Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-28
WANT TIPS ON new LAWS
State Codifying Commission Visiting
Officials at State House.
SOUTH OMAHA MAN PARoLED
Governor AIdrich Releases Man Sent
Up for Seven Years for Murder
Said TO Have Been Committed
in Self Defense.
(From a Staff Correspondent.

LINCOLN, Dec. 27.-(Special)-E. L.
King and ]. II. Broadly OF the code COM
mission we're visiting the various state
officers today, getting ideas for recon-
mendations for changes in existing laws
and for the dropping of obsolete laws
from the new code. The game warden
recommended the reeal of the law pro-
viding for local game wardens and would
have all the work done from the central
office. His reason for this suggested
change lie that local wardens as a rule
do little or nothing toward enforcing
the game and fish laws.
The State Board OF agriculture at its
January meeting will recommend changes
in laws regulating that department.
Parole for BOgdanOvich.
Governor Aldrich has paroled ETlick
Bogdanovitch, sent up from South Omaha
for seven years on a charge OF assault
with intent to kill. He was committed
January 16, 1909. He shot Dan Miller
during a quarrel over a board bill and
the papers filed with the governor in
dicated that instead OF being sent to
prison he should have been acquitted
on the ground of self defense.
Nebraska Council No. 1855, Royal Ar
canum, will give a banquet on the even
ing of December 2s at the Lincoln hotel
to all it's members and candidates.
State Auditor Barton is sending out
a holiday greeting in the form of q
postal card portrait OF himself coupled
with well wishes Of the seOsoq.
Letter from Fire Marshal.
State Fire Marshal Randall is sending
out a letter to the various commercial
clubs of the state calling attention to
the enormous waste from fire loss, and
to the additional fact that a great por-
ton of It can be prevented by the exer-
else OF a little care. He asks for Co
operation along these lines. The letter
in part says:
In nearly every town in this state there
are old dilapidated, worthless shacks and
buildings that are a menace to adjoining
property and to the city or village Rub
bish paper and other debris Is allowed
manner I'm the streets and allays. Either
OF these conditions is a menace 10 val
liable property and a danger TO human
life, and a crusade waged by you against
these conditions will have a tendency TO
remove these causes, when are liable TO
cause a conflagratlon in your town that
will be disastrous.
Jennie GeiEeF 10 Hastings.
The state pardon board today ordered
Jennie Geiger transferred from the peni-
Tertiary TO the Hastings insane asylum.
Jennie has halucination that she Is not
Jennie Geiger. but her sister, and insists
she Is being imprisoned for a crime COM
miteed by her sister. She was sent up
for life for a murder committed I'm KIM
ball county. She and a male companion
killed a man with whom they were trav-
cling overland, took his team ana other
personal property 10 Colorado and sold IT,.
A quarrel between the Geiger woman ana
her companion led 70 mutual incrimina-
lions and trials for murder.
1900 Living state sOIOns.
II. c. Richmond, secretary of the legis-
lative league, which was organized Sep
TENDER at the state fair. has sent out
about 1900 circulars in an effort to