mi-: im:i;: omaha. Monday, pecemijkr ih, mil.
DOUGLAS PAYS MORE TAXES ' Frank McCann Found
Guilty of Robbing
Safe at Springfield
Bi j Inrrtue it Shown in the Amount
Taid to the State.
MOST COUNTIES PAY MORE
llTfr Tm and a Half Mllllns
Hollars ( Be II lard hy lib
Mat for K.s peases for
One lfr,
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
L1NCOUN. N b , Dec. 17.-(t-pe lal.l-r-An
Increase of !' 10.401. 3 over 1010 Ih
shown In the tax levies for Ih entire
stste., aooordlng to the firtires that have
been prepared t-y Henry Seymour, secre
tory of th 8tafe Board of As"t-sem-nts.
The levy In mo raised taxi- to the
amount of fl.n.S W. while thin year's
levy will nlH a total of $:.r,77,lW 4fi.
A markel inrrea.ee- Is shown In the re
turns from Doupjas county, tn 1110 that
county paid taxes to the slate to the
amount of tHW.44?4, while thin year the
asnrsemeut properly will yield rt-ttirns to
the amount of $L'',r?i) r,.T, an lixrease rr
mora than tli.onO. Mont of the other coun
ties show a suttstsnt Inl Increase.
Here la a table giving the levy an as
sessed aralnet each of the counties fur
the two years:
Antelope ...
ISfllltH'
Blaine
Bonne .
Box I'lltIO ..
IS. .Ml
Hi i r?
Wufslo
Port ,
llotleV
'.'as
CNr
Oliexrv
Cheyenne ...
'ifa
Cuming ,
Puoter
Dakota
(ttlWSOn
1'aweu ,
Deuel ,
rlxo'i ,
Itortce ,
Lonrl:; ,
Dunrir
i'illmnte
Franklin
Frontier
Furnas
Uhko
nrleti
tlarflold
Ouoper ..........
t.rant
Jreeley
Hall
Hamilton
Harlan
Hares .
Hitchcock
Holt ,
Honker
Howard
JnfOrson
.1 oh neon
Wuarney
Keith
Keya Paha v....
Kimball
Knox
Lancaster
Lincoln
Logan
lmn ..
Mi-I'ltorson ....
Madison
.Verrlrk
Mrrrill
Nmwe
Nemaha
NurkollB
OIno
Pawnee ........
TVrklna
Phtlpa , ,..
Blares
I'lntts
Polk J., ..
Red Willow,..,
HlrharO.en ...
Hock )..
saline v.-.
Karpy
Hitimder
8-ttshluff
Seward,
Sheridan
Hiii-rmaii
Sioux
Stanton,
Thayer
Thomas
Thurston ......
Vallev ..,
Wuniiurton .t
Wayne
Veletir
AV heeler ,
Turk
-TuUU
mil. li'in.
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M.a 12 1A.W
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3414 , 27.t4(T.
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il.M.K. , 'JuHS 44
1.742. !J fi 7; 4 .VI
M.IWMS ' St.S-M 44
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I'l.ATTSMOrTH, Nek,, Pee. 17. (5pe-diil.V-Frank
McCannt ono of the three
then chrKe1 with Mowing- open tha aafa
of M. TrltFth at loulavllle, Neh., with
nliniK ycrtln and rohhlns; Mr. Trltach
of II.whi north of Jewelry on September 29.
wan imiiid iniilty Saturday In the dis
trict court.
County Attorney Taylor waa aaaleteil
in the proari lillon hy .TtidKS flabaogh of
umaha. and a tlntnir caae of clrrumatan
1i.1l ftvidfixa wna iriHde against the da-f-n-lant.
whi a.-Jted the court to Itrant
him a separate (rial. The Jury wan out
laa tlan an hour.
The two other defendants, John Iotid
and tteoma I-ytlr, will be hroupht to
iiIkI about January 15 on the aame of
fense. The penally for the crime of
which MN'ann has been convicted la from
twenty years to a life term In the peni
tentiary. 1
Thla week the case of Julia Wander
holm aaalnat the Burlington railway
company for 1f,0(i damaaca for the. death
of her h'iharid, Owar Wanderholm, who
waa killed January 1 taat by he I n run
over hy a Iturllntrton train, will be called
for Irlnl. Mr. Wanderholm waa on hla
way to the pumplnjr wtntlon of the I'latta
tii'itilh company, about 8:.T0 o'clock In the
morning, walking; on the enat bound track.
A heavy atorm was renin if and thwt
morning the westbound train waa run
over the caMbounrt track, and Mr.
Wanderholm Is supposed to liava been
run over beforo he was conscious of the
train beltiff on the track on which he
waa whJMiiK.
NEW STREET LIGHTS AT
FAIRBURY ARE TURNED 0N(
KAllinirnY. Neb.. Doc. n. (Ppeclal.)-
Th(.,rlty of Fairhury had a unique cele-
hrnllon at 7 o'clock Saturday evening,
when the new electric ornamental atretst
IlKhJ were turned on. Tim Falrbury Com
roe ret ill club had the concert band out
and prrniwly at 7.. c'clock- every fac
tory whletle In tha city soundod and
thn band played and tha people htvew
that tha IlKhts were on. The matter of
ornamental lighting- of the public square
at Fairhury has boon under considera
tion for a number of years and the first
step toward securing fund ' wti In
auKtiratcij February 2S, lnjl. w'heti the
Commercial club aave a mlnstrfcl nhow
and part of Iho proceeds wnro donated
toward the cntise of lllumlnatltiK the pub
lic S'iuiii. A large number of lanirt pola
hove been placed around the aqua re. They
are similar to the one In usrt at Fro.
mont. Neb.
S. W. Mulllnlx. superintendent of motive-
power of the second district of the
Hock Island llnea, waa 'in Falrbury Satur
day and Sunday, confarrlnir with the lo
cal officials. Mr. Mulllnlx was personally
itipsrvlslns; tha equipping of freight loco
motives with electric headlights to com
ply with a Kansas state law which I
"ffeotlve January 1.
Tha flrla of the Falrbury High school
sold Rad Croaa Xmas seals en tha streets
Saturday afternoon. Tha movement wus
-tarted by Vr. Coats. A large nuanber of
Jlhe name grt who Bold tags, December t
for the oltf library, also sold Xmas
seals, f
The Sunday achool of the Preabyterla,n
church gave Xmas cantata Sunday
venlng. for a. Urge audlanca. The
tieiooaiat, cnnstian, UwpUst and Episco
il churches are preparing entertainments
to be given Pecembet U. ' '
KISS GUDATH WILL GET FARM
Girl Said to Be Too Young Will Be
Allowed to File.
BBZADwimii roa family
lies Mather Is a a Invalid aad Iter
stepfather la raralytle Hoes All
Work af Farm with Aid ef
mall llrothrra.
(inKtlOItr, S. l., Iee. 1?. tSpeolal
relegrarrt.) .isa Freda Undattl of Fair
fa, who drew No. 11 In the recent M-1-lettrt
and Knnett county land drawing,
will be able to file when her name ta
ailed next April, deplta the fact that
she nwli a few months of being the aire
required by the government. F.arly newj
!ujt?r reporla stated that she would not
he allowed to file on thla account, but
Messrs. Kull and Oldham of this rlty
have been looking Into the matter for the
young woman aHd a provleinn Is found
In the homestead law that leaves no
diubt as to her right to a hnmertead.
Tho homestead law states . that nny
minor, male or female, who la the head
of tha family and Is the means (1 sup
port of the family, Is qualified to file.
Real Head of Fasnsfy.
Sflas Gudath s case fully roniNn In under
lha above condition. In f-ict, It Is a
parallel case with .that of Mary Kendall,
who drew No. 1 'in the recent drawing.
Her father Is dnad and she reside on
a farm near Fairfax with her mother
and stepfather. Her mother la an In
va'id and was confined in a hospital for
several months a few years itkro and Is
at present almost helploss. The step
father V a paralytic, and the work ol
the farm is thrown onto the plrl. Al
though there nrn scrnrsl older brothers
none of them are at home or contribute
U the suport of the family. I
Dove All Work of Farsa.
Miss Oudath does the farm work, with
the assistance of two ouni(i?r brothers.
Khe goes out into the fitd. winter and
summer, puts up hay, cultivates corn.
huks corn, besides tending to all the
household duties of the borne.
There seems to bo no doubt but what
she. can file and the officials at the local
land office give It as their opinion that
she has aa legal a rlpht es any successful
homcsecker of the opening.
OUTPUT OF BLACK HILLS -MINES
OVER SEVEN MILLIONS
PIERRE. 8. 1).. Dee. 17.-fBpectal.)'-The
annual report of State Mine Inspector
Dougherty, which has been filed wltJr the
governor, shows that the total output of
Illurk Hills gold mines for the year end
ing November 1 was t7.62G,fiOII.H. This he
divides Into different mine outputs as fol
lows:
HomeStake , Jv.RTB.IWI.fla
Mogul 1 4Kl,7"n.l
Hoiden Howard t , Hn.'.Ttd.OO
Waai. No. 2.., 2!e, '7.7S
I.tinilberK, Dorr ti Wilson - ?ri.7r,4 00
New Reliance ".. . . Sl.4K2.fi2
Kmall companies and Individuals 'nry.yVt ao
Or ok a output- placer mines U.Ouv.tW
The different mining propositions In the
Illack Illlls employ 3.974 men, among
which "accidents last year caused the
-death of nine and serious Injury to thir
teen.
.K.DT7.154.46 l2,0t,W
Nebraska Roads '
Make Good Showing
in Tonnage Hauled
From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Neb.. Dec, 17. (Special )
Three railroad, the Union Paclflo. th
Rock Inland and tre fit, Joseph Oran
laland, moved a total of .0sl.a7 tons 1,
freight during the last fiscal year, a
cording "to reports Just fij.d with tl
Hlate Ilailway commlsalon. Ily far ti,
greater part of thla waa hauled by th
L'nlon Paqlflv. , .
Uolow Is a table showing the varlou
ton shipments by tha three roads, ,'t;
tonuage representing the freight roceivt
In- the statu, scut from the state, or r
celved from or delivered to other roads
the state: 1 . .
et..To.L
Jrath tK.o
Flour-. .
.Mill prodacte.... XM1
Hav J.nyi
r-ttoa
J'rutt aad vg....
Agr oroalat-tsj
l-!v aiouk
aad Dtmlurr
-"M ......
Hid aad
An aaikA4a l
.'bar
-
Pm'ui aad oils.. ..
Ser .. . .
0 l rt ok. -in.
J.frX bWI.-''
VI.M Mi
JteiNMtlOU'
Bd furs SIM-
dt
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13. 6
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r.4.
ALUMNI OF NEBRASKA
MEET ATjCLAY CENTER
CLAY CENTER, Neb.. Iiec. 17.-Spe-clal
) At an enthusiastic meeting at the
"fflce of County Superintendent Ijtthrop
ilumnl of the state university Bat o rrt 11 V
I "' orraufxed a county association.
Merton 1. Corey of ctay Center was
Itoaen president. The following were
tads rice prealdents: Carl flroderlrk,
irfletd; Oaorge Thomas, Harvard; Mrs.
eaunerta Macnmber, Mutton, and L. K.
Cottle, Rdgar. Kernlce Prerkctt was se
lected for secretary. II. A. Swanson Was
hxtttid treasurer. It. H. McReynokts of
"airfield and Mr. Boalaugti were selected
or the executive committee. Mlaa Lath
op and Mrs. Carl Uroderlck served dainty
efreshmenta. A committee was appointed
o mmniunioate with other ex-students
nd graduates In tha county. Secretary
1. W. Kline of Liucoln was present
VIPTY SHELL SAVES LIFE OF
NEGRO IN POLICE STATION
LAFATETTE. Ind.. TW. !7.-Nathanlol
awlea, a negro, who is alleged to have
ashed the throat of Mtaa Iva O'Connelt,
telephone operator, was trailed and
uglit by the aid of bloodhounds tonight
d would have been ahot by tho girl's
ther at the police station had not the
miner snapped on the only empty shell
his revolver.
Miss O'Connell was attacked while pass
e along a dark street while on her way
ne fiom work. She fought her assail--.r
s-t l moments and her screams
finally frightened him gwtty. Persons
srfco ran from their homea fnA ...
s'.rl WoadkM from a knife wound In her
1 netvk.
Captain Harper Dies
at Ottumwa Home
OTTVMWA. Ia.. Dec. 17. -Captain Sam
uel II. Harper, years old, , mayor ' of
Ottumwa, former state commander of the
Grand Arm' of the Renubttn and twice
stats pmaf6rt from this district, died of
heart trouble today. He was captain of
tl.-e Forty-sixth regiment, United States
Colored Infantry, during the civil war.
Mr., W. W. Wrrta Wants Divorce.
IOWA CTTT, la., Dec. 17.-(Speclal.)
Shortly after W. W. Wren of Iowa City
put an advertisement In the local papers
warning people not to trust hla wife, th
wife, whose name is really Jennie, has
corns back at him with divorce proceed
ings. The couple have been wed since
174, but find thirty-seven years of wedded
life long enough. . .
l
Toal whole
torug3 ... .352.131 Lilt) 00ft t3n."
.Total tonr.ae '
of .gvalgnt m.Vi U.72.01 ,&i,S7
MR. ERNST SAYS GOOD SEED
CORN WILL BE SCARC
TKCCMSMI. Neb., Dec. 17. Hon. Wl'
l.uni Ernst of TeciioiMli, vue of tho nvos
practical fai nr lo the state, is of th
c-pinlou the mat 1st of aeed corn for Nt
braska farriers next year Is going I
lu a question. During the lung drouu
of laat summer tia corn did nut grow
but stood absolutely still far a period
of over a month, thus naturally delavln
Its maturity. Then the unparalleled kllllti
fioat en November t taught the corn l:
bid kpe. Mr. Lrnst pays that th
farmers who had r.ot selorted their at-''
euro before the frost had better c
ss-e l elsewhere or In any event tst a, '
tnat la i.wd Creat Jots could be sf-ft-itd
by Nebraska farmers in the us
ol poor seed. prof. C. W. Pugsley,
st.tertntend-nt of agricultural extrnsiut
of the University of Nebraska, rl(s
Mr. Krnst that be hut writtrn to roaiiv
l-M-alillcs n tha state for J. has trbtrd
ibs auine and baa fuad Bvd 8Jd In but
j or to sections. -
" t assty raeawn1 lastltofo.
WMSEH, Neb.. Doe. l7.-8perrlal )
. Jnoaoor. toamty farmers' Institute
" OAiaraooful two days' see-
in fbte city Bisiurday afternoon. The
uaaace ao entkaalaam were good
fs. Uri Bruaar, J. l Franauoa
. 5 K. A. Burnett of the University of
.oraafca. O. Hull of Alma and Mist
ale: Danlela of Bancroft were on the
graiu. The bualness men of Tectiraseh
-ved lunch to the farmers at noou.
HYMENEAL.
VoosiRobrla4si.
fOZAD. Nb.. lc. 17.-KSpeciaI-Clf-rd
Youtig. viuthlor of tha Oconto State
ink at Oconto, and Miss Edna Robert--n.
one of the most popular young
onroo of this place, aire married on
' huraday at the homo of the bride by
lev. Bryant Howe at 4 o'clock. At f
Vlock dinner was served to a number
f Intimate friends of the couple. The
!de Is tha youngest daughter of Wll
um Itobet tson. a wealthy stock raiser
r this city. Tho groom was formerly
distant cashier of the First National
nk of Coud before bring promoted to
Is pretvent pitaltlon.
II I IT T gall t Iowa City.
IOVA CITT. Is.. Dec. 17 (Special )
tilts to colitH-t .taxes due on corporation
toes valued at pw.mt are to be brougbt
y Jolitwon county here In the name of
I. 8. Watson, county treasurer. The de
mounts are T. C. Carson, George B. Car
son and Frank C. Carson, administrators;
George ft. t'arson, J: D. Jurgenaon, Oeorgt
and Clara Taylor McClraa.
Key to the situation-; bee Advertising.
BAR GETS AFTEE
MEN HIGHEE UP
(Continued front First Page.)
how much, to whom. In what form or
under what pretax! or dlatoitue funds are
appropriated and eapended by the corpor
ation to binder or obstruct publlo Justice.
"Fourth, tluu this association pledge
to tho committee who shall be appointed
under this resolution sufficient financial
aid and our active and earnest co-opera
tion." V
' Aetleat Is Vosvalsaosia.
Attorney Clinton Uronto moved the
adoption of the resolutions and half a
dosen or more attorneys seconded. Presi
dent Weaver called fo "the ayes, but
a. a. near io toon tne riovr and spoke to
the question. He said he did not believe
the members were fully , informed and
he believed the matter too Important to
be put through hurriedly. He said we
have regular officers whose duty it is
to act against any and all law vlolatlona,
and added that he would like to know
the names of the committeemen. He said
ho wss not In the attitude ef opposing
any well advised action looking toward
ridding the county of Jury bribing, but
be wished ears to bo taken.
When Mr. Weaver auld the committee
waa composed of Attorneys Smyth. H.
C. llroine, Sullivan. Ma honey and Bald
rigo, Searle withdrew all his objections
and the motion to adopt waa unanimously
oarrlnd.
aslth Faralahra at-aaeat.
Tho statement read at the meeting was
provided by Robert Kmlth, clerk of the
district court, who furnished it to Presi
dent Weaver of the Omaha Bar associa
tion under date of October 11 last. It ta
a stenographic report of the conversation
had between Mr. Smith, TV W. Black burn
and Jwhn Kenimerllng on the afternuon of
October Z, Just after KemnwrllnS had
been released from the county Jail, where
ha bad served a tnree-nionth sentence for
contempt of court for accepting a bribe
In a case wherein the street railway com
pany waa defendant. The oosversation
lasted an hour and a half and consisted
largely on qoeatlons asked by Messrs.
Smith and Hlackborn,- to , w hich Kem-
mertlng made replies, sometimes' direct
but generally evaalve. He pcofeaoed that
ha Intended to tell the whole truth.' but
his story was not given In a connected
form. A a It stands It Is a most remarka
ble recital of laxity on the part of the
court officers, aa wo'l as a deliberate cor
ruption on the part of tho Jurors who
wre Impaneled to hear and determine a
number of damage suits In which tile
stret-t railway company was defendant.
Met OroM Dally. -
Boiled down. Kemmoi ling's statement
Is to tho effort that he tow In dally com
munication with Arthur Gross, claim
agent for tho company; that Gross was
permitted, to to with the Juries to si-
where they ilrnnk together; that he I
Kemmerllng money for himself and
for the: other Jurors; that la one fnerenr
when a case had been submitted to the
Jury on Friday afternoon It retired for a
short consultation and agreed to disagree,
leaving the court house BJid separating for
the night to assemble again on Saturday
morning, and was not interfered with by
any bailiff or other court officer.
While Kemmerllng was serving on this
Jury, he says, and during' the Friday
evening that he was supposed to be locked
up with the other Jurors, deliberating on
the Verdict, he visited Arthur Gross and
waa paid f5 to be handed to another
Jtrror by the name of Grapengelser.
Kemmerllng gives some similar details
In connection with other Jurors and men
tions the names of several whom he al
leges were In the pay of the street rail
way company at the time they were on
the panel. He told of one Jury on which
he served, on which only one man out
of the twelve declined an Invitation to go
across tho street from the court house to
the Hub saloon to drink at the expense
of Gross.
Hidden In ( ooaetl lltoffs.
When Kemmerllng was being sought by
ths officers in connection with the case
for which he ws,a sentenced he was at
Council Bluffs, living at a hotel part of
the time. Hers, ho says, he was taken by
James Allan, a private detective, nnd
bfre he was visited dally by "Cap" Cor-
mack, another private detrtlve. Kem
merllng does not say If these men were
acting In tho Interest of the street rail
way company. After hla return to Omaha
and hla arrest and arraignment, he says,
be was furnished with I'JuO to pay the fee
of A. 8. Ritchie, ths attorney who de
fended him, Kemmerllng wns uncertain
na to whom he had the money from, but
asserted his belief that it came front the
street railway company.
Kemmerllng-s statement was not made
under oath, nor did he appear to be a
very willing witness. He professed at
the outset a desire to tell the whole
story, but at no time did he appear frank
or open In his statements. The Informa
tion was corkscrewed out of him very
much as It might have been obtained on
the wltnesB stand.
Froa-reas of the naao.net.
About eighty members of the associa
tion attended the banquet. Judge Howard
Kennedy of the equity and Juvenile di
visions of the district court and Attorney
Arthur Wakeley were the speakers of
the evening. Judge Kennedy explained
the plim under which the county and at
torneys will maintain the Douglas county
law library In the future and told of the
two Important reform measures ,to be
considered at the meeting of the NeUaska
State Bar association at Lincoln, Decem
ber 28 and 29 a Jury commissioner .law
und a law requiring agreement of ten
inxtead of all twelve Jurors tn Civil cases.
Mr. Wakeley spoke of his observations
during hla Ku ropes it tour last summer.
Toward the end of the banquet Eleaser
Wakeley, the nestor of the Douglas county
and Nebraska bars, appeared and was
given round after round of cheers and
applause. He was called upon to say a
tew words and briefly discussed the law
library matter. -He closed by wishing all
the members a merry Christmas and a
liflppy New Tear, which wishes were
reciprocated In full.
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WATTLK9 DESIEI THE CHARGES
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Says Jle Has KotMsserllng's Ivors
gtatrtnent to Oostte Fayets.
President Q. W. Wattles of ths street
railway company has Issued a statement
on behalf of the company In which he
says he has a sworn statement from John
Kemmerllng which la exactly tha opposite
from that, glvsn to tho Omaha Bar asso
ciation, on which that association passed
resolutions at Its banquet Saturday even
ing, condemning the company for alleged
bribing of Jurors.,' '
Mr. Wattles says bs personally had the
books of the company ton over at the
time of the Kemmerllng Investigation to
see If any money had been spent as
charged and that nothing on the books
showed any such expenditures.
Following la tho statement of Mr.
Wattles:
"To the Public The officers of the
Omaha at Council Bluffs Street Railway
company read with regret tho resolutions
of the Omaha Bar aasoclation charging
the company with .being guilty of im
proper conduct and asking that proceed
ings be Instituted In the name of the stats
to forfeit its franchise.
All Rhoald Ho Hear.
"it is a well recognised and funda
mental prlncipls of Justice that persons
should not bo condemned without being
first given aa opportunity to bo heard.
The street railway company was not
given any notice nor an opportunity to
make defense to the wholesale charges
promulgated In the resolutions. An ex
parts proceeding of that sort can scar eel y
bo expected to meet with th approval of
a fulr minded publlo.
"A group of lawyers should be tho last
body of men to be guilty of th offense
of pasalng resolutions which are scandal
ous In their nature, and which materially,
and presumably must have been Intended
to prejudice tlve public against tho com
pany, rather than a Justifiably investiga
tion of the truth of the charges.
The Omaha Council Biuffa Street
Railway company has always endeavored
to deal honestly and fairly with the pul
llo, and to make a candid statement
and explanation of any matter about
whloh the public haa any reason to com
plain, Ia the management of th busi
ness f the company no money Is dis
bursed without a voucher being pre
sented therefor, and approved by the gen-
l-erl maaager, aad no voucher has ever
boon approved wives- ther was any
knowledge Or mean of knowledge that
the moneys wore not properly and law
fully expended. In every Instance where
any rumor has reached th company
of a suspicion of any wrongdoing la
the claim department an investigation
has been immediately bad and In each
Instance It was found upon Investigation
that the report was untrus In fact,
(lallty Of roatteaaatt.
"Ia ths InveatlgaUvn of the Kemmerllng
case at the time of his arrest ths fol
lowing fuels were brought out: Ho was
found guilty of conbrmpt of court, not
because the street railway company bad
either paid or euthortxod tho payment to
him of any money, but bo-cause he was
fouVid guilty of soliciting and of actually
accepting J0 paid to hjm, not hy ths
street railway oompany, hut by aa sijils
sary sent to him as tho result of a con
ference between two sawyers, no f
whom furnished th $2.
"Arthur Gross of tho claim department
of. tho street railway compear eras pro
ceeded against en the charge of attempt
ing to bribe a' Juror, hut upon tho trie:
the Judge directed a dismissal of the caaa
upon the ground that the evidence waa
Insufficient to Justify tho aubmJaslon of
the question to a Jury. That usrht to
have ended this matter before a fair
mlntWd group ef lawyers.
la vest tastes Moaoy stoat.!
"At that tlms ths president of the com
pany caused a personal Investigatloa ta
be made of vouchers to satisfy himself
whether aay money had been paid to or
through the claim department to Mr.
Keminerllnr. or for any other Improper
Chiristmas
Shoppers!
To those shoppers who have not already
finished their Christmas shopping for this year,
we want to say that shopping during the early
hours of ths day has many advantages. There is
less crowding on both the street cars and in the
stores, and both you and the sales people are
not as tired as later in the day. And when
shopping in the. afternoon, we urge you to
start for home before 5 . o'clock, if possible,
making it possible for those compelled, to re
main down town later to find room in the cars.
Omaha k Council Bluffs St reef Railway Co.
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sSdM.fslSii I ftsTMitjfciasjIMss
purpose, and found that no money had
been paid to him, or to the claim depart
ment that might have been used for that
purpose or In any Improper or unlawful
manner. Aside from this the street rail
way company caused an Inquiry to be
made ef Mr. Kemmerllng and has In Its
possession a stenographic report of a
long Interview with Mr. Kramertlng, in
which he makes the positive statement
that no one representing the street rail
way company over gave or offered to
give him a single dollar for any purpose
whatsoever while he was serving as a
Juror, and that any statement to the
contrary Is false and nntrue.
"In all candor we ask the public
whether It was fair for these, lawyers to
pass these condemnatory resolutions while
attending their public dinner, the effect
of which is to prejudice the street rail
way company in Its litigations, and also
to seriously affect Its securities, consist
ing of stocks and bonds which ars held
by thousands of Innocent persons, on ths
unsupported confession of a sarwls Indi
vidual whose confession is contradicted
by his sworn statement In court and by
his -previous admissions In writing.
"OMAHA ft COUNCIL BLUFFS STREET
RAILWAY COMPANY.
By G. W. Wattles, President"
I.eaaolrr Ikealrs Arensatlosu
"All I have ta say regarding ths bar
association's action Is that ths supposed
facts upon which it was based, are abso
lutely untrue," said R. A. Leussler, as
sistant gmeral maaager of the street rail
way company. "The company has never
spent money t influence Jurors. If any
money has bean spent it was absolutely
without the knowledge of any of the offi
cials aad they do not know of It yet. I
don't believe it was. If It were ws should
know It It Is extremely cnlikely that
any employ of the company would ga
down Into bis pockets for money to fix
Jurors or anyone also la the hope of
making tha company think him a capable
man In his department"
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