Nebraska Newspapers

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FVHM8MKD KVKHV TIU’HSOAY Ky
Tim I'llOMTIIII rillKTINII i’O.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA.
OVER THE STATE.
* \ riii’ii* lover jmoviwis 111 mo ir^iuu
of North I/oii[>.
Tiik Hustings Daily Nebraskan haft
Suspended until Unit's get better.
Two miNimi.n men mo cutting lee at
Ashland for tho Swift packing com
pany.
Tiik Merchants hotel at Hartington
lius been closed because of tho hard
times.
OvKit *.14,(Kit) in improvement* were
undent llurtinglun during the year
Just closed.
Tiikiik tvero 111) interments In tho
cemetery at Nebraska City during the
past year.
IIauiusiiI'Iiii complains that the de
mand for houses to ruut is greater than
the supply.
A ( aui.oai) of provisions and fuel mil
be sent to tlie drouth sufTerurs by the
good people of l>u llois.
A niii.ii named Jsneska, 4H" years
old, was burned to death about eight
tulles west of Ord. She had boon play
ing with mutches and her dress caught
tire.
I’aiisons it IIkndkiison, the oldest
merchandise firm in Klsle, have been
caught in the landslide of hard luck,
but expect to pay out in the fullness of
time.
Tine grand lodge of tho Treu Htind,
embracing tlie states of Nebraska and
Iowa, wiUconvcno at Norfolk February
U. About sixty delegates will be iu
attendance.
ID:V. It. It. Ivkibtkr, formerly pastor
of tho Methodist church at Osmond,
has been appointed to tlie mission field
in t'hili, and will sail for his new tield
of labor tills month.
Huy home-made goods and build up
home industries, is a good policy: Far
rell' Fire Kxtingulslier, made by Fur
roll & tin., Omaha; Morse-t oe hoots and
shoes for men, women and children.
Tunes are hard, money scarce and
many are out of employment, but, says
tho Laurel Advocate, all the more rea
son exist* why you should throw all tho
sunshine possible into the lives of those
with whom you coma In eontuct.
John \V. Wilson will he the new
commandant of tlie State Soldiers’
home at (irand Island, (lovernor Hol
comb will send the appointment to the
senate shortly. Judge Wilson is u one
armed veteran of tlie war and wus tho
populist candidate for auditor at the
late election, lie is a newspaperman.
Tiik Wallace llerahl complains that
relief goods consigned to that placo
from tho oast are switched off ut Lin
coln for other points, and specifics that
• box of clothing from Altoona, 111.,
shout November 15 and intended for
Wallace people has gone wrong, as tho
fellow said of himseif when ho stole
tho funds of a buuk and started for
Canada.
Tiik county commissioners of ltoyd
county at their next meeting will con
sider a petition which has been circu
lated during the pust month praying
them to submit, nt a special election, a
proposition to bond the county in the
sum of $20,000 to pay the Indebtedness
of the county. The proposition lias
been twice voted down, but it Is be
lieved that it will go through with but
little opposition this time.
Hknatk file Na 28. by Graham of
Gage, Axes tho salaries of county at
torneys ua follows: In counties of not
more than 2,500 Inhabitants, $300 per
annum; not more than 5,000, $500 per
annum. In counties of from 10,000 to
$0,000 inhabitants, $800 per annum; in
counties of from 20,000 to 50,000 inhab
itants, $1,000, and in counties of more
than 50,000 inhabitants, $2,500 uer an
num.
A KiiiK nt Auburn got beyond control
and the Herald office was thu iirst to
suffer from the llamas. All the type,
job pross and other coutents of the
office were promptly removed, except
the boiler, engine and liubcock cylin
der press, the latter being bolted to tho
floor and detled all efforts to drag it
from the room. Two other rooms to the
north also caught Are, and wore entire
ly consumed after the restaurant fix
tures from one and the stock of har
ness from the other had been removed
to the street
Tiik vacancy in tho Hrokcn How post
office has been filled by tho bondsmen
of the defaulting postmaster, Gilmore,
appointing J. G. homing Mho took
charge of the office. Inspector Sinclair
was present and approved the selection
made by the bondsmen by administer
ing the oath of office to homing. There
are eight or ten candidates for the po
sition. The disappointed ones will
mako an effort to knock Leming out
with the department Ho is an old res
ident of the city, a life-long democrat,
successful business man, and his char
acter is unimpeachable.
hie enterprising citizens of Hay
Springs have gratuitously contributed
a earload of Hour, '.’0,000 pounds, to the
v drouth sufferers. The Hour was ship
ped to lioyd county via the Klkhorn,
which very generously furnished free
transportation for the same. A ear
load of vegetables are awaiting ship
ment to the sufferers in southwestern
Nebaska ns soon as arraugements for
transportation can be made. Hay
Springs is the principal town in Sheri
dan county, in the extreme northwest
corner of the state, which is one of the
banner counties in western Nebraska.
A failure of crop has not been known
6ince its settlement in 1885. The grain
crop this year was very good, consider
ing a dry season. Wheat averaged
about twelve bushels per acre, oats
thirty-five, rye aud barley good, and
vegetables in abundance. Hay is very
Abundant, good baled huy being offered
At ffo per ton.
At Fremont Dr. X* ,1. Abbott, county
•physician, assisted by Drs. J. S. Dev
ries and N. H. Brown, amputated the
feet of Nick Meyer. Meyer got drunk
A few weeks ago and slept out of doors
All night, and his feet were badly
frozen, and since that time he has been
cared for at the county poor house.
The llurwell ditch is to le completed
by the middle of May and water given
to the farmers on June 1. About 20
per cent of the dirt work is completed.
It is fourteen miles long and eighteen
feet wide on the bottom at the head
And five feet deep, and will irrigate 15,
000 acres of as rich land us can lie
found in the state.
LAWS FOR NEBRASKA
SOME MEASURES THAT ARE TO
BE ACTED UPON.
fltundlng Committees In the House end
Semite—A Text of Home of the More
Important Mrniurri Thus Far Intro
duced In the 1'pper and Lower
ffranclies—Action to he Had First of
All Upon Relief Legislation—The All
Absorbing Irrigation (jucstloii—Mis
cellaneous Notes.
The Nebraska Aanfmliljr.
Bknatk. Iti the Hcnato on tlio 8th Hath
hum of I'lirmiH offered a resolution to tho
•fft’ct arid purpose as follows: That, owing
to urgent nm*ulty for prompt and speedy
Art Ion, It ho tho sense of tho Nonato that all
relief measures shall have proforonee over
all others. Tho resolution went over under
tho rules. Caldwell of Hall offered a resolu
tion having tho same oh.jeet In view, hut
contemplating a far more comprehensive
effect. It piactlcally hinds the legislature,
Insofar as lh« senate Is concerned, to legal*
l/.o all expenditures made hy county com
missioners or supervisors. Trio resolution Is
as follows: That the authorities of the
several counties In which suffe> lug exists
are hereby requested to relieve the same at
once. lit. the cost of such counties, and that i
this legislature will | ass laws legalizing
Hindi action; and he It further, Resolved, !
That a copy of these resolutions he forward- j
ed to the chairman of each county hoard by
the secretary of the senate, and that the
riowsiiuporsof the slate he requested to pub- 1
llsli them In full. The resolution went over
under the rules. Lieutenant Uovernor
Moore announced the following appoint- j
mei)t.of pages: < url Patch, Harrison Mar
tin, (Jus Roberts, Pierre Munn, James (J,
Ktretmm. W illlam Armstrong, Kc/.lii Hen
net', Lee Knsey, Willie Clark. The rest of
the afternoon session was taken up with tho
reading of new Idlls. Senate tiles from No.
to to No. ;H Inclusive were read at length for
the first tirin’, and Nos. t to V Inclusive were
read at length the second time and referred
to appropriate committees.
Ilot'HK. Iii the house on tho 8th a resolu
tion that all relief measures should have
precedence over all other legislation was
carried without a dissenting vote. Kleliard
woii of Madison camo forward with a resolu
tion that the new (‘hairs now In use in tho
house he let timed to the parly from whom
they clime, and that they Tie replaced by the
old chairs hi use In IWM. Tho resolution was
tabled, on the call for the lutroduction of
hills, I/imhornof Ked W illow obtained first
recognit ion from the sneaker, and sent up a
hill providing for the voting of bonds hy
counties for the purchase of seed grain. Tho
bill Is rcniurknhlo from tlie extreme penal
ties It Imposes for fraud on the part of ap
plicants for relief. Hills Introduced and
passed to the second rending were: A hill
for an act to tlx commissions for selling live
stock In Nebraska, and to provide a penalty
for violation of same. An act to prevent
colonization of ex-convicts and to return
discharged convicts to the county from
which t hey came. An act for t he relief of
the people hi Hit' drouth-stricken districts
, of this state, to aid In feeding and clothing
j them, and to provide a method for dls rlbu
t Ion of such aid. Au act to appropriate $lft,
tMm for an additional building to the Home
j for InrurahloH at Hastings. A bill for an act
to reuulre road supervisors and land owners
to cut. down Kusslan thistles. A bill for an
act authorizing the appointment of a com
! mission to revise the criminal code of tho
! state of Nebraska and providing for tho ex
penses of the same. An act. to pr vide for
the Inspection of steam hollers. House tfoll
No. ft, hy Suter of Antelope, an act to pro
vide for the destruction of the KuhhIum this
tle. An act to provide for prospecting, sink
ing. equipping and furnishing all neces-tiry
material Tor an artesian well at the State
Industrial school tit Kearney. An act to
amend sections 2, 4, ft and ti of article 0 of tho
constitution of the state, entitled the Judi
cial department, and providing for tiino
Judges of the supremo court. A bill for au
act to authorize county clerks to require
executors and administrators to pay and
deliver to said cotir s moneys and personal
pronei ty remaining iu their hands at time
of final settlement.
Sknatk-In the senate on the 8th Senator
Caldwell withdrew the resolution he offered
the previous day relating to the extension
of aid to the drouth sufferers. The resolu
tion offered hy the senator from > ull county
was objected to serlousiy in a number of
quarters, because It obviously opened the
way for extravagant expenditures. After
wit lid rawing the resolution, Senator Cald
well sent to the desk another resolution of
Him liar purport, the pith of the matter being
expressed in tlie following: That the au
thorities of the several counties iu which
suffering exists are hereby requested to re
lieve the same at once at the oost-.f such
counties for the next ten days, and that the
legislature will puss laws legalizing such ac
tion. The resolution was referred to the re
lief committee. A resolution of the samel
purport, offered by Uathhuru of Hitchcock,
I went over under the rules, ruder bills on
tlrst rending, the following were intr duced :
ntid read for the tlrst time: To provide seed j
and feed for drouth sufferers iu the Hate of
Nebraska; to provide for the removal of ]
county, township and precinct officers: pro- I
viding a special fund for the University of j
Nebraska; to protect. Mongolian pheasait s; I
to amend the insurance laws so as to permit :
the operation of mutual insurance compa
nies; amending the crltnhiul code so as to
udd imprisonment In the state penitentiary
for hreuking into dwelling houses, etc., lit
the day time; to permit Otoe county to issue
bonds for the purpose f building anew jail;
providing that all admissions to the bar in
Nebraska shall, in the future, be made only
by the supreme c. urt. Lieutenant (Gover
nor Moore made his announcement of the
senate employes for the session; following
which came adjournment.
Hoitsk.—In the house on the 8th Jenkins
of Thayer moved that a committee of three
be appointed to employ an archite. t to as
certain if any additions are required by the
various state institutions Iu the shape of
new buildings. Referred to the committee
on public lands and buildings. The r« solu
tion by Thomas of Hamilton that the secre
tary of state be requested to furnish an In
voice of supplies already provided for the
house was referred to the committee on sup- ;
plies. The eoinuiltt. e on rules submitted a j
report recommouding the rules of 1S8D. with
a few amendments, the principal one being
the addition of a standing committee on ir
rigation, making in all forty-three standing I
| committees, instead of forty-two, as pro- |
vlded in the 1SKB rules. Report adopted.
I he speaker announced the following list
; of additional house appointments: Ira
( .O.X I 11 L It.iiu, »* • I XV ion
! Ralph St row, Robert Fink amt F. L. Sargent. i
pro f readers; Miss Milder Anderson, on- I
grossing clerk; Miss draco Kd wards, Miss !
I M. V. kUhourne, K. Harbor of hxetor, Miss j
! Young. Miss Nellie Weaver and Miss !
Kliiaboth C onor, enrolling and engrossing i
clerks; Lon Richardson and Krsa Swlctier, !
copy holders; W'.l\ Austin. janitor; C. W. j
Axtell. first assistant janitor; William Me- :
» hi tin to. second assistant janitor; l»r. r. A. !
Flippin. third assistant janitor; Kobort l*o
torson. fourth assistant janitor; C harles 11, !
Younger, fifth assistant janitor; John 11.
llrudy. mosson or or chief clerk: Rond 1*.
U odd os. Page. Hills were introduced: An- :
thorizing the purchase of seed grain, pur- I
chaser to give a seed grain note, which, upon
filing, becomes a first 1 cii on the property: j
to provide for a special fund for the util- !
versify of Nebraska, to build new buildings, i
The provisions of this bill authorize the
the state treasurer to levy a tax of one half
of oi.e mill on the dollar In the state as a
special fund to be used for this purpose; to j
provide for the investment of sinking funds \
in the hands of county ami city treasurers
in warrants not paid fqr want of funds; to
authorize counties to issue bonds to pur
chase seed grain; to allow children of one
school district to attend school in another!
district; to prohibit the undervaluation of
() operty by assessors: providing that legal
lolidays shall not be deducted from salary
of public school teachers; p ohibititig the
manufacture of cigarettes.
Sknatk.—In the senate ou the Oth Senator
Pope made a motion that the secretary of
state be requested to furnish each member
of the senate, the lieutenant governor and
the secretary of the senate with ten 1-eent
stamps and twenty 2-cent stamps each day
during the session. McKisson amended by
making iho numbet ten 2-cent stamps anti
ten l-ecnt wrappers.' The umeuumeut was i
adopted, t a id well moved tha* each mem
ber t.e permitted to subscribe lor ten daily
newspapers or their equivalent in weeklies,
lie withdrew the motion before a v to was .
taken. I he practice of supplying meml ers •
with reading matter will ptobablv be Con- |
tinned. Lut the uutnl&r wiii tiouniless be
limited to five daiiies./Among the bills in- 1
trotluced and read fol the first time were |
o auien'
Ihc following: Toa*Jend the code of civil
procedure; to amend the criminal cod©; to
aufhorix*' school dUtrlCti with less than $5.
unOof assessed valuation to l©v» a higher
rate of tux for school purposes; for the pro
tect Ion, preservation and propagation of
birds, fifth©* ami wild animals In thestute of
Nebraska, and to prevent the killing of the
Mini© during certain xenons and by certain
means; to amend the laws relating to high
ways; to provide for the organization and
government of Irrigating districts and to
provide for the acquiring of canals, etc,
Horst*. In the house on the 9th several
petitions praying for relief were referred to
the relief committee. The committee on
employes reported with a list of the num
ber of employes necessary at this time.
This provides for sixty-eight employes.
Among til 1 Ih introduced were the following:
Maulngtax receipts presumptive evidence
of the genuineness of u tax; to establish a
state board of embalming, ami to prevent
the spread of contagious diseases; to ro
Oulre non-residents to pay a license for
bunting and fishing In Nebraska; an act
providing for the appointment of a fish and
game warden for the state of Nebraska, de
fining his powers, duties and compensation,
and defining the duties of other oft!corn In
relation thereto; an net to provide for a
1*1 III! 1/lPll'u II,.,. M.wt liPltu.' I' I 1 o rxt
effecting the same; authorizing counties
to Issue bonds to purchase seed grain;
to establish a state hanking hoard;
an fti*t to provide for the destruction of cer
tain obnoxious weeds; a Joint resolution
proposing an amendment to sections 13 and
14 of article 18 of the constitution of the
state of Nebraska, Axing the time of holding
the general election In the state of Nebras
ka hlennally on the first Tuesday afier the
first. Mon ay of .November, and Axing the
term of the state, county and precinct offi
cers; an act to amend section 22, chapter 19
of the compiled statutes of lNlKI, of Nebras
ka, and to repeal said original section us It
now exists; a bill for an act for the protec
tion, preservation uiul propagation of birds,
Ashes und wild animals, In the stun* of Ne
braska; to prevent the killing of the same
during certain seasons and by certain
means: to repeal sections 8., st, H5, 86, H7, 87a,
87b and H7c of the criminal cotie of t be state
of Nebraska as the same appears In the com
piled statutes .f Nebraska for the year of
1893, and to provide penalties for the viola
tion of this act.
Hhnatk -In the senate on the 10th McKes
son withdrew his objection to the present
consideration of the leport of the commit
tee on rules and moved that that report bo
adopted. Crane moved that the report be
made the special order for consideration at
lb o’clock to-morrow morning McKesson
was of tlie opinion that the senate could
easily comprehend the purport of the
amendments suggested by the committee
by having the secretary read the rules as
amended. Crane reminded the senator from
Lancaster that, us yet no one had suggested
that any at tempt, was being made to rail
road anything through the senate. Watson
reported that the committee acted upon the
theory that some members of the senate
were better able tocompreheud the contents
of a single page. Smith objected to the
{iresent consideration under the rules.
Iprecher brought the controversy to a head
by moving I Imt t he secretary of the senate
furnish each member with a printed copy of
the rules of l8.sU, together with copies of the
proposed amendments. To tills motion Cald
well offered an amendment that the rules he
typewritten instead of printed. Tetft moved
tolay the whole matter on the table. This
was intended to cull out the strengt h of the
opposition to the report of t he committee on
ruies. The motion was defeated. sprecher
then accepted Caldwell’s amendment, and
the motion instructing the secretary to
furnish copies of the rules of lsS9 was car
ried.
House—In the house on the 10th 11 rock
mun (re uhl can of Klchardsom presented a
memorial fr in his constituents praying
that the legislu ure adopt- a Joint resolution
favoring the election of United States sen
ators by the people. The house was called
to order at 2 o'clock. Sisson of Bur. otTcied
an solution requiring tCmt regular sub
scription rates be paiu for newspapers fur
nished the members. Adopted. Howard of
Surpy offered a res lotion providing that
newspapers must be ord« red In wrl mg, else
they will not be paid for. Khoads of Valley
explain* d that Howard's resolution pro
tected t hose members who did not propose
to avail thems Ives of ttie perquisite. The
resolution was adopted. A number Is peti
tions and memorials praying for relief to
ho drouth stricken sufferers wero pre
sented. The following bills were introduced:
To repeal section 36, of chapter #3 annotated
i statutes of 1891 (i>y Wheeler) entitled,
'’Heal Kstate,” and to legalize acknowledg
ments and oaths Administered by commis
sioner of deeds, relating to contracts stipu
lating for payments in gol , and providing
for payment in legal tender; providing all
railroad trains shall stop at county seats,
und providing penalties for violation; de
Anlngduti s of county surveyors and for
compensation; authorizing county boards
to Institute proceedings to have orphan or
abandoned children adopted; to protect em
ployes from being blacklisted tnroug the
machinal ions of guarantee bond conn antes:
toestabli ha state hoard of education and
to define the powers and duties of said
board; amending statute relating tochattel
mortgages; to amend section 145 of an act
entitled “An act incorporating metropolitan
cities and defining, regulating and prescrib
ing their duties, powers and government.”
Senate.—In the senate on the lth the
standing committees were announced,
ns given elsewh re. Senator Holbrook's
resolution, directing tlie secretary of state
. to furnish each sen tor and secretary of the
senate with six daily papers during the ses
sion. was adopted by a vote of 20 for and 10
against roncerning imitation butter and
cheese; defining the same; prohibiting their
being colored lit semblance of butter and
cheese; regulating their manufac me, ship
ping and sale, and protecting the consum
ers at the table and prescribing p nullies
for the violation thereof; to amend an net
entitled, “Ana t relating to cert uln con
tracts for the conditional sale, lease or hire
of railroads and street railway equipments
and rolling stock, and providing for the re
cording th reof;” to provide "for encour
agement of the manufacture of su
gar and for paying a bounty therefor;
to change the asylum for the Incurable in
sane of the state of Nebraska, established
at Hastings, in said state, to a hospital for
the insane; to provide for the appointment
of its officers and to establish rules and reg
ulations governing said institution; to
legalize bonds heretofore issued, or voted
by precincts where the money arising from
the sale of any such l end is to be used for
boring wells, to bo used for irrigating pur
!loses; to legalize and muko valid all orders,
udgments. decrees and findings that have
>een made by any court in the state of Ne
braska under and by virtue of an act en
titled “An act to amend sections 30 and 176
of chapter 2 j of the compiled statutes of the
state of Nebraska of 1887, entitled, “De
cedents.”
House—In the bouse on the llth the bill
appropriating $5,010 for the payment of
members of the legislature was placed on
third reading. It pessad by a unanimous
vote. Bills were introduced as follows: To
amend section 2925 of chapter 24, consoli
dated statutes of Nebraska of -91 entitled
“Interest.” and to repeal said original sec
tion. and provide a penalty for the violation
of said act; to amend section 3036 chapter
39 of the consolidated statutes of Nebraska
of 1891. said chapter being entitled "Officers,”
and salu section entitled “Bailiffs;” to pro
vide for the wants of the poor; to pro
tect the public against young and in
competent telegraph operators employed
on rail oads; authorizing county boards to
transfer any specific funds of the county ex
cept the school fund to the general fund for
relief purposes only; a joint resolution to
submit to ihe electors of the state of Ne
braska for their approval or rejection an
amendment to the constitution of Nebraska
providing for the investment of the perma
uout educational fund of the state.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
LIVES TOOK INSPECTORS.
Two stock yards bills were introduced into
the house. The bill introduced into the sen
ate by Sprecher is the same as that intro
duced by Howard in the house. Howard s
stock yards bill provides that all persons
shall have equal privileges at stock yards.
The governor is to be the live stock inspec
tor for the state, and he is authorized to ap
point a sufficient number of deputies, who
shad be known as assistant live stock in
spects. These assistants shall determine
what live stock is unfit for market, and shall
have power to remove the same. These in
spectors shall also have the power to deter
mine vf hich are “piggy” sows and which
stags. Inspectors shall receive 10 cents 1 i
car for inspecting the same, to be paid by
the shipper.
Maximum rates are fixed as follows: For
varding and weighing cattle. 'M cents dp
head: for yarding and weighing hogs, •;
cents per In ad; for yarding ami weighing
sln-pp, 4 cents per head. Owners of stock
yards are not to to allowed to charge a
great* r price for hay and grain than double
the v holesale market price of the same on
the day such hay is furnished. It is also
made unlawful for less than 100 pounds of
hay to be sold for cwt. Or less than fifty
•1* pounds of shelled corn or 1pm than sev
enty pounds of ear corn for u bushel,
cor NT IKS TO ISSUE BONDS.
The provisions of house roll No. 1. intro
duced by Larabornof Ked Willow, empowers
counties to Issue bonds for the purchase of
seed grain, incorporating in Its limits one
or two of the features of another bill by
lJrady of Buffalo, in which the principle of
seed grain notes is introduced. This feature
is copied from one of the laws of Minnesota,
in regard to seed grain notes, and involves
the legal security of chattel mortgages on
growing grain. Brady’s hill for an act au
thorizing the construction of an artesian
well at the Boys’ industrial Home at. Kear
ney Is more reaching in its scope than ap
pears in the provisions of the measure. The
Idea of the author is to test the availability
of artesian wells as methods of irrigation in
Nebraska.
MEAHUKKR rOIl KK1.IKF.
With a joint cammittco of relief and sev
eral bills before the legislature, it is thought
there will be no trouMe in agreeing on a
speedy and safe method to relievo the
drouth sufferers.
senator h'athbun s relief bill provides for
relief of drouth sufferers, to aid in feeding
and clothing them and to provide for dis
tribution of such aid. It appropriates $1U0,
000 or so much thereof as may be necessary
for Immediate relief of people of the droutn
stricken counties. It recognizes a state re
lief commission, which shall receive tho
appropriation and purchase and distribute
supplies.
The state auditor shall draw his warrant
on vouchers of the commission, and all war
rants thus drawn and indorsed by the state
treasurer ns not paid for want of funds are
declared state securities and it shall be the
duty of the state officers who have power to
Invest tho permanent school fund to Invest
the same In such state securities, any law or
usage to the contrary not withstanding.
The commission shall file an itemized list
of supplies purchased with the secretary of
state. The commission shall distribute sup
plies through the agency of county commis
sioners or board of supervisors, together
with tho county clerk and sheriff.
Tho person receiving relief shall show by
affidavit of two freeholders that he is enti
tled to the same, and he must he a resident
of nine months' standing; that if seed is
furnished he will stay in the countv and
comply with the rules of the commission.
The officers named as distributors shall be
held responsible upon their official bonds
for faithful performance of duty. The
amount, of supplies for the use of one family
Is limited to $.5, and the recipient shall sign
a note payuhlo in one year, without interest,
and the notes shall be collected by the coun
ty treasurer for the state.
The state commission may use not to ex
ceed 2 percent of the amount draw by
them from the state to pay a tual expenses,
not including salaries or wages other than
for labor. A great part of the bill is devoted
to details of disbursement and plans of re
ceipting for supplies. The treasurer of the
commission shall give bond in tho sum of
$4),UK).
A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
Mr. Kaupof Salino county has offered a
constitutional amendment that provides
that hereafter a constitutional amendment
shall be adopted if it shall receive a major
ity of all the votes cast for and against the
proposition. Mr. Kaup also introduced a
bill providing that all real and personal
11roperty shall be assessed at one third of
Its real value. A penalty of a fine of not
less than $!i0 nor more than #1,000 is provi
ded for the assessor who falls to obey the
law. Mr. Kaup points to the fact that Gov
ernor t'rounse stated that the assessment of
the state would not exceed 15 per cent of
real vutuo. This bill would increase the as
sessment to l-:i per cent. The present law
requires that property shall be assessed at
Its full value, but there is no penalty at
tached and assessors return pr. perty at
ridiculously low sums. Mr. Kaup believes
that tho penalty will force assessors to
make assessments at the conservative per
cent of one-third.
STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES.
Jenkins, of Thayer, has offered an Inter
esting measure In the house. This bill pro
vides for a state board of charities and cor
rections. The governor shall bo a member
of this board and ho shall designate four
others who, with the chancellor of the State
university, shall constitute the board. This
board shall have general supervision of the
discipline and treatment of the inmates of
tho various state institutions. The board
Is empowered to Investigate county jails
and hospitals and to suggest and provide
for means for remedying any wrongs that
may exist at any of these institutions.
The Question of Relief.
Two bills have been introduced providing
for the appropriation of $100,01)0. There are
objections to each of these bills. It seems
to be generally agreed that 110),000 is the
proper sum to appropriate, but it Is some
thing of a problem to decide upon the exact
plan of its distribution. Mr. Howard of
.warpy, who is a member of the relief com
mission, hus an interesting plan which will
be presented. He is opposed to entrusting
tills large sum to any relief committee. He
favors tlio appropriation of #100,UK). Then
he pronoses to authorize the governor, audi
tor and the attorney general to distribute
the sum. But the money is to be paid di
rect lv into the “poor fund” of the counties
which may bo in need of relief
This money will then be used In af
fording relief to the needy by the
county commissioners, who will bo re
quired to make an itemized report to the
governor of the manner in which the money
was expended. Mr. Howard would not ob
ject to having it understood that this money
was more in the nature of an advance rather
than charity, the county commissioners be
ing required to late the notes of the persons
relieved for the sums of money expended in
their behalf. But, in any event, Mr. How
ard wants prompt action, and he believes
that relief can be extended more promptly
by placing the money in the county “poor
fund.
Another proposition which meets with
favor and which it is claimed by ito advo
cates does away with some of the difficulties
in the way of money being raised by the
counties has been under discussion today.
This is to pass a law allowing warrants to
be drawn against the total tax levy of any
county to the extent of 1)5 percent of tho
levy, instead of 85 per cent, as now. This
additional amount to lo used as a lelief
fund by the county commissioners. To se
cure the payment to putcha e s of these
warrants, the legislature is to make an up
priution of $100,000. This money is not to be
paid to t e count ies, but it is ,o be held by
the state as a reserve fund ou of which to
pay such of these warrants issued for re
lief as have not been taken up in tlu- coun
ties at the cud of twenty months from tho
date of their issue.
A State llankiug Hoard.
Tins measure is by Senator Wright and is
known as senate tile No. til. Its object is to
define and designate state banks and to reg
ulate said state banks, whether commercial
or savings: to provide for u secretary of t In
state banking hoard, and state bank exam
iners and detine their duties and provide for
thelrcompensation; to require corporations,
partnerships, firms and individuals trans
acting a banking business to make reports
and slatements under oatli to the state
banking board and to publish the same, of
all their resources and liabilities: to provide
for tlieexamtnationof the affairs of ailstate
banks; to tix a minimum capital: to provide
for the issuing of charters by the banking
board: to provide for the appointment of
receivers; to make it unlawful for insol
vent state banks to receive deposits and
provide for penalty: to tix tin* liabi Ity of
stockholders and banking corporations in
this state and providing for emorcem nt of
such liability; top ovide penalty for bank
and bank otlicers, directors, clerks or cni
plo-es making false statements, entries
and rep eseutatious and falsifying books of
su. li banks: to mai.e it unlawful for offi
cer directors ami employes to borrow the
funds of tlte hank except under certain con
ditions and to proviue a penalty: to pro
vide a penalty for failure of banks to make
reports and statements required: and to re
peal chapter 117, session laws of ISs't, entitled
’‘Hanking" and all other acts and parts of
acts Inconsistent with this act.
Democratic Conference Held.
Washington, Jan. 12.— The first
meeting of the Democratic congres
sional campaign committee since the
fall election was held at the capitol
yesterday. • Most of the t3lk was of
the election contests which will be
tried by the Fifty-fourth congress,
and the committee adopted a resolu
tion offered by Representative For
man of Illinois pledging the organiza
tion to render assistance to those
Democrats who will have contests on
their handp
House Committees Nsmed.
Speaker Richards has announced the
standing committees In the house for the
session as follows: _
Judiciary—Munger, chairman; Crow, Da
vies, Johnston of Douglas, llalrgrovo, Mc
Nltt, C ole. Hacon. Berber. Guthrie, Howard.
Finance. Ways and Means—Crow, chair
man: Cramb, tirlflit h. Judd. Spencer, Shook,
Merrick, Schlckedantz, Brady, Scott, John
son of Nemaha.
Agriculture—Sutton, of Pawnee, chair
man; Harrison, Perkins, Brockman, Spen
cer. Chace, *cott.
RBads and Bridges—Chace,chairman;Mat
tison, Pohlman, Jones, Sutton of Pawnee,
Orton, Delaney,
Militia Pohlman. chairman; Benedict,
Brockman, Burke, lvaup. lilnds, Wait, Mc
Vlcker, Barry.
Public Lands and Buildings—Burns, of
Lancaster, chairman: Merrick, Uhoddy,
Griftiitli, Harrison, Harte, Richardson,
Langhorst, /Ink, of Johnson, Brady, Cain,
Higgins, Van Housen.
Internal Improvements—Bacon, C hair
man; Beck, Wilder, Weber, Tirnnie. Spencer.
Van Housen.
Federal Relations—Lamborn, chairman;
Cramb, Crow, Davies. Sutton of Douglas,
Ely, Dempsey.
Engrossed and Enrolled Bills—Conaway,
ch li man: McNitt, John-ton of Douglas,
Cole, Merrick. Harte, Perkins, Spencer, uig
gins. . ,
Accounts and Expenditures—Bee, chair
man; Burns of Lancaster, Burch, Myers,
Brady, Zink of Johnson, Ashby, Chace,
Johnson of Nemaha.
Constitutional Amendments — Davies,
chairman; Griffith, House, Bacon, Brock
man, Beck, McNitt, Mailer, Bernard, Cas
par, Rhodes.
Countv Boundaries, County Peats and
Mattlson, Judd, Becher, Burch, Hums of
Dodge, Brownell, Dempsey, Robertson,
Bail roads Hinds, chairman; Cooley, Al
len, Conaway, Lamborn, Monger, Jones,
Orton, Bacon, Miles, Cane, Cole, Harris,
Scott, McBride.
Privileges and Elections—Matl ison, chair
man; Beck, Burke, Campbell, Carlson,Chap
man, Ely, liarkson, Jenkins, Brokaw,
llorst.
Penitentiary—Brady, chairman: Merrick,
Cain, Pohlman, Kaup. Langhorst, Bouse,
Sehirkedant/.. /ink of cherman.
Insane Hospitals — Sisson, chairman;
Campbell, Carlson, Cooley, Haller, Timme,
Thomas, Hull.
Other Asylums—Richardson, chairman;
Pohlman, Bhoddy, Ricketts, Moehrman,
Shook. Harris, Hart. Remington.
Corporations—Jenkins, chairman: Bene
dict. Sutton of Pawnee, Sutton of Douglas,
Orton. Bee, Fritz.
Library—llairgrove, chairman: Thomas,
Beck. Brownell, < hapman, Weber, Barry.
Cities and Towns—Johnston of Douglas,
chairman; Wait, Spencer, Ricketts, Hinds,
Burns of Dodge, Myers, Perkins, Robertson.
Banks and Currencies—Miles, chairman;
Burch, Judd, Richardson, Bacon, Jenkins,
l arisen.
Public Schools—McNitt. chairman; Sutton
of Douglas, Cramb, Bernard, McFadden,
Uuthrie, Miles.
Fniverslty and Normal Schools--Brock
man, chairman; Robinsou.Conaway,Davies,
Rhoddy, Becher, Ely.
Public Printing—Walt, chairman; Zink of
Johnson, Brownell, Benedict, Weber, Allen,
Harris, Cole.Caspar.
Mines and Minerals—Horst, chairman;
Fritz, Hoar. Spackmau, Suter, Wait, : oder
man.
Immigration—Cole, chairman; Carlson,
Cooley, Johnston, Langhorst, Kaup, Moelir
man, Johnson of Nemaha.
Manufacturing and ommerec— Burns, of
Dodge, chairman; Lamborn, Harrisou,Rich
ardson. Burch, Becher, Allen.
Schools, Lands and Funds—Harrison,
chairman; Burns of Lancaster, Sutton of
Pawnee, Ashby, Beck, Bee, Brockman. Cas
par, Burke.
Miscellaneous Subjects—Cain, chairman;
Campbell, Carlson, Bernard, Cole, llarte,
Havlik.
Claims—Becher,chairman; Griffith,Burch,
Beck, Lamborn, Bee, Richardson, llarte,
Robinson, llairgrove, Howard.
Live Stock and Grazing Ashby, chair
man; Chacev Moehrman, Sisson, Merrick,
McFaddan, Kaup, Sparkman, Soderman.
Revenue and Taxation—Judd, chairman;
Sisson, Schirkedantz, Shock, Robinson,
Chapman, Cramb, Jenness, Wilder, Myers,
Howard.
Rules—Mr. Speaker, chairman; Robinson,
llairgrove, Harrison, Chapman, McNitt,
Lamborn.
Labor-Burke, chairman; Bee, Bernard,
Jenness, Allan. Campbell, Cooley, Ely,
Harkson. Benedict, Smith, Brokaw, Goar.
Apportionment— Schickedantz, chairman;
Benedict, Bernard, Hinds, Chace, Cooley,
Cramb, Ely; Grittith, llairgrove, llaller*
Havlik, Wart, null.
Benevolent Institutions—Cramb, chair
man; Allan, Weber,Thomas, Perkins, Smith,
Roth lent ner.
Fish Culture and Game—Timme, chair
man; Harkson, Wilder, Langhorst, Jones,
Suter, Zink of Sherman.
Insurance—Jenness, chairman; Schicke
dantz, Lamborn, Bernard, Ricketts, Becher,
lvaup, Munger, Suter.
Telegraph, Telephone and Electric Lights
—Ricketts, chiiirman; Burns of Lancaster,
Jenness, Becher, Judd, Bacon, Roddy, Wil
der, McVicker.
Medical Societies—Harris, chairman; Con
wav, Judd, Orton. Ricketts. Haller, Goar.
rees and Salaries—Burch, chairman;
Rouse. Weber, Moehrman, Sutton of Doug
las, Robinson, McNitt, Rhodes.
Soldiers’ Home—Thomas, chairman; Hark
son, shook, Jones, Sutton of Pawnee, Sisson,
Merrick.
i,r,risation—Meyers, chairman; Harris,
Schickendantz, Cole, Bee, Bacon, Rouse,
Lamborn, McBride.
Senate Standing Committees.
Following is the list of standing commi
tees reported to the senate and adopted t
day:
J udiciary—Pope, TefTt, Crane, ITitehcoc
Sloan, Lindsay, Caldwell, Akers, Watson,
r 1 nance, Ways and Means-Graham, Tef
. * - v .v, uuu *ueans—uranain, lei
Wright..Hitchcock, Hahn, Black, Bressh
Caldwell, Dale.
Public.’Lands and Buildings TefTt, M
Keeby, Me Lesson, Smith, Black, Bressh
©loan, Saunders, Kathhun*
Agriculture—Lindsay, Sloan. Rathbt
Bres^ler, Mitchell, Noyes, Jeff ries.
Highways, Bridges ana Terries-Lei
rent, v ross, Noyes, uruy,
Accounts ami Expenditures — Steufi
Helm, Lindsay. Saunders. Caldwell.
Military Affairs-Watson, Cross, Blat
emitb, sniveller.
Municlnul Affalrs-llalin, Crane, Wrigl
Hitchcock, McKecby.
Internal improvement—Noyes. Iiathbi:
Holbrook, Hlack. Stewart.
Scbool Lands and funds Lathbuu.Mltc
ell. t.raham. Holbrook, Jeffries.
I liblic Printing—( ross. McKesson, M
Keeby, Hitchcock. Spreeher.
Enrolled and Engrossed Rills-Caldwe
©loan, Bressler, Crane, Me esson, oteuf<
Hahn.
Counties and County Boundaries—Lei
Ho brook, Bressler, Noyes, Bauer.
Education—Noyes, Lindsay. Graha:
Cross, ©loan.
Library-Cray, Stewart, Watson, Lol
Holbrook.
Claims—Bressler. Hitchcock, McKessc
Crane, Pope.
Currency—Saunders, Steufi
Black, \\ right. Crane.
Railroads—McKesson, Pope, Teft,
ham. H:ibn ..... -- --
Steufer.
Miscellaneous Corporations—Crane, Ilahn,
Uresskr, Pope, Watson,
State Prison—Black, McKeeby, Graham,
Ilahn. Mitchell.
t niversity and Normal School—Wright.
" atson. Hitchcock. Teft, McKeeby.
Constitutional Amendments and Federal
helations—Sloan. Lindsay, Teft, Watson,
'* right. Pope, Crawford.
Public Charities—Uathbun, Mitchell,
Black. >teufer, Stewart.
Privileges and Flections—Sloan. Akers,
Caldwell, Cross. Lindsay.
Live Stock and Grazing—Rathbun, Mitch
ell. Akers, Lehr, Dale.
Miscellaneous Subjects—Mitchell, Steii
J^r^oyes, Hitchcock, Smith, Holbrook.
Medical Societies - McKeeby, Cross, Lind
say. \\ right. Bauer.
mniiffratiou—Dale, Akers, Wright, l auer.
Mitchell.
Mines and Minerals Campbell, Stewart,
Crawford. Sprecher. Jeffries.
Manufactures and Commerce—nolbrook
t Jane, Cross, Ilahn, Akers.
Lehr°r *m * * h ’ i!’aunder=s ^loamMcKeeby, 1
« Ie" u°—Keebyi " right, Steufcr, 1
Smith, Saunders. .
TetTt03,_'Watiion»Pope» McKesson, Graham, '
Ake'rs.i\rrolISr,me'<'ald''rCn' B,ack* Grsl»%
pdpe!tNoy>es_AkerS’,,,ack'Smith' Caldwell,
flK««rPopt' McKesson,
Asylums, Industrial Homes, Reform
tuio Vlr'r ^ i rIp"dless and Insti
R>Sd.,F Mh!' M tided Youth—liltchcoek,
Sloan. MeKeion, BauerSmith- Wtttsou’
Regarding the Insane.
Senator Saunders has a bill pending which
provides that wit-., re the insr.rify comm is
gloncrs of a county And t
and the Insane person 1* to h!*'
one of the state asylums th«!l4
I institution are to be at once taf
clerk of the board. Upon ihi*1
received the asylum^? *J 'fa
patches an employe select*/^
l.ose to convey the Insane^*
asylum. u P*n
Under the law at nrem^t (
the Vu,
asyfum falls upon the eheHff1".'1
from which the lunatic la wnL!
the unfortunates In a manner,
lated to prevent harmful re, ,
calcs of the bill say their want nr
1* the cause of means being usd
their charges which can andS
pensed with. inul
The employment of a man or
Is specially adapted by trainin',
to result In good to the
looked upon as meeting a demine ,1
treatment of this class of sta“?h
Senator Aker’s Irrigate,
Senator Aker's Irrigation bill
No. 50,1st he longest which his
presented this session. It is J
tho Wright law of California, »iti?
changes as are made necessary t,
tlon laws of this state. Tho hi
that twenty freeholders or a,
those having lanu susconilbi,.,,,
from the same stream or oilit
water supply, may organize ant
district by applying to the coum,"
sionersfor a permit. Tho rJi
may then order an election u ^
tr ct Is erected threo directors
who have abundant powers eh
carrying out the work of ...
iii.iiiiKiiiuiiK mo irrigation w,lfw
directors manage the Utstrilmt ,,ni
which Is to he pro rata In 11,e a
the assessment of the ewnc',/
hears to the total assessment .itit,
band In the district must lie
full cash value, and the dhirir
are to constitute a board cif eioi-i'c
Right of way through state li»*
water and water rights ovtm.j,",
are dedicated to the use of jr,:,
triets which may be created v
land, water right, or irrigatiun
taken by tile directors except
the methods now presented ..
ing privtite property for pulilil-^
owner shall be compensated h
Joining a district may be taken
formation of a district.
Constitutional Amemimni
One of the proposed measu ,. n
tains what Is considered a new lit
vexing question of constitutior.il
meuts. This is tie bill for a jidst
tlon proposing an amendment to*
tulion which was introduced lij
Watson. Tile manner of m kin:
meats Is dealt with. It provides tu
branch of the lo.’lslatu e man, i
pose amendments for submission in
of the people, as now. if tliree-tiftk
members elected to both houses
tlu* proposi ion.
Tito bill goes further and then b
tlie new feature, which is: 'Tmrii
whenever the judges of the s r■']
shall all unite in proposing aiionh
t lie constitution,"such propnsi .1 n.,
shall bo llled in the office of lime!
state on or before duly 1 of :nu v
lie published once each w> ek in .
newspaper In each comity wins
paper is published, for three momb
lately preceding the general cm
which election the same shall lie ■
to the electors for approval nr i
and If a majority of the eir ■
upon such amendments adopt lie.
same shall become a part of this
tlon. When more than one ttruets
submitted at the same election, a
he so submitted as to enable the (it
vote on each amendment sepitrn ej
'The hill, and especially the piano!
the amendments suggested by the,
court, is eliciting much farnraMrt
from lawyers who have given : ■
special study. It Is the general
that the amendment merits a miIii
the voters for their decision.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
The president has signed t
granting a pension to Mary'
Hanks, widow of General X#
F. Hanks of Massachusetts.
After consideri ng the soli
several weeks, the house cm
on naval affairs has agreed tot
able report on a bill to reorjas
personnel of the navy.
Train loads of frozen oranj
fruit caught in the recent coli
in Florida, are being rusheo
Chicago market. Eighteen a
are said to have been sold “
The Arapahoe county, Colon
C. T. U., has adopted a reso.ttl
ploring the legislature to elect
to the United States senate
not known to be a man °‘J
life.
The Corean government tj
to signify its independence'^
traditions by discarding ,ta'
calendar at the beginning »
year and adopting the satac*
divisions as those rocogu !tl
Western countries and Ju a1
Hy a vote of 5 to 4 the j1®
mittee on public buildings hast,
to report the senate bill Pr",,u
the purchase of the real «*»•*
by ex-Senator Mahone oi
Ge neral Mahone will rece «'
for the property if the aet o
committee is ratified by the ->
Reports from the imtnigr'1-'
thorities at New York show re
number of immigrants air -
ing December was 11.Id'1
number 100 were debarre, '
as paupers and 53 as contr^
ers. Ten were admitted on -
At a meeting of the "'•"t
Ball association in Des ! '
W. W. Kent of Jacks'1^;
elected president, St Jom’,
instated, leaving out Sioux t-<
Rock Island was dropped
room for Rockford, lit
A terrific
over Vienna, leaving
isolated. Railway and ve. -■
snow storm
the cay
is reduced to a mini mum
men are at work clearing
th<
lhe supplies of v ’getablei
milk have almost fatie1.
seven feet of snow in
the =iS
The suit brought by Xlr
Gougar to determine
the
women under the
whether they have the
Lafavctte.
Everett.
has begun at
Ju ige F. B. ,3
election Mrs. Gougar s -
vote and, on being ^
election board for•
president of the "oin
association.
For Fare Batter »n'* v-j
Washington, Jan. }-■" . s
Dairy union began its
meeting here yesterday
objects of the union ay'. ,
national and state le?ls“ >
vent the manufacture 1 y .
food products made 10 '
pure butter and cheer
prevent the sale of ada
products.
Few American Cattle ,n ^ ...
Washington, Jan. 1*
up the imports into -j
beef cattle for the first 1 1 \ llt
of 1894, United States Con- ,
at Zurich shows that a- :■
imported, valued at '>■
and he notes with r®S-r*^-n:;rJ*
enormous amount the
furnished but 22> h '•
by way of a trial snC-*1