Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-09

held was merely a mortgage for S7.00. The
court holds that the document Smith pos
esses is a deed. and that Smith is entitled
to the property and the rents The block
has greatly increased in value since the
litigation began. Harrah had a claim
against Jackson. who is a Holt county
ranch owner, and he wanted the court to
permit him to pay of smiths claims asa INST
Jackson and have title himself
Died as He Lay In Chair.
Robert Balance. father-in-law Of Excise
man L. c. Powell died this afternoon in
his easy chair at the Powell home on T
street. He has been in the best OF health in
recent years. few months ago he was
knocked down by an engine in the Burling-
ton yards, where he has been employed a
machnist. but apparently was not injured
beyond some bruises. After dinner today he
picked up a paper and sat down to read.
Several hours later his condition attracted
the attention Of his daughter. lie was then
dying. and did not regain consciousness.
The doctors diagnose 1t as heart disease.
Complicated Relations.
Thomas J. Rackey a bartender. was
bound over i'm police court this morning
on the charge Of wife desertion and dis
iulSStu On lHe VI lIiUOIdl TtidllpIS
with Mrs Edith Sawson. It transpired
during the hearing that the complaining
witness had been divorced from a Boone
county man and that Rackley was also
divorced man when she welded him. Rack
ley's sister. another witness. had been mar
ried three times, and the woman in the case,
Mrs. Slawson, was recently divorced.
state House Brevities.
C. 6 Rrtindape a government employe at
the national capital. was a state house
visitor today. His home Is in Tecumseh,
where he was called recently by the serious
illness of his father.
Treasurer Mortensen, Secretary of State
Galusha and Land Commissioner Eaton
journeyed to Grand Island this morning for
an inspection of the Soldiers and Sailors
home.
At the request OF Governor John c. Cutler
of Utah, Governor Mickey has appointed
Adam Breed of Hastings and Ross l.. Ham
mond OF Fremont, both newspaper men, to
represent Nebraska at the forthcoming
Seeing America" convention to be held
January Is in Salt Lake City. Governor
Cutters request for the appointment of dele
gates was accompanied by a communication
setting forth that Americans spend $780,
100000 annually in pilgrimages to Europe.
This sum. in ten years, would pay Off the
national debt: IL would build sea level
canal at Panama and leave S1,5O0. 10000 as
excess The object OF the Salt Lake City
gathering is to PROPAGATE the idea that
Americans should first see America, which,
according to the communication. possesses
more of the beautiful and inspiring in
scenery than any other country on the
globe
A bursted water pipe in a room adjacent
TO the offices of the fish commission on the
second floor of the state house threatened
to flood the vaults in the land commits
sioner's office this morning. The leak was
discovered before any serious damage had
been done. The incident served to point
out the necessity for waterproof vaults for
valuable state house records as we'll as
that they should be fireproof.
The Citizens State bank of Giltner, Ham,
ilton county. has applied to Secretary
Royse of the State Banking Board for a
permit to open its doors for the transac-
ton OF a banking business. Matthias Wag-
ner John s. Marvel and John r. Gallen-
tine are the incorporators The capital
stock is fixed at $4,000, of which $4,000 is
to be paid in.
The Lincoln Bed Spring company has
filed articles of incorporation with the sec
rotary OF state. The capital stock of the
concern is TO be S2o,OU, with S2,5OO paid in.
N. w. Norris. Thomas f. Bartlett, E. B.
Sawyer and X. II. Hagelin are the incor-
porators. The purpose of the company is
TO manufacture bed springs.
Governor Mickey returned home this
morning from Keokuk, Ia, where he adj
dressed the city Young Mems Christian
association yesterday on Character Build
ing" He reports an attentive audience
and a pleasant trip. The executive of the
state does not contemplate any journeys
until after two or three weeks Next week
he is to address the annual convention OF
the State Historical society.
J. K Moore, Bristow, Butte county.
banker, was a state house visitor today,
calling at the Office of State Superintendent
McBrien.
The escape of Thomas Mcintyre, a life
much of a puzzle to the prison authorities
as it was last Friday, when the prison
authorities first discovered that Mcintyre
had scaled the walls. The fact that no
trace has been discovered OF the mans
gray prison suit points to the theory that
he had help from outside confederates
who helped him to new raiment and then
got rid of his convicts apparel
Adjutant General Culver Of the Ne
braska national guard today announced the
appointment of the following officers to be
attached to the governors stan as aids-de-
camp: Captain John G. Workizer, Second
United States infantry and commandant of