Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-01

gallon" Under the contract this would
have made the bill for the two gallons
IS and the druggist was so notified by
Record Clerk Adair Galusha. In sexplana-
tion the druggist cited the boards attention
to another item In the contract which read,
Fluid extract cascara sagrada $l,26
pound" He then said at 81, Is pound the
two gallons would amount to 500, there be-
ing eight pounds TO the gallon. The board
failed to see It that way and Mr.. Clark
will have TO settle on the gallon basis.
which is Just the wholesale cost OF the
stuff The claim of the Harley Drug COM
pany for medicines furnished the state
ponitentiary were also held up because
Prison Physician Holyoke bought drugs
without permission OF the board and which
were not enumerated in the contract for
drugs. thus paying a higher price than that
at which the board could have purchased.
The board will not pay any bills which It
has not ordered. Another item held up was
| the salary OF a music teacher at the In
dustrial school at Kearney. The teacher
was employed to be paid out OF the emer-
gency fund but the board failed 70 see the
emergency.
August Bills Allowed.
The State Board of Public Lands and
| Buildings met this afternoon and allowed
| all claims for maintenance for the month
| of August and thus saved the remainder of
the 1903 appropriations from lapsing. The
| board discussed buying some land near the
penitentiary. but the matter went over for
the present The. board has about 1900
with which TO buy this land and IL has an
option on about 225 acres for $4,000. As
| the railroads have run through the land
J since the board secured it's option and II is
about eleven acres less than at that time.
Secretary Of State Galusha and Land Com
missioner Eaton objected TO paying the
price.
shaw Talks in Lincoln,
Leslie NJ. Shaw. secretary of the treasury
will deliver an address in Lincoln October
"a before the meeting of the Nebraska State
Bankers association. The notification OF
the acceptance OF the bankers invitation
was received from Secretary Shaw today
and at once plans were started for his en-,
tertainment. The meeting will continue
two days and a large crowd OF bankers Il
expected.
Gage working New Law.
Gage county is slightly overriding tn,
thing under the new dipsomaniac Law
enacted by the late legislature. so the stat,
officers declare. That county now hai
twenty-five patients in the asylum and, &C
cording to reports, whenever there Is
troublesome character in Beatrice o
wymore the police take them before tn,
insanity commissioners and that bodl
promptly sentences them TO Lincoln Here
after it will be up TO Gage county to prov,
beyond doubt that the person committed
is really a Mt subject for the institution
The county has TO put up S45 under the Law
when II commits a person. and II is sal,
this is cheaper than the old jail sentences
More Trouble at Norfolk.
Il Is very evident that another outbreal
has occurred between superintendent Alder
and the steward OF the Norfoll
asylum. Yesterday Mr. Peters and for
mer Senator Young were here and tn
senator called upon the governor in behal
OF Peters. In a nutshell the trouble seem
TO be which is boss OF the institution. Tn
orncials at the state house refuse to Civ
out facts
Paying Out Inheritance Tax.
While the county judge Of Douglas
holding that the inheritance tax law Is un
constitutional, and while the attorney
are figuring on testing the law in IN
courts, State Treasurer Mortensen is a
but through paying out the little less tina
$4,000 which under the old law was pai
into the state treasury In fact, he ha
settled with all but one county. The onl
difference between the present Law and IN
! cd Law. It tS SAID. y thai eR&AS thS pTsI