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~. ,omates was injured ana inc
na mes were prevented from spreading
"a tho main building. The loss is es-
timated at about $4,000. IL mas l'ot
vet been discovered whether or hos
insurance will cover any part OF 'hie'
as many policies were allowed 10 lapse
after the deposition of Henry HelHer
and Rev. Mr.. Sherck has beeh III
charge too short a time to nave a,'e""-
ed to obtaining new pollcieS- Inc s'aie
from the fire awakened Mrs. Hainlln
at about 2:30 in the morning. one
Immediately telephoned to the Lincoln
ara danartment. but was told that the
home was too far from the city TO
send out the fire apparatus. The police
told her the same thing. In despeTd-
tion. she called up Mayor Brown. VINO
promptly ordered a company or hre-
men out to the scene h bulldlns
was almost gone when they arrived
and thew were unable to attach their
hose to the water tank, but the 'hre
was prevented from spreading 10 the
other buildings. There are about t"en-
ty children maintained at the nome
and a number of aged inmates. some
think that the blaze was the work
of an ~incendiary, but Mrs. Hamlin
declares hat she believes that mice
and matches were responsible.
Gov. Mickey n State Superintend-
ent McRrien nave won their conten-
ton that state officers have q right to
send their children to the public
school of Lincoln without paying tut
ton, even though they retain their le-
gal residence elsewhere. Chief Justice
Sedgewick, in his opinion, held this
tho rrnrar n tarnrntafinn of section z
of the laws of 1881, as amended by
section 6, chapter 81, of laws Of 1899,
state officers have this right during
their terms of office. If q family of
the person or persons having h legal
custody of children of school age re-
move to and live in Il school, district
other than the district of their legal
residence, and such removal is not for
the purpose of obtaining school privi-
leges, but is principally from other
motives, such children are entitled to
school privilege while SO living in the
district.
His respect for the law cost r. S.
hurry, supposed to be q student at
Wesleyan University at University
Place, near Lincoln, $500 Saturday af-
%ternoon, and when the money was
paul over 10 He justice AIuIIS Salu Il
great weight had been taken from his
mind. The young mar went to the Of
flee of the game warden Saturday
morning with two little teals, which
he learned it was against the law to
kill at this season of the year and
therefore he wanted to squar his ac-
counts with the state. To accommo-
date him Deputy Smith. taking into
consideration his confession, filed Il
complaint charging him with killing
one bird. The total cost was $3.50,
which hurry gladly paid, he said, to
ease his conscience.
Lincoln has a water famine and II,
order that the supply for drinking
purposes may not run short Mayor
Brown has requested hat no water be
used for sprinkling lawns until a new
engine is installed and plenty of wa
ter is in sight. For some months the
council has been dickering for a new
engine, the present power being insult
f1cient to furnish the water for the
city, but owing to numerous delays the
engine has not yet been installed and
there is a scarcity of water available
for use. All possible haste will b.
made to get the engine up, as there
are grave fears that if a fire should
start the department would be seri-
ously handicapped.
An agent acting for the owner OF a
building In Nebraska cannot De pun
ished under the fire escape law for a
failure to maintain fire escapes in a
provided by law. This is the
decision in the case of the state
against Henry F. Daley, an agent
having charge of a building in Omaha,
whose owner lives outside of the state.
He was arrested Of complaint Of Dep
uty Labor Commissioner Bert Bush.
The court, holds the provision Of a
penal statute will not be extended by
construction so as to apply to persons
not clearly within it's terms.
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The supreme court Saturday after
noon refused to grant a leave to file
a motion for rehearing in the Lille
murder case. This is the third time
Judge Hamer, attorney for Mrs. Lii
lie, has asked the court for a rehear-
ing and this is the third time the court
has refused the request.
Miss Edna Bullock, who for a num-
Der of years has been secretry of the
state library commission and who has
managed the travelling library, has
rendered her resignation to the, state
library board and Miss Charlotte Tenn
pleton, Of Omaha, was selected to take
her place.
A new trial is granted Samuel Par
ser, Of Thurston County, who was SEN
fenced TO the penitentiary for a period
of five years upon being found guilty
of killing Andrew Johnson. He was
found guilty of the crime Of man
slaughter.
The Omaha Bridge and Terminal
Company will have to pay the city Of
South Omaha nominal damages for
condenning it's streets and alleys for
she purpose of laying tracks.
The state military board met Thurs
day afternoon n arranged to have
the members of both the Nebraska
m attend the army mnuevers
at Fort Riley. 1t was decided to allow
recruits to be taken into the regiments
up to July 5 instead of the first Of
the month, as was at first -contem
plated.
Pubic Examiner Frank Bramble
ms gone over the records in the Of
nee of tue secretary OF state, in tha
II of examination of state officers