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Making Much Progress in the Se
lection of Senators
THE VOTf IS WIDELY SCATTERED
Many Measures liclngr Introdacctl from
ParPSy Some Hare Been Finally
Aptod Upon Miscellaneous Legislative
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I HOUSE In the house on the 25th
Jolin Mdckett of the Lancaster dele
gation rose inbJs place and waved a
rattlebox carved out of an old piece
offiirnlture In a neat and humor
ous littleieech he presented the toy
to Speajyjp Sears to convey to his baby
Ijox with the compliments of the car
penter of the house who had whittled
itv lie said out of a valuable piece or
state furniture Bills were introduced
A bill for ah act to prohibit the solici
tation talcing or accepting any order
fofrtjie purchase sale shipment or
ctelivoryVdf any malt spiritous or vin
ous liquors in the state of Nebraska
and to provide a penalty for the vio
lation thereof Penalty of 100 to
5Q0fine Does not prohibit traveling
agents of licensed dealers from so
icitjng or accepting orders A bill for
ran iacttb locate and establish three
additional stale normal schools and to
appropriate money for the same To
be located in Third Fifth and Sixth
districts at points to be determined
by the board of public lands and build
ings Carries appropriation of 75
000 A bill for an act to prevent dis
crimination by life insurance compan
ies and mutual benefit associations on
account of color and to prevent special-contracts
and discriminations be
tween individuals Not applicable to
fraternal societies A bill for an act
entitled An act amend sections 75
85 ami 5a of chapter 43 entitled insurance-
companies of the compiled
statutes of the state of Nebraska for
18danxli repealing the said sections
m amended To compel mutual ben
Gfitassociatibns to furnish members
by laws and amendments authorizes
collection vof extra -assessments when
deaths are in excess of table rates
and requires stipulated life premium
associations to compute premiums on
either the Combined experience or
American actuaries table In con
sidering bills en general file house roll
No 49- by Ream a joint resolution pe
titioning congress for the submission
of a constitutional amendment provid
ing fotihe election of United States
gienaiore by a direct Vote of the people
as recommended for passage The
ninth joint ballot for senator result
ed Allen 56 Berge 2 Broady 1
2r6unse 6 Currie 21 Hainer 4 Har
lan 1 Harrington 2 Hitchcock 17
HinshaV 17 Kinkaid 3 Meiklejohn
3 Morian Martin 6 Rosewater 16
Shftherfand i Thompson D B 36
Ttfbmpsori W H 41 Van Dusen 1
HOUSE When the house was
called to order on the 24th Messrs
ndretvs Beall Marshall and Walker
failed to respond Reports on bills
weie made as follows Concurrent
- resolution requesting congress to call
a -convention to submit a constitu
PLaijiidment -providing for
of senators by direct vote of the
people Placed on general file and
recommended for passage Joint res
olution to amend the constitution so
as to make -constitutional amendments
adopted when receiving a majority of
vthe votes cast thereon Placed on
general file and recommended for pas
ge fljakingthe warden of the pen
itentiary the executioner of death
penalty General file recommended
for passage Providing that employ
ers shall be liable for all damages
done their employes in consequence of
negligence of its agents or
any- employe and
dating contracts restricting such lia
bility Indefinitely postponed on rec
ommendation of the committee on cor
porations consisting of Armstrong
-Fowler McVoy Laffin Mead Ream
and Han ks Bills were introduced
-act to define bucket
ehopsn4 prohibit operation of
fsame m Jhe estate -of Nebraska
aadioirDTide apenalty therefor A
- tUf Pran act -to authorize and enable
boards of supervisors town boards J
vand -county commissioners to purcise
i road making Implements tools and
machinery- to provide for payment
the custody and care there-
of topifbvrdefor storing said imple
ments arid manchinery and to recov
erM damages from any person who
snail Injure same and declaring the
iireakitig in to such place of storage
or removing said implements without
authority to be a misdemeanor and
providing a penalty thereof and to
repeal all acts or parts of acts in con
flict herewith A bill for an act to
provide for a more safe anu expedi
tious method of conducting elections
and for the casting registering re
cording and counting of ballots or
-votes bymeans of voting machines
jftplemratary to and in aid of
tile4 election laws also creating a
board of roting machine commission
ers and defining their duties A bill
fer an act to amend section 592 of
the xode of civil procedure compiled
- statutes of Nebraska for 1899 and to
iieneai said original section Proceed-
Mnifprire versing vacating or
fyipgjudgments oh final orders must
iJe instituted within six months in
stead of within one year A bill for
an act to amend section 677 of the
code of civil procedure of Nebraska
vimd to repeal said original section
Reltingio appeals in equity from dis
trict to supreme court The eighth
WYOle for U S senator shows these
figures Allen- 55 Berge 2 Broady 1
Crbungo 6 Currie 19 Hainer 4 Har
anrHarringtQn 2 Hitchcock 4
MhMgi 15 Kinkaid 2 Meiklejohn 31
fTorJan t Martin 7 Richards 1 Rose-
Vter5rSHthernd lf Tnomnson D
7dw35r tTftpmpson Wi H 54 Van
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HOUSE The house on the 23d was
-in session only three hours Stein-
mever of Cfoge introduced a resolution
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instructing the two United States
senators about to be elected to sup
port the submission of a constitutional
amendment providing for tne election
of United States senators by a di
rect vote of the people The resolu
tion was adopted A resolution was
also adopted authorizing the commit
tee on insane asylums to visit and re
port on the hospitals at Norfolk Lin
coln and Hastings Committee re
ports indefinitely postponed a number
of bills Among measures introduced
were the following A bill to pro
vide for the taxation of express com
panies operating within the state of
Nebraska and t6 provide for penalties
for the violation of the same Taxes
mjceipts on all business transacted in
Nebraska 1 per cent net in lieu of all
oiher taxation Statements must be
made to state auditor annually who
shall draw his draft on company for
amount due and put it into hands of
state treasurer tor collection Treas
ueer authorized to seize and sell per
sonal property in settlement of
amount due A bill for an act de
fining the territory in which mutual
insurance companies may do business
and providing rhen mutual insurance
companies organized in this state may
do business in other states and when
mutual insurance companies organized
in other states may operate in Ne
braska and to repeal all acts or parts
of acts in conflict herewith A bill
for an act to amend and repeal section
19 of chapter 87 entitled State Uni
versity of the compiled Statutes of
Nebraska for the year 1899 To re
duce the State university levy from
1 mill to three quarters of 1 milL A
bill for an act to punish persons who
smoke cigarettes in public places
Fine of from 5 to 10 for each of
fense House roll No 8 by Loomis
to provide for appeals in action of
forcible entry and detention or forc
ible detention only of real property
was passed with emergency clause by
a vote of 75 ayes to 13 nays House
roll 40 by Boulier extending mechan
ics lien law to apply to wells and
windmills passed by vote of 68 ayes
to 20 nays The vote for senator re-
suited as follows Wt H Thompson
54 Crounse 7 Currie 20 Hainer 5
Harlan 1 Hinshaw 15 Kinkaid 2
Martin 7 Morian 1 Meiklejohn 29
Rosewater 15 D E Thompson 36
J H Van Dusen 1 M F Harrington
5 Berge 3 Hitchcock 2 Broady 3
Hays 1 Sutherland 1
HOUSE Introduction and reading
of new bills occupied the attention of
the house of representatives at the
evening session on the 23d At the
afternoon session one bill was con
sidered in the committee of the whole
and recommended for passage leav
ing only two bills on the general file
both of which were laid over The
Mil recommended for passage was in
troduced by McCarthy of Dixon and
elates to exemption of property
strengthening existing laws on this
subject On recommendation of the
committee on finance ways and means
huuso rolls 43 and 81 were placed on
filb The former was introduced by
Muray of Thurston and provides for
reducivfi the rate of interest on state
warranto from 4 to 3 per annum The
other bill provides for an appropria
tion of 5000 for medals for all officers
and men who fought in the Nebraska
volunteei regiments and the troop of
volunteer cavalry Among the bills in
troduced were three providing for the
appointment of commissions to deter
mine the boundary line of Nebraska
along the Missouri river The intro
ducers were Representatives Cain-McCarthy
and Hall The measures con
template the appointment of three
commisions of three men each one
commission to determine the Nebraska-Iowa
line one the the line be
tween Nebraska and Missouri - The
commissioners would receive a salary
of 10 a day and the term of office
would be limited to thirty days fol
lowing January 1 1903 Other bills on
first reading were An act to amend
section 4 of chapter xxvii of the ses
sion laws of 1899 entitled An act to
protect primary elections and conven
tions of political parties and to punish
offenses committed thereat and to ap
peal said original -section authorizes
central committee to order and hold
primary elections on twenty days no
tice to be published for three consec
utive weeks An act authorizing the
governor of the state of Nebraska to
appoint three commissioners to act
conjointly with a like commission from
South Dakota in agreeing upon a
boundary line between Nebraska and
South Dakota appropriates 2000 for
the expenses of the commission salary
of commissioners to be 10 per day
to be appointed for duty after January
i 1903 An act to declare void certain
provisions in policies of fire insurance
and to require the auditor of public
accounts to refuse to authorize insur
ance companies whose policies contain
such provisions to do business in this
state declares void any contracts re
quiring property insured to be insured
for 80 per cent of its value An act to
amend section 3 of subdivision v of
chapter lxxix of the Compiled Statutes
of Nebraska and to repeal said origi
nal section authorizes school district
board to cause pupils to be taught in
such branches as may seem adapted
to course of study established by the
board and provides for revision of
course
The sixth ballot for senator resulted
as follows Allen 56 Crounse 8 Currie
21 Hainer 6 Harlan 1 Hays 1 Har
rington 0 Hinshaw 14 Kinkaid 4 Mei
klejohn 26 Morian 1 Martin 3 Rose
water 15 Sutherland 1 Thompson D
E 34 Thompson W H 56 Van
Dusen 2
SENATE In the senate on the 25th
Senators Owens Ransom and Crounse
were appointed a committee of three
to confer with a like committee from
the house on the subject of adjourn
ing over Saturday The committee re
ported back in favor of a session to
morrow and its action was indorsed
by the senate The live stock and
grazing committee reported favorably
on senate file 61 the measure provid
ing for a state veterinarian and it
was ordered to the general file The
committee on agriculture reported
favorably on senate files 8 9 13 39
and 90 and they were ordered to the
general file The following were
placed on first reading A bill for
an act to amend chapter 39 of the com
piel statutes of Nebraska 1899 con
cerning Inkeepers by adding there
to a new section giving to innkeepers
hotel keepers and boarding house
jmn niiim ti uj wiftP
keepers a lien upon the goods bag
gage property and effects of any per
son whether guest lodger or boarder
brought thereto or left therein and
providing a means of enforcing and
foreclosing the same A bill for an
act to provide for the education of
crippled and diseased children into
the Home of the Friendless in the state
of Nebraska A bill for an act co
amend section 20 of chapter 28 com
piled statutes of Nebraska 1899 en
titled Fees and to repeal original
section A bill for an act entitled
An act to prevent corrupt practices
at elections to provide a penalty for
violation of this act being chapter 29
of the session laws of the state of
Nebraska of 1889 The committee on
constitutional amendments recom
mended this morning that senate file
53 by Zeigler a joint resolution pro
viding for a referendum be indefinite-
ly postponed The report was adopt
ed With a few slight amendments
this same committee recommended the
passage of senate fil 38 a joint reso
lution proposed by Oleson providing
for a method of submitting the ques
tion of a constitutional convention to
the voters next fall The report was
adopted and the resolution placed on
general file
SENATE Senator Reuing repre
sening the Twenty fifth district will
retain his seat The report of the ma
jority on the privileges and elections
commttee made in the senate on the
24th recommending that Routing be
unseated was tabied by a vote of 19 to
12 Six republicans voted with the
thirteen fusionists The tnree bills
were all curative measures introduced
by Senator Young relating the the
criminal code The committee on mis
cellaneous subjects reported senate nle
No 40 should not be passed The re
port was adopted and the bill placed
on general file The following were
placed on first reading this morning
A bill for a joint resolution proposing
to amend section 2 of article 6 of the
constitution of the state of Nebraska
giving the governor or either branch
of the legislature authority to require
of the supreme court an opinion on im
portant questions of law and on sol
emn occasions A bill for an act to
amend 677 of the code of civil proced
ure and to repeal said original section
and all other acts and parts of acts
in conflict herewith THmprp onov
ciause attached This relates to ap
peals in equity cases and provides for
bogus bonds A bill for an act to
fix maximum rates for the transpor
tation of certain commodities goods
and merchandise therein named tp
define and prohibit discrimination by
railroad and railway companies to
provide for the enforcement of its pro
vision by the attorney general and
county attorneys to fix penalties for
the violation of its provisions to pro
vide for a certain defense in actions
brought under it to repeal article 5
and article 8 of chapter 72 of the
compiled statutes of 1885 and article
8 and article 12 of chapter 72 of
the compiled statutes of 1899 and to
save any right of action now existing
under said articles A bill for an act
entitled an act to prevent
tion by life insurance companies and
mutual benefit associations on account
of color and to prevent special con
tracts and discriminations between in
dividuals A bill for an act authoriz
ing the settlement compromise or dis
missal of suits now pending for the
recovery of moneys alleged to be due
the state upon official bonds and from
depository banks and their bondsmen
SENATE In the senate on the
23d a resolution
was adopted ex
pressing sympathy with the relatives
of the late Queen Victoria and the
English people and ordering the flag
over the senate chamber placed at
half mast for twenty four hours The
committee on irrigation recommended
placing senate file No 51 on general
file and the recommendation was
adopted It requires the owners of all
irrigation ditches to cut the weeds
along their property between July 15
and August 15 The committee on
live stock and grazing proposed a
slight amendment to senate file 62
and recommended that itbe placed on
general file which was done This is
a proposed amendment to the present
brand law doing away with the com
mission of three and empowering the
secretary of state to employ such as
sistance as he may need Senator
Martin chairman of the judiciary
committee recommended that senate
ile No 79 be indefinitely postponed
and house roll 88 be passed The two
are on the same subject that of
drawing petit juries in counties of
more than 60000 inhabitants the lat
ter having the advantage of being
passed through one house No 8S
was adopted and ordered to third
reading The following bills were
read for the first time A bill for an
act to authorize the organization of
mutual insurance companies A bill
for an act to amend sections 2 and 5
of chapter 78 of the Compiled Stat
utes of the state of Nebraska entitled
Roads and to repeal said sections
2 and 5 A bill for an act to amend
sections 84 and 85 of chapter 7S of
the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska
and to repeal said original sections
The bill introduced by Senator Van
Boskirk divides the districts as fol
lows -
First Richardson Pawnee Nema
ha Johnson Otoe Cass Lancaster rand
Seward
Second Douglas Washington and
Dodge
Third Sarpy Cuming Stanton Col
fax Platte Hamilton Polk Butler
Saunders Nance Merrick Boone
Sherman Howard Greeley Valley and
Wheeler
Fourth Gage Saline Jefferson
York Fillmore Thayer Clay Nuck
olls Webster Adams and Franklin
Fifth Hall Kearney Phelps Har
lan Gosper Furnas Frontier Red
Willow Hayes Hitchcock Chase
Dundy Buffalo Dawson Custer Lin
coln Perkins Keith Logan McPher
son Deuel Cheyenne Kimball Banner
and Scotts Bluff
Sixth Burt Thurston Dakota
Dixon Wayne Cedar Knox Pierce
Madison Boyd Antelope Hall- Gar
field Loup Blaine Rock Brown
Keya Paha Cherry Thomas Hooker
Grant Sheridan Dawes Sioux and
Box Butte
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SENATE Senator Young of the
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committee on privileges and elections
reported in the senate on the 22d that
the majority report in the contest
case of Bonekemper against Reuting
was ready for the senate but on ob
jection was raised to its being pre
sented on the ground that the minor
ity were preparing a report and de
sired more time and upon motion the
matter was made a special order for
Thursday The majority recommends
that the seat of Senator Reuting be
declared vacant The senate upon
motion of Owens went into a commit
tee of the whole with Harlan of York
in the chair for the purpose of con
sidering bills on general file A num
ber of curative acts were reported
some slightly amended and recom
mended for passage A bill which re
lated to gambling brought forth con
siderable discussion for the reason
that the manner in which it was word
ed it prevented whist or any other
Innocent game being played about a
hotel or place of public resort but
it was so amended as to relieve this
condition and was recommended for
passage A bill by Lyman of Adams
authorizing townships cities etc to
vote a bond for railroads was indef
initely postponed by a vote of fifteen
to fourteen Bills on first reading in
cluded these A bill for an act to
authorize and enable boards of super
visors town boards and county com
missioners to purchase rpad making
implements tools and machinery to
provide for payment therefor the cus
tody and care thereof to provide for
storing said implements and machin
ery and to recover damages from any
person who shall injure same and de
claring the breaking into such place
of storage or removing said imple
ments without authority to be a mis
demeanor and providing a penalty
therefor and to repeal all acts or
parts of acts in conflict herewith An
act to establish substations of the Ne
braska Agricultural Experiment sta
tion at or near Culbertson Ogallala
and Alliance Neb and fixing the con
trol and management of the same and
repealing actions 12 18 chapter 1
Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for
1891 S F 144 by Van Boskirk An
act for the apportionment of and des
ignation of congressional districts and
to repeal sections 224 and 225 chap
ter iii Compield Statutes of Nebras
ka An act authorizing the boards of
trustees of any village now incorpor
ated or which may hereafter Joe in
corporated under the laws of the
state relating to villages to purchase
lands lots or grounds to be used for
parks or park purposes and to issue
bonds of said village tp pay for the
same
LEGISLATIVE NOTES
Among the new bills introduced in
the uouse is one by Lyman of Adams
which fiixes the fes of county treas
urers as follows Money collected for
each year under 6000 10 per cent
over- 6000 and under 10000 4 per
cent over 10000 2 per cent The
above percentage shall be allowed on
all moneys collected provided how
ever that on all township collections
the treasurer shall receive his regular
fees In computing percentage all
sums from whatevtv fund derived
shall be included together except the
school fund
Senator Martin introduced a bill
which has for its object the repeal of
the corrupt practices act The sena
tor maintains that this act is so gen
erally violated that in his opinon it
should be repealed and for the pur
pose of geeting the law off the statute
books as quickly as possible an emer
gency clause is attached to -the bill
A bill to amend the road law was
introduced by Miller of Buffalo which
provides that no highway in general
use by the public may be vacated
where objections against vacating the
same signed by at least twenty resi
dents and property owners of the
county shall be filed in the office of
the county clerk where a petition to
vacate such highway has been filed
A bill introduced by Cummins of
Seward makes it unlawful for life in
surance companies and mutual bene
fit associations except secret societies
to discriminate on account of the
color of a person and to prevent spe
cial contracts and discrimination be
tween individuals
At the request of dairymen througn
out the state Miller of Buffalo intro
duced a bill in the senate today which
repeals the law naming the time when
the annual meeting of the state as
sociation shall be held and amending
it so that the date may be fixed by
the board of directors
Senator Weber of Greeley is the au
thor of a bill entitled and act to de
fine liabilities of certain corporations
in certain instances and to prohibit
contracts limiting liabilities The act
provides that every railway company
organized or doing business in this
state shall be liable for all damages
done to any employe of such company
in consequence of ajiy negligence of
its agents or by any mismanagement
of its engineers or other employes to
any person sustaining such damage
A bill by Senator Weber is one to
reduce the maximum rates for the
transportation of certain commodities
within the state of Nebraska No rail
way company shall demand charge or
receive according to the bill a high
er or greater rate than provided be
tween points in this state The bill
provides that the rate for such com
modities as wheat flour coal millet
flaxseed corn oats- barley- and other
grain and mill stuffs shall be 75 per
cent of the rate published by said rail
road company on the first day of De
cember 1889 as shown by its printed
tariff sheets which is the basis used
for all reductions
Senator Johnson has introducea a
bill the object of which is to make
it unnecessary for county boards to
advertise -for bids on contracts by
building and repairing bridges cul
verts roads etc He would amend
section 84 of chapter 78 and repeal
section 85 to accomplish this end
Young of Stanton has introduced a
bill which provides that the Nebras
ka State Poultry association shaM
hold a convention annually in Janury
at such place in the state as the
board of managers may select for the
purpose of gathering statistics and
diffusing practical knowledge on sub
jects -pertaining to the poultry inter
ests of the state by addresses papers
discussions and such other means as
the board of managers may direct
EPIDEMIC OF GRIP
WORST EVER KNOWN
5X5SS
GRIP BACILLUS EVERYWHERE IN THE AIR WE BREATHE
IN THE WATER WE DRINK IN THE FOOD WE EAT
Bacillus of Grip
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And Rest for
Hundreds of car loads of Peruna
are shipped In all directions to
meet the extraordinary demand of
the grip epidemic
Everybody laying in a stock of
this valuable remedy in time to
meet the terrible enemy the Grip
The extensive facilities of the
manufacturers taxed to their ut
most to meet the urgent demand
for Peruna
Almost everybody has the grip
Almost everybody must have Pe
runa
Taken at the appearance or the
first symptoms of the grip not
only Is Peruna a prompt cure for
the grip but It prevents those
- astrous after effects so character-
Magniflcd 16000 times
of dread
Peruna not only cures the grip but prevents it
Taken in time thousands of lives will be saved in this present epi
demic
Every family should take the precaution to secure a supply of Pe
runa at once for the retail and wholesale stock of the remedy may be
exhausted by the enormous demand for it
It is wisdom to have Peruna in the house even before the grip at
tacks the household
It has been ascertained by a reporter that the following people of
national reputation have given public endorsement and testimonials to
Peruna as a remedy for la grippe
Congressman Howard of Alabama says I have taken Peruna
for the grip and recommend it as an excellent remedy to all fellow
sufferers
Congressman White of North Carolina says I find Peruna to be
an excellent remedy for the grip I have used it in my family and
they all join me in recommending it
Miss Francis M Anderson of Washington D C daughter of Judge
Anderson Of Virginia says I was taken very ill with the grip I
took Peruna and was able to leave my bed in a week
Mrs Harriette A S Marsh President of the Womans Benevolent
Association of Chicago writes I suffered with grip seven weeks
Nothing helped me Tried Peruna and within three weeks I was fully
estored Shall never be without it again
At the appearance of the first symptoms of grip people should stay
indoors and take Peruna in small doses teaspoonful every hour until
the symptoms disappear This will prevent a long disastrous sick
ness and perhaps fatal results
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