Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12
Nebraska
COAPLAlSl ERON TtTtRAs
solt..r - GIsol Island Says Butter
and R.ag is Bad.
LETTER TO SECRETARY OF STATE
.sN orHe TRsan AnderpoBrfIIe." Ne
writes, but Matter Sc EntIr-Iy
On Hands of Governor
shaIIenberEer.

IINtDl-N, April 1t Special 81 rom the
Grand Island Soldiers Home there has
come q call FOR help to Secretary Of state
Junkin from the old soldiers housed there
The complaint, which if signed By C.. G
Vannsss, sets out in detail q story of con
d.tlgns which be Says are intolerable-
Meat which the old soldiers are compelled
10 eat Mr.. Ksnnees wrote. Was 20 rotten
thAi Dr. Putt. recently appointed surgeon
there. refused 10 permit any Of 70 be
brought into the hospital. while the butter
is o. the same brand AZ that of which
sample was recently sent 70 tho state house
Thn sample vas 20 rancid that II took
several hours 20 set the odor uf it out Of
the office OF the secretary OF state
we can do nothing said Secretary OF
stnte Junkin II the Board Of Public
lands and buildings had its way Aboui the
matter the curnruandant OF the Sold iers'
Home AZ Grand Island would have beu re-
notFd long ago. To my mind he has dem
Oustrsteo that he w not competent in the
position which he finE. But n iF a case
solely FOR the governor. II Commander
Barnes does moi like an order We issue. he
simply ignores IL. and We have no power
20 remove him Or force him 10 carry out
instructions. We cannot force him 10 feed
the soldiers on good meats that We buy.
The governor only can help OUT the un-
for1unsts members uf the home"
Mr.. Vanness wrote that all the state
ments be made about feeding the soldiers
on rotten meat could he verified by the
surgeon Dr. Putt, as could the STORY OF
the rancid butter.
The old soldier ssyE in his appeal for
help; MY God Mr.. Junkin IL is worse
than Andersonrfne."
The complaint Gays the buildings are 20
ing to ruins and II win require more than
t000 10 put them In as good shape as they
we're when the present oommandRnt as
sumed control
a threat on the part Of the conmandsnt
said the letter. 10 reduce wages Of EN-
plOves and nurses Bss caused many com
petsnt employees TO quit, and others are
threatening 10 quit as soon as Mr.. Barnes
puts his threat unto effect.
II ts charged in the letter that Mr.. Barnes
sold a bunch OF cattle. which ne had fed
al winter. al a price too low, and that he
10 lccinE money for the stale and At the
same time is not treating the soldiers Rs
they should he treated. Upon his return
TO the city Mr. Junlin will turn his letter
over 10 the governor and ask him to take
some action.
kiuea Duck, Paid Fine.
Franz AEs4s made mistake and shot q
duck In the presence OF tue ever-wRtchful
Dan GuiliH ana Joe Boehler. game warden
and deputy, and as result had 20 pay out
ss when taken before Judge H-ffermsn OF
Dakota county. All this sboating occurred
at Crystal lake. where The TWO sIeuths
went TO snare a few persons who were sup
posed 10 be fishing illegally. Instead Of
catching the fisherman. they caught the
hunter.
Ossenkop Must Serve Term
Fred Ossenkop, sentenced TO serve ter
years in the state Penitentisry for man
slaughter having killed Charles Burns
must serve his term. The supreme court
has affirmed The decision Of the district
court OF CRss county. Attorneys for this
defendant argued that the state had MOI
given sufficient time to investigate wit
nessss summoned after the trial began anc
whose names had not been given out prev
ious TO the time the trial began. They also
complained that the jury had been sep
srsted for a period Of lwenty-one days
owing 10 the fact tat q family Of one o.
the witnesses had been uuarantined ol
account Of smallpox. The court overrulss
these objections
Read Complies with order.
The Burlington mas notified the stat,
Railway commission that it wall obey In,
ordsr 10 construct new depot at Hold
reEs. but II asked until May ] 10 get IL
plans perferted This time was granted
the order was issued by the commission
after a heRring had beer given on bot
sides and IL was proven to the satisfaction
OF Inc commission that HoldrsEe was en-
titled 10 a better depot than II had
Inspeets state House.
J. T0rrel Of swedehe-E headed class q
thirty-five boys and girls in an inspectiu,
az the stale house today. The class Gale
al the various offices and met the stat
etflcers who chanced 10 be IN
Losked Like Rebate
Jns stale Railway commission has dis
missed the complaint Of the KendaIi-smit
company against ihe Burlington railroad
This WAS a case wherein the BendaIl-smit
company had for thirty years a rate fror
WOodRwn to Lhnuoln, a distance OF si
miles of B. car, by which II shippe
grain from its mill. In ls0 the uompan
cancelled this rate and put in a rate OF q
cents per 100 pounds BY reason OF All
higher rate tbe complainant SET out ths