Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-18
LINCOLN EXPECTS A CROWD
Indications Are There viii Be Large
Attendance At PriSsn Congress
BANKERS UNION TO Be GIVEN LICENSE
One More Death from Fever at the
Hospital for the Insane, but
other Patients Are All
Doing well.
ANKtRs UNION TO SE GIVEN LICENSE
CFrom a stan correspondentO


LINCOLN, oct. Observation-Disclosures are
still pouring in on the local committee
which is in charge Of the arrangements
for the care of visitors and delegates to
the National Prison congress, which be-
gins its session Saturday night and the
hotels will be taxed to the uttermost to
take care Of the crowds. A reception will
be rendered the visitors Immediately after
the first session Saturday evening and
everyone is cordially invited to attend this
as we'll as the sessions OF the conference.
Judge NJ. 3. Reese, chairman of the
local committee, will call the congress to
order and the meeting will be opened with
prayer by Rev. ]. e. futile, d. d. Gov
ernor John II. Mickey will deliver an ad-
dress of welcome on the part of the state
and he will be followed by an address Of
welcome by Mayor Francis w. Brown.
General r. Brinkerhoff of Mansfield, o.,
will deliver the response to the addresses
of welcome. He will be followed by Al
bert Garvin, warden of the state prison.
WetheTfeld, Conn, president of the ma
tonal association. Others will De invited
to make short talks.
No Decision In Primary Case.
II was expected the supreme court would
hand down an opinion today on the pri-
mary election law case from Douglas
county, but IL failed to do so.
Bankers Union 10 Get License.
President Spinney of the Bankers Union
of the World will get his license to do
business IN Nebraska providing ne deposits
81, 1853 in the mortuary fund, which Auditor
Searle claims is short that amount The
proposition was sent to President Spinney
today by Auditor Searle with the further
demand that he promise to keep the vari-
Gus funds of the order separated In the
future.
One More Death from Fever.
Miss Emogene Schumacher is the second
victim of typhoid fever at the insane
hospital here, she having died last night.
Miss Schumacher was one of the first
to be attacked by the disease and was
a nurse employed in the institution at the
time She was 81 years of age and came
here from Omaha where her mother lives.
The latter came to Lincoln this morning
and took the pody to Minneapolis for
burial.
Superintendent Greene has been conduct
Ing an investigation to discover the origin
of the fever and 1t is now about estab-
lished that it came from one of the reser-
voirs. This accounted for the general
spread of the fever, patients in various
portions of the building being effected. OF
course, when the first case was discovered
the reservoir, the sewer and the entire
water system was thoroughly cleaned, but
the damage had already been done. The
other patients are reported doing as well
as could be expected.
WOman'H Foreign Missionary Society.
The Women's Foreign Missionary society
for the states of Nebraska Kansas, Colo
RADIO, Texas. Wyoming. South Dakota and
the territories of Oklahoma and Arizona,
concluded a four days session here this
evening. The following officers were elected
President, Mrs H.. Imboden, Wichita,
Kan: corresponding secretary Miss Ella
Watson, sI.lncolA Neby:- recording secretary
Mrs. ], F.: Madison, Manhattan, Kan.
secretary of young peoples works, Mrs. c.
F. Rineker, Lincoln, Neb.; secretary OF
chi.drens works, Miss Susie B. Sweet, To-
Plat, Wichita. Mrs. Imboden was named
as a delegate to the executive council
which meets in New York City.
Normal students Complain.
The students attending the Kearney Nor.
NAL school and who live i'm the dormtory
are up in arms against the quality of food
served in the dormitory and have made
complaint to the State Normal board. Such
is the report that has reached Lincoln
today, but it cannot be confirmed by the
minority mem ers of the board because
they know nothing of it, Consequently
the complaints are supposed to have
reached the executive committee or tho
majority faction of the board. 1t is known
however, that Chairman Ludden and Mem
Der Delzell of the board have both visited
the dormitory to look into the complaints
but what kind of a report they have made