Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-23
TO ADVERTISE NEBRASKA
@. A. 4. Enroute East Will sbsw the
Products Of the State.
NEW TELEPHONES FOR SOUTH OMAHA
state Board Authorizes the Purchase
of Keith County Bonds for
the Permanent school
Fund.
From a stan correspondent

mander Steele Of the Nebraska department
Of the Grand Army OF the Republic arrived
from his home in Fairbury today and was
in conference with Adjutant Howe as to
the final arrangements for the special train
which the department WIN run to the an
nual encampment next month in Washing
ton.
THE interest is unprecedented" declared
Commander Steele. II look for an at
tendance Of upward Of 1000 Nebraskans At
the Washington gathering. Adjutant Howe
is fairly flooded with inquiries concerning
excursion rates"
Commander Steele announced during the
day that the state department Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic had decided to At up
a baggage car for the display OF Nebraska
products. The bounteous harvest Of grain,
grasses and fruits will be exemplihed and
special souvenirs distributed on the way. In
Washington the car will be thrown open to
visitors and Nebraska apples distributed TO
all who come. The State Board Of Agricul-
ture will assist in the preparation Of the
exhibit. the expenses of which, however,
will be borne by the Grand Army OF the
Republic. purely as a matter of state pride,
and not by any railroad company for ad-
vertising purposes, as is usually the case.
Buy Bonds for state.
Inc state bOarQ or EDUCATIONAL DanOS
and Funds today authorized Treasurer
stuefer TO purchase $4,000 in Keith county
bonds from a Wichita (Kan.) bond broker
who has them for sale. The bonds are pay
able In four years and draw 6 per cent in
terest. Two coupons we're clipped as pre-
MUM, amounting to $50, the net interest
rate to the state on the investment being
81 per cent.
New Phones for sOuth Omaha.
The effort is to be revived to secure a
franchise for an Independent telephone
company to operate in South Omaha in OPP
position to the Bell company. Today ar
ticles we're filed with the secretary of state
Incorporating the Interstate Independent
Telephone company. which has for its OBJ
feet the construction and operation Of a tel
ephone system in the Magic City. It's in
corporators are: A. A.. Wright, Thomas
Healy, L. c. Gibson, Frank Crawford, w.
@. Lambert. Thorwald Jorgensen, Roscoe
Rowley, Daniel Harmon, L. J. Carpenter,
John Flynn and James Koutsky. The cap
ital stock is fixed at 500. 900.
ExtraditiOn Papers for FOrger.
The governor OF Colorado has been re-
quested in the form Of a requisition to per-
NIT the extraditlon Of Clarence Messenger
alias Harry Koehler, under arrest in Boul-
der. Colo. charged with the commission OF
forgery In Lexington, Dawson county, Neb
Messenger, according to the complaint OF
County Attorney Stewart Of Lexington,
passed a forged check for l 3.75, on which
he secured the money at a bank.
Notarial commissions were issued by the
governors office today to the following: L
p. Hertet, Pierce; Eva Smiley, Omaha; S
c. Stewart. Axtell.
The ONCE of Secretary Dobson Of thu
State Board OF Irrigation was closed TO-DAY
out Of respect to the late s. ]. Dobson, q
Lincoln business man and brother, Of the
secretary. The funeral services were helt
In the afternoon.
Operators Get n Raise.
1t was announced at Burlington head.
quarters today that the telegraph OPERATOR
on the system west of the Missouri rive
have been granted from IS to $40 raise II
pay. The men affected, largely the one
occupying the positions OF lowest pay il
the service, number several hundred. TIL
men employed in the telegraph ONCE her
at headquarters receive an increase OF 81
from $65 to $40. The raise came as a re
suit Of an investigation which showed man,
men were being poorly paid. 1t was deter
mined to make It effective September 1.
Stockman Goes Insane.
Morris Mcdonald, a Blaine county stock
man, enroute to South Omaha with a car
load OF cattle, was taken of the train her
and held for examination by the insanit
commissioners While on his way here h
began to show signs OF mental derangemen'
complaining that the railroad people ha
hitched engines to both ends of the trai
and had been Jerking 1t back and fort
for hours. He jumped from the train an
ran RWaV here hnt Wag aftpryVard found
Nfcgenhnd VIII Recover.
DR.. Wilmeth. prison physician, announce
today that Niegenhnd. the Pierce count
murderer. wounded by Ia pursuing poss,
would get well. When examined Saturds
night 1t was decided an operation woul
be necessary to save his life. The absenC
Of sunshine yesterday prevented the use
the X ray and this morning he was
much better that the doctors indehnitel
postponed the operation.
Relieved of Blame.
After an all days sitting the coroner
Jury which Investigated the cause OF Il
death OF 1S-year-old Johnny Guerin. vi
tim OF an elevator accident at Herpo
sheimer's department store Saturday evel
ing. returned a verdict that the compaI
was not to blame, but that the youngsteT
OWL negligence was the cause OF his deaf
The boy had been employed in the ma
order department for some time. but
Saturday traded Jobs with the elevator DO
That evening he was injured, dying ye
terday. One boy said that he was ridil
on the elevator with Guerin when IT. stoppe
The boy. remarking that something lAd &c
ten out of TX. stopped over the edge al
pulled a rope. The next moment the ell
vator shot up, catching the boy betwe
the floor and the moving lift. crushing HI
and letting him drop to the basemeI
twenty-five feet below.
Relatives Of the dead boy were prese
with attorneys and sought to show that I
elevator was defective in construction,
the foundation Of a suit for damages. b