Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-19
Nebraska
RECEIVES EXECUTIVE
Governor shallenberger Returns from
Jaunt to South.
LAYMEN WORK NOW IN CHURCHES
Result of Convention in lincoln 60
he Felt In Increased Religious
FervOr-BurIinEton VIII In
stall New Train.
Hrrom a staff correspond.ntl

'From a Stair correspondent
LINCOLN, March 1S.-CSpecial)-Gov-
ernor Shallenberger returned last night
from Fort Worth. Tex. where he attended
a melting q the directors Of the National
Live Stock association. the Texas State
Cattlemen's association and the Texas
Press association meeting. At the last
named meeting an old-tlme barbecue was
pulled off and the walters were million
aires, donning their aprons and working
like good fellows 10 show their respect for
the press.
At each OF the meetings the governor
delivered an address and he was elected
an honorary member OF the Texas Cattle
mems association, an honor enjoyed only
by three men, one Of them being ex-Presi-
dent Roosevelt. While the governor Of
Texas was not present at the meetings.
said the governor, there were four candl-
dates for governor on the platform at one
time.
"One OF the big issues in Texas during
this campaign" said the governor, rs the
selection OF a warden Of the state peni-
Tertiary and the disposition OF the con-
victs. The prisoners are hired out to do
various kinds Of work, and Just who
desire this convict labor make the peni-
tertiary quite an issue in the campaign.
~ pilSOh hON mas D, w COnNlCtS.'
BY a citizen Of Oklahoma who attended
the meeting the governor was told there
were 1900 convlcts in the penitentiary Of
that state.
This large penitentiary population"
said the governor. should make a Ne
braskan feel proud OF his state. as we
have not more than 400 c%onvicts on an
average"
The governor enjoyed the meetings. but
said the stockmen of Texas had been up
against II this year for feed. Corn sells
for 81 a bushel.
No Permanent Organization.
The work in behalf Of foreign missions
which got such a boost by reason of the
laymen's Missionary meeting here the first
OF the week. will be continued by the mis-
slonary committees of the various churches,
though the organization which looked after
the recent convention has d%isbanded. There
were many who desired that the convention
committee continue as a permanent organ
~ization, but President e. r.. Slzer objected
to this and argued that it was now up to
the various church committees to look after
the work in their own way.
The convention banquet was the greatest
event OF the kind ever held in the City Aud
itorlum, in that there were more people
seated at the tables than the capacity of
the house. There were 300 more diners than
ever before attended a banquet In the hall,
the next largest being the banquet OF the
State Teachers association, when there
were l,O42 seated. Attending the missionary
banquet were 1885 This large crowd was
seated in twenty-five minutes, and every
address was pulled off in schedule time and
the convention adjourned at the hour set,
the first time, some of the speakers said,
gurh n thing ever hannanad at this kind NJ
a meeting.
Is an evidence OF the business way In
which President Slzer and his aides did
their work is shown in the fact that every
church received its check for dinners served
the morning following the banquet. Mr..
SIzer has on hand a bunch OF letters ex-
pressing grateful surprise at this prompt
ness. The suppers were served by the vari-
Gus church organizations and the Women's
Relief Corps. There were 40 young men
walters, one for each ten guests. In ad-
dltion to those served in the Auditorium
there were over 100 served II the dining
room OF the First Presbyterian church.
Proposal from Burlington.
General Passenger Agent Wakeley of the
Burlington railroad at a conference with
the members of the railway commission to-
day said he intended to put on a train
April 5 to run from oxford to Hastings,
The train will leave oxford at $50 a. m.
and return in the afternoon. 1t will reach
Hastings in time TO catch No. 2 going east.
The commission will consider the schedule
after II IL filed and II there is very much
objection from the people of Red Cloud
they will be given a hearing, There is on
file now with the commission, petitions
asking for better train service between
Red Cloud and Hastings and the Red
Cloud people ask that the train leave
Hastings in the morning and thus give
4 travellers serveral hours to spend in the
NWebster county town. Whether It Will be
satisfactory to those interested for the
train to originate in oxford, going through
Red Cloud to Hastings, the commission
does not know, but those who object will
be given an opportunity to be heard be-
fore the commission endorses the schedule.
Relatives Leave Dead Man.
Joseph S. Storrs, who died in the peni-
Tertiary under the name Of Joseph S.
Mccarthy, will be buried tomorrow after
noon in Calvary cemetery. The expenses
OF the burial will be paid by the officer
and employees OF the penitentiary. The
relatives refused to have anything to do
with the burial. Mccarthy was sent up
for five years for embezzlement OF money
belong to the estate of Mrs. Horn Of Lin
coin.
Price of Eggs Considered.
Because the association OF butter and egg
dealers agreed to pay 10 cents less a case
for eggs in secondhand cases, 1t is possible
the matter will be investigated by the
attorney general.
The fact that such an agreement was
made became public at the meeting Of the
association when the minutes OF the last
meeting were read. 1t was shown In those
minutes that such an agreement existed
and Morris Friend expressed regret that
some OF the dealers failed to abide by It.
Without looking into the matter carefully.
1t was stated at the office Of the attorney
general that such an agreement might pos
slbiy come under the law prohibiting COM
binaJtons In restraint OF trade.
Qualifications of Lumsden.
Though he wrote to the Treasury depart
ment at Washington, March 4, asking for
an expert TO go to Omaha and investigate
the Missouri river water there, Governor
Shallenberger received no answer until to-
day. lie was informed that Past Assistant
Surgeon l.. l. Lumsden hal been selected TO
do the work In conjunction with the city
officials of Omaha, The letter from the