Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-21
Nebraska
PAY BACK INSURANCE MONEY
Officers of Union Fire Will Return
Bonus that Was Given Them.
AGREE ON BARTON AS TRUSTEE
Three Thousand Dollars Already
Paid In and Balance VIII Ne
Ferthcoming-Aar Back
TO Lake City.

CFrom a staff Correspnodent)
LINCOLN. Neb.. Jan. 2o-ISpecial Tele-
gram.l-Stste Auditor Barton made a
start today in getting a settlement OF
the affairs growing out Of the attempt
to consolidate the woodman and Union
Fire Insurance companies. The olyd Of
flcers OF the Union resigned in considera-
ton Of the payment Of money and the
Woodman officers were elected in their
place.
The auditor demanded the repayment
OF these sums, s26oo in the aggregate
which we're taken from the funds OF the
Woodman company: To-day, two OF the
@. p. Watson Of Plslnview paying In
1900. the entire amount received by him:
Cyrus Kellogg OF Lincoln paid in y1.oo0
half of the amount received by him and
promised TO pay the remainder Monday;
]. +. Donovan OF Chapman. who re-
ceived N.0o. left Lincoln for home today
and promised to send a draft for t30oo
the amount received by him as he reached
home.
This makes 1900 actually received and
Ike amount promised with in a few
days at the most and there does not
appear TO be any PROBABILITY 1t will not
be paid.
The larger sums $1,000 each received by
4. II. Marshall and T. J. Bromf1eld, have
not been paid and no positive assurance
has been given that the money will be
forthcoming. but from sources which he
considers reliable, Mr.. Barton has rea-
son to believe both men will pay in the
money Monday or Tuesday. II is said
the money would have been all paid be-
fore this, but there was a difference of
opinion as to which OF the two companies
II belonged. This point was settled by
agreement to make Auditor Barton trus-
tee, TO receive the money and hold II
until court of equity could deche its
ownership.
Agreement Between Companies.
Following is the text Of agreement
signed by the Union Fire officers, those
Of the woodmen signing one exactly like
II except changing the name OF the COM
pany.
Whereas. Members of the former board
OF directors of the Union Fire Insurance
company, Mutual, have determined TO re-
turn money paid to them by the Wood
men Fire Insurance company, and,
Whereas, A dispute has arisen as TO
whether said money belongs to the Union
Fire Insurance company, Mutual, or the
Woodmen Fire Insurance company, and
each OF said companies Is DESTROYS OF APP
pointing a trustee TO receive said money
and hold the same In trust until II Is
finally determined 20 whom said money
should be paid and who is the owner
thereof. Il Is therefore -.
Resolved. by the board OF directors OF
the Wodmen Fire Insurance company.
That Sllas r. Barton. auditor OF the state
Of Nebraska, be and hereby Is appoin,ed
and constituted trustee Off the purpose OF
same in trust ' for each Of said Companies
and paying the same to whichever OF
said companies II shall be ultimately de-
termlned II entitled thereto, and the said
Silas II. Barton In hereby authorized 10
ties asd receipt each OF them In full
upon the payment as the trustee and
representative OF said companies.
=. A. II. ARMSTRONG,
Vice President.
JOSEPH w. Walt.
The passage Of the resolutions was duly
certified up TO the auditor.
shirley Martin Goes Home.
The woman who under the name Of
Shirley Martin was arrested few days
ago while wearing mans clothes left
Lincoln today I'm company with her hus-
band, John Nelson Of Lake City, la. Since
her arrest and release, on promise TO don
feminine attire. the woman has been
working IN a local restaurant. II appears
that she and Nelson we're married last
October. but she left him after three
days OF welded life. Though she went
home with her husband. she did not APP
pear to be overly delighted with tho idea.
She said he was a good man, all right.
but she did not really love him. Nelson,
on the other hand, appeared to think
great deal Of the woman.
Verdict to wife.
A jury in the federal court today gave
dict for $500 damages against Bernard
earle, a saloonkeeper of that place. for
selling liquor 10 her husband. She sued
for $1,000
Major Paul IL Colonel.
Returns from the National guard cleo
ton show that Major Herbert J. Paul Of
st. Paul has been chosen colonel to sue
coed Colonel Mack, who was not a candi-
date for reelection. Walter +. Sammons
of Kearney is elected lieutenant colonel.