Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-24
City Council Likely to Investigate the Cost
Of Its Construction.
STATE FAIR EXHIBITS ALL IN PLACE
Indications Are that Present Exhibit
tion Will BE IA LRrgest and
Most Successful in His
tory of Society.
CFrom a stan correspondent.l

moneys and expenditures. The proceedings
are likely to result in a complete routing Of
the board and the development Of more or
less scandal. The library building was to be
, constructed for less than 800. 900, and a spe-
cial tax levy was made to secure the money.
Then the board went to work and there were
sandryt rumors Of erookedness In the con-
tracing The board has now made use Of
about 5000, 900 in the construction Of the
building and for nearly a year there has
been no work done. while the building In
fact stands idle and unfinished. There was
a lively controversy between some members
Of the board and the council over the mat
ter Of again fixing a tax levy for the COM
pletion Of the, building. There is general
demand that the building be completed as
quickly as possible, and there is sure to be
something of an investigation Of accounts.
Settled Damage Case in Court.
The Northwestern Railroad company to-
day paid the sum Of $500 in settlement Of a
damage suit brought by Catherine Warren
for the killing Of her son in 1900. The suit
has been pending in the United States court
for some time. The son, Louis Paris, was
killed in the company's yards in Council
Bluffs while he and his mother we're on the
way to Nebraska. The boy was on a North
western train and put his head out OF the
car window and was struck by a passing
Rock Island train.
Judge Mcpherson Of the federal court has
given notice to the attorneys in the case
that he will hold court in Council Bluffs
next Monday, and that the motion for a new
trial in the case Of Lesion Ballet, convicted
Of fraudulently using the mails, will be
called up at an early date. Judge Bishop of
the surname caur4 hio aftownav tu nou a.
Wisconsin.
Candidate for President at Ames.
Two new names have come to the front in
connection with the presidency Of the Iowa
State college at Ames. Prof. Thomas Mac
bride Of the Iowa State university has been
mentioned as a possible candidate for the
place. He has made a special study Of for
estTy and 10 recognized as 0Gs 0f the leading
scientific men of the state. He is also re-
garded as a growing young man. The other
person considered is President ]. w. Heston
of the South Dakota Agricultural college.
who has had great success with hat insti-
tuition in the last few years. He is a Wig
orous and active young educator and his
name has been we'll received by the mem
bers of the board.
The insane patients in the several hos
lNdAb VI a. GNaNC ~ 10 mONCh PAOn0DAgB |
some time early in September, but the exact
date will not be advertised by the Board of
Control as it is desired to avoid the no.
toriety and the attentions Of curiosity-seek-
ers. Special trains are to be provided.
Second Day of the Fair.
The work Of installing exhibits and get
ting ready for the state fair is nearly done.
The exhibits, including live stock, are en-
tirely satisfactory to the fair management.
New cattle, sheep and swine barns had to
be built at the last moment and the ma
chinery buildings were found to be entirely
inadequate to the exhibits. The fair will
be open Sunday. but there will be no pro-
gram. On Monday the new stock judging
will be dedicated with speeches by
Savage and Cummins. The old
will make use of the same pavilion
the next day for a camp fire to be addressed
by Governor Cummins and Senator Dolli-
yer. The music will be furnished by the
girls orchestra from the State Industrial
school. The speed program begins Monday !
and the amusement features Monday even
ing. The preliminary work has been we'll
done this year.
Little Girl Killed.
Maggie Bennett. IL years old, residing
"ANA 49, III "a liza III Oo6I VI |
the city. was run over and instantly killed
this morning by e train on the Rock Island
railroad. She and another girl were cross-
ing the tracks just after a freight train had
passed going west and the Swiftly moving
passenger train going east struck her and
caused instant death.
The city council this morning for a third
time passed a resolution approving the
proposed loan Of city funds to the water
company with which to build water mains
to the army post and ordered the city aud
itor and city treasurer to close the contract.
auditor announced that despite this he
will take no action.
Sale of Farm Newspaper.
II is probable that the order for the sale
OF the Iowa Homestead will be made in
a few days by the court and the commits
sioner appointed by the supreme court will
proceed with the sale. This newspaper
property has been in litigation many years
and at last a decree was entered last spring
the sale. The parties to the final
suit made some objection to the decree and
the sale has been delayed thereby, but today
the last OF the objections were removed
and the commissioner will hx the sale. s.
F. steWsrt, formerly deputy auditor of
state, a resident Of Evanston. ILL.,, arrived
today. He is one of the owners Of the prop
erty and both he and ]. NJ. Pierce. the
present manager, will become bidders for
the property.
New Railroad PrOsDerins.
The executive council in making railroad
for the year came near over
looking one new road. This was the Man
& Oneida. in Delaware county, only
eight miles long, which has not yet been In
a year. The company was unable
to make a detailed report on earnings and
for the year when called for. but
has since given out some figures showing
that 1t is a very prosperous short line. The
net earnings after deducting interest has
been 1929 for ten months. The company
made money from the day II was opened
FOR trahic. The council assessed It at the
minute.
Two Horses stolen at AvOea.
AVocA. Ia. Aag. 2s.-(speciaI Tele-
gram evening about 5 O'Clock two