Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-09
BURT COUNTY AT CAPITAL
Fifteen Hundred, Mostly School Children,
Visit the State University.
WELCOME BY GOVERNOR AND CHANCELLOR
Commercial Club of Tekamah Particle
pates and Members Are Enter
tnined by the Lincoln
Commercial Club,
CFrom a stan Correspondent


cellor Andrews of the state university and
Mayor Brown of this city today extended
an enthusiastic greeting to one of the most
unique excursions that ever visited the city.
A crowd of 1.500 citizens of Burt county
came to Lincoln. Most of them we're school
children. County Superintendent Brook
ings had charge of the excursionists and
the object Of the trip was to enlarge the
views of the young people in regard TO
the state and it's institutions.
The first section of the excursion reached
the Northwestern depot at 10 o'clock
There we're 600 in the party and the Te
kamah brass band headed the procession.
Street cars we're waiting and without money
and without price the visitors were taken
to the state farm.
Governor Mickey welcomed the visitors
to the city and outlined the educational
advantages open to the young people of
today.
II want to see all you young folks well
educated" said he, ''for il we can have
more educated farmers we will have less
use for the lawyers and their many attend
ant evils"
Chancellor Andrews and Mayor Brown
made speeches. DIR. Seward of Oakland
made an eloquent response.
ticipated in the excursion, and many of the
financiers from that town were enter
tanned by the Lincoln business men at
lunch at the Commercial club rooms this
noon. 1t was the intention that before the
afternoon ended the entire delegation
should be led through most of the prin-
cipal business houses of Lincoln. The
crowd was guided on all it's wanderings
by a corps of nearly twenty university
students.
In the afternoon the asylum. the peni-
tentiary, the state house and the state uni
versity were visited. Tonight the party
left for Burt county. Fair weather greeted
the visitors, but rain made the last part
of the trip unpleasant.
The Tekamah quartet, comprising w. H.
Van Cleve, e. w. Harding, +. c. Harding
and F. E. Rinquist, supplied the musical
feature of the brief program. The univers-
ity people served many big tubs of home
made lemonade and pots of coffee to the
visitors during the noon hour.
Unusual Divorce Case.
Alleging that her husband had not taken
bath for four months, Mrs. ]. A. Nord
of Raymond today got a divorce in the
court of Judge Cornish. Before marriage
she was a school teacher and has many
friends near Raymond. Before marriage
| she AYERS her husband was neat, but after
| wards he became SO negligent about his
personal habits that she could not live with
| him.
Tax Building and Loan.
Deputy County Attorney Matson, in ar
| opinion filed with the county assessor, has
declared that building and loan associa-
tions have no property that is exempt from
|
mortgages and franchises must be taxed
Medical Institute Decision.
| While the supreme court holds that the
State Electro Medical institute of Omaha
cannot be licensed TO practice medicine as
| a corporation, the corporation may make
contracts with licensed physicians to con.
| duct its business and can collect for its
services Suit was begun in Douglas county
| to prevent the institute from doing bust
ness in this state. The defense was tha
the institute does not assume to practict
medicine, but that its business is conducted
solely by licensed physicians.
Indian Not Guilty.
| Ladeaux, a Sioux Indian living In Keys
Paha county. convicted of horse stealing
has secured reversal of the judgment
He was charged with stealing several heac
were being grazed. The court says 1t ha
failed to find scintilla of evidence show
ing that Ladeaux had possession of tn
stolen property, either actual or construc
tive. The evidence merely connected hir
with another party, who was not tried
The court finds that the evidence would b
sufficient to support a verdict.
Douglas Case Reversed.
| Tho caaa Of Ered SChroadar agaYnst ~
Blum, jr., error from Douglas county,
reversed and remanded for a new trial. Thi
is an action for malicious prosecution, |
which a little love affair fguers job
Blum, jr., and Fred Schroeder jr, cousin.
living near the village of Millard In Doue
las county, were rival sutors for the Low
of Mary Kelsy, who afterward Marie
young Schroeder. On the evening of Angus
9. 1900, while young Schroeder was goin
home on horseback he was shot at from
clump of willows by the roadside He te.
titled that he saw Blum's pony standin
there and saw a man with a white hanC
kerchief around his neck in the bushe
Blum admitted that he wore a white hant
kerchief around his neck that night Schro
! der caused the arrest of Blum on II
, charge that he had discharged the gun
him. Without the knowledge or consent ,
| OCHIOtutI the case WAS ulSHllSSe0 DY one
, the county attorneys of Douglas county ar
; Blum discharged. Blum then brought q
action against Schroeder for maIiciol
prosecution and secured a verdict and jud
, ment in his favor. Schroeder appealed Il
case to the supreme court on the grour
that testimony tending TO prove that Blu
had threatened to xiii him was exclud,
by the court The court holds that the e
clusion of this evidence was prejudici
. error.
The city of Omaha is defeated in its a
= peal from the judgment in favor OF Cath
= rine L. Lewis, who was injured by falliI
upon an icy sidewalk. The evidence in I
case is held sufficient to Justify the submit
. sion of the case to a jury and the case ha
ing been so submitted and the fury havi
= found for the plaintiff and a judgment ha
y ing been entered therein, the court hol
that it should not be disturbed
n In the Supreme Court,
In the supreme court June 6, 7, and g. t
following are miscellaneous orders:
Modern Woodmen against Plummer; ST
ulation granted; cause continued to Sc
al tember term. Gutschow against Washin
Df ton county; stipulation granted; cause su
"a mitted on briefs. Colgrove against Picke
plaintiff given leave to amend petition
III
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