Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-02
Nebraska
TRUSTY DROPS FROM SIGHT
George Baker Missed from Prison by
Lincoln Authorities.
NO JURY IN MORLEY CASE
Day Spent Seeking to Get Men to
Try Man Who Made Break
from PrisOn-State Cash
Is Low,
CFrom a Staff Correspondent,


LINCOLN. May 1.-tSpeciaI Tefegram.)
-Ieorge Baker. tlusty. employed in
the stable. inside the walls of the penl-
tentiEry, disappeared yesterday afternoon
and has not been located. II is thought
by the prison officials that he Is In hid
ing somewhere within the prison walls.
a not uncommon occurrence and that
the cravings Of hunger OF thirst sooner
or later will bring him out. He was
missed at roll call last night and strict
watch has been keup since to see that he
did not escape. He was sent up from
Dixon county August l. 1911, for a two
-year term, the charge being burglary.
Henry Richmond. democratic candidate
for auditor, today filed a statement that
he expended nothing except his filing fee
to obtain the nomination.
seeking to Get Jury.
The entire day was consumed today in
an effort to obtain Jury in the Morley
case. accused of the murder of Warden
Deiahunty at the penitentiary His
mother, Mrs. Alice Ramsey of Missouri,
was a spectator, She sat in the court
room all day with handkerchief to her
eyes, Morley appears to he in good spr-
Its and manlfests lively interest in the
questioning OF the iurymen.
The thirty eighth annual session of the
Nebraska state Homeopathic association
Is being held In Lincoln. Dr. o. S Wood
OF OMAHA the only surviving charter
member of the association, is in attend
IiCangEfnp ..F al
occupied the time.
Union Pacific Herring.
The railway commission will have the
concluding hearing on the Union Pacific
valuation MAY s The commission also
permitted the Northwestern road TO make
rate of 5is cents per 100 pounds on
brick from Fremont to Lincoln to make
the rate the same as that from Lincoln
10 Fremont
Lincoln health authorities announce
that arrests will be made daily Of all
fruit dealers who fail TO comply with the
regulations concerning fruits offered for
T sale. The prncpal dffculty failure to
protect fruit from Dirt and Insects.
Judge Cosgrave has announced that
hereafter except in unusual cases he will
refuse to permit women who are granted
divorces TO resume their maiden names.
The excise board met this morning and
granted twenty-five saloon licenses. The
limit is twenty-five and as there are
twenty-six applicants one of them must
be refused. As the old licenses expired at
O'Clock last night some of the thirsty
were forced TO suffer until about 10 a,
III. before the new licenses were granted.
Report of Treasurer.
The report Of state Treasurer W. A.
George for the month OF April shows that
the general fund is still down to near the
zero point andt hat money In the per-
manent school funds. which is used 10
cash warrants until funds accumulate in
the general fund, Ia also low. Unless
county treasurers remit promptly II viii
be necessary before long to register state
warrants. The temporary school fund
amounts to SEQ 1875. There will be some
additions tot his before the semi-annual
apportionment is made to the public
schools in May. which probably will
bring 1t up to about the same amount as
last year. when It was s37s.ooo.