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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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