THE OMAHA DAILY BEEi StrSDAY , PEBBUAUY 5 , 1809 ,
Tinipp i TIP r nriv i Tiinv
TABLLS ARt tlVL A TURN
flaw Sensation Sprung ID the Boaid of
Edncatioa Investigation.
ACCUSER NOW BECOMES THE ACCUSED
Vnn KIMcr ClinrRcil vllli
Itclnir In on n Conl Contract nnil
FtirnliililiiR ( liu SrliooU
with 1'anr Material ,
Member J. E. Van GJWcr of tie Board of
Education hw had hl turn In charging his
fellow moenbore on the board with corrup
tion and receiving bribes. The talriea have
turned , -however , and now Member Van
Glider Is to bo called to account for delin
quencies ot another kind , but just as e rl-
ous. At Monday night's meeting of the
board , in all probabllltly , Van Glldor will
bo called upon "to explain the charges. It he
fails. It Is very likely that another Inves
tigation of a public character will be in
order.
In a 'word Member V&n Ollder Is accused
of using his ptwl.lon to secure an Indirect
contract for. furnishing the public schools ot
Omaha with coal , of foisting ocal ot'o , qual
ity Inferior to tbo kind required by < ontraot ,
and of reaping the benefits In dollars and
cents that reunited ,
The Investigating committee Hayward ,
Blajck and Teal which examined Into the
charges filed by Van dlMer , has also In
vestigated thooo ngaln&l Van Ollder , nl-
"though the matter has been kept very quiet.
Such evidence is reported to .havo accumu
lated to substantiate the accusations ngolnst
Van Gilder that he is to be called upon for
a.n explanation. If ho cannot explain away
tSio charges , Jio Isto bo called to account
In a public Investigation.
Conl front Vnn Olhlcr'n Ynriln.
Tbo alleged corrupt coal deal itook place
In the nckool year of 1S97-189S , which ex
tends from the middle of oao year to the
middle of thd other. In the fall of 1S97
Karr & Davldsoa wxro ; awarded 1-ho contract
for furnishing "the " public schools with coal
during the year. This contract provided
that tbo coal should T > o of a specified qual
ity. If the coal was not of this quality It
was to bo rejected and the contract for
feited.
During the wtntwr of 1S07 nnd 1893 Karr
Sj Davidson supplied -the public schools
with nil the coal that was needed. There
voro numerous complaints from school
janitors that the cool was not of the re
quired quality. All the coal , however , had
passed the Inspection of t'he custodian of
supplies and -was pronounced , satisfactory.
Consequently no investigation waa held.
Evld-enco has been unearthed now , .which
goes to provo that this ccal was of inferior
quality.
Van Glider's conacotlon with this coal
( leal was disclosed by Investigation. It was
( learned that the coal which Karr & David-
eon supplied to the public schools was se
cured and bought from Van Gilder &
DoollUle , of which firm School Board Mcna-
Ijor Van Glider is a member. Van Gilder &
Dcollttlo bought this coal from the Oraaba
Coil , Coke and Lkno company , which In turn
bought It from n wholesaler.
Thl * Information Is said to have been es-
tkbUtihcd as true beyond a doubt by the
investigating committee. The books of the
Omaha Coal , Coke nnd Lime company have
been examined and show the sales. The
tooka of the Knrr & Davidson company ,
whltih firm recently dissolved partnership ,
are Bald to show the transaction by which
the coal passed from Van Glider & Doollttlo
to Karr'fi Davlrfson. These deals have also
been testified to by members ot these
'firms , it Is eald.
; - It cannot bo learned as yet whether or not
Van Glider & Doollttlo succeeded In mak
ing any profit on the transaction whereby
Mao co.il was turned over from the Omaha
Coal , Coke and Llmo company eo Karr &
Davldcon. There la evlaonco to show , how
ever , that a p/oflt waa made upon the coal
us delivered equal to the difference between -
twoon tiho price of the Inferior coal that
was"supplied by Karr & Davidson and the
contract price paid by the Board of Educa
tion for a.coal of superior quality.
Driver Tell * the Story.
It Is stated tbat the Investigating com
mittee has the testimony bearing on this
point from a driver who conveyed some of
this coal from cars to the public schools.
Ho swears that the coal waa of quality that
was far Inferior to that demanded by
tbo contract ; tbat he was directed to fill
his wagon about two-thirds full with this
inferior coal and the other third , or the top
layer of coal , was ot a quality demanded by
tbo Board ot Education in Its contract. This
load was carried to the scales and weighed
In the presence of the Board of Education
custodian of supplies. Besides seeing that
the weight of the load was proper , this cus
todian also examined the coal , but he only
examined the top layer , going on the sup
position that the coal was the same througti
the entire load.
In this way It is said that between forty
nnd fifty carloads of inferior coal wore de
livered to the public schools of the city
during the school year of 1S97 and 1S9S. Each
caiload amounted to about twenty tons ot
' / 1 X' ' coal. Expert coal dealers have informed
the Investigating committee that the 1,000
tons of coal so furnished were worth all the
way from 30 to SO cents a ton less tlian the
teal that was required by the contract
CATAIUUI OP STOMACH.
A Pleninnt , Simple , but Hnfe and Ef
fectual Cure for It.
Catarrh of the stomach has long been con-
eldered tbe next thing to Incurable. The
usual eymptoms are a full or bloating Ben-
gallon after eating , accompanied sometimes
with MUT or watery risings , n formation of
piaes , caualng pressure on tbe heart and
luces and difficult breathing , headaches ,
flckla appetite , nervousness end a general
played out , languid feeling.
There Is often a foul taato In the mouth ,
oofclid tongue , and if tbe interior of the
vtomach could bo cecn it would show a
( lltay , Inflamed condition.
The cure ot < hls common and obstinate
trouble Is found In a treatment which caueea
the food to be readily , tboroushly digested
before it has ttm to ferment and Irrlrtato
the llcato mucous curfacra of the stomach.
To secure a vrompt and healthy digestion
la the one necessary thins to do , and when
normal digestion Is secured the catarr al
condition will have disappeared.
According to Dr. Horlanaon th safc-st
and bttt treatment ia to use after each meal
& tablet , composed of DIatase , Aseptic P p >
sin , x llttlo Nur , Qolden Beat and fruit
ootdj. These tablets can now bo found ot
all < lrui ctores under the narao of Stuart's
Dy p pla T blet , and not belns a patent
mtdlolnt , can bo ueJ with perfect safety
and Mauranco that healthy appetite and
tHorouch dlgetlon will follow their regular
use after meals.
Mr. N. J. Dooher of 2710 Dearborn otrett
Chicago , III. , writes ; "Cttirrh U a. local
condition rcsultinc from a inflected cold lu
the head , whereby the llnluc membraiw of
tta nose becomt * Inflamed and th poison
otts discharge therefrom , pasting backward
into 4he > throat , reaches the * tom&ch , thu
producing catarrh of the etomucb. Medics
nuthorltlfi prescribed for m for tfar > year *
far catarrh ot rtomtch without cure , but to.
day I < un the hippteat of m u after using
only one box of Stuart's Dyiptptfa Tablet ] .
I cannot Cud appropriate words to express
my foot feellnc. I have found fleeb , appe
ttto az > 4 Bound rest from their use. "
Btutrt'i Dyspepsia Tsbleti la thd Eite t
preparation aa well aa the aimplen an < l
mcut convenient remedy for any farui-uf la-
daestk ! > n. catarrh of otomach , bllllouaneoa ,
aour stocn.cn , heartburn and bloitins utter
eceala.
Send for little book , mailed free , on atcm-
cb troublea , by addretitcs Stuart Co Mir-
tall , Mtrh Tb Ublola tan be found at ail
which the Bourd of Education entered Into
with Karr & DavUton.
This U the case ni made out before the
Inrettlgatlng committee 4t the board. If
there remained any doubt In the minds ot
the committee as to the truth of the RCnn-
dalous transactions zet forth. It was dispelled
yesterday afternoon whllo the committee
was in session nnd Investigating the charges
preferred by Van Glider agalnit other mem
bers of the board.
In tbe middle of this session Chairman
Itnj-vvrntl of the committee \vaji called to the
telephone. He returned nnd catling out the
remaining members of the committee was
In consultation with them for some time.
Later the committee reconvened and Went
on with Its business as It nothing has tians-
splred In the Interim.
When Chairman Hayward was called , how
ever , it was to listen to a mcssngc that one
ot the Important vltnessca In the coal ca e
bad been offered $50 to Icavo the city. The
money was to bo furnished by ono of the
parties who figures prominently in the case.
The firm of Karr & Davidson has recently
dissolved , on account ot dissensions between
the partners , It Is said. One of the firm la
C. II. Davidson ; the other is Myron D. Karr ,
city councilman.
OM3 IXVKSTIOATIO.V IS CONCLUDED.
vrltli Evidence In the Al-
CrookcilnenM In IlooU llcnl.
The committee which haa been Investigat
ing the charges preferred by Member Van
Glider azatnst sorno of his fellow members
on the board completed Its labors yesterday
afternoon. This session again proved to be
dovold ot Interest to tbo subtle and but
three or four spectators wcro present. It
was equally as unscnsatlonal ns the Brat
meeting of the committee on Friday night.
Agent Wedgwood of the American Book
company was practically the only witness ,
and the taking of his testimony took up al
most nil of the meeting. He was called In
defense and was employed to refute the
charge that the city Is being beaten by the
company In the price pnld for Us books. A
goodly portion of his testimony was also
In relation to the question whether or not
the book company Is a trust.
Agent Wedgwood declared that tbe Amer
ican Book company is not a trust , but a
stock company or corporation. There is no
place. In his territory ot Utah , Nebraska ,
Wyoming and Colorado where nny other
book company may not enter Us books In
competition. Slnco tbo organization of tbe
company , however , the various publishing
companies have practically agreed upon a
rate of exchange for old books , while here
tofore companies frequently exchanged new
books for old on even terms. The book
companies , however , had never combined on
n price for books. The result of whatever
agreements have been made as stated has
been to reduce the price.
The witness said that the company has
never given a cent nor offered it for the
vote or influence of nny member of the
Board of Education. AH the agent's work
in Omaha and elsewhere consisted of solici
tation and explanation ot the merits ot hie
books.
"Besides that , I try to conduct myself seas
as to make the board members think I am a
pretty seed fellow , " continued Mr. Wedg
wood. "That they would rather favor mo
than any one else. "
On cross-examination Agent Wedgwood
said that his company has been organized
under the laws of New Jersey.
"The corporation state where almost all
trusts are organized ? " ho was asked.
"I never heard It called that , " ho an
swered.
The witness atood pat on his previous dec
laration that the American Dock company
Is not a trust , that Its officers and directors
are not Interested In other publishing houses
and that there is no compact between it
and other publishing houses. After being
organized , however , the company bought
out other publishing companies.
"As in the formation of other trusts , did
not the stockholders of the companies which
sold out buy stock In the now company ,
and were not some of them chosen as dlrec- '
tors ? "
The word trust riled the witness and he
exclaimed :
"That Is Insulting , impertinent and false
and not becoming to a gentleman. "
With -the word trust stricken out , the
witness answered la the negative. Some
time was spent In trying to prove thai the
company Is a trust without any marked
BUCCCM3.
"What's the object of this questioning ? "
broke in Commltteeman Black. '
"If the American Book company Is a trust
it cannot legally do business In this state
and nny contract It makes It a nullity , "
answered Attorney D Bord. Returning
again to the wltnosa , the attorney asked :
"Did you say -to Captain James A. Bowen ,
editor of the lland-McNally geography ,
when he was here at the time the board
was selecting geographies : 'The majority
of those d n fellows will vote for my book
becAussthey have to ? ' "
"I never did , " -was the answer. "Captain
Boweu said that there waa no use of tryIng -
Ing to set his book * adopted In Omaha
and I told him I had ua cinch and he had
better stay. "
School Board Member Thomas was re
called to the stand by Van Gilder. Ho was
asked to produce the stub from which the
W Moore check had T > een torn. He said
that It had probably been destroyed. Ha
was also asked for the statement of elec
tion expenses that had 'been presented iy
Moore. That , also , had been destroyed.
"Did you send It to the Amcrlcin Book
company , " asked Vnn Glider's attorney.
"I did not.1 * responded Thomas. , and with
some heat he continued , "Ask your further
questions decently. "
Member Thomas left the stand after mak
ing a alight correction In his testimony as
reported by The Bee. He said :
"The Bee stated In connection with last
night's proceedings that I told Hess that he
might use the Moore check as he dcslrej.
What I did tell Hess was this , he could
not use the chock to coerce , blackmail or
force Mcor to resign , but otherwise he
might say anything about it that he
wished. "
This completed tbo Investigation , All the
testimony 'has ' been taken in shorthand and
will bo re-exainlned by the committee. Con
sequently it Is not expected tbat any decl-
elon will be reported at tomorrow night's
meeting of the Board of Education.
CLEANING THE CITY STREETS
Engineer Itoneiriitor Will Continue
WorU in LonR n ( lie Appro
priation Land.
A couple of gangs of men were at work
upon the ztreets yesterday clearing away
the snow lelt 'behind by the snow flurries
of the last week or so. Tbe money for thla
purpose Is being provided out of tbe appro
priation made n short time agoby the
council for street cleaning , "We are doing
now what we should bo allowed to do im
mediately after every snow etorm , " says
Chairman Hoiewater of the Board of Public
Works. "It the snow is cleaned away at
once , tbe cost of cleaning the streets would
bo much less than if It Is allowed to melt
and freere , and moreover there would bo
no such filthy depdslU in the streets , over
which so much complaint was made this
winter. "
Vnlon Tobacco Company
ALBANV , N. Y. , Fob. 4. The Union To
bacco Company of America , New York
City , today flloj with the secretary of state
a certificate of Increase of capital from $19-
350.000 to S2OOO.QOO. The capital Is divided
Into { 12.000,000 common and $12,000,000 pre
ferred stock ; the preferred stock-at $ per
cent , noncumulitlve dividend. This com
pany was incorporated few days ofo by
the consolidation ot the Vnlon Tobacco and
the Nona Amtilcan Commercial companies.
MOISE CASE BEFORE- SCOTT
Charge that Names to Application for
Liquor Llcenso Wera Forgeries.
TESTIMONY OF EXPERTS IS NOT ALLOWED
To rncllltntc I'rcllntlnnrlon for nn
Appeal , Further Hearing
Goon Over Vnttl
Friday.
Mayor Moores , Chlet of Police "White ,
Clerk Davis of < the Fire and Police commls-
slon end the city attorney were tied up In
Judge Scott's court for a second day la the ?
hearing of the Motso mandamus CAC.
As the logical result of the way the case
turned out the day previous the burden at
proof was shouldered by the respondents
&nd Mr. Gonnell put on tbo stand as an ex
pert to testify as tothe several forgeries o
n-amcj on the Molse petition. Richard Car
rier , who for 3 ears -has been the assistant
cashier of the Omaha National hank. Mr.
Carrier never got any chance to testify.
Wright objected on the ground that no
protest h 4 been filed against "the " charac
ter of the petition in time and because , the
answer of the respondents , said he , virtually
recognized the petition as good on Its face.
This gave the court a chance to philoso
phize considerably on the various questions
Involved. Judge Scott said a public officer
must j.ct In good faith and If he would
favor ono man at the expense of another
liU actions generally would bo questionable.
Mr. Connell reiterated bis position that
the board could refuse to Issue a license for
eauso and In that event Itwould not bo
subject to review and mandamus could not
He to compel it to Issue a license against
Its honest judgment It the applicant had
the same right as a protcstant , the proper
procedure would bo on appeal. As to the
tlms In which objections are to bo made , the
petition lies "ttormant for two wocks and
under the law the board cannot consider
It until after the tire weeks have passed.
The hoard's sworn duty Is to examlno all
the records and to refuse to grant a , license
unless all the provisions of tie law have
been compiled with. Mr. Connell said he
could product * a collateral supreme court de
cision to substantiate his contention. The
relation to the board of the applicant for a
license was practically the am as though
be had. no standing If the law's provisions
had not been compiled with In. every par
ticular. He , the city attorney , would prove
that the > petition did not have the requisite
number of names , because ho would prove
that several had been forged.
Too Late to Attack Petition.
After a great deal of reasoning , Judge
Scott sustained Wright's objection , holding
that the board should have disclosed to
Molse & Co. In time the niture of the rea
sons for refusing a license , such as the
forgeries to the petition and the character
of the saloon kept by Jack Norton under the
Molae license of last year. By not so disclos
ing the reasons , the court said , the board
had not acted In good faith and had waived
Its rights ; further , such reasons could not he
kept locked up until too late for a hearing
and then be Interposed to stop the mandamus
process. "Jt is too late now , " said the Judge ,
"to attack the petition. "
He also held that the answer of the board
ehould have alleged when the fraud was dis
covered , if the fraud had not been discov
ered in time , but that It had failed to do
so.
Connell urged the point that a man could he
prosecuted for violating the law If his license
had been obtained In an irregular manner ,
as It would be held that he had never pos
sessed any legal license at all. Besides , the
community has rights as well as the In
dividual , andthe , Board of Fire and Police
Commissioners Is to protect the commu
nity.
Judge Scott finally admitted that Molse
and Norton could not run two different es
tablishments under ono license.
Mr. Connell before the noon hour at
tempted to get testimony from Sir. Carrier
on the names of M. B. Sanders , J. H. Vn-
plln and Kate Fisher , on the MoUe petltio.i ,
but in every Instance Wright repeated his
technical objections and the court sustained
them. He offered to show that L. J. Hender-
ehot , an employe of Molse & Co. , had circu
lated the petition for a , license and , without
any authority whatever , had signed the three
names mentioned , but he was met with the
same objections and rulings. Ho took an ex
ception every time , eo as to pave the way
for an appeal to the supreme court.
The same success attended the efforts of
Mr. Connell to show by the testimony of
William Lauer , one of the signers of the peti
tion , that his name had been written with
out his consent by another party.
Court TfUU SIoiHC.
City Attorney Connell felt constrained to
talk plainly to Judge Scott during the
"
progress of tbo case In the "afternoon. He
was endeavoring to prove by Stenographer
Charles A. Potter of Judge Slabaugb's court
the connection of Jack Norton with the
Molse establishment and the character of
Norton , from the district court records of
the case In which Norton was tried for
gambling and Phillips , the Wichita man
who operated the "pin game , " was the
principal witness against him. But not a
bit of this kind of evidence could ho get In.
Carroll C. Wright , representing Walter
Molso and Harry Hayward , still pursued
his tactics of objecting on the
ground that there had been no written
protest ftl d with the board within two
weeks after the Molse application for a
license had been made and the court as
Invariably sustained Mr. Wright.
"I take exception to the oft repeated state
ments of the court , " said Mr. Connell , "In
which he constantly assumes things not
proven , namely , that the Board of Fire and
Police Commissioners has not acted In good
faith and has violated the law In not dis
closing to MolBo & Co. Its reasons for
not granting a license. There has not yet
been a scintilla of evidence to prove this
and it should be remembered that we are
here as respondents to show cause and are
entitled to make a showing in our own behalf -
half , and yet we are not permitted to put
In a bit of evidence to demonstrate to this
court that the board acted in good faith. "
Judge Scott had all along in his rulings
acted upon the assumption that the board
bad not proven that it bad acted In good
faith and what Mr. Connell was seeking
was an opportunity to ehow _ that It had
had plenty of good reasons for refusing the
license to Molse & Co , The objections
against Molso & Co. , be said , were before
the board long before any prosecution
of Tom Dcnnlson was thought of ,
Prove * Sale of Liquor * .
The retort of Judge- Scott to this was :
"It may bo that a judge is to sit on a
bench Ilka a knot on a log , but I propose
to speak my mind. If you don't like it
well , there is only 42,500 a year in this posi
tion , gentlemen , and I can make a great
de&l more practicing law , But while I am
hero I will speak my mind ; nor will your
Van Ettcns Ecare me , either : "
Mr , Connell did ultimately succeed In ob
taining eomo evidence of a. pointed character
from Michael Douglas , a former bartender
for Jack Norton. He showed from Douglas
that Molsa & Co. had run a wholesale con
cern at 214 , and -Jack Norton & ealoon at
JIG , South Fourteenth street , and that they
were two separate and dlstlnnt establish
ments. , the saloon being completely parti
tioned off from the store and there being
two different entrances , both in front and in
fha rear. Sometimes , said the witness , Nor
ton exit his liquors from Molse & Co. , and
Bometlmes ha procured them elsewhere.
Judge Scott ruled out the questions re-
ipaoUnv the class of people who frequented
the Norton Mloon and there tbo case ended
for the day-
"Tho community has * ome rights la thl
matter , " Mr. Connell urged against the pro
fuse reasoning of tbo court In favor ot the
Tights of the individuals.
"Wly dMn't the community fllo a pro-
lest , then ? " asked the judge.
"Tho Board of I-'Ire nwl Police commis
sioners represents the community , " replied
Mr. Connell.
Before adjournment for the day , Judge
Scott said he would bo willing to have a
stipulation the effect that Jt Is conceded
fort the board had acted In good faith , en
tered In the records , to facilitate the pre
liminaries for an appeal , but as the attor
neys could not reach an agreement a con
tinuance was taken until I'rlday.
UNDER FIRE BEFORE MANILA
Private AVllIc DctnlU III * Hx
While I'onltiK UN n Turret fur
Spnnlxh Snldlcrn ,
Private C. F. Wllte , late of Company L ,
First Nebraska Volunteers , who bos resumed
his position la the postoffice since bis re
turn from the Philippines , remarked that lie
felt rather shaky when waiting for his com
pany to get under fire before Manila. In
speaking ot his experiences lie said :
"Our regiment was under Ore three days ,
August 3 , C and 13. We relieved each other
by battalions Jn the trenches , occupying
them for twenty-four hours at a time. I
remember our first experience.Vo were
stationed on the right and in front ot an
old convent. From S o'clock In the morn
ing until 10 at night we lay there listening
to the whirr of the shells nnd the spiteful
zip ot the Mauser bullets. It was the
former tdat wo feared. The Spaniards had
the range down , fine and dropped shells
among ua with painful frequency. For
tunately many of these had 110 effect , as
they failed to explode. Private Lewis was
the only man killed in our regiment. Ho
was struck on. the aide of the head by a
piece of shell. So terrific was the explosion
that three others were knocked down , but
escaped uninjured , except for the shock to
their nerves. I remember that as we lay
tboro behind the breastworks trying to get
a little sleep that the majority ot ua found
It Impossible to rest or remain inactive. Wo
tried to pass tbo time by singing and tell
ing stories , but It was. alow work. Colonel
Colton and Captain Taylor wcro on the
firing line constantly. Neither seemed to
know what fear was. Toward 10 o'clock the
fire of the enemy changed from a desultory
popping to volleys. Our officers became
moro active and the order to fire was given.
Wo had 200 rounds each and I think the
average number fired In the next lour nnd
a half was about fifty-five. Finally Colonel
Colton and Captain Taylor climbed to thereof
roof of the old convent. They viewed the
scene ns hcst they could and the order to
cease firing was given.
"The moment our men were given some
thing to do they steadied down and I do not
bollevo that any thought oC the danger to
which he was exposed. It was the waiting
for something to do that always nffectcd
us.
us."I was with the regiment only two days
after the surrender of Manila. I was de
tailed to work In tbe postoffice and while
there had plenty to do. Then for a time
I looked after the mall of the different reg
iments , delivering It to orderlies. The of
fice was In charge of an assistant superin
tendent of the mall service from Oregon. "
"How do you account for the unpopular
ity of Colonel Stotzenburg ? " was asked.
"The feeling against him was partially
duo to the desire of the regiment to see
Colonel Colton succeed Colonel Bratt.
Colonel Colton Is an admirable officer and
certainly has the confidence of his men. On
the way 'back on the Ohio 1CS men our of
185 signed the petition to the governor to
take steps to temove Stotzenburg. Another
reason which I think liad more effect upon
the men than any other was that whenever
there was a promotion to be made , Colonel
Stotzenburg invariably recommended on ot
'his university boys' for the place. If they
had 'teen seasoned men we would not have
cared so much , but somehow he did not
care a snap for previous services In the Na
tional guard. When Phil Russell was ap
pointed lieutenant every man in the regi
ment almost bad It In for him and had ho
not been a first class fellow and a fine of
ficer be would have had a bard time. As it
is , I think be and Lieutenant James Cos-
grove , formerly of Company F of Lincoln ,
are the best junior officers In the regiment.
They are very popular with the men and
can be depended on for any service , "
PUPILS FOR .HIGH SCHOOL
One Hundred YoniiKxtcra Have I'nimcil
from the Grammar Grade * Dar-
JiiST the La t Term.
The winter term of the present school
year commences on Monday. On that date
and for two weeks following children will
be received for admission Into the primary
grades In all tbe schools In the city. This
does not apply to the kindergartens , admis
sion to which can be secured only at the
opening ot the fall term.
Superintendent Pearso says that the num
ber of students who will enter the High
school-on Monday Is 40 per cent higher than
the usual number at this period of tbe year.
These students number about 100 and will
put the High school In a considerably more
crowded condition than It Is nor- .
"Tho crowded condition of the High school
is unfortunate , but , like the man who has
been long sick , we are used to It and wo
jvill take care of the new scholars in some
way , " says Superintendent Pearse. "The
number that will be sent from the grammar
schools to the High school is remarkable
when you consider the number of absentees
there have been this fall and winter owing
to the smallpox scare , vaccination and the
grip. "
Councilman 3lerct > r'n Uefoime.
05IAHA , Feb. 4. To the Editor of The
Bee : In the statements made to the city
council by Andrew Koseuater at its last
mooting , the essenceof his accusations
against me was : First , an Insinuation that I
was Implicated In securing a fraudulent
count of the ballots In my election. As evi
dence that 'there ' was no fraud In which anyone
ono was Implicated , I submit tbe following ;
State of Nebraska , Douglas county , as. ;
Charles E. Winter , clerk of the county
court of Douglas county , Nebraska , being
first duly sworn , deposes and eays , tbat a
contest against George- . Mercer was com
menced in the county court of D > uilas
county , Nebraska , for the office of council
man , for the Ninth ward , city of Omaha , on
ithe 10th day of May , 1897 ; that tbe Allots
pertaining to the said office were produced
in court and that I personally assisted in
tbo counting of eald ballots In open court ,
together with the contestant , Fred W.
Simpson ; that there were no material
changes disclosed by the count and tbat on
June 24 , 1S97 , said cent eft was , upon motion
of contestant , dismissed at contestant's cost.
CHARLES E. WINTER.
Clerk of the Court ot Duglaa County ,
Nebraska.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me , thla 4th day of February , 1889.
( Seal. ) HAKnV NOTT , Notary Public.
Tbe second , That I had used my otllco of
councilman to ec-curo Immunity from tax
ation which should justly and properly have
be n levied. To prove that I was Justified
in opposing tbe tax levy in questlcn I otter
the following *
OMAHA , Feb. \ . Councilman Mercer
Dear Sir : In reference to your inquiry con
cerning the proposed levy to cover the ono-
balf cout of griding streets la Walnut Hill ,
which was rejected by the council , I will
ay , aa I advlied you at the lime , that such
proposed levy waa invalid and in the form
la which it was propped its rejection by
tbe c/vunrll wi&a proper.
W , J. CONNELL. City Attorney ,
Ai the statements ot Mr. Rosewater were
conspicuously publUhoJ by you , I will be
grealty obliged if you will also publish
this letter. Tours truly
0 , W. MERCEH ,
VICTIMIZES A POOR WIDOW
Cadet Taylor , Posing 48 a Friend to Mrs.
Dennis , Squanders H Money. -
TURNS THE CASH INTO HIS WILDCAT BANK
Lnlcr He L'nm tlic I'roeeiMl * ot n l.l
Inanrnnpc 1'ollcy on AVortlttc * *
Property I" "Which lie
linn nil Interest.
Among the fraudulent transactions with
whljh Cadet Taylor , whose nomination for
surveyor of customs Is pending in the United
States senate , Is charged -the most pathetic
Instance occurs In connection with his ad
ministration ot the affairs ot Mrs. J. 1) ) .
Dennis , widow of General Dennis , who died
a. little over four years ago. Through trustIng -
Ing too implicitly in the .honor or Taylor ,
who posed ns a sincere friend of the family ,
Mrs. Dennis lost nearly the entire amount
of the insurance which eho received from
the Northwestern Masonic AW association
and to this day she has never been able to
realise any material sum on a check for
$8,500 $ which she entrusted to Taylor in his
capacity as a friend and fellow Mason ot
her deceased husband.
$ General Dennis left no estate , l > ut he had
life Insurance amounting to 410,000 , of which
$ S,500 was held in the Northwestern Ma
sonic Aid association. Immediately alter the
funeral and whllo Mrs. Dennis was still
overcome by her bereavement Cadet Taylor
proffered his services to assist her to se
cure the money on these policies. It was
necessary to secure an agreement from her
sons , who were In tbo cast and had an In
terest in the policies , before the money
could bo paid to Mrs. Dennis and this Tay
lor offered to secure , Ills aid was thankfully
accepted and early in the spring of 1SD3 the
money was paid to Mrs. Dennis In this city.
The proceeds of the $1,500 $ policy were ap
plied to settle up tbo general's affairs ami
the check for $3,500 $ from the Northwestern
Masonic Aid association 'was turned over to
Taylor with power of attorney. Mrs. Dennis
never received the money for the check and
It was not untH sometime after that she
was able to secure anything to show what
had been done with the money. Finally Tay
lor gave her a pass book on the Globe Sav
ings bank which showed that the amount
had been deposited April 20 , 1895.
Invented In AVorthlciiB Property.
The money remained In the bant for some
tlmq. when Taylor Invested the bulk of the
amount in two mortgages given on property
owned by various organizations practically
Identical with his Globe Loan and Trust
company. Ono mortgage for 52,500 was on a.
lot nearly opposite 4io old street car barns
on Lake street , the property of the Globe
Loan and Tmst company. At that time tie
mortgage was long past duo and the de
linquent Interest amounted to belween $600
and $700. The taxes on the property were
also unpaid for several years back , tbo lot
was way below grade , and the building was
out"of repairs. The other mortgage was
for ? 2,200 on a lot on Fifteenth street , about
three blocks south of Vlnton , which waa
ownpd by the Llnwood Park Land company ,
another off-shoot of tlio Taylor establish
ment. This mortgage had also run out
some years before , but on Taylor's assur
ance that both documents were gilt edged
security , Mrs. Dennis took the mortgages
and gave Taylor a check for $3,400.
Turns Out "Well for Taylor.
The Investment turned out to bo a prac
tical presentation of the money to Taylor.
The interest -was never kept up In either
case , although by dint of repeated urging ,
Taylor occasionally paid her small sums on
account. Finally Mrs. Dennis put the mat
ter In the hands of Attorney W. E. DeUord ,
who brought foreclosure proceedings In the
district court and also applied for a receiver
for "tho properties. This induced Taylor to
agree that it the proceedings wcro dropped
ho would pay Mrs. Dennis the- rent ot $15
month received tor the South side properly ,
and apply tie rental of the Lake street
building on the hack taxes. This was after
the fiftal proceedings been delayed In
every possible manner , and as a result , Mrs.
Dennis has received about Jl.OOO from first
to last In return for the check ror
$8.500 that she trusted to Taylor's
keeping. She still had a each balanca
of about $2,000 In Taylor's bank when it
collapsed , but was never able to get any
part of it in her own possession. Neither
Mrs. Dennis nor her attorney waa willing
to discuss her Injury at this time , but llio
facts are familiar to the members ot the
Masonic fraternity and can be readily sub
stantiated by these and tbo records of the
district court. All this time Mrs. Dennis
was In most straitened circumstances ,
which makes her mistreatment by Taylor
the more resented by her friends. The re
mains of her husband were brought to
Omaha for burial and although she was left
$10,000 In Insurance she has not been able
to get enough money out of Taylor to pay
for the cemetery plot.
IMucka a Poor MlnUter.
An almost equally pathetic "incident has
arisen out of the misappropriation of the
funds of the Mechanics' Loan & Building
association , organized by Cadet Taylor for
the benefit of himself as secretary and his
bank. One ot the subscribers to shares
was a poor Baptist minister , Rev. J. H.
Shepherd of Blair. Mr. Shepherd paid In
between $300 and $400 to the Taylor build
ing association , none of vblch ho has ever
been able to get back. His health broke
down and he was compelled to remove to
Chadron , Neb. , where , after a while , his
health failed again and ho was left com
pletely destitute. Ho wrote repeated letters
to Taylor asking for a part of the money
and many other letters to friends in Omaha
imploring them to do something to get
back his own. Finally so helpless did he
become that not long ago a collection was
taken up among the Baptist ministers of
the state to assist Rev. Shepherd in bis
precarious condition.
The IrrlKatlou Ditch Swindle.
Another of the swindling schemes put Into
operation by the Taylor outfit In conneuilon
-with the Globe Loan and Trust company
was under the name of the Yellowstone
Park Land and Irrigation association ,
formed In the summer of 1891. It purported
to have a capital of $1,000,000 ° , with 1500,000
paid In and to be tacked , not only by the
Globe and its officers , but also by wealthy
eastern capitalists.
On solicitation by Taylor and other mem
bers of the Glebe company , a number of
working men and farmers living In Omaha ,
South Omaha and western Iowa , wcro in
duced to mnko a contract with the Irriga
tion , association by which , In consideration
of payments varying from $100 to 5SOO , they
were to itake up land In the Greole/ farm
colony in the Big Horn basin in Wyoming
and -to receive the benefits of the big and
expensive ditch which the Irrigation associa
tion contracted to complct and operate.
Theceptlflcates _ of stock which constituted
the contract , provide that each share should
entitle the holder to tbo perpetual use
during each year of water from the G rev ley
Colony ditch , the annual charges for main
tenance and repairs to be not leas than 15
cents nor moro than CO cents per acre
yearly. Some of the purchasers were given
guarantee * that the ditch would be finished
by May of the following year.
Cadet Tnylor There In I'l-mi * ! ,
The first cash payment for which receipts
were issued , included transportation for one
person to tlie farm In Wyoming and return.
This trip waa for the purpose of satisfying
the purchasers that the scheme was on in
earnest. At this first visit of Inspection
BEFORE DURING AFTER
La Grippe - *
TRY
Tito World Famous Tonla
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immediate lasting- efficacious agreeable
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the victims were shown men nnd .cans at
work upon the Irrigation ditch. Upon their
relurn to Omahn many sold out their busi
ness nnd removed with their families to
Wyoming. Cadet Taylor nnd the president
of his bank , who was nlso president ot tbe
Irrigation association , accompanlo-1 some
ot the colonists to Wyoming. On arrival
they found that the people who h.vl bo * > n
digging the ditch bad discovered the fraud
nnd refused to continue the work t ntll
money was put up to pay them , Ot course
the mqnoy was never put up. The ditch was
never completed. The work whlc'i ' was dona
has never been paid for. The company
never had nny $500,000 of paid up capital
nnd the poor victims who had removed their
families to the land , which was uwli-ss
without Irrigation , lost all that thcj- had
put up nnd were compelled to wor' : their
way back to Omaha as best they could.
Many ot them hnve not been able to get
back yet.
Among some of the victims were Ira
Waters nnd William , Tracey , who formerly
resided near Panllllon , ex-Policeman Cock-
erell of South Omaha and George B. Kollur
nnd C. R. Heflln of Omaha. About thirty
families in all arc said to have boon
swindled by this concern.
POSTPONED FOR ONE WEEK
Ilnllronil Otllclnlx'ot Heady < < > Meet
CHy Council oik < hc Sixteenth
Street Viaduct Mntter.
Another conference on the matter ot the
now Sixteenth street viaduct waa held In
the council chamber ot the city hall yester-
dey afternoon. Those present were Councilmen -
men Durkley , Blngham and Lob k , City
Comptroller Westberg , City Engineer nose-
water , W. R. Kelly ot the Union Pacific and
J. B. Kelby of the Burlington. After an
hour consumed in talking about the needs
of the viaduct and the Importance of Its
early construction an adjournment waa
taken until next Saturday when the talk
will bo resumed.
Mr. Kelly catd the Union Pacific was de
layed In reaching a conclusion owing to the
prolonged absence of Mr. Hurt , but now that
that official had returned Mr. Kelly said ho
would take up the project with him at once ,
and promised a definite answer within a
few days.
Mr. Kelby for the Burlington said ho
would be ready to make a report In a few
dnys ana , upon this representation It was
agreed to meet next Saturday when It Is
expected there will bo a show down.
The question ot unsettled claims by the
city against these two railroads for repairs
to the viaducts now In existence was also
taken up and dtscused and the attorneys
of the two roads with City Attorney Connell
will try to get together shortly to pass upon
the various Items.
PLUMBING BILLS QUESTIONED
Ilonnl of I'ulillcVorl ; in Invontlcntc
Prices CIiurKt'iL Uy Fldenatriuk
for 'Work at Jail.
The Board of Public Works will bold a
special meeting Monday morning to con
sider the bills of Plumber Fltzpatrlck for
the plumbing ho installed in the city jail.
According to the contract , the cost of the
plumbing would net him about $3,720. In
addition to thl amount , however , he has put
In a bill for extras , for $1,100 , which Is de
clared to be excessive. The plumbing Inspector
specter has refused to approve the latter
bill.
"There Is no doubt that this bill for ex
tras Is altogether too high , " says Building
Inspector Butler , who is a member of ho
Board of Public Works. "That bill Is ample-
to pay the entire cost of the work of In
stalling the fixtures and the Dxturea them
selves do not by any means cost $3,700. The
bills wHl bo considerably cut down before
they are allowed. "
They Want nil Old Soldier.
At . meeting of Command No. 1 , Union
Veterans' union , Department of Nebraska ,
Friday evening , the- following resolutions
were unanimously adopted :
Whereas , There are honorable old soldiers
aspirants to the United States senatorshlp
before the legislature of Nebraska and , be
lieving that ono who has served his coun
try faithfully la times of war omd peace
should have the support In preference-
all others ; therefore ,
Resolved. By Vicksburg Command No. 1 ,
Union Veterans' union , that wo request the
delegation of Douglas county to support
and ratu fir an old soldier for United States
senator ; and further ,
Resolved , That all old soldiers throughout
the statp be requested to use their Influence
with tbo representatives In the legislature
to vote for an old soldier for senator.
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