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MOTTO-AU The News When It Is News.
VOLUME XVII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, MAIICII 19, 1909.
NUMBER 29
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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.
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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 ,
