Show A hotel of 300 rooms in Omaha has been closed by order of court for one year as a punishment for selling liquor. Also its furniture and fixtures were confiscated and sold for the benefit of the poor and a fine of $"00 was levied against the house. We think the court erred in closing down the hotel. That means that very valuable property may lie idle for one year in the heart of a great city. It is wasteful to say the least. The judge might have fined the proprietor a sum equal to the rental of the house for a year or he might have sent the proprietor to jail and in that case the punishment would have fallen only on the shoulders of the violator. An appeal has been taken and the supreme court will doubtless overrule the decision of the district court. |