Omaha daily bee., 1890-06-10


| three and then the interest of the spec
| tatorS was worked up to its highest pitch
| These three were Mr.. Podlosall of Milligan,
MIR. Hugo f. Nelson of Oakland, and Mr..
Randolph McNitt of Red Cloud. The men
| were equally matched, and the friends of
| Podlesak were disappointed to see him drop
| out after making such splendid showing
| The contest then lay between Nelson and
| McNitt for first place, and a slight error by
the latter gave Nelson the gold medal, while
| McNtt was awarded the silver medal The
| friends of the three lads gave them the usual
| three tosses in the air.
| The judges in the competitive drills were
| Richard II. Townley, U. S. A., and f. f.
| Taggart, lieutenant Sixth infantry The fol-
| lowing is the official report, the maximum
| mark being 100:
INFANTRY.
| Company NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 90. 81
Company Observation-Disclosures. .S2.1l
Company y. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .Sb.i4
| Company ID. Observation-Disclosures. Al
ARTILLERY.
| Detachment B Observation-Disclosures. A 10
| Detachment G.. Observation-Disclosures. 90 03
In the individual infantry drill Sergeant
II. E. Nelson won the gold medal awarded as
| the first prize, the second, silver medal, be-
| ing won by Private II. McNitt. In the ar
| tillery the first prize was won by Sergeant
Cup p. Thurber and the second by Sergeant
G. G. Fletcher The positions of the com
| panies in the order of merit is as follows:
company u. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ~ ~
ConipanS '0,oG3 %
company B..'.....'........'..... 70 III
Company Observation-Disclosures. ..94O2
AN ANCIENT CONFIDENCE GAME.
Karl j. Moe doesn't read the papers, for if
he did he would be $3.50 better off today than
he was yesterday. Moe lives in Nevada and
has been on II trip to Chicago and intended
to visit his brother at Hemingford in this
state. AT Omaha he met very companion
able fellow who, after getting the full partic-
ulars of Noes life, informed him that he was
a merchant at Hemiugford where Noes
brother lives. The fellow came to Lincoln
with Moe and just as this city was reached
the usual bogus freight agent appeared on
the scene and demanded $500 Mr.. Noes
companion of course had nothing but
check for 81 900 on bank that existed no.
where, and Mr.. Moe was very willing to play
the antquated sucker act and give the conf
dence man all the money he had, some S23O.
Both sharks disappeared with the roll. Moe
informed the police here of the affair but got
| no sympathy.
STATE HOUSE NEWS.
DArticles of Incorporation of the Security
bank of Sumner were filed this morning with
the secretary of state. The capital stock is
S00DO and the incOrporators are IL. h. Pate
and John Forrest.
Articles of incorporation of the Emerson
State bank were also filed. The capital stock
is $4,000. Tho incorporators are Charles X
Collins of Omaha and Howard Parmelee Cf
Emerson
this morning was that of Samuel II. Smith
VS. Mary Ellen Spalding on the collection of
| note. The case is from Red Willow county.
The following notarial commissions were
issued by the governor today: Edward u.
Burnett, Kearney, Buffalo county; Nj. j.
Courtright Long Pine, Brown county; II. j,
Donohoer Valentine, Cherry county; Anna
NJ. Saunders, Arnold Custer county; A. II.
Stennett, Allan, via Wakefield, Dixon county;
Clara G. Cox, Omaha; Homer Abbott,
Omaha; Clinton N. Powell Omaha; G.. w.
Stewart, Alma, Harlan county; w. NJ Shen-
berg, Aurora, Hamilton county; A. II. Brad
ley s. Library, Howard county; S. II. Rid
nour, Dickens Lincoln county; George o.
Ferguson, Lincoln; Maurette b. Foss,
Clarks, Merrick county; j. j. Countryman,
Meadow Grove Madison county; g. j. Wood,
Table Rock, Pawnoc county.
CLASS DAY EXERCISES.
The class day exercises of the senior class
of the state university occurs at a. m. to-
morrow in the university chapel These eX-
ercscs are always more entertaining than
the commencement programme and the
chapel will doubtless be packed. The follow
ing is the programme for the occasion:
Instrumental solo, Miss Cochran.
Greek tableau, "WOrshippng at the Shrine
of Pallas,n l.. 5. Stons, Rachel Manlcy,
Gertrude Laws, Anna Childc and Miss
Glass history, c. r. Tingoy
Vocal SOLO Miss Mamie Lillibrdge.
"Lookng Backward" Miss Maclsctt and
Excur3us "Tho Rcalists," C. F. Ansolcy.
Grafton THE Life Of tno Twentieth Cen
tuIy," II. c. Peterson.
Vocal SOLO Miss DEM LoOmis
CITY NEWS.
Emma BcforFo, an insane young woman
aged twenty-five years, escaped from the
asylum this morning. She wore n blue dress
and straw hat, She rants about the Saliva
tiOn army.
An insane young woman who gives tho
name of Emma Frances Shltcr was found by
the police this morning wandering about the
streets She says she is twenty-One years
old She wears u blue calico dress and her
nose and hands are deeply SCARED as though
she had been badly burned or sCalded at some
time. Her constant complaint was about her
mother having TO work too hard. She said
that she had lately been at the home of Annie
KishinC west of Lincoln
The fact that the theatre and circus going
people have been unable of late TO read the
large posters on account Of their being dis
figured was accounted for i'm police court this
morning n. ID. Pearson and Joe Martin, tho
bill posters, are at war with each other and
each charges the other with tearing and dis
figuring his bills. Pearson caused Martins
| arrest this morning and furnished such proof
of Martins guilt that that rival poster was
assessed S1.Oj. Martin retaliatcd by causing
PcarsOu's arrest on the same charge.
George Watkins, one of the confidence
men who have boon infcsting the depot OF
late and rObbing the oyercredulous OF lhelr
hard earned dollars, was caught in the act OF
working an honest old German yesterday
and was sentenced to thirty days in the
Rukhard II. Hansen the twenty-fouryear
old son of Thorer Hansen OF Bennett, mas
lost his mind and was brought ~ 10 LihooIh