Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-10

the hrst degree and sentenced TO imprison-
ment in the penitentiary during her life
at hard labor. Her attorneys, in asking
tho supreme court to review the case. allege
that there Is error in the record. in that
the lower court overruied her motion for
a new trial and refused TO discharge her
on the ground OF insufhciency Of evidence.
II is also alleged that a new trial should
have been granted on account OF the bias
and prejudice OF jurors Charles s. Carlyle.
Ami c. Pool and Joseph Hilger.
II IS alleged that the court erred in adj
hitting the evidence Of witness Ed Runyon
on behalf Of the state as to transactions
had with him on the Board of Trade.
A long list of other reasons are also al
legged.
One Of Mrs. Lilly's attorneys. c. II. Al
drich, has filed an afldavit stating that the
sentence Of the court was rendered April
II and that the court instructed the sheriff
at the time TO keep the plaintiff in the
county Jail Of Butler county for a period
Of thirty days, and that this time expires
Saturday, May 16; that owing to the great
length of the bill Of exceptions which the
official reporter is now preparing it will
be impossible to complete said bill of ex-
ceptions until long after the 16tl. day of
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error is unable to present to this court
within said time the evidence for review
for the purpose Of enabling this court to
ascertain whether a stay of execution
should be granted and a new trial ordered.
George F. Corcoran, the official court re-
porter engaged in taking the court pro-
c~eedings during the trial. has filed an am
davit saying that 1t will be impossible for
him to transcribe his shorthand notes until
on or before June Is. as the bill Of ex-
ceptions and testimony will comprise about
1900 typewriter pages of matter.
Capital National Bank Cases.
Briefs have just been filed with the clerk
Of the supreme court in ten different cases
growing out of the failure of the Capital
National bank of Lincoln in 1893. Judg-
ments were awarded in the lower courts
to Thomas Bailey, the Jones National
bank, the Bank of S~taplehurst and the
Utica bank, some Of the heaviest depositors
in the insolvent bank, against a number of
the directors Of that bank, both collectively
and severally. These directors are D. E.
Thompson, Charles Yates and Ellis Hamer.
The latter died during the progress of the
litigation and his estate, which Is of con-
siderable worth, is made a party 10 the
suit. The directors want the verdict OF the
lower court reversed.
Many NOtRriaI Applications.
Applications for commissions for the priv
ileges of being notaries public continue to
be more numerous around the office of the
secretary of state than most anything else
For January there were issued seventy
three commissions. sixty for February,
hfty-seven for April and hfty-slx for
March. An effort was made to get the last
legislature to increase the fee charged for
a commission from 81 to 81 but the attempt
failed. Mr.. Wait, who issues the commits
sions' said 1t took at least twelve blanks
for each and 1t required about u cents In
postage making the cost of issuing a com.
mission equal to the fee charged,
NO other state charges as low a fee as
Nebraska, the price ranging from $3.50 to
800. Pennsylvania charges the latter
amount. Mr.. Wait said had the legislature
increased the fee charged to 81 1t would
have resulted in the state making from
$1,000 to 1920 a year out of the commits
sions. As 1t is now he claims there are so
many commissions that in most towns
unless an agreement made, very little
charge is made for the work done by the
notaries and no one profits by The COM
mission.
Let Contract for Boilers,
The State Board of Public Lands and
Buildings mas let the contract for a TOO
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morse power boiler at the Lincoln hospital
and one 250-horse power boiler at Hastings.
Ahother good thing that will go to Hast
ings is some laundry machinery to the value
OF N,452. The Home for the Friendless viii
have a brand new wire fence and the old
soldiers at Grand Island will have some
steel tanks for fire protection as a result
or the last meeting of the board.
switchman Dangerously Hurt.
Emmett A. Rowles, the Burlington switch
man who was injured at 1 o'clock this
morning by falling from a train while AZ
work IN the yards, is in a dangerous con-
dltion and his recovery is by no means
, sure, louay the surgeons removed his left
hand and the right arm near the shoulder.
I movies was attempting to set the brakes
, on a car when the wheel came off tho rod
| ana he was shot down under the car. which
passed over MIN. The fingers OF the lee,
hand were cut of and the right sboulder
4 ana arm were horribly mangled. He was
taken TO the sanitarium.
Looking After Fire Escape..
LABOR Commissioner Bush went "a
{ C"an" TINS morning to look after the en-.
Z forcement of the fire escape law He ha,
= found but little difficulty In making a.
q owners of buildings come to time. but he
u finds that several buildings have NOT va,
peen equipped. He has not found e. nao.
Il essary to prosecute any persons for viola.
h lions OF the law, but promises to do g.
v when landlords refuse to supply tbei,
v buildings with the needed FIRE escapes fife,
having had notice to do so.
! Calls State Warrants.
state Treasurer Mortenson has issued q
call for 100000 of state warrants. num,
bered from Ss,1O to SO leo, TO take efracl
= May l6. This is one of the largest call,
e made Tor some time and shows that tbs
treasury receipts are rapidly increasing a,
n the time for the payment Of real propert,
r taxes has arrived. The frequency of IN,
/; calls for warrants has the effect of keepins
S the states obligations a little above mai
e and lends hope that there will be no din.
Guilty in caring for the warrants author
n ized by the state Legislature.