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f J ,1 r - t i V V. 7 V r V. . f f ) I THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE A Synopsis of Proceedings in Both Branches of the Twenty-Eighth GenereJ Assembly. IfOt'SK. Consideration of II. It. 70- the RatTnej el-vator hill-wan taken tip In commit If of t - h.,l on I lie 171 h. The- bill re- I'Hres r.illroad to fnriil-.li -.u.i fa. IUUe to nil eletora. In. hiding sldetrarks. 'trs, switch connections, t.-rmlrial hand arid lri(Ti-h iiix-. The aiii-n!mnil of- e. l,y the r:iilr..;i, . ..miiillt.-e. i whi. h the I, i! r, f..r,,.,i fM(. provi sion for terminal handling uti.l Inter hang.., ;,r r.nir,..! , . Viil.M t- whl.h " h-ii, . to eost :it least 11'iW.liH of :.u : . I..I a -iil.'M- inl- t II... . til n . I rn. r I . wt.l.-h l-M the 'ill n . iih.i i k. , s.m f..r :i .r v i' llxi" 1 III.- Irialnr ;if Lot I-" than -. Th.- I:. I.l.iiw sol. tttiil.- :iiri' 1-liii. ril M l ,.t. , ,y ;, , lll of.- I.f SI 'o 2. i' Hi'1 Ll'l vv. lien tecum. pa-saii.. a a rii.-m ! d Tl.e following I. ill Institution at $:00 year. This commit tew argued lh nwi'wlly of this func tionary, hut the finance, ways ar.d mean committer and other d'-rifed It arid held that th superintendent needed no Much assistant. It was claim.-. I that the reduc llon of the .oiip.rliit'iii!.-nffl salary and I he erTorl to upixjint a matron was t'.pltt work against the superintendent. The airn-ridrni-m w.n lost. I u r I ri r the pro- lilies N l.v.m of J'jeree rt-m;nkP.I that thin was Hip- most expensive I nst It til i i i In I lir- stat. th- cost of in iliit.-nai .- :. V-ar l.-ln; JSS .--r -ij.ita. An ani".: l-im-iit was a.lopt.-l r.-.lu.-inn th- sal.ui.v- I II. two fiinlly ma ii;n.--rs from lo $;.l. Tli- salaty the n;'lt.c-r at ill..- In.liiitrinl li.,m.- at Milfori was rais- from to J ) on an a ni.-ii.lm.-iit ii. I. .1 for I I'V fJllln-rt of loii-las. Tli. cominitt- ! ri.i.l . f. ti . r.. , " " - '.....i' imi'-ii i rtil I'l J'i'.i. ill." laiiri w.if r I I for Hi. Uilr.l lino urn- p.-rs.-.I : ma iia-r al tin- Cr I Islaml SoMI' rs" li. rn.-lv Ii:- mt:ior .1. f.- t - In . liar l.-r- K-v - ! h. til.- was i.Iac.-. at $h0 liiM.-a.l of f I ). 'riiin I'u-i of frofi ri..K'i to J-.,i't ion!a loii. A Vs. S7; iii-. ii To aiiliiori..' V ce K J I I iclcrn of liquors A , uric u uunu, viuciv he con line a ., ovnu; viuciv & TJlin Iriniin hospitals report ir jr-4aomm.nil'l that $150. I. K. 7') i In- K:.ni-n y l)-valor hill, was I ik.-n up a sp.-i-ial or.l.-r on Its thinl . I. ill. in, anil soi l.-U.'S to r. -a. lint'. Tin- hill nass.-.l una nimoiislv. corporation-:. Iran-. .-t ii,... ii Hi.- a .-. -m- nt plan, tin liisln-,s of a. i .l m or sickn. .: . or ac ' l.l.-nl an. I sii-kr.'s Insnr.i iiri' ami to pay a run. r i! I. ii. tit pot II iiic $.,f. To li-l.li.. flu- n.itnr.- ami y .ii.- of thr NV l.ra-.ki slat.- Illir.iry. I Ii." I 'i;lvirsit y of N'r-hra.-k.-i lil.rary arnl tin- Ni-lin-k.i stat. lilHtori.al m.m 1. I y lial.ratv arnl to t'u l it.- II... pur. has., of ' o..ks ly llicm. Mik.- i sl.it.- Iil.r iry x. iiislv i-y ono of law U...ks mill pnhlic . xiim.-n t s ; I he ft ill- historical lil.rary exclnsiycly mil' of I'nltnl Sf.lt-s ai.. Ni-I.raska history, ami In- I 'nivcrsity llr.ir t f K','t,,'i'l rt-f- or.-rn -. Irovf.i-s for tin- tiansfr of hooks from oii. t anotln-r of lii-s lihrarics In !. for ml t y with this cla-.sitlca t Ion. Ho m illnj; proviso in law covi-rniiiK schools in metropolitan citi.-s wai.li forl.i.ls tli liool l.oir.l to fXM-ii. ii ore than i"2 r---pt In jc-ordancf with ihw t'-rtiK of a written oiitrait. Appropriating $7l for th'1 r li-f of tSeneral Victor Vif'ialn. rrovl.lliiir that appeals to e supreme court. I ruin..' line petltlois I" wror, shall K H on ap!-al pro,-lii-e. ther-ty se t iirin uniformity In appeals. To prevent th spread of contanio is and Infectious ills. -us. s and pr Idlnn i'..r a utafe health Inspector l.y the state Hoard of health at a sal r- f $1. ").. C'arrhs an .Tpi.--opri-Btlon of $lit.lj.. As soon .is lh hoii;-. ronven.-.l n the jMh the revenue rn-ai.re was considered. Mlkesell of IXxori off. red an amendment t the personal property schedule. as t exempt live st.N-W under sK months . from taxation. This J.-d to an an.en.lmeiit hy S-ars of Hurt to strike out the whol sch.-.lule and !;ave tht ll.-t of this pro-rty to the state Ixiar.l of -.j'i.illz.ition. Many rnmtiers urneil that the schedule he left intact. contend In th.it It would l Iwtter than letting a few men make the scherlule. The Fears am.-iidrnent was adopted hy a vote of . to 2-1. Jones of Otoe ofTered an airer.dment to chance d.-hits to non-ln-teicst liearlfiK ' 'open accounts." to be de ducted from the n;;res:ate. Nelson then Hmer.de. I Iloirrefe's amendment to make It all Un. tide debts. IloRrefe accepted this amendment and withdrew his. The lioitrefe ani--n.lmnt changed by Nel son was then defeated. Itotise of Hall at 1; o i lock moved that the committee irise .in. I report the revenue bill for ;ias- s:ti;e. At this time Iturrss of Lancas ter pru::-r the anticipated amendment to 1- t tli- street railways, r.-is. water works a-!. I !. -frii i-ompa:ih-s in under section 7:. hiviti tlieir fjro.s.s earnings taxed as I'r.iiichise. as in the case of the tele I hone. tlcKrarh. cxprtss and pipe line companies. The proposition was defeat ed. ;; to The report of the commit tee of th.- whole that the revenue bill 1.. recommend. -d fov passase. as amended o'i motion of M. Allister. adopted :i t 2:" p. m. As the amendments must fit. st be printed, the bill probably cannot me to a third reading this week. The If. use passed . R. 271. the llijiKS bill. r orsjanizint; the South Omaha school beard. II. R. 2V by MoClay of Lancas ter, a Lincoln city tax bill to allow Lin coln to buy the postofliee building for a city hall. II. R. 31. by Koetter of IouKlas. to increase rate of Interest on state warrants from 4 to . per cent ami reducing rate of Interest on county, city, ti-wnship. precinct and s -hool district I. tads fr-m to i per cent. I li- incisure provides that railroads shall no-ord -'ii;i terminal and transfer fa cilities to all paties operating rain ele vators, a 11, 1 that farmers' elevators shall eost at least Ji.iMin. 1 1. R. the reve nue r..ll, w-.s read for the third time. loiie.Ias of Rock moved that the bill be returned to the n;r..ssiiiK committee to be properly engrossed, it hehiK discov eieii tiint the personal property tax schedule was not stricken from the bill as ordered by the committee of the whole. 1 He bill was then re-read and placed on Its linal passage. It passed bv a vote of 7' to 21. Thre.. fuslonists voted ln the a Hi r mat I v and two republicans In the negative. Fourteen members sent up ex planations with their votes. A number voted differently than thev had talked. 1 .! bill went to the senate and was given Its first reading. port ed . rrrommi'tiil'a that 11 .o.n .Tlkr the rebuilding of the .dylum for the Insane. The .fe Maid thai tloi mm worth if nron- erty Uuil been ient to other asylums and $-!l.090 In nalVHite had been suved out of the wreck of the fire. The following bills were read a third time and passed: 8. V W. allowing cemetery associations to re- 'eie money and act as trustee for dee oration and improvements of cemeteries s- ". providing when pupils of one school district may attend school in an Other, o. J. TJ7 ....tnoolllrnr railroads to provide suitable waiting rooms and to "top trains for the accommodation of passenger, a. v. 67. providing for the perfection of pleadings. 8. V. 17. ehaiu?- ing name of deaf and mute Institute at Omaha and Mind usvlum at Nebraska "Uy. S . V. L.. providing for the wlnd- u or the affairs of Installment compan hs and plarlng them under the control f the state banking l,ard. S. I. 117. t i".nt resolution memorializing congress to o.'MM.s,. the I!.-tri.-h l;.rt-leHsing hill; fav "t.'.'ig I ho allowauco of 40 '-res of land " ear h settler. Senate went into com Tr.inittee of the whole and reported as fol lows 011 these bills: S. I- 21.1. limiting ouiily t'linimissionr-rs lo t per lay; or der., engrossed. 'I his bill affects counties having i,ii inhabitants and less. S. V. :MD. regarding cultivated lands on high ways; ordered engrossed. S. K. 14.".. pro viding for the formation of drainage dis tricts, for the reclamation tif swamp lands and to prescribe course of proced ure to b. followed to accomplish such subject; was passed. H. K 2K. providing that cultivated lands shall include forest trees, fruit trees and hedge rows planted on such hind all land surrounded by a plowed strip not less than one rod' In width at least once a year; was passed. H. K. 1.'4. for the relief of l. L. Johnson: ordered engrossed. II. R. 323. relief of It. I. . Ixx.mis; engrossed: S. F. 1"S. finding of fact on appeal to supreme court; ordered engrossed; S. F. 1C3. providing for the formation of new school districts: ordered engrossed. S. V. 2f'3. extending the open season for fish fifteen davs; ordered en grossed. S. F. 74. providing for bonds to gross" d"l,he,i bi omvUlA- ordered en- The following bills were passed bv the enate on the sui: U. R. 32.1. by llat'horn. Mroprlatlng ti.m for the reller of Rus K. Ixomis. S. F. 124. by Harrison, authorizing- the board of educational lands and fund to issue a certlllcate of pur chase to Daniel F. Johnson of Omaha for '"'u -v S. F. 170. by- Sheldon. Imiting ,he number of officers and employes of the senate and house v " '"nve HI,U nny-1ve respectively. S. t. 2!o. by Way. fixing the open season o. irout not less than elht !...,. 1 - 1 , . ,v . . " 'S, -".. 1 lo ctoter CI. ami for all other n. April 1 to November K. A resolu I Ik., tJ t . . OTi.aior Hheidon, expressing a ,or ,,,e speerjy recovery of Senator Dean of Phelps countv. w ...inm..! - .--on vote. ii,e senate then went into committee of the whole on the sifting r""""ee s- I" to 210. Inclusive. o senator Hall of Douglas, to abolish appraisement of property under process of foreclosure, and extending for three months the time- allowed for redemption. were opposed by Senator Hasty as calcu lated to work an injustice to the poor NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. In the house on the 23d these bills were passed: 11 r. 1 ,y Thompson of Mer rick, allowing county boards to make re pairs to bridges less than $:;oo in cost without advertising for bids in cases of emergency. II. R. M2. by Oropsey of Jef ferson, appropriating SUMMM) for an agri cultural college at Lincoln. II. R. 207. by Mcflay of Iiucaster. to improve sani tary conditions of city jails, providing for a physician and matron. After voting to make the three remaining aonronriation .ills a special or.l.-r when the house was In committee of the whole, the house went Into committee of the whole and took up II. R. 471. the deficiency bill. Items aggregating $12S.I.-. were stricken nut and $l.:m.rk; added. This made the final total $120.07... 7.7. The bill was reeom- meii.le.li for passage. The claims bill wan then taken up. One of the prominent items was 9l.002.tii). to reimburse ex-State Treasurer J. K. Mill for defending suits Moimni against mm upon inc lauure or i aiur remnerion also opposed f t vll Vnl l.l, . l-.U 1 1 1 II I t he hill? fltAStlu wirier At . rviraiiri iiaiivrilcll UfllltV. It! IIH II Illll I uvviuinif, .IJtft.L I (It ngnl OI HP had deposited state funds. The commit- Praisement is a valuable right, and has tee concluded that these suits were un- I worked no hardship to either mortgagee warranted. Another was 910,000 for as or mortgagor. On motion of sn;,t,vr many wolf sculps as a deficiency claim. Hasty the bills were recommended for in- car were consumed by fire. The original total amount of the bill was ueiinue postponement. Senator Warner StW.oi.0. approximately, and tlds apparent- I moved the appointment of a committee ly will undergo no material changes, as 01 tnree to confer with a like committee ie- ciaims are now 10 ne ui lermiaeu ox. 1 me nousti 10 agree on n nmo r.. nnat adjournment. The motion prevailed and t ti nrpuiini ... - - .0 naiiit-u as such com mittee Senators Pemberton, Aldea and nan of iJurt. The house began operations on the 19th !- concurring In senate amendments to H. R. -W. by J-'rederlch of t.'ass. requiring due advertisement of school board meet ings before the board can vot. bonds. These bills were passed: II. R. 44. by Rouse of I Li II. appropriating 9l.hU from the penitentiary fund to aid In the con struction of the addition to the state pen itentiary. H. It. 101. by Junkin of Oos pcr. providing for a department In one of trie state Insane hospitals for t'nc treat ment of dipsomaniacs, inebriates, and those addicted to excessive use cf liouors mi l drugs. H. R. 43, by N( Ison f Doug las, providing a uniform bond In apreal to the distrVt court. II. R. 21. hy Nelson of !ouglas. providing a uniform bond in appeals to the district court. II. R. 1.77, by Perry of Furnas, curative, relating to Senate. The fight in the senate on the 13th was the landlord lien hill introduced by Um- stead of Nance by request. After much discussion the bill was ordered engrossed for a thinl reading, with the amendments offered by the committee. The section over which the fight occurrrd and which was ordered engroscd is as folows: Sec tion 1. A landlord shall have a first lien for his rent upon one-half the- crop grown upon the demised premises from the planting of said crops until one year after the term of the lease expires, or until the rent is paid, by filing- !n the office of the county clerk, as chattel mort gages are tiled, a notice that such Hen is claimed and stating the amount thereof and when due. Said lien may be enforced by foreclosure in the same manner as chattel mortgages are foreclosed, at any time after said rent or any part thereof is due. Standing committees reported for general file S. F. 212 and S. F. 63. The former is an act providing for the filing of reports of insurance companies with the state auditor before they are allowed to do business in the state. S. F. 63 is an act granting additional power to fra ternal beneficiary societies. The bill was introduced at the request of the Ancient Order of I'nited Workmen lodge. The committee of the whole, with Harrison of Hall in the chair, ordered the following engrossed for a third reading: S. F. 170, unming number of employes to be em ployed by the senate and house. S. F. 43. the local land lien bill. S. F. 63, pro viding for the purchase of cemeteries by PROTKST ON GILBERT RILL, Former Deputy County Attornev Ivsle ADDO was in. Lincoln and incidentally called upon Governor Mickey to protest against H. II. 236. the Gilbert primary c.emou Din, wnich has passed both hollCf.es a n .1 I . . . . . . . I . . .1 . , ... ,,o 10 me nanus or the governor. Mr. Abbott said the bill was a dangerous instrument ami should nev er become a law. "It strikes at the se crecy of the ballot." he said, "and will prevent that independent r-art of a nartv which holds the party ir line to nomi nate good men, from participating- in the primary. The next step will be to com pel a voier to swear who he has voted for at the last election. Any law that tends to do away with the secrecy of the ballot Is a bad law." President Pro Tern Harrison of the senate has signed the bill. SHUT OUT TAXPAYERS. The standing committee on revenue in the senate met in secret session and re fused to allow Tax Commissioner Flem ing and! others to appear before it and make certain arguments. Senator Brown, chairman of the committee, said no de cisive action was taken on the bill. Mr. Fleming desired to suggest the wisdom of fixing November 1 as the time for placing the revenue bill in effect instead of September 1. as is provided, if it passes. He makes his assessment Septem- towns. s. r. ... providing for the veriii- ber 15, and if the bill should take effect cation of pleadings. S. F. 123. relating to on the first he would be unable to ascer .11. - c a a - J II I . - in on e. o. r. no. an act pro wing ior tain what the state board assessment the digging of ditches to drain land. S. F. would be. the result working a serious 14. the compulsory school attendance act. I hardship. Mr. Fleming was advised by Several bills from the house were read a Senator Hall to come to Lincoln and ap- tirst time, and H. R. 236 was put on its pear before the committee, but he found third reading. This is the Gilbert pri- I the committee's doors closed to him and lands toward the middle of the State mary etectlon hill, which prov.dec that at was informed that neither he nor any are belne bousrht mr,r radil Rot Sprlngfleld suffered a fire loss of $40,000. A case of smallpox has appeared at Spalding. In a shooting scrape at North tMatte three men vere wounded. Location of the library site in Hast ings has stirred up quite a fight. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Miller of Richardson county last week cele brated their golden wedding. Thomas Jennison, the brakemaa injured in the B. & M.wieck south ot Nebraska City, died at the Nebraska Cfty hospiUI. The Great Western Cereal mills closed its plant in Nebraska City pending the settlement of the wage scale demand. Columbus is soon to have a brick and tile manufactory guaranteed to cost not loss than $10,000 and to turn out at least two million brick the first year. The nurserymen of York report that the sprin.r; deliveries of nursery stock this year wi'.l be kir.est mey nave ever ha 1. iork has three nurseries. Paul Sehindler, a (Jerman bachelor about 3." years of age, and living on a farm alone near Hoag, Cage county, was found dead in his home. Relief is that he suicided. , The park commissioners of Nebras ka City are jroine to ortranize the school children for the purpose of keping the parks and streets supplied with flower beds during the summer. As a southbound freight on the Union Pacific was pulling out of Blue Springs the engine struck a man who was walking on the track, killing him instantly. The man was not identified. H. E. Warrell. principal of schools at Ogalalla, has resigned his position to engage in other business. Prof. Clinton M. Barr of Cozad has been employed as principal to complete the school year. The depot at Riverton was robbed while Frank Birdnell and h.ipH Rutherford, the agent and assistant, were at dinner. The thief secured $7.87. He entered through the win dow and rifled the till. John Wilson was arrested and confessed to the theft. An eighteen hundred dollars pipe organ was installed in the Methodist church at Yayne the gift of Mrs. J. H. Pingry of Wayne. The presentation was made by the donor's son-in-law, E. T. Renneck, in her behalf, and the response by J. D. King in behalf of the church. Omaha passenger No. 12 ran into the rear end of an extra freight about three miles west of Minden severely injuring Traveling Engineer C. A. Dixon. The way car and one freight The freight train had broken in two. A dense fog prevailed. By the will of John Collins, a Da kota county, Nebraska farmer, three of his sons are disinherited and the third his favorite, John C. Collins, of Hubbard, Nebraska, receives the en tire estate of $20,000. John C. is thus rewarded because he remained with his father in his old age. Lake Ericson. in Greeley county. which has afforded the pleasure seek ers for miles around such a fascinat ing hunting and fishing resort, is now wiped off the map. A break in the dam relieved it entirely of its water and the cost to repair it will probably be more than the owners will care to expend. Arrangements have been completed whereby the teachers of Cass and Sarpy counties will unite and hold their regular annual institute in Plattsmouth beginning August 17. A strong corps of instructors has been selected and the indications now are that the meting will be a most suc cessful one. The four men charged with shop lifting in connection with James Carr and George Niles and who escaped from arrest by skipping to town were caught at Gothenburg by Chief Mal colm, assisted by the Gothenburg po lice. They were brought back and had a hearing, and were sentenced to jail for three months. Settlers are coming and going in in northeastern Nebraska at an un usual rate this spring. The cheap EARLY CONGRESS PRESIDENT .DETERMINED SPECIAL SESSION. .ON A CUBAN TREATY LEGISLATION President Believes the Treaty Should Be Put Into Effect Before Market ing of .the .Sugar Crop Session Probably Be Called in October. WASHINGTON President Roose velt is fully determined to call con gress together in extra session on or before October 1. All sorts of pres sure has been brought to bear upon him in the hope of inducing him to abandon this project. llm the presi dent has decided that it is essential that legislation must be enacted to put the Cuban treaty into effect be fore the marketing of the sugar crop of the island for this year. The pres ident has I old those who have called upon him to protest that, in his opin ion, tlie necessary work can be ac complished within two or three weeks and that nothing need prevent an adjournment in ample time to allow senators and members to take part in the fall campaigns in their respective states. There is no doubt that if the presi dent's plan should be carried into ef fect with the leaders in both houses in harmony with him the desired joint resolution could be disposed of within a week. But congress is not in the habit of acquiescing in the wishes of the president in matters of this kind. Within an hour after the formal election of Mr. Cannon as speaker the bill box will contain sev eral hundred bills, the authors of which will push their favorite meas ures with their utmost vigor. The so-called Aldrich financial bill is one which will cause prompt discussion. THE CUBA TREATY. Imperfectiono Tend to Measure' Injury. WASHINGTON, 1. C Acting Sec retary of State Jxomis and Mr. Queenan. the Cuban minister, after discussing the prospects of the ratifi cation of the Cuban treaty within tho time limit on Friday, decided to cable Presideut Pal ma requesting him to call the Cuban congress Into extraor dinary session immediately for this purpose, as that bodv otherwise would not meet until April 7, seven days af ter the expiration of the legal time limit for the exchange of ratifica tions. From such Imperfect reading! of the tn-aty as can be had at this tage the state department officials have hoiiio doubt as to their ability to do anything whatever with the convention. Tho amendments made by the senate, par ticularly that added to the ratifying article, though probably not so intend ed. m..y result in the complete loss of the treaty. There are conflicting clauses whi'h it may not be possible to reconcile. Article 11 provided orig inally that "the present enliven! ion shall be ratified by the authorities of the respective countries and the railli cations shall be exchanged at Wash ington, 1). C, as soon as tiny lie be before January 31. 1!02, and the con vention shall go into effect on the tenth day after the exchange of rati fications and shall continue in force for tho term of five years from the date of going into effect, and from year to year thereafter until the expiration of one year from the day, when either of the contracting parties shall give notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same." Usually it is provided that a treaty shall go into effect as soon as the ra' ificatlons are exchanged, ar.d with the slight change in this respect tho orig inal ratifying clause of the Cuban trea ty was in the usual form ?nd would Never a -Death In the Family. A remarkable family reunion wm that of tho Thuratoiii recent! held In the town of Rumford, Me., at the horn of Mr. and Mrs. Trueworthy Thurston, nged respectively 84 and 19 years. Tho family consist of the parents, bIx sons and two daughters, with seventeen grand children and four great grand-children. Thus far not a single death has broken the cir cle. At one time the members were widely scattered, but all now reside in or within easy distance of Rum ford, In what ha coum to be called "the Thurston district." The young est, a plump boy weighing over ten pounds, was born there ou the day of the reunion. HOWS THIS? V offrr Orw Hundred Iollnrt rtnrarft for trf of t'atanb tbtt cannot b cur-d by Mali' Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY CO., Prop.. Tolmlo, O. We. th" nndrtiMif nrd. hava known F. J. ClirnT for th lat 1 yaara and Iwlirva l.im pcifirtlr honorahln in all luiiii"" transaction ami hnanci allv al.le to cany out any ol. ligation mado br thfir tir in. . . . . , , W r.S I' A T1MTAX. Wliolaln Pruuirlstn. Tl'-'lr. Ohio; VAI.DIN;. KINNAN &. MARVIN. W'l.olo ! IhiiKtliHts. Tolrdo, Ohio. w .ii-m -i.tih turn U iakrn intrna!lr. art in ilin-i lly ur-oii ih l.iood and uhk'oiih ainfarM ,f llm kvsif-in. r-ati imoiiiii 1-s vrrit frrr. Flic 5c yet bolil... S.ild bv nil liui.-Kils. iUU' lauiily Fills aic I Liu best. It was not because they opposed the not have led to complications. The principles laid down in the bill that the democratic members of the house refused to allow it to be discussed dur- date of January 31 was changed by both governments before the United States senate acted to March 31, and tky. 1 A O .1 B a. I . I .us we i-bt iw uays ot me last ses- that Is how the artlf.le stood when the sion. but they argued with a great senate added this sentence: l .ar f . . . . I ueai oi torce mat so radical a depart- "This treaty shall not take effect un- ure from existing law should not be til the same shall have been approved iorced through the house under whip by the congress. ana spur during the last hours of a This led to complications which are dying congress, especially as the bill now vexing the departments here. had not been printed more than twen- where two different dates are fixed in ty-four hours when the attempt was the same article for the taking effect made to pass it. of the treaty. The weight of opinion The fact that under the Panama inclines to the belief that following canal treaty something like $150,000.- the common law principle the last stlp- 000 in 2 per cent bonds will be put ulation should govern, which would de upon the market within the next few fer the operation of the treaty until I years, may have an important bear- after the congress acted. But a more ing upon the fate of the Aldrich bill, serious difficulty "s pointed out, as fol- Heretofore United States bonds, even lows when bearing the lowest rate of in- 11 ls hardly regarded as feasible, and terest, have always commanded a pre- is certainly in violation of precedent. mium. This is due in part to the fact to exchange ratifications of a docu that such bonds are the basis of na- ment which is not a treaty, as this tional bank circulation, and are also Cuban convention will not be, in tho required as a guaranty that United Pinion of some of the state depart States funds deposited in banks will ment PeoP'e. until "the congress" has be repaid when needed Th. AMrich set its approval upon it. If this view bill, as it is well known, provides for is correct. tnen the exchange of rat the substitution nf tato mni,tn,t mcations win nave to be deferred un and other bonds for such purposes, and it is believed that should that bill become a law and the outstanding indebtedness of the United States be increased, as it must be, as soon as active work begins on the canal, the result will be the depreciation in val ue of government bonds. But that the Aldrich bill, or some similar meas ure, will be put through congress at the next session is a foregone con clusion, and that an attempt will be made to have it enacted into law just as soon as congress resassembles. whether it be in August or Decem ber, is equally certain. til next winter at the earliest, and this delay, it is thought, would cause the failure of the treaty in its present form, because of the inability of the negotiators to meet the requirement of article 11, which demands that tho exchange take place before March 3L La Soufriere in Eruption. KINGSTOWN. St. Vincent. The eruption of I-a Soufriere, which began Sunday, continues and increased in activity during the night until it be came most violent at 7 o'clock Monday morning. At 8:30 its violence was un abated and the spectacle was awe inspiring. The crater is belching forth dense black clouds, which rise heaven ward, accompanied by loud roaring and flashes which rend the spreading Took Him at His Word. King l-M ward has been reslrlctoi by his physicians to live cigars a day. He has Ix-eu an inveN-raie smoker almost since his boyhood. Home thir ty years ago he was dining with the late at Derby, who regarded the use of tobacco as a vulgar and unpleasant habit. After dinner tho prlnco nug gested a cigar, whereupon his lord ship dryly expressed regret that hln house did not contain a smoking room, adding that he could only suggest the stables as a suitable place for burn ing tobacco. Much to his surprise, he prince adjourned lo the region in dicated and enjoyed his postprandial cigar. PUTNAM KADEMSHS DYES color Silk, Wool and Cotton at one boiling. Unostentatious Japanese Court. There is no barbaric splendor about the court of Japan nor does tho em peror insist on fantastic forms of homage. He Is Just a plain Individ ual. His guests he receive standing, and he enters freely into conversa tion with all. There Is scarcely a subject that does not Interest him or one in which he is not wHl Informed. A delight ful host, it Is his custom to surround himself with clever men men who are shining lights of their professions. Engineers, artists, mu sicians, writers, soldiers, scientists every class of persons who have' won distinction are welcome at the royal table, for it is one of the characteris tics of tho mikado that in the distri bution of his favors he is thoroughly impartial. Mother Gray 'a Sweat I'owden for CMtfra. HucceKtifully used by Mother Oray, nun in tb Children's Home in New York, nnr Constipation, Keveribbnosa, Hod Btomacb, Teething Disorder, move and regulate the Bowels and Iestroy TVorma. Over 30,000 tex timoniala. At all druggbta, 25c. Bam pie FREE. AddresaA. B. Oluiated, Lelloy, W. Y. . How Herbert Spencer Dictates. When Herbert Hpencer began the composition of "First Principles." in I860, he adopted the practice of dic tating to an amanuensis. H was spending the summer by the shore of a Scottish loch. His habit was to dic tate for a quarter of an hour, then row for an equal period, with the ob ject of stimulating th circulation of the blood as to carry him through an other fifteen minutes' dictation, ami so on through the forenoon. Neither then nor afterward has he worked In the afternoon. Ten years later, at times when his health fell to a low ebb, ho would go to a racquet, court in the north of London, play with tho man in charge and dictate In the in- tervals of the game. all primarlps the election board shall have I other person, save a senator, could here- fe.' of rovir.tv court cflicers. S. V iir authoritv to compel the voter to swear after appear before the committee. l.y Sh.-l lori of fas.-, provi.liptr for opcnlnjr. whether he has generally supported the maintaining an I .icatinn county roads; ; tii-k-t f th party ho, lire: the primary cmerir.-ncv cl.uis. . V. 117. for a joint ' at the preceding election. The bill passed. reot:t io:i memoriallzirs- conKros to ap- I prove the Iietri, h land leasing Mil. Sen- The following Lills w-re passed In the at.- am. r.-lm.-nts to the salaries r.pproprl- j senate on the ISth: S. F yl. providing ntior.N bill w.-re considered. F. 217 pro- , for placing constitutional amoniments at p.. -inn the rep. al of the old territorial law j the head of the ticket. II. I. ir.2. provid provi J::i that the deputy tr. asi rcr shnll , Ing that the Lincoln school board shall rc i.- re. .salary "frc-m the territory." j censi.-t of live members. The senate went T.oroi offered an amendment to the sal- j into committee of the whole with Dav aries hill tixi:. th deputy's salary at j of Nil. kolts in the chair, with TI. K. 2.T6. S1.V-0. the amount previous legislatures I the Gilbert primary election bill, a spe- h.ive been appropriating. The amendment was carried. Amendments by t'ropsey of JefTerson were adopted raising the secre tary or the state banking board, from $I..VW t J2.i.' a year and his chief clerk from' It. to $1,310. Wilson of Pawnee, chairman of the finance, ways an. means ocmmlttee. offered an amendment appro priating an annual salary of $.) f,r the secretary of the fish commission, not now provided for. The amendment carried. The amer.-lment offered some days ago adding an assistant librarian or the su preme court at $! a year and a deputy at $1). a deputy clerk at $1.!0) an.) three assistant clerks at $il each were adopted. Likewise the amendment to raise the sal ary of the pteward of the Lincoln hos pital for Insane from $l.?n to 51. "0 a year carried. The house on the 20th. in committee of the whole resumed consideration of II. R. Z7t. th-- salaries appropriation bill. Jt adopted an amendment reducing the salary of the superintendent of the Olirls' Industrial home of Geneva from Sl.ViO to 'ur r..r;. i $1 The committee on public lands and I feM of ""flrulation: - - l it buildings recommended n matron for this cial order. The committee recommended it for passage. Standing committees re ported as follows: S. K. 33. mechanics' lien law; Indefinitely postponed. S. P. 2'. providing for the qualification of teachers: indefinitely postponed. S. F. 32. providing that before school levy is voted boards must make an itemized es timate of expenses; general file. S. F. Zir'.. providing that when a conviction is secured against a licensed seller of liquor one-fourth of the money shall be paid to the complaining witneses; indefinitely postponed. S. F. 213. providing for regis tration books and a form of registration, was passed. The senate went into com mittee of the whole and made the fol lowing disposition of bills: II. R. 132. provding that the school board of Lin coln shall be composed of five members; recommended for third reading and later p.-.ssed. H. R. lo2. providing the Ne braska experimental station fund be turn ed into the university fund; recommend ed for third reading and later passed. H. If. 202. providing for purchase of books for library of State Normal school out of recommended for thiri reading and passed. S. F. 134, pro- THE REVEXUB BILL. LINCOLN. The revenue bill which passed the house Friday and was read for the first time in the senate Friday night, passed the second reading in the upper branch of the legislature Saturday morning. At this session the Ramsey el evator bill, compelling railroads to grant full terminal and transfer facilities to farmers' elevators, and imposing upon the farmers the requirement of construct ing their elevators at a cost not less there are many owners of good land in the northeastern corner that want to go to other states. Within a fort night eighty-one cars of emigrants pased through Sioux City in a single day, and many of these came from Nebraska. Six cars loaded with coal attached to a Union Pacific freight en route from Manhattan, Kan. to Eeatrice, jumped the track at Taylor's siding, a few miles south of Blue Springs and Think It Is a Mere Feint. LONDON The morning papers hardly discuss President Castro's res- pall of smoke which now envelops the ignation, probably because they re- entire island in darkness. Electrical gard it as a mere feint. This is the discharges occurred at intervals during view expressed by one or two papers the night, while stupendous volcanic Which Comment on it. The Daily clouds nrndnred eveoedine-lv boautifii! Chronicle gives as its opinion that effects. the apparent unwillinsmess of rut- powers to submit the question of pref erential treatment to The Hague ar bitration tribunal induced President Castro to endeavor to show the world trat Venezuela is behind him. Will Remove Havana Wrecks. HAVANA. The secretary of the treasury has received a proposition to remove the wreck of the battleship Maine. It came from an American, whose name the secretary declines to disclose. The proposition does not call for payment either way. Pending its acceptance it has been decided to Politics Cuts a Figure. WASHINGTON In connection with the appointment of Mr. Person as post master at Wilson. N. C, the postoffice department has issuec the following statement: "After a careful investiga tion the department came to the con clusion that Senator Pritchard was right in the statement that Mr. Vick had not supported the republican tick et, and consequently had forfeited his claim to party recognition." than $2,000, was also read for the second were badly damaged. The track was A ... ... , torn up for fifty yards Oonosition to the revenue bill anhaited I J J when the fight in the house was ended. The Platte Valley Telephone com- That measure will glide swiftly throueh I pany was organized at a meeting held the senate, passing that body about at the Anderson school house south- Thursday, so that before the end of an other week it is more than likely to have become a law. No formidable obstruc- t.on will be placed in Its way in the sen ate. Governor Mickey will affix his offi cial signature to the bill without hesi tancy. He has commtited himself in favor of this measure. Of it he said: east of Buda. This company will start with about twenty-five subscrib ers and will cover a territory of about ten miles. The Burlington surveyors, working on the northern section of the link "I am glad to see this bill passed. I from Ashland, Neb., to Sioux Citv. ar- belleve It will afford us relief that we so ,n Homer. That the surveyors much need. W e ought, and I believe will. derive through it a total assessment of are working for the Burlington is in- $.0,000,000. This state is in a bad condi- dicated by the fact that they were tion with this debt of over $2,000,000 hang- paid with Burlington checks. mg over it ana we cannot nope ror the I nciA, r . greatest substantial progress unless we I """"-""" u ,uc efface that debt." Independent telephone lines of York county into the York County Independ- I think I prefer a knave to a fool ; ent Telenhnne romnanv mat-oi. -nt. he is apt to be more interesting. I -1. vuuiyauj uuc jl I lie; mi gf&l. ctUU DU JQg' When it comes to helping the poor,! ets competitors of the Nebraska 7"ele- actions speak louder Uian words. I phone company. Fourteen Natives Killed. PORT OF SPAIN, Island of Trinidad include the Maine in advertisements Fourteen natives were killed and for for bids for the removal of various were wounded during Tuesday's ri- wrecks. Forty Welts for Laziness. NASHVILLE, Ind. Twelve -white caps took Henry Mathis from hi3 cab In Thursday night, tied him to a fence post and beat him unmercifully. After the whipping he was warned to keep quiet or the mob would return and whip him again. Half an hour later his wife found him. cut the ropes and took him home. The white caps told their victim that they whipped him because he was too lazy to work. Mathis has forty-eight ugly welts on his back. Widow Finds New Field Play. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -The arrrival in this city of Eugene Field, Jr., and Frederick Comstock Field, sons of the poet, has caused the an nouncement that a comic opera from the pen of Eugene Field will be giv en in New York next fall. The pro duction of the "Buccaneers; or, the Begum of Piura." in three acts, has been arranged for and the music is be ing written by a well known com poser of light operas. oting. Quiet has been restored. Senate Confirms Appointments. WASHINGTON, D.- C The senate has confirmed the nomination of the members of the court of private land claims, who were renominated yes terday, and also the following nomina tions: Assistant Treasurer of the United States at New York, Hamilton Fish, New York; quartermaster gen eral, with rank of brigadier general, for a period of four years, Colonel Charles F. Humphrey. To tbe housewife who has not yet fcowme acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who Is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it Is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because each 10c packae eon- tains 16 ozs., while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It Is safe to sav that the lady who once uses Defiance Btarch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. The Champion Milch Cow. Utica, N. Y., has recently won dis tinction through a Holstein Friesian cow, Sadie by name which.or perhaps such a cow as Sadie ought to be re ferred to as "who" is a resident of that place. Sadie has broken the world's thirty-day record for milk giv ing and butter producing. In the thir ty days during which Sadie was put to tbe test she produced a fraction over 2,754 pounds of milk, from which was extracted 123 pounds. 8 ounces of butter. In other words, the milk that Sadie gave during the thirty days' contest would have been sufficient to drown her had It been tanked and she thrown in, while her month's sup ply of butter, if packed In the ordinary bricks, would have served to make around her a wall so high that she could hardly have jumped over it A mn never forgives a woman for being more clever than he things him- I think I prefer a knave to a fool he is apt to be more interesting. ' A rigid lower jaw is often more effective than a stiff upper lip. The best some people can do is to express second-band opinions. Judge a woman by her questions and a man by his answers. Very few people can bo delightfully Improper successfully. The laughter of some women seems punctured with tears. s Sent to Seek a Rare Beast. NEW YORK. To seek in Alaskan wilds the blue, or glacier bear, an animal so rare that, so far as is known, only one has been killed, and none captured, two English sports men, Captain Charles Eustace Rad ciffe, a retired officer of the Life Guards, and Richard Fitzgerald Glynn of the First Royal dragoons, who have been commissioned to get a spec- j imen of this animal, have arrived here. The man who is his own best friend has few others. Flattery Is seldom suspected bv the eager recipient. ' w 'I811. heart SOU6lImps means a light head. Sarcasm has many admirers but no friends. Platonic love Is the dried beef of sentiment o e ,dow'B curse was the original j v