Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-30

save the cost Of taking testimony before
a referee. The insurance department Is
willing 10 allow the case to go to the
courts on the showing It has made without
going into the evidence, provided the order
will strike out Of its petition the words
malicious" etc, which words It uses TO
express the way in which the insurance
department has been going after the
Bankers Union. This probably will be
done.
OmciaIs Are Rt Outs.
A fight between Mayor Brown and water
Commissioner Deffenbach over the ap-
pointment Of city electrician to take
charge OF the municipal lighting plant
soon to be completed threatens to end with
Commissioner Denenbach having hs Office
filled with unfriendly employees. appointed
by the mayor. The city ordinances pro-
vide that the mayor must appoint the
electrician upon the recommendation Of
the water commissioner and with the ap-
proval OF the council. Many months have
passed since the ordinance was enacted
and until last night Deffenbach failed to
make recommendation. During this
time he and Mayor Brown frequently dis
cussed the matter and finally the water
commissioner, having failed to find a suita-
able man. the mayor suggested a Mr..
Cornelius Of Creston, II The latter came
to Lincoln and It seemed settled he would
be the appointee. Last night at the coun-
ell meeting, however. Deffenbach sprung
the name OF Mr.. Marks OF Seward. Mayor
Brown, who was taken by surprise, asked
that the matter be laid over for a week
and by a vote Of 3 to the request was
granted. This morning Mayor Brown sent
word to the water commissioner that he
would shortly ask for the resignation
Of all his employees and that he
himself would name the employees Of the
water commissioner Just to show him a
thing or two. Heretofore Mayor Brown
had not interfered with the appolntees in
this oflce, allowing Deffenbach to make
his own appointments.
Call for Bank Statement.
Secretary Royce of the State Banking
board has sent out a call for bank reports
for August 25.
state Fair Notes.
Twenty-six of the counties of the state
will have collective exhibits at the fair.
OF course all the other counties will be rep
resented and on the fair grounds will be a
great place for people to the state
without travelling very far to see it. The
best of everything In the state will be
there
The fair opens on the first day of the
month and that and the two following days
will be taken up in the placing Of the ex-
hibits. Everything must be on the grounds
and in place by the evening of the third
so that the fair will be in full blast on
tho morning of the fourth.
Cute, the famous trotter that goes with
out driver and has a record Of 2:04, will trot
an exhibition race each afternoon. Get
into the grand stand and see him go. He
knows more about the racing game than
most men.
There will be racing every day and more
money will be paid the winners than ever
before at the fair. Many of the speediest
horses in the country are entered and
lovers Of this kind of sport will have an
opportunity to see the best.
Allen Endorses Mickey.
The state officers who were with Governor
Mickey in Portland are very anxious TO
know whether the governor intends to be
an avowed candidate for United States
senator This because ex-senator w. V.
Allen in a speech at banquet at Portland
announced the candidacy of the governor
for tho higher position. The officers say
Mr.. Allen said in referring to Governor
Mickey: HE is the best governor the
state of Nebraska ever had and in a very
short time we of Nebraska intend to call
upon him to go up higher"
When Senator Allen was told that the
candidacy of the governor had not been
announced around the state house, Mr..
Allen replied that friends of the governor
around Madison had been running him for
two weeks.
Mrs. Bentley Commits Suicide.
Mrs. Gertrude Bentley, niece of Governor
Durbln of Indiana and wife of W. A. Bent
ley, a Lincoln detective, ended her own
life this evening by taking chloroform. A
fear of contracting consumption, of which
her sister recently died, is supposed to
have been the incentive. Just before taking
the poison Mrs. Bentley telephoned her hus-
band that he would find her money and
keys in a dresser drawer When he in
qulred what was the matter Mrs. Bentley
hung up the receiver and did not reply.
Bentley at once went to the house from
his office and found his wife barely con-
scious. Physicians were called, but could
not save her Mrs. Bentley was q years
old and was the daughter of a minister
residing at Blue Springs She had been
married five years. The couple had no
children