V y l I CB01CI OF SENATOR Both Houses Ballot from Day to Day Without Result MANY CANDIDATES IN JHE f IELD Indications That It Will Be Somo Time Before Choice Is Made Some of the More Important Measures Introduced in Both Branches HOUSE In the house on the 18th the committee on privileges and elec tions through Chairman Wnitmore reported that iny the contest of Pig man against Reaam from Custer county no cause for contest had ben found and recommending that the contestee be retained in his seat The report was adopted The committee on judiciary through Loomis of Dodge reported on the following bills for passage Providing that county attorneys shall not be elected in counties having less than 3000 population The present limit is 2 500 House roll 40 by Bouller Ex tending mechanics lien laws to wells and windmills Requiring annual payment of 300 license by vendors of cigarettes and regulating manufac ture and sale thereof To provide for appeal in actions of forcible entry and detention To provide penalties for illegal voting in villages and school districts To allow Lancaster county to retain office of deputy county at torney necessitated by decrease in population Among bills introduced are the following A bill for an act to correct certain abuses and to pre vent unjust discrimination of and by life insurance companies doing busi ness in this state between insurance of the same class and equal expecta tions of life in the rates amount or payment of premiums in tne return of premiums dividends rebates or other benefits not applicable to fra ternal beneficiary societies A blil for an act to prevent and punish individ uals firms corporations or dealers in paints and oils or paint stuff from selling or disposing of for use any paints or oils or other materials used in the manufacture of paints and re quire all dealers in said materials to print upon each can or package sold the amount of each ingredient of which said paint is composed A bill for an act to amend section 36 of chapter 86 of the complied statutes of the state of Nebraska of 1889 and to repeal said section as it now exists amends- law governing sheriffs fees for conveying convicts to the peniten tiary by providing that vouchers shall be approved by state auditor that the sheriff be allowed 3 and his assist ants 2 a day and 10 cents mileage The joint vote for senator resulted as follows Allen 53 Berge 3 Crounse 10 f Currie 19 Hainer 6 Harlan 3 Harrington 1 Hinshaw 16 Hitch cock 56 Kinkaid 4 Martin 2 Mei klejohn 28 Morlan 1 Murphy 2 Rose water 15 Sutherland 1 Thomp son D E 32 Van Dusen 1 Absent Baldrige McCarthy Wilkenson Zim merman Murray McUartny paired with Murray HOUSE The house on the 17tn made a few rapid forward strides uj passing one bill indefinitely postpon ing three and placing six on general file besides adopting the committee on privileges and elections report in the case of Allan G Fisher against Qharles F Coffee which was in favor jof allowing the latter to retain his seat as representative from the Fifty- initely postponed was one by Fowler of Fillmore providing for submission of constitutional amendments to a vote of the people and requiring a majority of all votes for and against to carry Among bills on first reading were the following An act to authorize coun ties towns and precincts to own equip construct establish and manage a telephone toll line and telephone sys tem and to authorize counties town ships and precincts of this state to levy taxes and vote bonds for the equipment establishment construction and management of said telephone toll lines and telephone system and to pro vide for one levying a tax for the pay ment of the same and interest there on A bill for an act to establish a state board of charities and corrections and to define its duties and powers to maUe an appropriation therefor and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith A bill for an act to amend section 127 of chapter Ixxvii of the Compiel Statutes of 1899 relating to the issuing of tax deeds by county treasurers and to repeal said original section Prescribes form of bond for county treasurers A bill for an act to repeal section 75 chapter xxvi entitled Elections and to amend section 78 of said chapter Re lates to the opening of election con test cases in presence of legislature A bill for an act to prohibit lumber dealers coal dealers or other persons companies partnerships or associa tions from entering into any contract or agreement to pool or fix the price at which lumber or coal shall be sold and to provide punishment for viola tion of the same A bill for an act to amend sections 76 78 79 80 and 82- of chapter Ixxviii of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska entitled Roads Relates to form of deed for county treasurers A bill for an act to pro hibit the manufacture sale or shipping into the state of impure beer to pro vide for the enforcement of its pro visions and penalties for its violation The vote third for United States sen ator resulted as follows Allen 57 Crounse 10 Currie 22 Hainer 6 Hays 1 Harlan 2 Harrington 1 Hinshaw 17 Hitchcock 57 Martin 3 Meikle john 24 Rosewater 15 Sutherland 1 Thompson D E 32 Kinkaid 4 Mur phy 2 Van Dusen 1 Morlanl Absent Baldrige and Beisner paired with Hamilton The fusion vote was cast solidly for Allen and Hitchcock ex cept one vote for Sutherland and one tnr TTarrlnjrton HOUSE The house of representa tives devoted practically the entire time of its two sessions on the 16th to -the reading of house bills which tmhiT matumhi mitmttm have now reached the number of 159 A bill that is considered of utmost im portance was the one introduced by John J McCarthy of Dixon providing for the appointment of nine supreme court commissioners and as many stenographers The following bills were read the first time A bill for an act for the relief of state treasurers who have paid out money for guaranty bonds furnished by surety companies Allows 3000 for Treasurer Stuefer lor year 1901 and 2000 to take up claim oi former State Treasurer Meserve for that amount A bill for an act to regulate and fix the salaries of the clerk and reporter of the supreme court providing for the payment of the same and providing for the dispo sition of all fees and costs collected by him and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith Fixes salary at 2500 A bill for an act to provide for the appointment tenure qualificationsduties and sala ries of commissioners of the supreme court and stenographers therefor Pro vides for nine commissioners to be ap pointed by unanimous vote of the su preme court judges terms to be two years salary 2400 A bill for an act to amend section 1 of article i of chapter xiv of the Compiled Statutes of the State of Nebraska entitled Cities of the second class and vil lages Declares that villages of more than 1000 inhabitants may become cities of the second class on petition signed by two fifths of the freehold ers A bill for an act to authorize the board of public lands and build ings to purchase a tract of land not exceeding eighty acres suitable for gardening purposes for the Norfolk insane asylum at Norfolk Neb price of land being limited to 3000 An act to amend section 2 chapter xciiia ar ticle iii Compiled Statutes of Ne braska for the year 1899 and to re pead said original section 2 Relates to organization of irrigation districts An act authorizing the appointment of supreme court commissioners defin ing their duties and fixing their com pensation Provides for five commis sioners salary 2500 terms three years A bill for an act to amend sec tion 197 of chapter xix of the Criminal Code of the State of Nebraska Pro vides penalty and imprisonment from one to five years for destroying ballot boxes or poll books until after time for beginning contests has expired SENATORIAL- VOTE The joint vote for senator second ballot re sulted as follows Allen 57 Crounse 10 Currie 20 Hainer 5 Harlan 2 Hays J R 1 Hinshaw 16 Howe 1 Kinkaid 3 Lindsay 2 Meikeljohn 26 Morlan 1 Murphy 2 Norval 1 Richards 1 Rosewater 14 Sheldon 1 Sutherland 1 Thompson D E 31 Thompson W H 58 Van Dusen 3 HOUSE The house met on the 15th at the usual hour At 11 oclock bal loting for United States senator took place after which there was a recess until 230 p m Most of the afternoon session was devoted to the reading of new bills among which were the fol lowing A bill for an act entitled An act to amend section 4392 of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for the year 1897 being section 109 of article i chapter Ixxvii of the said statutes entitled Revenue and to repeal said section as now existing and also to repeal sections 2278 2279 and 2280 of said statutes A bill for an act to pro vide for the humane shoeing of horses prescriDing tne qualifications of a horseshoer regulating the practice of horseshoeing in cities having a pop ulation of 5000 inhabitants or over in this state and to provide a penalty for its violation and to secure its en forcement A bill for an act to pro tect fish game song and insectiverous birds with the state of Nebraska to create a game and fish commission for the state of Nebraska and defining its powers and duties and to repeal an third district Among the bills mio in onf o hni -- CVV VtWUMUfe HUU of fish commissioners for the propa gation and distribution of fish in the public waters of Nebraska approved February 24 1879 A bill for an act directing the manner in which the cash derived from the industrial de partments of the Institue for the Deaf and Dumb and the Institute for the Blind and from other sources may be disbursed by the superintendents of the said institutes and directing the state treasurer to create funds which shall be known as the cash fund for the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and the cash fund for the Institute for the Blind A bill for an act to provide for the appointment of in spectors of manufacturing mechanical mercantile educational and other pub lic establishments and defining their duties powers and compensation and providing for a penalty for the viola tion of this act The vote for senator resulted as follows Crounse 7 Currie 11 Davidson 0 Dietrich 1 Hainer 4 Harlan 1 Hinshaw 9 Howe 3 Kin kaid 5 Martin 1 Meiklejohn 18 Mer cer 0 Murphy 2 Newell 1 Norval 1 Owens 1 Rosewater 8 Thompson 17 Tucker 2 Van Dusen 0 HOUSE The house of representa tive began its third weeks session on the 14th and besides arranging for a vote for United States senators made considerable headway with the second reading of the bills The bill appro priating 3000 for the payment of Treasurer Stuefers official bond for the year 1901 was withdrawn by Tefft of Lancaster the introducer by the unanimous consent of the house The measure will be changed to include an appropriation for reimbursing ex Treasurer Meserve for money paid for his official bond and in this form will again be submitted to the legislature by the Lancaster county representa tive On motion -or Representative Hall of Burt county it was decided to cast the first votes for United States senators tomorrow morning at 11 oclock independent of any arrange ments made by the seriate According to the terms of the motion each mem ber will cast two votes as his name is called one for senator to fill the va cancy caused by the death of Senator Hayward and one for a senator to succeed John M Thurston in the order named Resolutions to the memory of Carl Morton were passed as follows That we deplore the death of Carl Mor ton in the vigor of his early prime the physical and intellectual strength of manhood That with bowed heads and sorrowing hearts we tender our sympathies to those bereaved and as sure them that the influences of the life of Carl Morton are immortal and that the memory of his life character and example is a rich 5egKcy secand - ifWii H 0 only to his living presence That this preamble and these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the house and that copies be sent to the family of the deceased SENATE In the senate on the 18th Senator Pitney of Webster county proposed a measure intended to pre vent the spread of contagious dis eases He would give the various county boards authority to pass such measures and enforce such decrees as they might see fit to prevent the in troduction and spread of disease in their respective counties To the same end he would empower them to es tablish a board of health Bills on first reading A bill for an act to amend sections 140 159 and 160 of chapter 26 of the compiled statutes of Nebraska for 1899 and to repeal said sections 140 159 and 160 as they now exist a rroposed amendment to the election laws providing that the party polling the highest number of votes for head of the state ticket at the last general election shall have the first place at the left of the ballot The second highest the next place and so on having those candidates by pe tition a position on the extreme right A bill for an act to amend section 152 of chapter 77 article 1 of the consoli dated statutes of 1899 of the state of Nebraska and to repeal said original section 152 This would provide a li cense fee for the state of 109 instead oi 30 for peddlars of matches clocks jewelry etc A bill for an act to amend section 9 of chapter 28 of com piled statutes of Nebraska of 1897 and to repeal said section as it now exists This is the bill favored by the state sheriffs association and relates to their fees Senate file No 117 by Sen ator Pitney A bill for an act to amend section 130 chapter 26 of the compiled statutes of the state of Ne braska and repeal said original sec tion A bill for an act to prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases Emergency clause attached A bill for an act to amend sections 152 153 and 154 chapter 27 article 1 of the compiled statutes of Ne braska for the year 1899 relating to Revenue and to repeal said sections so amended This relates to the licens ing of peddlars hucksters etc A bil for an act to locate and establish two additional normal schools and to pro- vide for the erection of buildings and for the receiving of donations for the same A message from Governor Dietrich was read announcing that he had attached his signature to house rolls No 11 and 12 These were meas ures appropriating funds for meeting the expenses of the session SENATE In the senate on the 17th the committee on railways reported senate file 16 which is a curative act for indefinite postponement inasmuch as its provisions are covered by laws already enacted The committee on miscellaneous subjects reported that senate file 1 relating to county com missioners is similar to a bill referred to the judiciary committee and a mo tion was made that this bill be so referred The report was placed on general file The judiciary committee reported on senate file 3 which is a curative act relating to the criminal code and recommended it for passage The report as were all reports recom mending bills for passage was placed on general file without motion Sen ate file 4 being an amendment to an act relating to riots wns recmmended for passage as was senate file 10 re lating to the theft of money or val uables The committee recommended senate file 30 for indefinite postpone ment inasmuch as it is almost ident ical with senate file 11 which was favorably reported Only the bills were introduced as follows An act to amend section 10 of chapter Ixxxiia of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska of 1899 entitled Soldiers and Sail ors and to repeal said original sec 10 as now existing An act to provide a general nomination of candidates for the selection and nomination of can didates for public office in metropoli tan cities and cities of the first and second class to prescribe rules and regulations for the conduct of such elections and to provdie penalties for the same SENATE The session of the sen ate on the 16th was short and unevent ful the body during the time it was in session being occupied with work of a routine nature The senate con vened at 10 oclock and after roll call by the secretary the oath of Senator Johnson the contesting member from Harlan county who was seated was read to the senate Van Boskirk of Jox Butte presented a petition from his constituents who come from the cattle raising section of the state ask ing the legislature to pass an act the object of which is to prevent cattle stealing The petition recommends that the act provide that railways re ceiving cattle for shipment require the shipper to show a clear title to the cattle being shipped and asks that a further provision be made requiring butchers to exhibit the hide of the ani mal butchered The petition was read and placed on file without reference Only two bills were introduced during the day both being by Martin of Rich ardson One is a bill which provides that a county judge may hold court in another county when the judge of that county is disqualified for duty The other contains several amendments to the present Slocum law and provdes that the license shall afford no pro tection to persons other than those named in the license their employes agents or servants The senate pro ceeded to the house for the purpose of balloting for United States senators after which they returned to the sen ate chamber and adjourned The fol lowing senate files were introduced An act to amend sections 5 13 and 25 of chapter 1 of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska of 1899 and to repeal said original sections An act to authorize county judges to hold court and per form the ministerial duties of their office in counties other than the county of their residence SENATE Forenoon and afternoon sessions were held by the senate on the 15th the feature of the forenoon being the vote for United States sena tor which will be found elsewhere At the afternoon session the house ap propriation bills were read and recom mended for passage Majority and minority reports were sueaiitted in -v S ---- SSXlZSZSMtZjlUliXK the Johnson Hodges case The ma jority report was adopted thus seating Mr Johnston Among bills introduced were1he following An act to pro vide for subjecting corporate stock to execution and attachment and the manner of proceding therein An act to require a stamp or label on every bail of binder twine sold offered or exposed for sale within the state of Nebraska and providing a penalty for the vilation thereof A joint res olution to amend sections 2 4 5 6 and 13 of article vi of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska entiled the Judicial Department and providing for nine judges of the supreme court and- for a division of their duties their selection terms of service and their salaries and to repeal said original sections The vote for senator result ed as follows Allen 14 Berge 0 Bryan 0 Crounse 1 Currie 8 Davison S P 1 Dietrich 0 Dunn I J 1 Hainer 1 Harlan 1 Harrington 0 Hays J R 0 Hinshaw 3 Hitchcock 5 Howe 1 Kay 0 Kinkaid 0 Martin 0 Meikle john 3 Mercer 1 Monan 0 Murphy 0 Newell 0 Norval 1 Owens 0 Rich ards 0 Rosewater 4 Sutherland 0 Thompson D E 6 Thompson W H 9 Taylor 1 Van Duzen 2 SENATE The session of the sen ate on the 14th was an active one and a large amount of business was trans acted There were only a few bills introduced but the greater part of them are quite interesting measures Senator Meredeth introduced a meas ure which is intende dto do away with the sale or handling in any manner of cigarettes In the state making the penalties so heavy as to be prohibitive One of the most interesting bills yet introduced was that relating to the protection of fish and game and song birds offered by Van Boskirk of Box Butte The bill was prepared by ex perts and is pronounced one of the best measures of the kind ever drawn up Miller of Buffalo introduced two bills One provides for the repeal of the law creating the position of oil inspector- without providing a sub stitute and the other relates to the salary and duties of county commis sioners its intent being to cut out much of the pay these officials have been in the habit of receiving The gentleman from Buffalo thinks the commissioners should be allowed a mileage q 5 cents per mile and 3 a day for actual time put in and pro vides a running scale of the maximum amount to be paid by counties the amount being regulated by the coun tys population and ranging in amount from 50 to 1200 a year The latter amount according to the billr could only be drawn in counties having a population of over 70000 inhabitants A number of bills were read for the second time ordered printed and re ferred to their respective committees Harlan of York then made a motion that the senate vote for United States senators at 11 a m tomorrow and providing how the voting should be done the motion being adopted Fol lowing is Senator Harlans motion That the first vote for United States senators shall be taken at 11 oclock on the 15th day of January and in the following manner that is to say The roll of the senate shall be called and each member shall as his name is called by a viva voce vote name one person for senator in congress from Nebraska to fill the existing vacancy being the term expiring on the3d day of March 1905 and one person for senator in congress from Nebraska for the full term of six years from and after the 4th day of March 1901 LEGISLATIVE NOTES Senator Reuting of Clay county has introduced a bill in the senate pro viding for the location and erection of two new normal schools one to be north of the Platte and the other south A committee of seven five representatives to be appointed by the speaker and two senators to be appointed by the lieutenant governor shall decide upon the location of the schools the only restriction being that not less than fifteen acres with a suitable building be donated by those interested in their establish ment at certain points Fifty thous and dollars are to be drawn from the state treasury for the erection of addi tional buildings Senate file No 114 is a bill for an act to amend section 66 of an act en titled An act incorporating metro politan cities and defining prescribing and regulating their duties powers and government and to repeal an act entitled An act Incorporating metro politan cities and defining regulating and prescribing their duties powers and government approved March 30 1887 and all acts amendatory thereof being chapter 12a of the Seventh edi tion of the compiled statutes of the state of Nebraska edition of 1895 entitled Cities of the metropolitan class and to repeal said section 66 as now existing This is the measure proposing charges in salaries and bonds of certain Omaha officials Business is not expected to progress well until the senatorial matter is out of the way There are legislators who opine that choice will not be made for several weeks The first vote for senator -in both the houses was largely of a compli mentary character TaUeyrands Home The historic home of the Marquis de Talleyrand is now an unsentimental railroad yard in Jacksonville Fla writes Victor Smith from there He lived here during his voluntary exile from 1784 to 1796 At a relent exhi bition of some relics some of the old furniture which belonged to him was shown to the public Over the front gate of his place when his successor and heir was a resident of Jackson ville was a board bearing this legend The Public Generally Welcome ex cept mentioning the name of a man he hated Not long ago the property was sold to the Baxter Lum ber company and the beautifully adorned back yard is now all railroad tracks and naval stores The Bay State Has Plenty of Books Massachusetts has now only four towns in which there is no public li brary and they are very small ones being Marlborough Gay Head Lake ville and Norwell It Is doubtful if any other community of 2800000 in habitants can equal that Cocoanut oil the eyebrows thickens and darkens m w mmt - - - - A CRT FOR HELP Result of a Prompt Reply Two Letters from Mrs Watson Pub- lished by Special Permission For Womens Eyes Only March 15 1899 To MKS 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Among the good stories in circula tion about the late Joseph Harris the well known master cf the city of Lon don school is one in connection with Lord Mayor Owden That worthy gentleman was not a Greek scholar and the Greek oration or speech one day in Christs hospital to which on a memorable occasion he listened was not intelligible to him save one word That was Owden so pro nounced and Mr Harris used to tell his friends privately how each time it occurred in the Greek oration Sir Thomas fondly supposing that compli ment was being paid to himself rose and solemnly bowed Let t llanded Parties Left handed parties are amusing some of the Chicago stay-at-homes this cold weather The invitations are writ ten with the left hand and the host greets you with- the left hand instead of the right hand The guests must draw pictures or write with their left hands and prizes are given for the best and worst efforts Grand Duke Docs Embroidery The Grand Duke Hesse has a curi ous taste for a man His loyal high ness is most skillful with his needle and his embroidery is exceedingly beautiful He takes the greatest in terest in his work and is particularly clever in the arrangement of colors He has a very artistic nature as he is devoted to music dancing and acting while he does not care much about more active pursuits though he both shoots and rides A Winning Tory Argument The Primrose Dames of England re- No 4 xpoi E7H h wKflPVttv 8 wi 2BBB Si fill mQ CUKLS WHERE ALL ELSE FAM S Best Cough Syrup Tastes Good Ose in lime sola Dy c nreists l5gfiIaiisaBrTl ABSOLUTE SECURITY Genuine Carters Little Liver Pills Must Bear Signature of z See Fac Slmlle Wrapper Below Vci7 ssaall aafl as easy talce as rogaxu CARTEfCS WlTTLE WlVER g PILLS ATENT FOR HEADACHE FOR DIZZINESS FOR BILIOUSNESS FOR TORPID LIYER FOR COHSTIPATIOM FOB SALLOW SKIM F0R7HEG0MPLEX10M Price I MuarmvtjyaHATuwc I 23 cgjfcgnreZ7Tegeta529fesgS CURE SICK HEADACHE WITHOUT FEE miles successful Send description crutaA t o r oW1 ArxA TT 3ITTO R- aTT7VTXT C TiT Itf the Tories at the WA6P 7 - juj - vuitoju vaeveinnu ana JJeirott uuuueu many constituencies Wltn cir culars that under the four years of Salisburys administration there had been 33836 more marriages than under the previous year under the liberal party It is believed that the circulars had no inconsiderable effect on the campaign A T0UH OF THE WORLD BY YQOR QWH FIRESIDE The Stoddard II lus tra ed Lec1arej cTen Superb Volumes 4 OOQ Vfetvs This tvork has had an enormous sale sold on easy payments Geo Ir Shuman Co 315 Dearborn Street JChicago i X w