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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1915)
THK BEK: OMAHA. WHDXnsn.W. MAKi M u. i:m.v FREMONT GIRL WEDDED AT TRINITY LAST NIGHT. Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska BRIBERY CHARGES IN O'CONNOR WILL CASE Witness Testifies of Alleged At tempt by Culavin to Secure His Signature. ALLEGED SON SAYS GOT CASH HASTINCS. Nh., Mstvh H-.Spr.-l.il Tnlrgi-Hin.) I'harKrs ..f nttcmptnl brit rry were ma.l.- l.y v. Inula of thin Mty, a witns for thr rontcstnnts, hi the clos of today LPsMlon of the John O'Connor Jino.fH W(l oontest. Davis tcstlflrd thi.1 John T. Culavin of Omstia mrt him line n tho latter art it HcptpnilH-r or thn curly purt of Oc tober, 11S. t.il.l hint tnnt he hn,l a will Kitcned ly J-ihn O'lVnn i wlikli h.U Wn witnessed, end oliVr..! him $2.0i-0 cush lor hlmsolf Hnd hi !(, if thry would Ism the Instrument ns lYllnrsscs. Iavis aid he had known Culavin In Missouri Valley. Ia., before coming to HnstliiK. The conversation, he said, took plai ome weeks after John O'Connor died. T)avls In employed here as a bartender. Jla lived In Omaha net ore cominK to Hastings. Judge Vinsonhaler of Omaha, counsel tor Culavin, put !avls through a rigid eross-eyamlnatlon, but thj witness' story M unshaken. At the conclusion of the examination Judge Vinsonhaler. af'.er the Jury had been taken from the room, made an appeal to tlv court ,?or a thor ough investigation, either by a errand 4ury or by the . prosecuting attorney, promising to aid In such an Investiga tion. He said either his client was a criminal or Davis was a noriurni- n.i ho wanted the matter sifted to the bot tom. He had faith tn Culavin, but if it could be shown that Davis' story was true he would as an officer of the court help prosecute him. Investigation Asked. W. P. McCreary of counsel for ih con testants, Joined In the appeal for an In vestigation, which he wanted to Include not only Culavin and Davis, but every body connected with the case. He prom ised the assistance of all of the attorneys for the contestants, seventeen in number. Jle courted the Inquiry and said it should be made In Justice to all concerned. Judge Dungan said the Jury should de cide as to the credltabillty of the wit ness Davis and as only one case oould be tried at a time he would take up the retiuests of the attorneys after the con test ia finished. rtudolph Olson of Selkirk, Manitoba, a half breed Indian and an alleged eon of O'Connor, told on the stand of giving a power of attorney to Nelson H. Tunnl cliff of New York, formerly of Omaha, in the United States consul's office at AVinnlpeg he signed some other paiers, but did not know what any of them meant. He said Tunnlollff and Culavin called on him together, gave him and his brother $100 each and promised to give each $1,000 at the rate of $100 a year. Olson said Tunnicliff promised to "do him good" and he understood by this Tunnicliff meant to help him. The power of attorney was afterwards revoked afcl -'Wsrttfcv -. '..J 'A ; P ' M NORMAL BOARD JUST MEETS Satisfies Mr. Hall's Desire for Audit, but Does Nothing Else.' an MEETS AGAIN ON APRIL SIXTH (From a Staff Correspondent LINCOLN". March !. (Special. - Stnte Treasurer Hall hml lil. v hut the State Normal hoard didn't go a step far ther with him. A special meeting was helil In the treasurer's office this morning t.. audit certain nsrrantt drawn on the building fund. The board refuse.) tn consider anvihlur but, t!ip warrant In .iuohHi.ii. The i-tatt- liensiirer naively wondered why they v.oul.in't take up other business. Presi dent Vlele explained that 1'h Morris ot Kearnev. a member -of the bonnl mat sick and could not be present. The board. however, tlxed the time cf the next regu lar meeting as April i;. Mr. Hall said he had heard the registrar ot the ekarnev normal was going to re sign on April 1 and (his annointmcnt should be taken care of. The board, however, .lid not seem to agree with him. The boai.1 contains a Majority of member hostile to tin. piesent state superintendent and It has been under fire from the leulslmm.. If has been pointed out that the board might nave good reasons lor not wiDhhirf t. meet bef ire the adjournment of that body. Fifty-Threo Thousand Dollars in Fees Paid Into State Treasury .From a Staff Correspondent. LINCOLN. Match 9. (SpeclaU-Thn various departments of the state govern ment received $.V!.STr ! In fees during the month of February, according to a com illation made by State Auditor Smith. The comi llatlon hes not Include the food commissioner's office, which comes within a different category. The bulk of the fees this hist month came from the state Insurance board. 1t being the time when the life and accident Insurance companies pay in their 2 per cent tax on premiums. The amount re turned by the Insurance board was m7l4 . The small amounts reported by the governor and auditor's office were for certified cor.lcs of records furnished In dividuals. Kepoits have been made sepa rately bin Ibis Is the first time that a monthly compilation has been attempted. I i I'hoto by Rtnehsrdt. MIW. FRANK PKHHY SMITH. t.Vce. Mary KllzalxUh Lane.) I the O'Connor proerty deeded to Angus G. McCloud, a friend, at Selkirk Asked If he knew h? was signing away his Interest In his father's) estate Olson replied "no." SIDNEY BOARD OF EDUCATION LETS BUILDING CONTRACT SIDNEY. Neb , March 9 (Special Tele gram. 1 Bids for the new native stone high school building wrre openedf here today and the awards were as follows: A. G. Ludwtg, Arlington, building. $33.Wm; F. 11. Jacobson of Iexlngton, heating, plumbing and ventilating, $7,000. Over twenty bidders competed. John Latenser of Omaha was the architect and will su perintend the construction. Work on the new building will proceed immediately. wagon usTdToThearse, pallbearers on h0rsjs STELLA. Neb.. March .-( Special.) The funeral of Mrs. Delbert Walters was held this forenoon, conducted by Itev. 8. J. Wilton of the Stella Methodist church, at the home three miles northwest of tow n. The roads are so had that a hearse could not be used and Instead a wagon with a four-horse team conveyed the casket the five miles to the Howe ceme tery for burial. The pallbearers rode on horseback. Mrs. Walters died at 4 o'clock Sunday morning after a short Illness. Mrs. Walters was about 35 years old. She Is survived by her husband and three children, aged 2, fi and 7 years. NOTES FROM BEATRICE AND GAGE COUNTY KKATKK'K, Neb., March tflneclsl. Clarence O. Swartis of St. .Joseph ha? filed a protest In the county court to the appolntn.ent of Chailes M. Murdock oi' Wymote ns executor of 4hn will of the lnte Elisabeth Swartr of Pine Springs, whl-n was filed for probate Monday. Mr. Rwarti nsks that the estate be adminis tered by George Stephenson of Wymore, alleging that the third paragraph of til" will is void Ms It "eeelis to take away the jurisdiction of the courts, provides ; for Do l.on.l and overreaches the. heirs, , and that the w ill was drawn by Mr. Mur I dock." Mrs. Swart left . SJit acres , of lnud, and r'lsoiiHl property valued at. $1.(i0. Announcement was received here Mon day of the death of J. M. Ixisey, a former pioneer of this county, who lo cated at Padonla, Colo., some years ago. Mr. I.osey first located in . this county in lii'S. He was Vi years of age. The body was interred at Hubbell, Neb Farm Demonstrator Llebers has ar ranged for two Important meeting to he held in Gage county this week, one at Ellis on Friday nnd the other at Bea trice on Saturday. North Platte (;na IMnnt nt Work. NORTH PLATTF.. Neb.. March 9 (Special) North Platte no longer enjoys the distinction of being .the largest city in the state without gas service. Yester day afternoon the North Platte Elcrtrle company turned the gas from Its new plant inio the mains, and ' for the first time in the city's history Not th 'Platte resldenta cooked their evening meal with gas. Marcellus of Crete Chosen at Kearney KK.MtXFV, Neb ." March ' ".--(Special Telecrani.) I'. W. Marcellus of Crete, head of the schools of that city, was chosen by the Hoard of Education of the Kearney schools to succeed Superintend ent lloy E. Cochran, resigned. A close race was run by the various candidates for the position. Robert Elliott of thn nm mat faculty was-the only dose candi date, while twenty other applications : from various other pnrts of tho county j were considered. t Superintendent Marcellus will meet ! w ith the Kearney board this week to I choose a principal to succeed Earl Lantx, I w ho will reaign to attend college next j year. j DELAYED MaIlTrOUGHT ; TO GENEVA IN WAGON i liKSKVA, Neb.. March 9 (Special.) j A number of men with shovels went to the Fairmont road early Sunday morn ing and shovelled a way through the (mow, In some places four feet In depth, to within four miles, or half may to Fairmont, where they Were met by the mull carrier with n four mule team and a wagon in which there were forty-three mail sa ks. will, h they triumphantly brought In Geneva In a wagon drawn by a double team. Monday the sun shone, but the wind drifted the snow badly. CASS COUNTY IS GIVEN VERDICT AGAINST SHERIFF PLATTSMOFTH, Net... -March .. rial Telegram.) In the district court here Judge James T. Pegley handed down a decision In the rase of ' Cass bounty S'.i.lnst Carroll p. Qulnton. sheriff, find- inr, for the plaintiff in the sum of $404.04 end costs. , Helps Weak Kidneys and Lsmhsgo, 5et a. 2V bottle of Sloan's Liniment li'i"y on oacK nnn taKo six. crops Tour I times a, day. 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