Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-03
PAPER RAILROADS MUST co.
They Have No Rights Which the
Law Will Respect.
BUILD OR GIVE UP ALL CLAIMS.
Attorney General Lecse's Action In
the Republican Valley Case
Breakers Ahead For the
Lincoln Council.
LINCOLN BUREAU OF rHe ONAaA Bss,
1929 u STREET,


LINCOLN. May 2.
The citizens OF Palisade, Hitchcock county,
and other towns on the grade of the Repub.
lican Valley & Wyoming railroad, have good
reason to rejoice and be glad. 1t will be re-
membered that w. t. Brickey, editor Of the
Frenchman Valley Times visited Attorney
General Leese a few weeks ago, having been
delegated to represent the citizens of that
part of the state for the purpose Of inquiring
into the reason why the incorporators OF the
road had not "trackedn the bed and repre-
senting that 1t kept out other roads that
would tap that country, especially naming
the Rock Island, which stood ready to do so.
The Encouragement gave it as his opinion
that paper railroads had no rights that the
laws of the state were bound to
respect, respect and that it must get
poration. He so wrote Mr.. Holdrego, putting
the matter before him properly, and that
gentleman honorcd him with a personal visit
Tuesday, when the gentlemen came to
mutual understanding, which the following
LINCOLN Ncb., May 2, 1SS9--To w. T.
Brickey, Esq, Palisade, Neb. Dear Sir:
have had a visit from Mr.. G. w. Holdrege
concerning the graded line of road sthat
passes through your place. He tells me that
the company has not abandoned the road,
and intends to complete 1t just as soon as
they can arrange to get the money to do so;
that money in the east is very close, especi-
ally so in railroad circles set apart for build
ing purposes; that he will visit the
whole line from Culbertson to Holy.
oke, and report the condition of
crops and the peoples necessities to
the company, and he also says that he vii!
come and see me again. The next session of
the supreme court will be held in September,
and as can not do much good before that
time, have concluded 1t will be best to wait
and give them chance. will know just
what they intend to do before September,
and as soon as | can learn anything definite,
will write YOU again. The company must
either fish or cut bait. Yours very truly,
WILLIAM LEESE.
Thus it will be seen that the attorney
general is again moving for the people.
In Contempt.
The opinion seems to exist in Lincoln and
not without reason, that the city council and
MIR. Hamilton are in contempt. 1t will be
remembered that the late legislature passed
law that in the event of the dissolution of
an injunction by court of competent jurisdic.
tion the party enjolnlng could keep an in
junction in force by appealing to higher
court and filing supercedeas bond.
In the case of Webster VS.. The City Coun-
Gil ct al, in which the later were enjoned
from issuing Hamilton certificate of cleo
tion as councilman from the Fourth ward en-
titling him to a scat in council meetings. the
injunction was dissolved by Judge Field.
The cause was at once appealed and the nee
essary bond filed. But, Notwithstanding this,
Hamilton upon proper certificate, having
filed his bond, sought admission to the
meetings of the, council and was
member, and engaged in its deliberations
and was duly recognized by the mayor and
the other members of the council as such.
This has created deal of talk. Hamilton
had been enioined from taking his seat His
opposition had complied with the act of the
legislature providing for such cases. 1t was
ignored and there is talk that the city coun-
Gil and mayor will be taken in hand for con-
tempt of court.
"In a word" said Mayor Graham to-day,
81 do not relish the idea of spending a season
In the county jail, and retreat may be the
better part of valor. But such an order has
not been made and may not be. This matter
is Just q little squeamish and perpleXing.n
And this is the general opinion. Some of
Hamilton's friends state, however, that the
matter will be fought on this line, and there
will be no backing down from The position.
A Strange Case.
The cause of the insanity of Mrs. A. d.
Cox, who was adjudged insane few days
ago and taken to the asylum, perplexcs the
doctors of medicine of Lincoln in remark
able degree. 1t is said that the testimony
before the commissioners tended to show
that she became insane on the subject of re-
llgion. This, in fact, is all that was known
about 1t until to-day. 1t seems that before
the examination for commitment TO the
asylum was held, Mr. Cox called in a num-
ber of the best physicians of the city, hoping
to be able to give her treatment that would
restore her reason without necessitatlng her
removal to the hospital. No two of the ply
sicians could agree as to the cause. 1t seems,
however, that DR.. Hatch has succeeded in
diagnosing the case, and bases it upon scien-
tifc principles that the medical fraternity ac-
cepts without word.
Although but thirty-three years of age,
Mrs. Cox has passed the change of life.
1T is well known that this rarely occurs under
the age of forty-five. DIR. Hatch says that
the change was attended by an unnatural
rush of blood to the head, and that because
it failed to find an outlet it settled in clots
upon her brain, producing the sad result be-