Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-27
LOSE FREE SCHOOL RIGHTS
Twenty Counties in Nebraska Lack High
School Districts.
SUPERINTENDENT FOWLER PLANS REMEDY
Lincoln Has n series Of HoIdups and
BurRIaries-BaiI for c. r. Hay
wood H. Observation-Disclosures
Gets One Year.
CFrom a SAD Correspondent.(

LINCOLN, March 26.-(special. state
Superintendent Fowler is advocating the
organization Of high school districts and
the consolidation Of rural schools. He says
there are twenty counties in Nebraska
without a high school district.
while in two or three Of these twenty
counties" said Mr.. Fowler, Chase, for ex
ample, a high school district could now be
organized at the county seat in accordance
with the provisions Of the school laws, the
other counties are without a district con-
tanning the required number of pupils, or
more than $50 children between the ages of
5 and 21 years. to organize as a high school
district. A county without a high school
district cannot establish the adjunct dis
trict and thus free high school privileges
are denied all children residents in said
county.
Il would urge, therefore, that in every
county with a district at the county seat
which contains, according to the last school
census, more than $50 children between the
ages Of 3 and 81 years, the people organize
under the school laws with a board of six
members. In counties where the county
seat district contains less than $50 chill
dren between the prescribed ages the dis
tricts around the seat should consolidate
until the consolidated district contains
lhdh ~ " II oNhOOA a6Cs
when it may organize as a high school dis
trlct. Under consolidation with this end
in view it is not necessary to transport the
pupils in vans or wagons at public expense,
provided. of course, a school is maintained
for pupils in the grades below the high
school in the schoolhouses on the sites they
occupied before consolidation.
These schools may be continued as are
the ward schools in city districts con-
tinued Mr.. Fowler, but all high school
work should be done in the central school
in the village. This would insure free high
school privileges to all pupils in the con-
solidated district and, upon the establish
ment of the adjunct district, to all pupils
in the county. Consolidation is not the or
ganization Of a new district and may be
effected at any time during the year"
The adjunct district would be organized
solely that a tax of not to exceed 2 mills
on the dollar Of assessed valuation might
be legally levied and collected for the pur-
pose of paying the tuition of the graduates
of the rural or common schools in a high
school district. The adjunct district has no
officers; It builds no schoolhouses; 1t votes
no bonds. 1t simply takes advantage OF
whatever opportunities are provided in
more highly highly favored districts in the
county.
Series of RObberies in Lincoln.
A series Of holdups and burglaries was
committed in this city last night, netting
the perpetrators about $40 in cash, two
watches, a ring of keys and a few revolt
yer cartridges. Six arrests were made and
OF the number one man confessed to hav-
ing participated in the holdups, while an
other was found to be in possession Of
some stolen property. The victims in the
street robberles were: Elmer Kerschner,
2731 Apple street. loss SO; Hal Whitmer,
Twenty-ninth and Fair, loss, $1.75; Rev.
ID. e. Smith, 1925 Q street, loss SO and a
gold watch; James Yeiser, iii II street,
loss, $25 and a gold watch; B. B. Buck,
1886 North Side avenue, loss, IS; T. w.
Evans, 24S North Nineteenth, loss, 50. Resi-
dences burglarlzed we're: Judge e. p.
Holmes, 1913 H street; robbers took small
change amounting to 81. H. B. Clarkson,
726 South Thirteenth street; small change
amounting to 81.
B. Cox and Henry Bauer are the men ar
rested on suspicion OF committing the hold
ups. Cox made a confession to the police
duplicating Bauer.
No Bail for c. Il. Haywood.
Judge Cornish in the district court this
afternoon refused to admit c.. z. Haywood
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killing John ]. Gillian. The application
was made by A. e. Howard, attorney for
the prisoner, who based his claim on the
assertion that the evidence against his
client is purely circumstantial and not suf-
hcient to warrant holding him in c%onfne-
ment.
One Year for MapsIaughter.
Willis Buckner was this afternoon SEN
fenced to one year in the penitentiary for
the murder OF VIII MCGOWAN. This is the
minimum sentence for the crime of man
slaughter. There we're extenuating circum-
stances surrounding the crime committed
by Buckner and the Judge thought he ought
to be let off as easily as possible.
The Pioneer Grip Publishing company of
Alliance filed articles of incorporation with
the secretary Of state today. The incor-
p~orators are: F. NJ. Broome, john Wehn,
p. H. Feeble, J. r. Phelan and ID. c. Nc
Intire. The company will issue a newspaper
and conduct a general publishing business.
1t is capitalized for 5000.
AdJptant 1anaxaI ToIhv THE aftorn~an a.,