DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
VOLUME XV
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, EEMIUAUY 1, 1907.
NUMBER 2;j
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
SUMMARY OP THE NEWS OF
THE WHOLE WORLD.
REBATES TO S 1 1 1 ITE H S ,
'katy" koad forced to
tTM) LARGE SUMS.
in:.
Slilpix-rs hi the Southwest Win Iior
tant Case Before the IntcrHlaw
Commerce Commission -Rullroi'd
Company Offers No Defenses.
The shippers of gruln over the Mis
souri, Kansas and Texas railroad since
Tan. 1, 1905, are entitled to rebate
amounting to thousands of dollars,
collected by the railroad under an ar
bitrary 5-cent charge per J 00 weight
on freight in foreign cars, turned ove:
to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, ut
Junction points, was the chief develop
ment during the first day's hearing be
fore Judge C. A. Prouty, Interstate
commerce commissioner at Oklahoma
City, Okla., Thursday. Judge Prouty,
to facilitate matters, combined thi
cases of the Ponca City Milling com
pany and the Blackwell Milling com
pany, as they both Involve the same
question. The railroad company marie
no fight against the petitions for dam
ages. Another interesting feature broug-v.
out in the testimony Thursday is that
it is cheaper to ship grain 800 miles to
Chicago than it is to Gainesville, Tex.,
a distance of 140 miles. This testi
mony was developed in hearing the
complaint of W. O. Mitchell vs. th.
Santa Fe. Mr. Mitchell testified thul
when there was a wheat failure n
Texas the railroad company raised th.;
rates to a prohibitory point and forced j
the shippers to ship north, where tht
price was not as good as it was in
Texas.
I. H: Koontz, general freight agent
for the Santa Fe, announced a de
crease in rates from Oklahoma. City to
Gainesville and Fort Worth, commeno
ing March 15. To Gainesville the re
duction will be about 6 cents, and to
Fort Worth about 2 cents.
Mr. Koontz admitted that confer
ences of rialroud men were held
regard to fixing of rates, "in order to
prevent a rate war."
JlltiHES STIRS I P MILITIA.
Prevents Hesitation of Officer ami
. Orders Investigation. .
Gov Hughes, of New York, create 1
a militray sensation Wednesday, which
is said to be without precedent, in re
cent years at least, by requiring Adjt.
Gen. Nelson H. Henry to revoke th"
special orders issued Tuesday nlghi
which would have premilted Capt.
Louis Wendel, of the First battery, t
leave the military service of the state
by the acceptance of his resignation,
without further investigation of th
much discussed charges against hlrr
of irregularities in the management
of the armory under his charge.
The order directs the court of In
quiry appointed to convene and con
tinue its proceedings.
The resignation of Capt. Wendel.
dated Jan. L"?, came up through tho
national guard headquarters to which
the artillery organizations are attach
ed, and it Is said to have been in
dorsed with the approval of Maj. Gen.
Charles F. Roe, commanding the na
tional guard. Later there canw
through the same channel a waiver,
dated Jan. 26, by which the accuse!
officer agreed to waive any right to
honorable discharge and accept any
form of discharge which might be ac
corded him.
TROLLEY t'Alt KCNS WILD.
One Person Killed and Dozen Injure,!
in Omaha.
Sam Thomus, a teamster, was killed
and nearly a dozen persons more or
less seriously injured In a street ear
accident at Omaha Thursday morn
ing, due to the heavy froBt -n ,h-?
tracks. The car was coming dow n th
Sixth street hill nt 7 o'clock. A doz
en peassengers were on board on their
.way to work. The car got away from
the motorman and sand and brakes
had no effect. In less than a quarter
of a minute it literally plunged down
three blocks of the steep hillside
At the corner of Sixth and Plerc
where the track turns west, the car
left the rails, crashed into a telephon
,pole, broke off a water plug and lanu
ed in the center of a drug store,
.smashing in the front and breukiiu;
the counters.
Lower In re In Alabama.
The senate bill fixing the passenger
rate on railroads at cents a mi'.e
passed the lower house of the Alabama
legislature Thursday and will be sign
ed by the governor.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sionx
City live stock market follow: To;i
beeves, $4.85. Top hogs, JO. SO.
Karth Shaken In Illinois.
Specials from Highland and Green
ville, III., report severe earthquake
shocks at 11:30 o'clock Wednesdav
night. The vibrations seemed to be
from the weBt and continued about
five seconds. In many homes dlshei
were shaken from the shelves.
Bubonic Plague- In Australia.
Sixteen esses of the bubonic plague
tive appeared at Brisbane, Australia,
4n a new form, and seven have result
ed fatally.
NEARLY 100 MIXEKS KILLED.
Disaster in Deep Shaft Near FajviK
villi. W. Ya.
With a detonation heard for ml'i
and hurling ricbri humlnds nt
In the nlr, dust l:i the Stuart m'r.
near Fnyettev'llc, W. Va., espb . I
Tu?:,flr aflr bHnBinB a:rr
iit'niii 10 tM;rny -or umiv un n ,....
were at work 500 feet below th? sur
face. There Is no chance that a '
will be taken out alive, for It ' '
thought that the terrible foree of t!v
explosion snuffed out their lives In
stantly. It will net be possible f -r
reseuers to reach the bottom k'iu'
for forty-eight hours.
The disaster Is perhaps thi wert
In the number of killed in the hl-to"
of this mate. Most of the nu n were
Americana and many of them wcr"
married and had lurge fnir.lllea. Thor
were a dozen or more colored :r.oi
and about twenty aliens anions Ci"
victims. The rescue work was be'tn
as soon as the shaft house was repsl--ed.
About two hours after the explo
sion three men were lowered into th
mine in an Improvised bucket. l'v
fore being lowered sixty feet, two
were overcome and the third bure'y
able to give the signal to hoist Air
was supplied to the mine by several
large fans, but the mechanism v.-.i
damaged and the fans were idle sev
eral hours The fans have started
again and if the men were not -rd
killed It may be they will have air
enough to survive till the rescue-::
reach them.
The Stuart mine had only one on-'
ing, although an entry had been driv
en to connect with a parallel mine :
short distance away.
No official announcement of the c"J
aster or the cause has as yet be-n
made by the otlieors of the enmjn.-y
That dust ca lifted - the explosion .
state by persons at the scene, but th -
investigation may prove otherwise, li
is stated that little or no gas has bee i
encountered.
The Stuart mine I:' a shaft oSG fe-'
deep. The mine is located
th.
White Oak Fuel company's priv.-i'
line about four miles from Fayette
ville. It has been In operation f u
three years.
TUESDAY "CAKXATION PAY,
Sixty-Fourth Anniversary of Iliith c.
William McKlulcy
Tuesday was the sixty-fourth air.,!
versa ry of the birth of William M .
Kinley- As such anniversary, and :v;
"carnation day," It was observed gen
erally In the nation's capital. Govern
ment officials, members of confa? ;
and private citizens were wearing t'.i
president's favorite (lower in sile'it
memory of the martyred public serv
ant, and in the Interest of patiioti.-rn
and. good citizenship.
President Koosevelt had on his deV
a great vase of line carnations, mid :;
similar bunch of (lowers adorned the
desk of Secretary Locb. The member"
of the cabinet, each wore one of th
handsome flowers as they appeared :it
the cabinet meeting.
Early Tuesday Postmaster Genera!
Cortelyou, one of the founders of the
"Carnation League of America," pre
sented to each bureau and division
chief and to each members of ills owi
executive staff, a beautiful carnation
to be worn during the day.
In a circular sent broadcast by th"
trustees of the McKlnley memorial, it
Is Indicated the purpose of the "Car
nation League of America" Is to In
still into the hearts and minds of the
people the desire for real patriotic ob
servance of all our national days.
KILLS A SLAY OFFICER.
Assassin Shoots Governor of Political
Prison.
M. Guldema, governor of the polit
ical prison on Yasill Ostroff island, a
suburb of St. Petersburg, was shot
while on the main street of the island
Wednesday and died almost immedi
ately. The assassin, who was aged about
18 and dressed as a workman, es
caped. Guldema was sentenced to death by
the local group of terrorists for his
merciless use of the lash in suppress
ing the "hunger strike," which the
prisoners of Hnsil island declared a
fortnight ago.
Had Fire In New York.
Losses estimated at nearly $4,000,
000 resulted from a fire in New York
which burned out the garage of the
New York Transportation company e
Eighth avenue and West Forty-ninth
street and damaged the street car
barns of the New York City railway
adjoining.
Mrs. Hingllng is Stricken.
Mrs. August Hlngllng, of Bamboo,
Wis., mother of the Ringllng brother-!,
was stricken with paralysis while en
tertaining friends at sun-i' Monday
night and expired soon after. She was
74 years old and the mother of eight
'hlldren, all of whom are living.
Fighting In East Indies.
A serious revolt has broken out in
ihe province of Kediri, Isluud of Javi,
Dutch East Indies, according to a dis
patch received from Hatavla. It is
stated 300 natives have taken up arms
and that many Dutch officials are ad
herents have been killed or wounded.
Four Killed In Wreck.
In a collision between an express
.train and an extra freight on the Bos
ton and Maine railroad at South River,
Mass., Tuesday, four employes of th?
railroad were killed and several In-'
ured. No passengers were hurt.
Confirmed by the Senate.
The United States senate Mondsy
.confirmed the nomination of Richard
A. Balltnger. of Seattle, Wash., to bo
commissioner of the general land office.
riTTsnviua moii heats negro.
Attempt nt I.jnchliiK Is Almost Sue
cessful.
C. A. Jackson, of Pittsburg, a negro,
bleeding from many wound, Is lock
ed up, following no exciting and al
most successful attempt to lynch him
Wednesday night by a crowd of sev
eral hundred persons in the heart ot
the business district.
A number of unknown negroes who
tried to protect Jackson were roughly
handled. Several women who were
caught In the crushed suffered nerv
ous shocks.
The trouble started In Fifth avenue,
near Market street, when n newsboy
asked the negro to buy a paper. Jack
son shoved the boy into the street and
the latter thresv a stone that struck
the negro on the head. Jackson then
seized the boy and began to choko
him. The street was crowded at the
time and in a moment several men
caught the negro and began to beat
him. Some one cried: "Lynch the
'iKger!" and hundreds of men and
M ys rushed upon Jackson.
Backed up against a building, Jack
son, trembling with fear, . shielded
himself as best he could, while thy
erowd beat him and tore off his cloth
ing. About thiss time several oth( r
negroes tried to protect Jackson and
Immediately there were cries of
"Lynch them!" and "Kill the ne
groes!" The mob then turned Its at
tention to the other negroes and soon
there were several lights In progress.
Several negroes were caught and
severely handled.
Jackson, terribly beaten, managed
to eseap". Hundreds of persons took
up the chase and the negro was al
!in st epusht when he ran Into tho
arms of several policemen. The otn
eer. were attacked by the crowd and
wire hard pressed when a large force
of firemen came to their aid. The
two forces he'.d the frenzied mob bael:
Hi' li 1 a patrol wagon of officers re
sponded to a riot cuil.
The crowd was soon dispersed n:id
Jackson was taken to Jail, where his
weunoU were rir-sod. lie Is helm?
held on a charge of disorderly con
duet. oyi:
i-T-n: sruiji: killi::.
Not Uclit'vcd Any Men at Yor!: hi
W. Ya. Jl-n:- v:il Pc IScseiieil.
It was stated We-Jne.rriay that the:".'
were PI men ill the Stuart mine i-i
Fayette county, V. Ya., where the ex
plosion i.f dust occurred Tuesday, it
is not believed ai.y of the men will bo
taken out alive. The foree of the ex
plosion va so terrific as to wreck the
entire inner workings. It Is thought
the mine is on lire, but this cannot b-
d?t!T'lreri v.-V later.
The disaster is perhap. the worst ! i
the number of killed In the history t,t
the state. Most of the men weie
Americans and many of them were
married and had large families. There
were a dozen or more colored men and
about 20 aliens among the victims.
The. rescue work was begun ns soon cs
the shaft house was repaired. About
two hours alter the explosion three
men were lowered Into the mine In an
Improvised bucket, liefore being low
ered sixty feet, two were overcome
and the third barely able to give the
signal to hoist.
The Stuart mine is a shaft 586 fe -t
deep. The mine Is located on the line
about four miles from Fayettevillo.
It has been In operation for three
years.
Deposes Episcopal Divine.
Rev. Dr. F. E. J. Lloyd, who resign
ed the rectoarate of St. Peter's Episco
pal church nt Unlontown, Pa., last
Sunday, to take up mission work for
the Catholic church, has been for
mally unfrocked and deposed from the
ministry of the church by the bishop
of the Pittsburg Episcopal diocese.
Dies of Injuries in Explosion.
Two of the men Injured in the re
cent explosion of an ammonia tank in
Armour's packing plant at Chicago
died Wednesday. The deaths brlnu.
ho total fatalities up to seven, three
having been killed outright und foil1
having died In hospitals.
Santa IV Yotcil Bonds.
Py almost unanimous consent the
stockholders of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fee Railroad company at
Topeka, Kan., voted In favor of the
Issuanoc of $98,000,000 In bonds to se
cure money for improvements and th
extension of certain lines. "
.led' Davis 1'Jcclcd Senator.
Both houses of the Arkansas leglsla
;ure voted Wednesday for United
States senator. Gov. Davis received
88 votes In the houses and 30 In the
senate. Judge Worthington received
the 5 ltepubllcan votes.
Forty-Eight Horses Cremated.
Forty-eight valuable, horses were cre
mated In the J. J. Dunbar stables at
Norfolk, Va., which were completely
destroyed by Are of unknown orlglw
early Wednesday.
Additional Funds for Chine,
The National American Bed Cros.-
Wednesday cabled $5,000 additional to
China for the relief of the sufferers
from the famine. Thin Is part of the
fund raised by the Christian Herald.
Uii-olvcr for Elevutor Compuny.
The Princeton Elevator company,
of Princeton, Ind., was placed in tho
hands of a receiver Tuesday. John II.
Miller was appointed und gave bond
for $15,000. The assets are $30,000
and the liabilities $100,000.
Fuel Famine; May Burn Cars.
A telegram received from New
Rockford, N. D., says that the fuel
iltuatlon Is so desperate that the In
habitants will burn railroad property
In less than forty-eight hours for fuel.
STATE 0E NEBRASKA
NEWS OP Tim WTHK IN
DENSE!) FOHSL
CON.
VcbiusLu Stockmen Ask 81,500 tit the
llurllngtoii for lU'In;; Ijito Say
They I,ost by NeirliReiuv of Said
ComiMiny Suit nt Hustings.
In a suit filed in the district court
at Hastings against the lturllngton
railroad three Hastings stoekmeii tell
a long tale of hard lmk, which they
say was nil caused by the carelessness
and negligence of the defendant com
pany. The plaintiffs are John C. Pow
ell. Edgar J. Tanner ami Chnrles I").
Palmer. Their bill for damages ag
gregates $1.53$.
The claim arises from the handling
of six shipments of live stock. One
Item Is for $550 to reimburse the
plaintiffs for shrlnknge In weight of
650 head of stock through delays In
transit. Another Instance Is related
where the shippers arranged with the
Burlington agents at Denver for the
transportation of three' carloads of
Spanish mule colts and cow ponies
from Denver to South Omaha for n
stipulated rate per 100 pounds. It Is
alleged that disregarding their agree,
ment the company charged them al
most double price for transportation.
On another occasion a shipment of
cattle was started from , Hastings for
South Omaha. The stock was delayed
eight hours In Lincoln, and landed In
South Omaha, after the day's market
had closed. The ruling market price
was several cents lower next day and
the railroad company Is asked to pay
the difference, amounting to $202.50.
There are numerous other Items In the
bill for damages in the delay of ship
ments, for shrinkage In weight unri for
the feeding of stock In transit.
msTome school iioi sf, iu'kvs
Ituihling Destroyed Where Teacher
Saved Children In ISig ltll..arl.
Fire of unknown origin entirely de
stroyed the Mid vale school house, in
the western part of Yalley county.
While the burning of this building is
no great loss in Itself, it recalls the
hardships attendant upon the great
blizzard of Jan. 12, 1SSS. It was In
the Mldvale school house that Minnie
Jfreeman, a modest and unaspiring
school teacher, saved the lives of her
thirteen pupils on that memorable day.
With the assistance of her (rider pupils
Miss Freeman with a cord lashed the
children one to another so that they
might not be separated in the storm,
and In the face of the severest blizzard
that ever swept that section of Nebras
ka safely led them a distance of a mile
and a half to the nerest residence.
SIX IX FAMILY -MEET FI1SST TIME
TIiourIi Youngest Is Past Fifty, Broth
ers Were Never Together Before.
Six brothers and sisters, the young
est 51 and the oldest 7 2, were togeth
er the first time on Thursday evening
at the home of the late Hon- Perry Sll
den in Iilalr. Mrs. Llda M. Seidell en
tertained her three brothers, Wlllard,
Job and Myson, and two sisters, Mrs.
Mattie Davis, of Omaha, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Skinner, of Coffeyvllle, Kan.
Twenty relatives attended the unique
family reunion. Not even when chil
dren, at the old home at Amherst,
Hampshire county, New Hampshire,
did the six brothers and sisters ever
come together nt one time. The elder
brothers had left home before the
younger ones were born.
It UNA WAY BOYS CAPTl'BEP.
West Point Youngsters Who Iioft
Home Are Brought Back.
The two boys, Joseph Peatrowsky
and Victor Dornblaster, who ran away
from their homes In West Point and
whose description was circulated
broadcast by the city marshal of Em
erson, were captured by the city mar
shal of Emerson, and returned to their
parents Friday- The boys, after leav
ing home, were apparently undecided
as to which section of the country of
fered the greatest inducements, they
having doubled on their track several
times, visiting Tekahinnh twice and
journeying from there to Emerson,
where they were captured, avoiding all
towns between the two places.
St'HVEY FOB AV lNTEIU KBAX.
Omaha Company Selects Boute for Its
ProMsed Line to Plattsmoiiih.
A party of surveyors for the Omaha
and Council p luffs Street Hallway
company have been busy at work for
(several duys surveying the different
lines proposed for the lnterurban line
from South Omaha or Bellevue to
Plattsmouth. It Is understood the best
route will be to cross the Platte river
west of the Missouri Pacific and Bur
lington tracks. A short distance south
of Oreapolls the track will cross the
Missouri Pacific right of way and fol
low one of the cuts or valley to Pletts.
mouth.
Hog Sills for 52.
Big prices were realized at the sale
of Duroe-Jersey swine of Peck & Put
man, held at Tecumseh. Tlilrty-foor
animals were sold, averaging $80.
I Banner's Top, a 2-year-old sow, was
sold to W. H. P.alth, Sr., of Vesta, for
$520.
Heavy Snow in North Nebraska.
Snow covers north Nebraska, rang
ing from 4 Inches at Fremont to 1 Inch
at Chadron. The temperature range.
from 20 above zero at Fremont to H
below at Chadron. There is no wind
and trains are running on time with
ut snow plows.
W. J. Council is Fined.
Ex-Congressman W. J. Connell, who
was recently adjudged guilty of con
tempt at Omaha by Judge Sutton of
the district court after trial was sen
tenced to pay a fine of $100. Connell
was charged with trying to browbeat
Vie court In the late coal trust trial.
Wolves at Bed Cloud.
Wolves have become such a menace
to stock and poultry that farmers both
east and west of Red Clond are form
ing hutlng parties to rid the country
Ida of the brutes if possible.
LOMO I'ARMCII FOl'XD DEAD. I
Beaten Ainu st to Death ami lcft to
A few days ago John Leon, a some
what eccentric aged bachelor, who re
sides alone sever-il miles west of lied
Cloud, was found near his barn In en
unconscious condition, in which ba
remained until his death a few hours
later. He become conscious only long
enough to mention incoherently that
"two men were after htm." No fur
ther clew was given. A pooketbook
was found In the house containing sev
eral dollars, which does not Indlctiu.
a robbery, yet the stove was overturn
ed In his room and other evidences oi
violence was shown, he unfortunat
man's clothing was torn and his face
badly gashed and bruised. His feet
and hand:i were freren by exposure.
An Inquest was held and returned a
verdict stating that deceased came t,i
bis death by pneumonia brought on
by exposure while temporarily Insane.
Ills relatives dlsanprove the coroner's
verdict and publicly announce that
the victim revealed enough of what
transpired on the eventful night to set
tle In their minds beyond u doubt
that there win foul piny.
TIIIAL OF PIS. CATK ENDS
Dcrmse S..ek to Show He Stabbed
Ih'p Grass In Solf-Difonse.
The evidence in the trial of Dr. W.
A, Cate, charged with assault with In
tent to kill I-e Grass, was concluded
late Friday night and the attorney
spent Saturday In argument.
County Attorney J. T, Dysart. assist
ed by ex-County Attorney W. F. Buck,
of Superior, and Charley Sloan, of
Harvard, appeared for the state and
H. H. Mauck for the defense. About
fifty witnesses were examined. Th'i
defendant endeavored to show that In
stabbing Grass he was acting In self
defense and had been forced to buttle
by him and the Interference of h!s
brother. On the coitrary, the stnta
made the claim that the doctor had
made many threats of bodily Injury,
that Grass had no knife and that his
brother, who had a knife, did not use
It nor Interfere In the quarrel. Tlu
case was heard in district court a year
ago and the jury disagreed. Since that
time the case has been continued sev
eral time until now there Is a deep In
terest manifested. Much difficulty will
encountered In getting u jiuy.
TEAM DIl.U.S OWNEIt TO DEATH.
ClothliUV Torn from Ills Body as Hi
Is
Draun Over Hough Bond.
Herman Schwnnke, a farmer who
had lived for years near Norfolk, was
dragged to his death with his foot
twined about the axle of tils carriage.
Sc.h wan ke was driving along the
road with his wife. The horses stop
ped and he was about to get out and
repair the harness. In stepping out,
just as his foot rested upon the axle,
he lost his balance and fell forward,
his head on the ground find his foot
caught In the wheel. This frightened
the horses and they dashed nway,
dragging their driver. His leg was
broken nnri he was dragged a mile
und a half. His wife was thrown out
and bruised. When picked up at ,
culvert, where the, team and buggy
separated, the man's fur coat had been
burned away, with other clothing, to
the flesh, by the friction against the
rough road. His face -was badly
bruised.
KEAHNEY MEN HINT I 'OH OIL.
Hole
Is Started from Cellar to
Go
Down Two Thousand I-Vct.
"illlams Brothers, engineers of lies
Moines, la., are engaged In boring a
prospect hole at Kearney In the base
ment of Dr. Kh by's building on Upper
Central avenue. They have Installed
a complete hydraulic outfit, operated
by a 40-horse power gasoline engine
and a smaller one for pumping. The
bore will be six Inches In diameter
for the first 100 feet, after which it
will continue at three Inches. Th'
engineers are prepared to go down
2,000 feet and will carefully examine
the earth utrata as they go along.
Ml BDEH AT ALLIANCE
Hoy Panics Is Slain by u Discharged
Employe.
Hoy Barnes,, assistant manager of
the Burlington railroad dinning room
station, was shot and killed recently
by Hoy Maynard, a discharged em
ploye. Maynurd while under the Influ
ence of liquor entered the dining rooi
He refused to leave, and when Barnes
ejected htm he shot tiie latter throo
times. Bariies died almost Instuntly.
Maynard was arrested and put In Jail.
ICE A FOOT THICK.
Magnificent Crop is Being Harvested
While Cold Continues,
I here will be no Ice shortage In
Fremont next summer. Tho weather
has already remained cold long enough
for a good crop to form .and the lco
companies and firms who put up their
own supply are busy harvesting It. It
Is now over twelce Inches thick and
exceptionally clear and solid.
Smallpox at Alnsley,
On Jan. 16, at a Methodist banquet
at Alnsley, at which ex-Gov. Mickey
preached, Miss ituby Cannon, who was
present, took sick and has since been
confined to her bed. Thursday after
noon Drs. E. A. Haniia and W. B
Young pronounced the cuse one of
smallpox and quarantined the Cannon
home.
Merchants Set Convention.
At a meeting of the executive board
In Omaha the annuiil convention o
the Nebraska Stale Ketall Mer
chants' association was tt for March
6 and 7. The place will be In Lincoln
In order that committees mnv wall im
on members of the legislature during
the session of the convention.
Ncbraskuiis ut Banquet.
Hie ltepubllcan members of the
Nebraska legislature and many of the
state olncails, Including Lieut. Oov.
Melville it. Hopewell, uttended the
annual banquet of the Omaha McKln
ley club at the Millard hotel in Omaha
Wednesday night.
Farmers Break Trust.
The trust formed by the liverymen
ot Columbus lias been broken by the
farmers not patronizing them at their
trust rates. Teams can now be car4
lot a,i oia prices.
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Nebraska
Legislature
4
The foil. mine- bllli were Introduced
Into the senate Monday.
Py Saunders Providing that where
a corporation acts as receiver ivi l- nd
shnll be required.
By the Judiciary Committee To
prohibit the practice of "tipping," and
to provide n pennlty for Its violation.
The senate committee on municipal
affairs reported favorably on the fol
lowing bills ednosday:
By Thomas of Douglas Increnslng
tho pay of police captains from $125 to
$150 per month.
Py Thomas of Douglas providing
for a coroner's physician In Douglas
county.
By King or Folk empowering
cities of the second class and villages
to grant franchises.
Providing fee of $A for election
boards in Douglas eoutity.
Making only attorneys eligible for
the office of county Judge in counties
of more than 15.000.
The senate then went Into commit
tee of the whole, with Wilson of Paw
nee In the chair. The committee vot
ed to report for passago the following
bills:
By Saunders Making It tin offense
for an employe to acept money or
valuable consideration to Influence his
actions In relation to his employer's
business.
By Gibson Increasing the limit of
the width of the paved roadbed In per
manent roads constructed under tho
inheritance tax law to sixteen. feet
and providing the county Judge may
determine on a reasonable fee for ap
praisers.
py Burns or L.ancaster Proninit-
Ing county, district or supreme judges
from becoming candlilates during their
terms for other than Judicial offices.
Immediately after the convening of
the senate In the afternoon Wednes
day it went Into tho committee of the
whole, with Wllsey of Frontier in the
chair, and recommended for passage
the following bills:
Providing for $20,000 appropriation
for the expenses of the legislature.
Provision for the furnishing of post
age stamps to members was stricken
out by the senate.
board of public lands and buildings 1
power to hear complaints against su
perintendents of public Institutions.
By Hoot providing civil cases shall
not be reversed by the supremo court
on error where substantial Justice has
been done.
Bv Hoot Authorizing county judges
to receive fees, costs and legacies, re
quiring them to pay the same to prop
er persons and to make a report of the
same.
Tho committee of tho whole voted to
recommend that Senator Patrick's anti-lobby
bll be Indefinitely postponed.
End of Ijolitiy Bills.
After a heated discussion, In which
some of tho senators showed signs of
losing their tempers, the senate Wed
nesday afternoon, by a vote of 15 to
17, killed Patrick's anti-lobby bill and
apparently put an end to legislation
directed against lobbyists. The roll
was called after a call of the house
had been made to fill several scats
which were suddenly vacated after a
demand had been made for a foil call.
After nil the senators but one had tak
en their places the call of tho house
was raised.
Senate; Cuts Out Postage.
The senate at the afternoon session
Wednesday refused to concur with tho
house In an appropriation for post
age stamps to be furnished dally to
members of the house. The bill ap
propriating money for the expenses of
tho session was amended by striking
out th word "postage." The vote was
15 to 10 In favor of a motion by Mc
Kesson to concur In a report of tho
appropriation committee that ' the
word "postage" be stricken from the
bill.
Prodding I'p Primary Committee.
Friends of a state wide primary law
are not satisfied with the progress be
ing mail'- in this direction, and many
of the members have so expressed
themselves. The Joint committee has
as yet held no meeting and so far only
the Dodge bill has been introduced.
Chairman Farley, of the house com
mittee, said McMullen, of Gage, had
promised to have his bill ready 'Some
time ago, but so far he has not Intro
duced It. Phillips, of Holt, Is chair
man of tho senate committee. Farley
said Wednesday night ho would en
deavor to get his committee together
and get the members busy. In the.
meantime the opponents of the pri
mary are getting in good licks. They
are trying to get a bill reported mak
ing the primary days of the two dom
inant parties separate; they are telling
It around that it will bar the poor man
from running for office; that the west
end of the state will never get a nom
inee, and other tilings along these
'lues.
Semite Bills Passed Tuesday.
Providing for the appropriation
$20,000 to pay tho expanses of the leg.
Islature.
By Boot Abolishing tho $5,000
limit to the amount which may be re
covered for death due to negligence.
By Boot Providing civil cases shall
not be reversed by the supreme court
where It Is shown substantial Justice
has been done the litigants.
By Boot To authorize the county
Judge to receive costs, fees and un
claimed legacy and to pay them to the
proper persons and requiring an ac
counting of the same.'
Py Boot Abolishing the hearing of
charges against superintendents of
state institutions by the baord of pub
He lands and buildings.
By Wilson Permitting cities of the
second class and villages to sell elec
trlclty, steam, heat, light or other
products of municipal plants.
By Aldrlch Allowing the employ
ment at tho Mllford home for the
friendless of either mule or female
physician.
By Burns Making county, district
and supreme judges Ineligible for elec.
tlon to any but Judicial offices during
their terms.
By Gibson Providing for the pay
ment of election board at Joint election
by the city, county and school dis
tricts In Omaha of $2 by each division
By Boot Bequlrlng the words "In
toxicating liquors" to be placed on ex
press packages containing the same
and prohibiting the consigning of same
to fictitious persons or the bringing of
it Into "dry" towns for the purpose of
illegal sale.
By Root Making the place of deliv
ery of liquor the place of sale.
By Root Abolishing Fourth of July
pardons.
By Thomas Giving the state the
same number of peremptory- - chal
lenges as the defense when two or
mora defendants are on trial.
iiy McKesson Providing for fees to
be charged life Insurance companlef
by the state Insurance department. .
By MoKesson Providing for fees til
be charged accident or sickness ruj
surance companies by the state lnsur
ance department. ,7
House Bills. 71
Child Imbor BUI Passed. "
The house Tuesday afternoon pass
ed the child labor bill presented, bj1
Clarke, of Douglas. The author con
vlnced the fnrmers that there waa
nothing' In the measure to proven!
children aiding on the farm.
In the senate a bill wns presented '
Tuesday by Sackett, of Gage, to re
move officials when laws are not en
forced, quo warranto, proceedings be
ing the remedy. It is supposed to ha
aimed at Mayor Dahlman, of Omha,
. -
County option reformers claim that
they have enough pledged votes tt
pass the measure. It provides for ah
expression on the saloon question onc
In live years.
In the house a bill was Introduced
Tuesday by Masters, of Furnas county
giving powers to the newly elected
state rallwny commission and provide
Ing for the repeal of the maximum!
freight rate law of 1893.
Raper, of Pawnee county, Introduc
ed a Joint resolution in the house)
Tuesday memorializing congress tOi
pass the McCumber pension bill.
'
Carlln, of Rock county, Introduced a
bill Tuesday relating to remarriage af
ter divorce, making It necessary that
the applicants for license to show thai
tho divorce was granted more than)
two years prior. Another bill by tha
same author makes it necessary fos
applicants for license to show that 'the)
divorce was granted more than two
years prior. Another bill by the same
author makes It necessary for applU
cants for divorce to have been a resU
dent of the state at the time of mar
mlnge or for two years prior to heglnJ
Ing action. .
The house Tuesday defeated a reso
lutlon denouncing tho ship subsidy
scheme.
A bill to allow a mill levy for state
fair purposes was defeated by an over4
whelming majority Tuesday.
The following bills were passed lt.
the House Wednesday:
Pv K. W. Brown of Lancaster Tnf.
ting the Lincoln city library under the;
general state library laws. j
by Culdlce of Saline Limiting the" ,
liability of villages.
By Armstrong of Nemaha Provide
Ing a penalty for not cutting weed!
along the country roads.
By Henernan Providing persona
who have practiced veterinary surgery
for five years be allowed to use the ti
tle was killed on third reading.
The chief clerk In the engrossing
ana enrolling rooms, nna me time
keeper were allowed Ji a day salary.
icoiitlnc prooeo-tliiiK oi Hotiso,
Speaker .Nettleton called the houjs .
to order at 2 o'clock Monday. Standing
committees reported aa follows on tha
following bills:--
Appropriating the money In the li
brary funds of the Kearney and Peru
normal schools to the use of the libra
ry; to ba engrossed for third read
Ing.
To prohibit the Importation of aN
dieted children to beconio a cure on
the state; Indefinitely postponed. i.
To prevent judges from being cars
didates for any other office except fo
re-election; general tile.
Allowing lnterurban .companies ta
do a heating and power business; rel
ferred to the railroad committee.
Defining burglary; general file.
Providing county judges in counties
or over in.iiuo must oe lawyers; gener
al file.
Repealing the dipsomaniac law; in
definitely postponed.
The bulk sales law; providing a
merchant selling out must notify hl
creditors beforehand or the sale m
void; general file.
Cone Introduced a resolution to hay
all the 2-cent fare bills In the hands of.
the railroad committee reported . fof
general file. The resolution was ta
bled by a vote of 71 to 11, only thaf
many fusinnlsts voting ' with thetfr
leader. . '
Child LulMir Bill. ' ,
The child labor bill, sponsored fn
the house by Clarke and In the senat
by Thomas, seems to have ' slipped
through far enough to come up for 4
third reading In the house without any
realizing the far reaching and drastlcf
character of the measure. The bill Ij
a lengthy one, evidently drawn by th
nald promoters of some eastern child
labor association, and shows its for-,
elgn origin by reference to all sorts of
offices that do not exist In Nebraska.
If it should become a law, no child!
under 14 years of age can be employed!
In any regular occupation under heavy
penalty on both employer and th
child's parents .or guardian, and no
child between 14 und 16 years of agf
can be employed except by going
through a formal procedure to prov
his age and testify to his proficiency
in tho schools to the extent of having
nassed through the eight grade. Tha
bill provides the forms for all these
certificates and requires the child t.
be publicly lubelled more thoroughly
than is a penitentiary convict.
Builrood Lobby on Deck.
The big guns of the railroad lobby
came down from Omaha, M6nday af
ternoon. The delegation was headed
by Chief Lobbyists Frank Young and
Tim Kelby, of the Burlington, - Ben
White of the Northwestern, and Rdsoit
Rich of the Union Pacific. They dldl
not state their business, but probably
came down to assure the legislators
that there Is no railroad lobby In Lin
coln. Clarke's Terminal Taxation Dill.
In his new bill for the taxation of
railroad terminals for municipal pur
poses, introduced Monday. Clarke, of
Douglas county, answers the argu
ment of the railroads that to tax thl
property locally would be to take from
the Bchool fund of the state money
they are now receiving from the- rail
roads, in the following ' language,
which Is section 19 of the bill: . ,
"This act shall not apply to nor In
any manner affect the assessment;
equalization, levy or collection of an
state, county, township, school district
or roau uiairici mi, nor snail 11 ailed
any assessments or levies heretofore)
made on any property in the state ot
Nebraska. Nor shall this act ba conn
trued to affect any specific, tax which
may now, or which shall hereafter b
provided for by law, upon the proper
ty or business of any company or aaarJ
elation within the state."