Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-22
CLEAN BILL At The ASYLUM
stste Board Reports on Investigation Of
Norfolk Institution.
GOVERNOR SILENT REGARDING RESULT
state Board of Health Grants certih-
Gates 10 Practice Medicine 60
Thirty-seven out of Fifty
Three Applicants.
lrrom a stan Correspondent

news representing Governor Mickey, Dr. |
Alden and DR. Nicholson. in the matter OF
the removal OF the two physicians from |
we position Of superintendent and assist
ant at the Norfolk asylum, the Board of
Public Lands and Buildings this afternoon
made a report of its Investigations to the
governor. holding in nearly every partic-
ular that the charges made BY the gov
ernor had not been sustained
The board reported that no deaths had
occurred at the asylum as result of al
legged cruelties practiced by the attendants
and employees. that on occasions necessary
violence had been used by four of the at
tendants, but this was not habitua ana
two Of the attendants had left the tnsti-
tuition and the other two were now emf
ployed outside of the building. The board
found also that DR.. Alden had been unable
to maintain harmony between himself ana
first assistant and the steward. who were
not his own appointees but upon the de-
mand Of the governor this discord had
ceased Neither of the physicians was
guilty of Keeping misleading records.
Late this afternoon the governor had
not received a copy of the findings OF the
board, but upon being Informed of the &C
ton OF tho board. he said:
II shall look over the testimony care
fully as we'll as the findings of the board
then
deem proper in the premises. Until l read
carefully the testimony ! will not discuss
the boards report"
Certificates to Practice Medicine.
The Board of Secretaries of the State
Board of Health this morning granted GER
tncates 10 thirty-seven out of hfty-three
applicants for licenses to practice medi-
cine in the state OF the number taking
the exai nation sixteen failed. The high
est Iro,s of any of the applicants was
ma. q by Claude Palmer. who scored 94k
on the scale of 100 Following is the
list OF those who passed the examination;
Arthur, @. Bunce, Harry Q; Cox; John +.
l.anguon, Francis j. Speltskal Louis =.
swarlzander, Forest A. Kelley, Daniel F.
Crowley, T, B. Higgins Leslie w; Mors-
Bianchard. {. Edith Maxwell b. S Wits,
Claude Palmer, Edward c. Lynch. Joseph
l. Me eSer r. ~ !" Battle safi James r. stone.
Guy f. Martin, Fay F.. Gaether, Edwin La
Brasil Nora M. Fairchild, John A. Fulle,.
James NJ. Kent. c. II. Munger, Edwin w.
Bookhart. ,Athenus $. Asa, c, J.. shelby, {.
o; Nordwall. r., Il. Foster; Charles TiS,. A.
Blanchard, w. j. Leary, Claude 5. Mills.
Bond Company Must Pay.
In the case of the Farmers and Mer-
chants Irrigation Company against the
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Com
pany. appealed from Dawson county,
wherein the bonding company gave power
.SUf attorney TO execute and deliver bonds
required in judicial proceedings, the SUI
premea court holds that where a bonding
company with knowledge Of an informality
in the execution of bond by its agent
receives and retains the premium paid for
the bond 1t is estopped in action on
the bond from urging such informality as "a
defense.
Aid Bonds Must BE Paid.
Lincoln township, Kearney county, has
lost it's suit to recover s93, 800, the value OF
bonds voted and delivered 10 the Kansas
City Omaha Railroad company, which
built line from Fairfield in Clay county to
Alma i'm Harlan county. The bonds were
voted with the understanding that the road
would operate in connection with the st.
Joseph & Grand Island and with the Union
Pacific and that 1t would give the people
Of the township the advantage OF a COM
petitive road against the Burlington. Later
the line was foreclosed in the United States
circuit court and in July /, 1902. the road
ceased 20 operate and surrendered TO the
y. & N. company and has since been OPP
Grated as a part OF the same Suit was
brought by the township alleging breach of
contract by the road. A demurrer to this
petition was overruled after which the de-
PENDANTS answered and a trial resulted in
a Judgment for the defendants. The judg-
ment is affirmed The court says a rail
road corporation succeeding to the property
Of another road through foreclosure is moi
answerable for the general debt Of the cor
poration whose property is thus acquired
The right OF township to maintain ac-
ton IN recover the value OF bonds voted
TO aid in the construction Of a railroad
doubted.
CoIfax Loses Bridge Case.
In an action OF msndamus TO compel the
supervisors OF Colfax county to repair the
bridge across the Platte river at Schuyler
the court held that the action cannot b.
maintained without notice to both countie:
under section us. chapter lxxviii. Compiled
Statutes. The court states that the reasons
given by Referee John ]. Sullivan, tc
whom the case was referred. justify the
conclusions reached by him and the court
The boundary line between Butler and
Colfax counties lie the south bank of III,
Platte river. The bridge over the rivel
between the counties was rebuilt in 1904 a
a cost Of about $4,000 In the followinl
spring more than half Of It was carried
away by the action OF the ice I'm the river
The court says that II is clearly thu
legislative policy that the joint duty with
respect TO bridges on the dividing lin,
between counties should be enforced By
action against both counties. AS the actor
was brought against but one county, tn
writ IL denied by the court.
Rejcha Out for Legislature.
Frank Reicha of Olive Branch precinct, II
the southeastern section Of the county
has announced his candidacy for the re
= publican nomination for representative II
the Legislature Mr.. ReJcha has resided II
Lancaster county for twenty-five years ant
has always taken active part in re
publican politics.
I shall run merely as an old-time resi-
dent OF the county" said Mr.. Rejchs
land on the record I have made as a citi
zen. / have been going TO republican con
ventions for long number of years ant
have concluded at the earnest solicitation
OF some OF my friends TO ask for thi
ONCE. rrV
Judges Going 90 Europe.
Chief Justice sedgwick and former Chic
Justlce John ]. Sullivan will leave tn
hrst part OF the week for q visit to Eng
land. Ireland and some other places acros
the water. They will be accompanied b
Mrs. sedgwick and Mrs. Sullivan. 1t
their Intention 20 be gone until some tim