Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-01-27
THE SENATORIAL DEAD
LOCK IN NEBRASKA.
SLADE AND SULLIVAN TO
BE BROUGHT TOGETHER:
A $4,000 FIRE IN OMAHA.
LYNCHING PARTY IN
KANSAS. ..a
Senatorial Deadlock

OMAHA, Jan. 25.-The deadlock con.
tinues at Lincoln in the Senatorial cleo.
ton, and prospects for the Republican
caucus are not encouraging. Yester.
days ballot resulted: Boyd CD, "a;
Saunders, 25: Thayer, Is; Willard. Is;
Cowan, -; MaDdereon, s; Cunnor tan.
ti-Monopolistl, Z; Stick. (Anti- Mo.
nopolis,(, s; the rest scattering. The
prominence hich j. E. Boyd Cd. is at
tanning is becoming somewhat alarming
to Republicans. There is some posi-.
bility of Boyd getting the full Demo.
cratic vote and the uti-Monopoly vote,
making 60 in all, and in that event he
would have to secure only five Repub.
licans. As he owns a big barrel, he
might possibly capture the Senatorial
pr re. The Republicans, however. who
have bare majority, can eject if they
go into caucus and agree, but the lead.
ing candidates, SO far object. There
are about So Republicans who want to
hold caucus, but the remaining Is
still hold out against it. The Legisla-
ture is proceeding with its routine bus.
mess as rapidly as possible, but it is
not able to accomplish much so long as
the excitement over the unsettled Sen.
atorship continues.
THE ANTI NONoPoLIsTS FORCING THE
FIGHT.
LINCOLN, Neb. Jan. % The SEN
atorlal contest is growing warm. Demo.
Gratis and Anti. Monopolists have agreed
to concentrate on B I'D, and to morrow
he will probably have so votes and
may get 60. The policy of the Anti
Monopolisss is to force the Republicans
to name . man agreeable to them.
Judge George B. Lake. Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court, is now announced
as q candidate for the Senate, and bis
friends claim that he will be the com.
promise candidate.
Satisfied With SIade
CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-Jem Mace and
Slade, the Maori, who came all the way
frcm Australia for the purpose of meet
ing John l.. Sullivan, OF Boston. in the
fistic arena, arrived here this morning.
They went direct to the headquarters of
the pugilistic fraternity and were well
coined by j. NJ. Elliott, John Charles,
of Baltimore; w. E. Harding, OF the New
York Police Gazette; "Parson' Davis
and great crowd of others. Elliott's
hackers expressed q desire to have a GO
at Slade, and latter in the day Paddy
Ryan wanted to make match for his
Nebraska giant, but Mace declined to
enter into any negotiations for Siade
until Richard X. Fox, of New York,
should have seen him and decided for
himself. His desire was to have Slade
meet Sullivan. Harding looked Slade
over, and was so well satisfied that he
telesraphed Fox to post $1,000 forfeit
each in the two matches to fight Suili-
van a regular prize fight, and also with
hard gloves under the Marqui. of
Queensbury ru e, four round. The
party left this evening and are due in
New York Friday morning.
A CHALLENGE TO SULLIVAN.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-Richard X.
Fox has telegraphed orders to Mace and
Slade to come here forthwith, it having
been agreed between him and Mace
that ceremonial benefit is to be ten
dered the latter at Madison Square Oh
january 29th. Fox will offer 81, 900 to
anv man in the world Sullivan prefer
r.d) who will beat Mace in four rounds,
Q :ensbury rules. He will also offer to
match NJ ace to spar any man in the
world for four rounds tor 81, 500. Slade
will also be present and prepared to
clinch match with Sullivan to fight in
the prize ring for S. 600 The wind-up
on this occasion should Sullivan fail to
avail himself of the opportunity to meet
Mace will be between Jem and Slade,
and will afford the sports an opportun-
ity to judge for themselves of the merits
of the newcomer in the pugilistic arena.
Big Fire.
OMAHA, Jan. 26.-At | o'clock this
morning fire broke out in Obert, Nc
Mahon & Co.'S wholesale drug store,
and the stock, valued at $4,000, is
probably a total loss, partially insured.
The building is ruined, and the fire is
now in North's restaurant, which is a
,hree-story brick building adjoining.
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