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R. 0. WATTERS, Business Manager
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NEBRASKA
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A BOILING DOWN OF THE NEWS
OF THE DAY.
MENTIONED IfT SMALL SPACE
The Busy Reader Can Absorb in a
Few Moments a Good Deal of
Information.
Congress.
The salary of (he president of the
Vnited States has been definitely
fixed a! v.",i 'On per annum,, without,
any additional allow iim-.' for travel
ing expenses.
A complete agreement wax- reached
liy the conferees of the general dell
rloncy bill. Tin- amendments mak
ing an appronlation of $500,000 to
pay the first two Installments to Co
lombia under the provision of the
treaty recently raiitled and appropri
ation of $.'0,nti(i to pay the expense
if a commission to Investigate the
Interests of the i.'nited Sia'es in Li
beria were adopted.
Senator Ruikett's bill to htnend the
federal court law governing the Ne
braska district passed with some
nmeiidments in the senate and wan
Kent, at. once to the house.
A bill was presented In the house
by Representative Bird S. McGuIre
f Oklahoma to confer upon the
court of claims jurisdiction to hear
and determine claims of the l'awuee
tribe of Indians in Oklahoma against
the United States government.
Senator-elect Joseph L. Rrlwtow of
Kansas has reached Washington, and
was a visitor at the capilol, where he
was introduced in the senate side by
Senator Curtis.
Now that billion dollar sessions of
(ingress are the rule, little other
than appropriation legislation can be
nacted during the short session. The
appropriations for the session prob
ably will be Hie largest on record
even exceeding the $1, 008,000 pro
vided for at the first session.
Represent ative Hinshaw introduced
a lull appropriating ?2.),ooo to pur
chase a quarter section of land
Beatrice, Neb., for the purpose
public park.
The immigration commission,
posed mainly of members of th
near
of a
coin-
sen-
aie and of the hous'o of representa
fives, was sharply criticised in
the senate by Senator (.Jury of South
Carolina.
The senate ship subsidy
lost in the lower house.
Congress worked nearly
bill was
ill night
on the I'd to linisli up business
The president sent to the senate
the following nominations: To hi
consul at lioma, Congo Tree State,
William W. llandley of New York
To be associate justice of the s'u
prcme court of New Mexico, Kdward
A. Mann and Ira A. Abbott.
Senator Hurkott of Nebraska inlro-
duceil n bill providing for an Inspec
tion of locomotive boilers similar to
that now required in the case of
Mcamhoat boilers.
General.
..I and the man went down
The ceremony of Inauguration of
Taft and Sherman took place th
usuai way ami ni uie usual time, ex
cept that exercises were held in the
senate chamber on account of severe
storms. Immediately nftur Taft had
taken the oath of olllce Roosevelt left
for Oyster Hay. I be street parade
and grand ball In the evening were
features of the inauguration.
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i Tcsiucin iau win convene con
gress in extra session March 1 r.t h.
Secretary Wright approved the find
lugs of the retiring board In the cast
or v oioucl William v. Tucker of the
pay department of the army, and son-in-law
of Mrs. John A. l.ogan. This
places Colonel Tucker on the retired
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jisi mr ine on inree-quarters pa v.
It
is rumored tnat llarrlman has
made a deal for an entrain
to Seattle
over St. Paul tracks.
State Senator Skinner charges that
the saloon clement is spending large
sums of money In influencing legis
lation in Colorado.
The lower house of the Arkansas
legislature has passed a state-wide
prohibition bill.
Deadlocks In Illinois and Wisconsin
may cause two senate vacancies In
the next congress.
The pope of Rome Is indisposed
from a severe cold.
The ninth attempt of Mrs. F.llza
beih l.owery of St. lxuiis to end her
life was successful. She drank car
bolic acid because of despondency.
Many new faces for both house and
temite will be seen In the coming
1 engross.
The bouse passed the sundry civil
appropriation bill after a debate
marked by much bitterness.
Appropriations of the present con
gress will pass the billion dollar
mark
The Russian government has sent
a tcb 'gram to the Servian govern
ment counseling Servla to renounce
sill territorial claims mid await the
dei ision of the pijwers.
lii'imilding at Missina, Italy,
ing on with funds from America
go-
The pi Ice of May w heat surpassed
nil records of recent years on the
New York produce exchange, when
it advanced 2 cents a v bushel to
$1 22 -V The linal price was $l.2-'i,
1 ii"t advance fur the day of le.
The Kansas house nnd senate voted
to concur in the second ronfereriee
report eu the bunk guarantee law and
the bill will heroine a law as uoim a-,
it is Hiv,inl by the governor and pub
lished. '
One hundred thousand strangers
were in Washington U witness the
inauguration.
, Mobilisation of tropps by the Ser
vian government continues.
Venezuela is not regarded - a safe
place for ex -President ( astro.
Prominent cigarette dealers
throughout the country have decided
to abolish cut prices on standard
brands of i igareties.
Ilie (',. iiiiluis Memorial lomnils-
sion i in awarded tne contract lor
making a statue of Columbus, lo be
erected in I he plaza of the union sta
tion !n Washington, to l.orado Taft,
of Chicago, a relative of the pres'i-
e,l-'lcct.
The inquiry into :'ie beef trust may
esnlt In landing big game.
The purchase of upwards of $21,-
oaii.oiio of general development,
bonds of the .Southern Hallway com-
lany by ,
I'. Morgan & Co. was an
Tlie price was stated to be
nouneeu.
about 7.').
Bishop
Richard Scaiiiiel of Omaha
was a passenger on ine steamer
diiatie which arrived In New York
from Southampton.
Judge Taft says he has been inls-
pioted on his' tariff views,
The Kansas senate passed the bill
already passed by the house prohib
iting bucket shops in Kansas. Not
only the establishments are illegal
but telegraph operators taking quota
tions for such purposes are subject
to heavy penalties.
The International Harvester com
pany paid to It. Ij. 1 nomas, cicik in
the Shawnee county district court
$13,ri (iU, the tine and costs assessed
against, the company by Judge A. W.
Dana for violating the Kansas anil-
trust laws.
Kentucky's governor has pardoned
an ciuuii who lias ncen round guilty
of telling the truth about certain
evildoers.
$."1(1,0110 monument in memory of
President Janus A. Garfield Is pro
posed in a bill introduced by Repro-
sentative Langley (Ky.) The measure
provides that the monument shall bo
erected on or near the Middle-Creek
battlefield In Floyd comity, Kentucky,
Cicneral Garfield having commanded
the union forces in that engagement.
Washington.
Thos. K. Stone, now chief nslior
at Die White House, succeeds Major
Charles D. A. lieffler as doorkeeper
to the president.
An Immense big stick, handsomely
carved and beautifully colored, was
cleared through the customs house
here. The stick is a gift to Presl-
dent Hoosevelt from the American
colony at. Chihuahua. Mexico, and
carries with It their wish that Presi
dent Roosevelt may be recalled to of
fllce, so that he may use It.
Mlirasiia millers, and tliere are
nearly ;:,ri0 of them, according to n
cent statistics, are face to face with
a situation that spells reduced price
for their flour unless Secretary Wil
son modi lies his recent order com
pelling Nebraska millers to mark
their packages of Hour "artificially
bleached."
Representative Pollard has been
getting many letters about the recent
decision of ike agricultural depart
ment in the, bleached flour cases, Hi
called on Secretary Wilson and raised
with him the question of whether (hi
matter might be reopened. Mr. Wil
son said he had held hearings for
live iiays on 1110 suojeet and was
satislied the decision was right.
Senator Ibirkett had up with the
postmaster general a petition of citl
e.ns of Hethany for the establish
ment there of a branch ollice of the
Llncln posiolhYo, The postmaster
general called Ids attention to Hi
section of the law providing that no
substation could be established in any
town of less than l,r00 inhabitants
and that in this petition the citizens
had made a statement that their po
pulation was 1,200.
Senator Gamble went before the
appropriation committee of the senate
in behalf of 1111 appropriation of $u0,-
0(u for a new water system at Fort
Meade, S. D.
On the reciiininemhulon of Senator
Dawson, Dr. II. It. Dean lias been ap
pointed pension examining surgeon
at Muscatine, la. vice Dr. C. C. Mov-
ridge, deceased.
Uolh the president
dent-elect and their
the White House Hie
and the presl
wives occupied
night before In-
augu ration.
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1 oe sciiaie committee on judiciary
voieu id report a disagreement on
uie resoiuiiuu piovidiug lor an inves
tigation of the absorption of the
Tennessee o;il & Iron companv bv
the United States Steel Corporation.
Personal.
.v committee to wait upon Mayor
iiusse or t lucago and ask for work
was appointed at a meeting of r.Oo un
employed at Hull house.
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11. ttm. if. I.IIIUI nas resigned aa
collector of customs at Charleston,
S. C.
TI10 Honolulu legislature gives a
premium to big families.
Nebraska legislators
through wiili their wor
are
No
half
more
bills will be int induced.
Speaker Cannon wroio a let
fending the rules of the house
Kev. Ulliy Sunday was at lacked
and horsewhipped at a revival meet
ing at Sprlnglicld, III.
Uie question ol woman suffrage will
be put to a vote 1 11 Washington state
senator l.al-ollette Is marked for
political extinction by some of lils
senatorial enemies,
'I he IlerUn "ripper has at last
been caught red -handed by a pollc
man.
ITS BEGINS
PROMPTLY AT HIS DESK
LABOR BEFORE HIM.
FOR
MAKES PUBLIC HIS CABINET
Message for Special Session Will Ask
That Nothing Be Considered
But the Tariff.
Washington, D. C The Taft ad
ministration took its first stride Fri
day. The new president named his
cabinet, the senate confirmed Ills se
lections, and its members will take
the oath of office Saturday, with the
exception of (ieorgt! W. Wickershani,
who was sworn In as attorney general
Friday, and of Messrs. Dickinson and
MacVeagh, whose personal affairs will
not permit of their reaching Washing
ton for a week or more,
An Important conference took place
between President Taft nnd the re
publican members of the ways and
means committee. The committee
framed a tariff bill which it is under
stood contains a provision for the col
lection of an Inheritance tax, one of
the suggestions for raising revenue
contained in the inaugural address of
President Taft. President Taft told
the committee tliere would he no de
lay In the olliclal proclamation calling
the extra session of congress for
March l.i. His message to this stes-
s on, ne said, would recommend tnat
It confine Its work exclusively to
tariff revision, that there nil?ht be no
unnecessary delay In enacting this
most. Important law.
He would, he said, not discuss In
his message any details of tariff re
vision, leaving all such matters en
tirely to the Judgment of congress.
The members of the. committee left
the White House expressing the ut
most good feeling and the belief that
the work of the extra session would
be completed before June 1.
Aside from these Important accom
plishments, President Taft. gave him
self up heartily to the demands of
his friends and thousands of Inaugu
ral visitors who wished to shake
hands witli him, see his smile anil
get a word to carry home with them.
Philander C. Knox had the honor
of being tin; first caller on President
Taft in the White House building
at precisely it: HO in l be morning. A
15-niinute Interview, Mr. Knox said,
bad its importance, but. not for publi
cation, lie was rejoicing that since
when his resignation as a senator be
came effective, he was simply a pri
vate citizen. His rejoicing, however,
was brief, for before the day was
much older he had been nominated
and confirmed as secretary of state.
Coventor Hughes of New York,
Gov. Proutv of Vermont and the sen-
it ors and many of the representatives
from those states next had the car of
the president and gained his consent
to attend the celebration July 7 and
8 net. of the discovery of Lake
Champlain at Plattsburg and Burling-
ton.
The congratulations and good
wishes of Cuba were extended to
President Taft from President Go
mez, Vice-President Zayns and n num
ber of prominent l uban officials and
politicians in the form of a memorial
presented by General lie aieirio 1 as
tillo Duany. who came to the United
States for that purpose.
"TaftClass" Luncheon.
Washington. "Taft 's class" as it
has been called for some time past
the i la-ss of '78 i;t Yale, 11 large ma
jority of the living representatives
of which were here to attend the in
angulation, gave a farewell luncheon.
It included also the ladies of the
party. President Taft was unable.
owing to numerous other official and
social duties, to be present.
Want Tafttto Visit Texas.
Austin. Tex. The lower house of
the Texas legislature unanimously
passed a resolution Inviting President
Taft to visit Texas.
Wine at the White House.
Columbus, lad. A number of wo
men ot 1 ominous nave ncen circular
lug a petition addressed to Mrs. Wil
liam Howard Taft that she should not
permit the serving of wine at the din
ners in the White house.
Nebraskans Urged for Place.
Washington Tlie Nebraska delega
tion, it is understood, will ask from
Tafi's administration the retention of
W. K. Andrews of Hastings ai audit
Hi- for tne treasury department ami
the appointment of ex-Congressman
ltovd as oinnilssioiier of Indian af
tab's.
Will Recommend Miller.
Washington.-C. W. Miller, who
twice been attorney general of In
diana, will be recommended by Sen
utor Peverldge for United States at
tornev to succeed Mr. Keating.
Retrial of Standard Case.
Chicago. The government occupiei
the entire session of the retrial n
the Standard Oil company of Indiana
In seeking to prove the publication o!
the disputed tariff number 24. which
carried the IN cent rate for oil be
tweeii Indiana mid Illinois points
Several railroad men. formerly In the
olftces of the Chicago & Alton rail
road at Chicago. Summit, 111., and
other nearby points, test I tied that the
tariff was kept on tile in their offices
U Is ihouuht the government will con
clinic by Monday.
NEBRA8KA NEWS AND NOTES.
Items of Interest Taken From Here
nd There Over the 6tatt.
Two golden weddings were cele
brated In Hall county last week.
Thirty high school girls in Hum
boldt put on black faces and gave it
ininsuel fhow,
Soven of the alleged rioters in
South Omaha have been bound over
to the district court.
Allen B. Ciirran, an old soldier, and
for many years a resident of Tecum
stih, died at the Soldiers' home in
Leavenworth, Kas.
Tlie 2-year-old son of John Suva,
of Cuming county, got hold of a bot
tle of strychnine, partaking of enough
to cause his death,
The Beaver Crossing high school
hit been recognized by the stato uni
versity as a full twelve-grade school
accredited to the university.
Arrangements are being made for
the Central Nebraska Teachers' asso
ciation and declamatory contest to be
held in the last week in March.
Tlie bill granting an extension to
the Central Railroad & Tlrldge com
pany to build a bridge at or near
Omaha has passed both houses of
congressi.
(Sam Story has been nrrested at Le
Grand, Ore., for the murder of Fred
Smith In Cherry county, this state,
some months ago. The murderer
will be brought to Nebraska.
Clyde Bower of Kearney, 17 years
old, son of A. G. Rower, had a portion
of his left hand blown off by the acci
dental discharge of a shotgun while
hunting on the Platte river.
A man was picked up by the sec
tion men on the Union Pacific rail
way track about six miles east of
Schuyler. Sheriff Kaspar had him
removed to Schuyler, where ho now
lies In an unconscious state.
Mllford people are violently op
posed to the legislature converting
the Soldiers' and Sailors' home there
Into a dipsomaniac hospital for thr
treatment of the drug and liquor
habit.
L, A. Jewell was killed In a and
pit two miles southeast of Ansley,
while hauling sand for the Ansley Ce
ment company. The sand caved In
on him, crushing his head against a
wagon Wheel.
Fourteen members of th senior
:lass of the Heatrice high school
were dismissed for entering the room
wearing red and white stockings and
their trousers rolled up almost to
their knees.
Sheriff Fischer of Otoe county took
Mose Damme, a dipsomaniac, to Kan
sas City for treatment. He has been
in Nebraska City Jail for some time,
having been brought there from Lor
ton, whire he has resided for many
years.
Wlien Kiley O heeffe and wife of
Humboldt awakened about 2 o'clock
in the morning they found their 1-nuinlhs--old
baby lifeless between
them. The child had been sufferlm:
from whooping cough and a compli
cation of diseases.
rhe delegates to the state Young
.Men s i.nrisiian association conven
tion, which was held at Hastings, re
port that greater progress in the as
soclatlon work has been made In the
state the past year than ever before
Information has been received In
Hastings from Woodburn, la., by
County Attorney Hartigan that Ben
jamin Marquis, now In the county
jail in Hastings, Is wanted In Wood-
burn for the negotiation of a check
fcr $(,00 at h Woodburn bank.
Lost in the late storm, Miss Viola
Fellows, a school teacher nine miles
southwest of Lodge Pole, nerisheit
not more than 200 yards from her
board iug place. Her body was found
where she had fallen after becoming
exhausted.
Luther Rush, who was sentenced
recently to five years in the peniten
tiary on a charge of robbing a sa
loon at Arapahoe, escaped from the
county jnll at Reaver City, He se
cured an Iron leg from the radiator
and with It pried open the cell door,
State Treasurer Brian has made
his monthly report to Slate Auditor
Rarton, showing the transactions of
his office for the month of February
He has cash on hand and cash items
$22.1,1 41. .'if. ; cash on deposit, $011,
530.111. In the permanent school fund
he has on hand $33t',4SJ.4!i.
Rev. Hiram R. Harrison, pastor of
the First Congregational church of
Hastings, created a sensation when
he announced from the pulpit that It
was his Intention to have a roller
skating rink established In the bast
incut of the proposed new church edl
lice, which Is to cost $20,000.
AI Grand island the case of Mrs
A. .Maggie Marsh against tlie 1 nion
Pacific, damages In the sum of $15.
000 being asked for on account of the
death of her husband at the Union
Pacific shops, was settled by agree
ment between the parties at bar, the
company paying $5,000 and costs.
Johnson county was first in butler
awards at the recent meeting of the
Nebraska Dairymen's' association held
in Lincoln. George S. Phillips, pro
prietor of tlie Guernseydale dair;
farm, near Tecumseh, received first
premium on dairy print butter and
first premium upon ornamental di
sign in butter.
U. U. Thurber of Tecumseh has
bulldog which will climb trees. The
dog is good-si.el. and he goes' up
tree a areat. deal as a cat does, al
though not as sprightly.
Miss Nannie Opple, a young lady
residing near Mlnersvllle, Otoe conn
tv. has filed a suit in the district
court against Noah Morrow, the pom
master, and a merchant at Miners
ville, wherein she demands $10,000
damages. She says In her petition
that she went Into the pnstofflcu af
ter her mall a short time since and
the defendant attacked her and
tailed her vile names.
CAPITAL ffl IB1
ITEMS OF INTEREST AROUNDTHE '
STATE HOUSE.
THE WORK OF THE UW MAKERS
Legislative Facts and Cossr New i
of the State Capital.
Fin?nce Bill.
The house
finance committee has
completed its budget bills for
ail !
the special appropriations for build
ings and kindred subjects, and for
those things which are specially ap
propriated for in the bills which Cre
ated the need.
Ry this bill Ihe governor's oflice Is ;
to have incidental exnenses together
With the executive mansion of $7,000
for the biennluni, the commissioner of
public lands and buildings $4,000, the
attorney geueral $10,000 to enforce
the rules of the railway commission
and the Jnnkin act. the expenses of
the Ktate hanking board are to be
$11,000, the state historical society
gets the customary $15,000, the pure
food commission $15,800 exclusive of
the commissioner's salary, the nation
al guard $51,800, Peru normal exclud
ing salaries and new buildings $311,-
000, the state university $145,000 di-
Ided into permanent Improvements
$100,000, expenses of fanners insti
tutes $20,000 and tlie North Platte
Hub-station $25,000. the Kearney nor
mal gets $24,700, the institute for the
blind at Omaha $10,000.00, the hoys'
Industrial school at Kearney $85,500,
the girls' industrial school at Geneva
$32,750, the home for the feeble mind-
d at Beatrice $00,500, the Lincoln
hospiial for the insane $17l,:'00, the
penitentiary draws $130,200, and the
soldiers' home at Grand Island $123,-
10. All these are exclusive of sal-
Aries and buildings that may be ord
ered by special bills.
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Senator Jas. A. Donohoe, of O'Neill.
Quick Action on Insanity Bill.
Upon motion of Ransom the senate
rules were suspended and H. R. No.
118 was advanced to a third reading
and passed. This measure was Intro
duced in the house by Wilson, but
Ransom explained that it had been
prepared by Attorney Genera! Thomp
son and his deputy. Grant Martin, who
were anxious that it pass at once.
It carries the emergency clause and
will become a law as soon as It re
ceives executive approval.
This measure provides that when a
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person lias neon coiiuemneu 10 in'inn
nnd the question of sanity Is raised,
the matter shall be referred to the dis
trict Judge from the district 111 which
Ihe condemned person was convicted.
Should the judge, upon making Inves-
tigation. find that the prisoner might
be mentally deranged, ho shall sum
nion the superintendents of the three
state insane hospitals, who shall pass
upon the case. Should they report
that the convict Is Insane, centenco
will be suspended, otherwise It will
be carried out.
Changes Banking Bill.
The joint committee on banking In
the legislature has been at work for
the past two or three days, and has
made several changes In the bill as
originally drawn.
One of the most important is that
relating to assessments to build up a
guaranty fund. Instead of making the
llrst two assessments i-2 of 1 per cent.
It is proposed to make one assess
ment of 1-2 of 1 per cent in July or
this year. 1-4 of 1 per cent In January
of next year and 1-4 of I per cent In
July, 1010. After that there shall be
un nnnual assessment of 1-loth of 1
per cent.
Instead of a maximum of 2 per cent
that may be levied in any one year
the maximum Is placed at I per cent
a year. The provision prohibiting
loans to stockholders In excess of 50
per cent, once taken out. was restored.
To Elect the Local Assessors.
After a discussion ranging from Fri
day morning until Friday afternoon
the two Skeeii bills providing for the
election of precinct assessors were
passed. The two bills, II. It. 214 anil
215, contain one of tlie chief "home
rule" pledges of the democrats.
Tbo chief point or discussion was
the retention of county assessors. The
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counties 01 mh.ih i'"ri"iiu" 1 nunies, 0111 me meeting was a peace.
do away with the eouuty assessor as a j ul one. The members of the com
useless luxury. The richer counties mtttee heard the arguments of the.
want blm retained, believing he is 1 attorneys and the agents of tlfe coin-
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worthy of Ids 111 re. 1 ne mus unauy
passed without a mend ment.
Six Departments f:r University.
The Kotouc house bill providing
that the state university shall be di
vided into six departments passed the
senat- Friday. The bill will have to
be nturned to the house for the ap
proval of the amendment which the
senate added, denying the right of the
university regents to offer new
courses at will and to divide the uni
versity into new departments as the
board might see fit. As the bill is
approved it makes no changes except
to senarato the agricultural and en-
gineerlng schools and to place them
under Dean Richards anu I'eaa dui-
neti.
There Is another measure In the
senate that alms to legalize the pres
ent college of education. The school
..lk! i,mveil bv the legislature
m.,1 it has been runulng since the first
of last September. It la expected tnai
the bill will be passed, as it. like the
other measure makes no changes In
the present work except In name,
u ,.i,iU r.f thp nfternoon ses-
si(jn Fray the senate took a vacation
:t. uie- i iuc " -
until 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, me
slow progress that the upper house
has made In disposing of and passing
bills caused a number of the senators
to oppose the adjournment. Those
who voted against it are: Brown,
Diers, Monohoe, Fuller, Klein. Majors,
Ollls, Raymond and Warren.
Killed Nettleton's Insurance Bill.
After a long debate the house Fri
day morning, indefinitely postponed
the Nettleton bill making notes given
for Insurance non-negotiable until the
delivery and acceptance of Insurance
policies.
Shoemaker urged that new insur
ance companies would be put out of
business inasmuch as many of them
depend on notes for Insurance for the
money with which agents are enabled
to continue eseklng business.
Boyd of Hamilton said that he
thought there were few Nebraska
1 companies tnai nau 10 urt-u . 1 -i
rons before the goods were delivered.
Begole said that, the notes now at
I lowed to be given were an incentive
l to men to take out Insurance, a pro-
reeding which he viewed as highly
, meritorious,
t Clark thought iho bill would dl
! criminate against, the man seeking
Insurance In the country as agam
the man in the city as the expense of
securing farm business is greater than
Ihe expense of city soliciting.
Kelley thought no man's note
should be made non-negotiable. Tay
lor and Nettleton, the introducer of
the bill, concluded the argument.
The bill was introduced to catch
fraudulent insurance agents. The
house generally thought the bill would
farther than the introducer in
tended, however, and
killed the measure.
on division
Annual Tee From Corporations.
The state committee on miscellane
ous corporations Thursday decided to
report senate file No. 98. by King of
Polk, to be placed on the general
file. The bill provides for an annual
license fee to be collected by the
state from corporations, the fee to
range from $5 to $500 according to
the capital stock of the companies.
Senator King has agreed to have the
bill amended so that It will not apply
to banks which are taxed annually
upon their capital stock or to other
corporations that pay a license fee.
The measure is considered one ot
considerable importance. It has been
discussed for several years by legis
lators and has been urged as a meas
ure that will raise considerable reve
nue to defray the expenses of the
slate. In other states where It has
been tried and where there are many
corporations the fee goes a long way
' toward paying the annual expenses ot
! the state. Agents of corporations al
! lege that the constitution does not
; permit the collection of such a tax
, nnd it may be opposed on that ground.
. Friends of the bill deny that the con-
stitution prohibits such a tax or 11
, cense fee.
Attacks Game Department.
King of Polk made an extended
j ppeprn in favor of ng bill to redura
Hie list of fish and game wardens to
one who shall have charge of th9
state hatcheries and the enforcement
of the game laws. He said the stato
spends $28,000 every two years for
the fish and game department and
only a few thousand dollars annually
each for health, state library com
mission and the board of charitios and
correction. He considered that this
expenditure for the fish and gamo
department was out of proportion to
the other departments and that, the
game Is the only one department, of
the state that Is made up entirely of
men who enforce the law and do noth
ing else, lie thought the local officers
ought to see to the enforcement of
laws and permit the department to
cut down expenses.
$5,000 for the Fish Hatchery.
An appropriation of $5,000 for the
maintenance and improvement, of the
fish hatching sub-station in Cherry
county was recommended for passage
In the house Friday morning. The
bill, 11. R. 3('i!t, was a committee hill
and had been threshed out by tho
members. The action of the commit
tee was In line with the recommen
dation of Game Warden Carter.
Insurance Bills Were Considered.
The senate committee of Insurance
Thursday night held Its last "hearing"
for the Insurance men of the state
who cared to discuss the merits of the
various bills that are now before the
upper house. Room 40 at the Llndcll
hotel that night was crowded with
local insurance agents nnd with lobby
ists from nearly all of the large com
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, nnics and noted what thev
deemed
v ort by of consideration