The -Omaha Illustrated
Bee
NUMBER 293.
Entered Second Class at' Omaha rostofflce Published Weekly by The Bee Publishing Co. Subscription, f 2.50 Per Year.
JAXt'AKY 22, 1905.
Gossip and Stories
About
Prominent People
Why Rat Masterson Quit.
T.FTJF.n HF.KBT T.lTTVia Ulli In
ijk I the Saturday Evening Post why
I R. t M .t.rwn milt t i t r-n 11 - '
wis life and Bottled down for a
humdrum existence In New York
City. Mr. Masterson is an even fifty
years not a great age.
And yet how western scenes have shifted
during hie brief days! Once he made his
livelihood as a buffalo hunter and killed
thirty a day he might have killed 300,
but for the simple reason that thirty robes
a day were- all that he could stretch and
scrape and euro. Later he scouted fur thu
government in the Black Kettle wars.
Tlicn he was made ponce officer in Dodge
City in years stormy with cowboys and
st.iecatoed by cureless -shooters. These
occupations, like Othello's, are gone. The
In. Hans, fat, laxy, hopeless on their reser
vations, paint no inoro for war; the buf
falo, like the dodo, la a creature extinci;
as marshal, Mr. Masterson is no longer in
request. While the western public Is In the
dally habit of shooting at the marshal,
folk like Mr. Masterson have wide-flung
vogue. When the western public tsku
off Its guns and most of our shooting Is
done on Broadway, some deserving pollti
rl.in liohls the place and draws the pay
of marshal.
Mr. Masterson has quit the west and
does not want to go back.
Ttn out of that one of fire," said Mr.
Masterson, "and I don't care to return.
I've thrown my puttols under the bed and
the only hardware 'I carry Is a watch.
I'm tired of war; the feeling has crept
upon me like mosses upon stone. When I
-a as a young fellow on the plains I used
to fight Indians as part of a day's work,
liul there came a change; as I grew older
I Improved in common sense. I noticed
this when the troops at Fort Dodge wonted
me to act as scout In the Dull Knife cam
paign: I discovered all at once that I'd
grown tired of fighting people I couldn't
surrender to. You can't surrender to a
Cheyenne, no matter how willing you may
bi ; so I wouldn't go. When I'realdent
Roosevelt sent Bon Daniels to ine with
an invitation to join his rough riders, I
found tli at I'd gone a step further and
got tired of fighting anybody, and that
even the Inestimable privilege of surren
dering when licked was no longer an la
cucement." '
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Ministering; to the Needy.
Before he was 21 years old Baron Henri
de Rothschild determined to be a physi
cian and minister to the needy. He has
used his Immense fortune In founding a
magnificent free hospital In the Montmartre
district, Paris. Her he spends every
morning seeing patients and making ex
aminations and operations in person, then
be drive off In hi motor ear to take up
-his llf as a' bar on. -
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A Hater of Injnstlee.
A story la told about Francis Parkmaa,
the historian, which shows that. In spit
of Impaired eyesight, ha was not blind to
Injustice. A friend met him walking along
the street, holding two street boys by their
coat collars. In reply to his friend's re
quest for an explanation. Parkin an said:
I found this boy bad eaten an apple with
out dividing with bis little brother. Now
I'm going to buy one for the little boy
and make the big on look oa walla he
oats 11"
A Forgotten Rejoinder.
Every schoolboy is familiar with, the
saying of Benjamin Franklin, as the group
of anxious-faced, yet loyal moo, stood
around to sign the Immortal declaration of
Independence: "Now we must all hang
together or we'll hang separately." But
i - I I , V. mana.w TUllluniln 1 T A r
rison to th abov witticism I not o well
known, Harrison, a portly man. looking
down over hi ampl proportion. ald:
"Yea, but when thay drop us ail oft at a
rope' nd some of you lightweights will
be kloklng and -uffertng long altar i m
don for."
John -Morler's Impression.
John Morley, In his recent visit to Amer
ica, told a story of a poor English woman,
who was testifying about her dead hu
band In a London llf lnsuraao auit. A
lawyer aald to her:
"Was your husband good to you during
his llf?"
"Oh. yes. Indeed," she answered. "As
good as could be. He was mors Ilk a
friend than a husband."
Paaslna- ol Wtllli
A character known as "Th Only Wll-
Ham," who achieved fam among th round
era of Nw York City some years ago,
died oa Ward island last week. William
In his day wa th foremost orlna. mlxr
In New York. H la credited wita more
seductive mixture than all his brethren
combined. Hi book, Th Flowing Bowl."
Is In th library of J. Plerpotit Morgan,
ant Admiral Dewey and Schley both
cherish costs f It. Poor William left no
asset but h grauful latter h reoetvad
from these gentlemen. William wa th
author of th drink entitled "The Dream
of a Thousand Angela." "Th Essence of
Joy" was on of bis minor products. He
always pitied Sir Thowas Dewar, who
seemed to tak so much satisfaction out
of th common highball. The only blot
that remained on William' memory was
that he one consented to act a bartonder
in a Chicago saloon. It took twenty year
to live thla down, and row only hi ene
mies speak of it It was under William'
deft manipulation that th dry cocktail
achieved lis perfection, H would work
for no man who kept anything but th
right goods wherewith thes confection
ar compounded. Th man with a morn
'lug grouch never left his smiling pres
ence unsatUflid. Recently hi activities
wer confined to th near neighborhood of
Park Row, where his artistic excellence
was fully appreciated. William would
draw a glass of beer for no man. Ha
bad a clerk to attend to that. When a
company of gentlemen entered th refec
tory over which h presided William
would engage to mak them certain drink.
The man who took whisky and water plain
and thought h wa dissipating waa al
ways an object of pity to him. To watch
th only William at work wa an educa
tion, and to hear his oommantaiie on
th drink In proee of formation was to
exclt th appetlt beyond all words. Hi
drinks were creation. la hi nimbi an
ger and fervid heart thr dwelt th
S. nl us of on of th earth's scientific fao
tors. And then th next day! Where again
Is th mti who eaa he th sponsor of
Just such a dax-after fecllug tluU .Wll-
11am by Ms deftness guaranteed? Where
are the "Broedway Zephyrs," the "Pleas
ant Surprise"? They are no more, for
the only William is dead, and all Park
Bow mourns.
A Political Armistice.
James B. Weaver, the populist candidate
for president In 1SH2, and Senator Dolllver
of Iowa once held a Joint debate. The de
tails of the debate were arranged after
much correspondence and It was an
nounced that It was to be held "on the
highest plane possible." What "the high
est plane possible'' was did not develop
until a short time ago, when Dolllver was
talking about the debate. "It was very
simple," said Dolllver. "Weaver promised
not to tell any lies about me and I prom
ised not to tell the truth about Weaver."
A Foe of Flubdub.
Speaker W. R. Stubbs of the Kansas
bouse of representatives does not adhere
strictly to conventional rules while pre
siding over the deliberations of that body.
Whon a member addresses him, Mr.
Stubbs does not say, "The member from
8o-and-8o county," but asks, "What Is it,
Mr.. Smith?" The other afternoon tha
house was grinding away on preliminary
motions for ten minutes, when the re
porters noticed that there was no clerk
taking the motions down. "You have no
clerk here," said one to Stubhs. "Just act
as clerk yourself until Knapp comes in,"
said he.
Straggles of life's Winter.
General Lrw Wallace, writing his auto
biography in a race with death, reminds
one of others who have set themselves
some task and fulfilled It In spite of seem
ingly unsurmountable obstacles. There
was Grant, who furnished the memoir
that were to provide for his wife's com
fort four days before his death; Scott,
who worked fourteen hours a day to free
himself from debt; Htine, depending on
poems to give himself brief surcease from
physical agony, and Fin-en, the Danish
professor, lying on his back and writing
articles on his own dlesaaes.
Uncle Joe Doffs His Waterbury.
Speaker Cannon has laid away the cheap
watch (some of his friends declare It was
a Waterbury) which he used to carry, that
timepiece having been replaced by a splen
did affair of gold, with Jewels, monogram
and all the rest of It. Last fall "I'ncle
Joe" did some campaigning in Connecticut,
and while there gave great satisfaction to
Yankee voters. It was In memory of his
visit to the Nutmeg stats that some Con
necticut friends purchased for lilm the
magnificent timepiece which Congressman
Lilley of Waterbury, Conn., handed to him
in otner oar. s
Biggest Auction Sale of Real Estate on Record
HTLB few Omaha people realls
It, th greatest public auction
ale of real estate ever held.
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'-!"Y'-V perhaps, In thla oountry I now
' ' in progress
progress at th county court
houi
Tli auctioneer is County Treasure
Robert O. Fink, acting In hi capacity a
an officer of th district court, ez-offlclo.
Sine May last upward of 4.000 seDarat
and distinct piece of real estate have
been disposed of at publlo sale, and there
ar still something like 12,000 other piece
to be disposed of. When th sale was
first advertised there wer more than
40,000 lot In th list, but very close t
one-half of these wer dropped from th
" later because th delinquent owner
squared themselvea on th county book.
nJ other hav slnoe been stricken for
vanous reasons.
This Is a vendue with a vengeance, and
It ha many characteristics to mak It
notable In th annal of publlo sales In this
country, If not In th whole world. It
Is known as th Scavenger Tax sale and,
as the word Implies, Is a cleaning up sale,
an unburdening of the record from an
unprofitable and unsightly Incubus that
has been Incumbering (hem for a gen-
a ration,
Aaraa Ml Venerable Delinquent.
Sine 1863 pieces of property eligible for
taxation by the city and county hav
nen going onto the delinquent tax Hat.
Kach year saw an increase in th number
of delinquent lot placed on this list until,
a couple of year back fully 10 per cent
of th property of the city and county wa
not producing any taxes for the treasury.
C(mrt a,clrton, ,arg.eIy helped to pr0(iuc
thla atat of affair a In each Improvement
district outlined by th city or county
authorities for taxation purpose om
taxpayer went Into court to hav the levy
declared Invalid. In many case thes suit
succeeded, and in every district on levy,
or two or three, mayhap, wer knocked
out. Afterward the property Involved was
allowed to become delinquent and it went
to swell the fast-growing total.
Another fruitful source of delinquencies
was th boom of a few year ago. Num
erous additions were platted and put on
th market; values were high and kept
going higher, until tbey struck the point
where even human credulity could not but
fall nto itself and wake up with a sane
and a sobered vision. In thousands of
cases the tax standing againct these In
flated properties for various accounts waa
greater than th value of the property
as It finally stood, though great sums of
money had been realised by private parties,
while th lot were passing from hand to
hand In the sprightly day of speculation.
Many who had lost money on the new
additions and aome who had made money
simply paased out like the man who draw
bad cards, they concluded to let the ante
go. Tho city or tha county, th case
might be. through operation of law
shouldered a heavier handicap each year
and built up a more voluminous delinquent
list.
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Coming; et the Scavenger Law.
Then cam th day whan th tax-produe-Ing
property could no longer carry It
own burden and th dead weight also
without relief. This waa aought through
th scavenger act, pasaed by tha legis
lature to permit th wholesale disposal
of delinquent lots and parcel of land for
th amount of the unpaid taxes. The act
la sweeping , and comprehensive In Its
provision and ha been twice upheld by
th state supreme court. It was Oxet aua-
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talned In the case of Woodruff, against
Douglas county et al. and later In 'tha
case City of Beatrice against Wright,
county treasurer of Gage county. . From
the bench Chief Justice Holcomb ha gona
so far as to point to the law under which'
County Treasurer Fink is now operating
a remedial law that remedies beyond
any question. Th city of Beatrice ha
com to tha same conclusion
and now
propose to adopt th law.
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Tremendoas Task for Treasurer.
When the county treasurer started In to
get the delinquent list In shape for presen-
to th district court h found him-
self confronted with a task th like of
whlch had never before been given to a
cfeunty officer. All th delinquent piece
for all the year prior to hi Urn had to
be locked up and listed and properly
described, and th amount due set opposite
each piece. At the same time the regular
business of th office had to be carried on
as usual. As high as fifty men were en
gaged at one time in thla work. These wer
worked in three shifts, each shift laboring
for eight hours. There wer 40,000 pieces
of property, and to set these forth a
required by th law involved th writing
down of 70,000 Items for the tax of dlf-
ferent years principal. Interest and total
of each year.
The work Involved In this preparatory
exhibit consumed the days and nights of
one solid month. It was a hurry-up Jb,
but It waa accomplished on time. Then
cam th presentation In district court,
ROBERT A. FINK. COUNTY TREAbllftKR OP nnrai,AS COUNTY. WHO
Jo CONDUCTING GREAT BCAVfc.VG.Kft TAX BALE.
One or Nebraska's Early
IATB-fiJXA8 -A-GABBER From an Old
which ordered Judgment against the lands
and lots on which taxes were delinquent.
This wa followed by the advertisement
of th proposed sale, which occupied
twenty-seven page of The Bee last July.
Thla first advertisement. Indicating that
the court meant business and that those
who had been trifling with the taxing
machinery should wake up or lose their
property, brought to the treasurer's office
many people who 4aid up the back taxes.
It also was th cause of many other going
Into court and making answer as to why
their property should not be sold. After
cutting out the pieces on which the taxes
had been paid and In which answers had
been returned, the court rendered Judg-
ment against $85,000 worth of property,
Of this amount $62,000 was on city property
and $23,000 on county lands,
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Progress of the Anction.
The auction of the property remaining
delinquent after these prellmarles were
gone through with began In a business-like
manner and has continued until the present
time. The pieces to be sold are offered
publicly by the treasurer or his deputy.
There can be no favoritism under th
system adopted, for anybody and everybody
is at liberty to bid on everything offered,
Th only reservation. If such It can b
called, I that the treasurer always exer-
else the right to sell as little of th
property offered as will pay the amount
due. For instance, a SO foot lot is offered,
and two or more bidders make 'offer,
Ou du may wtmt It Xor gyeculaUoa for
Governors
Photograph.
the money , he can make out of th tax
title; another may want It ' because It
adjoin his lots, or I one of a bunch of
lots he desire to own. Th bidding be
comes spirited and, seeing he cannot get
the whole lot for the amount of the taxes,
blddor No. 1 offered to take halt of th
lot; then bidder No. 2 perhap cuts his
bid to one-quarter. If the sal la made
to the latter he pay tha amount of taxes
due and gets a receipt showing he has
purchased 12 feet of lot ao and so. This
Is no uncommon occurrence, and by tha
exercise of hie diacretion the county
treasurer thus saves for the property
owners large proportion of his lot or lota
As low as fifteen on hundredths of a lot
has realized the amount of the tax, and th
property owner ha thus been saved more
than three-fourths of hi property.
Sale are made very rapidly at times,
especially In coses where a bunch of lota
In one addition are desired by one man
or group of men. As high as seventy or
eighty lots have been sold in two hours,
wnlch Is ther length of time given to tha
dally sales at present. As high as 226
plecea have been sold in one day when the
ales were first started and when tho hours
were longer.
Having bid in a lot or piece of land,
there Is no backing out for the purchaser.
The money must be paid over to the
treasurer within twenty-four hour or th
tract is again offered for sale and the man
who bought and neglected to pay Is sued
for twice the amount of his bid. The
treasurer has no option in such cases; his
action Is made mandatory by the law. This
provision is a wis one, and acta to prevent
trlfier from butting In and becoming dis
turbing factor In th aale.
One peculiarity of th law, a sort of
saving clause for th city and county, I
that where a piece of property 1 secured
for less than the amount of tax due any
person may, within eighteen months, com
in and make a premium bidthat I, offer
more than the first bidder, the full amount
of the tax or even more and the tax title
is at once transferred to the man who
offers the premium. In such a case, ot
course, the firm buyer gets his money
back, if he does not hang on to his pur
chase by outbidding the premium offered.
All Far Alike.
There are some folks who persist In ask
ing favors for themselves that they very
likely would object to having granted to
their neighbors. They cannot understand,
handicapped aa they are by a peculiar dis
position or temperament, that the treas
urer Is under obligation to treat all abso
lutely alike, und he does so. Mr. Fink
point out that if he were to let down the
bars at all, for anyone on any ploa, ho
would be In hot water every minute of the
day. So the scavenger auction sale la con
ducted a a cold business proposition,
where It la simply a waste of time to seek
favors.
When the list has been gone through one
and every piece offered for sale publicly
those on which' no offers wer made and
which were therefor passed ar offered
again. If there are no bidder on this
second crying of the lota then certificates
are taken In the name of the city or
county, as the case may be. The certifi
cates are to be offered for sal later for
the benefit of th city and county, and It la
well within th bound of probability that
they will realise at least th amount Of
taxes that are delinquent.
torn of the Details.
x vsm,iU ,t a out th receipt
Incidents
by
Passing
From ntiH-arlir to Mover nor.
IF.M ARKAHLB Indeed was the pollt-
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lonl career of Silas Gnrber. whose
death oecurred at Ked Cloud Inst
week. During a period of eight
years, which virtually comprised
his active life In Nebraska, lie was a
county Judge of Webster county, which he
organised; a member of the leglxlrtture.
land receiver at Lincoln ami then the
state's chief executive. He lived in a dug
out In 1870 when he came to Nebraska and
in less than four years he occupied the
executive mansion at Ilnroln. Shortly
after the end of his official term as gov
ernor the "hand of afflict Ion smote him, and
for more than a quarter of a century his
mind has been gone and his body a wreck.
During Governor Garber's career he tasted
of the Joys of life to the uttermost, and
beforo he had crossed over the river he had
drained the cup of sorrow to the dregs;
he lived in affluence and he lived in pov
erty; he hiid riches and he lived to see
them swept sway; but through it all h
whs cherished by true friends and admir
ers and these cheered his last sad years on
earth.
Incident of Xomlnn t Inn.
An tncldent that transpired at the con
vention that nominated him for governor,
as related by a pioneer citixen of Lincoln,
will be recalled by tjio old citizens as typi
cal of the early day conventions. Dele
gates met In the Hallo opera house, located
at Twelfth and O streets. Lincoln, on the
site of the old Funk opera house, new a
magnificent office building. The conven
tion had selected Its temporary officers and
was preparing for business. A bibulous
delegate from Kearney entered the hall.
Before taking his seat he exclaimed:
"Gentlemen of the convention, I nomi
nate for congress Ijorenso Crounse."
Without pausing or giving anyone else an
opportunity to speak, he continued:
"I second the motion."
Still the convention did not Interrupt him,
and he then put tho question:
"All In favor of Lorenzo Crounse say 'I.' "
The convention voted unanimously for the
nomination, and that was how Lorenxo
Crounse secured his second nomination for
congress in Nebraska. At that time Mr.
Crounse was Nebraska's only congressman.
After the metlon f the bibulous delegate
had been disposed of Silas Garber was
named for governor.
His Imposing- Appearance.
It often hss been asked why Garber was
nominated for the highest office within th
gift of the state when he had only been
a resident of Nebraska for four year. Old
timers aay probably the most potent factot
Which contributed to hi nomination and
election was hi intimate knowledge of
frontier life, particularly as It related jta
the Indians. At the time of hi nomination
a -i.i- m- -a-j ri a .v
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" 1 the name of all persons who snail have re
fused or failed to comply with th provi
that must ba given for the property sold.
The treasurer Issue a receipt for each
piece or parcel disposed of. In November
these receipt numbered 19,000, about th
number Issued In an ordinary year In th
regular course pf business. There Is thl
difference, however: The Issuance of 40,000
receipts In regular form, working from the
books In daily use, would not Involve any
more clerical work than th Issuance of the
19,000 delinquent receipts. These must show
the pro rata share of the tax to which the
state and county, the city of Omaha and
all the various subdivisions of the city and
county are entitled. Besides these there is
the city of Florence, twelve villages, sixty
two school districts and a number of school
bond divisions. Then there are different
funds In those various taxing divisions, and
these all must be credited with their pro
portion of the taxes collected through th
ale.
There Is another feature of detail that can
best be Illustrated by an example:
Take for a supposititious case The "Bee
building. The paving on the Farnam street
side might be In one Improvement district,
that on the Seventeenth street side In an
other, and the alley paving In still another.
The Farnam street paving would be
charged against the twenty-five feet of tha
lot immediately back of the sidewalk line,
the Seventeenth street paving against fif
teen feet In depth of the lot on that side
and the alley paving against the rear
twenty feet in depth of the lot. Now, If the
taxe wer delinquent. ay, for three yeara.
the treasurer would be compelled to figure
out the proportion du the three different
improvement fund on th three separate
areas for each of the three years, and they
would be credited accordingly on hi book.
He cannot lump anything. The tedious-
ness snd th routine of uch a proceeding.
multiplied by th thousand of pieces of
property Involved, will readily be under-
stood aa aomethlng calculated to aUgger
th moat patient clerk.
Benefits of the l4iw.
Aside from the Immediate result of clear
ing the tax book and getting the tax busi
ness of the city and county Into Intelligible
nd satisfactory shape, other benefits will
flow from thl great scavenger tax sale.
The energetic pushing of the work by
Treasurer Fink and his deputies has dl-
rectly resulted in forcing the collection of
$35,000 of delinquent personal taxe for the
laat year, and has had the additional effect
of keying the general public up to the point
where they are paying closer attention to
the payment of taxes, both real and per-
sonal.
Then there Is the very Important fact that
many thousands of dollars' worth of prop-
erty Is transferred from the dead list to the
lax-proaucing list. Tne men who take tax
titles by paying up the dellnquensles on the
several thousand pieces and parcels already
sold are very likely to see to It that the
property ahall not again get onto the de
linquent list. Thua taxpayera who hav
alwaya kept clear on the book will experi
ence some relief In th rat as tha returns
to th treasury from thla source continue
to grow In bulk year by year. Whole
blocks, and In soma Instance whole addi
tions, will be made tax-producing, and will,
of course, hereafter bear their share of the
Immediate burdens of taxation.
County Treasurer Fink expresses himself
a very well satisfied with the prngresa
made and the results achieved by the operi
tion of the law; and as the people become
more familiar with Its provisions and Its
operation th result to th city and county
exchequer will, he believes, becoin stead
llf mor and mor profitable. ,
Recalled
the
of Garber
Indian depredations wer of frequent occur
rence and the buffalo still roamed the
plains, tlarber was a powerful man physic
ally, standing over six feet in height and
of fine proportions; He presented a com
manding appearance as he atalked Into the
state convention hall.
"There's our man for governor," .
claimed W. H. B. Stout, one of the leading
politicians of his day, as Garber entered
the assemblage. And Garber was, for the
delegates took up the cue and without giv
ing time for further deliberation crowned
the Red Cloud man with the honor.
Relief for Graashnpnr offerers.
While governor the most Important mat
ters of statu to confront him were those
affecting the proper treatment of th In
dians und the grasshoppers. He approved
an act providing that every male person be
tween the ages of 16 and fiO years be com
pelled to devote so much time each year to
klll'ng grasshoppers. It will be of interest
to know that this bill was written by C. O.
Vh don, now one of the, most prominent
lawyer of the state, and that it was not re
pealed until four year ago. Mr. WTiedon
also drafted th repealing act. Th law
was as follows:
Section 1. That the supervisors of each
road district in thin state shall at the time
when the grasshoppers shall have been
hatched out and before the same shall be
come full-fledged and able to II y notify
each able-bodied mule resident of his dis
trict between the ages of 16 and 60 year, K.
perform two days' labor, at such time and
at such place and In such manner, as shall
by such supervisor be deemed most efficient
In the destruction of the grasshopper. Said
notice shall be given in the same manner
aa Is provided py law for th notice to
work upon the publlo highways.
Skc. 2. Cities of the first and second class
shall be governed by the provisions of this,
act, and it shall be the duty of the mayor
of such cities to appoint not exceeding two
supervisors for each wirtl to oversee the
labor to be performed under th provisions
of this act.
Sec. $. In case it shall appear that two
days' work Is not sufficient to destroy the
grasshoppers in any district or ward, aim
it shall furiher appear that more time can
be profitably employed In the destruction of
the grasshopper, the supervisors of such
ward or road district may require from
the persons liable to the provisions of this
act not exceeding ten days' labor In addi
tion to the time hereinbefore mentioned,
and It shall be tha duty of such super
visor to give to each person who shall have
performed labor under the provisions of
thla section a receipt for the number of
days' labor performed, and the supervisor
shall upon oath report to the city or county
authorities the names and amounts of labor
performed by each person.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of all person
subject to the provisions of this act to at
tend when notified as herein provided and
labor under the direction of th supervisor
of their respective district or ward. Any
person who. after bring notified, shall re.
fuse, neglect or fail to comply with the pro
visions of this act shall forfeit and pay to
the county or city treasurer, a th eaa
may be, the sum of $10, together with cost
of suit, which sum shall be collected bv
suit before any Justice of tha peace within
the county in an aotlon to be brought In
the nam of the city or county.
. Bee ft. The supervlHor shall report jmi-,,?
sions or ims act.
Sec. 6. This being a case of emergency
this act shall take effect and b In foru
from and after its passage.
tuggcats Mint for Omaha),
An official act of Governor Garber that
will or should endear his memory to th
people of the state, and particularly to
the people of Omaha, was hi approval of
the Joint resolution to congress urging the
establishment of a mint at Omaha, Con
gress failed to tak advantage of th aug
gestlon and Omaha has managed to get
along without Its mint
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Wants Indian Removed.
Governor Garber tried strenuously to get
th government to remove from th
state the Indian tribe of Red Cloud and
Spotted Tail. In the treaty of 1SC9 between
the Indiana and th government It wa
specified that tha Indian should remain
on their reservation, except that they were
allowed to hunt over tho stats, and that
they war to refrain from scalping whit
people, to refrain from carrying off women
and children, robbing prairie schooners, etc
The people objeoted vigorously to the In
dians hunting over the state and oongrgss
paid to th Indiana $25,000 to get them to
give up' this privilege. The stat still
felt aggrieved that th government had
plaoed the Indian within It confine with
out tha consent of th people of Nebraska,
and the legislature passed the resolution
urging congress to remove them from th
state. Govern or Garber approved It.
Rxponged Impeachment Record.
It wa during this same session of th
,efsJ"'f hat Governor Garber signed the
" .nga tne records or the 1m-
P""11" proceedings of Governor BuUr.
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Insnrreetlon. at Penitentiary,
1urln Governor Garber's administration
n 'nsurrectlon occurred at th state pen!-
tentlary which will be remembered always,
TI' "Prising occurred late on afternoon
wh" the Prlaonsr ware at work In th
ion yard 016,1 Pt of the prison,
Wt""klng out carefully laid plans, they mir
pnseo, uiaarmed and bound th guard
detailed to the yard, and then lay in wait
xor tne coming of Deputy Warden Nobea.
Th latter was aitout the same als and
closely resembled one of th convloU. Aa
u atepped into th enolosur from th
prison proper he waa promptly grabbed
and made a prisoner along with th guards,
The prisoner who resembled th deputy
warden exchanged clothes with hint. This
prisoner then formed the others In a lin
and, himself at the head of th column,
murched back into the prison proper, th
guards on the wall and employe in the
prison suspecting nothing, as the prisoner
in chorgo ao much resembled th deputy
warden.
The convicts then secured possession ot
tn rnui In the prison and began shooting
at the guards on the walls. The latter
4Uickly retired to the tower for protection.
' i-oinmauaeq ine grounds, so the
convict could not escape; th convict
wer in a position to keep the guards In
the tower. In th meantime a message
hod been sent to Unrein, and in turn sent
to Omaha for United State troop. A'
special train was sent down from Omaha
wll tv two conipanlt. while cltisens of Lin
coln in lurge numbers, armed with every
conceivable weapon, ruithed to the peni
tentlury. That night a heuvy storm cam
up snd the soldiers and citizens threw a
complete line aruunt the penitentiary.
When ihe convicts, many of whom had
been soldier, heard the commands of the
officers of the regular army, tbey realized
the futility of their attempt to escape and
conaented to a parley. The result of thl
parley was that the convicts returned to
their cells a.tid were not punished. An In
vestigation followed the stories of th br.
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