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7 C MARCH 31, 1918. Mraska legislatures HOLD 10 SPECIAL SESSIONS SINCE STATE ORGANIZED yth&t Constitution Provides and How Various Lawmaking Bodies Have Interpreted Its Meaning Since Corn- husker State Was First Entitled to Exer cise Right of Member of Union. By ALBERT WATKINS. Nebraska' 27 legislatures have held 35 sessions, 10 of them special. -' ' ' In response to a request of the ninth legislative assembly of the territory an act of congress was passed April 19, 1864, which authorized the governor of the territory to order an elec tion to be held on June 6 of that year to choose members of a consitutional convention to be held on July 4; but at the election a majority voted against assuming statehood and so the con vention merely met and adjourned without forming a con stitution. SUBMITS CONSTITUTION. Qpurpose of providing a way for can- But the eleventh territorial assem bly submitted a constitution" to be voted upon at an election to be held June 2, 1866, and it was declared to have been adopted. The constitution provided that members of a general assembly should also be chosen at the election and that its first session should htgm July 4, 1866. A distinct section' the constitution specified a different time at which regular ses sions should begin. A session called by the governor on the authority of the constitution, to meet at a time other than that rescribed for the meeting of the regular session is called special. So the first session of the legislature, whose time ot meeiT ing prescribed by the constitution, was different from that of the regular ses sions, should also be called special. ELECTED SENATORS FIRST. Though the business of the first special session, was not limited by law, it was voluntarily confined to the election of two United States senators. The first legislature did not meet again. The constitution pre scribed that it should last only until the first Monday in January, 1867, and that members of subsequent leg islatures should be chosen at the reg ular elections to be held on the second Tuesday of October, their terms of office to begin on "the first day of January thereafter." On February 9, 1867. the congress ' passed an act virtually requiring the legislature to amend the constitution, which had already been ratified by the people, so as to guarantee suffrage to negroes. Thereupon, Alvin Saun ders, governor of the territory, called the second legislature, which had been chosen at the regular election in October. 1866. to meet in special session for this purpose on February 20. 1867. The session lasted two days. Nebraskas transtition from ter ritory to state was extraordinarily complex. The people had refused to - form a constitution at the time .and in the manner prescribed by the en abling act, but they afterward adopted . a , constitution which had been sub- f mitted to them by the legislature without authority of congress; and before this constitution had been ac cepted by congress a legislature whose members had been chosen according to a provision -of the proposed con stitution convened, and David Butler, who had been elected governor in the. '.jme manner as the member of the legislature, delivered the customary message at its first session. The ter ritorial governor delivered the mes sage to the second session the first session of the second legislature which had also been elected only by authority of the still unaccepted con stitution. Governor Called Second. But, the territory having been for mally admitted to statehood on March 1, 1867, there was a real governor to call the second session of the second legislature, which now represented a r -veajUKate, to meet on May 16, 1867. The purpose for which this session was conveifoed was to provide the new state with leal machinery, and the call specified 31 subjects of legisla tion. The session lasted until June 24. But this first session for general business failed toWovide for the choice nf nrestdential electors, and the neglect having- ben discovered not long betore tne prjesiuenuai ciciuuii nf 1868. Governor WJttler again con vened the second 4islature in its third session, whicljUWd two days October 27 and 26r-The territory YtnA heen arlm itted ftj statehood too late in 1867 for a regular session of the legislature that year; consequently the first regular session convened in iRAOthe first session of the third legislature and the fifth session of a"- This legislature also had two special sessions, the first of which lasted from February 17, 1870, to March 4. The rail fnr this fifth soecial session speci fied 20 subjects of legislation, chief v of which was ratification of the 15th t amendment to the federal constitu tion. The next in importance, prob ably, in Governor Butler's opinion, was" the ratification of a contract which he had made with Cahn and Evans for working the salt springs, though the second subject mentioned in the call was provision for the erection of a state penitentiary. The legislature having rejected the salt springs con tract, the governor immediately re called it to. convene at 8:30 o'clock in the evening of March 4, the date of adjournment of the previous ses sion. The call included the rejected salt springs contract and was salved with five new subjects, all of which were formulated into laws. A second rejection of the salt contract pointed plainly to impeachment, which fol lowed soon after. That the governor had a partnership interest in the con tract was simply characteristic, as the impeachment trial disclosed. These two made six special sessions in all. Called to Fix Mistakes. The seventh special session was March 27 to March 29, 1873. $ K ft was the fifth legislature and the tenth session of all, called by Gover nor Furnas for two purposes rrprt mistakes in an act of the regular session to define the bounda ries of certain countries, and the omission of the signature of the president of the senate to an act for the incorporation of cities of the first Garher called the sixth tne eigm vassing the vote for presidential electors in time for them to meet and cast their votes ori the first Wednes day of December, as provided by the federal statute The acts of the special session of 1868 and of the regular session of 1869, providing for the election of electors, between them left the canvass of the vote for electors of the next regular session of the legislature in this case that of 1877. There was great republican commotion when democrats applied to Judge James W. Savage of Omaha for an injunction against the counting of the votes and James R. Doolittle of Wisconsin and Abram S. Hewitt and John Morrissey of New York came to Omaha to give aid nd com fort to the scheme. But the demo cratic jurist out partisan temptation behind him and dismissed the suit tor want of equity. Church Howe pre sented a strong protest against tne canvass of the votes at the called session while the law as it stood provided for their canvass at the next regular session. The fact that the members of the legislature had been elected under the first consti tution and the new ones had since come into force made it impossible to untarisrle the complication. Part of the democratic members sought, unsuccessfully, to preclude a quorum by refusing to attend the special session. Discover Ineligible Member. It was also discovered that Amasa Cobb, a republican candidate for the office of elector, was ineligible under the constitution because he was dis bursing officer of the treasury depart ment for the construction of the post office at Lincoln, "an office of trust or profit." So the governor called for the ninth special session to be held in the afternoon of the same day, at which Cobb, whose ineligibility had been cured, was elected by authority of the orovision of the federal con stitution that each state shall ap point, in such manner as the legis lature thereof may direct, a dumber of electors. . . - TheViinth legislature was called by GoverndV Naice t6 meet in the 10th special sessionVin May 2, 1882. The call specified sefn subjects of legisla tion, the most ftmportant of which were to apportidjjftfthe state into three congressional disteL-ts,. to assign Cus ter county to KOims judicial district to provide for thellSvment of ex penses incurred in sujiessing the recent riots in Omaha, and, to give th . ... . . w. assent ot the state to tnect ot con gress to extend the northerM boundary of the state direct zlor the 43d oarallel of latitude from its intersec- tion of the Keya; faha river to -e Missouri. It had theretofore btnt southeasterly, following the Keya Paha river to the Niobrara and the Niobrara to the Missouri. Crime Goes Unpunished. The acts of congress, February 25, 1882, had given Nebraska two addi tional members of the house of repre sentatives on the basis of the census of 1880. At the January term, 1881, the supreme court had, reversed the verdict of the district court, presided over by Judge William .Gaslin, that I. Pi Olive was guilty of murdering two men in Custer county. The court found that Custer county had been legally organized but that as the legislature had neglected to. as sign it to any judicial district crimes committed, there could not be tried anywhere, and Olive and his accom plices in a shockingly brutal crime went unpunished. Judge Maxwell held in a very strong dissenting opin ion that jurisdiction haa been legal ly assumed by the district court of Adams county. Section 12, article ll.of the constitu tion of 1866 provided that in special p:ioni the leeislature "shall trans act nonbusiness except such as relates to the objects for which they were so convened, to be stated in the nrAriamatinn of the arovernor.' The omnibus scope of the last specifica tion (No. 31) of the call for the third session "Such other enactments as may be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of the constitution flt!w flmiteH the restriction of the constitution; and No. 24 at least technically diregarded it by uncer tainty, thus: "Proposed amendments tn. the constitution of the Lnited States as may be submitted for rati fication." The 14th amendment was ratified at this session. Nine joint ,Cni.itinn without the purview of the call were adopted. One of them ap- nrooriated money tor tne expense in curred in carrying out its provisions. I a th fifth snsrial session five! acts not mentioned in the call were passed. One of them provided for the election of a contingent .member ot congress at the election in 1870, and another was a herd law. Fourteen joint resolutions on the subject not mentioned in the call were adopted. The transaction of this business was clearly prohibited by the constitution; but the purpose of the resolutions was virtually accomplished in their pas sage, so the irregularity was conse quential. ... . , , , The tenth special session was held under the constitution of 1875, which r,rovirf.s that. "The governor may, on extraordinary occasions, convene uic legislature by proclamation, stating therein the purpose fpr which they are convened, and the legislature shall enter upon no business except that for which they were called to gether." (Copied from the Illinois .-institution -of 1870.) At this session the house of representatives entered unon the business of a lengthy inves- J. C Roberts, a member of the house from cutler county. Governor Hastens Home. The factional feud continuing after the impeachment of Governor Butler culminated in anarchy, and one inci dent of it was an abortive attempt to hold a soecial session which convened February 15, 1872, on a call issued by I. S. Hascall, president of the senate, while Acting Governor James was ab sent in Washington. James hastened back and revoked the call, whereupon the question of its validity was car ried to the supreme court. The doors of -the legislative chambers were bar ricaded in French revolution style. The principal object of the special ses sion was to get rid of James by filling the vacancy caused by the removal of Butler. The two North Platte judges, Crounse and Lake, decided the case against the South Platte Lincoln-Butler cabal, but Mason held that the call could not be revoked and that the ses sion was valid. There have been many five-to-four decisions in the federal su preme court since this notable Ne braska episode. Felix (in 'The Freelahds"): "How much better principles are in theory than in pra:tice." Flora: "I'm glad I have none." History of Special Sessions. The investiture of American execu tives with the sole control over special sessions of legislative bodies is a sur vival or derivative of the control of autocratic kings of England over the earlier English parliaments. The de cisive struggle over this question oi supremacy, which had lasted some 600 years, was provoKea ny Lnancs i m 1626, by this challenge: "Remember, that parliaments are altogether in my for their calling, sitting and dissolution; and, therefore, as I find the fruits ot them to be good or evil, they are to continue or not to be." The challenge was accepted by the parliament, and under the lead of three very able statesmen, ryin, cuoi aim Hampden, and subsequently one sun greater, Oliver Cromwell, by 1849, Charles had forever lost the suprem acy of the crown and incidentally his head also. In that fateful year the parliament briefly declared the prin ciple that by fight all just power lay, not in the parliament oi loras ana commons but in the commons alone. After slow but sure progress for 300 years, the most marvelous of all po litical achievements, tnat principle was formally established, in 1911, by the formal emasculation of the house of lords. The purely Prussian George III made the last tormidapie stana against the progressive winning of narliamentarv suoremacv. ne m- gloriously lost the battle and incident ally the American colonies. When the independent colonies came to establish a constitution they did not at all comprehend what the overthrow of Georee bv themselves and the great English democratic leaders, jointly, meant. So they traveled in a direc tion quite opposite from that taken hv the English democracy interpos ing two very powerful checks on the power of congress, an executive with far greater oower than tnat oi tne new king of England and a finally ab solute check in the iorm ot the su preme court, an obstacle unknown to English polity. Thus while the parliaments of Eng land and her great self-governing col onies, Canada and Australia, meet ana legislate and adjourn as they will, the American constitutions have given to their executives the power to convene legislatures such as' the Prussian George was attempting to regain when they revolted against him. Only When Necessary. But it is very interesting that at least three of the colonies caught the English ideaand spirit of legislative suoremacy; and we find that while the constitution of Massa rhnsptts. adonted in 1780. during the war for independence, provided that the legislature should assemDie annu ally at a spccinea umc; u aisu yiunu ed that it might assemble "at surA other times as they shall deem n-?s-,,,. . nnH Kew Hampshire 'and Virginia did likewise. Massachu setts still retains the cvj'i"n ran ..,;!, that nrnvkioii m it. What is still more interes"'ng. I that the coiNStitution ot New . Hampshire, adopted in 9U ot V irginia, wup cu in 1902, ni ot West VirS,ma- adopted in 187A retain this independent power for thtf legislatures, tnougn wn.i nm modification. In Virginia and West Virginia the governor is re quired t convene the legislatures in special fk?sion on application of two thirds cHhe members of both houses. In Nev Jampshire the legislature still actidependently of the gover nor. JT the other three states named the gVJernor may also call a special session when he thinks it necessary. There Is no restriction on legislation ; itK;r rase. Tennrssee appears to have been the pioneeAin the movement to restrict the business of special sessions in the rails, hvt incoroorating the restriction in the constitution of 1834. Missouri was the second, in 1865. .Nearly all similar changes in constitutions were made in the 60s and 70s. The princi ple was first adopted by Michigan in its new constitution 'of 1908, and by Ohio in its of 1912. It is remark able that the provision was omitted from all four of the constitutions adopted in 1889 those of North Da kota, South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming. i t Reasons Not Necessary. In the constitutions of 21 states the governors are authorized merely to convene special sessions with nc restrictions upon their business. These states are: Connecticut, 1818; Dela ware, 1897; Indiana, 1851; Iowa, 1857; Kansas 1859; Maine, 1819, changed 1875; Maryland, 1867; Massachusetts, 1780; Minnesota, 1857; New Jersey, 1844: North Carolina. 1876; North Dakota, 1889; Oregon, 1857; Rhode Island. 1842: South Carolina. 189-; South Dakota, 1889; Vermont, 1793; Virginia. 1902: West Virginia, 1872; Washington, J889; Wyoming, 1889. In Alabama tusiness at special ses sions may be extended beyond that designated in the call by a two thirds votef each house, and likewise in Ar kansas after the designated business is done. In Florida the governor may add additional business at the session, or it may be done by a two-thirds vote of both houses. In Michigan. Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Utah the governor may recommend new business by special message during the session. In Nevada, New York and Oregon the purposes of sessions are stated after they convene. The tendency in Europe during the last hundred years has been to enlarge the powers of legislatures. In Great Britain. France, Italy, and the two great English colonies they are vir tually supreme. POLITICAL Filings lor Primary Rc Cloie With 74 Candidate in tbt Field. SHRAPNEL With 74 candidates in the field and the filings closed, voters may be gin to "look 'em over" anJ April 9 every registered voter will be privil eged to vote for seven. Seventy three made the primary race three years ago. Each candidate on the present list pretends to be just as confident as any other candidate that he will be one of the lucky 14 to be nominated on primary day, 74 men represent one of the most optimistic groups observed for a long time. Several maintain that it is only a matter of counting the votes because enough voters have promised to support each to insure his nomina tion. By subtracting 14 from 74 it is obvious that 60 are going to be fooled. Clyde Stindblad, J. Dean Ringer, T. E. Brady and Julius Coolcy were the eleventh-hour candidates to tile for city commissionerships. W. G. Ure has reiterated his oppo sition to any slate before the primary. OMAHA LIVE STOCK Cattle Receipts Liberal; Prices Higher; Hog Trade Ac tive; Sheep Show Gain for Week. Rtv.Mtt nt rttpoltlon of live snn-k at the I'nion Stock yarila. Omaha, Netv, for l hours ending at 3 o'clock u. in.. March 30, 191S: RECEIPTS CARLO A IS. Catlle. Holts Sheep. H'r'i. C. M. ft St. P 1 Missouri raclfla 1 Union Pacific 1 C. & N. W east .... : C. N. W. west .... IS i'., St. P., M. O.... 2 ' ' M O MMt 1 These U! h. & q . ft .... i c. K. i. P. ,et.... 13 C, K, I. 4 P.. west Illinois Central S IS 3 SI Sii 3 7 :.:t 1 6 Total receipts .... S9 197 DISPOSITION HEAD. Cattle. Hogs, Morris Co 34 965 Swim Co S 19HI I'udahy Packing Co. .. !5 2.S93 Armour A Co 160 3.S 1 Sohwarts ft Co 9.11 J. W. Murphy 3.9i7 Cohr "S i'udahy, from Denver.... .... Puller 7 .... K. B. Lewis SI .... Hosentock Xros IS .... l.i.'tuii'T Pros 13 .... Hoffman .' 1 .... Ohissltera; 7 .... John Harvey 4 .... Jensen ft Lungrcn ... T .... Kllf A On A . other buyers ii .... Sheep. 611 611 Totals 394 IS.ZSt Cattli Supplies of catlle on sale today were fairly liberal today, IS, 000 head, and the. week's receipts 37,tiOO head wore only All the men who have tiled for the city charter commission will be nominated, because the law pro vides that 30 shall be nominated. With less that! 30 filed a single vote Cast a few hundred short of a week ago. March roceinis or cauie. joi.ooe neau. nave ueeu iho heaviest on record for tha third month of the year. The market today was rather slow, but shout steady, and compared with a week ago beef steers are aelllna; fully 35 40c higher. Pestrable cows and heifers also clpslns; L'5tf40c higher for ths waok, but common light steers and heifers have shown no Improvement. In stockera and feeders the nood fleehy grades have ruled fully steady from start to finish, while common llKht and medium welnht stuff shows a de cline of fully b0it'76c for the week. Hoga The market opened today with more active trading both on tha part of shippers and packers, and early trada In shipping hogs was lofflto higher than yes terday's aversge. Packer! were a little slower In going after the bulk, but their trading soon strengthened up and prices were paid 10fJ0c higher than yesterday. Bulk of today's receipts changed hands at prices from 116.25 to 116.60, with th top on shipping hoirs at $16.90, equal with yester day's best price. Heavy hogs were selling better than on yesterday's market, and aa usual there was a larger demand on tha light weight and light butcher hogs. Tha general market Is lOWlOo higher and closing strong with a few loads still to be beard from. Sheep Most of tha arrival! today were shipped direct to the packers and not of fered for sale. Receipts for tha week amount to 38,400 head, 10,000 smaller than a week ago and 9,000 smaller than th corresponding week a year ago. Average quality lambs hava advanced 60o over Inst week, with others as high as 76o31.00 higher. Shorn lambs are from (Oo to 76o higher for the week, with aom kinds 11.00 higher. Ewes have advanced 26(jfl0c for the week. Quotatlona on sheep and lambs: Lambs, good to choice US. 90419. 20; lambs, fair to choice, 1S. 2Mf 18.90; lambs, heavy weights, I17.60tfl8.26; lambs, feeders, 317.26 (!f 18.36; spring lambs, I20.0025.00: lambs, shorn, $13.6016.25 lambs, culls, !19.00t) 16.001 lambs, yearlings, fair to choice, $15.00(JU.6O; wethers, fair to cholos; $13.13 14.76: ewes, fair to cholc. $!2.0014.0; ewes, breeders, all ages $13. OO 18.16; Wea, culls and canners, 8.0010.0. for them will do the business. Fit" teen will be elected later to serve on charter commission without pay, and submit to the voters a new city charter or the present charter, the atter suggestion having been tavored by some. "The National Woodrow Wilson league and the National Melting Pot" appears to be in the death throes, Al bert Kaplan, who has been presiding as the "honorable chairman" at sev eral meeting which did not meet, has resigned. L. J. gutnby, nenry Rohlff an- Alfred U Mcuione, an candidates who have been stung, have requested The Bee to announce that they are through with this organiza tion and do not wisn ineir names mentioned again in any connection with it. rivde Stindblad hesitated for a long time before he agreed to the importunities of his friends to file for city commissioner. It was not until the last day tor niig mat, uc luh- sented to submit to the dratt. inis is the first time he has gone after an elective office, although in the public service for 18 years. He is now clerk of the county court. At different times he served three terms as secretary of the republican county committee. He was born in Omaha and has a wide persona! acquaintance. GERMANS SHELL AMERICAN LINE FOR FIVE HOURS (By Associated Press.) With American Army in France, March 30. One of the American positions on a town on the line west of Toul was heavily bombarded for five hours ending at 3 o'clock this morning. The enemv used shraprfel, high explosives, ?s and mcndiary shells. . , . . . At .He sam time the enemy started fires back of his line in No Man's t iich rave 6ff dense clouds of srno- The fact that four troops of .Mmv cavalry were seen at sun- laown yesterday and tne development of the bombardment into Darrage iea to the supposition that the enemy was using smoke clouds to conceal ad vancing troops. One body "of eriemy troops was observed on one oi me nanks. The barrage of the Americans swept across No Man's Land and an other in the. direction of the flank. All the American machine guns came into action simultaneously and the Amrei- cans stood ready for the Germans. None appeared, however. The incendiary shells of the enemy set fire to the grass and the camou flaged positions in the American lines. The blazes burned briskly until the rain quenched them, ' BEAUTIFUL HOME WTLL -RF, FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT Maximum Retail Prices Fixed by Administration Maximum prices fixed by the food administration for food stuffs at retail in Omaha, effective at once, are as follows: . Susar, per lb $ Klnur (Nebraska) 34 lbs., No, .... 1.50 48 lbs . No. 1 $ Rulk. nar lb OS 1-3 Hominy 07 1-3 j Oswcgt cornstarch 13 1-3 Cornstarch " Cornmeal, per lb., white 05 3-4 Yellow 0& t-2 Corn flour "I 1-3 Totatoes, Nebraska No. 1 03 Nebraska No. 3 01 3-' Western "3 Butter, per lb., creamery No. 1 48 Creamery No. 3 45 Ksra. selects ' No. J 55 Bread (U. 8. standard loaf wrapped): 13-ounce loaf 7 16-oiince loaf..... 1,8 24-ounce loaf 32-ounca loaf " 4S-ounca loaf 25 Crackers (Victory) Oatmeal 20 Oraham s0 Corn 39 Soda ! Rice (In bulk, per lb.) No. 1...... .11 No. 2 1 No. 3 n 1-3 Rye flour, !4-lb. sack 190 In bulk, per lb Oatmeal (In bulk, per lb.)... Ilrans (ner lb.) Navy No. 1.. 1'lnto. best No. 1 li 1-3 Da con tper lb.): Whole pieces wrapped No. 1 (sliced 66 cents) No. 3 (sliced 48 cents) Ham (whole) No. t skinned No. 1 regular...., Shoulder Lard, per lb.. No. 1 pure Compound Oleomnrgarln t' isiioiis lb) No. I No. 3 Onions (Globe), per lb Cabbage, best quality, per lb Com ayrup (In cans), ltj-lb Corn syrup (In calls): Hs-lb. 3 -ll 5 -lb 10 -lb Same prbs for rya or grsham. Note 1. These prices ar for cash over counter. Not S. An additional charge may oe made for delivery or credit to customers. 08 09 1-3 .16 .47 .40 .35 .35 .2 $5 .38 .35 30 .03 .06 .15 .16 .30 .40 .70 NEW VORK STOCKS AND IIONDS. Stock Stagaant In Tint Half Hour Pue t war Tension. v. Vnrlr. March 30. Storks war atag- n.nt in the first half hour of today's brief session, traders ahowlng no Inclination to make ..ew oommiimenis in vo-w greater tension In th war situation. Dealings were on in siuan reported, even for a week-end. In. no Im portant Instances wer changes mor than in specu an GRAIN ANDPRODUCE Lower Prices Prevail for All Cereals as Result of In. creased Receipts; Corn Way Off. Omaha. March SO, 1911. Arrivals of grain over th holiday reached a total of 633 cars, th bulk of which was corn and oats, with 469 cars of the former and 162 cars of the latter. Twenty-eight cars of wheat were received and seven cars each of ry and barley. Lower prices ruled In all cereals as a re sult of th Increased receipts. Buying In . corn was only fairly active, many of tha i xellcra being disposed to hold their offer- Inge' for a higher market. Cash premiums were cut severely, spot figures being quoted fu to 20c lower, the greater part selling off 10c or more a bushel. Thera was a good reniiest for sound whit corn, but other grades were a slow sale. Tha rang of price in the different grades were: No. 1 white, 31.70 to $1.76; No. 3 white. $1.7 to $1.73: Xu. 4 whits. Jt.H0 to 11.66; No. 6 whit. 1.37 to $1.60; No. 3 yellow, $1.6$; No. $ yellow, $1.66: No. 4 yellow. $1.45 to $150; No. 5 yellow, $1.25 to $1.3$; No. 3 mixed. $1. 48 to $1.49: No. 4 mined, $1.40 to $1.60; No. 6 mixed, ft 30 to $1.36. There was a fairly good demand for oats, although rather limited. Salca ahowed a deollne of lVtc to (Vic. th bulk sailing off ly to !c. No. 3 whit sold at 8o ; and sUndard osts at S3 Vic, while the No. 3 white brought 37 c to K8c. No. 4 whit . went at 87 c to 69c and the sample grade at 87c to 7r. Ry sold off 6c to 7c, while barley wa around 10c lower. No. 3 ry sold at $3.90 and No. 3 rye at $2.SS. No. 1 feed barley brought $1.60 to $1.60, and tha rejected grade J I 60. Clearancea ware: Wheat and flour equal to li.000 bushels: corn, 200,000 bushels;, oats. none. Primary wheat receipts were 645.00(1 hush els, and shipments 296,000 bushels, against' receipts of l.lss.000 bushels, and shipments of ff2.000 bushels last year. Primary corn receipts wer 1.(41,000 huKhels, and shipments 1.461,000 bushels against receipts of 7H9.O0O bushel, and shipments of 4.16,000 bushels last year. Primary oats receipts were i. 710. 000 bush- . els. and shipments 1,746,000 bushels, agalnkft receipts of 906.000 bushels last year. CARLOT VKCEIPJ5.- Wheat. Corn. Oat. Chicago 7 177 11' Minneapolis 399 ... ... Puluth 4 Omaha 93 4t 13 ' Kansas City 4 $61 70 I St. Louis 30 137 1(7 These ssle were reported today: Corn No. 3 white: 1 car, $1.74; t-l ear, $1.70. No. t whit: ( car. $1.73; 4 ear. ,. $1.71; 37 cars, $1.70; $ car. $169; t car. J1.66; 1-3 car, $1.67. No. 4 white: 1 car, $1.66; 1 cars. $16$; 14 cars, $1.(3; 1 car. $1.62; 3 cars. $1.61; ( cars, $1.60. No. 4 white. 1 csr, $1.60; 1 car, $1.43; 3.-1 car. . $1.40; 1 car, $1.40; 1 car. $1.37. No. t white: 1 car, $1.80; 3-6 car, 1.28. nampi wnue: x ..nn. i noint iii Koval flitch Oil and .... I- TTI4 Pl.ar. 1 . ...... . - mi tk. 4 . an advance or it pouns m i'un ." car, i.i; i car, ti.ou. i vr, Indicated the Irregular trend of the gneered ,6o. g j.3 CMTtl (00. No. 3 yellow:' 1 car, , $1. H. NO. I yeuow: 0 oars, si. so; 1 car, ( , $1.60. No. 4 yellow: 1 car, si.ev; 1 car. list. i.ihrtv hnnria were ateady Number of salca and rant of prices of e leading stocks: . 01"J"5 Sales, llign. low. m. nt Rnrar American Can 1,300 40V 40 Amer. C. ft F Amer. I.ocomotlv Chicago Live Stock. Chicago. March $0 Cattle Receipts, 2,000 head; market steady; native steers. $9.60146; stock and feeders. $3.40 11.60; cows and belfers, $6.30013.00; calves, f 10.6001" 25. liogs Receipts. 22,000 head; market firm, le abov yesterday's average; bulk, $16.66 17.10; light $16.70017140; mixed, $16.30 17.36; heavy, $16.60(1(1.90; rough, $16.60 0J 1 S 8 0 ; pigs, 112.2516.(0. Sheep Receipts, 2,000 head; market firm; sheep, $11 7617.00; lambs, $15. 2619. 60. Hogs Receipts, 19.000 head; market strong, II to 20 cents abov yesterday'g average; bulk, $1.B 17.25 ; light, $16.80 (8H7.60; mixed, $1(.4017.46; heavy, $16.60 (j)17. 00; rough, $1S.60&15,90; pigs, $12,360 16.40. t.iutiiri to meet in :7Z7r 5,1876; for the ligation oi charges of bribery against Jihjre Looking for work? Turn to the Help Wanted Columns now. You will fim'. hundreds of oositir.n i.'e.d TWInm has made further en ctoachments on the exclusive West Farnam residence district. Now it is announced that the beautiful home of Mrs. Richard S. Hall at Thirty-third inrl Parnam streets is to be turned into an undertaking parlor. This rioncht bv Mr. and Mrs. Myles Standish a year' ago for $47,000 and they now sell it to Stack & Fal- coner for ?54,WU' a prom 01 ?,uui. The sale was conducted through P,vn Rr Plater. The property has a frontage of 135 feet on Farnam street ana r on Thirtv.tliird street. The sale then figures out about $400 a front foot without counting tne improvements, ;tarlf Rr Falconer will make exten sive interior alterations in the home, which has the outlines of a small castle, and they assert they will make it the most modern iunerai nomc m the country. Stack & Falconer were the pioneers in arlnntinar residences for their busi ness and also had the first automobile hearse. They will move into their new location May 15. Columbia Society Hall Closed Until After War Norfolk, JJeb., March 30. (Special Telpo-ram.l The Columbia society hall was marked in big red letters Friday morning and a sign reading "Closed Till After the War," was nailed across the door, the hall tor merlv was known as the German hall The society changed its name recently from the Landwenr verein 10 rne Columbia society. Iowa Boy Listed on Canadian Death Lis Ottawa, Ont., March. 30. The Ca ,,aHian rasualtv list issued tonight in eludes the "following names of Amer i -a 11c Wounded: F. Hojpa. Cayuga, N. D c.me: W. L. Fmerty, San Diego Cal.; L. WiHiams, Des Moines, la. Amer. S. It Amer. Sugar Ref... Amer. T. ft T.... Amor. Z., I. AS.. Anaconda Copper. Atchison A.. . W. I. 8. U Bal. ft Ohio Butt ft Hup. CVip. Cal. Tetroleuin Canadian raclflo Central Leather .. Ches. ft Ohio C, M. A St. P C, R. I. ft P. ctfs Chlno Copper Colo. Fuel ft Iron. Corn Products Ref. 6,(00 79Vt 77 "400 77ii 77S4 "700 10014 100 V.joo i" iiii 404 7H 1H 77 H 100H 99 i 13 6! '4 104 200 63 61 H 63 200 19H !9Vs 1H 600 164 16 164 300 137 1371 137H 64 66 H 41 19 40t4 37 36H 62 29 40 2,600 14 1 137 100 113 113 11$ 600 41 3914 2,400 40 40 3.400 36 400 37U 27 600 28't 'sob 30 400 16 SIM) 69 4r.t; 60 26 27 96 46 90 2N 29 SO 30 .... 11! 26 900 92 H 91 92 ., SIS 65 IS 13 69 69 29 29 St. Lonls LIt Stock. St. Louis, Mo., March 30. Cattle Re ceipts, 600 head; market ateady; native beef steers, $8.00013.60; yearling steers and heifers $7.00013.60; cows. $6.00011.60; Blockers and feeders, $7.60011.26; fair to prime southern beef steers, $9.0012.60 best cows and heifers, $6.00010.00; south- rn yearling steers and heifer, $7.60 10.00; native cslves. l7.76lffl6.Mi. Hogs Receipts, 3.600 head; market strong: lights. $17.30017.46; pigs, $14.25 17.25; mixed and butchers, $I7.05B17.40; good hoavy, $16.36017.15; bulk, $16.90 17.40. Sheep Receipts, none; market steady; ambs, $14.6019.00; ewes. $12.0016.00 wethers, 113.00 1 4.00 : canneri, $6.509.60. Kansas City Live Stock. Kansas City, Mo., March 80. Cattle ReceiDts. 400 head; market steady; prime fed steers, $13.0014.25; dressed beef steers, 11.0013.25; western teer, iio.uih(ti4.uw; COWS, 7.oOJH.o. neiier. si.igwia.Bu; tockers and feeders, $3.00912.75; bulla, $7,608)10 25; calves $7.6013.60. Hogs Receipts, 2,000 head; mantel niirn : bulk, f 16.30 010.70: heavy, $16.46(16,7t; packers and butcher. $16.0if(iH.70; light, $16.fi0fiil6.70; plus, $13.00016.76. Sheep Receipts, l.ooo neaa; msrKei steady; Inmhs, $19.005J19.00: yearlina;. $14 60i?fl6.25; wethers, l 3.00 fflj is.&u; ewe. $13.0O&14.6O. ' St. Joseph I,lv Stock. St. Joseph. Mo., March 30. Cattle Re. celptfl, 600 head; market ateady; steers, $10.00014.00; cows ana neuers, i,of u.; calves, $6 OOlRUS.OO. Hors Receipts, 3,000 head; marnei sicnny to strong; top, $16.60; bulk, sie.abBMB.rvj. Rhcen and Lambs lleceipta, none; mnr- ket steady; lambs, $14.0019.00; ewes, $7.00 (14,25. 104 66 37 44 33 $1 76 13 22 4,300 41 40 41 (00 44 600 23 6,600 $1 600 78 44 23 60 76 0M4H (iENEBAI MARKET. Tler-f Cuts Wholesale prices of beef cuts effective Murch 18 sr aa follow: Lolna No. 1, 29Vc; No. 2. 26c; No. 8. 17c. Rib No. 1, 24c; No. 3, zz"o; rxo. a, iiitK. Rounds No. 1, 20c; No. 2. 19 e; No. 8, 16e. Chucks No. 1. 17c; No. 2, 16c; Ne. 3, Ho. Plates No. 1, 14c: No. 2. 14c; No. 3. . . . Oysters rsortnern atanaaras, yor $2.50; larir cans, 68c; small cans, 89e; se. lects. $2 90 per gal.; large cans. 65c; small cans, 43c; count, $3.10 per gal.; large can. $3.10; small, 70o; small cans, 4Sc; Chesa peake BtKrl-irds. $2.25 per gal.; large can 45c; small can, 30c; selects, $2.60 par gal.; large cans, 69c.; small cans, 860. Celerv California mammoth, fresh, trim med dally, well bleached, per doieiw $0o. Fish Whiting, ocean pike, per lb., skin skinned. 7c; round. 8c; box lots, 8c: her ring, per lb round, c: sacn 101. o: herring, per lb., dressed, llo; box lots. lOo; tniiihha white avee. 1 lb., per lb., 11c; box lots, 10c: Canadian W. C. lack pickerel, rd., 12c; box lota, lie; yellow plk. No. 1, 18c; box lots, 17c. Fresh Frozen (per lb.) Halibut, coast frozen, .c; salmui., red, coast frozen, 32o, pink. 20c: brack cod abl first, coast frosen. 16c; black bass. O. 8., 28c; large or small, 20c; trout, small. 20c; whlteflsh. me dium and large, 18c; pike. No. 1, 18o; box lots 17c; pickerel, dressed. 15c; round. 12c: crapple, average, 12 lb., 16o; tlleflah, for tesii. 16c! vellow cerch. 18c: buffalo end carp, lie; ling cod, 12c; flounders, 13c; western redsnapper, 11c: llvr amelta. 16o; native mackerel, 21o; wh ting rd. O. S. and medium large. 8c: frogs. Louisiana black bulls, per dos.. Jumbo. $3.76: memum. tt vv Fresh Cauaht Der lb. ) Halibut, fancy ex press stock, 26c; salmon, red. fancy expre stock. 26c; DiacK coo same nso. 100; bass, O. 8 31c; larg or mall. 26c; cstftsb. n M mnA lr lln.i medium. 22c: crapple. O. H. and large, 22c; buffalo, genuine, Rd.. If auy. 16c; buffalo-carp. Rd . 14c; red snapper, 18c; nativ mackerel, chilled, 21c; haddock, chilled, 12c; cod. eaaurn, cninru, ihr: flounders. 14c: Soanlsh mackerel, 17c: silver smelt, chilled, 16c: shad, split, each (frozen), 25c. Klnnered Salmon. 10-lb.. baskets, plenty fill all orders, $310: Kippered sableflsh oi srravflsh. 10-lb. basket, plenty, fill all orders, $2.40; smoked white (lakeflsh), 10 lb baskets, plenty, fill all orders, $2.30. Frog Louisiana black bulls, per djsen jumbo, $3.00; medium, $2.00. Kansas City Troduce. Knnse City. Mo.. March 30 Butter- Creamery, 40c; flrste, 39c; seconds, 38c packing, 31c. Kggs Firsts, 82c. Poultry Roosters, 20c; broilers, 2&c. 85 Crucible Steel 1,000 63 62 Cuba Cane Sugar.. 300 3i4 Jvs Distillers' Sec Krl General Electric... Oeneral Motors ... Gt No. pfd (It. NO. Or ctfs.. Illlnol Central Inaptratlort Copper. . 2.300 48 Int. M. M. pfd... 8,800 90 International Nickel International Paper Kennocott Copper.. I,outa. ft Nash.... Maxwell Motor . Mexican Petroleum Miami Copper ... Missouri Paclfla .. Montana Power ... Nevada Copper . . . New York Central. N. T. N. H. ft H. 300 28 Norfolk ft Western Northern Paclflo .. raclftc Mall Pennsylvania .... Ray Cons. Cop.. Reading Republic I. ft S. Southern Paclflo Southern Ry. ... HtnrfeheUer Corn Texao Co ..... . .... n Union Pacific 1.600 120 119 119 U. S. Ind. Aloohol 700 122 121 123 II s Steel 18,900 90 89 89 U. 8. Steel pfd.... 200 iu Utah Copper 1.200 78 77 78 Wabash pfd "B" Western Union J Westing. Eleotrlo 0 Total salea for th day, 110.000 shares. U. 8. 2s rsg... 97Ill. Cell. r. 4a 79 do coupon ... 97 Int. Wt. M. 6s.. 90 U. 8. 3s, reg... 8K. C. 8. r. 6s.. 75 do couoon ... 98 L. ft N. un- 4 83 V. 8. Lib. 3s 96.96M K ft T st 4 60 U. 8. 4s, reg... 104 Mo. Fee. gsn. 4 66 do ooupon ...104Mont. power 6s. 81 Am. P. 8. 6s.. 96N. T. C. d. 6s 93 A. T. ft T. c. 6s 90 NO. Paclflo 4.. 79 Anglo-French 6s. 90 do 31 67 Arm. ft Co. 4s 83 Or. S. L. r. 4s 83 Atehlson gen. 4 8flPsc. T. ft T. 6s 91 B. ft O. o. 4s 77 Pnn. con. 4 96 Rih fit. r. 6a 91 do gen. 4.. 89 Can. Leather 6 4 Reading gen. 481 Cen. Paclflo lil iin u a r t. s no ft Ohio c. 6s 94 So. Pac. n. 6a.. 91 C B ft O 1 4s 92 So. lty. 5s .... 91 C M A 3 P 0 4s 72Tex. ft Pac. 1st 86 C R I ft P r 4s 63Unlon Pacific 4s a 51 C. ft 8. r. 4s 67 U. 8. Rubber 6s 78 P. ft R. O. r. 6 49U. S. Steel 6s.. 88 Iom. of Can. 6s. 90Wabash 1st 93 Erie Gen. 4 61 French Gov. 69 95 Gen. El. 6.... 98 'Bid. Ot. No. 1st 4s 88 Omaha Stock and Bonds. STOCK! Bid. Asked. Burgoss-Nash Co. 7 pet pfd.... 99 100 llealrlce Cream. Co. Pfd 100 103 Cudahy Tacking Co. 7 pet pfd . .104 106 Deere ft Co. pfd 9f. Oooch M. ft E. Co. 7 pet pfd B.100 103 Harding Cream Co. 7 pet pfd.... 100 100 Lincoln T. ft T., com 97 Lincoln Traction Co. pfd 74 Neb. Power Co. 7 pet pfd 100 101 Nye-Schnelder-Fowler 92 o. & c. n. ft. ft h. pra nv a Ore hard ft Wllhelm Co. 7 pet pfd.100 101 M. E. Smith ft Co. 7 pet pfd 101 .. Union P. ft L, Co. 7 pet pfd 100 100 Union Stack Yards Co 100 .. BONDS A. T. & T. 6s, 1919 B. ft O. 6s. 1919 Gen. Rubber d. 6s, 1918. Gen. El. Co., 6s, 1919 Hastings Sch. 4s. 1938, op. 1927 94 )a. Ptd. Cement Co. 6s $1.49; 8 csrs, $1.48; l car, $1.47; t cars, $1.45. 'No. 6 yellow: 3 car, $1.36; t cars, $1.36; i cars, $1.30; 1 car, $1 28; 1 car, $1.15. Sample yellow: 1 car, $1.12: l.car, $1.10; 3-3 car, 90c. No. 3 mixed: 1 car, $1.60; 1 car, $1.48; It cars, $1.46; 1 car, $1 44: I ears. ' $1.43: 8 cars, $1.42; 11 car. $1.40. No. I mixed: 1 car. $1.35; 1 car, $1.82; 1 car, $1.81; 3 car, $1.80. No. mixed: 1 ears, $1.26; 1 cars, $1.20; 1 car, $1.20. Sample mixed: S car, $1.00; 1 car, 66o; 1 ear, 10c. Oats No. 1 whit: $ carl, 88 o. Stand- . rd: 7 cars, 88o, No. I whit: It can, 88e; 16 2-3 cars. 88o; 1 car, 87o; 8-6 car, 870. No. 4 white: ( cars. 88c; 1 car, ( 87o. Sample white: ;1 car, 88c: 1 cars, 87 o; 1 car, 87 c; 1 Car ,87o. No. 3 mixed: 1 car, 8c; 1 cars, $7o. Bye No. 3: 3-$ and car, $2.90. No. t: .car, $2.85. No. 4: 1-6 car, $3.86. Barley No. 1 feed: car, $1.60; car, $1.50. Rejected: 2-5 Car, $1.60. Wheat No. 3 hard winter: 3 car. $1.12. No. 3 hard winter: 1 bulkhead (smutty), $2.08. No. 3 red durum: 3 cars, $3.08. Omaha Cash Prices Corn No. 3 white, $1.7001.74: No. 8 whit. $1.8701.72; No. 4 white, $1.80(0(11.66: No. t whit. $1.37 1.60; No. 6 white, $1.2601.30; ampl white.. 90pO$1.4I: No. 1 yellow, $1.68 No. $ yel-: low $1.56; No. 4 yellow, $1.45(6)1.60; Ne. i 6 yellow, $1.2601 86; sample yellow. OOc ' $112; No. $ mixed, $1.4191-49: No. 4 ' mixed, $1.4001.60; No. 6 mixed, $1.3001.35; 'r No. 6 mixed, fl.10Ol.lt; lample . mixed.' ' MicWJl 00. Outs: No. 2 white. 88c; stand- ard. 88c; No. 3 white. 8788c; No." . 4 white, 87Jt'88c; aample, 8788c. Bar-" ley: No. 1 feed, $16001-60: rejected, $1.60. Rv: No. 2, $2.90; 'No. 3, $2.8. rhinnsn closins- nrlues. furnished Th Bee V hy Logan ft Bryan, alock and grain brokers, 15 South Blxteentn street, umana: High. Art. Corn. May Outs. April Pork. May Lard. May July Ribs. May July Open. Low.l Close. 1 I T 1 26 1 26 126 $0 to 81 48 II 48 If 47 85 26 00 26 00 26 72 26 00 26 00 26 82 14 60 24 60 24 48 26 05 25 05 24 80 1 16 ' ft 47 ft It 12 16 tO 34 10 14 92 Test. 126 48 40 28 07 26 01 24 77 26 15 ..,98 99 . 98 98 98 98 99 100 95 100 Montana Power 5s, 1913 88 89 K. C. Tor. Ry. 6n, 1918 99 99 N. T. C. 6s, 1919 97 97 N. Y. City 4s, 1957 97 97 Om. Ath. Club Bldg. 1st Mtg. 6s 99 100 O. & C. B. Ry. ft 13 6s, 1928 85 90 Packard Motor Car Co. 5s, 1919.. 96 96 Penn. Co. 4s, 1921 95 96 Public Serv. Co. nf No. III. 6s, 1920 96 Toledo T., L. ft P. 7s. 1920 96 97 New York Produce. New Tork, March 80. Butter Firm; re ceipts, 7,437 tubs; creamery higher than ex tras, 43 044c; creamery extras (92 score), 42 03c; firsts, 41042c; second. 280 40c. Eggs Market Irregular; receipts. 37,416 cases; fresh gathered extras, 39c; extra firsts. 36037o; firsts. 36O30c; seconds, 34&35c. Cheese Market Irregular; receipts, 422 boxes; state held specials, 24026c; do, average run, 23 9 24c. Live and Dressed Poultry Market quiet; prices unchanged. Minneapolis (iraln. Corn No. 3 yellow, $1.4001.65. Oata No. 8 white. 8990c. Flax $4.0704.09. CHICAGO GRAIN AND PBOV18i!M Corn Weaken at New of British With drawal Toward Amiens, rhicaro. March 80. Corn weakened when ' nws became public that the British had .. withdrawn from Mexlerea lowara Amiens. Previously, the military situation had been regarded as more satisfactory; ana prices had a slight upward bent. Trading, however, either on in upturn or during th dip. was meager. Opening quotations, which s howed o advance, wtth 'J( May at $l.zs, wer ioiiowg uy ucu to wll below the closing figure ol Tftw' day. Oat wer again In demand fronn board and showed considerable- trngtn at Xs. Mrt. Later the seller ja ln a ma ft . r..i,u in anrre degree of the further prteslng hack of -he British.. A,ter opening uncnongna to twis" market scored an addltl gain, but theo-ik underwent material hreak. ) Provisions fell sharply, owing to a arop ,, In hog prices. Bosldes report were current that government orders naa oeen manor, ; than expected. Omaha Tlay rTarket. Recelnt of nralri and alfalfa hay heavy, ; Market weak and drasgy, and with a loo demand prlc.ee are lower from $1.00 to $2.0$ on alfalfa, prairie hay, $1.00 per ton lower, . Choice upland prairie hay, $19.00; No. 1, . $17.0018.00; No. 2, l3.uosi.iiti; no. a, $10 OOffJll.OO; No. 1 midland pralr hay, $16.00(Sil8.00; No. 2, $13.0O14.O0; No. 1 lowland prairie hay, $13.0014.00; No. 2, -$10 00011.00; No. 3, $8.009.00; cholc al falfa, $24.00; No. 1. $20.00922.00; stand ard. $16.0(l13.00; No. 2, $12.015.00; No. t. $10.00011.00; oat straw, $8.50; wheat, $8.00. - Adapted to the Job. A man who had partaken too freely nf cocktails finally reached a barber shop He eat down heavily In the chair. 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Co., Boston Bldg., Denver, Colorado. r r WE OFFER SUBJECT TO SAUL: Twenty (20) Shares, or Part, CUDAHY PACKING COMPANY 7 Preferred Stock - At lOSVi Carrying Accrued Dividend from November It To Yield About B.90 BURNS, BRINKER & CO., Investment Securities. 9 S2 Omaha Nart Bank Bldg. ri