Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-15

tiary for the arrest OF Harry A.. Harris.
a Lincoln carpenter who has been employed
at the prison. charging him with having
carried into the prison and delivered to
one Of the prisoners four ounces Of opium.
The prisoner had furnished him the money
with which to procure the drug, with the
purpose Of selling & again to other pris-
oners, as all kinds Of narcotics are in de-
mand among the conviets. The ofense is
alleged to have been committed today. II
was stated at the governors ONCE that the
onense is punishable with Eve years i'm
prisonment, or $1,000 fine. or both.
MiIkmen Raise Prices.
The milkmen Of the city have caught the
prevalent spirit Of unionism. and have or
ganiSed ar association. the immediate re-
suits Of which will be the raising OF the
price Of milk % per cent. Instead Of twenty
quart tickets for 81, only sixteen will here
after be given. The price OF milk has also
been raised from Is to 40 cents a gallon.
Taxation Questions.
Al the annual meeting Of the Union Com
merical club tonight Secretary Rewick re-
ported as to his Investigations into the
workings Of the system Of individual as
in vogue in Omaha and Lincoln,
for purposes Of taxation. He holds that
It is the best system yet devised for fur
nishing municipalities with sufficient sums
for proper running Of affairs. while at the
same time protecting II against the pay
ment OF unjust and undue proportions OF
state and county taxes. Lincoln, he dis
covered. had been paying Is per cent more
Of county taxes than Il should with county
and city property based on the same aver
age rate of assessment to real valuation.
He also recommended that the club use
its best ofices to secure the foreclosure
OF some $3.50, 900 OF city and county taxes
now unpaid on suburban lots that have been
abandoned by their owners because Of too
great a burden OF taxes. He thinks that
$3.50, 900 in cash could be realized besides
placing the property again on the revenue
producing list.
wayIaId and RObbed.
Xavier Kestler, an old resident Of the
city. got paid on for his summers work on
the farm last evening. Part of the money
he left with a downtown saloon keeper and
showed the rest into his pockets. He took
a car for home. but did not notice that he
was being followed until a block from home.
when a young man who had been in the
saloon when he flashed his roll came up and
demanded his money. Kestler declined and
a moment later got a knock on the head
which rendered him senseless. He lost
about $40.
A Question OF sanity.
Edward D.. Brodboll. a banker Of Lindsay.
Platte county. secured the appointment
today by Judge Holmes of the local dis
trict court Of a commission to examine
into the sanity OF Mrs. Henrietta zessin,
who is a large lane owner near his town
and who has a deposit of between SIS. 900
and $4,000 In his bank.
MorEan Goes to Prison.
Ed Morgall, who was sent to the peni-
Tertiary October 10. 1901, from Douglas
county to serve seventeen years on con-
viction OF rape. is again lodged within the
prison walls after ali absence theFsfrom
since last February. In the latter month
he developed a clear case Of insanity and
upon the finding OF the Insanity board of the
penitentiary was removed to the insane
hospital for treatment. Today, upon the
certificate of Superintendent Greene OF the
insane hospital to the effect that he had
recovered his mental health, Morgall wac
ordered back to the prison by the gov
ernor
Articles OF Incorporation have been filed
by the National Investment company OF
Omaha, the declared purpose Of which lie
dealing in real estate. Its capital stock
is placed at $500. 900 and It's incorporation
are Henry ]. Windsor, Conrad Young and
! James H. Mcintosh. Horace c. Plunketi
is named as president, H. J. Windsor sec
rotary and treasurer and ]. H. Mcintosh
as vice president.
The heroic semblance OF an American In
dian has been selected by the city of Beat.
rice as the device for the adjournment o.
its official seal and a certificate to thai
effect has been fled with the secretary o.
state.