Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-19
HITS The SEAT OF LEARNING
Board Of Control Strongly 0riticises the
State University.
JUGGlERY OF FINANCES lNTlMATeD
More Reports of Smallpox at Different
Points-BonapRrte Dam Case
to he Tried at
Bloomfield.

DES MONIES, Dec 1S.-(Special Tele-
gram. Nov the State university is the OBJ
ject of attack by the Board of Control. In
report made public today the board sets
forth its finding Of a recent visit OF inspec-
tion to 1owa's center of learning.
Liberal criticisms of the present system of
handling finances of the university are made.
There are charges of bad management and
extravaganza such as will probably call for
explanations or denials from the faculty.
In the management of the hospital, the
erection of buildings and various other mat
ters pertaining to the business of the uni
versity those in charge are said to be care
less and eXtravagant. Among the charges
is that $4,000 is expended annually in secur-
ing dead bodies for dissection material in the
medical department when tithe of that
sum would be sufficient.
1t has been reported to DR.. Kennedy of the
State Board of Health, that at Alvord, Lyon
county, there are three cases Of smallpox
which spread from the case OF girl 0
years old, Do.lie Cleary, who died. The
quarantine is 7trict and those who refuse
to be vaccnated are included under its rules
DR.. F. E. Vance of Eddyvile reports seven
cases among the negro miners at Coalfeld.
Monroe county, and that one white man has
the disease. The source is supposed to have
been a negro named Smith, who recently
evaded the quarantine in Indian Territory
and came to Coalfeld. A pest house has
been provided and rigid quarantine estab-
lished. There are complaints from Eddy
vile that one of the doctors attending the
cases at Coalfeld is not careful about dsin-
fection. The board has purchased house
at Coalfeld and all cases will be isolated.
Strange Death of an Old Man.
Peter Christensen, 60 years old, entered
the engine room of the Marquardt building
Saturday night and requested permission to
lie down on cot. He soon went to sleep |
After sleeping forty eight hours he was this |
morning removed to Mercy hospital where
he expired at 2 o'clock this afternoon. His |
case battles the physicians. 1t has been inn
possible to determine whether his condition |
was caused by excessive liquor or the frac-
ture of his skull His left temple is bruised |
and bleeding in a number of places and there |
is deep cash over the eye. 1t is known |
that at the time he went to sleep he was |
perfectly sober, but 1T is still possible that |
his condition is the result of general |
breaking down of his system, produced by
alcohol.
Attorney General Remley went to Bloom
field today to begin the trial of the Bona
parte dam case before Judge Eichelberger |
tomorrow. The case is to be tried in vaca-
tion, hence the change of venue from Van |
Buren, county to Davis county. Sportsmen
all over the state are interested in the out
come of the case. 1t is an effort by the |
state to establish a fish way in the dam
over the Des Moines river at Bonaparte the /
property of Meek brothers. In the Beardsley
case the supreme court recently upheld the
of the law requiring fish
ways to be built in all dams in the state
but the defense in this case will set up that |
this property once belonged to Iowa and,
after having been sold, the latter has no
jurisdiction over it. The sportsmen of the
state have contributed to a fund to push |
the case to an end.
Governor Mcmillan of Tennessee today re-
fused a requisition from Governor Shaw of |
Iowa for l.. e. Brevard, a government con-
tractor living at Huntington, Tenn, who
is wanted here on a charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses. No reason
was given for the refusal but, as Brevards
relatives are politically powerful in Tennes-
see and Governor Mcmillan is again running
for office, it is said Mcmillan refused the
requisition because he feared it would in
jure his chances. Sheriff Stout of this
county, went to Tennessee after Brevard.