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he Omaha Daily Bee Women Best Buyers The paver t'..at is rerd bv women biinjs bc?t retnrnc to sdvrtiHTS. WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Fair. For In a h - Cloudy. For weather irurt see page VOL. .XI. -NO. ')!. OMAHA. 'i:i)NKSl)AV M0KN1N(5. lV,imrAlY s. I'M 1 - TWLlVD I'AlJI.S. SI NULL' COPY TWO CLN'IS. MTEAlill IS TOLD ! TAYL0liS KECOKD' Secretary of TreasJiy Hr Larter of Aspirant . Ztny of ice of burvejor of Ujiai VICTOR R0SEWA1ER TETT TALE Gives Details of fransactio t ip ' port Charges Aiade.' SENATORS AVOID THE HE.V" Invited to Be Present, They Head Other Enffaeemsnts. MATTER IS UNDER ADVISEMENT ! i Secretary Maeciiu.li Listens to (he Protest Tilth Interest nnil Tukea t ae for Farther onslil eratlon nf Course. ' ! (From a Sniff respondent ) j WASHINGTON. Feb. T.-.S,..,I(,I Tele-j giam.l-VKtor Hoscwatcr. editor of Thf , i" e, wno is in )) ashingtnn to maue gooo bis pinteHt t.iln' hr appointment of Cadit Talor as surveyor of customs at I omaha. bad a conference Willi Secretary Mac'eKli this afternoon. With the rnn- sent of the secretary be hvited Senators vW ,,,, wh a a,,;,,,,, hll?e in whch llri'Wn and Hurkett to be present while I (o ,v( documentary evidence ;n the ei.se was) Mr. Lotigworth appesled especially to the belli submitted. Other engagements pre- j democrats to support the bill, claiming It vmtcd the snntor from attendlna tliej,,,,,, ,)f.cn (.nrt()rM.(1 liy William Jennings conference. Mr. Hosewater went oyer In I n,.. .,, H1i Samuel I Jonineis. aoine detail the pecollar r -cord of Cadet Taylor aa banker. The failure of Ills bunk, which never paid his depositors n cent: the Kiy'na; of a straw bond to keep poises on of the assets, the efforta lo evade the bond and Its final confirmation by roIiir through bankruptcy, leaving Borne SOD creditors unpaid, to say nothing of S12 000 atlll owing to tanpayers of Nebraska, wns prmented In detail, aa welt aa some In formation concerning a report made in on th affairs of the government printing office during the administration of Sterling I". Rounds when Taylor waa chief clerk. Secretary MacVeagh was very much In terested and took the whole matter under advisement. The late postmaster ft Fails City. G, .1. Crook, who has been removed by the Postofflce department on account of an alleged shortage. In his account which develpped after an Inspection, today answered the charges of shortages by filing a brief with the department denying any shortage. While the bontlHnien of Crook are In charge of the Falls City postoffice and the enatora have not yet been officially noti fied, by the department that there la vacancy In the office and consequently they cannot move In the matter until such official knowledge haa been received. Rmlth'a last HI Bill. The house next Thursday will take under consideration tha bill to appropriate 15,000.000 aa a preliminary sum (or proper fortifica tion of the Panama canal, aa recommended by President Taft. . Ttepreacntatlve Walter 1. Smith will- have tharge of thW Trill Tipon the floor and It will probably be the last great appropriation bill whlc hhe will en gineer prior to his retirement from con gress. Cornell Qrta More Time. Representative Klnkald called up and passed through the houwe his bill grant ing five years' extension of time to Charles H. Cornell, hla assigns, assignees, aucceaa org and grantees, in which to construct a dam across the Niobrara river on the Fort Niobrara military reservation, and i to construct electric light and power wires and telephone line and arolley or electric railway, with telegraph and telephone lines acrosa the reservation. j Chaaaje lit Reclamation Practice, ! The house haa passed a bill providing that the secretary of the Interior withdraw' any public notice laued under aectlon four of the reclamation act of June 17, leoj, and he may agree to such modification of water right applications duly filed or contracts with water users' associations and others entered Into prior to audi withdrawal, aa he may deem advisable, or he may consent to the abrogation of such water right ap plications and contracts and proceed in all respects as If no such notice had been given. This bill passed the senate June 23, 1910, and now, having passed the house, only requires the president's signature to become law. This bill does not seek to enlarge or modify powers already conferred by the reclamation act. but empowers tha secre tary to rescind certain notices and eon tracts already netsred Into and permits a new start to be made. Through unforeseen eondttiona aubsequently arlatng. It haa been demonstrated that In some cats th eflrst pubic notices were prematurely Issued. It Is immediately Important, In other words, to be able to meet unexpected conditions which arise and to permit the department to make a new start by making clear Its power in the matter of changing the terms of public, notices when new conditions re- oulra It MISSOURI ASSEMBLY FINDS TEMPORARY HOME Henae Bills Wklrk Five Will Be dared. H ere Lost Helmtro. In JEFFERSON CITV, Mo, Feb. 7-Ar-rangements were mad today for the senate of the general assembly to meet lit the supreme court bi'tMIng and the house In a hall In a Catholic school building. The bills whlcl. were lost In the fire which destroyed the Hme house Sunday night will be reintroduced. The bills of the houe which bad been sent to the sei.ate are safe as all the records of the senate were saved. The sentiment of the legislators Is to be gin rebuilding the rapltol and It la thought the bond Issue recommended by Governor Hadley will prevail. GRAFT CHARGE IN CHICAGO Directors af Ennlpuient Company Charged with Misappropriate Ing Half Million. CHICAGO. Feb. T. Cliarges that more than lUt3.&X has been misappropriated out of the funds of the Chicago Katlway F.qutp ment compan.' were made In a hill filed In the circuit court this afternoon by Henry 1 l-aughlln. a atovkholder. Five directors of the company are named as de fendants. They are Albert Rlair of St. I4ui. Charles S. ftleed of Topeka. Kan ; William A. Fungs and Itichaid K. llunib nf Detroit. Mich , and Juba P. Aniens of Chi House Passes Bill teSH?J"J! Measure Put Thronjh by Standing Vote of One Hundred and Forty One to Thirty-Nine. WASMi.VGTCiN, Vb. 7. Alter a 1-n Vara tnq:;;le the houe today t'li.'i a ! biil providing for the purchase and con n,ii"'ic.ii uf Anxi can embassies,' lega tions' and consular buildings abroad. The measure wn put through tinder a sus pi nslon nf the rules by a standing vott of I 'I In "9. the announcement iT the re mill helni, tficctcd by applause. Tin' rnatc. which on several occasion , has adoiied similar bills, is rxfu't'-d Ia,ify ,,","v ," of ''"T' ,.. r Ue presr ntatl c Louden of Illinois, su.hor 'of thr bill, led the fight for II. seconded ' bv tie pres-motivc l,nngwnrtli of Ohio. The npiositioti rame from the democratic s ik. ! Representatives ("ullop of Indiana and t'n d"inoiMl of Alabama making the principal i speech n. Mr. louden said every seerr- nrv of state, from Hncy down, bad urged Mlch ,rK,FjBon. Mp ,,, ,,,, n.rp rrp cnlv tw0 flf bro,(rant 1P f lhp Amn. I lean diplomatic corps and taklnn It out of ; lncreaae the salaries to enable a compara tively poor man to lire on a scale with his colleagues and the other was to pro- "It also is strongly recommended by a republican of democratic tendencies using the word In Its broad sense the president of the I'nlted States." Mr. lAingworth con tinued. "With homes provided for our ambassadors and ministers abroad, we will be In a ponltlon to select for these offices men of learning, training and patriotism and not be restricted to men fitted solely by their pocketbooks." The bill limits the cost of buildings J',.,0.000. to Senate Amends Army Measure to Provide For Dental Corps Measure Which Also Carries Appro priation for Aeroplane Work is Passed by Upper House. WASHINGTON. Feb. . Incorporated In the army appropriation bill which passed the senate today was a provision for a dental corps. The provision was offered by Senator Bulkeley as an amendment to tate bin and It was accepted without debate. The amendment provides that the corps shall not exceed one dental surgeon to each 1 1.000 men; that each of them ahall be a graduate of a dental college and shall not exceed 30 years of age. The pay Is to be that of members of the medical corps and members .are not,to be gives rank .encoeed Ing that of major. ,' ' A provision was Incorporated to make Immediately available IX.000 of the aero plane appropriation so that this amount may be used lit operating aerial machines along the Texas border to Insure against the violations of neutrality laws by either the Mexican regular or Insurgent forces. The army appropriation bill carries an aggregate of S93.6T8.58S. New York Democrats Caucus Tomorrow Insurgents and Sheehan Men Will Make Attempt to Get Together on a Candidate. ALBANY. N. Y Feb. 7. A conference between the organization democrats and the Insurgents will be held tomorrow morn ing to discuss the senatorial situation. To day's bulletin was without result. . President Fro Tem Wagner of the senate seemed optimistic when seen after the ses sion. "It looks Itks we were going to get together st Isst," he said. Asked If Mr. Murphy and Mr. Sheehan had been con sulted, he replied: "Oh. yes, all the party leaders lias been consulted .and have recommended this movement." He declined to say whether there was any intention of withdrawing 8heehan. The deadlock today appeared as firm as ever. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE SCHOOL LAND SALES Department Announces nates for Offerings la Sereral Cnnattes Dnrlng April. PIERRE, 8. P., Feb. 7 (Special.) The state land department has fixed aa the datea of aale of state lands this year: I'avlson. April S: Hanson, April I. Hutch inson, April t; Codington. April T; reuel, April S: Hamlin. April 10; Day. Aprtl 11; Marshall. April U: Brown. April IS; Mc pherson. April H; Edmunds. April 15; Pot- ter, April IS The offerings will all be of common school lands except those In the counties of Mat shall. McPherson. Edmunds and Potter, where no school lands will be offered, but some of the larger tracts of endowment lands In those counties is to be placed upon the market. The leasing da In these counties will be the day following the offer ings fur sale. Council Discusses Censor Board for Censorship for all theaters was suggested yesterday afternoon in the meeting of the committee of the whole of the city council. Councilman Mcllovern. backed by Council man Funkhouer, suggested thst a board of censors be provided, the duty of which shall be to pass on all plas that come to the theaters of Omaha. The suggestion was the outcome of the agitation for a new ordinance, providing piartically f"r censorship of moving pic ture shos The Baraca union, reinforced by a delegation of Omaha citlens. appeared before the committee In behalf of an ordi nance which practically means censorship. Why not pass an oidirance that a III id eluds theaters of all kinds?" said Council man UcUovern. "Recently there have beeu LANDMEN'S I'LOT SHOWN JX COURT Alleged Scheme of Cattle Barons Ex posed Through Contract Intro duced for Government. STRAW ENTRYMEN ON STAND Homesteaders Tell of Proposition Made by Defendants. EFICKA PRINCIPAL WITNESS ! Man with Actual Papers Tells of His Experience. OBJECTIONS ARE OVERRULED Inilir Holds Aaralavat tiorlcj- In l laht to Keep Oa KtHf nre 1 ivenlv j Five Lett era plain Pnera. tlo of t ompanj. F'jrlous legal warfare will be precipitated before the conclusion of the land fraud ine now bring heard Before Judge T. C Monger In t nlted States district court. The prosecution yesterday established the fact that the Western Land and Cattle corporation designed to acquire hundreds of acres of 1'ouel county grazing land through the medium of so-called straw homesteaders, yet the defense ha outlined a clear and apparently sound plan of re sistance. Bentamln M. Fox and George K. Town- send of the Western Land and Cattle cor poration and W. P. Miles, who represented the Interests of the defendants during the land transactions In question, do not pre tend to deny that correspondence was ex changed In 1i4 relative to homesteading lands through persons they had Interested, but they have prepared to fight to the last ditch on. the conspiracy charge. It Is on this correspondence and other documents that the prosecution largely bases Its case. "Straw" Knlrrmen tailed. Several of the persons who were named In the Indictment as alleged straw entry men were called as witnesses yesterday, and their testimony made things Interest ing. All of the homesteaders examined told practically the same story, to the effect that they had talked with Townsciid In regard to making entries and that he had promised to pay transportation to the land office at Sidney, Cheyenne county, and also furnish hotel accommodations and en try fees, which In a majority of cases amounted to SIS. The most Important witness of the day was Joseph Splcka, who Identified a con tract by which he was to sell his claim to the Western Land and 'Cattle corpora tion In consideration of shares In the com pany. There Is a qurstlon as to whether this document can be termed a contract. since It Is' not signed by Fpick-a. However, It bears the signature of the Western Land and Cattle corporation, by George Town send. The paper fell Into the hands of the prosecution through a secret service agent, who secured It at the fiplcka home at the time of the investigation which resulted In the return of the Indictment., ,. ),",'. 1"io defense 'was seemingly annoyed vvv.en Special Attorney Sylvester R. Rush offered this contract In evidence, and prompt and spirited objections came from Attorney William F. Gurley, who declared It to be Incompetent, Irrelevant, immaterial. not tending to support the allegations in the Indictment and not referring In any way to the charge of conspiracy. The judge overruled the oUJectlons with the modification that the contract should be admitted only insofar as it tended to show conspiracy as charged. The con tract, which caused considerable anxiety during the day, having been submitted to various witnesses, but not having yet been admitted, was then read. Trade Claims for Stock. In short. It appeared to be an agreement between Splcka and the corporation, by which Splcka was to prove up on his claim and then give a warranty deed to It to the defendants for the consideration of seven shares of stock, valued at S3j0. Jt was stipulated that the claim In question was to be In possession of the Western Land and Cattle corporation from the date of the contract, August 1, 1894, and that ab solute possession was to have been taken when the claim had been proved up. Splcka declared on. the stand that after the secret service agent secured possession of the contract the land and cattle com pany refunded to him money that he had paid on his stock. He said he did not know the amount, for his wife had re ceived the money. Spioka is one of ten persons who are said to have become n terested in the Western Land and Cattle corporation's proposition, and his evidence Is practically the same as the others who testified, except he is the only man known thus far who entered into an agreement to dispose of his claim when he had se cured a patent. He declared that he had no Intention of living on the land, unless he could secure a full section. Mattle Pierce of Manilla, la., one of the homesteaders and a resident of Omaha at the time of the transactions, didn't know what papers she signed In the office of Attorney Miles in Sidney prior to the time of the filing of her claim, for which she had been furnished 118 by Townsend for entrance fees She testified that she didn't . have time to even read the entry papers. The testimony of Harry R. Plnkerton was practically the same, though he went about t lie filing and entering process with intel ligence, and even w-nt over the land, which other homesteaders did not do. Henry Bui chain w as also one of the (Continued on Second Page ) Omaha Theaters many shows put on at the high class the aters that would put any moving picture film to shame." "If we want to regulate, let's begin by regulating everything. There is no use of making fish of one and fowl of another." Councilman Funkhouser suggested a board of censors, similar to those that cen sor theaters In eastern cities. But that is a far as the agitation went a mere sug gestion. The present status of the theater, censor ship discussion leaves it possible for the drafting of an ordinance covering all the aters. This will depend on the action taken today by the committee on Judiciary to which the proposed ordinance offered by the Baraca union has been referred. njNHit Jill Tito Lust Kcport is So Different from the One He Brought Home .lust Before Christmas. From the Chicago Evening Post. YIYIEN GOULD WEDS DEGIES Society from Both Sides of Atlantic in Attendance. THREE THOUSAND INVITATIONS Hundred of Poller hefp Back the Throng WrddlatC Mown la of White Sat In,' with Train Five Tarda I.onar. KEW YORK. Feb. t Helen Vivien, sec ond daughter of George, 1. Gould, head of one of the wealthiest and most prominent families in America, was marled at St. Bartholomew's Kplsconnl church In Madi son, avenue, ebortlrf sJi, o'clock this at ternoon to Lord rclnv an English army officer. She Is 18 years old; he Is 44. The church was packed with an assem blage representing the best of New York's social and professional life, together with a sprinkling, of foreign nobility, relatives of the bridegroom. Outside in the slushy streets there pushed and shoved the usual crowd of curiosity seekers whose persistency makes police arrangements such a necessary part of a fashionable wedding in New York. Yet. notwithstanding the crowd, there was no untoward incident and none of the many cranks who have assailed Decles In anon ymous communications made themselves known. The ceremony was performed by Bishop David II. Greer of the Episcopal diocese of New York and the Rev. rr Liighton Parks, rector of St. Bartholomew's. George S. Gould gave his daughter sway and Miss Edith Gould, the bride's eldest Bister, was maid of honor. Lord Alastalr Graham, R. N., son of the duke of Montrose, was best man. One Hundred Policemen Present. Long before 4 o'clock more than 100 po licemen and detectives were on their way to the church. At 2:30 o'clock they were sta tioned a block from the church In all di rections and established a xone through which only the guests might pass. Vehicles were diverted through parallel thorough fares and the street cars, which run down Madison avenue past St. Bartholomew's, whirled through the zone without a stop. Dozens of persons, bound for the Grand Central station all of them in a hurry, they said were bounced off the police lines to scramble through side streets to the station. The guests began to assemble more than an hour before the,weddlng. A few were admitted, but througn a hitch in the ar rangements more than 100 shivered out side the church doors on the sidewalk for a quarter of an hour. At 3:16 Lord Decles arrived, nearly an hour before Miss Gould's car stopped at the curb. Ha was resplendent in his uniform of the Seventh Hussars, aglitter with service medals and blue and gold braid. He carried a plumed helmet In the crook of his arm and wore a saber. Defies Calm I nder Fire. V'nnoticed by most of the crowd, he entered the church surrounded by a group of friends who were apparently taking no ! chances with cranks. He was as calm as a soldier should be, but a bit perturbed lest the crowd should Jostle the blide-to be on her arrival. The polite arrangements had been planned carefully, however; the line held and there was no rushing of a bridal j party such as occurred when Marjorle Gould marrleu Anthony J. Drexet last year. A cheer went up aa George Uould and (Continued on Second Page.) Autoseason opens soon. This is the time to look about for a good second hand automobile. rn today lien under automobiles, you will find many Interesting bar gains In slightly used cars offered by dealers and owners. It will pay to look them over. Tbese bargains do not last long. If you expect to ie a car aud a second band ons will answer, see thetii now. Before and After. 5 Packers' Immunity Bath Does Not Cover Subsequent Actions Wickersham Argues Promise Made by Court Six Years Ago Does Not Cover Pending Cases. CHICAGO. Feb. 7.-Argulng that the sanctity of the grand Jury room must be held Inviolate, even by the court which created tho grand Jury, Assistant United States Attorney James 8. Wllkerson, took up again today the (ilea of the government that tha immunity bath given packers In 1906 because they went before the lnvestlga ing bod and testified,-' should not run against prosecution of an offense alleged to have occurred since that time.' He argued that the court had no right to inquire what testimony went before the grand Jury or the manner of its deliverance. Because of this promise, he said that the packers could not claim Immunity. W. S. Kenyon, assistant attorney gen eral, returned today from Iowa to take charge of the prosecution of the govern ment's case. Tariff Board Bill Has Rough Sledding Friends of the Measure Are Not San guine of Its Success Failure May Mean Extra Session. WASHINGTON, Feb. ".The bill to cre ate a tariff board, which already has passed the house, probably will be reported out of the senate finance committee next Thurs day to' face the opposition of practically all of the democrats and not a few republi cans. The most enthusiastic supporters of the bill are not sanguine of success and already they are counting on the probable failure of the measure, which has the back ing of the administration, to serve as an Incentive for the calling of an extra ses sion of congress, especially if tne Canadian reciprocity agreement should also meet with the approval of the house and not the senate. In order to defeat the tariff board bill 11 Is said the democrats, because of the congestion of legislation, would not have to resort to filibustering tactics If they ahould stand as a unit against It. Race Gambling and Prize Fight Bills Up Representative Smith Urges Approval of His Measure Prohibiting Trans mission of Reports of Mills. WASHINGTON. Feb. 7 Intimate facts about the gambling business were given to the house committee on Interstate com merce today by Henry Brolaskl, for twenty years a bookmaker and race follower. A bill to prohibit the telegraphic transmission of race track and gambling news would strike at the root of the gambling evil, he said, as most of the race track gambling is carried on In pool rooms. Representative Walter I. Pmlth of Iowa urged the approval of his bill to prohibit the transmission of news of prize fights. Amateur Aviator Carries Message to Troops on Border 8 AN DIEGO, .Cal., Feb. 7. Carrying an official message from Major Mc.Manjs, commander al Fort Rosencrans, to Lieuten ant Iluhlln, commanding the I'nlted States troops camKd on the American side of the border at Tia Juana, Harry Darkness, amateur aviator, made a flight in an An toinette monoplane early today. He deliv ered the message and returned to his hangar on North island, opposite this city and close to Fort Rosencrans. in fifiy-six minutes. The distance for the round trip was thirty-two miles. Harkness tlew over the ramp of the Vnlttd States soldiers at a height of 100 m y KILLS SELF CUTTING BREAD Woman Dead from Accidental Wound, Says' Husband. POLICE MAKE INVESTIGATION Officers Watching eml Pcrsonn Coroncr Will Hold laqnest Injury Shows Deep, Power ful Throat with Knife. Plunging a bread knife Into her heart by accident as she was cutting a loaf of rye bread, Mrs. Anton Chuman, wife of Anton Chuman, Fortieth and Jackson streets, South Omaha, Inflicted a wound of which she died shortly after 8 o'clock Monday.' night,,- according to a statement made to the fouth Omaha police by the husband Tuesday, Chief of Police Brlggs was not satis fied with Chuman's explanation and In stituted an Investigation. No arrests have been made, but Chuman and other per sons, who are presumed to know some thing of the accident are under surveil lance, Deputy Coroner Lark in of South Omaha, will hold an Inpuest Wednesday morning. Though the alleged accident occurred early Monday night, acording to the state ment of the husband, the first Informa tion regarding It was not 'given to the police until Tuesday afternoon. Monday night at about 9 o'clock, Dr. John W. Koutsky. a Polish physician of South Omaha, was called by Anton Chuman. The physician found Mrs. Chuman, a womann. 31 years old, stabbed to death. The knife had entered at a point less than two Inches to the left of the right breast In a diagonal line, piercing the heart. Death was instantaneous. Janda & Korlska, undertakers, were called, and the body was removed to their undertaking rooms on Twenty- fourth street- Deputy Coroner Lark In waa called and under his direction an autopsy wag performed. The autopsy resulted in a decision by Larkln that an Inquest should be held. Chuman alleges that he was not present at the time of the alleged accident and says that his children explained it to him. Relatives say that so far as they know Chuman and his wife were living In perfect contentment just before the death. DEMURRERS BY ILLINOIS CENTRAL MEN OVERRULED Counsel for Men Accused of Defraud Ins; Company Will Take Case to Appellate Court. CHICAGO. Feb. 7. Special and general demurrers by six former officials of the Illinois Central railroad, who are accused of swindling In connection with car repair bills, were overruled today by Judge John' Gibbons In the criminal court. Counsel for the defendants announced that the case would Immediately be taken to the appel late court. The accused ex-offuials are Joseph E. Buker. John M. Taylor, Charles Kwlng, Frank p. Ilarriman. Orlando S. Keith and William Rensaw. Senator l.nrlnier Seriously 111. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7-Senator Lorlmer has been suffering severely for the last day or two with a painful abscess In an ear. He was not in his seat today. An operation may prove necessary. feet and dropped tne message, which was weighted. He circled above the camp long enough to sen the message delivered to Lieutenant Ruhlln and ttien returned and after passing over the cruisers now an chored in the harbor, landed in front of his hangar. This is the first time the aeroplane ha been used in actual military operations In the I'nlted Ststea and doubtless the flight was the most remarkable ever made by an amateur aviator in the I'nited States. Darkness was over the ocean or the Bay of San Diego mi.ch of tiie tl-ie. His machine worked perfectly and the flight ma made without sccldrnt or delay of any sort. SHXAT01IS VOTE K0K DIKEVT LAWS Upper House Agrees to Initiative and j Referendum with Little j Opposition. RECOMMENDS MEASURE TO PASS Ten Per Cent Fetition to Exercise Initiative. ALBERT TIGHTS AGAINST ACTION Members Protest Against Further Delay ou Bill. CAPITAL REMOVAL UP TODAY urn c'lnl Order ion nnd Hnll toast) Member Alliances Time. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. .Inn. t. (Special Telegram.) -By a practically nnanlin tie vote the sensts lato this afternoon recommended the Initia tive and referendum bill for parssge. An nmendment by Sklles a adopted and a provision that made It possible to vote twice on the came ineasiiio wlihl uthrco years If a 20 per cent petition was circulated fur the privilege was stricken out. The bill as It stands embodies all the provisions that were wanted by the mo.t radical of Its supporter, with a 5 per cent petition fur the referendum and 10 per cent for the Initiative. W hen the question of recommrndlng It f'r passage was put to a vole a roll call 1 Impossible, as the action was taken In com mittee of the whole and no division was necessary. Senator Plaiek voted against It. and possibly one or two others. The senate hIho resolved to recommend, to tho Nebraska delegation In congress sup port of the pending Veterans' pension nieas tire. Tho debate on initiative and referen dum lasted until after 6 o'clock. The house will take up capital removal to morrow as a special order of business. The senate will take bills on third reading which will probably bring to N vote county op tion and Sunday base ball. i Debate In Henrtle. Initiative and reforendum had been made a Hpeclal order for this afternoon and wus taken up in committee of the whole with Senator Smith of Fillmore in the chair. Senator Sklles, author of the scn.il e bill, brought It beforo the committer, ami an effort was begun Immediately by Senator Albert and others to gel It referred to a standing committee sd that amendments might be sifted before they are brought on the floor. This brought an angry pi-oteft from smiatorh who wanted the privilege of discussing amendments on the floor, and a motion to suspend the rules and send the bill back to the committee on constitutional amendments, which has already reported on It once, was defeated. The amendment of Varner of Johnson county, which has been called a republl cajt niacut' -whlcli would make It necessary for all measures to' be reftnrevl by the legislature before they can be sub mitted directly to th people, was pro posed. The bill, as drawn, Is a r eg ui in direct legislation mi anure, providing thai the people may with a 10 per cent petition start any measure which pleases them and bring It up at an election to a vote. TIk Varner amendment made It necessary for every measure proposed by petition to go first to the legislature, and if that body refuses to pass It then It must be sub mitted at a popular election. Vnrner Amendment Lost. Varner declared that the republican party was not responsible for his amend ment and this statement was supported by Brown and other republicans. Tlbbets declared It to be a subterfuge by which it was hoped to defeat altogether the ob ject of the bill. The Varner amendment was voted down by II to 7 . The amendment by Sklles providing thai only 36 per cent or more of all the votes cast at an election could be considered a majority for the bill voted upon under the Initiative was passed. Amendments to raise th percentage for initiating from 10 to 15 and 12 were lost, and an amendment by Pacek to make the provision In Sklles' amendment 40 In stead of 35 was defeated. NKW RILLS BEFORE LBUISLATLRK Morlarlty Has Measure for Issuance of Park Bond. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Feb. 7.-1 Speclal.)-The follow ing bills were Introduce In the house to day: 11. R. TOO, by Qusckenbush Defines the duties of county attorney and repeals existing statues. II. H. 3ol, by qusckenbush Provides for election of prosecuting attorneys for Judi cial districts, four-year terms and il ftxi salaries. H. R. 352, by Matrau Making Lincoln's birthday a legal holiday. H. R. 3M, by Kvans Provides that no applicant for or holder of a saloon license may sign petitions fur said license. II. H. 3f4, by Shoemaker Increases the salaries of mayor and chief of police of Omaha to S5,(iU) and I3.000, respectively. H. R. 3.", by Potts -County Coininias'loncrs may enforce quarantine rule where towns fall to act. If. R. 357. by Potts-Village trustee to act as village board of heulih. II. R. by Anness -Prohibit sala of Ir guns and rifle to minor under IS years of age. H. R. 3T.li. bv Nordgren and Skeen Gives district school boards authority to provide grades above the elyhth. II. R. 3ii0. bv Bulla Provides for a hairl commission and define Its powers. 11. R. 'Ml. by Mockett Sanitary regula tions for all mills, factories and workshops and for protection of employe who opeiale machines. II. R. 3i. by MorlarUy. by Request Provides for Issuance of bonds for main taining parks and boulevards In Omaha II. It. 3',3. by Shoemaker- Provides for an optional system of civil service for cities. II. R. HtS4. by Shoemaker Repeals statute requiring compilers, of official statutes to certify correctness of same. II, R. 3j. by Shoemaker Require Cob. bey s statutes to be referred to tn all bills amending existing acts. H. R. .T. by Gallagher General salarv appropriation bill. It. R. 3i;7, by Skeen Requires that loco motive engineers shall have hud threo yeers of service a firemen and conductors three years either as brakemen or freight conductor. New kraals Hills. The following bill were Introduced In the acnate today: S. !'. 2i:t. by McGrew Pi ovides amend ments to hank guaranty act. To th.- list of savings hanks are added those requiring niiiiee for removal of deposits: eliminate outside verification of bank examinations: raises aulsry of examiner from S1.SO0 to Si. 0(0; requires first report from banks on June 1. i:M. gives banking board authority to limit number of bunks In anv town reduce cash reserve from a to 5 per cetit. except thai banks In clue over 3.joj shall