Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-12
BRYAN AGAIN IN EVIDENCE
Announces tAe First Lecture Of His New
Campaign in silvers Behalf.
WILL TALK At LINCOLN NEXT SATURDAY
Addresses VIII he Delivered Undc r
the Auspices of the Travelling
Mems club of the Cnp-
itnl city.

LINCOLN, Nov. ll.-(Special) saturday
afternoon Hon. William Jennings Bryan viii
deliver two lectures at the Funke opera
house in this city. These are supposed to
be his opeIing guns in the four years cam
paign for "bimetallism" which MIR. Bryan
has promised to inaugurate. At o'clock
in the Afternoon the first address will be
delivered to the Mary Bryan club. At s
p m, the second will be given This will
be under the auspices OF the Travelling Mems
Bryan club and the Bryan Home guards.
Admission will be free, but by tickets, which
may be procured Of S. S. whiting OF the
Travelling Mems club.
To-Day c. b. Smith was thrown from his
buggy at the corner OF Twentieth and o
streets, and was found in a semi-conscious
condition. He was taken to his home, where
1t was found that aside from having been
badly shaken up, he was not seriously in
jurCd. one year ago smith had q similar eN
peri2nCe in this city.
julie Schoerheit, stcnographer in Governor
Hocombs Office, and recently elected county
attorney at his home in Falls City, reported
to the police today that his vaise, contain
ing a quantity Of wearing apparel. had been
stolen from his room in the Ideal hotel.
No trace OF the missing property is In sight.
Messrs Kirkpatrick, May and Oberfeder
of the State Fish commission, who have re-
Gently had a meeting. say that no report
of the commission viii be made to Governor
Hocomb until the close of the year, at which
time a full and exhaustive showing will be
made OF the progress Of the commission
since it's reconstruction by the governor
several months sirCe
Mary Fitzgerald, Administrative of the es-
tate of the late John Fitzgerald has brought
suit against John Cotner to repevin 1000
bushels of corn. From the Fitzgerald es-
tate Cotner leased farm agreeing to pay
this much corn as rent. The Administrative
claims that he is now removing the corn
and selling it, and refuses to pay the rent
as agreed.
STILL TALKING POLITICS.
No sooner is one election over in Lincoln
than the active politicians here begin to pre-
pare for another 1t is the spring mayor
atty contest that now animates the political
jugElers, and 1t can be said that the cam
paign is fairly open The three leaders In
the race are the present mayor, Frank Gra-
ham, Councilman o. w. Webster OF the
Fourth ward, and Councilman w. A. Wood
ward of the Sixth ward. The name or
John T. Maulc Is also frequently heard in
connection with the mayoralty, but it is
well known that Mr.. Maues ambition lies
in the direction of the district court bench.
Chief of Police Melck alarmed at the
numerous hod-ups and burglaries which
have lately been committed in Lincoln has
awakened to the emergency of the situation
and issued an ediCt against all tramps ana
vagrants which, it is hoped will have
the effect of driving them from the city
The order also applies to numerous lot
OF tinhorn gamblers who are not considered
the safest class of people to have running
loose in a we'll ordered community.
The State Board of Transportation today
received notification of the fact that the
case of the local starch factory at Nebraska
City against the Missouri Pacific had been
settled ana withdrawn.
Omaha people in Lincoln: At the Capital
d. b. Williams. At the Lincoln-H NJ
Hartford, G. NJ. Hitchcock William Hayden