Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-10
SETTLE LYNCH'S SHORTAGE
State Board Accepts $1,000 in Full Pay
msDt Of Claims Against Him.
RAILROAD FRANCHISES NOT TAXED
Member Of state Board Of EausIiEa-
tiOn Admits value Of These IL Not
Being Considered in MAX
ing Assessments.
Trom a STAR Correspnndent.N

ing Assessments
From a STAFF Correspondent
LINCOLN, May 9.-(Special)-By unani.
nous vote the State Board Of Compromise
this afternoon accepted $1,000 in full pay
ment Of the shortage Of S1S, 27s.45 Of former
Treasurer Lynch Of Platte county. The
money was paid into the treasury and a
receipt given discharglng all sureties from
further liability. Mr.. Lynch was elected
on the fusion reform ticket. Suit was
begun In the district court Of Platte county
to recover the funds duo, but was never
brought to a hearing. Amendments to the
defendants answers, demurrers and numer-
Gus other legal papers were filed at regular
intervals, and in this way the attorneys
we're able to prevent a hearing of the case.
Lynch's bondsmen were: C. C. Carrig.
d. ID. Lynch. c. J. Carrig, Thomas Lynch.
Gus G. Beacher, A. Anderson. o. T. Roen,
Israel Gluck, e. A. Stocklager, James Car
rig, Patrick Gleason, George scheidel, 7.
H. Gleason, c. d. Murphy, l. Sibbernsen,
J. @. Reeder, c. E. Early, A. Heintz, H..
Hughes, Jonas Welch, Carl Reinke, H. P.
H. Oehlrich, Frank Rorer, Daniel Schram,
J. P. Becker, william McAllister, C. H.
Sheldon, George w. Galley. c. A. Newman.
Some of the bondsmen died and some are
now insolvent.
The history Of the case, together with the
details of the settlement, is get forth in
the following resolution adopted by the
board and signed by all of its members,
Attorney General Prout, Treasurer Stuefer
and Auditor Weston:
History of the Case.
Whereas, 1t appears that James w.
Lynch, late treasurer of Platte county, Ne
ofhce as such treasurer, was Indebted to
the state of Nebraska on account Of taxes
9th day Of January, 1896, in the sum of
$l3, 27S.45, which amount said Lynch has
failed and refused to pay over TO the state;
Whereas, The %sureties on the Official
bond of said Lynch have made to the Board
of Compromise an offer to pay into the
state treasury for the benefit OF said state
the sum of 5000 in full settlement of the
s%ureties on his official bond and the county
of Platte, and in addition to said sum to
IRi tg ait SG in the @n conrt naU of Platte Pfen 'R county on IN
account of said shortage; and,
Whereas, 1t appears to this board that
the interests Of the state OF Nebraska will
be best subserved by a compromise of said
Indebtedness; therefore be II
the State of Nebraska, That under and by
virtue Of the powers in said board vested
Laws of Nebraska for 1901, that said oner
of compromise made by the sureties on the
| OnCial bond OF said James w. Lynch be
and the same is hereby accepted, and that
upon the payment of the salu $1,000 to the
state treasurer for the benefit of said state
that the Indebtedness of the said James w.
Lynch, the %sureties on his official bond and
the county of Platte be and they are
on account of all Indebtedness to the state
Of Nebraska arising from the failure of
ss Se JamSs w me k ssId su 19 Psy ,1s g. sas state
franchise Not Considered.
The State Board of Equalization made
some Roadway with the minor railroads to-
day. but decided to withhold the figures
until the work is completed. The figures
may be changed" said a member of the
board, land for that reason we prefer to
keep them to ourselves until the entire
valuation is finally determined"
Two members OF the board admitted to-
day that they are not considering fran
chises in determining the valuation Of the
railroad property. He insisted that his
attention had been cited to no provision Of
the law requiring consideration of fran
chises and added that no figures had been
| obtained on this feature of the work be-
fore the board. In other words, the board
is considering only the physical side OF
the railroad.
The law gives the board practically I'M
limited power in the assessment Of railroad
and telegraph property, authorizing it to
take into consideration not only the actual
stock or property, but any other informa-
ton as we'll.
BOnacum Case to Come Up.
The suit OF Bishop Bonacum to dispos-
sess Father Harrington of control Of church
property at Orleans has been assigned for
| hearing at the next sitting Of the supreme
court, which begins on May 20. 1t is re-
lated by those who are conversant with the
troubles between the two church officials
that several years ago Father Harrington
went east and secured from wealthy rela-
| tives a sum Of money SUFFICIENT for the
building OF a church at Orleans. Enroute
to his home Father Harrington stopped for
a few days in this city and while here
Bishop Bonacum, so 1t is asserted, de-
manded Of him that he pay the money into
the diocesan treasury. to be applied upon
standing Indebtedness or for church pur-
poses. Father Harrington declined to do
this, but went. with the money, to Orleans
and followed out his original Intention to
build a church.
Supreme Court Call.
The call for the sitting is much smaller
than usual, containing only forty eight
cases. as follows:
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
| Company against Krayenbuhl, Merrick;
| Hunt against State Insurance Company,
Dakota; Russell against Anderson, Otoe;
| Nuckolls County against Peebler, Nuckolls;
| -. Mutual InQnFanna C0mnnnV