Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-11


statement at the Hospital for the Insane is
az follows;
New cases ........................... 1
nurses amlcted .............................
Patients eh1lcted ............................. II
lotai cases "
One more case of typhoid fever developed
at the insane hospital today. making a total
Of twenty cases. Miss Mabel McGaw, a
nurse. r. at the point of death, while Miss
Shoemaker, who was reported so low last
night, is slightly improved superintendent
Greene sent TO Omaha for more nurses and
tonight he has suf1cient assistance. OF the
nurses who have been taken down with the
disease six are young women and two are
men. with the exception OF Miss McGaw
all OF the patients seem to be doing as we'll
as could be expected, and with plenty of
nurses Dr. Greene Will be able to handle
the situation. Physicians out in town also
report a number Of cases Of fever, but the
situation outside of the institution Is not In
the least alarming.
DR.. Greene is still conducting his investi-
CATION 20 see where the disease had it's in
ception. but as yet he Is unable 70 say The
hospital has it's own water supply, but the
reservoir was thoroughly cleaned this fall
and the water comes from the same strata
as the city water which was recently
analysed and pronounced free from disease
thought that the water used in the institu-
ton caused the trouble. So far DR.. Greene
n OF the opinion that flies carried the
germs, but he will not make a positive
statement until he has more thoroughly
looked into the matter IL was reported this
afternoon, however, that one of the reser-
voirs was contaminated. DR.. Greene has
been given full authority to cope with the
situation and he will not be hampered by
orders from the state board. No more ply
sicians are needed he said late this even
ing. as the case is one where nurses are in
demand. The fact that so many OF the
nurses were taken down at the beginning
Of the trouble discouraged the superintend-
ent at FIRST. but he now has others to take
their places and is much encouraged this
evening.
Fusion Inconsistency.
The action of the fusion press in de-
handing that Attorney General Brown
proceed to enforcA the maximum freight
rate law. while at the same time he is
head over heels in work with his pro-
ceedings against the Grain trust, for which
the fusionists give him no credit, Is cited
as an example of the inconsistency OF the
fusionists Just an incident a lawyer
here called attention to the fact that @. ].
Smyth. who was the chairman Of the
democratic convention resolutions commit
tee which demanded that the grain dealers
be prosecuted criminally. is also the at
torney for two of the grain firms named
as defendants by Attorney General Brown
Speaking Of the maximum freight rate
law this attorney said:
The law was passed in 1898 and at
once the railroads got out an Injunction
TO prevent it's enforcement. In 1897 the
supreme court of the United States held
that the rates named in the bill were too
low and that consequently It could not
be enforced. However, the attorney gem
eFal was, given permission to reopen the
case for the defendants, the State, Board
OF Transportation, at some future time.
I'm 1896, after the election of President
Mckinley and the election of c. ]. Smyth
the democratic attorney general. times be-
came good and consequently the rates
named In the maximum freight rate law
might not have been too low.
For four years Nebraska enjoyed pros
perity such as 1t Is enjoying today, but
Attorney General Smith made no effort to
revive the suit. Along in 1900 the State
Board Of Transportation. which was en-
powered to enforcs the law. was declared
unconstitutional and abolished. This left
absolutely no machinery to enforce the
law even IL 1t were held to be enforceable
by the supreme court of the United States.
thouBh, OF course III the law were revived,
St might be enforced by a county attorney
in specific cases.
But the denunciation of Attorney Gem
eral Brown is the way the fusionists do
business. They give him no credit for pro-
ceeding against the Grain trust. They do
not, nor ever did, condemn c. J. Smyth for
doing nothing. No, no. they select c. j.
6myth. an attorney for the grain dealers
an opponent OF Attorney General Brown
TO write platform condemning the grain
dealers. That's the fusion of It,"
virgins starts for New York.
Horace Virgins, special examiner for the
Insurance department, left yesterday for