Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-09
NEW POINT IN NULCT LAW
Proprietor and Employees Must Be Out Of
Saloon at 10 O'CLOCK,
REPORT OF BURLINGTON SHOWS A GAIN
Cold weather Of Past W eek Has Dana.
aEed Crops. Delayed Corn Plant
ina and Frost Probably
Injured the Fruit.
ICON 3 stan correspondentl

DIES MONIES, May s.--(special) In a
decision of the state against William
Bingelback of Fayette county the supreme
court today held that saloons must not
only close their doors at 10 o'clock. but
that the proprietors bartenders and all
employees and everybody else must he out
OF the saloon. at that hour Is the meaning
of the law. The decision. which was
written by Justice I.add. holds that the
bsrtenders cannot remain behind to wash
the glasses, the proprietor cannot remain
after 10 o'clock to count his cash and thai
patrons and everybody else must be out
at 10 O'Clock and remain out till ) o'clock
the next morning. In the case of I.ingel-
bach he had conducted his saloon accord
ing TO the findings Of the court strictly
within the meaning and requirements Of
the law with the exception that he re-
manned for about fifteen minutes after
10 O'Clock each night to count his cash He
was arrested for violation Of tho muct
law and the supreme court now hdlds that
he was guilty. The decision will arfect
nearly every saloon in the state. it is be-
lieved, for the reason that it has been
very common practice for saloon proprie-
tors and bartenders to remain after The
closing hour 70 count the cash. clean out
the saloon and set things in readiness for
the next day.
County Conventions.
Conventions this week will be held IN
Buena Vista county Wednesday. Linn and
Dubuque Thursday in Washington and
Appanoose Saturday and caucuses in Harri-
son, Benton, Wapelo and Maquoketa Sat
urday.
knights of CoIuubuS- Meeting.
The fifth annual meeting of the lows
council, knights of Columbus, began today
at the hall Of the local council at 4l3 Sixth
avenue. Only preliminary work was done
during the forenoon. The council will CON
tinue in session tomorrow and it is under
stood that the present officers will be Sc
elected.
Burlington Makes Gains.
The report of the Burlington railroad to
the executive council for the business of the
road Of the year 1868 shows a gain in gross
earnings Of $e79,oOO over the business of 1905
The Northwestern road is the only one OF
the trunk lines that has not yet reported
Five trunk lines that have reported show
a total increase in gross earnings of 81 63S,-
900, or an average Of over $4,000 each.
Weather Damages Crops.
According to the weekly crop bulletin for
A'Nd lhSutu ny JoHil sage To-Day llle COlu
weather of the past week has been detri-
mental to the crops Of the state. The re-
port says there were heavy to killing frosts
on the 9Th and 18th and some damage may
have been done to fruit The report further
states that planting Of corn has been him
dered, though now quite advanced in the
southern part of the state.
Ames Agricultural Hall
The plans for the new agricultural build
ing at Ames have been completed. The
building is greatly decreased in size from
the first plans because of the unwilling
ness of the legislature to appropriate more
funds The building will be go feet In
length and will cost over 100000 and is
planned to accommodate class rooms and
laboratories A peculiar feature of the
building is that the auditorium will be de-
tached from the main building, except by
passage way. This chapel win seat 200 and
will be used as lecture and entertainment
room.