Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-27
POLLARD WANTS A PRIMARY
Indications He viii Seek This Method of
Securing a denomination.
LINCOLN POLITICIANS OBJECT TO PuN
outside Of Congressional Problem
They Fear Il May BE Contagious
and state Committee Become
Infected with Iden.
From a stan Correspondent

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LINCOLN. March B.-tSpecial )--Aroused
by the opposition to his denomination.
Congressman Pollard is expected to reach
Lincoln Wednesday for conference with
his friends regarding his candidacy The
latest .rumor in the congressional fight.
which is a fight now, inasmuch as Judge
Holmes has announced his candidacy is
that Pollard will get his> congressional COM
mittee to call a primary, election to select
the nominee rather than the convention.
Pollard has. four personal friends on the
committee who can be expected to do what
they can to further his chances so II Pol
lard really wants the primary, as It is now
said, he can get It,
Some OF the politicians i'm Lancaster are
opposed TO the primary because they believe
they would not be able to manipulate af-
fairs as easily as they can in convention.
Another reason why the politicians down
here don't want Pollard to call a primary
election is because they fear it might have
some effect on the state committee and re-
suit I'm state primaries. Polard's friends
believe with a primary he would be able to
get nearly all of the farmer votes and thus
capture the nomination a second time. 9th
ers, however, assert without Lancaster Pol
lard stands little chance OF being the NOM
inee.
Objects to Paying for Bridge.
The Burlington railroad. which jury in
the district court Of Kearney county decided
had caused the destruction of a bridge in
that county because sparks from the en-
CINE set fire to some grass. which burned
the bridge, has appealed the case to the
supreme court. The company asserts it
was UP 20 them in the lower court to prove
its employees had not been careless and II
had not caused the fire. 1t wants the su-
preme court to make the plaintiff prove It
did cause the fire.
Taking Testimony In Tax Cnse.
The taking Of testimony In the railroad
tax suits which were brought by the Union
Pacific and the Burlington to prevent the
collection of their 1866 taxes, will begin to-
morrow afternoon I'm the senate chamber at
the statehouse. Just how long the session
will last the attorney general is unable to
say. He will first place on the stand mem
hers of the State Board of Assessment of
the year 1906, and then probably will sum-
mon witnesses from out in the state
Charles Pearsal is the special examiner.
Plans for New street Railway.
The Citizens Street Railway company
which recently organized to put in a motor
line to compete with the present street car
company. today announced the routes its
line would take as follows:
From Eleventh and p streets to Four
zenith street, south on Fourteenth street
@Nlinth street; south on Eighteenth street to
Il street, east on II street to Twenty-sev-
enth street, south on Twenty seventh street
TO Randolph street: north from Twenty
seventh and streets to r street, east on
r street to the cemetery q
The new company intends to join with
the interurban company and TO furnish
, transfers. 1t was announced today that
of lie no IN
coin for which the invoice had been re-
viewed. Work is to begin at once, the di-
Iectors say ana continue until some one
gets out an injunction to stop,i it.
Lincoln Wants starch Factory.
Lincoln is reaching out its fingers to get
in touch with starch factory, which it
hopes to land some time during the year.
The secretary OF the COMMERCIAL club is
in correspondence with an Eastern firm
and announced today the outlook for get
ting the factory was good. The factory is
expected to employ some 400 or 500 persons
Grain Company Incorporates.
The Transmississippi Grain company OF
Omaha has hIed articles of Incorporation.
The capital stock Is $545,OOO and $4,000 must
be paid in. w. II. Bartlett, f. p. Frazier
@. w Patten, c. D. Pierce, H. J. Patten'
t. s. Cowgirl Z. S. Westbrook, S j. Brown
and j. c. Gibbons are the incorporators
The company will deal in grain.
Woman Has Close Call.
Mrs Thomas Breckelhymer had narrow
escape from death during the storm last
night Lightning struck and shattered the
iron bed in which she was sleeping but
did not injure her in the least. The light
ming struck the roof of the house, tore of
q few shingles. smashed couple of win
dows and then struck the iron bedpost
The bed was torn all to pieces, but tins
occupant was not even shaken up.
stanley Wicks. who has been sick will
rheumatism for some weeks, was able tC
hobble downstairs yesterday by the aid Of
a cane lie is chief clerk at the Lindel
and claims TO have lived longer in Lncoh
than any other oId-timer He is still II
the 800,
Capital Notes.
Deputy Land Commissioner shiveley lief
this evening for Greeley and Howard
counties, where he goes TO look over SOM
appraisements OF school lands made b!
county commissioners.
Dell Titterington, sentenced TO the peni
Tertiary from Lincoln county for larcen!
as bailee. has secured a suspension Of tn
verdict by the supreme court and is nov
out on a bond Of 1890.
Ed Beach. secretary of the State Asso
citation Of County Commissioners, was Il