Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-21

Shuman and D~alrymple. 1t is also rumored
that Ike Raymond and Sticks DePutron,
two old university men, will be with the
team. The men will go into training At
once and while the weather will not permit
outside work they will practice In the gym
nasium. Som practice games Will prob
ably be played with the university and high
school teams before the regular season
opens.
The foot ball bleachers at the university
on the east side Of the field weie taken
down yesterday and packed away till needed
next fall. The batting nets have been put
up and batting practice will begin as soon
as the weather will allow outside work.
Expenses of Candidates.
Most OF the candidates for the various
Offices in the coming city election have
filed certificates of expenses incurred in
securing their respective nominations.
George A. Adams certificate shows that
he expended $3.50 to corral the nomina~
tion for mayor on the republican ticket, of
which $25 was expense of maintaining head
quarters, sS5 to the city committee and
$3.50 for printing. c. E. Bentley, prohibit
ton candidate, spent nothing. and Hibner
has made no showing.
The showing OF the seven republican can,
didates for councilmNp is as follows: A.
w. Stewart. SLABS; William Lawlor, $40;
]. W. Hensel, S20.50; A. H. Hutton, S14;
e. H. Marshall. $50; Callen Thompson, $40;
]. c. Pentzer, SSS.75. Henry Gund and
Ernest Hoppe, democratic candidates, show
that they spent nothing.
For the Board OF Education, w. A. Hack
ney spent S.; for cemetery trustee, Henry
Mayer, IS; for city treasurer, B.. C. Fox,
$50; for tax commissioner. J. A. Sheffield,
s67; for city clerk. T. H. Pratt, sSO.5O.
Candidates for excisemen make the fol-
lowing showing: j.. w. Wolfe. $3.50; T.
H. Hoskins. $751; rs; ]. T. weisman. nothing.
Kelley Looks Like a Winner.
The race for state checker champion has
narrowed down to a match between the
present champion, A. T. Jackson and w.
Kelley, and honors are about even. Jack
son has four more games to play with
Hyatt and Kelley has two more to play
with Douglas. The chances are in favor %
Kelley now and IL is thought he will win
by about half a point. Kelley came to the
front this morning. when he won eight
games straight, four from Brookings and
four from Whitesides. two Of the best play
ers in the tournament. Jackson has fifty
seven and one-haf points now and II he
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sixty-one and one-half while IL Kelley wins
his two games against Jackson he will have
sixty-two points.
A business meeting was held this morning
at which a committee was appointed con
sisting OF Messrs. Brookings, Calkins and
Whitesides to draft new bylaws for the as
ISOLATION and they were ordered to draft a
new system of play. so that each man may
play two games with every other man in
stead of four, as at present. Then the
eight men having the highest score will
play for the medal under the Scottish
knockout system, in which the losers drop
cut after every game and the winners play
winners until the contest is decided. These
who fail 20 get into the big eight" are to
play for the second and third prizes.
Buy MaSsachusetts Bonds.
This morning State Treasurer Mortensen
completed the arrangements for another
500. 600 Of the Massachusetts, bonds Of the
series already purchased. These bonds
bear interest at the rate OF az cents and
run for forty years. This last purchase
will make the state OF Nebraska the holder
OF S4O0. 900 worth Of gold bonds OF one of
the Oldest states OF the union. The bonds
we're purchased on a little better than a 8
per cent basis. The former puTc..as0 Was
on a 3 per cent basis anu -Ipcns had TO
be taken on to even up the rate OF inter-
est. for the bonds bore ga per cent. The
better rate is due to the care with which
Mr.. Mortensen and the board arranged the
contract. The condition OF the eastern
money market is also given credit for send
ing the bonds here for investment and in
a measure for the lower rate Of interest
: The Lancaster eounty bond case had not
4 yet been settled and the money uninvested