PLATTS310UTII SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
PAGE 7.
yfm HEART I
By
A C medy of Youth Founded by lr. Manners on His
Great Play of tne Same Title Illustrations
From Photographs of the Play
Copyright. 1313, by Dodd. Mead Compusy
CHAPTER VII.
A Communication From Nathaniel
Kingsnorth.
THE months thrt followed were
the hardest in GCouneirs life.
Strive as lie would, be could
find no really remunerative em
ployment, lie had no special training,
lie knew no trade. His pon. though
fluent, was not cultured and lacked the
plow of eloquence he had when shak
ing. He worked in shops and in fac
tories, lie tried to report on news
papers. But his lack of experience ev
erywhere handicapped Mm. What he
contrived to earn during those mouths
of struggle was all too little as the
time approached for the great event.
Angela was now entirely confined to
her Led. She seemed to pvw more
spirit-like every day. A terrible dread
haunted O'Connell waking and sleep
ing, lie would start out of some ter
rible dream at night and listen to her
breathing. When he would hurry back
at the close of some long, disappoint
ing day bis heart wtuM be hammer
ing dully with fear for his loved one.
As the months wore on his face be
came lined with care aid the bright
gold of his hair dimmed with streaks
of silver. I'ut he never faltered or (
lost courage. He always felt he must
win the fight for existence as he
meant to wih the greater conflict
later for liberty.
Angela, lying so stL'I. through the
long days, could only hope. She felt
so helpless. It was woman's weak
ness that brought men like O'Connell
to the edge of despair. And hers was
not merely bodily wenkness. but the
more poignent one of pride. Was it
fair to her husband. Was it just? In
England she had prosperous relatives.
They would not let Ler die in her mis
ery. They could not let her baby come
into the world with poverty as its only
inheritance. Till now she had been
unable to master her feeling of hatred
and bitterness for her brother Nathan
iel, her intense dislike and eontemp!
for her Fisler Monica. From tlx? time
she left England s'.ie hzd net written
to cither of them. Could she now
Something decided her.
One night O'Connell came back dis
heartened. Try as he would, he could
not conceal it lie was getting to tin
end of his courage. There was insuf
ficient work at the shop he had beer
working in for several weeks- He had
been told he need not come again.
Angela, lying motionless and white,
tried to comfort him and give him
heart.
She made up her mind that night.
The nest day she wrote to her brother
She could not bring herself to ex
press one regret for what she had done
or said. On the contrary, she made
many references to her happiness with
the man she loved. She did write of
the hardships they were passinc
through. Put they were only tempo
rary. O'Connell was so clever, so
brilliant, he must win in the end. Only
just now she was ill. S!:e needed help
She asked no gift a loan merely.
They would pay it back when the days
of plenty en tie. She would not ask
even this were it not t!:at she was not
only ill. but the one great, wonderful
thing in the world was to le vouch
safed her motherhood. In the nanu
of her unborn baby she begired him tc
send an immediate response.
She asked a neighbor to port the let
ter so that O'Connell would not know
of her sacrifice. She waited anxiously
for a reply.
Some considerable time afterward
on the eve of her travail and" when
thing.-; with O'Connell were at their
worst the answer came by cable.
She w:is alone when it came.
Iler heart beat furiously as she open
ed it. liven if he only sent :i little it
would be so welcome now when they
were almost at the end. If be had"
been generous how wonderful it would
tie for h-jr to he!p the man to whom
iiothi;:g v.T!S too ir.nr-li to give her.
The fact that her brother had cabled
strengthened the belief that tie had
hastened to come to her rescue.
She oiH'i:ed the cable and read it.
Then she fell back on the pillow w.th a
low. faint moan.
When, hours later. O'Connell return
ed from a vaia search f ir work he
found her senseless with the cable in
tier lingers. He tri-.-d to revive her
without success: -He sent a neighbor
for a. doctor. As he watched the worn
patient face, his heart lull to bursting,
the thought flashed thr:mrh him what
could have happened to cause this col
lapse. He became conscious of the ca
Me he had found tightly lasixyl in hei
hand. He picked it up 'd lead it. It
was very briefs All it said was:
You have made vour bed. in it
J NATHAN I KI. KIXCSNOKTH.
Toward morning the doctor placed a
little mite of humanity in O'Counell's
arms. He looked down at it in a stu-
iKir. It had really coin-? to pass then
child Angola's a:;d
girl! The tiny vai
A little baby!
i
from this child.
bcrn of lev and iu sorrow-, seemed to j
wckeiibis dull senses. . He pressed the)
J.'Harlley.Manners
mite to him as the hot tears flowed
flown his cheeks. A woman in ODe ol
the adjoining flats who had kindly of
fered to help took the child away front
hi'. The doctor k!d him to the bed
siJA lie looked down at his loved one.
A glaze was over Angela's eyes as she
looked up at him. Siie tried to smile.
All her suffering was forgotten. She
knew only pride and love. She was at
peace. She raised her hand, thin and
transparent now. to O'Connell. He
pressed it to his lips.
She whispered:
"My baby. Bring me my baby.
- He took it from the woman and
placed it in Angela's weak arms. She
kissed it ag-n and rgaiu. The child
wailed pitifi.fiy. The effort had been
too much for Angela's failing strength.
Consciousness left her.
Just before sunrise she woke. O'Con
nell was sitting beside her. He had
never moved. The infant wus sleep
ing on some blankets ou the couch,
the woman watching her.
Angela motioned her husband to
brud near to her. Her eyes shone with
unearthly brightness. He put his ear
near her lips. Her voice was very,
very faint.
"Take care of our baby. Frank.
I'm I'm leaving you. God help you
and keep you and bless you for
your love of me." She paused to
Peg Pure as a Mountain Lily.
take breath. Then she whispered her
leave taking. The words never left
O'ConneU's memory for all the days of
ail the years that followed.
"My last words, dear, the last
Ill ever speak to jou. 11 love
you with all my heart and my
soul husband! Good goodby, Frank."
She slipped from his arms and lay,
lips parted, eyes open, body stilL
The struggle was over. She had
gone where there are no petty treach
eries, no mean brutalities where all
stand alike before the throne to ren
der an account of their stewardship.
The brave, gentle little heart was
stilled forever.
And now Peg appears for the first
time and brings her radiant presence,
her roguish smile, her big. frank, soul
ful bine eyes, her dazzling red hair,
her direct, honest and outspoken
truth, her love of all that is clean and
pure and beautiful Peg enters our
pages and turns what was a history of
romance and drama into a comedy of
youth. 1
Peg pure as a mountain lily, sweet
as n fragrant rose, haunting as an old
melody Peg o Our Hearts comes into
our story even as she entered her fa
ther's life, as the savior of these pages,
even as she was the means of saving
O'Connell.
And she did save her father.
It was the presence and the thought
of the little motherless baby that kept
O'ConneU's hand from destroying him
self when his reason almost left him
r.fter his wife's death. The memories
of the days immediately following the
passing of Angela are too painful to
dwell upon.
They are past. They are sacred in
O ConneH"3 heart. They will be to the
historian.
Thanks to some kindly Irishmen
wbo heard of O'ConneU's plight, be
borrowed enough money to bury his
dead wife and place a tablet to her
memory.
lie sent a message to Kingsnorth
telling him of his sister's death. He
neither expected nor did he receive an
answer. As soon as it was possible
he returned to Ireland and threw him
self once- again heart and soul into
working for the "cause." He realized
his only hope of keeping Ins balance
was to work. He went back to the
little Tillage' he was born in. and it
whs. Father Cabin's hands that pour
ed t&, baptismal waters on O'Con
neil's and Angela's babv. and it was
Fa! her CahiH's vofee th.it read
the
haptNmu! servir-e.
She
was christened Margaret.
Angela, one iiisht. when it was near-
?V il
J nk
ing her time. In-gged him if if were a
girl to christen her .Margaret, after Her
mother, since a!! the !st in Angela
came from her mother.
O'Co'inell would nave liked milch to
name the mite Angela. Ihit his dead
wife's wishes were para mount. So Mar
garet the baby was christened. It
was too distinguished a name and too
long for such 7i little bundle of pink
and white humanity. It did not seem
to fit her. So "Teg" she was named,
and "Peg" she remained for the rest
of her life.
Looming large in Peg's memories in
after life was Iter father showing her
St. Roman's hill and fminting nut the
moilnt on which he stood and spoke
that day. while her mother, hidden by
that dense mass ot trees, saw every
movement and heard every word.
Then somehow her childish thoughts
all semed to run to ho;n rule to love
of Ireland and hatred of England-to
thinking all that was good ot Irish
men and all that was bad ot English
men. "Why do ye hate the English so
much, father'" she asked O'Connell
once, looking up at him with a puzzled
kok in her big blue eyes and the most
adorable brogue coming fresh from
her tongue.
"Why do ye bite them?" she re
peated. "I've good cause to. Peg. me darlin',"
be answered, and a deep frown gather
ed on his brow.
"Sure wr.sa't me mother Fuglish?"
Peg asked.
"She was."
"Then why do ye hate the English?"
"It 'ud take a long time to tell ye
that. Peggy. Some day 1 will. There's
many a reason why the Irish hate the
English, and many a good reason too.
Put there's one why you and 1 should
hate them and hate them with all the
hittherness that's in us. '
"And what is it?" said Peg curiously.
"I'll tell ye. When yer mother and
I were almost staarvin', and she lym
on a bed of sickness, she wrote to an
Englishman an' asked him to assist
her. An' this is the reply she got:
Ye've made yer led. Eie in it' That
was the answer she got the day be
fore you were lorn. and she died giv-
m ye me. Ana y tne same ioh.en
the man that wrote that shameful
message to a dyin woman was her
own brother."
"Her own brother, yer tellia me?"
asked Peg wrathfully.
"I aa Peg. Her own brother, Pm
tell in' ye."
"It's bad luck that man'Il have all
his life!" said I'eg fiercely. "To write
me mother that an' she dyin"! Faith
I'd like to see hitn some day just
meet him an' tell him" She stopped,
her little fingers clinched into a minia
ture fist.
(To Be Continued.)
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Remember the Apron Razaar the
Helpers of the Christian church will
give in the vacant room just west of
the M. Fanger Department store all
day Saturday.
There will be a dance given Satur
day evening, April 1 7th, at the Ger:
man Home. Everyone invited and a
good time assurred. Music by the
Plattsmouth orchestra.
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LEGISLATURE
ENDS ITS LABORS
Important Laws 60 on Statute
Books as Result ot Session.
STRUGGLE Oft SUPPLY BILLS.
Difference of Opnen Between Eco
nomical House and Liberal Senate
on Appropriation Measures Mattes
Opposes Constitutional Convention.
Lincoln The Thirty-fourth session
of the legislature of tais state has
come to an end and for the thirt.v
lourth time the people of the state
are looking casually at the records to
see what has been accomplished and
what has been left undone.
The task, of course, wiil be a long
one. lor the people of the state will
have to see some of the laws n opera
tion before they can pass upon them
fully. If they then find out that they
are inadequate, so the leaders say.
then they will be in a position to con
demn the lawmakers If they find
that the lavs have real constructive
value then they will be in a position
to commend the lawmakers, and, per
haps, to figure on ways and means for
sending them back when another year
rolls around.
The only big difference of opinion
between the senate and the house dur
ing the dy:ng hours came on the mam
moth appropriation bills. The house
had taken the position early in th?
session that the state expenses should
be cut to a low point and that many
officials should suffer cuts in their
salaries and that numerous depart
ments should be subjected to lower ap
propriations than were handed out by
the lawmakers of two years back.
The senate increased most of the
amounts. The members of that body
took the position that there were, or
should be, two guiding principles in
the'affairs of the state, and that these
are economy and efficiency. They in
sisted that economy should be adhered
to, but that efficiency should not be
disturbed.
In this they were amply backed by
a majority of the house members,
who. after the big bills had been sent
through the lower body, hastened over
to the senators and asked them by ail
means to raise the amounts. The
movement toward the west end of the
can tol became so strong that it was
at once apparent to all that no blame
tould be attached to the senators for
their increase cf the various amounts.
They saw that the house members
were ready to reneg from their po
sitions in large measure. Even Chair
man Norton of the house finance com
mittee the man who various house
members charged with wanting to
make a record for future political use
asked the senate members to recon
sider some of the house actions and
do more just'ee by the various de
partrnents.
In the senate contest over house roll
1. the proposed constitutional amend
nient calling a conventionto frame an
entirely new constitution for the state.
Senator Mattes of Otoe took the lead
ership of those opposed to the de
struction of the present constitution
and the framing of an experimental
florument, based on the evanescent
theories of a noisy, persistent, but ex
tremely l mited, minority of the peo
ple. Senator Mattes pointed out the
foundations underlying every form ot
constitutional government. That the
ultimate stability of any government
so founded lay largely in the perma
nency of its constitutional grants and
restrictions and the safeguards con
tained therein aga'nst sudden and fre
quent changes cf the fundamental law
of any people in hours of passion,
prejudice or suddenly aroused public
feeling; or from the artful and cun
ning machinations of self-seeking dem
agogues, opportunists and uniaformed
experimenters.
Senator Mattes called attention tc
the undisputed fact that under the
present conditions any amendment
whatsoever to our constitution really
desired by the people can be secured
by a majority of the people at any
time they wish, If a majority actually
feels the necessity for such amend
ment. That much the larger part ol
the agitation for a new constitution
and the attacks, .open or covert, on
stable constitutional government come
from a small minority, who, facing
their own failure to interest a major
ity of the people in their proposed ex
periments in governmeat. wish tc
place our fundamental law in a condi
to be changed or amended over night
frequently and repeatedly by a small
minority and voted n or out as readily
as a village ordinance permitting 01
forbidding the family cow to run at
large.
United States Senator Hitchcock
visited tho state legislature last week
and made an accounting of his stew
ardship to the people for the place he
has held for the past four years. He
gave high praise to Pres'dent Wilson,
and gave the members of. tho body an
interesting account of some of thn
most beneficial pieces of legislation
that have been put through congress
In the last two years. Republicans
and Democrats both accorded the sen
ator an usu-sually hearty reception.
With senate approval of house rojl
1.17 th" bill amending the city charter
of Omaha to conform with the Greater
Omaha movement, all possibility of
delaying the Omaha city election
passed. The committee of the whoie
appioved the measure.
An amendment was made taking up
the coasolidation period aEd the be
ginning of the new fiscal year t South
Omaha &, that sufficient funds will be
provided for operation there. There
will be available for public uses in
Greater Omaha $1,310,C00 from Omaha
proper, as compared to $1.1S0.0C0. the
expense limits set in 1313, plus the
maximum amounts now set by law for
public expenses in South Omaha, Dun
dee and Florence.
The governor will issue the consoli
dation proclamation this week, lie
has not decided upon a date for the
election, he said.
The bill includes a public welfare
board- for the Greater Omaha, but no
appropriation for it has been made. .
The state efficiency survey commis
sion, as proposed in house roll C52.
found opposition when it came up on
third reading in the senate. It finally
carried, however, by a vote of 18 for
to 13 against.
The bill reates a cemm ssion to
make a survey of the efficiency of the
various departments of state govern
ment and to report thereon to the
next legislature. It carries an appro
priation of $4,000 for the expenses of
the commission.
Pharmacy students of the Univer
sity ef Nebraska were present in the
governor's office when he signed sen
ate file 14S, a measure that makes the
school of pharmacy at the state uni
versity a full-Hedged college of equal
rank with other professional colleges
of the 'nstitution. The students made
quite an occasion out of the signing
The pen went to N. P. Hansen, a Lie
coin druggist.
The house indefinitely postponed
the bill to extend the terms of county
officeholders until 1918. The q iestion
was on the adoption of the conference
report of the committee appointed tc
confer with a like committee from the
senate. Just before the vote was taken
Mockett spoke on a quest on of per
sonal privilege and replied to a news
paper criticism of his activity in help
ing cut the county officeholders. In
doing so, he intimated that the confer
ence committee had been "playing
horse." Negley, Sorensen and Cronin,
the three members of the eomnvttee,
all replied to Mockett. Mr. Cronin's
remarks were especially caustic.
"I deny the slurs that the gentle
man from Lancaster has cast upon the
committee," said Cronin. "If dilatory
tactics have been attempted it is he
and his crowd who have used them.
Our report is now on the clerk's desk
and was there when Mockett arose to
make his grandstand play. I want to
say about this county officeholders'
lobby, which has been hanging around
here all w'nter, that its members are
not doing their duty by their peoplp
when they spend their time in this
way."
The conference report was that the
matter should be left to the next legls
lature and that house roll C be irdofi
Bitely postponed. Scott moved to r.dopt
it, and the motion carried.
The senate unanimously adopted a
resolution authorizing the secretary
of state to buy before the next ses
sion, thrity-three desks for the mem
bers and six for the newspaper men,
of modern construction rnd large
enough to hold the books and papers
needed. A new carpet and chairs and
the repainting of the lanrUcaoe on the
ceiling was also ordered, the whole
cost not to exceed $3 ( Q f.
The senate passed the Omaha hos
pital bill and it is now in the hands oj
the governor. It calls for an appro
priat on of 5130.0410. The bill received
25 votes for and 5 against, the nega
tive votes being Buhrman. Byglacd,
Grace. Henry and Robertson. Dodge
Douthett, Kohl and Shumway were ab
sent.
The house refused to pass the pro
posed constitutional amendment bill,
providing for district election of su
preme court judges. There we re fifty
eight of a required sixty votes in fa
vor cf the bill.
The Beal public warehouse hill
passed the house last week. Amons
other bills passed were:
S. F. 164 Relieving the supreme
court from furnishing written opinions
except in cases involving new laws
or reversals.
S. F. 107 Authorizing Omaha board
of education to permit the use o!
school houses fer public meetings.
In the senate:
H. It. 338 Iowa-Nebraska stat
boundary commission.
H. R. 651 State budget system.
H. R. 277 Blauser election ballot
law. Makes the ballet in blanket
form three columns wide and witt
squares for cross to left of nanfs.
H. R. 52G Prohibits interference:
with poles or lines of telephone oi
telegraph or with messages over same
H. R. 429 Permits justices of the
peace to collect fees In advance.
H. R. 763. by governor Appropri
ates S'VOOfl for foot and mouth dis
ease. Ayes, 27; noes. none.
H. R. 406 Authorizes state auditoi
to accept in full amounts due on ole
claims from counties owing state or
insane accounts, without interest
Ayes, 26; no, 1.
H. R. 146 Authorizes Douglas conn
ty to acquire land, and erect work
house, and issued bonds for purchase
ef same; emergency. Ayes, 26; noes
none.
H. R. 343 Repeals junior norma
schoo1 act Avps. 22: noe. 6.
H. R. 347 Allows county eommis
s.ioue.s cf Lancaster county to fii
salary of clerk to county judge. Ayes
Zi; no, 1. ,
STOCK GROWERS IN SESSION
South Omaha Delegation at Wyoming
Meet In Douglas.
Douglas, V"yo., April 15. The an
nual convention of" the Wyoming Stock
Growers' association opened here this
mornings.
The South Omaha, Sioux -City and
Chicago delegations arrived on tie
Northwestern, aong with many stock-mcn-from
eastern Wyoming.
The visiters were met at the station
by a reception committee of stockmen
and citizens and given an enthusiastic
Wyoming welcome. Headed by the
Iuglas band, the visitors were taken
in automobiles to the I.abonte hotel,
whichls headquarters of the stockmen.
;The South Omaha delegation, the
largest that ever attended a Wyoming
stock convention, held joyful reunions
with their customers. South Omaha
has for many years been the chief
market for this territory, but a delega
tion of SiOx City commission men is
here to get acquainted and make the
Wyoming stockmen acquainted with
fhe-r market.
The Denver men arrived here in a
special car to boost that market and
Chicago Is represented .by a number
of prominent live stock men. "
One of the principal speakers at the
convention will be Professor H. R.
Smith, formerly of the University of
Nebraska, who will speak on "Types
of Beef Cattle." Governor Keudriek
and former Qcvernor Carey are also
on the program.
EG I
CHANGES IN LAW
Food Commissioner Fares Well
; at Hands ot Legislature.
Ivncoln, April 15. The food com
missioner's department fared very
well at the hands of the 1915 legisla
ture. Of the seven bills .in which
Food Commissioner Harmr.n was in
terested on be he If of the departme nt
not one fell by the Wayside.
One of the measures passed makes
it a felony to sell diseased meat.
Formerly it was only a misdemeanor
and the only result of most of tha
prosecutions wa3 a fine that rarely ex
ceeded The dairy bill provides for dairy
inspection from May 1 to Oct. 1.
whereas under the former law it was
or.ly for the three summer months. It
also authorizes the department to put
the buying or selling of cream on a
quality basis. The weights and meas
ures amendment provides for three in
spectors instead of two.
The stock foods law requires the
Cling of the name of each ingreo ent
with the food commossioner. an anal
ysis and a ?-" fee from the mamifaet
urer for each brand. The concentrated
feeding stuffs law requires the brand
ing of mixed f?eds or parts of wholfl
feels with a f?.t. protein or fibre anal
ysis. EIBEN IS SENTENCED
Wymore Farmer Must Go to Pen For
Shcotirg Trauernecht.
Beatrice, Neb., April 3 5. William
U'ben. a farmer living near Wymore
pleaded guilty in the district court tc
the h.rgeor shooting John M. Trauer
necht wilh intc-nt to do great bodily
irjury on the evening of Nov. 29. 1914.
iuid was sentenced to from one to five
Yucus in the state penitentiary at hard
iabor by Judge Pemberton.
Trauernecht called at the home ol
Eiten to accompany Maggie Gerdes to
her home at Barnestcn and was or
dered away by Eiben. When he re
fused to go Eibsn pulled a revolver
arl shot him three t;mes. He was in
a critical condition for several months,
but has recovered. He is nineteen and
Eiben forty-five. Eiben has a wife
and four children.
MANEUVERS NEAR LINCOLN
Red and Blue Armies Clash In Mimic
Eattle at Belmont.
Lincoln, April 15. Two armies met
and clashed in a pitched battle a la
Europe in the hills near Belmont, a
Lincoln suburb. It was very reai with
the exception that there was no blood
t'hed, the problem being to prevent
overland movement of supplies tc
Omaha.
It was the annual maneuver clash ol
the st3te farm cadet regiment, the
blue army, with the reris, the cadet3
from the city campus. The chief um
pire was Adjutant General Hall,
Seek to Prove Muzik Irsane.
Omaha, April 15. Mam'e Muzik, sis
years old. told the jury in Judge Eng
lish's court, where Emil Muzik is be
ing tried for the murder of Mrs. Anna
Muzik, that "papa killed mamma and
laughed and clapped his hands and ran
out doors." The child, aroused from
sleep the morning of March 5 by her
mother's screams, was the only wit
ness of her father's escape from the
house after the crime. Her evidence
was used by the defense in an endeav
or to prove Muzik msane. '
Plans to, Revive Black Hills Trail.
Sidney, Neb.. April 15. The Asso
ciated Commercial Clubs of Western
Nebraska met at the court house and
delegations were present from Craw
ford, Chadron, Alliance, Scottsbluff.
Bridgeport. Kimball, Lodge Pole and
Chappell. Discussions were principal
ly on good roads, and the associated
clubs have at ranged to re-establish the
old Black Hills trail! connecting with
the Lincoln highway at Sidney, run
ting to Hot Springs, S. D.
NORMAL MONEY
IS DISTRIBUTED
Stale Bmd at Lincoln Divides
Up Prospective Gosh.
$200,000 FOR NEW BUILDINGS
No Money Provided For Supreme
Court Commission lowa-Nsbraska
Boundary BUI Proves Defective.
Twenty-six Take Veterinary Exams.
Lincoln. April 15. The state normal
hoard, meeting at the state bouse,
hus -apportioned the amount of money
to ite. received during the coming b'Cti-ns.unj-
by the four normal sc hools of
ifu' Ftate for the purpose of niainten
amciev The school at Chadron will pe t ?S5,
tV)(): tthe school at Kearney, $l;0,oi"t;
lj:n." $lS.i'n, and Wayne. $12'.o mi.
j The total apportioned - among the
pxihoois for maintenance, as outlined
above, is $345.0ii0.' This will leave
a'lfouf. ?20(),of,t for new buildings, arch
itects' fees ar.d expenses of the board.
Increase lor this LioDuium !s di
vided as follows: Chadron. $l'i.(i"0;
Kearney. $lu"fi; Peru, SIS.'1, and
Wayne, $K.0W.
Women to Hold Moot Session.
Suffragists, members of the Lincoln
Woman's club and members of the
Women's Christian Temperance union
will be representatives of the state, ol
Nebraska for just one day. One hun
dred wolnen will be seated on tho
main floor as members of the tiouse. ;
The speaker of the ho;:se will ba
Mrs. Bessie Gearliart Morrison, a?. suf
fragist. The cle;k. Mis. I. B. Selireck
engast of University Place, 's the wif8
ci the vice chancellor of the Nebraska
Wesleyan university. Mrs. A. M. Hunt
ing, who has been appointed chaplain
for the da, is prominent in temper
snce work throughout Nebraska. Mrs.
A. W. Slossen will be sergeant-at arms.
The day's program, commencing at
10 a .m., will be carried out as -a reg
ular session. Although the dny's en
tertainment will be a take-off 'on tbc
Nebraska leg'slature. the discussions
will not be frivolous. Such "weighty
matters as minimum working hours
for women and children, child welfare
boards, tuberculosis prevention, nat
uralization questions and female rep
resentation ou the state board of con
trol, are bills to come up for action.
Nebraska-lcwa Boundary Bill D-efective
A result of the hurry of the last
days of the Nebraska legislature hai
been shown in the case of house roll
28, a bill to fix the boundary line
between Nebraska and Iowa near
Omaha. The bill, which appropriates
$S'to for making the survey and for
the expenses of the commission, does
not recite the arproprhuion hi the t'
tie. This will invalidate it, accordine;
to those who say they know. The ti
tle of a bill is supposed to sLow what
he body contains.
No Mo-ney For Court Commission.
While the legi&'ature provided for a
supreme court commission, it failed
to make any appropriation for the pay
ment of Ihe commissioners or for the
stenographer who is to assist thorn,
bill provided for three conim's
i :;ers. who should receive a salary
.t s Gm0 per jear. and a stenographer
h ; would receive $1,I'!h. However,
'j y will have to serve without pay
ml something is done to help them
New Telephone Stock.
state railway commission has
an order authorizing the Muu
i le
mi -d
. Independent Telephone company
.o issue $15.!h!0 worth of new t-'tock.
f the amount to be issued. $S,r.OO is
:--r he purchase or construction of an
exchange building at Newman Grove;
5 J.r.i'O for similar purpose at Albion;
Jl.r.' O for a build ng at Munroe. and
2,5oo to take up existing indebted
Freight to Go Tri-Weekly.
Tne state railway commission has
authorized the Northwestern railroad
to make its freight cn the Long Pini
f.nd Chadron branch tri-weekl, in
ttead of d;ii!y. during the summer
t-onths. when the bus'ne-ss slackens.
New Hospital started.
Commissioners Gerdes and K.?nned
of the state beard of control are at
Kearney, superintending the starting
of th2 cemstruetion of the new tu
bercular hospital building.
Ajrora Eond3 Registered.
A delegation of three Aurora citi
zens called at Auditor Smith's ofrK"
with ?8.r0i worth of the paving bond;
of that c'ty, which they registered
The whole issue was S25.0O. Of thirf
$10.5''" was taken up at once b: t tit
property cwrers.
Take Veterinary Examinatio' s.
Twenty-six jspirants for licft.es fc
practice in tyelrraska as veterinar
Pitrceons took the semi-annual exami
nation at the state house. The exami
nation was given under the old law.
Omaha Annexation Election May 18
Omaha, April 15. It was reported
that Governor Morehead has prwetierr!
ly decided to issue a proclamation for
the Grear Omaha election upon M.v
IS, just two weeks following the cit
election In Omaha.
Nebraska City Gets Next Presbytery
Tecumseh, Neb . April 13. Th'1 Nc
braska City presbyter'' closed n thre
days' session here. The ne::t selecte''
meeting will be beid iu Nebraska Cltj
in April ol text year.