Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-27
IN STATE WARRANTS
State Treasurer Ready to Redeem Fifty
Thousand Dollars Worth.
CONVICT WOLATOR OF THE GAME LAW
rev. Ruther Z. Ludden Resigns Pas
tOrnte to Accept Western sccre-
tarysbip of Home Mis-
~sionary Society.
From a staff Correspondent


LINCOLN. Jan. 2s.-(special Treas
urer Mortensen has issued a call for $4,000
worth Of warrants on the general fund,
numbering 1874 to $500, TO be In by
February 8.
Deputy Game Warden Carter secured the
conviction last Saturday Of Gus f. Rudolph
at Oshkosh, Neb., for shipping ducks out
Of the state. Rudolph was fined 500 and
costs. He was arrested while taking the
game across the border Ia a wagon. The
officer found that later he intended TO ship
the ducks into Colorado under the label
Of poultry.
Tomorrow and Thursday evenings the
Historical society will keep open doors, in
order that these who are so inclined may
have an opportunity to see the 1,5OO relics
in the possession OF the society. The col
lection is in a fire proof quarters at the
University Of Nebraska and the regular
hours for visitors is from 9 to IL a. m. and
from 2 to 3 p. m.
Rev. Ludden Resigns.
Rev. Luther P. Ludden, who for the last
fourteen years has been pastor OF Grace
Lutheran church OF this city, has resigned
his pastorate. Rev. MIR. Ludden has been
elected western secretary of the Board OF
Home Missions of the Evangelical Lutheran
church, and will devote his time to that
work. His headquarters will for the pres
ent be in Lincoln.
Call Lincoln Primaries.
Republicans Of Lincoln will hold a pri-
mary election February II to select NUM-
cipal officers. If a second one is necessary
it will be held February "a. The rules
were changed so that the place on the list
where there are two or more candidates
will be determined by lot, instead of by
the rigid rule OF alphabetical surname
Hereafter all Of the candidates will gel
together and in the presence of the officers
Of the committee determine their positions
by lot. The new rules also provide tina
the qualifications of a candidate for ofBc
shall be the same rs those Of a voter II
the primary. Nothing was said about It II
the old rules.
The committee also embodied in the rule!
a standing custom OF the committee, sane,
toned by oral provisions which have beer
made from year to year, that a candidate
for committeeman must present a petition
with fifteen names attached. The names
must be those Of voters at the primaries
The committee voted to have printed copies
Of the rules ready for distribution within
as short a time as the secretary is able Il
have the work done.
The First warders, where there is
three-sided contest over councilman
wanted the primaries a week later thar
was set, because Of the necessity of scour
ing the ward for a suf1cient number o
signatures, but the committee said the!
must do some hustling.
All petitions must be filed with the secre
tary, Walt Dawson, not later than 4 o'clocl
on the afternoon OF February Z, two week
from last Saturday.
J. II. McClay resigned as city chairman
by reason OF his legislative duties, and W
c. Phillips was chosen in his stead. E. 7
Roberts resigned as Third ward committee
man, because Of his candidacy for cit,
clerk, and Theodore A. Hurtz succeede,
him.