Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-04
CHARGE OF JURY BRIBTNC
Men Involved Say Remark Was Made as a
Joke, but Court is 0btuse.
IOWA EDITORS ARE TO TAKE AN OUTING
Enteries for state Fair Races Indicate
That Excellent Sport VIII he
FOrthcominR-State Federa-
tiOn Of Labor Meeting.

DIES MONIES, May 3.-(Special.)-The
district court Friday commenced an inves-
tigation Of the conduct Of certain Jurors in
a recent case with a view to ascertaining
whether or not a bride was solicited in an
important case. During the trial of the
Dorr Cattle company against the Des
Moines National bank, one Of the Jurors,
c. w. Dombach, is alleged to have APP
preached d. w. Miller and ntimated to
him that the plaintiff In the case would
find it to his advantage to open up nego-
tiations for a consideration to be paid Dom
bach for himself and other jurymen in the
case. 1t was intimated that If the plain
tin would do the right thing a big verdict
for damages would be forthcoming from
the jury. The facts were laid before the
court during the tendency OF the trial, but
the attorneys for the defendant bank were
kept in ignorance of what had happened.
After the trial and when a verdict for $751;
900 damages had been rendered against the
bank in favor of the cattle company, they
became for the first time aware of the
charges OF bride soliciting and demanded an
investigation. The court discovered that
nothing formal occurred but the conversa-
ton was such as to merit a stern rebuke.
The Jurors assert 1t was done as a joke,
but the court has failed to see the joke.
Editors to Black Hills.
One hundred members of the Iowa Press
association are planning to take advantage
Of an excursion trip offered them by the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railway from
omaha west to Sheridan, Wyo. 1t is ex-
pected that the party which will leave
Omaha on the afternoon OF June IL will be
composed Of at least 100 Iowa editors, &C
commodations having been already ar
ranged for that number. The trip will
cover eight days and stops will be made
at Alliance, Neb.; Hot Springs, Deadwood,
Spearfsh and Lead City, S. D.; Crow In
dian agency In Montana ard the famous
Custer battlefield. Omaha has been de-
cided upon as the common rendezvous for
all Iowa editors.
Races Will BE Good.
Secretary Simpson Of the State Fair as
sociation has received 124 entries in the
six stake races to be run at the state fair
next fall and expects perhaps a dozen more
in by mail. The entries closed Thursday
night and his mail this morning brought a
total Of sixty entries in the events. This is
the largest entry list in stake races for
many years and betokens a good race meet
ing here in the fall.
New Corporations.
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The following Incorporation papers were
filed with the secretary of state today:
National Cereal company of Davenport,
capital 100000, by ex-Mayor c. A. Ficke
and others.
Whiting Land and Improvement COM
pany of Whiting. Monona county, capital
10000, by d. Rust, W.. c. Whiting and
others.
Dunlap Light, Heat G. Power company Of
Dunlap, Harrison county, capital $40, 900,
by S. ]. Patterson and others.
Odd Fellows Building association Of Will
liams, CAPITAL $4,000, by William Gerber
and others.
Farmers Mutual Insurance association of
Worth county, at Northwood, by /. L. Oh
sen and others.
Iowa-Montana Mining company Of Du-
buque, by ]. w. Fowler and others; capital
$50, 900.
Preparing for Federation Meet.
A large number of Representatives of the
labor unions are going from Des Moines
to Cedar Rapids to attend the state con-
vention Of the Federation of Labor, which
begins May IA. The Importance OF the
Federation in state labor affairs will be
greatly increased by the accession of the
miners Of district No. 10, Mine Workers
of America, which has been brought about
the past few months by committees of both
bodies. In addition to this the following
cities will send delegates, from which none
have ever before attended the state fede-
ration meetings: Abba, Oelwein, Waterloo,
Boone, Marshalltown, Clinton, Fairfield,
Seymour, Winterset, Jefferson and Missouri
Valley. Governor Cummins has been IN
vited to attend the federation banquet in
Cedar Rapids the evening of the 18th, and
also President Gompers and other distin-
guished persons. A.. E. Holder OF Sioux
City, president Of the state federation, is
deputy state labor commissioner and has
been doing a great deal OF work the past
year in organizing new unions and the
federation is in better condition now than
ever before.
Veteran Express Agent Dead.
e. L. Smith. the veteran express agent
for the United States Express company at
Des Moines, died this afternoon. He has
been agent at Des Moines since 1866, and
with the company for forty-four years. He
had been i'll only a few days
WEINIG BEATEN BY CH0YNSKI