Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-28
SALT CREEK SPREADING OUT
People in the Bottoms Compelled to Move
BY the Boat Route.
GOVERNOR MICKEY HAS STRENUOUS TIME
August Jahnke, who was sent Up
for Life from Box Butte County,
Wants New Trial on MUIR
der Charge.
CFrom a stan Correspondent

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LINCOLN, May 27.-Cspecial.)- )-The heavy !
rains during the last few days have
caused the overflow of Salt creek in the
west part Of the city and the bottoms are
covered with water, which has engulfed
many homes in that neighborhood. To-
day residents were busy wading through
the water with furniture and household
goods TO dry land A number Of squatters'
shacks are surrounded by a placid sea
and the people in that district we're busy
getting out. This afternoon the police got
out with boats and helped the residents of
the flooded district in vacating.
Until along in the afternoon the floods
we're reported to be rising. From $50
until a. m. a rise was recorded of six
inches and between II a. m. and / D. m.
another rise of six inches was noted No
appeals were made to the police until after
the noon hour, when Mrs Lawlor, wife of
the Second ward councilman, sent in an
appeal for assistance in enabling people in
her vicinity to get away from their homes.
Mr.. Lawlor lives Just north Of the gas
works, and his home is surrounded by the
flood. Sidewalks In that vicinity are all
aloat and teams that traverse the ad-
jacent streets are compelled to wade
through two or more feet of mud and
water.
Mickey Talks to Graduates.
Governor Mickey returned this afternoon
from Broken Bow, where last night he
addressed the graduating class of the high
school. Yesterday afternoon he delivered
an address in the park. His subject last
night was Character Building" Tomor-
row night the governor will address the
graduating class of the school at Ashland
and from now until the season is over no
dafa In I,,I,, h.
ernor will attend the national convention
of the Epworth league at Detroit, where
on the 18th he will deliver an address
In the meantime Governor Mickey is
feeling very much relieved and is looking
the picture of health, this because of the
pressure having been removed in the
matter OF the appointment Of an Omaha
fire and police commissioner. The fight for
the place was even worse than for places
on the South Omaha board. In appointing
w. d. McHugh the governor believes he
has done a wise thing. IT have known
Judge McHugh for twenty years" he
said. land believe that he will give
satisfaction to the people of Omaha There
were many applicants for the place and
my very best friends were divided upon
whom they should recommend. Mr. Nc
Hugh never was an active candidate for
the place and did not say anything to me
about the appointment. I like to appoint
men to office who are not so anxious for
places"
Jahnl<e Wants Another Trial.
August +. Jahnke. who was sentenced
to life imprisonment for the murder of
Michael Sirck OF Box Butte and which
sentence the supreme court affirmed, wants
new lease on life, and to that end his
attorneys have asked for a rehearing
claiming that in view OF the 'stupendous
consequences'Hto to himself the court ought
not to lightly overturn precedents.
The murder of sirck has been widely
published because 1t was unusual. He was
bachelor with a farm and some money.
According to the testimony that convicted
Jahnke, Sirck had his life insured for
Jahnkes benefit, and that TO secure the
money the latter attempted to kill sirck
by pushing him into a we'll, and when that
failed he tried the poison route. Later 1t
was claimed that he got oliver Olson to
accidentally" shoot him. This did the
work.
The attorneys claim that Jahnke did not
have fair trial and that he was con-
victed upon the testimony OF an insane
witness.
Bush After Statistics.
Labor Commissioner Bush is hoping these
statistics he wants and that have hereto
fore not been forthcoming from the farm
ing sections of the state. He is hoping
y that the county assessors will this year
help him out by gathering in every
fact connected with every family in the
said assessors range. Bush wants to know
everything and the requests that he has
boon handing some of the assessors almost
ask for the family skeletons and heirlooms
Incidentally Mr.. Bush has stopped sew
Z, eraI girls from working overtime in Omahs
and warned their employers that repeti
ton OF the offense would not be tolerated
On several occasions he found the boys II
the ten-pin alleys, who were too young I,
be in the business and sent them hom
and gave the same warning to the pro
prietors-
As result OF the constant hammerinI
done by former Commissioner Watson an,
which has been kept up by Bush. man,
FIRE escapes have been put up and NOR
are in course OF construction. recen
one in Lincoln was on the Burr block.
Reports on schools.
Superintendent Fowler has Just begun I
hear from few Of his requests for stats
tics regarding the consolidation of schoo
districts. The statistics were called 70
as a matter Of announcement for othe
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ton. So far very few have responded wit
their reports. IL is expected that the con
solidation idea will result in much goo
all over the state where the attendanc
OF schools is small. When the reports ar
all in they will be published as a bullet
and sent out TO the various school dis
tricts.
Touring Under Difficulties.
State Superintendent Fowler is havin
some little trouble in getting around II
circle on his annual speechmaling tou
Ths superintendent has dates running fro
now until the last OF the commencement
season. but IL is doubtful II he will
able to NIL them all He is trying han
not to disappoint. as is shown in a litt
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