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DAKOTA ' COUNTY i HERALD.
VOLUME XV
DAKOTA CITY, NEIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1907.
NU3IBER 20.
Milim IIAITENiNIb
faithful chronicle of all
important Items.
'LEAN" YEAH COMING
jam us ,?. mi. i, has small lion:
OF 1908.
Railroad Magnate I 'cars Thousands of
Men May Re Out r Work Next
Venr Ills Roiuls Not to Fudcrtiiko
Ally Now Enterprises.
James J. Hill, president of tin
Great Northern Kuilroail company,
who has returned from St. Paul, ex
pressed the conviction Thnrsdny thai
the tide of prosperity Is turning and
that there are indications of a sig
nificant recession In business. As Mr.
Hill phrased it, "The sails of prosper
ity are being, reefed. The year 190S
may be a hard year and many thou
sands of "men may then he out of
work."
"General policies of retrenchment
are under way," said Mr. Hill. "Loss
'money Is to be spent on new works.
The' effect of this movement Is being
felt at present In the falling off of
orders. The beginning of this move
ment Is very evident in Chicago.
"While I would scarcely call it a
cessation In business it Is more of .1
drawing In. The railroads In general
aro .curtailing their expenditures and
giving fewer orders. On our lines we
Will finish the work we have under
way and that Is aTi.
"This movement toward economy in
scarcely perceptible, but It should be
sufficient to relieve the strain from
congested business. In a way It is n
good thing. It Is better so, as the cur
tailment Is gradual. Othedwise, there
might be a sudden slump with serious
results.
"The first tendency Is toward the
curtailment of luxuries. Then there
will be a falling off In manufactured
articles. Thin, will continue during
the coming months. Hut so far uu
concerns the future the year 1908 may
be a hard one and then many men
may be out of employment."
WARSHIP SINKS STKAMKI5.
American Ship Hammed b.v French
Cruiser at Now Oilcan.
In hazy weather the French cruiser
ICleber Wednesday night rammed ni
sank the American fruit steamer Hu
goma In the Mississippi river, just off
the center of the city of New Oiieuns.
Capt. Lewis, of the Ilugoma, said
that seven coal passers and firemen of
his vessel, mostly Japanese, had been
drowned. The Kleber, Just arriving
from Havana, was rounding a sharp
t:irn and the Hugoma, drifting v'
tho six-mile eddying current, turn...
directly into the cruiser's path. Capt.
Lewis, of the Hugoma, says that his
signal was mistaken by the warship.
The latter struck the fruit ship amid
ships on the port side, nearly cutting
her In two, and In five minutes the
Hugoma plunged to the bottom in
more than 100 feet of water.
SHOT TO DEATH IN OFFICE.
Sensational Tragedy Occurs in Chi
cago. Louis Fisher, of Chicago, one of th
proprietors of the Harrison Art com
pany, was shut to death In his oflice
Thursday. A fashionably dressed wom
an who entered Fisher's otiice and
quarreled with Fisher was found In
the room after the shooting. She wn?
arrested, but refused to give her
name.
The woman was later Identified m
Mrs. Flora McDonald, wife of Michael
McDonald, n former prominent Dem
ocratic politician and millionaire.
Shortly after the identification of
Mrs. McDonald, the man who was kill
ed was Identified as Webster S. Guer
In. He also used the name of Fisher.
' Ten Wounded in Color Itusli.
Ten students were injured, three of
them badly, Jiv a color rush on tin
campus of Illinois Wesleyan univer
sity at Rloomington, 111. William T.
Alexander suffered a broken shoulder
and bruises, liny Hawthorne had an
eye injured, and Frank Bayers had his
face gashed.
Wife Defender Acquitted of Murder.
John Camp, of Havana, III., who
stubbed James Allen, a saloonkeeper,
at Bath, In September. 1905, while de
fending his wife from an attack, was
acquitted of murder Thursday.
Prohibits Inclusive Contracts.
Thg Kansas house Thursday passed
(tho bill already passed by the senate
prohibiting the making of exclusive
contracts.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Siou."
City livestock market follow: Top
beeves, $5.40. Top hogs. $6.90.
Causes Wreck; Now Insane.
W. J. Dougherty, a train dispatcher
for the Northwestern road, whose er
ror la blamed for a collision last week,
resulting in three deaths, near Ash
land, Wis., Is insane in a hospital at
Ironwood,
Chl.drcii 1U from letting Hog Liver..
A 3-yeur-old son and a 5-year-old
daughter of Fred Fenner, a farmer
giving two miles south of Hlllsboro,
O., died of ptomaine poisoning from
eating hnK liver.
KEW CRISIS IN croA.
bue to Dimension Between nival
Liberal Factions.
A crisis as a result of the recent dis
sensions between rival factions In the
liberal party In Cuba, led by Alfredo
Zayas and Jose Miguel Gomez, Is Indi
cated by the action of Senor Gari.ot,
vice preslden of the nationul liberal
assembly, in directing the secretuiy of
.he national convention to summon
that body In extraordinaiy session.
This step is taken In compliance with
a petition signed by "twelve delegates
to the convention, nil of whom are
followers cf Jose Miguel Gomez.
The signers decline the organization
of a committee to revise the laws of
Cuba to be unconstitutional. This
committee was recently appointed by
Gov. Magoon, and they proclaim it as
the urgent duty of liberal to demand
the Incorporation of their doctrines in
the new legislation.
Zayas' followers declare they arc
Indifferent to this new movement and
assert Senor Garnot Is legally incom
petent to convoke the convention.
Senor Zayas. they say, as the recogniz
ed leader of the liberal alone, has thti
power. There Is a possibility of two
rival conventions, one of the followers
of Zayas and another those of Gomaz.
Gen. Freyre Andrede has returned
to Havan from Washington and New
York. While In Washington he had
an interview with President Roosevelt,
and he now says he then obtained the
Impression that Mr. Roosevelt would
defer the re-establishment of the Cu
ban republic until the island had been
placed In the hands of the conserva
tives. Gen. Andrede predicted that
Washington would soon Inaugurate a
stronger Cuban policy, to be followed
by the recall of Gov. Magoon.
TJUPP COUNTY BILL SAVED.
Ht'imte ITovUlos for Gcuiii South
Dakota IjiiiiIs.
South Dakota's delegation at Wash
ington has somewhat forgotten its
Jealousies In satisfaction at the pass
age by the senate Tuesday night of the
bill opening the Tripp county lands
of the Rosebud. The only amend
ment which changed the bill from the
form In which it passed the house,
where It was introduced by Represent
ative Burke, is the addition of $15,000
to defray the expense of allotment oi
certain portions of the land to tho In
dians. -Although the bill Is now a
law it is doubtful if the Interior de
partment will ' able to make ar
rangements i. " the opening before
1908.
The conferees of the house and sen
ate on the Indian bill have agreed up
on all South Dakota items as they
were passed by the senate.
WON BRIDE IN OVERALLS.
West ingl louse in Father's Shop WLcn
Fiancee First Saw Him.
Miss Violet, daughter of Sir Thomas
and Lady BrockleUany, . of London,
whose engagement to George Westing
house, Jr., of Pittsburg, is announced,
first saw young Westlnghouse In his
overalls and greasy jumper at work in
his father's shops, and, not knowing
his name, she asked him some ques
tions. Young Westlnghouse showed
her all she wanted to know and she
departed, thanking him, even hesitat
ing whether or not she offer him a tip.
A year later, on one of his trips to
Europe, young Westlnghouse met for
mally the young woman who will soon
be his wife. She almost fainted when
she recognized In young Westinghous"
the heir to $50,000,000, the same
young man to whom she had talked so
freely as a workman.
Places Big Order for Halls.
The Kansas City, Mexico and Orient
Railway company has placed an order
with the United States Steel corpora
tion for 40,000 tons of steel rails. The
delivery of the rails will begin In
March. It is oxpected the rails will bo
laid and the track in operation before
the end of the year. The company
has also placed orders for 1,100,000
Mes.
Iligglus Ijeft Big Fortune,
The will of former Gov. Frank
Wayland Hlgglns, of Olean, N. Y.,
disposes of an estate valued at be
tween $U,000,DOO and $16,000,000.
Trusts are created for the benefit of
the wife and children of the testator
and Mrs. Higgius Is made tho solo res
duary legatee.
Col. Irons to Succeed Pershing.
Lieut. Col. James A. Irons, Four
teenth Infantry, has been selected as
military attache of the American em
bassy at Tokio, to succeed Capt. John
J. Pershing, promoted to be brigadier
general and now commanding Fort
lcKlnly, Manila.
Vetoes Anti-Pass Bill.
The lower house of the Nevada leg
islature Wednesduy Sttempted to puss
the anti-railroad pass resolution over
the governor's veto, but the speaker
refused to put the motion.
.Must Allow Boys to Climb.
The Georgia state supreme court,
in a decision rendered Tuesday, hold
that small boys have an Inalienable
right to climb trees.
Orders All Cows lnstocted.
The city board of health of Terre
Haute, Ind., has ordered the Inspec
tion of every cow contributing to the
milk supply of the city, because the
food inspector says tuberculosis Is
Vressnt In dairies.
Lost $1,000 Worth of Brains.
A jury gave George A. Bevaus, of
Cleveland, O., "who claimed that ho
had lost a spoonful of brains in an ac
cident at the Central high school au
ntx, a judgment for $1,000.
GREAT NORTHERN INDICTED.
Alleged Rotates 011 Sugar to Slout
City. . .
The federal grand Jury fit New York
Tuesday indicted the Great Northern
Railway company on charges that In
1904 It paid $10,000 In rebates on su
gar shipments t.i Lowell M. Palmer,
traffic agent of the American Sugar
Retlnin;; company. A recond count of
the came indictment charges that $4,
C54 additional rebates were paid to
Mr. Palmer by various" railroads In
conjunction with the Great Northern.
The Indictment charges that tho
Grout Northern Railway compor.y ef
fected freight combinations with the
I-ehigh Valley, Aho New York Centra!
and tho New York, New Hnvcn and
Hartford rallroncH the through route
of the last named road, the Great
Northern Steamship company and the
Great Northern Railway company,
whereby sugar was transported f 1 om
New York city and Boston to Sioux
City, la., at Ipis than tho published
tariff rates.
The latter, the Indictment charges,
was 52 cents per 100 pounds, but
through an agreement alleged to have
been made by Alonzo W. Lake and A.
W. Steele as agents of the Great
Northern company and Lowell M. Pal
mer as agent of the American Sugar
Refining company. It Is charged that
the sugar refining company was grant
ed a through rate on sugar between
the points named of 33 cents per 100
It .is understood that the general
counsel of the Great Northern have
been notified of the Indictment and
will within a few days present them
selves for pleading.
It Is reported still more indictments
will follow'.
MEXICAN MINK HORROR.
11 uiulicd Uvea Are Believed to Have
Been Loot.
It Is now believed 100 lives were lost
In the explosion Monday night In the
mine belonging to the Mexican Coal
and Coke company at Las' Esperanstas,
Mexico. Forty-three bodies have been
removed. Many of the men killed
were Japanese.
The explosion occurred shortly af
ter the night shift had commenced
work. It Is thought to have been
caused by gas which Ignited from a
defective lamp carried by one of tha
miners.
Las Ksperanzas is a town of about
5,000 inhabitants and is made up al
most entirely of employes of the cnol
mines. It Is situated about 75 miles
from Eagle Pass, Tex. Conditions are
In such a stato that reliable Informa
tion as to the dead Is not at present
available.
- - - .
The dispatcher's office at Monclova
reports that a special train with physi
cians and medical supplies was sent to
the smene, but there is little hope that
many have escaped alive.
TO USE LESS AMERICAN MEAT.
Britain Ifojtcs to Got lairge Supplies
from Colonies.
The British war office Is taking
steps to ascertain the possibility of ob
taining for the British army larger
supplies of canned meats from Aus
tralia and New Zealand, so that the
contracts with the American packers
sinay be reduced in the near future.
When the government was question
ed In the house of commons Tuesday
afternoon as to whether the colonies
could not be given the first chance to
obtain the next contracts Mr. Buchan
an, financial secretary of the war of
fice, said that In anticipation of an In
creased demand and In view of tho
stories regarding American canned
meats last summer, as well as the gov
ernment's desire for a wider area for
supply, a representative had been sent
to Australia and New Zealand to re
port on the methods of packing houses
there and the capacity of those colo
nfes to furnish canned meat.
Seek High Ruling on Liquor.
To carry to the supreme court a re
cent diceslon by Judge S. S. Artmau
holding the licensing of saloons Ille
gal, charges of maintaining a public
nuisance have been preferred against
Francis Long, a saloonkeeper at Leb
anon, Ind. The state prohibition or
ganization Is back of the move. Chair
man Newlln states that means will not
be lacking to fight to a finish.
Street Railway Sold Fader Hammer.
The Henderson Street Railway com
pany was sold Monday at public sale
under an order of the court, to satis
fy the claims of creditors. C. A. Hinch
president of the Fifth National bank
of Cincinnati, representing the bond
holders, bought the company's Inter
ests for $80,000.
lyn Error to Druggists.
Mr. Celle Koheu, of Chicago, bus
filed suit for $500 damages In the Su
perior court against the Public Drug
company, alleging Injuries suffered hy
her 6-year-old daughter, Henrietta,
from carbolic acid said to have been
put Into medicine by mistake at the
Public Drug store last December.
Mgr. Santandrr Dead.
Madrid: Mgr. Hantander, formerly
bishop of Havana, died Thursday of
paralysis. He was 71 years of age,
and resigned his bishopric In 1199
'when Cuba was lost to Spain,
fcouth Bend Y. W. C. A. Glren Home.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wyman, of
South Bend, Ind., have presented to
the Young Women's Christian associa
tion a deed to the new Y. W, C. A.
home now being erected. The proper,
ty U worth $75,000.
AUilcU-a Diphtheria Victims.
Coach Justa M. Llndgren, of the
football team, his wife, and Catcher
Gunning, of the varsity baseball team,
at Champaign, III., are vlotlma of
diphtheria at the home of Llndgren.
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BURGLAR ALARM SAVES BANK.
Gonvs Ring Wliii Robbers Knock
Dial mm Safe and They Run.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to rob tho Farmers State bank of Cen
tral City at. an early hour Tuesday
morning.
About 1:15 the night watchman
was held up by two masked men a
block distant from the bank, lie wa.-.
told to come with theni and make :io
disturbance and they H'ould not harm
him. Arriving at the bunk, the door
of which had been previously opened
by other member of the gang, the
watchman was taken to the bank par
lor, blindfolded and securely bound,
hands and feet, to. a chair. The rob
ber then proceeded to gain entrance
to the vault wit 4 a sledge hammer and
they knocked tin- dial off the door.
The bank is protected by an Amer
ican bank protection burglar alarm.
When the dial was broken connection
was made and the alHrms turned loose.
The burglars lost no time in getting
a way.
There were four In the party. They
stole a handcar and headed for Grand
Island. Near Chapman the car was
ditched.
The alarm aroused parties sleeping
near the bank, who got busy with the
telephone. When the bank officials ar
rived they found the night watchman
securely hound. The burglars' de
parture was so sudden that they left
their tools.
. Evidently the burglars were not
aware of the fact that the bank was
provided with n liurslar alarm or they
expected to cut the connections.
The Knights of Pythias were cele
brating their anniversary but throe
doors away nnu had left their hall
less than thirty minutes before the at
tempted burglary. In fact, the cash
ier of the bank, who was on his way
home from the lodge rooms, met the
two men who hold up the ulghl
watchman on the coiner but a few
minutes before the holdup.
There is no question but what the
alarm saved (he bunk.
CEMENT FACTORY I'd!! PI AH',
Prof. Diinconsoii thinks Prof. Bar
hour Has Estimated Correctly.
At his recent visit. Prof. K. II. Par
hour, of the state university, suggest
ed that the shulc overlying the coal
vein at the Peru mine could be used
together with the limestone bed to the
westward for the purpose of making a
fine quality of cement. He said that
the coal would furnish all the fuel
needed. Folio wlfi.V his suggestions a
company of local capftoilsts Tins been
temporarily organized to look into the
advisability of establishing such a fac
tory, and steps are being taken which
will Insure the oslahlshment of the
factory In case the materials at hand
prove all that Is reported by the state
geologist. Prof. Duncanson, who ac
companied Prof. Barbour, thinks Prof.
Barbour has been very conservative in
hl.sestimates of the local resources in
the vicinity of tho mine.
HORSE'S LEG IN PLASTER CAST.
Eusti Surgeon Attcmitfs to Save Ani
mal Maimed In Runway.
A team driven by Harry Schroedcr,
of near Kustls, became unmanageable
Sunday night and after a run of a
quarter of a mile crashed into the
rear of a spring wagon In which there
were four children and a barrel of
salt. Nobody was injured beyond u
shaking up.
One of the horses sustained a brok
en leg. The owner of the team, Clyde
Kllngman, secured the services of Dr.
Weideranders, physician and surgeon,
who reduced the fracture und encased
the leg In a pluster of parts cast. The
Injured leg Is protected by an Iron
brace. Tho outcome of the operation
is being watched with Interest, as Mr.
Kllngman Is the first person In tills
section to try to save a horse in tli
manner.
WATERS RECEDE AT I'REMONT.
Famlll'.'S Return to Their Homes on
South Side ii Second Time,
The ice Is now out of the Platte
river and the water has gone out of
the south part of Fremont, leaving
only a few pools In low places. Fum
llies have gone back to their homes
a second time and are again busy
cleaning up. The flood lust week, ac
cording to old timers, almost equalled
that of 18 81. Measured wiil undoubt
edly be taken the coming summer to
ward preventing any further flooding
of the south side, either by erecting
a strong dike along the south bank
of the liver or by diverting the chan
nel to the south of Murphy and Haw
thorne Islands.
I". S. vs. James Clifton.
There is a case at Osceola on the
federal court docket entitled the Coll
ed States against James Clifton. Mr.
Clifton lives In Platte precinct in Polk
county, and It Is alleged that lie sent
a postal card through the mull that
had words written onto it that were
contrary to law. Witnesses were ex
amined as to Slifton's character, and
It was shown so good that It is
thought Pncle Ham can ho knocked
out euslly.
No Conversion In Throe Week.4.
Three weeks' revival meetings ut
the First Christan church of I'lue
HIM, closed Sunday evening without a
tilngle conversion having been mado
Big Prices for I'm icy Hogs.
Several hog sales were held In dif
ferent parts of Clay county last wot k
and large prices were paid. At one
sale, a sow brought $1,500. At an
other sale the prices averaged a little
over $80. At another $75.
Nebraska Shifts Burden.
The senate recently adopted a joint
memorial to congress in favor if an
amendment to the constitution permit,
ting women to vote. The vote on
adoption was a tie, 16 to 16, Lieut.
Gov. Hopewell deciding In Us favor.
i ,L!-D.
Omaha I'.ciil.o fi Lnvc S:mi to
I'i:l).lf I.vC.t: t'i ns.
The will cf the l t C!nt John A
Creighton wut i.lc.! f-r probata Mon
day afternoon.
It makes s, r(i:"s bequests of $1,
tr.O.Oilo. cf v, h'ch J.T.O.unn goes to rel
atives and his housekeeper, and $900,
000 goon to e 'au a !loi e.l and benevo
lent Institutions. t',i,i Crelithton unlver
fity lending with $.".00,000.
i tit nl! that is left ovr. estimated to
be upwards of $5,000,000, Is to be
distributed amcmr the beneficiaries
spoclMcally named In the will In the
same proportion that their shares
bear to the whole a?nount. Thus it Is
estimated each one will receive four
or five times as much as specifically
named.
Th fallowing institutions besldrs
Criighton university are given th
amounts named ns relative shares In
the residue of the estate:
Chelghton Memorial (St. Joseph's)
hospital. $200,000; Little Sisters of the
Poor, $50,000; Working Girls' home,
$50,000; Sisters of Good Shepherd.
$50,000; Sisters .f Poor Clare. $50,000,
HART IXsrr.AN'l'K HELD valid.
fury Ghc. Verdict for Children of
, Men titled In Wyoming.
The Jury in the district court at
Fremont In the case f Hail against
the Supreme Tent of the Maccabees
brought In i verdict for the plaintiff
recently for $2,0011 ami interest. Ap
peal will he taken to tho supreme
court. Plaintiffs arc the two children
of William F. Hart, deceased, who
was shot and almost Instantly killed
by Geo. Bovee, a 16-yenr-old boy at
Douglas, Wyo., July 2 last, Hart
roomed at the Bovee house and had
fired two shots at the boy's mother,
both taking effect, when the boy came
Into the room and shot him. The de
fense was that his death was caused
by lils being engaged In violating the
law of the land and that his certificate
of Insurance was therefor void. Tha
ease was submitted to the Jury on
this proposition alone and their find
ing was for the plaintiffs.
COLORED MEN' START TROI BLE
Attend Mask Ball ami Disturbance
Starts When They I'ninnsk.
At a masquerade bull given by tho
citizens of Hyannls two colored men,
Frank Shcpard and Sum Minns, cooks
at the Commercial hotel, disguised
themselves, as did their white neigh
bors, and danced with the elite of
the city until a pile hour, when at
one of the saloon s they unmasked
and by so doing nearly participated u
smnll race rolt. The colored men
came out victorious, however, for with
the aid of I heir reliable razors they
have as yet resisted all attempts to
arrest them. The citizens nre determ
ined, also, and they expect to arrest
them on the charge of disturbing the
peace. The colored men stood well
In the community ui nlll this act,
PLATTE RIVER BREAKS BIT
Part of the City or Fremont Is Again
I'ndcr Witter.
Despite the work of 200 men nil
night tlio Platte liver broke through,
the dike at Kremrtnt again Monday
morning and South Fremont was
flooded with from three to live feet of
water. Many families were again
driven from their homes. The Bur
lington track was overflowed ai.d the
road Is again out of business. At
11 o'clock the water was up to the
Union Pacific track through the city.
A relief fund for sufferers bus been
started. The t'nlon Pacific dynamite
gang has been turned over to the city
to break the gorgo, and blasting Is in
progress.
THREE YOFNG M EN' AND A GIRL
Small Theatrical Company Taken Into
Custody ut Virginia.
The Hall-Booth-Uankin Theatrical
company played a brief engagement at
Virginia, becanso of the interference
of Sheriff I'rude, who went time it
ter Miss Pelhoud, a girl who left Beat
lice with the company without li-r
parents' consent. All the men, hers
of the company, comprising three
young men and Miss Pethoud, were
brought to Meatrice by the officer. Tho
girl was sent to her home at Olilowa
ond the boys were released after pay
ing the costs in the case.
i t no case. i
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LEAVE HOMES, k
FAILMEHS I.I
Tli! liOM lands Near Newcastle, ,
Are I nder Water.
The lee gorge near Vermillion Is
within sight of Newcastle, und many
people have gathered on the bluff to
watch the movement of the high wa
ter. New castle is on an elevation,
like nearly all the other towns In that
vicinity, and there is no reason to fear
the high water. Furtners on tho low.
lands In the vicinity of Newcastle,
however, have been leaving their
homes In. order not to be caught by
the rush of the water.
Voungers Held for Assault.
Geo. Younger, whos Is charged with
assault on Mrytle Furlong, a 15-year-old
white girl at Lincoln, was hound
over to the district court In the sum
of $500 and taken to the state peni
tentiary for safe keeping.
Back from Mexico.
P. Soronsen arrived In Lyons
Tuesday from Mexico, where he has
be'ii for four mouths assisting W. H.
Lyon, of Lyons, who Is Interested with
other Lyons parties In erecting a largu
saw mill.
Item rice Debaters Win.
The Beatrice High school debaters
won from the Humbolt High school
recently in the debate over the an
nexation of Cuba.
Death of Pioneer Nebraska!!.
MaJ. C. W. Pierce, of Lincoln, one
of the framers of the Nebraska eitw
stitution and a pioneer lawmaker, died
Sunday at Hastings, Fla., where he
had gone for his health, lie was a
member of congress from the Fourth
Alabama district in tho late 60s.
Merchants Sot Convention.
At a meeting of the executive board
in Omaha the annual convention of
the Nebraska Stato It-tall Mer
chants' association was set 'or March
8 and T. The place will he In Lincoln
ClU.l
Nebraska
Legislature
Routine Proceedings of Senate.
The senate spent most of the Wed
nos.lay morning Fosslnn In committee
of tho whole considering bills. Action
was trken on the following:
Py Wllsey of Frontier To enable
cemetery associations to acquire land
by condemnation proceedings. Indefi
nitely postponed,
Py WilUe To regulate tho driving
of traction engines over the public
roads. Recommended for pnssagp.
The committee on Judiciary reported
favorably on a bill Introduced by Ald
rlch relating to county attorneys, af
ter substituting practically a new
bill for It.
T'nder the head of bills on third
reudlng. the senate passed S. F. 101,
by Patrick, requiring licensing boards
to revoke licenses of saloonkeepers
who violate the law relating to tho
selling of liquors. Thomas of Doug
las cast the only vote against the bill.
At the afternoon session Wednesday
the senate passed II. R. 89, tho bill
prohibiting the sale nt any time of
game end fish protected by the game
laws. There was no opposition to the
bill.
The senate then went Into committee
of the whole and acted on the follow
ing bills:
By Thomas To allow street rail
way companies to bny and sell Interur
ban securities and to operate, purchase
and lease Interurbnn lines; for pass
age. 'By Clarke Abolishing capital pun
ishment: Indefinitely postponed.
Clarke's bill caused a heated dis
cussion over the question of capital
punishment, Clarke, Randall, Burns
and Saekett speaking for the bill, and
King, Epperson, Aldrloh and Patrick
against It. The vote was overwhelm
ing In favor of Idefinltely postponing
the bill.
Rouse Pulsi In a Busy Session.
The house Wednesday voted on tho
following bills on final passage:
Py McMullen of Gage Establishing
a bacteriological laboratory under the
direction of the state board of health
to be maintained at the state univer
sity; killed.
By Henry Providing a way for
women suffrage; killed.
The speaker appointed the follow
ing committee to Investigate the feas
ibility of a binding twine plant at the
state penitentiary: Qunckenbush, Jen
nlson, Eller and Stolz.
In committee of the whole the fol
lowing bills were passed on.
Py Davis, of Cass Taxing mort
gages; recommended for passage.
I'y Fries of Howard Levying spe
cial voting tax of $3; recommended
for passage.
By Eller of Washington Defining
embezzlement of funds of fraternal
companies and prescribing punish
ment;, recommended for passage.,
By Leeder of Douglas Two pla
toons for Omaha fire department;
recommended for passage
By Eller of Washington Providing
for redumption of real estate sold un
der tax sale; recommended for pass
age. By Brown of Sherman Two-column
ballot; recommended for passage.
By McMullen of Gage Open meet
ings of board of i-gents; recommend
ed for passage.
By E. P. Brown of Lancaster Tax
payer tnay appeal from excessive levy
without having appeared before the
board; recommended for passage.
, By Baker of York Real estate fox
es become a lien on the property Nov.
1; recommended for passage.
The following bills were Introduced:
By committee on corporations To
prevent corporations from watering
stoc!:.
By Cone of Saunders Permitting
the parole of dipsomaniac patients.
By Cone of Saunders Making It a
criminal offense to soil, give or furnish
intoxicating liquors or narcotic drugs
to any person under sentence as a dip
somaniac or as an excessive user of
narcotlo drugs and to provide penal
ties for the violation of said act.
By Neff of Franklin by request
Making Juvenile court law apply to all
children under 16,'whethor Inmates of
Institutions or not.
By committee on Judiciary The
uniform divorce law, Indorsed by he
nntlonal congress on divorce.
Py rmstrong of Nemaha To re
peal maximum freight rates law.
Py Eller of Washington To license
Itinerant vendors of drugs, medicines,
etc.
By Kilten of Gage Salaries of
county officers.
By Blystone of Lancaster Soldiers'
relief commission shall receive ex
penses In addition to salary.
By Doran of Garfield To repeal
present certification law und reinstate
old law repealed two years ago.
By Davis of Cass To regulate stall
ion servlco and the registration of
such animal.
To Make Dry Towns Drier.
Another rather drastic liquor meas
ure has passed the senate committee
of the whole. It was Introduced by
Patrick originally to prevent tha so
liciting by agents of liquor houses In
towns which had no salo uin. At tho
request of several of tho senators who
live In "wet" towns it was amended
by thesubstltutlonofan almost entirely
new bill, which Is Intended to prohib
it absolutely the soliciting hy agents of
orders for liquor except from retail
dealers regularly licensed. It is .to
drown that a regularly licensed sa oon.
keeper may solicit orders fioin a flxod
placo of business. The bill went
through practically without opposition
Substitute Puro Food.
An entirely new bill as a substitute
to S. F. 64, by Burns, combining the
features of the pure food and drug and
the dairy commissioner law has been
reported Back to the senate by the
standing committee, to which it was
referred and placed on general iile. In
Its general features the bill conforms
to the national pure food law. II pro
vides the governor Bhall be the food,
dairy and drug commissioner und shall
appoint a deputy at a salary of St.SuO
a year and traveling expenses.
Antl-Tlppliig Bill.
The senate, in committee of tho
whole, recommended for passage a
drastic "antl-tlpping" bill. It is di
rected against waiters, porter and
slmilur employes, and urovldss a tin
of from $5 to $50 for an tucri em
ploye who solicits or accepts a "tip" t
to any employer who khowii.gly peri
mita his employers to accept tho tip'
or to any person who oTters a ''tip."
Employers' Liability mil.
In spite of the opposition of u pow
erful railroad lobby which nun beoAI
Importing railway employes into Lin-1
coin to work again.it the bill, tho em-j
ployer's liability bill Introduced IrW
the senate by Gibson of Douglas early
In the session was passed through
committeo of tho whole without oppo-i
slllon. The action of the senate was s;
quickly done that Senator Gibson, wlul
had prepared to make a speech on thti
measure, was not permitted to do so,
The bill relates only to railroads nnfl
to the more hazardous occupations In
railroading. It provides "fellow serv
ant" negligence shall not be a bar td
action for damages and that the ques
tlon of contributory negligence Is to b
left to the Jury to decide in making ui
Its verdict.
Regents Vonld Bny Rooks.
According to a semi-official state-
nent, theregents of thestate university
ure anxious to buy text books and sel
or rent them to the students at cost
They are also anxious to hold opei
meetings and have Instruct thel
employes not to lobby for or ngalm
any measure affecting the managemed
of the university.
MaxImum.Hate on Oil.
A bill will be introduced In th
house some time during the early pari
of the week fixing a maximum freigti
rate on oU. This bill Is the result c
Investigation of the Kansas oil propc
sltlon by a committee from tho legb
lature. This committee received Infoi
niatton that the Independent enmpi
nloH of Kansas would sell oil In N
braska for 9 cents a gall-on and fu
oil for 2 Mi cents a gallon . plus tl(
freight rate. In Kassa there Is a mai
freight rate. In Kansas there Is a mat
oil come cheap; consequently the N
braska law will be patterned aft!
that..
Ruld on Treustiry.
The assaults on the state treasu
aro coming thick anil fast, and tl
indications are the appropriations asl
ed for will overtop the high wat
mark, though there Is no lndlcatld
that all the appropriations request J
will be voted. Up to this time the
are bills Introduced in the house caj
Ing for appropriations amounting
$76.000. This does not Include tl
l-mlll levy for the state universll
the deficiency claims bill nor the grai
appropriation bill. These will run t
total up to an unprecedented amoud
TWO-CENT FARE RUSHED.
Miulo Emergency Measure in Xebri
ka Ix-gls:ature, I
Friends of the 2-cent fare TuesdJ
won a signal victory In both the hou
and the senate. Forcing the 2-cW
fare bill from a pigeonhole In the de
of the senate committee It was ma
a special order (or 10 o'clock W
uesday. After a two-hour debate t
senate unanimously agreed to Its pa,
ago. While the senators were eatl
dinner the whole engrossing ro
force was put to work. Within f.
minutes after the senate convened
the afternoon the bill had been pa!
eu and was hurried to the house.
House Gets In Line.
In the lulleisody the friueds of 8
2-cent rate triumphed. In the seni
the railroad forces were hamper!
to pieces and none dared to v
against the bill. In the house opp
tlon also vanished. Tuesdsy nlgM
vaucui enuu m a draw.
The anU-rallroadftes, flushed w
victory, declared that a rigid anti-D
bill be indorsed In like manner J
freight rates pared and shaved.
(The 2-cent faro bill may becom
iuw anu us provisions effective bet
the end of the month. A bill identil
with the one passed Tuesday by
senate has been recommended
passage by the house, It was said Tu
uay nigni, would Wednesday, or
least before the end of the week, c
cur In the senate bill. Gov. SheldoJ
known to favor the legislation.
c-uner oiu carries the emerge)
clause the law will become ope rat
wun me upprovui of the governor
County Otlon Dead.
County option Is dead and It
not be resurrected at this sosslon
the legislature. The senate killed
bill the other day and Monday afl
noon the house killed 11 again tho
Its defenders tried aard to havrt
placed on the general file for con
eratlon. The Judiciary committee
ported the bill for Indefinite postptf
ment.
Undertakers Are Imcct-stctl.
A delegation of undertakers
Omaha, South Omaha and Line
waited upon members of the ltgl
ture Monday and the Insurance depi
ment to discuss the practicability
the introduction of a bill putting tl
lal companies under the Jurlsdlc
of the ?"surance department,
company which caused the delega
to make the visit has been incorpo
ed In New Jersey and efforts are i
being made to get It established In
braska. Its plan Is for an lndlvb
to pay so much a month and when
individual dies the company pays
funeral and burial expenses. The
dertakers are opposed to the compJ
operating here.
Jeniilsflu'H Lobby Imw.
Among tha bills passed by the h
Monday afternoon was the antl-b
bill by Jennison of Cluy. This
makes it a misdemeanor for a
lobbyist to attempt to influence
member of the legislature ex
through published briefs or by spe
es made to committees. The pen
a fine of $100 to $500 and a
sentence of six months. The bill, li
ever, only received 6S votes, and
sequently does not curry Ulo ei
gency clause, so will not apply at
session, even If It goes through
senate.
House PasMea Bills.
The house passed Uie folloV
bills Monday:
By McMullen of Gage, compe
the regents of the state unlverstt
hold open meetings wheu transai
business pertaining to the unlvet
By E. P. Brown, allowing a I
payer to appeal to the district c
'u assessmeui inoygn ha has not
-area ineiore the county boar4L