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Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-07

and substitute it for them, and that sum
was drawn out OF the office bank by sud
borough at the time to make an even total
OF $4,000 Asked what Sudborough said
when he ordered him TO do this, the witness
gave what he believed to be a repetition OF
SudbOrOughs words thus: These various
sums would be chargeable to expense and it
would be advisable to have them in one
lump sum"
The signature Of Bechel and endorsement
are in Hunts own handwriting, in corrob-
Grafton OF his own admission. On the face
OF the draft was the significant iniorma-
tion OF its specific use in abbreviated words
as follows For ad payts leg" in writing
near the lower margin. This is taken to
mean Additional payments, legislature"
Hunt also testified that the figures of the
refund" account never appeared as such
in the auditors monthly statements to the
directors His examination will continue
this morning.
Methods of Handling Money.
While Hunt was being examined great
deal Of the past history Of the auditing de-
partment seemed necessary to the prose.
cution, but Judge Baker cautioned the jury
not TO consider anything that Is barred by
the statute of limitation, that is before the
three years time.
Hunt worked for the company from 1850
to 1897, and, after an interval OF several
months. he went back to work and remained
in it's employ until January, 1898. Most of
the time he was in the bookkeeping division
Of the auditing department He succeeded
w. t. Mason as bOokkeeper in 1898. Sud
borough was his superior as chief clerk.
What was called the office bank had been
turned over to him.
After numerous objections from the de-
fense. Hunt was permitted TO describe the
inside workings of this office bank" and
the method Of obtaining money on the "eX-
pense" advance" and refund accounts.
The refund account covered, as supposed,
all moneys paid out as rebates or over
charges. 1t is the theory of the defense
that all the legislative "slush fund" was
accounted for as refund" when Sud
borough turned over the office bank to me"
said Hunt, there was no actual cash in
it and no papers, but there were some UNI
vouchered expenses" These he explained
as having been expenses not accounted for
by vouchers" The basis Of the bank"
however was a sum of $i,5O0. The de
posits of the office bank account were
kept in Hunts name, though formerly in
Sudborough's.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-07
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Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-07
Geographical Changes.

The American Book company offered to
furnish free of charge to the public school
children of the city a pamphlet containing
the geographical changes resulting from the
recent war. This booklet has Just been
issued by the company. 'In order to show
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-07

Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup speedily cures
that dreadful whooping cough. 25c.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-07
EASILY SECURE THE JURY
Trial of E1-0hief Clerk sudbOrough of
Pacific Express Begins,
CASE is NOW ON BEFORE JUDGE BAKER
Host Of witnesses called by Respcc-
tive sides aud IL is Believed
Hearing VIII Last Sew
craI Days.

The trial Of Thomas X Sudborough for the
alleged embezzlement of the Pacific Express
company's funds while chief clerk in the
auditing department has commenced before
Judge Baker Of the district court. There
was not much trouble in securing a jury
and the twelve men needed we're impanelod
by noon.
OF the first batch seated in the box II. A.
Thompson of 1921 Chicago street; Charles
A. Robertson former newspaper man; r.
S. Calvin, an employe of the Union Pacific
shops living at 1929 Decatur street J. Allen
of 1873 Thirtieth avenue and II. G. Kellogg
who has been in the auditing department
of the Pacific Express company for about
fifteen years. were let go. The first man
peremptorily challenged by the defense was
Calvin. Robertson was the second j. Allen
the third, Daniel Allen, Valley farmer, the
fourth, and II. C. Hubbard OF I'LL North
Twentysixth street, a grocer. the fifth.
Hubbard was in the company's employ some
years ago.
Henry Boch, former saloon keeper, was
the first man upon whom the state exercised
peremptory and f. l.. Smith Of Stephens
& Smith the second. Mr.. Smith was excused
because he had an acquaintance with Andy
Hunt, former clerk for the company. Will
liam Priessmann, a pawnbroker, was the
only man excused for cause and that was by
the state. The last two peremptories of the
defense were Kellogg and Thompson. Then
all the remaining challenges were waived
and the following twelve men were sworn:
List of the Jurors.
otto w. Sommers 9l9 Hickory street, oil
wagon driver; B. F. Bell, Waterloo. farmer;
Robert Nieman, 2212 South Tenth street,
salesman; i. w. APPEL, South Omaha. fore
man for Swift and Company; P. A. Saxman,
lO3 South Fifteenth street, cigar dealer: ia
cob w. Horton, Benson, carpenter; w. w.
Copeland, 312 North Twenty second; Fred
Held South Omaha packing house employe:
James w, Morton, South Omaha. stock yards
foreman; 7. C. Brougham 622 Bancroft
street, barber; Benjamin +. Miller. 1906
North Twenty eighth avenue, railroad
switchman; A. b. Dllrance, G29 South Sew
enteenth street, foreman.
The following witnesses have been subpoe-
naed for the state President E. NJ Morsman
of the Pacific Express company. Andrew J.
Hunt; W. f. Bechel, auditor: W. E. Mason
pookkeeper; Frank NJ. Powers, steno-
grapher; Louis f. Wettling and w. E.
Ohlds. the experts who went over the COM
panys books; Sadie Rush, Burton L. Searles
w. D. Kenyon, Herbert E. Mason, Arthur
l.. Warrick, H. b. Boyles, Alfred j. Hunt
DR.. w. H. Hanchett John C. Wizard, w.
S. Sargent, Benjamin Seibert George H.
Hess jr., John w. Everett Luther II. Tate
w. B. Hughes. George T. Zimmerman,
Charles ID. Birkett, Frank n. Clarke, Rich
ard Carrier and W. B. Whitehorn
For the defense Erastus Young of the
Union Pacific will be called: also ]. J.
Dickey, +. b. Brouch, G. p. Stebbins, George
w. Loomis, f. S. Parmelee, Thomas Fl.
Walter, George F. Crandall, C. MacMiler
and o. L. Raney.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-07

Stuht labored hard to have the expenses of
the mayors Office curtaled and some reduc-
tion in this direction was made to conciliate
him.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02
PeculiaritieS of
Chinese Cooks and
Their Telephones

In San Francisco, where cooking and the
matters pertaining to the kitchen are the
subject of more thought than in the east,
there has been introduced what is known
as the Kitchen telephone and 1t has been
voted such an unqualified success that no
well appointed house in California is with
cut "helo machine" in its kitchen.
The maid of all work and the kitchen
fairy of the Pacific coast is a Chinaman.
This peculiar feature OF the far west has
not yet come into favor in the east, but
those Americans who have tried 1t say that
there is no superior to the pig-tailed chef
and that the addition OF an almond -eyed
president of the kitchen realm is distinct
advance in the direction of overcoming the
national complaint Of dyspepsia.
But to send the cook out to order the
dinner was found to be accompanied by vari-
Gus drawbacks The tradesmen were dis
posed to guy the celestials; the celestials
were not averse to paying visit to the
nearest fan tan game when sent on an
errand and the troubles that followed in the
train of this derellction Of duty were almost
too numerous to enumerate. So the Cali
fornia housewives set about to discover
some means of communicating with the
provision dealer, the grocery man and the
fruit merchant, without the necessity Of
phone was the result of their cogtations.
1t took a long time to get the Chinese
cooks educated up to the idea that the tele-
phone was a perfectly harmless invention
Every Chinese cock In the west had not Iea !
thai CGnfucius speaks of the use Of the tele-
phone in deceiying, the guilelesS Chinlmen
of thuusande OF years ago. and II required
special meeting of the Chinese looks at
which the story was read to them, to con-
vince them that the god Of the telephone
would not visit his wrath upon their heads
il they dared to exercise him IN the way
suggested by the white employers. The
story, told by an intelligent Chinaman, who
was pressed into the service by the Cali
fornia women when they were endeavoGing
to educate their cooks up to using the tele-
phone, went on to say that the priests OF
the time Of a few thousand years before
Confucius had two temples, in one OF which
the confession Of the Cinnamon would be
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02

received. Then the confessor would be told
TO go post haste to the other temple, where
the second priest would grant him abso'u-
tion. While the Chinaman was covering
the space between the two temples the first
priest was hard at work telephouing the sub
stance of the confession to the second one,
so that by the time the Chnaman arrived
at tho second temple his story was ready
to be reeled off to him until he was COM
PEELED to grOve before the supernatural
being who possessed such powerful divina-
ton.
Since the innovation described the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph company has gone
among the % 900 Cinnamon in San Francisco,
many of whom are wealthy merchants, and
has induced so many of the Chinese to sub
scribe that a telephone exchange has been
established in Chinatown which Is the only
one in the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02
Pointed Paragraphs

The reform candidate is never conspicuous
on the regular machine ticket
A man seldom does anything the way "A
woman thinks it should be done.
BY throwing a thin man out of the win
dow he would come down plump.
woman's thoughts Of matrimony before
and after akng are seldom the same.
ParadoXicaT though it may seem, the word
trust eXctes "A good deal of suspicion.
A dog kennel should be built of wood with
the bark on and lighted by a bay window.
It's an important business engagement for
a man when an heress promises to marry
him.
When Dame Fortune knocks at the door
she very often finds the man inside too
lazy to lift the latch.
Although the sun never sets on Uncle
Sans possessions it manages to incubate a
lot Of trouble nevertheless.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02

the constitution and statutes, docs never
propose, but finally decides"
Benjamin F. Butler once had a client
who. was never successful in lawsuits
Butler used to enjoy telling the story as
much as if he had won all of his clients
cases. Finally" Butler would say with
sigh, "a judgment was rendered against
uim which disheartened him, and ult-
mately led to his death. 1t was that he be
hanged by the neck until he was dead
.
What kind Of noise did the train make
before it struck the wagon?" asked a
Georgia court of witness.
1T made dCggon big noise" replied the
witness.
Cant you express it better than that?"
well, sir, l mout say it made a devil of
a noise!'
Worse STILL" said the court "Try
again.
Now, jedge," said the witness, deprecat-
ingly, you air leadin me over my eddica-
tion limits. All kin say is-it made devil
of noise, which air not quite so loud an
deef' min as a HI of a noise!"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02

In a petition for rehearing counsel feel
ingly complained that the court propose
to repudiate' construction, which it had
been relied upon to give to a certain statute,
like that given by federal courts to a SINH
lar federal law Whereupon the court, with
dignity, remarks that counsel might with
out much effort have recollected that the
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02
Told Out of Court

A lawyer of Maryvile no. appropr;ating
a wrinkle from the pepsin chewing gum
and three dollar shoe people, adorns his
professional card with all the glory of his
manly beauty. After announcing that he will
practice in all the courts of the state and
ulat he makes a speciality of stenography
and typewritirg, he concludes with the sage
advice, "He that is not with you is against
you See me early"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-08-10
WANTED, FOR SALE. ETC.

! Tenements to rent. @. Il. CUsHMAN.
Full blood Jersey COW for sale cheap.
III. A. LEONARD.
For SALE; A gal. farmers kettle.
III. f. SHARPE.
WANTED: To rent good upright pi-
sno. Ira ID. SHAW.
Work wanted by the day or hour.
MRS. 5. s. FLANDERS, 4 Elm st.
For SALE: A pound OF Mocha and Java
coffee for 25c. II. +. SHARPE.
The best of dry maple wood for sale.
3w f. l.. Bass.
New lot OF binding Irvine at low prices.
I'm CHADWICK Bros.
Coal and wood for sale at closest cash
prices. II j. V. NEWTON.
To RENT: Box stall, two single stalls
and store room. tt MRS. ANGIE WOOD.
WANTED: Veal calves, fat hogs, chick
ems and fowls. f. N. JERD.
To RENT:-Nice tenement for small
family. II q. l.. MARTIN.
For SALE:-Abial Rising place on Pearl
street. tt E. n. RISING, admr.
DR.. Prescott, the oeulist, is in Rochester
this week. Can be consulted at Randolph
every Monday.
FoR SERVICE FULL blood Eng
lish Berkshire boars-s1. Il
RoBT. II. CHAMBERLIN.
Next Monday morning at 10 O'Clock in
Depot square | will sell at auction vari-
ETY. OF miscellaneous articles. W. b. WALL.
WANTED; To hire $50 for six or eight
months. VIII secure on good saleable
property. II. j. 412, Randolph Center.
WANTED: A reliable girl to do general
homework. Must be good cook. To
the right person good wages will be paid. |
MRS Il. L. SALISBURY, Randolph.
WANTED Competent girl or woman |
for housework in family OF three at |
ID. c. Enquire of Charles /
Thurston or Mrs. NJ. c. Hooker. II
WANTED: Secondhand furniture, house
hold goods, musical instruments, bicy- 4
Giles, sewing machines, etc, etc.
a THE EXCHANGE.
| have for sale at the Sparhawk studio a
beautiful display OF hand-painted china,
and all are urged 10 call and see it.
Miss NJ. BLANCHE SPARHAwK.
For SALE: Barber shop, pool room and
unch room, situated on Main street good
ront; good sale of ice cream, soft drinks
md cigars. Rent reasonable. Apply to
:. +. Church, Wilder.
The accounts of The late firm OF NJ. L.
I G. w. Scott are in my hands for coll
eetion, to settle the estate OF M. l.. Scott
All persons owing the same will cali and
ettle at once. tt q. w. SCoTT, Admr.
Mileages and cut rate tickets on all
Dads; also agency for Dominion Steam
hip line Boston or Montreal to Liver
'ool. MRS II. A. LEONARD, or DREW
LEONARD. II
For SALE: A good corn farm OF 100
ores one half mile from West Brookfield
ostoffice, passing church, schoolhouse, 4
telephone office, creamery and gristmill.
or particulars address +. Jane Yelling 7
on, East Braintree.
! am prepared to do trucking. Will 4
love anything from a trunk to a build I
ng. Green and dry wood for sale. Ma
ure for sale. Will do threshiDg or cut
nsilage. II e. G. BLoDGErT. q
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-08-10
Borrow Money

Where you can pay 1t back by INSTALL
ments, reducing principal with each pay
ment. 80 to $4,000 to loan on first
mortgages; also on all collateral, pianos,
furniture and all personal property.
Short loans a speciality. Call or write.
JOHN +. KIMBALL, Randolph, VT.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-08-10

OeWut's Coiic & Cholera cuI :.
Pleasant Quick -.suIts. safe 20 ,tse.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-10-18
coURTsHIP swEETENED
London Tit-Bi,s.

London Tit-Blts.
The driver OF a slow passenger train
noticed that the stoker always stared
lntently at the windows OF certain
cottage near the line. and curiosity i'm
pelled him to ask for an explanation Of
the habit
My girl lives there" said the stoker
sententiously.
Then I suppose she sits In the win
dow watching for your" surmised the
driver.
No, she don't: she amt time to play
the fool" grunted the stoker. II only
look 10 see whether the window blinds
~ or down. II It's up know It's
cOortin' night; II It's down l know Il
amt. That's ALL"
Aud do you always visit her when
you see the blind up7"
'You bet l do. boss" answered the
stoker, heartily. "It's one Of her tripe
an onion nights. an she knows I should
not turn up but for that. Coortin' Is
a dry, game without a tasty supper to
help II along"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-10-18

NEW YORK, Oct. ia dispatch +,
the Herald from Berlin says:
The schIesische Zeltung announce,
that a new proposal has been put for.
ward regarding the Samoan question
England has Offered Germany compAn.
saiion If she will renouncs Upolu.
The Agrarian organ adds that # ,s
not impossible that Germany will ac.
cept the proposal, provided that a very
high indemnity is paid.
The foreign Office intlmates the re-
port Of the schleslsche Zeitung js an
indiscretion and is not quite exact. II
is true that England made the proposal
in question, but It was declined. As a
consequence, the North Grman Gazette
yesterday declared that Germany's no.
sition on the Samoan question renains
unchanged.
In regard to the question Of compen-
sation Of individuals, both Germany
and England have agreed to appeal 70
arbitration, II they fail to come 10 an
greement otherwise.
The consent Of the United States to
this course has not arrived, but there
is no doubt that the reply will be favor
able.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-10-18

penny in the pOundl, This dlfterntlal
tax increases by sliding scale until
landed estates worth n.OSo.oOo pay an.
nually IN pence 20 the pound. or about
Satoc, more In proportion than the es.
tate Of $4,000. while the estate Of $3.50
pays nothing.
This law was made to br'ak up
large landed estates and Il has done lt,
They cannot exist. As land becomes
more valuable by the acre. estates oi
moderate size win be similarly broker
up. As the price OF land grows In pro-
portion to density Of population. this
Legislation viii subdlvlde the land NOR,
and more.
The law torblds the sale by auction
! OF more than $50 acres in one plat
1 The compulsory arbitration law. In,
trcdueed In 1891. was bitterly opposed
II passed In 1894 II seems to work
Well. There has been but one strik,
since.
Unions, Of workmen and employers
which register for the purpose, can voI,
for the arbltraiors They use the ae
whether registered or not.
Arrangements for wages ARE mad,
for two years, go that employers know
what they can agure on.
Union labor is not Insisted upon 1t
= all cases, but is favored by the arbl
traitors, II a business has cmploye,
non union men neither forced out nol
compelled 20 join the union. Nowher,
else. however. ae labor unions an,
stronger.
New Zealand has an eight hour day
half-holiday every week. a dozen ful
holidays in the year-all at full wages
Less drunkenness and more thrift ar
said to result from this law.
New Zealand women. white ant
brown alike. can vote for members o.
the legislature. but cannot themselve,
be members.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-10-18

coal is obtained In this part OF the
world would be temporarily lost.
The proclamation OF martial law win
have beneficial eject in clearing the
border of numbers Of sples and other
suspected persons
Fhe following statement has been Of.
fcially communicated to me:
The colony Of Natal was invaded
! from the TransvaAl early the morning
Of the 18th inst. The advance was
made by the enemy in three columns.
"on the right was a mixed column
Of Transvaalers and Free State buryh-
ers. with the Hollander volunteer corps.
II moved through Dothas Pass.
In the center was the main column.
under General Jouberts personal COM
niaRd. It crossed Laings Mex and
moved forward by way Of 1ngogo.
"on the left a large command ad-
vanced from wakkerstroom. but way
Of Motifs Mex and wools Drift.
The objective point Of the three COL
umns was Newcastle, which was oc-
cnpied on the night OF October Il, the
central column having slept the pre-
vious night at General Colley's old
camping place, Mount Prospect.
Yesterday an advance Of artillery Of
1.5Oo Beers pushed south to Ingagene.
but the greater portion OF the COM
mands retired during the day on New
castle.
The Boer force. which for some days
has been concentrated east Of De Ja-
gers Drift, on October "A captured a
patrol Of six men OF the Natal police.
"A picket Of mounted infantry Of the
sixtieth rifles also exchanged a few
shots with the enemy. This as yet is
the only fighting.
Our troops are in excellent spirits
and fettle. The Natal volunteers in
particular are doing valuable work in
a soldIer-like manner and spirit The
general officer commanding in Natal
greatly appreciates their conduct"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-10-18
LAWS OF NEW ZEALAND.
Some Experiments In Legislation and
Conditions Resulting Therefrom.

New Zealand thirty years ago was
divided into six provinces (states).
There was intense rivarly between
them and between sections, which led
to subdivision Of provinces.
Ten years ago began a bad financial
panic. Since then the whole tendency
has been toward Capitalization. The
state lines, so far as legislation is con-
cerned, have been practically wiped out,
though the names are retained in use
for convenience.
No man, 1t is claimed. can starve in
New Zealand. An old-age pension pro-
vides absolutely for the supper. OF
every person Of either sex past the
age of working.
Any man can have land, by a law
somewhat similar to our own home-
stead act He does not have 1t in fee,
but upon a long lease.
For some time after the settlement Of
New Zealand the natives were exter-
minated like our own Indians. There
are only 1900 left, but they are now
increasing somewhat.
New Zealand is an agricultural
country Of sparce population. The new
legislation Of 1891 and succeeding years
has levied taxation Of two sorts-on
land and on incomes. No attempt is
made to collect tax on personality.
The land tax is levied only on estates
worth $500 or upward. Mortgages
and some improvements are exempt.
On landed properties worth from
S2,5OO to $4,000 a tax rate is levied,
varying each year according to public
needs. On estates worth more than
&Z5,O0 and up to $4,000 an additional
tx Of .OO5 per cent is levied (one-eighth