Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-19

wanted Housekeeping and homemaking
were strong domestic lines handled at yes
terday's session.
Virgins Talks on Insurance.
Horace Virgins, special examiner for the
insurance department. returned this morn
ing from New York. where he has been for
several weeks working in connection with
the commissioners from several other states
on the books of the large insurance com
panies with headquarters in that city.
II cannot say what the commissioners
will recommend in their report" said Mr..
Virgins. for 1t has not yet been all pre-
pared. We are getting it ready and IT will
be filed by the first of the month. OF course
1t is practically agreed upon, but until all
the commissioners have seen II and have
agreed to sign It. II would not be right to
make any kind OF a statement.
1T was my pleasure to attend many OF
the sessions of the investigating committee
while It was taking testimony. and II was
one Of the most interesting and fascinat-
ing experiences I ever had. The testimony
was sensational in the extreme and the
facts disclosed were a revelation"
Reed Must Stay In Prison.
The life sentence of James ]. Reed OF
| Douglas county, the murderer of Glenna
Hynes has been affirmed by the supreme
court of the state, Chief Justice Sedgwick
dissenting. After a careful review OF the
| case the court finds no reversible error.
The judgment Of the lower court is there
| fore affirmed.
Briefs in Gathers Case.
! The Omaha city charter has at last
| reached the supreme court This morning
John T. Gathers, representing himself:
| Frank T. Ransom, representing Gathers,
and Carl Herring, representing the school
district Of the city of Omaha filed briefs
| in the supreme court. the former named
asking for a reversal of the motion for
an injunction to prevent the consolidation
of the Offices OF city and county treas
| urers, while Carl Herring suggests that
the matter should be passed upon now by
| the court so that II the charter is invalid
a legal assessment and levy can be made
while the city machinery is still intact.
No Ground for Receivership.
In two decisions filed the supreme court
| holds that there was no ground for the
appointment of a receiver of the Lincoln
Traction company, and that the compro-
mise attempted by the city council of Lin
| coin regarding the payment of delinquent
taxes by the traction company shall be
carried out The council was enjoined from
perfecting its compromise by DR.. George
o. w. Farnham in August, 1899. The
traction company paid $4,000 in accordance
with the terms of the compromise and
there is now due $500
scavenger Case Amrmed.
In the suit entitled the State of Nebraska
against the Several Parcels of Land. ap
pealed from Douglas county In which
Annie Homer and others attacked the val
idity of the scavenger tax law, the supreme
court affirmed the decision of the lower
court.
In his syllabus Judge Letton, who. wrot,
the opinion, said:
A person against whose property a de
fault decree upon constructive service ha,
been rendered in a tax suit under the scav
enger law, sections 1904 to 1851, Cobbey
/, of right, to have the same opened up ate
. the term, either under the provisions o
section 50 of the code or under the genera
equity powers of the court.
The provisions OF the statute granting
the land owner the right to object to tn
confirmation of sale and defining tn
grounds of objections afford an opportunit,
to have the question Of the validity of tn
tax determined before he is deprived of hi
until until confirmation is applied FOR to iitigat
that question.
Harvey Must Pay Up.
Cecile Ross Harvey secured a verdict Il
! the supreme court against William II. Har
vey, Mary B. Harvey and Arthur p. Har
3 vey for alternating the affections of he
husband, George d. Harvey. The court at
hrmed the decision of the lower court
The woman was an empioye Of the Har
D veys and all lived together on the Harve
! ranch in Keya Paha county. She elaine
George Harvey was the father of her chill
and he married her. The court said tn
mother and brother of the husband bega
to make 1t unpleasant for the new wifi
and finally got her to move to her home
stead and then George Harvey deserte
her and her child. She received a verde
In the lower court for $1,000
No Trade with Nemaha-
"I see the newspapers In the last Re,
days are talking that Good of Nemaha wi
trade the votes OF his county on the SEM
torial question to make himself state trea,
urer." said William Ernst today. THAT
counting chickens before they are hatche,
There is nothing sure that Good wi
have the delegation in the first place
good many Nemaha men are telling mo thu
Peter Berlet will be a candidate for trea.
urer. too, and that all the western part {
the county will be for him. and a stror
following in Auburn. Both Good and Be
let are bankers. and It will be lively figb
But the people tell me there will be 7
chance for either OF them to trade Il
delegation. They think that Nemaha coun,
will pass resolutions in the county conye,
ton instructing the delegation for senat,
and governor. so there will be nothing
trade. The candidates will have to go aft
votes in the state convention on their ov
records and not because they have votes
trade. I don't believe the people in our pa
of the state, or any other part, want 70
shut out of expressing a choice on senat
and governor just because there are loo
candidates for treasurer"
W Independent Telephone Associatfo
The annual convention of the Nebrasl
r. Independent Telephone association will
held in Lincoln Tuesday and wednesda
January q and "a. with headquarters at 4
81 Lindell hotel. This meeting is called at 4
"a request of the executive committee, w.
81 Bell, G. T. Everett. F. z. Ebersole. c. '