Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-24
REMINDER OF LIGHTLY CASE
Damage Suit and Row Between Two Hail
Insurance Companies,
LIGHTLY REFUSED ONE OF THEM A LICENSE
Cornell Let the Company in and that
Caused ~ Goodness Between the
Auditor and His Former
Deputy.

insurance companies doing business In the
state, also brings forth a reminder OF the
quarrel between Sam Lichty and Auditor
Cornell.
II seems that along about the first of the
year n company calling itself the Grain
Growers Mutual Hail association, with gem
cral Offices at Omaha, applied for permission
to do business In the state. Just a few
days previously Deputy Lichty had re-
ceived letter from the insurance commits
stoner OF Minnesota saying that the men
who were to be managers of the new com
pany had operated a similar company in
Minnesota and had been refused permission
to do business in the ate the second year.
On the strength of this letter Lichty barred
the company out of Nebraska. The appl
oants, however held a private consultation
with Auditor Cornell and secured their
license. This is said to have been one of
the acts that led to the final quarrel be-
tween Lichty and Cornell
Now 1t seems that mutual hail COM
pany with headquarters at Fairfield, Neb.,
and with j. NJ Sanford as general manager,
got after the Omaha company and distrb-
uted large number of circulars giving
citations from the insurance records of
Minnesota and the Dakotas where the man
ayers of the new Omaha company had pre-
Viously operated, and charging that on ac-
count CT Irregularities they had been
barred from doing business in either of the
states mentioned. The result is that p. w.
Milloi, president, and T.. II. Heliker sec
retury of the Grain Growers company, have
commenced damage suits against ]. NJ. San
ford aggregating 100000.
Houses for Governors Mansion.
Secretary of State Porter, Attorney Gen.
eral Smyth, State Treasurer Meserve and
Land Commissioner j. V. Wolfe, the four
state officials comprising the State Board
of Public Lands and Buildings, this after
noon made a tour CT inspection of the va
ricus houses offered for sale to the state for
a governors mansion Since the bids were
opened by the board May 12, the matter
has been allowed to rest until the various
bidders have grown somewhat anxious.
After the secret meeting of the board Sec
retary Porter announced that the bids would
be tabulated and that the houses offered
would be visited as soon as possible to de-
termine which was the best proposition.
The bids range from $4,000 to $4,000 and
include about twenty houses, some OF the
best residences in the city being offered.
The inspection of the houses has been post
poned from time to time, but this afternoon
quite a number of the houses offered were
visited.
lue DOdTu went llTSl 10 the TeSlue0Ce OF
d. r. Thompson, Immediately south of the
Capitoi bull !. on H street. Mr. Thomp-
son has not N known as a bidder, but it
is understood he is very anxious to dispose
Of his property. one of the reasons being
the neaIness of the great heating plant for
the Capitol building, from which great
clouds of smoke roll down on his front
porch When the construction of the boiler
hCuse suggested, about ten years ago,
Mr.. Thompson filed a vigorous protest, alleg-
ing that such move would greatly decrease
the value OF his property. Other property
owners along the street protested against
removing the boilers of the heating system
from the capitol building, but the state off,
cials and the legislature were in favor of
constructing a boiler house separate from
the main building.
Protests OverruIed.
The protests filed by Mr. Thompson and
other owners of property south Of the Capitol
building on II street were overrued by the
Board of Public Lands and Buildings and
the boiler houses constructed. At that
time Mr. Thompson had not commenced the
construction of his residence. The fact that
this house the first one visited by the
board indicates that II Mr.. Thompson has
offered his residence for sale his proposition
has been considered favorably by the board
Governor Poynter today appointed the
three members of the State Brand and Mark
beard created by act of the last legis-
iature. Secretary of State Porter will be
chairman of the board. The members APP
pointed are W. C. Carmen of Crawford, j.
H. Quigley of Valentine and S. p. DelatouI
of Lewellen. The office of the board will
bo in the secretary Of states office. The
duty OF the board is to record the various
cattle brands and marks as protection tc
live stock owners. Governor Poynter has
also announced the appointment of Miss e
Lyons of Lincoln as head teacher in the
Home for the Friendless and Mrs. Emma
yanderpool head nurse.
The report of ex-State Oil Inspector j. IL
Edmisten for four and half months end
ing May Is was filed with the governor to
day. Mr.. Edmisten in his report empha
sizes the fact that the oil department II
more than self-supporting. Since he as
sumed the duties of the office February l
1895, he turned in to the state treasurer
office as surplus $9,s24,25. He adds in hi
report that the laws should be amended
to provide for chemical test.
Since December /, 1898, Mr.. Edmistei
turned over to the state treasurer as sur
Mus s2.57725 During the same period th
expense OF the department amounted u
s5,s43.3 80 and the collections to S7,262'2o.
Governor Poynter today received com
sylyania asking for the cooperation OF tn
people of Nebraska in the Exposition o
American Manufacturers project. The oo)ec
of the promoters OF the exposition Is I
promote manufacturing interests in tn
United States and the governor is aske
to interest Nebraska manufacturers. In
exposition will be held at Philadelphia
Concerning Pensions.
Senator NJ l.. Hayward has received
lengthy communication from COMMISSIONS
H. Clay Evans of the Pension Bureau a
Washington in response to letter OF IN
ouiry concerning the work OF the pensio
department, the people employed there an
the manner in which the pension claim
are handled. The commissioner explains
detail the work of the department AN
gives much information of value to Gran
Army men. The Nebraska department OF tn
Grand Army OF the Republic VIII have IN
letter published in the official organ an
distributed among all the old soldiers l
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