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Id i-i mju DAKOTA JLL J...L biate Historical Society MOTTO-AU The News When It Is News. VOLUME XVII DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, MAIICII 19, 1909. NUMBER 29 COUN HEIR i LATEST BY TELEGRAPH SUMMARY OF THE NEWS OF THE WHOLE WORLD. 10,000 IS DEMANDED SON OK TiAWYF.K WIIITLA, SHARON, PA., KIDNAPED. OF Janitor Tolil Lad Is Wanted at Father' Oiihx and Hp Produces Boy Klg Kci-ovcreri at Warren. O., Contained tho Child's Hat. Ten thousand dollars' ransom la de manded for tho return of Willie Whlt la. Attorney James P. Whltla's 8-year-old son, who was spirited away from school at Sharon. Pa., Thursday morning by an unknown man and fur nished a mysteiy which the detectives of the country are being asked to solve. Accompanying the demand for ransom Is a covert threat that the boy will be killed unless the money Is produced. Thursday night Chief of Police Craln received word that the rig In which the lad was taken away was recovered at Warren, O.. with the child's hat on the buggy seat. Attorney and Mrs. Whltla are among the town's leading residents. The former is a brother-in-law of Frank H. Buhl, the multimillionaire steel man. At 9:30 o'clock Thursday morning a stranger drove up to the East ward school house, in which young Whltla is a pupil, and told the janitor the lad wus wanted at once at his father's .office. Janitor Sloss con veyed the message to Mrs. Anna Lew Is. the boy's teacher, who dismissed the child. When Sloss appeared with the boy the stranger smiled and helped him up to the seat beside him. He then drove off In the direction of the law office Several persons say a confederetae joined the kidnaper before he left the town. Little was thought of the Incident and there was no belief that a crime had been committed until the lad fail ed to appear at his noonday meal. At 1 o'clock a letter directed to the mother was delivered at the house by a mall carrier. Mrs. Whitla at once recognized the handwriting on the en velope as that of her son. Opening It she found a communication written In a strange hand and demanding $10,000 for the boy's release. A man said to answer the description of the one wanted at Sharon, Pa., on a charge of kidnaping the Whitia child was arrested. CIKCIS STOPS WAR DOGS. Coiilllct PoslHiiic(l When the Show Ar rives in Town. The steamship Acapulco brings, news to San Francisco, Cal., that war be tween Salvador and Nicaragua was postponed for one day In order that the citizens of Acajutla might enjoy the circus which was billed to play In that town while the Acapulco was an chored In the harbor. When the ves iel first arrived martial law had been declared, and no one was permitted to land. But the circus came to town and in less than an hour martial law- was declared off so that the passenge might swell the attendance at the show. The passengers on board the Acapulco scount the Idea that there will be any serious trouble In Central America, BLOWN' VP liY ASSASSIN? ioder Plant Near Wallace, Idaho, I.' Destroyed. That an assassin deliberately blew Up the Coeur d'Alene powder works near Wallace, Idaho, Wednesday after noon, killing three men and Injuring another, is the belief of the managers of the Coeur d'Alene Concentrating company, which owned the plant. All the buildings of the plant wer de stroyed except the nilro-glycerin house i.oeur a Aiene nas neen me scene several serious labor disturbances. Seize Counterfeit its. Secret service opeiatives returned to Chicago Thursday with a complet counterfeiting outfit, which was seized it Is alleged at the home of Fred Pie dom, In the woods, seven miles from Gary. Ind. Piedom and his son Gaines, were arrested Wednesday af lernuou, tuning, according to the po. lice, to pass counterfeit money. Powers (Jet Into the Game. Information received Ht the forelg offices Thursday in Merlin indicates the powers all are in favor of the Ital ian proposition to at once summon European conference to act on the Balkan situation. Sioux C 'it y Live Stork .Market. Thursday's quotations on the Sioux City live stock market follow: Reeves, $4.656.16. Top hogs. $S70. Former Court Clerk Arrested. Ixiuls Mcriiwclher, former clerk of Ihe circuit court of Chamberlain coun ty, 111., was arrested at Terra Haute, Ind., accused j( emliexzlemeiit of J1.40K. MiKSouri After (mi Tolers. The Missouri senate passed a dras tic measure against gun tiding. There was only one, "jio" vote. Another bill yas passed to prevent exhibits of guns In store windows. MAM1KAY HEARING BEGINS. lliree Mikes Te.lfy Before Federal Grant! Jury. In response to a number of letter ent out hy Poytnriicp Inspector Swen son three men appeared Tuesday to testify before the federal grand Jury at Council Bluffs, la., en the charge brought against J. C. Mnybray of swindling various persons on fnlse foot aee, wrestling matches and prize lights. In addition to the testimony of these persons, documentary evidence In the rhape of memoranda captured by Swenson when he arrested May bray was presented to the grand Jury. W. H. Hertford, of Heeklow, Mo., was a witness. He claims to have lost $5,000 on t horse, race In Council iilufTs August SI, 190S. To the grand Jury, he is raid to have related the de tails of that tranructlnn. Samuel Sutor. of Cuss Lake, Minn., another alleged victim, stated that he lost $5,000 on a similar game four days before Bedford was relieved of his money. The third man to give evidence was Dr. C. C. Vanderbeck, of St. Louis, who stated he lost $2,500 on a wrestling match In the summer of 1907. Inspector Swenson also gave his tes timony. A number of other vlcltms are expected to appear. The documentary evidence was vol uminous. It was all In the nature of a dia-y found among Maybray's effects. giving dates and names, showing who these alleged victims were, when they were "fleeced." and to what extent. This data Indicates that about $400,- 000 w is the reward of the efforts of the men who were concerned In the swin dle. One list names twenty-nine per tons who' lost amounts ranging from $13,700 to $1,250 from April 1 to Octo ber 13, 1908. Another notation for the following month mentions $19,000 as the amount secured, while other victims contributed more than $200, 000 from time to time. Bl'DGET AGAIN FAILS. Extra Ketorion of Porto Klcan lawmak ers Refuse to Pass It. The extraordinary session' of the Porto Ricau legislature cume to an end Monday night without having ac complished the passage of the budget. The budget failed of passage at the regular session and Gov. Post, having been given assurances that it would go through, called an extra session. The unionist leaders, however, did not fulfill their undertaking. Gov. Post will now take up the situ ation with Washington. The conflict -tSetween the house of delegates, com- posed entirely of unionists, and the executive council arose from the efforts of the former to pass a law favoring the party. The council refused to ac cede to the proposal. The house agreed with the council and promised to pass the budget, but aurlng the ex tra session it used the budket as a club In an effort to force the hands of the council in the matter of the party law. JUDGE'S IXIQl'K MIXING. Ill Georgia to Call a Mun a Llur Means a Fight. To call a man a liar In the state of Georgia Is a breach of the peace and means a fight, declares the state court of appeals In a decision handed down Tuesday. The lower court, which re fused damages to W. M. Rumsey, who sued W. A. Bullard for the $100 for calling him a liar, is reversed, the opinion by Judge Powell concluding: "Being to the manor born, the judges of this court take Judicial cog nizance of the fact that In Georgia to call a man a liar, even without threat ening him with a weapon, most gen erally rneans a fight. There may be exceptions to this rule, but they are exotics and find little nourishment on Georgia soli and under southern ikies." NEW FEAT BY ZEPPELIN. Aeronaut Makes u SucecMsfiil Descent in a Field. Count von Zeppelin's new model air ship, with the Inventor and four other men on board, made a successful de scent in a field on the shore of Lake Constance Tuesday at Frederlch's Hav en, Germany. It has been asserted the count could not land on the ground without an especially built platform, hut this now has been disproved. The airship came easily to the earth, and after the reascendlng returned to the Walloon shed on the lake. liegeman to lie Tried. The court of appeals Tuesday at Al bany, N. Y., decided in effect that J. R. Hegeman, president of the Metropolit an Life Insurance company, must stand trial on the charge of perjury in connection with alleged misstatements made in the armuul report of the Metropolitan Life filed with the state superintendent of insurance In Jan jaiy. 1905. light Duels to Death. Schut'.en Milg. H civilian, fought two duels ut Klsenuch, (ierrmany, Tuisday with two army officers, a lieutenant and a Burgeon, and killed both of his opponents. Pistols were used. Mllg is a wealthy laud owner and his wife Is said to be an American. The duels resulted from jealousy. Plan to Start Revolt. A sergeant and seven privates of the rural guard stationed at the town of Vueltas, Santa Clara province, Cuba, have inuluieil and taken to the woods with their horses and arms. It appears to be their Int-ntion to make an effort to Mail an uprising. Consul at Stockholm. The president Tuesday nominated Rdwurd I. Winslow, of Illinois, as con sul general at Stockholm. TRAIN 111 NS "WILD." Dashes Into Waiting Room of Montreal Station. Four persons wer killed and thirty others were Injured as tho result of the blowing out of a washout pipe on the locomotive hauling the Boston ex press, due at the Windsor street sta tion In Montreal of the Canadian Pa cific railway early Wednesday, three miles out from the station. Scalding steam filled the cab and the engineer and fireman were forced to Jump. Tho train, without a guiding hand at the throttle, dashed Into the station, through the granite wall Into the station, through the women's waiting room, and then Into the rotunda, where the locomotive, af ter demolishing .one massive grunlU pillar, was brought to a standstill by another. , The four persons killed wore sitting In the women's waiting room. They are: Mrs. J. H. Nixon. Montreal, her 13-year-old son and 2-year-old daugh ter. Elsie Vllllers, 12 years old, of Montreal. A score of men were knocked down when the train crashed through Into the rotunda. An investigation of the qause of the accident disclosed that the break In the boiler was on the fireman's side. Fireman Craig Jumped at once and landed In a snowdrift practically unin jured. He ran down the track after the train. Half a mile further he found the engineer lying unconscious by the rails. His skull had been frac tured. The train crews hud no Idea there was anything wrong until the train was nearing tho station. Then the conductor, noting the excesMxe speed at this point, applied tho air brakes. They were not strong enough to hold the train with -the locomotive pulling against them, but they did check the speed. TAX TO AID "OLD MAIDS." Ruclielors May Be Forced to ProvUh for "Iione Winmieii." Maine's "old maids" are to be pen sioned at the expense of the bachelors and widowers. If the act which has been Introduced In the legislature by Representative Campbell, cf Kingman, becomes a law. Mr. Campbell says that his proposed law Is the result of much study, and he Is convinced that men who do not make a reasonable attempt to marry by the time they are 30 venra old should heln sUDDort the spinsters who have never received ft nronosal at reaching the ago of 40 years. Mr. Campbell proposes to mulct ev ery unmarried man of 30 or over at the rate of $10 a year, the fund thus raised to be applied to the support and relief or deserving women who are still spinsters although willing to marry if they get a fair chance. The law has some relief measures for the bachelors or widowers who can show that they have made a reasonable ef fort to get a wife, by proposing three times, either to three different women or to one woman three times. TOW ER 600 FEET HIGH. District of Columbia Preparing a Wireless Station. According to official announcement the 600 foot tower which the govern ment proposes to erect for wireless telegraph purposes may be located at Annapolis, Mil., although It Is more likely to be placed In the District of Columbia. If It Is erected In Wash ington, however, it will be at a point where It will not detract from the lofty grandeur of the Washington monu ment. It will be capable of sending mes sages 3,000 miles and of receiving them from 1,000 miles. Its foundation will extend 80 feet Into the earth, and its diameter at the base will be 50 feet and at the top 8 feet. Concrete will be used in its construction. It is hoped to have te tower started about the mid- lie of next month. Blow for Gambling in Nevada. The Navada assembly, by a vote ol 41 to 5, concurred in the senate amendments to the anti-gambling bill. The measure now goes to the governor. who has intimated that he will sign It. The bill prohibits bridge whist. poker and gambling games In general under penalty of six months Imprison ment or $600 fine. Pioneer Montana Mun Dead. Alfred Cave, one of the best known of Montana's eurly settlers, did at Missoula, Mont., Wednesday. He was born In southern Iowa in 18 29. He came to Montana in 1865 and estab lished a pack train business between Fort Benton, Mont., and Walla Walla, Wash. High Kick Hceord. A new world's record In the running lilHti kick was made at the second day of the athletic meet at St. Mark's school at Southhoro. Mass., by Har old Beebe. of Maiden. Roche did 9 feet 8 inches. The previous record was 9 feet K Inches, held by A. C. Lee, f New Haven, Conn., made In 1887. Big Mump In Steel Earning. The annual report of the I'nlted States Steel corporation was made public Wednesday at New York, and shows for the year ending December 31 gross receipts of $4S2,30K,(i(in, a de crease of $274,707,(01(1 from tho pre ceding year. The net earnings wero $91,848,0(111. a decrease of $ Bit, 1 1 7,000. The surplus for the year, after the pay. merit of all charges, was $10,343,000, decrease of $4,876,000. NEBRASKA STATE NEWS CANNOT FIND WI'.IS WILL. May lie Question Whether Recluse Lett Oar. miU'cnt search hi.s fulled to rcvea! the will presumed to have hern lelt by Fred Wels. the aged recluse whose dead body, badly bruised, was found on the stove In the kitchen occupied by hlni. at Fremont, tt Is said by the dead man's friends that' he bequeathed all his property to the I.utherHii or phans' home, but no will can be fojnd. F. McC.lverln, who had oth e' of WetV jo; per, did not have the VMM. Monday Judge Ptlnson in county (ourt appointed Oourge F. Ieoschi n administrator of the estate. The po lice while searching Wels' room found sme twenty old purges and money lags filled with scraps of Iron and rcule weights. Wels hud lived In fear i f burglars, and It Is presumed hid these purses and bugs here and there About his premises us u moans of de ception In case robbers broke In on Mm. HASTINGS MAX IA)ST W'IFK. ovel Plan I'wed for Getting Husband Out of Way. John Shrlner. of Hastings, was ap I ronched Friday by n stranger w ho Avked him If he would consider a prop ortion to work on a farm. He was of-f-red a very good place for himself and wii'e. The stranger bought a ticket to flue Hill and asked the Hastings man tn ;o down, look over the farm, end if the proposition suited him, they would draw up 8 contruct. It was agreed and Mr. Shrlner left. Saturday morning In high hopes. When ho ranched Blue Hill and inquired for the man whose name was given him, he could not be found. Ho returned home and was greatly dismayed to learn tAat during his absence his wife had disappeared and so had the smooth stranger. Now he has neither work nor wife and Is making dire threats against the man, whom he is trying to locate. J ' POLLARD ESCAlliS CENSl'RE. II 1m Vote on Ship Su&sldy Lnder Con sideration. , Tho Thlessen resolution criticising ex-Congressman Pollard, of Ihe First Nebraska district, for his vote favor ing Bhlp subsidies during the closing moments of the Sixtieth congress, fell by the wayside In tW house Tuesday morning. An amendment was offered to Include Congressman Klnkald, of the Sixth district. Thlessen Is a re publican, but the democratic majority in the house decided that republicans could do their own house cleaning, and claimed that the passage of the resolution could be construed as a par tisan affair and that neither Pollard nor Klnkald would consider themselves rebuked. AGED PIONEEH DIES. Was Resident of the State Forty-Throe Years. P. P. Peckham, an old resident of Avoca, died- Saturday evening at the age of 69 years. He was born In Cold water, Mich., and came to Nebraska forty-three years ago. During the war he served In tho Forty-ninth Illinois Infantry. Ho Is survived by his wife, one son and three duughters. The son, John, and two daughters, Mrs. John McFaiiand and Mrs., Buss, live at Avoca. The other daughter, Mrs. Reese Hutchlns, lives southeast of Weeping Water. Mr. Peckham had lived in AvocaNfor the last twenty years and was a highly respected citizen. COMMERCIAL CLI BS" SESSION. Organization of Nebraska Gathered at Norfolk. The fifth annual convention of the Nebraska association of Commercial clubs began a two days' session at Nor folk Monday. Vice President A. L. Mohler, of the Unoln Pacific railroad. Gov. Shallenberger and Interstate Commerce Commissioner Clark were speakers at the evening session Tues day. "The Business Value of Summer Chautauquas" was discussed Monday by the president of the Redpath ly- ceum bureau. Graft Humors In the Air. Members of the state senate are pondering on the best way of purging the air of sensational graft rumors There are many tales of Insurance graft. A lobbyist Is said to have mad- the rounds offering to deliver leiilsla tion for $250 a bill. Several mem hers of the senate are extremely ludlg riant and Insist on a thorough invest! gatlon. Con -ill -led of Stealing I 'urn. Charles W. Silvers and Philip Mauve, convicted In the district cour at Lincoln of the robbery of a I. In coin store of valuable furs, were Hen tenced to serve seven years In tin penitentiary. The robbery whs com mltted last fall, and the men were cap tured at Sioux City. Hotel Damaged by Fire. About 10:30 Monday forenoon I re did about $500 damage lo Rcod'n ho tel. near the Burlington depot at Yoilk There was almost a panic among tin inmates and guests but no one whs In jured. A defeetWe tlue was the caufi Loss fully covered by Insurance. A New Party. In response to a call Issued by committee of citizens, a large and en thuslastic meeting was held at the era house ut Syracuse recently by the people opposing saloons In the vtia;. and the No Saloon raily wus or gsnlzed. Table Km U Wauls I, it I it. The electric light proposition Is again being aiitated In Table Koi and there is talk of forming u local .company t0 finance and control It. INTERESTS H1PPEHIKSS H from Caj to Dm Condansad 3 rnn nun riicv ftrinFDG V) run uun run ntAwr-n NEBRASKA HERDS. Growth of Stock RiimIiichm Striking!) Shown by Statistics. April 1. HI0X. there were In N'ebras X t S.GlH.r, 1 .' cattle. Including cows, ac cording to the returns mr.de to the state board of e.uiiillzatlon by the county osfescors. These cattle had an .isi-in-cd ulue nf Sld.258.741, or an actual value of $51,000,000. At the :iar le date the hogs in Ns asl i number ;.?.;;9.947, with Sit as sessed value of $2,761,049, and an-a;-tual vuiue of almost $14,009,000. The cheep listed by the assessors num bered $310,754, with an assessed value of $213.9.11 and an actual value of at lei.Ht $1,500,00(1. Horses returned by the assessors number 844. 0S0, valued for assess ment purposes at $1 1,883,781. wh)ch would rnuke their real value $55,418, 810, or five times the onsussed value. Of mules we had 70.4$$. with an as seM'd vulua of $1,231,461, and s mar ket value of 56.29M05. Here lit a total value, at modest market figures, of $ 1 2 ,07 2.605 far the live Mock of Nebraska, at date of as essment In 1908. KOPBF.lt Y TIIK MOTIVE. Coroner's Jury fcay Ulch Nebraska K'iiise Was Murdered. C. V. Brown, an aged and wealthy recluse, who was found beaten to death Friday uftei noon on the floor of his shunty three miles from Valpa raiso, WE:i "murdered by an unknown hand." according to the verdict of the coroner's Jury. The evidence at the Inquest Indicat ed that Ihe murder wa committed Wednesday nlKht, and that robbery was the motive. Brown was wealthy and did not bank hi money. When he was found there were evldencs that tho house had ben thoroughly ran sacked. I'rown was the owner of sev eral farms in Nebraska and one In Wiseonsic lie had lived In the shanty for forty years. He waa a buchelor. One brother lives at Florence, near Omaha. FOB STATE WIDE FIGHT, rolilbltlonlsts Announce Plan. fi PJ10 Battle In Nebraska. Kugene W. Chafln, prohibition nom- l,,u.. frt t,r,ul.l ci 1 1 uiljIrnuMnrl a rnltM. tng mass meeting at the Hwedlah Bap tist church in Stromsburg Saturday, In which the opening of the campaign for state-wide prohibition in 1910 was fflclally announced. A committee met and organized by electing Rev. H. B. Foskett, chairman and Nathan Wlison secretary, and the secretary was instructed to at Once confer with the leaders In other coun ty town, with the purpose of holding another mass meeting at Osceola, in which Shelby and Polk would be in- itcd to participate and the organiza tion In those towns perfected. Sl ICIDES IX PI BLIC. Bralnerd Business Man Takes Life h Sensational Manner. Threatening an employe with death he uttempted to interfere, Joseph Hooch, a business man of Bralnerd, 'unduy committed suicide In a sensa tional wsy. Filtering his place of business he hung a rlllo on ft hook In full view of tho street and discharged the contents Into his body, dying in stantly. He wus reputed to bo wealthy, but Is ulleged to have had a disagree ment with u son-lu-law and ilnanelul difficulties. Dnimige lo a New Bridge, The government contractors wilt are constructing the new bridge across the Niobrara river at Niobrara narrow- missed some serious damage bjr high water and Ice Thursday night, when all the false work on the West end of the bridge went out. The big span of the old bridge, where the false work was located, had Just been re moved preparatory to putting In th new span. Gander l-ay an Egg. Will Hather. proprietor of th Sprln-jiale stock farm near Old, re cently purchased u fine Toulouse gan der mid had It expressed from a dis tance. Kveiyone admired the bird when it was turned loose with the flock and Hather thought he had a valuable head for his (lock. This opinion wai verfied Ihe other day when the gun der was cuuglit In the act of laying an "((g. Boy Sets lire lo Barn. Fire destroyed the barn of T. L illaekford at Teitaniah. The fire wus stalled by lll'tekfords R-year-old son who took a box of matches to the hum. ( i n w lei up in the manger and proceeded to have a celebration. His slsl-r shy the smoke coming out of the burn and ran out Just In time tu 1-.1V0 tilt- boy. Panic Caused by lire. Dining n moving picture show hi the opein house ut Wllber Sunday night the 111ms took fire and the elec tiical 1 1 ain.fortner w us exploded, caus ing a lire piinfc. The audience made a rush for the ntrauee, choking it up, and a nunihti were Injured, none, It Is thought, :oilously. The opera house was not much duniusid. Wiiiil Marriugc Xniiuiled, It Is stated that C. V. Fagg, of Ar liiKton, will s i k to have the marriage of Ills daughter, Alta Fagg, and John Miik annulled by the courts, as the tniile is ini y I tt years old. Shik Is lender of Ihe oornet band of Arlington and the event Ims chum d much excite ment. New i .leilionc Exchange, Rosalie Is beln wired for an Indi pi ml' nt telephone exchange, the work being (I I.y A. N. Malhney, of Walt hill. Nebraska Legislature 44t444444-444444404 Effort were made by Senator Ran som to amend the bill to Include provl- lons amom'.ln,; the siocumb law to permit boards of fire and police com missioners to ;it for sixty dpys before tho beginning .f the municipal year to grant licenses, mid nl;to to make the petition of an applicant for a saloon IIc'-iim- prima facie inhlenee that the signers were freeholders. This changed tho procedure In granting licenses and was so strongly ppocd that Senator Rat som finnlly gave tip and all amend i nu to the dates bill wore voted down and It was agreed to exactly as It carnc from the house. Senator Randall read a letter from Judge Advoiate General Gen. Vt. Da vis, of Washington. In which he said he would be sorry topics the repeal of the law prohibiting therale of liquor near the Nebraska army posts. The bill authorising state university professors to accept the Carnegie pen sion fund was killed In the house Fri day by a vote of 51 to 47. W. J. Bry an appeared before tho house com mittee several weeks ago and fought the Carnegie pension plan. He de nounced the Idea and challenged the good faith of tho three university pro fessors who supported It. Knowing that Brran would soon return to the city the professors had the bill hur rled to a vote and were defeated. The bill passed the senate with few dls sentlng votes. The senate Friday killed the Myers resolution calling for an Investigation of the banking career o' Gov. Shallen berger. The senate passed a bill to allow precinct assessors to be elected instead of appointed by the county assessors The senate committee Friday amended the bank guarantee bill so that bankers are required to pay one. quarter of 1 per cent Into the guar antee fund Instead of one-half of 1 per cent. Conolly, of Douglas, Friday after noon introduced a resolution In , the housn to Investigate the South Omaha packers. Ho Is particularly anxious ahotit an alleged agreement in prices. Thlessen, a republican, created a son- imtlon by introducing a resolution con demnlng ex-Congressman E. M. Pol lard for voting for the ship subsidy. Tho Wilson bill to ollow the Impor tatlon of Kansas oil at a rate of not more than 3 cents a gallon for trinS' portatlon was passed by the house. In the senate the Douglas cour.ty Sunday baseball bill was defeated "Pa" Rourke has been In Lincoln for several days, but his efforts met with defeat. A violent, attack on the banking record of Gov. Sheldon waa made in the senate Thursday afternoon. Unless Gov. Shallenberger vetoes (he Gates bill Fort Crook wjll be per mltted to have saloons. After a prolonged contest the house onimlttee Thursday amended the Lin soln charter so that it must be ratified by tho people. The document embod los the Des Moines plan, but its cham plons wanted It to be effective as soon ts approved by the legislature. Lieut. Gov. Hopewell cast his first vote in the senate. A bill for the elec Hon of county commissioners by dls trlcts had been defeated by the senate on Its passage and later reculled from the house. Bartos moved a reeonsld eratlon of the vote whereby the bill had been defeated. The result waa tie in the senate, 14 to 14. and the lieutenant governor decided the tie by voting for reconsideration. The bill was then placed on the general file. A bill permitting the state board of educational lands and funds to use the state school funds for the purchase of irrigation district bonds and munici pal bonds was called up for reconsider ation. The senute reconsidered the bill for the purpose of striking out that portion permitting the purchase of Irrigation bonds. Ko action on the measure was taken. The committee of the whole ap proved a bill providing for the raising of a fund to pension teachers In the Omaha schools, the teachers to con tribute a percentage of their salaries to the fund, also a bill permitting the voting of bonds In aid of railroads that use electricity or gasoline for motive power. The Gates bill appropriating $5,000 for the fish hatchery at South Bend for special improvements was passed after a vigorous attack had been made on it by Kelley. Heffernan waked up to defend the bill and waa aided by Noyes of Cass. Kelly charged that Noyes as a republican wanted to run the democrats into debt, and dramatic ally warned his colleagues against this insidious activity of the opposition. Most of tha democrats refused to be warned and allowed the bill. A motion was made to Include the deficiency of $60,000 for claims for wolf bounties In deficiency appropria tion bill. This claim has been growing for four jears and no appropriation has been made since then. The legislature attempted to appro priate $57,000 two years ago, but the governor vetoed the items. Bygland tried to get the law repealed which allows wolf bounties, and failed Hence the attentat to get the Item In cluded. Several members from tho rountias where wolves abound spoke for the appropriation. It waa voted that the sense of the house is that all Just debts of the state should be paid, and the Item was left for the ileflclen ties committee to deal with. Henry's bill for two normal schools one of which was to be located In the Sixth district, and appropriating $125, 000 for the purpose was killed ill com mittee of the whole and emphasized n the house by a vole of 5,2 to 28 The senate Monday afternoon killed the Howard Joint resolution to submit the woman suffruKiht problem to the people In the foi in of a constitutional amendment. u the house the Wayne normal up pi'opiiation was recommended after an exciting debate. TIih bill curried an appropriation of $KIi.(Iimi to purchase the Wuyne school. McVlcar, of Dodge uttempted to double the sum, and buy tho normal school at Fremont. This was voted down. The state wide pmhlbltory amend ment wus sluut'.htei ed In the senute. I The senate passed a measure lo r pesl the Ker oi the state hoard of a' j sessment to raise or lower valuations, This will change the revenue law, 11 approved by the house, so that tlyl stute board may merely value rallws,') property. The senate Tuesday passed the fol lowing bills: By Ransom of Douglas District clerk fee bill affecting Gagn, Lancas- r and Douglas counties. Fixes the salary of the clerk of Douglas county at $4.oon. Ity Ransom of Douglas For the sale of reul etate by executors and guardians. The sifting file was taken up In committee of the whole and the fal lowing bills were acted upon: By liayniond of Scott's Bluff For the publication of the proceedings of Irrigation boards. To pas.. Iiy Raymond of Scott's Bluff Con tracts for water rlxhts to include own. rshlp of canal. To pass, t v Bartos of Snllm Fixing liability of Innkeepers tit $30(1 to one guest and; giving them a lien on property up to $100 for bills. To pass. By Bartos Companion bill to above, indefinitely postponed because Includ ed in 345. Judiciary Committee Fixing bonds to be given by the heads of state Insti tutions. To pas. By Tib bets of Adams Foreign .cor poratlons except ru II roads and Insur ance companies to maintain agent In state to accept service. To pass. By Brown of Lancaster Villages when they contain over 1.500 popula tion shull be but one school district. To pass. By Miller of Lancaster Complain ant in prosecution of persons unli censed as well as those licensed to sell liquor shall receive one-fourth of the fine. To puss. By Miller of Lancaster Permitting street railways to extend ten miles Into the country beyond a city's limits. To puss. By Brown of Lancaster Indeter minate sentence of criminals, vesting power to parole after sorvlce of mini mum sentence under state's statutes In a board of three members. To pass. By Donohoe of Holt Courts to ren der Judgment for costs at the sam ' time decision is rendered. To pass. By Donohoe Relative to orders of court with respect to costs. To pass. By Ollls of Valley Making it un lawful to assess a public appointee for political or private purposes. To pass. By Hatfield of Antelopo Raising fees of county surveyors. To pass. By Buck Contractors on public work shall give bond for payment of cost of material. To pass. By Howell Repealing county comptroller law affecting Douglat. county. To pass. By Miller of Lancaster Relative to deposits of securities of old line acct dent companies with the Mate auditor. To pass. By Laverty of Saunders To compel a county to pay Its portion of the Jolijt expense of building a bridge not ex ceding half of $300. To pass. By Ransom of Douglas Bill foi levy of 1 mill for repair of permanent or repaved roads in counties whert they exist. To pass. Senator Ransom moved the post ponement of his own bill, H. F. SOS, foj the levy of taxes to pay tho principal and Interest on municipal bonds. Following is the senate sifting file, advanced Tuesday night. By Miller of Lancaster Declaring telephone , companies to be common carriers and placing them under th railway commission. (. By Klllen Gravity oil test. By Miller of Lancaster For IV school for dependent children at yjj) noma ior me r rienutess ana reorgan izing the same. I ' Banking bill. -' By Miller Penalty for detaining any woman in a house for purposes 01 prostitution. j 3v Scheele of Seward To nrevenl the pooling of contractors who bid on public work. By Banning of Cass. To provide foi the levying of from S to 25 mills foi road Improvement. By Evans Regulating common car riers. 1 By Griffin Prohibiting; the dump. Ing of brush in a drainage ditch. By Gammlll Reward for the dis covery of a cure for the cornstalk d te ems. By Raymond School districts with 150 children to Increase tha school levy to 40 mills by two-thirds vote. . By Committee on Education Child ren of school age to attend to tieare) school than one in their district. By Buck of Otoe Changing nami of blind institute at; Nebraska City to Nebraska School for the Blind. By Ransom For printing 4,600 ses sion laws and 1,500 each of Journals of house and senate of the legislature. The following bills were indefinitely postponed by standing committee re ports in the house Tuesday: By Bates of Cass Reducing the price of supreme court reports from $2 per cola me to $1.25 per volume. By Heffernan of Dakota Providing an extra game warden for the Eighth senatorial district who shall be ap pointed by the governor, at a aalary ot $50 a month. By Kelley of Furnas Appropriat ing $1110.000 for an agricultural col lege In the southwestern part ot the state, the location to be fixed by the regents of the university. The commlttetj of the whole killed bills as follows: By Humphrey of Lancaster To make Saturday afternoon a half holl- duy. Hy Fries of Howard Amending the revenue luw- so thai usses.sors shall have the right to enter banks and In spect thler books, as well as those of building and loan associations, for pur poses f taxation only. Final vote, 46 to 43 for Indefinite postponement. Th house passed on third reading the i lll , physical valuation bill. The moiisui was amended !u the house to Include liock yards, street cur compa nies, express electric light and water wi'iitrt companies. It will huvo to go back to the senate concurrence lr ihe.-i uineiiiiinenls. Hy Fries A road bill, was passed. Ilrodeiich of Clay. Harrington ot Blown and Rustic at Kimball, were appointed a committex to confer with a senate e mitice on a day of nna ad lournmei'i ,