| Show THE VOTE IN OMAHA For the Annexation of the MagicR City and its Results BISHOP SCANLANS PROMOTION las been Petitioned for at Eome Marriage of Divorcees Forbidden Carlisle is n Candidate for the Senate OMAHA Neb May 8Special telegram to THE lEI By a majority of ninetysix tho people of South Omaha decided today not to become be-come part of the city of Omaha The vote in Omaha was overwhelmingly in favor of unnexa tlon but the saloon element of South Omaha Is opposed to paying a license of 31000 a year and combined to defeat the better element of tho two cities The fight made by the packing houses In favor of annexation was a gallant one but boodle used judiciously successfully knocked out the better element of the Magic City The peace and quiet of the Union Pacific circles cir-cles are somewhat disturbed by rumors that the presence of Charles Francis Adams and several sev-eral directprs in this city means some important import-ant changes in the official s alT There is much anxiety to know the result I is given out that V ce resident Holcombes authority is to bo extended and that a new land commissioner will be agreed upon as successor to the late Benjamin McAllister whose funeral occurred yesterday I Is also Intimated that the Union PacificNorthwestern agreement is undergoing revision with a view to making it stronger and more effective in its control of through business busi-ness Bishop OConnor is gradually sinking tho doctors having given up all hope for his recovery recov-ery He btlll takes a little nourishment but it is thought he will very soon may be in a day pass into a stato of coma which will end in death His coadjutor has not yet been made known The bishop having expressed no wish as to who should succeed him it is thought i high Catholic circles that Bishop Scanlan of Utah stands a very excellent chance of receiving receiv-ing the appointmentthe priests of the diocese I having petitioned Rome to appoint him What effect the petition universal as it is will have can not be determined for some tune |
