Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-10

the right Of the department to act before
the first OF the year the need for such
assurance has not been pressing.
New neal on supply Bids.
Governor Mickey said today that the
State Board OF Purchase and Supplies will
put a new rule into operation at the next
quarterly meeting, which will make the
sessions executive as far as the bidders
are concerned. 1t is planned to keep the
| interested parties from the room during
the letting Of the contracts to prevent a
recurrence of the scenes Of the recent
meetings, when there was much confusion
and dissatisfaction because Of the tactics
of certain bidders who insisted on pre-
| senting their samples at the same time,
making calm deliberation impossible.
BOnacum starts New Case.
Bishop Bonacum today began a new suit
Of custer against Father Murphy of Sew
ard in the district court Of Seward county.
In his petition the bishop prays for an IN
| junction against Father Murphy to re-
strain him from interfering with any OF
the priests whom the bishop may send to
take charge of the parish property. He
asserts that the title to the property right
| fully rests in the bishop, and that the de-
cree OF accommodation against the priest
has been reviewed by the higher authorities
of the church at Rome and by them APP
proved.
COmmutes BaiIey's Sentence.
| Today Governor Mickey commuted the
| three-year term OF John Bailey, sentenced
| for purse-snatching at Omaha about four
teen months ago. acting on the recon-
| mendation of Judge Lee Estelle, who ad-
vised the governor that the mans offense
was really grand larceny and not robbery,
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claims that he is innocent and the governor
is inclined to believe that he tells the
truth The man was released at noon and,
at the suggestion Of the governor, went
| to the executive office in the company Of
| the warden. He was given some fatherly
advice and left for his mothers home at
Audubon, Ia, where he will have employ
ment
Say He II Innocent.
Governor Mickey received another budget
of affidavits and statements bearing on the
! alleged innocence of Charles Russell of
Sioux county, who is serving a life sem
tence In the state penitentiary for the
murder of Alois p. Staudenmeier, a ranch
man. lengthy statement by A. H. Hugh
son, who lives near the scene of the crime
and knew the parties, introduces the start
ling theory that another person killed the
Russell in his attempt to escape.
Hughson alleges that he had been told
| by certain individuals of a plot to murder
certain members of the Russell family, and
intimates that there would never have
been any murder had those individuals re-
manned away from the White river.
Ten members of the jury which convicted
Russell present a signed statement that
there is grave doubt as to guilt and that
the second degree verdict was brought In
as a compromise only after eighty-nine
hours in the jury room.
One Of the Jurors Nathan Broadhurst
alleged that he was threatened with bodily
violence in order to compel him to accede
to the verdict of guilty, while another
John sprachlin, was threatened with prose
cution for perjury Broadhurst swear:
that the compromise verdict was reached
only after a verdict of disagreement had
been reached and reported to the Judge
who ordered further deliberations. Then
he alleges, the verdict was agreed on only
after all of the jurors had pledged them
selves to sign a recommendation for elem
ency and an application to the governor
for a pardon. The court imposed life
sentence, overriding the recommendation
of the jury. L. X. Notes, deputy sheriff
, who had Russell in his custody. makes
statement concerning an alleged attemp
by the state to secure testimony through
. unfair means.
Albert watkins on Douglas.
Today at the State university Memoria
hall, Albert Watkins delivered an address
1.-THE Father of Nebraska" He spoke o
Stephen A. Douglas in that connection II
gave many illustrations of how Dougla
compared with Lincoln and claimed tina
1 xNrad haf nV al M
: the latter's time that displayed create
determination to accomplish things. II
said that Douglas was leader. but tina
: later he was met and defeated and that h
| took his defeat like a man. His Who'll
life was to accomplish things that woul
, be beneficial TO the state, as we'll as tn
union, and in many instances he met wit
success, while in other cases, because {
his attempts to do almost impossible thing
1 he met with difficulties that made tn
movements unsuccessful
''In the year 1854, after he had presente
many bills to congress-" said Mr.. Watkin
''he gave Nebra ska territorial Organization
Douglas was the Nebraska Job He wa
easily the leader of the dominant demo
cratic party in his day and was a conservi
tive worker. HIS great task was to say
the union and the party at the same tim
This undertaking afterwards proved
be an impossibility. The main differen'
that existed between Douglas and Lincol
on the slavery question, was that Il
latter had a more sympathetic feelir
than did the father of Nebraska. TIL
caused the making of one and the undoir
OF the other.
elm 1874 he introduced the first bill 4
a movement TO be made whereby India
would not be sent to this territory. II
country at this time was called Nebrasl
country and more than 10000 Indians we
sent to this country at one time"
Steals n Mule.
Governor Mickey has honored the reqJ
sition OF Governor Folk Of Missouri for
return 10 Andrews county OF Thomas al
Ida Mathews, who are alleged to ha
stolen one black Missouri mule, the pro
erty of James II. Horton.
Child Killed by GrIndstOne.
report has reached the city that I
2-year-old child Of George Stieber. farm
living near Walton, was fatally injur
by a grindstone with which he and 9th
children were playing Saturday. Sever
OF the children pushed the stone over a
It fell across the body of the child.