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M' COOK TRIBUNE.
F. M. KIMMELL , PnbItshor.
McC00K , NLBIKA.
OVER TBE [ STATE.
HUJIEOLDT'S water works system i1)
about completed.
A CAT recently died in Blair that is
known to be 25 years old.
THE residence of Edward Frye , Wcst
Point , with its entire contents , was
destroyed by fire.
REAL estate transfers to the amount
of over $21,000 took place in Nance
county last week.
RYLAND PARKER a pioneer and the
firs t county judge of Holt county , died
last week , aged 80 years.
I TIIIBTY-FIVE people are ready to join
m the Baptist church at Yarltk as the result -
sult of revival meetings.
JAMES BURROWS of Platte Center
complains that his wife has deserted
him and he wants a divorce.
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FnANK BRACE , son of S. C. Brace , a
prominent farmer ofTalley county ,
died from an overdose of morphine.
Two susrielous characters were taken
in by oflicers at Grand Island and sentenced -
tenced to ten days in the county jail ,
TIIERE have been fifty-three conversions -
sions at Alda as the result of the revival -
vival meetings in the Methodist'
church.
WIIILi : William Schoemck , living
near Scribner , lay sick of typhoid fever
some unregenerate cubs stole a rick of
hay for him.
TILE saloon of Christian Schomerus at
Nebraska City , was closed on an attachment -
tachment sworn out by the Nebraska
City National bank.
THE Fremont volunteer fire department -
ment will give an entertainment soon
to raise a fund for the benefit of sick
and disabled firemen.
GEOnOE AI.BAUGII , a negro , stole a
buggy and two horses from a livery
stable in Oxford. A reward has been
offered for his apprehension.
THE general merchandise store of J.
L. Harman at West Point , was closed
by virtue of a chattel mortgage held uy
the Frst National bank of that city.
A STOCK company is being organized
at Dc Witt that proposes to build a $5-
000 opera house , with a stage that will
accommodate the best shows on the
road.
Tiii pipe of a hired man started a
conflagration , which destroyed Nels
Anderson's born , near St. James. All
the horses were rescued except one old
mare.
REV. Mn. RICKER of Alma has accepted -
cepted a call to the pastorate of the
Chadron Congregational church and
will enter upon his new duties February -
ary 1.
IT is the same old story. A stranger
secured a team at the livery barn of
Charley Cole in Arlington to ride outfit
the country a few miles to see a friend.
"And he never came back , "
TuE board of commissioners of Lancaster -
caster county have called a special
election for April 2 , at which the proposition -
position to vote $90,000 in bonds to build
- a new jail will be submitted.
SEPTEMBER 17 , at the Nebraska state
fair this year , will be called "Pioneer
Day. " All persons holding certificates
of membership to pioneer societies in
the state will be admitted free.
A surf for $5,000 was filed in the district -
trict court of York county , against the
Burlington company , by Anthony Yost ,
for injuries while working as a section
hand on the railroad in Illinois.
Tim Christian Endeavor society of
Fremont is preparing for a neighborhood -
hood convention , to be held February 2
and 3 , to commemorate the fourteenth
anniversary of the endeavor movement.
Mns. MARTIN MARTINSON of Sparta ,
Knox county , dropped dead while engaged -
gaged in her household duties. Three
little children were with her at the
time , but her husband was away from
home.
"TEXAS JAcit , " who has figured in
the Dodge county courts as a purloiner
of mortgaged goods , and who was
brought back from Kansas to answer
to these charges , has been acquitted by
a jury.
A CALL has been issued for a conference -
ence to be held at Broken Bow Febra-
ary 5 for the purpose of forming a new
political party. Th call suggests that
the new organization be designated
as the union party.
THE Indianola Courier says that the
old settlers of the Beaver valley have
great hopes of receiving money this
winter for their claims against the
Indians. There has been $150,000 appropriated -
propriated for suck claims.
W. IL FOWLER , one of the most
highly respected citizens of North Bend ,
died the other morning suddenly of
heart failure. He awoke , called his
daughter , saying he had such a good
sleep , and was dead in five minutes.
ARcumSuo1' HENNESSEY has caused
to' be read in the churches of this archdiocese -
diocese , says a Dubuque ( Iowa ) dispatch -
patch , a letter from the bishop of
Omaha detailing the suffering in Nebraska -
braska and appealing for assistance.
NEVER in the history of Nebraska
City , says the Press , has the ice harvest
been so bountiful or the season so propitious -
pitious for putting it up as this season.
As a consequence there will be more ice
put up this year than ever before.
MILTON BUciu IN , the young man employed -
ployed as a news gatherer on the Columbus -
umbus Telegram , is very versatile. He
sets type , gathers news , collects bills ,
writes good poetry and occasionally accepts -
cepts an incitation to preach a sermon.
A BAuN on the premises of Mr. Estes
in Glenover , Gage county , way discovered -
ered on fire by a trio of school boys.
The boys promptly went to work and
with a tub of water extinguished the
flames before much damage had re-
sulted.
HASTINGS has secured asyrup factory.
The Smith Sorghum company of Fairfield -
field accepted the proposition of the
Hastings citizens and will begin the 1st
of February to move their plant and
erect buildings They have leased
over 1,700 acres of land and employ
from 100 to 150 men.
Mn. SJIITB , who resides north of
Boxelder poslofHce in Frontier county ,
died last week from what was supposed
to be lung fever. Investigation revealed -
vealed the fact that it was starvation.
When neighbors called they found no
provisions , nor scarcely any clothing.
A wife an4 two small children were
found in a pitiful condition.
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A. G. COLLINS , the agent of the
Equitable Insurance company of Falls
City , who forged two notes for $490 , is
now said to be insane. One note for
$400 bears the name of Jerome B.
Wiltse , a well-to-do farmer in that vi-
cinity.
REV. F. M. CAPEr , at one time pastor -
tor of Grace Episcopal church in Te-
cumseb , now of Nebraska City , has
written'a book on "Freemasonry in All
Ages , " and sold the copyright to a
Chicago publishing company for
$16,000.
FRANK WORSTREIIIL , a brewery
owner of Atkinson , and Julius C. Lucas -
cas , the head brewer , indicted for selling -
ing beer without stamps , will appear
before Judge Dundy at O'Neill and
plead that the revenue office was short
at the time.
TilE large livery barn of Young S
Grosbach , at Imperial , was burned with
eleven head of horses , one cow , all the
buggies and harness and about five tons
of hay , nothing being saved. Loss is
about $2,000 , with $400 insurance on
the building
JESSE FLOWDEE and Jesse Williams ,
two colored soldiers stationed at' Fort
Robinson , got into a quarrel over Jessie
Burnett , a white prostitute of Crow-
ford , and IVilhams drew a large knife
and fatally stabbed Plowder. $ e died
almost instantly.
LAST summer William Holden left
York for South Omaha to work in a
packing house. It was the time of the
strike. From that place he disappeared
and has been reported as having been
murdered. He has now been located
at a little town in 1orv , . His family is
still being cared for by the charity
board.
J. S. HErzE1. , capitalist and owner of
the Hetzel block at Auburn , dropped
dead last week in the store of Tharey ,
from heart disease. Ile was about town
in the afternoon as jovial and happy as
ever , and went into the store and complained -
plained about being out of breath , sat
down in a chair and without another
word fell over dead.
J. H. IIINIi60N , a young man who
came to Schuyler from the Barbadoes ,
West Indies , a little over a year ago ,
went out of town last week leaving a
number of creditors to mourn his de-
parture. H. L. Pence , proprietor of
the Fogg house , attached his clothing
for a board bill of about $80. Hinkson
was known to have about $70 when he
left.
left.Foun
Foun important criminal cases will
be tried in the district court of Keitht
county , which convened last week.
They are the State of Nebraska vs.
John Pitt for rape , state vs. Charles
McAvoy for rape , state vs Warren
Rena for perjury , state vs. John Wilkins -
kins , charged with stealing twenty
head of cattle from Jesse Campbell last
November. There are sixty civil cases
on the docket.
C. H. HINCKLEY , who is runing a saw
mill on J. A. Creighton's farm , north
of Waterloo , met with a serious accident -
dent which may end in the loss of his
left arm. While attending to the mill
the wind blew his overcoat around so
that it caught on the saw , which pulled
him down , and in trying to save himself -
self he threw his left arm across the
saw , which cut away a great portion of
the muscles , as well as some of the
bone.
SUIT has been commenced by the administrators -
ministrators of the estate of Henry
Mansfield to secure possession of $25-
000 worth of stock in the Farmers and
Merchants' Insurance company , which
was in the name of C. W. Mosher at the
time of the'failure of the Capital National -
tional bank. Mansfield was the father-
in-law of Mosher , and it is claimed that
the stock was pledged to him to secure
money loaned to Mosher.
PINIEL W. BAKER , aged 60 , committed -
ted suicide at Wymore by shooting
himself through the brain with a 44-
caliber pistol. A week ago Baker had
his wife sent to the asylum for the insane -
sane , and the theory at Wymore then
was that the woman had been driven
to insanity by brutal treatment and
overwork imposed upon her by her
husband. Considerable prejudice prevailed -
vailed against Baker in the community ,
and he professed to be in fear of his
life.
life.MB.
MB. LAa1BOnti has a bill printed ,
house roll No. 244 , for the creation of a
state board of charities and corrections.
The principal provision is that the governor -
ernor shall be authorized to appoint
four commissioners , not more than two
representing one political party , and
not more than one from any one religious -
ious denomination , two of which commissioners -
missioners shall be women , who , with
the governor and chancellor of the
state university , shall be known as the
state board of charities and corrections
These commissioners are to receive no
compensation but expenses
JA3IES GARRITY is a laboring man
who was tramping westward from Lincoln -
coln on the Burlington track the other
day. About a mile and a half west of
Denton he found a bridge on fire , and
almost consumed. It being impossible
to arrest the progress of the fire he ran
back to Denton , where he arrived just
in time to enable the operator to catch
the east-bound No. 2 at Crete. A few
minutes more and the train loaded
with passengers would have been too
far to prevent a frightful wreck. Gar-
rity was rewarded by the company by
being given the job he had been in
search of.
THE elevator belonging to the Omaha
Elevator company at Barneston , containing -
taining about 7,000 bushels of grain ,
was burned the other day. The fire
started in a stable adjoining the building -
ing belonging to the company , though
from what source is not known. The
fire had gained such headway when
discovered that the building could not
be saved. Two horses in the stable
were also consumed.
tins Joiix B00MER , a highly respected -
spected lady of Beatrice , was found
dead in her bed one morning. The deceased -
ceased was 69 years old , and had been
in delicate health for some months past
but attended to her usual household
duties the day before she died.
CONSTABLE HoPKINS arrested Abel
Nelson of Burt county Tuesday. Last
August a warrant was issued foryoung
Nelson , charging him with bastardy ,
Esther Hill being the woman in the
case. Nelson , however , did not present
himself for arrest , and was not secured
until Tuesday , when he gave bonds in
the sum of $500 for his appearance for
trial next Monday. 1
T11E Commercial club of Omaha will
endeavor to convince the "powers that
be" that everything should be run i
wide open in the metropolis this state '
fair year. Gambling and prostitution i
cannot be suppressed , hence they are
to be regulated and given a wider field.
LAWS FOR NEBRASKA.
A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN
BOTH HOUSES.
Synopsis of Some Bills Already Passed-
Text of Others Under Consideration--
Beet Sugar Interests-Reduction of In-
tarest on State Warrants-Penitentiary
Medical Board-A Measure for Arbitration -
tion of Labor Troubles-Encourage-
ment of Canal Building-Miscellaneous
Notes.
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The Nebraska Assembly.
SENATE.-Iri the senate on the 29th senate
file No. 25 , Dale's bill reducing the Interest
on state warrants ; which had yesterday
been agreed to in committee of the whole ,
was recommended at the request of its au-
thor. Reports from standing committees
were received and accepted as follows : Senate -
ate file No , 130 , a joint resolution and memorial -
rial requesting Nebraska'ssenators and representatives -
resentatives in congress to use all honorable
effort to secure the passage of the bill now
pending incongress providitrg fortho ceding
to the state of Nebraska of the government
lands within the borders of this state , the
title to which still remains In the United
States. The committee on constitutional
amendments and federal relations , recommended -
mended the passage of the bill , and It was
placed on enoral file. Thesume committee
recommended the passage of senate files
127 , 69 and 125. No. 127 was introduced by
Stewart , and provides for the submission
of a constitutional amendment authorizing
the election of a state board of transporta-
tion. No. 69 submits a constitutional
amendment lprovidiimg for five judges of the
supreme court. No. 126 , introduced by Poue ,
is a joint resolution asking Nebraska's
representatives in congress to work for tlio
passage of a bill providing for the payment
to all soldiers who served in rebel prisons
during the war of the rebellion of 52 per day
during the time so served and of $12 per
month for the remainder of their lives. The
committee on constitutional amendments
recommended that senate file No. 89 be indefinitely -
definitely postponed. This was a constitutional -
tional amendment proposed by Pope , increasing -
creasing the numler of judges of the supreme -
preme court to seven. The committee explained
plained its recommendation by citing ti.e
fact that another constitutional amendment -
ment covering practically the same ground
had already been recommended for passage.
HOUSE.-In the ] House on the 29th the fallowing -
lowing bills passed : House roll SI , by Rick-
etts of Douglas. Making daylight house
breaking a felony ; to continuo supreme
court commission : to regulate the practice
of dentistry , house roll , 76 , by Griffith of
Adams. Itprovides that the penitentiary
physician and two other physicians
a penitentiary medical board to
pass upon the mental condition of convicts
who may become insane. Whenever the
penitentiary believes a convict
Insane , he must certify to the govcrnor , '
who will cause an examination by the board ,
and if the convict. be found insane lie will be
removed to the asylum. house toll 24 , by
Harrison of hail. It exempts from
the provision of chapter 16 , of the
compied statutes , any mutual benefit -
efit association or corporation organized -
ganized upon the mutual assessment cooperative -
erative plan for furnishnng benefits to widows -
ows , orphans or legatees of the deceased
members , or for paying endowments or accident -
cident IndemnIt , the membership of which
shall be confined to any class , profession ,
oc upatlon , or sect , or the members of any
secret society ; house roll 196 , by Davies of
Cass , providing for an amendment to the
constitution authorizing the sale of securities -
ties held as a part of the permanentschool
fund in securities bearing a higher rate of
interest , and to permit the payment of state
warrants with school moneys when the
funds upon which they are drawn have no
money therein , the warrants so purchased
to be held as an investment for the school
fund. Tito bill passed. Bills were introduced -
duced as follows : To provide a water supply -
ply for the State Normal school , located at
'eru ; to provide for the publication of the
general laws of the state o1 Nebraska ; to
amend section 1867 , of the consolidated statutes -
utes of Nebraska , and to repeal said original -
inal section ; to repeal sections 43 , 44 and 4.5
of chapter 43 , of the compiled statutes of
Nebraska ; to provide for a place for the
payment of real estate mortgages within the
state of Nebraska , and to regulate the same ;
to amend sections 943 and J49 , of chapter 10 ,
of the consolidated statutes of Nebraska of
i893 , and to rope 11 said original sections.
SENATE.-In the senate on the 30th a large
number of new bills were Introduced and
read for the first time , while those introduced -
duced yesterday were read the second time
and referred to the standing committees.
Senate file No. 2 , introduced by Graham , and
providing that the owners of any real estate
against which a decree of forelosuro has
been rendered in any court of record , and
the owners of any real estate levied upon to
satisfy a judgment or decree of any kind ,
may redeem the same from the lien of such
decree or levy at any time before the sale
of the sameby paying intocourttho amount
of such judgment together with all interest
and costs , was taken up and discussed at
considerable length , amended and orde ed
to a third reading. Senate ffie No. 31 , a bill
introduced by Bressler , providing that a
landlord shall have a lien for his rent upon
all crops grown upon the demised premises -
ises and upon any other personal property
of time tenant and not exempt from exo-
cutfon , which has been used upon the premises -
ises ( luring the term for the period o1 one
year after a year's rent , or the rent of a
shorter period claimed , falls due , but such
lien shanot in any case continue more
than six months after the expiration of the
term , was ordered engrossed for third read-
ing. The next bill taken up by the committee -
tee of the whole was the arbitration bill introduced -
troduced by Smith. The labor committee
had reported a numberof amendments very
materially altering some of the provisions
of the bill. The amendments provide that
the arbitrators shall be apponted by the
district court , and that they shall receive
SI0 per day for actual time served. The bill
was recommended to pass as amended. Mc-
Reeby , from the relief committee , presented -
ed a substitute bill for house roll No. 1 ,
authorizing county boards to issue bonds
with which to purchase seed for destitute
farmers. House roll No. I was read the third
time last Saturday , but was recommitted at
the last moment in order that an amendment -
ment might be added to enable renters , lessees -
sees of school lands and farmers on govern-
lands to obtain the relief extended by the
bill.
HOUSE.-In the house on the 30th the
morning hour was consumed in defeating
the substitute for Brady's seed grain
note bill , house roll 39. Brady's original
bill provided that farmers could mortgage
the crop raised from the seed for which the
security was given. The committee's substitute -
stitute , however , was an artfully drawn
measure by which the act became a permanent -
nent fraud on the farmers and could be
m de available b all kinds of patent right
and lightning rod swindlers. The farmers
saw the trap , voted against the bill , and
were subquently taunted by Burns of Lancaster -
caster with not wanting any aid in the direction -
rection of securing seed. House roll No 84.
providing for the stamping of penitenttary
made goods , passed by a vote of 83 to 9. ;
Burns of Lancaster voted against the bill.
lie said that this legislature could not compel -
pel the branding of prison made goods from
other states. the house then
went into committee of the whole ,
with Munger in the chair. house
roll No. 13 , by Chace , was reported by the
committee on roads and bridges for indefinite -
nite postponement. The report of the committee -
mittee was adopted. House roll No. 77 , by
Sutton of Douglas , fortho discontinuance
of township organizations b a vote of electors -
ors was passet. House roll No. 57 , for the
destruction of the Russian thistle , was recommended -
commended for passage and the report
adopted. House roil No. 118 was favorably
reported by the judiciary committee and
the report adopted. House role No. 123 , from ,
the committee on judiciary , was favorably
reported and the same adopted.
SENATE.-Nearly an hour was consumed In
the reading of the journal in the senate on I
the list. The usual batch of oleomargarine
petitions was handed up and referred to the
rommittee on agriculture without reading.
Sm recher of t.olfax county sent up the fol
lowing resolution and moved its adoption. i
That the following employes of the senate
he dismissed from service after this date ,
January 31,1SOi : Two assistant custodians
of cloak rooms , five pages , one assistant c
postmaster , one typewriter , one night-
watchman , one janitor , one custodian of sec-
retary's room , one cw.todian of supplies.
one fireman , one messenger to secretary , one
assistt : nt bill clerk , six enrolling and engros-
in _ clerks , one messenger for enrolling 4
aid engrossing room , one custodian - p
an enrolling and engrossing room. That
where more than one person occupies these
designated places these dismissals be by lot. c
The resolution was referred to the select
i
committee on employes. Senate files on
third reading were then taken up and
passed. r enato file o. 1 , by Watson , was
the first hill to be passed. It is intended to
legalize all proclamations of the governor
creating cities of the first class having more
than 8,0 A and less than 25.0.0 inhabitants ,
and to legalize all acts of city officers of
such cities. The senate passed senate file
No.57 , after which , on motion of Hahn , the
doors were closed , and the senate went Into
executive session.
llocsE-In the house on the 71st the debate
of the day ensued over house roll No. 183 ,
the bill of Jenness to protect employes and
guarantee their rights to belong to labor
organizations. The motion to indefinitely
postpone the bill was lost by a close voto.
An attemtpt was then made by Burns , Richards -
ards and Mc\itt to kill the bill by amendments -
ments and riders , but the small majority of
two stood firm and they were all voted
down The long fight was over , and on motion -
tion the committee recommended that the
1)111 puss. Thomas moved that the bill be
recommitted. Barry added an amendment
that the Liil do not lose its place on general
file , which was carried. House roil 'ho. 8 ? ,
to punish stock thieves , was the first bill on
thhd reading , and was passed , 70 to O.
Kaup's joint resolution with amendments ,
house roll No.'E9 , to amend section 1 , article
xvi , of the constitution was passed , 79 to O ;
house roll No. 161 , by Chapman , to amend an
act providing for the payment of public
lands , was passed unanimously ; house roll
No. 165 , by Burns of Lancaster , providing
for the sale of a few small parcels of peni-
tentlary lands for the benefit of the Board
of EducatfonaiLands and Funds , was pa-sod
63 to 8 ; a petition from John C. Thompson of
Douglas county , and several hundred oth-
em , was presented , asking the removal from
this country of all the Catholic prelates who
are eneageIn stirring up dissentfon. The
petition , which comprised two solid columns
of small type , was referred to the committee -
tee on miscellaneous subjects.
SENATE.-Time 1st day of February brought
tv th it the twenty-fourth day of the legislative -
lative session. Up to and including today
233 bills have been introduced. Of this number -
ber four or five have been passed , seven indefinitely -
definitely postponed and the rest either in
the hands of the printer orwith the standing
committee. Mciesson , from the committee
on railroads , presented a favorable report
on senate file No. 77 , a measure introduced
by Sloan , relating to contracts for the conditional -
ditional sale , lease or hire of railroad and
street railway equipment and rolling stock.
A number of bills were introduced and read
tune first time. Immediately afterrecess the
senate went into committee of the whole
with Crane in the chair , for the consideration -
tion of senate file No. 2.5 , the bill reducing
the interest on state warrants at 5 percent
Instead of 7 per cent. The judiciary corn-
mitteo In its report on the bill split
the dilierenee between the present and
the proposed law by fixing the rate at6 per
cent. Thevholebillwasconslderedinconi-
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mittee of the whole early in the week an m
ordered engrossed for third reading , but before -
fore a vote could be taken upon It , Dale
asked thatitbe recommitted to thecommit-
tee of the whole for amordrnent. Pope ,
in committee of the whole , olr'ered at
amendmeutto the bill reducing the rate to
.5 per cent. The amendment provoked one
o1 the liveliest debates of the session.
Finally , on division , Senator l'ope's amendment -
ment reducing the rate to 5 per cent prevailed -
vailed , and the committee rose. A resolution -
tion providing for the appointment of a
committee of three to confer with a like
committee from the house with reference tea
a temporary adjournment of the legislature
was read and passed. The lieutenant governor -
ernor appointed as such committee Rath-
bun , Teift and Sprecher. The senate then
adjourned.
JIOUSE.-III the house on the 1st seventeen
bills were favorably reported by standing
committees and the reports adopted , while
sixteen were indefinitely postponed. The
house in the afternoon went brio committee -
tee of the whole , with Cole In the chair.
The first m = asure was the senate's amendments -
ments to house roll No. 1 , Lamborn's bill to
authorize counties to issue bonds for the
purchase of seed wheat. Barry opposed
consideration of the measure at thin time ,
and the house took up house roll No. 40 ,
Wait's dog tax bill. Ono of the provisions
is that no man shall keep more than one
dog , but the act applies only to Incorporated -
porated villages. The house then rose and
reported the bill for passage. Again the
senate's amendments to Lamborn's bill ,
house roll No. 1 , came up on special order.
The amendment was h st , yeas 24 , nays 65
The bill was then put upon its passage and
carried , the house concurring in all the sen-
ate's amendments , by a vote of 72 to 8. Barry -
ry explained his vote by saying that while
the bill , as amended , would not benefit his
people , he would vote for it in behalf of
other counties which it would benefit.
Under the head of repo is of standing committees -
mittees , house roll No , 220 was unfavorably
reported by the committee on schools , and
the report was adopted. House roll No. 189
was favorably reported , as was No. 174. The
committee on public schools reported favorably -
ably house roll No. 283 , and the report was
adopted. Howard's bill , house roll No. 173 ,
was reported for Indefinite postponement ,
and report adopted. Burns of Dodge's sugar
bill , house roll No. 67 , was favorably reported -
ed by the committee on manufacturing and
comm + rce , but Howard moved that it be indefinitely -
definitely postponed. This was voted down
and the report of the committee adopted.
House roll \o. 54 , favorably reported by the
committee on judiciary , was adopted.
house roll No. 78 was reported favorably by
the same committee , but Ifairgrove , one of
the members of the committee , entered a
protest and the bill was recommitted to general -
eral file.
SENATE.-The senate transacted but little
business on the 2d during the less than two
hours that it remained in session. Several
important committee meetings had been set
for 10 o'clock , and but few senators were at
their desks duaring the brief session.
Nearly an hour was consumed with the
reading of Frieay's journal. The committee -
tee on counties and county boards reported
favorably on Watson's bill a lowing county
commissioners$3 per day for their services ,
but providing that in counties of less than
70,00 population the commissioners shall not i
receive pay for more than forty days in
any one year. The committee on municipal
affairs presented a favorable report on Hot-
brook's billcreating a board of park comm is-
sioners to be appointed by the judges of the
judicial district. In cities having more than
5tn0 and less than 2 ,090 inhabitants ; also
upon Holbrook's bill empowering cities of
the same class to purchase ground for parks
and to issue bonds for their improvements.
Among the new bills introduced yesterday
was ope by Rouse of Hall , house roll 43. ,
which provides that the state auditor , secretary -
retary of state and state treasurer shall
cumpriso a printing board , with power tea
a point a supervisor of public printing , who
shall be a practical printer.
tioust.-In the house on the 2d , on the
call for bills on third reading , the following
measures were acted upon : House roll 7 , by
Sutton of Douglas , providing for a submission -
sion of the question of the discontinuance
of township organization by a vote of the
electors othe county ; house roll 2i3 , by
Pohlman , providing for a military boarder
f or the state militia , consisting of the adjutant -
tant general , Lrigadier general , two colonels -
onels , judge advocate general , ranki g0111-
cer of the artillery and ranking officers of
the cavalry , commissioned as such by the
commander-In-chtief. assed. Amont the i
new bills that have been introduced is one
by Merrick of Gage , house roll 434 , making
n appropriation of S50OJJ for additional
buildings to the Nebraska Institute for
Feeble Minded at Beatrice. This makes
the sixtieth measure for building appropriations -
tions forstate Institutions note ending in
the house , asking for all and in-
coin still to hear from. Brockmann's bill ,
house roll 453 , provides that in cities of 1i0 ;
10) people or over all applications for liquor p
licenses shall be published in ( laity papers
having a circulation of 5,0 0 and over. Wait
of Utoe introduced a resolution that time
form of contract for public printing recommended -
mended by the committee on printing be
transferred to the secretary of state , and
that he be authorized to adopt it. On suspension -
pension of th. rules , the resolution was
adopted. The house adjourned until 2 p. m.
donday.
Insurance Competition.
A bill which in its title recites that it Is
ntended to make impossible agreements between -
tween insurance companies to prevent free
competition , hasbeenintroducedin thesen- p
ate by Watson. This bill provides that every -
ery companydoing a fire insurance business ti
a the state shall enter into an agreement , u
and give a bond for its faithful pert rm-
ance , that theyMsill not enter into a combi-
nationn which will prevent open and free
ompetition by fixing ascale of rates. This
agreement and bond is to be filed wit' the t
state auditor. The ureties on the bond are d
required to be residents of the state of Ne-
braska. When the auditor finds that a corn-
any has violated the agreement by enterf
ng into a cotiibination , he is m equired to
roceed upon the bond to recover the pertt
pity , which Is filed at a fine of .509 for each 7
oifonse. Agents of any company who are t
onvicted of violation of the law are liable
to a fine of from $ iW to 5i 0. a
.
Text of Mr. Lamborn's Seed Bill.
House roll 1 , introduced by Mr. Lamborn
of Rod Willow , and amended by the senate ,
which has gone to the governor for his signature -
nature , Is as follows.
Abill for an act to authorize county boards
to issue the bonds of their respective counties -
ties for the purpose of procuring seed and
feed for the teams used in cultivating the
land on which the seed is planted ; to provide -
vide for the sale of the same , anti to punish
the violation of the provisions of this act.
Be it enacted by time legislature of the
state of Nebraska :
r ection 1. That the county board of any
county of thisstatoshall have theauthority
to Issue t he bonds of such county , to any
amount not to exceed 5 per cent of the asses -
ses eI valuation of the county , for the year
1894 , but not to exceed the sum of ,0O0 , for
the purpose of raising money to procure
seed to be planted aut sown during the year
lSt5 , and feed for the teams used in planting
anti sowing said seed ; provided a special
election shall be called at which the question -
tion of bonding the county shall i n submitted -
ted to the people as provided herein. t
Sec. 2 If the people of any county in the
state of Nebraska suallbelt atlcstltute and
depeiident condition on account of the failure -
ure of crops from drouth or other causes
over which they have no control , a petition
setting forth the fact that the people of
such county , or a large number of them , Cn
account of failure of crops in said county
are in a destitute and dependent condition ,
and stating the cause of the failure of crops
and the amount of funds which will be required
quired to supply such people with seed and
feed , signed ny at least one-fifth of the resident -
ident electors of such county , may be filed
with the county clerk praying the county
board to call a special election to vote on
the question o ! Issuing bonds of the county
to raise such funds. Whereupon said board
shall call an election as prayed for in said
petition , and the county clerk for such
county shall give notice of such election by
publication in the consecutive is ucs of one
tr more weekly papers published and of
general circulation in such county and by
posting anotice at the polling place in each
precinct , and if a maority of the votes
legally cast at such election shall be in
favor of issuing such bonds , then the county -
ty board shall is-uo the bonds of the county
payable in ten years with the option of the
county to pay the whole or part thereof
after the expiration of live years from date
thereof with interest at 7 per cent per annum -
num , which said interest shalt be payable
annually.
Sec. 3. if any county of this state shall
issue Its bonds under this act the board of
comnrlssloners , provided for in section 1 of
article S of the constitution of the state of
Nebraska , are hereby directed mutt it shall
be their duty to investny partof the permanent -
manent school funds available , tai said
county bonds at their par value , if ell ered
to them by the proper officers ; provided ,
however , that the olticers of the counties
Issuing bonds under this act shatll negotiate
.said bonds at the imlgimust obtainable price ,
not less than par value.
Sec. 4. Tine county board shall invest the
proceeds of said bonds , or so much thereof
as may be necessary , in procuring seed and
feed for time teams. as provided ht section 1
of this act , and shall sell the same to such
persons only as arc engaged in agriculture
at the uniform price to each and every per-
chaser ; and shall take therefor such orm
of security for the payment of such purchase -
chase price as will , in their judgment , be
just , anti best protect the intero ts of the
county ; provieed that the whole of said
purchase price shall be time and payable on
or before the first day of Marcia , 18'96 , with
Interest theron at the rate of 10 per cent per
annum , until paid.
Sec. 5. No party shall be permitted to
purchase any of such feed or seed until he
shall have first made and tiled with the
county board an atlidavit showing that lie
is actually engaged in farming ; that he has
no seed or feed for his team , and is without
means to purchase time same. or , if he has
any , stating the quantity thereof , the number -
ber of acres he owns or has rented , and the
number of acres he intends to put In crops
for the season , and that he will use said seed
and feed for no outer purpose than tliat provided -
vided for ha this act. He shall also furnish
the atiidavits of two creditable residents o1
said county and of his neighborhood to the
effect that he is a reputable citizen of said
co nty , that they verily believe that the
statements made in his affidavit are true ;
and , upon such affidavit being made and
filed , the same to be preserved in time office
of the county clerk , the county board may
sell to said party such amount of so e(1 or
feed , or both , as it , thesaidhoard , shall de.m
just and proper.
Sec. 6. Any person , who alter having obtained -
tained feed or seed as herein provided , shall
transfer or in any manner dispose of such
seed or feed otherwise than is contemplated
be this act shall be deemed guilty of a mis- t
uemeanorand shall on conviction thereof be
fined in any sum notexceeding100 or be imprisoned -
prisoned in time county jail not exceeding
threemonths.
Sec. 7. It shall be lawful for the county
board to designate some person to sell said
bonds and , under their irection , to invest t
the proceeds thereof in seed and feed and
sell the same as provided for in this act ,
which said party so designated shall give
bond for time faithful erformence of his
duty , which bond shall not ho le s than
double the par value of bonds to be negotiated -
tiated , for the purchasing of seed 811(1 feed t
and selling the same as herein provided , and 1
the person who shall sell said bonds and s
purchase and sell said seed and feed shall t
make a full exhibit and settlement with the
county board on the 10th day of Jmine.189p.
Sec. 8. If any person entrusted with selling -
ing of said bonds or t lie procuring amid selling -
ing of said seed and feed shall fail to account -
count for and settle in full for the money , or
shall convert any part thereof to his own , ;
use lie shall be deemed guilty of embezzl -
ment and upon conviction thereof shall he
punished accordingly. t
Sec O. The countyboard of any county m
issuing bonds under the provisions of thus t
act shall levy a tax for the payment of the
interest on said bonds as it becomes due : s
provided , that an additional amount shall t
e Ievied and collected sufficient to pay the j :
principal of said bonds at maturity ; provided - I
vided further , that not more than 20 per
cent of the principal of said bonds shall be
levied and collected in any one year.
Sec. 10. If any person shall swear falsely
n the affidavits provided for in this act he
shall he deemed guilty o1 perjury and shall
upon conviction thereof be subjected to the t
legal penalty.
Sec. 11. t4hereas. an emergency exists , n
this act shall be in full force and take effect
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from and after its passage.
Against Imitation Butter.
The State Dairymen's association is delt
aging the legislature with petitions asking
for the passage of pending bills designed to
further embarrass time manufacture of oleomargarine -
omargarine and other imitation butter pro-
ducts. These petitions are all in the same
form and arc growing so numerous that
they may yet give the senatean excuse
for the appointment of a special custodian
to take care of them.
The bill in question was introduced in the
house by representative Burch of Gage
county , and in the senate by Sloan of Fill-
more. The bill is iron-clad in its provisions
and so adroitly worded that if strictly enforced -
forced the sale and use of imitation butter
will be next to impossible. The inanufac-
turer is compelled to color his product so
that it will bear no resemblance to butter. ,
Dealers are prohibited from selling any im-
tation butter that bears any semblance to
the real art cue. i ailroads are not ailowed ,
under severe penalties , to haul time imitatiun
butter from ono porn in the state to another -
other unless the same is plainly designated
as imitation butter. Hotel keepers using
imitation + utter an required to ] sang up a i
card 10x14 Inches in size heaein the sign in
plain letters an inch high , "imitation butter
used here. "
More than this the bill prow des that any s
erson who asks far , sends for or inquires
for imitati n buttercolored in semblance of
the real article shalt be subject to a heavy
fine.
Landlords' Prior Lien.
The bill of Senator Dressier , relating to
the lien of a landlord which passed the senate -
ate , created considerable discuslon in the
committee of time wimole and its friends were
as earnest in its defense as were its opponents -
nents in their arguments against it. The c
bill g yes to the landlord a lien for his rent m
on all the crops raised on the ground rented t
and in addition to this a lien on all of the
ersonal property of the renter which is noc t
exempt from execution under the exemp- .
, n laws of this -tate , and which ha. been e
sed upon time farm in raising the crops. i
The opponents urged that the landlord already -
ready had a sufficient security in his lien on
the crop. They argued that if there were a + r
failure of the crop the landlord should be r
villing to bear his share of the ris1c and ur t
en aP the failure from which the tenant
dand
and he both suffered. e
That the landlord would lose the income a
rom his property they contended was not s
more grievous a misfortune than that the
enant should lose time result of his labor. P
'he author of the measure pointed out that w
he same law had been in force in Iowa for
e
many years and had ben found to be a just
ndfafrlaw. t
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Regulating Foreign Corporations.
Eonatot'Popo has Introduced In the senate
a bill which will , If It is enacted into a law , m
compel foreign corporations doing business
In this state to submit themselves to the
jurisdiction of thin state courts instca
leaving the the option of romovlig all 1
cases ito t116 federel courts on the ground
that the corporation belongs in another ; i
state. The bill first provides that to
business In Nebraska a corporation front
state or country must u r
rfile
another acqtimid
settlement , as it were , in Nebraska file
with the secretary of state its artleks as It t
Is required of a domestic corporation. 9'het f
there Is to besomu designated general agott , .
who has authority to act for the eurpora- }
tion and be sued or sue if necessary , just ay
the principal might. f
It also ] provides that any corporation sued
or implicated in any of the courts of this d
state or : try contract made or executed in
this state or for any a t or omission , public '
or private , arlsing , originatltig or happen- m f' '
hng in this state , or in any action growing
out of any of the transactions of such cori
poration In this state whoshall remove such i
cause from time state to the federal courts ,
oil the ground that such cornoratlon is a
non-resident of this state , shall forfeit the
permit to do business in the state.
Withdrew Wilson's Name. f
Lincoln dispatch : Governor Holcomb
this afternoon sent to time senate a letter
withdrawing the nomination of J. G. Wili on , m
made some time ago , to be commandant of + !
the Soldiers' home at Grand Islan(1. The l
nomination was referred to a committee of
live , four republicans and one independent , /
at the time it wa- sent in. Time committee
reported yesterday. time majority recom- '
m ended that action he postponed until a
time when It could .o to rand Island and )
Investigate the management of the present I
commandant and report to the senate. 1
There was a minority report from the corn- i
mittee which recommmended the con/rma- (
tiou of the nomination at once. The major-
itv report tits adopted.
\Vhemm the governor's letter , withdrawing
the nomination , was read in executive session -
sion , McKesson of Lancaster raised it pointp
of order that time nondnation hind become
time property of the senate and ] t was no
longer in the power of the governor to withdraw -
draw it. McKesson argued that if it came y
as a request then the spate might properly
consider It , but as it was a withdrawal without - 3
out reference to what thosenate's rights '
might be , he did not believe it was
properto consider The Ileutenmant-govern-
o r said he himself was not clear as to what p i
should Le done and the executive session I
was closed without action on the commuui
cation.
Guarding Agalnst time Fraudulent.
The form which the applicant for relief ,
from time state conmrnission is requested to
011 out and sign would seam to 1)o a , pretty
effectualsafeguard against the danger of
furnishing relief to unworthy applicants.
The applicant is requested to state the
number in hits family , what personal rprop-
erty he owns , specifying time number of cattle -
tle , horses , mules and hogs , the number of h
acres of grain lie had in 1803 , specifying the
corn , wheat , oats and barley as wellas time
potatoes ; the number of bushels of each
aised and the amount now on hand. Hu
must make oa h that he Is , and has becn for
six months prior to .January 1 , 1891 , a resident -
dent of the comity wherein tune application
is made , that he is without money or other
means of securing time art cues applied for ;
and that if seed is furnished him he will stay
in the county , sow the seed and use every
endeavor to raise a crop. In addition to
this time blank provides for time oath of two
freeholders oftime county that they have k
known the appicumt for time period ofix
months previous to January 1 , J89 , and that
lie has been a bona tide resident of time
musty for more than that length of time.
The applicant must also receipt for all
goads he gets and the receipt Is sent to thu
state relief commission. P
The Sugar Beet Bill.
The clmampions of a sugar bounty have
had considerable difficulty In agrceing upon
a measure. So far there have been olpjec-
tions to every proposition. The bills
already Introduced provide for I cent per
pound on sugar to be paid to the manufac- 1
turer.
It is now generally conceded that some-
Jung must be done to get this sugar proposition - i
sition In motion. It will notdo for the present -
ent chaotic condition to continue
longer. It has practically been agreed ,
h at a new substitute shall be prepared.
tTimis
Timis proposes to give direct to time manufacturer -
facturer % cent per pound for sugar. 1 t is
provided , however , that any new factory i
constructed after the passage of this act
shall receive 1 cent per pound. This , the
blends of time bounty believe , will ouer the
necessary encouragement to existing fan ;
tories and the requisite inducement for new
factories to be established.
It will require some effort to overcome time
objections of certain members of the idea of
voting a bounty dlrectto time manufacturer.
It Is true that the sugar bounty cause is
veaker at this time than it has ever been
mefore during this session , and yet the only
ate prophecy at this time will be today that
he bounty will be placed on the statute
book.
A Railroad hill.
Mr. Cramb of Jefferson has introduced a
railroad bill. It provides that the attorney
eneral , secretary of state , auiitor , treasurer -
urer anal commissioner of public lauds and
buildings shall constitute a state hoard of
ransportation. Time board is authorized to
npi.oint one clerk instead of threw as now , i
vimo shall be a stenogm apher arid shall receive -
ceive 51.800 per year and give hontl in the
um of 10,0O0. Thus board has full authority
o establish railroad rates and may rail
pen the supreme court to enforce it : ml-
rigs by mandamus proceedings.
Publication of General Laws.
Senator Cross has introduced a bill , senate
file No. 20'J. providing that all general laws
passed by this and succeeding sessions of
He legislature shall be published once in
mot to exceed two newspapers in each
rornty. In counties o1 less thaim + , ODI pop11-
ation time publication shall be in but one
paper , and laws applicable to cities : um(1
pecihc localities shall only lie published in +
counties where such laws apply. The imnvs ,
are to be published within twenty days after
he copy is furnished by the secretary et
state , and time state is o pay the price of I
cent per line therefor.
WEAVER ISSUES A CALL. ?
The Polallst Greenback Advocate Wants
time 1'eopto to Ithe.
DENVER , Col. , u Feb. 1.-The Rocky
Mountain News to-day publishes the
following dispatch from General J. B.
Weaver : I
COuNCII.BLVFFS , Iowa , Jan. 30. Time
president has defiantly ignored silver
and reiterated Imis purpose to force
upon the people the single gold
standard and has called for the destruction -
struction of the greenbacks and the
ssuc of gold bonds and pleads with
congress to enlarge the powers of the
national banks. Now let the people
u all sections of the country unite in
opposition to the heartless scheme ,
anti meet , like men , time issue pre-
ented ,
There can be no furtimer excuse for
division among the people.
J. B. WEAVEn.
HARRIS ON PACIFIC ROADS.
the Innsas Congressman Opposes limo i
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Refunding L11I.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 1.-Speaker Crisp
ailed the house to order to-day and
any minor bills were passed
The house went into committee of
he whole and resumed the consid-
ration of the Pacific railroad fund-
ng bill , and Mr. Harris of y
Kansas completed the bitter
emarks against the bill and the sil-
oad magnates which he began yes-
erday. His plea was that the prop-
rty of the roads should be foreclosed
nd sold and that the government
hould enforce its claim. By the ex-
enditure of $40,000,000 the govern-
ent could acquire the roads and then
nther lease 4 i
by or directly operate
hem. > (
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