Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-13
Remaining at Home During the Recess and
Capitol is Deserted.
SPEAKER MocKtTT ALSO IS LYING LOW
Keya PahR County Man s~urrenders
TO warden of Penitentiary. hut Is
Denied Admission with
out Papers.
CFrom a stan Correspondents

name the committees OF the house WedneS-
day He has been conspicuously absent
from the haunts Of the Legislators since His
elevation to the speakership chair. Satur-
day night he ventNred out and was so be-
sleged that he Immediately made his escape
home.
In the meantime there is considerable
talk OF proposed legislation going the
rounds. The labor people. il is said. desire
some amendments to the child labor law.
One change that will be insisted on, 1t is
said, Ia, an amendment that will compel
children under Il years Of age to remain
In school during the entire school year, as
prescribed by the various school districts.
Another is to bring the compulsory school
Law into harmony with the child labor law.
The latter law, as II now stands, requires
the attendance Of the child for at least
twenty weeks in the year, while the COM
pulsory school law requires attendance two
thirds Of the year.
Secretary Davis Of the Board OF Charity
and Correction said tina board would want
several bills introduced. One OF these will
be to create a state parental school at
Lincoln. the object OF which is to enlarge
the work Of the Home for the Friendless.
This board also wants a bill providing pen
alties for wife desertion. An act to prevent
q county Judge from giving marriage Ii
censes to imbeciles. epileptics and insane
persons; another bill to provide matrons
for the penitentisry and county iails where
women are confined.
what G. A. X. Wants.
The members Of the Grand Army OF the
Republic were scouting around today to hnd
some member Of that organization in either
house who would father a bill to prevent
the Dissertation OF the flag. Should this
bill be introduced and passed 1t would
mean that no business firm could use the
nag to wrap up goods.
Three members OF the Grand Army Of the
Republic. all past commanders, met yes
terday to confer upon the appointment of a
member OF that body as a member Of the
committee on soldiers homes. Tho man
these will select will be recommended to
Speaker Mockett. Captain Culver Of Mil
ford. Captain Adams Of Superior and Cap
tain Reese Of Broken Bow made up the
caucus.
Governor Consider Appointments.
Governor Mickey is still busy looking
over the field of appointments and made
no announcement today. Pending the an
nouncement OF the -adJutant general, Cen
eral Colby will hold over. The governor
expects to make the appointment to this
place either this week or the first Of next.
There are six candidates for the place.
Captain Holderman OF York and Captain
Phelps of Holdrege being the last an
nounced. The Kearney Industrial school
guperintendency still remains in doubt.
Deputy Food Commissioner Bassett has
consented to remain In Office until May in
0rdar that the laOfalafura NAV haVa the
benefit of his experience.
The State Printing Board expects to meet
Wednesday and name it's secretary. This
place Is held by L. A. Williams of Blair,
but there are a half dozen who would like
the place. It pays $1,000 a year and a man
can grow fat on the work.
Discover More school Land.
Land Commissioner Follmer has I'M
unearthed two pieces OF land belonging to
the state that had been lost sight Of. These
pieces comprise 100 acres. The books in
the ONCE OF the commissioner have been
carefully checked up recently and the mis-
taken entries discovered.
breaking Into >-Penitentiary.
Another man has attempted to break into
the penitentiary, This time it is Joseph
DouNhtA lAom hNgd Idnd CohnN9t hAuti
indictment for murder. He came to Lin
coin this morning with a letter supposed
to be from the sheriff of his county. rec
o~mmending him to the warden Of the peni-
Tertiary. He at once went to the prison
and gave himself up to the warden and de-
sired to be locked Up. Bouchet was SEN
fenced to serve seven years, but pending
an appeal to the supreme court was out
under bond. After the transcript had been
made his attorney advised him to drop the
proceedings and begin his sentence. As
he was not armed with the necessary com
mitment papers. Bouchet will be held as a
guest at the prison until these arrive.
Because the states attorney failed ia
show the value OF a horse which JOSEPH
Keller Of Cheyenne county was convicted Of
stealing, Keller's attorneys applied tC
Judge Holmes this morning TO release
Keller on a writ Of habeas corpus.
Attorney for Keller, Mr.. Berge, urged
that the supreme court had held that such
an omission Is fatal when coupled with the
fact that the information did not hx the
value either. The case was one brought
under a general statute making herse steal
ing a felony. The state insisted that ha,
beas corpus was not the proper remedy
and that the defendant having failed L
appeal 10 the supreme court was bound
the court having once secured jurisdiction
over him. Mr.. Berge contends that tn,
Information and verdict being irregular
the court never had Jurisdiction aud tina
his conviction and sentence therefore wer,
void.
Judge Holmes took the matter under ad.
visement.
Omaha Convict Dies.
Frank Clark sent to the peniteutiar!
from Douglas county for burglary. died a
the prison this morning of consumption
and the authorities are unable to locat,
his relatives and do not know what to d,
with the body. Clark was sentenced 70
i've years and his time would have expires
next September. He was SO years OF age
historical society Meeting
The twenty NTH annual meeting OF tn,
Nebraska Historical society will be hel,
a. memorial chapel OF the State uniyersit