Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-19

was being jolted and remarked about It
70 his companion Three days later he fell
Ill OF a hemorrhage and is no longer able
to work. He contends that his injury was
accidental, the jolting being the first ana
sole cause of his trouble.
The contention of the company Is that
the proof shows that apoplexy Is the real
trouble and that this cannot be caused by
jolting; that the blood vessel in the brain
that was ruptured came not from an acci-
dental injury-that is. one happening by
violent or external means-but from dis
eased condition of the person, which made
him liable upon any unusual shaking up
occurring to be stricken. They contended
that an accident was something that the
person who suffered II knows right away
has happened. and that the definition did
not include such a case as was made out
by the plaintiff.
The court was inclined to rule that ex-
pert medical practitioners must be called
to determine whether a jolt could cause a
rupture of a blood vessel in the head Of a
previously healthy person, and upon this
the case promises to turn.
Statistical Reports Coming In.
Labor Commissioner Bush is receiving
liberal responses to his request for returns
from merchants and manufacturers. These
will be compiled into a bulletin which will
be published late in the year. The figures
received up to date show that industry is in
a good condition throughout the state.
Until this year the persons called on for
statistics have been very chary about COM
plying with the requests and the labor
commissioners have been hampered in Sc
curing returns, but the results OF the last
call seem TO justify the belief that the
attitude OF the people OF the state towards
the department has changed and the COM
missioner is hopeful that it will not be such
a difhcult matter hereafter to secure the
needed returns.
The precinct assessors throughout the
state have also been called upon for sta
tistics Their returns are expected to show
what crop conditions are. Hitherto the
returns received from this source have
been very unreliable For this reason the
crop reports OF the state labor bureau have
been a byword among the people who
have occasion TO look into the question OF
crop conditions and yield. The report last
year was of so many millions from the
figures shown by the United States report,
! that 1t created more or less sentiment
against the bureau.
Labor Commissioner Bush has been out
at Holdrege during the week trying "a
| enforce the fire escape law. He has not
hitherto made any trips to the interior
towns, conhning his efforts to the large
cities. but now ne is beginning a crusade
which will take him into the smaller cities
Of the state. Il Is his intention to require
all landlords OF buildings coming within the
terms OF the statute to take some steps tC
| Mt up their buildings with ire escapes Sew.
| eral buildings in the city have been without
FIRE escapes in defiance of the law since
It was enacted, but promises have beer
made that the needed apparatus will be in
stalled.
scrap over Library Room.
The State university authorities and IN,
/ State Board OF Public Lands and Build
| ings no longer speak A few days ago tn,
| superintendent or director OF the agricul
tural station at the university farm told
the state food commissioner that his chem
list could no longer use the laboratory
there because the students were too many
and the room he took up was needed.
In retaliation the state board mas notified
the university people that they must and
room for the state library commission
which has been housed at the state house
The law creating the commission says Il
must have headquarters at the state uni
VerHity or the capitol building. No ansWel