Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-09
VACATIONS FOR TEACHERS
State Superintendent Urges All Be Per-
mittsd to Attend Principals Meeting.
PROTECTING DOCUMENTS FROM FIRE
Lancaster County Escapes Paying for
Treatment of Drug Fiend by
COmmittinE Him as
Insane Person.
(From a stan uorrespondent)

(From a Stan correspondent
LINCOLN, oct S.-(speciaL state SUI
perintendent McBrien believes that school
authorities throughout the state can profit
ably give teachers leave of absence to at
tend the state meeting of superintendents
and principals, which is to be held in the
city october ~ to H. That is the policy
adopted by the school board at Bruno
Butler county, where the superintendent
delivered an address last week, and me
commends the practice believing that 1t
will result in a better equipment for the
| pedagogues and thereby bring a good re-,
turn to the patrons of the school in added
| efficiency.
Fire Risk on state pocuments.
Auditor Searle is about TO let contracts
for the installation OF steel fixtures in the
big record vault of his office in which are
kept the most valuable and important rec
ords Of the state government. The present
shelves and cases are of pine and would,
| in the event OF FIRE, be liable to ignition
from the heat of the walls To that eN-
tent steel is expected to prove safer since
the records and papers will have an ad-
ditional protection. One OF the great
dangers is OF spontaneous combustion
within the vault. A large vent pipe in the
roof of the vault would provide draft for
an incipient blaze, which would destroy
everything in the vault as long as the
pine shelves are retained.
May Go on Ballot.
| Deputy County Attorney Tyrrell has rem
| dered an opinion to the county clerk hold
ing that the names Of candidates for the
| county commissioners may go on the bal
lot. He believes that the commissioner
law, because OF its defects, applies only
to Douglas county,
County Escapes Paying.
| Through the action of the Lancaster
County Insanity commission in commit
ting Alfred r. Simmons. q drug fend, for
insanity, the county will save the expense
OF his treatment. Such in effect is the
holding of Attorney General Brown, to
whom the question was submitted by Su-
perintendent Greene of the Lincoln Hospital
for Insane, who said that the man was
not insane, but merely suffering from the
effects of the excessive use of narcotics
He had refused to receive the man until
the question could be determined. Sim
mons will be taken to the hospital for
treatment. The attorney general held that
the officials cannot go back of the return
made by the County Insanity commission.
Making Room for Them.
The shipment of patients to the Norfolk
institution has made more room at the
Lincoln Hospital for the Insane for per-
sons committed under the new dipsomaniac
law. Prior to the completion OF the new
buildings at Norfolk the Lincoln hospital
was so badly overcrowded that many of
the inmates were forced to sleep in the
halls, which made conditions dangerous.
Some dipsomaniacs had been received but
the officials at the head of the institution
did not encourage county authorities to
send them Now, however, that some of
the insane patients have been taken ia
! Norfolk, a considerable number of dipso-
maniacs can be received. The number OF
Inmates hovers little below the 600 mark
} at the present time.
1t is stated that there is disposition in
/, many Of the counties to make use OF the
J law in committing drunkards who have be-
! come chronic nuisances. The few months
; which the statute has been in operation
} has raised some novel questions as to Its
scope, but none more so than that brought
; to light in Webster county where the
officials have sent dipsomaniac over the
) protests OF his relatives, who pledged them.
selves that he would not be permitted 70
; become nuisance The man is now at the
; state institution being treated.
} The officials Of the Institution say that
these patients are gwen the most InOueTU
treatment and It is believed that in most
instances It will be successful. The men
3 under treatment are allowed liquor at the
1 start, but the quantity is gradually dimin-
4 ished as their craving for It is conquered
! by treatment No attempt is made to cut
/. the supply of at once for some of the pa
4 tients would become raving maniacs with
8 out the stimuant to which they have beer
Q accustomed.
want Name for Park.
The members of the recently appointed
e commission to control the new park east
! of the city in the valley OF the Antelope
{ creek are having dificult time CHOOSING
an appropriate name. Some of the loca
l. friends OF Mr.. Bryan, who has contributed
: a portion OF the tract, are OF the opinion
that It can very appropriately be named
: after him. but there are many republican,
l. who are averse to such designation. Nov
I in order TO avoid showing any discourtesy
e to the distinguished citizen the commission
: is discussing the feasibility OF naming 4
after some great man who is dead.
No Reason for Haste.
In a statement made public today, j. L
o Pierce, deputy state auditor ir charge Of in
\ surance. says licenses held by New Yorl
life insurance companies enabling them Il
do business in Nebraska will not be re
: voked before the result Of the investigation
q board In New York is known. While policy
: holders of this state are entitled to protec
ton, he sees no reason for haste.