THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: . -THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, IMS.
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RUB-DRY
BATH TOWELS
Hub Dry Towels are made wholly from Egyptian (Imported) long fiber cotton
nd possessing all Its fine qualities. They are wonderfully absorbent and are
made so as to prodnee all necessary frlrtlnn, with an utter absence of harsh
ness. There 1 no lint or pulling out of threads In Rub Dry Towels. They are
Diada In the following qualities:
nub-Dry, Jr., 2."o each. Hub-Dry O.. 3Te- each.
Hub-Dry A fiOc each. Hub-Dry H., 7.V each.
nub-Dry De Luxe, 1.00 " Rub Dry Wash Cloths, Cc each.
Sold at Linen Counter.
INFANTS' DRESSES
We have a few very pretty short slips, in sizes 2 and 3, made of fine nain
sooks, pretty hemstitched and Insertion yokes, beautifully made, regular fl.50
values, special price, 75c each.
A few Infants' short skirts at special prices
45c each, reduced from 00c.
63c earh, reduced from $1.25.
$1.00 each, reduced from $2.00.
ThnMRONFiLLDEHQ
Y. M. C A. Bulldim. Comer Sixteenth and DougUi Street
finish the speech he had prepared. He took
Inane With Mr. Rosewater as to the time
within which the city might acquire the
works and maintained that the time had
arrived and Insisted that the city councils
had been derelict In their duties or the
work undertaken by the water board would
have been done before and made unneces
sary the existence of such a board. Mr.
Howell an id . hi express purpose In run
ning for the state senate two years ago
was to secure the enactment of his bill to
compel Omaha to buy the waterworks In
view of the council's failure to bring about
this municipal ownership.
Dr. Hippie asked Mr. Rosewater several
questions about the functions of the Omnha
school board, seeking to prove that It had
powers which, relatively, were Just as com
prehensive and absolute as those sought to
be conferred upon the water board. Mr.
Rosewater thought not.
Mr. Congdon then went Into a very dis
passionate discussion of the subject, taking
issue with Mr. Rosewater as to the time
when the city might acquire the works. He
said what regulated this was the expira
tion of an option for the city to buy the
plant, which option was embodied in the
ordinance last passed- bearing upon this
matter and that the time was now ripe.
Caifdon Interprets BUI.
Mr. Congdon replied to that very general
criticism that the bill empowers the water
board to extend the contraot of the city
with the water company, saying this was
not the case. He insisted the board did not
want to extend the contract. -
"The bill so provides, " Interjected Mr.
Rostwater.
"I do not so read It," rtplied Mr. Congdon,
"and I am certain that is not the pur
pose. ..
Mr. Congdon denied that under the bill
the board would have absolute power In
tha Issuance of bonds. Ha said the board
would be able to cut rates. He too, charged
deraitctlon on the part of the city council
in the matter of acquiring the water plant
and Insisted that his only reason for pro
moting the. bill and accepting a place on
thfl water b0iir.d waa JJiat.he, felt .some
.board should be given the, powers which
this measure contemplated,' for" the city
should acquire its plant and never Would
if left to city councils.
Asked how he knew that In the future.'
when" the present board had passed out
of service,' succeeding boards would not
be composed Of the ' same material that
composed city councils, Mr. ' Congdon re
plied that business' board v were rarely
ever made up of practical politicians and
that being made up of business men, would
be less Inclined to deviate from their duty
for political considerations.
Mr. Congdon assured the committee the
present water board would never pay a
water commissioner, provided for In the
bill, a salary approaching J10.000.
STATES DEBT. 'OCCtplSS 8KJIATB
Sheldea B1U Falls to Pass, but Keeps
Place on Calendar.
. (From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Feb. 8. (Special.) After one
of the hardest fights of the session, Shel
don of Cass this morning succeeded In sav
ing his bMl, 8. F. 7, providing that a 2-mlll
levy be made to pay off the state debt, from
an early grave, though It was amended to
provide for a 1-ralll levy. The vote to In
definitely, postpone the bill was 15 to IS
and under a ruling by President Jennings
the bill 'will retain -Its place at the head
of ths. general nle. . The debate occurred
In the committee of the whole and started
when . Qltnn of Dawson moved to amend
ths bill ."by making the levy 1 mill Instead
Of l .
111 h's talk against the amendment and
for his g-mlll levy Sheldon called attention
to the ' state debt and the rapidity with
which it Is Increasing. He called atten
tion of. the senators to ths fact that Ne
braaks -had '. to pay the debts It owed
whether they ,wore contracted In conflict
with the constitution or not. The debts
are here! he said, and they must be paid.
Ten years ago the debt was about H.OoO.000
and by April I It will practically be 12.000,000.
Nebraska stands alone, he said, with its
large floating debt, Colorado being the only
other state that stands In Its class. Dur
ing ths last ten years thirty-two states
had decreased their floating debt, while ten
states had Increased, Nebraska being
among the ten. He called attention to the
conditions In ' Jowa where ten years ego
that state owed practically what Nebraska
owed and was doing business along the
same line aa Nebraska., When Bhaw was
V).
Of course. GKirardelli's '.,
Ground Chocolate is a per
fect brealtast food, but it
tastes good and dc . good
at any time of day.
Give it to the children and
Bee honrr wonderfully they
thrive.
Best for pastry and cake,
elected governor of Iowa he lnstlfjted the
plan of paying off the debts and that had
been done and that state now had money
In Its treasury. Shaw did this, Sheldon
Said, by adopting business methods, and
that Is what Nebraska will have to do. he
argued, before the debt can be paid. With
a 1-mlll levy, he argued, It would take
eight years to pay the debt, while with the
f-mlll levy it would take four years and
save the people (200,000 la Interest. The
objection to the 2-mill levy that It would
Increase the taxes, he argued, was not good
for the reason that in ths long run it
would save the taxpayers, of the state. To
show how little the taxes would be In
creased he cited that if a man had 1100 he
would only have to pay 4 cents more, and
that If he owned 11,000 It would cost him
only 40 cents more in taxes. Sheldon said
these outstanding warrants were owned
mostly by the school fund and that If the
warrants were paid off that school money
could be invested In county warrants.
Many of these county warrants, he said,
were now owned by eastern parties and
the Interest Is taken out of the state,
Olffen days Too Much Tas.es,
Glffln objected to the two mill levy be
cause he said the state board of equali
sation would make a 4H mill levy for gen
eral fund purposes and this added to the t
mill levy woud become too much of a bur
den. "Do you think the state will make a 4H
mill levy If this bill becomes a law" asked
Shaldon.
"You can't tell what the state board will
do," was the answer, "and I don't be
lieve anyone else can ever tell."
Fries of Valley stood with Sheldon and
when he got the floor he said "we don't
know what the state board will do, but
we know what It has done. We know the
state debt has been Increasing every year.
The state board cannot pay off the state
debt without a special levy for that pur
pose. We don't expect the new revenue
law to pay oft the debt. If that law
merely puts the state cn a solid basis that
Is all' wo can expect of it. I am for the
2 mlll lsvy." . ,
Cady of Howard then moved that the
levy be made mill. In. support, of
his amendment ha said the matter of paying
Interest was merely taking money from one
pocket and putting it in another. It was
his opinion that the new revenue law would
help out matters, though the time might
be extended soma.
Petersen moved to Indefinitely postpone
the bill. The vote on Cady's motion was
lost by 15 to 16. Glffln's 1 mill levy mo
tion carried by a vote of 16 to 12. The
motion to Indefinitely postpone the bill was
lost by a vote of 14 to 18.
The vote Jo recommend the bill for en
grossment as amended was 15 to 15 and the
chuir held the motion was lost.
.The commute arose and Sheldon moved
that the bill be ordered engrossed for third
reading. On roll call 15 were for and 15
against the motion. President Jennings
held the bill retained Its peace at the head
of the general file.
Thomas of Douglas county was in the
chair during the discussion which was the
most Interesting and most confusing of any
of the session and acquitted himself with
great credit.
S. F. 1, by The mas of Douglas, provid
ing the firemen of Omaha shall be divided
Into two shifts to work twelve hours each,
was passed.
A vote of thanks was extended Land
Commissioner Eaton for the moving pic
ture show last night.
The following resolution by Meserve of
Knox to allow Hugh A. Allen to bring suit
against the state to quiet title to, some
land In Holt county was Introduced and,
under the rules, went over for one day:
Whereas, On January 26, 1897, the state
of Nebraska obtained a Judgment against
Joseph 8. Hartley for the sum of ti3,76i 90
In the district court of Douglas county, Ne
braska; and, j
Wherean, A transcript of onl Judgment
was on July 20. 1897, filed In the office of
ine ciera or me aimrici court of Holt
county, Nebraska; and,
Whereas, Said judgment Is an apparent
lien on real estate situated In Holt county,
NebraHka, said property being known as
the homestead of the said Joseph 8. Bart
ley: and.
Whereas, The said Joseph S. Hartley did
on the 27th day of January, 1904, sell, trans
fer and convey said property to Hugh A
Allen of Atkinson. Neb : and. N
Whereas. Said Hugh A. Allen claims to
be the owner of sold property and claims
the -said Judgment Is not a lien on the
said property and desires to bring an action
'gainst the state of Nebraska to removi
the cloud cast on the title to said pron
rty in him; therefore, be It
Resolved, By the senate of the state of
Nebraska, that Hugh A. Allen Is hereby
viithorixed and empowered to bring suit r
the district court of Holt county. Nebraska,
against the state of Nebraska for the pur
pose of-removing the clnud cast on the
title of the said property by reason of the
Judgment before mentioned and to quiet
the title of said property lft him. and to
remove the apparent lien of said Judgment
against said property.
These bills were placed" ongenerl file:
8. F. ' 128 Providing-when husband and
wife1 can testify against or for each other
B. F 129 Providing for suspension of
sentence in wife abandonment oases.
8. K. 74 Providing for voting machines
8. F. 80 Prohibiting the keeping or seli
Ing of liquor within four miles of a mili
tary post, was Indefinitely postponed
8. F. 69 Providing for consolidation of
ths Home for the Friendless and ths Girls'
Industrial home at II 11 ford, was mads a
special order for tomorrow at 11 o'clock.
These bills were Introduced and read a
first time:
8. F. 172. by Thomas of Douglas To pro
vide for the use of ropes as fire escaoes
In hotels.
8. F. 173, by Dlmery (upon request of H
M. Eaton, land commissioner) Allowing:
ths commissioner of publio lands and
hulldinKS to use his discretion about selllns
Nebraska property used at ths St. Louis
sxposltlon.
ROIT1KB PROCEEDINGS OF HOI SB
Blaser Twist BUI Is ttseoamsadss
fsr Paasa.
(From a Staff Correspondent '
LINCOLN, Feb. g.-H8peols,l Telegram.)-.
Immediately upon convanlng at 10 o'clock
this morning the house went Into commit
tee of ths whole and recommended for
passage H. R 49. by Brnst of Johnson, pro
vldlng for ths establishment of a binder
twine plant at the stats penlteotiary, a.
proprlatlng 45,ono for the purpose and ll&O.
000 as the operating fund. The vote was S4
to 15.
Ths committee also recommended for pas
sage H. R. 101, by Kaley of Webster, after
a brisk fight. This bill appropriates $15,000
for Nebraska's participation In the Lewis
and Clark exposition at Portland, Ore. The
bill also provides for the appointment by
the governor of a commission to look after
the state's Interest In this regard. This
money Is to Include the balance from the
state's and the railroads appropriation to
the World's fair for Nebraska, the railroads
giving ,125,000. The friends of the bill
pointed out that If this money was not ap
proprlated the railroads would get back
their pro rata of It and the state might,
therefore, Just as well have the benefit of
It.
The committee of the whole sparred for
an hour over H. R. 2, by Ernst, appro
priating $15,0ii0 for a live stock pavilion and
HO.Ouo for a fish building at the State fair
grounds. The bill was still under fire when
the noon recess was taken.
H. R. 130, by Cunningham of Hamilton,
to prevent the sale of certain wild game,
also caused much discussion and was not
disposed of during the morning.
The committee had recommended the
passage of H. R. 120. At the afternoon ses
sion Horton of Keya Paha made a forcible
speech against the bill, because It did not
Include all wild game, making It, in his
Judgment, class legislation. He moved that
the report on this bill be not concurred In
and the bill recommended for indefinite
postponement, which motion was carried,
36 to 19.
The finance, ways and means commit
tee having reported back without recom
mendation H. R. 164, by McMullen of Oage,
appropriating $30,000 for the Cobbey statutes,
McMullen moved that it be placed on'
general file. Oerdes of Richardson was
opposed to the bill, since the last legisla
ture appropriated $4,500 for the purchase
of 500 copies of these statutes for the pres
ent and next legislatures and the various
oountles.
"I don't like the Idea of setting a man
up In the book printing business at the
expense of the state," said he.
The McMullen motion was carried.
The report of the special committee on
the Fishback pass case was read and filed.
The house voted to raise the salary of
the chief clerk of the engrossing and en
rolling room from $3 to 14 a day,
The speaker referred the MdClay antl-hoochee-koochee
bill to the committee on
benevolent Institutions.
After cleaning up a large general fllo
the house at 3 o'clock adjourned.
These bills were Introduced In the house
today:
DeVmU tht5',, J?hne.1 of Washington, to
SSv... - .V"?, of "elne", nets and other
h fishing in the Missouri river.
n. k. 46, by Jahnel, to provide that the
ftVTo wa h.a" not appIy to any boundary
?im ?m,,ex$epA 80 much " hal h within
iKh;l-0f.iLh". mol,ih of ury "ream In
Nebraska tributary thereto.
llrvH;,fl7.' ty Ro,"" of HaI1- t0 require
u. f8t,a,?le to nave Pouted sched-
u'e" of Pr'CM ' their rates and to provide
penalties for defrauding ltvery stable keep-
H. R. 248, by Rouse, providing for the
payment of premiums on surety company
SHn.d.-when K,y.en by Persons acting in a
fiduciary capacity.
hHi kA U2- by. ?.nox of BufTalo. providing
iiha.i,Vr.ad,s,?Kdlreotor8 of clty and town
libraries shall be composed of five members
Instead of nine.
RAILROADERS HAVE A IV IWISG
breakdowns pn a recent trip that could
not be avoided. His company was making
Improvements all the time and he promised
to do all he could In the future, as he had
In the past, to furnish good service.
At the conclusion of the talk by Mr.
Blgnell, Junkin of. Oosper enlivened the
proceedings by giving vent to his feelings.
"It looks like, after hearing Baldwin and
Blgnell," be shouted, "that we might Just
as well throw up our hands and quit. Are
We going to allow these men to run this
committee and this legislature, or are we
going to run ItT There are 6,000 stockmen
demanding this legislation. Out of my town
we have one stock train a week. We have
to load our stock at 4 o'clock In the morn
Ing to catch that train. I live only twenty
two miles from the main line, too. We
have been getting a big supply of promises,
but It is time we were getting something
tangible." ,
Hen hlte then smoothed the ruffled
feathers by telling that ths Northwestern
had received po complaints and that It
should not be punished for the sins of the
Burlington.
Should such a bill become a law," he
said, "it would be the entering wedge for
bankruptcy for every road In the state,
Then he called attention to the fact that
tho railroads were run by men and fre
quently they did not run the roads to ths
satisfaction of everyone.
Gould moved to pass over the bill until
the next meeting of the committee, when
u would be tsken up again. This carried
ins nouse railroad committee tonight
voted to kill H. R. 142, by Bowman of
Nuckolls, the railroad demurrage bill.
Is borne out in this by members, any num
ber of them, who assert that they were
considerably surprised at the Introduction
of the resolution.
SPEAKER ROlSE DE.ME9 STORY
Tell Legislative Committee Stockmen
Have No Reason to Complain.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Feb. 8.-f8peclal Telegram )
At a meeting of the railroad committees of
the senate and the house this afternoon and
tonight these bills were discussed and laid
over, to be taken up at another meeting of
the committees: S. F. 86, to provide that
railroad companies should keep waiting!
'room --open tf nights? B.F. 94; t cbhrpelf
the shipment of freight at a rate of ten
miles an hour; 8. F. 1C2, to compel the ship
ment of live stock at a rate of twenty miles
an hour when the distance Is over seventy-
rive miles and fifteen miles an hour when
the distance Is Icbb; II. R. 166, the Inter-
urban bill.
8. F. 91, to require railroads to refrain
from working their employes more than
twelve hours without an Intermission of
eight hours, was Indefinitely postponed at
the request of a number of employes.
At tho night meeting only the lnterurban
bill was discussed. H. II. Wilson, attorney
for the company, explained the only change
from the old law was a section providing
that electrical railroads should have the
right of eminent domain now given to
other railroads. At the conclusion of Mr.
Wilson's talk J. H. Ager proposed, in the
Interest of the public safety, that the bill
bo amended so that crossings should either
be underground or overhead. Mr. Ager ex
plained how dangerous It was for trains to
pass at crossings and that in the Interest
of tho public safety the amendment should
bo agreed to. He was reinforced by argu
ment from Superintendent Blgnell, who
cites how the motive power might be shut
off and the lights extinguished Just as the
motor car got on the crossing, resulting in
a horrible calamity, 1
While Mr. Wilson pondered over the mat
ter Frank Johnson of the lnterurban com
pany stated that If the amendment should
carry It would be almost an Impossibility
for the company to enter Lincoln over the
Rock Island and Missouri Pacific tracks.
Mr. Wilson then asked time to consult with
the engineering department and the matter
went over until the next meeting.
The meeting was held in the dining room
of the Lindell and for that reason the busi
ness was not concluded, en adjournment
being taken at supper time.
Among the railroad men present were
John N. Baldwin of the Union Pacific, Ben
T. Whit of the Northwestern, Ed Blgnell
and J. H. Ager of the Burlington, and a
number of lesser lights of all three roads.
As a side line to the big guns were a
number employes brought In from Mc
Cook and other points to protest against
Wllsey's bill, which provides that railroad
men shall not be worked more than twelve
hours . without an intermission of eight
hours for rest. Senator Wllsey introduced
this bill, he said, at the request of the
employes at McCook. "Sandhill" Moore,
a locomotive, engineer, protested vigorously
against the bill and said he spoke for the
rest of tho boys. The result was that Mr.
Wllsey -consented to have his bill Indefin
itely postponed.
S. F. 152, by Gould, which provides that
stock trains shaU travel not less than
twenty miles an' hour on runs over seventy-five
miles, and not less than fifteen miles
an hour on shorter runs, was discussed at
length and finally passed over for the next
meeting of the committee. Mr. Gould said
the bill was the result of an effort of stock
men to get better service, and he recited,
to ths apparent surprise of the railroad
men, several Instances where service had
been extremely poor. Hs also said he had
been promised better service but the prom
ises wers the only satisfaction the stock
men could get.
Then John N. Baldwin told ths committee
the Union Pacific had received no com
plaints. Hs declared hs could load stock
In ths afternoon within 100 miles of Omaha
and get it on ths market ' the next day.
Tho work of his road, he said, was satis
factory to the shippers. He knew naught
of ths workings of other roads, but hs
thought it an Injustice to punish his road
for the sins of another. It was not a mat
ter of speed, he said, Just so ths railroad
got ths stock on the market the next morn
log or the next day.
Superintendent Blgnsll said his company
had never overloaded aa engine' and that
it had tried to give good- Service. Owing
to ths cold weather, hs said, ths service
had not been of the best recently. He
recited a baM luck story of hut bvsis and
Points Oat the Impossibility of Iti
Being; True.
(From it Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Feb. 8.-(8peclal.)-By Impll
cation the World-Hera(ld this morning char
acteristically seeks to 'discredit the motives
and purposes back of the freight rate bill
Introduced In the house by Foster, Davis
and Junkin, a committee appointed by the
speaker pursuant to a resolution introduced
by Foster. The fusion organ attempts to
create the impression that Speaker Rouse
appointed this committee by request of the
railroads, three of whose lobbyists, it says,
were In "earnest conference" with him on
the flay the resolution was Introduced.
"The paper's charge Is positively and un
quallfledly false and the man who wrote
It knows It better than any one else," said
Speaker Rouse. "The fact of the matter is
ttha Foster resolution came like a clap of
inunoer out or a clear sky to me. When
It was Introduced, without leaving my chair
or conferring with any one, I appointed ths
committee, following long-established cus
tom of placing the introducer of the resolu
tion on the committee as chairman. This,
I say, I did without leavlno- mv chair
Therefor It was Impossible for me to have
naa an earnest conference" with any rail
roaa looDyists. The fact Is, I never had
an 'earnest conference" with these or any
other railroad lobbyists on this or any
uuier question.
"I want to tell you what this WorM.
Herald man probably takes as his warrant
for writing this baseless statement. After
the committee had been appointed and the
nouse naa adjourned ! came back to my
ynvaie omce, as Js.my custom. There
iuuuu iwo or wires railroad representa
tives sitting and , chatting. One of them
wn .. In it. i .
iiici4.,i. eniereo they arose
ana saia, -Excuse us Mr. Speaker, we did
not mean to usurp your office," and started
to walk out. . I replied that if they wanted
to chat or write they could keep their
seaistnat,! hapuiy,com to get my coat
ana nat ana that my office was ODen to
all, railroad men, newspapeit men or any-
ooay eise wno WiHUfa Jt. ., But they walked
out ana so, did l afld as -we did we en
countered the . WprtdJIerald man coming
in. a niB, as you aoswwas fcfter the com
mittee" had been pped and the house
adjourned, so h.at')tbere.,cpuld not possl-
uiy nave ceen any warrant for such
charge.
"So far as this bill is opnoerned. "l know
It Is not all 'that the people want, but I
believe it s the opening wedge and that
If properly followed up will lead to Just
the kln ojf(Iaw the state wants and
nceas. ,
At least a dozen, prominent members of
tne nouse have expressed Indignation that
any paper should go to such extremes as
to print a statement of this kind, when It
was a matter, of record that, open and
above board, in the presence of the mem
bers, the speaker, without leaving his chair
and therefor without having any oppor
tunity to confer with railroad lobbyists or
anybody eUe, named the committee did so
Himost immediately upon the Introduction
by Foster of his resolution. . And when the
committee was appointed, with Davis, the
"watch dog of the treasury," and Junkin,
the author of the anti-rebate, anti-trust
bill upon It (of course It was a foregone
conclusion Foster wottld be appointed, since
he offered the resolution) many members
expressed themselves as greatly pleased
with the personnel of the commute.
In reference to the bill Which the com
mittee Introduced one of the committee
says: -
"We believe that In order to properly ad
just the railroad freight rates of this state
would require at least six months, so we
do not think the measure we have sub
mitted adequately covers the situation, but
we do feel it Is the 'first step In the right
direction and properly- followed up will
lead to the desired and correct solution
of this much mooted question. We feel
that the matter will be carried Into the
courts, where it will be determined once
for all that the legislature has the right
to draft such ft law, and that two years
from now the necessary legislation may
be enacted. What has been done was done
in the best of faith and without any out
side Interference, and we feel the state will
find in the long run that the course we
have taken Is the proper one."
As to Foster's resolution, he says up
to the tlm' he Introduced It he hod not
consulted with sr single; man In the house
nor outside the house, except to show It
to a friend after It was drawn and tell
him he was going to Introduce It. This
friend, however, waaynot a man who dab
bles In legislation In the Interest of any
corporation or Individual. Dr. Foster says
the matter was of his own origin and he
IN CALIFORNIA
They Us. Fruit and Qrapt) Nuts.
Out at. Los .Angeles Cal. they have neo-
ple who give soms attention to food as a'
sure way out of sickness.
A lady says: "Husband has been a suf
ferer from dyspepsia . and biliousness to
gether with indigestion for a great many
years. He kept getting worse In spite of
all the medicine he took.
'We did not know what to do for he was
steadily running down, and whether he ate
meat, bread,, eggs, or anything of that
sort, he kept losing flesh, until he got down
to a skeleton, and, of course, was a physi
cal wreck.
"One day a friend advised him to quit
his regular breakfast entirely and use only
Qrape-NutS and cream together with a
little fruit.
"He took ths advice and begun to grow
better at one. It was only a short time
when he began to fatten up and grow
stronger. Now he la the picture of health
and his old troubles have disappeared.
"Ws give Grape-Nuts to our baby boy.
He Is very fond of th fond and la healthy
and strong. We thlrfk he is. the happiest
year-old baby In ' California!" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Look in each package for the famous
Uttl book. "The Roaa to Wellville."
Representative Tucker today Introduced
a bill In the house which will, should It be
come a law. save the state of Nebraska $4,
000 tn the next two years. Th present law
provides that shorthand reporters for the
district court shall be appointed by the dis
trict Judge. They receive a salary .of $1.5k j
per year. There are twenty-eight official
reporters In this state, their total salaries
aggregating $42,000 per year, or $s4,ono for
two years. The present law contemplates
the appointment of the reporter by the dis
trict Judge on request of the Board of
County Commissioners or Board of Super
visors, the reporter to receive as full com
pensation for his services the sum of $4 per
dlcm for time actually employed In court.
to be paid by the county the same as other
county employes are paid. The county
commissioners or Board of Supervisors
being on the ground know the needs of the
county. The present law pays for every
day whether the reporter works or not.
This law contemplates paying for the time
actually employed.
COUNT. OF THE VOTE
(Continued from First Page.)
were announced as having been cast for
Roosevelt and Fairbanks. The applause
came mostly from members of the house.
By a coincidence It fell to the lot of Sena
tor Bailey to read the vote of his own state,
Texas. General applause, greeted him
he announced that Parker and Davis had
received the votes of that state.
When the total vote was ready Senator
Burrows announced that of th total elec
toral vote of 476, of which a majority was
239, Theodore Roosevelt, for president, and
Charles W. Fairbanks, for vice president,
had each received SSA, and that Judge Alton
B. Parker, for president, and Henry 'Gas-
saway Davis, for vice president, had each
received 140 votes. Senator Frye recapitu
lated the vote and then made the following
announcement:
This announcement of the state of the
vote by the president of the senate shall be
deemed a sufficient declaration of the ner.
sons elected president and vice president of
ine i.nnea ctiaies, eacn ror the term be
ginning March 4. 190B, and shall be entered,
together with a list of the votes on the
journals or tne senate ana house of rcpre
sentatlves.
He then dissolved the convention.
In all the proceedings occupied exactly
fifty minutes.
Rate Bill Debate Resumed.
The house within a very few minutes
resumed discussion of the railroad rate
bill.
Mr. Vreeland (N. Y.), who voted against
his party on the adoption of the rule to
take up the rate question, opposed the
pending legislation on the ground that It
was socialism and not republican doctrine.
His utterance was vigorously controverted
by Mr. Kyle (O.), who said that the re
publican part hod heard and heeded the
cry of the people for rate legislation.
In a characteristic speech Mr. Gaines
(Tenn.), who was the sole democrat who
voted with the republicans on the adoption
of the rule, said he did so because he
found them right on the question, even
though they gritted their teeth after hav
ing been "egged" on by the president, who
had applied the cat-o'-nlne talis to their
backs.
During the debate the following mem
bers spoke In favor of rate legislation:
Messrs. Padget (Tenn.), Cochrnn (Mo.),
Burke (8. D.), Underwood (Ala.), Zenor
(Ind.), Gregg (Tex.,) Lacey (la.), Davis
(Minn.), Murdock (Kas.), Hamlin (Mo.),
and Hughes (N. J.).
In. addition . to Mr. Vreeland, Messrs
Scudder and Rider also of New York op-,
posed any legislation on the subject.
At 4:47 the house adjourned until tomor
row at 11 o'clock.
DIRECTORS
Have much to do with the success of any financial institution.
The following nametl persons are Directors in this Association:
OEO. V. UILMOIIE,
CHAS. C. GEORGE, J
J. A. HITNDEKLAXI),
JOHN P.. FLACK,
WILLIAM HAIHI),
E. A. BEXHON,
ISAAC W. CAHFEXTEIl,
KOHEKT DEMPSTER,
ItYRON It. HASTINGS,
J. C. ROBINSON,
II. A. THOMPSON,
A. T. TTKEY, c
C. K. URQUHART,
CHAS. M. WILHELM,
A. W. BOWMAN.
These men are in touch with our business and can give
you information regarding us if you ask them. Under their
directorship our association has grown in thirteen years from
$3,000.00 assets to $1,200,000.00, and has never paid less than
G per cent per annum dividends, payable semi-annually.
The Conservative Savings and Loan Association
205 South 16th Street, Omaha.
Mr. Lodge said that In order to correct
the mistake, If It Is such, It would be
necessary to recall the bill.
Without determining the point, the senate
at 4 p. m. went Into executive session.
The senate adjourned at 4:57 p. m.
To Care Omld la One Day
Take Laxative bmmo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the monej If It falls to
cure. B. W. Groves' slgnaturs is on sacb
ujx. &c
CRAWFORD MAN IS ANXIOUS
Fears 1'nlon Pnclfle-Northwestern
Combination Will "top Elk.
horn Extension.
"Since reading in The Bee the report from
New York of the amalgamation of railroad
Interests by the Harrlman and Rockefeller
people, whereby the Northwestern and
Union Pacific, with the eastern and western
outlets respectively of each road, are united
into one great transcontinental line, I fear
the Northwestern will abandon Its projected
extension from Casper on Into the Big
Horn basin country of Wyoming and fur
ther west," said W. H. Fanning tit Craw
ford, Neb., the place where the Burlington
and Northwestern Intersect. "We have been
anxious that this project would be carried
through, for It would tend greatly to benefit
our Interests. Of course the ultimate pur
pose of the Northwestern In such an ex
tension was to build on to the coast, but If
this report of the amalgamation of these
roads is correct, and I suppose it must be;
for we hove had no contradiction of It, It Is
highly improbable. It seems to me, that this
project will be carried out, for by the amal
gamation the Northwestern gets a through
line to the Pacific the best through line,
over the most direct route that could be
obtained. We are sorry out our way to
hear of the deal, for this Northwestern ex
tens'on promised much to that part of the
state."
LIFE. ACCIDENT, LIABILITY,
AND HEALTH INSURANCE
55th, ANNUAL STATEMENT
(Condensed.)
iEtna Life
Insurance Company,
HARTFORD. CONN.
MORGAN 0. BULKEIEY, President.
THE LEADING INSlUNCt COMPANY IN NEW E1GLANB
AND THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD WRITING LIFE,
ACCIDENT, LIABILITY. AND HEALTH INSURANCE.
Assets, Jan. 1. lO.'u, . . J 7J.t96.l78 M
Premium receipts In 1904. 12.868,922.77
Interest and other re
ceipts in 1904, . . . J.061.6JJ
Total receipts In 1904, . I5.9JI, 536.76
Payments to Policy hold
ers in 1904 .... 41.971.793. 56
Lepal Uescrve on Policies
and all claims, . . 64,845,751.16
Special Reserve in addition '
to Reserve above given . 2,294.786.00
Life Insurance issued, re
vived and paid for in 1904, 28.856.967.00
Life Insurance in force
'Jan. 1, 1905, . . . 2J7.104.7J9. 00
Accident Iosuratrco lu
force, Jan. 1, 19i5, . . 217.2)6,164.66
Guarantee Fund in Excess of
Requirements by Company's
Standard 6.555.640.15
i Guaranteed Fund In Excess of
Legal Requirements, . 8,850,426 6$
Paid Policy Holders Sines Organization.
PROCEEDINGS OF T11K SENATE
Senator Kearns Explains His Vote on
I tab. Amendment.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. The senate to
day received from Mr. Kearns a dlxclulmer
of the vote In favor 'of separate statehood
for New Mexico, which the records for
yesterday credited him with. He said thnt
he had been misunderstood by the clerks
and that he had voted against the provi
sion. Several senators corroborated his
statement, but a number asserted that
they had understood him to vote for the
amendment.
The senate spent almost an hour in con
nection with the house of representatives
In canvassing the presidential vote and
the-remainder of the session was devoted
to executive business.
yesterday's contest found an early echo
in the proceedings of the senate today in
the shape of a personal explanation by Mr.
Kearns of his vote on the admission of
New Mexico as a separate state.
Immediately after the opening prayer Mr.
Kearns took the floor and said:
I rise to a Question of personal Drlvlleirr.
In the first vote on the amendment of tne
senator from California (Mr. Bard) last
evening I voted "nay" in a distinct manner.
It appears the clerks misunderstood me and
I was numbered among those favoring the
amendment. My colleague called my at
tention to the error and I was on the point
of correcting It when It was suggested 1
could do so on the vote to concur In the
amendment befort the Until passage of the
hill, in case the amendment should bu
adopted. This course I pursued.
The senouanens oi im inauer aiu not
innrwii itself uuon me until this mornina.
when I read In the public press the state
ment that I had voted for the amend
ment in order that I might force the man
agers of tho bill to accept my amendment
to secede the Arizona strip to 1'tah. Such
nrrreillnir I would not countenance nor
be a party to. My word had been given h
managers or tne mi nisi i wuum suppuri
tiiofr men mi re and I would not have
plttyed them falae for the whole territory of
Arisona. 1 nemrw iu iibvc uiv i tvui v ui -rected
as far as it relates to my vote
mnn th amendment of the senator from
California in accordance with this state
ment.
The statement had the effect or bringing
number of senators to their feet and
to call out from them a number of state J
ments as to their understanding of the
Utah senator's vote.
Mr. Warren presented the credentials of
his colleague, Mr. Clark, for the term be
ginning March 4, next.
Memorials from the legislators oi Colo
rado and North Dakota, praying for legis
lation looking for the fixing of railroad
rates were presented and read.
In accordance with the joint resolution
fixing the time for counting the vote for
president and vice president the senate,
preceded by Its officers and President Pro
Tern. Frye at I o'clock, proceeded to the
hall of the house of representatives for
the purpose of aiding the house In that
duty.
Senator Fairbanks, who was to be de
clared elected vice president, did not ac
company tho senate to the house. '
When the senate returned from ths house
Mr. Bacon stated that the Kearns amend
ment attaching that portion of Arisona
north of the Colorado river to Utah was
Incorporated In the statehood bill as It was
prepared for transmission to the house. He
asserted It should have been stricken out.
Mr, Lodge said the matter could be cor
rected only by a return of the bill. The
senate then went into executive session.
At 1:15 p. m. the senate returned to Its
own chamber. Mr. Bacon took the floor
on a point of order concerning the status
of Mr. Kearns' amendment to the state
hood bill fof the annexation of a part of
Arisona to Utah. Ha said that the bill
as prepared for transmission to the house
Includes that amendment, while he con
tended that that provision had ffime out
with the fithpr provisions relating to Arl-.
ona and New Mexico under his motion.
Don't depend on drugs to digest your
food; take Diner's Digesters and get your
stomach In condition to ao its amy, at
Myers-Dillon Drug Co. .
TENANT HOLDS BUILDING
Mrs. Stsbrel I.enrna One , of f lie
Twists (lie I,vr Can Some
times Take.
Mrs. Augusta Stabrel Is suing Charles
Brown In the county court to secure pos
session of a store at 801 North Thirteenth
street. She leased the store to Brown for a
saloon last year and his lease expired on
December SI. 'He was notified the rent
would bo raised and said he could not pay
tho Increased figure. Then he was notified
to vacate, as Mrs. Stabrel had entered Into
a new lease with the John Gund Brewing
company. Brown refused to get out and
Mrs. Stabrel brought suit to oust him.
Attorney Hamilton, for defendant, raises
the point -that as Mrs. Strabel has leased
the place to another purty she Is njt the
proper party to bring the suit. He told the
court he wanted time to quote authorities
on this point, and the case went over to
permit of the production of these authori
ties. In the meantime Brown has posses
slon of the building and Mrs. Stabrel Is
wondering at the queer twists there are In
the law sometimes. '
$145,918,246,86.
Great Gains in Business During 1904
Increase In Assets, .
Increase In Guarantee Fund
over Requirements,
Increase In Premium Income.
Increase in Total Income,
lucrease In Lire Insurance Is
sued and Paid for, . . .
Increase In Life Insurance in
Force, . . . .
Increase In Accident Insurance,
In Force, . . ,
$ 6,628,316.16
88J.8S4.I0
1,125.668.90
1,272,682.20
2,725,105.09
14,001,862.00
8,618,926.66
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OMAHA, NEB.
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