Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-13

| burial at sea and that necessary measures
be taken by the medical department to at
! tend to the embalming OF such dead.
H. c. CORBtN, Adjutant General
Adjutant General Barry this afternoon re
| quested the War department by telegraph
to notify the state military authorities here
| as soon as the First Nebraska embarks. a!
| the postmaster at San Francisco has beer
instructed to hold all mail addressed tc
members OF the Nebraska regiment 1t Is
| thought that the movement will commence
within the next few days
Several members of the Board Of Public
J Lands and Buildings met this afternoon and
| discussed the advsabiity of purchasing the
| Soldiers and Sailors home at Milford at
the price asked, $4,000. The state legis-
lature appropriated this amount for buying
| the home and the grounds surrounding, but
| the board was inclined to think this after
noon that better offer may be obtained
at some future date from the recent owners
of the home. The state has expended nearly
80 900 in improving the home the first cost
of which 1t is claimed was IS 900. A tract
of fifty.four acres OF land belongs to the
home, but only portion OF this has been
offered to the state with the building.
CapitaI city Notes.
The police authorities OF this city have
cation OF the parents of the 6-year old child
that was found on the doorstep of the house
occupied by A. A. Lasch one early morning
several days ago. The infant is a par
ticularly bright one and the costly clothes
1t was wrapped up in when found indicate
that its parents are well-to-do people. De-
tective Malone has been at work on the case
for several days and today he succeeded in
establishing to n certainty the identity OF
the woman who brought the child to the
city. The present whereabouts of this
woman is unknown, but the police do not
anticipate any great trouble in finding her.
The day before the child was found on
the doorstep by Mr.. Lasch a woman regis
tered at the Capital hotel here as Mrs.
w. A. Watson, Deadwood." She had with
her little child, which she told the hotel
people her daughter. The babe was
admired by many people about the hotel
and a number of them have identified the
child found by MIR. Lasch as the one seen
at the hotel. During the afternoon the
woman left the child under the care Of one
of the chambermaids employed at the hotel.
This woman has also identified the child.
There is still farther bit of evidence that
| established the truth of the whole story.
| Mrs. Watson is reported to have told several
| people at the hotel that the child's name
was Voney Clare. This is the name given
| in a note pined to the clothing of the found
! ling. Mrs. Lasch resided for awhile in
Deadwood, but she remembers no one by the
name of Watson However, she thinks 1t
quite probable that the woman has heard
some OF her friends in Deadwood speak OF
| her. Mr.. and Mrs. Lasch have decided to
keep the child until it is claimed by Its
parents.
The Lancaster County Old Settlers as
sociaton will hold its annual picnic at Lin
coin park on Wednesday, June IA. rate
| of one and third fare for the round trir
] from all points within fifty miles of Lin
coin has been allowed by the railroads anc
| with this concession the attendance from
out of The city is expected to be quite large
| Mrs Katherine A. Tingley OF New Yorl
| City, outer head OF the Universal Brother
! hood OF America, an order for the promo
! tion of interest in theosophy is at the Lin
| coin hotel accompanied by Alice L. Clethet
and Basil Crump of London, F. NJ. Pierce
and H. T. Patterson of New York City, Mi
Atkinson of Weymouth. England, and Mis-
A. Fabra Of Cuba, all of whom are engaged
in the work Of bringing the subject o
| theosophy before the people. Mrs. Tingle,
has delivered several lectures on the sub
ject in this city.
| a VI anu people inter
ested in horse racing are arranging for
| series of races to be held in this city tn,
week OF July 4. Lincoln boasts of one o
the fastest tracks in the west and it il
thought that several celebrated horses nigh
be brought to the city for the occasion.
Republican caucuses were held in nearl
all the wards tonight, all of them beinj
largely attended. A report was crculate
this afternoon that some of the candidate
had decided not to go into the caucuses
but nearly all of them attended. In tn
Fourth ward, where the strongest fight
being made, it was decided to have but on
delegation to the convention on the ticke
at the primaries tomorrow, the majorit
vote on the candidates expressing the pref
erence OF the ward. Instead of each candi
date for clerk OF the court putting up hi
own delegation. the people will simply vot
to instruct the delegation named at tn
primary tonight tc vote in the conventio
for the man who receives the strongest SUP
port.
Dr. Fl. B. Lowrie OF this city has bee
appointed delegate to the Internationa
Medical congress in Brussels next summer
| representing the American Medical sociat,