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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1896)
r TUP OMAHA lAlljt ) HUM : SI MV ) 25) ) , FORM OF THE CERTIFICATE Gfinvasaing Board Decides on How to Announce the Returns , INDULGES IN CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION Mnltii of < lir CnnMt < itloiiulinitiit - iii-litH Ilif Snhji-ot nf a l.lvi-l ) Hi lintp lU-Mvi-i-n ( io\i-riior anil AlloriiiJoinnil. . LINCOLN , Nov. ! S ( Special ) The State Canvassing board , t a meeting held last evMiIng agiecd upon a certificate which although } t t unsigned or > ct officially be fore tUo public , will announce merely the ( ill vote as cszl for and against the amend mentii to the constitution , but It will not tin lure these cither carried or lost There vuis in extended controversy between \t Urno Goneial Churchill and Governor llol ( omb the latter chairman of the ranv.ifsing boaid , lelathe to the form and substance of the reiiort to be aubmltted on the returns The former held that the board nhould be guided In Hi decision as to the question of adoption or rejection of the amendments b ) the wording of the constitution declaring that the constitution should be Interpreted to mean that an amendment Is carried onlj when a majorltj of the \ctcrs at an election cast their votes In favor of tucb amendment The governor took Issue upon this point saying that the board was ahbiimlng Judl- < iary powers when It attempted to do more than ceitlfy the number of vcte cast for and against the adoption of the amendments It nov , appeals certain that cither the leg islature or the couits will be called upon to make the ilnal Interpretation of that portion tion of the constitution whlMi relates to thn canvassing cf returns on amendments No certificates of election have been Issued to Neville or Klrltpatrlck , the candidates re ceiving the highest number ofotcs for judged cf the supreme court The board did not even go so far as to declare these clcctrd In case the amendment governing the number of supreme court Judges is carried Socretar ) of State I'lpcr said late this after noon that certain members of the l > oard were out of town and that the certificates would not be signed before Monda > Mil SCOTT'S TROUBLESOME FLOWERS It ) her friend and alstir. Lueretla Flow- rrs. and through her attornej , I ! F Itcse , Jane Flowers this afternoon began suit In the district court against her guardian P \V Scott , for $20 000 damages , one half the amount for false Imprisonment and the other fcr his having preferred false charges against her This case Is the outcome of the recent attempt of Guardian Scott to l-ave the girl sent to the reform school for girls at Geneva The petition recites that the mother of plaintiff died In 1890 and the father In 1S91 On April 6 , 1893 , Scott was appointed guardian tf the girl who Is now about 14 or 16 jears of age The petition further recites that on the 4th of September 1S96 Scott falsol } and malicious ! } and with out an > probable cause filed complaint In count } court against her. charging her with being and having become Incorrigible and 1) ) } reason cf lack of proper parental caie wan growing up In Idle-news and vice She was arrested and upon a hearing was sent to Geneva At this hearing she i > ajs her guardian acted as the prosecutor and also assumed to act , b ) reason of his relation to her as guardian In her behalf After she had been In the Geneva school twenty-one da } her sister , who resides In the city and had had no knowledge of those proceedings discovered where she was and succeeded in having her brought back for a hearing before the judge , when she , having counsel , was acquitted and discharged It Is alleged b } plaintiff that these acts of Scott were maliciously Inspired and in tended to unlaw fully deprive her of her liberty , and- that by the misconduct of her guardian and his disregard of dut } and betrayal of trust she was unlawful ! } confined In the count } jail for one day and in the Geneva school for twenty-one das In the latter place she sas she was subjected to unwholesome as- coclatlons and was under the dlsclpllnar } restralntu of the t > ame to her great shame ( inrt , humiliation It Is further alleged that by her guardian's acts she was brought. Inf great public scandal and disgrace , and her credit and reputation greatly Injured , the damages being placed at ( " 0,000. for which judgment Is asked This appeared to be Mr Scott's busy day , as another How era girl Lizzie , of whom Scott Is also guardian se cured an order from the count } judge citing Seott to appear December 1 and show cause why he should not make a Una ! report of his doings as guardian and pa > over to her the mone } that maj be due The girl s > as she * La over IV ) e rs and that Scott haa made no report of his doings and has in ney belonging to her LINCOLN "PIE ' ASPIRANTS Judging from the clamor now going up In this clt } for the federal appointments Major ' .McKlnlcy Is llkcl } to have oonie trouble In paclflng all applicants for pic Senator Thornton as frankl } that there Isn t another cnmmunlt } In the state that either wants or asks t-o much as Lincoln Among the avowed candidates for the ap pointment of collector of Internal revenue- nro J E Houtz and Thomas V. Kennard It was public oplnloa that Colonel Kennard was casting an anchor to windward when he emerged from BE > ml-politlcnl retirement nnJ put the Hon Charles II Gere to sleep In the llrst round of the contest for delegate gateto St Louis , and public opinion seems to have bo en vindicated Mr Houtz llkcwlsr had his weather cjc open when he had him fcelf named for elector According to the latest political gossip Lincoln comes for ward with three pronounced candidates for United States district ultornc ) . while a promising dark horse la being groomed for the race The avowed aspirants are J L , Caldwcll , C A Atkinson and II I ) Stearns Caldwcll was born and reared In Major McKlnlcy'e district and has a personal ac quaintance with the presidentelect of more than tvvcnt ) years , having made speeches In McKinlcy's district a number of times since coming to Nebraska. Atkinson has like wise been a personal friend of Major Me Klnlcy for twenty } cars Stearns will have the backing of Congressman Strode lint the dark horse may enter the race and distant all competitors His name Is Frank llnV Collins Collins' untiring efforts for McKlnlc ) are well known In Canton All four of these candidate ? are "original' McKlnlcy men Tor United States marshal the candidates are Kd Slzcr , John II Mr- Claj and Grant Ensign The candidates for surveor of the port at Lincoln , which Is custodian of the federal building , are Charles White and John L Doty , while Capt. W I ) Talor wants to bo register of the land olllce As to the plum to be demanded b } lion Hud Llndsey. rumor sas that If a cabinet position Is denied him. Dub will trj for the marehalshlp SETTLING THC HOLMES ESTATE Judge Holmes this morning heard test ! moil ) and argument In the Injunction suit brought by liecelvcr Haden to restrain further proceedings of Administrator Gilll- lan In the Holmes estate Mr Glllllan was NO REST WO SLEEP DAY OR WIGHT Myhtndt wtro completely covered with EC- zttni , and between my flngcri the Un wa perfectly raw. I had to ill with both hand * hiU up , and w v from the lire My huilund bad to dre and undret * me lll > a tab ) I tried the but | > li ) tlcUni , but their medicine * fiuo mono relief , and drove mo almotl crazy. I nd. vlted to try CUTICUIIA IttxirDltc , nnJ did o , although ray huiliiud had to go tuent } tnlUi to got them. A teen nt ho col Lack , I Ui-cd the CUTICI'IU , anlnjtct \ tnlnuin o/ttr tfii frit afpllentlon I teat ptr/tctty taiv , and itt/jt iQiimllv alt that nlffM , lleforti I commenced tiring the CUTICUIU UEUEIIIRH I ciuld fc-ct uo ea c night oriliy I could not kcarto gctwann , It nuuld put mo In ruge of Itching I nlmi ) * keep the L'UTicuiu Iti ntnirs hi mj hotiro now , and recommend them to rtcrbody , locauio of their wonderful effect. Your * gratefully , AUNlidM.il Vltlllri.I'u.li.MicVlciiturgCo.Vl Brittir Cr x Tnntxixr loa To > Ttm > u , Hiv riiiitl-if ) llr oi. VV > irntxthi lihl uicni boir. irnllt ri > ) lcitioni ef ciTici > 4 ( olBtmtmv , lh trtil ikln curf. nj ml , ) dcxtt t Ccuciti UHOITIHT , ( nilcilclhumorcum boM Ihninchoul UK wntlj ! 'n , Cvtict it , SOt i Bo.r. JV i II.MlYi.r fc mil II IUITII imu AJiuCutu Co c,6 ! 1'ropt Uotlon BJ-"U i * U C A Clilld Cnn Work It \i\ii whuij wore n child can buy It of us and ( jet just n good a bargain m you will probably bettor for when you bay n car pot swcopor vou pick it out yourself , taking the Prstono you come to while If the cliilcl dee > ihc buying \vo ransack the whula stock because tnerals a difference 11 cnrpot sweepers and \Vo woutdn i rjlvo the child n poor ono and hove you roast Us for I anything carpel sweepers make moo Chnstmn * presents. Omafm Carpet Co. , i'i ' . I examined orally and testified that he had disposed of all the propcrt } in thu cuy and count } to Mrs Holmes for J.12 000 bui that ho had shown no parttalil } He said the sale had been proper ! } advertised anil that the proper ! } was knocked down In a perfer'ly legal manner There was no se crecy about the sale several persons were present , and Mrs Holmes was the enl } bidder He said he had not credited Mrs Holmes with the amount of the sale on her claim allowed h } the count } court , and that he had no thought of doing it It de veloped that there Is a lot of land outside of this count } , one tract of 4,000 acres , al leged to be worth JSOOOO , being In Harlan count } It also developed that the Income from the town propert } was $600 a month , whllo under the order of the county court the administrator received $300 a month , Mrs Holmes $300 to keep up the homestead and the son $ S3 a month Argument was then had on the question of whether or not the injunction should be continued In force until after the plaintiffs had a chance to prove the allegations of the petition as to the fraud and consplrac } to defeat the claims of creditors On behalf of the es tate It was claimed that there was enough property } ot unsold to satlsf } contingent claims , and that any further dcla } would Involve the estate by reason of taxes and repairs But for the merest accident , eleven pris oners In the county Jail would have effected a Jail delivery last night Sheriff Trompcn was making his customary tour of Inspec tion through the Jail , but was not even dreaming of discovering any plans of the prisoners to escape When he entered the big cage and walked to the west end of It he observed that a small bath tub which was usually Itept on a bench was sitting on the floor of the cage upon an old blan ket Ho removed the tub and was sur prised when a hole In the floor was dis closed to view An Investigation revealed that the prisoners had removed one of the flag stones In the floor and dug a tunnel westward , underneath the foundation wall of the Jail and within four feet of the sur face of the ground He found that the tun nel had been dug with a piece of Iron broken off from the water closet The ground underneath the Jail floor is com posed of sand and rock and can be easll } dug The dirt taken from the hole was placed In the west cell , which Is not used for the confinement of prisoners , and con sequent ! } It was not Inspected and the dirt remained undiscovered But for Sheriff Trompen's timely discovery the prisoners eleven In number , wo'uld have all made their escape within a few hours Ten of the men are desperate criminals. Louis Weber , Cliff Hagcy and a number of others being amonc them. I OPI'OSES THE ATTACHMENT Augustus Sharpe asks that the attachment oblalried obtained by N S Harnood on twcnt-nlno head of his horses. Including some fine blooded stock , be dissolved because wrongfully obtained and because he Is not trjlng to defraud his creditors by making away with any of his property He sajs tint the facts are Harwood represented himself to be the owner of a twent-acre tract which ho sold to Sharpe' , whereas he never did have the title and has not now Sharpe sas that ho has paid Harwood $4,000 and he has nothing to show for It It was for $10.000 that Mr Harwood sold the land and It was the $ G.OOO } et unpaid that Mr. Harvvood sued for and had an attachment Issued The National Llfo Insurance compan } ob tained a deflclenc } Judgment for $11.349 against C C Burr In ono of his foreclosure suits. The hearing of the motion to set asldo that company's sale of the Ledwlth block Is set for Monday. In the case of Jonct , against Stewart the defendant asks that Jones give security for costs on the ground that he Is a non-resi dent. dent.W W r Porter the newly appointed count } Jailer , has tiled a bond In the sum of $10000 with the count } commissioners His sure- tics are A L Shader. R S Young and S M Mcllck Hcnrv Mojor has been appointed night turnke } to succeed Mr Porter The preliminary hearing of Columbus Jc- rome Wlnelnger , charged with btatutor } rape upon Mary Clzek , was continued in Jtii > - tlco McCandlo s court this morning until Tuesday on account of the Illness of Con gressman Strode , counsel for defendant There has been no assignment of cases madu to be called In the supreme court In December , the cases already submitted being milllcicnt to occupy the attention of the court till January The next sitting of the court will bo on Tuesday , December 1 Omaha people In Lincoln At the Llndell H C Rountree At the Lincoln r E Morrison H D Rccd , Katherlno Kluetsch. Mrtlo E Coon I.cap i-ur Danceat I'liittxiuoiitli. PLATT3MOUTH , Neb , Nov 28 ( Special ) On Thanksgiving evening Waterman hall was the scene of a very gay gathering , the event being a leap } ear dance- given by the jonnc ; women to the } oung men Dancing was thoroughly enjoyed until early morn ing Throe In attendance were Misses Lulu I.eist , Tllllo Vallery. Anna Sullivan , Mayme Sullivan , Clara Green , Mac Patterson Mabel and Dora Swcarlngen , Jennette Ballance Menota and Alice Eckenbary , Rose Hyers , Dora Prlcke , Antonla Kessler Grace Walker Ida Bre-ck Scaulnn , Bake of Red Oak. Mc-s- dumrs Schulhoff and She wry. Messrs Charles Sullivan , Lute Vallery , Dr Elster II ) Gooa Frank White , Tred Murphy , Ous Hers , Ra ) Waterman , H Fartsch Charles Vallery Everett Eaton. H Weldcman. Emll Wurl , Tom Parmcle Will Her.i r John- eon. Harry Green. John Schulhoffan and Arthur Shevvry Church Dinner at Sclllljlcr. SCHUYLERNeb. . Nov 28 ( Special ) The People's Independent church of Sehu- ler gave a free Thanksgiving dinner Thura- da ) which brought over 400 children and adults to Pence's hall , where they received a splendid dinner of roast turke- } , etc , and were well waited on b ) the pastor Rev Mr \ljorn. his wlfo and thu women of the con gregation It was probably the most suc cessful meeting ever held In Schuer ! The aged and Infirm had dinners taken to them and the occasion will long be remembered In Schuler Rev Mr Mers In doing a good work here as an Increasing large at- teudanco to hear him ever } Sunday at the opera hotibo bears evidence. Oilil IVIIoviN nifcl OHlc-crx. r.URBURY. Neb , Nov 28 ( Special ) Falrbury lodgeNo 61. Independent Order of OJd rellowti , elected the following officers Noble grand. P Manlon , vlco grand , W J \Volfo. FPcretar ) , G W Ilann.ni , treasurer , Joreph Sarbach Encampment No 43 oluctod thu following ofllccrs Chief Patriarch. J A. Miller , lilKh prleit. Chariot Watt , M-nlcr warden , I Dower , Junior warden W J Wolfe , rerlhe J R Hoblnpon : treasurer. W B Chambers. lilt II COIIIIIIIIUII'H | | No c , GREELEY CENTER , Neb Nov 28 ( Spe- clal Telegram ) Thomas O'Connor was ar- ralgiiiHl In county court today for the crime of ma ) hem October I hu and Peter Gannon iiad an altercation , In which O'Connor bit CUnnoii'n tiObe off , but O'Connor eluJe'd the ofllcer until today , The hearing la act for Thursday , In Front of Our Store You will notice this sign It calls at tention to the fact thit ours is a pre scription drug store that we fill pre scriptions clay or night from the purest drugs to be had- That our em ployes arc graduated pharmacists That we are const.intly growing tn popularity bccauic t > f these facts and that our prices arc so extremely low. ALOE & TENFOLD , 1-10H DRUG &TOHB U08 taraam YOUTH KILLS HIS FATHER Birnjy Meets Death "While Threatening Wife aud Child STRATTON PEOPLE MUCH EXCITED Coroner's .Inrj i\oncratcH the llu > \icllia I nilt-r tin- Influence of Liquor \ \ lion Pa- tall } Shell. STRATTON , Neb . Nov. 2S ( Special ) Parental at.ger was the cause last night of a son shooting his father In this clt ) About 6 o'clock J W Burney entered his home and annnounced his Intention of kill Ing his wife and son The son , hearing the disturbance , came Into the room where hh father was and pleaded with the lufurlatei ! man to change his plans This having no effect the } oung man watched his chance and snatched his own gun In time to pre cede the bullet from the father's gun with a thot from his rifle , which entered Mr Burney's chest , causing death within a short time Mr Burney has been under the Influence of liquor much of the time since election and ID thought to have been Intoxicated lat night. This Is the final row tn a long svrles of disturbances among thu members of the Burney family. The town Is greatly excited over the event The corot cr's jury this afternoon broughl In a verdict exonerating the boy from all blame \\OMIVS I'liiUNiiiinilli Cluli Spends 11 I'leaHaiit I2\i-niiur ! it Itli slinI 4MM-arc- . PLATTSMOl'TH. Neb . Nov 2S ( Special. ) Krlda ) evening the progressive organiza tion known as the Plattsmouth Woman's club prepared a classic entertainment for the edification of the poor male contingent , whose sc\ renders them Ineligible to mem bership In that charming circle , except at Infrequent Intervals and under special dis pensation It was a Shakcsperean evening , and the elegant icsldcnc > < of Mrs H , N Dovey was given un to the bauntlngs of Hamlet's father's ghost and a long train of familiar Shakespearean characters Imper sonated realistically by some of the charmIng - Ing members of the club. The president , Mrs Stoutenborough , welcomed the men In an appropriate little speech , and Mrs. I ! > ron Clark expressed a generous welcome In a poetical witticism The department work , English literature was taken up by Mrs II J. Strclght with an excellent paper on "Shakespeare. " Mrs S. A. Davis with a clever cssa ) on "Tho Drama , " Mrs S Waugh with a splendid paper on "The Novel In the Tlmo of Shakespeare ; " and Mrs 0 II Snjcler with an admirable paper on "Shakespeare's Characters " An Instru mental selection by Miss Buolah Elson , with the lowering of the lights , prepared the guests for the "piece do resistance" of the evening , and Mrs H D Gravls glided be fore the footlights , so to speak to deliver a witty and clever modernized rendition of "To Be , or Not to Be , " ringing in sev eral of the most noted Shakespearean char acters In wltt ) sequence and as each one was named the Impersonation presented It self In slow and measured tread Hamlet's father's ghost In the prson of Miss Carrie Holloway , startled the guests b > Its sudden appearance Then followed Cleopatra ( Mrs T P Livingston ) In the grandeur of her magnetic beauty , Desdemona ( Mrs Howies ) looking sad but determined , floated before the view , then came Lad ) Macbeth ( Mrs Munger ) , dark , tall and Imposing , followed b ) sweet Ophelia ( Mrs C S Johnson ) , the picture of ethereal loveliness in her gar land of flowers , Catherine , the shrew ( Mrs Bvron Clark ) , came next , looking stern and dangerous , and handsome Portia ( Mrs C M Butler ) moved slowly and composedly along , the Merry Wives of Windsor ( Mcs- clames Kell ) . Fox and H N Dove- } ) brought up the rear , looking buxom , merry and winsome , and the silent scene faded away social Kit-iitM lit Slroinshnrtr. STROMSBURG , Neb. Nov. 2S ( Special ) The Woman's club held an open meeting Thanksgiving night The married women had Invited their husbands and the ) oung women their sweethearts to partake with them an elegant dinner , after which all listened to a choice literar ) program , which was suitable for the occasion and was decidedly humorous throughout The club's motto for the evening was placed on the wall visible to all and read as follows "It Is not sufficiently wise for ono to bo unto himself alone , " which was constantly ob served b ) the ) oung men present Miss Mary Falrbrother of the Woman's Weekl ) was an honored guest I'nncral of Mr * . IlnUcr. GRAND ISLAND. Nov. 28 ( Special. ) The funeral of Mrs Daniel Baker , one of the oldest women Inhabitants of the county , oc curred toJay from the First Methodist church of Alda The father of Mrs. Baker , Captain Joseph Smith and two sons , were killed by Indians In ttila county In 1S62 Mrs Robert Geddes died } estcrday after noon at the ago of 6S } enrt' She was the mother of Hon W M Geddes , clerk of the last house of representatives , of Robert Gedde.1 , Jr. merchant , and Gavin Geddes , member of the Board of Education of tills city Bcrldes these , she leaves a husband and several daughters to mourn her loss. Sllppcil mid liroUo III" I.en. BERLIN Neb . Nov 28 ( Special ) Hugh McFaddeu , one of the members of the Mis souri Pacific railway brldgo gang , slipped on the depot platform and broke his leg. Ho could not believe his accident was to serious , } et several b > slanders heard the bone snap Ho was taken at once to the company's hospital at Kansas City for treat ment. .lull IllriU Ite-Captnrcil. NEBRASKA CITY , Nov 28 ( Special ) Two of the prisoners , Thomas and Kephart , who escaped from the county Jail ) ester- lay morning , were captured this afternoon icor Mluemvlllo. after an exciting chase The ofllcers have traces of the third one , Mc-or , and hope to capture him I'mic-riil of Mr * . I.eul I.arnon. STROMSBURG , Neb. Nov. 28 ( Special ) Mra , I < ewU Larson , who died Wednesday morning , was hurled yesterday Mm. Lar- ton came to this county twenty yearn ago with her husband from Galena , III , Ucdinct IIiiuU | ' < | ) | HK Onl. OHANO ISLAND , Nov 28. ( Special. ) Judge Thompson of the district court haa 1 - auod an order to Receiver Au > an of the Bank of Commerce to pay a dividend of 15 per cent ou December 1 , l > reL Shoomm nnd his clog view tht union depot site nnd express thanks to Mr. HoldredRe for Ills timely relief In depot matters so well pleased Is ho that he bought his little girl n pilr of our hoav ) dongol.i extension ole shoes" for $1 "it > If his glr ! hnd been rmiller we'll made the price $1 15 we ehillongi the shoe world to how mi ) thing ns good n * 2. > o to We higher prlro Drexel Shoe Co St-ml for our 1419Fariiam. \i VTISVIIOM : : (5iMir n Itiiiiilolpli. IIU Wife iinil Dull ) IItiM < n CliiKi * Cull. LINCOLN' . Nov 2S ( Special Telegram ) The family of George Randolph , foremai of the Jones-DoiiRlas Crockery company of this clt } , residing nt 14B3 Q street , was dis covered in an asphjlated condition b } the police at 7 o'clock this evening Mr and Mrs Randolph and T-ear-oU daughter returned from Omaha last night and retired carl } , leaving a lamp burning and newl } hullt hard coal tire In the base burner. Nothing was seen of the Tamil } today , but neighbors noticed the lamp burning until 4 o'clock this afternoon , when It went out. The police were notified and the residence broken Into b } ofllcers tonight when all three were found In bed unconscious Dr Haggard soon re vived the child , but the father anil mother were rtlll In a wml-consclous condi tion at 9 o'clock , with good chances of recov er } . When found , Mrs Randolph 9 eyes were closed and fixed , and life was apparent ! } ex tinct Mr Randolph was delirious , but not "o far gone as his wife The child's life was probably saved b } the fact that her face was partially covered by the bed clothes nm r VTIONAI. ASSOCIATION Tlirrr DIIJM * ScsHloii iif tin * tloii n ( Mi-Cool. . . M COOK , Neb . Nov. 28. [ Special Tele gram ) The three days' session of the South western Nebraska Educational association came to a felicitous and profltdble close here tonight Although the severe weather cur tailed the attendance , tbe Interest In and advantage to bo derived from the various sessions was In no wise diminished I'rof J \V I ! owl us of Orleans collcce opened the session with his lecture on "The Greene } Thur&da } evening "History" was the topic Friday morning and Prof P M rilng of the State university the lead- ins speaker In the afternoon "The Hvgleno of the Public School" vvns the engrossing subject. Chancellor Mac- Lean of the State university lectured on "Culture and Agriculture One and Insepa rable" In the evening to a large and ap preciative audience. "Nature Stud } " and "School Museums" were 'discussed Saturda } morning and In the afternoon the county superintendents , city superintendents and principals held sway , rendering an interestIng - Ing program The sessions closed tonight with a lantern entertainment by the Mc- Cook High school that delighted everbody The members were entertained by the people ple of McCook. The new ofllccrs are President William Valentine , McCookvice president. Q W. Sampson. Alma , secre tary. Sadie Campbell , Tranklln , treasurer. A O Thomas , Mlndcn. < | > H < T\C ThniiUHKli IHK nt UURWHLL , Neb , Nov. 28 ( Special ) Thanksgiving da } was duly observed by the citizens of llurwell In the morning at 10 30 a union service was held at the Methodist Episcopal church at which time Rev L A Hussong of the Christian church spoke At 4pm Rev II M Evans of Grand Island former pastor of the Congregational church here , spoke In that church. At 5 o'clock a union praise service was held at the Chris tian church conducted by Rev J V Robin son of the Methodist Episcopal church In the evening a program was rendered by the Christian SunJaj school. < < rlinol nxlillillloii nt ll.-rlln. HEULIN. Neb. N'ov 28 ( Special ) The public schools of this place gave an enter tainment Wedncsda } night to a good sized audience in the Congregational church Miss V V Llttlefield , principal , managed the exercises , which consisted of recita tions tableaux and songs especially adapted to Thanksgiving da } In closing a drama was presented b } local talent In appropriate and elegant costumes The schools were never In better condition than at present. I' > llilaiiM Klfc-t GRAND ISLAND , Nov. 2S ( Special ) - Last night the Knights of Pthias lojgo of thla city elected the following officers for the ensuing year Marter of work , J Lue Suth erland , chancellor co-nmander , Arthur Pcgau. vice chancellor. A. D Hanlatt , prelate , II. P Christiansen , master of exchequer , John Alexander , master of finance and keeper of records and seals. C D Searson ; matter at arms , Charles B. Traleck , trustees , W A Helmberger. _ Crlclirntt * t Their HOIIIPN. CLAY CENTER Neb . Nov. 28 ( Special ) After a heavy rain , accompanied by much thunder and lightning , the atmosphere be came very cold and Thanksgiving day was celebrated b } more people at their homes than Is customary The union service ad vert'scd ' for the Methodist church was abandoned , owing to the Inclemency of the weather _ .SIocKiiK'ii Oricnnlirp. KI.MIJALL , Neb , Nov 2S. ( Special Tele gram ) The stockmen oJ Klmball county ' met today for the purpos'o of organizing an association to protect their , Interests The object of the association Is to rid the country of rustlers and assist Us 'members ' In vari ous was Nearly all the prominent ranch men In the country were present. IliiiiHflirt'iiKiTH Iluiinil Oi > r. KIMDALU Neb , Nov. 28 ( Special Tele gram ) Emlo Carpenter and William Shcf- fer , charged with huusdbreaklng , had thtir preliminary hearing bnfore. Judge Prouty this afternoon and were bound over to the district court Sheffcr furnished a $3uO bond , but Carpenter was unable to give ball. Illlll-l MlllllIKtTH GIlllllKTC. NEBRASKA CITY. Nov , 28 ( Special ) December 1 the management of the Watson tiotel will be assumed by Mr Domiuett of Grand Island , Messrs Merrill & Schlank re tiring Mr SchlanK will take charge of the Arcade In Omaha I.cup V. cur Hull nt AHliliuul. ASHLAND , Neb. Nov 23 ( Special ) The Young People's Social club gave1 a leap } ear ball lust night at the opc > ra hours. An Omaha orchestra furnished the murlc Dancing wuo enoed ] until 1 30 o'clock In the morning. DiTlxlimKiiliiNt IlUorliiiliuilloii , ST LOUIS. Nov 28. In the hull of the ntorutato Srnd and Transfer company against the St. LoulH Transfer compuii ) , Judge Wood , In the chcult court toda > . endored a dtclslon In favor of the former The suit vv'as to prevent discrimination b } the railway transfer company against the ilalnlltf , which does a car transfer business Between St Loulo tml East St. Lou In , In ho matter of loading aud unloading Us bareco , Tlio no t The hc-n finished atitl th lovvc'-st priccil Utiltur is HID " BURTON" fully cimrnniood for , r > jont1" D > not full toVMiniini * it before liu'i'luisln r. Makc-M n into C'hristinn- i > i e e-nt. Only for > nlo by A , Hospc , Jr. , 1513 Douglas St TO SAVE YOUNG PAUL'S ' NECK Father of the Accused Iowa Murderer on the Stand , PLAUSIBLE STORY OF A WOMAN'S ' DEATH to r.NlalilNh u Ciumo for Mri. Dtilln'M Death ConslMcllt ( lie Thoiir.o tit llu- 'l-lnoiK-r'N Innocence. WEtJSTER CITY , la , Nov 2S ( Special Telegram ) Dr George Paul says Mrs Dulin died of opllcps ) . Ye > sterda } the defendant In the minder case on trial In Judge Weaver's court was given a chance to In- troduoe evidence and a number of witnesses were examined toda } The defense under took to establish the fact that Mrs Dulln died from cplleps ) , and the evidence pre sented supported this contention The pur- pC60 was also outlined to she v that James Paul , the defendant was not at Mrs Dulln's house In the afternoon for an ) length of tlmo and that he had no opportunity after that time to administer poison and ho did not give her an ) drugs or medicine' of an ) kind after Sunda ) afternoon Numerous witnesses were examined to show his where abouts all of the tlmo between Sunda ) after noon and the time of Mrs Dulln's death Monda ) evening following Dr George Paul , the defendant's father v.ho la Jolntl ) In dieted with him for the crime , was the prin cipal witness examined Ho was deliberate and guarded In his replies , although he con tradicted himself on a fen points and was compelled to retract some statements in order to make his testlmonv harmonious His admU&lon that ho might have told Frank Dall ) that he had given his son arsenic to po'son rats after having entered an emphatic denial of having told him that he had given James strchnlne was a very clever escape from a very tight place Jim Paul has not been placed upon the stand } et , he appears to be badl ) frightened and the prediction Is that he will confess under the rigid examination he will have to undergo The court room Is filled to over flowing Hit , present wife sits with him and endeavors to keep him calm The case was continued until Mondiy HISIIT oi' iov orrici vi. Vote oil the Viirloiin l'rc lilclitIlll Cnn- illdnteNniiiiuiioiil. . DES MOINES , Nov 2S ( Special Tele gram ) The official canvass of the vote of Iowa for president was completed toda ) The votes for the seven presidential candi dates who were on the Iowa ballot were as follows McKlnley , 2S9.293 , Bryan , 223.741 , Palmer.1.619 , Levering , 3,192. Bcntley. 352 , Mattlchctt. 453 , McKlnle's plurallt ) , 63- 552 , McKInley's majorlt ) , 57,136 Compared with four } ears ago. the republicans made gains In seventy-four counties , aggregating 53.4S2. The democrats made gains In twen ty-five counties , aggregating 10.33S Net republican gain , 42 121 The counties In which the democrats made gains this % car are Adalr , Adams Appanoose , 1 lee no Clarke- , Dallas Davis Dceatur , Fremont , Harrison Jasper , Louisa , Lucas , Madison Mahaska Marlon Mills Monona Monroe , Page Rlnggold Talor Union , Warren and Waiie The democratic gains are rather apparent than real , that Is , the ) represent the additional populists and democratic voters ers rather than real gains Scott count ) , with 5 CS9 republican gain Is the banner county for the republicans Monona with 1.465 democratic gain leads the list of lr\an gains Four } ears ago the vote of the state was as follows Harrison. 219795 , Cleveland , 196.367 , Weaver , 20595 , Bldwoll , 6,402 \hict n t-t-luiol Clrl. ATLANTIC , la , Nov 28 ( Special Tele gram ) Considerable excitement prevails In the town of Cumberland , caused by the ab duction of little Anna Palmer the adopted child of E Palmer The child was taken from school by a woman , who drove there In a closed buggy It Is generally believed that thegirl's abductor Is her mother of Omaha rnpiillxt M-nntiiiiiT | I'lniil for Sail- . ATLANTIC , la . Nov 2S ( Special Tele gram ) The America Tramp , a populist newspaper of this clt ) . ceased Its publication the week of election Today the printing out fit of the paper was offered foj- sale at a public auction ( a mortgage on it having been foreclosed ) with no bidders \ IM/.I ni < VN usTA'in is SOMI. rifli'm Million Ann on lli - Orliuie-o IIoiiKlIi III l > > rrrilllorn. NEW YORK. Nov 2S The right and title of the estate of the Manoa company of Ven ezuela , nominally constating of 15,000,000 acres of land on the Orinoco river , was t > old under orc'e : of court In Brook ! ) n toda } The price paid vos $500 The property was given on concession to Ccrlnnls Fitzgerald , September 22 , 1SS3 Ho formed a ttock corn- pan/ and came to this countr ) to float the shares Part of this land Is In the disputed territory and although It Is said to abound with lakcn mines and lumber forests , It was with great difficulty that Fitzgerald sold oven a few shares The property has been In litigation Koveral times and upon the application of Randolph Stlckney , John C Eno was appointed referee Mr Eno re ported that the company Is In debt to the extent of { 95,000 and upon an order of Judge Van Wyck of the ( supreme court the propert ) was put up for sale and purchased by W II Stafford and H. Baxter , In behalf of the creditors. rni.iiu or IIAMC MISSI.NK > o\v. Ili-iir ) I' . Shllllcr of I.ohauoii Worried O\i-r HiiJTi-r'N Shortage. LEHANON , Pa. Nov 28 Henry P. Shlf- flcr , teller of the First National bank , IH missing and hlu whereabouts arc unknown Ho Is thought to be oufferlng from tempo- rar } derangement , brought on by the heavy defalcations of Cashier Holler Shlfller's 'ainlly and hU friends have fears for his safety Cashier Dorter's defalcations were Irsi madu known to the bank ofllct-ra through | Shllllcr who claimed hkt accounts had been ampcreU with to the extent of a $14,000 fihortage. Although ever ) confidence ) watj placed In Shinier by the bank ofllclalH the ( itraln on bin nervous nntem was too much About midnight on the day the defalcation wan discovered A U Bowman , proprietor if thu Central hotel , cabbed a check for i 165 CO for Shllllcr , ulucc vvhlib time be haa tiot been teen , Overstocked. Tin r , iic semi ln s ( if in1 \i it i HIMPurnrr' of Whl Ii w i biv < tn iniinv ami In order to mnl > i ihnil'iu wo HUM cro.itlv n-iliii nl the | rli OM $26 Base Burners nre now $22 Wo are al o vlvlng in to .M pi r 1 1 nt iiNrount fiom ngulnr | itln cm Acorn OiiKn and Ac > rn Kn.ltmar- . ) John Hussie Hdw Co. , 2107 CtiminiStreet. . > II'IIOIIN | > I.cinls Him to Trj to Kill IIU Pnnillj. S\N JOSE Cal Nov 2S P J Kellj a local Jeweler and his wife are fat.ill ) wounded and his little girl hrs n bullet In her arm. as a result of Kell > 's wild Jealous } , which Influenced htm to attempt the murder of his wife and two } oung children He called the members of his famllv from their rooms above his store toilnj and , locking all the doors seized his wife and tried to cut 1 er throat with a razor She broke awa > from him and Kellv began shooting at her and at the children One child fell with a bullet through the arm and Mr Kelly dropped with bullets through his body. Meanwhile the woman and children were screaming murder and calling for help A crowd soon gathered outside the store , which Is on the leading business stre'Ot of the city. Policemen tried valnl } to break down the doors The police fired at Kelly through the glass but the bullets were Ineffective After returning their flre Ke-11 } shot himself twice In the head Phslclans sa } both father and mother will die from their wounds , but the little glfl will recover MIIS. in IIMVIT itvcic ritoM IMI.\M > llllN II N < TIIOIlU noillcllllMTIIUTllMUI SoH.-M llulf rinlxliPil. NEW YORK. Nov 21 Among the pas sengers on the Campania , which reached this port toda } . was Mrs Holgson Ilurnctt , authoress of 'Little Ixird Kauntlcro } . " "A Fair Barbarian" and dramatic adapter 'A Uidy of Quality" Mrs Hurnett , who has been awa } two } ears. spent most of her time In London and Kent Shortl } after the authors dinner In London Mrs Burnett was stricken with heart failure and has been more or less 111 ever since She left for Washington this afternoon "I dramatized 'A Lad } of Quallt } ' for Daniel Tiohman , and It will be produced In New York first , I believe" said Mrs Bur nett "I have another book half written , which will be purel } American , and will depict American soclet } " \ ofpilrlrcHi IN IMIliK. HARTroUU Conn. Nov IN Mrs An- gellne Allen , better known In the theatrical profecslon a'Curves , " from the } mmct- rleal proportions of her form It now dying ut the iiisiiie- retreat In this clt } Angollnu Allen llrst gained public notorlet } In New ark some five years ago At that time she had It Is.ild. . hcc'ii twlco nnrrled mid onc-e dlvoreed Her lust husbnncl was a wealthv Ne.v.irk man Her greatest notorlet } vvns Kiliud In the living picture business She Is now about TO } enrs of nge Vsl , Dl lircM' Oil \CMMHIUl of Dl-KITtloll. CHICAGO. Nov -Rudolph Aronson the theatrical manager. Is ninae a defendant In a divorce bill flleil hv hl wife. Alma Aron- -on. In the c-lrcult court Mrs Aronson Is a well knonn profession il singer She' was trarried In 1SV" " and olalms hii huslmid clo- ' ertecl her In 1VD4 There1 In no other c h irgi- made ugnlnst Aronson In the bill Plllllixt IIOKflltlllll . < ! lllU-lj III. CHICAGO , Nov -Merits Uoseiithal. the pianist. Is quite 111 nt the Auditorium hotel His managor. Henrv WolNohn , has pan el-led most of hl.s < l-ites , and the artist Is not expected to appear for seine time to come _ nnrr.Nsi : vrnijTiinN . ITS risn. CollKI'VNNloilIll I'XtlKIlHllll Of HlC- KIIIIMIH Solillorx' Home Coiilliilli-x. LEAVENWORTH. Kan , Nov 28 The congressional Investigation of the Soldiers home ended today The matron , Mrs M I ) Smith , of Topeka and the chaplain of thc > home were put on the stand and made good witnesses for the defense Cross-ex amination of Chaplain Glllcspie brought to light the fact tfcat he had once been tried and acquitted of a form of homlcldo b } a Jur } which rendered a verdict without Icav Ing the box and had subsequent ! } preached the funeral ecimon of the woman In the ease Before leaving the stand the clergy man said he had been warned that an at tempt to dcelro } his reputation and secure his removal would be made If he. testified OM VH v ii vs ? M P ITtfnrrii ) . Co n Or ( ! ! < on Moni.iir ( > QnoNtloii to ! < He-Ill n linlliiiiaiiiillN. INDIANAPOLIS Nov 2s Replies have been received from all but thtec of the cities to which Invitations were sent by the Board of Trade for a preliminary conference to consider the subject of a rational conven tion of national bodies on the mono } ques tion Those which have announced positive ] } tnat the } will be represented by delegates uro Chicago , St Louis. Cincinnati. Cleveland Columbus , Toledo Detroit , Milwaukee , St Paul , Minneapolis and Ic& ) Molnes Peorla af-eJ Grand Rapids have sent word that they will probabl } send delegates Louisville. Kansas Clt } and Omaha are the three cities which have tent no rep ! } . . ( urj Jin ! ) ; Coiintorfi'llor ( inlH ) . INDIANAPOLIS. Nov 28 The Jury In the case of Pere } B Sullivan , alias S M Wood- son. alias Allen on trial for counterfeiting , returned a verdict of guilty today , and the sentence ! will bo passed next Tuesda } Sul- llvan'H Important operations In this fitato wcro at Vliicenncs and Evansvlllc , and his special ! } was the circulating of raised bills Ho was arrested at St Louis about ten das Clriirtj n CIIMCof DENVER. Nov 28 William R Morley , engineer at the ) government building , whotc dismissal for alleged "pcrnlciouu political actlvlt } " Is announced from Washington , was formerly a rotfldont of Buffalo , N Y , and claims to bo the man who original ! } brought Graver Cleveland out In politics In that city. r PinTlirimx Out Our Humlrril Mi-n. NELSONVILLE. 0 , Nov 2S The entire plant of the East Claton Brlckmaklng corn- pan } was destroyel by Jlrc early this morn ing The lo&i In estimated at i 100. 000 and the Insurance IB only $22.000 Ono hundred i , i < ; ! ! are thrown out of employment I'liitl SUi-li-loiiN I nilor ii Clinrc'h. NEWPOHT. It I. Nov -While- - exca vating for a cellar utidor Trinity church to da ) . workmen found Hcvoral nki-li tons , onu of which WiiH In a cedar cotlln and was well pri HCTV e-cl It was therc > m.ilnx of u female ) and the long hair wax mill in place- The church wax hullt In 17J4 , and no onu can account for the bodloH MiMrinoiilN of Oi-i-nii VoNhi-l * , Not , iN , At Nt'.v Yor < Arrived Cainp.mlu. from Liverpool , Ktuttgart , from Llvi-riiool , La IlrutiiKiie. from Havre- C'lcandEthiopian , foi UluMKOw Sallid Pawnee , for .Mi'dUor- ranean pertH , Ui ( SiibcoKnc. for HavreOl > - ilam for Homo , Columbia , for Ce-noa , utc. . Etrurln for Liverpool , Ht. Irene , for Liver pool , Megnntle , for London , Hekla , for 8ti tlln At Httvrer-8ullod-I t Ch impaBiie , for At liost'on-Salled-I'uvonla , for Llvtr- pool , WE DONT GIVE A SNAP \\lio vou nre whether > ou li op In the burn or c-einl bin wo vo got the In t nlclit - < hlrt In thli town -Just the "ninr NlBht RMrt 4V CO tn Outing I-lnnnol Mjshl Shuts fl < V > Si > \ Iiliu k or tun 12V.O Winter Indirwcnr oiu h Wo \ \ INon Pros ' \Vhlto Hhlrm ! > c \ \ tt ( iii Hro ' } 1 Ro \ \ hltt Slilrtx } 1 33 Albert Calm , 1322 Faritnm ENDORSE MACADAM PAVING County Surveyor Reports it is Showing Little Effects of Wear. ONLY SLIGHT REPAIRS ARE NEEDED N -v Hiili-t I'rcnldc that Coillll > I'lij N | i-lnii shall HUMCiiniilol | < < Con trol of Medical \ lTnlrat Coilnlj Hospital. J The practlcabillt ) of macadam as a pivlns for country roads In DmiKlns county formed the pilnclpil topic for consideration at the mectliiK of thl- Board of Count ) Comml alon- ers } csterda ) morning The matter vva brought up b ) a report made > b ) the county surveyor In accordance with a resolution , adopted b ) the board at Its last meeting. The surveor reported that he had made measurements each month since April 1 of the present ) ear of the llrst mile at the east end of the Dodge street road and had found that the * macadam had worn away only one-fourth of an Inch during the past Kcvcn monthH The report also stated that the balance of the Dodge street road and all of the Center street road were In first- class condition , the enl ) points ehouing tiny need of repair being 300 feet at the- west end of the Center street road and about 200 feet at each end of the Dolgo road Ho reported that these places were rough and uneven , and recommended that necessary repairs be made , and that a wooden curb ba placed at each end of botn roads The re port was referred to the committee on roads. Commissioner Klerstoud called attention to the fact that the pleco of road on Dodga street referred to b ) the survevor was the portion of the pavrd roads on which the travel was heavier than at an ) other point In the county , and he bald he considered that the report allowed a most flattering condition of the pavement. Commissioner Stenbcrg said , the report was a etrong endorsement of the course ot those members of the board who had advo cated macadam as a paving for country roads County Treasurer Helmrod and Register of Deeds Ehasier were each allowed one extra clerk for one month On recommendation of the charity com- mltte-e John H Bcrger and Trunk Unorak were appointed Inspectors for the charity store , at J30 per month each , Berger to bo aligned to the district north of rarnam and Dworak the district south of Parnam street. Commissioner Jenkins Introduced resolu tions directing the superintendent of the poor farm to report the amount of supplies on hand and the amount required for the Institution during the winter He also Introduced a set of rules for the government of the Institution The latter were' referred to the committee of the whole which will meet Tuesda ) morning to dlsetifn them. These rules contemplate the removal of the control of the medical affairs of the poor farm from the hands of the- medical college , which has virtually had full charge and vesting that jio\scr in the count ) plijsl.lan. giving him the power to app Int all members of the staff and to formulate all rules for the government of such staff subject only to the approval of the Bonrd of Count ) Com missioners A iLodlcal examining brard la also provided for to consist of the county ( phsklan and a phvslelan from each of the two medical colleges in the citi for the purposeof examining applicants for the posltl n of Interne at the hcspltal. It being provided that applicants must bc > graduates of some recognl/ed medical school Alfred Thompson was appointed weigher at the count ) coal yard at a silar ) of J25 per month and his board , at the- county hospital , his appointment to expire April 1. 1S17Tho The county clerk was directed to adver tise for one week for supplies at the court house and Jail , poor farm , and for material for bridges and culverts. Tit \u.i\r : TIII : roi it'i'n itoinir.it. Do lottinrinlni Ciuiiifit KANSAS CITY , Xov 2S Eugene Ridge- way , the labt member of the quartet of train robberb who attempted to hold up a car full of passengers on the electric line between hero and Independence , Is still at large De tectives who claim to be on his track say , however , that ho will bo landed within , another twent-four hours and that at any rate ho cannot escape IJrnect Rldgeway. a. brother of the escaped robber , and Jim Re pine both of whom were arrested at Lcavcn- worth last night , together with Oscar Bridges the leader of the gang were given a preliminary hearing this afternoon DANGEROUj SURGERY. Death I'ollovvN tinSnrncon'n Knife * .Not ( InSIIIKPUII'M I'liult , of CourKi- HiCan't Help It , 1 on Can. l > > riiliilil I'lliCure Curi-H Pile-it raliilcMxllthont Manner. People get along for ) care suffering with pllcti They try thl.s and that and the other thing , from carrying a buckeye to getting treatment from a phslclan The ) obtain temporary relief , mabe , but the ) are never ( julto cured. A little utraln In lifting , cx- cetslve fatigue , a little con.itlputatlon or a little diarrhoea and the- piles como back. They don't seem to amount to much , but they banibh elecp and appetite. No position Is comfortable. There Is Intenhe local palu and that divailful fee-ling of weight In tbu perineum. Maybe In the early Ktagea some of the many halves on Halo will afford temporary relief. If the case.IH of long utandlng there IH only ono pccdy and aure remedy It lu I'jrnmld Pile Cure Even In light cases 1C Is the safest thing to use Other applica tions may cure and may not Pyramid Cure * Is alwas certain , alwan reliable , alwuya brings comfort at once It's prompt uio uaviw months of severe guttering In ex treme caatti 1C will ave Mirglcal operations. It U better than H knife Will euro canler , quicker and aafcr TtKiimamla have uned u. Thousands have been cured by It Tbo coat la trifling compared with what It does Tito prlco U KO cents. Moot anybody would gladly pay $1000 to bo rid of piled DruKKtatti veil Pyramid I'llo Cure. If rours hasn't It hu will get It for you from the Pyramid Drug Co , ot Altilou , Mich. ( sole manufacturers. ) vi 1