Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-25
TWO CLAIM COAL REWARD
Man Who Owns Land and Man Who Finds
the Coal Each After State Money.
BOTH MUST WAIT on LEGISLATURE
Law Provides Reward of $1,000. hut
Appropriation 20 Pay it Lapsed
Number Of Years AEo-wOmen
and state Fair.
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LINCOLN, March A.-Cspecial)-As a re-
suit OF the discovery Of coal near Peru
a lively contest is liable to be waged over
the reward offered by the state to the
person making the discovery. F. NJ. Med
ley OF Peru found the vein. after first Sc
curing n lease for coal privileges on the
farm owned by A. NJ Worst, on whose land
the coal was located. Now It is reported.
because he owns the land. Worst claims
the reward as well as the coal The legis-
lature appropriated 5000 as a reward for
the discovery, but that appropriation, of
course, has lapsed. though the law is st'll
on the statutes. Under the law the au-
ditor. It seems. according to lawyers, would
have to issue the warrant though the man
TO whom II is issued may have to wait
until another legislature appropriates more
money before it can be cashed. Medley.
1t Is said, has agreed 70 give Worst 20
cents ton royalty for all coal taken out
OF the mine. large lump Of the coal
is now on exhibition in the Office Of Gov
ernor Mickey.
Getting the Women Interested.
Secretary Mellor OF the State Fair Board
is anxious to get the women interested
in the textile and fine art display and
contest to be held at the State fair this
fall. He has prepared his copy for the
annual premium list and It is now in the
hands Of the printer. Today he issued the
following statement:
The attention of every lady OF this city
and state Is especially directed to the col
umns OF the textiles and fine arts depart
the lover OF art and needework.
In Glass G, textiles, will be found some
This department is always full and Over
flowing in each of its varied classihcations,
the board has included In it's already lib
oral list many new items, among which
are the very latest embroideries, such as
the English eyelet, Mount Mellick, the
dainty shadow embroidery and last but not
Class II, Fine Arts-Under the personal
supervision of Mrs. f. NJ Hall, occupies
more important position than ever and
presents to tho prospective premium WIN
ner list inviting the most spirited com
petition, not only by the professional art
list. but the amateur also, who is onered
every inducement and cordially invited 10
Ali premiums in lots and (oil paint
ings and water colors) have been increased
so percent over 1905 and the money oiNlded
in three premiums; Lot (chlna painting
or ceramics) has been increased 100 per
cent and divided I'm three premiums
Parker Appeals from Sentence.
Samuel Parker of Thurston county, who
was sentenced to the penitentiary for muir
der has appealed his case to the supreme
court. Parker is an Indian and his attor-
neys allege the court refused to allow In
dams to serve on the jury and that the
Jury panel was made up by the county
commissioners, of which one member serv-
ing was not even a resident of Thurston
county. Parker killed another Indian and
he claimed the killing was done in self
defense.
Miss Taylor Has Queer Experience.
Miss Laura Taylor, stenographer in the
once OF State Treasurer Peter Mortensen,
thinks Omaha is a very bad place, and
were It not for the fact she is out several
sinloieons she was robbed OF in that city
last Thursday night she would be ready to
believe her experiences there was nothing
but nightmare.
Miss Taylor had her purse stolen from
her right under her nose as 1t were and
with it's contents. except her transportation
and check which she had not endorsed,
taken out. The purse was returned in
such a mysterious way and the whole at
fair is so shrouded in mystery Miss Taylor
believes It will never be solved.
She went to a hotel Thursday evening
upon arriving in Omaha and was shown
10 her room. The purse she placed on the
dresser In the room and a very few mo-
ments later when she went to the dresser
for IL the purse had disappeared. She
notified the night clerk, who called up the
bell boy who had shown her to the room.
but he denied all knowledge OF the affair.
Then the police were notified, but could
get no clue to the purse.
In the meantime Friday morning some
one telephoned the state treasurer's Of
nee he had found Miss Taylor's purse and
II she would pay the charges he would
mail 1t 10 her. A half hour later Miss
Taylor called up the Office to get the treas
urer to stop payment on the check. She
was told about the previous message and,
naturally. she, as well as those in the
ONCE of the treasurer, thought the mes