Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-11
FURTHER CAUSE FOR WORRY
Popocrats Find Their Cares Piling Up in
Distressing Manner.
LOCAL ORGAN is IN DOUBTFUL HANDS
Man who Exposes Edmisten's Re-
count Schemes Assumc Edi-
torini Management of the
Evening Post.

LINCOLN. July O.-(special)-The tenn
per OF the local popocrats and members of
the state house party have not improved
Upon receipt Of the news that the editorial
management Of the Evening Post has passed
into the hands of Frank Edmcnds, the
young man who last winter worked w the
newspaper exposure Of Chairman Edmis-
tens connection with the recount ballot
frauds.
The Post at one time cut quite a figure
In politics here and was understood to be
owned by MIR. Bryan. The manager Of the
paper was w. +. Schwind, fortueTlv BryaB's
private secretary. Since the popOcrats
gained control of the state Offices and state
institutions the Post has been kept alive
by means of assessments levied uron the
employees of the various Institutions, every
one of them being compelled to contribute
from Sc to $50. This system became so dis
tasteful to the state employees that many
of them refused to contribute further. A
general complaint was also made that the
paper was making a weak fight for the
state administration and was a failure as
a campaign sheet. Feeling tina, he was
fast losing his hold on The popocrats
Schwind deserted the paper for an appoint
ment in the Third regiment.
Lincoln Local Notes.
Amos II. Mendenhall. president of the
State Journal company and one Of the old
and Influential citizens Of Llncoll, com
mitted suicide early this morning by drown
ing himself in a %cistern.
Mr.. Mendenhall had been in poor health
for several months, which caused him to
be respondent. This morning at . o'clock
he got up from bed TO take some medicine,
Mrs. Mendenhall being awake at that time.
Both again retired and welI to sleep. A
short time before 4 o'clock Mrs. Menlen-
hall awoke and finding that her husband
was not in bed made an investigation of
the premises. She found the top of the
cistern removed and believing that her hus-
band had jumped in there at once called
the police. The body was at once taken
out, the indications being that it had been
In the water less than an hour.
Sherman Leonard, a member of company
+, Second regiment, the news of whose
death has been received from Chickamauga,
was a university student before his enlist
ment, having taken the three years course.
He was popular in university circles, and
was considered one of the best soldiers in
the Lincoln Light infantry. His parents
reside at Raymond.
Governor Holcomb yesterday appointed
Rev. X. Il. Jordan of Grand Island 20 be
chaplain of the Third regiment Rev. Ior-
dan is still at his home, but will report at
Omaha in q short time. There were over
100 applications for the appointment.
Frank Lind will be tried before Justice
Spencer tomorrow morning on the charge
of burglary, being suspected of having
robbed Meyer & Elfeldt's 5tore at Hallam
of 500 worth of goods. The stolen property
has been recovered and the evidence against
Lind is almost conclusive.
Tho fn11nn inu uIlitinnn1 la1arrta, 1nT.,
been selected TO atteri the state league
convention at Omaha: First wasi: l. L..
Lindsey, Harry Abbott, G. Fl. Moore, A. j.
Cornish, o. G. Bell, Robert Finley, B. b..
Hopkins. Charles Coin, .. ID. Herrick, Cap
tain Murphin, II. l.. Beatty. julius Dietrich,
Hans Frausted, William B.. Kirby, Alexan-
der Stewart, Abe Marks, !. S. Bears. Sec
ond ward: l.. w. Billingsley, j. d. Parker,
e. C. Strobe, Frank Parks and James Ste
venson, jr, Fifth ward: K. ID. .Stearns, H..
M. Bushnell, c.. II. Gere, J. p. Maulc, Z. a..
Hemsworth, G. r. Himmel, l.. l.. ii. Austin,
John Giesler, o. w. Fanderyer. Adna Dob
son, e. r. Sizer, S. 4. Cochran, IL. w. Davis,
w. 7. Stevens, N. l.. Williams, w. Fl. Leese,
ID. w. Mosely, j. T.. Dorgan, Fl. V. Hoagland,
Louis Otto, John Trompen and E. N. Coffin.
Lancaster precinct: l.. Sullivan, Lincoln
Frost. j. A. Cushman. II, C. Young. Young
oioiSN Z y ttpubiiNNih ibb AZ W. IL
nett, A. l.. Williams, Martin Davis and Ed
ward Johnson. University Place Veterans
Republican club: Z. j. Shellhorn, S. h. Rees-
man, George f. Niles. j. Brooks.
The candidate on the republican county
ticket held a meeting yesterday afternoon
and selected V. H. Stone as chairman and
Walt Dawson as secretary of the campaign
committee.
Prof. Caldwell of the State university has
just received notice that Otto William
Meier. Of the class of '9S, has iust been
awarded the 5000 gold medal for he best
papers on the principles fought for IN the
revolution. The prize was offered by The
National Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution and was contested for by a large
number of colleges.
Prof. Irving j. Manatt, formerly chancellor
OF the State university, but now professor of
Greek in Brown university, is visiting rel
atives in the city.