Omaha daily bee., 1905-04-23
NORMAL BOARD UNRUFFLED
Treasurer Mortensen and Tom Majors Sit it
Out Side by Side.
GUARD INSPECTION is COMPLETED
Speculation AZ to what Northwestern
VIII 10 when Burlington In
vRdes It's Territory from
sioux city.
(From a STAFF Correspondent.

/ NfrOm a stan correspondent.
LINCOLN April 22.-(Special)-As an
tcipated, the State Normal board failed to
elect a principal for the Kearney Normal
school at its meeting held in Peru yester-
day. The vote to proceed with that order
| Of business stood to and the board ad-
journed without bloodshed or incident, to
meet here on the evening Of May >. Strange
| as It may seem after all the belligerent
talk, Treasurer Mortensen and Tom Majors
sat side by side in the board meeting and
also at chapel yesterday morning and
| neither showed a rufed feather the meet
ing having been one Of the most har-
monIous this harmonious board ever held.
| The board logged along nicely over the
mine which is yet to be exploded, dis
cussing routine matters such as planting
trees at Kearney and approving bills until
all the business had been completed eX-
| cept the election of principal
| Il move that we now proceed to the cleo
ton Of a principal for the Kearney Nor
NAL school" said Treasurer Mortenscn,
without so much as twluge of the mus
cles.
Il second the motion" said Superinte end
ent McBrien, getting ready to nominate
former Superintendent Fowler.
The motion was put. Those voting yes
were Mortensen, McBriCu and Tawney.
Those voting no were Majors, Delzel and
Gregg. That settled it. Everybody smiled
and the meeting adjourned without single
| skyrocket beng set Off
The absence of Rev Ludden. the other
member of the board. prevented the Sc
lection Of the principal lie will he here, it
is presumed. at the May meeting and at
| that time the principal will be chosen, and
| Ludden will cast the deciding vote.
Guard Inspection Completed.
| LINCOLN. Neb.. April 22.-Brigadier Gen
| eral' Daggett is about through with his
| inspection Of the companies of the Ma
| tional Guard and will shortly send his
| report to Washington. This report. OF
course, is strictly between General Dag
| gett and the War department, but the
| general has given out sufficient information
on the subject to let the people know that
he is well pleased with the showing made
| by the various companies. Major Nc
Laughln. who was with General Daggett
most of the time, said many of the com
panes made a showing 100 per cent better
| than they did a year ago, while only one
! company failed to come up to its former
| grade. This was because, he said the com
! pany had just elected new officers and the
change probably made the difference.
Because Of the inspection the Norfolk
company and the West Point Rifles were
! mustered out of the service. New COM
panes have been mustered in at Alma and
| Rushvile Senator Bresee is the captain
of the latter company, with Ernest Aubert
| first lieutenant and Lee Fritz second lieu
tenant The former is a jeweler and the
| latter Is county treasurer. The company
| is made up of business men and ranchmen
| and men Of property; for instance, 1t
takes Captain Bresee Just week to walk
across his ranch. The company is noted
for it's crack shots.
General Culver is figuring on the
| annual encampment TO be held in July OF
| the first part of August Just where the
| camp will be located is not known now,
but it will require some place with plenty
of room to make good range, where there
is plenty of good water This year the
| signal corps will go out in advance and
draw plats Of the grounds and analyze the
water, something that has not been done
heretofore.
Northwestern'S Next Move.
Railroad officials here are indulging in
much speculation as to what the North
western will do when the Burlington begins
It's branch line from Ashland to Sioux
City. 1t is said the Northwestern will
at once begin the construction of a line to
Seward from Lincoln to connect with its
line to Superior. There it will join with
iHt odllNd Z LOT a ullGtl line 10 the
west paralleling the Burlington line in
this state by building from Seward to
Hastings. 1t is then proposed by the
Northwestern to put on a Chicago train
to leave here at . o. clock in the afternoon
to connect with the Northwestern out of
Omaha at Missouri Valley and TO reach
Chicago an hour sooner than does the
Burlington. The big fight of the North
western will be to divide the South Platte
trade, now controlled by the Burlington.
| Congregational ball Opens Monday.
, | The congressional committee Of the First
congressional district will meet in the
office OF Thomas Munger at o'clock Mon
day afternoon for the purpose of arranging
for nominating conventions or primaries to
select candidate for congress to succeed
Senator Burkett
May RevOIutiOnize Things.
| 1t is within the range Of the possible that
the Lincoln Citizens Street Railway COM
r pany, which proposes TO install a new street
car line in Lincoln, will use the new gasoline
- motor engine like the one constructed for
| the Union Pacific in Omaha to run its cars.
e Today George L. Campen, 7. 7. Kennard
and others are gallivanting over the west
} end of the state in that new car TO test 1t.
= For some time they have been figuring that
such an engine could be used all right for
? municipal street car purposes and are now
' up to the testing point. The members OF
' the party expect to return to Lincoln to-
= night or tomorrow
ArbOr Day In Lincoln,
I Arbor day was observed i'm Lincoln by
I the closing Of state and county offices, but
there was little il any tree planting. None
a OF the schools INDUCED in tree planting
n for the reason that all the available space
!, for trees has been taken up.
western Philosophical Society,
The Western Philosophical society, with
delegates present from seven universities
concluded two days meeting here this
evening. The following officers were
D | elected:
President prnf I III Tufts TTnIversitN