Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-27
LINCOLN WILL Be VERY BUSY
Several Important Conventions to Be Held
During December.
TEACH RS WILL OPEN NV AUDITORIUM
Program for the Nebraska Academy
of Sciences is Both Interesting
and Instructive-Nerdic
in Gerner Case.

LINCOLN, Nov 26.-(Specal) )-Lincoln
will be a particularly busy place for the next
two or three months. The holidays always
mpart new activity to the business life OF the
city, but the approaching midwinter season
promises to bo liveiier in all respects than
ever before and merchants have already be-
gun to prepare for big trade. During the
month of December the Nebraska Academy
OF Sciences, the State Breeders association,
the State Teachers association and several
other state organizations will hold their an
nual meetings in this city, Each will be
largely attended by people not only from
Nebraska, but from surrounding states. soon
after the first of the new year the National
Creamery Buttermakers' association VIII
hold its annual convention here. About
5000 delegates are expected at this meet
ing. other meetings are being planned for
January and February.
The new Lincoln auditorium, now fast
nearing completion, will be formally opened
by the State Teachers association December
26 and it will remain in full possession of the
building for the remainder of the week The
program committee of this association met
recently in this city and prepared a musical
and literary feast for the entertainment of
the visitors that will surpass anything of the
kind heretofore provided. Murat Halstead
will be the star attraction, but the program
includes addresses by quite a number Of
educators of national reputation. 1t is eX-
pected that over 1000 members of the asso-
citation will attend the meetings.
Academy of Sciences.
The Nebraska Academy of Sciences will
hold It's sessions in the chapel OF the State
university December 1 and g. The presi-
Dental address by Prof. G. d. Swezy, the
university meteorologist, will mark the open
ing of the meeting. The subject of his ad-
dress will be THE Present Status of
Meteoric Astronomy" Following Prof Swezy
the following papers will be read: Report
on the Initial Work of the State Geological
Survey" E. H. Barbour; Some Phases of
the Dakota Cretaceous in Nebraska" Charles
Newton Gould; Geology of Saunders, Ian
caster and Gage Counties" Cassius A.
Fisher; ION the Origin of Gneiss,' Superin
tendent C. H. Gordon; Preliminary Survey
of the Mammals of Nebraska" r. H. VOL
colt; Notes on a photography of the
Zoology of Nebraska" H. B. Ward; "a
Genus of European Flies Hitherto Not Re-
ported in North America" w. d. Hunter;
THE Tiger Beetles of Nebraska" l.. Bruner;
"Davenports Statistical Methods" Ellery
Davis; "A Rearrangement of the Ply
comycetous Fungi" Charles E. Bessey;
Some Movements of Plants,' William Gle
burne
Friday evening DR.. August Rambach, who
has spent several years in Ecuador, will tell
OF hiu experiences as naturalist in that
country.
The meeting will close Saturday with the
election OF officers, following the reading of
tho following papers: "a Simple Substitute
for the Birge Net" Charles Fordyce;
Methods of Planktcu Measurement and
Their Comparative Value" H. B. Ward;
"A Plea for the Cooperative Study Of the
Fresh Water Fauna of Nebraska" II B.
Ward; "a Few Suggestions Concerning Col
lecting Nets r. H. Wolcott Pressure
and Freezing Tests of the Building Stone
of Southeastern Nebraska w. H. H. Moore;
"A Brief Report on the Growth of Childr> n
in Omaha William w. Hastings; "a New
Nematode Disease Of Strawberries in Amer
ica," Ernest A. Bessey "Cold Waves" G.
A. Loveland; Scarcity of Aquatic Life in
Nebraska tho Past Summer" R. H. VOL
colt.
Tho jury in the case Of Gerner against
Charles w. Mosher and R. C. Outcalt has
decided for the plaintiff, the amount OF
the judgment being s15,O31.S5 C. E. Yates,
who was also one OF the defendants, was
released from liability. The case was one
resulting from the failure of the Capital
National bank in this city several years
aCD,