Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-12
NEBRASKA DAY AT PORTLAND.
Governor DsSignAtss August ~ as Occasion
for the State Celebration.
EXAMINATION OF NEW YORK COMPANIES
Government Files PIats and Plans
of Portion in Nebraska of
Pathfinder 1rrigatiOn
scheme.
CFrom a Stan Correspondent


(From a Stan Correspondent
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. u.-(Special.)-
] Governor Mickey has issued proclamation
| to the people Of the state setting apart
! August q as Nebraska day at the Lewis
! and Clark exposition. He will leave August
| II in order to be present at the ceremonies.
/ He will deliver a brief address on that
/ occasion. The states commission at Port
land has the matter in hand. and the in
vitations are issued by It. The personnel
of the governors party has not been an
nounced, but he will not take his military
| STAFF because II is necessary to leave for
| the exposition before the encampment work
is attended to, and that would prevent the
attendance Of Adjutant General Culver.
To Examine New York Companies.
j. L. Pierce insurance deputy in the
| office Of the auditor, Is in New York. to
take part in the examination into the ar
! fairs of the New York Life, the Equitable,
and the Mutual, the Big Three" which
are now occupying the center of the stage
| in the insurance world. According to an
Associated Press dispatch. Commissioner
r. E. Folk of Tennessee, who is in New
/ York with the officials Of FIVE other states,
| those states may examine into the. con-
dition Of local companies When Mr..
! Pierce left Lincoln for the east, he denied
knowledge Of any special investigation into
the AFFAIRS OF the Nebraska companies, say
ing that they were examined as often as
the means at the command Of the depart
ment would permit For some time report
has been quietly circulated among local In
surance men that some action on the part
OF the state official was pending.
While no definite action was taken by
| Auditor searle. who is the oficial head of
the department. II is understood that
Pierce intends to discuss the plan of work
with his fellow officials, and then leave
Accountant Virgins to do the actual work.
Looks Like a Suicide.
Ernest Robinson 30 years old, employed
as cook at a restaurant at 1874 street.
died this morning under circumstances
which lead the coroner TO believe that he
committed suicide. The man was cripple.
His features were violently contracted and
the position Of the body indicated that he
had died in a spasm. Coroner Graham In
dictated the belief that the man had taken
poison, although the other evidence was
confined to cup containing some clear
liGuid.
VIII Send Tall Corn to Portland.
Secretary Bassett Of the State Board OF
Agriculture will send some ffteen-foot
stalks OF corn 20 the Portland exposition
, The corn comes from a farm in Nemaha
county and Of a field of $50 acres with corn
ranging in the neighborhood of fifteen feet
in height, while the ears are ten feet above
} the ground. -
Files Government Canal Plans.
John E. Field, the engineer in charge
| of the canal construction for the Path
finder irrigation project, has filed the de-
tailed plats of the work on the Interstate
and Laramie canals in the office OF the
,,I.v nit hn mr.
visions of the statute. The plats show
! that the larger area of land to be watered
by the Interstate canal lies in Nebraska.
| In some instances there are entire town
ships which lie under the canal, while
large fractions of other townshipa will be
irrigated This will result in giving Ne
braska by far the greater portion of the
tract to be benefited and at the same time
insures the state the first water from the
canal, since the Interstate, according to
present plans, will be the first to be COM
pleted. Work has already begun on its
upper sections.
Refurbishing Supreme Court Rooms
workmen are placing new steel ceilings
in the rooms used by the supreme court
! at the state house. The walls Will be
covered with denim. For several years
no attempt has been made to improve the
appearance of the quarters occupied by
the court, and recently they have been
rather shabby. incidentally, the denim on
the walls will hide from view the paint
ing of the great seal of the state which
has been on the west wall of the consult
alton room for many years. AS a work
of art 1t proved to be a failure, and Su-
preme Court Clerk Lindsay, who is in
charge has concluded to save the esthetic
feelings OF the Judges from any further
shocks.
Buys Furniture for KeHrneY.
The furniture committee of the State
Board of Education, comprising Tom Ma
jors, c. H. Gregg and L. p. Ludden, has
contracted for the furniture with which
to equip the new normal school at Kear-
! ney. A large number of bids were opened.
The contracts were awarded to the low
est bidders in each class, and not, as is
the usual custom, to the bidder whose
total on the entire lot of furniture was
the lowest. The awards are as follows:
Rudge & Guenzel. Lincoln; 800 folding
! chairs, $3.50; 300 tablet arm chairs, A96; Is
teachers chairs, $50; kindergarten tables,
$40; 20 kindergarten chairs, 50.
W. W.~Welch, Chicago SO tablet arm
recitation seats, SSS76O; 30 chapel chairs,
: Nebraska School Supply company Lin
coin; 80 commercial desks, $3.50; 80 chairs,
: Omaha School Supply company; all desks
! estimated at 100, Sl.S5 each.
I Mr.. McVey, Kearney; l6 teachers desks
$3.50.
1t is claimed now that the building at
! Kearney can be completed in time to avoid
any possibility Of d lapse. The roof is
: nearly all on at this time and a large
, gang Of plasterers will be put to work in
a few days