviewed and tout the followIni ; fish story , which is vouched for by others of the pirty , who have * been on a pleasure nnd Inspection tour over the Union Pacific system U appears that while In Idaho the party went Mulling In Wood river. After skipping his IIy over the rlfl'cs for an hour , during which time Dickinson landed seven fair- sired fish , Buckingham three and McConnell eleven , Mr. Clark became discouraged and wai about to give up the battle In disgust , when the words "If at first jou don't suc ceed , try , try again" Hashed through his1 mind. Changing Ills hackle for a coachman , he sent the new attraction dancing over the < surface. Then , whlzr-sklpp-whlr-r-r ; n fish as big as a leg of mutton took It Receiver Clark's eight-ounce rod bent like a slckly cornstock before an Oklahoma tonnda Man aging Receiver Clark , however , held on , while the icmalnder watched the struggle After an hour of the hardest kind of light , the trout succumbed end his captor landed him In triumph Ho was a monster , too , measur ing twentv-two Inches In length , twelve Inches In girth and weighing a fraction less than five pounds. Mr. Clark realized that ho had glory and fish enough , while the others reeled In , unjolntcd tliclr poles nnd took turns In beseeching the lucky fisherman to let them help him carry It In The trip these officials are making has a. significance. If not to the public , to the re ceivers. The latter expect to make a gen eral report on their jeir's stewardship , and to do this intelligently , Mr Clark asked the- heads of the departments to accompany him. on this trip , In order to personally Inspect everything pertaining to their particular de partments , which will be embodied In the general report the- receivers purpose sub mitting to Judge Sanborn before another year dawns , Tables are being prepared to thli end , and comparisons will be made with tlie > condition of the road when It pissed into the * hands of the court , Krliilnirt ( Ihro linn ' . CHICAGO , Nov 2. Joseph W. Relnhart , ex-president and ex-receiver of the Santa Fo- railroad , Indicted by the federal urand Jury- on the charge of paying rebates to shippers In violation of the interstate commerce law , gave ball In the United States district court today Mr , Rclnhart's bond was for $10,000' and it was signed by William J. Watson Mr. Rclnhart eald the Indictment charges him with the commission of acts about which ho knew nothing. At the time of the alleged payment of rebates to Isaac Thompson , the Kansas City shipper , Mr. Rolnhart said he was not In the state of Illinois and had no knowledge of the transaction It It ever oc curred. AllmipnpultN A , St lyini'H t'.lpctlon MINNEAPOLIS , Nov 2. The reorganiza tion of the Minneapolis & St. Louis road was. completed today. The officers chosen nro : W. L. Bull , New York , president ; Edwin Hawley , New York , vice president ; Richard B Hartshorne , treasurer ; Joseph Caskell , Minneapolis , secretary and afulstant treas urer ; William Straus , New York , general counsel ; A. E Clarke , general solicitor ; A. H. Mohler , Minneapolis , general manager. The officers vvlll remain In Minneapolis , and there vvlll bo no change In the heads ot depart ments. The road will bo run on the same policy 0.1 heretofore. viuk ncr Iinprovmnunts1 Ilopk Springs. The Union Pacific coal department at Rock Springs Is doing some extensive repairs on No , 7 mine , putting In new tracks , etc. The Intention , so far as can be learned , of the department Is to moke commercial coal at the mine , the product of which has hitherto been uted in Us crude state for the pur poses of the company. An electric motor has been put In thai , will ho operated from tlio works at No 1 mine. A large force of men are at work making ; the necessary repairs , which , when finished , will largely Increase the output of commer cial coal from Rock Springs. l.lUuly to Hold H Cimformio It was rumored at Union Pacific headquar ters yesterday that General Passenger Agent Lomax of the Union Pacific and Bennett of the Rio Grande Western would likely hold a conference before the return of Mr Lomax to this city , regarding the action to be taken by their lines In the event the "Sunset" route attempted to put In Its $100 rate from Chicago to San Francisco and return via New Orleans. Both gentlemen are ' up to snuff , " and are In a position to give the "Sunset" route- a meirj chase should they decide upon meetIng - Ing the rate. him l.lnii ( liilni ltn I'nlnt CHICAGO , Nov 2. The lines of the West ern Passenger association and the See line have finally got together on the subject of differentials The arrangement provides for the allowance to the See line of a $2 differ ential on flrjt class and $1.CO on second class business It Is further agreed that these i ales xhall be shown In the rate sheets ot the association lines This last concebslon Is what the See line has been contending for during the last year or more. K.illwiiy Mitcn. General Manager J. R , Buchanan of the Elkhorn has returned from his trip to the Black Hills greatly elated over the time made by the new train which wa put on Sunday , The railroads are making arrangements to have all their employes In Nebraska who ara away from homo on business bo ut homo on election day and mall agents will exchange runs ut their homes with other agent * who have voted This order cornea frum the Post- office department. The snowshed at Sherman , which caught fire Monday , was ono of the largeit on the Wyoming division of the Union Pacific , being 1 251 feet in length and rocked upon both sides. It was the last structure of the kind remaining on the hill and It Is very doubtful If the company will rebuild It. James B. Ellwood , assistant superintend ent ot the railway mall service , has returned to Omaha from a trip over the Burlington extension to Bllllnga , Mont. Mr. Ellwood Is of the opinion that the volume of buslneii between Sheridan and Billing ! will not war rant the running of the mall car through to that place. The mall car will be ct out 8t Sheridan and the mull ( or Billing * and Inter * mediate points tt-nt gut la recUterid x- preu
