Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-19

luB dppOluleu as HCInDeT CT the state
Board of Pharmacy Fred Russell Of Rock
well City, thus closing a notable contest
for the place in which four candidates made
a hard fight. The governor had been be-
sieged repeatedly by large delegations OF
the friends OF the candidates and had to
consider a vast amount OF correspondence,
and was sorely perplexed because all Of
the candidates were his friends.
Manual Training for Mutes.
The quarterly conference Of the heads OF
the various state institutions with the
Board of Control. which closed this even
ing. developed some matters Of more than
usual interest in the state at large. The
discussion Of manual training in schools
for the deaf opened in a paper by Superin-
tendent Tate of the Minnesota school at
Faribault, developed that the schools In
Iowa and Minnesota make larger use Of the
manual training department than any other
OF the hfty-seven in the United States.
Superintendent Rothert OF Council Bluffs
and Superintendent Tate agreed perfectly
as to the great value Of manual training
In these schools. The fact was brought
out that employers Of skilled labor regard
deaf students who have been trained In
these manual departments as among the
very best mechanics that can be employed,
and there is a demand for them. In wood
work. in shoemaking and similar trades
they excel. In the matter OF giving the deaf
students good training to be b~readwinners
the western schools lead.
In the matter OF the new inebriate de-
| rtmen at the state hospitals some val
liable Information was gwen by Superin-
| tendent Applegate of the state hospital at
Mount Pleasant. His paper brought out
the fact that there is every reason for de-
string that the inebriates be kept in a
hospital separate from the insane, and this
was commended by Governor Cummins and
members OF the Board Of Control. He re-
lated the method Of treatment adopted at
the state hospital, declaring that OF the
/ $50 cases first admitted not one person
was without some other ailment than In
ebriacy.
A number Of other papers we're read.
The program arranged for the next con-
ference includes a paper by Superintend-
ent Green of the Nebraska state hospital.
Gets His Bond.
It is now stated that ex-Deputy Marshal
. William Richards, who is said to have
| been in hiding in Omaha for some time,
has arranged to secure a bond and will
give himself up TO the officers OF the law.
It is stated that Marshal Christian Of this
city, who has all along expressed belief
in the innocence OF Richards. will sign the
bond with P. L. Sever of Stuart. 1t is re-
lated here that a number OF different per-
! sons have visited Richards In Omaha; that
his whereabouts have been known to his
wife and relatives in Creston ;or several
weeks: that several United states and
state officials have been avs re OF the loca-
tion Of Richards, and that several proml-
nent attorneys have been in touch with
him, and yet he has not been arrested and
no movement has been made looking TO his
apprehension from this end OF the linz.
Refused q License.
A. H. Burton, who gave his residence
as Marshalltown and age 10. applied to the
clerk OF the courts today for a license to
wed Frances Worden. aged Il, Of Des
Moines. The license was refused on the
ground that the child did not have the
consent Of her parents.
Carrie Batiesa, one OF the defendants in
the Corcoran murder case, was en- the
witness stand in the trial Of Burns today
and proved a poor witness for the state.
She had signed a statement giving details
OF the murder. Today she admitted on the
stand that much Of what she had stated
was false.
Conference of Coal Miners.
Excellent progress was made this morning
at the joint conference of the miners and
operators and the prices were agreed upon.
The subcommittee on the day scale was
still unable to reach an agreement and
II is possible that the matter may have 10
be taken up by the entire committee.
Other matters were satisfactorily adjusted
at the conference this morning and the
joint committee at the close of the session
this afternoon had practically finished the
scale for the Second district. The scale
adopted is:
Prina Innr,d