Omaha daily bee., 1890-11-10
FROM The CAPITAL CITY.
A Lusty Cry Of Fraud From Burrows and
His Leutenants
STORY OF THE LOST TURNER WILL,
Prepa rations for tho Grand Annual
Charity Ball-Proposition TO Make
Cushman PARK Public Propcrty-
Lancaster County Tea chers.

LINCOLN, Neb., NOV. H-ISpcCial TO IHE
EE.I-Dictator Burrows and his licutenants
still claim that Powers is elected by over
thousand plurality, and they declare their
determination Of seeing him seated. They
declare further that there has been fraud in
Lincoln, Omaha, Grand Island and other cit
les, aud secret committees have been ap
pointed to make Investigations on the quiet.
1t is declared that there were 25l illegalvotes
for governor in Lincoln alone The grounds
given for this allegation is the claim that the
aggregate of all votes cast for any other can
didate is; 25l less than the aggregate vote for
governor. The Independents declare that it
is impossible to believe that there were PSI
persons in the city Of Lincoln who voted for
governor and nobody else OH their ballot
The Independents seem to firmly believe
that they can prove fraud, and they declare
that Thayer will continue governor indeh-
nitely after January until the precincts are
thrown out where fraud Is alleged, aud then
Powers will step in
TESTIMONY ALL IN.
Yesterday Judge Stewart continued the
| the hearing of the Turner will case and the
testimony Is now all in. William Clark who
testified that the deceased had asked him to
| serve as executor with Captain Scott, also de-
clared that since Turner's death hehad called
| several times on the sons and asked for the
will, but each timc they put him off with
some xcuse or other until May 6, when they
| claimed that the house had been burglarized
and the will taken.
| w. j. Turner, one of the sons, was the first
| witness on thepart of the defense. His men
| ory was remarkably clear on some points, but
| on others that might prove derogatory it was
| lamentaby weak. He admitted taking the
| satchel containing the will away from Keren
| Rootham, the old houeekeeper, When asked
why he did so he replied that he didn't think
1t was safe for her to carry the satchel out on
1 Acft. tln hn ~
room at this statement. He didn't remem-
! ber that Clark had called on him
number of times and asked for
the will. He admitted that he kept the in
strument locked in a closet He testified
that on the night of May the house was
| burglarized. The next morning witness de-
| clared that he found the satchel cut open and
| the papers formerly in it scattered in the
hallway. He and his brother picked up the
| scattered papers, but found no will among
them When asked why he and his brother
had allowed Kercn Rootham to have life
| lease on the double house near the state uni
| versty, although they had never seen the
will, he looked little staggered, but replied:
| at was always understood in the family
| that she was to have something"
| Morris Turner, the younger brother, testi'
| fed the same as his brother IN regard to the
alleged burglary and theft of the will. Mrs.
| w. j. Turner also corrob0rated the same teS
| timony. The case then rested until the at
| torneys shall file Their briefs.
| THE CHARITY BALL
Now that the excitement consequent on
| the election is over, arrangements are being
| made for the annual charity ball to be held
in the state house on THANKSGIVING eve. The
| proceeds are to be devoted to the aid of the
deserving poor Of the city. All the promi-
nent society ladies of the city will be pa
tronesses of the great social affair, and 1t bids
| fair to be one of the most brilliant events of
| the kind ever held in the city. a general in
| VitatOn iS to he eXt tended TO M the
table people in the city to attend. The fol-
| lowing committees and officers have been
| chosen:
| Governor j. NJ Thayer, president; A. G.
Ziemer, vice president; w. E. Hardy, sec
retary.
Executive committee-C. r. Richter;
| chairman; DR.. w. l.. Dayton, Hon. John
Fitzgerald, Hon. Thomas H. Benton, Hon. Il.
| B. Graham.
Finance ecommittee-Joseph Boehmer, chair
man; G. H. Imhoff, j. Fl. Harley, Hon. A. J..
Sawyer, G. S. Lippincott.
Decoration committee-M. l. Aitken, chair
| man; o. A. Mohrenstecher, II. II, Krug, T..
Mauritius, Robert McReynolds, l.. G. Howe.
Floor committee-A. q. Besson, chairman
r. S. Mcintosh, f.. f. Burr l.. &. Zehung,
w. L. Clarke, G. N. Foresman, l.. VESSEL,
W. q. Hardy, Q. e, Bradley, S. Il. st. John,
| H. L. Mayer, Fl. j. Hall
Music committee-W. f. Hardy, chairman
| DR.. c. +. Ladd, G. e. Waite, w. Morton
Smith, John Il. Dorgan.
Printing committees Fl. Burnham,
chairman; Dr. B. F. Bailey, c. j. Ernst, $.
| A ID. Shilling.
Reception committee-R. H. Oakley, chair
man; @. G. Burr, B. II. Cowdery, John
Steene, }. E. Hill, G; II: Gere, +. M. Hall, D.
f. Thompson, j. ID. Wright, w. S'Garber,
Lieutenant 7. w. Griffith, G. j. Daubach.
MAY BUY CUsHMAN PARK.
The present indications are that the pretty
| resort west of the city known as Cushman
park may be purchased by the city. MIR.
Andrews, the owner OF the grounds, has
offered to sell the ninety-one acres for S25, 900
improvements, etc. The payment is to be
made in twenty year bonds bearing per
cent interest. Provided the city purchases
the tract and wishes to rent it instead OF
throwing it open TO the public Mr. Andrews
says he is willing to pay l,250 annual rental
for it.
A number of prominent citizens are favor
ably impressed with the idea of purchasin g
the grounds and sevcnty-five of them have
drawn up and signed petition asking the
mayor and city council TO call an election 10
submit the proposition to the city.
COUNTY TEACHERs.
| large number of teachers of Ian caster
! county attended the association meeting held
| at the court house yesterday. Supcrintend
ent McCluslSy opened the exercises with a
highly complimentary talk about the excel
| lent work being done by the various teachers
OF the county. A discussion on the subject
| 'focn00l Libraries, ~ followed. MeSSrS Davis,
| Pentzcr and others gave interesting talks on
| the subject and pointed out the great advan-
| tages Of having at least small collection OF
| books for reference. M. E. Davis of Nal.
colin read paper on the Teachers Out OF
the Schoolroom." in which he expressed the
belief that the teachers influence depends
largely on his manner outside OF the school
room. George John of Firth school echoed
| the same sentiment.
At the afternoon session the subject OF
''School government was discussed, Super
intendent Jones Of Lincoln opening the talk
with some interesting facts cullod from his
experience.
| ODDS AND ENDS.
Hon. George Christofferson, senator-elect
from Douglas county, was IN the city yester
day receiving the congratulations OF his
friends.
Some thief sneaked into Frank Child's
room AZ the st. Elma hotel yesterday and
stole an OvercOat. c. l.. Robinson, who
rooms at the Merchants hotel reports simi
lar loss.
| Cloth Made of Glass.
M. Dubas Comet Of Lille, France, has