THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 5, 1907.
! TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK
Beautiful Keystone Park Where Fine Suburban Homes Will Be Erected
WHERE IS BANK OF IRELAND
Qaeitiei Now FcBaioc ia Fsesral Csirt is
tTomswhat of a Fouler.
Opsnine of lejitone Fark to Te ' tbe
TeatnM of tbe Vtck.
NEW SITE FOR IUiUR3A.N HOUSES
Owfti nnllil tlnnlrvard Driveways.
Plant Trff and Othtrnlif Im
prove the Tract for Ita
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Format opening of Keystone Fnrk, the
fancy stock farm of W. A. Poxtnn, nnn
Wile won of lirnxon, which Is being ex
ploited an a surburbnii residence dlptr ct.
will he held next Saturday, when extn
Ire Improvement, representing an Invest
ment of several thousands of dinars, will
have been practically completed. Tlie
farm, whlrh contains 630 acres and Is well
known to Omaha, was bought recently by
the D. V. Sholi-s company and the Payne
Investment company, and has been sur
veyed, platted and Improved by the con
struction of miles of boulevards and the
planting of thousands of young trees, to be
old In tracts of from three to twenty
five acres for essentially surburban resi
dence purposes.
Four thousand trees ar.d a great quantity
of hardy shrubbery have heen plumed
long the six and one-quarter miles of
driveways and boulevard and the services
of an export landscape gardener have bcn
mployed for weeks to beautiry the
grounds, taking advantage of the many
natural advantages of the high and sightly
(rounds and gently undulating hills. The
boulevards wind around the crest of the
hills, affording a wide view of the sur
rounding country from nearly every p ilnt.
Elm, sycamore, linden, hard ir.ap'e nn 1
Other hardy shade trees have been planted
to the number of over 4,000 and the avo
rtuea are named for the variety of tree
with which they are densely lined. One
of the most choice acreage tracts In tho
park waa aold last week for $7,O0K and
rearly one-fourth of the entire park hns
been reserved for Immediate sale to early
buyers.
Members of the Real Estnte exchange
were taken on an automobile tour of tho
new suburban subdivision as the guests of
Mr. Payne and Mr. Hhnles last Wednesday
afternoon and were enthusiasts In their
.praise of the proposition presented. Light
refreshments were served to tho visiting
real estate brokers after their Inspection
of the park.
More favorable weather conditions dur
ing the last week have caused marked Im
provement In the business of real estate
brokers and It la believed that the period
of temporary stagnation has passed, nt
least until the warm summer months are
reached. The weather has more effect
upon real estate business than is generally
supposed and the cold and backward spring
baa played havoc with the calculations of
many brokers. New residence additions
which have been planned In many sections
of the city, aa well aa outlying suburban
additions, have been retarded by the un
favorable weather. Difficulty waa encoun
tered In surveying and platting the new
ubdlvlslons and It has been almost lm
poesslble to Interest possible buyers In the
market, when conditions were against
favorable Impressions being gained on first
Inspection. Inquiries are always less fre
quent during disagreeable weather, as
clients are not inclined to make inspection
trips In Inclement weather.
Interest In the market was revived by a
few hours of sunshine, until record break
ing business In the filing of deeds was done
last Tuesday In the office of the county
register of deeds. Fifty-two deeds, nearly
all representing bona fide transactions,
were recorded In that one day and repre
sented real estate transfers aggregating
nearly $66,000. Few technical transfers or
tax titles were In the number, although
there were many $1 transfers, so the total
value of property transferred cannot well
be determined. Real estate dealers gener
ally held the opinion, however, that trans
fers during the month of April were less
than last year, both In number and value
represented.
Bishop Scannell acquired title to the
large lot at 715 and 717 South Nineteenth
treet on behalf of the Italian Catholic
church on which a new cathedral will be
erected In the near future. The property
was bought for SQ.600 and Includes a two
Story double brick building on the Nine
teenth street frontage and a frame build
ing on the rear of the lot. which extends
through from Nineteenth to Eighteenth
street.
Ko new developments have arisen as to
the fate of the choice business corner
vacant at Sixteenth and Harney streets,
although It was doomed certain a few
weeks ago that a large store and office
building woud be Immediately erected by a
local syndicate. The corner Is 132x99 and Is
held at $U,000, or $2,000 a front foot on the
Sixteenth street side. This Is regarded as
prohibitive by many experienced real estate
men, while others deem it a fair price for
tbe location. Seldom a day passes that In
quiries are not received regarding the sale
or lease of the corner, and It was even
proposed to lease the lot for one year for
the purpose of building a temporary amuse
ment house.
Tin title of the Independent Telephone
Company to the lot recently bought for a
ubexchange on Twenty-fourth street, north
of Cuming street, has been perfected. The
lot was bought from William Hlslop of the
MoCague Investment company for $4,flu0 and
Is In an Ideal location for the establish
ment of a branch exchange. Title deeds
to the lot near Twentieth and Harney
Streets, being the east half of the lot used
for a public play-ground, have not been
secured by the telephone company, but will
probably be recorded this week. The main
exchange and offices of the company will be
built on the latter site and plans are being
prepared for the building by FUher A
Lawria,
Preliminary steps toward the establish
ment of a large city park, adjacent to Cut
Off lake were taken last week by the Park
board, which adopted a resolution declar
ing certain property to be acquired for park
purposes around the lake and that tho
city council and mayor be requested to
take proper action for the appropriation
of such land. The resolution was effered
by Commissioner Cornl&h and was accom
panied by a detailed description of the
property, which extends around the lake
from Thirteenth street, between Browns
and Locust on the west, along the north
side of the lake to Avenue F on the eist.
It Is estimated that the original cost of thu
acqulstlon of the land will be about M (MJ,
Which will probably be voted on at the elec
tion next November.
Large sites with adequate trackage faclll.
tlee are becoming scarcer each year, and
the situation h reached an acute mgi
this tsrlng. Many new concerns deslrin
to move to Omaha have met with consider
able difficulty In securing sites for the pur
pose end a few firms have even found It ne
tesaary to remove from the city temporary
until new locations could be ohtalued. The
Dowman-Kranz Lumber company of Slum
City finally secured the yards and site of
ins Missouri Valley Lumber oomiany at
Thirteenth and Bahler streets, but la
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Johnson-McLean Planing company, the
Omaha Mitten and Manufacturing com
pany, the Bersback-Maloney Crockery
company of Chicago and other concerns are
still In the market for choice locations. The
Bowman-Kranz company has established
Its main offices and distributing yards In
Omaha, with H. G. Krans In charge, J. J.
Smith, formerly manager for the On Time
Teast company, represents the Chicago
crockery firm and Is looking for a large
warehouse.
Interest manifested In the affairs of the
Real Estate exchange has not decreased
and a larger attendance Is noted each week
nt the regulnr meetings of the exchange
at the Commercial club. Many new mem
bers have been taken Into the exchange
within the last month and the potency of
the exchange In commercial affairs Is be
coming greater each year. Movements
affecting the civic or Industrial relations
of the city are being Invariably presented to
the exchange for ratification, endorsement,
support or counsel and the exchange has
long ceased to be a factor merely for the
materlnl benefit of the participating mem
bers. This was amply proven during the
recent session of the legislature, when
measures affecting the city or county were
referred by members of the Douglas county
delegation for an opinion from the ex
change as to their merits or demerits.
Particular attention was given by the
exchange to terminal tax legislation and a
special committee, cnns'stlng of F. D.
Wend. Charles F. Harrison and W. O.
I're represented the exchange frequently
st Lincoln In support of the bill and are
attributed with doing much toward Its
successful termination. Strong and active
real eptite men have been elected to tne
Important offices and committee chairman- ,
ships of the exchange, whose membersmp
now includes practically u ui imj
responsible and prominent real estate
brokers of Omaha.
Home property was very active during
the Inst week and the warm weather
brought out the home buyers In large
numbers, with the result , that completed
transactions and Inquiries were frequent.
Deeds completing the sale of the large t
house and lot nt 2601 St. Mary s avenue to ,
I. Cluck of Columbijs were recorded. This
property was sold last week oy oeorge
Co. for Warren 8w!tsler for $S,000. Payne,
Bostwlek & Co. negotiated the sale of the
residence of Judge C. 8. Loblnglcr at 8211
Topplcton avenue to Othello Beasley for
$2,900. The transactions were unusual In
that, they were carried on by cable with
Judge Lobingler, who Is a Judge In the
court of the first Instance In the Philip
pines. Mr. Beasley will spend about $1,000
In improvements on the property. Frank
Boyd sold his home near the southwest
corner of Fortieth and Boyd streets to
Herbert L. Zust for $1,000, and another
modern residence In the same vicinity,
8618 Boyd street, was sold to Howard Sax
ton, an attorney, by C. Q. Carlberg for
$1,900.
Mr. Boyd contemplates buying a lot In
the West Farnam street district and will
build this spring. Clarence L. Rosa sold
his large residence and lot near Twenty
eighth and Pacific streets for 5,125 to John
C. Pontius, and Frank Holly's two-story
home nt Tenth and Pierce streets was sold
by Robinson & Wolf to A. G. Kaiman for
$2,800 as an Investment. Robinson A Wolf
also sold two cottages at Twenty-ninth
and Grant streets for Mrs. George Tsschuck
for $1,000. Aaron Wolf sold his cottage
near Twentieth and Paul streets to Jacob
Kupper for $1,200.
An Important development during the
week In downtown real estate was the
sale last Tuesday of the Burwood theater ,
by W. J. Burgess to Messrs. Sullivan & '
Consldine, who have been securing a Una
of vaudeville theaters reaching across the
continent. The sale was negotiated by W.
R. Human, and It Is reported that the
theatrical syndicate paid Mr. Burgess about
fciiAxo for the property. Possession will
be given August 1,' and the fall season
will witness tbe use of the theater for a
10-cent vaudeville entertainment, which has
proven most lucrative in the Paclflo coast
and northwest cities.
The assistance and moral support of ths
mombers of the Real Estate exchange to
ward the success of the proposed "Great
Northwest" trade extension excursion was
asked at the regular meeting of the ex
change last Wednesday by D. J. O'Brien,
Joe Kelly and Dan Fuller. The question
was laid over for action until next
Wednesday, but It is protutble that the
support of the exchange will be given the
most worthy project. While It la not be
lieved that any members of the exchange
will participate In the excursion, It will
undoubtedly be of great benefit to Omaha
and Incidentally to the real estate brokers
In an Indirect manner.
The large tract of ground st Thirtieth
rud Ames avenue, known aa Collier place
.vl Monmcuth par additions recently
bought by Hastings & Heyden, Is being
l .1 in 8t.ai and will be put on sale
, kjii. The streets have been graded, water
drains put In and nearly a mile of cement
walks built.
A new addition that will be put on ths
tuarket soon Is to be know a as "Home
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GROUP OF REAL
Flace." This property Is located at Lake, ,
running from Sixteenth to Eighteenth
streets, and the lots are platted thirty to
forty feet front each. Lake street Is being
widened, cement walks put in and an
effort being made to huve tho street paved.
Hastings & Hey den and Garvin Brothers
will have the selling of the same.
The four brick flats of Lysle I. Abbott on
the North Nineteenth street boulevard
were sold by the D. C. Howard Realty
company for $13,000 to T. F. Mcmmen of
Lincoln, who bought as an Investment.
TROUBLE OUT IN WYOMING
Ranchers and Settlers Have Some
Serious Difficulties, Bays
Jerome Muuee.
"Quite a battle Is being waged In Wyom
ing between the ranchmen and the
settlers," said Jerome Magee, nephew of
Colonel Pratt, one of the largest land
owners In the United States. Mr. Magie Is
also trustee of the Pratt ranches In Wyom
ing and has been there for two weeks look
ing after his and Colonel Pratt's Interests.
He also has a horse ranch of 7,000 acres !
of his own at Clearmont, Wyo., 100 acres
of Irrigated land and 6,000 acres of pasture
under fence.
"It cuts Into the profits of the sheep men
to have to send out their outfits with armed
guards, but that Is what they are having
to do at this time. Tho settlers are at
tacking the sheep outfits tind burning the
camp wagons and stampeding the sheep."
"The ranges were quite dry and needed
this last sno-7, although It Is pretty hard
On some of the sheen raisers. We mra
wt,j prepare(ji however, with lambing sheds
and got 100 pr cent of iamb8 from m
ewes, some dying, but others having
enough twins to bring up the percentage.
The government Is policing the ranges In
the mountains and government Inspectors
are busily engaged in taking down the
fences."
Mr. Magee has 200 mares on his horse
ranch and Is raising Clydsdale horses. He
Is now engaged In sending out settlers to
make use of some of the Irrigated land In
w'yomlng. Mr. Magee says there are 30,000
I sheep on the Lelter rach, where they are
having the trouble with, the settlers. Clyde
I Blair, the famous Chicago university
sprinter, who was on the track team at
Chicago with Mr. Magee Is managing his
affairs for him In Wyoming.
RESULT OF A jJTTLE WANT AD
Sale of Flae Place Is Hade Soon
as The Bee Tells of
Property.
Within a few hours after placing a small
advertisement In The Bee Conrad Tounf
sold the fine residence of Rev. Robert
Doherty at 81S Wortlilngton place for
$7,750 cash after the property had been on
the market for several years without hav
ing been sold. Mr. Young placed the small
advertisement In la.t Sunday's Bee, where
It was seep by P. P. Esklns, a real estate
Investor of Kansas City, who bought the
property before noon the next day.
The residence of Rtv. Robert Doherty,
who was for many years in charge of
Brownell Hall, Is directly at the rear nf
the hall ar.d Is one of the best houses In
that residence section,
Mr. Esklns has truveled through the
west to the Pacific coast In search of real
estate Investments and believes that the
future Is better for this class of Invest
ment In Omaha than In any other part of
the wust.
Thomas Brennan has sold the brick block
at 1914-1916-1913 Cuming street to Dr. E.
Holovtchlncr for $15,000. The property was
owned by Mrs. Ptarl Welshans and was
bought for investment purposes.
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ESTATE MEN WHO VISITED THE BlEAOTIFUL TRACT.
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Speculators Are Meetice with Diffioulty
in Sale of Their 1 ropertj.
INVESTORS WONDER WHAT END WILL BE
Buyer Tries to Sell Land Thus Ob
tained and Lawyer Cannot
Get Quit Claim
Deed. .
Speculators In tax titles under the pro
vision's of the Nebraska scavenger tax
law are meeting with difficulty in the sale
of their property secured by deed from the
county treasurer and investors are specu
lating as to what the outcome will be.
A prominent speculator In property ac
quired In this manner tried to sell the
land secured under tax titlus to a local
bank Friday and the lawyer to whom the
deeds were referred refused to pass the
Instruments until a quit claim deed was
secured from the owner, which was, of
course, impossible after its confiscation un
der the tax law.
The section of the Nebraska scavenger
tax law which Is causing the trouble In
the disposition of the tax title land la sec
tion 43, which provides:
"No action shall be maintained against
a person In possesrion of real estate under
a recorded treasurer's deed until such per
son hag been tendered the full amount
paid at the tax sale with interest and
costs and all subsequent taxes paid with
Interest to the date of the tender: and no
action thall be maintained against a per
son In possession of real estate under such
deed who has been in possession there-
under for a nerloil of five venrs."
The consensus of opinion among lawyers
who specialize In tax titles Is that such
titles are not secure so as to admit of
their ready transfer until after n lapse of
five years and even then there appears to
be considerable doubt as to the validity of
property.
Law Ties Ip Property.
The effect of the iaw Is to tie up property
acquired under tax titles for at least five
years nnd persons who have bought much
of this kind of property are now finding
themselves unable to dispose of their hold
ings and their money tied up in the titles
Indefinitely.
Deeds to property bid In during the en
forcement of the scavenger law, the last
two years, nre now being secured from the
county treasurer, but efforts to sell the
property under such titles have proven
abortive unless quit claim deeds from tho
original owners accompany the tax deed.
The question has not yet been squarely
met by the legal fraternity as the deeds
submitted so far have been accompanied
by quit claim deeds from the owners, but.
It Is reported, that In every case where an
effort to sell tax title property has , been
made without such quit claim deeds the
sale has not been consummated when sub
mitted to lawyers.
The question Is of vita) Import In view of
the coming sale under the scavenger law
and Investors are uncertain what course
to pursue after the obstacles experienced
In the disposition of
property already
secured under this law.
In most cases It Is Impossible to secure
quit claim deed from the original owner
of the property confiscated under the
scavenger law and bought In by the
speculator for a nominal sum In many In- I
stances.
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Mrs. Frank Telford nt Honklns Station, a
few miles south of here. Thomas Corning,
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FDNKMDAT, WAITING FOR THE LAND OFFICE TO OPEN 6ETTLER8 LAG til
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asleep when the fire was discovered.
FREED AFTER TW0 TRIALS
Jobs Smith Released from County
Jail After Seven
Months.
After being In Jail Just seven months to
a day John Smith, who was tried twice on
a charge of robbing the farmhouse of John
Wlpf west of Omaha, was released from
custody Saturday morning. At his first
trial the Jury failed to agree and at the
second a verdict of not guilty was re
turned. Smith was remanded to jail on
another charge of shooting Wlpf with In
tent to wound, but this Information was
nolled by County Attorney English Sat
urday morning.
In some respects the case was one of the
most peculiar to come up before the crimi
nal court for tome time. Wlpf declared
he returned home about noon one day and
found Smith crawling out of the window
Of his house. With the aid of his wife
and the hired man he says he ran Smith
down after the latter had shot him In the
head and hand and brought him to Omaha,
where he turned him over to the police.
He afterward found, according to his tes
timony, that $30 In money had been taken
from his house.
Smith, on the other hand, declared he
was looking for work and had stopped ut
Wlpf's house for a drink. Just as he was
leaving, he tays, Wlpf drove up and Im
mediately charged him with being a robber.
He said Wlpf Jumped upon him and began
beating him and he shot Wlpf In self
defense. He denied being In the house at
all. Over $1,4C0 was found on Smith's per
son when he was searched. He said he
got the money as the proceeds of the sale
of his fruit business In San Francisco Just
b,fore tne earthquake. He also claimed to
have had $1,600 burned In the fire following
the earthquake.
Smith's real nnme, according to admis
sions he made on the stand, Is Lloyd.
LINCOLN J. CARTER IS BEAT
Author of Thrillers Put Off Watch l
, Story Related by John
Norberg.
A ride of 185 miles across a desert Im
prisoned under the pilot of an engine and
momentarily expecting to be ground under
the wheels is an experience so novel that
even Lincoln J. Carter has not thought of
it as a thriller for one of his melodramas.
But this was Just what hiDnnd to John
Norberg, the big bailiff In Judge Day's
court. It was twenty-five years ago, but
the Incident remains Indelibly stamped on
his memory and he related It while In a
reminiscent mood the other day.
"It was while I was checking cars In
Los Angeles," he said. "I was a young
fellow and would take any kind of a
chance. Running out of Los Angeles on a
freight across the desert was a conductor
called 'Red Mike" who was a terror to
hoboes and everyone else who was used
to traveling by the side door Pullman
route. "Red Mike" made It his boast that
no man ever stole a ride on his train and
lived through It. Lots of fellows who tried
(t bad been kicked off In the middle of the
i desert anu left to wander around fifty or
jqq miles from civilization If they were
UCky enough to escape being drawn under
the wheels. Mike had the reputation of
carini; absolutely nothing for human life
when It came to putting men off his train
ad he had a standing reward of $.0 for
the man who could get acrofs the desert
hi" train without paying fare.
-a. fool enough to want to win that
reward. While the englno of his train was
standing over the ash pit I crawled under
It and up Into the hollow olace under the
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cow catcher. I had Just room enough to
crouch down on one of the cross beams.
When the engine left the ash pit I was
Imprisoned. There was no room to get
out under the pilot.
"I will never forget that ride as long as
I live. We flew over the hot sand at
lightning speed and the dust was drawn
up by the wheels until It filled my eyes,
nose and ears. There were only one or
two stops, but of course I could not get
out. I had to lay low, for I knew If Red
Mike found me he would poke me down
from my perch with a stick and I would
hp nut to nieces limter the wheels ftnoo T
went to sleep end was awakened bv my
heni. riroino- nn the tu i o
,,iicemn wn. nn..nriin m nn the .nie.
of my feet and awoke Jut In time to keep '
from being dragged off the beam. I had
no chance to get out until we stopped
over the ash pit at Tulare, 1S5 miles north
of Los Ange'es on the Southern Pacific.
Then I crawled out and reoorted to Mike.
When he saw me he said 'You're a thor
oughbred' and gave me the $50. I spent
the money and some more entertaining the
boys and Mike hauled me back in the
caboose."
DOMESTIC SIDE0F CHINAMAN
Celestial Wants Wife and Children,
but Seldom Brines Them
to This Land.
"The domestlo arrangements of the 1
Chinamen are peculiar," said Louis Neese. :
foreign teller for the First National bank. ' clty to Mexico, was In Omaha Saturday
"They 'rarely bring their wives to this I calling on his many friends,
country. Ask them why and they reply! "We are doing quite nicely with oot
Too much expensive.' But you can't find new line," said Mr. Dickinson, "and have
a white man who Is more faithful to his 625 miles In operation at present. We ex
spouse than these Chinamen are to theirs. ' pect to have 1,000 miles by the end of the
They send money to them regularly and year. The line Is now In construction south
they send enough to support them In very I from Clinton. In Oklahoma, and north from
good style in China. j Knox City In Texas. We have 87,600 tons
"Of course when the Chinaman says It Is 1 of rails on orders at present and 1.500,000
too expenslv to bring his wife here he ties. Two locomotives have also been or
flgures in the expense of taking her back i dered and 600 freight cars. Some of the
either dead or alive, for no good China- j cars bought In 1904 have never touched
man s soul will rest secure until his bones ! the rBlls of the Orient road yet.
are burled In the soil of the Celestial king- Two boftU ,r, now owned by the com.
dom. and when one dies here he generally I 8r) UBe(1 mpln, buit.
exacts a promise from a fellow country- , e on , Paclfl(. ocea Th are t
man to see that his bone, are dug up within , Lue ConBuHIa one a ,leanl(r and
a few years and safely deposited within the ; boat M f ur
borders of 'ar Cathay In order that h Is soul - , . . , . ,
may rest securely. ! bouh nEn?an? V WCRn d,
rMn.n,.n meanm . I,.,,. IIMI. ...J
tie need
to share
He Is
of a wife to be a companion and
his sorrows and double his Joys.
content to live alone, hut he wants a wife
to raise his children, for no good China
man will die without providing children to
care for his grave. If he can't have some
of his own he adopts one or more from the
family of a fellow countryman, who has
a greater number than necessary for per
forming this post mortem rite."
HARD BLOW ATJVIAYOR'S CLUB
Police Notified of Theft of Coat
Daring Thursday Night's
Meeting.
A hard blow has been struck at Dahl
man's Democracy club.
While the faithful were listening to the
hot air, drinking the cooling beverages
and falling to keep an eye on their hats
j and coats, someone stole out with a fine
cravenette overcoat witnoui Deing seen dur-
lng the regular meeting Thursday night.
j and the matter has been reported to the
police.
The stolen apparel belonged to Meyer
Klein, 246 St. Mary's avenue, and Meyer
doesn't care much whether It Is a brother
member who pilfered the coat, nor In what
degree he Is held by the leader's leaders
he Just wants his coat back, and wants it
quick. In view of the numerous pardons
Usued monthly by the executive of ths
city and of the- club to prisoners charged
with petty crimes, members of the organ
ization bearing his name ara raising their
eyebrows at the mention of the theft of
Klein's coat. If something Is not forth
coming In the way of compensation or ex
planation at an early date the respectable
citizens whose names are on the Invitation
list may hereafter consider It a doubtful
compliment to be asked to attend a meet
ing and a number of resignations may also
result.
FLORENCE WANTS PAVING
Little Town of North Asks County to
Connect Fort Calhoaa with
Omaha.
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A delegation from Florence, headed by
M. U Learned and R. L. Olmsted, sp
peared In a body before the county board
Saturday morning and asked the board to
connect the end of the proposed paving on
the Fort Calhoun road with ths north end
of the Omaha pavement, so as to provide
a continuous pavement from Omaha. The
present plans were adopted under the old
Inheritance tax law, which did not permit
the laying of pavement under the law In
side any city or village limits. For this
reason ths proposed pavement will begin
at the north limits of Florence. The law
was changed last winter to permit the lay
ing of pavement Inside corporate limits to
connect with paving outside tbe city or
village. Tho commissioners told ths com
mittee they had no funds now to do ths
work, but would take up ths proposal later.
Where Is the Bank of Ireland?
Such Is a question now pending In the
United States circuit court, being trans
ferred from the district court of Dixon
county. The suit grows out of the distrib
ution of the estate of one David Murphy
as provided by his will, executed January
IS. lso. The contestants are May Amanda
Murphy, widow of David Murphy aa ad
ministrator of the estate, and other
relatives of the dead David Murphy,
and the petition asks that a certain
paragraph of the will be declared null and ,
void. This clause says: "Clause . At
the death of my wife. May Amanda
Murphy, all of my property shall be con
verted Into cash, one-half of which shall
be placed In the Bank of Ireland. Invested
In a safe and secure manner, so as to bring
a reasonable incmne to be paid annually
Into the Teachers' Fund of the Carue Na
tional school of Carue, Waxford county,
Ireland."
It was to this school, or one of a similar
name that David Murphy "vent as a boy.
According to the terms nf the will the
remainder of the estate was to go to resid
uary legatees, but they now Join In the
petition to have the will set aside. The
estate, which consists of 4.S0 acres of land
In Dixon county. Is valued at I'JOOOO and
has been converted Into cash, which after
paying all the debts of David Murphy
leaves about $11,000 remaining to be di
vided among the heirs.
Contention of Heirs.
The contention of the heirs Is that David
Murphy cannot dispose of one-half of his
estate for the reason that the Bank of
Ireland Is not located In this specific in
stance, there being several Banks of Ire
land, one each at Dublin, Cork, Limerick
and Waterford, Ireland, and that it Is an
attempt to pass by will property In tha
United States to a non-resident alien, con
trary to the laws of the United States and
of the state of Nebraska and does not name
any beneficiary now In the United States.
The defendants in the case, the Bank of
Ireland, deny all the allegations In the
petition of the plaintiffs. They allege that
the proper name of the school Is the Carne
National School of Wexford county, Ire
land and that the Bank of Ireland Is ln-
! corporated under the laws of Great Britain
i and Ireland and that James Browne and
William Canon Whltty are the Ntrustees of
p the Came National School Teachers' Fund.
The question at issue between the parties
I la as to the location of the Bank of Ire
land, which Is regarded as Indefinite, and
i that the National School of Carue, Wax-
ford county, Ireland, which Is mentioned
In the will of David Murphy, Is not the
National School of Came, Wexford county,
Ireland.
ORIENT LINE GOING FAST
Dickinson Says They Have Over Six
Hundred Miles Row la
Operation.
Ed Dickinson, former general manager of
the Union Pacific, and at present general
manager and vice president of the new
Orient line, which la building from Kansas
"" "3 lllll r'lt
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' bro'l!nt from there by boat around
ITrn- We are doing considerable w
id Cape
work in
Mexico and have 118 miles graded back
from the Paclflo ocean."
OWAHANS WILL GO ABROAD
Dr. I.owrle and Family and Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Burns Go
to Enrono.
Prof. M. B. Lowrle, provident of tha
Omaha Theological seminary, accompanied
by Mrs. Lowrle, his daughter, Miss Elisa
beth Lowrle. and his niece, Miss Alice
Lowrle, will spend the summer In Europe.
They will rail from Philadelphia on the
Haverford, May 18, for Liverpool, Their
Itinerary after reaching the other side la
undecided and they will go where and
when they wish, visiting points In Eng
land, Frsnce. Switzerland, Germany and
Holland. They will return In the fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Burns will leave
soon to spend the summer in Europe. They
will sail from New York June 6 on tha
Ocennlc, landing at Cherbourg, Francs.
They will spend some time In France and
will go to Dublin, Ireland, to attend tha
wedding of Rev. J. W. Kelly, who Is a
nephew of Mr. Burns. The wedding will
take place July S. Rev. Mr. Kelly Is chup
laln nf the celebrated Dublin castle. After
that Mr. and Mrs. Burns will Join a party
of friends for a coaching tour through
England. Mr. Burns expects to return
home In August, but Mrs. Burns probably
will remain until fall.
DISARMAMENT NOT POPULAR
Display of Bills Advertising Tha
Hague Conference Forbidden
by German Police.
BERLIN, May 4. (Special.) The general
feeling In Germany towards the disarma
ment proposed for The Hague peace con
ference Is Illustrated by the action of tha
Altona police, who have forbidden the ex
hibition of a poster of the peace society
because it contained the following words:
"If tha work of The Hague conference
should come to nothing our burdens would
be Incrsssed and In place pf whips there
would be scorpions. Those, therefore, who
mean well by their people should associate
themselves with the effort to exercise the
pressure which will be necessary to Impel
the official representatives at The Hague
to fruitful labors."
Chinese Officers at Leavenworth.
LEAVENWORTH. Kan.. May 4. - The
four Chinese army and navy officers who,
sre gums of the nation en route to the
Jamestown exposition were shown about
tbe garrison at Fort Leavenworth this
morning by Oeneral Chnr.es U. Hall, com
mandant of the service schools, who had
been asked by the War department to ex
tend to them all the courtesies due to dis
tinguished visitors. They made an Inspec
tion of the infantry and cavalry school
and staff college. During the afternoon
there was a reception, alter which they
Inspected the principal bulldlnss The
parly will leave here at 1:40 o'clock over
the Hock Island for Hock Island arseaai
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