Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-03
JUDGE MASON QUALITIES.
Tie New Secretary Of the Railroad Commit
sion Ready for Work,
FALSE FIRE ALARMS TURNED IN.
Happenings at the Capital City-Dict-
iHg ana the solitary Tor Tough
PIisoucr---SaCiui Events
of the Week
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gen ..''1I'N SUCCESSOR 10 1. IL ''L' as
secretary OF th" railway commission, ap.
ponr.l al tine ,Ir.tgl huiIfur presented
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tho forenoon al lle commissioner rooms
looking INTO the details md present plans
of work which "a .s s4f, tp urrdict will
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hurry Cm,''S "hou ""' ".s'".iSr ui MS
unucS. ne Dohd lurnl>hed ny w.. L. Mason
and duly approved bv the governor,
is i'm tbr sum of &lO OyO ~ rcuuirpd by
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entrance to work 1t Is the general cN-
pressed opinion that Secretary Roggcn
has made a wise selection for the place
KNOWING os many do tbpi .Tu1gc Mason
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mas Tor years made careful study o.
railway laws and regulations and will
bring that ability to the commission work
that VIII IN the event OF there being any
good in the law, BRING 1t out or more
clearly demonstrate its usrlCssncss.
SCHOOL BOSDs
N'I' l'r5lNl'ltb III NIl' iuNllDl plliNt
yesterday that had arrived the day before.
They were small in amount rs follows.
District 3s Madison county, S233; district
20, Cherry county, $3.50; district 1, Phelps
county, SIOO,
FALSE ALARMS.
Yesterday the IRE alarm was sounded
three times IN succession, and after half
the city had become excited over it,
and n half dozen places had been ru.
morcd as the locatlon,it was found TO be
false alarm. The day before AN alarm
called the department to the McMurtrY
residence on X street, but there was no
fire at that place. gentleman requests
that II the department are wOr king up
practice that Il general ordcr to that
effect be issued
TOWN TALK.
The county court has for the past two
days, ana has not yet reached Il conclu-
sion, been engaged in the trial of the
damage case of j. A. Hogle vs.. &. w
Kitchen, of the Capital hotel. Hoglc was
for u short time clerk at the Capital,
coming from Malone, n. Y. His claim
that he sues for is 1000 or a years
salary, claiming breach of contract on
the part OF the hotel people. The defense
claims that there was no contract ag"ecd
upon for year and that Hogle was dis
missed for cause.
There are some eight or ten prisoners
of the toughest character in the city Jail,
four of the number being the parties who
came near pounding Il man to death at
the depot hotel. For day or two they
have been insolcnt and Sullcn refusing to
work out their fines and sitting down
when taken 10 work Friday night they
were given diet of plain cold water for
supper and locked in cells for the night
Yesterday Marshal Beach issued orders
that they should work out their fines if 1t
took All winter
ON coloreu sports VINO were interview
ny III T eie IlSGI Elm III EainDllhg room over
S.''Toi %, Tr ori Elcnni,rh Stice., were gatherea
tha Ny ii.S 'i,n ,nG pioptLrior ol
@ ,le piace Wtnt i; tliGlr security lor their aP,
Li, poui ",ioo 1t pollcc CUR, where thelr
t%o ouStnn,ur tiua oS - st seS'eiu"S WIN
0niv two ;,lain cnsaS of ;rtoxio,.;o,
wore 3afore bis honnr 1ho rnion 800.
vesterdav each psconing ogo plith l'e Fl ~
CIV Rro,yr sto,o ,ihror;o ,oo,,o,
today for ChicnUo to attend ns onn ~
the delegates from Nebraska. the conven-
ton of the EDiscopal church which CON.
ycnes in that citv October q
d. p, Holmes q former IincoIn ma,
but now n resident of Pierce county and
n member of the legislature from that
place has made arrangements to move
back to Lincoln and enter tho law offico
or Field q Harrison.
John A. McShane, the democratic
nominee for congress IN the big First,
,hn oit, rnstorJa,-,t tho Tn,titn,r LotoI miI Al
Iarro TSuJn,bor ~ aar,on.,t - !"
selves OF the opportunity presented to
meet Mr., McShane.
Ex-Governor DAVID Butler. of Pnwnpe
Citv u,os in ! incnIn ,nstorSa,, and -
~ r,,,,Iornd ",,s thnt b anu II
onnst,Itntinn hlrn iitii |"titE ~ t "ttomo "
m "''' Va " e'i''''"' ""'"'c T.
Eunke'S Opera house will be occupied
on Thursday evening by Daly's company
in Vacation; or Harvard vs.. Yale
The management assure the patrons of
the house that the engagement is one of
the strong ones of the season.
w. p. Hellings, Aurora; X. w. Brecl
cnridge, Omaha; G.. 5. Johnson. Nelson.
j. c. BIrney, Crete S. A Sheldon. G, !
Bell, +. S. LOWS. Omaha: IL Il Henry
McCook, were Nebraslans nj Lincoln
hotels Yesterday.
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