Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-17
Inexperienced attorneys can be induced to
take the place.
Ms. Edney Loses.

Inexperienced attorneys can be induced to
take the place.
Mrs. Ednsy Loses.
Judge Holmes sustained the demurrer Of
James z. Baum % the petition o. Mrs.
Gertrude Edney in district court today and
told her hat she could not maintain her
action in it's present form. Both plaintiff
and defendant are residents Of Omaha. The
case has been in the supreme court five
times in one form or another. the original
trial lasting nine weeks. Mrs. Edney's
husband owned a stock OF hardware in
Omaha fifteen years ago. When he died
she traded II TO Baum. who then lived In
Lincoln. for $4,000 cash and 100 suburban
lots. Later she brought suit against Baum
for damages. claiming he had misr~pre-
sented the value OF the lots. The costs
now mount Up to the thousands. Judge
Holmes holds that Mrs. Edney had no au-
thority in law to sell the personal property
Of the estate for anything but cash and
that therefore her contract with Baum was
void. To maintain an action, the court
says. she must tender back the money and
the realty and sue for the value Of the
stock Of goods she traded.
Abssdon Excurrisn.
AutEt viii De no 1901 Dali excursion 20
Minneapolis. The team left at s O'Clock to-
night, but only a few rooters went along.
The railroad company made a rate Of sis,
or less than one fare. for the round trip.
Later this was reduced to S7.45. but this
was so much higher than was paid last
year. when 50 was the rate made. that none
OF the several thousands that vent then
would go this year.
Elects Omceu
The Union-C Commercial clubs new direc-
torate met today and elected Henry L.
Mayer president, ]. W. Mcdonald vice
president, P. L. Hall treasurer and & c.
Rewick secretary.
The election OF the directors came at the
end Of a very interesting controversy. Last
spring the directors employed attorneys
and forced the three public service cor
porations Of the city. the electric light. the
street railway and the telephone company
to pay more than twice as much taxes as
before. When the election Of a new dlrec-
tory came up the attorneys and friends of
the corporation. put up a combination, to
beat out the old directors up for reelection
and to put in men who would let them
alone. The directors got a tip an hour in
advance and overwhelmed the corporations
In the election. Every member OF the
directorate is an anti-corporation man. and
to make the corporations feel still worse
they reelected Secretary Rewick. for
whose scalp the local managers most earn
estly lonEed. ....
Reverse soeiaIistie Decision.
Secretary Of State Marsh today reversed
his tentative decision Of yesterday in ref
erence to the controversy between socialist
factions for place on the ohacial ballot un-
der the party name. He yesterday declared
that he would give both factions a place
upon the ticket, one under the name
Socialists" and the other under a name
he would be obliged to select. Today, how
ever, he handed in a written opinion on
the subject. In which he held in favor Of
the Burleigh faction and denied the right
of the Baird faction TO appear upon the
ballot at all under existing circumstances.
The opinion sets out at length section
129 Of the compiled statutes relating to the
certificates Of nominations OF party candi-
dates. 80
The Farmers and Merchants bank Of
Henderson, York county, has filed articles
of incorporation, placing its authorized
capital at $4,000. A. c. Neuneld is its
president and d. ]. Kroeker is cashier,
while the other incorporators are A. Franz,
John J. Grosser, >. j. Kroeker and J. l.
Kroeker.
Statistics About Nebraska
The Bureau OF Labor and Industrial Sta
tistics has just issued an elaborate bulletin
setting out Nebraska's industries and re-
sources in detail. 1t comprises concise de-
scriptions OF the various counties Of the
state. their topography. soil, chief products
and their population. with data as to their
Industries and other facts of interest to
homeseekers. 1t also contains descriptive
sketches Of the chief cities Of the state,
and devotes several pages Of space 10
Omaha. Their. is a large number Of illus
~trations in the book. half tones attraetiveIy
printed. and among the buildings shown as
part Of Omaha are the Bee building. the
New York Life. city hall and Creighton
university. The frontispiece as an mustra-
ton Is a scene IN Hanscom park. Some
forty pages Of the publication are devoted
to tabulated statistics covering pretty
nearly every phase Of the states indus
trial life. II is Just such a book as real
estate men would like 10 send to COR
respondents, and can be had in reasonable
quantities for that purpose.
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