Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-29
TEACHERS TALk FOOT BALL
Majority Inclined Agsisst Radical Action
on the Question
RURAL SCHOOLS OPEN TO IMPROVEMENTS
Fruit Men Talk of CombininE for the
Purpose of Fighting the Armour
and Other Refrigerator
Lines


tFrom Il stan Correspondent
DEs MONIES. Dec. ,speciaIt-At the I
round table Of the city superintendeuts to- !
day the conference Of the state Teachers |
association decided not to endorse the at I
tack Of S. X. Stevenson OF Iowa city on
foot ball. which was made In a paper read
yesterday afternoon The superintendents
discussed the foot bah situation vigorously
Stevenson is recognized as being one Of
the bitterest foes to foot ball there is in
the state. and E W. Fellows Of Denison.
one OF the warmt q supporters OF the same.
argued vigorousI for the game. The reso-
tuition finally adopted was that the paper
by Prof Stevenson should not be printed
in the minutes with the approval Of the
superintendent section. This report will
he made to the association.
At the general meeting of the associa-
ton today w W Stetso-. state superin-
tendent ot Maine. made the declaration
that children should not be allowed 10
enter school before they are : years old
and said: "A child is chloroformed IL
buried in text books at the age OF 5. OF all
the educational spasms that have been
inflicted on the child. child study has been
the worst" Miss Louise Arnold Of Sim
mons school, Boston. took the same posi-
ton.
Prof II. T. Ports superintendent OF
Iowa county. in an address today said:
The rural schools are out in the country.
where the best schools should he. and
where the weakest schools are. As rule.
there is but one room without entry or
or decorations nor any too much OF the
conventional apparatus The terms are
short. The teachers are youngest and
less experienced or oldest and less pro-
gressive. though this rule has fits excep-
tons
President J. j. Mcconnell of Cedar Rap
ids. in his annual address, took the ground
that work already undertaken in educa-
tional lines should be completed before
new work was undertaken. and declared
that II the masses are to be educated they
must be reached before they come in sight
Of the higher educational institutions
Alleged Accomplish Z. Indicted.
Another indictment has been returned by
the grand jury OF this county in the Ed J.
ment is of the alleged accomplish Of w. =.
Carter. who IS under arrest. The theory n
the murder now is that Carter hired an
other to do the actual shooting of Greseer.
| Tho police and county authorities are look
ing for William Cross. alias Frank Dutch
| Cross.
Postmaster Recovered
| Colonel Hubbard. the veteran postmast or
at the state house has recovered from the
| blood poisoning caused by scratching his
| hand on a buckle at the back of his
trousers. He was laid up for nearly two
weeks and there We're grave fears for a
time that complications would set in
Fruit Men to Form Trust
Practically the foynation OF a trust out OF
the Western Fruit Jobbers' association was
| advocated today at the meeting here in a
| paper prepared by + l. Hasler Of Chicago
and read TO the association. His paper was
on cooperation among members. He told
| that for some time he had co-operated with
one or two members OF the association In
using each others buyers In making pur.
chases Of fruit. and advocated that the as,
ISOLATION go into the matter on a big scale
furnishing each other information and buy.
ing through the same agents. thus cuttins
down expenses. President F. NJ Ferguson
of Duluth said that the Armours had agreed
to compromise with the association on tn,
private car matter and had offered to re
duce the charge for cars from Is to 80 De
cent If the association would stop its fgh
on the Armours He advocated the fight b,
continued and an increase in the dues To-
the purpose and the association adopted tn,
recommendation.
Candidacy f. Announced
Julian W. Richards of Waterloo who 10
several campaigns has had charge OF tn
literary bureau OF the republican party. il
out in formal announcement of his can
dldacy for secretary of state His an
nouncement is the first for that Office am
the second for state Office. the announce
ment of Webb Byers for attorney gener,
being the first.
Governor Writes Message
II is learned that Governor Cummins
message &c the legislature. which will b
about seven newspaper columns long vii
contain recommendations that the Rail
; road commission be given more power an
, will also ask that the Legislature tax
up the matter of insurance. This is o.
the recommendatiio Of State Audito
Carroll The message Ia nearing compI,
, ton and will go into details on the prinlar
election law and snti-pass law and wi
also recommend the single board OF con
, troll for educational institutions IL wi
, be read to the legislature the first da
a Of the session. January 5 but whethe
, in the forenoon OF afternoon is not dete!
mined.