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vs r he Omaha unday ' Bee PART ONE NEWS SECTION PAGES I TO 8 WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Fair Sunday, For lows Fair Sunday. For wealher report sea fag 1 VOI j. XXXVIII NO. 31 OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBIIUARV, 28, ... ' 1909 SIX SECTIONS THIRTY-SIX PAGES. SINGLE COrr FIVE CENTS. TEX MEN WANT MAYOR'S OFFICE Lineup for Primary Shows Tine Bunch of Starters in the Big Race. DEMOCRATS HAVE LITTLE CHOICE Only Berryman and Dahlman to Select From. REPUBLICANS HAVE SEVEN NAMES Two Are Jokes and Three of Other Fire Outsiders. ZIMMAN MARKED TO BE BEATEN ( orpnrttlom Will Vnlte Crack t'-oanrllma aad Hare Plana for Campaign oa This Lin Already Laid. OalTDISATXSI TOM XATOBU.TI. Bepabllean Democrat ' Baker, Benjamia B. Berryman, Bd 9. '!. John V. Sthlmti, James 0. Briggs, Arthur X. T.iomt, Barry A, Socialist ifaimsr, Henry B. Vaughn, O. O. kimmu, Harry B. . Tlil la the lineup for mayor on the two Idea of tha (political fence aa tlnally drawn by the closing of tha tlma for filing There -has been a great deal of preliminary skirmishing for position, out of which these entries haw grown: On the democratic aide Mayor Dahl man's quest for ranomlnatlon has been a standing candidacy, the opposition search ing far and wide for a roan to go up against him. For awhile It was thought that Comptroller Lobeck would shy his ; raster, but when he .flunked the antl Pahlmanites undertook to rally around ; Building Inspector Wtthnell, but he also 1 Instated on clinging close to his meal I ticket. Par O'Brien did some loud talk : fng about his ability to outclass the cow toy and then failed to come to Ihe scratch. From him the stalwarts turned to Coro ner Heafey and finally landed on Kd Berryman a a last resort. Oa the Republican Side. On the republican side the first entries of Arthur H. Brlggs and Harry Frost seemed to strike the rank and file as jokes for advertising purposes only. Cap tain H. E. Palmer went Into the fame In response to a numerously signed petition circulated by Jim Allan and M. IiOgasa, ' and lied with an acceptance bearing tha am data as the petition. Hv J- Penfold was expected to line up by the petition route, but evidently reconsidered his reso lution. The Fontanellns, returning to their old system of endorsements before the filing list was completed, sent A com mittee out on tha skirmish line to pick up a ' candidate. The first choice was Charles I Saunders, the second John P. Preen, the thhrd W. Bltighara. . Jthe fourth ' G. W. Wattles, and theft by a coalition with the Central club, they cams nark to Breen, who had Insisted all the time that he preferred running for his old place of city attorney. Another name vsqulKntly mentioned was Benjanfln 8. XinJter, and more frequently still that of Harry B. Ztniman, who served as mayor for the unexpired term of Mayor Moores after the latter's death. Corporations Are Concerned, Incidentally, the Interests Ukely to be rnncerned with the Issues of the city cam paign have had a hand In the maneuvering. The introduction of the occupation tax or dinances has forced all of the franolilse corporations Into a compact for mutual de fense, and they have In particular marked Councilman Zlmman, who Introduced them, for their eppoaltlon. These corporations reoognlse no party lines In local politics and the edict of their conferences has been "Anything to beat Zlmman." If Zlmman runs they have arranged for the Dally News to . belabor him In season and out and to throw all kinds of fits over the fact that be represents the Third ward In the council, to which Tom Dennlson, the "bogle, man 'of the News, is supposed to wield his Influence. The World-Herald Is counted on not only to oppose Zlmman without any special Inoenttve, but also to swallow .any kind of a, democratic ticket that may be pulled out1 of the primary, Including the dlstateful mayor Jim. It has been given out that any amount of corporation money would be forthcoming for the purpose of keeping Zlmman out of the mayor's chair and. It necesssry, to fi nance the campaign of a third candidate should he win the republican- nomination at the primaries. Any of he other repub lican aspirants for mayor .will be leas ob jectionable to them, and If one should be nTlnated on whom they could depend more than they oould on Dahlman, they (Continued on Second Page.) Italians Who Caused Race Riot at Uehling Arrested FREMONT. Neb.. Feb. ST. (Special Tele gTam.) Oeorge Cosainan and Nick Out lorn a. believed to be the two Italians who slu t up a Saloon at Uehling last ntht. In juring three men, were arrested early this morning at Scrlbner by Marshal Siensel, and are now In the county Jail hare. Their description had been telephoned to the surrounding towns and the Sortlmer marshal got them aa soon as they ar rived. Both br marks of a pretty Uvely and bloody sciap. though neither are seriously woundad.i UalWna has a bullet wound about two Inches long passing en tirely through the muscles of the base of tha shoulder blade and buckshot boles In his trousers. Cue man has a flesh wound on liu right side caused by buck shot, which were deflected by something In his pockets. There are holes through fie htpa of his trousers. Neither will talk. They account for the wounds and shot holes by claiming that there was a frrap In their car and they concluded It was not safe to stay there longer. They were tracked from the ear through the mud and snow f- a distance of about a mile and a half, irhere they struck ths direct road f jr Scrlbner. Several parties who were in the saloon when tbs shooting occurred cams to Fremont 00 the after noon train from Uehling and positively Identified them la the JaU as the parties who cam Into tha saloon aad began the 1 hooting. They wilt here a preliminary I hearing on tha charge of aaaault with i imi ta kill aad wound earl nut week. Mark Coad Loses Large Sum to Gang of Crooks Reported to Have Contributed Thirty Eight Thousand Dollars to Their Harvest. Mark Coad, the aged capitalist of Omaha. Fremont and Wyoming. Is reported to have lost 138,000 to the gang of swindlers that reaped a harvest In Council Bluffs last year, the head of which is said to have been arrested In the person of J. C. May bray at Utile Rock the other day. Mr. Coad to not In Omaha at present and cannot, therefore, be communicated with as to the details, ot his loss. He Is In Wyoming looking after hie ranch and his brother, J. F. C'oadXto whom he Is b - lleved to have confided his secret. Is In Mexico on business. In Omaha members cf the Coad fnmlly say they know nothing about the losses, except what they "have heard." They do not know whether efforts will be made to recover or not. "It Is entirely In the hands of Mark Coad," said J. F. Coad, jr., a nephew, of the Park ers National bank, South Omaha. ' "We have heard nothing from him. If he has told anyone In the family of his losses, he probably told my father." While Mark Coad makes his home In Fremont, he has recently been at the ranch In Wyoming, aiid junior members of the family say they know nothing of his deal ings with the Council Bluffs gang. Mayor Dahlman says he and Maybray rode the range together from 188-1 to 18M and he had not seen Maybrny for years until last summer, when Mnybray told him he was In the lumber business In Council Bluffs. "He was at crack shot and may be yet," said the mayor. "That is my lip to the officers who have him In charge." The Rlvard, a high-class family hotel at 1810-12 Farnam street, was where a great many of the swindling plots were hatched. Six of the crew dwelt there for several months last year. On of these, Lawrence, was ostenelbly a grain man, but never showed a vast knowledge of the grain busi ness. Another, Scott, who has not been arrested or previously named, purported to be a Jockey, but now that It Is all over, those that knew him then eajr that he could have been no rider of the gee-gees, for he was far too heavy. Bacon was the name of another of tho gang who lived at the Rlvard. Like all the others, he had his mall sent to a Doug las street saloon. Preachers Get' Senator's Money Dozen Lutheran Ministers on List as " '- Beneficiaries of Stephenson . ; Primary Fund. MADISON, Wis.. Feb. J7.-Intereet In the senatorial primary Investigation today focusod In a collection of a doaon sup posedly Lutheran ministers whose names were brought Into prominence as having received small amounts, ranging from $7.&0 to $30, from the Stephenson funds. Another check for $400 was noted as made payable to Rev. J. J. Ryan, presumably of the Roman Catholic faith. Teacher Dies in Snow Storm Body of Miss Fellows Found Near Lodge Pole, Two Hundred Yards from Boarding House. LODGE POLE, Neb., Feb. 27. (Special Telegram.) Lust In the storm of last Mon day, Miss Viola Fellows, a school teacher nine miles southwest of here, perished not more than 3Q0 yards from her boarding place. Her body was found where she had fallen after beoomlng exhausted. She was teaching school In the Vaclk district. BISHOP BONACUM AT ROME Llaroln Prelate Received la Aadleaee by Pope aad Tenders Relief Faad. ROME. Feb. f7. Bishop Bonacum of Lin coln, Neb., was received In private audi ence by the pope today, and presented ta the holy fsther an offering for relief of the earthquake sufferers In Calabria. The pope expressed his warm thanks for this dona tion and conversed with the bishop cor dially for half an hour. The vlotlms of tha shooting are: George Helneinan, city marshal, shot la arm and thigh with shot gun. George Btamm, bartender in Baker's raloon; shot in right arm with shot gun Charlea Kmig, shot in leg wlUi W-caliber revolver. The trouble started shortly before I o'clock. A half dosen foreign laborers were In Baker's saloon when one of thrm be came Involved In a dispute with the bar tender and the others took part In ths row. AU were ejected from tl)e saloon. A few minutes later one ot them returned with a double barreled shot gun snd revolver and opening the door began shooting prom iscuously. After the shooting the men ran to the boxcar, where the laborers ""were housed by the railroad companies, and threatened their pursuers with nuns. Justice Martin Christensen took charge of the hunt and posted guards about S o'clock around ths ear. This morning ths car was searched and about twenty occupants lined up, but tha men were not found. It . Is now believed they escaped from the car before the guard was posted aad walked across country to Scrlbner. which Is fourteen miles swsy. The other Italians returned to work this morning snd there was no hostile demonstration against thnnj. f the men shot last night Charles Eknlg was injured the worst, having a bul let wound In tha flashy part of each lag. From tha number of shots fired by the Italians and ths bartender aad Oscar Und it Is a wondar several man war not killed. GREEK CITI7: - WORK ANl-vAYS Beginning of Settlement in Omaha and South Omaha -Dates Back About Six Years. ARE IN BUSINESS EXTENSIVELY Of Two Thousand in Vicinity Most Are Permanent Residents. MANY ARE HERE IN WINTER ONLY Keen Ambition to Own Stores Ruling Trait of the Race. WORK HARD AND LIVE FRUGALLY Fair Proportion Have Taken Kteps to Become KataraJIsed C'ltlaeaa and a Few Have Married American Girls. Race madness of one kind or another has been breaking out at so many places In the country that the ebullition at South Omaha last Sunday evening can hardly be regarded as an extraordinary affair, ex cept for Its suddenness. California and British Columbia have had explosions of Japophnbla and Hlnduphobla. and China phobia, too. All of these outbursts have been charsotertlstlcally denominated under the comphohenslve head orlentophobla, or the white man's fight for the right of oc cidental precedence and control. Negro phobia la common to many parts of the country and spasmodlo eruptions are re ported here and there almost every week, arising In every case 'almost from racial antipathy, which sleeps so lightly that a touch arouses lt Greeks snd kindred races have not been free. at any time since they began, coming to this country In large numbers, .from at tacks by banded men of other races; but the attacking bands have never really had any more definite organization than they had at South Omaha. They have simply been mobs, moved bj temporary emotion based on smaller f larger causes.4 And they have usually, died out as quickly as they arose. The ultimate result has never been to the lasting disadvantage of the at tacked parties. Laborers Called to Work. In this connection It may he noted as a redeeming Incident of the South Omaha affair that the Idle Greek laborers who were wintering In these two cities have been called to outside work earlier than they otherwise might have been by the railroads particularly. This week several hundred, have been taken west, or have gone of their own volition, to places where there Is a demand for common , labor by gangs: that can live-la bearding oars. Thus many crowded out of tha packing houses for expediency's sake will find work readily elsewhere. Development, of the Greek colony In Omaha and South Omaha has covered a space of only about six years. J. Zees, proprietor of a wholesale and retail con fectionery stora on South Sixteenth street. Is smong the -early arrivals from the his toric land. He Is authority for the state ment that there are at present or were before the rkittng at South Omaha about 8.000 Greeks In tha two cltle. Many of these do not make their homes here all the year round; some of them. In fact, only about three mon'hs In the year. These are the railroad laborers who are out along the lines laboring nine months in the year. Two classes of Greeks are found In this vicinity as elsewhere In the country. One class Is known as "free Greeks." These come from the domain ruled over by King George. The other class Is made up of men of Greek blood who come from the provinces under Turkish rule, such as Macedonia, Smyrna and others. These latter are vety much In the minority and are generally engaged In common labor. Greeks aa "Moner Makers.' As money makers many of the Greeks display surprising capacity. They work hard at anything that offers until tbay have accumulated a small capital. Then they Invest In business, modestly st first as a rule, but they do not hesitate to take chances from wTilch men of other nations would recoil. Having picked out a business location that appeals to his Judgment, a Greek will pay almost any price asked to secure a leas, and he will go to the limit of his resouroes and credit to fit it up In attractive fashion. Application, persistent and untiring, Is one great characteristic of Greeks In business. Their employes are generally of their own race, especially the boys and men. There are soma American girls employed In confectionery and sim ilar stores owned by O reeks, however, and It Is a fact worthy of notice that about forty members of the Greek colony here abouts have married America girls. Probably 100 boys snd girls of Greek parentage attend the publio and parochial schools of Omaha and South Omaha. In (Continued on Fourth Page.) Death Robs Republicans of Majority Third Death in Missouri Legislature Since Session Began Puts Party in Bad Position. JEFFERSON CTTT. Mo.. Feb. fT. E. M. Kerr, a repreaentsUvs of Hickory county In the lower branch of the Missouri gen eral aasembly, died today of pneumonia, lis Ir ths third member of tha legislature to die slnos ths present session began. Mr. Kerr was a republican. . The death of Mr. Kerr leaves ths repub licans without a majority In tha house. Seventy-two voles are required to pass bills, and while ths rspubUcans originally had on more than this number, they now have one sn Tha democrats also have had their forces reduced by death, their original membership of sixty-nine being decreased to sixty-eight. Elections to fill vacanclna have been called for March IS In Holt county and la one Kansas City district. Ths Holt eeunty dlstrlot is nominally republican and ths Kansas City eoastltusncy la nermeUy damooratta. 0 Timmm W. VERNON BOOTH INDICTED Head of Fish Combine Charged with Conspiracy to Swindle Bank. FALSE STATEMENT PRESENTED Loan of 1300,000 Negotiated oa Basis of Schedule Maid to Be Tea Million Dollars Shy of Farts. CHICAGO. Fb. 27.-W. Vernon Booth, president of A. Booth A Co., the so-called fish trust, which went Into the hands of a receiver last September, and B. H. Rob bins, former assistant treasurer of the company, were Indicted today. They, with others to the grand Jury unknown," are charged with entering Into a conspir acy by means of which they secured ''will fully, maliciously, feloniously," eta., the sum of $300,000 from tho Continental Na tional bank of Chicago, The two men are Jointly Indicted In one true bill, which contains only three counts, none af them differing substantially. News of the grand Jury's action created a sensation In Chicago, W. Vernon Booth' Inherited from his father what Is satd to have been the largest fishing business in tha world. The elder Booth was a hard working business man who to his last day could and would olean a fish and handle a sailboat with any of his employes. j His son, Willis m Vernon,' upon his accession to power was one of the nest .known polo players In the country and was socially prominent not only In Chicago, but fn the east. Under his leadership, A. Booth A Co. branched out. Smaller concerns were bought In and seversl years ago the com pany had grown to proportions which at tracted the attention of the United States government. The firm waa brought to trial for accepting rebates and pleaded guilty to one count of tha Indictment. The case Is still under consideration. Mr. Booth fre quently Intrusted the management of the business to his staff. He was a member of the Chicago Athletic club, the Chicago Yacht, the Chicago Golf, the Onwentsla and Union League clubs and news ot the receivership last fall was a surprise. Big Shrinkage tn Assets. A search for assets was instituted tvefore master in chancery Hervey Booth, In be half of the oreditor banks to which the company Is alleged to owe large sums. The liabilities weer estimated at over $6,000,000, but the assets, at first supposed to be suf ficient, dwindled as the investigation pro ceeded and have unofficially been estimated as low as $3,000,000. This Investigation has not been concluded. Sensational testimony, however, was adduced from F. R- Rob bins, who was Indicted with Mr. Booth to day. The witness told a startling story of false statements presented to the banks to bolster up the tottering credit of the firm. These statements by reducing ths fig ures showing liability, and Increasing ths assets Mr. Robbins said, were $2,000,000 away from the true condition of affairs. Tbs statement of July, IWh. alleged to have been presented to the ConUnentsI National bank forms the basis of today's indlot ment. Mr. Robbins said that when Mr. Booth learned that the statement had been made to the banks and that It was false, he insisted that the banks be promptly in formed of actual conditions. This was done at a secret meeting tn the Continental Na tional bank, tha witness said. Tna wnoie fabrlo of alleged deception waa laid bare and the future pf the great fishing business grown on the mercy of the bankers. For a month the seoret was kept from ths publio. ' ' Many Prominent Witnesses. W. J. Clialmer. tha receiver, testified be fore the grand Jury yesterday. . Today the wltnestes were Ira M. Smith, former vice president and general manager ot the conV pary; Alexander Robertson, vice president of the Continental National bank; N. J. Ford, head of the credit department of (Continued on Second Page.) Everything on the want ad pages from pianos to poultry, Speaking of pianos. some of our big piano firms tell about their best bargains on the want-ad page under the head of "Offered for Sale Pianos." They know that want-ad readers look for real bargains there. Often they, or other people, have lightly used pianos, too,, that .may be bought for a fraction of what' a new one would cost. .Have you looked at the Bee want ads yet today 1 - - SEEKING NEW SPECIMENS Taft Leaves New York for Washington Will Be Made Farmer at Sight His Arriral in the Capi tal City. on NEW YORK, Feb. ST.-Returning to Washington, to await his inauguration as president on March 4, President-elect Taft left New York today. He was accom panied by Mrs. Taft and boarded a train leaving tho Pennsylvania railroad station In Jersey City at 10:17 a. m. Mr. and Mrs. Tsft left ths horns of Her.ry W. Tsft In West Forty-eighth street in an automobile, accompanied by Timothy 1 Woodruff, chairman of ths New York state republican committee, who Joined them a few minutes before their departure from tha Taft home. On their way to the ferry the Taft party stopped for a few minutes at tha studto of George Burroughs Tort ay, who had nearly completed a portrait of the preal-dent-elect. The painting la' mads at ths order of Mr. 1 Woodruff and Is ' a three quarter' length portrait, similar to that of President Roosevelt, 1 which Mr. Torrey painted for Paul Morton. Mr. Taft prn nounerd . JUie -portrait sat leract cry . How ever. .Mr. Torrey, to -whom Mr. Taft has already glvsn two sittings when In this city In January last, will go to Washing ton after the Inauguration to complete ths portrait. ..-. WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.-Havlng re cently been made a Mason "at sight," It Is probable that President-elect Tsft wilt have conferred upon him soon after his anival In this city from New York today the honor of being elected "on sight" a member' of the National Farmers' union, ss waa President Roosevelt on Thursday. The organisation has prepared a memorial to be presented to Mr. Taft. asking hire to use his Influence tn bringing about leg islation to do away with "trading in fu tures on crops." Mrs. G. C. Barton Dies at Her Home Wife of Omaha Capitalist Passes Away After Illness of Long Duration. Mrs. Sophia De Wolfe, wife of Guy C. Barton, died Saturday evening at her home, 8622 Farnam street. Her death had been hourly expeoted for some days, owing to her age, 86 years, and the nature snd long duration of her ailment, which wss heart trouble. The funeral will be held Monday and will be strictly prlvats on account of Mr. Barton's Illness and In accordance with the wishes of the family. Ths family has 'requested that no flowers be sent. ' Mrs.- Barton, whose mslden name was Sophia H. De WeUs, was et years old. She was bora at ' South Mills, Chautauqua eounty. If. T., and was married to Guy C. Barton la St. Joseph November 12,' ISflO. Mr. Barton bad gons to-that city In 1SB7 from Carlisle, Logan county, O., and was a clerk in store at tha time of the wed ding. ' Tho election of Linooln had. how ever, given him tho assurance of the as sistant postmastarshlp of tho city. Mrs. Barton came with her husband to Nebraska in 168. Mr. Barton engaged In the freighting business for a time snd 1n North Platte, their first Nebraska home, secured contracts 'on the Union Pacific, then building. They ltved hi North Platte until ,188$, when they moved to Omaha Mr. Barton had now bought a'oontrolllng interest In tha Omaha Smelting and Refin ing -works' and soon amalgamated It with the Grant Smelting company and ths plant became ths largest In ths world. Mrs. Barton had many Interests and va ried ones until the lllnees of har husband demanded all her tlma She entertained considerably and handsomely, but her af fairs were never extravagant or ostenta tious. Outside of her home Mrs. Barton's chief Interest was philanthroplcal and she associated herself actively with several In stitutions of mercy and good works. like her husband she hsd a pronounced and highly cultivated taste In art and on their frequent trips to Europe they bought many pictures aad other works of art. which havs since adorned their home. Three children survive Mrs. Barton. They are Ft ankle, wife of W. B, Millard; Jessie, wife of George A. C. Chrtellaacy, and Charles Barton. - Until her own health failed completely Mrs. Barton was unremitting la ths cars of her husband, who bss bean seriously 111 for some time. This care was lavished upon blra In spite of ths fact that Mrs. Baroa herself hsd been 111 with heart dlseass for more than two-thirds of her life. ' It was an ailment of the heart wtitch brought about her death. Bhs and Mr, Barton returned . last fall from BXrropa, where they aad - spent - several - moatha. FREEMAN FARM FOR A PARK Bill to Purchase Homestead Number One as a National Preserve. VANGUARD OF INAUGURAL CROWD senator Coa I, Crawford Arrives In Washington and Flnda Big; Stack f Correspondence Await lngr Him, (From a Stsff Correspondents WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. (Special Tele gram.) Representative Hlnahaw today Introduced a bill appropriating $25,000 to purchase a quarter section of land near Beatrloe for the purpose of a publio park. This property Is owned by the estate of Daniel Freeman and has the unique dis tinction of being the first homestead en tered and passed to patent In the United States under whst Is known as the Galusha A. Grow homestead law enacted In 1860. The original entrymsn, Daniel Freeman, lived on his homestead until a short time before his desth a few months ago. His descendants now reside on the property, and a movement waa started which re sulted In the introduction todsy by Mr. Hlnshaw of a bill to purchass this his toric property and preserve It as a publio park. . PoatBsastav Thomas at Capital. Postmaster B. F. Thomas of .Omaha. who Is the advance guard of the many Nebraskans coming to Washington to at tend the inauguration of Taft and Sher man,, will meet the executive committee of the National Postmasters' association on Monday to go over matters relating to the next convention and also dispose of certain questions referred to the executive committee, and. In addition to Mr. Thomas tha committee Is composed of the fol lowing postmasters: Mansfield of Boston, Wills of Nashville and Carter of Birming ham. The committee will hold Its ses sions In tbe postofflce building here. Crawford Has a Big Mall. Senator-Elect C. I. Crawford ot Huron, S. D., has arrived In Washington snd taken apartments at the Kbbltt house. 6nator-Elect Crawford found a large ac cumulation of mall matter awaiting him and spent the major part of the day In Senator Gamble's committee room reading It. He found it ao voluminous that he at once telegraphed John L. Brlckson of Sioux Falls, S. D., who was his secretary while governor, to come to Wsshlntgon as soon as possible. "I want Mr. Brlckson very much and If he will accept the position I Intend to appoint him my secretary when I am sworn in as United States senator." Mr. Crawford has an interesting family, a wife and five children, but said he would not bring them to Washington until soma time after tha special session con venes. "The children are In school snd I have not had an opportunity to even take a glance about Washington to sea where I msy find s home to occupy during my (Continued on Second Page.) Court House Bids by Big Firms Opened Monday A million-dollar court house, with fifty four, contractors, many, of them nationally famous, bidding for sll or part of the work of constructing it, Is the situation that will be brought prominently before the public tomorrow, when the bids for tha handsome structure era opened. Much surprise Is being expressed among the contractors over the unusual amount of competition. However, no matter how much cutting may occur among them, It Is certain that Douglas county will not suffer Ss a result. It Is said that not In years have so many contractors been bidding on a piece of work, which Is con sidered indicative of good management on tha part of tha county commissioners. Thirty contractors, or their sgents, are already on tha ground and ready for the opening of the bids tomorrow. Among them. If Is said, thst at least three Omaha contracting firms are to be found. As a guarantee of good faith, each con tractor wilt be required to hand In a r check for about $27,000 when he submits his bid. All bids will be opened publicly aa soon as they are received Monday, and each contractor or his representative will have an opportunity to see Ms own bid opened as soon as It Is presented, so that there will be no chance for favoritism or underhandedness in the awarding of the contract. . It Is expected that a whole day or more will be consumed with the tsbulation of the bids sfter they are publicly opened, as so many will be presented snd each will require oareful and lengthy perusal. As soon as It Is determined who srs tha lowest bidders, aa investigation of their financial standing will be maud before they are given ths contracts, for tha county father Intend te take m fhanoae ML EFFORTS TO PKOVIMNG JOBS Two-Thirds of Session Gone and Practically Nothing- Else Accomplished. 4 APPROPRIATIONS COME NEXT Legislature is Building Fine Machine for Governor. MAY FIND HIMSELF OVERLOADED Other Members of Boards Likely to Balk on Doing the Work. SLAP AT PERSONAL LIBERTY Anti-Treat Bill is Favorably lte ported by Committee of the Whole In Spite of a Hard Fight. (From a tSaff Correspondnnl.) LINOOLN. Feb. ST.-(gneelal.)-Governor Shallenberger this morning signed two purely political bills, Uie work ot the "or ganization for the relief of Jobless demo crats," known officially as Nebraska's first democratic legislature. Of the other ten bills passed by the ag gregation and signed by the governor eight fare either bills for the appropriation of money or for the purpose of aaklng con gress to spend the money': The other bill signed is for the purpose of giving prls 'oners condemned to death a chance to be examined for their sanity by, the sup -rin-tendents of three Insane hospitals. One of the Job bills provides for the elec tion of a city comptroller of the city of Omaha, giving two persons Jobs where one now docs the work. The bill separates the county and city comptrollers of the city of Omaha and the county of Douglas, the last legislature having consolidated the two. The other political Job bill signed provides that the governor shall designate In what newspapers the notice of the proposed con stitutional amendments shall be published. In other words, It gives to the democratic newspapers of the state the right to pub lish the amendments. The objectionable feature of this meas ure as pointed out on ths floor of ths house, Is that it makes the secretary of state, a constitutional officer elected at the same time the governor Is chosen, a second fiddle tq the chief executive. In other words, merely a clerk to the gov ernnr. Republican members of the legis lature attempted to amend the present law. which gives the secretary of v stste the right to designate the papers, so that the governor should attend to all the de tails of publication, but the democratlo majority would not stand for that. So, under the law Just enacted, the governor says to ths secretary of slate: "Here Is a list of newspapers in which , I desire to havs you publish the constitu tional amendments. Get your oopy ready and send It out. You pay ths postage out of your own office expense acoount." When the bill was pending po one raised any objection to the democratic pa pers getting the sop, which amounts to $50 or $0 each two years, but they did object to the secretary of stste taking orders from the governor. The constitu tion provides thst the amendments shall be printed In one newspaper In each county In the state, and should the secre tary of state see fit to send out the no tices In sdvancs of any action to be taken by the governor, there Is a general senti ment around that tha action would not Invalidate the amendments should they be adopted. ISotblng of I'se to Stste. . Ths fact that the house has used up forty-two days of its sixty and the senate thirty-eight days, with absolutely nothing of any Importance accomplished, and with a hat full of bills providing for the creation of a democratlo machine, which must take precedence over everything else, has scared some of he democrats. Under the slogan, "It the Peopte Rule." ths democratlo majority has laid the foundation for making at "One Man Rule In Nebraska." Under tha bills pending the governor is given authority ; to appoint every employe on tho payroll of the state, save the clerks In the offices of the other constitutional officers. Every board In the stste will be domi nated by the governor the board of health, the printing board, the board of purchase and supplies (through his state accountant), the Board of Charities and Corrections, the banking board, the board of agriculture In the choice of builders) for their new million-dollar home. Of the fifty-four contractors wbe are desirous of building or helping to build the edifice, twenty-five are bidding far the entire Job and the other twenty-nine want to do only parts of the work. Tho separate contractors are considering five different parts of the work: The granite and atone work, the steel work, the marble work, the brick work, ftrepreoflng and concreting, and the balance of the work, which Includes the finishing of the job. Bids pn the elevators, electric wiring and heating and plumbing, have not been asked for and will not be until ths build ing Is well under way and rVady for such work. , Some of the most prominent contractors of the country are bidding for the court,, house contract. Among them are James Black, whose company Is the largest con tracting firm In Kt. Ixuls, and which built the 'Frisco building in that city and leased It to the 'Frisco- railroad: John Pierce of Washington, who erected tha Chicago poetofflca and controls tha big granite quarries of tha east: the A. and 8. Wilson compsny of Pittsburg, which built ths Fricke building there; the 'Wil liam Gracs company of Chicago, which had the contract for the Chicago) court house, and Is one of the most promi nent contracting firms of that city, and many other contractors who lisve done work as largs or larger than tha present undertaking. A saving of shout $1&,(H0 of the Intended expenditure on the building will be oc casioned by the Imp of $4 a ton in tha price of steel the other day, as the speci fications for tha structure oaU for aaout 10SO lous af steal ta Its construct task