Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-31
MANY VISIT THE FAIR GROUND
Exhibits Being Put In Place for the
Opening Day, Mon
day.
Trom a star correspondent,

LINCOLN, Aug. sO.-(special)-street
cars and railroad trains began hauling
people in large numbers to the
state fair grounds today, Notwithstanding
the exposition does not really open until
Monday morning. Throughout the grounds
workmen and trimmer were busy arrang-
ing the exhibits. Freight cars were backed
up on all sldetracks around the fair, all
loaded with exhibits. Nearly one entire
train came in this morning loaded with
farm implements and machinery. Tonight
a FISH car from the hatcheries at South
Bend arrived and tomorrow Superintend-
emit o'Brlen and Fish Commissioned simp-
kins will superintend the transferring Of
the FISH to the states building.
In Agricultural hall space is at a pre-
MUM. Heretofore each county sending a
collective exhibit has been allowed fifty
feet Of space, but this year, owing to the
increased number Of exhibitors, the man
ayers found Il necessary to reduce the al
lotment to thirty-six feet.
John II. Fawell of this city, son Of Mrs.
z. p. Holmes. died today in Manila. He
was attached to the staff of one Of the
generals in the islands, acting as ohicial
interpreter. Mr.. Fawell was four years
consular agent Of the United States at San
Luis Potosi, Mexico, being transferred to
the Philippine Stands a year ago. Mr..
Fawell was a graduate Of the University
Of Nebraska and a member of the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
The Lincoln city council will meet next
Tuesday night to award contracts for coal
and street lighting for the ensuing year.
For the street lighting there is only one
bid, that offered by the Lincoln Gas and
Electric company.
The scale of prices are the same as
those fixed in the contract given a year
ago and are considerable lower than those
prevailing here several years ago. The
bid met with the approval OF the lighting
committee and has been favorably recon-
mended.
The contract will call for ia half night
lights and eighteen all night lights. For
the all night lights the charge is $7.45
each per month and for the half night
lights S5.45 each per month. The old scale
Of prices was: Half night lights, $3.50
each per month, and all night lights. sS.45
each per month. The all night lights now
cost 5 cents less per month than the half
night lights under the old schedule.
The average monthly bill for the street
lights under the present schedule is
s1,Os2.4O
Counting the number OF cases there are
now on the docket to be heard, and CON-
sidering that they will increase at the
present rate of Ming. the supreme court
and nine commissioners should be able to
clean up all the triable cases by April !,
the date set for the death of the commits
sion.
e. W.. Nelson, deputy clerk Of the su-
preme court, said today to The Bee:
There will be 1853 cases on the next call
endar, which is due not later than Sep
TENDER 8. One hundred and thirty-three
vi these have already been submitted. The
average Of filing has been about sixty per
month, while they have been disposed OF
at the rate of about $50 per month. Al
this rate the docket should be just about
cleaned up by April 1. the date when the
commission ds due to expire.
After that, unless the filings multiply
beyond expectations, the court and three
commissioner should be able to dispose
of all litigation presented for a good many
years to, come"