Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-11
FIX DATE FOR CONVENTION
Democratic State Committee Will Hold a
Meeting January s,
CALLED TOGETHER BY JIM DAHLMAN
Want TO Have the Gathering Held Mt
Lincoln on Brynn's birthday
News from the state
Capital.

LINCOLN, Dec. speclal) )-Chairmar
James G. Dahlman has issued a call for tn,
| democratic central committee to meet ii
| Lincoln, January 5, to fix the time
and place for holding the state convention tc
| name delegates to the national democratic
convention An effort will be made by Ian.
| caster county democrats to have the conven-
tion held in Lincoln, March 10, that being the
date of w. J. Bryan's 40th birthday.
The fight for the senatorial appointment Is
still the chief topic Of conversation in this
city, and al the hotels very little else is heard
fusionist from Falls City who was in the
city today said that the people of the south
eastern portion of the state were much in
terested in the outcome. Petitions favoring
.he appointment of Hitchcock have been cir
culated in Richardson and Pawnee counties
during the last few days, but UP to last
night not enough signatures had been OBJ
tanned to send any of them to the gov
ernor.
convention for the promotion of acety
lene gas as a lighting agency will be held
in this city soon after the first OF the year.
Manufacturers of acetylene machines have
been asked to submit their generators to n
practical test and for this purpose the gas
system OF one of the large hotels will be
uStu' IIlZeS VIII De AWARDED 1OT the d ST
results and lectures will be given each even
ing during the week OF the convention, which
will continue three weeks. Prof e. H Bar
bour of the State university is president Of
the association, Prof. A. w Kelley OF Union
college vice president, and H. o. Meade man
ager.
The funeral services over the remains Of
Mrs Jane Beach, who died yesterday morn
ing, were conducted this afternoon at the
family residence on Sixteenth street by Rev
w. NJ. Hlndman of the First Presbyterian
church. Mis-. Beach came to Lincoln in 1872
and lived to the age of 80 years. She re-
tanned complete possession of her mental fac
ulties up to the time of her death and, des-
pite her old age, was an active worker in
church circles.
w. r. Sexton of New York, who acted as
ensign under Dewey at Manila has been Wis
ting his aunt, Mrs w. Q. Bell He left this
evening for Mare island and will go into
service on the Scindia.
j. NJ. Gilchrist Of Nebraska City examiner
of county treasurers, has been promoted to
the position held by the late Fred Archerd
as bookkeeper in the auditors office. His
successor as examiner has not yet been Sc
lected. Former Insurance Clerk Everingham
has been mentioned for the position.
The Fremont Driving Park association and
the Fremont Hospital company have filed ar
tices Of incorporation with the secretary OF
state. The former has capital stock of $10,-
900 and the latter $4,000.
City Attorney Webster has announced his
intention of resignng from his present posi-
ton to accept an appointment in the law di-
vision of the Interior department at Wash
ington. He was rendered this position sew
eral months ago, but an important lawsuit
then pending required his presence in the
city and he was unable to accept.