Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-22

members OF the board are J. l.. Spencer. d.
ID. Martindare and J. Lancaster.
year ago when the supreme court de-
cided the state printing case giving the
Woodruff Printing company a large batch OF
work as against the combination bid OF the
Journal company and the North Printing
company. 1t was considered that the state
had saved considerable money. The case
came up because the Journal and North had
made bids whereby one would make a very
high price and the other low price on one
piece OF work. and vice versa on another.
with the idea OF capturing It an by this
system and dividing the pronts. Woodruff
made bid on all the work. the total Of
which was lower than the total Of either
the Journal or the North bid. The figures
on totals we're: Woodruff, s7.s1s.75 Jour
nal. S9,443.2O; North, $s,s7o.90. The suit
was brought to allow Woodruff the COM
plete contract, and was successful. The
printing board figured that the state had
thereby saved about 81 900. In the last few
days, however, the clerk Of the board has
gone over the figures again and has found
that II the low bids Of the Journal North
combine had been accepted and the work
s1,109s5 Tess than the amount paid Wood
ruff. This inclnes the board to the belief
that printing contracts in Lincoln are mot
always what they SEEM"
Lincoln Local Notes.
The charter revision meeting held last
night was not All enthusiastic one, the at
tendance being very light. But one Of the
subcommittees was ready to render a report.
Other committees had held one or more
meetings and would have something sub
stantial to report in a few days.
The different bimetallic leagues Of the city,
together with the personal friends of w.
]. Bryan. have planned reception to be held
at the oliver theater on the evening Of his
arrival home. A committee Of 100 citizens
who believe IN the free silver doctrine has
been appointed to meet Mr.. Bryan at the
dep5t. The date Of his arrival is not yet
known.
Chancellor MacLean Of the University Of
Nebraska has issued an order that all stu
dents from towns having cases OF smallpox
must present at his office their certificate Of
vaccination before going home, or they will
be required to do so before they can re-enter
after the holiday vacation. While the danger
from smallpox Is believed to be slight this
precaution Is thought best.
meeting Of the city charity organization
was held last night, but owing to bad weather
the attendance was small and 1t was de-
cided to make arrangements for a mass
meeting in the interest Of the organization,
to be held in the First Congregational church
on New Years night. A board of managers
was appointed and 1t will meet on Thurs
day afternoon to select officers for the COM
ing year.
The high schools Of Lincoln. Beatrice,
Crete and York are preparing for an inter-
scholastic debate. which will take place in
the new High school auditorium at this place
next Monday evening. Lincoln and Beatrice
take the affirmative and York and Crete the
negative OF the question, Resolved, That the
extension Of territory on the part Of the
United States is not justified by manifest
or apparent conditions"
The Lincoln light infantry, known as Com
pary F in the Second regiment, has been
mustered into the state service, with F.. j.
Streight as captain, being the first company
to muster in. The Albion company is to be
mustered tonight and will be designated
Company A." with no assignment to regi-
ment This latter will probably be changed
and the company be taken to fill one Of the
vacancies that will occur in the Second reg
iment. 1t is probable that the Fairbury and
North Platte companies will be the ones that
will drop out.
Last night was a good night for thieves
Of all kinds. About o'clock two masked
men entered the grocery store Of John w.
Prey and walked away a few minutes later
with the small amount Of cash in the drawer
time down town a fur overcoat was stolen
from the dummy in front OF Armstrong; 8
clothing store and another from in front of
the Ewing Clothing company. Before mid
night the Armstrong coat was found on the
person of man named Henry Miller, with
the price mark still on 1t. Walter Sher-
wood from Martel was assaulted by a negro
In the vicinity of the Burlington depot but
he used his fists To such good advantage
that the holdup was not success
The state convention Of the National Aid
| association was held yesterday in the seq
ate chamber at the capitol. Reports were
| received In the morning and in the after
noon officers were elected and several pro-
posed amendments to the constitution of the
| order discussed. The new state officers are
President H. p. McGraw OF Hastings; first
vice president, F. NJ. Hallowell, Kearney;
| second vice president, Mrs. Luna e. Kellie,
Hartwell; secretary. E. A. Carr, Lincoln;
treasurer, Mrs. Della Palmer. Beatrice di-
| rectors, ]. C. Schwab, Nelson; Mrs Morgan,
Lincoln; F. w. Wood. Fullerton. ]. Y. M.
Swigart was chosen as Nebraska's national
director and w. H. Lynn Of Hastings and
0. F. Lambertson Of Lincoln as delegates to
the national association which meets at To-
| peka In February. The next state meeting
will go to Kearney. After the business ses-
sion refreshments were served and liter