TITE ' OMAITA DAILY : nEE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1904.
ASSAIL LAND ASSESSMENT
Bailroada Insist Farm Valuation! in Bute
. Are Too Low.
HEARING IS SET FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY
Cnmlng- Caaaty Wants Its Neighbors
.Raised or the Valuation la
Canting ltedaeed Xatloa
ii
la New Pre.
(From Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, July 19.-(Speclal.)-The fight
la on now and T. A. Polleys of the Chi
cago, St. Paul, MlnneapMln ft Omaha rail
road fired the flrit run against the farm
ers of the atate to the State Board f
Equalization this afternoon. He didn't
talk very much, but merely outlined what
he wanted to tell the board at some future
date which waa fixed by the board for a
week from Wednesday, at which meeting
representatives of all the counties alone;
the right-of-way of his railroads could be
present. In all these counties he told the
board he had secured records of land sales
and he could disprove the statement that
mly the best land had been sold, made
to the board yesterday. Baaed od hla
figures he- fold the board that the value
of land found by the assessor In Douglas
county -wss SI. 30 per cent . of the actual
value;. In-Washington- county It was 71.65
per cent of the actual value; In Burt
eounty It was M.S9 per cent; In Dakota
county It waa 87.42 per cent.
Mr. Polleys took occasion to tell the board
that land In Nebraska 'had been assessed
at a ralue nearer Its actual ralue than
It had In other states through which his
road runs. . He also1 told the board that
the railroads bad bea.i valued at their true
value. 4
With ; the. exception of Mr. Polleys' talk
the meeting "of the board today was an
other Informal discussion with a number
ef tarfclng officials,, and the work of the
board lias not yet takert'any definite shape.
This Is because, a few of the counties hare
not yet filed their reports, though they
are expected during the next twenty-four
hours, for the board sent out notices this
morning that the reports must be hurried.
Auditor 'Weston and Land Commissioner
Tollmer are still absent from the city.
Out In Cheyenne county the people cer
tainly .'responded ; welt to the assessor's
Inquisition and evidently turned In as
much property as they, could, for one man
turned In a canoe as a steamboat and
another turned' In a typewriter as a type
setting machine. - The attention ' of the
assessor; from, that 'county was called to
these, . two Items this . morning, for the
value placed on each did not seem as high
as it should-be, and the steamboat ' was
changed . to 4 canoe and the typesetting
machine -to a typewriter. Secretary Ben
nett took exception to this assessor valu
ing a threshing machine at ftt and pro
ceeded, te call the 'assessor on that. The
assessor stated that a number of threshers
had' been rushed' Into hla county some
year ago when It '-was thought all the
wheat' In tne-'-west would be garnered
there, since which time the machines had
gradually turned 'Into' old Iron heaps and
practically were worth nothing. The
board concluded the'ttt was high enough.
Thls'County Was assessed last year on a
basis ' of one-third and this year on a
basis of oTie-flfth of the valuation, conse
quently there was a' decrease In the valu
ation' of land.
; CamlasT Wamts Redaction.
Former State Treasurer Steufer was
down from Cuming county and told the
board that .Cuming was assessed too. high
been useiiDodg and- Jlur4rci nty-- land was
assess Jewwr than Cuming ' '
Chairman' Williamson' of the Board' of
County ' Commissioners of Boone county
filed with the board a list ofxlan'd sales
comprising 100 'tracts ' scattered ' In every
range' In the county, which showed an
average sale' price of $30.49 an acre, while
the value as found by the assessor was
$28.(6, Mr." Williamson thought this about
right,, for , he said . In many Instances he
felt satisfied that the sale price as shown
in the deed was really more than was
paid for the land, for at least one of those
who had sold the bulk of the land that
had changed hands was notorious for
padding - prices.' He Investigated other
counties and found that the assessment in
Platte was 88 per cent of the sale value.
In Nance the assessment waa 76.5 per
cent of the sale value, and In Madison It
was 7 per cent of the sale value. He
had no' particular objection to his assess
ment, but he merely wanted to speak
against an ' Increase. '
Cattle Betas Dipped.
F, W, Lambert of Mullen was here today
and brought with, him the Information
that all of the cattle In his part of the
sta,te are being dipped, something unusual
at this time of. year. In many Instances
be said cattle owners were taking the men
out of the harvest fields to assist. In jjlp
plng the cattle. The StancTard-'Cattle com
pany la dipping 15,000 head, the U. B. I.
T.000 head and. Fredon Is dipping 1,600 head,
these being the largest cattle owners. In
most Instances, he said, the time and sul
phur dip Is being used.
On the same day the democratic populist
and prohibition state conventions are held
here, August 10, the congressional conven
tion to nominate a democratlo candidate
for eongresa for the First district will be
held In Lincoln. The counties are entitled
to the following representation: Cass, 17;
Johnson, ; Lancaster, II; Nemaha, 13;
Otoe, 19; Pawnee, 8; Richardson, 19.
Payment Delayed.
Adjutant General Culver was remembered
by the auditor of the War department this
morning for services rendered during the
stormy daya of the '60s and Incidentally te
mlnded that Uncle Sam may be a little
slow, but he Is sure In settling accounts.
General Culver received a check for 12.38
In payment for services from September 21
to 14, 1861, $1.73; for services October 14.
1R64, 63 cents; clothing account, a balance
for 1864, 11 cents. General Culver waa not
aware that the government waa Indebted
to him, consequently the receipt of the
check waa a surprise. It Is his opinion
that the department officers are going over
the records, and likely other veterans In
th state will receive back pay.
Nation Is Sow Free.
At last William' Nation has satisfied the
law and haa returned to the bosom of his
family at Grand Island, Governor Mickey
having commuted his sentence and ordered
his dscharge today. Nation attained con
siderable notoriety some months ago by
breaking his parole and running off to
Grand Island, where In a short time he had
wooed and won a bride, the proprietress
of a restaurant, and also managed to
make himself a pillar of a religious organ
isation. The strong arm of the law, how
ever, dug him out and Re was thrown
again Into the penitentiary and his good
time taken away from him. His young
bride remained faithful and since his rein
carceration she has besieged Governor
Mickey, and not In vain.
Bay Massachusetts nnd.
The State Board of Educational Lands
and Funds lost out on another bond deal
today and as a consequence, the $74,000
worth of Washington county bonds will
not be bought by the state. The contract
was made last week with an agent of the
county and todny he failed to ' deliver the
bonds and he had no forfeit up! The board
then bought $75,000 worth of Massachusetts
state bonds to net the state SVi per cent.
The bonds were bought from Farson Leach
& Co. of Chicago through their agent, C.
H. Moore, Jr., though Kelley & Kelly had
In a bid. The brokers filed a check for
$1,000 to guarantee the delivery of the bonds.
wet weather. Some potatoes In low places
are rotting.
Cats Throat While Insane.
ASHLAND. Neb., July 19. (Special Tel
egram.) While In a state of temporary
Insanity Jacob Eggert, 3$ years old and
a farmer of - Marble precinct, north ' of
Ashland, attempted to take his life with
a razor this morning at 7 o'clock. Last
Saturday Eggert was released from the
Insanity ward of St. Bernard's hospital
at Council Bluffs, where he" had been con
fined for several, weeks. Eggert started
for the harvest field this morning, but
his wife was ' tired and did not accom
pany him. When she did reach the fiold
she found him with his throat cut, a gash
above the esophagus being five Inches
long, severing the windpipe and laying
bare the bone. Small hopes are entertained
for hla recovery. Blood poisoning is
feared. Eggert Is . a pioneer resident of
eastern Saunders county.
Appraise Property for Depot.
BEATRICE,: Neb., July 19. (Special.)
The appraisers appointed to report upon
the property condemned by the Burlington
road on Second street, on which it is pro
posed to erect a newdepot and maintain
Its yards, filed Its report yesterday. The
damage to the Jensen property was esti
mated to be $600. while the property taken
Is valued at $160, making a total of $760.
In the Townsend case the appraisers found
the damage to be ?fiS and the 7alue of
the. property U0,, making $76. , No report
was made on the .Phelps property from the
fact that Mrs. Phelps Is absent from the
state and It has not been possible to re
cure service upon her yet.
Beetlon Hand Seriously Injured.
SUTHERLAND, , Neb July l.-(Spt-cial.)
Ebert .Laughlln, a section hand em
ployed at . Paxton, while returning from
Ogalalla this evening, where he had been
assisting In ..clearing, noma wrecked cars
from the line, was Injured byy falling from
a moving train. Laughlln was sitting on
the steps of the dining car of the wrecking
train and as the train swung afound a
curve a short distance west of Paxton he
fell off. The train was at' once stopped
and the man picked , VP for dead. How
ever, he regained consciousness In a short
time, and though Injured a"hd cut about
the head and face, will recover. He was
brought to his home In Sutherland.
SEARCH OF YEARS IS REWARDED
St. roals M Finds Sisters at Fre
mont and Blair.
FREMONT. Neb.. July 19. (Special.)
George Wolters of St. Louis yesterday
succeeded In locating a younger sister of
his for whom he had been searching for
year. Nineteen years agot when 9 years
of age, he waa placed by his mother In
an orphan's home In v8t. Louis. After his
discharge he was unable to get any trace
of her. He found his father In a Missouri
Insane asylum and learned that his mother
had married a man named Yager. For
years he spent all his spare earnings In
trying to get some trace of her and his
sister. A short time ago he learned that
his mother had a brother living In Buffalo
county, and through him he learned that
his sister had at one time been an In
mate of the Fremont orphans' home. He
came to Fremont Saturday and was sur
prised to learn that a half brother and
sister were In the home here, and that
hla sister was living at Blair. The next
day he went to Blair and met hla sister,
who up to that time was Ignorant of the
fact of her having an older brother. An
older sister living In St. Louis Is ex
pected here tomorrow and thty will have
a family reunion. Wolters' mother died
In Colorado ten years ago.
GRF.T5A MAM DIES AT NORFOLK
liana Peterson, on Way from none
steel, Falls from Train.
NORFOLK, Neb.. July 19. (Special Tele
gram.) Hnns Peters, aged 65, a member of
a party of ten people from Gretna, Neb.
bound home from Bonesteel, died here this
morning nt 10 o'clock from injuries received
at the Junction Northwestern depot In this
city last night when the special pulled In
from Bonesteel. '
Peters attempted to get off the train be
fore It had stopped, but fell and was caught
by the steps and dragged along the plat
form on his back and his skull was frac
tured.at the base. He was taken to the
Salter sanitarium, where he died this morn
lng. Coroner II. L. Klndrew of Meadow
Grove has been summoned to hold an in
quest.
Five Sections of Bonesteel Train.
FREMONT, Neb.. July 19. (Special.)
The rush to Bonesteel Is making things
lively at the union depot In this city. Last
night the Bonesteel express went through
here In five sections, every one of which
was so heavily loaded that the hundred
or more people waiting for It were
scarcely able to find standing room. This
morning the Lincoln train on the North
western had 'on four extra Attaches, all
filled. When the Bonesteel train pulled
In someWTfat over an hour late several
hundred people made a rush for It, crowd
lng the aisles and platforms. There was
standing room only and not much of that
Fremont .people are going up on every
train. Restaurant keepers on lower Main
street are doing a big business, and laat
night, were utterly unable to feed the
crowds that came In on the train from the
north.
Wheat Better Than Expected.
EDGAR, Neb., July 19. (Special.) The
last ten days have been splendid harvest
weather and the farmers have all got their
wheat cut and In shock. Threshing began
here last Friday and wheat' Is turning out
better than was expected. A field Just
south of Edgar that was estimated before
harvest at fifteen bushels per acre went
twenty bushels, tested fifty-nine pounds
and sold readily at 76 Cents per bushel.
This Is undoubtedly a fair average of the
wheat in this section and shows that' the
crop will be one-third better than the es
timate before harvest besides being much
better In quality and price.
Harvest About Over.
GENEVA, Jfeb.. July 19. (Special.) Har
vest Is nearlng the end. Much of the wheat
and oats Is saved In good shape In spite of
hi koLE oaiEj&T
Is the best and most economical food for every meal every
day. Contains nearly two and one-half times the nourish
ment of the best sirloin steak and costs much less. a
BEPLflCES
Go' without meat for a week eat SIIREDPED WITOLE
WHEAT BISCUIT and TRISCUIT and you will feel ten
years younger. Try TRISCUIT, the new toast, with cheese.
For sale by all grocers.
EAT
0 News of Nebraska,
BEATRICE. July 19. Sixty residents of
this city and vicinity, left yesterday over
tne wurungton route ror uonesteei, H. u.,
wlre they will endeavor to secure a slice
or rand from uncle Ham.
WAHOO. Julv 19. Mr. Svoboda lost
valuable horse on account of the heat In
this city last evening. He drove up from
ttooK ureeK precinct ana wnne on l.inaen
avenue the horse dropped dead.
HUMBOLDT. July !. Mrs. Minnie Hews.
the wife of a farmer near the city, was
yesterday badly crippled as the result of a
kick from one of a team of mules which
she was unhitching from, the rack prepara
tory to-drlvmg home. - "" j",'
BEATRICE. July 19. The Crabtree For.
enslo club of this city will give Its seventh
annual banquet at the Paddock note' next
Friday evening. Koscoe Contain uiman
recently returned from Manila, P. I., will
V. tViA sriioai f Kinnr
. HUMBOLDT. July 19. Denny Hobbs. a
young man of about 20 years, shot himself
In the foot yesterday with a 22-callbre
rifle, as the result of accidentally pulling
tho trigger while standing with the muzzlo
of the gun on his foot. No serious results
are anticipated from the wound.
WAHOO, July 19. A tramp was brought
In from Touhy on the Union Pacific tast
evening, where he had his right arm
crushed under the train. He was taken to
the county Jail, where County Physician
Smith,., assisted by Dra. Bush and Torn
holm, amputated the man's arm Just above
tne wrist.
HUMBOLDT,' July 19 A gentle rain of
an Inch and a half fell this morning, be
ginning nt an early hour and continuing.
most or tne forenoon, vvnue it put tne nay
makers to some Inconvenience, It was quite
acceptable to farmers in general on account
of the corn, the ground having become
Daxea quite Daaiy.
PAP1LLION, July 19. The Union Pacific
has a large gang of men here changing the
steel of their sidetracks to a much heavier
grade. With their heavy engines running
over these tracks It has been learned that
the steel haa been too light, hence the
cnonge. utner improvements or the road
in this vicinity will be made this summer.
WAHOO. July 19. At the special election
for the purpose of voting bonds for $15,000
for a sewerage system for the city of
YYanoo neia Here yesterday the proposi
tlon carried by a vote of 253 for and 104
against. The city council met In adjourned
meeting this morning and canvassed the
vote, and the matter will now be pushed
as rapiuiy us possiuie.
SUTHERLAND, July 19 Thts place Is
enjoying something of a building boom at
present. An opera nouse will be erected
wlthlu a few days, one new store building
is in course oi construction, anomer livery
barn Is not improbable and residence
houses cannot he built fast enough to meet
the demand. The crop pnwpects and the
movement in iana are paruy responsiDie
for the forward trend In the town,'s pros
perity.
HUMBOLDT. July 19. Robert Colson. a
young man living a few miles southwest of
tne city, came in mis morning lo receive
medical attention made necessary bv an
explosion of some powder, a quantity of
which the young man ran across while
burning up some hens' nests. The box had
been used about the house and It is sup
posed the' powder was stowed away In It
and forgotten. Later the box was used
for a nest.
PAPILLION, July 19 Harvesting is In
full blast throughout Sarpy county. Many
of the fields are already in the shock, the
remainder to be cut this week. Farmers
are complaining of the prevalence of rust
In the smail grain fields, which greatly re
duces the crop, especially oats. Corn is
growing rapidly under the hot weather of
the last few daya and Is recovering from
the setback received earlier In the summer
during the wet, cold weather. Fields to
the south are tasseied out.
SUTHERLAND. July 19 The blaeest
hay crop In the history of this section will
be harvested here this season. The hills
and uplands are covered with a rank
growth, as well as the bottoms. Thousands
or tons ot nay are snippea rrnm mis sec
tion each year, but It Is feared that a
market cannot be found for this seaaon's
crop. Some of the leading stockmen do
not expect to put up hay this year, and
say they can get what they need during
the winter tor less money tnan it would
cost to put It up.
BEATRICE, July 19 General Manager
A. L. Mohler, General superintendent J. M.
Gruber, J. O. Wrlnkerhoff, superintendent
of the Kansas division, and J. 11 Barry,
chief engineer. Union. PacMo officials, ar
rived In the city on a special last evening
from the soutn on a tour or Inspection of
the Manhattan branch, which hus been
badly damaged by the heavy rains this
season. After a brief stay In the city,
Mr. Mohler proceeded on to Omaha. The
other officials returned to Kansas City
this morning.
FREMONT. July 19 Ed E. Taylor, a
discharged soldier, left here Sunday morn
ing wun a lettm ui iuujvh ueiunBilig 10 ra
Stevenson to go to Arlington, and neither
Taylor nor the mules have been heard of
since. Taylor came here a few, weeks ago
and worked for a time In a restaurant.
Saturday he agreed to rent a storeroom of
J. 1. Kelt on Main street and borrowed
the team of Stevenson to go to Arlington
to buy some fixtures to start up with. The
officers were notified, but so far have got
no trace or nim. lie na a discharge from
the army, which recites that he wss
wounded In the hip and shoulder. Ills left
irra Is partially stiff. Saturday afternoon
he passed a checg or lit on his former em
ployer In payment for a meal ticket, re
ceiving Is In chana. The check was re
jected by the bank oa which it was draws
as worthies 1
CRUSH AT YANKTON GROWS
Seven Thousand Are Registered at that
Point on Tuesday.
Bnunaaaaanat
EXPECT TO SURPASS THAT RECORD TODAY
Total at that Point la Haw Over Ferty
Thonaaad and Expectation la that
It- Will Beach Sixty by
Satnrday Night.
YANKTON, 8. D.. July 19.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) Seven thousand people registered
at Yankton today.and the rush for tomor
row will be still greater. The Milwaukee
road divided Its morning train Into six
sections and the evening train Into two.
The Northwestern arrived In four sections
late this afternoon.. The crush In the city
Is simply frightful. It is Impossible to put
the thousunds that wait before the doors
through the buildings. Tomorrow a new
booth will be opened on Walnut street tf
accommrdnte the waiting crowds, and If
necessary more will be opened.
The total registration at Yankton alone
Is now over 40,000 and will reach the 60,000
mark before the closing, on Saturday.
Forty-six clerks are now employed and this
force will be Increased Indefinitely to take
In all the people.
The lines were at times six blocks long.
Men sre making a business of going Into
the line and selling out when near the
door for 15, 110 and even 125. Every land
seeker In Yankton will be given an i.ppor
tunlty to register.
The police force was Increased by twenty-five
additional men to keep order dur
ing the closing days. S)o far no disorder
has occurred and every effort will be made
to maintain that reputation.
Senator Robert J. Gamble was advised
today by Commissioner Richards of the
general lend office that the secretary of the
Interior had appointed Hon. W. A. Rich
ards, Judge Wakeley of Omaha and Hon.
P. F. Sherman as a committee to super
vise the drawing to be held at Chamber
lain for the Rosebud lands. Judge Wake
ley was United States judge for the terri
tory of Nebraska under President Pierce
when Dakota was a part of Nebraska. Mr.
Sherman Is president of the Sioux Falls
National bank and Is a leading citizen of
the state.
The drawing will be on three days, July
28,29,80.
More Come to Chamberlain,
CHAMBERLAIN, S. D., July 19.-(Spe-clal
Telegram.) Today registrations were
materially In excess of those of yesterday.
The crowds coming In this evening were
also the heaviest since the registration
began, being fully 750, Most of the ar
rivals will remain .until .after the drawing,
The registrations, tomorrow should be well
up to 1,000.
a little circus at kilpatrick's
-
on the second floor nt 9 n. m. a waist sale out of the ordinary, silk waists made
from penu de soie, taffeta, otc. black and colored, all sizes from 32 to 41, well made
' and stylish, also some beautiful white waists made from fine Japanese silks, lace
inserting and trimming., dainty washable waists--just right for red hot weather
and mighty serviceable because they wash, none worth less than a fiver on wed- I
nesday at 9 a. m. f 1.90 and cheap at ?3.00 remember, you can check your parcels
and leave your purchases till after the parade.
by the way, take a peep nt some of the waists on display in west, window.
Tho
mas
'p.atrkk & Co
p. s. almost forgot to tell about the sox sale in east aisle, all the fine im
ported lace lisle sox, always 50 cents, circus day at 9 a. m., 25 cents
for men only.
NEW CHARGE IN CONTEST
Bingham's Lawyers Offer to Show At
tempted Bribery by Clerk of Broadwell.
CLAIM HE TRIED TO BUY ELECTION CLERK
No Criminal Proceedings Yet Began on
This Allegation as Decision In
Contest Is Expected
Very Soon.
Farmers' Elevator Is Profltable.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., July 19.-(Spe
clal.) Reports made at the annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Farmers
Traffic association, which operates a grain
elevator at Parkston, show the affairs of
the association to be' In a prosperous con'
dltlon. The net' profits during the past
year amounted to about $2,000. lit was
decided to erect ft hew ' elevator on the
site of the old one.' The new elevator will
be completed In time for the handling of
this year's crops. It will be modern In
every respect and will be one of the larg
est elevators In that portion of the state.
Heaviest Rain of Sea
AUBURN, 1 Neb., Jul? 19. SpeclaJ.)
The heaviest rain "oe the season and It Is
believed the heavleet, for years felf this
morritng. It commerfced raining at 6:45
this ' morning and 'continued .. until about
9 o'clock. During the time mentioned the
government tester showed a. rainfall of
4H inches. A number of bridges v are
known to have been washed out and many
others damaged. The damage In the city
of. Auburn waa considerable. 'The streets
were in bad condition for such a rain
in several- places water ran Into tho
houses.
Sammer Excarslons
Via Michigan Central, ,,The Niagara
Falls Route," to the Thousand Islands,
Adirondack, White Mountains, Catskllls,
LKe ueprge and Lake Champlaln, the
New England Coast, 'ajc. The Michigan
Central's Vacation Tours for 1904 will be
found a great help In planning the sum
mer holiday. Illustrated, with full in
formation regarding routes and rates.
Address, ' with three red stamps, O. W.
Ruggles, O. P. & T. A., Chicago.
Special Train to Tekamah,
Friday, July 22. leaves Webster St. 'depot
at 12:30 p. m., for the races. Returning
leaves Tekamah at 9 p. m. Tickets $1.70,
on sa.le dally until July 21 Oood for re
turn until July 23.
FORECAST OFjTHE WEATHER
Fair and Warmer Today and Thurs
day (or Nebraska and Neigh.
boring States,
WASHINGTON. July 19.-Forecast for
Wednesday and Thursday:
For Nebraska, North and South Dakota
and Montana Fair Wednesday and Thurs
day.
For Iowa Fair Wednesday and Thurs
day.
For Illinois and Indiana Fair In north.
showers and cooler In south ' portion
Wednesday; Thursday, fair; fresh north
winds.
For Colorado Fair In west, rhowers and
cooler In cast portion Wednesday; Thurs
day, fair; warmer In east portion.
For Kansas and Missouri Fair Wednea
day. except showers In south portion;
Thursday, fair.
Local leeorl,
OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREATT
OMAHA. July 19. Official record of tem
perature and precipitation compared with
the corresponding day or the past three
years:
' ls. 11.1. MUZ. 1801.
Maximum temperature... 86 86 77 Wl
Minimum temperature .. fi8 66 63 72
Mean temperature" 76 76 70 DS
Precipitation 04 . 00 . 01 .00
Record of temperature and oreclDltatlon
At Omaha for this day sines March 1, 1904:
.Normal lemperaiure 74
jsxeess ror tne aay 1
t otal deficiency since March 1 212
Normal precipitation ............. .15 Inch -
Denctency for tne aay.. 11 Inch
Total rainfall since Ma Ah 1.... 11. 64 Inches
Deficiency since March 1... 1.13 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 1903.. 4.67 Inches
Excess for cor. period, 190 04 inch
Heports from Stations at T p. ns.
V9 S i
CONDITION OF THE a? 3 w
WEATHER. ' ? P V e e
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Tampering with witnesses In the Blng-ham-Broadwell
election contest caso has
been alleged' by lawyers for W. W. Bing
ham, who Is seeking to have F. A. Broad
well removed as clerk of the district court
and himself Installed on the grounds of
Irregularities In the election.
Monday afternoon Bingham's attorneys
offered to show by a witness that Andrew
Gallagher, a clerk in Broadwell's office,
had offered money to Thomas T. O'Connor
to leave the city and stay away until the
caso wag finished. The evidence was toot
received, but a statement as' to whnt
Bingham's lawyers desired to Introduce
was placed on the records.
O'Connor was appointed clerk of the elec
tion board In the First precinct of the
Fifth ward. South Omaha, for the county
election held last falL He was granted as
a witness by the contestant, Bingham, to
give . testimony to the effect that there
were Irregularities In the election board
and In other ways on election day In this
precinct.
Nature of the Charge
It waa declared In court that It could be
shown by the witness that Andrew Galla
gher had Invited O'Connor to the district
clerk's office in the court house last Sat
urday night and offered him a statement
to sign, this paper being to the effect that
O'Connor was a Judge in the election; that
O'Connor signed the statement after mak
ing an Interlineation that ' he waa not a
Judge, and that Gallagher handed Mm a
roll of money amounting to $10. Further,
that Gallagher went to O'Connor's fiome
In South Omaha Sunday afternoon, offered
O'Connor another roll of money,' which the
falterir refused to acept, and suggested
that Q'Conpor go . to Lincoln and remain
there' until the litigation In the district
court was over. Also that Gallagher told
O'Connor that Broadwell was anxious not
to have him appear as a witness In the
case. ' -
Charge Second Offense.
According to the attorneys for the conr
testant, this was not the last time that
Gallagher approached O'Connor, but th y
claim he went to him again Monday morn
ing and repeated the request that he leave
the city so as to avoid testifying; that
O'Connor flatly refused and said that no
amount of money could Induce him to
do so.
Provided that the ballots In the First
precinct of the Fifth ward. South Omaha,
are thrown out, it Is said Bingham will
have enough votes to give him a majority
over Broadwell, as the precinct was heavy
for Broadwell.
No action has yet been taken In the way
of criminal prosecution against Gallagher
or Broadwell. The contest case Is regarded
as nearly finished and evidence concerning
the conduct of the election in South Omaha
is about all In. A decision by Judge Day
la anticipated today. In any event
the case will be appealed to the supreme
court. It is said.
-Gallagher denies emphatically the whole
story.
"It Is a He made out of whole cloth,"
said ho. "The matter Is now In the hands
of lawyers and damage suits may follow.
According to street talk that I have heard,
O'Connor was offered $500 by the Bingham
people to testify to the story sprung In
court Monday afternoon.".
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AGENTS Hugo F. Bils. 1324 DoUK'las
Street. Omaha, Tel. 1544. Leo Mitch
ell. Council Bluffs, Tel. 90.
JOITH OMAHA, 'PHONE 8.'
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Holt Republicans Organise.
O'NEITJ. Neb.. July 19. (Special.) Sev
eral enthusiastic republicans met last night
at the office of Attornay Dickson and took
preliminary tep toward organising a
Roosevelt and Fairbanks club. R. R. Dick
son was chosen as temporary chairman
and Robert Mareh temporary secretary and
treasurer. Committees were appointed to
secure a permanent headquarters and a
plan of organisation. The . republicans of
Holt county are encouraged to believe that
thev will sween the platter clean this year.
Outside of the few adherents of Colonel
Maher here the fusion forces appear to be
ntlrely demolished and have no courage to
, i.ia th ra rr no 1 mn Thu Psrker and
if ... m . - n ' . .
Davis ticket will not be very much 4i evi
dence In Holt county during this campaign.
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