SKjSgGyn SCX33cssfs9ttaRaaaMtattn McCook Tribune F M KIMMELL Publisher MCOOK NEBRASKA Q THE NEWS SN BRIEF 1 tfjXSxS The republican city convention at Cincinnati Ohio renominated Mayor Julius Fleischmann It is aagin stated by the authorities at Washington that there Is no pres ent intention of moving from Cuba the American troops now stationed there A strike Involving every union work man in Spokane Wash is threatened as the result of trouble between the unions and the Spokane Falls Gas Light company A syndicate headed by Chas Swift of Detroit and including the Westing house company and White Co were the only bidders for the Manila street railway franchise Secretary Chamberlain is distressed over the cordiality of his reception by the Boers and has requested them to cut out the social functions the brass bands and the resolutions Thomas Ryan first assistant secre tary of the interior has left Washing ton to visit relatives throughout Penn sylvania He is expected to be absent about ten days The Lake Shore railroad will ad vance the wages of station agents and other employes who have not been included in previous wage concessions About 600 men will be affected John Muir the inventor of the pa per car wheels now in use on rail roads died at Morristown N Y at the age of 91 years He was formerly a large manufacturer of paper and pasteboard Henry Freese 19 years old was stabbed twice in the throat in a fight n Harlem N Y He died soon after ward in the Lincoln Hospital The police say Freese was stabbed by George Frank The Koran government is negotiat ing with Belgian bankers for a loan of 30000 secured on the import duties Several important railway concessions in Korea will also be granted to the Belgian bankers The famous Ward McAllister farm near Newport R I where McAllister wrote the edition de luxe of What I Know of Society has been rented to Morgan Barry an Irish farmer for farming purposes The strike of the Italian quarrymen at Hilltown Pa was practically broken when the Lake Erie Limestone company announced that it would hire no more laborers having sufficient to operate the quarry until fall There were 214S00 bushels of coal started south from the Pittsburg har bor The fleet contained twenty six coal boats eighty six barges twenty flats six model barges of rails and two model barges of iron produce The board of regents of the Univer sity of Michigan has decided to estab lish at the university a Pasteur insti tute for the treatment of hydrophobia It is expected that everything will be ready for receiving patients by April 1 A bill was introduced in the Wiscon sin senate to make the teaching of the doctrines of criminal anarchy a felony and punishment by imprison ment for not more than ten years or a fine of not more than 5000 or both The secretary of the interior has issued rules and regulations govern ing the iseue and sale of 4 per cent bonds of the territory of Hawaii un der the act of January 26 last for the payment of claims for property de stroyed in suppressing the bubonic plague It was announced by the trustees of Barnard college that a gift of 1000000 has been made to that in stitution by a person known only to President Butler and Treasurer Plimpton The money is to be used for the purchase of land adjoining the present college The thirty fifth annual Iowa confer ence of the Evangelical Lutheran synod at Burlington elected these of ficers President Rev A Noorbaum Swedensburg vice president Rev Joseph A Anderson Boone secretary Rev B Maddin Bethesda treasurer CO Nelson Olds The steamer J W Taylor arrived in New York after an absence of about three years The J W Taylor is the steamer that brought the bubonic plague to New York on November 18 1899 She was then running between New York and Brazil for the Lamport Holt line Otto Croelus editor of the Swedish Courier Chicago died suddenly of heart disease Alfred Pelldram the newly appoint ed German minister to Venezuela ar rived at New York on the Kaiser Wil helm Der Grosse An international conference on the subject of good roads will be opened in Detroit Mich John Firth shot and killed Witten Height and Frank Williams and wounded two persons at Eckman W Vav Thursday FT nuatcwwmoxiino The last day but one on which bills could be introduced was taken advan tage of and there was a deluge in the senate on the 5th Hall of Douglas in troduced an even dozen to amend the state constitution H R 18 allowing county treasurers a seal was recom mended for passage by the committee of the whole The bill has been before many legislatures and is now in a fair way to become a law S F S7 the ex emption law took up most of the after noon and was amended so frequently that Its maker could not recognize It The bill provider that 35 per month of a wage earner is exempt from garnish ment With the exception of that change the bill is the same as upon the statutes at present S F 85 the bulk sale law had rough saiilng but was finally rec ommended for passage Marshall of Otoe sprung a sensation at the end of the last round of the days proceedings by moving it take a recess until 7 oclock at night Anderson of Saline seconded the motion The motion was lost in a deluge of noes Standing committees re ported the following bills for general file S F 175 defining where it shall be law ful for mutual insurance company to Insure property S F 174 providing when railroad companies may sell goods not called for S F 124 an act for the relief of Daniel L Johnson S F 57 compelling railroad companies to provide suitable waiting rooms and accommoda tions for the public H R 33G relating to deposits of county treasurers S F 36 providing for payment of costs in misdemeanor cases At the morning session of the senate on the 6th the following bills were pass ed S F US limiting the time in which to revive a dormant judgment S F 149 providing for a timd when injunc tions may be brought S F S pro viding that In counties of 125000 popu lation commissioners shall be elected by vote of county S F 152 providing for the destruction of weeds along the high ways S F 216 21S 219 repealing law relating to salary of deputies for treas urer and secretary of state and secre tary to governor S F S5 brick sale law H R IS providing for a county treasurers seal S F 90 providing for the supersedeas In cases appealed to the supreme court The senate went Into committee of the whole to consider bills on general file S F 155 taxing the costs in criminal cases upon tne defend ant if he is guilty and if the prosecution be malicious the prosecuting witness ordered engrossed S F If there are remonstrances against granting of sa loon licenses appeal may be had to the courts providing that remonstrator give bond for J500 for cost indefinitely post poned S F 148 providing for the an nexing of territory to citie3 and villages situated in two or more counties or dered engrossed S F 160 providing for the appointment of a truant officer by school boards ordered engrossed II R 167 favoring the election of United States senators by popular vote recom mended for passage A large number of bills were Introduced In the senate on the 7th the following bills were reported back by committees with the recommendation that they be placed on the general file S F 235 amending the criminal code to strike out the death penalty H R 132 to appro priate to the use and benefit of the Uni versity of Nebraska the moneys known as the agricultural experiment station fund also the Morrill fund and the uni versity cash fund H R 202 to appro priate money belonging to the state normal school fund for the purchase of books for the librray of the state nor mal schools and to provide for their maintenance S F 62 relating to appeals in equity S F 100 repealing the section in the criminal code relating to grand juries S F 101 relating to the selection of juries S F 94 authorizing judges of district courts in vacation to parole and J discharge persons convicted of felonies - InW rfannfmimn mwii i wimBinnTinmiimi m if Ti n fir Trr ir 1VVYYVVYYYVYVVYYYVyVVyV VyVVYVVVVVVV THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE c e t - c -e e A SvnoDsis of Proceedings in Both Branches of V Z the Twenty Eighth GeneraJ I Assembly tc AAAAAAAfcAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAiUAAAAAAfr SENATE Sheldon of Cass Introduced In the sen ate on the 4th two bills to abolish the board of visitors to the Soldiers homes at Grand Island and Mllford The law at present provides that the governor appoint a board of five who shall make rules and regulations regarding the hemes and have general supervision over the commandants The bills introduced grant this power to the governor and he shall have power to name the amount of compensation to bo paid the employ es and commandants of the homes and to provide rules by which they shall be conducted The governor is also re quired to visit the homes once every three months The ofilce of quartermas ter Is abolished and the duties of the office devolve upon the adjutant S F 8 providing for the nomination of coun ty commissioners by districts and elec tion by county vote occasioned much debate The bill was ordered engrossed Hall of Douglas introduced a bill pro viding that the standard of time through out the state shall be that of the 90th meridian of longitude west from Green wich the central standard of time by which all legal business shall be regu lated Mr Hall introduced the bill be cause In different parts of the sato different standards of time are used The county officers bill by Sloan of Fillmore to increase the tenure of office to four years was killed In rotation like clock ivork There were five or six of them and after three had been indef initely postponed ONeill of Lancaster moved in order to save time to indefi nitely postpone every bill introduced by Sloan This however was not put and the bills died the regulation death S F 8 providing that county commission ers be elected by vote of the county instead of by vote of districts ordered engrossed S F 54 that hereafter no claim for subscription for newspaper magazine or other periodical shall be valid for more than the time actually subscribed for Indefinitely postponed S F 90 to provide for the supersedeas of cases appealed to the supreme court ordered engrossed and misdemeanors The following bills were read the third time and passed S F 70 providing that It shall not be necessary to serve notice on minor child in case of adoption unless the child Is over 14 years of age S F 148 provid ing for tho annexation of territory by cities and towns located in two or more counties S F 9 authorizing the gov ernor to appoint a board of pardons con sisting of three members S F 125 pro viding how amendments may be made to articles of incorporation The follow ing bill was introduced by Senator How ell S F 290 An act to declare all tel ephone companies in this state to be comon carriers to prohibit the making of unreasonable charges and providing a remedy in case thereof to declare cer tain charges to be reasonable charges and provide a penalty for the violation of the provisions of this act Governor Mickey on the 9th vetoed his first bill The measure was S F 29 pro viding for the payment of fees to the commissioner of public lands and build ings Governor Mickey stated his objec tions to the bill to be that the measure was unconstitutional in that it provided for the payment of fees to the commis sioner while the constitution provides for payment of all fees to the state treasurer Warner of Dakota moved that S F 304 recommended by the governor be read a first time This was done Mrs Lou ise Bowser will not get the 2000 asked of the state for the erection of a sod house at the Louisiana Purchase exposi tion The senate indefinitely postponed the bill H R 119 providing for the re ports of teachers and county superintend ents was passed H R 167 a joint res olution memorializing congress to pass a bill for the election of United States sen ators by popular vote was passed Com mittees reported as follows S Fs 100 101 providing for a grand jury system was recommended for Indefinite postpone ment The report was concurred in and the bill was pla6ed on general file S F 146 providing for the erection of grain elevators and warehouses was placed on general file S F 240 defining cultivated lands placed on general file S F 147 an act for opening and maintaining roads to bridges across streams separating two counties amended and ordered engrossed S F 115 providing for appeal bonds amended and ordered engrossed H R 64 providing penalty for carrying con cealed weapons ordered engrossed HOUSE Shortly after convening on the 3d the house took up consideration of II R 330 through the reports of the committee on cities and towns The majority of that committee McClay of Lancaster Crop sey of Jefferson Ferrar of Hall Cassell of Otoe and Roberts of Dodge recom mended the bill for indefinite postpone ment and the minority consisting of Gilbert and Nelson of Douglas Sweezy of Adams and Beecher of Platte recom mended it for passage A good deal of discussion took place Loomis of Dodge vigorously pleaded for the bill The prin ciple involved in it he declared to be of the most vital concern to every taxpayer of Nebraska and added that it was of more importance than anything that would come before this leglislature For that reason he thought the house would seriously err if it summarily killed the bill He said the opponents of the bill were not lacking in ability to discuss the measure in committee of the whole nor were its friends unable to hold up their end of the argument No harm there fore could be done by placing the bill on general file The vote to concur in the majority report was 53 against 3S thus the bill was killed II R 20 by Gilbert of Douglas the South Omaha charter bill came back from the committee on cities and towns by majority and minor ity reports It was amended in a num ber of ways the point of difference being the amendment providing for direct taxa tion of railroad terminals The major ity was against the clause and the minority Gilbert Nelson of Douglas and Sweezy of Adams were for it The ma jority report that the bill as amended knocking out the taxation clause was svstained Among Gther amendments to the bill is one providing that the rail roads keep up repairs on the viaducts which clause was left out of the original bill The Shelly bill providing for a governor appointed board of fire and po lice commissioners was incorporated in the bill as a compromise for the exten sion of the time of city election in South Omaha to the spring of 1801 instead of having it come off this year A petition was read from the citizens of Franklin county praying for an amendment to the revenue bill so as to elect county assessors for four years and employ su bordinate assessors In the house on the 4th the judiciary committe reported for passage H R 4 by Nelson of Douglas the measure pro viding a negotiable instrument law un iform with that of twenty one other states The bill was held up by the com mittee to hear from lawyers the ma jority of whom are said to be in favor of it while some bankers are said to be opposed to it as it imposes more strinsent regulations on the bankers in making out their protest papers A res olution by Knox of Buffalo was adopted providing for the printing of 1000 more copies of the general revenue bill 1000 copies already having been printed These bills were passed H R 112 by Deles Dernier of Cass the famous bridge bill that has occasioned more debate in the house than any single measure without the emergency clause II R 134 by Gregg of Wayne increas ing salaries of county superintendents in thirty seven counties of the state II R 1S7 by Robbins of Sage providing for appointment of election officers by county commissioners H R 127 by Meradlth of York prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors within two miles of an army post excluding it from oper ation in Douglas county S F 29 by Warner of Dakota providing for pay ment of fees to the commissioner of pub lic lands and buildings Bills on first reading included the following To amend section 6 of tho Code of Civil Proceduro bo as to allow nctlon of re covery against trespasser after expira tion of ten year limit To provide for the government regulation examination reporting and winding up of the busineas of tontine investment associations To declare the place of delivery of intoxicat ing liquor to be the place of sale To require persons sentenced to the peniten tiary to be taken thereto within flvo days Appropriating 2000 for the relief of the people suffering from famine In northern Sweden Norway and Finland Emergency clause To erect and eqaip at the institute for the Blind at Ne braska City a plant for furnishing water light and refrigeration Appropriates 6000 The first debate on the revenue bill occurred in the house on the 5th It was reported by the revenue committee fifty amendments Sweezy moved that the bill be placed at the head of general file to be considered in committee of the whole and that the amendments be print ed Disagreed to A motion by Gregg that the house work through the days of next week on other matters and on the revenue bill at night prevailed The house passed II R 128 by Jouvenat of Boone providing for gathering compiling and publishing agricultural and indus trial statistics H R 113 by Warner of Lancaster providing for Indictment in formation complaint and summons against and service upon corporations in criminal cases A report from the Ju diciary committee was read and adopted recommending the resolution by Knox of Buffalo providing for the appointment of a committee of five to investigate tho so called Bartley cigar box and the of ficial conduct of ex State Treasurer Me serve insofar as it is said to have been involved In the matter The house In committee of the whole recommended for passage II R 323 by Ilathorn of Red Willow granting to Russel F Loomis a certain quarter section of land in Red Willow county The bill has been the subject of a series of fierce debates and Dr Hathorn in gaining its recommenda tion has scored a signal victory as the result of a most persistent fight Loomis filed on the land as a homestead in 1S72 He was given his first and second papers by the governorment But after obtain ing his second papers the government notified him that the land had been turned over to the state of Nebraska as school land Loomis began suit against the government and after years was ad vised that he would have to look to the state for relief He has been striving ever since to get his claim The bill as recommended for pasage Is amended so as to reimburse the school fund for the price of the unimproved land which is to go to Mr Loomis Instead of taking up bills on first read ing on the 6th the house on the forti eth day of the session immediately went J into committee of the whole and launcn ed into the ocean of bills on general file The first two measures on general file were H R l and II R 2 both of which were at the authors requests passed for the day A spirited debate ensued on a bill by Nelson of Douglas between Nelson and Loomis of Dodge The bill compels a mortgagee appealing from a decree of foreclosure by a lower court to furnish bond for the rent of the land pending the continuance of the action in the appellate court Loomis attacked the bill as a measure calculated to work serious hardship upon property owners and should not be allowed to pass The discussion resolved itself into a heated controversy between the two debaters Loomis secured the adoption of amend ments destroying the effect of the bill Sixty five bills were introduced during the day but very few were read It was the last day on which bills could be reg ularly introduced By previous agreement the representa tives did not expect any business on the 7th and only a bare quorum attend ed As soon as roll call was completed nearly a dozen members left the hall and departed for their homes The bills introduced on Friday were read for the first time and after receiving the spe cial comunication of Governor Mickey on insurance of state buildings the house adjourned till Monday at 2 p m The house convened at 2 oclock on the 9th and entered at once on bills on second reading Sixty four measures completing the list were thus disposed of The house took a recess at 4 oclock until 730 when the revenue bill was taken up At the first night session of the house to con sider the revenue bill held friends of the measure proved sufficiently numerous to prevent the adoption of any material amendments to the first twenty sections Sections 19 and 20 providing for the elec tion of a county assessor and for the appointment of deputies by the county assessor vith the consent of the board occasioned the greatest debate At the conclusion however the committee voted not to amend either section Section 13 enumerating property exempt from tax ation was amended to include fruit in the list On motion of Sears of Burt section 14 relating to tax Hens was amended that taxes should be a first lien Junkins of Gopher moved to amend section 12 by inserting that property should be assessed at 25 per cent instead of 20 per cent of its value This the com mittee promptly killed AGREE ON CLAIMS BILL The wolf bounty claim of 40000 and the beet sugar claim of 4S000 are to be recommended by the house claims com mittee for payment The committee has completed its work and it will submit its bill The largest item by many times Is the wolf bounty claim The sugar bounty claim was embodied in a parate bill The finance ways and means committee will introduce its expense appropriation bill at once although it is not yet com plete The total amount of the bill will materially exceed that of 1901 This is due to general increased demand of va rious state institutions The university receives 70400n a larger sum tnan last session The Hastings asylums fund is raised 40 per cent and 240 new cells are provided for at the pententiary On the other hand some retrenchment was done The 25000 appropriation to the state militia for encampment was lopped off The demand of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Omaha for con nections with the water works was re jected The house committee on puonc lands and buildings yielded to a demand from a soldiers home delegation and decided to recommend 45000 for a -hospital at Milford NEBRASKA IN BRIEF A new bank has begun business at Barnes ton There is unusual demand for farm lands in York county The contract for the new depot at Fremont has been let The Y M C A of Beatrice are plan ning a 20000 building John Crone a prominent citizen of Ainsworth died last week A lodge of Ancient Order of United Workmen has been organized at Bur well Schools at Papillion have been tem porarily closed on account o scarlet fever Farm lands In Lincoln county have of late been changing hands quite rapidly Richardson county will hold its fair this year September 29 and 30 and Oc tober 1 and 2 Almond McHenry of Dodge county aged eighty two years was killed by a fall from a load of hay his neck being broken The executive committee of the Ne braska Corn Improvers association met in Lincoln on February 25 and adopted a premium list for the winter corn show to be held in Januaryi 1904 Charles W Barkley cashier of the State bank of Seward fell in the yard at his residence and broke one of his legs in the same place it was broken a few years ago by a fall from his bi cycle C G Ellwanger who was superin tendent of the schools of Otoe county for eight years and one of the best known educators of that section died at his home in Nebraska City after a brief illness As the result of a school childrens quarrel near Harbine Mrs Mary Schroeder was arrested barged with assault on the child of a neighbor The case was tried before a Jury which after being out all night re turned a verdict of not guilt Jim Davis the Winnebago Indian who in December last killed Little Jim another Winnebago Indian in a drunken brawl will serve four years in the penitentiary for his act this sentence being passed upon him by District Judge Guy T Graves at Da kota City Frank Ford a farm hand in the employ of his brother Jared P Ford who resides in the south edge of Val ley county shot himself with suicidal intent the bullet ranging from the chest through his body near his heart and lodging just under the neck in his back There is a possibility of his re covery The grand jury at Tecumseh sent a recommendation to the district court that the commissioners of Johnson county offer 1500 reward for Charles M Chamberlain the defaulting Te cumseh banker It is believed that the board will act in the matter and offer not less than 1000 The offi cers are of the opinion that the reward will get the man Frank Howarth a young farmer who lives near Cook suffered an accident that will in all probability cost him his life He was at work on the power of a buzz saw when the machinery got out of shape in some way and the tumbling rod a steel bar about an Inch in thickness and some eight feet long was hurled around with terrible force cracking his skull Doleful tales are coming irito Long Pine regarding stock losses from the recent snow storm At Colonel reys ranch in Rock county it is said that 150 cattle were found in a pocket in the sand hills all dead At Hutton Lambs ranch twenty five head were buried and at Buells ranch seventy five head were buried under the sheds which collapsed with the weight of the damp snow A 5000 damage suit was filed in the district court at Beatrice by F J Syp herd against Alonzo Adams Recently Sypherds wife secured a divorce from him and soon after the divorce was granted Alonzo Adams Mrs Syp herds father came to Beatrice from Iowa to take his daughter home In his petition the plaintiff alleges that Adams alienated his wifes affections by inducing her to return home with him John Palmes a general prisoner serving sentence for desertion escap ed from the guard house at Fort Crook Palmes and the sentry over him were In the basement attending to the heat er when Palmes suddenly leaped through a coal window and disappear ed in the darkness Palmes was also charged with assisting in stealing and Tilling registered mail from the post mail carrier for which he would have been tried by the federal authorities upon the expiration of his sentence A telephone exchange has been or ganized at Silver Creek Jennie Thomas who shot and killed Fred Broderson at Lincoln and then shot herself died from her wounds For a while it was thought Miss Thom as would recover Several head of horses belonging to Ambrose Jacob a prominent farmer residing near Wymore died suddenly At first it was supposed they had been poisoned but the supposition now is that they were fed hay which was mixed with a poisonous weed Passing of the Story Tellers Two of tho best story tells in tb senate will return to private life with the passing of this congress Georg Graham Vest of Missouri whose wit and stories have enlivened the cloaK rooms for tho last twenty years win end his public career and at the same time John P Jones of Nevada will re tiro While Senator Vest was brii Hont ht tfnnr ho was wittiest m the smoking room When surrounded by a group of appreciative listeners he would tell stories and make jests by the hour Senator Jones also has not kept his fun under a bushel He is extremely serious and profound in debate but in a free-and-easy discus sion in the cloaic room his quaint hu mor is second to that of no member of the senateAtlanta Constitution Evil Habits Spreading The steamship Siberia which runs between San Francisco and the Phil ippines and China provides four opium smoking rooms for Its Chinese passengers who cant get along with out indulgence in the narcotic Thus America not only transports Its vices to semi civilized countries and to the islands of the sea but it is in a fair way to cultivate the bestial habits of those very countries which it in vades Rams Horn Mother Couldnt Object Little Chronicle Does your moth er allow you to have two pieces of pie when you are at home Willie asked the hostess No maam Well do you think she -would like you to have two pieces here Oh she wouldnt care said Wil lie confidentially this Isnt her pie Country relations would bo moro warmly welcomed if they didnt ai ways carry such horrible satchels WHEN YOUK OKOCKK SATS he does not have Defiance Starch you may be sure he Is afraid to keep it until his stock of 12 02 paektges are sold De fiance Starch Is not only better than any other Cold Water Starch but contains 15 oz to the packaore and tells for same money as 12 oz brands A Tattersall Romance The cook on one of our coasting boats sent for a 5s ticket in Tatter sails sweep on Caulfield cup To the stewardess he said Ill give you half of whatever I win On the ar rival of the vessel at Townsville tho other day a wire was waiting for the cook and Its contents advised Ifim that he had drawn first prize about 6750 pounds net He immediately sought the stewardess and advised her of his luck at the same time saying I have to give you 3375 pounds What do you say to taking me and the lot The offer was accepted and on the arrival of the vessel at Bris bane the pair are to be married Chronicle Mackay Queensland ivivJfci How Eyscothlnc and subduing the pain thaf3 the way St Jacobs Oil Cures Netiralgia Price 25c and 50c iSiSfMsii BROMO 1 SELTZER CURES ALX 10 CENTS -EVERYWHERE i SOLID FACTS fcr JO ALL WEARERS wrTHE ORIGINAL WBRHS REI CLOTHING wISBE T lorTQcgsg SCHOLIER MUflLER -SELL ELEGANT P IAN O FOR ONLY 16800 SCHMOLLER MUELLER Marfchrer JChdtule and R Kaao Dct itmian OtKEET OMAHA W SLsr fcTi - J 3 l m s tfSjj j f J ifL9 f r J J V f -