Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-26
me Special c mmittG1 Of Police In
VGStigatOTS at Work.
Matters Of Moment Occurring at
the State Building,
Appoiutrne ,rct special Delivery Mos-
tengSr fur Lincoln s NV ce-Notes
About the City,
AT THE CAPITAL.
THE POLICE INVESTIGATION.

with the jail delivery, was In session q
part OF yesterday afternoon In the council
chamber. The witnesses called were
Dana Hyde, Clark Hyde, Policeman
ThompSon, Thomas Carnshsn Everet {
Moore, w. II. NewbsrIy j. f. SmusV,
George Whitsell, @. T%iernau, Henry
X uhlman, Jay Norton, G. e. Taylor,
and Gus Saunders.
The particular objeci OF the meeting
was not learned, but it is supposed from
gossip about the street, that Policemen
Kelley and Smith were the individuals
under the ban. The fnct that neither of
them we're subpoenaed lends some color
to this report. Both uf the men were
talked to, and each OK ceased a fear that
his head would be cut fl as a reault of
the investigation. Ths principal nub-
ject brought before tho committee
will be the Jail delivery. So fer
as the evidence produced Last night
went nothing Of any positive character
Was introduced. Many gentlemen be-
lleve that, notwithstanding the assertions
of Councilman B%illinesley, that every
thing will be made plain, there Is a
tendency to whitewash the affair that
is best shown by the appointment of
the committee. Billir gslsy is chairman
of the regular police committee, and his
appointment as chalrmsn of the inves.
tigating committee leads many to belteve
that he Is interested 10 the safe deliv-
cry of the police force from danger.
Smith, one Of the policemen who ex-
poets to get let out, declares that he will
start q Law office In Lincoln and DO q
grand business too. His influences,
gained through his police experience, will
aid him in this. There i, SUCH an amount
of fraud In the whole latter that it prob
ably will not be ventilated. Bii,lpgsley
had a short hand writer In tae council
chamber aud the in~terrogations and
answers were all given veroa,um. The
Investigation will be Continued to-day
and probably may be finished tonight.
AT THE STATE BUILDING.
Matters Of state interest at the capitol
are lacking, and in most Of ths depart.
ments only rou. Inc work Is being done.
Several of the clerks are absent on short
vacations, but the heads of the various
departments are here, excepting
the executive, who is In attend
auce ut Friend upon tho district fair,
composed of Seward, Saline aud Fillmore
counties. He will DO hers S aturday we
understand.
Auditor Babcock is awaiting with some
interest tho opinion Of the supreme
court In the case Of the state on the rela.
tion of VIM. Leese, attorney general We.
the Farmers g. Mechanics Mutual Bene-
fit Insurance company, and also the
noplas norpku aautnn, both rs which
are now before tho courts and dccisions
in which may be rendered at any time.
The paying Of warrants occasionally
changes the monotony OF Treasurer VIII
lard's departments.
The supreme court has adjourned until
lex Tuesday, when it viii take up the
docket for the Fourth district,
The contract bids for supplies for the
state institution for the next quarter,
commencing October l and ending De-
-cember l, and aggregsting $4,000, as
based UPON estim Ites made by the state
board of supplies, are being const unity
received in Commissioner Scott's Office.
The following articles OF Incorporation,
fled during the past ten days, is all that
Is now In the secret Try of srate's Office:
The Beatrice Street Car company,
So s,ep 600. with 9 shares ! of s sleo eaoh al
the Hastings Land and Building associa-
ton, with headquarters at Hastings, cap
ital stock $l00 600; the bank of Ogallala,
capital sto,k So, 600, with principal
place of businesses ut Oeallsls, Keith county;
the Seward Canning Company, with a
capital etock of $4,000, with principal
place of business at Sc ward.
THE PosToFFIcE DELIVERY.
Postmaster Mcbride appointed two
special delivery boys under the new de-
livery system last month and they will
commence their work the lst Of Octo-
Der. They will have bicycles and de-
liver extra stamped letters to any part
OF Lincoln whenever the stamp appears.
Mail matter Of any character, irrespe,t-
I've of letters, Is placed uuder the or
der, and packages as well az local drop
letters may be sent In this manner.
The postmaster thinks the new order
will please business men generally,
more especially those who have COM
msrclal transactions In eastern cities.
They WIKI be abls to get their mail the
.ame night of delivery w,Shia thirty
minutes sf.er 1t has been placed In the
lpostofice.
CITY ITEMS.
City Marshal Beach, within the past
few days, hiss made some little endeavor
to have the alleys about the city
cleaned up. He has ordered several
policemen to mske cases sgainst those
people who refuse TO comply with the
city ordinarc CO In that regard.
The assault esse against james Stur.
gum which hsE attracted go much atten-
ton has been con.inuedby Justice B,owa
for several days.
The new asphait pavement OF the corn
or OF o and Tenth sireetS was completed
aud several compliments have been paid
Mr.. Marshall, the agent of the building,
for thi1 Improvement.
Work on the new city building has
been resumed, the foundation walls
being completed aud the r~uperstrEcturs
commenced.
Louis Meyer, the well known dry
gods merchant. has returned fsom Lead
vile, Col.
The agent a. the Union Pacific tlcket
Gffics at Lincoln appears to be very I'M
gentlemsnly In the fact that when per-
soma come to him to buy 3 ticket he
awaits his own ~convenisnos to answer
the request. A man ana wife yesterday
tried to buy ticke:s shout five minutes