Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-18
REPORT On SOLDIERS HOMES
President Of Examining Roard Finds Things
Moving Alsng Smoothly.
LINCOLN EXPECTING MANY TEACHERS
Former Senator villas Meets an OLD
COmrnde when lie Has Not
seen for Thirty-EiEht
Years.
LINCOLN EXPECTING MANY TEACHERS

Orom a STAFF correspondent
LINCOLN, Dec. T.-(spccial)-John
Reese, president Of the Visiting and Exam
ing board Of the Soldiers and Sailors home.
reported to the governor today that the
board had visited the homes at Grand Island
and Milford and found the inmates satisfied
and working IN harmony with the officers.
At Grand Island the number Of inmates Of
the home had increased during the year
from 342 to AIS. Owing to the scant APP
preparation made by the last legislature It
was necessary to purchase too cheap cloth
Ing for the old soldiers. At Milford the re-
port said everything was harmonious. There
we're 100 inmates. who were existing on an
appropriation made for sixty-eight. The
Milford home also needs a hospital badly as
the building erected for a hospital could
not be used for that purpose.
Art Association Incorporates.
The Nebraska Art association has filed
articles Of Incorporation with the following
as members: f.. NJ. Hall, A. G. G%reenlie,
Clara A. Walsh. Frances J. Plym. Fred NJ.
Fling, A. Ross Hill. The intention of the
corporation is to further the advancement
OF art, hold exhibits encourage art in the
public schools, give lectures, purchase art
for the establishment Of a permanent art
gallery. The capital stock is 81 900 OF 100
shares and no stakeholder will be allowed
TO own more than one share. There will
be no salaries paid officers nor debts con-
tracted.
Many Teachers Coming.
superintendent OF instruction Fowler be-
Ieves the meeting of the state teachers
this year will be more successful and of
more interest than any previous meeting.
In an Interview today he said:
THE teachers Of Nebraska are coming to
tho State association this year in larger
numbers than ever before. The vastly bet
ter program is attracting them. Many will
be here Monday and Tuesday (29th and 3Oth)
TO take the state examination for life GER
tlhcates. In fact. the office Of the state
superintendent Of public instruction will not
be large enough to contain them all. Many
other teachers will be in Tuesday to see
the art exhibit before the regular meetings
begin. The county superintendent will all
be here Tuesday 10 attend the business ses-
sion in Representative hall and to discuss
school law. The educational council will
meet Tuesday evening and Wednesday fore
noon, and Wednesday afternoon nine
meetings OF the auxiliary associations will
be in full blast. From that time until
Friday night you won't be able to throw a
SNOWFALL on o street. or between the Lin
dell and the Lincoln, from st. Paul's church
TO the University without hitting a school
ma'am. And they will not all dissolve from
view Friday night. Many will remain over
Saturday to do some shopping, and others
will remain faithful to the program at st.
Paul's church Friday evening and go to the
play" at the oliver Saturday afternoon or
night, Much Ado About Nothing The
teachers are als) especially attracted this
year by the social features of the associa-
tion. The Lincoln city teachers will do
their part by giving q reception on Wednes-
day evening at the close of the program in
st. Paul's church.
Fire in Y. NJ. @. A.. Building.
Fire, originating in the boiler room OF
the Young Mems Christian association
building at 1870 o'clock this morning, for
q while threatened the destruction of the
building. BY good work on the part of
the 1remen the blaze was confined to the
double floor separating the gymnasium and
the boiler room. Smoke from the fire com
pletely filled the first, second and third
stories of the building and made the fire
dificult to locate and to handle. A por-
tion of the building is occupied by the
Lincoln overall and Shirt company, and
for a while 1t was thought the fire was in
that part of the building. The damage
will be slight.
villas Meets old COmrade.
A nice little incident occurred here dur
ing the visit OF ex-senator Villas of Wis
consin yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Villas,
with several others, was in the room Of the
clerk Of the supreme court talking. S. ID.
Eastman. one of the ~janitors of the state
house, went into the clerks office and, see
ing the back OF the ex-senator, promptly
commanded:
captain William F. Villas, Company a,
Twenty-third Wisconsin, fall in"
Senator Villas turned instantly and rec
ognized his old comrade in arms. The
men threw their arms around each other
and for several minutes were locked in
embrace. This was the first meeting of
the two in thirty-eight years and the
~janitor informed the state house attaches
that there was no significance in the fact
that he recognized Mr.. Villas by his back.
Mr.. Villas and Eastman we're mem3ers Of
the same company.
Painting Ready TO Hang.
The paintings for the ninth annual ex-
hlbit OF the Nebraska Art association are
here and the committee selected to hang
them will begin It's work Thursday. The
opening OF the exhibit will be on the even
ing Of December 20 and the clese January
You certainly do mr.