Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-18
OPPOSE CLENENCY TO RHEA
Delegation from Dodge County Calls on
Governor to State Their Side.
GOVERNOR STARTS POLITICAL TALK
Publication Of Indebtedness and A.
sessment Figures n Revelation TO
Many-New Banking Cor
poratiOns Chartered.
CFrom a star correspondentl

From a stan Correspondent
LINCOLN, April i7-(specialJ-wnliam
Rhea. the condemned murderer who is
awaiting execution at the penitentiary. was
identified this afternoon as the man who
under the name Of Hamilton. was con.
victed in Saunders county Of burglary
and who escaped from jail a few days
after being sentenced TO five years i'm
p%risonment at hard labor. The governor
has promised that this Identification will
have weight with him in determining
whether or not Rheas sentence should be
commuted. He will likely announce his
decision tomorrow OF next day.
The men who identified the prisoner came
with q delegation from Dodge county this
morning. Among the members Of this
delegation we're Emil zahn. brother Of the
murdered man; Former Representative
Barnes and his son, who fred the shot
that wounded Rhea az be was attending
70 escape after the murder: Judge Barry.
the examining magistrate who bound Rhea
over to the district court for trial: Sher-
ia Mcbride Of Cass County. who has oficisl
knowledge OF Rhea's career: Judge slama.
Conrad Schneider. George Scott and sew
eral others. They arrived at IL o'clock and
went directly TO the state house. where
they had an interview with the governor.
At 2 O'Clock this afternoon the deleRs-
tion, accompanied by R. j. Clancy. private
secretary TO the governor, went to the
penitentiary, and there after q few min
utes delay, Rhea was positively Identified.
First the delegation was shown a convict
under sentence for some other crime and
were told that he was the man thew we're
looking for. Immediately every man OF
them gave a negative nod. and a few min
utes later another convict was brought
forth. but still the men were unsstisfed.
Finally Rhes was brought before them
and they all recognized him at once.
The delegation had another interview
with the governor after returninR from the
penitentiary. at which the details Of the
murder were gone over with exactness. The
governor promised TO give respectful con-
sideration to everything he had heard and
minated that a decision might be ex-
pected soon.
GOvernor starts Talk.
In political circles the one theme for
discussion since last night has been the
planned coup Of Governor Savage. by call
ing a special session OF the legislature to
consider the revenue laws OF the state.
Publication OF the figures showing the
states Indebtedness. together with the
grave assessment rolls for years past. to-
gether with railroad assessments. was a
revelation. The public has been goipg on
in Ignorance, as a general thing. OF the
true situation- The truth was an unwill-
ing fact hard to realize, but the figures
did not lie. and proved beyond a doubt. the
seriousness OF the situation. demanding
immediate attention.
Charters for New Banks.
Secretary Royse OF the State Banking
Board has issued charters to these two
new Institutions:
The Center State bank. Center. Knox
county: capital stock. 5000: incorpora-
tors. D. = Gilman. s. z. LundEren. R F.
Stetson, e. W. Nelson and Calvin Keller.
The Peoples bank. Napier. Boyd county;
capital stock. $1,000; i~ncorporators, wilford
standiford. Emma B. standiford and J. A.
~standiford.
The Beaver Valley Telephone company,
Danbury, Red Willow county. has moor
porated under the laws Of the state. II is
capitalized for $1,000 and its lncorpora-
tors are Philip Gleim. 5. w. stigebour. VIII
liam sandon and Clifford MAIDEN.
The Aurora Electric Light. Heat and
Power company Of Aurora, has also incor-
ported. It's stock amounts to SIS. 900 and
its incorporators are Jacob Ewalt. William
H. Carr and John E. Pense.
A report Of Auditor Weston shows that
the amount Of risks OF fraternal BENEFICIARY
associations in Nebraska increased during
the year ending December 81. 1901. from
S21s,556.075 to S2s5. esT. $50. Losses paid in
that period were: For deaths. 81. $50. 140:
for disability. 36,351.l3; amount received
from Members was 1855. 222.6s.
Supreme Court Decisions.
The supreme court adjourned the weeks
sitting tonight. delivering opinions In forty
cases. Among the decisions In Omaha and
important state cases were: Omaha Ma
tional bank against Sanders. afirmed:
Thurman against Omaha. afhrmed: state ex-
rel Cobb against Faweett. former judgment
vacated and writ denied: state ex-rel
Blessing against Davis, demurrer over
ruled; Orr against Omaha. modified and
affirmed; Omaha Loan & Trust company
against McOumber. afhrmed: Omaha Loan
4 Trust company against Lynch. affirmed:
Omaha Loan a Trust company against
Wolenz. affirmed.