3
PORTER'S ' PLAN GOES AWRY
Echtmo to Pat Fusion Names lint on the
Ticket is Interfered With ,
REPUBLICAN LEADERS ISSUE INSTRUCTIONS
Hint Party Having Ilccclvcil tlltcUcHt
Vote nt I'rcvliMin Rlcctlnn la 13n-
tltlcil to Precedence on the
Olllelnl llnllot ,
LINCOLN' , Dot. 2J. ( Special. ) A. p'.an
mipposcd to have emanated from the popu
list stale headquarters In this city has been
adopted by Secretary of State Porter , by
which It Is hoped to have the ballots for
usea ; the coming election printed In a
way Intended to dosclvc Innocent voters.
The law provides that the party casting the
highest number of votes for the head of
the ticket at the last previous gene al
election shall this year hnvo Its nominee *
nppcnr on the printed ballots Immediately
below the name of thn uniteiur wViirVi uio
nominees are candidates for. Secretary
I'orter'n plan la to have the fusion nom
inees' tinmcs appear before the republicans.
Without any legal authority ho has attached
to certificates of examination sent to the
county clerks a sample form of ballot with
the names of fusion nominees flrnt In order.
Secretary Porter wld this aftcrn-on that
the form of ballot was placed on the cer
tificate as a , guldo for the county clerks.
Ho held that Inasmuch as Poyntcr , the
fusion nominee last year , not more votes
than the head of the republican ticket the
fusion nominees this year should be given
first place In the ticket.
"It doesn't room to mo that It makes
much dlfloren-ce ono way or the other , "
eald Secretary Porter , "whether the repub
lican nominee la given first place on the
ticket or not. It Is Just as easy for a
man to veto for a republican nominee If
his name Is placed below the fusion nom
inee's name as It would bo If the name
was placed above. I don't see how the bal
lot can bo arranged otherwise. It would
k tft bo Impossible to tell how many votes were
> cast by the three fusion parlies separately.
They -were all cast for the samn mnn ami
for this reason I think the fusion nominees
nro entitled to the first place on Ihe ticket
this year. "
"Does the Inw require you to place a
form of n ballot on Iho certificate sent to the
county clerks ? " was asked.
"I don't think the law Is mandatory on
. / that point , " replied Secretary Porter. "Tho
form was simply put on the certificate to
assist the clerks In making up their bal
lots. "
iK In CIcnr.
The law appears plain on this point. The
section which requires the eecretary of state
to certify to nominations to the county
clerks makes no reference as to the form
of ballot and doea not oven say that the
secretary of state may send a. sample form
to the clerks. It simply provides that the
secretary shall Immediately upon the ex
piration of the time within which certificates
ot nomination may bo filed with him , cer
tify lo the county clerks of each county
within which any of the. voters may by law
vote for a candidate or candidates named In
the certificate , the names and description of
such candidates , together with olher de
tails mentioned on the certificate of nom
ination so filed with the secretary of state.
As to the arrangement ot the ballot the
law provides that the party polling the high
est number of votes at the last general elec-
tlon for the head of the tlcke shall have
the right of' 1U nominee Immediately below
the name of the office for which such candi
date was nominated , and further , that the
party polling the second highest number ot
rotes shall have the ecco'nd place , and so on.
TcH < liiftlntx oil Juntlcc.
The following letter -was sent to every
county clerk In the state this afternoon by
Chairman Tefft of the republican state cen
tral committee :
LINCOLN. Oct. 24. Dear Sir : It Is of the
highest Importance that the names of republican
candidates , state and local , nppear
publican In their proper places upon the sample and
Dfllclal ballots.
Section HO , chapter xxvl , Complied
Statutes , provides that cttndldatcp of the
polling the highest number ot votes
ptirly last Keneral election for the head
at the
of the state ticket fbnll be entitled to the
on the ballot.
llrst plnce
At the general election In 1S9S M. Ij. Hayward -
ward , republican , received 02,952 votes for
' thi <
than
the otllce of governor , or 'J.721 less
combined votp of the democratic , populist
nnd Hllvcr republican parties , and the leg-
iPlature of ISM by Schedule "A , " page 132 ,
has clearly recognized the
laws of 1899 ,
right of republican candidates to the first
on the ballot for this year.
place
notwithstanding our unlmpcach-
nblo However right , to the first place on the ballot ,
" with \V. iP , apparent Porter , populist Intent to secretary mislead of and Btnte deceive ,
has Issued over hls official seal a
ceive ,
containing a form of ballot In
certificate candidates for
which the names of fusion
are In direct violation of law
olllcers
state warrant of authority given
without any
nnd
of republican
precedence over the names
candidates. accordingly urged by all means
are
You
take immediate steps for the protection
of to our rights -and do not hes ltntc. If necessary
for
sary , to resort to proper legal process
that Inclofo purpose. herewith a form In strict conformity
I
with the statute , which I ask you
formity
to your county clerk and request
lo submit
substantially In the
the samp
him to adopt
county.
preparation of the ballot for your
the com-
You will confer a favor upon
' EFFECTS.
GRIP'S AFTER .
ItcmiMly Unit I'revcii < ( lie
\Vonilc-rfiil
\
tllC
DlHIIMtrOIlN ClIllHOIllIOIICVH > t
Grippe , Hiic-h ni lU'iirt Failure ,
I'nnilyHln ,
Kliliiry UUiMiMC ,
CoiiHuiiiiitloii mill Many
Troubled ,
Free Trli-.l liy Mull in All Who Have
KVer Ilnil Grippe or Now Suffer
Kroni Itn llnvnui' * .
Those who hnvo had the grlppo during the
past few years nnd who experience more or
will bo
IOEB weakness nnd vital derangement
glad to know of a remedy that will cure
Into mind and
them , put life and strength
niimcle , tissue and nerve , The remedy la
known as Dr. nix's Tonic Tablets and has a
mnst. wonderful constitutional action lu
111U3L
buHdlng up the shattered system after a
lego of the grippe.
\Vo want to Introduce them to every reader
need such a
of whom
of this paper , many
remedy. For a limited tlmo the prdprletora ,
Hayra & Coon , Hull building , Detroit , Mich , ,
' by mall to
will 'send a trial package free
all who will send their name and address
( enough to convince the most skeptical ot
their great merit ) .
Send at once nnd be well nnd happy ngaln ,
Tell your friends and neighbors about this
most liberal offer.
Most CHECH of lame back , rheumatism ,
lung affections , poor circulation of blood ,
instrung nerves , kidney and b'.adder troubles ,
paralysis , heart palpitation nnd many other
diseases had their origin In the grippe nnd
will euro , They
Dr , Dlx'a Tonlo Tablets
Iowa , of pa-
turcd Ilnrdy Morchead , Onawa ,
raljsls. Krauk Ilarheau , 1008 South 10th
street , Omaha , Neb. , was entirely
nervousness after several
cured of extreme
doctors had failed. C , M , Uoyd , ex-sherlfl
of Tuskcge , Ala. , was cured of nervous de
rangements.Vm. . Simpson found In throe
and
tablets a euro for ec\cre kidney trouble
hundreds of other run-down rick people have
regained their health nfter many discourage
ments with other remedies. Write for free
trial today ; nUo book explaining why three
tablets cannot fall lo restore health and.
strength.
\
V
mlttco by promptly directing attention of
local candidates to the subject of this com
munication. ORLANDO TBFFT ,
Chairman.
Following Is a copy of the Instructions
acnl out by Secretary of State- Porter :
October 23. 1S99. To County Clerks' . State
of Nebraikn : Incloaad please llnd the
certificate of nomination for Judge of the
supreme court and resents ? of the State uni
versity. You will kindly notice that the i
certificate of nomination has name and nd-
tlress. This Is to conform to sections 120
and 135 of chapter xxvl , Statute * of 1WO. in
placing the names on the ballot you will
follow schedule "A , " which doci not Rive
ntldrers or business. Please acknowledge
receipt. Verv respectfully ,
VV. F , 1'OIITEH , Secretary of State.
On the certificate Is a simple stntement
to the effect that the persons named have
been placed In nomination to bo voted for
by the electors of the stale of Nebraska. The
secretary of state's form cf ballot IB dis
played prominently and In such n wny ns to
lead people to believe that It was put there
ns n guidance to the county clerks In ar
ranging the form for the printed ballots.
Aliliott nnil UN Letter.
The publication two weeks ago of the
1 letter written by George Abbott , n promInent -
' Inent fuslonlat In Falls City , In which the
wrllcr spoke of the "rollcn fusion record
! of Ihc state house gang , " was not hailed
with very much enthusiasm by the populists
over thci state who have been upholding and
supporting the Btnte administration , but the
report that Mr. Abbott had denied the au
thorship of any such letlcrsia received
with delight. In the reporleil denial Mr.
Abbott Is said to have approved of the record
of the sham reformers In all respects but
on the pnos question. During the last winter
Mr. Abbott wrote letters similar to Ihe one
published some lime ago and It Is difficult
to understand why he has so suddenly
changed his sentiments concerning the
record of the stale house crowd. In connec-
I tlon with Mr. Abbott'o denial and his approval -
! proval of the state house reformers the following -
! lowing Idler may prove Interesting :
FALLS CITY , Nth. , March 4 , 1S99. My
i Dear Mr , Tibbies : For forty jears I have
biicn n voter nnd I have never once voted
i the republican tlrkct. I have always been
i Idontllled with the reform w'ng of the
| democratic party until 1SW , when 1 went
; Into the popul'st movtiment. I 'however ' ,
voted for Cooper nnd Weaver nnd all the
other representatives of the reform cle-
numts. In n word I was n greenbncker
I from the early start and when there was
not enough of this reform feeling manifest
, In the democratic party I would jump the
fence and void for some reformer , at the
1 tame time battling to bring the democratic
party to the right Idea ? . In other words I ,
like Bryan , hoped to reform the world
through the democratic party until 1M > 0.
which I gave up and lolneil the populist ? . I
pve ! you this much of my owa history that
you may sec that I have -a right to be
heard and long after some of our state
I house olliriuls have gone back Into the re
publican p.irty I shall bo hire. If I live ,
battling for the same reform.
Now , let us have a little plain , fr'cndly
talk. You werd wrong In your estimate
of Mr. Uchty. You think ho Is a hypocrite ,
that he never kicked until after he was
lltcd and then only In spite , etc. You blame
him for making the the light through the
republican newspapers after refusing to
nmko It through our own papers. Now I
know that Llchty commenced In three
months after he got in to remonstrate with
our ofllcluls for not practicing what they
preached. lie cumci down here about three
month * after the boys were Inaugurated
and said to n lot of us that he wan afraid
that our boys did not all measure up to our
ideas of reform , that Cornell was putting
th < \ money that came Into his hands out hi
the banks ami among friends for political
effect just ust the republicans had always
done.Vo told him to talk to John. He
r.Ud ho had and that John acted like he
was offended and did not want to be In
terfered with. That when John and the
others commence * ! their free pass Junketing
career again he protested and ( informed his
friends hero and on ! i vls't here he tall l
\vlth us and wanted to icslgn. "We would
not hear ot ihlg resigning , but told him to
stay and try to k ep the others straight.
Then when Pool took $225 that he had no
e.irthly right to It was Llchty who In
formed us , the 'Mutz ' committee and our
own attorney general , and when AVhltakcr
and Price reached out a little again he pro-
frr t0rt. In fnrt wrt snnn hpontrift convinced
.
that hci was the only one In 'the ' state housq
who really was trying to practice In ofllce
what he had iirea'clied out of ofllce. All
this time his friends had urged him not to
resign. We found out that all of these Mntu
otllcers who were following these republican
practices while holding populist otllces werd
demancWng his discharge and so we told him
not to resign , but stay nd gather proof
and If the1 Infernal scoundrels who scemcid
ticnt on disgracing the populist party by
their hunger for railroad passes should
succeed In forcing out of the state house'
the only real reformer In It then we would
not wait for our shortcomings to be un
covered by the republicans in the future ,
but we would make an effort to purge our-
HOlves before It was everlastingly too late.
Now I am astonished beyond words to ex
press that so many of our reformers tihould
act Just like republicans when some one of
their crowd kicks on the corruption in
their ranks jump onto the exposer Instead
of the exposed.
Kliiipnon n IIlNKracc.
"Why , Mr. Tibbies , tlmt man Simpson Is
n. disgrace to any party , according- his
own testimony. I will wager that he Is a
republican and never voted our ticket in
hlH life before he got ofllce from us , I
have made inquiry and Glllan Is a repub
lican. Why should Mr. Cornell keep these
republicans around him to work the dis
grace of our party ? If they had made
thorough examinations they might luivo
boon entitled to big fees , but you and I and
everyone with a spoonful of brains knows
that no examinations have been made nt
all. It has only been a holdup game from
ttart to finish and we are left at the mercy
of what may some day turn out to bo In-
Bolvent companies. I agree with your edi
torial about the Insurance craze. I think
the people art ) all foolish to give them
their money and In this you nnd I nereo
with Mr. Llchty , who Is fanatical on the
subject of homo mutual insurance compa
nies. It was this extreme solicitude for
homo mutual Insurance that prompted Jlr ,
Llchty to go too far to encourage homo
companies , While In this respect he per
haps erred he erred In the fcldo of rlzht.
The only place where Llchty did wrong
was In accepting that suit of clothes from
Holland , but In that there were extenuating
circumstance ? . Mr. Holland and the Llchty
family arc close personal friends and when
Holland KOI scared because ho wns on
Moore's band he got Samuel Llchty to look
up the extent of his ( Holland's ) liability ,
nnd for thin friendly service presented a.
suit of clothe ? , but Llchty ought not to have
received them. No man In a public ofllca
should receive presents from any one ,
whether they bo railroad favors or anything
thingelse. .
Now , I want a word about Moserve. I
am ashamed that 1 ever voted for him.
While Cornell may not be a bad man only
a weak one I regard Meservo as a bad one.
Just think of his whole official career. Ills
very firm aet was to allow the rotten old
republican crowd of heelers to go on his
bond nnd It that expose by the Pawnee
county committee last fall had been made
: v month earlier In the campaign he would
have been beaten. I was perfectly aware
of his actions In the bond matter. I talked
'
with Holcomb about the nature of Meserve's
bond when ho first gave It. but I did not
want to glvo aid and comfort to the repub
licans by kicking , so I held my peace. But
think of a reformer saying that he has a
right to do mean things because the repub
licans do. That Is Just what It amounts to.
Ho tuys that railroad passes are wrong ,
long as republicans do these things !
but as . , . . , , . . , . . I
i.- .ill r l.r ! „ | | | „ „ ! ninnliirin In to.l
lift Will , I IIU1 > U I1U Will HUt UJIIV1UUV I1J E'icul
the public money beenuae the republicans
have done so. And notice the egotism of the
fellowt , . Weak men might be boiiKht with
railroad passes , but the great Meservc-
never ! There Is n goody-goody fellow for
you. My Idea of u good man Is one that
will not do anything thai republicans do ,
Heforiu Should He Itefnriii.
Well , my friend , for I hope I may so call
you. I musl bring thin lone letter to u close.
1 believe that reform ought to re-form. I
know Samuel Llchty and Cornell both ,
have known them half a 1 fotlmo or more ,
and down .hero where we know both your
attacks on Llchty can only result In splItting -
ting our party at best. Murk my words.
Unless we purge our party of all republican
practices wo lire cone beyond redemption.
1 could Blvo vou Mr LIchty'H Ilchr In this
county for reform of our county affulr ? , but
H U too longH Is firuiiy m i.ne wi.n
what he has been doing In Lincoln for two
vcara. He went on our county board some
vears ago with other reformers , but boon
found the devil of a human greed ut work
there. Ho nerved his term without one cent
of pay. wive hln salary to the rand dUtrlcl
Hiid made a gallnnl right for Jutl what we
had been preaching in our home affairs ; . In
that llsht ho drew down upon hla head all
the curses of all the low corrupt rings and
nil the lies the thieves could Invent , bul we
hnj ° W < Hl to say that Cornell Is
corrupt. I urn more Inclined to believe him
a Ere.it. big-hearted fellow , who In being
ridden py "H of his corrupt friends and
r ° "
Wtiiif"l have written on these Pagen Is
nrlrute and notj for publication , though I
am perfectly willing to publish them If any
peed can come of It , nnd have thought some
of doing so. Yours truly ,
oicouai : A. ABBOTT.
ltl CSaln for llcittitilleaiin.
City Cleric Thomas E. I'ratt has returned
from n stay of two weeks In Custer county
with the encouraging news of n big gain
for the republicans. In one precinct In this
county thcro nro thirty-five voters , twenty-
eight of whom voted for Holcomb In ISSfi.
Out of this number three- will vote for Hol
comb this year , three arc doubtful and all
of the balance have expressed their Inten
tion of voting the straight republican ticket.
W. 1' . Miles of Sidney was In the city
today and gave nn account of nn Interesting
conversation which was hclil with William
Neville Inst July.
Mr. Miles and Judge Test were on the
train going west from Omaha nnd together
with others were discussing the Philippine
question. William Neville , the present can
didate for congress In the Sixth district.
Joined the crowd and took part In the con
versation. One of the things he said was
this :
"It Is the duty of our government to con
quer the Philippines and give the people
of thcso islnmU a. Christian civilization.
They should not be left to work out ihelr
own salvnllon. "
He further said that himself and other
fuslonlsts hail written to Mr. Bryan and
were trying to get him to get on the right
fide ot this question. This Incident Is In
teresting , especially since Neville has de
nied the authorship of the letter which he
wrote to the Lincoln Independent last De
cember. It shows that as late ns July of
this year he waa publicly expressing the
sarao sentiment contained In the Independ
ent letter and was trying to bring llryan
to the same elate ot mind.
The Stale t'nUprMty.
Chancellor Bcsscy of the State university
Is devoting much of ht.i < tlme and attention
to the building up of the agricultural and
Industrial colleges of the Institution. Ho
has returned from a visit at the Ames Agri
cultural college of Iowa , where he was Tor
fifteen j ars professor of botany , and will
' Rive the Nebraska university the benefit
ot hla Investigations. Speaking of the Ames
college and the University of lown , of which
It Is a branch , Chancellor Bessey said :
"Tho Ames Agricultural college corresponds
spends to the Industrial college of the Nebraska -
, braska Institution. It Is In the center of
i the ctato nnd about 100 miles from the
' State university. The educational work
| has been divided and the applied science
part of the university Is at Ames and Is
under different management from the uni
versity. At Ames the college campus con
tains probably eighty acres. The Irees ,
many of which I planted thirty years ago ,
are now tall and ibenutlful. The buildings
nro very much like ours. Being a counlry
college. It was necessary for them to put
hundreds of thousands of dollars of heard-
carnod money Into buildings for housing the
students. So they have dormitories and )
'boarding halls , built with state money. The
buildings are of about 'the ' quality we have.
Some are better and some are poorer.
Otherwise I think wo are a little betler off.
"They have one Ihing that I wish we
had , namely , a good athletic Held near the
university buildings and so situated that It
la almost Ideal , both In eizc and general
location. Perhaps that Is ono reason why
they are able to maintain such a strong
foot ball team. "
Chancellor Bessey said that he took espe
cial pleasure In telling the professors of
the Iowa Instlliillon ot Ihe attendance at
the State university here.
"They were astonished , " ho said , "when
I told them that we now have over 1,600
Btudonta. They have nn attendance of 700
at Ames and these 700 arc nearly all young
men. I astonished them by telling them
that we had more girls In this university
last year than their whole enrollment of
glrla and boys. "
DIFFUSING THIS GOSPEL , ' LIGHT.
"Women of Xcbrnnkn Syiioil Dlncnas
MlNMloimry McthoilN.
HASTINGS , Neb , , Oct. 24. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The twenty-third annual meeting of
the Woman's Missionary society of the synod
of Nebraska is In session In Hastings. The
attendance is much larger than had been
anllclpalcd and the meeting bids fair to bean
an cnthuslasllc one. The mecllng opened nt
3 o'clock this afternoon in the Presbyterian
church with praise service. Mrs. M. C.
Berry ot Hastings delivered the address of
welcome and Mrs. F. M. Hall of Lincoln re
sponded. Mrs. J , W. Dlnsmore of Beatrice
gave a reporMf delegates to the general as
sembly , which wae followed by a report of
the delegnte lo the Northweslern board by
Mrs. Thomas Mainland of Lincoln. A most
Inlercsllng paper on "The Joy of Service , "
by Mrs. A. IM. Hendee of Hansen , was well
received. Mrs. D. B. AV'ells of Chicago con
ducted the workers' conference.
Tonight the church was crowded with dele
gates and visitors. The evening's session
opened with music , followed by scripture
reading and prayer/ Field Secretary Mrs.
D. B. Wells delivered an eloquent address ,
as did also Dr. C. E. Brandt of Wichita ,
Kan.
SHOUT LIXH TO CATTLE HAXGKS.
niKlit-of-Wuy Si-cured for Xew Itnll-
ronil lo Colorado IInc.
SIDNEY , Neb. . Oct. 21. ( Special. ) The
right-of-way for the new railroad has been
secured belween Alliance , Neb. , and Ihe
Colorado stale line. The lasl condemnallons
of lerrllory have been made. The rail
road bridge al Bridgeport across the North
Platte la almost finished and grading on
Ibis side of-the river Is under way. As soon
an the heavy cut nt the head of Indian
creek , on the Harlvllle line , Is completed , a
big force of Iho graders now busy Ihero
will bo moved lo this side of Ibe river nnd
Ibo grade will rapidly advance loward Sid
ney , It Is hoped to have Irnlna running
next season to transnorl range caltlo from
the terrllory between Denver and Alliance
to markels.
oil Mythical Cuttle.
OKNOA , Neb , , Oct. 21 , ( Special. ) Par
ticulars concerning a miniature reproduction
ot the famous Glllotte cattle deal In Kansan ,
which hau had for Us headquarters this
place , are slowly coming to light. A very
smooth young man named Fltzslmmons has
been engaged In the cattle business here and
has secured money on caltlo suppcsed lo be
In his possession from bankers of several
nearby towns , Fltzslmmons has disappeared
and up to the present tlmo no trace of the
cattle he bought nnd mortgaged can bo
found. A combined effort will bo made to
run Fltzstmmons down , as well as to secure
some of Iho cattle.
HUH.Vlxlit for
NOHFOL-K , Neb. , Oct , 21. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Burglars made a raid on Norfolk
last night. At the Klesnu Drug company's
store entrance was gained by cutting out a
pane of glass In the rear window. The cash
register was broken open , but no cash se
cured. About $10 worth of razora were taken
and a set of silverware offered ns a premium
by a magazine. Karo Bros. ' meat market
was also entered through Iho cellar and 3.40
taken from the cash register ; nothing else
was missing. Hardy's coal office was also
entered , where 35 cents' worth of chewing
tobacco was all Ihey got ,
! ! < * nvy Itlilii lit \\V t Point ,
WEST POINT , Neb. , Oct. 24. ( Special. )
This section was visited last night and this
morning with a he-avy rain , which still con
tinues , The ground Is thoroughly
eoaked to a depth of come Inches and the
almost Intolerable visitations ot wind , dust
and sand are abated , lo Iho great relief
of the people.
.Mollim for Xrw Trial.
NEBRASKA CITY , Oct , 24. ( Special , )
A motion was filed in the district court yes
terday by W. W , WlUwn , county atloruey ,
I asking for a new trial in the case of the
State against John C. Watson for forgery , of
which charge the- defendant has Just been ac-
qullled by a Jury. The prosecution claims
that the first Judge erred In the admission
of depositions of M. D. Ilucklns and S. O.
Hutchlnson In behalf of the defendant nnd
Is proceeding in this manner In order to get
the case before the supreme court , where
this point of law may bo passed upon.
llrcetillntt for Soldier.
TECUMSE1I , Neb. , Oct. 24. ( Special. )
A mass meeting of citizens was held at the
court house last evening to take action In
Ihc maltcr of providing n big reception for
Lleutcnnct Arthur Kavanagh when he re
turns to his homehere. . Mr. Knvanagh
was with Dewcy In the Manila engagement ,
being an ensign on board the Olympla. The
meeting Inst evening wns nn enthusiastic
ono. Committees were appointed to see to
the details of ono of the biggest demon.
strnllons pcsslble for this city to give.
Soiiteni'Pil for Killing
TEKAMAH. Neb. , Oct. 24. ( Special. )
In the district court today Oscar Yegor was
sentenced to eight years' Imprisonment In
the. penitentiary for manslaughter. The
sentence was Imposed for the killing of
John Egglcton , a neighboring farmer , In a
dispute over the boundary lines of Ihelr
rcspccllvo lands.
W. A. Hilton was sentenced at the same
tlmo to pay n fine of $100 for disposing ot
mortgaged properly.
Xnrrln Convene * Conrt.
TRENTON , Neb , , Oct. 24 , ( Special. )
The district court ot this county opened
hero this morning with Hem. G. W , Norrls
of Beaver City on the bench. There are
188 coses on Iho dockel , consisting ot fore
closures , equity cases and appeals. Be
sides the local county bar , there nro numer
ous other attorneys from over the state in
attendance.
New * from Gciie-vn.
GENEVA , Neb. . Oct. 24. ( Special. )
Counly Allorney Frank Sloan Is allcndlng
to business , after a severe atlack of typhoid
fever.
Stubbs and McCrcnry spoke in Shlckley
last night. A number of Geneva democrats
were In attendance.
'Womnii'N Itiuiiln I'nlnfully llnrnril.
HASTINGS , Neb. , Oct. 24. ( Special. )
Yesterday afternoon a gasoline stove ex
ploded In B , F. Hill's house nnd the wood
work wan Icnlted. Mrs. Hill's hands were
badly burned In attempting to put out the
fire.
FORECAST OF THE WtATHER
1'alr in Western , AY Mil Slmwcra nnd
Cooler In Knnterii 1'ortloii of
XclirtiMkn. Wcdiicnday.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 24. Forecast for
Wednesday nnd Thursday :
For Nebraska Fair In western portion ,
showers and cooler In eastern portion
Wednesday ; Thursday , fair , northerly winds.
For South Dakota Fair Wednesday and
Thursday ; northweslerly winds.
For Kansas Rain and cooler Wednesday ;
Thursday , fair , southerly , shlfling lo norlh-
erly , winds.
For Colorado Fair In northern , cooler ,
wllh showers , followed by fair In eoulhern
porllon Wednesday ; Thursday , fair , variable
winds.
For Iowa Rain nnd cooler Wednesday ;
Thursday , fair , variable winds.
For Missouri Rain , cooler , Wednesday ;
Thursday , fair In northwest , showers and
cooler In southern portion ; southeasterly
winds.
For Wyoming Fair Wednesday and
Thursday ; variable winds.
Iiocnl Heeonl.
OFFICE OF THE WEATHER. BUREAU ,
OMAHA. Oct. 24. Omaha record of temper
ature and preclpltatlon oampared with the
corresponding day ot the la t three years ;
1839. 1S)3. ! 18D7. 1S96.
Maximum temperature. . . . 75 50 SI S3
Minimum temperature 62 31 60 35
Average temperature 6S 45 72 48
Precipitation 31 .00 .00 .03
Record of temperature and preelpltallon
al Omaha for Ihls day and since March 1 ,
1899 :
Normal for Ihe day , 50
Excess for the day IS
Accumulated excess since March 1 21
Normal rainfall for the day 07 Inch
Excess for the day 21 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1 22.03 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 5.CG inches
Deficiency for cor. period , li9S . . . . 3.0 ? Inches
Deficiency for cor. period , 1S97 . . . . a.92 Incl'e.i
UcnortM from ntntloiia at 8 p. 111.
NO START OS CUBING SIREET
Oity Attorney Charges Paving Company
with Attempted Extortion ,
TWO WEEKS OF GOOD WEATHER LOST
Comimny Announce * Unit Aiuitln-r
Uolny of n Wct'U Mny ISuMii'
l'oHnll > lllt > if I'lixtimncitU'iit
I'ntll '
The city council approved over the mayor's
veto n conlract with the Barber Asphalt
Paving company tor the paving of Cumins
street from Thirty-second to Fortieth
streets two weeks ngo , but the work has not
yet been begun. Thq ccntracl was let with
the llmo limit fixed al November 15 , but the
dclny ot Ihe clly In approving II 1ms already
given Ihe company cause to demand an ex-
lenslon. Besides this Ihe wenlher conditions
are always lakcii notice of In paving con
tracts and It Is the duty of the Board of
Public Works to grant extensions of tlmo
when the weather endangers the qunllly of
the work. It Is not Impossible , therofotc ,
that the Cumlng street contract may be
carried over until spring.
50 far no other reason for ( ho delay In
beginning operations has appeared than Iho
statemcnl of the representatives o ( Ihe com
pany lhal their attorney wns looking up the
valldlly of Ihe preliminary proceedings and
wished lo B.itlsfy himself more thoroughly
on certain polnls before allowing the work
lo commence. Inasmuch as the atlorncy
appeared before Ihc- council nnd strenuously
urged the approval of tr& contract over the
mayor's veto , slating that there could be no
possible doubt of Iho regularity of the pro
ceedings in any respect , his nnxlety for Iho
Interests of the company ntter the approval
of the contract arouses considerable curi
osity. The public works department wns in
formed last week thai Ihe company's attor
ney would decide In a day or two. Now the
department Is told by Supcrlntendcnl Drake
thnt It may bo a week before the work is
begun.
51 in lily n SulitorfiitiC , NO Allcs * il.
When aslicd what legal points he thought
might bo standing In the way nf Ihc com
pany , Cily Allorney Council said ycslcrday :
"Well , considering the fact thai the al-
lorncy advised Iho council thcro was no
question about the matter , It Is fair to sup
pose that he had looked Into the matter thor
oughly. To tell the truth , I think he could
have told the superintendent within twenty-
four hours whether to go ahead or not. It's
just simply n subterfuge , In my opinion , to
carry the work over until next spring. By
lhal llmo the asphalt combination may have
raised" the price to $2.50 or $3.00 , or some
other price , and If they hnve. they will find
some way to get out of Iho contract and
have It rclet at a higher figure. If on the
other hand we should get some competition
In hero by that lime nnd have Ibe price re
duced to $1.50 , as It ought lo be , they will
held Iho city to Its J2.09 conlracl. They
could have known , and probably did know-
two weeks ago , what the legal stalus of
Ihe contract was , but they want to carry Ihe
work over until next season In the hope of
making more money out of It. And they're
Irylng to do the same thing with other con
tracts. "
Under a clause In the contract it Is pos
sible thai If Ihe special assessmcnl were de
clared Invalid In Ihe courts , as It Is charged
some ot the property owners expecl , the
company would not get Its money. The con
tract reads that a certain proportion of the
cost Is to bo paid out of Ihe Intersection
fund and Ihe balance out of a special as
sessment fund , created by a levy on abutllng
properly nnd olher properly benefllefl. It Is
posMblo that this Is the point at present
engagln the attorney for Iho company.
General Cow In , who Is out of the city at
present and has been for over a week.
All Sercnt' In I'liNHciiiicr ClrclcK.
The city passenger agents of Omaha and
Council Bluffs hold a meeting yesterday
The principal mailer of business which came
up for nllonllon was Ihe reporl regarding Iho
slnblllly of the local passenger situation.
Secretary Munn submitted his report showing
that , a special operative or detective who
had examined the sltuallcn carefully bolh
among Iho brokers and Iho UcKet offices ,
found everything moving nlong smoothly ,
with no Indications of a disturbance of pas
senger rates.
A Wrxt Indian Hurricane
Recenlly Iraveled up and down the coast at
will , upset all calculations and acted In nn
entirely different manner from any other
storm. Sometimes dyspepsia acls In Iho
same way. II refusps fo yield lo ircalmcnt
which has cured similar cases. Then Hos
teller's Stomach Bltlers should be i rtn. It
will affect H cure speedily and naturally. It
has cured stomach troubles for halt a cen
tury. Try 11.
\ < i Trace of HaiiilltH.
ATCHISON , Oct. 24. The two bandits
who escaped from an Island In the Missouri
river near here Sunday night while being
searched for by 500 armed men are . = tlll at
Inrse , with no tangible flue to work on.
The search for them continues , squads of
armed men huntliiR In every direction.
Governor Stanley has offered $500 reward
for the capture of the men. This brings the
total reward up to $1,000.
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MRS. SUSIE J. WEAVER ,
1821 Callowhill St. , Phila
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OF ALABAMA
State Officials Use Pe-ru-na
in the Family as a Safe
.
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STATE CAPITOL , MONTUOMliUY , ALABAMA.
Po-ru-na Is the greatest ratnrrh remedy
of Ihc nge ; In fnct , the only scientific Inter
nal remedy for cntarhyol devised ,
Ciovcrnor Johnston ot Alabama writes Iho
fallowing In regard lo Po-ru-n.i , Iho great
catarrh remedy
Stnle ot Alabama , Governor's Ofllce , July
2G , 1S99. "I join ncner.il Wheeler nnd Con
gressman Brewer In commending 1'e-ru-nn.
JOS. J. JOHNSTON.
Department of Stale , Montgomery , Ala
bama. I take pleasure In lestlfylug to the
virtues ot I'c-ru-na nnd recommend Its use
lo Ihose who suffer from Ihc need of a tonic ,
"ROHKRT P. M'DAVID ,
"Secretary ot State for Alabama. "
State of Alabama , Treasury Department ,
Montgomery , July 20. ISflfl. "I hnve used
Pe-ru-na for catarrh and can cheerfully
testify to Its beneficial cffecls. Rcspecl-
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"Stato Treasurer ot Alabama. "
Slate ot Alabama , House of Ueprcsenla-
tlves , Montgomery. "Pc-ru-na cured me of
Indigestion and biliousness nnd I continued
lo take It nnd have found It nn excellent
tonic. I lake pleasure In recommending It
ns an excellent household remedy.
"Very Respectfully , HO HACK HOOD. "
This Is n fair Indication of the lepuln-
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whole Unltcil Slates. Everywhere every
body Is praising It.
All over the south na well as the norlli
there Is plenty of catarrh. Few people nro
entirely free from It. Catarrh la a dlscnso
thnt may Invndo nuy part of the body.
Kvcry organ of the body Is subject to ca
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mucous membrane of the body. Address
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on cntnrrh.
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This irritation , if not allayed , will
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Made of the rarest and purest ingre
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Nothing like it in the world.
Coltesfoote Expectorant is for sale by all druggists.
ft is a fact that catarrh is inflammation. To try to cure it by old-fashioned
or unscientific methods is only to make it worse. The most scientific and
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SEND YOUR
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. . . .
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Restores the lioalth , strcnglh and vigor of youth ; creates
new fluid and brain matter by purifying the blood , restor
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bu pursued with confidence and pleasure , Is today the
best known ngunt for applying ISlectrlclty 4o the human
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Bo sum end wrlto or call today and get my 'boak ,
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every male purchaser of ono ot my Delta.
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Uooins 21 unJ 22 Douglas lilock , Sixteenth and Dodge Sta.
OMAHA , NEB.