Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-12
MATHEWS CASE IS ARGUED
State Medical Board Hssn Attorneys Who
( Present OcutentionL
PERU NORMAL SCHOOL IS CROWDED
Chairman Laden says Attendance at
the summer Session Has Far
Exceeded the Capacity OF
the Institution.
(From a star Correspondent


LINCOLN. June 11.-Cspecial.) 1.-The de-
cision Of the secretaries of the state
Board OF Health in recommending the re-
vocation Of the certificate to practice
medicine OF DR.. Mathews OF Omaha, who
IL charged with performing a criminal
operation upon Edith Short, which later
resulted I'm her death, was argued before
the board proper this afternoon, John o.
Yeiser appearing for the defendant and
Hallack Rose for the secretaries. Yeiser
raised the question Of the jurisdiction Of
the board to hear the case. claiming as
a criminal offense was charged the mat
ter should first be tried in the court and
evidence introduced there, while Mr.. Rose
held the board had the right to hear evil
dence and revoke certificate at any time.
Superintendent McBrien was not present
at the meeting and the hearing was before
Governor Mickey and Attorney General
Brown, who will make no finding until
McBrlen gets back and reviews the evil
dence and the arguments. The questions
raised and answered were the Same as
discussed before the secretaries.
Peru NormaI school Crowded.
Chairman Ludden of the State Normal
board returned to Lincoln today after
visit to the State Normal school at Peru.
He reported the greatest interest being
taken in the summer school there. over
700 students are enrolled now and over
500 have been turned away because of
lack of accommodation. The citizens Of
the town have turned their homes over to
the pupils and many are sleeping on cots.
wherever they can find room for their
cots.
wisconsin After Crabtree.
Representatives of the Normal board of
Wisconsin are at Peru. trying to get Su-
,,rfp to al
determination not to leave Nebraska. SUI
perintendent McBrien went down to Peru
this morning to take a look at the COM
mittee and zee whether there is any
chance of Crabtree deciding to go to Wis
consin. number of Nebraska teachers
are now employed in Wisconsin and these
have been anxious for some time to get
Mr.. Crabtree up there. Recently the SUI
perintendent notified the Wisconsin board
he would not consider a proposition to
leave Nebraska, but he may be induced to
change his mind.
Bush simply Labors.
Deputy Labor Commissioner Bush is very
much put. out. II he had the time to at
tend TO II and cultivate the habit he
would be in very bad humor. 1t all
came about over the way his name is
listed. in the new Omaha city directory.
In that publication, following the name OF
Bert Bush, Is the little word 'laborcr."
While Bush is the head of the labor
bureau Of Nebraska. no one before ever
accused him of being a laborer. and as he
is not a candidate for office now, he
wants to hold on to the title he secured by
appointment. that of labor commissioner.
one who commissions laborers
-sDobson Changes Assistants.
The government has again put Secretary
Dobson OF the State Board OF Irrigation
off watch by swooping down and taking
away his assistant-George w. Bates. This
is: tho NTH assistant Mr.. Dobson has
trairred up in the way he ought to go
aud tho government has given him bet
terv'pksce! Arthur Wilson has alrea dy
been selected to nll the vacant place. In
cidentaliy all the men sent out by Mr..
Dobson' have made good.
Personal Mention.
State Auditor searle has returned from
the meeting OF the Stock Growers asso-
citation at. Alliance and reports one of the
best meetings in the history of the assoc
citation.
Governor Mickey this morning received
letter from DR. George l.. Miller en-
dorsing his stand in the Norfolk asylum
matter
Robert A. Wheeler Of Oklahoma. stu
dent in the electrical department Of the
State university, died Sunday morning
after a short sickness, brought on prin-
cipalIy by over study. The young man
had heen feeling i'll for some weeks but
contrary, TO the advice of his physicians
and friends, he refused to stop his school
work. but continued attending classes. Sat