Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-07
MICKEY TO QUIT TALKING
Demand Upon Him for Speeches Take Toe
Much Of His Time.
.'EcRtAsl IN INSANE At HASTINGS
y. J. O'Brien f. ReappOinted as
superintendent of the state Fish
HntcheRies mt south
Bend.
CFrom a stan Correspondent


LINCOLN, Tune 6.-(Special .)-Governor
Mickey will leave tonight for Council
Bluffs. where tomorrow night he will lee
ture in the Methodist church of that place
on christian citizenship" The lecture is
to be delivered at the personal request Of
the pastor of the church, who formerly
resided I'm Lincoln and who is an old-time
friend Of the governor. And that recalls
that the calls on the governor lately for
commencement speeches and such like have
been so numerous that the governor is be-
ginning to be sorry that he ever learned
the business, and were It not for the fact
that commencement is nearly over he
would doubtless cancel several engage
ments.
1t is the intention of Governor Mickey,
anyhow, to call a halt ana devote more Of
his time to the governors office. Not that
he has neglected his business thus far, but
IL things keep going in the speaking line
like they have been. something will have
to be neglected, for the calls the governor
gets, were they all to be accepted. would
take all Of his time.
The governors intention to quit the lee
ture platform was due to the fact that
several parties have told him lately that
they had been In to see him and that he
was or speaking. 81 intend to stop speak
ing so much" he said this morning, for
I an beginning to see that II 1 keep It up
It will take too much of my time and will
cause me to neglect my business. 1 don't
want TO do that, and, besides, l want to
be here when people come to see me-
Decrease i'm Insane at Hastings.
From December 1 to June 1 the number
of inmates of the Hastings insane asylum
has decreased from 95 TO S73, according
to the statement of the superintendent, w
b. Kerns. During the six months forty
one patients have died. one escaped ant
two were discharged as having regaineC
their minds. Only ten persons were ad
mitted during this time. Six more inmates
are accounted for because their furlough
had expired. To care for these people 1
has cost the state $500 for officers sal
has cost Sls.sl5.3O, or $3.50 for each inmat
for the entire period.
Few Applications for Water.
During the last six months only twclv
persons have asked the state for water 70
irrigation purposes. Nearly all of thes
applications are for water in the Whit
river in northwestern Nebraska. In nearl,
all other portions of the state all the avail
able water has been appropriated. Score
tary Dobson believes that most of the fu
ture irrigation development will be alonJ
the line Of storage reservoirs to save tn
flood waters. Mr.. Dobson is confident tina
the rrigable area can be greatly increase
by the utilization of these means of storage
bee Asks RehearinE.
E. w. slmeral, attorney for The Be
Publishing company had filed a brief in tn
supreme court asking for a rehearing in tn
matter of George w. Shields against TIL
Bee Publishing Company, in which Shield
was given judgment by the supreme coui
for $500 for damages alleged to have rt
suited from the publication in The Bee c
an editorial regarding Shields.
In beginning his brief Mr.. Simeral said
This is an action for libel involving som
of the most important legal questions this
can be submitted to a judicial tribuna
viz: The right Of the press to discuss an
~criticise the action of a public officer. an
upon the part of that officer his right to n
frain from the performance OF those duti'
imposed on him by law. Yet the oplnio
filed herein on April 30, 1903, does not d.
termine these important questions in II
light of the evidence adduced. or the leg
principles involved and argued"
In commenting upon what he terms e
rors in the instructions, Mr.. Simeral sa
another fatal error in the instruction. vi
at assumes that a portion Of the artic
charged Shields with malfeasance
once"
O'Brien IL ReRDpOinted.
w. ]. O'Brien OF South Bend has bee
reappointed fish commissioners and for Il
[next two years will have charge of II
fish hatoheries. Mrs. X. Stewart, who hi
been the stenographer in the ONCE und
Game Warden Simpkins. will be retain,
by Mr.. Carter. Mr.. O'Brien was appoints
over a number OF applicants in recognize
of his good work during the time he HI
filled the ofice. He was recommended
Mr.. Carter. who has worked with him. al
many other citizens.
High School Graduation.
DIR. H. ]. Davenport of Chicago lectur
here tonight on "N-oncompetitive Life"
the high school graduates. The occasi
was the commencement exercises of I
high school. The graduating class W
composed of ninety-one young men a
women and these were presented wi
diplomas by President Burkett of I
Board OF Education. The exercises we
held in the Auditorium. which was tasI
fully decorated for the occasion.
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