Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-16
NATIONAL PRISON CONGRESS-
Annual KsstinE Will Be Held in Lincoln
Beginning Saturday.
LARGE ATTENDANCE IS PROMISED
Rooms Are Already Reserved for
Many Prominent Prison Omcials
ana Those Active in
Prison Work.
tFrom a star Correspondent

one OF Ine largest altende0 Ine ASSOCIATION
has ever held. The local committee has Sc
cured headquarters in parlor A at the Lin
dell hotel and since this announcement has
been made hundreds of letters asking for
the reservation of rooms have been received
from all parts Of the United States and
from Canada. AS the railroads have made
a rate OF one and one-third fare for the
round trip from all parts OF the United
States several hundred delegates are ex-
pected. For that reason the hotel men of
Lincoln want the travelling men notified to
give the town a wide berth during the hold
ing Of the convention.
Some of the most prominent prison OIL
cials and charity workers in the United
States will be In attendance, and already
| the Lindell has reserved rooms for the su-
perintendent physician and chaplain Of the
Allegheny Pa. workhouse; General r.
Brinkerhoff and Jesse Oren and II. II.
Shrive of Columbus, o.: the warden of the
| Clinton prison. New York the warden OF
the Fort Madison penitentiary, Iowa; w.
/ Archibald, Dominion probation officer, OF
| tawa, Canada; the superintendent and ply
| sician for the prison for women of Con-
| necticut Albert Garvin president of the
| National association, of Connecticut; John
/ c. Miligan, secretary OF the national asso-
| citation, of Pennsylvania w. A. Hunter,
! warden of Anamosa, Ia, penitentiary.
Among other prominent men in prison work
| who have engaged rooms are Henry Towne,
| ]. G. Taylor, A. L. Meserve, Walter A.
Thayer, three members of the national
board. President Garvin will be located in
parlor and Secretary Miligan will hold
forth in parlor 2.
While the Lindell will be the headquarters
for the association the other hotels will be
as equally crowded, and they have re-
ceived as many applications from prominent
men over the country.
Tho program for the meeting is an excel
lent one and many persons who win deliver
addresses are prominent before the country.
The local committee is bending every eff
fort to interest every one in the state in the
meeting and will be able to care for all who
come to Lincoln during the time the meet
ing is on.
Captain WorIixer Popular.
Captain Workizer. who succeeded Captain
Wilson Chase as commandant of the mill
tary department of the university, has
made good and is now one of the idols
of the boys. The captain made the an
nouncement yesterday that cadets who
were participating in athletics would be
given credit just the same as If they
drilled providing they get into the battalion
after the season of athletics closes. All of
the athletic inclined cadets, however, have
to attend the general meeting once a week
Heretofore the militar department has cut
in seriously on the athletics and in formu-
lating his new rules Captain Workizer has
removed a considerable obstruction from
the march of the athletes. The new cap
tain is from Joplin. Mo.
Board Bill for TurIey Allowed.
BECAUSE Judge Hamer secured the tenn
] 49, he oil
murderer, from the penitentiary pending
a review OF the case by the supreme court
: the state has been called upon to pay a
board bill to the sheriff OF Hall county
amounting to SPAS. The sheriff filed the
claim several days ago and yesterday Au.
ditor Searle decided to allow it. Turley
was confined in the Hall county Jail while
the supreme court again passed on the
case and the former decision of the court
was adhered to.
Hundred Thousand Club.
]. A. Buckstaff, a prominent business
man OF Lincoln, has made a move for the
organization of a Hundred Thousand
, Club" the object OF which will be to ad
vertise and boost the capital city. Hi
idea Is to have each person buy a buttor
and wear it, containing the name of tn,
club and with the proceeds of the buttor
| club print literature telling OF the ad
vantages of Lincoln. II any one is founC
without a button Mr.. Buckstaff suggests
that a committee of from 5000 to 5000
wait on the individual and see the reason
why.
Black Eagle for Park.
Lincoln's new park board will start ou
next spring With good nucleus for
grand zoo, to contain samples of all tn,
, wild animals OF the west AT the meeting
OF the board last night a letter was reaC
from the veterans of Company II, Third
Nebraska regiment, of Keith county, offer
: ing to the board one James G. Blaine, {
a big black eagle, which served with tn,
q company in Cuba. The bird is said to b,
good for 100 years. so the park board &C
: cepted the offer and will build a suitabl,
cage for him and have him brought t.
Lincoln shortly.
The Women's Improvement society. which
2 has been in charge of the F street park
, and which has made of 1t a beautiful place
! turned the property over to the parI
board and outlined the plans they haC
arranged for its future conduct and i'm
provement The board is considering con
;. structing large pond or lake near tn,
r pumping station, where there is alread,
a a natural depression, to be used this winter
a as a place for skating.
n Application for JudEeship.
The appointment of Judge Paul lessen Il
take the place Of Judge Eugene Tucker
as territorial judge of Arizona will leav,
i a vacancy to be filled by the governor
: providing Judge lessen accepts the an
pointment. So far only one applicant hal
filed his credentials with Governor Micke,
for the place, and he asked to have hi
name withheld from the public. Governor
Mickey, of course, will not discuss tn,
vacancy until Judge lessen tenders hi
resignation, Though only one application
has been made so far II is expected by tn,
time Judge lessen is heard from the wood
will be full of candidates.
Unidentified Man browns HImseIf.
CHADRON, Neb., Oct. l5.-(Special 9TH
body Of man supposed to be NJ. J. Dial,
OF Sandusky, o., was found in a pool o
water near the water tank at Bordeau,
station. just east OF here Section Forema
Coryall first saw It and tagged an an
preaching train, obtained assistance and re
moved the body but life was extinct.
coroner's jury rendered a verdict that "de
ceased came to his death by drowning him
self"