Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-16

county ofhoers extended was that Of county
assessor, which was heightened one year.
This would make the selection OF these Of
hcers occur In 1893. All OF the biennial
election laws except this one, we're knocked
out By the supreme court, and this one
was not tested. The recent legislature,
however. enacted a law which requires
the assessors TO be elected this fall This
means that after the November election
the State Board OF Assessment will not
only have TO school ninety new assessors
In the provisions OF the law, but the secre-
tary will also have to instruct the new as
SCISSORS regarding the handling Of property
under the terms Of the terminal tax law.
This new law will have to be tested FIRST
by assessors who have had no experience
In this line Of work as the county asses
sor is not eligible for reelection.
Move to DisbaF Captain Fisher.
Attorney General Thompson. It is under
stood tomorrow will file in the supreme court
papers for the disbarment Of Captain
Fisher Of Chadron for alleged unprofes-
sional conduct. The claims committee Of
the house. which investigated Captain
Fishers connection with the Gedde claims
before the legislature, recommended that
this be done. and turned over to the legal
department OF the state all the evidence
taken in this matter.
Objects TO Posts Report.
Attorney General Thompson nled in the
supreme court today formal objections to
the report Of Referee Post recommending
that the suit against all but two OF the
lumber dealers be dismissed. ana holding
the Nebraska Lumber Dealers association
not guilty Of attempting to restrain trade.
The attorney general also asked for thirty
days in which to brief the case Of the state.
The objections OF the attorney general
were to the part OF the findings Of the
referee relating to the statement that the
association was not guilty as an associa-
ton.
Governors Mother Seriously III.
Late this afternoon a message was re-
ceived from Governor Sheldon. who has
been at Nehawka for two days, that the
condition Of his mother had not changed
and he would remain at her home at least
| tonight. The message is taken to mean
that the condition Of Mrs. Sheldon is very
| serious.
BerEe Sues Eager.
/ Charging with bad faith and fraud Frank
| y. Eager sometime owner and publisher
| Of the Nebraska Independent a political
weekly lately merged by the Journal COM
pany. George w. Berge has begun suit in
district court to recover $500 damages, the
| alleged amount Of net loss to him by virtue
Of a journalistic venture.
| According to the allegations of the petit
ton, Eager represented to Berge that the
| paper was reasonably worth s11,5OO This
Mr. Berge believed, ignorant as he admits
himself to be in the matter Of printing
| machinery and newspaper adjuncts Eager
also displayed the subscription list, it is
alleged, showing 1900 subscribers. Mr..
Berge found out after paying the Sl1,5OO de-
manded, that the plant, good will and sub
soripton list we're valued at no more than
| 5000. He also found that most of the names
on the subscription list were not bona fide,
| he asserts, and that thousands OF names
had been affixed by Mr. Eager just before
the transfer OF the property.
| Mr.. Berge also charges that, though II
was stipulated that he WIGS to have the sole
| COPY In existence of the subscription list
other persons now have copies, among them
In. H. Tibbles, a former editor Of the indie
pendent; Charles Q. DeFrance. formerly
| connected with the paper. but now with
Tom Watson's magazine, and others whom
Mr.. Berge does not know. Mr.. Eager also
has a copy, alleges Berge.
BY the terms OF the contract, says Berge.
Eager was not to ally himself with any
other periodical dealing with political sub
jects. and thereby become in any way a
competitor. But in this, he has played
false, says Ber"c, for he has provided
| comics OF the l. pendent subscription list
! to Tom watsons magazine and also to the
Omaha Investigates, weekly political