Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-16

tests spent the entire day at the state farm
looking over the institution and witnessing
practical demonstrations Of the work done
there
The prizes are so numerous and the task
Of classifying the exhibits is 50 great that
no attempt was made today to distribute
the awards. There are hundreds OF exhibits
to be passed on by the committee on
awards. and there are many which are so
close together in the points which count
that the task was found TO exceed expec-
tations.
Prof. L. L. Lyon. associate director Of the
| experiment station, talked to the boys on
the Improvement OF the Corn Crop" A.
E Burnett, director of the station, on the
Effect of Environment on Domestic AMI
| mails" Agricultural Education I'M the Uni
versity OF Nebraska was the theme. Of
Prof. A. e pavisson. These talks the boys
enjoyed immensely and each speaker was
vociferously applauded.
The girls were not neglected Miss Rosa
Bouton. director OF the school of domestic
science in the State university. discussed
General Principles OF Cooking" Miss
Lydia J. Mcmahon. superintendent Of the
Girls Industrial school at Geneva, told
what could be made from corn. c. s. Har-
rison of York talked on the Possibilities
OF Horticulture"
AZ 1870 a general session was held In the
agricultural building Here, after the con-
/ clusion Of several addresses, the Nebraska
! Boys Agricultural association and Ne
! braska Girls Domestic Science association
were organized. The program preceding
organization was as follows:
Address, THE Farm Scrapbool." Hon. r.
NJ Tyrrell. Lincoln.
Address, Prof John Haliton. United States
| Department of Agriculture.
Address, 'Nebraska's Greatest Product"
| DR.. G.. e. Condra-
This evening a banquet was held at the
| Lincoln hotel and It was the browning
event of the two days meeting for the
school children. over 100 people were
seated at the tables in the main dining
room, the ordinary and the rotunda The
program began shortly after 6 o'clock An
orchestra played and several speeches
were made. The banquet proper began
shortly after o'clock. A number OF
toasts were offered by distinguished speak
| ers from home and abroad. Among them
| was Governor Mickey, who spoke of the
progress being made in the schools
The Boys Agricultural club elected the
! following officers: President, James Loomis,
school district No. q. Valley county: vice
president Lester Moore. school district No.
76, Seward county; secretary, Hugh Gar
rett, school district No. 8. Fillmore county;
treasurer, Patrick Hickey. Cunning county.
Tho Girls Domestic Science club elected
the following: President. Margaret Whit
lay, district No. 3, Lancaster county: vice
president, Grace Aldrich, district No. 5.
Valley county; secretary, Eva Bolton, dis
trict No. IS. Fillmore county: treasurer.
Hattie Thompson, district No. 70. Clay
| county.
| Manager E. c. Bishop was authorized by
both conventions TO appoint finance COM
mittee and. with the officers. to fix the date
| of the next meeting.
Unauthorized F'raternaI.
The state insurance department has is
| sued a warning against the Western Work
man, an Arizona fraternal insurance cor
poration, having headquarters at Phoenix.
Advices have reached the department that
the company, which is without license
| to do business In the state, has been send
ing circulars to members of the Ancient
Order OF United workmen inviting them
to become members. The circular purports
to give a cheaper Insurance than that pro-
vided by the Workmen. The organization
! does not, so far as the officials have been
able to discover from an examination OF the
literature. provide for any medical exam
| nation and has no lodge dues
The company cannot legally do business
| in the state without first having secured
| authority, and a concern which discards
the medical examination has a very slight
chance to secure a certificate. The de-
partment has called attention to the fact
that persons incur considerable risk wher
doing business with companies which dc
not proceed in the regular manner to com.
ply with the state laws as to admission
It is believed that the concern is tryins
to work among the members of the Work
men through the use of the mails, since
an agent would be subject to arrest IL ht
sought to do business within the state
bounds.
Give New Bonds.
Former Chief of Police o. NJ. Routzahr
and former City Detective Bentley ap.
peared before Justice Stevens again this
morning TO give fresh bonds for their ap.
pearance at the next term Of the district
court to answer the charges OF blackmail
ing women of the red light district, under
which they were bound over last night
Attorney T. c. Munger went on their bond
until this morning. James Gillen and ]
w. Wolfe went on Routzahns bond and
Chief Cooper owns Up.
Today Chief of Police Cooper issued a
statement In which he acknowledges his
sole responsibility for the order issued dur.
ing fair week allowing the women OF tn,
prescribed district to sell beer. The fac
that he had done SO was brought out II
the Routzahn-Bentley trial. The CHIEF
says:
IT did not wait for any orders. but TAX,
all OF the responsibility upon myself. They
had been selling liquor regularly when W,
took hold and We stopped 1t. Then wher
state fair time came along they were al
lowed to sell beer for that week only, bu
IT was more on account OF visitors TO the
city than on account of the women. Peo
pie who come here and visit such place.
sort OF expect such thing. The privlleg,
had nothing to do with the Routzahn
Bentley business. I am ready TO assum,
the responsibility for this concession dur
ing fair week myself"
Ia Two to Retire.
Today the Board of Regents met for tn,
last time with J. L. Teeters and Edsor
| Rich in attendance in an Official capac city