THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THUKSDAT , NOVEMBER Ii3 , 1895) ) .
h Official Canvas of the Vote Cast at the
ELECTION IN DOUGLAS COUNTY , NEBRASKA.
Held for the Election of State , Judicial and County Officers , November 7 , 1899
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VERHEHRENS HAVE TROUBLE
FiUndly Conversation About'Ancestry Leads
to Divorce Court ,
WIFE PLEADS FOR PROTECTION OF LIFE
Jmlfft * FiMY'ct * IBBUCH Temporary He-
trulnliilf Order .iKnlupt Hualmiid
Vcr Mclircii Wniils It XTiuIer-
Htuod ( bat lie IN French ,
Because Mrs. SaraU Vcr Mohrcn Intimated
that her husband , Herman Ver Mehren , U
moro German than French family trouble
ensued which has fpund publicity in dlvorco
proceedings.
The -Vcr Mehrons are wealthy residents of
the South Side , the head of the household
being at the head of n , wholesale liquor houte
which IB eald to make largo annual profits.
Mrs , Vcr Mebrcn'B application for dlvorco
Is a lengthy document , abounding In start
ling declarations.
Incorporated In tbe petition for divorce Is
a prayer for a restraining order against tbo
defendant to Iccep him from visiting his
wife. Mrs. Ver Mehren appeared before
Judge rawcett In equity court and swore that
Ebo feared her huiband would kill her and ,
on the flhonlng made , the court Issued a
temporary Injunction which says that Mr ,
Vcr Mehren shall not Interfere with Mrs.
Ver Mehren. On December 6 Judge Fawcett
will hear tbo case on Its merits , tbo tempo
rary order holding good In the Interim.
IlrmUi I'll ' I''niull > - Dinner.
According to the story lold by Mrs. Ver
Mehren In her petition the convorsatlou
about nationality took place while the Vcr
Mebrcns were at dinner on the evening of
October 1C , In their luxurious home , 1414
Dorcas street. Other members of the family
and relatives were present when tbo ques
tion of anceetry was touched upon as a
friendly topic. Mr. Ver Mehren said French
bloood flowed In his veins , whereupon Mrs.
Vcr Mehren reminded him of a letter re
ceived from his father a long while ago In
which It was stated tbat the Ver Mchrcni
were of German origin.
In her petition Mrs. Ver Mehren relates
that immediately after she bad spoken of
the alleged German branch of the Vcr Meh
ren family tree her husband flew into d
rage and demolished part of the furniture ,
also threatening to nuke splinters of tbo
piano.
Continuing , tbo petition tells of other
troubles. On several occasions , It Is alleged ,
the defendant assaulted tbo plaintiff and
threatened to kill her , emphasizing hla
threats by exhibiting a pistol. Dates are
given from which It appears that a continu
ous family quarrel has been In progress for
some ttmo. Tbo petitioner declares she Is
In great fear of violence at the bands of her
husband , citing bis alleged threats as the
basis of her apprehension.
Ver Mehren l Ilurrcil.
If the terms of Judge Fawcett's Injunc
tion are obeyed Mrs. Ver Mehren and her
three children , ranging in age from 7 to 10
yeare , will continue to reside nt the Dorcas
street home , while Mr. Ver Mehren must
look elsewhere for shelter.
In addition to asking that her life bo pro
tected and that abe be given absolute di
vorce and custody of the young Ver Meh-
reng , the plaintiff prays the court to give
her some of Mr. Ver Mchren's money , She
relates that when she married him at Ar
cadia , la. , In November , 1883 , be was poor ,
but by their concerted efforts he has
amnst-cd a comptency and that be now owns
37 per cent of a wholesale liquor bouse , the
net capital of which she declares ls $43,205,77 ,
The profits from this business , the petitioner
alleges , ovcrago $14,000 per year , and she
further sets forth that In her own name she
has no property nor means of support ,
nor nimT WHIM ; MAKI.MI UANDV ,
( iorilou lcroy Duvln Sue * Illn Uni-
liluyrm fur if.T.OOO UnuiaaoN ,
The danger to llfo and limb alleged to
lurk about the manufacture of bonbons ,
caramels and other , sneeta Is being set forth
explicitly In Judge Scott's court , where the
damage suit of Gordon Leroy Davis against
Kopp , Drlebus & Co. Is on trial.
The defendants operate a candy factory
and the plaintiff uas employed therein , and
while engaged In bis duties It is alleged he
sustained Injuries which damage him In the
sum of J5.000.
Gordon Lcroy Davis Is 16 years old. Ills
father , AS next friend , Is supporting bis pe
tition. The boy Is aq Interested listener In
court and will bq the chief witness for bis
side of tbo case.
The petition recites tbat whllo the plaintiff
was employed in the candy factory In May ,
1898 , hla regular duties were to drop figs and
other sweets into a hopper which ground
thorn up as material for candy composition.
The hopper got out of repair , it la alleged ,
and when the lad reported to the foreman
ho was told to climb a ladder , soap the belt
and clean the machinery. He followed In
structions , it Is asserted , and in doing so
his right arm became entangled In tbo rapIdly -
Idly revolving belt and was twisted until be
suffered Intense pain. It Is further alleged
that bis arm was shifted against a steam
pipe , resulting In a severe burn.
In making bin opening statement to the
Jury , the plaintiff's attorney eald the boy's
arm would never be the same as It was be
fore the accident. He declares it is much
smaller than the left arm and tbat It can
never bo cured. The chief point brought out
by the prosecution Is that tbo foreman of
the factory should not have ordered the
boy to attempt repairing the machinery
whllo it wae in motion , for the alleged
reaeon that It waa not within the line of
his regular duties and that he knew nothing
about the care of machinery.
The defenco denies many of the allega
tions set forth by the petitioner and the
case will bo vigorously contested. Numer
ous wltncteea will appear for the defense ,
chief among whom will be the foreman.
One Intorcntlng feature of tbo trial Is the
graphic description of the proccffiee of candy
manufacture , which comes Incidental to the
testimony bearing upon the Injury alleged
to have been sustained by the Juvenile plain
tiff.
U. S. COURT ] lit ; > I.M.SM MAY bTOI > .
Uncle Sum Kit 11 H ( u hriul I'uiiiU to J'jiy
Jury nml Wllurm l < Ve .
Duslnesa In the United States court Is
practically at a standstill and all on account
of the fact that tbero arc no funds on band
nltb which to pay the Jurora and witnesses.
If the money docu not come \\ltbln a few
days the November term may bo adjourned
without completing the cases on tbo docket.
After Marshal Matbews , who acts as dis
bursing ofllccr , was appointed bo secured a
surety company bond and forwarded It on
to Washington. Word came back that thj'
bond could not bo accepted unless a power' '
of attorney was forwarded by the agent hero
showing that he was possessed of tbo power
to accept and approve the risk. The com
munication was referred to tbo eastern office
of the company and it Is presumed tbat the
officers tbero sent the required document ,
yet nothing Is known hero as to whether
or not It has been received. The bond not
having been approved , the Treasury depart
ment has failed to send the necessary
amount of money to pay the expenses of
the term of court ,
The grand Jury has been In session a num
ber of days and cases In which the witnesses
reside In this Immediate vicinity have/ been
called. They have appeared with the un
derstanding that they arc to be paid as soon
as funds arrive. They have been willing to
accept the promise of Undo Sam and wait.
Now these cases have been disposed of and
the jury Is ready to take up cases where the
witnesses reside at a distance , but aa there
IB no money to pay auch parties and none
to pay the expenses of the deputies , pro
cesses have not been sent out.
MAKE : A PKHHOXAI , OUSEIIVATIOX.
Juror * In Drxttlc H IIMII'H DIIIIIIIKC Suit
Htmly Toiiqarniiliy ,
Thirteen men , under strict orders to not
make the party either larger or smaller ,
despite the unlucky number , left the court
house yesterday and went out through
tbo rain to Sixth and Pacific streets to study
the topography of that section and to calcu.
late railroad grades and sharpness of curves.
Twelve of throe men were Jurors In the ? .10-
000 damage suit of C-year-old Dessjo Ranra
against the Burlington Tlallroad company ,
which has been on trial In Judge Keysor's
court for two clays , and a bailiff made the
thirteenth.
The question of topography entered largely
Into the evidence. Either side had blue
prints on exhibition , and these maps con
flicted , Therefore Judge Kejnor decided
tbat the only correct way to get tbla Issue
before the jurors was for them to make per
sonal observation. Just before the start was
made Judge Kcysor sqlrt ; "Gentlemen of
the jury , you will go In company with the
bailiff of this court and you arc Instructed
that no other person shall accompany you ,
Whllo vloulng the o premises you ehall not
discuss this proposition. Uach juror must
obiervc for himself , "
Somebody wanted to know how about
street car fare and the judge said the ball lit
would attend to tbat. In anticipation of the
jaunt the jurors were equipped with rubber
coats and wet weather footwear , for it bad
been , announced the evening beforp , whllo
rain oplaahed against tbo court boune windows
dews , that a trip to tbo scene of the accident
would be made.
After tbo return of the jury from Its topographical
graphical survey , the attorneys presented
their argument and tbo case was submitted
at 5 o'clock.
Sheriff McDonald Win * .
Judge Powell has decided that John W.
McDonald , sheriff , Is entitled to $1,000 life
insurance money left by the late Kenneth
Montgomery , a former dry goods clerk of
Omaha. Tbo insurance company Isesulng
the policy had paid the money Into court ,
whore It was held In trust pending Interven
tion proceedings brought by relatives of
the deceased , who reuldo In Scotland , Mc
Donald claimed absolute asslgpment of the
policy In return for money loaned the de
ceased during his residence In Omaha. The
Interveners set forth that McDonald was en
titled only to such sums as be had actually
advanced and tbat the assignment ot tlic
policy was not absolute. A motion by the
Intervener to have tbo Jury Instructed In
favor of the relatives , resulted In exactly
opposite Instructions , the court holding that
tbo assignment of the policy was absolute.
Heulli-livwoii MtlKiitlnn Still On.
The celebrated ejectment suit of Thomas
T. Heath against Fred Lowon to determine
the ownership of forty acres of Douglas
county farm land will not be terminated so
readily as was expected when a jury In
Judge Keyeor's court a few days ago re
turned a verdict In favor of tbo defendant.
The plaintiff has flltil motion for a new
trial , alleging numerous errors In the ruling
of the court , as well as the usual allegation
tbat the verdict Is contrary to law and evi
dence. This case has been In the courts
since 1801 and has once been to the/ supreme
court.
nml Diiiiriin Koiinil ( iiillt > .
George. Duncan and Will Hawkins , col
ored youths , on trial before Judge Raker
on the charge of assault with Intent to rob ,
have been declared guilty by a jury. A
recommendation of leniency accompanied
the verdict. The court hao not pronounced
sentence. It was charged that the do-
fendanto attempted 19 rob Frank Slania of
J1C , but failed to secure tbe money , al
though they assaulted him. This trial lasted
much longer than euch cases uaually do
owing to the large number of witnesses.
Tbe Jury was out nearly twenty hours be
fore a verdict was reached.
In Favor of Mc-AIHnler.
Tbo case of Jay McAllister , who sued the
Missouri Pacific railroad for $1,000 damages
on account of alleged personal Injuries , has
been decided In Judge Baxter's court by on
award of $500 In favor of the plaintiff. Mc
Allister , who was a truckman In tbo employ
of the defendant company , alleged that ho
was ordered to move a tombstone from one
car to anotlicr and that In making tbo trans ,
fer ho became entangled with the stone | n
Huch a way ns to rccplvo permanent Injury.
Ho claimed that the truck was defective.
To in OrniilNon on Trlul.
Tom Dennlson , charged with operating a
game of chance known kaa policy , Is on trial
before Judge Baker. Other counta In the
original Information have been quashed ) so
that only the charge of policy holds good.
This case wa * entered Into very fully a few
weeks ago when Dennlson was before Judge
Baxter of the county court for preliminary
hearing. At that time World-Herald re
porters who bad been assigned to Inspect
Dcnnlson's place were the chief witnesses.
Dr. MciNlM-r .SUCH .Hlrcrt Hiilluii- .
Dr. Sidney Mosher of Council Bluffs hna
filed suit ngalnst tha Omaha Street Kail-
nay company asking for $ ( ,000 damages on
account of pomonal Injuries alleged to havu
been received whllo alighting from a car on
Douglas street , October 31 , Dr. Moaher Is
Cl years old. Ills Injury Is euld to bo perma
nent. U in alleged that the car did not
stop properly and that he fell while trying
to leave It.
.NoIf > from tliu ( 'uurlx ,
Tom Jones , who wan brought hPforn the
iiollco court I'liaruei ) with embezzling from
the J. H. HuRluRe Installment company ,
wus sentenced to thirty tluyt * In Jail ,
Henry T , Ularko , nKiiltmt whom judgment
haw been rendered for 129,00(1 ( In favor of tha
I''I ' rut National hank , has tiled notlco uf
oxueptloim to the judgment. The plalntllf
bunk obtained the judgment on n fallowing
of promlKMory noten.
MrH , Kmma J , HtrnKcr'H liilunctlon suit
nguliiHt the cly ( of Houtli Oinaliu In on
trial before Judge Kawcett. Mrs. UtciiKcr
bccktt to restrain Oio city from collecting
special tax bills for the paving of N ntreot ,
between Twentieth und Twenty-fourth.
Albert I. 8tlx & Co. have Instituted at'
tachmcnt proceedings against aeorga
Dososnnwskl for the collection of an alleged
debt of $267. Merchandise rendered la tha
claim ,
The Ruszlts Fur company iind other cred-
itoiH have eono Into the federal court ,
where they .have . Illcd u petition , nsklns
that George de Sosnowskl , a local furrier ,
bo ndjudgcx } a bankrupt. They allege that
he Is Insolvent and that ho has disposed of
and secreted his property with the Intent ot
preventing the collection of debts against
him.
HARPER whiskey on your sideboard
proves your taste Is correct. It proves also
that you are uolng your duty to your guest
and to yourself keeping the finest whiskey ,
obtainable.
VERDICT LIES WITH MERRIAM
Rcnernl Coinniiiiiilliiu Ii'inrtnn'iit HaM
tlir Flnnl DlHiioxnl of Court-
3lurtlul CHUCK.
The court-martial In the case of Corporal
Fnlro and Private Jockons , Tenth Infantry ,
has agreed upon Its findings , but no verdict
will be announced pending the approval of
General Mcrrlam , commanding tbe depart
ment. The recorded testimony arid the rec
ommendations thereon have been forwarded
to that olllcer at Denver and the verdict will
bu made public within two weeks. It in
considered probable at army headquarters
that the soldier's action In shooting tbe es
caping prisoner will bo upheld.
The testimony In the case Is voluminous ,
amounting to over 8,000 , words , and Chief
Clerk Grceloy of tbo adjutant general's
office hus been very much occupied In pre
paring the transcript , which covers twenty *
lUe pages of single-spaced foolscap.
Million * nivrn Airnr ,
I H Is certainly gratifying to tbe public to
I know of one concern In the land which Is not
i afraid to IKJ generous to the needy end tut-
I forlng , The proprietors of Dr. King's Js'av/
[ Discovery for Consumption , Coughs and
I Colds have given away over ten million trial
I bottles of this cr ot medicine and have tbe
eallsfactlun of knowing it has absolutely
'cuied thousands of hopeless cases , Asthma ,
1 Bronchitis , Hoarseness and all diseases of
j thu Throat , Chest and Lungs arc surely cured
by it. Call on Kuhn & Co. , druggists , and
. get a free tilal bottle. Regular size COo and
$1. Kvcry bottle guaranteed or price re
funded ,
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