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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1895)
t THE COURIER. I J hi is 1 I r i PLAIN TRUTH ON LOCAL TOPICS ten It is deemed advisable to refund n. m. on the Slat Hv nf 0 only that portion of the bonds bearing December, A. D., 185, at the east a higher rate of interest than five per door of th,e c0" houe. the city of 2 wi .. ... Lincoln, Lancaster county, Nebraska, g cent, waiting for the balance until offer for sale at public aucUon thVfol- mure luvumuie uincs wueu uencr ma lowing described real estate to wit: could he secured after the city has tried The north half of the southeast quar- Perhaps the most discouraging thing the Davis Jurors within an hour after t0 do something in the way of restoring ter of section thirty-three (33) township It miht tn h mi w """ '"8 W cam ui me it ougnt to oe pos. fith p i T -- ..-.. MAtlVOOlCl UUU11LV. XVT about this city and this state is the fact that the public conscience has tak en up permanent winter quarters. It has gone into retirement, and no amount of prodding will call it out There is hope for a community so long as It Is possible to arouse the people to a prop er realisation of the wrongs and in justice that are inflicted. When cor ruption is piled on corruption, when the announcement of the verdict eel- ,ts shattered credit. ebratlng the sacrifice of a poor negro slb,e to sel1 a Per cent hoad at very braska. to the avarice of a corporation was an illustration of the temerity of 'these men who make a business of juggling with juries. The verdict of the people of Lancaster county Is that the Rock Island railway company, rather than pay damages for Its own neglect, made a scape-goat of Davis and Induced the near par, or perhaps a five per cent bond at a premium. The difficulty with trying to sell a low rate bond and pay ing a brokerage commission Is that the city Is not In shape to pay commis sions to anybody and the sale must be so effected as to make the commis sion available for the broker out of the Is outraged when all this happens and the people make no sign, then it Is pret ty bad. In Lincoln and Nebraska cor ruption in Its many forms has become so common that its existence seldom the law is disregarded, when decency jury to find the colored man guilty of Premium he might be able to sell at. murder. The jury-flxer doesn't hesl- Meanwhile the city circus exhibits tate to put human life In Jeopardy. itse,f w,th a cheerful regularity every Maybe some day there will be a Judge Mondav night, with sometimes a side on the district or federal court bench show In the m,dd,e ot the week- Some who will rise In his mlirht nnrt ,miv t,. of the unique conditions, such as a excites comment any more. We are scourge and restore to the trial by Jury casn contr,Dut,on of two thousand dol- so used to being defrauded and sold out something of Its ancient honor and dig- lars before entering the ring, and other and flim-flammed and walked on that nlty. There is a great opportunity 8ense,ess restrictions on bidding, would we take all this In our dally portion Waltlnir. In the mrantimo ii.rv trial make the matter altogether humorous are. In many cases, mere judicial crimes. There have been so many acts In the re-fundlng bond comedy since the or dinance of June 1894 gave the city coun cil license to present its little drama scales, reaches after the coin and winks to tne long-suffering people of this city s,t down and Aure out a needless bur lier eye as she tips the beam toward the that the time has come for a brief den of trom ten t0 twenty thousand biggest pile. Law Is more often dis- synopsis of the play, to the end that the dollars a year as the modest price the graced In the breach than it is honored audience may be in a position to judge clty pays for wnat ,ts aldermen d0 in tne oDservance. But tne punitc con- intellieentlv of th nivAr nrf nf performance before the plot gets any thicker. Given under my hand this 29th'dav of November, A. D.. 1895. FRED A. MILLER. Dec. 13. Sheriff. MUNSEY'S MAGAZINE FREE To every person who sub scribes for The Courier price $2.00, and pays a year in advance, we will give a years subscription to MUNSEY'S MAGAZINE as we take our Pear's soap and our coffee and rolls as a matter of course. Our courts are tampered with and our legislative bodies are bought and sold. The goddess of justice, with her silver were it not for the fact that impaired credit makes higher taxes. Whether the trouble lies in misguided Ignorance of municipal financed or In something worse it is anything but comforting to i ARE YOU WITH ) US ( m ) ) science is in Its winter quarters and refuses to come out. Perhaps the greatest and most harm ful Infamy that flourishes in this state and holds practically undisputed sway is jury fixing. Every man who carries a head on his shoulders and an ounce of Intelligence in his brain pot, knows that in district court and in the federal court it is almost impossible to get an honest verdict in certain cases. Juries are surrounded by an atmosphere of corruption. Jury fixing has become a profession. This week. In the United States court In Omaha, before Judge Dundy, was perpetrated an outrage that ought to stir every right-minded man in this state to active protest, an outrage that ought to forever disgrace and dishonor the name of Dundy and the judge had already allowed that name to trail in the mire. When Thomas H. Benton, of this city, was named on the federal court panel a shameful conspiracy had its inception. When, by a process of chicanery that is most common in Judge Dundy's court. Tom Benton was called In as a juror to try R. C. Outcalt, that conspiracy achieved its first success. Its triumph will be attained in the dis charge of Outcalt. When Benton was first named the pretense that Outcalt would be fairly tried became a mock ery. The trial is now a fraud on the people. The peculiar workings of the federal court are known to a considera ble number of people, and It Is not dlffi- not know. Whether Mr. Stevenson Is to get the bonds or not depends upon the relation existing between the "im pressionability of the city council and public forbearance. (First publication November 23.) IN THE COUNTY COURT OF LAN caster county, Nebraska. The state of Nebraska to Annie Spencer, Eddie In June 1894 an ordinance was passed authorizing the issue of re-funding bonds in the amount of 3534,500, the purpose being to secure a lower rate ot Spencer, Cleveland Spencer, Guy Spenc- cer.and to any others interested in said matter: Interest on the then existing indebted ness of the city. These bonds were to bear 4 per cent interest and were to run twenty years, one-tenth of the whole amount being payable annually after the tenth year and the whole Is sue payable at the option of the city after July 1, 1904. The ordinance made no provision as to the manner of pay ment, whether in gold coin or In currency. The first move made toward dispos ing of the issue was by a contract with Green & VanDuyn under which the latter were to take the bonds at par. the city paying them a commis sion of 36000. Green & VanDuyn were to have until Dec 31, 1895 to dispose of the Issue provided they took care of any bonds maturing meanwhile. On July 1, 1S95, $26,000 of these bonds matured, and the brokers were unable to arrange satisfactorily for the payment of them. After a considerable contest which fin ished the destruction of the already weak credit of the city in the eastern bond market the contract was annuled. Soon after this the bonds were offered for sale again, but objections were by paying two You are hereby notified that an In strument purporting to be the last will and testament of Stephen A.Spencer,de- You can get in ceased, is on file in said court, and also a petition praying for the probate or said Instrument, and for the appoint ment of Annie Spencer as administra trix. That on the 12th day of Decem ber. 1895. at 9 o'clock a. m., said petition dol 'ars per year, and the proof of the execution of said instrument will be heard, and that If you do not then apear and contest. said court may probate and record the same, and grant administration of the estate to Annie Spencer. This notice shall be published for three weeks successively In the Courier prior to said hearing. Witness my hand and official seal this 20th day of November, 1895. T. W. LANSING. Dec 6. County Judge. 9dmaSMmmB. There is a Iarga family of us, and the number is being increased rapidly. The people of Nebraska ire divided nto two classes, those who take THE COVIWER and those who do not. The former constitute the family. ? i39&89&9& IP i NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Inc ountyc ourt, within and for Lancas ter county, Nebraska. October 31. 1895, in the matter of the estate of John O. Lowry, deceased. First Publication Nov. 2. To the Creditors of said Estate: You are hereby notified, that I will sit at the county court room In Lincoln, in said county, on the 2nd day of March 1896,and again on the 1st day of June, 1896, to examine all. claims against said estate, with aview to their adjustment FREE cult to believe that this scheme to de- raised as to the regularity of the pro- To every person who sub scribes for The Courier, price $2.00, and pays a year in advance, we will give a year's subscription to the COSMOPOLITAN This offer is open for a short timn W1V..1 aUJUIlUIEUk .,.. .,. J IJ I ?1 ... and allowance. The time limited for """' lu UDW ttUU U1U suoicrioars aiiKe the presentation of claims against said feat the ends of justice was put through with the full cognizance of Judge Dun dy. It is not necessary to make any charge against Mr. Benton. His past re lations with Outcalt and the Mosher ring, as well as his predilection for a certain species of intrigue, should have been sufficient to instantly disqualify him from serving on the Outcalt Jury. And in our own district court, too, The Davis murder trial, which had a pre posterous ending Thursday, has been a farce from the beginning. The verdict rendered day before yesterday had all of the suspicious suggestlveness of the mysterious and remarkably sudden at tack of "Insanity" of one of the jurors at the preceding trial. The fact that the attorney for the Rock Island railway company was buying. drinks for one of ceedings. Three weeks ago the council again tried to effect the sale, at which time Elmer Stevenson took a promi nent part in the proceedings, which were again called off because no notice of the sale had been given. Last Mon day night the matter came up again, but no final action was taken. The vital points Involved seem to be, first, whether the city can, under the ordinance. Issue a gold bond and sec ond, whether Mr. Stevenson Is to be awarded the sale regardless of other or better bids. It Is very strongly ques tioned whether the city can lawfully issue a gold bond at this time. Ot course a currency bond must bear a higher rate of Interest than one pay able In gold because the former is not as marketable a security as the lat- estate is six months from the 1st day of December. A. D. 1895, and the time limited for payment of debts is one year from said 1st day of December, 1895 Notice of this proceeding is ordered published four consecutive weeks In The Courier, a weekly newspaper pub lished in this state. Witness my hand and the seal of said County Court, this 31st day of October, 1895.- JOSEPH WURZBURG. Nov 23- County Judge.' SHERIFF'S SALE. (First published Nov. 16.) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT by virtue of a vendi issued by by virtue of two executions issued by the clerk of the district court of the third judicial district of Nebraska, with in and for Lancaster county, one in an THE COUIER TABLE TAkK FREE To every person who sub scribes for The Courier, pi ice $2.00, and pays a year in advance, we will give a year's subscription to TABLE TALK This offer is onen for a short tmn action wherein National Life Insurance on'3r new ad old subscribers alike. company is plaintiff and Theodore Kaar is defendant. I will at 2 o'c THE COURIER - o