Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-05

Cattle and Land company Of Sioux City,
with a capital stock Of $50, 600. The in
corporators are Thomas J. Steele. James
%Bienkiron. NJ. P. Steele and John c.
Blenkiron.
Land Commissioner Reports.
The report Of the commissioner OF public
lands and buildings filed this morning Is
as follows: Appropriation, t2,3OO; ex-
pended. 31.116.34: on hand, &l,1s9.66; al
lowed for travelling expenseA. $3.50; ex-
penses for travelling, nothing; Board Of
Educational Lands and Funds, appropriated,
$4,000; expended, S1,se6; on hand, S3,133.32;
collected, field notes, etc, S4ss.04; col
lected from p%enitentiary lands, S1,47O; mis-
cellaneous collections, s6OS.7s, Board Of
Purchase and Supplies, appropriated, $500;
expended, 3191.55; on hand, .2Os.45.
No Fear of ContngIon.
The 'hoof and mouth" disease, so prev
alent among cattle in the New England
states and against which many Of the
states in the west have quarantined. need
occasion no alarm among cattle and stock
men in Nebraska, was the statement is
sued from the office Of the state veterinary
surgeon this morning. While some Of the
surrounding states have quarantined against
the disease, Nebraska will not do so, for
the officials do not believe there is any
danger Of the disease reaching here. we
see no occasion for alarm" said DR..
Thomas, land therefore will establish no
quarantine. 1t would interrupt traffic and
do no good
Warns Insurance Men.
From out OF the office Of the insurance
department Of the auditors office comes a
warning for all insurance agents who are
doing business without a certificate from
the auditor to get their certificates or quit
doing business. Every agent for an in
surance company is required by law to have
a certificate from the auditor before he can
do business. The penalty is a fine of
1000 or a Jail sentence Of from thirty
days to six months. At present there have
been issued 7,463 certificates for fire In
surance agents, S17 for life insurance and
SIS for miscellaneous. This is not near
the number Of agents who are doing bust
ness In Nebraska, said the officers in the
auditors ONCE, and a vigorous effort is
being made to have all agents without
certificates punished. Ignorance OF the law
is believed to be the reason that no more
Of the agents have taken out certificates.
Sure They Are "GOOd" Men.
The police more firmly believe they have
good men In the persons Of the three sus-
poets under arrest at the police station,
as they look up their records. This morn
ing Sheriff Smiley Of Seward identined
the men as having been in Seward Novem>
Der 26. They disappeared that night, and
the next morning IL was discovered that
the depot safe had been blown open and a
horse and buggy had been stolen. The
sheriff located the horse and buggy near
Crete, at which place a store had been
robbed that night. The same night a
handcar was stolen at Crete, and on the
following day 1t was found near Lincoln.
Cashier Harris Appeals.
Joseph A. Harris, who. as cashier OF the
Farmers bank OF Custer county, It Is al
legged swore to false statements in regard to
the condition of the bank, and who was
sentenced to the penitentiary for one year,
has appealed his case to the supreme court
Physicians Must Get Licenses.
TIL State Board Of Health is going after
the physicians who are practicing medicine
without licenses from the board. A com
plete list Of physicians who are eligible to
practice in Nebraska is being compiled and
when that is completed, all who are not
on the roll will be prosecuted. During the
week three physicians were found In Omaha
practicing their profession without a Ii
cense. These men were capable of secur-
ing a license from the state board. but had
neglected to do so. In the future all such
will be prosecuted vigorously. Today IL
censes were granted to fourteen physi-
clans and one osteopath.
Retain Present OmciaIs.
After a visit to the state institions a
lI{nnnIn HaatipUa and paatrica GnVarnOT.
elect Mickey announced this afternoon tina
the present superintendent at these places
would be retained. These are: DR.. ]. L
Greene, Lincoln; DR.. Hern. Hastings, and
DR.. Johnson, Beatrice. Upon other ap,
pointments Governor Mickey refused t
commit himself. The time OF the oil in
spector does not expire until May" saiC
Governor Mickey, land there Is no reason
for an appointment at this time. AS to VIII,
will be the next warden at the penitentiary
l do not know myself. / made no pledges t
anyone during the campaign and hav,
promised no one a place. A large NUN
Der OF applications have been filed with m
and l have some good material from whicl
to select"
Statistics of In Insane.
DR.. ]. l. Greene, superintendent Of tn
Hospital for the Insane at Lincoln. in hi
biennial report, filed today. shows In
paragraph that the report filed with tn
governor by his predecessor in regard 4
the per capita expense was erroneous. Tn
report says:
I'm the report covering the two year
Immediately preceding the present. fror
which this report is made. the per capit
cost Of maintenance for:
First ~semi-annual period. r............. SIS!
Second semi-annual period. ............ H.
Third semi-annual period. ............... 49,
' Fourth semi-annual period. ............. 49,
ONd .eouoN
Copies Of the semi-annual report on al
5 at the hospital made by the superintendent
a to the governor. bearing his signature an
' under oath, show costs to have been:
First semi-annual period. ........... $105.
4 Second semt-annual period 96I