t
Barter,
Easter comes to April's tryst,
Wltkjii gnrland on her hair.
And a sown of silk nnd valr;
On her breast an amethyst
Fastened In n silver twist,
With pnlo cowslips faint nnd fair,
In the rosy breast-knots thero.
Fresh from oft the rainbow stair
Hl'lno her ltttlo feet, made bare
Of nil shoes, for hIio haa fouml
God's crcen earth Is holy ground.
Dellcato and debonnalr
Wjndllowcrs, of comlntr 'waro,
With faint sweetness tako tho air.
After her tho blossomed pear
IMIngs its flowers, tho vetch and tare
Know hor, oven ns tho roso
In Its bud her passing knows.
Dreams her look of lovo nnd care,
And, fnst-shut, more lovoly crows,
Till Juno gathor It to wear.
After her tho West wind blows.
And tho rain beforo her goes,
Companlcd with Hying mist:
Fearless of their human foes.
Conies shy and timid does,
Ewes nnd lambs besldo Iter paco.
Looking In her lifted fuco.
All things In her sweetness share,
All would stay her, and nono dare
Keep her hero n fortnlcht'a spaco.
Savon dnys wo sec, of graco,
Knstcr In this earthly plaoo.
Raster, kindling graBH and clod
With tho oyes that have Been Ood.
Live Easter Coos.
Sain Leo was n great chlckon-fanclor,
for n small boy, nnd lllco most peoplo
with n fail had no pntlonco with tho
fads of others; no when ono day ho
was telling his mother of a lovely
brood of bantams ho had seen ("Not
much hlggor than btimblohcea, mother,
honest! "),ho wns provoked when Grnco
camo in with a baslcot of cgg3 to color
for Easter, and took off his mother's
attention by her questions.
"Eastor eggs!" ho scornfully snld.
"What good arc thoy? You can't cat
'em! You can't hatch 'cm! It's all
Just nonsense!"
Graco retorted hotly, and a quarrel
seemed very near Indeed; but Just then
grandma snapped her lingers sharply,
In a funny way sho had. Mother Bald,
"There, another thought has struck
grandma!" and they all laughed, and
tho "war-cloud" rolled away.
Eastor morning, when Sam camo to
breakfast and found at every plato but
his a pretty nest of moss and wild flow
ers holding threo colored eggs, ho
wouldn't have owned to feeling
neglected nnd left out, but ho did!
More than that, tho family certainly
looked nt him with n queer smile, and
grandma cvon left tho table "smiling
nil over her face." Could It bo they
wcro smiling at his discomfiture? Sam
plucked up pride, and even was gener
ous enough to ndmlro tho baskets.
"When ho went to his room to get
ready for church, ho saw tho Joke!
There on hfs gas-flxturo hung two
largo, handsome, egg-shaped Chlneso
lnnterns, Just what ho had wanted.
"Ah!" said Sam, "there's whero
grandma's thought struck!"
Ho started to tako them down, nnd
heard ni strango scrambling, sound!
Hastily opening them, out fluttcrod a
tiny pair of 'silver bantnms( and the
llttlo rooster flapped his wings and
crowed!
' "Hurrah" cried Sam", as ho dashod
"THERE'S WHERE GRANDMA'S
THOUGHT STRUCK."
downstairs to plant n resounding kiss
on each of grandma's soft cheoks.
"Thoso Eastor eggs aro something
like!" LIzzIo E. Johnson.
Schoolboy's Tribute to "llurroiiftln.
How close that veteran friend of
birds nnd nnlmuls and trees, John Bur
roughs, gets to the heart of mankind
is Illustrated by n letter which ho re
cently rocolvcd from n schoolboy. Tho
letter, as printed In an article by CHf
ton Johnson In Outing Is ns follows: "I
roccntly got ono of your books through
tho mall, marked second-class mat
tor.' But It Isn't second-class matter.
I havo read It, and It Is first-class mat
ter. Tho binding nnd get-up may be
second class, but tho matter is first-
class." Tho boy wroto to John Bur
roughs as ho would write to any othor
hoy frlond whom ho considered had
been dealt with unjustly. Ho had road
tho book, nnd he knew and wanted to
ussuro his friend that what ho wroto
was flrBt-clasa mattor In splto of what
any postmaster general said.
Tho customs, traditions nnd super
stitions connected with Eastor nro al
most Innumerable. Their origins nro
In tunny cases Impossible to determine,
becauso they evidently took placo nt a
tlmo when tho season was still pagan
In Its chornctcr. Otners, again, nro di
rectly connected with tho Christian ob
servance of tho festival. Tho early
Christians In many countries used to
greet ono another on Easter mornlns
with tho salutation:
"Christ is risen."
Tho reply to this was:
"Christ Is risen, Indeed, nnd hath
nppeared to Simon."
"This custom, It Is said, Is still ob
served In tho Greek church.
Tho giving of eggs nt Easter, or tho
spring festival, Is ono of tho most
widely known, as It Is nlso ono of the
oldest, of tho customs. From tho re
motest times tho egg has stood to tho
Eastern nations ns tho symbol of tho
universe, nnd Hb breaking1 nt thnt timn
has represented tho opening of tho now
iifo or tho year. When tho eustom
wns cnrrled over Into Christian prac
tlco tho Easter cges wcro usually sent
to tho nrlcsts to bo blossod nml nnrln.
kled with holy water. In later times
tho coloring nnd decorating of tho
eggs was Introduced, nnd In a royal
Children's Easter I
It was the Saturday beforo Eastor,
and tho children all ran out to tho
barn to hunt eggs, with Egypt, tho
tamo crow, hopping nftor them. Nan
ny wns suro thoro must bo several
dozen eggs In tho hen house, Billy
thought tho haymow was tho best placo
to dud them, and Kitty said sho hnd
seen old Topknot flying out from Dob
bin's manger. Egypt said nothing,
OUT IT CAME WITH A LOUD "OW!"
but I rather think ho knew as much
about tho nests as thoy dhl.
Egypt was a sly old fellow. Ho
liked buttons nnd pennies, but ho had
tho greatest fancy for pins. Ho would
pull them out of every pin cushion In
tho house when ho could get n chanco,
so you might search through room
after room, and not como across a
singlo pin. Nobody knew what he did
with them all. Ho was fond of eggs,
too, ami I am afraid this was tho rea
son thnt tho children had such a long
hunt for them, and found so few.
At last they climbed up tho long lad-
dor Into tho mow. Tho hay was piled
almost to tho roof and covered tho
windows. It wns so dark thnt Nanny
nnd Kitty wero a llttlo bit afraid, but
Billy went first, floundering along In
tho hay, Just ns you wado through n
snow drift.
'Guess thoro nro nests on this beam,"
said Billy, "but it's so dark I can't
see. I'll feel."
Through tho long night of darknoss and gloom
Wo follow Theo unto tho opened tomb,
And, staudliiR by Ita side,
IJehold Ufu Klorlllcd,
Know Immortality,
liccauEo of Tliec.
Through tho brlKht morning stilt wo follow Thee,
Our fears forgot, our faintest doubts shall llco.
Let prulsos llnner lonir.
For death Is conquered.
Lot tho farthest nklcs
Aro filled, with song I
O heart, rcjolcol Art blinded at tho door
Of thy uafo tcnt7 Thy l'llot went boforo,
He lpadti theo In; then sins',
"Ours Is tho victory,
O euffcrlnir Ono,
Dccauso of Thee!"
Homeless cro yt Ho know tho darkened tomb,
Homeless henceforth no moro; In each glad heirt STi home.
Wakul every flower ot spring,
And swell tho ICaater song,
And ovary bird awing
Tho prulso prolong!
roll of the time of Edward I which 1
preserved In tho Tower of London,
thero Is an entry of 18d. for 400 eggs,
to bo used for Eastor gifts.
In tho last fow years artificial eggi
of candy, china nnd othor mntorlnls,
and egg-shaped articles of all kinds,
havo largoly roplnccd tho real eggs as
Eastor gifts. Tho shop windows each
"CHRIST IS RISEN! "
yenr at this season testify to tho In
genuity exponded In devising now nnd
attractive objects In which tho Idea of
tho Easter egg shall bo proscrvod. In
Paris theso Easter presents nro gener
ally given on tho flrst day of Passion
Week. All aro emblematic of eggs,
and aro known as "ooufs dea Paquo,"
or "Paschal eggs."
In went billy's hnnd, nnd out It camo
in a second, with a loud "Owl"
"its nornots or ycliow-jnckcts or
something!' 'ho screamed. "Fetch tho
barn lantern, Kit, and I'll knock 'em
out!"
Kitty brought tho lantern, nnd thon
ran to tho other sldo of tho bam, for
fear of tho yellow Jackets, Billy hold
tho lentern over his hear and peeped
In.
What did ho 'boo? Not hornets, but
pins.
Ho had run his hand Into Egypt's
own llttlo "hldy-hole," whero tho sly
llttlo roguo had laid away a wholo pllo
of bis favorlto treasures. No wonder
they pricked llko hornets. But what
the queer old bird was saving them for
I novcf know,
JVaiure'f Easier Girl.
Tho gladsomo Kastcr-tldo comes on,
Tho scsamo of spring;
When birds begin to tuno tho volco,
A Bummer'H prulso to sing.
Tho leaves upon tho trees bud forth,
Tho daffodils unfold;
All naturo opens llko a bud,
Tho sun flood: earth with gold.
No moro In this, our butter ago,
Do maidens seek In dress.
And costly bonnots to express
Their Buster happiness.
Tho modern maid, with brimming health,
Gives locks a saucy ouri;
Urtngs forth her blko and natty suit
Blio's Naturo'o Eastor girl.
Urinin Ot UnStCr HatS
To neglect tho putting on of somo
entirely now nrtlclo of dress on Eas
ter Sunday was regarded by tho Eng
lish of olden times as suro to bring bad
luck, and certainly this is one of tho
prnctlces which hns lost nothing with
tho Increaso of years. Only now it has
been slightly altorcd, so thnt to havo
no now clothes to oxhiblt nt tho Easter
parndo Is considered sufllclcntly bad
luck ln Itself, without the fear of any
further misfortunes that may result
from It. After donning their now Eas
tor garments tho English country pco
plo dined oft tansy pudding and bacon
or tansy pudding and "good red her
ring," tho tnnsy bolng tho symbol of
tho blttor honbs commanded to bo
eaten at tho Paschal feast.
IT LOOKS LIB THEFT
GoTommont Uneaiths lmmon;o Shortage
in Luzon Ooimnissionary Department,
OITICERS AND CIVILIANS ARRESTED
List Includes n Umitructor, Cnptnln llnr
row. and Many Othcrii-Sommi. Sup-
Itrs WutedUucou, flour, ml Otlict
OooiU nro round.
mmui, iAITU i. uucii-ai. m wiu
, . , , , , . .. ncr was prostra'cd nnd about to por
nlgh overshndowed In Manila by scu- . . . t . .
buuuiuii tiuvciuiiiiit'uui, jiiunuiii. uu
prospective, of frauds In tho coinm'.s
tary department. How wldoly theso
extend has not yet been ascertained,
but enough Is known to Justify tho
belief thnt they nro far-reaching.
Captain Frcdolck J. Barrows ct tho
Tt-.ltln1 tfnlniilAAM InfrttitfV nllnrtnh
'""""" iwiumvBi . v. I
ma8tcr of tho Department of Southern!
Lu7on, together with soven commls
Bary sergeants, several civilian clerks,
a prominent governor contractor, the
assistant manager of tho Hotel Orl
cnlc, tho proprietors of thrco ol tho
largest bnkcrle3 tn Manlln, n number
of storekeepers nnd n number of othor
persons hnvc been nrrcsted. Tho In-
vcstlgatlon has scarcely begun, but
thousands of sacks of Hour, a quanti
ty of bacon and wngonlonds of other
goods, all bearing government mnrks,
havo been found In tho possession ol
unauthorized persons.
It Is alleged that tho contrnotor In
question, who has heen doing n bus
lncs3 approximating $100,000 per
month, has spent hugs sums in enter-
lu iung o.ucurs. .a pru.uiuunv com-
! I A I A I
m.ssary omccr is nccuseu oi K-aiung
u umm.uua.jr .,mu. u.u. it .
acrted that largo quantities of stores
t I A A t I i . II . -1
i no uecn losi or sto.cn in inuwii a.m
also that thero Is a shortage In tho
commissary depot.
wow sennunm nro uovciopeu uauy.
1 I
Illicit transactions havo been traced
back to June, 1000, nnd It Is possiblo
mat inero aro otners oi earner uaic.
iuq exoruunni inriu on provisions
maitcs tno surreptitious removni ot
supplies immensely promnmc. it w
umicrstoou unit other united btatca
ouiccrs may do nrrcsteu.
Lieutenant rhllip K. Sweet ot tho
l-orty-sixin volunteer miuniry is
prosecuting tho Investigation under
tno uirccuon or colonel wnuer, cnici
or police.
WASHINGTON, April 1. It was
saiu at Doth the wmto Houso wm
War department tonight that abosluto-
ly nothing had been received by tho
government regarding tho nllcgod tin-
oartlilng of crooked work on tho pnrt
ot any quartermasters und others In
Luzon una mo arrest or n number or
persons In and out of tho army for
scaling property oi uio govcrnmoni
or receiving Btoien government prop
el ty. General Corbln said further
more that tho government had no ln
tlmntlon of any sort thnt such devel
opments might bo oxpectcd. Ho was
Inclined, for this reason, to think tho
frauds against tho government could
hardly bo so serious as reported,
though admitting this opinion was
based wholly on tno lack of advices
frr,m thn envnrnmnnL Cnntnln liar,
rows, ho said, was not tho regular
quartermaster for southern Luzon and
must havo been acting quartermaster
thero at the tlmo of tho arrests.
WILL ACCEPT SENAT0RSIIIP.
Oeltrlch Stamp u Fitlne tlio Auertlon
That Ho Wilt lUvOfii.
LINCOLN, April 1. Rclatlvo to tho
numerous conflicting reports that
Chvo been circulated relative to tno
prouaoio courso no win puruuo in nc-
ccpung uio senaiorBinp uovornor uio-
trlch tonight mado tho following
stutcmcnt
'Tho assertion that I will re3lgn
tho scnntorshlp to which I havo been
elected Is absolutely fulso and cntlroly
without foundation or reason. I shah
accept tho position nnd ln nil proba
bility I shall resign tho governorship
within n short time."
lounns lluy Nelin..U Htock.
KANoAa an, April l.A salo
of Shorthorn cattlo from tho herds ot
u. o. cowin or New Point, Mo., T. n.
nankin or 'larklo, mo nnd T. o. Hag-
gnrd of Western, Neb., began nt tho
Etock yards In this city toJuy. Tho
offorlngs includo fl.iy-ono hnnd ot lino
cattle, all of which nro ln exc.l out
breeding condition.
Rev. StonchotiBc, of tho Ixmdon Mis-
alonary Society, has been murdered by
brigands, fourteen miles enst of Tien
Thin.
MnvtiinrnU of till) "qnndron.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, April 1.
Tho North Atlantic squadron, Rcnr
Admiral Farquhar commanding; ar
rived off Snn Juan, Tho United States
special Ecrvlco vessel Uncas, Chief
Boatnwaln J. W. Mclaughlln, dollvor-
cd tho malls, nnd tho saiudron laid In
nil night, proceeding today for Culo-
Uiu imuuu, umiu viucin uiu "iwwui
I T .1 . 1 1 ..
by Armlrnl Farquhar directing tho
squadron to go to Venezuelan wtttoro
nt oncfl
I
DIES FOR HIS COMRADES.
Uominniiilcr Hcper Suffocated In Attempt
ing n Darin; llcictte.
CAVITI3, April 1. At 7 o'clock this
morning flro was dl covered In tho
sail room of tho United Stato3 gun-
ht inl, Lieutenant Commander
Jerao Mlms Roper commanding. Tho
sail room Is a small compartment ad-
Joining tho magnzlna Tho heat wait
lntons0( tho smoko suffocating nnd the
flames difficult to extinguish. Lieu-
tenant Commander Roper was tho first
to descend Into tho hold, but ho was
iw,ii, m.v
per endeavored to rcscuo him and was
suffocated In Uio nttompt.
Lloutonnnt Joslah Slutts McKenna
and Cadot Lewis sufforod sovoroly In
bringing tho boJy of Lieutenant Com
mander Roper to tho dock.
Twenty-two of tho crow wcro pros-
.,,, . , ..., r1 ...., T
. .... :,,
son, Cnhoy, Burton, Smith, SuUlvnn
nnd Foraboon sorlously, but nil will
recovor. Tho contents of Uio sail
room wero destroyed, but tho dnmngo
to tho gunboat wns slight. The or
igin of tho flro has not boon osccr-
Possibly It was n coso of
Bponlnnoou8 combustlon.
T,m (loaUl of LIoulcnnr
leutennnt Commander
Roper Is greatly deplored. Ills body
will bo sent (o tho United States April
G 'by tho Buffalo.
STAYS GOVERNOR TILL FALL
1)IeUlch ,r.nt, t(, rulnll 1IU ,.,,,
ol
AdiuliiUtrutlnii.
LINCOLN, Nob., April 1. Sena-
t01,oln.t nlntrlol, nnnnuneml .lnflnlfelv
- w.
tonlght tlmt woul(I not rcs,Bn 8
covcrnor .lntl, laln ,,. nroll.
nb,y not unU1 nftcr e()ctl:,n( barrlug,
of nn t ec83, of
'
grcsa( whch ,10 (U(j not rogar;1 n8 prolh
ob,0t GoV0rn0P Diotrlch jU8tincd this
,.,,. ,.v ... Umt .... ollHincd
Btnto Illlmi!1i..Pntion whlch
ho ,,... ..nxlolin . ..... ito ..fft. nnd
,n thla ho ,B uphold b. lloutonnnt
oovon,OP snvico
T.irn.n Auciut,,t anrr,tn,.v nt vv
MolkloJohn. who had been a caudi
dato ln tho senatorial contost, loft
tht3 CVOnlng for Washington to con
linniiBiin,i work at. tho Wr da-
nnrtmcnt. Mr. Meik'cJohn said ho
...,., COnllnuo to mako bin homo at
Fullorton, Nob., hut would dlsconUnuo
tjl0 1)ractico of law. Ho gnvo no doll
nit0 information of bin nlatis nftor ho
concludes his mission nt Washington.
iwnnii. nHRirt thai: ho haa been ton-
(icrcd waition 0f rosponBlblllty with
a iaurt nml manufacturing company In
moxico nnd that ho has tho offer un
cr consldoratlon. It Is also said that
a position awaits his acceptance In
connoctlon with somo of Uio nowly nc
,jU,r0(1 ,3liuul possessions, but ln what
I cnpaclty Is not disclosed.
TO RELIEVE THE VOLUNTEERS.
IIimtlliiB Curulry nnd Infantry Itrcnlnrs
to the I'lilllpplnrs.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1. Tho
animal transport Arab Ballod today
for tho Philippines with 070 horses for
cavalr' alrcm,y on th. MlT
n""- Tomorrow UIO uuioril win nan
wllh two t00 ot tho F,rat B(lardon
ot tho VltnntH cavalry, ono company
ot 1110 lc,ua "wxmTy nnu 1,10 "'Ul
battalion or tno iuin lnianiry. ino
Kllpntrlck, scheduled to sail Friday,
will carry tho Third bnttallon or tho
EJovonth Infantry nnd tho two com
panies of tho First Infantry. On tho
10th tho transport Ohio will onll nnd
on tho 8th tho Aztec Is expected to
ct tlway, 0n April .15 tho Logan
probnbly will depart for Manila with
two companM 0f tho First infantry,
tho Tnlnl Hqimdron of tho Nlntl
cavnlry. tho second Bquudron of tho
Tcnth cavuiry nnil tt bnttallon of tho
Eleventh infantry, now at Governor's
Ishuld and Fort Ethan Allen.
Col. Mct'lure guits.
PHILADELPHIA, April 1. Colo
nol A. K. McCluro today writes:
With this issuo of tho Phlladol
phla Times my connoctlon with the
editorial Btnff of tho paper dlscontln
R . not ,ny wjeU or nUrntS0 to
rctiro from JournallBtlc work, hut
lindor oxlstlnir conditions tho rosnonsl
,)lo editorial direction of the Times
Hll0,lU1 ln oUl0r )iandU.
"A. K. M'CLURE,"
Agulniildo T.lkva tlm I'luor,
MANILA, April 1. AgulnBldo con
tinues to oxprcss himself as plensed
w,t, n,,dt ho courteous
iruaiiiiuiiL aauiuuu mui uy uuituiai
MaoArthur. "I nm a prisoner," Bald
ho today, "but I am treated llko a
guest."
Inpi tn (live Moiipy,
LONDON, April 1. "Japan lina
mado dlroct representations to St. Pe
tersburg against tho Manchurlan oon
vontlon," aays a dispatch to tho TImos
from Toklo, dated Saturday, "but the
rcnult la not yet known."
"Jnpanoso public opinion la vory
strong on tho subject. Tho cablnot lu
.... fl. .,. ,,.,,, hs
fr, HrmT i ai M.
h,0 "atl1nal thuslasm vlilch is car
. .
I In nnn umhin tlAlillri(y
ID UK UUUUU lUIUlUb
AN ALL-DAY SUNDAY SESSION.
Until Itrnnchrs nt the Ncbrnnkn LrRenU
tnro Tut In Lone llonn.
After nn nil diy's Sunday eosbIot
extending far into tho night both
houses of Iho NebraBkn Btnto lcgls-
lnluro, at 12.30 a. m., took a recast
until 10 o'clcck Monday morning,
when tho business of tho twenty-sov-onth
session will bo Anally coaclud.d.
Tho two days nnd nights tho houso
nnd sennto wcro nt loggerheads over
.few Items of tho claims appropria
tion bill, nnd It was to adjust theso
differences that Sabbnth desecration
becamo n nocc3slty. Through tho ap
pointment and dlschnrgo of many con
ference commlttccn and stubborn
adoption and rejection of reports tho
objcctlonablo clalmn wero finally weed
ed out and nn ngrcemcnt roachwl be
tween, tho two houscB. Monday all
thnt will bo necessary will ba for tho
presiding ofllccrs to sign tho hill In
tho ipreicnco of a nominal quorum 4u
ollhor houso, nftor which tho g-.ivola
which ring Uio death knell of tho ses
sion will fall.
Tho most Important of tho claim
over which stubborn dlrputo occurred
wero Uie dally ncwBpapcr claims for
tho publication of constitutional
nmondmonts ln 1895, amounting to
somo $15,000. Theso woio finally
stricken out nltogethcr. Tho claim of
Dr. S. R. Towno in tho sum of $1,-
251.15, for sorvlcca In tho suppression
of Binnllpox, disallowed.
Tiho claim of Laura B. Taylor of
Omaha for $7,500 feen duo hor fatho-,
ulnco deceased, for services as Btito
welghmastcr, compromised nt $1,000,
to bo paid tho administrators ot tho
CBtnto of W. B. Taylor.
Tho claim of J. E. Hill for $3,502.G0
attorneys foes hi tho cheo of tho state
ngalnst Hill, dlsiltowcJ.
Tho claim of Murphy & Swain for
$370 attorneys' fees In tho enso of
Dccrintr ngalnst Long, allowed.
Tho claim of M. C. Dnwcs for $3C6.C7
as matron of tho school for tho blind
nt Nebraska City, allowed.
Tho claim of Mr. and Mra. F. W. Bn-
Htrom for $117, for cxpenron nt do'o
gates to tho Atlanta exposition, nnd ti
similar claim of J. E. BuL'or for $180
ns delegate to tho Noshvlllo exposition,
disallowed.
Tho I.nura B. Taylor and exposition
claims wcro tho ones over which tho
most obstinacy was exhibited, tho sen
nto Insisting thnt they bo rojocted
nnd tho houso that Uicy bo allowed.
In tho houso Mcmboro Brown of Fur
nas, Whltmoro of Hamlltcn nnd
Sprcchcr of Colfax fought tho allow
ing of theso und other claims, Just nn
determinedly ns thoy woro opposed ln
tho sennto by Croun&e, 0'o3on and
Martin. For a tlmo bo blttor did tho
opposition of tho latter ticcomo tint
thero wns grave danger of tho defeat
of tho measure In toto, tho Bouato re
questing Uio houso that tho bill bo
returned to It for furUior considera
tion. Hnd Iho Jiouso granted tho ro-
quest It Is highly propablo that tho
sonnto would havo indefinitely post
poned tho bill.
Roproscntatlvo Ollls' freight rate
bill, providing n reduction of 10 par
cont ln tho rnten chnrgod for ship
ments of cattlo, hogs and Bhoep, dhd
a Bad nnd lingering (loath In tho bou
nto. Tho first .blow was struck In tho
forenoon. At tho nfUrnoon session
Senators Weber and Miller tried In
vain to call It back to llfo, but their
ministrations wcro unavailing,
Houso roll 150, by Stockwoll, em
powering insuranco companlos to ex
tend policies to covor porsonnl prop
erty iwhen temporarily romovod from
tho territory ln which Insured, but In
no Instance shall Insured property bo
romovod boyond tho limits ot n ad
Joining county, was passed by tho
senate,
Houso roll 23, by Hithom, to em
power tho governor to convey to him
tltlo to a quarter section of cchool
land In Red Willow county. Crounso
and Oleson voted against It on tho
ground that tho legislature Is llmltsd
from taking such nctlou by soctlon (1
ot nrtlclo 8 of tho stato constitution;
wns passed by tho Honato,
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
A list of nets passed by tho legis
lature up to and Including March 31st
havo boon signed by Governor Diot
rlch. Governor Dietrich on Uio 31st sign
ed olghteen bills. Among thorn wivi
ono by Lootnls to make tho warden of
tho Btnto penitentiary tho oxecutlonor
ot death penalties.
Tho houso pxssod tho bill providing
for a atato exhibit of tho agricultural,
Industrial and educational resources
of tho Btnto at tho Pun-Amorlcnn ex
position to bo hold ln tho city of But
falo, N. Y., In tho year 1001, and to
provide for tho appointment by tho
governor of a commissioner, who Bhnll
havo chargo of Bald fltato oxhiblt.
Immediately after tho opening ot
tho session In tho houso on tho 30th
Ollls of Vnlloy moved to commit tho
Hartley bondsmen compromlso bill to
tho committee of tho wlio!o for amend
ments, nnd was defoated by a rising
voto of 15 to 12. This motion being
lost tho bill was roid a third tlmo
and Uio roll called on its passage.
Sovoral members sent up written ex
planations of tholr votes, but no
1 BroocnoB Tvoro n,nuo ouupr ,or "r
- aBftlnat tho ,, Tho voU) VTO8 53 tr
'i'A m lavur ui iia yjttv.
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