Omaha daily bee., 1895-07-21
AS A POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL
Western Normal College at Lincoln Will
Be Opened Under New Plan.
WILL Be A FEATURE OF INTEREST
Institute VIII Be in Charge of William
II. Chancellor, Who Has Been
Thoroughly Trained In
This Direction.

LINCOLN, July 20.-(SpeciaD.-The West
ern Normal college, it is stated on rather
reliable authority will be opened next Sep
tember as the Lincoln Polytechnic institute.
1t will be under the direction of William H..
Chancellor. He is but % years of age, but
has been thoroughly trained and is of schol-
arly attainments. Outside of Chicago and
st. Louis and this side of the Rockies, this
will be the only school of the kind Mr..
Chancellor will have exclusive charge and
will bring some Of the most successful teach
ers from the east to the new institute.
Financial support Of high character Is as
sured.
This afternoon Van Horn, the man ac-
cused of jumping his bail in Wyoming. had
hearing before Justice Spencer. The COM
plant upon which ne was arrested says that
he is wanted in Wyoming for grand larceny.
His attorneys filed motion to quash the
complaint, alleging that it did not state facts
sufficient to warrant his arrest and detention.
The justice took the case under advisement
until Monday morning. Van Horn being re-
leased on 81 500 bonds. l.. G. Burr, attor-
ney for the parties pushing the case, said
that he was expecting extradition papers
from Wyoming, but they did not show UP
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ANXIOUS FOR A SEPARATION.
Mrs. Marion Stolz files a suit in the district
court of Lancaster county asking for de-
cree of divorce from Julius, her husband
alleging that he is a bigamist. julius has no
particular objection 60 the divorce but says
he did not understand that he was anything
near a bigamist. AS he states, he was LIVING
in EldoradO, Kan. in 1882. and while there
fell in love with the daughter Of a neighbor.
So intimate was their acquaintance that he
was threatened with suit for seduction. He
and the girl agreed to live together, and did
so. unmarried, until she drove him out of the
house and told him to never come back. He
came to Noodfawn, Neb., and married a
girl named Hattie Weston on October IL
last. Within three months the last woman
in the case found out the facts OF the Kansas
escapade and suddenly made Julius aware
that his living with his first love constituted
a common law marriage. Now Hattie asks
that her marriage be set aside, although
Julius had secured a divorce from the Kan
sas woman several months since. HattiS
wants the court to restore to her her nader
name Of Weston, and also decree that Julius
shall not be entitled to any Of her property
The self-eonfessed murderer of Farmer
Graham, Bill Henry, has been brought II
from Fairbury by Sheriff Mendenhall. Ii
Fairbury 1t became so sultry for Henry tina
a mob OF 800 men wanted to hang him, anc
il was decided to bring him to Lincoln fol
safety. Henrys pal, Zimmerman. is still IL
the FAirbury jail.
Chancellor MacLean OF the State univer,
sity who has been In town for day or two
left this afternoon for Minneapolis. HI
leaves in few days for Great harrington
Mass. where he will spend the summer. Hi
returns to Lincoln in September.
OMAHA PEOPLE IN LINCOLN.
At the Llndell-F E. Van Buskrk ant
wife, H. H. De Foil, o. A. Boehm. r. Shaw
vim. L. N. Snow. o. c. Holmes. Windsor