Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-10

state Board OF Charities and Corrections.
filed with the governor today. And this at
tention IL desired because the old soldiers
have not been behaving themselves prop
erly. There is considerable dissatisfaction
at the home at Grand Island, the report
stated, and this is largely due to the habit
Of the veterans frequenting the saloons and
other questionable resorts Immediately
after receiving their quarterly pensions.
The soldiers widows are also causing some
Of the trouble. the report states, and II
recommends that the widows be sent to
Milford. The board recommends that the
Grand Island home be turned over to the
men exclusively.
Many JaiIs Empty.
The board reports that forty-four coun-
ties have no prisoners in their county jails,
but in the other jails Of the state there
are 26S prisoners. OF these 6fty-nine are
in the Douglas Jail and twenty In the Lam
caster county bastile. In the jails Of
twenty counties Of the state there is only
one prisoner each. The state Is looking
after ZOOS paupers. Of whom $50 are males.
L~egisIatIon Recommended.
The board recommends to the coming
legislature the passage of laws making IL
a criminal ofense for wife abandonment,
Juvenile courts and indeterminate sentence
law in connection with q r~eformatory, and
that marriage between certain classes Of
people be forbidden. 1t wants a county
board Of charities appointed and a home
established for the care Of crippled adults
and feeble minded persons.
Demand for Normal school. ~
S. II. Martin wants a normal school es-
tabllshed in the western part Of the state
and has written to superintendent of In
struction Fowler stating his reasons why
such a school should be established there.
Mr.. Martin desires the coming legislature
to establish. the school, for he writes the
Normal school at Peru is little service to
the western section Of the state. In that
part of the state there are twenty-six coun-
ties, from which only six persons attend
the normal at Peru. Besides that, he states
there are nineteen counties not represented.
Enclosed with the communication was a
map prepared by Mr.. Martin. showing that
nearly all of the students at the normal
at Peru are gathered from the immediate
kyicinity Of that town and the southeast por-
tion OF the state The absence of any in
stitutions of higher education in the west
and northwest is another argument ad-
vanced by Mr.. Martin,
Home for FrIendIess Report.
The report of Mrs. Sarah B. Sohus, su.
perintendent Of the Home for the Friend
less, has been filed with the governor. Mrs
Sohus reported that inmates had been re-
ceived into the home up to December l
1901, and during the last year 1913 had beer
received. On the first Of the month there
were seventy-two inmates in the home. The
~ 49,. l. = 90. nnA -
the girls 6 years. In the cash fund, which
is made by the sale of cows, cinders ant
other things around the home, during the
first year there was accumulated 81, 1900.
and disbursed 81, 40. As. During the SECOND
year the cash fund amounted to S1,14O.5S
and the disbursements from this fund
81, 3S2.05. The total disbursements for thu
last year for maintenance, o%fhcers, EN-
ployes, etc, amounted to SIC, S96.9S TIL,
cost per capita, based on maintenance. sal
airy. etc, was S174.74. For the second yea
the disbursements were SIS, s52.12 and tn
cost per capita was $1S1.03.
Pressure for
Much pressure is being brought to bea
on Governor Savage by friends Of inmate
of the penitentiary for p~ardons and tn
pressure is worrying the governor not
little. AS a sample OF some of the letter
being received by the governor this morn
ing he showed to a representative of TIL
Bee a letter written by a woman who's
husband is now in the state prison. TIL
man has served six months Of his tern
It was said hat strong drink drove hill
to commit the act for which he was sen
fenced. A portion of the letter is as FOL
lows:
1t was not drink. but sickness tina
caused IT.. l am down with my lungs an
have been i'll for the last two winters
On account of my four children l have .
present l am unable to leave the nous
and l need my husband. II he does nj
come soon II will do neither of us an
to fight off death for his sake and fc
the sake of the children, but / cannot d
so very much longer. l pray day an
night that he might be here by Christina
once more. l pray day and night ths
God will let you see some way to graz
him a. pardon. Let me see him just one
more. He is not a bad man. He was a
, ways a kind and affectionate husband ar
: father. and. oh, Mr.. Savage, think of yol
5 own dear ones and have pity on me,
dying woman, and try to grant my praye
, Letters are coming in like that eve
e day and that is Just a sample Of the mise,
that is brought to my attention. VIII
: can a man do? II there was only some Wi
Z to punish the guilty without ~injuring Il
: innocent. but it seems there is not"
: AS the time for Governor Savage
y leave the state house draws near the nuT
Der OF applicants increase. and this NOR
o ing his ONCE was filled with friends of 1
+ mates OF the state prison, seeking pardon