Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-20

eral. sets January "a az the time for ar
guinE the case. Should this be agree
able to the court Mr Brown will not be
here TO address the legislature. though
this can be done later.
Hastings Asylum Report.
W. 3. Kern, superintendent Of the Hos
pital for the Incurable Insane at Hastings
says in his biennial report 10 the governor
that the institution is much in need Of an
other building for the care Of female pa
tients and IN addition 20 this a modern
Isolation cottage OF the capacity Of seventy
to 100 beds for the care Of tubercular and
other contagious and infectious diseases.
Additional coal bins are greatly needed
and for the purpose OF erecting such build
ing an Appropriation OF SEQ is asked. The
Offices In the administration building are
inadequate and IL Is recommended that a
suitable cottage be erected 70 be used as
a residence by the superintendent and his
family and the rooms at present used for
this purpose be converted into Offices
detached building Of suitable size to be
used as a night-watch cottage is also rec
commended.
At the beginning Of this biennial period.
December l, 1904. there were ss7 patients in
the institution. Of whom co. were men and
/ ~ NNAN WpAllFL- AtAIAnE the Oltlllllull lSo
were admitted. OF whom 168 were men and
I thirty-fve were women. OF these six were
discharged as recovered. seventeen i'm
proved two unimproved. thlrty-three pa
rolled and III died. During this period two
patients have been transferred to the Lin
coin asylum.
The per capita cost for the biennial period
was sSS7.5O. or an average daily per capita
OF $685. cents.
Capital Briefs.
Henry Seymour Of the auditors ONCE Is
sending out blanks to be used by the
county treasurers to make their annual re-
/ ports to the auditor. These reports will be
sent back to Lincoln by February /, the
/ year closing January l.
| Attorney General Brown is wrestling with
a severe cold, which this morning became
strong enough to compel him to give up
and go home. This afternoon, however. he
is getting along all right and expects to
/ be away from his Office only a short time
George D. Bennett, secretary to the state
Board Of Equalization. has returned from
/ kearney, where he attended the laying Of
. the cornerstone OF the Kearney Military
academy under the auspices Of the grand
lodge of Masons
/ J. J. Thomas, who ran against Congress
man Hinshaw this fall. was married this
afternoon TO Miss Gertrude Kerrihand OF
Seward. The wedding occurred at the resi-
dence Of Thomas I. Sexton. formerly Of
Seward but now Of Lincoln.
/ J. ]. Thomas and Judge Holland OF
Seward called upon Governor Mickey this
afternoon to protest against pardon TO
William Campion, who was some time ago
pardoned by the governor and later sent
back to JAIL by Judge Good. Campion was
assessed $1,000 on a paternity charge, which
he denied. He has spent almost three
years in jail rather than admit a crime Of
which he claims to be innocent After
being let out Of jail by the governor, Cam
pion was arrested on a charge OF deser-
ton. Judge Good has written Governor
Mickey that he has not yet passed upou
the executives right to pardon in such
cases 1t is also said the lawyers for
the woman have a claim of 500 against
the H,OOO judgment. The woman in the
case married after CamDdon was con-
victed.
City Attorney Strobe has declared the
Melick livery barn a nuisance. and steps
make be taken to have it removed from
its present location on street. The
owner Of the barn, Frank Rawlins, was
arrested because the odor from the barn
operated TO the detriment of numerous
stores on o street but when il was dis
covered that Rawlins did not occupy the
building the case went over.