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Till: OMAHA DAILY BEE: Kill DAY, APRIL fi, l!HHi. P c v. EDWARDS SUCCEEDS GIBSON " Y 8ecreta'rt Elected fot the Pioneer Asw- nan on inm "j OLD-TIMERS RLLATE JUICY STORIES Informal ,Hnlnlraee Take the rinre nf !' roner and rrstr of r,rrt Interest to Alt. The second regular meeting uf the 11" nr Association of Douglas county a' held Thursday afternoon lit the Library hnlldlng with about forty member present. Martin Dunham, drat vice president of the association, , presided fn the absence of President Judge George B. Lake. The announcement was made of' the death of fc.retary J. B. Gibson, and Jona than. Edwards wan elected permanent sec retary td fill the vacancy. Mr. Edwards thereupon 'resigneil as a memler of th exectitir committee and M. J. Feenan waa appointed to the. executive committee In his stead. '' The Chairman appointed a committee con sisting1 of ' MJn . ,Bwirt, Kennedy and llascall to prepare npprfiprint resolutions upon the death of the -late secretary, J. 3. ilbaon. , " ' ' ' The report jtf the assistant secretary. Miss O'Brlen-7'howed eighty-three names were enrolled a Wrii-'Ders of the associa tion. ..The. qualifications for membership are a residence iu Uie territory of Nebraska-prior ttTiw:. when the territory became": rtaV'Jt 'was dee'ded that the nest, meeting should be held the first Thursday In Mny. '-"- Haacall maris Mory' Telling. The question vf additional entertainment during1 th meetings In the form of paper (iVculy pioneer experiences was discussed but; the .Krnoral trend of opinion was that a part of the meetlpgs.be set aside for erbnt frnitnlsceiTceH Instead of undertaK Ing the feitlnus. ' preparation of special pipers. In conformity with this sugges tion . volunteer .remarks were called for, Judge Hasca.ll was .the first called upon aud ho. t61d ' this one: 'A little -piece of side history came under my observation sncLJias never got Into the books .and T do riot think It has ever been told before. ' It relatvs to Henry M. Stanley, then a.' rorrespotiaent for Dr. Miller' Herald,, who went down to Lincoln to re port the first session of the legislature held . at the Jiew state capital. I happened to be of h same party,, which Included besides Stanley and myself E. B. Taylor and Mr. Krost, state senator from this section, and John TI. Baylor.' It was In 1S9. We went from Ornaha by 'train to Gllmore. There 1 we mvnl by sleigh to riattsmouth and stayed "over , night and the next morning put out fot Lincoln In the sleigh. When we eached the big -hollow east oX TJncoln the slIgh tipped "over ' and we had U sorts of. trouble, before we finally got Into Lin coln. rvWe 'tried to put up at the Atwood house, but there wasn't room there. o we went tolhe- Farmer hotel and found quar ters. At the hotel at the time was a repre sentative from. .Cedar county. I think It was. named Kvans. lie wasn't much used i to hotrt fare, 'even though the bill waan't much varied?" They gave us hash for sup per. hash In which the bones were also chopped -up. Evans being hungry, at con siderable of the hush and a bone got atallcd In hi throat and he came near dying. The doctor didn't know whet to do. and it looked like a funeral for Kvans. Finally Stanley suggested a. plan to relieve him. ' Evan waa laid out on. the floor and Stanley, told me to hofd Evan up by the feet.-valill" ho thumped htm on the back and breast did so. and .Stanley gave him a good pound ing. ' ahd sure enough out came the bone and Evan was' saved. '-Evans was awful thankful to u for It." ... rat' McArdle Spine One. Pat MoArdle.was called for nd all lis cared. t tell about wa the first elect!i ever held In Douglas county or at least In McArdle precinct. "The election was held In August, 1867," be ald. "One of the Judge of the election was sent down to Omnha to qualify, and when lie came back ne swore In the rest o the election board. The ballot box was 'nade.Xrom a t,isar box, and I think about a.doien. voted, altogether. I placed In charge of tiie polls and put In the lonely day' all by myself. Finally, when we closed the polls and counted the ballots we found twenty-eight yotes had been east. I know It: wri an honnst election, but we never questioned Just how It happened that so many vote got Into the box. Mr. Fryor waa.. elected .surveyor and my brother, James H., was elected county commis sioner. , "I. think! It wa at' that election we voted for MO.OuO-bonds to help build the Blair road, or. part of, the northwestern, which waa' never built. Rut we are- paying for the bond yet. T hav always thought those bend's were' Illegal, front the fact they were signed by tbe commissioner In New York and 'not In' Dovurlas couuty." -' Stayed -far the Finish. There wa on -good thing- about Com missioner McArdle," said Judge Hascnll, -.'and ..that was he would not surrender those bond from, his possession until hv aw 'the whole, proceedings' regarding their dellyery and credit had been compiled with la New York. II went to New York with 0 Kountle- and, saw that they were prop erly 'delivered." ., "There was no poHUos In that election." contjnhed Mr. McArdle. "Everybody out here, was of' the- democratic faith, because the administration wa democratic. There wrw a few Whir, and the republican party wits. so young Vhtm, only a year old, that It hadn't begun to cut any figure." Soldier Laid to Rest. ' Funeral services for J. M. Richards, 'who died Mqnday niht. were held Thursday aflernpou at the (umlly home, 1115 Sou to Tl.irty-seonnd street. Rev. Lucius O. lUnd of St. Mary s Avenue Congregational church conducted rhe services at the home, while members of 1Y 8. Urant post No. 120, Urand Army of the Republic, performed the rites at the grave in Forest Unit cemetery. Th pall bearer were "W. E. Hlchc.t'k R. W. Mretkenrtdge. p. R. Welpton, H. N. Wood and W. C. Lyle. Mr. Mabelle Crawferd-Weipton sang dur ing th 'services.. iY GOVERNMENT NOTICES PROPOSALS FOR INDIAN SrpPLIpJ. Department of the interior. Office of In dian AflsJr. Washington, D. C, March St. IS". rtealed proposal, plainly marked un the outside of the envelope: "Propos.il for rubber goods, boots and shoes," etc.. as tti case may be, and addressed to the "Commlu("nr of InJIan Affairs, Washing ton. D. C ," will be received at th Indian off! until 1 o'clock p. in. of Thursday, Apill 24, l-1, and then opened,-for fur-nislilng- the Indian service with rubber goods, boots and shoes, hardware and med ical supplies. Sealed proposal. plainly marked ua the outstd of th envelow: "I rupoMl foi crockery, furniture." etc., a Ihe .' may. he, and addrvsaed to the "Co'mmissiour Indian Affair, Washing ton, D. C," will be received at the lmltn office .until o'clock, p. ra. of Tu.Uy. May 1, ItMt, and then opened, for furnishing the Indian service with -crockery, agricultural tmpltiiMtiita, paint, oils, - glass, tinware, wagon, harness, leather, shoe findings, oaddlery, etc school aupplie and a long list of raiwellapeou articles, bids must ii ' made out on: government - blanks. BYhettul'-s gly '.eg all necessary information fen- bidders -wilt he furnished en applica tion to the Indian office,-Washington. D. ' ; the L. 8 liwllan Warehouses at Kew York City: Chloagu. III.; 81. Ijouts. Mo.. and Omalia. Pen. 1 ne oepartment Clt,W0J:,"l,-p,:!d"- Ato: ' " Cutooii'jn-. MUSIC MO MUSICIANS Mr. and Mrs. Thoma J. Kelly gave their annual recital laet night at the t. Mary's Avenue Congregational church. Tbe house Has full and the appreciation vociferous and genuine. These popple are (ast mnk Ing a reputation for finished and artistic singing. Their programs are looked for ward to with much Interest.' This season they were assisted by the church chV- making the concert seml-rellglous and fitting to the Lenten season. The chorus did splendid work. Most of the members re pupils of Mr. Kelly and show the re sults of his conscientious and careful train ing. The unorcomrnled work deserves particular commendation, though the num bers with the organ were most effective, "Bow Down Thine Ear," by Attwood, scor ing a tremendous effect, also the dramatic anthem by Blr John Stalner. "And All the I'eople Saw the Thundering and Light nings." To Mr. Kelly fell the first group of songs. "ancient and modern." There Is a finished temperamental charm about his singing which carries far. He Is an earnest stu dent and his Interpretations are full of in terest and some times open to discussion, jh. "King. Duncan's Daughters," Ilia In telligence is of the order, 'however, which makes hlni dare to differ with convention. H generally carries his- point. In lie Cansonetta," an old Italian song, 'his art showed to the greatest advantage. Mr, Kelly's voice Is not great, but his use of It commands deltpchted attention. The old songs require, a dainty, . delicate touch. which Is certainly bis. Tne most effective number which he had waa "The Sword of Ferrara," a dramatlee ballad with tre mendous possibilities, which he brought out In a thoroughly vivid manner. Airs. Kelly did most excellent work;, she is one of trie people who keep Improving. It Is Interesting to watch her growth from year to year. Last night she accomplished anme effects that many better known so pranos might envy. Her most successful songs were "Caro Mlo Ben," "Shepherd, Thy Demeanor Vary," "An Open Secret" and "Her Birthday." Before all these songs comes her rendition of Mr. Kelly's "Vnder the Greenwood Tree," which she gave with enthusiasm and loving recognition as an encore. Mr. Kelly playing the accompani ment. The audience would have liked to have had the song repeated. Tart thlr(L-of the program opened with an organ number by" Mr. Kelly, "Proces sion of the Knight of the Grail,", given with jrreat beauty and temperament. "Ring Out, Wild Bells," by Gounod, arranged for the choir by Mr. Kelly, closed an evening ofthorough enjoyment. It Is much to be hoped that Mr. and Mrs. Kelly will continue to devote one recital a year to their home town. Miss Hancock played the accompaniments in an artistic and sympathetic manner. MARY LEARNED. EQUAL RIGHTS LEAGUE STAYS Prealdent Lewi Expresses Himself on v the Ontrome of the Campaign. John Lewis announces that the Kauai Rights club Is not.quelched. but. Is In the game to. remain. In response to many In-, qulries as- to how the Equal Rights or ganization feels after the primaries Presi dent Lewis haa this to 'say: "We are not down and out. Why' should we bn? W consider we won a good vic tory. While we did not nominate any of our men except Mr. Johnson, we showed to -The so-cslied machine republicans, even with the Moores portion of It going to Mr. Broatch, and 'the l,8oJ democrat reg istered as republicans, going to Mr. Ben son, that we showed up second, and you add to all our .candidate for council the scattering votes gotten by the anxious office seekers, who thought their personal acquaintance would, carry them through nnd who are all machine men, and w would have from 1,000 to I.soo majority for our council candidates. And that Is what we have been trying to teach them alll the time, that If the republicans expected to elect their men as against the Fonts- nelles they must not have so many candi dates. You will notice they do not have but one and they jo together. "No, sir. I have no kick against any of the ward managers or their worker. They all stood pat, were true and worked Ilk Trojans until the last, and the result shows it. We are In It to iu The boy are more encouraged than ever and w ahall retain our machine and do Increased business at the old stand. "We started for victory In the winter, and we will reach it. Of course, soma if the officers who through our efforts, are now holding office and some who should have been in our ranks were either indif ferent or outspoken against us, but we have nothing to say now, but will walt and talk to them when ihe time comes. "We are all proud of our work; we ran a perfectly clean campaign. Our recwrd ts clear and clean, while neither of the other can say the same, for th defaming and libelous circulars they scattered to the public none of which were they men enough to own by signing. We are proud of our work and will be found just as busy as ever ss we have associated with ua the cleanest and best workers In th party." ROUSE FEELS ENCOURAGED speaker of House Thinks His Chances for ointnatioa for Gov ernor Are Good, . "I see uo reason for nut feeling en couragod," was th reply of Speaker House when asked about hi candidacy for th nomination of governor on the republican ticket. Mr.. Rouse cam In from his horn at Grand Island Thuraduy . morning to spend the day in Omaha In the Interest of his candidacy before going to Lincoln Thursday night to attend the meeting ot the stat committee. "I have not been over a great portion of th slate' In th Interest of my candidacy," continued the speaker, "but I have letters from a large number of th party leaders and their letters are belter to me than personal In- terviews. Often' a man I too inclined to be careless with hi promise In a mere pass ing remsrk when in personal conversation, but It is not so when It comes to putting down his promise In writing. He usually takes time to consider and means what he says then. , - ' "Indeed. I think chances for republican success In Nebraska are good and I can not see any ground for complaint on my own prospects." CHICAGO BIDS AND OFFERS Privileges In Which Omaha Firms Will Deal Since Shot Oat . , of Mllwankee. Since the Chicago Board tf Trade ha denied its 'members the. privilege, of trad ing in puts and calls en th Milwaukee market on grain for Chicago delivery," It is predicted ,U Ihe Omha. grain . ftrni which are members of the Chicago board will return to trading ia Chicago bids snd offers. W. C. Sunderland began dealing In Chicago privilege . Thursday and . ia the third firm now w engaged.- The system is i r..Jir.hic.. hderd. but ,o I liutul measures have-bwUka I i.r AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Dgylicht Burelan Paj a Visit to the Resi dence of 0. W. Martin. HYDOCK CASE IS SET FOR SATURDAY I Acensed ef lerr In tnnnertlna silk the Swearing In of ote an Flerllnn Iar 1w Fire Hnaae . Really for Ocen nancy. C. W. Martin. Thirty-third and Hanison streets, reported io the police that burglar broke Into bis house yesterday forenoon and took a purse containing about 14. a 10 gold coin and the rest In silver. With the money they secured an Iver Johnson revolver and a number of small articles. They gained admission by breaking In the door. There was no trace of the men which developed Into anything like clue yester day. The case of Tony Hydock was set for Saturday. April T, at 10 'a. ni. He will be tried for perjury In connection with the city election. It Is charged that he alleged tinder oath that he wa a freeholder and as such vouched tor unregistered voter at the primary election. He Is wanted for a similar offense at the general spring elec tion. Barney Cogun, who was arrested last Sunday for a breach of the Slocumb law relating to Sunday cloving of the saloons, was, brought Into court yesterday to answer for the same. He whs arraigned on complaint filed by the police depart ment. The case was continued nd he will have his hearing later. Sn Fire House Read), All of the voting machines were brought Jn from the polling places yesterday and stored In the new fire hall, where they will be better protected. The hall Is now prac tically complete. A new flog pole and the old alarm bell from the former fire hall were placed In iosition yesterday. The building Is now ready for the approval of the city council. This will likely be part of the business of next Monday evening, to which time the council ha adjourned. It Is the Intention of the fire and police commissioners to open the new hall with appropriate ceremonies a soon a it Is accepted by the city. These function will be under the auHplces of the Order of King' Daughter. The date la necessarily not announced. The board contemplates additions to the police department which will be a great benefit. .One of the first Innovations will be the addition of an emergency officer. This may not come until after the purchase and the Installation of the new patrol wagon. Great need Is felt for this kind of an officer. t'aneelllna Machines at Pnatafflee. . The Exchange postofllce received Its new cancelling machine yesterday. It came direct from the American Postal Machine company of Boston and their traveling .representative. Mr. Stewart, cafne along ana set it up in the Exchange office yestcr- day. It 1 a hand operated machine and capable fot, cancelling 3nfl to the minute. This will be- a saving of several hours dally to the' branch office. The postmaster mnde the assertion yesterday, that with the Increased facility his office could easily accommodate a great Increase of business. He said there was opportunity to secure the increase almost at once. The addition of the machine will not make any change In the force employed In the office. Paving Walts on Inspectors. Public improvements In the city are be ing delayed just at present Uy the fact that .the paving Inspectors will not "be ap pointed until, the inew mayor takes his office, which is to be next Monday night. Parks, Johnson A Parks are ready to begin work on Twenty-fourth street as soon as It can be J done legally. ,Th paving of Missouri avenue will also be undertaken In the near future. Condition of Wreck Victims. After a lapse of over three weeks- the most encouraging reports come from the hospital regarding the recovery of all the victims of the street car wreck, with tl)e exception oi i. t,. reterson. His conui tlon is not improved and In the mean time he grows weaker every day. The hospital force Is of the opinion that he will not survive much longer. William Rlcht Is able to alt up most of the time and Is doing well. Leo McGulre and Richard Wendlund are able to walk about the wards of the hospital. In a few days they will be able to return to their homes., Miss Katte Toller Is able to be up a part of the time and the condition of Jacob Paul son mends slowly. y Magie City Goaaln. The funeral of Edward Baker's baby too piece yesterday st l:jn. M. Mlchaelsen. 34.U V street. Is to build improvements on his property soon The mock Initiation of the Order of Re- Deaans win take place tonight at Odd Fel low s nail. C. A. Randall and family of Ne Orove are the guests of E. C. Can ewman npbell ouring tne balance of the week. William Campbell and Barney Loy were each subjected to small sentences before tne police court yesterday morning, Harold Baker of Fremont la visions- friends In this city Just prior to his leaving ine state, ne goes to iiunalo, wyo. A number of South Omaha teachers arc leaving the city today to aUend the sesMon of tli Teachers' association In Fremont. Otto Wurmbach left for Ottumwa. Ia., jeBierusy anernoon, enroute ror l mcago. He waa accompanied by hie daughter, Katie. The Epworth League of the Methodist church will entertain member and friends at the church Friday evening, April 8. A musical and literary program has been prepared. The chief business of the city clerk yesterday was the Issuing of warrants for the general mils for the month of March. There were aver a hundred items for which warrants were drawn A , pleasant ' surprise party was given Mr. snd Mis. J. L. Ottoman last night at the home of J. B. Orange. Mr. and Mrs Otterman leave for California today. They win live mere permanently. Mrs. C. G. Hall, dauahter of R. D. Rub- fhson, who hsean vlHltlng here for aom tuns, left yesterday ror Wenatchee, Wash A day or two ago she attended the celebiu lion of her father sixty-sixth birthday Four births it ere .reported yesterday. Elmer i essell, rwenty-nrat and H. stree. a irl: Richard Riven, 17'.' North Twenty sixth street, a boy; Lee Dugan, tit North Twenty-entn street, a noy ana Frank Lucke, Bouih '1 wenty-tourth street, girl. Mm. Frances Carter, in recitation and dramatic ImDersonatlon. will render program in the high school auditorium next Tuesday evening. 1 his is a rare chance to hear one who Is a gifted artist, She has the commendation of filths us high s those who control Harper s publi cations. "She fills an especially warm place in the affections of tne pleasure loving nubile, is the way they characterise her Tne entertainment is given for the beneftt of the Athenian Debuting society of th school and for this reason an admission of ;i cents will be charged. Hasaaaa aad Wlf Insane. "SifORGER CLINTON. Ia., April .-(peelal )-Mad insane by being struck by lightning five years ago, Mrs. nunuel Btresalin, living near Lost Nation, and th mother of seven children, became violent Tuesday aud at' tempted to kill her four youngest children, on only months old, and herself. Rela tives Intervened and she wa taken before the . Insanity commissioners. While her hearing waa In progress a telephone mea sage brought word that her husband had suffered a recurrent- of hi insanity, from which be was believed to have recovered, as a result of his wife' insanity, lit was brought to this city and given a Iteariag. Both were aent to th state asylum at Independence. AT TEE rUYHOUUS TeV ken Ike Warld 1ee. at tbe Krai. A four-act melodrama. In h!ch some of the conventions of the order have beVn modified. Was offered at the Krug last night to a top-heavy house. It contain much tht I really of Interest, In the way of complications and devices for extricat ing the victim of circumstance and crime, and affords a number of very satisfactory thrills. The company Is quite capable of getting out of the situations all they con tain and is equipped with a lol of special scenery and lighting effects. The piece will be at the Krug for the rest of the week, with a matinee Saturday afternoon. WOMAN GOESJJACK FOR TRIAL Henrietta Sellet of ("Menard Arrested Here and Taken Bark on l.areear Charge. Henrietta Sellet, arrested by leteilives Ferris and Dunn at H3 Dodge street Mon day morning, waa Uken back to Chicago Thursday by Officer Keogh. who came with requisition paper.. The woman ha been charged In the Cook county court with grand larceny by Gean Hacquary, from whom Mrs. Sellet rented and bought mer- ffhandiee while conducting a dressmaking establishment t 111 Michigan avenue, Chi cago. With the Sellet woman at the time of her arrest here "wa Leon JSaraa, who wa arrested as a suspicious character, but afterward released by the police. ' The detectives took, three trunks from th room of the Sellet woman at 1628 Dodg street. It was stated the articles alleged o have been stolen were In the trunks. Incidental to the arrest of the Sellet woman Gean Hacquary has started, through Crane & Boucher of this city, an attachment suit In Justice Foster' court for the settlement of a bill of $e0 held by Mr. Hacquary. Constable Simpson served attachment papers on Captain Mostyn t the city Jail so a to hold the goods until th hearing shall haw been held Saturday morning In the Foster' court. Loul J. Ptattl, who represnted Mrs. Sel let and Zaras here, said the rret of the Sellet woman was unwarranted. In that eh merely owed the Hacquary woman a bal ance on a bill of goods and had no felonious Intentions In coming to Omaha. GRAND JURYJHE FIRST DAY Body Will Be Called In Coanty with the Opening of May Term of Conrt. The county grand Jury will be called to meet on the first day of the May term of district court, which begins May 7, In ac cordance with the original action of the district Judges. It has been decided after some discussion not to delay the calling of the Jury. The question arose whether or not the fact the grand Jury met would make It necessary to submit to It all of the cases In which information have been filed and in which trial has not been had. i In the event Indictments are necessary In these cases, there would be an unusual amount of work for the Jury inasmuch as several lmportsnt murder case Are pending. It wa Informally decided these cases would not have to be brought before the Jury and no action postponing the meeting of the grand Jury will be taken. ' The February term of court will clone about April 3 and aa-the May term will begin May T, only one -week of vacation will Intervene. .t i ELBOURN FULLY SATISFIED Has !o Doabt of Greenleaf's Plarallty Will Eater Insairaace and Bond Business. W. H. Klbourn, who has heen city clerk six years, says he will enter the Insurance and bond business In' earnest when hi present term expires. He has had a partner ship in this line with his brother-in-law, A. T. Gibson, for some time and a con siderable business has been built up. "I am satisfied to quit the office," said Elbourn. "I feel that I am leaving with a clean record and all the honor there Is In the Job. I hav no regrets or recrimina tion. I ahall do all that X can to assist Mr. Greenleaf so he will be fully prepared to handle th office after he Is elected In May. His plurality over my figures Is close, but there will be no contest. If the canvass showed him one ballot to the good I believe I would try to dodge that one and let him hav th place, t don't believe in contests and I am net going to start one." . ,A ' "JIM" BEVERLY FOR THE TICKET Will Work for All the Rennbllean Candidates Chosen at Pri maries Taesday. James A. Beverly, one of the couucll matilo candidates lost In the avalanche of votes Tuesday, has taken1 exceptions to the statement emanating from soma unau thorised source that he will , not support the ticket. "I am a republican." says Mr. Beverly, "and I will work for th republicau ticket from Mr. Benson down to the last man on it.. I never said or Intimated that I would knock Mr. Benson or any other man on the ticket. I am ready to do any service I can In the campaign. If Mr. Benson or any of his campaign managers wants to call en ine for private or public sen-ice I am her to respond to the call. I hav been In politics too long to- get sore over defeat. I have absolutely no sore spots on me and never would have thought of such a thing had not som one started the re port thut I was out knocking the ticket." PERKINS D crMMISfi DEBATE Two Gahernatortal Candidates Meet at Spirit Lake. 8IOTX CITY. Ia.. April 5.-tSiecla! Tele gram.) Governor Cummins and George D. Perkins will engage Ina Joint debate in the cpera house at Spirit Lake on the after noon of April 14. Friends of both candi dates had arranged meetings for the same day at Spirit Lake. Prominent republican of both factions favored a Joint debate. Mr. Perkins agreed readily. Governor Cum mins succumbed to the- pressure of hH Dickinson county friends and decided to go on the platform with Mr. Perkins In spite of his previously announced determin ation not to engage In Joint debates. This Is expected to be one uf the most spectacular meetings of the gubernatorial campaign, which is waxing warm. ' AX ALLKUEO BIUAMIST Maa la loma Prlsoa May, Hav Left Wife aad Family in Indlaaa. MARbHALI.TOWN. Ia., April 5.-V. O. Orey, recently sentenced to two years' im prisonment for forgery, i now said to have committed bigamy som months a go when he married Miss Trtxl ghapcotl of this city. It 1 said that hi nam 1 Booth and that l.e has a wife in Indianapolis, where he ran a magasln. INDIANAPOLIS. April . r r4 Booth came her three years ago and after work ing on a local newspaper for a time ran a magaslue called th "Orefter." H left several month ago. Hi wife and three children are atlll her in destitute ciieura-xlanctf CHANGES FOR PRIMARY LAW niinc Fee, Eolation of Uames, Different Eedstration Clam A dr or ted by Dodr. WILL ASK NEXT LEGISLATURE FOR THEM Thinks Law la (ieneral I Uood and ' Han Com to "toy, Thongh Area's Seme Alteration la t'onatractlon. "Now that w have tried the direct pri mary at both vmnty nd city election. I think we can clearly draw some conclu sion ss to bo'th the advantages and faults of the present law," said Representative N. P. Dodge, Jr., father of Nebraska's direct primary law. "Of course we must remember that the so-called "Dodge law" is by no means novel, even In Douglas con1y, for we have had substantially the same method of nominations In the repub lican party before the present law was passed. The present law simply places upon the statute book the direct primary and makea It applicable to all parties. It has been fully demonstrated to every fair minded man that the direct primary Is the only right and proper way to nom inate candidates for office. It carries out the first principles of democracy and In place of convention nominations dictated by special Interests or franchise corpora tions, we have nominations made by th direct vote of every qualified voter. . "There can be no bosslsni or dictation under this method, and even the most powerful machine cannot nominate a man against the will of the people, providing th people see fit to choose another man for the place. This was clesrly demon strated by the Inability of the Fnntanel'.e club, with Its well organised machine, to elect Mr. Plumb in the Third ward and Mr. Westberg for comptroller. No matter how qualified these men mny have been for the place, the people chose otherwise.. "The defects In the present law are due to technical errors In drafting the primary bill and o the failure of a companion bill to get through the senate.' This companion bill changed the registration days of state law, so that we could have Ihe first day of registration on primary day. We can get this changed at the next session of the legislature and wc will have one of the chief features of this law Invoked, that is, the registration ot the voter at the time of the primary. Rotating of Xnmes on Ballets. "Another feature that was knocked out by the supreme court, but can be amended, is the rotating of names on th ballot. There Is no question! but,' ihe candidates at the top of the alphabet have an unfair advantage over the man whose name be gins with a letter In the lower half ni the alphabet. Intended -to remove thin by rotating the namrs, but when I cut the bill down to fit Douglas county, I left in a sample ballot that knocked out this part of the law. "Another thing, the officers of election should be paid more for their services. It Is not fair to ssk a- man to work from h o'clock In the morning until 11 o'clock at night, acting as registrar and Judge of elec tion for 13, where he acts in the dual ca pacity, aa he will when we get the regis tration feature restored to the law. Ho ought to receive $ for his services. "I think there is one further feature of the new direct primary law that every active worker will notice, and that Is the comparative quiet, orderly atmosphere around th voting places and tbe complete eradication ot dishonest counting of thaJ ballots. compared with the old - method Even should there be a tendency among the officials of one party to. take advan tage In favor of one faction of one party aa against th other, we have overcome th liability of dishonest count by tbe fact there are democratlo officials present who have an unprejudiced spirit In counting th ballot and I think we have seen the last of the disorderly and disgraceful scenes that formerly occurred In the Third ward. when negroes, politicians, repeaters, graft ers and party leaders mould be seen 1st at night, standing over a pile of ballots shaking their fists In each others faces snd each trying to prevent the other from gaining control ot the count. There may be some minor features of th law that should be Improved, but generally speak ing, I thlnk-we will all agree th primary law has come to stay, and It has no ene mies among the people who desire a fair, honest election and among th candidate who wish to be Indebted to the peopl alonetand not to a special Interest for their nomination. Popalar With the People. "W found, at the election Tuesday the direct primary wa popular with the peo pie' and brought out the heaviest primary vot we have ever known in Omaha. Now when we add the registration feature in the county elections, we will still Increase Its popularity and there will be an added Inducement for - the voter to attend the primary election. 'The next fault of the present law was knocked out ot the clause, providing for filing fee. Th supreme court held this clause Invalid, as 1 understand It. because there wss a sliding scale of fee based upon the compensation of the office for which the candidate aspired. I had tried to lm prove on the Minnesota law that provided for a tie fee, as I could foresee the evil of loo many candidatsvrunnlng for an office, and I thought the matter of a fee varying in slse from $10 to tlou would not deter 'any candidate whq could consclentlouMly place hi name befor the people for nomination, with reasonable expectation of being nom inated, and that such a fee would bar from the contest mere trifleis, advertisers and grafters. We will try, at the next session of the legislature to make good this clause by fixing a fee for all offices, Instead of a percentage fee as I had It. The Minnesota law provides for a fee of $10 or thereabouts, I still feel the law a passed was the best, but tho oourt has held it wss unconstitutional to charge a candi date for sheriff a larger fee than a candi date fcr county clerk, for Inatunce. This matter can be easily remedied." SITE MATTER IN LITIGATION Month Omaha t Ity Hall Deal Takes Into t'onrt oa lnjn ac tion Hnlt. The. South Omaha city hall site will be aired In district court In spite of the fact th deal already has been closed for the purchase of th property. David Anderson yesterday afternoon filed a supplemental petition in his original Injunction suit filed Just sfter the former action1 of the council was taken. He asks that an injunction Issue restraining the city clerk from sign ing the warrant for th property and Tresurer Howe be restrained from paying It. A temporary restraining order a is sued yesterday by Judge Troup. .Early Thursday morning th deed con veying the site for th city hall from Thoma J. O'Nell and wif to th city of BoutU Omaha was filed With th register of deeds. It Is understood the unusual hasta waa due to a deelr to head off a poaslble Injunction. Th proposition to accept Mr. O'Nsil's bid for the sit was psed by th council, Wednesday night, and the deed waa th first document fll-d at th register's office Thursday mornlrg. 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This great work on medicine and hygiene, containing over 1000 pages and more than 700 illustrations, ia sent free receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send 31 one-cent stamps for ' tti ciotn-rxiuna volume, or oniv zi Address Dr. R- V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. llJ.i.iS. A restraining order was Issued by Judge Troup February -1, on application of David Anderson, to prevent the council and mayor from buying the O'Nell site on th grounds he was a city official and In eligible to make a contract with the city. Mayor Koutsky vetoed the resolution of the council and the restraining order was dis solved though , the petition Is still on the docket. Sine then Mr. O'Nell has resigned as tax commissioner. MIRSIOXAItT MEKTIXU IS F.MJfclJ Oncers FJerted aad Addresses Wind IF the Sessions. TECrMSEH. Neb., April 5.-i8peclal.)-Th third and last day of the missionary convention for the first district of the Christian church was the most interesting In some respects. Th business session waa spirited and after a contest between Humboldt and Verdon It was decided to hold the next meeting at the last named place. Officers were elected for the coming year as follows: President. J. W. 8a pp. Brown vlllo; vie president, A. U Zlnk. Tecumseh; corresponding secretary and treasurer, Bert Wilson, Humboldt; Christian En deavor superintendents J. D. ysythc, Peru: Sundsy school superintendent, Tj. J. Coryell. Auburn; C. W, B. M. seciv. ary, Mrs, Irving Brock. Resolutions wer adopted thuaklu the Tecumaetr church and cltUens for the entertainment. Addresses today by W. A. Baldwin of Bethany. Mr. C. S. Wlljard of Bethany, Mrs. Williams of Lincoln and othei-s..were Interesting and tonight a sterenptlcon lec ture on Porto Rico by ii. CI. -Vllklnson of Bethany, who is a returned missionary, closed the session. Hnle License Vote a Tie. ,- BLAIR. Neb.. April 5. 8peclal.)-An olflcial estiva of th ballots of Thursday's city election by the mayor and city coun cil this afternoon haa produced results that hav astonished the anti-license peo ple. The count by the election boards on election night was given by the numbe.r of "ye" and "no" vote on tho proposition of granting license tor the coining year, when the no-licensc vote was fx and the vole in favor of lie use was 249, which the temperance people took for a good achieve ment, a such a. vot was unlocked for by either party. The council and city attorney today decided that th majority of the entire number of ballots cast was th winning .vote, which was 612, and the no-llconse vote of 3U6 makes an even .break. Some of the city officers-elect have commit ted themselves so far tnat they would vote wet pr dry as thv popular vote would In dicate. Hott) factions are marshalling their forces tor a bitter fight for the mastership of the city council-elect before their first meeting, and excitement is now running higher than on or before election duy. Looking In Fremont Heeoeds. FREMONT. Neb., April 5. (Special.) A Chicago attorney was In the city yesterday looking up the record of W. II. Atwood, a former real estate dealer and loan brokur, who at one time cut a wide swath in Fre mont financial circles. He Is now sccusej of bring Implicated In an alleged scheme to blackmail life Insurance companies by trumping up bogus claims. He waa mixed up la a number of rather shady flnanelil ieals and for a time flew high. He owned on of th finest residence lots In the city at the corner of Tenth and Nye avenue and was preparing, to replace his house with an elegant modern residence, when his eastern bsckers (Ult him. Shortly after a fir occurred at his house, v hich was heavily insured, under suspicious circum stances. It waa put out before much dam age was don and Atwood left for other' fields. Nothing had been heard of him her until th arrival of the Chicago law yer yesterday. Coatraet for rm (sort Hons. MINDEN. Neb., April .-(Speclal.)-Th county commissioners of Kearney county at their meeting held her today, opened th bid for th building ot th new county court house. There wer several bidders, but th lowest bidders wer Shall Assen- stamps tor the book 'In Y. paper coYwnv maker of Seneca', Kan., fof 171,00. Th ett court house ha been aold and- will be moved or torn down and th work on th new building will commence at one. FIRHT DISTRICT WOJsJEfVS CLtB Large . and. Interesting . CoavaaHoa Held at Weening Water. WEEPING WATER, Neb., April I. ("pe dal Telegram.) The Federated WomS Clubs or the Nebraska First congressional district met in convention In this city yes terday and today. About fifty-five data gates were present. Opening at t o'clock. Mrs. I. N. Woodford of Weeping Water de livered the address of welcome In a very able manner, which was warmly respondefl to by Mra. C. B. Letton of Lincoln. Th program had to do for th greater part with the report of -committees. Inter mixed with musical number, which wer much enjoyed. Mrs. H. M. Bushnell, stat president of Lincoln, conducted a round table, which was Interesting. Frof. Rosa. Boughton of the State university Was pres ent and delivered an address on "Domestic Science," which proved especially Interest ing. , The evening session, presided over by Mrs. Bushnell. drew a large audience, and the Congregational church, where th meet ings were held, was well filled. Th prin cipal subject wa "Pure Food," nd en tertaining papera were read by Mr. Cod dingtnn of Syracuse and Mrs. II. D. Travis of Plattsmouth. Prof. Rosa Boughton also gave an Interesting; talk on "Food Adultera tions," Illustrating her address with prac tical tests and demonstrations. Prof. Rouse of Plattsmouth delivered an addraas, using for hi aubject "Is the Young On 8af?" A violin solo by Miss Hagenow of Lincoln was much enjoyed by those present, a also were vocal solos by Mra. Charles Hoffman or Falls City and Miss Tyler of Lincoln and a plarVn solo by Miss Herrlck ot Lin coln. Thursday morning at t o'clock a reception was tendered the delegation at. the home of MrXvI. W. Teegarden. At 10 o'clock th convention was called tq order and a laoaoa In parlinientary law occupied th A rat p4 1 ot the session. Miss Marlon Ktngsley of the Lincoln high school delivered a short addreus on "Ethical Education," Bh proved to be on interesting speaker and handled her subject admirably. Mr. Wilson of Falls City spoke briefly on. the "District Federa tion " At 2 o'clock In the afternoon tbe conven tion assembled for th closing session. The lirt paper was "Educational Advantage Quitted From the Cltfb," by Mr.. Wety Davis of Weeping Water and showed much of the work and object of th club. "Country Clubs," by Mr. Wortman Of the Katrlaud Woman's club, showed how a prosperous club might be maintained In the country. A general discussion was had upon th "Good of th Federation." Vcl solos were rendered by Mrs. Charles Hoff man o Fall City. Taken all in all the convention was oa of the most interesting and profitable ever held by the federation. Th delegates all spoke In term of highest prals ot th hospitable manner In which they war en tertained by the' Zitetie and Chrysalis clubs: Meter oa All Light. ATLANTIC. Ia.. April .-(Bpcll.)-Th work of Installing electric light meter Jn the residence portion of this city hag hots completed and they are now being put ia th business houses. This I In aecordan with a recent order of th city council abolishing all flat rates and compelling iistomers to take light by meter rneasure inent. . , LOCAL BREVITIES. The regular meeting' of th Wos-isn's Soc ialist union a. II be held at th hoin Of Mrs. RuU-nittein. 3)10 I'leic street, this afternoon. , The Ixtpont Improvement club , will kola its regular meeting Friday evening j Twenty-ninth and Casteliar street. An -H liens living In thai vicinity ha Wta requested to he present and parti. 1 pats ia the discussions tending to ' lisp rova, thai narticular section bf til city.