Omaha daily bee., 1891-03-28
BRECOE OUT OF THE RACE.
he Declines to Run as the Prohibition Can
didate for Mayor of Lincoln.
RESIGNATION or INDEPENDENT NOMINEES.
a Family OF Squattsrs Causing Con-
siderable TroubIe-A Small AS
signmcnt-District Court
Capital City News.

A<ulCOlu. Hduutu IN MS uccunHuOt Ol but
office to City Clerk VanDuyn, in accordance
with the provisions Of the Australian ballot
system. Considerable pressure has been
brought to bear upon MIR. Brisoce to with
draw from the fight in favor of Mr.. Weir,
the nominee of the independents and also
the head Of the citizens eicket. 1t Is now
generally conceded in political circles that
the fight lies between Mr.. Alexander and
MIR. Weir. Both gentlemen stand high in
business circles and the issue drawn be-
tween them will simply be one Of general
policy. 1t is believed that Mr.. Weir will
endeavor to conduct the affairs Of
the city on a very conservative basis that
the saloons and houses of prostitution will
be held to the same strict accountability that
Mr. Sawyer attempted; while it Is believed
that Mr. Alexander will regulate these ap-
parently necessary evils rs Mayor .Grahan
has successfully practiccd.
The following decli az ons were also re-
ceivcd last evening by the city clerk from
nominees of the independent convention
Thomas +. Stevens, water commissioner; Nj.
Grace, chairman Of the board of public
works; M. L. Easterday, city clerk; W. G.
Houtze. excise board and A. j. Sawyer city
attorney. None Of these vacan cies have been
filled
WHO WILL. BE CHOSEN JuDGEs2
The passage of the bill making Lancaster
county a judicial district by itself and in
creasing the Judges to three IS stirring things
up among the lawyers in the city. One of
the new Judges TO be appointed will be a
republican and one will be a democrat and
the ru b is as to who shall be the lucky men.
1t is stated today that Governor Boyd has
decided to Ignore entirely all tn g petitions pre-
scented to him and leave it entirely with the
bar association to select whom they prefer and
then to appoint the associations selections.
To make these selections meeting of the
bar association will be held, and as all the
lawyers in the city arc up in politics it Will
be a Lively gathering. S. j. TuttIe, A. S.
Tebbetts ana A. j. Sawyer are prominently
mentioned for the democratic selections,
while w. III. Woodward, A. X. Talbot, Rob-
ert Ryan and G. l.. Hall are mentioned as re-
publican candidates, and Mr.. W. S. Hamil-
ton has today announced himself in the field.
A prominent attorney states that from pres
ent appearances there would be at least
dozen candidates for the republican selection
before tomorrow noon.
MADE AN ASSIGNMENT.
Sam ID. Leland, wholesale cigar dealer at
B0S = street, made voluntary assignment
for the benefit of his creditors, to Sheriff
McClay this morning. The matter will come
up in county court shortly, and permanent
assignee named. No statement OF assets and
liabilities has yet been filed as the stock has
not been invoiced. The assignment was
mace necessary DeCauSe OF poor COileCuOuS
and the fact that he was doing too much bus
iness on his capital. Mr.. Leland is very
popular In Lincoln, In fact all over the state,
hnd his many friends hope he will come out
all right In the end.
ACoOL PROCEEDING.
About ten DAYS ago ono Joe Greenawalt,
who bears the reputation of being rather
shiftless, concluded to move, and with his
wife and two sicaly little children started to
find house. They had nothing to move
save what they wore, and while going along
z street they discovered the door Of 926
which house is occupied by family named
Grossbeck, was open and without waiting
for an invitation walked In. and asked TO be
alowed to stay over night. The Grossbecks
were poor in this worlds goods, but rich in
human kindness, and gave the visitors shell
ter. When the next day came the Greena-
waits made no move TO depart, and as q
matter of fact are still there. All attempts to
Induce them to go peaceably have so far
failed, and the man won't go out of the house
at all for fear the door will be closed on him
Indefinitely. Mrs. Grossbeck called at police
headquarters and the mayors Office yester-
day afternoon for aid in getting rid of the
burden thrust on them. She says MIR. Gross
beck Is consumptive, and too weak
physically to throw Greenawalt out. She ap-
piled to the county com missioners this morn
Ing to get passes for the family out Of town,
or get them admission to the poor farm, but
the commits soners refused to do anything in
the matter. Mayor Graham instructed Mar
shal Melick to have the man arrested for
Vagrancy, and then get rid of the balance OF
the family by strategy. It's queer case,
and one that has puzzled the authorities.
DISTRICT COURT DoINGs.
Judge Field is engaged today in hearing
the case of w. }. McGilln VS. the Kit Carter
cattle company. G. II. Gould and several
other parties. This is an Injunction case to
prevent the Union Savings bank of this city
from turning over to the Kit Carter cattle
company some $50, 900 it now holds. The case
is an old one, or rather the Outgrowt tn of an
old one between the Carter and the Harlem
latter to the former 1t was fought out IN
the courts several times, but keeps Dobbing
up occasionally. E. M. McGillin had adver-
tised sale to take place at the fair grounds
of a lot of cattle. but the sale was stopped by
an attachment gotten out by the cattle com
pany. Finally 1t was agreed to allow the
sale to proceed, the proceeds to be deposited
in the Union Savings bank pending the liti-
CATION. Before the attachment case came up
w. j. McGillin, who claims to have an inter
est in the proceeds secured the injunction,
and c. H. Gould. who had a mortgage on the
cattle, comes in as an interested party
In the repevin case of Mccall VS. Mrs.
1sard tried yesterday, the jury returned q
verdict giving plaintiff the possession of the
animal and loading him up with cent dam
ages.
render decisions in all cases he now has
Under advisement and close up his connection
with the Lancaster county district court.
The motion docket will be called tomorrow
morning at $3.50 o'clock. The jury has been
discharged until Monday.
Ia the injunction case brought by Mrs. M
]. Bond to restrain Paul +. Clark from eject
Ing her from the hotel that bears her name
the defendant filed affidavit today in
which he denies Mrs Bonds statement that
she had never been notified that the property
was to be sold under an execution On the
contrary, Mr.. Clark asserts that she was fire.
quently notified, aud came to his Office sew
eral times about the matter The first time
she agreed to settle the claim, but the nex
time told defendant he could not collect any
thing from her nor could he find any bidders
on the hotel property He denies that ther,
was any fraud or collusion In the matter, nc
effort made to conceal their actions, ant
AYERS that the hotel is not worth dollal
above membranes, and nothing could bt
collected otherwise.
A YOUNG DIAMOND THIEF.
Clv6e Newell, youth who has been in tn,
hands OF the police a half dozen times in the
past year for various misdemeanors, wa
brought to the station this morning by Pa
Swift, who charges the boy with the larceny
of n diamond ring valued at 1925. The RIM
was lost in n curious manner Just two week
ago MIR. Swift took OF the ring while h
washed his hands at the Capital hotel While