Omaha daily bee., 1891-03-19
LINCOLN POLITICAL MATTERS.
The Contest for Mayor Narows Down to
Graham and Alexander,
POSSIBILITY OF A CITIZENS TICKET.
Prospects Good for Long Delay in
the Neal -Doings in the
District Court - odds
and Ends.

but the movement does not appear to be max
ing much headway. Tonight the ropu ohcans
Will hold cauCuses in number of the wards
The First wardcrS will meet nj tho council
chamber TO select eighteen delegates. The
Second ward faith fUl will meet at the county
judges oNcc to select fourteen representa-
tivcs. The Third ward caucus is callod 10
meet at the office Of Il. T.. Moore in tho
| Richards block for the purpOso of c!ectiug
| delegates. There will probably be a war
| cloud of no mean dimensions in this ward,
| but 1t may not snow up at the caucus. The
| Fifth warders will meet at the store room on
| Sixteenth street. between Il and &, this even
| ing
The First ward independent caucus will bo
| held this evening at Joe Wolfos store on
| North Tenth street
| The womau's central Gommittoe has called
! meeting of women to give expression TO
| their views on the public school question at
| the Congregational church tomorrow after.
| noon at o clock
Interest centers mainly n the question rs
| to who shall be tho republican nominee Tor
mayor II is row conceded that II Mayor
| Graham carries his OWL ward, the fourth,
| against John Il. Wright the contest will be
| narrowed down between Graham ami 81 Al q
| exander of the Sixth. The so called Tam
! many ring here is said to favor Alexander,
| and there has been some effective wire pull =
| ing done during the past two weeks, aud per
sons who are on the inside declare that AL
eXander has q sure thing. The Tam many
ring has made all preparations to capture the
| primaries tonight, and 1t is declared that the
| ring will dictate who the delegates shall be.
| 1t was reported today currently that Mayor
Graham had sized up the situation and had
| 90 to a frnr hn
| LAST NIGur's CELEBRATION
The celebration of ST Patriclt's day was
| ftngly closed last evening by grand dem
| onstratiOn at Bohanan's hall, which, not
| withstanding the inClemcucy of the weather,
| was very largely attended Governor Boyd
| of1Ciated as chairman, and soon after
O'Clock the gentleman was introduced to the
| audience by Thomas McShare. MIR. Boyd
| spoke very pleasantly and easily, and his ad-
| dress was listened to with great attention
| The musical features of the evenings pro
| gramme were very fine. The selections par
| took of the national music of the Irish race,
| and of course were all delightful. The solo
lists were Mrs j. b. Barnaby Mrs. }. A. Kill
roy, Mrs. Wur1burg, Mrs j. G. Wadsworth,
| Miss F'iannery, Mr. n Lawor, u. Casey, o.
| Arz and Joseph WuRDurg. In every in
stance their efforts met with such appreca
tion and applause that the solosts were com
| PEELED to respond with another selection.
| At the completion of Mrs. kirOY's fir /
| song she was presented with u handsome
| golden harp, as well as two lovely baskets of
| flowers, the kind tributes of appreciative
| friends.
| NJ Corcorm delivered the ress of wei
| come in his usual pleasing style. hon. A. j.
| SAWYER was also down for an al dress, and of
course acquitted himself well. The last adj
dress of the evening was delivered by John
| NJ. Thurston
A grand ball en- ded the celebration.
DELAY IN THE NEAL CASE.
| Il ;s Iah bot dani Of bp
| preme court in regard TO the case of Murderer
| ED Neal will be given inside of six months.
| The court is already almost year behind,
and there are multitude of important cases
on which the court will probably pass judg-
mcnt before the Neal case will be reached,
| Neal therefor gets an indefinite lease of
| life al thou Oh the murder for which he was
convicted occurred year aud half ago
| DISTRICT COURT.
| Judge Field and jury have been engaged
since 4 O'clock yesterday afternoon IN hear
ing the case of X. K. johnson Us. r. Munford.
The suit is on note for Sl30, which defend
ant acknowledges having executed. The
parties live at Valparaiso and the defendant
saws that johnson came to him and secured
his services to shell lot of corn. He did
this work and a lot of other, and was told
that the note was fully satisfied, but he never
got it. He asks 300 on his cross petition for
excess work performed. Tho jury have the
| case.
The Lincoln city electric railway company
| have tired of the inactiOn of the court, aud
this morning filed motion to dismiss the in
| junction obtained by the Shcedy estate
| against their running cars over the track on
| Twelfth street.
Judge Chapman yesterday heard argument
in the case of Sherwin VS. Gaghegap ct al, to
| appoint receiver. The motion was made
| by Defendant Ferguson. Ferguson, who Sc
! cured Judgment against Gaghegan, and then
| levied on stock of goods which the latter
had bought from Sherwin but never paid
and possession of which Sherwin still had,
asks the court TO appoint receiver for Shor
wins goods while ne takes the case to the
supreme court, the lower court having
promptly given Sherwin his legal rights.
THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.
The first complaint against Attorney II. "
link for cmbezlling Widow Bossler's little
roll was dismissed Yesterday and n new one
| filed. This makes the amount embcz2led SjC
less than the first one, viz, $50. The case
| was called this morning. The evidence tended
| TO show that he had collected the money on
| mortg gage for Mrs. BOsSler from parties III
| Antelope county, put the money on deposit in
the bank here, and notified her She drew
| on the bank for the money, but found he had
drawn out the cash. The defense filed mo
| ton to Quash on the ground that no crime
was charged in the complaint; that demand
for the money was not made until the arrest
and that the warrant for the second charg,
was served while defendant was stIll in jal
on the first charge. The defense practically
is that no crime was committed.
Louis Waggoner had his trial before judge
Houston on the charge of burglarizing ,h,
house of George W. Tate, Tenth and N
streets, on the night of January 2S last
WaggOner attempted To prove that on tn,
j, | date mentioned he was at his home in Soutt
Bend, this state. 1t appeared that "A coat the
burglar had left behind him was IA good cu,
to his identity as Waggoner, and the con
Meeting link was foundry alady boarder whit
recognized the coat. He was bound over il
, $500 bonds but he went to the county Jail Il
wait il out,
Thomas McG uigau will have his prelimi
nary examination before Judge Stewart thi
afternoon ON the charge on which he was ar
rested yesterday, the infamous assault OF
Young White He will undoubtedly be boup,
! over
DEPOT FACILITIES FOR ARMOUR
The petition of the citizens of Armour +
the state board Of trans sportation that the
! have station facilities at that town has bee
, | adjusted to the apparsnt satisfaction of IN
: people of Armour. The b. X NJ Will nbjj
by the decision of the board to lay sidetrac,