Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-09

coin company and also in the stoddard
company, asked that the contract be trans
ferred 20 the Stoddard company. A brother
in-law OF Gregg desired TO open Up hard
ware business at Kearney and did organize
his company. The building they intended
to secure was rented by another company
and then it was the stoddard company
agreed 20 sell out and the new company, Of
which Mr.. Gregg Is a member. bought the
concern. Governor Mickey knows all about
the AFFAIR and It is all right"
When the matter came up before the
board Treasurer Mortensen asked Mr..
Gregg II it was legal for him TO have that
contract and he replied that as an indi-
vidual he had no right TO the contract,
but as a member Of a corporation holding
the contract the transaction was all legal
and proper. Gregg has received his money
for the hardware.
Regents Get the Money.
Unless an appeal Is taken to the su-
preme court and the ruling Of the lower
court reversed the regents Of the state
university will have all the time they need
to spend something like $4,000 in the cree
ton Of the new administration building.
This much Of the appropriation the audi
tor refused TO allow, holding that II lapsed
August 81, the work having not yet been
done. The district court held otherwise
and ordered the auditor to draw his war
rant for the amount II IS not known
whether an appeal will be taken.
Guardsmen Not Discouraged.
The team from the National guard which
participated in the army shoot at Sea GirL
Nj, and returned home a few days ago,
does not feel discouraged that It finished
third from the bottom or fifteenth from
the TOP in the contest. One member Of
the team said: The conditions at Sea
Girt under which the contest was pulled
on were entirely different nom what we
had expected. The teams from the east
used thermometers. barometers and every
thing else. while we expected the contest
to be pulled on according to the practices
in vogue on a battlefield with their pat
ent gauging apparatus they could take
into account the atmospheric conditions,
while we who had been trained to shoot as
they will have to shoot In actual battle,
had none Of these aids"
General Culver believes the trip Of the
team will result IN stimulating the guard
members in attaining a higher proficiency
in the art Of shooting and Of handling fire.
arms.
Jury Asks Pardon for Convict.
A delegation of Sioux county citizens
among whom were nine members Of jury
which convicted Charles Russell OF murder
and for which he was sentenced to the
penitentiary for life, called upon Governor
Mickey this morning to ask that pardon
be granted the man. Russell has been in
the penitentiary for five years and the
Rev. D. ]. Clark Of Chadron, who headed
the delegation. said evidence had been
found which proved conclusively that Rus
| sell had not committed the murder OF
which he had been convicted The victim
| in the case was A F. Staudenmaier, whose
| body was found shot full Of holes out on
| a prairie three miles from his cabin and
| six miles from the cabin Of Russell. As
| the two men had had trouble and It was
known Russell was handy with the gun
| he was arrested and charged with the
! crime. He was convicted on circumstantial
| evidence and the decision OF the lower
court was. affirmed by the supreme court
He probably will get a pardon.
Pratt Gets n scare.
9. II. Pratt of Omaha. contract agent
for the Nebraska Telephone company.
spent a miserable few minutes at the Bur
lington station this morning which his
| trends are now enjoying TO the utterrnost
/ Pratt, on the suggestion of a 13-year-old
boy. was gathered under the sheltering
WINGS OF a great pOIcefnan ana charged
| with having sold the boy a worthless
| horse for ffty-ive good silver dollars.
Pratt thought it a joke at first but when
the boy insisted that he give him back the
money and take his old horse. Pratt began
to realize that IL was something serious.
AS the policeman suggested they go to the
| station and there make an explanation,
| Pratt bethought himself that Mrs. Pratt
would arrive from Omaha on the train
| within a few minutes.
| Good Lord I can't go to the station,
my wife's coming in on this train Its a
mistake never owned a horse in my
! life
Hes the man that sold me the horse
! mister" the little boy insisted. Then some
! OF Prstt's friends, known to the policeman,
! came to his assistance and proved to- the
| poHceman's satisfaction that II was a case
OF mistaken identity The boy still insists
! Pratt is the man. The boy paid $55 for the
horse at the fair grounds yesterday with
the understanding that II the boys father
didn't like the trade he could get his money
back. The father didn't like the trade.
| When the boy got 10 the grounds the man
had left and he at once got a policeman
and went 10 the station where he jumped
on Pratt
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