Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
ESTABLISHED JTJKE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY MOUNTINGFJ2URUAKY 15 , 1898 TWELVE PAGES. SING L IS COI\r FIVE CENTS ,
STREET RAILWAY TRACKS
Public Ownership and Control Advocated
in Massachusetts ,
CONCLUSIONS OF A SPECIAL COMMISSION
llrlatloiin of Slrcrt ItiillunjH < ii Cllli
nml Timim Tliiirniiulily HU-
ciiNxril Prl nti > IHt nrrxlilii
of Clirn l'ti\or < 'U.
Street rallwajs and their relations to clt-
Ira and towns arc pretty thoroughly die-
cumcd In thu report of a special commis
sion appointed bthe legislature ot Mansa-
chuscttn Innt jiar to looki into that subject.
Thu tuheiante of the report printed by the
Uostai Transcript polnta out the difference
In the character nnd development of the
etrcet railway an contiasted with the etcam
railroad , showing that the problems of the
latter arc thc p of the private right of way ,
while those of street rallwajs are altogether
those of the public thoroughfare In use by
vehicles of dltera prltate owners. Two bll'
nre submitted , one providing that cities and
towns rlml ! construct own and keep In re
pair the street car tracks like any other
part of the public streets or hlghwajs , with
lirov'slom that the car < of all companies
may run upon the trackfi after the com
panies hnvo obtained perm ltd from the
piopcr authorities. No authority Is glten
for cltli-s am ) towns to own or operate cam
oter tholr tiniks The other bill provides
for a tax on the atreet rallwaj.i.
One beet Ion viovldcs that tin- returns of
ntreet rallwaj companies to the tax com-
inlKsIcmers ehall contain a hworn statement
by the tieasurer of the company giving the
length of the tracks operated by the com
pany In each cltv and town In the otate on
tin801 h of September next preceding the
icturn. All tracks , aiding and turnouts ,
whether owned or Icnspi ] , or over which
the compcny has trackage i li-hts , must be
mcoHurcd as single tiark The icturn must
also contain the treasurers sworn state
ment of the capital stock of the company ,
nnd the amount of dividends paid thereon
during the year ending 01 the preceding
Siptemler 30 , aud for each jc.ir from the
orgacil/atlon of the company.
Another section provides that when the
company's dlvl leads have aggregated an
cxce s of S iper cent of Its capital stock the
( ompany shall pay to the htatc , for each
Midi jcar a tax equal to the amount of
mich oxecha , In addition to the taxi upon IU
corporate franchise ; but no compray IB to
be- obliged to pat this excels tax If It has
not , hlnio the date of Its organization , paid
dividends fiom year to jear equal to C per
cent per annum on iu capital stock.
Section 4 provides that before November
1 of each jear the tax comm'ca'oncr shall
apportion the tax for which each fetreet rail
way company Is now liable- under chapter
13 of the I'ubllc Statutes nnd under the
preceding section to the cities end towns
only tvhlrh have street rallwaj tracks In
their puhlle wat.-j In proportion to the
length of track opuiatcil in those cities
nnd towns ic.spectivc.y. The lav commis
sioner shall notify the trensursra of everj
euch cltj and town ot the sliare of the tux
BO apportioned acid he shall also certify to
the wtate treasurer the shared thus appor
tioned us finally determined , In cam of ap
peal ,
THE < M\TTI3ll ! OP TAXATION.
It Is irovldtd that on or ibefuie the ( list
iliy of November In each jeai the assthsoih
of every city and town MI which any stuot
rillway ore operated shall assess on eich
company operating sueh 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 opeintcd by It In such city or town
bears to the total length of tracks opeinted
by It , towit
In case of companies whose anmiil gross
receipts per mile of track operated are
$7,000 or less , 2 per cent of the total annual
gross receipts ; In case of eoinpanlcs whose
annual gross receipts per mile of track
operated arc more than $7,000 and less than
$11,000 , 2',1 per cent of the total annu.I
gross rect pts , In case of companies whose
iiiinii.il gross receipts per mlle of traok
operated are more thin $11,000 and less than
$21,000 , 2Vfe per cent of the total gross re
ceipts ; In case of co-npanlcs whose annual
gross iccelpts per mile of track operated arc
more than $21.000.ml less than $ 2S.OOO , 214
per cent of the total annual gross receipts ,
nnd In case of companies whose annual
gross receipts per mile of track operated 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 cf paving or removal ot snow
and Ice and of street vvldcnlngs , thu com
mittee continues
"The changes recommended by the com
mittee are In main part cunmutatlons of
burdens alreadj ImposeJ from payment by
rtork to piij'mcut In money ; the present
proposition Is of a different nature. It
looks to the Imposition on street railway
emi * tiles of a spec-a ! franchise tax. The
Idea of such a tax Is not new The draft
of a prrposed act providing for one was
Rpcclally referred for consideration to the
rapid transit commission ot 1802 * *
The committee coneuis In thu general con
clusions on this subject reached by the
rapid transit commisa'oi '
"Tho system of taxation of coiporato fran
chises In HSO In Massachusetts Is well de-
llncd nnd. In general , works satisfactorily
All rorporutlons , InUudiiig street railway cor
porations puj to the state their ptopor-
tlmiito share of the general taypw uccordlnp
to the nvtikct value of tftelr " < ipltal stock ,
which ii > perhaps the best Index of their
nhllltj to contribute The dlsUlbution of till ?
tnx Is u distinct question , and , to far a * the
cticct rallwajs > ne ccocerr ed , has already
leen disliked It Is a well reeognUed prln-
clplo In the treatment of street rallwaj and
othoi public sfivlre corporations In Uuvope ,
iis well cs o'sowhero , to pinvlilc 'hit , nftei
the owners and organl/ers Inve received a
icasoimblo leturn upon their entcri < Ise and
liivt\slimiil , any oxceks of prollts. over and
nlisxe a fixed amount should In pirt bo ptld
to the government In the nature of a fronchlsp
tax. TCils principle eonmend * Itself to the
committee. It Js not subject to the criticism ,
tthlch appears lo bo bound , tt.it a limitation
of dividends lutnpccs enter | > rlso and Improve
ment. "
mmrs AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The report ukes up thu complaint , on one
hand In bolMlt of the nulillc that too great
privileges with ( < xi ( nw lespans'Vltles Imto
been glten to the railway corporations , and.
on thu other , the complaint of the corpora
tions that they nro InKUltldently protected
against the public TUuy conclude tlU the
matter Is one of local concern In the main
The municipalities must judge ot the u o
vthlrh thcy will permit to bo made of their
thoroughfares : the corporations muat Judge
whether they will accept the grants of loca
tion with the degree of protection which Is
afforded. It Is not fcr the commwiwealth lo
pres dbo Kiu terms on wither sldo.
The commlBslonorB say that the capitaliza
tion per mtlo In Htocka and bonds Is about
the same In 'MaKsacIuiM'tts ' as It Is In Hng-
latul , though not o third of what It Is In
Now York , not a half of what It la In Fcnn-
sylvanla , and just about half what It averages -
ages to bo In the United States. They con-
tlnuo as follow * : "While In the business of
operating street railways , OK In every other
business , there arc as , within reasonable
llmltu , there ehould be exceptional cases of
large profit , offsetting cancn of failure to
earn reasonable profits , yet the Idea some
times entertained that the electric railway
U likely to proto a source nt extraordinary
or abnormal proflt must be abandoned. It
IB a cloee business , yielding , with skillful and
prudent management , only a fair average
return , quite within the limit allowed by
statute anil contortatlvo opinion as ade
quate and proper ( or liiviatiueuta of thU
character. "
cities and towni assume the complete con
trol of their streets , It was Important to as
certain In what way they would be affectei
financially. In order to find this out fifty
roads , which In 1S9G had been In opera
tlon more than a year , were taken , and the
corporation taxes of 18'Jfl distributed as sug
gested , and the commutation tax also de
termined and distributed As a result o
this seventy-two cities and towns show or
Increase of more than $500 over the nmoun
received tinder the present plan. Twenty
three cities and towns show that the ;
would suffer a decrease of more than $ Sd
tinder the new plan , but the cities am
towns which show large decreases are mainly
those In which there Is little or no stree
railway track , but which chance to be the
residence of largo holders of street railway
stock. Many ot the towns which show a
loss have , since the period covered by these
figures , had railways built within thcl
limits , anil consequently would , under the
proposed act , receive amounts from these
new roads , and many others would receive
Increased amounts duo to Increase ot busi
ness.
ASSESSING UDNnFITS.
Part of the report constots-or a.rtlcui"slon
of street widening where It Is of benefit to
street railway corporations , and a state
ment of the reasons why n part of the ex
pense should be assessed upon the corpora
tlccis , at ) provided for by the committee In
a bill
Taking up next the question of street rall
waj development through regulated private
ownership , the report says :
"Hten should It be continued Indefinitely
the committee Is clearly of opinion tha
It would bo conducive to a better state of
affairs were the municipalities to assume
full control of the streets , meeting al
charges for paving md for street cleaning
and receiving therefor from the companleo
n net nraual money payment In lieu of work
In klrd. "
The committee prefers , Instead of private
ownership , a sjstem known somewhat la
Great Hritaln , but better known in Ger-
rnnnj "a sjstem under which the munlci-
palltj both OWVKI 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 t socially provided. "
"The ultimate full control of the street
nnd exclusive owncishlp and whatever may
be pait of Its surface by the municipality
U. It may be said , no.v accepted In
European countries as n fundamental prin
ciple of polity. In the Judgment of the
committee this princlp e s correct , and
could be advantageously Incorporated into
MnFttachusetts practice > DO applying to al
-trcct railway companies hereafter orgtu-
i/ed ard locations granted. "
The report denies that Curopcan e\perl-
meits In municipal control of street ra 1-
vaja have been demonstrated to be suc
cessful , and sajs"So far from being a
demonstrated success , it may , on the con
trary , be cwifldentlj asserted that nowhere
as jet has the experiment of munlclpallza-
tlon ot street rallwajs becti worked out to
anj logical and ultimate results v. hatever
nor can It be so worked out for at least a
scoio of yeais to come The committee has
not felt called upon to attempt a bolutlon
of this problem. "
r.iv CD\VIN oi'i'OM :
TiilUn illSt. . I.otilH OH llnniill mill
Ciilinii Aflnlrs.
In the St. LoiUs Republic of Sunday the
following , which will be ot great kitcicst to
the general's Nebraska friends , appears :
General John C Cowln of Omali i was at
the Southern yesterday. Ho Is hpeclal coun
sel foi the government In the I'aclllc rail-
reid L i < jpj and 0110 of the lending1 corpora
tion lawyers In the we'st. He has decided
tlevvi on the Cuban nnd Hawaii questions
and they aie made doubly Intele.stlng be
cause he was offerc'l the cah'not position
of attorney general , but refus-ed. They show
ivvehero he would have stood had he ac
cepted and would now hnvo been a member
of the president's ofllcl.il family
"I am bltteny opposed to the accretion of
new teirltory , " ald Geneial Cowln. "We
have all vte want to do to take care of our
selves now , and I cannot 'ee where we
would be benefited by annexing new terrl-
toiv. People talk of i.v u with Sp iln over
Cubi What do we .want vtar for' For
Cuba' I hive been through one war and I
< 'o not e ire. foi another one. The- people
who clamor for war do not know what it
means.
"Theie Is a world of sjmpithy aroused
over Cubnns and their battles for liberty
I. as well ai evtry other liberty-loving man
In the wirld , pray that the Cub ins will be
successful , as they doubt c-s i.vill , but I
do not believe In Interfering Hero In the
1'nlteil States wo have cltl/en" , it ird * of
the goternment , which we have sworn to
nroter t and have mule treaties to this uf-
ftct. but they nro being burned it the sta'/e
ind no pirtleular notice Is taken of It In
the county.
"Su.ppo- the Spanmuls hail burned Home
Cub in at the st.iVe ? The country would
have been electrified with horror ; men
would hate h"uteil for war anl the iievvs-
papom would n ive thundered for the gov-
einment to Interfere but It vva * not done
In tilt ca o of the poor Indians De > An Ii.
I'piiimylvnnla deputies shot Into a lleeiiiK
rnob , If iwo are to believe the new -jupii' ,
i nil vet no pai tlciilar notice was taken
of It in this country Suppose this would
hnve. happened In Cnb'i shooting men In
4he biok" Theie would hive been a wavi
of Indignation sweep oter the entire coun
try , fiom eoa t to coast , and from the Gulf
to the Itrltlsh posse-u'lons
"I believe In lettlmr the Cubins woik out
their own destiny. They have htarted this
wnr and they should end It We started n.
wnr oiu-o In this country and we tought It
out among oiiiselvea , ami nro todiy the
happiest and most contented people on thi
face of the globe mlth no animosities and
no bitteiness existing In any section of the
countrv , ,
"I am n-wnro that there Is considerable
fee Ing on the Hn'.vallan ' oueHtlon A\ hat
Islands' I r-annot
do we want with those
sea where they wotW | bo of material benefit
to u , nnd for this reason I am opposed
to the annexation I believe that If we rnin-
aue whit ; wo have nnd k ep to ourselves
that wo will be better oft mil be doing pos
it ilty a Kood turn and one tint will be
appreciated "
Genet .il COM in nxpressed hlm elf In strong
anil omnhiitlQ tejinn on. the Pe Lome letter
and said tint the government of Spiln
HhouM be lompellcl to state whethr r or not
It IndoiFcd the sentiments cxpteswid by De
Lome in his letter
\IIMtUKlllU tlM' I'OHl1 IIIICM1.
AEdlstint I'ostimfster Woodaid Mr. Ixit-
enser and Home t-eids of depaitments arc
arranging furnllurer about the now post-
ollH-p building Wire pereens will bo put up
to t-epiuite the. canlers' department fiom
the t imp rnnney ordei nnd out-of-town
dejinitinentH 1'ostmanter Martin H In re
ceipt of a telegram from Washtniiton stat
ing that the now building will not be ready
for oidipnncy until thu 2Uh However , he
I.IH received authority to mov'e in vvh n he
, tH'H tit and thu icmotal will take place
the 22d. us originally ii'anned
The ventilating system In the new bulld-
Inir Is so perfect and HO unique that It Is
utti actinic widespread attention Last
week all the students from C'lelphton
Medical school were over to Inspect the new
system , and tie HtudcnU of the Omaha
Medic-al college are to pay ri tlslt for the
8 < une puipof-e next Wednesday.
'IVI .leil Snl.ol'x Hull.
At the last fuihual bull of the Tel Jed
So'nol over 100 ( persons nipjiearctl In different
characters typ'cal of the old country and
minj hamlfomo costumes were In evidence
The Hint prUo for h nulnamro cotiimo was
u war' hI I to Mlti llarbaia Kaufman It
conHlHteil of a nlltrr tea set. The second
prize went to Mrs. 11. Slnma The third
prize for men WUH cap t mod by Anton
Novak Fourth prize , consisting of a nllk
urnlirelli vv is r'vcn to Fiank J. 1'Ul.i
Plfth prize , Kilter shaving cup , went to Joe
> Mlk The committee having chiugo of the
affair ctns-l-'tNl of J , V. Mnse-k. Joseph
Knit Ik 1'rank Jelen. 13. S'.amn , John
Wzcrznn nml Joseph Mlk.
.M. Vnli-iitlm-'x Mull.
The amount of mall received at the pa-it-
otllee yestmliy shows that the custom of
bending valentines Is being adhered to , No
residence carrlfot can make full deliveries to-
clay. All three-trip carriers have abandoned
one trip and five-trip carriers had to glto
up ono molding trip , making two full after
noon deliveries , Mr. Lutcy , manager of the
curriers , says ( hero It. no way of telling ( he
exact number of lettcri , but tat ( : at a rough
guess ha would eay they had bandied a ton
WAIVERS BEFORE THE COURT
Papers Signed by Bondsmen nt Instance of
Principal in Dispute.
IMPORTANT FEATUREOFTHEBARTLEYCASE
Stale riKlcrtnliliiK- Show Coimciil
of Stirrtlrn In MU-Ki'il Irropriiliirl-
II PM In ItfKitril to tlic
Trriiiuirer'H llonil.
The eutt against the bondsmen ot ex-Slate
Treasurer Hartley , which was postponed las
Wednesday on account ot HID absence o
General Gowln of the counsel for the defense
was resumed ycsterdaj morning before Judg
1'ow ell.
The fight IB now being fought over id
, vval > crsof _ the bondsmen , which arc assuming
great Importance In the prosecution of th
attorney general. Three witnesses were
called In connection with the matter Thoma
F. Darnell , the attorney for Hartley ; J. S
Klrkpatrlck , his partner and one of the
attorneys for Governor Holcomb , and Gov
crnor Holcomb. The latter was on the stam
but a chort time before the noon recces am
was recalled this afternoon. The waiver
are two In number , one of Uicm being nlgnec
by C. C. McNIah and the other by the re
malndcr of the original bondsmen. The latte
Is as follows :
We , N S Hniwood , R 31. Cook , A. B
Clark , John 11. Ames. Mnrv Fitzgerald. 13
J. Fitzgerald , Charles A Hanna , each o
us hnvlng signed the bond of Joseph S
Hartley as state tieasurer of the state o
Nolnaskii , do heieby consent nnd agree thu
any and all additional names that he may
procure on sild bond shall In no manner
affect my liability on said bond and th.i
each of us are held liable the same as If
said names had not been added. January
, 1S9- .
The waiver signed by McNIah le similar
with the exception that the date January 7
1S'J5 , Is Inserted These two waivers are to
work a two-fold purpose for the state. Hy
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 appro\o the bond on the date
fixed by law. It being held that the waivers
showed ilmt the bondsmen knew of this
failure and waited the Illegality. The waiv
ers arc also to conlrovert another defense
that the original bondsmen ne\er 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 the additional names
were secured and that therefore they have
no le al worth
DARNELL'S TESTIMONY.
The state recalled Thomas V. Darnell , who
testified Wednesday , to the stand. He said
that he had seen the bond In the governor's
office on Monday , January 7 , after which
Ilaitloy biought It to this city to get more
signatures On cross-examination ho stalei
that he did not knot ? whether the bond hat :
e\er been In Governor Holcomb's posses
sion until January 9. Ho had not been pctl-
llvo on this point before It was also brought
out that he and Hartley had talked of bring
ing mandamus proccedinga to compel the
governor to approve the bond before January
7 , but no papeis were ever drawn up.
C. C McNIsh , one of the bondsmen , was
called to the stand by Attornej Genera ]
Smyth. Ho testified that he was a practicing
attornej In Wlaner In January , 1833 , and al
that time was acquainted with Joseph S.
Hartley. After these preliminaries heas
handed the waiter signed by hln'self and
asked if he had seen It before. He answered
In the affirmative and said further In answer
to a question that ho had sent It by mall to
Hartley.
"When did you receive that paper , Mr.
McNIah , " was asked by General Cow In on
cross-examination.
"Either on January 6 or January 7. "
General Cow in then endeavored to Intro
duce through the witness a letter which ac
companied the waiter. The state objected
to this and was sustained. In ciswer Gen
eral Cow In said that notice had been nerved
on .McNIrii to produce In court the veiy
Idcmtlcal letter the one that had been sent
by Darnell to McN'fch ' 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 > ou mail this paper from
U'lsnrr ? " then asked the attorney for the
defense.
"On the afternoon of Jnuary 7 , 1895. " was
the answer
IMPORTANCE OF THE WAIVDR.
The testimony goes to the root of the con
tention of thp waivers. One of the de-
tenses Is that the bondsmen d d not agree
to permit the addition of signatures to the
bonds. The st to Is becking to overthrow
this defense by means of the waivers. Ac
cording to the evidence of other witnesses ,
lionetcr Hartley came to this city on Jan
uary 7 , 1895 , to get the additional signatures.
According to McNIsh's testimony hodid nets
s gii and mall the waiver until the afternoon
of that day and therefore Hartley did not
liave It when he cumo to Omaha.
J. S. Klrkpatrlck , the attorney of
Lincoln , who has bobbed up in
the case chiefly because of some
connection with Governor Holcomb r.s a cela-
tlvc. wes next called by the Mate He wo.i
used to show that the signatures to th
waiters bad been secured before January 7 ,
1895 , the day Hartley came to Omaha.
The witness said that Attorney Darnell ,
hU partner , was engaged on January 5 and
G In getting slgraturcs to the waivers and
ho believed to the best or fjls tecolloctlon
that these slgraturen were secure ] on Janu
ary G Witness Klrkpatrlck also st-tled that
en Friday , January G. he waa present In the
governor's office with Hartley. Darnell mid
Governor Holcomb The substance of the
governor's contersatlon was that ho had madp
up t'ls ' mind that a waiver bliould bo signed
by the original bandsmen before additional
signatures vvoro iiccuied Hartley agreed to
obtain these waiters
On cross-examination the defense sought
to break down the wl'new1 testimony that
lie , had soon the signed walvera on Janu
ary fi.
"Do jou know whether B R. Hrown ,
whooe signature appears on the waiver , was
In L'ncoln on that day ? " was aakoil.
"I am not positive"
"If 13 13. Hrottn was not In L'ncoln on
that date , Is not this signature a forgery ? "
"I do not know. "
"Will sou swear positive')1 that the signa
ture was on that pupei when you saw It
January B' "
DEFENSE MI3I3T3 A SNAG.
"To the beat of ni > recollection It was. "
The defense sought tp get the wltn 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 waiter and the eamo answers were
? lton The wltiiw.i positively refused to tes
tify to anything except accord ng to bis beut
recollection.
"You were Governor Holcomb's attorney
at the time were jou not ? " finally exclaimed
General Cow In.
"Well , not on that matter , " slowly re
sponded the witness
"You were \erj Intimate with tdo got *
crnor , were you not ? "
"Yog , quite Intlrrate. "
"You were bis general adviser In the
distribution of patronage , weren't jou ? "
"Not that anybody knows of , " was the re-
epotife.
The attorney general Jumped up with an
objection to such questioning and ttas BUJ-
allied.
Governor Hnlromb was next called to ho
Bland Ho Identified the bond , the walvere
and the qualifications of the bondsmen He
estilled that ho iMd had several contxcs-i-
Ions with Hattley and Attorney Darnell
about the bond , Attorney General Smyth
asked him to glvo Uio subistii.iea of these
onversatlona , but the git Ing o' this teetl-
ncny was postponed until afternoon
HOLCOMIJ TELLS THE STOUY.
At the afternoon session Governor Hoi-
* "mh lf nt\fA \ _ that Hnrtlpv had handed .to
I him his bond , together with the Justifica
tions of the sureties , on January 3 , 1895 , the
day on which his second term began and on
the day the law required the bond to bo
filed and approved. A confers- lion occurred
at the time , In which Governor 'Holcomb ' told
Hartley that he did not have time to ox-
amlno 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 ho did not believe
he could get additional signatures In Lin
coln , but thought Ac could In Omaha. The
governor told Hartley ho would requlro the
consent of the original "bondsmen to the ad
dition of slgnnturcaV'btfore ho would accept
tho'bond ' Upon that , ihe form of the vtalvcr
was presonteJ to tBe-tgovcrnor and he ex
pressed himself ns * s4lsn < ' 'l with It. The
. gotomor said that ho saw the s'pncd waiters
I In his office on January 7 , all the signatures
now on It being therethen. . The bond ' .ml
waiters were delivered'on that day by Hart
ley or Attorney Dariicll. The separate
waiver of C. C. McJjIlqh was shown to him
by the sixmo tvto incii on the ctenlng of
January 7. The governor said that he did
not deliver up the bond to Hartley until the
waivers of oil except'-MeNlsh were shown to
him.
him.The
The state eougut then to show that on or
before January 7 Hartley told the govcinor
IIP had received a communication from Mc
NIsh , waiving the addition of signatures.
This testimony was to be given to counteract
that of McNIsh , who said that he had signed
Uio waiter on January 7 at Wlsner. The
document therefore could not have been In
the possession of Hartley or the governor be
fore the aiHltlonal signatures were secured ,
but It WPS sought tlnough the governor to
chow that McNlsh had indicated his con
sent to the ad lltlonal sureties foefcro he
signed the vtalvcr and before the signatures
wcic obtained. An objection of the defense
to this Untimely , however , vtaa sustained.
IDENTITY OP THE HOND.
On cress-examination General Cowln took
Ifio governor to task for ? wear. ig that the
bond he had seen op 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
Ho'comb ' Insisted It WES the same bond , and
General Cowln was as Insistent In hi ? ques
tions that the tluco additional names made
It a different bond Finally , Altai nej Gen
eral Smyth objected to the questions vv It'i
some heat , saying they vveie "all bun
combe. " TCie court rebuked him for the ex
pression , but Inrlstcd that General Cow In
should not question further along that line
Governor I'o.comb asserted that he did not
reject the bond on January 3. but took It
with him that night to his hotel nnd com
menced to examine It. He Insisted , too that
he retained possession of the bond until Mcu-
day , January 7 , when Hartley handed to him
the waivers signed by all the origl-al bonds
men except McNhh. He was very certain
that ho did not returiS the bond until he
had seen the signed waivers. The governor
ul o denied that ne had ever refused to ap
prove the bond without additional slgna-
tuies , but had dt'mply ' said that he wanted
additional slgLaturcs cn-1 Hartley or Attor
ney Darnell had agreed to get them
"At the former trial of this case , dli > ou
not testifj that jou returned the bond to
Hartley on 1-ilduy or Saturday , January 1 or
5 ? " then demanded Gereral Covvln , reading
from the trat.acrlpt of the first trial.
"I think I did , " was the ansvtci.
"WLen did jou first see the signed waiv
er ? ' " a = ked General Cowln.
"It may hate been on Saturday evenlni ; .
Januar > 5 , but I think It was on Monday
morning , Januarj 7 , " answered the govcinor.
WHAT HE WAS AFTER.
The purpose of thin questioning was to
show a dscrepancy -testimony at the two
trla's aad also ta Ehovvtlrat the governor did
not icjlly retain possession of the bond un
til he saw the waivers. If he had done so
the additional Omaha sureties could not have
been secured until the waivers had been
signed. If , however , Uio bond was turned
over to Hartley before the waivers were de
livered he might have secured the addi
tional signatures before the waivers were
signed. The latter condlticn supports the
defense that the additional bondsmen were
secured before the original boncsmcu gate
their coracnt.
General Cowln then attacked Governor
Holcomb as lie did Witness Klrkpatrlck ,
ahklng 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 jou returned the- bond on
Saturday an3 now say.-lt was on Monday ? "
asked Attorney Genera ) Smyth on redirect
examination.
Governor Holcomb explained that ho 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 i.Moni.y.
"Was not your memory refreshed by other
persons ? " asked General Cowln.
"Yes , partially , " was the answer.
In response to the questions of the at
torney general , the governor stated that Iio
knew McNIsh's name vv.s not to bo at-
tachr-d to the waiver signed by the original
bondsmen McVish was out of the. city at
the lime and was to sign a separate waiver
This completed the examination of the gov
ernor and ho was excused. He to d been on
the stand for on hour anJ three-quarters.
Attorney General Snlyth then demanded
that 'C. C McNIsh produce the letter which
Attorney Dainell wrcte McNIsh In regard to
Ills signing the waiver and In which the
alank form of the waiver was 1 icludcd. Gen-
c v.l Cowln Insisted that iMcNUh should be
called as a witness and as such should pro
duce thr letter in order that ho might be
cross-examined. Attorney General rmjth
maintained that he was riot certain that he
wished to Introduce the letter In evidence ,
3ut wanted to examine It before in king up
tils mind. The notice served on McNIsh to
produce the letter btatel 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
; ho court
SU IPDNDS THE LETTER.
"What Is thu court expected to do In the
matter ? " asked Judge Powell finally. Ho
decided that he could uot compel the at
torney general to Introduce the letter k >
evidence. Ho also ruled , however , that ho
would not allow him to Introduce any sec
ondary evidence to thow the contents ot the
letter. Ho alio determined that he could
not force the defense to hand the letter ta
the fatate for examination.
Attorney General Smyth offered In etl-
doneo the bond , waiters and qualifications
of the Biiretliv ! , Almost all the * evidence so
Far offered has been In connection with thcne
Instruments , but they have not been read to
the jury and the latter does not know what
they are. The Instruments have been rc-
Terred to only as numbered exhibl's The
defense objected to the Introduction of the
document ! ' , and especially the verifications
of the sureties. GeneraRCowIn Insisted that
the verifications are no ] part of thu bond
The question was arguetl at length by the
attorneja , and Judge rowel ) decided to admit
all the documents in evlacnc ? . Including the
ndorsements showing the filing and ap
proval of the bond , This concluded the
iftcrnaon'u proceedings , a recess being taken
o this morning.
Axl.H Dlvorcr unit liijiiiii-tlou
Sarah Lane has asked t ! courts to dlvorco
ler from her husband , Arthur Lane , whom
she charges with cruelty. She also asks for
alimony to aroint in the support of herself
and child. In uddlt'on to this , eho lias asked
or and has secured au Injunction that pre-
entH the husband from removing their
lousehold furniture from the building now
occupied by Mrs. Lane ,
rxlciidn Hit ) Onuilin ItcnlilrmT ,
Will Stettart a netro farm haml from
tialr , who Indulged In u little tllstdpntl n in
3mahn last Thursday nlgM , nnd was given
i suspended sentence of thirty daya by
JiHiiro Gordon , wan once moro In evidence In
; > ollco court yesterday. Stottirt asserts
that the city has u ehiirin for him which
: ie la unable to banish , nnd that h" vv Mild
rather go to jail than leave U. His liking
[ ir thu metropolis wag encouraged by t ie
ludge by sending him ! : > the county jail
for the thlrtv ilava formerly
PAVING ON NEW CONTRACTS
Improvements to Bo rushed to ComploUor
Without Deln ? ,
CAMPAIGN TO OPEN EARLY THIS SPRING
City Iliiurliicer ItnuiMvntiT I'ropoKOH Ir
Stir ( Ji tlif OiiiitriiodirH to I'.f-
lortH UiuiNiuil In the I.lnc
111 Oiiiiilin ,
Unless BOine unforseen complication Inter
venes the first warm taring wealher will
see the active beginning ot extensive pavicig
operations In various parts of the city. Con
tracts have already been let for cicany
60.000 joris ! ot new pavement and In other
districts the final ordinance has been passed
otid ccntracts will bo awarded In a very
short time. So far the varloua contractors
have made no move towards beginning oper-
ntlccns , but City Engineer Hosewater says he
will call on them to begin work as soon as
the weather will permit tthlch , under ordi
nary conditions , would be early In April. In
the meantime It will require some time to
get the asphalt plants In riadltuws nnd the
material on the ground , so It la expected
that the preparations will beglri within a
few weeks. It Is Ihe purpose of the Hoard
of Public Works to get aa much gating un
der way In April as possible ! n order that as
large an area as passible may bo completed
during April nnd May and be ready for the
e.xposltlcti. In view of the- difficulties under
which South Sixteenth otrect residents have-
labored during the last six- months , an espe
cial effort will be made to get that street
again In condition for traffic. This Is Ihe
biggest Job that is now In sight , as It In-
c.iides almost 20,000 yards from the viaduct
to Vlnton etrcet.
Here are the districts which are- already
scheduled for pat ig or repavlr.g at the be
ginning of tha season Sixteenth street ,
Pierce to Vlnton nnd Howard to Leaven-
worth ; Twenty-fourth street , 1'atrlck nvunie
to Lake ; Farnnm street , Thirty-sixth to For
tieth and the uncomplctcJ north half east
of Thlrty-elxth street ; Wlrt street , Sherman
avenue to Twenty-fourth ; Sherman avenue ,
Locust to Wlrl ; Twenty-mill street , Cumlng
to Indiana avenue ; Twenty-sixth avenue ,
Halt 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.
iCO\OIY I > TI112 1'LllljIC SCHOOLS.
i \\lll llni-ill > lie
I'UNNiMl lij I li < - Iliuiril.
It is generally conceded by members of
the Ilonrd of Education that retrenchment ,
as outlined by the resolution Introduced by
Mr , Klotvlt a week ago , will scarcely bo ap
proved by a majority of the board. It is ad
mitted that Superintendent Penrse Is cor
rect In saying that since there are 1.200
pupils to be taught In the High school noth
ing can be saved by refus ng to teach French
or Latin to a certain proportion of them , and
teaching something elee Instead. The sug
gestion to abolish music and drawing In all
the schools has been debated with more or
less emphasis oteiy jear , and theie le no
reason to expect that the result will be dif
ferent In this case. The members take the
pceltlon that the expense of thcae depart
ments Is so small In proportion to the bene
fit to the schools that It would he poor
economy to dispense with them. Mr. Kiewlt ,
himself , does not Insist that his resolution
suggests the best possible policy. He sajs
that It may develop on Investigation that his
resolution would not accomplish exactly what
ho Is after , and If any one can suggest amore
moro satisfactory method he Is willing to en
dorse It. He 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 puipose that the resolution was
Introduced.
While no official action has been taken by
the board , It Is very probable that some ad
ditional Ides on the subject of economy will
be suggested at the next meeting. One
thing that Is pretty sure to happen ! s the
abolition of the High school commercial de
partment , which has always been opposes ]
by some of the members. It Is contended
that this department has never proved a
valuable adjunct to tha school. As nt pres
ent conducted , it has been the subject of
nurnerrus complaints and the High school
committee has very recently conducted an
Investigation , which goes to show that It Is
lacking In discipline nnd efficiency. The
abolition of the department will be a very
easy way to dispose of the present ch rges
against the Instructor and will Incidentally
save an expense of upwards ot $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
lias been asserted that the peculiar character
of the work recjulres a better standard of
labor than Is usually contemplated In public
works. This allegation has been taken ad
vantage of by previous boards to Innate the
soalo of wages until the common laborers
In the service of the board receivemechanic's
pay It Is now proposed to make the scale
$1 CO for eight hours work. This is a slight
advance on the union scale ot wages nnd It
Is asserted that the extra 10 cents a day will
ba Eulllclent to keep the force a little obovo
the iiverago of similar employment.
Another advantage of this idea , which Is
not lost sight of by numbers of the b arcl ,
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 jv.ld by the board
lave operated to keep the member * beslegel
) > hundreds of men who want to share the
anap and in some cases the pressure has
unountcxl to a nuisance. It Is believed that
if the scale Is reduced some of th.s Incon
venience will be done away with , but th.t no
illlllculty will remain In getting all the men
who may bo required.
Viili'iilliii * llaj a < .school.
The celebration of St. Valentine's
flay was a feature of the pub
lie schools yesterday , nnd there are
few pupils who will not carry home a
mcco cr less pretentious souvenir of the oc
casion. In thu smaller grades the children
are entertained with the narratlcxn of thu
various myths connected with the pcrnonallty
[ if the saint t-ud the exchange ) of valentine *
Is made a feature In nearly every room. A
! iue box Is placed conveniently near the
entrance and each pupil Is allowed to dtop
l.ls or her contribution In the boxas they
nrrlve In the morning. The tulentlnw are-
subsequently distributed and care l.s usually
: akui by the teachers to see that none of the
: hllflrcn are entirely neglected In the dlfltrl-
t > ullou of the /nvcc-B of the day In the
itlmUigartcns the little tote a at encouraged
: o maku their own valentines and vomo very
pretty effects are produced Ijy their chubby
Inge The same olweniuiee of Ido day
jccuru etcry jear and IB iroductivo of un-
illoyud pleasure to the smaller pupils and
lot a few of thu older ones
V'I | II I'l'Ml IIOUHI' .
Health CommUskmr Spaldlng will address
i communication to the committee on public
> roperty and buildings or the city council
nlllng Its attention to the necessity for a
test luute during the summer His Idea la
hat some old building might bo secured
md placed In sulIHcnt repalc for the pur-
lose at a very slight cxpenre and Hat Uio
ounty rommlcAlanrrg would very HKely con
ceit to allow the city a site for the lio.-pltal
oinevvlie.ro on the county poor farm.
Dr. Spaldlng contends that wltti the Influx
visitors during the exposition It would be
U eprno cases oi smallpox or pot-
elbly jellow fever did not develop lo tha
en so the health dcpartintnt would be ab
eohitely powerless to Isolate the iMtleu
promptly and a serious epidemic might foi
low. He considers Itcry Important tha
some provision should bp trade to nice
such tin emergency and will make \Igorou
effort to Induce the council to see II his way
COMMITTKi : LV S OUT SOMI' AAOIUC
llnrlicrt. ' OrilliiiuiiM * Mn > lip ININNIM-
C'lonii Slrt-t'tN III I'romtort.
The city council decided to pans the bar
bcrs' ordinance. This measure proposes ti
regulate the business and prevent IncompO' '
tent men from experimenting on Oniahi
faces It provides for n board which shal
examine all workmen and grant Itccnsti
only to those who can show that they nn
pioflclcnt The board will meet In thu clt ]
hall as often ns may bo necessary.
Thomas McCaguo was before the councl
In nn cffoit to tccuru the payment of tvtc
warrants for } 50 each held by the Qermar
Savings biink on account of damages by rea
son of Uio Mason street grading , The ell ]
has refused to pay these wariantB , ns the
Institution owes the city J30S In persona
taxes Mr. McCaguo wanted the city to fill
Its claim foi taxes with the court nud paj
the warrants. Cltj Attorney. Connell ad
vised that this would bo very poor policy
as the city has the money In the fund am
nn undoubted right to apply It on the taxes
The council concurred In this view.
Councilman Knrr will probably Introduce
a rivolutlon tonight rescinding the resolullon
by which tha expenditures of the Hoard ol
Public Works during Febiuary were limited
to $500. That last storm was a knockdown
oigumcnt against the economic policy of thi
council , and ihe members now mlmlt thai
It will bo necessary to appropriate onauili
money to at least admit of cleaning the
crcbswnlks In the business district.
The may01's appointment of an nfislstant
license inspector under the provisions of the
ordinance pacsed lasl week Is expected to
night The job pays $75 a month nnd theie
nro quite a number of lively candidates A
number of Ninth ward politicians are push
ing Harry Cowdcroy and the Sixth ward puali
Is performing the same ofllco for John Cai-
naby. Tom Pleronett of the Fifth waid la
nn active candidate. Ho was on the police
force jcars ago and after that v.ns n con
ductor on the I'nlon Pacific railroad Some
of the coiincllmcn wanted Oeorge Ilutst on
account of his experience In the olllce , but
Hurst has a pretty good pcaltion at the
Union Pacific shops and has declined to put
In an application. There are seveial out
side candidates , but It Is expected that one
of those named will bo. selected.
i\rcntlto Coiifi-reiu-o ( "nllcMl.
A special and exclusively secret meeting
ot the city council has been called In com
mittee room U this afternoon and an Invi
tation to be present has been extended to
the heads of departments , but this conveys
no Intimation of the purpose of the conclave
It Is understood , however , thai the meeting
Is in deference to the dlssatlsfacllon mnnl-
fesled by Uio heads of departments because
they were not consulted 111 regard to the
annual levy The levy wns agreed on In
executive session , contrary to all previous
precedents , and since then there has been
not a Httlo vigorous kicking on the part of
several otllclals because they were not given
an opportunity to present the necessities of
theli departments before the lewas de
cided on. It is admitted that since the levy
has been made the coiutesy Is somewhat de
linquent , but It Is suggested that the con
ference can do no haim 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 depait-
ments are subjected by the diminution of
the appropriations.
The1 following births and deaths were re
ported at the health offlco during the twenty-
four hours ending at neon yesterday
IHrtl s George Torst. 114S North Nine
teenth street , boy ; E Cckstrnnd , 201G Cas-
tcllar , girl , Alfied Johnson , 2000 Dorcas , girl ;
Walter Ilrandcs , 1108 South Eleventh , girl
Deaths Howard C. Wiberg , 2 months , 807
South Twenty-second , Forest Lawn ; Cather
ine Kitchen , 92 , 20G South Thirty-second
avonuc , Prospect Hill ; Mrs. Uertha Clark , 21 ,
1760 Leavenworth , lung disease , Holy Scpul-
cher.
JURY TO THY AUfil &T > Iv VSTM'.lt
Tni'lti1Mi'ii Si't'iiroil mill I IIP Opening
S < n < iiiieiilN lliuli- .
H 31. HlTjmjH , faimer , Klkhorn pro-
clncl.
CHAIILKS S CAHPUNTIjn. IrnveiliiK
bileBinan , 4"flri Hamilton street
HICNHY OWHNS laborer. South Omaha
JOHN ANDERSON , Hhoemakei , 03,1 Chicago
cage street
THOMAS HALLHUTON , grocer , 1MB C'll- '
cage Htreet
PHILIP CULP , farmer. Elk City.
FnnD NELSON , butcher , M Charles
street.
UUNIIY 11. HOHKnTS. Pullman company
employe 1201 South Eleventh street.
JOHN TI.MPKRLY , farmer , Jefferson pre
cinct
HBNUY IH'TCHINSON , street railway
employe 1117 Webster htreot.
CIIAHLHS MOHTUNSON. woodworker ,
3017 Franklin street.
OKORGK LODGE , Union Pacific engineer ,
r:0 South Slxtec-ntli Htreet.
The foregoing nro the twelve jurors who
will listen to the Icallmony and the argu
ments and then decide upon the 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 June 0 last at Nelson's saloon.
Thirtieth and Spaldlng streets. The state
ments of the caho have been made by the
attorneys for the state and for the defence
and everything Is ready fnr tha Introduction
of testlnrny During the trial. It Is likely
that the court will make an order allowing
the Jury to visit and Inspect the Nelson
prc-mlhes where the crime was commlt'ed '
In making the opening statement fnr the
prcBceiitlon , County Attorney Ilaldilge said
that ho expected In bring homo lo the de
fendant the commlsblon of the crime This
ho said would ho done by circumstantial ami
direct testimony Ono witness , at leant ,
would bo sworn , who would Identify the de
fendant as Ihe man who shot and wounded
Officer Glover
In statins the case for the defendant
Attorney Itltrhlo said that he expected to
show that upon the night of the murder of
Ofllcer Tledernan and the wounding of 0111-
cor Olovor , It.was so dark at the place where
tlio phootlng occurred that a man could not
distinguish HII object three fret distant In
addition to this , ho said that he expected
to prove that at the time of the shooting ,
August Knstner was al home In bed and that
ho end Ms father and brother had been
there all the evening
CillllllMll PUCK II NlMV I'cllllOII ,
In the case of William OladlHh against
the Omaha National bank , the plaintiff has
III oil an amended petition , In which he al-
ege that during the fall and summer of 1891
ho was In poeacss'nii ' ot a compartment In
the safety deposit vaults of the * bank Ho
'iad a key and the bank officials another , lie
sayti that ono day ho gave his wlfo his key
ind that upon going to the vault she found
Mly $1 220 of the $2,7Dl ho supposed ho had
In the box for safe keeping Ho further
iayx that while both the bank ofllclalu and
tils wlfo had keys , neither could open the
jox without the HI * stance of the other The
ilalnllff abks for Judgment against the bank.
Slu * To ol. llor HiiHliiuiil Ilium. .
Miv Ilaltle Hagan , living on Houth
riilrteenlh stuct , nttendc-d n ball 'it K'x-
il ( r'n hall In company with her hus
band Sundiy night and whllo there Mr
tli K.I n paid conHlleinbla ntlnntlon to one
) f the other fnlr dancers. Tills arou-cd the
ivlfe'fl Iru. no talcing her llego lord by the
nlhir she marched him out to the sldow ilk
ind started him In th direction of homo
IIIKIUI mule ti fccb'e resistance to the font-
? xertel by his wife , but It was met with
itrong- language , KO ho continued upon liln
ivay About thlw time un olllci-r ohnnoi-l to
iahfl and fearing Unit Mrs. II igan's
lonu- > tlc troubles might niouso thn ne ! < pera I
m cither side of Iho street , placed her under
in cat for disorderly conduct. Mn . Hagjii I
> leadcd not guilty to the charge and n hear-
nsc wan H tor a
ROUNDUP OF NEGRO ASAZONS
Dragnet Gatclios n Buich of Tough Third
Ward Womju ,
POLICE GATIIEK IN TEN NOTORICUS WOMiN
liiollu-r KfTort to I'liiiUli tinTliliM c
\\lui ll l < ll > , Hull MrniiH < Tn
null l.iitiKli nt
Court Jnxtlrt
The pollco have made another effort to rl *
the city of n class ot female thlrtes placing
uniJer arrest Kllllc Owens , alias Linda Lo ? ,
Savannah llecil alias Sadie Uccd. Stella
Oreen , Pet Webb , Stella Knox and other ? ,
j making ten negro women In all. Each prls-
loner was charged with being n vagrant un-
I dnr the state law and also with being a com
mon prostitute.
When the women were arraigned beforoi
Judge Gordon , sever.il of them openly de
clared that the Juitpe waa helpless to metoi
out any punishment to them and that they
would scon regain their liberty. Two even
refused to stand before the Judge's desk
'while- ' the charges against them were belns
, read When sternly called bai'k they merely
paused In walking to their scats and plo ded
"not guilty" to the chaiges \ few m nutes
Inter a colond attorney , who Is In the habit
of taking charge of this charaetei ot pollco
court buslniss. appeared on the scene nnd
signed bonds fi r the appear- nee of the
women Wulnosd.iy nt 1 ! o'clo > k.
I'c-te Webb nnd Stella Knox will bo held
, for purposes of Identification before admitted
to bond They are supposed to bo the women
who held up M'ke lllrschman , a driver for
Porter Nrothers & Co . mar the corner of
Thliteenth and Capitol avenue Sunday night
lllrschman reported to the polleo that shortly
after 11 o'clock he was passing the Inter-
boctlnn of the two streets , when a estrange
colored woman came out from behind a
building nnd after calling him an affection
ate name tlucw her aims about his neck.
Ho snuggled to rid himself of her embrace ,
but befiiie ho had piogrcshod vcrj fat In thin
direction , a second woman r u out and also
began to hug him lllrschman is vaguely
ot the opinion tint then- were several other
negro women mixed up In the deal , but Is
positive that while It was going on , and be
fore he could eall an officer , that one of them
ran her hand Into his troiibcrs pocket and
took therefrom a pocketbook cuitnlnlng $12.
\s soon .ib this was accomplished the women
vanished us suddenly as they hud appeared.
The police say that It is almost an Impos
sibility to biini ; this class of thieves to jus
tice In ninny Instances , where the pcison
robbed Is a stinnger In the eltv. he falls to
Identify the woman who lobbel him , for as
manj of them have said "all negroes look
alike to them , " especially In the dark
Thelts ot this chnrnctei have been of
startling frequence during the last six
montl'G , and although quelled for a time by
the police , they aie again in evidence Ono
of the vurst features In connect on with these
women Is the fact that being emboldened
by their manv acquittals , they now titat the
pollco judge and his louit in open contempt
and many of the proceedings In which they
take part are little more than a farce.
CIM Vl'V tMl'MlssOMny ' | ; MniTI\O.
II. C. sniHIi's Itrsluriuitlon \ ( > ci > iit > il
nml SIM , , , . Itc.soliKloMx Itcfcrroil.
At a meeting of the Ilqard of County Com-
mlceloners , 11 C Smith , head clerk In the
tax department of the county , presented his
resignation , the name to take effect tlility
days hence This resignation was accepted
and n G Solomon appointed to 1111 the va
cancy , his pay to begin upon the date of
Smith's leaving the odlcc. .Solomon agrees
to come Into the olllco and work without piy
for the period of thirty days In older to
familial Ire himself with the leqiilromtnts of
the department. Mr. Solomon is an old icsl-
clent of the county , having been hero about
thirty years At the present time he liven In
the Sixth waul. Ho and hia brother conduct
a largo vineyard and fruit fnim In West
Omnha picclnct.
A resolution providing that the sum of
$13"S2 the amount of money icmaining In
the permanent road fund , be expended on
nn extension of the southwest road waa re-
fcned When the $1C.O,000 of load bonds
were voted some years ago It was with the
understanding that the pioecds were to bo
divlJed into three equal parts and bo ex
pended on three roads , the West Dodge
road , the Military road tin1 southwester
or Center street rcxid The West Dodge
ftrect nnd the Military roaJs have received
thcli proportion of the money , and now the
balance of the $50,000 voted for the purpose
Is to be usej In making an extension to the
southwest , out i st the Omaha K.ilr and
Speed association park.
The follow Ing resolution was offered by
Chalnran Klcrstcad and referred
Whereas This bond linn fit ns'dc nnd ap-
pioprlattd the mm of $7.0i to the Trins-
nilsslH ii > .pi I2\oosltlon , , anil
Whereas , The mini of $ VOTO ) his been
turned ovei to the said exposition In com-
I > ll nice iftlth s-n'd lesolutlon , iiul
WhercM * , The TransmisHlHsippl nxpoLltlon
company Is in need of the. jrooo lithtntu so
fct npirt , anil
Whereas ) , The Interests of DoiigliiH ei unty
will In no wl"o be Jenpaid'zcd by the im-
iiii'dlalo. transfer of the1 bilnneo nnd Unit
thn exposition conpanv will be gieatly
benefltcl theieliy ; theicfoio , be It
Itesolted , Tint the J2'ioy ) lul.inte held In
ronerve be at once turned over to the ex
position association for the gmtral go il and
advancement of the pxpo lt'on '
The county treasurer was Inatrucled to
cancel the tax levied agulnM ground cm
which the \cacloiny of the facrcd Heart U
locited.
Charles 1(111 ( WUH llcr-iaed - to sell liquor
at the DrK'Iilon hotel , iitt ) Oinnlia
Chi 1st Sleler ; iisltod for "nny position" In
connection with the Tranhmif.slii i | | il Hxpo-
tl'l'il'
County C'lcik Haverly jsked mitlmlty to
employ a man for the period of shly dayi
to check up the old tax books of the county
trcHbuior's olllce Comiiili'sloiipr Hottoi op-
1 osed the employment of an extra man ,
saying tlmt thin work was n part of the
diitios of John Dallcy who was re ci.tly
placed on the ralary list Camml > Hlonora
Kic.-s'ca-l and Harto WCTO of the opinion
that ihn Intc rests of the county would ha
EulfcTvcid On roll cull all of the niciiibrrn
voted to allow the county clerk to hire the
man.
man.The
The commissioners rejected the pioposltbn
of the Adam Snyder bondsmen , who offered
to pay $1,500 In full of the ? 0,000 shoiUgo
that occurjel during Snyder'n term n comty
treafiirrr They , however , offered to inneel
the judgment providing the bondsmen would
pay $ Knee
It was suggested that a correspondence bo
opened with the state authoiltles for the
purpose of securing the retiiin of $2 2UO re
tained as accrued Inlcicpt on the expansion
bonds bought by the State Hoard of S liool
Lands and Funds.
The next meeting will bo held on February
28 at 1 o'clock p m.
VftiT ) | | . | I Tciilllilx.
At a meeting of the lU-al ItaUto oxrhanga
field at noon In the Commercial club ar-
langcmonti , wcio completed for compiling n
delinquent tenant Met. Tenants who have
failed to pay their rent will bo listed to.
Collier wlt'i ' the amounts they one and thn
members of the exchange will rent to no
such delinquents It Is deulteil tint oil inem-
bcr bring thuli' llt-ta to thci Monday meeting.
Fur Ill-llllllt , ' HIM | | | - | . M ,
Joe Ilrown W.IH nrrr tcid Situiday night
for beating his mlHtics , Nelllo Drown.
who In the keeper of n dive not f-ir from
Nimh and Cipllol iivc-niie Iliown dernandod
rime money of the * wolnan , whl'h was not
foi 'he ' riming and ho accordingly knocked
In r down nml hpiit liei cjullo Hcvurdy.
I'r.wn l a white man , wlilli. the lAomiin It
it nrgre e , AVIic-n arraigned lit faro Judga
Oor'on Urown pleaded not guilty to bwlnit
a varrunt and an lnmato and M * hturlna
set