Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-16


for the winter wrestle with the legislature.
The organization expects to prepare and en-
deavor to have passed a bill to lengthen the
terms Of county officers from two to four
years.
Overcome by Gas.
w. G. Bishop. vice president Of the Lin
coin Business college. was overcome by gas
in his bathroom Sunday and Il took a ply
stefan several hours 10 straighten him out.
The gas came from a heater used to heat
water. He was found unconscious by his
wife.
Mig Demand for Reports.
The biennial report OF Lee Herdman,
clerk OF the supreme court, shows that dur
ing the past two years he has sold s.1S4
copies Of the Nebraska Reports. for which
he has turned into the state treasury the
sum Of 1854. On March 21. 1901, a bill
reducing the price Of these books from $3.50
each to 81 for all volumes up to So and
s125 for all volumes beginning with 80,
became a law. Within four months from
the passage OF this law over 1900 books
had been sold. At present the clerk has in
his large storeroom Sis copies of these
volumes. Since the law took effect nine
volumes have been sold out and new issues
Of 800 each obtained.
The law contains this singular provisions.
Provided, further, that he shah not re-
duce the number of volumes Of any one re-
port on hand to a less number than thirty
at that price" On account of this pro-
vision the clerk will soon be in the posi-
tion Of refusing to sell any copies of vol
umes | and II, because he has none for
SALE" when, in fact, in conformity with
the foregoing provision, he has thirty cop
les OF each volume snugly wrapped up and
held ION hand"
No new copies Of volumes | and II can
be obtained by the clerk for the reason
that the copyright is not the property of
the state. The parties owning this copy
right hold their copies of this volume at
$3.50 each. The clerk now has only twenty
three copies of volume l and twenty cop
les of volume II for sale. When these are
gone attorneys buying a complete set of
the Nebraska Reports will be Obliged TO
pay Callaghan & Co., Chicago, $3.50 each
for volumes and II and can buy the re-
mainder, up tc volume LVIII, OF the clerk
at 81 per copy.
Denies Frank n Rehearing.
Secretary Dobson Of the Board Of Irriga-
ton had refused the application for a new
hearing, as asked for by William Frank
In the case Of the Farmers Canal COM
pany.
The Aurora Building and Loan ~associa-
tion has filed articles Of incorporation with
the secretary of state. The organization
has B. A. Munson and six others at the
head of 1t and the capital stock is SO. O0O, 900.
Superintendents Talk Legislation.
A number of county superintendent
were in consultation today with State
Superintendent Fowler in regard to school
legislation. The talk today was only pre-
liminary to the meeting to be held on the
Both. A resolution will be passed at that
time to have the legislature change the
| election laws, so that county superintend
ents and the state superintendent will hold
office for four years instead of two years
as at present. Several representatives Of
the County Ohicers' association called upor
superintendent Fowler, but when they
learned a majority of the county superln.
tendents were in favor of the change theN
did not attend the meeting. The schoo
teachers, however, desire the law changed
after the next election, and not with the
present incumbents in office.
P~rOsecutes Express Company.
Game Warden Simpkins has instructed
the county attorney of Dodge county t.
prepare papers 20 prosecute the American
Express company in the matter of the TIVE
barrels of quail and prairie chickens whicl
were confhscated by Deputy Carter. Mr.
Carter wrote to the game warden toda!
that the agent at Verdigris. at which plac'
the game was placed on the train, knew
or pretended to know nothing of the iden
tity of the man who had shipped II. Tn
agent, so the letter said, reported to MI
Carter that he found the barrels on tn
platform and shipped them out, and di
not know who had left them. Mr.. Simp
kins intends to prosecute the express com
pany, because he feels certain, from pas
experiences with the company. that it
representatives do know who shipped tn
game. Should a conviction result on al
the complaints the cost to the compan
would be over $4,000.
Quarrel Ends I'm Shooting.
5 Art Yates was shot and s~eriousl
wounded this evening in a row which oc
t Cured at Havelock. Edward Cave did tn
shooting and was arrested and held undo
$500 bonds to await the result Of YATES
( injuries. The bullet entered Yates hi
= and lodged close to the bG-se Of the spin,
Yates was taken to st. Elizabeth hospita
where the bullet was extracted and tn
wound dressed. The two men had a quar-
rel earlier in the day, which was renewe
: when they met in the evening. Yate
knocked Cave down and the latter, upo
{ getting up, pulled his revolver and sho
9 Yates is employed in the storekeeper's Of