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THE BEF,: OMAHA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1015.
Ltocelhni th Homme .I Stat Mgtntetnm
KINO the capital of th state,
Lincoln riot u rally U the home
of many of the state Inatltu
tlona The moat Important, of
oourse, la tha atata house, be
cauaa It la tha seat of gov
ernment and which bear tha distinction
of having mora Inmates who desire lone
terms than any other atata Institution.
Tha executive head tf tha government
f tha atata la Governor John M. More
bead, now serving his second term.
TJnler Mm and serving In the different
department of state ara: Charlea XV.
Tool, secretary of atate; George K. Hall,
atata treaaurer; William 11. Bn.lth. stale
auditor; A. O. Thomaa, atata auperlnten
dent of public Instruction; Willie E. need,
attorney general; Fred Beckmann, com
missioner of public lands; Henry T.
Clark, chairman, and II. O. Taylor and
T. L. Hull of tha flute Railway Commis
sion. Each has charge of tha different
departments ot the stata aa hla destina
tion Indicates.
Tha Judlolal department Is composed
of tha supreme court Judges, seven In all,
with three supreme court commissioner
and a clerk of tha court. Chlrf Justice
Andrew J. Morrlseay of Lincoln Is at
tha head of tha court, with John B.
Barn of Norfolk, Charles D. Ietton of
Falrbury, William B. Rise of Lincoln,
Jacob Fawoett of Omaha, Samuel H.
Bedgwlck of York and Francis O. Ilamer
of Kearney aa associate justices. The,
Jadgea ara all required to live In Lincoln
during their terms, which ara for six
years each. Each Judga receives 14,500
year.
In addition to the, there are three
supreme court commlsslsonera, which
hava bean recently appointed by tha gov
ernor for a term of two yeara, under a
apaeJal act of tha last legislature. These
ara Grant O. Martin of Lincoln, F. O.
McOIrr of Beatrice and W. C. Parrlott
of Auburn, These commissioners will
also b required to live In Lincoln anl
will draw a salary of U.OOO each per
annum.
Tha clerk of tha supreme court I
Harry C Llndaay. who la also state libra
rian, and baa charge not only of th
racorda of tha court, but of tha atata
library.
Tha legislative department consists of
thirty -threa members, who compoae tha
senate, representing twenty-eight dis
tricts, whlla th house la composed of
100 members, representing seventy-seven
district A session of tha legislature I
held every two yeara and through these
bodws all appropriation for th main-1
lenanoa or the atate and It Institution
have to pass. .
The coming year and the one to follow
will be tmpohtant ones for th state his
torical society, because the state la look
ing te It for a proper observance of th
fiftieth anniversary of th statehood of
Nebraska. Already plana have been
started, largely through the efforte of ita
president, John Lea Webstar, of Omaha,
and It secretary, Clarence 8. Paine, of
Lincoln, and with these two gentleman
taking the lead the right kind of a cele
bration la assured. t
The society has been doing a grand
work toward the perpetuation of the his
tory of Nebraska. . It ha been don
under conditions that have at times been
Mat discouraging. Somehow th people
f the atate cannot be educated Into the
Nebraska State Capitol Building from the South
The
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ME MO RI ALS
Simplicity Trg her With Originality and Char
acter Ara Tha Etaantlala In Memorial Daalgn
We Have in Our Display Room the Most Artistic and Largest Collection in the Middle West
warn ros booklet
It upon reaching the Inside. The old
chapel room Is now used a. a place to
display tha samples of furniture and
other good, manufactured by tha stata.
Oni of tha naateat and coalest "opera
houses" In the west has been constructed
on top of the cells of tha old cell house.
Heretofore this apace was almply used
as a sort of storage place, but now a
bridge haa been built from the old chapel
across to tha top of the cages, the room
painted, tha windows curtained and a
fine stage, 26 by feet, built In the east
end of the room, "with dressing rooms,
just like a real theater. The seating
capacity of the room la about MO. A fine
up-to-date motion picture machine ha
been Installed, and on day when ther
la nothing doing, the curtain are pulled
down and the room la lark enough for
the picture.
The old bake .hop and dining room I.
now fixed up and used for a school room,
where several olasse. receive Instruction
at a night school. The new dining room
building la one of th molt up-to-date In
the country. The building la a two-atory
affair, 1 feet fag and 70 feet wide, and
will aeat 600, though but S3S are being fad
there now, the other 23 feet being taken
up lur in aucnen ana Daxe anop.
are of much .Importance and year after
rear those record and relic have bean
allowed to lie almost unprotected, a
negligence on th part of the past legisla
tures which la almost criminal.
Other states have gone to large es
penae to prepare these old historical thing
which had o much to do with their
early history. Other states hare recog
nised th effort of their historical so
cieties and have come forward with funds
to carry on th work and protect the
valuable records from destruction from
fire and th other elements ot nature,
but Nebraska legislatures so far hava
turned a deaf ear to the entreaties of!
the ofloer and friend of the historical
eoclety and every day valuable relloa and
priceless document, are liable to destruc
tion. Th Nebraska Historical" society Is
located at th state university in on of
the building and the basement haa been
given over to It for Ita use Here, under
the supervision of Secretary Pain and
the full benefit of fresh air and at th
same time be away from the other
patients.
A new green house has been con
structed, M by M feet, the work aU being
done by the prisoner, themselves, and
the planting done by them. Newest Ideaa
In ventilation have been placed In the
building and, take It all around, the
green house la a woAc of art and a beau
tiful affair. . ,
Take It all around, the Nebraska Peni
tentiary would appear to be the very
Uat word In efficiency, and to Warden
Fenton la due th vry fin condition,
whloh exist In the "house of the shut-
ins."
tate laaaae Aaylasa.
Nebraska haa three of these Institutions,
one at Norfolk, one at Hastings and the
other situated In the capital city.
The Institution situated In Lincoln
about two mile. , southwest of the city,
haa a capacity of something over 700
the asslstanoa of his helper, the work t'ent. th June report showing that
of the society Is carried en. Under clr
. cumstanoe. which would try the patience
or a saint. Secretary Paine has gone
ahead doing the best he can and over
coming Jltflcultle. which have loomed
up at time, like mountalna When aaalat
anoe wa. needed It wa. only neoeaaary
to appeal 40 th president. Mr. Webster,
and some way was always found to get
around the mountain. Bometlmea, It was
Oeneral Webster, pocket book whleta
rendered the asslstanoa, but more gener
ally It was hla good sound Judgment and
advice which enabled the secretary with
. Ms own will and enehgy to surmount tho
difficulties. I
' And so the officer, and friend, of th '
society are living on In hope that some
.day. before the last old historic rolls
haa fallen to decay because of no pro-,
; tection from the elements, and the valu
able book and papers have turned to dust,
that some good friendly legislature will
make an appropriation large enough to
house the retrains and partially make up
for the mistaken econ-miy of the past
ktknuka atate Penitentiary,
Many change, have taken place at the
Nebraska ataie penitentiary since the ad
vent of Wardea W. T. Fenton. In charge
of that institution. Warden Fenton haa
been a strong advocate of the parole and
trusty plan, and whan a prisoner has
ahown by hi acts that h was entitled
to parole, h had a chance to go before
the pardon board and state his case.
When a prisoner showa he can be trusted,
the warden ha. given him the right to go
out without being under the ctr of a
guard, and thus putting men upon their
honor haa done much to help conditions
at the penitentiary, and. aa a result, th
men have gained much by It. In the
more than two years that the trusty
system, aa laid down by the warden, haa
feces In practice, only one convict ha.
escaped.
Wardea Fenton believe In the propo
sition of lot. of exercise for the men.
and with that end in view haa organised
a base ball league from the material
wlU.In the wails, and has constructed
a diamond on which the game are
Ilsyed. This has given the prisoners
plenty of exercise and plenty of exulte
ifeent. and all ha. tended to help things
at the big stone building.
Many changee have taken place la the
prison la other way. The legialature ap
propriated money enough so that the
prleoa haa teen reconstructed to a large
drgree. TUtwe who have not visited the
tiuiUtutlon for a year would hardly know Vr
711 were being treated under the super
vision of Dr.' B. F. Williams, th super
intendent, and hla assistants, Dr. Pills
bury. Dr. Griffith and Dr. Halle Ewlng.
During the last 'year to accommodate
the Increasing demand for room a .leap
ing porch was built In connection with
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One ot tha Many Beautiful Residences That
Make Lincoln a Veritable City of Homes.
the main building which aocommodates
aome thirty patients.
The lent legislature appropriated $30,0C
for th erection of an addition to th
hospital to accommodate the Increasing
number of patient, and work will be be
gun upon It Immediately.
The Institution la we 'I equipped to take
care of the patient, and the ample
ground, connected with the Institution
give plenty of room for exercise.
Orthorpedle Hospital.
This' la an institution of the state in
which every man and woman should be
Interested In for It I. here that the little
crippled children are cared for and
treated ao that those who go there In
capable of walking; with crooked limb
and deformed bodies, are made to walk
and run and the poor twisted bone,
made straight
Many a child which cam Into this
world seemingly a hopeless cripple Is
now walking about enloylng the privilege
of other people, because they have been
Inmate, of this hospital and have come
under the maglo touch of Dr. II. Win
nett Orr and hla corp. ot ab'o asslstante
and nurses.
During the last Tear the state has
completed a fine addition or rather main
building to the old hospital costing about
M6.000.
It I. equipped with all th modern
facllltle. needed for the work of atrala-ht-enlng
limb, and at the present time 106
little children are being treated while
about, fifty officers, nurse, and other
attendants are employed to look after
their comfort and see that the best Is
given them. This may not be the day
of miracles but Dr. Orr and his family
of assistants at the orthorpsdlo rr per
forming deeds In the why of -naklng the '
lame walk and the poor cripples leap for
Joy which come very near'y under the'
miracle head. I
Ilease for Dependent Children.
TM. Is an Institution which haa re-'
cently "risen from the ashes," Its former 1
home having been burned to the ground
during the last year and the egtalature:
saw fit to appropriate funds with whloh
to purchase ground near the Orthorpedlo!
hospital on which a naw building la be- I
Ing erected costing about 126.000, to j
which the poor unfortunate children of'
th .tat who have no home, will be
taken, cared for and new and comfort-!
able homes provided for them.
The home Is under the supervision of
Mis. Etta Oaton, tta superintendent, who
has the assistance ot rive other ladies;
In taking car of th boys and glrla At
th present time the home has tbt child- !
ran under Its care. ' Of these 1W are out In 1
homes on trial where. If they prove sat-j
Isfactory, they will be adopted. About!
seventy are boarded out In homes where j
'.hey receive good treatment and the state
pays for their hoard. In the temporary I
home which has been provided since the'
nro, nv or ten children are kept at the
present time.
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