THE M'COOK TRIBUNE.
F. M. l > ubll ! ier.
McCOOK. NEB :
> * ,
OVER THE STATE ;
XEilltASKA. XJSirs AXl ) XOTKS.
STOCK orf the ranches in Blaine coun
ty is wintering in fine style.
LA GKii'PE in miid form prevails in
the vicinity of 'coraska City.
THE Sunday law is now rigorously
enforced in Gretna for the first time in
Its history.
SCHOOL has been closed in the Star
district , near Tobias , on account ol
the measles.
THOMAS DEE of Lancaster county
has been adjudged insane and will be
sent to the asylum.
REV. MK. BUOVN. of Hyannis has
been sorely afflicted in the loss of his
entire family by diphtheria ,
A STOCK company has been organ
ized for the purpose of establishing a
broom factory at Clay Center.
OMAHA is hopeful of securing the
1892 conference of tne M. E. church ,
but has not yet a sure thing on itr
WM. ScmvAiiTS , a young German
In Saline county , has disappeared ,
after mortgaging property to which he
had no ownership.
Dit. W. J. SISSON and Capt. Ruther
ford , old veterans of Gage county , have
recently received notification of an in
crease in their pensions.
THE opera house question has been
revived at Nebraska City , several
prominent citizens agreeing to take
stock in the enterprise.
THE elevator at Dannebrog burned ,
one thousand bushels of- grain being
destroyed. The insurance , about
$2,000 , does not near cover the loss.
ALBEUT MATLEE was arrested at Ne
braska City charged with burglarizing
his brother-in-law's residence and steal"
Ing $250. He waived examination and
went to jail.
FIKE broke out from a defective flue
In W. S. Young & Co's. implement
house at Crab Orchard , and burned it
to the ground. Loss on stock $2,500 ;
fully insured.
THE Camden farmers' alliance in
Seward county extend thanks to Gov.
Boyd for appointing their old neigh-
$ or Yifquain adjutant general of Ne
braska ,
A PETrTlofc to be presented to the
legislature was circulated in Filley
praying that a law be passed granting
to women the right of suffrage at muni
cipal elections.
H. P. SiiEinviN , Lincoln , dealer in
drugs , has failed. It is estimated that
* the liabilities will reach $10,000 or
$12,000. The assets are unknown , but
will reach about that amount
A TEAMSTER who tried to cross the
tracks of the St. Paul road near Oma
ha was seriously hurt. One of his
horses was killed and the other so
badly hurt that it had to be shot.
HON. ELIJAH FIXXEY of Gage county
has gone to Eddy , N. M. , where he has
recently made largo investments in
land. He sent a car load of young
fruit trees.ahead and will superintend
the setting out before "he returns.
D. C. MOON of Blaine county has
been arrested and held for burglarizing
a farmer's house and granary and car
rying off about $25 worth of grain. A
leaking wagon box strung a stream of
oats from the granary to his door.
A SMALL child of George Wilson , a
drayman , was seriously burned at Kear
ney. Its clothes caught on fire while
the parents were at the barn. It ran
out and the father rescued the child by
tearing off its clothes. The little one
was fearfully burned , but will recover.
THE foundry and engine company of
J"ork ! have completed and successfully
tested a new pumping device for irri
gating purposes. It is called the Cy-
blone Irrigation Pump , and at the xrial
test a column of water three and a , half
Inches in diameter was raised a dis
tance of fifty-five feet.
MARVIS , the cattle thief from McPherson -
Pherson county who has just served
ninety days at North Platte for cattle
jtealing , was brought to Brewster last
week charged with rape by Ella Mil-
bourn. He waived examination and
was bound over in the sum of $500
bonds to answer at the district court.
THE board of supervisors of Buffalo
county reconsidered the motion appro
priating $1.500 to buy seeds for needy
farmers , and a new committee recom
mended a sum not to exceed $ * ,000 in
Its stead. This meets with the appro
val of all. The supervisors will in
vestigate the needs of their respective
localities.
THE remains of J. A. Christen , who
was the victim of gas poisoning at the
Merchants' hotel , Omaha , were brought
to Oakland and the funeral services
held under the auspices of the Wood
men , of which order he was a member.
Deceased was 29 years old. He leaves
a wife and three small children in com
fortable circumstances. He carried
$3.000 insurance.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says Mr.
Dorsey was before the house committee
on agriculture this morning and made
an argument in favor of his bill giving
$250,000 to the drought sufferers in
Nebraska and those who left their
homes on account of Indian troubles.
The committee declined to put it in the
regular appropriation bill , as it would
be stricken out in the house on a point
of order.
POSTOFFICE INSPECTOR JESSE T. McCLURE -
CLURE met with quite a serious acci
dent between Ansley and Berwyn.
Ho was standing in the back door of
the caboose of a freight train looking
out when 'the engine struck a cow.
The jar of the train threw him against
the door , driving both hands through
the glass cutting his left hand very
eriously and nearly severing one of
the tendons in front of the metacorhal
Joint
LAWS FOR NEBRASKA.
IX TOE TWO T1OVSKS
LEGISLATURE.
'
.
Proceeding * Of the Joint Convention
' . * * - ,
Tlie Decision of tkc Supreme Co art
on the ScrlcB of Qti.\tlo : . submitted
to tltut Tribunal UlIlKlr.trocI need lit
the HOUKC and Fcnato February 5
! > ct u * the Hay for IIcrl > iiilii * ; the
ConlcMu 3IiNCelleiiuou Z.
Notes.
THE SZBRASKA LEGISLATURE.
A r.KCORD OK riocrxGs : IN BOTH
BKANCJH : . .
THE JOINT CONVKX-IOX. The joint
convention to hear 'ho contest cases
met on the 20th. : .nator Poynter ,
president pro tern of the senate , took
his seat beside Speaker Elder. The
roll call showed that every senator was
present and every member of the house
except Johnson ( md. ) of Vallej" . Pres
ident Poynter arose and read part of
the law governing' contested elections.
Shrader moved that a special commit
tee of nine he appointed to draft rules
to govern the joint convention , which
was carried. Senator Shea arose and
offered the following protest :
Comes now the said James E. Bcyd ,
contest'ee , and protests that the meet
ing of the two houses of the legislature
in joint session for the purpose of hear
ing and determining the contest in the
above case , is illegal and invalid in
this , lo-wit : The concurrent resolution
under which the two houses of the
legislature have so met in joint session
has never been presented to Thomas J.
Majors , lieutenant governor of the
state of Nebraska , for his signature ,
nor has the same been presented to the
governor of the state of Nebraska for
his signature as required by the consti
tution of the state of Nebraska. : and
that said concurrent resolution has
never been signed or approved by
either the governor or lieutenant gov
ernor of the state of Nebraska , as re
quired by law ; and for the further rea
son that said joint convention is not
organized in accordance with the con
stitution and laws of the state of Ne
braska , and for other reasons appear
ing upon the records ; and therefore ,
the contestee protests and excepts to
proceeding further with the trial of
said contest before said joint session
for the reasons aforesaid.
JAMES E. BOYD ,
Contestee.
The rules prepared by the commit
tee provide that the Powers-Boyd con
test shall be settled first ; that each
side shall have one hour to open its
case , fifteen hours to present its evi
dence , and three hours for argument ;
that there shall be three three-hour
sessions daily ; that no.objections , mo
tions or resolutions relative to the ev
idence shall bo offered , entertained ,
put or passed upon ; that there shall be
no interruptions except to take recess ;
that each side may be represented by
counsel on the floor ; that there shall
be no vote on the merits of a contest
until after the argument , and that all
contests except'for governor shall be
tri'ed together , but voted upon sepa
rately.
HOUSE. In the house among bills
introduced were the following : Re
quiring railroad companies to main
tain guards at each end of switch rails
and frogs. To amend the constitution
so that all license fees and fines shall
go to the general school fund. Pro
viding for the cumulative system of
voting in the election of members of
the legislature. Providing for the
appraisement and lease of public school
lands. Shrader introduced the follow
ing resolution : Whereas , The present
rate of interest allowed in the state of
Nebnska is too high and is fast
rring the wealth of the state
to the eastern uankers. and
"Whereas , Other western states are
suffering from the same cause , and.
Whereas , It might be injudicious for
a single state to attempt to lower the
rate of interest without the concur
rence of the others , as the money pow
er would concentrate its power upon
that state and by withdrawing their
loans make the law obnoxious , and se
cure its repeal , therefore , be it Re
solved , That the speaker appoint a
committee of twa and the senate be
requested to add one to the number ,
who shall correspond with the legis
latures of the states of Kansas. North
and South Dakota , Minnesota and Col
orado , to the end that such states may
agree upon a common rate of interest ,
ns low as may be practicable , and re
port at the earliest possible day. The
resolution was adopted and the speak
er appointed Messrs. Shrader and Gill-
man as said committee.
THE JOINT CONVENTIONAs soon
as the joint convention was called to
order on the 2lst Representative
Shrader offered a resolution as fol
lows : Whereas , Certain members of
this joint convention are in doubt as
to the constitutionality of our pro
cedure without the signature of our
lieutenant governor or the defiicto
governor to the joint resolution by
which we are convened : and Whereas ,
There is a general desire for such an
opinion : therefore , be it * Resolved.
That the opinion of the supreme court
is hereby a. ke'd upon the following
questions : 1. When the legislature is
convened for the purpose of hearing
cases of contests for the executive
offices of the state , is it necessary to
have the signature of the governor to
the concurrent resolution fixing the
date for said hearing when the seat of
said governor is also contested ? 2.
When the office of lieutenant governor
is als contested , is it necessary to se
cure his signature to the concurrent
resolution as defacto presiding officer
of the senate. 3. Should the lieuten
ant governor decline to affix his signa
ture , what course should the legisla
ture pursue in order that tlie proceed
ings may be legal. 4. Should the gov
ernor decline to affix his signature ,
could the legislature proceed to hear
and determine the contest.cases with
out the governor's approvul. or the
passage of the resolution' in both
houses without the requisite two-thirds
vote. The resolution was adopted by
a unanimous vote. A recess was then
taken until 2 o'clock. The committee
waited on the supreme court and that
body decided to hear arguments from
counsel on the questions propounded
in the Shrader resolutions at 3 o'clock
( THE JOINT CONTENTION' . The joint
convention met on the 22d and imme
diately took a recess until 2 o'clock in
order to hear the decision of the
supreme court on the questions sub
mitted on the 21st. The supreme
court met at 11 o'clock and Judge Cobb
gave an oral opinion on the questions.
He reviewqd all the laws and constitu
tional provisions on the subject from
territorial times and the delivery occu
pied one hour. The court held that it
is essential to the validity of a concur
rent resolution for any purpose what
ever that it should have the signature
of the presiding officer of the senate.
That signature is in the nature of a cer
tificate that the proceedings and vote
on the measure were correct. It is no
such act as would excuse the presiding
officer from its performance even when
a party in interest. The court was of
the opinion before investigating the
matter that this kind of a joint resolu
tion need not be presented to the gov
ernor for his signature , especially when
he is a party in interest ; but the court
had been forced to the conclusion that
there was no way out of construing the
constitution and law as requiring that
this resolution must be submitted to
the governnor for his consideration.
The present joint convention there
fore , is not a legal meeting ,
The court expressed the opinion that
a new resolution should be int'-oduced
naming a date far enough in the future
to allow each house to read it on three
separate days and give the governor
the time allowed by the constitution
for his consideration. If that ruling
be followed , the joint convention will
be postponed at least ten days. The
joint convention reassembled at 2
o'clock. Kruse ( ind. ) asked if the
committee appointed to wait on the
supreme court had any report to make.
The speaker said the committee had
no report. The roll call on the mo
tion to indefinitely postpone Stevens'
resolution to send the committee to
the court , requesting that body to file
their opinion with the legislature in
writing , resulted in 65 yeas and Co
nays.
SENATE. In the senate on the 22d
bills were introduced : For an act to
regulate the liability of master or em
ployer to servant or employe for injur
ies ; a bill for an act to amend section
twenty-five (25) ( ) of an act entitled "An
act concerning counties and county of
ficers ; " to amend section seventeen
(17) , of chapter four (4) , of the crim
inal code of Nebraska ; a bill for an
act to provide for the redemption of
realty sold at a judicial sale on execu
tion or decree and order of sale , and
to repeal sections 491 a , 491 b , 491 c ,
491 d , 495 , 497 a , 498 and 499 of title
14 of the code of civil procedure enti
tled , "Executions of the compiled stat
utes of 1877 ; " an act to the electors of
the state of Nebraska , for approval or
rejection , an amendment to the consti-
tusion of the'state of Nebraska , to
amend section five (5) . of article eight
(8) ( ) , of the constitution of the state of
Nebraska entitled , "liquor license ; * ' a
bill for an act to amend section two
(2) ; a bill for an act to make the un
der valuation of property by assessors
a misdemeanor and to provide a pen
alty therefor.
Housi : . In the house numerous pe
titions were read. Breen moved the
appointment of a committee to notify
Governor Boyd that the house was
ready to receive communications. Ta
bled by a vote of 66 to 29. A resolu
tion ftas passed for a committee to ask
ex-Governor Thayer for any informa
tion he might wish to impart about
the affairs of the state. McReynolds
introduced a concurrent resolution
naming February 5 as the day for be
ginning the election contest. The state
treasurer was requested to report the
amount of funds on hand , where de
posited and the interest paid him.
SEXATE. Nothing of importance
was done in the senate on the 23d. No
bills were ready for consideration and
adjournment was taken to give com
mittees time for work.
HOUSE. In the house a large num
ber of bills were introduced , among
them the following : To prevent the
corrupt use of money at elections by
prohibiting candidates from contrib
uting to campaign funds and treating ,
and providing penalty for same. A
bill for an act to extend and regulate
the liability of railroad corporations to
make compensation for personal in
juries suffered by employes in their
service. To reimburse parties who
have purchased real estate from the
state of Nebraska in case of duplicate
transfers , and appropriating money
for same. Providing that only the
property covered by the mortgage may
be taken under foreclosure , and re
leasing the mortgagor from all further
liabilities. To repeal an act entitled
"An act concerning the care of and to
prevent the spread of contagious and
infectious diseases among domestic
animals , to provide for the appoint
ment of a live stock sanitary com-
sion and state veterinary sur
geon , defining their powers and
duties and regulating their compen
sation. Approved March 5 , 1885. "
Mr Gardner introduced a resolution
of inquiry asking why House Roll 79 ,
the bill appropriating $100.000 for the
relief of the drought sufferers , had not
bern printed as ordered a week ago.
Nearly the whcle session was taken up
in discussing the matter. The printed
bill was finally laid on the desks and
Gardner's resolution was lost. The
joint resolution introduced by Gale _
( ind. ) of Rock , > 'instructing our sena
tors andj-epresentatives to.demand the
immediate foreclosure of the goyern-
menir mortgage against the Union Pa
cific railroad , came up for thiid read
ing. 'In * speaking in favor'of1 the reso
lution , Mr. Gale said that the whole
history of the Union Pacific railroad is
a record of fraud and rascality. The
managers have diverted the money
which should have been used to liqui
date the clains of the government into
their own pockets , and used the funds
to build branch lines , and unless the
government took immediate action it
would lose the entire amount advanced
to the company , which amounted to
over $60,000,000. The resolution was
adopted. The speaker Appointed the
following special committee on irriga
tion : Purnell of Perkins , chairman ;
Messrs. Oakley ( rep ) . Ruggles , llen-
nich , Stevens of Furnas , Heath ( rep ) ,
Lomax , Wilson and Mathewson ( dem ) .
McReynolds introduced a new resolu
tion fixing the time for the joint con
vention to hear the contest cases on
February 17.
SENATE. In the senate on the 24th
a petition was presented from the in
habitants of Spring Creek and Brayton
precincts , in Greeley county , stating
that their crops had been destroyed
two successive seasons by hail and
drouth , and praying for a share of the
relief to be given by the state. A peti
tion from Franklin county urged the
legislature to speedily pass the memor
ial to congress asking for § 1,000,000
for the drouth suITerers. Among new
bills introduced were the following :
Providing that the buyer of a note or
ether evidence of indebtedness shall
take it subject to all defenses that
might have been' made against the
original holder of the paper , also pro
viding that any person who makes a
false statement about the consideration
when selling such paper shall be guilty
of a felony punishable by imprison
ment in the penitentiary from one to
five years. Providing that a lender
who charges more than 15 per cent
shall forfeit to the borrower a sum
equal to the principal and interest. To
regulate the interest of morgagors and
mortgagees in real estate mortgages.
Requiring corporations to pay em
ployes" wages weekly. To regulate pro
ceeding in garnishment in civil actions.
To amend the law of chattel mortgages.
HOUSE. In tiie house the Mclieyn-
olds resolution fixing February 5 as
the date for the meeting of the joint
convention for hearing contest cases ,
was indefinitely postponed , and a sim
ilar resolution , changing the time to
February 17 , was called up for second
reading and was ordered printed. A
large number of bills on second read
ing were read and referred. The fol
lowing bills were introduced : Making
an appropriation of $150,000 for the
Columbian exposition and world's fair.
The bill provides that the governor
shall appoint three commissioners , one
from etach of the three political parties ,
from the several congressional dis
tricts , who , shall have full charge of
the exhibit. To prevent wholesale
merchants from discrimination , and at
taching a penalty therefor. The bill
makes it a misdemeanor punishable by
a fine for wholesale dealers to decline
to sell goods to associations of farm
ers at the same rates as they supply
! the trade. Providing that the returns
of elections shall be counted by the
county clerk and the chairman of each
political party. Making corporations
operating railways within this state
liable for all damages sustained by
neglect , mismanagement and wilful
wrong of agents , engineers and other
employes and rendering void all con
tracts restricting such liabilities. A
number of bills were reported back from
the judiciary committee and indefinite
ly postponed. Among them was a
bill by Stephens of Fillmore to repeal
the "innocent purchaser" ' clause in the
law relating to notes , rendering them
to a large extent non-negotiable. The
following resolution was adopted : That
the state treasurer be requested to fur
nish the house at an early day , not to
exceed five days from this date , the
amount of permanent school funds now
on hand : also the amount of those
funds paid out within the past two
years upon registered and state war
rants ; -also the amount invested in
bonds , the date of such in vestment and
the rate of interest received ; also a list
of all other state funds , specifying each
and the amount now on hand , also
where said funds are deposited , the
rate of interest paid , and who receives
the interest on said deposits.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
February 5th is now fixed as the
day for hearing the contest cases.
Nearly two hundred bills are already
on file , but the committees have done
very little , some of them not even
being organized.
The attempt to hold sessions on Sat
urday is not a brilliant success. No
sooner is the journal read until "I de
sire to be excused till Monday" is heard
all over the house , and nearly one-
fourth of the seats are soon empty.
The shortest bill before the legisla
ture was introduced by Mr. Stevens of
Fillmore and read as follows : "Article
8 , chapter 72 , of the compiled statutes
of 18S7 , entitled 'Board of Transporta
tion , 3 be and the same is hereby re
pealed. " '
On considering Switzler's bill for the
appointment of three commissioners to
report a measure to relieve the
supreme court of some of its labor , the
senate judiciary committee decided to
refer it to the court for suggestions or
approval.
Mr. Stevens of Furnas has intro
duced a bill to prohibit the use of Pinkerton -
kerton police , whether citizens of the
state or otherwise. The bill provides
that all posses or special service police
men shall be under the immediate con
trol of the civil authorities.
Adjutant General Vifquain anno'un-
ces a discovery that may have an
important ! bearing on the question of
'Air. Boyd's citizenship. Ho learns that
Mr. Boyd was mustered into the army
at Fort Kearney. Neb. , in the latter
part of 1864 and enlisted for the cam
paign.
On motion of Purnell , a special
committee of nine on irrigation was
created. Many petitions favoring the
establishment of a system of irriga
tion for Deuel , Perkins , ' Lincoln. Elaine
and other western counties were pre
sented by the same member , and re
ferred to this committee when ap
pointed.
The adjutant general has no bills for
expense incurred in sending the mil
itia to the border , but an estimate puts
the aggregate'at $50,000 to $55,000.
General Vifquain thinks the bills of
the railroads may aggregate $40,000.
Ho maintains that the outlay occa
sioned by the recent Indian outbreak
will eventually bo refunded by the gen
eral government.
One of the most important bills be
fore the legislature was introduced by
Mr. Parker of Howard. Under exist
ing laws if a morgageo fails to realize
the entire sum covered by the instru
ment in the sale of mortgaged proper
ty , the balance will become a judgment
against any other property held by the
mortgagor. This bill limits the execu
tion to the property mortgaged , and
releases the debtor from any further
obligations.
Inquiries are being made about the
amount of bounty paid by the state on
the beet sugar manufactured by the
Oxnard company at Grand Island. W.
R. Bacon , the resident inspector , has
sent in a report showing that the out
put was 7,364 bags weighing 736,400
pounds. The law of 1889 provided
for a bounty of 1 cent per pound ,
which should have brought the Ox-
nards a total of § 7,364. Unfortunately
for them the last legislature made no
appropriation for the payment of the
bounty , and the Grand Island factory
has not received a cent.
Mr. Hardy , in an interview , said :
"We have given up all hopes of secur
ing statutory prohibition from this leg
islature , and will make no attempt to
press such a measure. We have de
cided to concentrate all our energies
in favor of the bill granting municipal
suffrage to women. We are going to
mass our forces and work the inde
pendents. Mrs. Helen M. Gougar is
coming here a week from Tuesday and
stay with the legislature until the mat
ter is decided. We don't expect any
help from the democrats , and not much
from the republicans , but it won't hurt
the independent party any to pass this
measure. This will be the entering
wedge towards securing full suffrage
for women , and when this is once ac
complished we can carry prohibition. ' '
THE GUBERNATORIAL CONTEST.
LINCOLN , Jan. 22. The following
rules of procedure for hearing and de
termining the Nebraska contests were
decided upon by the independents in
caucus :
1. The speaker of the house shall
preside over this joint convention.
2. That the contest of John E. Pow
ers , namely , against James E. Boyd
for the office of governor shall be first
heard and determined.
3. That the other seven contests for
the executive offices in which the evi
dence is the same , shall be heard to
gether as one case , but the vote there
on shall be taken separately in the
order in which such offices are named
in section 1 , article 5 of the constitu
tion.
4. That in the trial of these cases
the contestant shall have one hour in
which to state his case , immediately
after which the contestee shall have
one hour in which to state his case ,
provided , that in the consolidated case
but one hour shall be allowed to all the
contestants and one hour to all the
contestees for that purpose.
5. The contestants shall then reader
or cause to be read such evidence taken
in his behalf as he shall deem necessa
ry , but he shall be required to read
the cross-examination of any witness
called by him , provided the contestee
may read such portions of such cross-
examination , as he shall deem necessa
ry , but shall not be required 10 read
the whole of such cross-examination ,
and in case the contestee shall read
any portion of such cross-examination ,
then the contestant may read such oth
er portion thereof as he shall deem
necessary.
6. When the contestant shall have
rested his case , the contestee shall then
read such evidence taken in his behalf
as he may deem necessary , but he shall
not be required to read the cross-exam
ination of his witnesses , but the con
testant may read such parts of the
cross-examination as he may deem nec
essary , provided , when the contestant
shall read any part of such cross-exam
ination then the contestee shall have
the right to read such other portions
thereof as he shall deem necessary.
No objections or exceptions to evidence
shall be made , except by counsel in
argument.
7. That the time occupied by the
contestant and contestee shall be kept
by the clerk of the house of represen
tatives and the contestant shall be al
lowed twelve hours in which to read
his evidence in chief , and the contestee
shall have fifteen hours in which to
read his evidence in chief , including
the reading of the cross-examination
of contestant's witnesses , after which
the contestant shall have thrtfe hours
to read evidence in rebuttal , including
the time consumed in reading the i
cross examination of the witnesses of
the contestee.
8. No objection to any of the evi
dence taken in these cases shall be
made or entertained , nor shall any
motions , objections or resolutions con
cerning the same be offered , enter
tained , put , or passed upon , but the
right is reserved- counsel of the re
spective parties to urge such objec-
tions in the argument of the case as
hereinafter provided. Dunns' the read
ing of the evidence there shall be no
interruption , thereof , except for the
solo purpose o"f taking recess from time
to time as herein * provided.
9. The respective parties shall have
the right to submit such printed ab
stracts of the evidence , or such printed
portion of the evidence as they sh&ll
deem proper.
10. Upon the close of the evidence
the contestant shall have two hours in
which to argue his cose to the conven
tion , after which the contestee shall
have three hours in which to present
his cose to the convention , after which'
the contestant shall have one hour in
which to close the argument , which - < . \ : \
time may be divided between counsel/
as they may agree.
11. That in the trial of these cases
the respective parties may be represented - '
sented by counsel , and such counsel
during the trial shall have the priv
ileges of the floor of the convention ,
but shall make no interruption of any
kind.
12. During the hearing of these contests - .
tests this convention shall convene at . .
9 o'clock a. m. and remain in session , '
till 12 o'clock m. , and convene at 2
o'clock p. IB. and remain in session
till 5 o'clock p. in. , and convene at 7 -
o'clock p. m. and remain in session
until 10 o'clock p. m. daily , except
Sunday.
13. No vote shall be taken by this
convention upon the merits of any con
test or upon any disposition thereof"
until the evidence has been read1 and-
the argument made in such contest as
herein provided.
'
LAND COMM1SSlOXEIl'S REPORT.
The biennial report of the state com
missioner of public lands and buildings
is out and shows the following facts ,
and figures :
Under a grant of congress there has
been selected by the state and con
firmed by the general land office for
several educational purposes , the fol
lowing amounts of land : Common
school land , 2,733,500.16 acres ; agricultural
\ J 'J '
cultural college land 89,140.23 acres ;
state university land , 45,426.08 acres ;
state normal school land , 12,804.80- I
acres ; total , 2,88fiS71.27. V
Of the common school land , 1,436.-
304.19 acres are under a contract of
lease ; 553,873.65 are under contract of
sale ; 225.419.43 acres have been
deeded , and 517,902.89 acres are still
vacant.
Of the agricultural college land , 40 , -
811.76 acres are leased ; 45,859. 20 acres
are under contract of saie ; 2,529.07
acres have been deeded and 40 acres
are still vacant.
Of the university lands 19.895.SO-
acres are leased ; 33,235.37 acres are
under contract of sale : 2.544.91 acres
have been deeded and 760 acres are
vacant.
Of the normal school lands 300 acres
are leased ; 10,108.82 acres are under
contract of saie , and 2,335.98 awes
have been deeded.
This shows that 232,729.88 have
been deeded , leaving a balance of
2,648,141.88 acres to which the title-
is yet vested in the state. Of this
amount 632,067.04 acres are now under
contract of sale , 1.497,371.03 acres are-
leased and 518,702.89 acres are yet a
part of the public domain. This makes
a wonderful heritage for the educa
tional interests of Nebraska.
There is now invested in United
States bonds , state securities and reg
istered county bonds out of the per
manent school fund the sum of $2,222-
364.35 , and cash in the treasury to the-
amount of § 522,364.86 , making a total
of § 2,745,307.21 in this fund as com
pared with $2,100,744.45 two years '
ago , an increase of $64.562.76 in that
period. The increase being 30 2-3 per
cent as compared with 13 4-5 per cent
for the previous two years.
The cash in the treasury and the in
vestments belonging to the school fund
amounts -274,307.21. . The unpaid
principal on sale amounts to $3,766-
882.61 , making a grand total of $6-
512,089.82 , exclusive of the 1,497,371.-
95 acres under lease contracts and the-
518,702.90 acres still vacant. The
common school lands tinder lease are
apm-aised at $3.182,132.77 , with an
annual rental of $190,927.96. This ,
together with the annual interest on
the unpaid principals on contracts of
sale , which amounts to $226,006.95 ,
makes a fund of $416,934.91 to be an
nually apportioned among the various
school districts of the state , in addi-
to the revenue derived from the invest
ments of the permanent school funds
in the state treasury. *
t I
LlYK STOCK AXtt I'HOIHJUK 3TARKKTS. I '
i 'I
Quotations from Xrie r rCltlc < t jot
Loni.i , Oiiiitlni mid Kl
OMAHA.
Butter Creamery 24 © 25
Butter Dairy . 16 © 17
Jl ess Pork 1'er bbl . 11 00
Eggs Fre h . 16 © 17
Honey , per lb. , new , comb . 1C < S 17
Chickens dressed . < & 8
Turkeys Dressed . . 10 an 11
Gee e dressed . 6 © s
Ducks Per lb . 5 ( lit 8
Oranges . . 400 © 500-
Lemons . 4 00 © 4 50
Onions Per bush . 140 © 1 50
Braus Navies . 265 © 2 75
Wool Fine , unwashed. p r tt > . . . . 14 © 16
Potatoes . 1 00
Beets Ferbn . 120 © 1 25
Apples Per bbL . 4 50 © 5 00
Hay Per ton . 700 © 750
Hogs Mixed packing . 3 20 © 340.
Hogs Heavy weights . 3 30 © 353-
Beeves Choice steers . 3 25 © 4 25
Sheep Natives . 2 50 © 4 40
NEW YORK.
Wheat No. 2 red . 1 04 1 05
Corn No. 2 .
Oats Mixed western 49 Q. 53
Pork 11 SO © 12 00
Lard 6 20 © C 25
CHICAGO.
25S
Wheat Per bushel 80 * © *
S
Corn Per bushel 49 ©
Oats Per bushe 43 ©
1025 © 1Q27J
Lard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SO © 50
Hogs Packing and shipping. . 340 © 345
Cattle Prime steers . 4 75 © 4 9J '
Sheep Natives . 3 75 © 5 10
ST. LOUIS. ' i
Wheat Cash . 94 ©
Corn Per bushel . 43 © 49
Oats Per bushel . 45 ©
Hogs Mixed packing . 310 © 340
CalUe Feeders . 2 00 © 350
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat No.2 . 81 ©
Corn No. 2 . . . , . 47 47
Oats No.2 . 41
Cattle Stockers and feeders . 2 50 © 3 CO
Hogs Mixed . 300 © 3,55