Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-13
MEMORIES OF HUNTING CLUB
Committeeman Who Signed Ns.e Years
Ago Asked to Take 1t Up.
OBJECT TO PAYING FOR DEAD HOUNDS
Large Number of Dormant Cases
Stricken from the Docke and
Others Assigned for
Trial.

Although II died a natural death ten years
ago, the Council Bluffs Wolf and Fox Hunt
Ing club, or at least memories OF 1t, were
brought to life yesterday in a suit in the
district court. In the suit in question Lewis
Hammer, who was formerly in the lumber
business in addition to being a member Of
the city council and a blue-blooded sports
man. is seeking to recover on a note given
by certain member Of the hunting club in
payment for lumber used in the construction
OF dog kennels. Ben Marks, who rode to
hounds in his youth in the old country, and
Attorney w. H. Ware, who would rather
drive or ride a horse any day than attend
court, are the defendants in the suit. They
were leading members Of the Wolf and Fox
Hunting club and as members OF the COM
mittee attached their signatures to the note
for 312s.8 s which Hammer now seeks to re-
cover on. The note is dated ostober 8, 1891,
and the interest has been piling up ever
since.
The original members Of the Wolf and Fox
Hunting club were W. H. Ware, Ben Marks,
L. c. Besley, E.. NJ. Hunter, Lewis Hammer
W. L. Paxton, r. w. Spetman, Colonel w. H..
Beck and william Maloney. The club started
out with a grand flourish Of trumpets, a
pack Of hounds was secured from some Of
the best kennels east and kennels we're built
at Lake Manawa. The mounts Of the local
sportmen, however, were not hunters and
the riders had a hard time keeping In sight
OF the hounds. The stock Of coyotes be-
came exhausted and interest in the club
commenced to lag. Finally the club was
only a club in name, the dogs were disposed
Of and Lake Manawa ceased to resound with
the crack OF the h~untsman's whip or the
merry sound Of the huntsman's horn. The
members Of the club had arrived at the con-
clusion that Council Bluffs and vicinity was
not a hunting country and was not adapted
for cr~css-couatry riding on steeds which had
never been trained to jump anything except
a board bill.
The defendants Marks and Ware resist be-
ing made liable for the payment Of the note
or the grounds that they signed u simply as
a committee OF the club and that Hammer
should sue every member of the club and
not single them out.
The hearing was not completed yesterday
and will be resumed this morning.
In calling over the law docket yesterday
morning Judge Macy ordered a large num-
Der Of cases which have been pending for
over a year without being brought to trial
stricken out.
Assignment of Cases.
Judge Macy made the following first as
signment of jury cases yesterday: .''T
Monday. September 2~2-Kinports against
oS Taasdsy, s Riss nsSsinsSss c c1sy; against
Keskie, Peterson against Motor Company.
Wednesday, sePtember "a %o1d6H,Ty
ment Company against Peterson et al.
Thursday. September 25-Lougee against
M fFiday. sep 81, beqsf sse aSf5nst MG against
City. Lacey against Wickham ct al, FELTON,
Saturday, September 27-voss against
Monday. September 2e-simpson against
Tuesday, September So-Adair County
Bank against Movers ct al, Henry against
Wednesday, October Monarch Manu-
featuring Company against Motor Com
pany Especially, Williams against Seldom ct
]. P. Greenshields, as administrator of
the estate of Mrs. Margaret Fox. fled notice
Of suit in the district court yesterday
against the Omaha & Council Bluffs Railway
and Bridge company for $1,000 damages for
the woman's death. Mrs. FOX was run
down and killed by a motor on Avenue A on
the night OF September 10. 1900. After her
death Mrs. Fox was found to own a consid-
cradle estate, over which the heirs have
been in litigation ever since.
George Foley, a grading contractor on the
Great Western railroad, applied for and Sc
cured a temporary injunction from Judge
Macy In the district court yesterday after
noon restraining Elmer J.. Nephew from
acting as foreman or interfering With and
giving orders to the men employed by
Foley. Foley last March secured a sub
contract from Butler & Ryan for a portion
OF the grade on the Great Western and in
June employed Nephew as his foreman.
According TO the petition hled in court yes
terday Foley discovered that Nephew did
not suit him and he discharged him. Nephew,
however. refused TO be discharged in such a
summary manner and continued GO act as
foreman and issue orders to Foley's en-
ployes. A deputy sheriff left last evening
for Foley's camp to serve the restraining
order on Nephew.