Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-27
MICKEY HAS ASYLUM PAPERS
'dicationS Testimony Has Not Changed
His Opinion in the Case,
DOCTORS SUMMONED TO APPEAR MONDAY
Fourth of July PRrdOns RECON-
mended for Two, One of whom IL
Sam Payne, Convicted of
Murder of Maud Ruble.


10 Lincoln 10 appear beioAS Wv
ernor Mickey at 2 O'Clock Monday after
noon, July 2, and introduce any defense
they may have in answer to the charges
made against them by the governor.
The transcript Of the testimony taken at |
Norfolk was delivered TO the governor yes
terday afternoon and by Monday afternoon |
the governor will be ready TO announce his |
decision in the matter. Governor Mickey |
has already read most of the testimony |
and II is not a bad guess 20 say he Will |
stand by his first decision to remove the |
two officers from the institution. While the |
governor will make no statement at this |
time what he will do, the reported flight OF |
Ellis and the discharge OF Cronk and Biggs |
by superintendent Alden had not tended to |
sweeten the temper OF the governor in the |
Norfolk matter and It is more than prob |
able he will compel Alden and Nicholson to |
get out
Nebraska Asked to Participate.
Governor Mickey has received a letter !
from Governor Cummins Of Iowa asking !
him to appoint FIVE delegates or commits |
sioners to meet with as many from the |
other states to start a movement to get |
all legislatures to pass a resolution re-
questing the submission OF a constitutional |
| amendment providing for the election of
United States senators by direct vote OF
the people. The governor will appoint the |
delegates within few days. The meeting |
is to be held in Des Moines September 5.
Delegates to Law Conference.
Governor Mickey today appointed Roscoe
Pound of Lincoln and John L. Webster and
Ralph w. Breckenridge delegates to the Ma
tional Conference of Commissioners OF Uni
| form State Laws. The conference is to be
held in St. Paul Mimi. just prior TO the
meeting of the American Bar association,
which is set for August % to 81, inclusive.
Pardons Recommended for Two.
II Governor Mickey follows the recon-
mendation of the chief justice of the SUI
preme court, the secretary CT state and the
attorney general, two life prisoners will be
| pardoned July and their citizenship will
be restored to them. These officers today
| recommended pardons be granted to Ed
ward ]. Collins, sentenced from Valley
county April II, 1894 for life a charge
Of murder. and Samuel f. Payne. colored,
| convicted of numbering a white girl in
| Omaha He reached the penitentlary De-
| cember g. 1894. He was convicted of TAX
ing the life Of Maud Ruble. whose body was
found in a house near the Tenth street
viaduct. The murder was one of the most
notable IN the history of the state. Payne
|
asylum.
Electrician Falls to Death.
John Curran, an electrician in the en-
ploy of the FIRE department, fell from a
thirty-fve foot pole at Eleventh and r
streets at <:30 this afternoon and was in
stantly killed. Curran struck on his head
and his skull was crushed. 1t was not
known whether he caught hold OF a live
wire or missed his hold on the pole. He
was about IS years old and leaves a fam
lily residing at Twenty-fifth and streets.
The body was taken to the undertaking
rooms of Walter Roberts
CoIOred WOman'G Club Federation.
The second annual federation of the
Nebraska Colored Womens federation be-
gan at the Newman Methodist Episcopal
church this morning and will continue
over until Tuesday evening. The meeting
was called to order by Mrs Ida Merritt of
Omaha, who tomorrow will read a paper
on the subject, us the condition of the
negro in this country becoming better or
worse" A number of delegates are here
! from Omaha and Fremont and the smaller
towns and large attendance is expected
tomorrow.
Automobile Not an Asset.
When a merchant or property owner OBJ
jects to an assessment, the County Board
. of Equalization has ruled that the party
must show the board his insurance policy
I so the board can Judge whether the protest
should be sustained. John T. Dorgan,
whose automobile was increased by the as
: SCISSOR from $1,000 to $4,000, told the board
0 that an automobile should be listed as
, liability rather than as an asset. Dorgan
: argued an automobile should be assessed
half the price of 1t the second year, one
! fourth the third year and 1t was worth
nothing the fourth year. He then detailed
: what his machine had cost him to keep It
running these two years.
: object 10 stands on Sidewalk.
The City Improvement society has petit
toned the city council to remove all the
! fruit stands and bootblack stands now COW
ering a portion of the sidewalks in various
j, parts of the city. The petition was read TO
, the council just prior to the Introduction of
resolution to give authority to a person
TO construct another fruit stand on the
J street. The request was refused with only
one councilman voting for It.
Cars to the Beach.
, The council has granted the right to the
Capital Beach company to lay a track and
4 run motor cars 10 the Beach from street
The company intends to open the beach to
q the public July and II expects 20 have
cars running the new line by that time.
!. The lake has already been filled with water
e and the switchback railway is completed.
:. Mrs. Katherine Montgomery has brought
suit for $5.OOo against Harry M. Miller
h manager OF the Lyric theater asserting he
knocked her down over some chairs In the
. theater and caused her permanent injuries
Miller and Montgomery, IL is asserted had
a night and Mrs. Montgomery tried TO sep
arate them. She got hurt in the mixup.
PinkertOns Want Pictures.