I
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IRA L. DARE, Publisher
TERM9 $1.25 IN ADVANCE
NORTH PLATTE,
NEBRASKA
A Moiling Down of the More Impor
tant Events Here and There
Congroso.
Preside, it UooHovcIt sont n Hpoclal
nicssngo to tlio house, vetoing tho bill
to permit tho coiihI ruction of u dnm
across the JnnicH rlvor In Missouri.
The matter of Increasing tho presi
dent's salary to $100,000 n year was
discussed In tho Honnto without doll
nlto notion,
Nebraska national bankers are said
to bo coming nround to favor tho pos
tnl Having bank bill.
Mr, Tillman In nuothor speech In
tho sennte inndo further donlalH and
explanations regarding hlK connec
tion with Oregon land donlH,
Mr. Cnrtor offered an nmondniont to
the poBtnl savings bank bill, fixing the
rato of interest on deposits' at 2 pur
cent
Scnntor Racon declares Is favor of a
bill providing for right of Henato to do
innnd papora of any dopartmotit.
Senator Ilurkott'H bill to allow tho
Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri valley
railroad permission to change Uk
course was refused.
Tho authority of congress to direct
heads of oxecutlvo departments to
Bend to tho sonate or house Informa
tion In ill !r possession was the subject
of an extended speech In the sonate.
Senator Cummins of Iowa Is going
to make liln first flght and his (Irst
speech in tho senate, In behalf of
amendments to tho postal savings
bank bill, which ho conflldorn abso
lately necessary It tho p-oasuro In to
pass. Ho is determined to oppose the
measure unlesH the amendments nro
udoptod.
Objection wns made in tho houso
to tho uso of tho pension building for
tho Inauguration ball.
Opponents of a largo rlvor and har
bor appropriation contend tho trea
Bury is too low to stand It.
Senator Tillman says ho wilt soon
oxpoao tho "Mark and crookod ways
of President Roosevelt."
Senator Uurkott introduced a bill
provlouflly presontcd to tho house by
Representative Uoyd, enabling tho
Omaha Indians to protect from over
flow their tribal and allotted lauds
within tho boundaries of any drainage
district In Nobrnska. Tho lands
Bought to bo drained Ho In Thurston
county.
Reprosontatlvo Hull haB Intro
duced a bill authorizing the president
te appoint one additional professor of
innthematlcH In tho navy.
Congressman Hlnshaw lias return
ed from a visit to Panama. Ho re
grets that ho wns not In Washington
to enst Ills voto against tho resolution
tabling that portion of tho president's
mossaso having reference to tho
secret service
Tho house of roproKontntlvcH ap
pointed u special commlttco to Inves
tigate Bccrot Borvlco work In nil do
pnrtmontn of tho govornmont.
Sennto gullorlos wcro crowded to
listen to Senator Tillman reply to tho
president's charges against him in
connection with land grabs.
Ocneral.
GENERAL tin
Thornton Halns, charged with aid
ing his brother, Captain Halns to kill
W. E. Annls was declarod not guilty
by tho Jury after twenty-two hours'
consultation.
Tho ordor of hat manufacturers re
moving labels from all hats Is the
causo of a strlko which Involves
thousands of workers.
A statement from Denver Bays Gen
oral Superintendent W. L. Park is to
bocomo head of the operative depart
ment of all Hnrrlman linos, with
liondquartora in Chicago.
Ten pornons woro killed In a wreck
on the Donvor & Rio Grande.
At Denver John C. Realty, agod G5,
of Now York, said to bo a wealthy
land owner wiih found dead In a,
bath tub In which hot water was run
ning. Ono man was killed and fourtoon
porsons lnjurod in a flro which do
ntroyod Copoland hotel at Topoka.
KnB.
Mrs. Edward Pomory of Sidney,
Nob., gots half of big estate of John
R. Piatt, lato of Now York.
John W. Korn In a formal state
ment chargoB his dofeat for senator
nhlp In Indiana to special Interests
who nro iiBlng the party for soltish
OlUlB,
Prof. Abbot L. I.owell 1b recommend
od by corporation for president of Hnr
vnrd a auceessor to Charles W. Eliot.
Nebraska landed moro prlzos than
nny other stnto at tho Com Show,
with Iowa a clone second.
Judgo Anderson Is to presldo nt tho
retrial of tho Standard Oil case,
Louis W. Jill, president of tho Great
Northern railroad, will pay fnro on his
own rond hereafter when traveling In
MUinesoa.
John E. Stovons, former ongluuer of
Panama canal, hus boon ojforcd presi
dency of Colorado & Bouthorn, roceut
Jy acquired by tho Hill Interests.
The commander nt Messina Issues
orders to shoot lootrm,
An explosion in tho Lick Draneh
colllory, West Vlrglnln, cnusod tho
doath of probably sixty mon.
Depletion of government revenuo Ib
the greatest barrier to systematic ro
vlHlon of tho tariff.
Union Pnclllc announces fant dally
local traliiR between Omaha and North
Platte, which wll rellove tho Overland
Limited,
Ono of the Interesting measures to
bo considered In tho Now York legls
laturo Is ono proposing that tho state
nssumo control of tho police in all of
tho cities of tho state
Ait nnclont church In Switzerland
collnpsed. Forty dead and sixty In
jured have beon taken from tho ruins.
Many deaths havo marked tho emi
gration of Rlchnrdnon (Nob.) county
people who emlgrntod to Canada. It
Is a groat country for ponnmonla har
vests. The Nebraska legislature rccan
vassod tho Voto on tho amendment
providing for four now supremo court
Justices.
Rev. John H. Cnrmlchael of Adair.
Mich., committed sulcldo at Carthage,
III., after writing a lettor confessing
ho killed Gideon Drowning In the
church at Adair. Cnrmlchael former
ly lived In Nebraska.
"Work, poaoo and progress" Is de
clared to bo tho now motto of Tur
key. The Irish universities act and the
housing act passed by the Drltlsh
Parliament are two measures that
will prove a great bonoflt to tho peo
ple of tho Emerald Isle.
Search In tho ruliiB ofC MoBBlna aro
occasionally rewarded by tho finding
of living victims.
Return of balmy weathor permits
onrtlKiuako sufferers nt Mosslna to
live In the open.
Governor Mngoon recolvcd a hearty
welcome In his tour of Culm.
Tho Illinois leglnlaturo has a dead
lock on that threatens serious possi
bilities. Twonty-llvo men wcro killed by an
explosion of gas In tho Loiter coal
mines nt Zlegler, III.
Washington.
Tho prcaldont sent to tho nentito
tho following nomlrintloiiB of postmas
ters: Nebraska George Young,
Cedar Bluffs; Uonk W. Showalter,
Davenport; Splcer E. Ellis, Elmwood.
Representative Hlnshaw made a re
quest upon tljo Agricultural depart
ment thnt one of tho export road
hullderH or tho department now op
erating In Nobrnska bo assigned to
tho Fourth congressional district.
Tho Bonnto committee on ngrlelil
turo authorized a favorable report on
the McCumber bill nmvldln
Inspection and grading of grains. Un
der tins bill national Inspection and
grading of grains Is nrovlded for nml
tho Dopnrtniont of Agrlculturo Is au
thorized to tlx dcllnlto irrurlnH.
' !'. ........... . . ... . ....
ni-inut.' jiumn'u a mil pornmung
tho uto of tho ponslon oftlco for tho
inaugural ball In connection with tho
Inauguration of Mr. Tllft. Sntinfni.
Scott, in charge of tho measure, ex
plained Hint It contained .tho usual
provision for Biioclnl nollnn. oio. "in
provldo for tho pickpockets and others
who come Hero on occasions of Inau
gurations," Taking evldenco In the suit in iiiu.
hoIvo tho Standard Oil combine will
lie tlnlshed In a day or two. Final argu
ments will bo beard in St. iiii i.,
April.
Tho military affali H rmiinilllnn til
the houso authorized a favornhln .
port on the bill granting tho Chicago
cc iwinwostcrn railway tho right ia
cfliango ItB rlght-of-wnv mm- flin
abandoned Fort Niobrara military res
ervatlon, nnd giving said railway per
mission to construct a now bridge
across tho Niobrara rlvnr in m...
formlty with tho now right-of-way.
Tho Civil Servlco commission an
nounced oxnmtnatlonB will bo held this
spring ror departmental sorvlco In
Washington at tho following places:
In Nobrnska and Iowa: Ueatrlco,
March 17; Grand Islnnd, March 10,
-0. April 11; Lincoln, March 10, 110,
Aurll 11; Omaha, March 10, 27, April
n. in town Ames, March 10, April
n ; iiuriington, March 10, April II;
Davenport. March 10. Am-li it- n
Moines, March 10. Anrll t:t. i.i- im,
buque, Mnrch 10. Anrll fi. 14? inu'n
City, March 10. April 11; Mnson City.
iMiircu in, April 0, II; Sioux City,
March 10, 20, April I I.
A statement from Tnft that there
will ho no moro cabinet imnnnnr,,
monts until March -Mb givos the out
sldo cablnot. makors full swing and a
ciear ueid on guosslns.
Ah slvown by tho aniitml ronmi r
tho commissioner or Immigration for
the llscnl year endod Juno :tr lonu
the work of tho bureau W11U Itl ItlflTIV
roBpeotB tho most comprohoiislvo and
interesting over performed. DuiiiiK
tho year thero was a ilneronnn r tw
per cent In Immigration. ,
Personal.
Ex-Bonntor Dlntrini, ff VaI I...
favors a postal savings bill.
ur. i.oorgo k, Howard of Nobrnska
UlllVOrsltV conlomlu Ihnl ,11,
------ - - ...v niiMi.ufl iiiu
a good thing.
TrlbutosUvoro paid by tho house ol
representatives to tho memory of the
Int. i 1T.it, ...I c,... , . ....
uiiiiuu oiiiu-H aonaior Kodllold
Proctor of Vermont.
Eichtoon liinuli
, l,v"l" III V. IIIYIJ-
laud, O., pledge thomsolvos to live for
tim li.... ....
u7 ..nun iin .itmiis would.'
T. II. J lord, th0 Innst oxtonslvo eat
tie feeder In Hi n ll.net.l ..,..11,.... ...t...
paralysis at his homo in Central Cltv
Nebraska.
Tho Mimromn uini.. ..,,,.f ,.... .. ...
,,,,,,,,, , viaus U
grant u rouoiirlnii- ti rnt
Flbhor or Chadron. Nob., who wns'dls!
barred from liruotlcliiK law for p
year.
DAYS OF TOLERANCE
PRESIDENT-ELECT TAFT DIS
CUSSES RELIGIOUS WORK.
PRAISE FOB Y. M. C. Jl.
Believes the Association Has Drought
About More Tolerance Than All
Other Agencies.
Augusta, Ga. Iuiitrodiicod to a big
audience of men, comprising tho nogro
Young Men's Christian association
of this city, Sunday, as tho "most
popular and conspicuous citizen of tho
United States, America's groat states
man, our uncrowned king, for whom
we wish a suceeRsful admlnlstrntlon,"
Proaldont-elect Tnft illKcussod tho
ChrJstlnn uplift of tho Young Men's
Christian association work.
Dr. Walker, known as "Black Spilrg
eon" who introduced Mr. Tnft, said the
negroes of Georgia, owned 1,000,000
Hcrett of land In the state and paid
taxes on $20,000,000 worth of prop
eriy. This report Mr. Tnft rognlded lis
most encouraging. It gnvo him nn Il
ium ration for the oft oxprossod be
l!ef that tho race question must bo
sottlod by the negroes themselves bo
coming Indispensable to tho commun
ity In which they lived. This meant
Industry, education and thrift, nc
qulrod by coiiHtant Individual effort.
Ho dwelt at length upon the advan
tage of Young Men's Christian asso
ciation work to bring out this end oml
Illustrated his point by picturing Die
temptations' and depression of Anierl
enns In the Philippines and the help
which tho association Is rendering
there to afford wholesome ways of en
tertainment for the leisure hours, ,
It was his belief that tho Young
Men's Christian asuoclatloli had
brought about In this country moro tol
erance between tho various religious'
denominations. As an example of Ibis
he gave a detnllcd account of tho situ
ation In which the government found
itself with regard to tho friar lands In
the Philippines. Concurrence, he Hiild,
hnd been obtained from a body of
clergymen, roproRontlng tho various
denominations that no protest would
be mndo by them when the govern
ment should take up w!th the popo
tho negotiations necessary to aeqnlro
title to these lands. Their purchnso
for $7,000,000 lie said, had saved what
would have been a bloody revolution
In tho Philippines, which would have
cost tho country millions moro nnd
mnny lives.
"Forty years ago," lie Bald, "It would
havo been impossible to havo obtained
this concurrence. There would have
orison among the denominations an
objection to It, on the ground thnt It
wnB u recognition of tho Roninh Cnth
olle church contrary to our tra
ditions." After ho had described tho Young
Mon's Christian nssoclatlon work of
tho IsthmuK of Panama, whero four
clubs aro running, onch undor tho
direction of nn oxporlonced. Young
Men'o Christian association secretary,
paid by tho government, where ten or
a dozen mlnisteni nro nlso employed
by tho government with a plan On
dorsod to establish two or threc'moro
clubs. Mr. Tart ronmrkod: "It Ib
posslblo wo will be charged with hav
ing tllchcd that money from tho
public treasury. Rut If we have, wo
havo accomplished a good work with
It. i
TRIPLE TRAGEDY IN SEATTLE.
W. L. Secley Kills Wife and Daughter
and Cpmmlta Suicide.
Seattle, Wnoh. W. L. Scoloy. an at-
tomoy nnd formor national bank ox
amlner for Illinois under Comptroller
or tho Currency Eckles, his wife, Mrs.
Kato M. Soolcy, a member of tho na
tional society of the Daughters of tho
Amerlcnn Revolution, nnd hlu daught
er, Miss Reno Seeloy, a studont nt tho
University of Washington and a moin
her of tho Haiti, Gamma society, were
found dead In a bath room of their
homo In the fashlonnble Capitol Hill
dlr.trlct Sunday.
The victims had boon dead slnco the
previous Thursdny. The women, each
of whom was clad In night robes, hnd
been murdered by being struck on tho
bend, ovldontly with a hnnimor. There
wan no mark of vlolonco on Scoloy.
Thnt Seeley killed IiIb wife's daughter
whllo Insane over financial worries
and then commuted suicide is the
theory of tho coroner and tho police.
Mr. Drynn WIN not Attend.
Tampa, Fla. Word was recolvcd
from W. J. Mrynn, that ho would not
attend tho Inauguration of Prosldont
Gomez In Cuba, but Instead would oxl
tond his vlsjt In Tampa until that
time.
Cuba to Rule Itself.
Hnvann. January 28, at noon the
Cnubnn pooplo will come Into their
own for tho second time at the hands
of tho Amorlcnn govornmont'.
Iroquois Theater Cases.
Chicago. It was mndo public here
that af (or live years' of litigation set
tlements had been made In the cases
ot thirty of tho deaths causod by tho
Iroquois theater lire, it is stated that
$750 n case is to be paid by one of
tho firms responsible for the flro In
the theater, prosecutions against tho
company In these casos having boon
withdrawn fioni oourt. In ono Instuuce
a man who lost his wife and threo
olilldron In tho fire, rcoolved $750 for
each death. Many other suits against
tinny nro bUU ponding,
NEBRASKA NEW8 AND NOTES.
Items cf Greater or Le3ser Impor
tance Over the State.
Near Alnsworth, Joltn Otistafflcn
roll from n windmill nnd wan badly
Injured.
The Ice harvest Is now blng gather
ed nil over mo stnto. Tho crop is ex
cellent, Christ Sorensen of Valley county,
near Ord, sholled two thousand
bushels of corn in ono duy.
S(m ono competent to do tho work
Ir about to write a history of Ante
lope county.
Jack McGowan a farmer of Dixon
conl y Is said to bo Buffering with
"lumpy jaw."
Tho residence property of Postmas
ter John Shoff, of Grafton, was toml
ly destroyed by lire.
It Is probable that the Johnson
county agricultural society will Bell
tho fair grounds.
About thirty Johnson county per
sons took ndvaiitnge or the excursion
rates Koitth and aro now visiting In
Texas end other states.
Sunday school nffalrK in Cnss coun
ty are shown to bo In a very satis
factory condition by proceedings of
the late association meeting,
Nicholas Tburman of Cuming
county bus been pronounced of tin.
Bound mind and ordered to tho asy
lum. John Kaffer, an exeonvlct, bound
over for burglary, and Chnrlos O. An
derson, bound over for forgery, es
caped from county Jail at Hastings.
The Initial steps have boon taken
by tho city, council of Grand Islaud
for a lower fire Insurance into In that
cliy.
Albert Ilrooker. a young farmer
llvln? south ot Uartieston, was gored
by a vicious bull and bo badly injured
that hla recovery Is doubtful.
T. II. Hord of Central City Buffered
a paralytic Btroke and Is In a serious
condition. It Is thought, however,
thnt he will recover.
Mayor Dahlinaii of Oninha hits re
ceived word that the famous Liberty
bell will stop In Omnha In June, en
route to the Seattle exposition, to
allow the pooplo to welcome It.
Matt Rozarth, who murdered Jnmos
Dyer in aroowood on October 10, by
thrusting the blnde of a knlfo Into his
heart, was taken to the penitentiary
to sorve a life sentence.
The report of County RecordOf
Schneider or Cass county shows that
during tno ycarltloB tneiu was ICS
farm mortgages filed, amounting to
tho sum of $118,11G; released, 213.
amount, $1-15,117.
Postofilco receipts being considered
a barometer of general business con
ditions, Arlington makes a good show
Ing with ftn increaso In receipts for
1008 over those of 1007 of about 10
per cont.
Tho Nebraska state checker tourna
ment will he held at Hastings, com
mencing on Wednesday, February :5,
1900. Tho Hastings chess nnd checker
:lub will furnish a hall free and give
$25.
Lots of light hogs aro being hauled
:o market at Arlington because of tho
presonco of cholera northeast of there
nenr Dale, Heavy hogs aro worth
$5..'10, while light hogs bring from
$5.10 to $6.20.
Complaints aro heard from many
'armciB about Arlington to the ofToct
'.lint wolves nro becoming too numer
Dua nnd ninny buvo been killed re
cently In that vicinity. An organized
affort will bo mndo to rid tho country
af tho beasts.
The creditors and somo of the
stockholders of tho Fnlrbury Iron
WorkB nnd Windmill Company have
applied for a receiver for the com
pany nnd tho judgo of tho district
aourt appointed F. L. Rain receiver
The property Is nppralscd at $10,000
Chicago dispatch: An unidenti
fied young man. who wns formerly on
tho Nebraska university athletic team
and was lately converted, has re
turned to tho Victoria hotel a sliver
spoon he took while stopping there !i
his college days. It camos from
Roatiice.
A vnluablo horso belonging to Gum
Weldberr?. a fnrmer Uvln? east of
Fremont, was found In the pasture
near his house with a guiiBltot wound
lu tho fihouldor and so badly lnjurod
that it was necessary to kill him. II
Is supposed that tho animal was Bhct
by somo careless hunter.
J. C. Wellos, Hold miperlntendent
for the Fort Collins (Col.) sugar fac
tory, anil his wife, were found dead
In bed at their homo, about two mllc
from Ft. Collins. Apparently both
had been overcome by coal gas. Ue
fore goliu to Fort Collins Mr. Vellr
and his wife llvod In this ntato. Roth
woro about til years of age.
Tho annual mooting of tho stock
holders of tho Fullerton Elovntor
company, was hold last week. The
roport of the manager last week
showed that the elovator during the
year 1008, hnd handled 229.902
bushels of grain, tho cost of which
amounted to $171,107.33. Also 517
tons of coal had boon handled. The
directors whose tonus bad expired
were reelected for the otisulng yoar.
Tho Mennonltes of tho vicinity of
Ueatrlee hold tholr annaual mooting
last week. Amoin other biiBlner.i
matters disposed of arrangement j
were mndo to open nn English mis
sion and Sunday school at the Men
nonlte church in Ueatrlco.
Much exception Is taken In Grr.n !
Island to the recommendation of Gov
ernor fheltbn that all now buildings
for soldiers' homes should bo erected
at Mlirord, on tho ground of allege. il
hotter sanitary conditions. Governi;.
Sholdon Ktatod that ho based tho roe
ommednutlon upon tho ilcath mlo ;il
tho twg liaino-lii Grand inland,,
VOLLP BMB BILL
THE MEASURE TO DE INTRO
DUCED THIS WEEK.
E
Author of tho QUI Expects that Hl3
Production Will Meet with
General Approval.
Scnntor Volpp of Dodge, chairman
of tho sonate banking committee, will
introduce the banking bill In the sen
nto early this week. He says the bill,
an originally drawn, has been changed
slightly to conform to the IdenB of
Governor Shnllcnberger and Mr.
Rryan. He expects his measure to
meet with the approval of tho entire
membership, Ho will make a de
termined effort to havo bis namo on
tho bill that is finally pased.
In brief Sonator Volpp has altered
his views to the extent that the "im
mediate" portion of the measure shall
moan thirty days and that all losses
sustained by fnlluros shal bo paid
within thlB time limit. He Indlcatoa
that this much has boon conceded by
the friends of tho bank guaranty in
lh most radical form and that it Is
In effect nu Immediate payment ns th s
length of time Is needed to ascertain
tho condition of any Institution after
1 at lute.
He alwi has much confidence in the
provision for the reinvestment of the
bank guaranty fund In tho bnnk pay
Ing It, nnd fixing tho rate of 3 per cont
upon tho funds bo bold. T1i!b provis
ion, Senator Volpp thinks, will bo
concurred in by the purty leaders. It
was recommended in the recent mes
fingo of the governor of Oklahoma,
nftor trlnl of the Oklahoma plan for
a short time, and tho scnntor believes
will meet with approval by democrats,
ai: the Interest will provide a- fund of
about $20,000 a year which, he figures,
will be enough to pay the expenses of
the banking commission.
The commission will be appointed
by the governor and the membors will
have authority to levy an additional
fund In case of necessity over and
nbovc tho guaranty fund provided In
the bill itself, this being Incorporated
lu the bill to make it constitutional,
tho Idea bolng It will never bo neces
sary to make the levy, but when a
plan for absolute Insuranco Is pro
posed, It must bo absolute and contain
no limitations as to the amount
raised. Senator Volpp believes In tho
guaranty tax advocated by Governor
Shnllonberger, which wns one-fourth
of 1 per cont on tho deposits of tho
bnnka, based on tho avcrago for tho
last four statements given previous to
the enactment of tho law. A tax on
capital stock of now bnnka will bo
Imposed.
Taylor After Mortgages.
Tn'lor of York, has Introduced a
bill along tho samo general lino ns
that followed by tho bill of Noyes of
Cas3. It. provides that tho holder of
real estate Involved. He would exompt
to tho value of the mortgage and tho
amount or such mortgago shall bo
deducted from tho valuation of tho
rcalcstato Involved. Ho would exempt
rnllroad mortgages from this law. Tho
taxes on mortgages Iff to bo loviod In
tho county whero the land affected
lies, If tho holder of the renl ostato
pays tho tnx on the mortgngo nt tho
tlmo ho pays his other taxes tho re
ceipt for such payment shnll constitute
a payment on tho loan.
Is Rank Discrimination.
D. M. Nottloton of Clay has intro
duced a bill thnt will causo a stir be
fore It comes to a final vote. It nt
tacks tho present system of ratings
employed by tho firo Insuranco com
panies. Ho would not nttack tho dif
ferent ratings made on risks that aro
different In liuznrd. Ho would not re
quire necessarily that residence
houses and business stocks secure the
snme rntos. But he would prohibit
the discrimination known to bo prac
ticed among companies whoroby a
man with a largo risk Is able to secure
bettor termn than one with a small
risk.
To Catch the Overland.
A bill has been prepared for Intro
duction In tho house providing thnt
nil pnssongor trains running In No
braaku shall havo nt leaBt one conch
In which no extra charge will be made
for coats. This bill In to catch over
land trains' In which It Is necossnry
to purchnse a neat In addition to a
ticket.
Initiative and Referendum.
A committee of members of tho
houso drafted a bill for a constitu
tional antendmoiit providing for tho
initiative and referendum. Tho amend
ment will provldo thnt a per cent of
the people may enact legislation or re
peal legislation enacted by tho legis
lature. Want Shorter Trains.
The bill that the combined rnllroad
orgnulzatlons havo been working tor
during tho past yoar was put In by
Sink or Hall county. It provldou thai
tho slzo of freight trains shall not ex
ceed fifty curb outsldo tho yard limits.
Train crows shall not bo less than an
onglneer, a fireman, conductor, two
brakemen, and n flagman, The In
creaso lu tho nmount of tonnage that
has boon a scheme of railroads to re
duco cost of operation hus led to
much objection on the part of rnllroad
employes.
IS HOUSE MOLL NO 1.
Direct Vote for Senator Proposed by
Measure.
House roll No. 1 Introduced by Fred
Huirr,)hrey of Lancaster, provides
that candidates for the legislature
may may designate whether they will
voto for the man for United States
senator who receives the hlghost
numbor of votes at the election, or
whether ho will consider the votes of
the minority of the people as a recom
mendation to disregard should ho bo
desire.
Tho bill Is a pattern of tho Oregon
law and In it Is the provision that,
nny candldnto for the legislature may
mnlio the following statemont: ,
I hereby stnto to the people of No
braskn as well as to the people of
my leglslnllve district, that during
my term of offleo 1 will always voto
for that candidate for United Stntot
senator In congress who has received
tho highest number of the people's
voles for thnt position nt tho gen
eral election next preceding the elec
tion of a senator in congress, without
regard to my Individual preference.
If tho candidate bo unwilling to
sign that statemont he may sign this
one:
During my term of office I shall
consider the vote of the pooplo for
United Stales senntor in congress an'
nothing more than a recommendation,
which I shall bo at liberty to wholly
disregard, If tho reason for doing
so seems to me to bo sufficient.
Upon the ballot aftor the candi
date's naino who promises to voto
for tho candidate receiving the high
est vote 'at the general olcctlon thin
statement Is attached:
Promises to vote for the people's
choice for United States senator.
If he fails to make the promlso this
statement goes after his namo on
tho ballot:
Will not promlso to voto for tho
people's choice for United States sen
ator. Case of 1'rontlor Introduced the
same bill. '
Indeterminate Sentence.
Senator Drown of Lancaster made
a bard fight two years ago as a mem
ber of the senate for the passago of
a law' providing for indeterminate'
sentences for criminals. The bill
passed the house but was delayed In
tho senate till ton lato to pass. Sen
ator Rrown will Introduce a Blmllar
bill in tho senato at this session. Sev
eral states have such a law.
Governor's First Official Act.
Tho first official act of tho Incom
ing governor was to sign a requisi
tion on the governor of Kansas for
tho return of Harry Hamlin, un
der arrest nt WIcbltn, to Omaha, on
an embezzlement charge. The docu
ment wns mailed direct from the
governor's ofilco to Topekn, ns re
quested by Douglas county authori
ties Hamlin Is accused of taking
$10.25 bolonglng to his partner in a
messenger sorvlco bureau at Omaha.
Governor's Office Corps.
The governor's ofilco corps an It
3tarts tho new administration con
sists of theso persons: Private secre
tary, W. J. Furse; chief clerk, Leo.
Mathews; recording clerk, C. C.
Husted; stenographer, Miss Mary E.
Sheeiihan. Husted Is tho only one of
theso who served under Governor
Sheldon. Miss Winifred Knup, stono
grapher to Governor Sheldon, has
been apolntcd by Judge W. U. Roso
of the supremo court as his abort
hand assistant.
Reciprocal Demurrage Bill.
Noyes of Cass county, has Intro
duced a reciprocal demurrage bill in
tho house, something on tho ordor of
tho bill Introduced In tho last legls
laturc. The bill provides that freight must
tinrrled forwnrd a distance of not lcs
than sixty miles evory day of twenty
four hours. In computing tho tlmo of
shipment of carload lots twenty-four
hours nhnll be allowed at pointa
whero a traiiBfer is made from ono
road to another; twenty-four hours
shnll be .allowed on cars weighed In
tranr.lt. Failure to forward freight
in a specified time will subpect tho
railroad to pay to the consignee $1 a
day on carload lots or a minimum
charge of 5 cents for pnekages, ns
liquidated damages, together with
other damages the shipper may sus
tain by the delay.
Railroads must notify consignees
within twenty-four hours aftor tho re
ceipt of freUht with a statemont ot
tho freight bill, or failure to do so
tho same penalty as for delay at
tachos. Railroads Miall deliver to their own
warehouses or in case or shipments
for track delivery to nn accessible
place for . unloading within twenty.
lrH after arrival. Failure to
do this subjects the rnllroads to u
forfeit ot 51 a day addition to dam
ages t,, consignee The shipper shall
have fortyelght hours for unloadlng
cars or 00.000 pounds capacity and
soventy-two hours for loading or nn
loading curs of over 00.000 pounds
capacity. Failure to keep with n tl, !
limit subjects the shlppcf JJtSS
Depositors' Guaranty Law.
The imt bill proposing a ,L0Bi.
tors' guaranty iaw was i,,,V ,
1" the senate by J. rj , Sf."00'
Nells... His ,, mied" o the'
oquluto-oi'dV
"nlhuited llbailty.:;,
to depositors In failed banka i , ,
Utility of BtockhoZ-s 0,,blw
ligation nnd nrnkllt ' m
""i money to stockriders. Tho V '
Proposes a g9nernl rav,J J ' ' " T
bank laws of the state Ulu