Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-28
STATE VOTE IS CANVASSED
Only One Error Of One Hundred Votes in
Unofficial Statement.
SHEET OF OLD WILDCAT MONEY FOUND
Attorney General Brown Goes 20
Omaha TO Take some More Dep
OsitiOns in the Railroad
Tax Litigation.

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| LINCOLN, Nov. 27.-(Specal To-day the
State Board Of Canvassers met in the Office
of Secretary of State Galusha and can
vassed the vote for Judge of the supreme
| court and regent Of the University Of Ne
braska. The original abstracts were opened
and the tabulation from the duplicates was
| compared The result indicated that the
| announcement heretofore made that Judge
Letton has a plurality Of 23,2ls was correct,
| as were the other totals, with the excep-
| ton of the total vote of D. c. Cole. fusion
candidate for regent, whose vote in Greeley
county had been given at 653, instead Of
70S, the correct figure.
AS shown by the tabulation Of the unofl-
cial returns published heretofore, Judge
Lotions total vote is s6,1s7, while that OF
Hastings is 72s4s, giving the republican
candidate plurality Of cans. Parker Con-
dit, the socialist candidate, had S,2n votes
| while the prohibitionist aspirant Fred
| Beall, is credited with 5,1s4
The vote on regent is as follows: Repub-
lcan Frederick H. Abbott. 95S97: Victor
G. Lyford, 5000; democratic and peoples
independent, d. c. Cole, 71419; Louis,
Lightner. 69,S77; socialist, Mary Pierce Roe
ans; Leonard DeVore. s.4s1; prohibition
Harry Wilson Trumbull, 5,277; Nathan Will
son, 5.4Os.
| HAS wildcat Currency.
Bank Examiner Fred whittemore on one
| OF his recent trips to examine the Bank Of
Florence found a sheet of unused bank
note currency, secured by a bank of the
same name which occupied the identical
building in 1856. The currency is printed on
one side of a tough linen paper by the litho-
graphing firm of Tappan. Carpenter & Co,
Philadelphia and New York There are
four notes of the denominations 81. g., 50
and s., which appear in medallions at either
end and all around the border, while as
an additional bar against counterfeiting
the amount is printed in letters an inch
high across the face in ink, which soaked
through the paper so as to prevent erasure
On each there is the significant legend
stockholders personally liable"
Free Banquet Tickets.
Deputy State Superintendent E. c. Bishop
announced today that the out-of-town con-
testants in the corn growing convention
will be given free tickets to the corn
banquet which is to be held in this city
December Is.
Railway Tax Suits Again.
Attorney General Brown will go to Omaha
Wednesday to attend the taking Of deposit
lions in the Union Pacific tax case. He has
been notified that the attorneys for that
road will now introduce further evidence.
The larger part of the material accumu-
lated by the counsel for the Hartman line
dealt with the alleged public clamor, shown
10y the daily papers of the state Brown
says he has assurance that the road will
proceed to introduce the testimony, II
possible. without unnecessary delays.
Woman Released.
Marcus NJ. Baird of Sturgis, 8. D.. ar
rived in Lincoln this morning, accompanied
by Sheriff Gibbon. to reclaim his fugitive
wife, who was arrested Saturday afternoon
on Burlington train while travelling with
James L. Wilson, her former soldier hus-
band.
All day the parties have been in vigorous
conference, in which they were aided by
City Attorney Strobe and the local police.
The woman gave it out fat-footed to the
officers that she did not want to go home
with her husband. of whom she gave a
decidedly bad report to the city attorney.
For some reason the police would not per-
NIT reporters TO get near her, and it was
stated that she did not want to talk to
Them although she unburdened her mind
,, pretty freely to everyone else with whom
she came in contact.
During the afternoon an agreement was
reached with the husband, who had been
placed in the cell with her for conference,
son. was released TO go on to Pittsburg,
while she. It is understood, will go to Mis-
souri, to visit with relatives.
Interurban Work stopped.
Today the district court granted tenn
, porary injunctions to several of the prop
erty owners on North Fourteenth street
, who have demanded that the construction
, / of the Omaha, Lincoln G. Beatrice road
along that thoroughfare be stopped. Re
straininE orders had been in force for
some time Counsel for the company claim
that the action of the court will make II
impossible to proceed with the work Sew
eraI sections Of the street have already
been ironed. leaving those portions in front
of the enjoining property owners I'M
touched.
Franchise Tax.
The taxpayers are now enjoying the
, realization that there is such a thing as a
franchise tax, for today the Lincoln Light.
Heat and Power company sent it's check to
the city treasurer for $685. which Is I per
cent of its gross earnings for the fiscal
year ending in April, 1904.
Tells where Money Il Kept.
Today City Treasurer Beman c. Fox
gave to the public his first statement as to
the location of the city funds. Agitation
has been carried on to compel him to do so
for some time. His report shows that out
Of total of S71,s53 the First National bank
has $50992.
simultaneously County Treasurer Knight
established a new precedent for his ONCE
by exhibiting statement OF the balances