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Public Ownership and Control Advocated
in UamchuBitts.
CONCLUSIONS OF A SPECIAL COMMISSION
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Street railways end their relation * to cit
ies and towns are pretty thoroughly dis
cussed In the report of a special commis
sion appointed by the legislature of Mnraa-
chuscttA Inst year to look ) Into that subject.
Tim tuheiaticc of the report printed by the
Iloslcoi Transcript polntu oUt the difference
In the character ami itevelopmcnt of the
etreet railway as contrasted with the eteam
railroad. Knowing that the problems of the
latter arc those of the private right of way ,
while those of street railways are altogether
those of the public thoroughfare In IMC by
vehicles of divers private owners. Two bills
are submitted , ono providing that cities and
towns tihail construct , own and keep In re
pair the street car tracks like cny other
) inrt of the public streets or highways , with
provision * that the earn of all companies
inuy run upon the tracks after the com
panies hnve obtained permits from the
proper nuihorltiex. No aiilhorlty Is given
for plHi < and towns to own or operate cam
over tholr ti-ncko. The other bill provides
for a tax on the street railways.
Ono sect Inn provides that the returns of
ntriM-t. railway i-oiiipailes to the tax com-
mlKsluiicrs shall contain a uworn fitatement
by the treasurer of the company giving the
length of the trucks operated by the com
pany In each city and town In the mate on
the 30th of September next preceding the
vplurn. All tracfcfc , aiding * and turnouts ,
whether owineil or leased , or over which
the compc'ay has trackage rights , must be
mraauiTil as single track. The return must
also contain tlu > treasurer's sworn state
ment of the capital stock of the company ,
nml the amount of dividends paid thereon
during the year ending on the preceding
September 30 , and' for each year from the
organization of the company.
Another section provides that when the
company's dlvllends have aggregated an
excess of S f.ter cent of Its capital stock the
company shall pay to the state , for each
such year , a tax equal to the amount of
Kiich excesM , In addition to the taxi upon Its
corporate franchise ; but no company Is to
be obliged to pay this excess tax If It has
not , Klnce the date of Its organization , paid
dividends from year to year equal to G per
cent per annum on Its capital stock.
Section 4 provides that before November
1 of each year the tax coinni'es'oncr shall
apportion the tax for which each street rail
way company Is now liable under chapter
13 of the Public Statutes nnd under the
preceding section to the cities O'.id towns
only which have street railway tracks In
their public- ways In proportion to the
length of track operated In those cities
nnd towns respectively. The tax commis
sioner sliall notify the treasurers of every
such city and town of the share of the tax
co apportioned , acid he shall also certify to
the state treasurer the shared thus appor
tioned as nattily determined , In casu of ap
peal.
TUB MATTER OF TAXATION' .
It -provided that on or ibefore the ( list
day of November In each year the assessois
of every city and town f.n which any street
Mil ways arc operated shall assess on each
company operating such railways therein a
tax of an amount equal to such proportion
of the following percentages of the gross
receipts of such company as the length of
tracks operated by It In such city or town
-bears to the total length of tracks operated
by It , towit :
In case of companies whose annual gross
receipts per mile of track operated are
$7,000 or less , 2 per cent of the total annual
gross receipts ; In case of companies whose
annual gross receipts per mile of track
operated are more than ? 7,000 and lens than
? 11,000 , 2U per cent of the total anniKl
gross receipts ; in case of companies whose
( tnnii.il gross receipts per mile * of track
operated are more than $11,000 nnd less than
$21.000 , 2'i per cent of the total gross re
ceipts ; In case of companies whose annual
gross receipts per mile of track operated arc
more than $21.000.ml less than $28.000 , 2 %
per cent of the total annual gross receipts ;
and In case of companies whoso annual
gross receipts per mile of track opernttd are
$28,000 or more , 3 per cent of the total
annual gross receipts.
As to taxation , mentioning their sugges
tion that street railway companies sluie
in the cost rfpaving or removal of snow
and Ice and of street widening * , the committee
mittee/ continues :
"The changes recommended toy the com
mittee are In main part commutations of
Imrdons already Impose ] from payment -by
work to payment In money ; the present
proposition Is of a different nature. It
looks to the Imposition on street railway
comp-.nles of a spce'al franchise tax. The
Idea of such a tax Is not new. The draft
of a prrposed act providing for ono was
npcclally referred for consideration to the
rapid transit commission of 1S92 *
The committee concurs In the general con
clusions on this subject reached by the
rnnld transit commlra'ori. '
"The system or taxation of corporate * fran
chises In nso in Massachusetts Is well de-
llncd. nnd , In general , works satisfactorily.
.All corporations , Including afreet railway cor
porations , pay to the state their proportionate
tionate slure of the general tared , according
to the market value of tfielr 'capital stock ,
which Is porhnps the best Index of their
ability to contribute. The dlsti'lbutlon of this
tax Is a distinct question , and , so fnr a.s the
ftrcet railways are caicerred , has already
been dlsc'itpsud. ' It is u well recognized prin
ciple In the trcntmnnt of Direct railway and
other public servlro corporations In Europe ,
us well c.s elsewhere , to provide Out. nftei
the owners and organizers have received a
irusonnblo return upon their enterrclsa and
Investment , any excess of profits over and
nbavo < i fixed amount should In r-irt be paid
to the government In thu suture of a francbUe
tax. Hills principle commend * itself to the
committee. It Js not ciibject to the criticism ,
which appears to bo sound , tl'.U a limitation
of dividends lumpen ) enteriTlse and Improve
ment. "
DUTIFS AND UKSPONSUHLITIKS.
The. re-port takes up thu complaint , on one
hand. In beh-ill' of the public , that too great
privileges with t"o few refpoiiB' i'llles have
been given to the railway corporations , and ,
on the other , the complaint of the corpora
tions that they nro Insufllelpiitly protected
Against the public. Ttiey conslude that the
niitler 1 ono of local concern In the main.
The municipalities must Judgeof the ur.o
which they will permit to bo made of their
thoroughfares ; the corporations must Judge
whether they will accept the grants of loca
tion with the degree of protection which Is
afforded. It Is not for the commonwealth to
pres.clbo the terms on either side.
Thu commissioners say that the capitaliza
tion per mile In stocks and bonds IB about
the same hi 'Mansachusctts ' OB it Is In Eng
land , though not a third of what It Is In
Now York , not a half of what It la In Pcnn-
sylvanla. and Just about half what It averages -
ages to bo In the United States. They con-
tlmiu as follows : "While In the business of
operating street railways , OB In every other
business , them are as , within reasonable
limits , there should be exceptional cases of
large profit , offsetting caeeu of failure to
earn reasonable profits , yet the Idea some
times entertained that the electric railway
Is likely to provo a source of extraordinary
or abnormal profit must bo abandoned. It
Is a close business , yielding , with skillful and
prudent management , only a fair average
return , quite- within the limit allowed by
statute and conservative opinion as ade
quate and proper ( or Investments of this
character. "
cities and towns assume the complete con
trol of their streets , It was Important to as
certain In what way they would bo affected
financially. In order to find this out fifty
roads , which In 1896 had been In opera
tion more than a year , were taken , and the
corporation taxes of 189(5 ( distributed as sug
gested , and the commutation tax also de
termined and distributed. As a result of
this seventy-two cities and towns show on
Increase of more than $500 over the amount
received under the present plan. Twcnly-
thteo cities and towns show that they
would suffer a decrease of more than ( DOO
under the new plan ; but the cltlcn and
towns which show largo decreases are mainly
those In which there Is little or no street
railway track , hut which chance to be the
residence of large holders of street railway
stoclc. Many of the towns which show a
loss hove , slnco the period covered by theao
figures , had railways built within their
limits , and consequently would , under the
proposed act , receive amounts from these
now roads , and many others would receive
Increased amounts duo to Increase of busi
ness.
ASSESSING BENEFITS.
Part of the report-consists-of a.dlscunslon
of street widening where It Is of benefit to
street railway corporations , and a state
ment of the reasons why a part of the ex
pense should bo assessed upon the corpora
tions , aa provided for by the committee In
a bill.
Taking up next the question of street rail
way development through regulated private
ownership , the report says :
"Even should It be continued Indefinitely
the committee Is clearly of opinion that
It would be conducive to a better state of
it flairs were the municipalities to assume
full control of the streets , meeting all
charges for paving cod for street cleaning ,
and receiving therefor from the companies
a net annual money payment In lieu of work
In kind. "
The committee prefers , Instead of private
ownership , a system known somewhat la
Great Drltaln , but better known In Ger
many "a system under which the munici
pality both onas nnd controls the whole
surface of Its streets , whether paved with
other material or with Iron , and leases tea
a private company the right to run vehi
cles over prescribed routes on tracks there
in specially provided. "
"The ultimate full control of the street ,
mid c-xclusive ownership and whatever may
bo part of Its surface by the municipality ,
I * , It may bo. said , now accepted In
European countries as a fundamental prin
ciple of polity. In the Judgment of the
committee this principle Is correct , and
cauld be advantageously Incorporated Into
MnFoachuse-tts practice > ne applying to all
street railway companies hereafter orgcu-
Ized and locations granted. "
The report denies that European experi
ments In municipal coatrol of street ra 1-
wajd have been demonstrated to be suc
cessful , and says : "So far from being a
demonstrated success , It may , on the con
trary , be confidently asserted that nowhere
as yet has the experiment of munlclpaliza-
tlon of street railways beca worked out to
any logical and ultimate results whatever ,
nor can It be BO worked out for at least a
score of years to come. The committee has
not felt called upon to attempt a solution
of this problem. "
(5E.V. C\VI. > Ol'I'OSKS A.VVHXATIO.V.
Tallin in St. I.oulN oil IIiiTVitll unit
Culiiiii All'nlrs.
In tha St. Louis Republic of Sunday the
following , which will be of great Interest to
the gemeral'ci Nebraska friends , appears :
General John C. Cowln of Omnha WUH at
the Southern yesterday. Ho Is .special coun
sel for the government In the I'acllic rail
road uiise- and ono of tbo lending corpora
tion lawyers In the west. He has decided
vlewH on the Cuban and Hawaii questions
and they me nmile doubly Interesting be
cause he was offered the cabinet position
of attorney general , but refused. They show
'wclicre. ho would have stood had he nc-
uepteil and would now have been a member
of thu president's ofllclul family.
"I am bltteny opposed to the accretion of
new territory , " said General Cowln. "We
have all we want to do to take care of our
selves now , anil I cannot see where we
would be benefited by unnoxlng new terri
tory. People talk of r.var with Spain over
Cuba.Vlmt do we muni war for ? For
Cuba ? I have been through cue war nnd I
o not care for another one. The. people
who clamor for war do not know what It
means.
"There Is n world of sympathy aroused
over Cubans and their buttles for liberty.
I , us well as every other liberty-loving man
In the world , pray that the Cubans will be
successful , as they doubt ( "H Mill , but I
do not believe In Interfering. Here in the
rnlted States wo have cltlren" , i.vards of
the government , which we have sworn to
nrotci't nnd hnve male treaties to this uf-
fVct , but they are being burned at the stake
and no particular notice Is taken of It In
the country.
"Suppose the Spanliirus had burned some
Cuban at the Ktnke.7 The country would
have been i-lccirificd with horror ; men
would hnve slmiled for war nnl the news
papers would have thundorwl for the gov-
einment to Interfere , but It wa. not done
In the ca. e of thu poor Indians. DoA-n In
Pennsylvania deputies phot Into n fleeing
mob , if > ne nre to believe the new-paper ? ,
: md vet no particular notice was taken
of It in this country. Suppose this would
Imvn happened In Culm , shootins men In
Jhn bark ? There would have been u wave
of Indignation sweep 'over the entire coun
try , from const to coast , and from the Gulf
to the llrltlsh pos ilon .
"I believe In lettlnir the Cubans work out
their own destiny. They have- started this
war and they should end It.Ve started rv
war onceIn this euuntry and we taught It
out among ourselves , nnd are today the
happiest and most contented people on the
face of the Klobe. rnlth animosities and
no bitterness existing In any section of the
country.
"I urn awnre that there Is considerable-
feet Ing on the Hn'.vallan ' question. What
do we want with those Islands ? I cannot
see where they , would bo of material benefit
to u . nnd for'thlSi reason 1 am opposed
to the annexation. I believe that If we in in
ane what wo have nnd keep to ourselves
that we will be better oft mil be doing pos
terity a peed turn nnd ono th.it will be
appreciated. "
Gonenil ro.vin nxprewed himself | n strong
and omimntlu terms on the. Do home letter
and said th.it the government of Spain
should be rompellel to state whethe-r or not
It Indorsed tlie sentiments expressed by De-
Lome In bla letter.
tinl'onl'ift1 : < M- .
Assistant Postmaster Woodnrd. Mr , l nt-
onsor nml some heads of departments are
arrangingfurnltunr about the- new post-
ollU-e biilldlnir. Wire screens will bo put up
to separate thecarriers' department from
the stump , money order uml out-of-town
departments. Postmaster Martin Is In re
ceipt of u leli-gram from Washington stat
ing that the now building will not be n-ady
for occupancy until the 2Sth. However , he
has received authority to mov'e In when he
xi > rs tit and the removal will take place
the 22d. as originally p'anned.
Tin1 ventilating system In the new bulld-
Inir Is so perfect and so unique that it Is
tittractlw ; wide-spread attention. Last
week all the studi-iitH from Crelphton
.Medical school were over to Inspect the new
system , and t.iu students of the Omaha
Mc-cllL-nl college ante pay n visit for the
same purpose next Wednesday.
IV 1 .It-il SuK-ol'H Hull ,
At the hist annual ball of the Tel Je-d
Sokol over 100 persons appeared In different
characters typical of the old country and
many hnmlromo costumes wcro In evidence.
The llrst prize for hanrtisome i eo'tumo wan
H warded to Mlsa Ilnrbani Kaufman. It
consisted of u silver tea se-t. The second
prize went to Mrs. 11. Slnmn. The third
prize for men -was captured by Anton
.Novak. Fourth prize , consisting of a silk
umbrella , wis given to Frank J. Fluid.
Fifth prize , nllvcr shavlnpr cup , went to Joe
'Mlk. The committee having charge of the
affair cnislnwl of J , V. .Mnsi-k , Joseph
KulclU. Frank Je-lcn. II. Slnma , John
Wze-rzan and Joseph Mlk ,
.St. Vali-iitliii-'H Hull ,
The amount of moll received at the po.4t >
ofllce yestcrdiy shows that the custom of
sending valentines Is being adhered to. Xo
residence carrier * ! can make full deliveries to
day , All throe-trip carriers have abandoned
ono trip and five-trip carriers had to give
up one morning trip , making two full after
noon deliveries , Mr. Lutcy , manager of the
carriers , says th.ru ( is no way of telling the
exact number of letters , hut ltat at a rough
guess he would eay they had bundled a ton
ri f rr < 1 1 m t t i * |
WAIVERS BEFORE THE COORT i
Papers Signed by Bondsmen at Instance of
Principal in Dispute.
IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THE BARTLEY CASE
Stale I'lidcrtnUliiK- Show Council !
of Snrctlt-n In Aliened IrrrKtiliirl-
tli-M In Itt-Kiiril to the
TroilMllror'H lloilll.
The eult against the bondsmen of ex-Stato
Treasurer Hartley , which wus postponed lasl
Wednesday on account of the absence ol
General Gowln of the counsel for the defense ,
was resumed yesterday morning before Judge
Powell ,
The fight Is now being fought over the
jyaycrjiot ! the bondsmen , which ore assuming
great Importance In the prosecution of the
attorney general. Three witnesses were
called In connection with the matter Thomas
P. Darnell , the attorney for Hartley ; J. S.
Klrltpatrlck , his partner nnd one of the
attorneys for Governor Holcomb , and Gov
ernor Hulcomb. The latter was on the stand
but a rhort tlmo before the noon recess and
was recalled this afternoon. The waivers
are two In number , one of tticm being nlgneil
by C. C. McNlsh and the other by the re
mainder of the original bondsmen. The latter
Is as follows , :
We , N. S. Hnrwood , F. M. Cook , A. B.
Clark , John II. Ames , Mary Fitzgerald , K.
J. Fitzgerald , Charles A. llanna , each of
us having signed the bond of Joseph S.
Hartley ns state treasurer of the state of
Nebraska , do hereby consent nnd apree that
nny anil nil additional names that he may
procure on salil bond shrill In no manner
affect my liability on said bond nnd that
crich of us are held liable the same us If
said names had not been added. January
, 1S95.
The waiver signed by McNIeh Is similar
with the exception that the date January 7 ,
1S95 , Is Inserted. These two waivers are to
work a two-fold purpose for the state. IJy
them the state hopes to throw down the con
tention of the defendants that the bond was
Invalidated by the fact that Governor Hol
comb did not approve the bond on the date
fixed by law , It being held that the waivers
showed that the bondsmen knew of this
failure and waived the Illegality. The waiv
ers are also to controvert another defense
that the original bondsmen never agreed to
the addition of names to the bond. In con
nection with the latter defense the bondsmen
are striving to show that the waivers were
not secured until after thu additional names
were secured and that therefore they have
no Ieal worth.
DARNELL'S TESTIMONY.
The state recalled Thomas F. Darnell , who
testified Wednesday , to the stand. He said
that he had seen the bond In the governor's
ofllce on 'Monday , January 7 , after which
Hartley brought It to this city to get more
signatures. On cross-examination he stated
that he did not know whether the bond had
ever been In Governor Holcomb's posses
sion until January 9. Ho had not been pcel-
tlvo on this point before. It was also brought
out that he and Hartley had talked of bring
ing mandamus proceedlnga to compel the
governor to approve the bond before January
7 , but no papers were ever drawn up.
C. C. McNlsh , ono of the bondsmen , was
called to the eland by Attorney General
Smyth. Ho testified that he wa.s a practicing
attorney In WUaer In January , 1895 , and at
that time was acquainted with Joseph S.
Hartley. After these preliminaries he was
handed the waiver signed by hln-.self aad
asked if be had seen It before. He- answered
in the affirmative and eald further in answer
to a question that ho had sent It by mall to
Hartley.
"When did you receive that paper , Mr.
McNlsh , " was asked by General Cowln wi
cross-examination.
"Either cin January G or January 7. "
General Cowln then endeavored to Intro
duce through the witness a letter which ac
companied the waiver. The state objected
to thid and was sustained. In tr.s\ver General -
oral Cowln said that notice had been served
on McNIph to produce in court the very
Idantlcal letter the one that hod been sent
by Darnell to McNlsh , and which the state
last week had been anxious to have In court.
The court held , however , It was not proper
to introduce the letter at the time.
"What time did you mall this paper from
Wlsnrr ? " then asked the attorney for 'the '
defense.
"On ths afternoon of January 7 , 1895. " was
the answer.
IMPORTANCE OF THE WAIVER.
The testimony goes to the root of the con
tention of the waivers. One of the de
fenses Is that the bondsmen d'd not agree
to permit the addition of signatures to the
bonds. The sti.to Is seeking to overthrow
this deft use by means of the waivers. Ac
cording to the evidence of other witnesses ,
however , Hartley came to this city on Jan
uary 7 , 1S95 , to get the additional signatures.
According to 'Mc.Vlsh's ' testimony ho did not
s'gn aad mall the waiver until the afternoon
of that day and therefore Hartley did not
have It when he oime to Omaha.
J. S. Kirkpatrlck , the attorney of
Lincoln , who has bobbed up In
the case chiefly because of some
connection with Governor Holcomb r.s a rela
tive , wes next called by the state. Ho w/w
used to show that the signatures to the
waivers had been secured before January 7 ,
189i ! , the day Hartley came to Onnha.
The wltnces said that Attorney Darnell ,
his partner , was engaged on January C and
C In getting sigraturcs to the waivers and
ho believed to the best or his recollection
that these slKr.aturi'fl were secured on Janu
ary 0. Witness Kirkpatrlck also stated that
cti Friday , January 5 , he waa pr < * ? ont In the
governor's ofllce with Hartley , Dornell and
Governor Holcotnh. Tha substance of the
governor' * ! conversation was that ho had made
up Ms mind that a waiver ( should bo fllgncd
by the original bondsmen before additional
signatures were necureil. Hartley agreed to
jbtaln thcso waivers.
On cross-examination the defense sought
to break down the wl'.nes. ? ' testimony that
he had seen the algncd wulvcra on Janu
ary 5.
"Do you know whether E. E. Hrown ,
\vho0e signature appears on the waiver , WOA
In Lincoln on that day ? " was aakcd.
"I am not positive. "
"If E. E. Brown was not In L'ncoln on
that date. Is not this signature a forgery ? "
"I do not know. "
"Will you swear positively that the slgua-
turo was on that paper when you sow It
January G' "
DEFENSE MEETS A SNAG.
"To the beat of my recollection It was. "
The defense sought tp get the wltnem to
answer yea or no to the last question , but
failed. The same questions were put to the
witness In connection with every other name
on the waiver and the earno answers were
given. The witness pwltlvcly refused to tes
tify to anything except accord'ng to his best
recollection.
"You were Govemor Holcomb's attorney
at the time , were you not ? " finally exclaimed
General Cowln.
"Well , not on that matter , " slowly re
sponded the witness.
"You were very Intimate with luo gov
ernor , were you not ? "
"Yes , qulto intltr.ate , "
"You were bin general adviser In the
distribution of weren't "
patronage , you ?
"Not Ilia' anybody knows of , " was the re-
The attorney general Jumped up with an
objection to such questioning atid was sus
tained ,
Governor Holcomb was next called to ho
stand. Ho Identified the bond , the waivers
and the qualifications of the bondsmen , He
testified tl.at he had had several conversa
tions with Haitley and Attorney Darnell
about the bond. Attorney General Smyth
asked him to give tfio aubstu.ice of the.sc
conversations , but the giving o' ibis tcttl-
in cny waa postponed until afternoon.
HOLOOSIH TELLS THE STORY ,
At the afternoon cession Governor Hoi-
fnmh teotlflpil Hint Ilsrllov ) > * d handftd to
him his 'bond ' , together with the justifica
tions of the sureties , on January 3 , 1S95 , the
day on which his second term began and on
the day the low required the bond to bo
filed and approved. A convcrs.tlon occurred
at the time , in which Governor 'Holcomb ' told
Hartley that he did not have time to examine
amine- the bond , On the following day the
governor told 'Hartley ' that the bond was not
sufficient and 'that additional sureties would
bo required. 'Hartley ' said he did not believe
he could get additional signatures In Lin
coln , but thought Itc could In O.naha , The
governor told Hartley ho would require the
consent of the orlghv.l "bondsmen " to the ad
dition of alRnatureaVhefore he would accept
the-bond. Upon that , the form of the waiver
was presente-J to tHojgovcrnor and he ex
pressed himself as 'satisfied with it. The
. governor said that ho saw the s'fncd valvere
I in his ofllce on January 7 , all the signatures
now on It being thQtoj then , The bond r.ud
waivers were delivered ! on that day by Hart
ley or Attorney Darlicll. The separate
waiver of C. -McNIfh was shown to him
by the same two taeji on the evening of
January 7. The govk-nior said that he did
not deliver up the bond' to Hartley until the
waivers of iill except'McNlsh ' were shown to
him.
him.Tho
The state eought then to show that on or
before January 7 Hartley told the governor
he had received a communication from Mc-
Nish , waiving the addition of signatures.
This testimony waa to bo given to counteract
that of McNlsh , who said that he had signed
Ifie waiver on January 7 at Wlsner. The
document therefore could not have been In j
the poseersion of Hartley or the governor be
fore the ad-lltlo-nal signatures were secured ,
but It wi < s sought tluough the governor to
chow that McNlsh had Indicated his con
sent to the ad lltlonal sureties Ocfcre he
signed the waiver and before the signatures
were obtained. An objection of the defense
to this testimony , however , was sustained.
IDENTITY OF THE HOND.
On cross-examination General Cowln took
Ifio governor to task for swearing that the
bond he had seen on January 3 was the
same as the one In court , the point being
that at the time the names Of the three
Omaha sureties were not on It. Governor
Holcomb Insisted It was the same hood , and
General Cowln was oo Insistent l > n hl.3 ques
tions that the three additional names made
It a different bond. Finally , Attorney Gen
eral Smyth objected to the questions with
some heat , saying they were "all bun
combe. " Tfie court rebuked him for the ex
pression , but Insisted 'that General Cowki
should not question further along that Hue.
Governor Polcomb asserted that he did not
reject the bond on January 3 , but took It
with him that night to his hotel and com
menced to examine It. He Instated , too. that
ho retained possession cC-the bond until MM-
dny , January 7 , when Hartley handed to him
the waivers slpned by all the orlglral bonds
men except McNI.3h. He was very certain
that ho did not returi the bond until he
had seen the signed waivers. The governor
also denied that he had ever reffscd to ap
prove the bond without additional ulgna-
turcs , but had e'lrnply ' .said that he wanted
additional signatures vl Hartley cr Attor
ney Darnell bad agreed to get them.
"At the former trial cf this case , dI2 you
not testify that you returned the bond to
Hartley on Hrlday or Saturday , January 1 or
5 ? " then demanded General Cowln , reading
from the IniLGcrlpt of the first trial.
" 1 think I did , " was the answer.
"AVhen did you first eco the signed waiv-
er.3 ? " asked General Co\vln.
"It may have been on Saturday evening ,
January G , but I think It was on Monday
morning , January 7 , " answered the governor.
WHAT HE WAS AFTER.
The purpose of thin questioning waa to
show a dscrcpancy -testimony at the two
tria's aad also to Ehowthat the governor did
not really retain possession of the bond un
til he aw the waivers' . If ho had done so
the additional Omaha sureties could not have
been secured until the waivers had been
signed. If , however , the bead was turned
over to Hartley before the waivers were de
livered he might have Eecured the addi
tional signatures before the waivers were
signed , The latter condition eupports the
defense that the additional bondsmen wcro
secured before the original boncsmeu gave
their consent.
General Cowln then attacked Governor
Holcomb as he did Witness KIrkpatrick ,
asking him if ho would swear positively
that all the signatures of the original bands
men were on the bond when he saw it. Gov
ernor Holcomb would only say that to 'the '
best of his recollection all the signatures
were on the bond then.
"How Is it , governor , that you said at the
last trial that you returned the bond on
Saturday an3 now say it was on Monday ? "
asked Attorney General Smyth on redirect
examination. i
Governor Holcomb explained that he had
been mixed up on his dates at that time ,
but ho had thought considerably of the mat
ter slnco and had refreshed his memory un
til ho was satisfied that it was > Moniy.
"Was not your memory refreshed by other
persons ? " asked General Cowln.
"Yes , partially , " was the answer.
In respozso to the questions of the at
torney general , the governor stated that he
knew McNlsh's name w.s not to bo at
tached to the waiver signed by the original
bondsmen. McNlsh was out of the city at
the time' and was to sign a separate waiver.
This completed the examination of the gov
ernor and ho was excused , lie lu.d been on
the stand for an hour an4 three-quarters.
Attorney General Smyth then demanded
that C. C. McNlsh produce the letter which
Attorney Darnell wrcte'JIcNlsh In regard to
his signing the waiver and Inwhich the
blank form of the waiver was Included. Gen-
c.-i.l Cowln Insisted that iMcNUh should bo
called as a witness and'as such nhoul'1 pro
duce thr letter In order that ho might be
cross-examined. Attorney General iTrnyth
maintained Mi.it he was not certain that he
wished to Introduce the letter In evidence ,
but wanted to examine it before ni'.klng up
his mind. The notice served on MoNlsh to
produce the letter BtateJ that It was for
the purpose of being used In evidence. Con
siderable argument by the counsel followed.
Finally General Cowln 'handed the letter to
the court.
SUSa'E'NDS THE LETTER.
"What Is thu court expected to do In the
matter ? " asked Judge Powell finally. Ho
decided that ho could uot compel the at
torney general to Introduce the letter In
evidence. He also ruled , however , that he
would not. allow him to Introduce any sec
ondary evidence to thow the contents of the
letter. Ho also determined that ho could
not force the defense/ hand the letter to
the btato for examination.
Attorney General Smyth offered In evi
dence the bond , waivers and qualifications
of the suretlttt. Almost all the evidence so
far offered has been In connection with thcne
Instruments , but they have not been rrad to
the Jury and the latter docs not know what
they are. The Instruments have been re
ferred to only as numbered exhibits. The
defense objected to the .Introduction . of the
documents , and especially the verifications
of the sureties. Gencrai'CowIn Insisted that
the verifications are no ] part of the bond.
The question was arguen at lengih by the
attorneys , and Judge Powell decided to admit
all the documents In evlpence , Including the
Indorsements showing the filing and ap
proval of the bond , This concluded the
afternoon's proceedings , a recess 'being taken
to this morning.
. \Hl.n Dlvoroi- mill Injiiiu'tliin.
Sarah La no has asked-thu courts to divorce
her from her husband , Arthur Lane , whom
she charges with cruelty. She also aaks for
alimony to aroUt la the support of herself
and child. In addlt'on to this , elio has asked
fop and has secured an Injunction that pre
vents the husband Iroru removing their
household furniture from the building now
occupied by Mrs. Lane ,
I'\ | Miil HIM Omiilin llrxlilriu'i- .
Will Stewart a negro farm ham ! from
Ualr ! , who Indulged | ri u little dlsvlpatl n in
Omaha last Thursday night , nnd was given
a suspended sentence of thirty days by
Judge Gordon , WIIH once more In evidence In
; > eco ! ! court yesterday , Stownrt auBtrts
that the city has u churin for him which
ho Is unable to banish , nnd that li" would
rather go to jail than leave It. HU liking
hr the metropolui wag encouraged by Me
ludge by sending him Is the county jail
fnr t/he thirty davn formcrlv orescrlbed , .
PAVING ON SEW CONTRACTS
Improvements to Bo rushed to Completion
Without Delay ,
CAVPAIGN TO OPEN EARLY THIS SPRING
CttjKtiRrlticcr ItiiNtMvntfr rropoNOM to
Stir U | > tinCotitraodirn to Kf-
forlH UtiiiHiinl In the Iilne
111 Oinnliii.
Unless some unforsccn complication Inter
venes the first worm faring weather will
see the active beginning of extensive paving
operations In various parts of the city. Con
tracts have already been let for nearly
60.000 yards of new pavement and In other
districts the final ordlnanco has been passed
and contracts will bo awarded In a very
short time. So far the various contractors
have made no move towards beginning oper-
atlcos , but City Engineer llosewater says he
will call ou them to begin work as soon as
the weather will permit which , under ordi
nary conditions , would be early In April , In
the meantime- will require some tlmo to
get the asphalt plants In readiness and the
material on ( he ground , so It la expected
that the preparations will begin within a
few weeks. It Is the purpose of the Hoard
of Public Works to get aa much paving un
der way In April as possible In order that ns
large an area as possible may be completed
during April and May and be ready for the
cxposltlcn. In view of the difficulties under
which South Sixteenth otreet residents have-
labored during the last six months , an espe
cial effort will bo made to get that street
again In condition for traffic. This Is the
biggest job that is now In sight , ns It In-
cUides almost 20OdO yards from the viaduct
to Vlnton street.
Here ore- the districts which are- already
scheduled for paving or repnvlng at the be
ginning of the fieaaon. Sixteenth street ,
Pierce to Vlnton nod Howard to Leaven-
worth ; Twenty-fourth street , Patrick avenue
to Lake ; Farnom street , Thirty-sixth to For
tieth and the uncompletej north half cast
of Thlrty-etxth etreet ; Wlrt street , Sherman
avenue to Twenty-fourth ; Sherman avenue ,
Locust to Wirt ; Twenty-fifth street , Cumlng
to Indiana avctiue ; Twenty-sixth avenue ,
Half Howard to St. Mary's avenue ; Dodge ,
Sixteenth to Seventeenth ; Hickory , Twenty-
eighth to Twenty-ninth ; Thirty-third , Leav-
enworth to Mnscci ; Half Howard , Thirty-
sixth to Thirty-eighth ; Intersections of
Eighteenth street with Dodge , Davenport ,
Chicago , Cass and California.
I3CO.VO.MV IX THU I't'llljIO SCHOOLS.
IvIiMvit'K UvNiiIiitioii 'Will ' Itnrtlly lie
I'tiHNt-d l.v ( Inllniiril. .
It Is generally conceded by members of
the Hoard of 'Education that retrenchment ,
as outlined by the resolution Introduced by
Mr. Klewlt a week ago , will scarcely be ap
proved by a majority of the board. It Is ad
mitted that Superintendent Pcarse Is cor
rect In saying that slnco there are 1.200
pupils to be taught In the High school noth
ing can bo saved by refusing to teach French
or Latin to a certain proportion of them , and
teaching something eloe instead. The sug
gestion to abolish music and drawing In all
the schools has been debated with more or
less emphasis every , year , and there is no
reason to expect that the result will be dlf-
'ferent In this case. The members take the
pceltlon that the expense of thcee depart
ments is so small In proportion to the bene
fit to the schools that It would be poor
economy to dispense with them. Mr. Klewlt ,
himself , does not insist that his resolution
suggests the best possible policy. He says
that it may develop on Investigation that his
resolution would not accomplish exactly what
he Is after , and If any one can suggest amore
moro satisfactory method he Is willing to en
dorse It. Ho only contends that some meas
ures must bo taken to reduce the expendi
tures of the board. The manner In which
the principle of retrenchment can be best
applied without Injury to the schools Is the
point which he wishes to bring out , and It
was for this purpose that , the resolution was
Introduced.
While no official action has been taken by
the board , It is very probable that some ad
ditional Ideos on the subject of economy will
be suggested at the nn.U meeting. One
thing that Is pretty sure to happen Is the
abolition of the High school commercial de
partment , which has always been opposed
by some of the members. It is contended
that this department hao never proved a
valuable adjunct to tha school. As .it pres
ent conducted , it has been the subject of
numercus complaints and the 'High school
committee has very recently conducted an
Investigation , which goes to show that It Is
lacking in discipline and efficiency. The
abolition of the department will he a very
easy way to dispose of the present charges
against the Instructor and will Incidentally
save an expense of upwards of $1,500 a year.
There Is also a strong sentiment in favor
of reducing the present exorbitant price paid
to the laborers employed In .the department
of the superintendent of buildings. It
has been asserted that the peculiar character
of the work requires -better standard of
labor than is usually contemplated In public
works. This allegation has been taken ad
vantage of by previous boards to Inflate the
so-ilo of wages until the common laborers
In the service of the board receive mechanic's
pay. It Is now proposed to make the sc.ilo
$1.CO for eight hours work , Thin Is a slight
advance on the union scale of wages and It
Is asserted that the extra 10 cents a day will
bu sufficient to keep the force a little above
the average of similar employment.
Another advantage of this Idea , which is
not lost sight of by members of the bard ,
Is that It may bo expected to do away with
some of the pressure that Is continually
brought to 'bear ' by men who want to draw
mechanic's pay for laborer's services. The
extremely high wages j > .id by the board
have operated to keep the members besieged
by hundreds of men who want to share the
snap and In some cases the presbiire has
amounted to a nuisance. It Is believed that
If the scale Is reduced Komo of tlilH Incon
venience will be done away with , but th-.t no
dllllculty will rornnln In getting all the men
who may bo required.
Vn 11-n II ni > liny tilScJiodl. .
The celebration of St. Valentine's
day was a feature of the pub
lic schools yesterday , and there are
few pupils who will not carry home a
niece cr less pretentious souvenir of the oc
casion. In the smaller grades the children
are entertained with the narration ] of the
various myths connected with the personality
of the saint uul the exchange of valentine *
Is made a feature In nearly every room. A
hufo box la placed conveniently near the
entrance and each pupil is allowed to dcop
Ms or her contribution In the hex as they
arrive In the morning , The valentine * are <
subsequently distributed and care i.i usually
taken by the teachers to see that none of the
children are entirely neglecn-d In the distri
bution of the favccs of the day. In the
kindergartens the little totn are encouraged
to inako their own valcotines and xome very
pretty effects are produced ( jy their chubby
lingers. The tame observance of tdo day
occurs every year and Is r 'o'lucti\o of un
alloyed pleasure to the smaller pupils and
not a few of the older ones.
\frcln a I'l'Nt UIIIIHI * .
Health CommUsiccur Spaldlng will address
a communication to the committee an public
property and buildings of the city council
calling its attention to the ncceralty for a
pest Ii3use durtag tha glimmer. IJIs Idea Is
that some old building might be secured
and placed in sufficient repair for the pur
pose at a very slight cxpeivu arid that the
county rommlnflloners would very likely con
sent to allow the city a site for the hoxpllal
somewhere on the county poor farm ,
Dr. Spaldlng contends that wild the Influx
ot vliltoru during the exposition It would be
If some cases of smallpox or DO-
elbly yellow fever did. not develop. lei that
mso the health department would be ab
solutely powerless to Isolate the patient
promptly and a serious epidemic might fol
low. He considers It very Important that
eomo provision ehould be made to meet
such an emergency and will make ft vigorous
effort to Induce the council to see It his way.
ClMnUTTIH iAYS OUv'sOMH WOUIC ,
llnrlMTK1 OrdlniliiiM * Mriy lie PJIHWI-I !
t'lenn S ntM In I'nwiiM'pl.
The city council decided to pass the bar
bers' ordinance. This measure proposes to
regulate the business and prevent Incompe
tent men from experimenting on Omaha
faces. It provides for a board which shall
examine all workmen and grant licensers
only to those who can show that they nre
pioflclcnt. The board will meet In the city
hall as often as may be necessary ,
Thomas McCague was before the council
In an effort to secure the payment of two
warrants for $50 each held by the Herman
Savings bank on account of damages by rea
son of the Mason street grading. The city
has refused to pay these warrants , as the
Institution owes the city J30S In personal
taxes. Mr. McCaguo wanted the city to file- [
Its claim for taxes with the court and pay
the warrants. City Attorney. Council ad
vised that this would be very poor policy ,
as the city has the money In the fund and
an undoubted right to apply it on the taxes.
The council concurred In this view.
Councilman Karr will probably Introduce
a roeolutlon tonight rescinding the resolution ,
by which the expenditures of the Hoard of
Public Works during February were limited ;
to $500. That last storm was a knockdown
nigumcnt against the economic policy of the
council , and the members now admit that
It will bo necessary to appropriate enough i
money to at least admit of cleaning the
crc-sswalks In the business district.
The mayor's appointment of an assistant
license Inspector under the provisions of the
ordinance passed last week Is expected to
night. The Job pays } 75 a month nnd there
are quite a number ot lively candidates. A
number of Ninth ward politicians are pushIng -
Ing Harry Cowdcroy and the Sixth ward piiah
Is performing the same ofllco for John Car-
naby. Tom Ileronott ot the Fifth ward Is
an active candidate. Ho was on the police
force years ago and after that wns n con
ductor on the Tnloii Pacific railroad. Some
of the councilmen wanted George Huist on
account of his experience in the office , but
Hurst has a pretty good pcaltion at the
Union Pacific shops and has declined to put
In an application. There arc several out
side candidates , tilt it Is expected that ono
ot those named will bo selected.
ISveoullvo Ciuiffrciu'o CiilU-il.
A special and exclusively secret meeting
of the city council has been called In com
mittee room H this afternoon and an Invi
tation to bo present has been extended to
the heads of departments , but this conveys
no Intimation of the purpose of the conclave.
It is understood , however , that the meeting
Is in deference to the dissatisfaction mani
fested by the heads of departments because
they were not consulted In regard to the
annual levy. The levy wcs agreed on In
executive session , contrary to nil previous
precedents , and since then there has been
not a llttlo vigorous kicking on the part of
several officials because they were not given
an opportunity to present the necessities of
their departments before the levy was de
cided on. It Is admitted that since the levy
has been made the courtesy Is somewhat de
linquent , but it is suggested that the con
ference can do no harm and that by talking
the situation over some arrangements may
be agreed on that may operate to diminish
the hardship to which ono or two depart
ments are subjected by the diminution of
the appropriations.
MorTnlKy Sditlxt leu.
Thu following births and deaths were re
ported at the health office during the twenty-
four hours ending at neon yesterday :
Births George Forst. 1148 North Nine
teenth street , boy ; E. Kckstrand , 201C Cas-
tellar , girl ; Alfred Johnson , 2009 Dorcas , girl ;
Walter Urandcs , 1108 South Eleventh , girl.
Deaths Howard C. Wlbcrg , 2 months , 807
South Twenty-second , Forest Lawn ; Cather
ine Kitchen , 92 , 20f South Thirty-second
avenue , Prospect Hill ; Mrs. Ilortha Clark. 21 ,
1750 Leavenworth , lung disease , Holy Sepul-
cher.
JURV TO THY AUCJI'S'P ICASTX13H
Tivolvt * Mii Soiir Ml iiiul ( lit- ( ) | i < -iilimr
Sdili'inrnls Mmlo.
H. M. HUNTER , farmer , Elkhorn pre
cinct.
CHARLES S. CARPENTER , traveling
ilepmnn , 4. > 0. > Hamilton street.
HENRY OWENS , laborer , South Omaha.
JOHN ANDERSON , shoemaker. 202S CJhl-
cupo Htrcet.
THOMAS I5ALLERTON , grocer , ISKi C'll- '
case street.
PHILIP CULP , farmer , Klk City.
FRED NELSON , butcher , W.\l \ Charles
streot.
HENRY II. ROI1ERTS , Pullman co'mpany
employe , 1201 South Eleventh street.
JOHN TI.MPERLY. farmer , Jefferson pre
cinct.
HENRY HI'TCIUNFON , street railway
employe. 1317 Webster streot.
CHARLES MORTENSON , woodworker ,
2017 Franklin street.
OEORGE LODGE , Union Pacific engineer ,
( SO South Sixteenth Htrcet.
The foregoing are the twelve jurors who
will listen to the testimony and the * argu
ments and then dccldo upon tha guilt or
Innocence of August Kastner , who Is on
trial In the criminal court on the charge of
having murdered Officer Tledcman on the
morning of Juno 9 last at Nelson's saloon.
Thirtieth and Spaldlng streets , The state
ments of the case have b en made by the
attorneys for the state ai\il \ for the defense
and everything Is ready for the Introduction
of testimony. During the trial. It Is likely
that the court will innko an order allowing
the Jury to visit and Inspect the Nelson
premises , where the crime was eommlt'ed. '
In making the opening statement for the
prc < ? ecuton ! , County Attorney Haldrlgo said
that ho expected to bring home to the do-
fcndant the commission of the crime. This.
ho said would bo done by circumstantial and
direct testimony. Ono witness , at leant ,
would bo sworn , who would Identify the de
fendant as the man who shot and woundc-d
Officer Glover.
In stating the case fnr the defendant ,
Attorney Itllchlo said that ho expected to
show that upon the night of the murder of
Officer Tlcdetnan and the wounding of Offi
cer Glover , It , was BO dark at the place whore
the ( hooting occurred that a man could not
distinguish an object three fret distant. In
addition to this , ho said that he nxpocted
to provo that ut the time of the shooting ,
August Kastnor was at honir In bed and that
ho and his father and brother had been
there all the evening.
nil' * niiv ivmioii.
In the caeo of William Gladlxh against
the Omaha National bank , the plaintiff has
fllod an amended petition , In which he al-
legeti that during the fall and summer of ] 8i ( (
ho was In POFBCSH'OII of a compartment In
the safety deposit vaults of the bank. Ho
had a key and the bank officials another. Ho
saya that ono day hu gave his wife his key
and that upon going to thn vault she found
only $1,20 ! ! of the $2,7Cl hp supposed ho had
In the box for safe keeping. Hu further
sayn that while both the hank officials and
his wlfo had keys , neither could open the
box without the aut'stanco of the other. The
plaintiff atliH for judgment against the bank.
Sin- TooK Her Hiiklmiiil Iliiuir.
MlIlnttle HuiHin , living on South
Thirteenth Htrcet , intended a hull at Ken-
slor'B hall In company with her him-
haml Sunday night and whllu there .Mr.
Hagnn p.ild c-onid U-rnulo ntttiinlon to one
of the other fair ilanccrn. This nrou'cd the
wife's ln > ; BO taking her HPKI- lord by tin-
collar nho inarched him cut to the glijuwallc
and started him In the direction of home.
HiiKiin multfeeble roHUtnnc-o to the foiuo
excrtel by liln wife , but It wus met with
strong language , FQ IIP contliiurd upon liln
\vrty. About thin lime un ofllcerchnnci-l to1
PUK.I nnd fearing that .Mr * . ILigun'x
domestic troilbleti might urouso the l % fivr
on cither side r-t Ihe Htrcet , placed her under
arrest for disorderly conduct. Mn > . Ilagan
pleaded not guilty to the crmrue and a hear-
Inic was H ( or a later date.
ROUNDUP OF NEGRO ASAZOXS
Dragnet Ontchos tv Bunch of Tough Third
Ward Wonuu ,
POLICE GATIIEH IN TEN NOTORICU5 WOMEN- -
4
Another Effort to l'inil h tinThlovrfr
U'lio lloldly , Itoli Klriitmi-rn
nml l.ntmli ut 1'ulloo
Court .liiMllcr.
The police have made another effort to Hit
the city of n class of female thlfvos placing
under arrest Kittle Owens , alias Linda Lc ? ,
Savannah Reed , alias Sadie Heed , Stella
Green , Pet Webb , Stella Knox and others ,
making ten negro women In all. Each pris
oner was charged with being a vagrant un
der the state law and also with being a com- ,
mun prostitute.
When the women -were arraigned beforoi
Judge Gordon , scvor.il of them openly de
clared that the Judge was helpless to mctOi
out any punishment to thi-m and that ttioy
would scon regain their liberty. Two even
refused to stand before the. Judge's desk
while the charges against them were being
read. When sternly called baok they merely
paused In walking to their Rials and ] > ! c- dod
"not guilty" to the charges. A few m mitra
later a colored attorney , who Is In the habit
of taking charge of this character of police
court business , appeared on the si'cno and
signed bonds for the appear- nee of the
women Wednesday at i o'clock.
Pete Webb and Stella Knox will bo held
for purposes of Identification before admitted
to bond. They are supposed to be the women
who held up Mike Illrsclimnn , a driver for
Porter Hrothors & Co. , near the corner of
Thirteenth and Capitol avenue. Sunday nitht. ;
Illrschmrin reported to the pollco that shortly
after 11 o'clock he was passing the Inter
section of the two streets , when n ntranso-
colored woman came out from behind a
building and after calling him an affection
ate name threw her arms about his neck.
He struggled to rid himself of her embrace ,
but before ho had progressed very far In this
illri-ctlon , a second woman ran out and also
began to hug him. Illrschmnn Is vaguely
of the opinion that there were several other
negro women mixed up In the deal , but Is
positive that while It was going on , and be
fore ho could call an officer , that one of them
ran her hand into Ills trousers pocket and
took therefrom a pocketbook containing $12.
As soon as this was accomplished the women
vanished ns suddenly as they had appeared.
The police say that It is almost an Impos
sibility to bring this class of thieves to jus
tice. In many Instances , where the person
robbed is a stronger In the city , he fails to
Identify the woman who robbel him. for ns.
many of them have said "all negroes look
alike to them , " especially In the dark.
Thefts of this character have been of
startling frequence during the last six
montliG , and although quelled for n time by
the police , they nre again In evidence. Ono
of the \urst features In connect on with thcso
women Is the fact that being emboldened
by their many acquittals , they now treat the
police judge and his court In open contempt
and many of the proceedings in which they
take part are little more tlinii a farce.
nu XTV co.M'ui.vsin.Mcii.v ' MisisTixn.
II. C. SniKirs ItcslKiititlnii Acci-pd'il
mid Sonic ItcHoliitliini Ili-ri-rrcil.
At a mooting of the Hqard of Pouuty Coin-
mlesioners , II. C. Smith , head clerk In the
tax department of the county , presented hla
resignation , the eaniu to take effect thirty
days hence. This resignation was accepted
and E. G. Solomon appointed to fill the va
cancy , his pay to begin upon the date of
Smith's leaving the oflicrs. .Solomon agrees' '
to come Into the ofllco and work without pay
for the period of thirty days In order to
familiarize himself with the i equipments of.
the1 department. Mr. Solomon Is an old resi
dent of the county , having been here about
thirty years. At the present time ho liven In
the Sixth ward. He and his brother conduct
a lurgo vineyard and fruit farm in West
Omaha precinct.
A resolution providing that the sum of
S1.V.S2. the amount of money lemaining In
the permanent road fund , be expended on
n extension of the southwest road waa re
ferred. When the $11)0,000 of road bonds
wcro voted some years ago It wo.3 with the
understanding that the pioccds were to bo
dlvlJed Into three equal juris nnd bo ex
pended on three roads , the West Dodge
road , the Military road an 1 the southwester
or Center street read. The West Dodgs
ftrect nnd the Military roads have received
their proportion of the money , and now the
balance of the JfiO.OOO voted for the purpose
Is to be useJ In making an extension to the
southwest , out jwst the Omaha Fiilr nnd
Speed association park.
The following resolution was offered by
Chairman Klcrstead and referred :
WhereaB. Thli board IIIIH fit t aside PHI ! ; m-
proprlaled the cum of $7.,000 to the Trnns-
Exposition , and
Whereas , The mini of $ .VVio ) ( lias bci-n
turned over to tin- wild exposition In corn-
Iill.inco Mllli nnd ! resolution , nnd
Where,1 ! * , The TnmttnilBRlHHlppI KxpoMtlon
company Is In need of the gXi.OGO balance so
pot apart , and
Wht-rcaH , The InlcrcHts of DoughiH ominty
will In no wlso be jeopnidizi-d by the 1m-
miMlltilA tnniKfer ( if flu- balance and that
the exposition company will be greatly
hrnefllod thonOiy ; there-forr , lie It
Resolved , Th.it the ? 2.VO > 0 liiil.inciheld In
reserve ho ut once turned over to the ex
position association for fhe general tro"d and
advancement of the exposition.
The county treasurer was Instructed to
rauccl the tax levied .igiilnst ground on
which the Academy of the fucrcd Heart la
locitci ) .
Charles Hill w s llcemcil to sell liquor
at the Hrkhton hotel , 'E.mt Omaha.
Christ Striker nskrd for "any position" In
connection with the TraiHmirf : > , . - | ' E.\po-
E'I'.lop. ' ' Referred.
County Clerk Huvcrly asked authority to
employ it mail for iho period of sixty iMysi
to chock up the old lax hooks of the county
treasurer's office. Commissioner Ilnetor op
posed the employment of an exira man ,
snylrig that this work was a part of the
diitloi of John Dalley. who wns re oMly
placed on the f.ilnry lUt. Coinnil'HloiicTH
KterBtcad and Harto were of the opinion
that iho Ititcresls of the county would bo
Eut iurved. On roll call all of the inrmhera
voted In allow the county clerk to hln tha
man.
man.Tho
The commissioners rejected the proposition
of the Adam Snydcr bondsmen , who offered
to pay Jl.nOO In full of thn $ ! ) ,000 K'urtao ' , ( ;
that occurred during Snyder'n term ns county
treasurer. They , however , offered in lanccl
the Judgment providing the bondsmen would
pay f5noo.
It WUH suggested that a correspondence ho
opened with the ntnto authorities for the
purpose of securing the return of J2 2uO re
tained as accrued intercHt on the exposition
bonds bought by the Slate Hoard of S hooi
Lands and Funds. '
The next meeting will bo held on February
28 at 1 o'clock p. m.
A ft IT Illllllllllll | Tl'lllllllN ,
At a meeting of Ihu Itcal EHtato exchange
field at noon In the Commercial club ur-
langementi : were completed for compiling a
delinquent tenant list. Tenant * ) uho have
fulled to pay their rent will ho listed , together -
gether with the umountH they owe , and the
members of the i-xhingo will rent to no-
such dellnquentu. It U denim ! that all inoiii-
bcrti bring the ! ' ' lists to Iho Monday meeting.
KIII * llriidiiix HIM > ll | r < ' M.
Joe Urown W H nrnwlwl Saturday night
for beating lilw miHtres.i , JsYlllo Hrown ,
who IH the kr-cpor of n dlvo not far from
NlnUi and Capitol avenue. Hronn dernandud
( " > mo money of the woliiun , whl'-li was not
for'hcomlng and ho accordingly knocked
her down and brat her qulto flcvurcly.
Ir ! < wn Is a white man , while the MOIIIUII l
n nrgrr a. When arraigned before Juiliio
( Jar ton lircrwn pleaded not guilty to liulnir
a vagrant and an lumato and his neuritis
V.CB ct for Wednesday at 2 o'clock.