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y r i. 1 1 it! ! NEW NEBRASKA STATUTES 1 Additions to the Laws of the State Made by the Recent Legislature. CONDENSATION Of THE Measures Passed That Have Received the Governor's Sig nature. Other Enactments Thai He Hexs Not as Yet Passed Upon, and Still Others to Which the Veto Power Has Been Applied. i HOUSE BILLS. Tho bill pas-l b tho li(l-d:irur ar 1 1. It. Ti. rv Wlln. n.(r..ri:tlnK $C.. ' tor I l uvrf "t of m'inlT. i.tlio-r- -in. I - ri 1 . ftt of Ih" l.-Ki-Irttui'-. Ap January Ktiiric.-uc y I in- II. It S7. hy liillrt t-haimlntc I li- !. r ilfy . l. f f .riM Hi lim.iha from tin- lli-t "I i -il.iy In A ir 1 1 t.i i he tir.-i Tii' y in M.iy .....-l .Tji ii try '.'V Kiiick- II Tt. 7. I,y liilli.rt ii i i lni :l iii-lh-! lor tru- ,ii 't i r'it. 'ti i il ,i muni i.il w.ilcr ll:iiil lv llf ill v l iii: In-. f- I 1 1 r I r i yr III- in-'ivur .if. I ruinn'il In c.irry tin tn.th... Int.. .-ft.it. ;n.. ir-;ilttnr . mum. l.il w.it.-r l..iril A .i ..v-. I-Vli-r il try 2 r ue r. im'v 1. . 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Kinerem-y j I I use. j II II 111. lij- (!r-Ki. re.llli-illK tile tl Itf II -! r of I lie ritlt.-'i report. of Ilie xl;lte j n H-t ifiti-in.-iit ill. 'I rejjnt 1 1 ln; Ihelr ili I nl.iitio.'i. A iiprox c Mi red . If IC I.v l:iis. to permit the -st:ih- l.';tn-nt of county cctn.-tet i In comi I Mixlcr tow nship oi n;i i'iz;i I ion. Ap- t-rovcl Mir.h T. Kiii-re.-iic il;ni.e. II. IC. i. hy Thompson. provi.1ii' that I i - I le:tss. to lie liinillni: for mote than re e;ir. must Ii. in writiiK Approvi-il M ir. li 7 kxtkxmm; law cdi usi:. If It V I'V l.-rrv. exti-n linn to three V'-.irs f 1 1 l;iw cour r.-oi'iiel to l.e .ini- Ud in tin.- stale ttnivi rsit v l uuaiify r a im; -ion lo t ti.- bar. a...! r.-,,uirinK I.uIht oualilh-atioii for a.litiissioii un- ! t examiil.itiou. Aproxed March 11. IC K. Iv by lyoi'alas. to provide an ftieial seal for county treasurers. Ap proved March II. II. ft. 1H. by llr.si;. to require county f.oieri:itenderits t,. notify school district .fliers by tin- fir: I Monday in .Ttilv of tl-eir duty in submitting reports. Ap l.iove.l M.ircli 11 II IC M. by Iinimla. ntn.-ndincr the w pr.-siTibiruf penalti-s for carrying ronceal.-d weapons to prevent a sentence of boifi fitie and imprisonment on con xi.ti.ir of the second ...flense. Approv.-d Mi-.h 17 If IC 7;. bv IVrrv. to permit the sii?n i M5 of aru . al bonds ir iuslice court on si finite i.-r.-. and not to r-tiiire the pr.-s-n. f sureties in c.virt when they m-' tt'- he'tds. Atiptoved March 17. I? IC. I.v lonl.is. providing: t"1' , vi ! a-.'"'. il ;s taken rvom i-ounty or ;ii-:nv .... rt the a ppclt.i n t tnu.-t scrx'e c. i i.-e on the a ppelb in writing, cith.r i" p. - ,,r by I eui-t.-r.-.l mail. Ap proved M ir. 'i 2' V ' 1"..'. b. Ilri'l!. I-din t':P IMim- b. ,,; rii.-ml" 's f t Lit -coin boa:d of . . i . ; i . . 1 1 t. live. Approved match I .in. r i - -1 1 . - - .1.1 i II IC L'-'J. by i;....l. a p-.ropria t in -'.Il .!cfi i.-nci. s out of the Peri: n.'imal -.cl-ool iir.i a ppi opria t ti:x all ma t ri. iihi -ti..i- f. cs ti.ii I prior to March :'.!. I'."'.".. f .- the purchase of Um.Rs for the library. Approved March -. Kmerneticy cbnise. II IC 1'.-. by ICouse. appropriiititii? yt ;;,..ni lw loncin? to the state university agricultural experiment stJition fund, the "Morrill fund'' and the university cash fii'nl for the ue and l-netlt of th- state t: idv -i sit y. Approxttl March l!m-rt;-i-i.ry l.ius. . S I LHL'f CT PltlXTINi: LAW. II IC. '';. by tiilliert. I!i.' nma'na party T-rtmiry law. which is to prexent fraud n primaries and to prevent persons from '..tiiiii therein xvho do not affiliate ha !:.: .illy with the partv. Appiov.-d March Knii-rui'tn-y clause. If. IC !'o. by W.bori;. a joint resolution tt rr.orialiiiiifr -on;ress to submit a con .:ituti.n arm rainier! to provi-le for the election of I'rite.l Ptiites sen;. tors by a tliteft vote ul' the k-o.-. Approve.l March 1". H. IC by Ilantiii. aprropri.it ins $12.- ' for t!ie location of five junior normal schools in Western N braka under the lircclion of the state suiierir.tenlcnt. Approve.! March 2il. Kmersency clause. H. n. '.ot. by Rius. the South Omaha school bill, heretofore explairoil. which place memlcrs of the loard on a sal ary of per month and ri-.ptires them lo uive bonil. and reduces the number to five. Approv ed "March 27. Kmerjj-:icy l-nise. If. !C. X'". by Xflsor. the Omaha char-t'.-r bHI. ameti.li'is the pres.-nt cliiirtcr. Approve! April 2 l-:n-cri;.-tH'y elaurc. H. it. 27. by Tiomis. to cure icrtain p i:pr defects in the charters of cities f fr. m S.oilrt to 20.oi population. Ap-Ti.-oved M"-"h 31. Kmerjie-ncy Iaue. II. 71. 3 .". by 'etwrs;. fo icrmit thr" ;i in atiun of territory by cities situated f:. two or more ci;nties. Approved Aoril 2. TI. IC. l"f. ty tJretrir. limit inn to a fixed .'. rre-ti'it the salaries of county suiK-rin-ter:. tits in cour.ti. s that are sparsely s.-ttled. Approved April II. FC. I'V X'elson of Pierce, apprn- priatir c JHjO.iioo for rebuilding and repalr of the Insane a'ylt'm at Norfolk. Approved April X Kmcrgency clause. TT. R- TO. by Kamse-. requiring: rail-r-aJ to furnish sites and necessary fa cilities for the shipping of grain lo all elevators costing H.UX or more. It. It. 102. by tropsey. appropriating tWO.' out of the tate university funds fr the construction of new buildings o' the state farm near Lincoln. Ap proved April 5. Emergency clause. H. R- I. Davis, reducing the rate of Interest on county money on deposit t9 Z per cent; p-rmittirg- the county treasurer to deposit such moneys outside the county, if necessary, and to permit the slate treasurer to deposit motif-y in eposltory banks at 2 per cent. Ap proved April 3. Kmtrgency clause. II. IC. 3M. by the fpeial revenue rom rr ittee. The general revenue bill, which 1. .-ornes effective September 1. and ti.e provisions of vUich have heretofore WORK Of BOTH HOUSES f II. It. i!. hv 'irrell. rnaklnx It th duty of r"Ml oveiHeen. ilurlriK April nrnl ) loher. o ieii rill ilitchen tte esrtary to prevent w-iiter from entering upun pub lic rou.ls. Afipto.e.l April 6. II. IC. !.. I.y t'hristy. tilxnic tin? annual ineeiiioc of I he j-t.ii.- tioi lli-ultural cieiy for Ilie ihlnl Tiietnlay In January, annually, at Lincoln. Approve.! April . II. IC. I7. I.y Joi.es of Oloe. lo pro l.le lor the appointment of a matron of the - tale p-t:i ent in t y . Approved April b. II. IC. in. Iy (lie r-omniit tee on laim. repe:ilinK the la w provi.iinx for I he p;ty meni t1 a l.oimly of $1 each for the -"alp, of w !ves. wil l -als utid rnynl' s. Approved April 7. Kineriteiu-y flause. II. IC. 4'7. Iy Warrior, appropria tinit XX, i. m for the iM-nelit arid relief of the people sufferiim fiorn famine in Northern Hwe ien. Approved April 7. Kmergnu'V la use. II. JC. 'Z9J. Iy Knox, to authorize and reipiire cities, lolltitie. pri-clliet-4. town ships, towns, citie. villages and school district to compromise their (ndehted ness and lsii.-s hotxl lit payment thereof, when una Me lo pity in full, after makliiK a satisfactory arrangement with f-redilors. Approved April 7. KmerKeiu-y clause. II. IC. )!. Iiy .Mcfl.y. appropriating $Til or the relief of lieneral V'i-tor V!fiiaiii for salary due as jid jutanl tetieral durinff the Hoy Intel reKtiutn. Approved April It. It. 41-1. Iiy ICoiise. to appropriate 1! out of the penitentiary fund to le de voted to the construction of the addition lo the stale penitentiary. Approved April 7. II. It. l-'J. hy TJoiopson. to peimlt comity l ommNsioners. in cases of emerg ency, to t'opst met lirides costing less than $:;." without advertising for the let ting of conttai-ls. Aproved April 7. II. IC. Iy Warner, to make the county surveyor ex-oft'n-lo county en Sltteer in I-mcaster and IJoujtlas t-uun-ties. Approved April S. H. It. :t!l. I.y K.-nne.ly. to permit the parkinif of streets In cities of the sec ond class and in vill.mes. Approved April H. TC. "?.. Iiy Perry, to permit county hoards to tran.-fer futids in county sink inr fund not levied for the payment of l.on.ls. tu the general fund, and empow ering Hie hoard to pro-rate unexpended balances of funds collected ill precincts for the payment of bonds to the several .listri. ts of the precinc t accord- imr to jiopuljlfoii. Approved April 8. II. It. 2"7. by Met May. to permit county commissioners to install matrons in coun ty jails at their disrel ion. II. IC. by Sears, appropriating $81 for the payment of the premium on the official bond of Lieutenant t.overnor Mc Ijilton. Approved April 8. If. IC. 24. by Jones of Richardson, mak ing the town IrPHSiirer a member of the town boa id and removing the assessor therefrom. Approved April S. II. It. by Koetter. to permit the Om aha school board to extend sums under I'.0k without reiUtrinK a written con tract, pormer limit was S2ift. Approved Apr!! 8. II. It. HI. by ICobbins. appropriating $'5. iX for the payment of the cost of the otficial bond of ex-Treasurer Rtuefcr. and J2.at for lb" p.iyiiient of the cost of the '.jond .if Treasurer 'Mortens.-n. Approved April s. II. IC. 11'?. by Warner, to provide for iiidicimenr and summons against corpora tions in criminal action.-. Approved April s. II. IC. 17. by McAllister, to permit the transfer and sa!e of marks and brands. Approved April S. II. IC. W. by Mii.'lay. to provide for a bo:ird of exiiminiut; plumbers in the city of Lincoln, and for the licensing and reg ulation of plumbers in Lincoln. Approved April S. II. IC. 21". by McfMay. to permit the city of Lincoln to levy not to exceed SJ'I'.ami annually for the purchase of a city hall and grounds. Approved April S. If. II. 1--.7. by Perry, to authorize county hoaids lo audit fees for justices of the peace, constables and sheriffs. Approved April . II. IC. by Jouveriat. to provide for the printing of tin nmiual report of the state bank in:; board. Approved April f. II. IC. 7. by .lahnel providing that in condemnation proceedings for right of way the land !hall not In- occupied until the appraised value litis been paid. Ap prove.l April S. II. IC. 2:i. ly Ronse. appropriating $T.. co for u Nebraska exhibit at the Louisi ana Purchase exposition, and for the appointment. Iiy the governor, of three commissioners. Approved April S. II. IC. 222. by Ten Kyck. to bring poultry under the protection f the cruelty to animals sections of the criminal code. Approved April V II. R. 24-. by Jouvenit. amending the state banking laws by fixing a minimum capital stock for the state banks at So.'"! to according to the population of the cities In which they are located: in rcising the salary of the secretary of the board to S2.'1. and placing state bank examiners on a salary of Sl.n and ex per.scs. Approved April 8. II. IC. by- Shelby, to vest In the bond of. life and police commissioners in South Om.ih'i the power to issue liquor licens's. Approve! April S. Kmergenoy c lar.se. If. R. by Spuriork. to give the mayor and city council of cities of from i.'.O" to 23 .'"'V population the power to extend and decrease the city limits, the tiecrease to he when five-acre tracts or less, which have been platted, are used exclusively for agricultural or horticul tural purposes. Approved April S. II. R. 21.1. by Nelson, to legalize oaths and acknowledgements heretofore taken before or administered by commissioners of dce.s. Approved April 8. II. R. 338. by Sears, to provide for the appointment by the governor of three citizens, at a salary of $10 a day. to act with a like body appointed by the gov ernor of South Dakota as Nebraska-South Daokta boundary commission. Approved April 8. II. R. . by Roberts, to create the department of architecture of the state of Nebraska, to be under the control of the board of public lands and buildings, the governor to be the chief of the de partment, and to appoint a deputy state architect at a salary not exceeding $2,000. Approved April S. IT. R. 42S. by Sears, to authorize pipe lines to exercise the power of eminent domain in the piping and conveying of petroleum and like oils. Approved Aprll-S. j If. R. 1, Warner, appropriating $50,000 for the establishment of a new nonnal school went of a po,t five miles east of the ninety-eighth nvridlan, to be located by the nt.il e normal board In aome city donating above $10,ihju In money or prop erly. Approved April K Kmergency clause. II. It. 2. by flood, appropriating $l"..V0 for tht building of a new chapel at the stats normal nchuol at Peru. Approved April 8. II. It. 177. by Merdith. appropriating $13. from the temporary university fund for the establishment of an agricultural experiment station In Western Nebraska, to be under the direction of the board of regents. Approved April 8. II. It. 473, by Iougals, to provide that In counties having less than 2.0O popu lation the county attorney shall lie ap IMtlnted jy the county board, un.l be al lowed an annual salary not exceeding $:'-. Approved April S. II. K. 437, by the special revenue com mittee, to increase the maximum state levy from S mills to 7 mills for the pur poses of this year's assessment. Approved Apiil X. Kmeigency clause. II. It. by McAllister, defining the power and duties of under assistants of Irrigation districts, and providing a pen alty for interfering with headgate or tak ing water from natural stream. Approved April S. II. IC. .':.'. by Kennedy, lo define and punish the crime of abandonment of wif and child. Approved April S. II. It. 23!. by Jones of Oloe. to reijulre the attendance of blind, deaf and dumb children at the state institutions, provid ing for their education, unless they are lielng otherwise educated. Approved April H. Kmergein-y clause. II. R. 3S3. by Oregg. to prohibit and punish the sale or giving of tobacco or cigarettes to minors under 18 years of age. Approved April 8. II. It. 2S. by Deles-Pernler. to legalize and muke valid foreclosures of tax Ileus not based on tax certlUcates. and to leg alize sheriff's deeds, thus prematurely Is sued. Approved April 8. Kmergency clause. II. R. SS. by Shelly, to prohibit and punish desecration of the American flag by printing of devices of any kind upon it. or using it for advertising purposes. Approved April 8. II. R. Vll. by Kerrar. permitting library boards to control their own funds and Issue orders for the payment of claims thereon. Approved April 8. II. IC. 48. by Mcf'liiy, to authorize the board of public lands and buildings to ting on the state capitol grounds. Ap petltion for the repaying of streets abut proved April 8. II. R. by Sears, to authorize the governor to appoint three men at a poi' Mem of $10 to serve with a like number appointed by the governor of Iowa as a Nebraska-Iowa boundary commission. Approved April 8. II. R. 103. by Iomis. to prohibit trap shooting of live birds. Approved April S. II. R. 30J. by Ribble. appropriating $13. 0 for the payment of rewards for the discovery of gas or crude oil, and $4.0"0 for the discovery of iron or coal. Ap proved April 8. II. R. 22. hy Ribble. to prohibit and punish the counterfeiting of railroad tickets. Approved April 8. H. R. 311. by McAllister, to make pos sible the abandonment and disorganiza tion of irrigation districts. Approved April 8. II. R. 03;?. by Barton, to make assault with intent to do great bodily injury a felony punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for from one to five years. Approved April 8. Kmergency clause. SENATE BILLS. S. F. No. 10. by Senator Marshall, legal izing the issuance of bonds for the main tenance of a heating and lighting plant by the village of Syracuse. Approved January HO. Kmergency clause. S. K. No. 03. by Senator Fries, provid ing normal schools to issue teachers" cr rtilicates. must employ five or more teachers, and have an investment of $30. (. Approved February 2. Kmergency clause. S. F. No. 3. by Senator Sheldon, pro viding county boards shall establish h tirds of health, make and enforce quar antine rules, and shall have jurisdiction outside of towns and cities to prevent the spread of contagious disuses. Approved February 2. Kmergency clause. S. F. No. CI. by Senator Sheldon, me moralizing congress to establish the true military status of the First Nebraska militia. Approx'r-J February 27. S. F. No. 147. by Senator Sheldon, pro viding county boards shall keep roads open leading from bridges across sti earns dividing two counties, to the most convenient public road. Approved March 23. Kmergency clause. S. F. No. 117. requesting congress to oppose Senator Oietrlchs land-leasing I ill. Approved March 26. S. F. No. .TOT. by Senator Warner, fix ing fees to be charg d by the commis sioners of public lands and buildings for copying instruments, certificate and seal, forfeiture of lease and contract, etc. Ap proved March 2. Kmergency clause. S. F. No. 63. by Senator Brown, making it the duty of land owners to exterminate prairie dogs infecting their premises, and in case they fail to destroy them, mak ing it the duty of the road overseer to do so. and allowing that official $:: per day for so doing, the expense to be paid by the land owner. Approved April 1. S. F. No. 143. by Senator Norris. pro viding a drainage district may be formed by a majority of interest of the resident owners in any contiguous body of swamp land for the purpose of draining and re clamation of swamp, overflowed or sub merged lands. Approved April 2. S. F. No. 51. by Senator Way. providing all persons engaged in generating and transmitting electric currents are granted right of way for poles and wires along public highways, and "making such per sons liable for damages which may re sult to private property, and fixing a pen alty for interference with poles and wires. Approved April 2. Kmergency clause. S. F. No. 03. by Senator Brown, giving Nebraska insurance companies the right to do business outside of the state. Ap proved April 7. S. F. No. 217. by Senator Anderson, fix ing the deputy state treasurer's bond at $10.o00. and providing he may perform all the treasurer's duties which he may be authorized by the treasurer to perform in his absence, and providing the treas urer shall be responsible for all his dep uty's acts in the discharge of bis duties. Approved April 7. S. F. No. 218, by Senator Anderson, providing for the appointment of hi3 pri vate secretary by the governor. Approv ed April 7. IT. R. 422. by Thompson, authorizing county boards to make repairs and let contracts for making repairs to bridges, in cases of emergency, without advertis ing for bids for such repairs do not ex ceed the sum of $300. Approved April 7. S. F. 3. by Senator Sheldon, fixing the fees to be paid by applicants for certifi cates to practice medicine, fee for reg istration $33. of which $3 goes to the state board of health to be used as a fund for the prevention of illegal prac titioners, and the remaining $3) to be equally divided, as fees, between the four members of the board: also pro viding applicants shall lie examined by the member os the board of the same school to which the applicant belongs. Approved April 3. S. V. 31. by Senator Pemberton, for the purchase by the state of Sao copies of th compiled statutes, to be prepared by J. K. Oobliey. at a total cost of $1,300. This bill was vetoed by the governor, but passed over his veto. Kmergency clause. R. F. 8. by Senator Marshall, provid ing that couuty commissioners shall be nominated by districts and elected at large. Approved April 7. Kmergency clause. S. F. 25. by Senator Marshall, provid ing cities of the first and second class rr.ay issue bonds, tearing not to exceed 6 per cent interest, for establishing and maintaining heating and lighting sys tems. Hint providing for the disposition of monies collected for the use .f such systems. Approved April 7. Kmergency clause. 8. F. 9x, by Senator Saunders, to pre vent the docking of horses' tails, and fix ing a penalty of imprisonment in the county Jail for not exceeding one year, or a fii- of not less then $IiK. or more than $.!iHI. for violation. Approved April 7. S. F. 120. by Senator Jennings, requir ing lessees of school lands to pay de linquencies and costs of forfeiture for lease at public auction. Approved April 7. S. F. ISh, by Senator Sheldon, provid ing road tax In counties not under town ship organization to be paid one-half hi cash and one-half in labor, and fixing the rate which shall lie allowed for labor. Approved April 7. Kmergency clause. S. F. 123. by Senator Harrison, defining the form of registration books which shall be used in metropolitan cities and cities of the first class having more than 23.004 inhabitants. Approved April 7. S. F. 237. by Senator Sheldon, providing a county commissioner shall be appointed to examine into the expediency of a pro posed road leading to a wagon bridge, whenever such bridge has been erected across a stream which forms a dividing line between two counties. Approved! April 7. Kmergency clause. S. F. 11. by Senator Hall of Douglas, providing that there shall be nine su preme court commissioners for the first year and three for the second year, and one stenographer for each commissioner. Approved April 8. Kmergency clause. S. F. 143. by Senator O'Neill, providing for the appointment of a state surveyor and draughtsman, by the board of pub lic lands and buildings. Approved April 8. S. F. 12S. by Senator Warner, prox'ldlng no pet son who holds a public office shall be permitted to practice law in the courts r.f the county in which he holds such otlice. Approved April 8. S. F. 103, by Senator Howell, making t the duty of all insurance companies in orporated under the laws of this state to file a semi-annual report with the state auditor, such statement to tie published in some newspaper in the city of Lincoln. Approved April S. S. F. 61. hy Senator Saunders, providing insurance companies shall pay the fol lowing fees: For filing and examination of first application. $30; filing statement. $20: certificates issued to foreign com panies or their agents, each $2: ag nt'S certificates, homo companies. r0 cents. Approved April S. Emergency clause. S. F. 222. by Senator Harrison, placing gox-ernment of tontine and home co-operative companies under control of state banking board. Approved April 8. S. F. 53. by Senator Giffin. providing cities and villages of less than 5.000 may vote bonds of waterworks, also providing for the appointment of a water com missioner at a salary of $400. Approved April 8. Emergency clause. S. F. 130. by Senator Way. permitting irrigation companies to use natural streams and providing how damages shall be assessed in cases of condemnation by such companies. Approved April 8. Kmergency clause. S. F. fi. by Senator O'Neill, providing for the appointment, by the auditor of public accounts, of an insurance dep'tty. and fixing his bond at $10,000. Approved April Emergency clause. IIOFSK ROLLS VETOKD. If. R. 46. by Freidrich. requiring no tice to be given if attempt is to be made at annual school meeting to raise taxes for buihling u new school or for removing it to a new site. H. R. 323. appropriating $2,000 to reim burse the general school fund for deed ing to Russell 1. Ioomis of Red Wil low county school land mistakenly pre empted by him. H. R. 37, by McClay. amending the law relating to the management of Wyuka cemetery at Lincoln, by making possible encroachments upon the plot laid aside for a soldiers" and sailors' burial ground. SENATE FILES VETOED. S. F. 29. by Senator Warner, providing for the payment of fees to the commis sioner of public lands and buildings. This bill was vetoed because it was uncon stitutional in form. S. F. 304 was sub stituted for it and passed. S. F. 31. by Senator Pemberton. pro viding for the purchase of 500 sets of the compiled statutes at $0 per set, to be compiled by J. E. Cobbey, vetoed and passed by both houses notwithstanding the veto. S. F. 114, by Senator Hall of Douglas, submitting to the people a proposition to call a constitutional convention. If the Burlington carries out its present plan of building a cut-off from its main line at Ashland, Neb., north ward to connect with the Great North ern at Sioux City, there will be pre cipitated a big western railroad build ing war so it is figured by eastern railroad men. Rev. Dr. I. K. Funk of the firm oi Funk & Wagnalls, one of the leading religious publication houses of the country, admitted in New York that he had received what he believed to be a genuine message from the spirit of Henry Ward Beecher, in life his warm friend. A man and eight boys looted a house on East Fifty-third street. New York, Thursday. They carried off 5,000 worth of bric-abrac, silverware and jewelry. Seven of the boys have been arrested. One of them, 8 years old, confessed and told the names of the others. A New Mechanical Toy. A new form of Noah's ark is one of the latest mechanical toys. The ani mals are attached to arms on a rotat ing shaft; a turn of the crank seta the shaft spinning, and the child looks through the doorway to catch a glimpse of the animals, which It can not see properly until the shaft stops. Only one animal can be seen at a time at each stoppage, and the chances against the same animal stopping opposite the doorway twice in any given time are very small. Thus the child is always wondering how many animals are in the box. Labor is the corner stone of faith. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. A new bank has Just commenced basinet's at Milford. Hurwell rclains all of its old teach ers for another year. The Catholic church, to be erected In McCook will cost $6.U0. Seeding in Colfax county has been greatly delayed by wet ground. Nettie, the eleven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.dward Armstrong of Beatrice, ivas so badly burned that she died a few hours later. The ca tastrophe occurred from a bonfire around which a ndmber of children were playing. The large slaughter house and Tack Ing establishment of B. M. Heflelnii ger, about two miles north of Beat rice, was burned to the ground. The origin of the fire is unknown, but some think it is of an incendiary character. The loss will amount tu $1,000, with $300 insurance. Rev. If. M. (Miner, commonly known as Father Giltner, who has un doubtedly shared in the joys and sor rows of more Hamilton county citi zens than any other person, died last week. He had lived in Nebraska since 1855, and for nine years was a preach er at Nebraska City. Congressman Burkett has accepted an invitation to deliver the commence ment address for the high school: at Silver City, la, on May . Stiver City is Mr. Burkett's boyhood home. He has also accepted an invitation to address the high school graduating class at Fremont, Neb., on June 12. The following is the mortgage rec ord of Saunders county for the month of March: Faros mortgages filed, 78: amount, 116.1.392; released, 81; amount. $S9.4C4.82; city mortgages filed, 25; amount, $8,439.62; released. 17; amount, $7,848; chattel mortgages filed. 83; amount, $t8,740.92; released, 31; amount, $8,726.50. G. A. Salveickin, aged 61 years, once a prominent farmer living near Rose Hill church, about eight miles from Blair, died from drinking some horse medicine. He had been on a pro tracted spree and was determined to drink anything that came in his way. He leaves a wife and children, who are respected residents of the commu nity in which they live. A bold and unsuccessful attempt was made by local toughs of DeWitt to rob a contractor named Coombs, who lives in Glenover, a suburb of that city. After recognizing one of the men he made a bold stand by re fusing to give up his money. The young holdups weakened and disap peared in the darkness. No arrests have been made. Governor Mickey has appointed the following delegates to the national good roads convention, which will meet in St. Louis April 27. 28 and 29: Senators M. 1. Fries, Arcadia; J. H. Umstead. Fullerton; P. F. Beghtol, Bennet; John T. Brady, Albion; Jo seph Hall. Tekamah; Representatives C. C. Reed, Vesta; J. M. Cravens, Ar mour; Cass Jones, Rulo; Charles Hun ter, Inavale; C. J. Weborg. Pender; D. A. Stetson, Western; Vri Anderson, Minden. The supreme court has announced the names of the nine supreme court commissioners who are to serve for the ensuing year. All save one are reappointments. The one new mem ber of the commission is R. C. Glan ville of Grand Island, a republican, who succeeds C. S. Lobingier of Om aha. Lobingier was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Judge Day of Omaha, who resigned to become a district judge in the Douglas county district. An accident occurred to J. R. Beam at Nelson which' resulted in his death. He was riding home in a buggy with one of his neighbors and led a horse for him. The horse became frighten ed and broke loose. The man gave Mr. Beam the lines and got out to catch the horse. In watching the man, Mr. Beam dropped one of the lines and then the team started to go. In trying to stop them with the one line, they ran around in a circle and threw him out, fatally injuring him. A delegation of twelve business men representing the Commercial club, the Omaha Real Estate exchange and the Retail Merchants' association of that city went to Lincoln to urge upon Governor Mickey the importance, as they understand it, of his signature to S. F. 87, known as the garnishee bill. The bill, which has passed the house and senate and is up to the governor, provides that the man whose monthly salary is not to exceed $35 is exempt from attachment., but that the man's salary to exceed $35 is subject to gar nishee on provision that not more than 20 per cent of all above $35 shall be taken. The Rock Island depot at Dewitt was robbed in a most mysterious man ner. The station agent left the build ing to go to dinner, leaving a stranger, supposed to be a traveling man, sit ting in the waiting room. When the agent returned he found the stran ger bound to a chair and the safe ri fled of its cash. A team of horses was stolen from a farmer living near DeWitt. It Is thought the theft was made by. the same men who robbed the Rock Is land depot at that place. Chief Game Warden Simpkins re cently sent to the county clerk of Douglas county 100 game licenses, which in some way have been lost between Lincoln and Omaha. It is feared that they have fallen into some one's hands who will issue them, but it is not believed that they can be used without detection. The famous Miles will case, involv ing over $3,000,000, was settled by the supreme court in a decision affirming the decision of the district court of Richardson county. SEIZED JWERTY COLOMBIANS FORCIBLY APPRO PRIATE OUR MULES. RIGHTS OF AMERICAN CIT17EHS Property Taken with Receipts Given for Very Small Proportion . of th Same What Assistant Secretary Hill Has to Say on the Subject. WASHINGTON. D. C, The diplo matic exchanges between, the United States legation at Bogota and the de partment of state in Washington, which will appear In the forthcoming volume of foreign relatio4i of the United States, discloses that numerous complaints were made by American; citizens during the revolution, in Co lombia of the action of the military authorities of that government in ap propriating their mules and other prop erty. Mr. Heaupre, the American charge at Bogota, in the absence of Minister Hart, writing to. the stattj department concerning the rights oi citizens of the United States a to ex propriation of property, cited a case that came under his personal observa tion. An America citizen, who had dined with him, found,, upon going to look after two animals which he had' purchased,, that the saddles and bridles had been taken by a government of ficial, who had left a receipt fixing the value of the articles taken, at 1,000 pesos, where it was estimated the American citizen would be obliged to pay 5.000 to duplicate his lost articles. Speaking of this, Mr. Heaupre said: "There are a dozen Btores in Bogota selling the saddles, and hudreds of saddles are for sale." and then asked. "Whence the urgent, Immediate and .pressing emergency that would justify the- forcible expropriation of the sad dles, etc., from the Americans?" Con tinuing, he observed: "Certainly under the system of arbitrarily fixing the value of such property it is mtich cheaper to get it this way and the-day of payment is indefinitely postponed, but 1 cannot believe it consistent with the guaranties of public treaties nor the laws of nations.. It is altogether probable that in the majority of cases the reasons for expropriation ar no more valid nor just than these in the case just cited. Necessarily, with the financial distress of the govern ment, it is almost impossible to col lect claims, large or small, and the government has announced to many, and to one American at least, whom I know, and who has had a large amount of property seized, that no pay ments would be made until the close of the war." Assistant Secretary Hill, in- a com munication to the United States lega tion at Bogota, said: "The declaration of the minister oi war that all foreigners should be deemed public enemies cannot but be regarded as gratuitously offensive, and this government must remonstrate against such characterization of its citizens, availing themselves of the conventional rights of visit and so journ in Colombia. It should have been made the occasion of instant and vigorous protest." The attitude of this government to ward the seizure by Colombia of prop erty of Americans for military purposes is shown by the following instructions sent by Dr. Hill, as acting secretary of state, to the American legation at Bogota : "You will notify the Co,ombian gov ernment that ihis government will hold it responsible for any proven cares of seizure of American property for mil itary purposes without due compensa tion." PASS PRIMARY ELECTION LAW. Provides for Direct Vote on All Nom inations. LANSING, Mich. By a vote of 79 to 130 the lower house of the Michigan legislature passed the Colby-Stone-Powell primary election bill providing for a direct vote on all nominations, including state officials. An interesting incident of the de bate occurred when Representative Wade of Allegan, in declaring that Congressman William Alden Smith, fa vors the passage of the Colby bill, an nounced that Smith is a candidate for United States senator. The announce ment was heartily applauded. Laying Cable to Manila. LONDON The cable steamers An glaim and Colonia sailed Wednesday to lay the remaining sections of the commercial Pacific cable from San Francisco to Manila. It is expected that the cable from Honolulu to Manila by way of Midway island and the island of Guam, will be completed hy July 4. . Promise to Keep Order. VIENNA Advices from Mitrovitza say the sultan's Albanian commission has had a satisfactory conference with the Albanian leaders, who promised to maintain order and send home the Al banians who had assembled in the neighborhood, thereby assuring at any rate temporary peace. It is reported from Sofia that another attempt has been made to destroy a bridge of the Constantinople-Salonica railroad by the use of dynamite. Train Slays Fugitive Felon CARBONDALE, 111. William H. Turley. who shot and killed Frank Murray on May 30. 1899. in Johnson county and escaped, is dead. He was killed by a train at Martel. O.. on Fri day. He had been going under the nam rf VA.int i t " "enry ana was an employe of the Bibb Hoop company at LaRue, O. M. J. Oottschalk. ad ministrator. has $2,000 life insuran money which will be paid over to ley's parents. ; W a SECURE A FREE HOME lr( the Fertile Wheat Fields of Western Canada. To the Editor: Tho migration- Of well to-do farmers from, tho United States to the Canadian Northwest baa assumed such proportions that organ ized efforts are now being made by interested person a and corporations to stem the tide. The efforts are being Initiated chiefly by railway and real estate Interests In the states from which the bulk of the emigration takes place. The movement of Kpulatloo bas taken from, numerous staten thou sands of persons whose presence along railways in theso states made businet!s for the transportation, com panies. Tho movement has aiao be come so widely known that it has pre vented the settlement of vacant lands along theso lines, parties who might have located there being attracted to the free and more fcrtllt lands of Can ada. The result of tin movement ha been that the railway companies not only see the vacant lands along their lines remain vacant, but they also set hundred of huIihIuiiIUI fanners who have helped provide huHiiicus for theso railways move away and ho cease their contributions. The faimcrti havn moved to Canada because they were convinced that it would be to their financial interest to do so. In moving they have been inconsiderate enough to place their own financial Interest before thosu of the financial Intercuts of the railway corporations. In addition to the railway corpora tions, real estate dealers are working Lo stem the flow of emigrants. Of course- every emigrant who goes to Canada mean the loss of commissions on land deals by real estate dealers. Now a person has but lo know what the Interests are that are trying U stop the flow to know what motive i Influencing their course. The emigra tion means financial loss to railway corporations and to real estate men. These interest a therefore are not di recting their opposition efforts out of any love for the departing emigrant! or out of any high patriotic motive; either. They are doing so purely from selfish interests. It is a matter of dol lars and cents with them. They are so patriotic, they are bo consumed by love for their fellow-citizens, that they want, to prevent thcHO fellow-citizen.- going to. Canada and getting fre farms of the best wheat land In the world, and Instead Ihey want to make them stay on high priced fauns in the United States, where they will con tinue to pour money into the ixickcts of thse railways and real estate men. One of the methods employed by these interests to stem the tide Is the distribution of matter lo newspapers, painting Canada in the darkest colors. These articles emanate chiefly from a bureau in St. Isolds. They are sent out at frequent Intervals for simul taneous publication. A writer is em ployed at a. high, salary to prepare the matter. Moreover, statements absolutely at variance with the truth have lately been published, broadcast. These aj pear chiefly In what purport to be let ters from persons who are alleged to have gone to. Canada and become dis gusted with It. Only a few of such have been published, and they contain statements that are absurd In their falsity. Whether the parties whos names appear in connection with those letters have ever been In Canada, and. If so. their history while there. Is to be thoroughly looked into. The dis covery of their motive, like the dis covery of the motive; of the Interests who are engineering the opfiosition, may prove illumining. In the mean time', however, it may be pointed out that only a few of such Utters havo appeared, but fcince 18'J7 over 87,00' American stttlers have gone to the Canadian West. Can any reasonable person suppose for a moment that If Canada was one quarter as bad as rej resented in these letters the 87,0i) Americns now there would remain in the country; or. if the Canadian West had not proved the truth of all that was claimed for it, the papers of every state In the American Northwest would not be filled with letters sayin? so? Imagine 87,000 aggressive Amer leans deceived and not making short shift of .their deceivers. The fact is the 87,000 are well satisfied and are encouraging their friends to follow them. Anyone who sees any of these dis paraging letters should reme mber that It is railway and real estate Interests who have from purely selfish reasons organized a campaign to stern the flow to Canada. If Canada were half as bad as represented there would be ro need of such an organization. The fact that such exists la of itself a mag-nifie-ent tribute to Canada. Finally it should not be forgotten that the letters published are brimful of falsehoods, and that 87,000 satisfied Americans in the Canadian West constitute a living proof that such is the case. The Canadian Government agent whose name appears In advertisement elsewhere in this paper Is authorized to give all information as to rates and available lands in Western Canada. An ounce of dialect is worth a pound of royalties DON'T SI'OII. VOt'lt CI.OTIIES. Ue lied "ro8 Ball Hlue and keep thm white a hoow. All grocers, fx-, a pa.-ka. The -practice of fencing has been re vived among Japanese noblemen. CITC f'n'wntir -ur-u No JU.ir wnimoKt tftnt II I O tlrf dV. um of In. Kliiw' ir-t Nervr K.-tor. rr. Kriid for F'KKK HI.OO trtl boOIr an. I ir-stuw. Vm. B. U kMVK, Ltd.. KU An-h Her. I'ni! l".t-biw- Where there's so much puff, there must be some buyer. Tito's Cura for Conaumpt'.oa la lafUIMe medicin for cougba and cvlda. M. MT. Samosi Ocb Crora. N. ).. Feb. 17. I9U0 Most men who go to church like finished discourse. Look for tbia Trad Mark r 'The Kla, Kool Kitchan Kind." The stoves without saaoke. Mbea or beat. Make comtortabl oooklng. j r The Individual who ignore! a chance to get even Iswlse. -. v-r renort that the extra J;. I gether with the superior. eflan'-'e StarchjrrS&e it 1". "i ' tuTli uj other Epigrams cover a multitude of sins. r: V n , "'rfT