Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08

campus or in It's environments will be fol-
lowed by suspension, and in pursuance OF
that edlct have offered up one victim IN
the person Of Port johnson, the 1s-year-old
son OF Trustee A. L. johnson, one OF the
leading spirits in the university manage
ment The student has been suspended for
an indefinite period.
The particular infraction OF the rules
charged up TO johnson was the fact that
he made the state farm grove In the
neighborhoed OF the Wesleyan university
a trysting place, where he met one OF the
co eds by the light Of the moon. The
cruel intruder In the dreams Of juvenile
affection was Marshal Hollenbeck Of Uni
versity Place. who reconnoitered the grove
Thursday night at 10 o'clock and promptly
reported his find to the faculty.
AS a result OF the report Il has been
announced by Chancellor Huntington in
chapel meeting yesterday that Cupid has
no place within the environs of the Metho-
dist institution. This new index expurga-
torius for lovesick collegians and co-eds
bars simple spooning under the pains and
penalties Of summary dismissal Adjourn
ment OF the college society meetings must
be followed by immediate departure, for
home and no inviting benches on the
dire penalties. To stop at the front door
longer time than sufices for the per-
functory adieu makes the young man liable.
and pleasant excursions to picnic spots by
the light OF the moon, favorite diversions
OF college folk. are to be stricken OF the
card. The disgruntled young men OF the
institution are already working on plans
for the solution Of the problem OF CO.
| education without Cupid, and in the mean
| time goo-goo eyes are en- regle in the
college halls.
The Spartan law givers Of the institution
! failed to inhict any punishment on the
young woman, whose name is withheld,
leading to the inference that the male
students are expected to carry the burden
in the fight against the instrusion Of af-
lection, in violation of the rules.
Wants Foster Daughter.
Today Victor Blue, a Kansas farmer.
called on Governor Mickey to return to him
his foster daughter. Bertha Blue, who was
placed in the Home for the Friendless more
than year ago, and is now in the custody
! OF a respectable family, the name Of which
! is known only to the superintendent OF the
| institution.
Blue has employed an attorney and there
has been some talk of habeas corpus pro-
ceedings against the superintendent Of the
Home for the Friendless, Mrs. Johnson.
He contends that the child was placed In
the home as a boarder and that he had
| not intended TO surrender his right TO her
He says that she was there about a month
when the superintendent placed her with
the family in which she Is now held. The
| state officials are trying to determine
whether or not in placing the girl in the
home he gave her up to be a ward Of the
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girl up on the streets OF Omaha, but the
officials Of the institution say that she was
an inmate Of the home when he adopted
her.
Governor Mickey informed Blue and his
attorney this afternoon that he will look
into the case and secure additional facts
before taking any action. There is no OBJ
lection to the man II he is legally entitled
to the child, but the oficials are inclined
to the belief that his action in placing her
in the home constituted a surrender which
made II legal to give her into the custody
of the family which has her at present.
Says wife swOre Away His Liberty.
The friends of Elmer ]. Russell, Boone
county man, who has served two of a
ten years sentence for incest. have filed
numerous afidavits and statements with
Governor Mickey in support OF an appllca-
ton for a pardon In which they allege
that he was convicted in pursuance Of a
conspiracy between the wife and the daugh-
ter Nora Russell. the complainant, TO
get rid OF him in order that his property
might be enjoyed by the family and the
wife and mother left free to continue her
liason with a man named Pharmelee, with
whom she is alleged TO be living in Okla
homa.
Such persons as Sheriff Loran Clark and
seven members OF the jury which con-
victed Russell now assure the governor that
the wife had said that the husband was
not guilty and that It was planned to get
, rid Of him. The Jurors and Hans Horlock,
a butcher, allege that the chief purpose
was the wife's desire to live with Pharme-
, lee. One witness. Catherine McColl, in her
, ahidavit states that Nora Russell. the
. daughter had stated that she would com
, nit the story to memory and learn It by
: heart, so that she could tell It and that
the lawyers could not mix her up in what
she had to say" This afiant also sets w
' another reason for the alleged perhdy OF
D the wife in the fact that her husband had
e sometime prior to the trial. been instru.
mental in prosecuting and pnishing the
woman's brother for adultery
Among the statements is one by former
: District Judge John r. Thompson, whC
tried Russell. certifying to the belief thai
: the sentence had been excessive. The ap
Z plication for the pardon has been on nj,
: for some time, but Governor Mickey refused
: to act unless verbal statements were re
d duced to the form OF afidavits, according
S to the usual practice.
Want Local Federal Court.
Local attorneys are complaining a gooS
y deal because this city does not have
e permanent branch OF the federal court Xix,
Omaha. Those who are agitating the mat
ter say that Lincoln lawyers are handi
capped when they take cases in the fedora
court because they have TO go to Oman,
when motions are argued and attendant,
on that tribunal takes them away from
. their ofices. Another drawback urged Il
t the necessity Of going to Omaha to searcl
5 the federal court records when real estat,
n abstracts are made
Wants Pardon.