Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
LABOR DAY PROCLAMATION
Governor Dilates on the Honorable Pssi-
ton Of Nan Who Works.
BARBER CASE BEFORE SUPREME COURT
Department Omcers OF the G.. A. ".
Confer with Railroad Men on
. Route to the RE-
union.

LINCOLN, Aug. 16.-(Special Ex-Governor
Savage today Issued the following Labor
day proclamation:
BY virtue Of the authority vested in me
by law, and In compliance with an ex-
press statutory provision. l., Ezra F. Saw
age, governor OF Nebraska, do hereby pro-
claim and designate Monday, September 1,
TO the hand that tolls society is largely
Indebted for, its existence, welfare and
happiness. Idleness, whether in high or
Is a fungus growth on Industry. No pestis
labor Is a heritage. ProVidence decreed
that man should earn his bread b. the
therefore, is immutabie. To toll is an
hereditary legacy whose title cannot be
ances between individuals, which may and
DO manifest their presence and Influences
the most pitiabie object is, not the one
who Is required to labor incessantly, but
10 physical iethargy. Human architecture
contemplates labor. and he that avoids
labor c~ontrayenes %nstgre's laws and does
Into a social, moral and physical derelict.
Honorable. employment. in whatever capa-
spect. II there Is one thing which more
than another. entities an Individual 70 pop
ular respect 1t is that he eschews idleness.
That alone marks him with virtue in the
estimation of all mankind.
therefore be Observed in a proper Proper m SnDpsq
by all, and 1 do therefore respectfully re-
quest that on the foregoing date the trans
action OF business be suspended In a de-
gree consistent with the public needs, that
all places for the transaction of public
business be closed and that the day be
observed generally in a manner beftting
the occasion.
Barber Cases in Court.
The case Of the Home Fire Insurance
company against Charles ]. Barber and
several other managing oficers Of the
company, brought TO require them to make
an accounting Of its funds and of the
pronts realized in private enterprises ana
speculations alleged to have been made
and carried on with money belonging to
the company. is before the supreme court
for trial during the forthcoming septen-
Der term.
The petition AYERS that while Barber
was director, general manager and member
Of the executive committee of the company
he entered into an unlawful conspiracy
with Lovett, Woodman and Reynolds, also
directors, to use the corporate funds in the
purchase OF 507 shares Of the company's
capital stock. The funds had heretofore
been in the custody and control Of a treas
urer, It Is alleged, who was hostile TO Bar
Der, and the scheme contemplated the ac-
quisition Of the shares by a temporary loan
and the Immediate displacement of the
former treasurer and the election OF Bar
= ~ buCC05BOT, n course SAID In the nett-
ton to be necessary IN order TO place the
funds OF the corporation at the disposal
of Barber and his confederates. The petit
tion alleges that the scheme was carried
to completion and that the funds of the
company In the sum Of $50, 420 were thus
unlawfully used by the managing officers
in carrying on their private enterprise, in
which they ultimately realized large
profits. 1t lie further alleged that Bar
y Der used his ONCE for the purpose OF
Fl carrying the TRANSACTION with the money of
5 the company for a period OF nine years,
until the shares Of stock thus acquired
were sold at an advance of S55 per share
and the money originally employed was re-
paid to the company, but without compen-
sation for interest.
Route for the @. A. n.
Department Commander G. F.. Steele and
Assistant Adjutant General Howe were in
conference with representatives Of Omaha
Chicago railroads this afternoon regarding
routes proposed for the Nebraska depart
ment train to the National Grand Army
encampment in Washington next October.
The various proposals have been taken un-
der advisement, and a complete route from
either Lincoln or Omaha will soon be deter-
mined upon. 1t is said that the veterans
who are from Nebraska will not be asked
to change cars enroute.
Deserts Wife and Baby.
VIII Merryman. formerly employed in the
Burlington freight house, drew all the sal
airy that was due him yesterday, including
the ten days reserve retained by the COM
pany. and then disappeared. He lived, with
his family. at 2147 Vine street. He gave
no intimation of his intended departure.
not even TO his wife. who was left penni-
less, with a young baby to care for.
The city council is expected to take some
action next Monday evening regarding the
bids for the repaving Of Ninth street, from
p to X, and o street, from Sixteenth to
Twenty-seventh street. Mayor Winnett is
now in st. Louis. examining the rock as
phalt pavement put Town by the Green
River company several years ago. and he
will submit a report to the council upon his
return Monday. The Green River company
onered TO put In the rock asphalt pave
ment at IS cents less per square yard than
the Barber company bid for the usual Trini-
dad asphalt.
Pay of Teachers.
The Lincoln Board of Education last night
raised the salary Of Superintendent Gordon
from $4,000 to s2.400 a year. All regu'a-
grade teachers whose salaries have been
from s55 to $3.50 we're given a raise OF IS
per month. The ~ianitors were given in
oreases varying from 81 to 81 per month.
New FrasernaI Order.
A new f~raternal insurance order. with
headquarters in this city, has Just been.
organized. Il will be known as the Fra
ternal Reserve association. and already has
a good foothold IN the state. L. P. Lud-
den is the supreme president; F. A oeh-
mer, supreme secretary and treasurer; J.