McCook Tribune F M KIMMELL Publisher MCOOK NEBRASKA 3333S35S333 inc news m DKicr 2 M W Savage recent purchaser and present owner of Dan Patch the fa mous pacer has insured the horse for 112000 Prof a M Hall of the chair of ge ology of the North Dakota agricultural college Is dead of diabetes after a ehort Illness Senator Mallory or Florida has in troduced a bill to restrict the absence of district judges of the United States from the districts to which they are appointed There Is little prospect of the Can adian government following the action of the United States congress in re moving the duty on bituminous coal The news of the passage of the sub stitute Philippine currency bill by the house of representatives at Washing ton is regarded in Mexico as a serious blow to silver It Is announced that the Erie rail road engineers will ask for an in crease in wages when the general board of engineers meets in New York on February 15 W O Murray one of the leaders of the convict mutineers who escap ed from the federal prison at Leaven vorth Kan November 7 1901 is un der arrest in Georgia The house of representatives of Cu ba has appropriated 300000 for the construction of a capltol At present he house and senate are located in conveniently and a long distance apart The senate committee on military affairs has ordered a favorable report on Forakers bill appropriating 25000 for the erection of headstones to mark the graves of confederate soldiers burled In the north Secretary Langtry of the Smithson institution Washington trans mitted to the house plans for a new building for the United States Na tional museum to cost not more than 3000000 The Elkins anti trust bill was con sidered by the senate committee on Interstate commerce and an adjourn ment taken for further consideration The purpose of the bill was commend ed in general terms Miss Helen Gould of New York no tified the committee that she would attend the international Railroad Y M C A conference in Topeka Kan April 28 to May 2 President Roose velt has also been invited One of the heaviest importers of dry goods in Havana predicts that within one year after the ratification of the reciprocity treaty 25 per cent of the Cuban dry goods trade will be in the hands of the United States Reports from Popular state that the range in the northern part of Mon tana is in very bad condition and that cattle are dying for lack of grass The snow has crusted and the cattle are unable to do any picking Surrogate Fitzgerald on an appli ration made by General Frederick D Grant ruled at New York that the estate of Mrs Julia Dent Grant the widow of the late President Grant was not liable to pay inheritance tax As a sanitary measure the govern ment of Mexico has issued an order that fishermen must clean and decapi tate their fish at sea A heavy pen alty is prescribed for cleaning fish and leaving the refuse on the shore or bringing undressed fish into the mar ket Dr Leonard Pearson dean of the veterinary department of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania announced that experiments covering a period of more than two years had proven conclu sively that cattle may be rendered immune from tuberculosis by vaccin ations A Copenhagen dispatch says Fi nance Minister Hage has introduced in the lower house of parliament a bill providing for the formation of a sugar manufacturing company at Santa Cruz Danish West Indies with a capital of 5810000 half of which will be con tributed by the senate Four of the largest cigar factories In Havana inaugurated an independent movement by the signing of an agree mentnto refrain for ten years from celling their brands or plants to the tobacco trust Other factories are ex pected to do likewise TheEnglish government at the re- quest of Secretary Chamberlain has granted Abraham Fisher one of tho Boer delegates in Europe and former member of the executive council of the Orange FreQState permission to re turntOfSouUtiJAfriea Thjjmjnberoof millionaires in Pru Eia hdsiincreased since 1899 from 6010 -to tC0ti according to the general tax retard ffThe late Herr Krupps for tune shrunk during the past three years SlSoOOOO being now cs essed U 4G750TJ00 HOUSE The house on the 20th indefinitely post poned Koeteters bill H R 30 making it obligatory for country school districts to maintain truant officers and optional with city districts The bill was so rec ommended by the committee on public schools The house asserted its independ ence of the senate in the matter of for mulating revenue legislation when on motion of Rouse of Hall it ordered plac ed on file the resolution of Senator Har rison that the senate authorize its com mittee on revenue and taxation to hold Itself in readiness to draft a revenue bill and report not later than February 6 acting jointly with the house The motion also specified that the senate be notified that the house already had taken action to draft a revenue bill It was carried On motion of Gilbert of Douglas his water works bill was pass ed retaining its place on general file since a joint measure was going through the senate H R No 29 a bill by Good of Nemaha to repeal the law requiring entrance examinations to normal schools was taken up and the committee of the whole on Goods motion recommended the bill for passage H R No 46 by Frederick of Cass was recommended for passage The report of the committee of the whole was adopted by the house New bills were Introduced among them the following Declaring prairie dogs to be a nuisance and to provide for their destruction as such For the relief of state treasurers who have paid out mon ey for guaranty bonds furnished by sure ty companies refunding 3000 to William Stuefer and 2500 to Peter Mortensen To provide for the conveyance ani proof of titles to real estate and to repeal sec tions 1 to 56 inclusive of chapter lxxlil Statutes of Nebraska entitled Real Es tate and sections 1 and 2 chapter lxxxi of said statutes entitled Seals To al low county boards to let contracts for county printing by separate items In stead of In bulk as at present To pre vent the mutilation of horses by dock ing their tails To give to widows abso lute estate Instead of dower interest This is the bill introduced by the Ne braska Womans Suffrage association Concerning land titles and the registra tion thereof and the registration of es tates therein and easements encum brances and charges thereon H R a by Gregg of Wayne reducing irfg the required vested capital of Incor porated school entitled to common priv ileges under the state superintendent of public Instruction from 100000 to 30000 was recommended to pass in the house mwjacr r THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATOR E A Synopsis of Proceedings in Both Branches of the Twenty Eighth General Assembly SENATE II R 87 substituted for S F 18 passed the senate on the 23rd with all senators voting for the measure This Is the bill Introduced by Saunders of Douglas pro viding for postponing the date of the Omaha city election in order to allow him time to make the race for mayor of Omaha this spring The senate passed the bill requiring that fees be paid tho land commissioner for filing and making copies of certain papers and contracts This bill Is along tho lines of the rec ommendations made by the land commis sioner H R 22 appropriating money with which to pay the expenses of the legislature carried The committee on municipal affairs reported favorably on S F 10 to legalize bond issues of cities of the second class A message was re ceived from the governor with a copy of the land leasing bill The senate went into committee of the whole to discuss general bills S F 28 In regard to en tering delinquent taxes on tax receipts was referred back to the committee to have it constructed along grammatical lines The committee reported favorably on S F 27 to regulate fees paid by ap plicants for dental license S F 10 to legalize bond issues in cities of the sec- ond class was recommended to pass The governors message on the land leasing bill was referred to the committee on live stock and grazing The senate on the 24th passed S F 30 to reduce the rate of interest on county deposits to 2 per cent instead of 3 per cent as the present law provides Grow ing out of the Farmers and Grain Mens association a petition signed by Henry Slevers and others was presented to the senate by Reynolds of Dodge requiring all railroad companies operating lines of railroads in the state to provide to any and all persons or corporations engaged In the business of dealing in grain or coal necessary sites along the railroad tracks of elevators or coal sheds or both and to require them to furnish all grain coal lumber and live stock dealers equal facilities foi shipping out The following bills were introduced To repeal free school book law To amend section S3a article i chapter xviii Compiled Statutes relating to certificates of satisfaction A joint resolution recommending to the elec tors of the state to vote at the next elec tion of members of the legislature for or against a convention to revise amend and change the constitution of the state To provide for the admission of crippled and diseased children Into the Home of the Friendless To amend section 39 art icle iv chapter xviii Compiled Statutes relating to compensation for township of ficers When the senate met on the 26th no committees were ready to report and con sequently very little work was done Sen ator ONeHl of Lancaster called the atten tion of the senate to the slow progress of the committees ONeills bill to prevent the employment of elevator conductors under IS years of age passed the commit tee of the Whole after the lengthy discus sion Hall of Douglas moved to amend to make the age limit 14 but this amend ment was lost S F 34 a joint resolu tion to memoralize congress to establish the status of the First Nebraska militia passed the committee of the whole Bills on first reading included To amend sec tion 1032b chapter x title 30 Code of Civil Procedure tenants to be responsible for reasonable dangers during the pen dency of action To provide for establish ing a public road to and from lands sur rounded or shut out from a public road in certain cases on the 21st A resolution introduced by Jouvenat of Boone requiring all bills and claims against the state to be filed with the state auditor not later than the twenty fifth legislative day and instruct ing the committee on claims to Ignore any bill or claim tiled later than that was adopted This resolution introduced by McClay of Lancaster was laid over one day by request of its author Re solved That It Is the judgment of this house that the present revenue laws of the state do not provide an adequate means by which sufficient funds may be raised out of which tho necessary gov ernmental expenses may be met mainte nance of state institutions making need ed repairs and additions to public build ings and other necessary and incidental expenses may be paid To the end that reasonable and conservative appropria tions may be made to cover the foregoing items and that the general fund may not be overdrawn such revision of tho revenue laws should be made as will place all the taxable properties in the state upon the assessment rolls that a fair cas h valuation be placed thereon and that adequate provisions be made for enforcing payment of delinquent taxes House roll No 40 correcting cer tain ambiguities In the statutes against frauds was oassed Following the intro duction of a number of new bills the house adjourned McClay of Lancaster in the house on the 22d moved the adoption of his resolu tion seeking to place the house on record L as favoring the assessment of all prop erty of all property at its full value He spoke in support of the resolution say ing the house should adopt it as a formal and official criterion to the committee ap pointed to revise the revenue laws The resolution was tabled This resolution by Sweezy of Adams was adopted Whereas This house is at a loss to un derstand the necessity for the use of so much space and so little ink in the print ing of bills and also desiring to know the cost of the same I move that the committee on public printing be instruct ed to make a careful investigation and ascertain 1 Whether or not a contract exists for such printing Under whPt law and by whom said contract if any was made 3 The time and the order of printing bills 4 Whether or not bids were asked or received for such work 5 The usual price for such work in the open market 6 To furnish this house with a copy of any such contract and report In five days McAllister of Deijel introduced afuu plicate of the senate resolution on irri gation and it was adopted IT R 40 by Thompson relating to leasing of lands was amended and passed A number of new bills none of them of great import ance were introduced and the house ad journed Governor Mickeys message on the Diet rich land leasing bill was received in the house on the 23d read and made a spe cial order for Monday These house rolls were recommended to pass No 67 Gil berts Omaha water works bill No 76 by Perry relating to stays of execution No 4 by Nelson to establish a negotia ble Instruments law uniform with the law of other states No S by Perry to raise the qualifications of practicing at torneys No 100 by Hanna appropriat ing 12000 for the establishment of five junior normal schools No 64 by Doug las relating to the carrying of concealed weapons H F 29 by Good of Omaha repealing the normal school examination bill was passed H F 46 by Rriedrichs providing that school board meetings to consider questions of building or chang ing of location of schools shall be duly advertised was passed This resolution by McAllister of Deuel was introduced and laid over until Monday Whereas Senate file 6SS6 providing for the leasing of public lands in Nebraska does not meet the approval of any class of stoekgrowers of the western portion of the state Resolved That while we are in favor of leasing the public lands of Nebraska in such manner as will meet the approval of the Interior department and the stock growers of that portion of the state we recommend that congress authorize the appointment of a commission to investi gate the existing conditions of that por tion of the state in line with the recent message of President Roosevelt and Gov ernor Mickey pending the report of said commlslon the existing condition be per mitted to remain Whereas Said deficiencies are unfair to the merchants and unfair to the employes of said institutions and departments therefore be it Resolved That the heads of the differ ent departments and the superintendents of the different institutions where defi ciencies exist shall furnish to the chair man of the deficiency committee a certi fied statement of the estimated deficiency for the months of February and March 1C03 These were among new bills introduced Act to amend sections 3 4 and 11 of an act entitled An act creating a food commission by authorizing employing of chemist at 1000 food inspector at 903 extending the commissions scope to all food products Authorizing the commis sion to order all food products branded repealing sections of old law for payment of inspection fees and repealing section authorizing commission to issue permits to manufacture imitation products H R 225 by Ferrar by request Making more rigid the adulterated food law by adding to Its prohibitions and increasing its pen alties It amends sections 1 2 3 4 and 5 of an act entitled An act to provide against adulteration of foods etc This resolution was Introduced In the house on tho 24th and adopted Whereas Deficiencies exist in many of the state institutions and departments some of which have existed for the past two years The houe on convening on the 26th Im mediately took up Governor Mickey message on the Dietrich land leasing bill as the special order After tho reading ol the governors message the resolution sub mitted Saturday by McAllister of Deuel was read and a number of resolutions on the subject introduced But on motion of Sweezy of Adams consideration of th entire subject went over one day The committee on public printing reported In compliance with previous instructions ol the house that the contract for printing houBe documents was let by Auditor Wes ton Treasurer Stueffer and Secretary ol State Marsh as the State Printing Board to the State Journal company at 131 a page of 500 copies as compared with 111 last term providing for tho return ol bills In their order and within three days after their delivery and a penalty of 2J for each breach of contract The judi ciary committee was Instructed to exam ine the contract let by the State Print ing Board to the State Journal company and report as to Its legality and binding effect H Rs from 116 to 119 inclusive by Gregg of Wayne relating to schools were recommended for passage II R 26 by Hathorn of Red Willow for the relle of Russell F Loomls was also recom mended to pass S F 35 by Fries of Val ley substituted for H R 5 by Gregg ol Wayne at latters request reducing from 100000 to 50000 the Investment of normal schools before they shall be authorized to Issue teachers certificates was passed New bills introduced included the fol lowing Making it a penal offense to re ceive conceal or buy any horse live stock mule cow steer bull heifer or calf of any value or any other personal prop erty of the value of 35 or more which has been stolen in another state or ter ritory of the United States knowing the same to have been stolen To provide for the participation by the state of Nebraska in the Louisiana Purchase exposition for the appointment of a state board of com missioners by the governor to provide for a notification by the governor to provide for the reimbursement of each member of said board for hotel traveling and in cidental expenses to provide for a state exhibit at said exposition to define the duties of the board of commissioners in relation thereto for the payment of sal aries to employes and for the appropria tion of 73000 MESSAGE ON LEASE BILL The governor sent this message on the land leasing bill to the legislature As your honorable body is well aware a bill is now pending in congress known as senate file No 6SS6 and Introduced by our senior senator Hon Charles H Die trich contemplating the leasing of such of the public lands within the state of Nebraska as are in their natural condi tion valuable only for live stock grazing purposes and are not capable of irriga tion The plan as outlined in the bill and the conditions incident to the leasing of said lands are so novel In their char acter and in such contradiction to time honored custom that the proposed legisla tion lias attracted general attention throughot the state and has occasioned much comment both favorable and un favorable On January IS I received from Washington a copy of the bill accom panied by a petition signed by our en tire congressional delegation This peti tion requests that I call the attention of your honorable body to the proposed na tional legislation to the end that you may take such action as will Indicate to our senators and members of congress the wishes of the state in the premises The matters involved are of great con cern not only to that portion of the state wherein the grazing lands are sit uated but to all other sections as well and it is therefore most fitting that the legislature should memorialize congress on the subject I herewith transmit to you for your consideration a copy of the bill a copy of the petition from our con gresional delegation two sets of resolu tions adopted by the stockmen of western Nebraska and the correspondence received by this office relative to the matter In his recent message to congress President Roosevelt recommended the appointment of a commission of experts to investigate the conditions affecting the leasing and fencing of public lands and to make re port of its findings Such a course while it would delay immediate action would in my judgment afford such a guaranty of ultimate satisfactory settlement of the perplexing questions involved as to make the plan most desirable I trust that you will confer with the concurrent branch of the legislature and adopt such joint reso lution as will indicate to our senators and representatives in congress the attitude of your constituents toward the land leas ing bill As the measure is now pending before the short session of congress the necessity for expeditious action is ap parent Kennedy of Douglas the democratic member from Omaha made his first ap pearance in the house on the 26th hav ing been detained because of illness Mr Kennedy was presented by Ten Eyck and sworn in by Speaker Mockett The chief justice and the asosciate justices were out of the city and the lawyers of the house decreed that the speaker had the right to perform this function Rouse of Hall has Introduced In the house the bill providing for participation by Nebraska in the Louisiana Purchase exposition at St Louis in 1904 It makes provision for the appointment of a board of commissioners by the governor to look out for the states Interests and appro prltes 75000 Omaha labor unions are against the pasage of H R 1S2 introduced by Reed of Nemaha to modify the present exemp tion laws Gus Hollo a member of the Omaha Central Labor union is quoted as saying The bill is Intended solely to help the grocers trust It cannot be of service to the laboring man The grocers claim that the bill will do away with the losses incurred by giving credit to men who never pay and thereby reduce prices but the claim is too thin Every grocer keeps a blue book in which is the record of his customers If a customer has a reputation of failing to pay his debts he will be refused credit I cannot understand sir why you permit your daughter to sue me for breach of promise You remember that you were bitterly opposed to our engagement because I wasnt good enough for her and would disgrace the family Young man that was sentiment this is business Judge Doubt always travels on snowshoes NEBRASKA IN BRIEF Telephone rates have been reduced In York Beatrice has secured a splendid crop of Ice for 1903 Religious revival meetings are in progress at Wymore The town of Orchard In Johnson county has been incorporated Grandma Powers one of Polk countys oldest citizens is dead The B M depot at Greeley caught fire but the blaze was quickly sup pressed Wolves have been seen on the island near Fairmont and a grand hunt Is on the tapis The matter of establishing free mail delivery in the vicinity of Plattsmouth is being investigated The Millard hotel at Omaha on the 1st of February -will pass into the hands of Rome Miller It Is estimated tbat Callaway doe3 more business in the way of shipments than any other town in Custer county The farmers from the vicinity of Ellis will meet and consider the pro position of building a 100000 bushel grain elevator Rev Blakesen pastor of the Congre gational church Ashland has accepted a call from Wisconsin and will soon remove to that state It is reported that a United States army recruiting sfation is soon to be established in Beatrice and that It may become a permanent thing A M Walker a rural mail carrier who delivers on a route in the vicinity of Cedar Bluffs has bought an auto mobile which he will use in his work The north wing of St James orphan age In Benson a suburb of Omaha was gutted by fire causing a loss of about 20000 None of the inmates were in jured Mr Lou Frazier of the Fairmont Chronicle has been appointed secre tary for the state printing board He succeeds L A Williams editor of the Blair Pilot Ex State Senator L H Woods fine residence on his farm adjoining Vio let was completely destroyed by fire entailing a loss of 11000 which was partly insured Miss Carrie Rasmussen of Lancaster county has brought suit in Beatrice for breach of promise and 10000 damaged affections against Thomas G Mont gomery of Gage county The January jury term of the Dodge county district court proved to be the shortest on record The jury was ex cused for the term without a case hav ing been submitted to them The four rural mail carriers from the Tecumseh postofflee walked their respective routes one day recently as the result of a banter The average walk for each was about twenty two miles Governor Mickey has appointed Mrs Sohus as superintendent and Mrs William Faulkner as matron at the Lincoln Home of the Friendless These two have held these positions for the last two years The large general merchandise store of Langdon Drake at Odell Neb was burned to the ground The stock was valued at about 6000 with very little insurance The loss will be total as very little was saved M T Rowland of Central City left for Yaldez Alaska in which district he has some valuable mining property George Batty of Clarks William Tra ver G Peterson and C S Beard late of the Nonpariel accompanied him Much apprehension is being felt by the Griswold Seed company of Lincoln over its inability to obtain cars It has orders for fifty cars of seed corn to be shipped to several different points in Texas and although planting time is nearly at band in that state and their customers are urging imme diate delivery they are unable to make shipment The State Board of Agriculture elect ed the following officers J B Dins more Sutton president W B Ewing Franklin first vice president C W Caley Creighton second vice presi dent E Mclntyre Seward treasurer W R Furnas Brownville secretary The following were elected as a board of managers C H Rudge Lincoln L E R Williams and Peter Younger Geneva W R Mellor Loup City and T A McKay Aurora Secretary Furnas has Issued the fol lowing report to the state board of agriculture The total resources of the board were Balance on hand from last year 39173 current re ceipts for the year including state aid 301500 with which to pay premiums 3819508 from this sum 13968C2 were expended in payment of prem iums 2283146 For all other expendi tures 3680008 were used leavipg a balance on hand of 17SG73 The secretary of the interior says a Washington dispatch reported favor- J ably upon the Dietrich bill for leasing public lands for grazing purposes which had been referred by the sen ate committee on public lands Com missioner Richards of the general land office wrote the report which says the bill protects the homesteader and and must minimize the disturbances over the illegal fencing of the public domain Should the bill fail the de partment will compel the removal of all fences on the range The action of the Nebraska legislature on the subject is awaited here with interest Mrs F Wrieht of Oelwein Iowa is another one of the million women who have been restored to health by Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound A Young- New York Lady Tells of a Wonderful Cure My trouble was with the ovaries I am tall and the doctor said I grew too fast for my strength I suffered dreadfully from inflammation and doctored continuallj but got no help I suffered from terrible dragging sen sations with the most awful pains low down in the side and pains in the back and the most agonizing headaches No one knows what I endured Often I was sick to the stomach and every little while I would be too sick to go to work for three or four days I work in a large store and I suppose stand ing on my feet all day made me worse At the suggestion of a friend of my mothers 1 began to take Iiydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Com pound and it is simply wonderful I felt better after the first two or three doses it seemed as though a weight was taken off my shoulders I con tinued its use until now I can truth fully say I am entirely cured Young girls who are always paying doctors bills without getting any help as I did ought to take your medicine It costs so much less and it is sure to cure them Yours truly Adelaide Pbaht 174 St Anns Ave New York City 5000 forfeit If original of above letter proving genuineness cannot be produced Happiness and success are syn onyms but success and happiness are not In Winter Use Allen Foot Eae A powder Your feet feel uncom fortable nervous and often cold and damp If you have sweating sore feet or tight shoes try Allens Foot Ease Sold by all druggists and shoe stores 25 cents Sample sent free Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy N Y Watch out for the bids you Good by devil when he STEMOW CLOTHES AKE UNSIGIITXY Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue All grocers sell large 2 oz package 5 cents Old truths are too great a price to pay for new doubts INSIST ON GETTING IT Some grocers say they dont keep De Sance Starch because they have a stock hi hand of J oz brands which they know Cannot be sold to a customer who has once used the 16 oz pkg Defiance btarch or same money Putting coal into the small boys stocking was this year a really costly est ICKAI TJIIM Drs Richards Van Camp of UOlFarnam street bmaha Neb treat Catarrh and guarantee a care Ihe doctors are old established and reliable pby llclau of Omaha Write them a statement cf four case and valuable Information will be gent jou free For Catarrh of the nose throat and mips they will fend you one months treatment Inhaler ana Constitutional Treatment on receipt jf one dollar by postal order draft or exprets tioney order Many a commonplace man has rea son to be grateful for his wifes strong Imagination Sales Greater Than the Population of Four States Population of Iowa Minnesota Ne braska and South Dakota combined not so great as th of the Single Binder cigars and othr brands of the Lewis Factory during the yean 1902 Internal Revenue Count cigars sold 5801300 Population of Iowa 2231853 population of Minnesota 1751394 population of Nebraska 1068539 population of South Dako ta 401570 total 5453356 The Lewis Single Binder Factory Peoria 111 sold 347944 more cigars than there are people in these four great states Greatest years sales in the history of the Lewis Single Binder Factory Reliable quality brought the business Old associations sometimes cling like a wet bathing suit Mrs Wlnslows aoorninpr Syrnp Tor children teething softens the guns reduces la amniatlon allays pain cures wind colic 25c a bottle If a man doesnt repeat the cute things his baby says its a sure thing ne hasnt any baby I ST JACOBS I OIL I a POSITIVELY CURES Rheumatism g Neuralgia Backache Headache g Feetache g All Bodily Aches AND f CONQUERS I PAIN h M V i