Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-04
Nebraska
KUHN'S OFFER IS REJECTED
State Board Refuses to Pay $12,500
for Land in Omaha.
OPEN KEARNEY HOSPITAL SOON
Plans Being Made 60 Put Institution
for Tuberculosis Patients in
Running order mt m
EARLY Date.

LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 3.-(Special)-|
The state board OF public lands and build
ings today made official announcement
that 1t had declined to raise its offer Of
81 900 for ten acres adjoining the state
school for the deaf at Omaha. The prop
ostion of Paul w. Kuhns, the owner OF
the land, was turned down by the board
the Omaha man telling the board that the
offer Of So, 800 which amount was appro-
prlated by the past session OF the state
legislature was the least that ne would
take for the tract
The opinion OF the members OF the state
board was that It would be lnf:7Sely
better to have the money rather than the
land Further, the board recommended
that better use be made of the land now
available for school uses rather than go
to the expense Of buying more.
TuburcuIar Hospital.
The matter of opening the new tuber-
cular hospital at Kearney was taken up
at the meeting at which the Omaha mat
ter was turned down. a tenant whose
lease expires in March, 1912, has asked
$1,000 for cancellation. The owner who
sold the land to the state will have to
turn it over, however when 1t is de-
sired. The opinion of the majority of the
members of the board Is to open the in
stitution before January. Mrs. p. f.
Barker of this city has already been APP
pointed head nurse of the hospital at a
salary of $40 per month.
Lumbermen TO Meet.
Announcement was made here today
that the Nebraska state Lumermen's as
ISOLATION would meet in this city January
delegates are expected to attend the
gathering.
Charles f. Hicks Dead.
Charles e. Hicks, a former member of
the legislature from Butler county and
for the past ten years a resident of this
city, died today at his home He is sur
Vived by his widow, a son and daugh-
ter He was stricken with dlabetic pios-
oning four days ago. Since living here
Mr.. Hicks has been in local bank.
Domestic Trouble Cause.
A. r. Armstrong, whose suicide at
Tucson. Arizona, was noted in the morn
ing press dispatches, is an uncle of
Mayor A. II. Armstrong of this city and
had visited here several times within the
past few years. Mr.. Armstrong was only
So years old and lived in Cedar RaIGds,
Iowa, where another of his uncles, S. G.
Armstrong, is a wealthy clothing mer-
chant. He was compelled to go west
some time ago on account of lung trouble.
He was the proprietor Of large clothing
establishment at Tucson. The deed is
ascribed to domestic difficulties by
relative who was present in the store
when the young man killed himself.
banquet to Crabtree.
At the banquet to be given state Super
intendent Crabtree at Omaha November y,
toasts will be Responded to by Governor
Aldrlch, c. G. Pearse of Milwaukee, Prln-
clpal D. w. Hays of the Peru Normal
school, State superintendent James E.
Dalzsll, Earl N. Cline and Prof. Il. L.
Rouse. The banquet will be given at the
Rome hotel.
Warden Makes Report.
The monthly report of Warden Del
ahunty shows that the population OF the
penltentlary has increased from 464 to 466
during the last thirty days. Young
trusty, escaped; two prisoners were par
, doned, eight were paroled and twelve
were discharged Among the prisoners
paroled was Ossenkop of Cass county,
who is serving term of ten years for
manslaughter. He was liberated by order
of the prison board which has exclusive
jurisdiction over paroles. This board
comprises E. g. Maggl, John o. Yeiser
and DIR. j. S. Butler The warden paid
$3.50, 80 to the state treasurer and has a
balance of s9S294 in the cash fund.
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