Nebraska Newspapers

    THE FRONTIER.
rcni.iHiiKi) Kvr.iiv tih-ksday ny
Tilt KHONTIKH l'llINTINO I’D.
O'NKIUj. NKBKAHKA.
OVER TIIE STATE.
Nkaui.y every store in the village of
Ong was burglarized the other uight
tml SHiiii worth of good* taken.
Imhanoi.a has lieen troubled with
an unusual number of eases of petty
thieving.
I). 1’. SitKltWont) nnd wife of I’onca
will celebrate their golden wedding on
February 1ft
Tiik Union Pacific is "laying ofT” a
good many of its aliop men until busi
ness revives.
Lk vi Fhancisco, living four miles
west of Jnckaon, dropped dead while at
the dinner table.
Tinnrv employes in the Union 1’aeiOe
shops at Grand island were laid of last
week until business revives.
Monky that had been collected by
the congregational church at Crete for
the purpose of relief was stolen from
the church.
TuaMr burglars enterod the house of
Edgar Wood, a l’awncc county farmer,
and secured #75 worth of jewelry. The
family was at church.
Mu.miti) will make a bid for the next
G. A. R. encampment. The town has
many advantages in tho way of fine
groves and good fishing.
Tiik young people of Norfolk have
organi/.ed a dramatic company and
will give a few entertainments to help
out tho drouth suffers.
Tiik. village board of Papillion has
I loosed an ordinance providing for the
nspoction and condemning of chim
neys, tire flues and attachments.
Jiuy home-made goods and build up
home industries, is a good policy: Far
rell’ Fire Kxlliiguislicr, made by Far
rell & Co,, Omaha; Morse-Coe boots and
shoes for men, women and children.
Jak(Kii<& Sciii'I'acui, Columbus mil
lers, made an assignment to .Sheriff
Cavanaugh for the benefit of all their
creditors. The list of liabilities has
not yet been furnished and no invoice
taken.
In eloven months in 181)4 the county
clerk of Buffalo county paid out 83,
630.‘JO for bounties on gopher scalps,
the bounty buing 3 cents per scalp. The
bounty paid represents 137,543 dead
gophers.
Majoh Patihock of Douglas county,
government director of the Union Pa
cific railroad, died last week, aged 70
years, llo was a member of the Ne
braska house of representatives in 1858,
1805 und 1800.
A skw association is being organized
In lloatrlce for the purpose of reviving
the racing interest by providing a June
meeting at Linden Tree park. Should
this meeting meet with encouragement
another will be held later in the sea
son.
Kiev. W, II. Spaiu.ino announced to
the congregation at Winsido that a rec
tor would be sent to take charge of tho
Episcopal church bofore the second
Sunduy in February, and that he
would, therefore not visit the church
again.
Thk teachers of the state have a
friend in court in Mr. Jenkins of Thay
er county, who has introduced in the
leglature a bill entitling them to tho
legal holidays on Christmas, New
Year's, Washington’s birthday, Fourth
of July and Thanksgiving.
Rbi>rkskntativk Kuhns of Lancaster
received a communication from a num
ber of citizens of Holt county asking
him to present and urge the passago of
a bill appropriating #5,000 for the pros
ecution of the prisoners charged with
the murder of llarrett Scott.
Tiik editor of the Humphrey Demo
crat lias figured out a plan to make his
town a county seat. Ho advocates a
now county to bo constructed by taking
one tier of townships from the south
side of Madison and one and a half tier
or nine miles In width along the north
aide of the l’latte.
IIknky IIakhis broke into the house
of J. E. Collins, four miles southwest
of Odell, while the owner and his wife
were away from home. He stole a
quantity of elotliing, but was speedily
captured with the stolen goods in his
possession. He pleaded guilty, and was
bound over to the district court.
At a meeting in Hastings of the
Grand Army post. Dr. Howard, General
Bowen, J. H. Brown, I. II. Cramer and
J. W. Whinnie were appointed a com
mittee to confer with citizens relative
to providing necessary entertainment
for the large numbers of old soldiers,
who will be gathered there next month
at the annual encampment of the state
G. A. K.
VkiiiLK under the influence of liquor,
Peter Koberg fell from a fast train
near Warnersville. The trainmen went
back and picked up, as they supposed,
the corps, but just as they were about
to notify the coroner the "dead” man
got up and walked off. Koberg also
fell down a long flight of steps but wus I
not injured. j
« uivuuug ut uir nuiimu s ciuu ill j
Beatrice at the residence of Mrs. 0. C. I
Knapp a resolut on w as adopted voicing
the sentiments of the women of the city
on the matter of patronizing home in
dustries It was resolved that in the
purchase of goods, whether for the ;
table or other household purposes, that ;
Nebraska-made goods be given the
preference.
Sheriff Smith of Franklin county
returned last week from Missouri with
Frank N. Frost, whom he arrested at
Utica, Mo., for assault on Jacob Stans
low, an old man tit! years of age, living
a few miles south of Napouee, in
Franklin county, and robbing him of
J3(52 August 4, last. Frost was accom
panied at the time by an unknown man
whom it has been thus far unable to
identify.
At the Presbyterian Sunday school
in Hastings last Sunday a special col
lection for the western drouth sufferers
was lifted, amounting to over SIC. It
was turned over to Rev. Bushnell, who
is one of the appointed agents in Hast
ings to look alter the distribution of
the relief funds
Miss Omve Boyd, one of Platts
mouth’s most estimable young women,
died at her home in that city last week
after a brief illness, with consumption. j
She was a teacher in the city schools i
and the schools were closed down to i
permit scholars to attend the funeral.
rrnni.AHM were caught the other
moraine in the second Htory of Oehl
rlch's grocery store at < ol limbus. All
escaped except one, who jumped oat of
the window, breaking his leg. They
secured nothing.
Cur sty Ji'ixiK Dan C. Hkppkhman,
who is postmaster at Jackson, was last
week arrested by Deputy Marshal
Thrasher and taken to Lincoln to an
swer to an Indictment returned by tho
federal grand jury, charging him with
falsifying his postotllee returns. H. A. |
McCormick, postmaster of South Sioux
City, was also arrested anti taken to
Lincoln to answer the same charge.
aiir, lur^r nupirmi'iiL non so oi umwr
& Norton nt Talmnge was entirely dcs
troyeil by tiro, together with tho har
ness shop of J. II. Venter, adjoining.
The cause of tho tire wan perhaps a de
fective Hue in the building of Kisser »fc
Norton. About hulf the (roods in the
implement house were saved and nearly
all of those in the harness shop. Ilolh
losses were fully covered by insurance.
' A good many settlors in this section
of Thurston county, says a l'ender dis
patch, attribute the ■ refusal of the
Omaha and Winnebago Indians to sanc
tion an extension of time to settlers to
mahe their first payment on lands pur
chased in 19H2 to Judge Hiram Chase,
an Omaha Indian, county judge of this
county, ltieclnimrd that Chase ad
vised the Indians not to listen to the
proposition of another extension.
Tills has been, says a North Platte
dispatch, the busiest day for the county
relief stores sinco they have been
started. Tho wants of seventy-five
families have been supplied. The totul
number of families relieved this week
is about ldO. Four thousand pieces of
clothing and five tons of provisions
were givon out The number of ap
plicants is daily increasing, but it is
thought that all can be supplied with
thu actual necessities if the goods now
promised are forthcoming.
Thkiik have been tlireo bills intro
duced thus far affecting the stock yard
interests. Muter of Antolopo county
introduced a bill, house roll no 11, re
ducing the rates of commission for sell
ing cattle from 50 cents per head to 40
cents per head and from 912 a car to
for selling hogs, from 90 a single deck
car and 912 a double deck car to 95 and
90; for sheep from 95 and 97 to 94 and
97. The penalty for the first offense is
a fine of 950 to 9100; second otfense 9100
to 9200; third offense 9200 to 9500.
II. ,T. Muffin arrived in Fremont
from Wisner and started on foot for
Omaha where he had a friend. lie
was walking on tho lClkhorn railroad
track when the Omaha passenger train
came along and struck him, throwing
him into the ditch. The train was
stopped and Mullln was picked up and
taken back to the station, wlioro he
was placed in charge of Ur. lirown,
tho company's physician. One of
Muffin's feet was budly smashed, and
he sustained several scalp wounda The
doctors say ho ought to recover.
Oovkhnoh Hoi.comii received a tele
gram from the governor of Arkansas
informing him that tho legislature of
that state has under consideration a
proposition to make an appropriation
for the benefit of the drouth sufferers
of Nebraska and asking if (lovernor
Holcomb considered such an appropria
tion advisable and if it would be ac
cepted. The governor wired in answer
to (lovernor Clark's message, thanking
the generous people of Arkansas for
their offer but stated he did not think
the contemplated appropriation neces
sary.
A man giving his name as Frank
Wilson was before Judge Canfield at
Clay Center charged with breaking
into three stores in Ong and stealing
9900 worth of merchandise on the
night of the 20th. He also took some
postage stamps and 905 in money from
the postoffice. Suspicion rested on a
man seen there that day with a one
horse buggy, and by a peculiar track
tho buggy was traced and overtaken
twenty miles west of Ong, having all
of the goods in his possession. He
waived examination and was bound
over to the district court
Henry Carstkns, a young farmer,
met a somewhat tragic death about
seven miles east of Fierce, lie and two
farmers had been engaged in digging a
well. One of the men present told
Henry that they had better put down
the curbing before digging any deeper,
for fear the sand might cave in. Henry
had no fears of a cave-in and went
down to dig again. After being in
about three minutes he was buried be
neath about ten feet of sand. Help
was immediately called, but the body
was not recovered for four hours. He
was a married man about 24 years of
age and leaves a wife and one child.
Up to the present time (Jan. 23)
there have been just seven bills passed
by the house. Two relief bills have
been passed, one authorizing counties
to vote bonds for the purchase of seed
grain and feed for teams, and one ap
propriating 9100,000 for direct relief.
Three bills of a formal character ap
propriating moneys in certain univers
ity funds to the use of the university
have been passed. The other two bills
are a bill for the protection of firemen
,by prohibiting the illegal wearing of
the fireman's national button, and the
bill appropriating 995,000 for payment
of salaries of officers, members and em
ployes of this legislature.
A hill likely to attract some atten
tion from the interests it will affect is
one introduced in the legislature by
Jcnness to prevent blacklisting by em
ployes’ guaranty companies. It re
quires such companies to deposit $25,
000 with the state treasurer before
being permitted to do business in the
state, which amount is liable for judg
ments on suits for damages. It also
provides that when a bond shall be
cancelled or the company refuses to
guarantee the fidelity of a person on
whose bond it has once gone, it shall
file a full statement of the facts on
which such action is based and this
shall be subject to the inspection of
anyone interested in the subject mat
ter.
One of the most noteworthy contri
butions to the January issue of The
Atlantic is “The Survival of the Amer
ican Type.” Taking as a text the trag
edy at the polls in Troy in March, lS'.H,
when Robert Ross lost his life, the
author, John 11. Denison, treats in a
very suggestive and convincing manner
the situation that has given rise to the
A. P. A. movement This article at
tracts attention because of its timeli
ness, but there are many other features
of decided interest
,XajmlLtoxine_remedy has rcaqheo
FOR RELIEF, $50,000
THIS IS THE SUM THAT NE
BRASKA APPROPRIATES.
The Amount Cat In Two In the Senate
anrl the Lower House Acquiesces—
Home of the Provisions of the Measure
—Other Hills Passed In the Senate
and House—Introduction of New Hills
— Recommendation* from Committees
— Proceedings In Iloth Branches of the
Nebraska Legislature.
Relief Rill t ut In the Senate.
The senate on the -4th, after a three hours’
discussion, In which much feeling was en
gendered, passed the house relief bill for the
benefit of the drouth sufferers, but rut. the
appropriation from $10 ,oo to $.‘>0,000 adding
a proviso that the money t'ould be expended
In the payment of freight. The senators
from the western and northern counties,
following the example of their colleagues in
the house, profested bitterly against a re
duction In the amount. In their addresses in
committee of the whole they drew touching
pictures of the dlstress existing in the fron
tier counties. On the other side republican
senators persisted In regarding the sub
ject as a single business proposltIson. Hau
er, one of the populist senators, voted with
the majority, while Kathhun of Furnas
county and Akers of Scotia Muff voted with
the populists for the larger uniount. The
one valid reason advanced by the majority
for cut ting down the approprlat ion was that
with the large volume of supplies pouring
Into Nebraska from all pftrtsofthe union
the necessity of a large appropriation with
which to buy fuel, ciothingund provisions
was avoided and the only urgent demand
for the present at least was the necessary
amount of cash to be used In paying the
freight charges on the Immense amount of
supplies now In sight.
The Relief Rill.
Following Is the relief bill as It passed the
house on the 21st by a vote of 07 to 25:
Section 1. Foe the purpose of caring for
the people in this state reduced to a condi
tion of want and dependence by the dry
we • tliur and hot winds; for the procuring of
fuel, food and clothing until such time as
another harvest may be secured, and to de
fray the necessary expenses thereof, there
is hereby appropriated from the st ate treas
ury from the funds not otherwise appropri
ated, the sum of 1*50,0 0, or so much thereof
a smny be found necessary for the relief of
the people In the drouth stricken! counties
of the stale of Nebraska.
fc'ee. 2. For the purpose of carrying into
effect this act und to the end that the aid
thereby appropriated may reach those in
destitution and want, the state relief com
mission appointed by the governor undorlts
present organization, consisting of nine
members from which has been elected a
president, secretary and treasurer. Is hereby
empowered to take charge of said work and
prosecute it to completion, and into the
hands of said commission shall be placed
the funds hereby appropriated from the
state treasury, and they shall and are here
by required to purchase und distribute to
the several counties In need the necessaries
J’f life for the relief of suffering Inhabitants.
I his distribution shall he In and through
the channels hereinafter provided.
Sec. It is hereby inane the duty of the
uudltnrof public accounts to draw fils war
rants on the state treasurer on the requisi
tion of the commission, approved by the
president and secretary, as the same shall
be necessary to furnish the supplies and
necessities of life to carry out the provisions
of this act.
Sec. 4 It Is hereby made the duty of said
! commission in the requisition for the funds
set forth thereinto state the purpose for
which money to be pnidhythe treasurer Is
to be used, with an itemized statement of
| the sev ral articles and kinds of supplies to
i lie purchased, und on the purchase of samo
! to file with the secretary of state an item
ized Invoice of all articles by them pur
chased for the relief of the drouth sufferers.
Sec . It shall be und Is hereby made the
duty of the said relief commission to ap
point In each of the drouth stricken coun
l les a county central relief committee,
which shall have charge of all supplies de
livered to their respective counties, and a
sub-relief committee of three in every vot
ing precinct. Two or more of the county
commissioners, together with the county
clerk, shall t e members of the county cen
tral relief committee All relief supplies
for distribution among the needy purchased
by the commission or donated shall be de
livered to the county central committee and
its receipt given for said supplies Said re
ceipt, together with all vouchers for sup
plies furntseed, tube filed by said relief
commission with the secretary of state. In
count ies under township organizations the
board of supervisors shall designate at least
two of its number to serve on the county
centrul committee.
St*c. 8. The said county central committee
of relief of the respective counties in the
drouth stricken district shall be and are
hereby made responsible for the faithful
and proper distribution of all funds or
supplies coming into their hands through
the agency of the st ite relief commission or
by donation from private sources, and it la
further made the duty of said county cen
tral relief committee to keep a full, cora
Flete and itemized record or all supplies,
unds, merchandise and articles of every
kind, name or nature distributed by them
to the suffering people, to whom distributed,
in what quantity and the date of distribu
tion It shall also report at least once in
tw.» weeks by an Itemized statement of all
the funds received by it and of all supplies
of every kind for the relief of the suffering
to the state relief commission. It shall take
receipts from every individual furnished
with supplies of any kind and forward the
same to tne commission at least every four
teen du.vs, and such receipts shall form a
part of the monthly report of the commis
sion hereafter to be mado to the secretary
of slate.
Pec. 7. Said state relief commission Is
authorized to use in paying the actual ex
penses for the carrying Into effect the pro
visions tf th s act not to exceed 3 per cent
of the amount of money drawn from the
treasury and hereby appropriated for the
relief or the sufferers hereinbefore referred
to.
Sec. 8. It Is hereby the duty of said com
mittee to keep an itemized and accu ate ac
count of all moneys and funds by them re
ceived from the state or from any other
source, for the relief of the sufferers'herein
hefere mentioned The records shall at all
reasonable hours be open for public Inspec
tion.
Sec. 9. The said state relief commission
shall keep an itemized account, full and
correct record of all supplies by them pur
chased. to whom disbursed, ana file pro >er
vouchers therefor with their reports here
inafter icquired to be made. They shall
also report the disposition of all moneys by
them received, whether from state or pri
vate indi v iduals. They shall also keep a
record of all supplies, provisions, food
clothing of every kind, name and nature, by
them received from private sources and also
what disposition wus made of the
And they shall from month to mo"th.Krlis
soon as may be practicable, tile a full
i/eu report oi tneir act* hihi doings under
the prnvrs onsof this bill, with the secre
tary of state.
;*e<\ la All fficcrs mentioned in this bill
shall be and hereby are held personally res
ponsible for ail roperty, money, or any
thing of value coming into their hands for
the relief of the sutTerirs provided for in
this bill.
bee. 11. The secretary and treasurer of
tlie said relief commission shall each give a
good and sufficient bond in the sum of $•»(»,
00 to the state of Nebraska for the faithful
performance of their duties under the pro
\ Mens of tht" act and for the faithful and
proper accounting for all funds, property
and money coming into their hands for the
sufferers in accordance with the provisions
of this act. said bonds to be approved bv
the governor, auditor and secretary of
state.
bee. 12. When sworn complaint shall be
made to the tate relief commission that
supplies are improperly distributed, it shall
be the duty of said commission to investi
gate said complaint and if sustained they
are hereby empowered to place the distri
bution of relief in the hands of such county
officers or other ersons as they may deem
1 * IX All
persons applying for relief
hail lx* required to show by the affidavit of
nimself and the affidavit of two freeholders,
residents of the county, who have person
ally known the applicant for relief for six
mouths immediately preceding the passage
oi this act. that he is entitled to such relief:
that he has been a bona tide resident of said
county wherein the application is made for
icli f for mo e than six months prior to the
passage of this act. That he Is without
money or other means wherewith to supply
himself with the articles applied for All
applications must comply with the rules
and regulations prescribed by the relief
mission.
tral commission of relief or of the sub-pre
cinct rum mitten knowingly distributing
supplies to persons not In need or who aro
able to procure supplies for themselves,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction shall be fined In the
sum not exceeding951)0, or bo Imprisoned lu
the couuty iall uot more than thirty days.
Hoc. 15. Whereas, an emergency exists,
this act shall take effect and be In force
i from and after Its passage.
Tli« Nebraska AMcmblf.
| Senate—In the senate on the 21st several
! reports from standing committees were ro
' reived. The bill already passed by the
house appropriating $85,OOJ for the payment
oftho member* and employes of the legisla
ture was conslde ed in committee of the
whole and ordered engrossed for third
i rending. The senate a so. In committee of
the whole, recommended for passage the
| hill offered by Trane of D< uglas, fixing the
salarh s of bailiffs of the district court in
Douglas county at 1900 per annum. Hills
were Introduced and read for the first time
as follows: To provide for the destruction
j of the Russian thistle; to regulate the estab
lishing and maintaining by railroad and
sleeping car companies of offices at certain
stations, regulating the rate of charge for
transportation In sleepers and fixing a max
imum rateof charge forsuch transportation;
umendlng the statutes relating to the pay
ment of costs In misdemeaor and peace war
rant cases; providing for the establishment
and maintenance or a county college of
science, art und Industry within several
counties of the state.
House.—In the house on the 21st the bill
appropriating 1100,ono for the drouth a rlck
en districts was taken up and passed by a
vote of of yeas 67, nays 25. Nearly every
member explained his vote. The objection
of those who voted against the bill was that
Relief Commissioner Ludden had said that
fc>O,U0O was sufficient and they did not be
lieve It right to double the sum. Jenness of
Douglas was t he only member of that dele
gation who voted for the bill and he
was loudly upplauded. The bill re
ceived exactly a sufficient number of
votes to pas» the house with the emergency
clause. (The hill in full will be fount! else
where. 1 A resolution by Mr. (’ole, favoring
! the offering of a liberal reward for the ap
prehension of all parties engaged in the ab
duct Ion and murder of Barrett Scott, was
adopted A number of bills, most of them
of minor Importance, were introduced.
Berate. - In the senate on the 22d the time
of the greater part of the forenoon was con
sideration of bills on general tile, and as a
result of Its newly assumed industry most
of the bills on the file were disposed of. The
several senators evinced a strong desire to
discuss minutely every point of the bills
under consideration, and In consequence
the proceedings were somewhat dreary and
uneventful. Bills lead the first time were:
Declaring estates settled under the provi
sions of an act passed and approved March
29, A. D 1889, settled; and that all deeds and
titles secured by persons by purchase, sale
or settlement of estates under said act to
he absolute titles; and to declare the
same legal and valid; to amend sec
tion 14, chapter xxlv of the laws of 1891.
approved March 4, 1891, and to repeal said
original section, also changing the form of
schedules A and II, being parts of said chap
ter xxlv: to amend sections 458 and 4(50 of
the Compiled Statutes of the state of Ne
braska relating to mutual Insurance; to
umend sections (54, 6 and 6(5, of chanter x, of
the Annotated Statutes of the state of Ne
braska; to amend section 37 of chapter
lxx vil of the Compiled Statutes of the state
of Nebraska, of an ac entitled “Roads,” and
to repeal the section so a mended.
House.—In the nouse on the 22d Mr. How
ard, democrat, of Sarpy,offered a resolution
denouncing tho lynching of George Smith at
Omaha, October 15, 1891, by a mob of that
ciiy. Immediately there was a storm. How
ard said he would he consistent and wanted
to denounce tho lynching of black men as
well as of white men. The resolution was
adopted, as follows: That this house strong
ly condemns the cowardly course of the peo
ple of Omaha, who participated In the work
of that fiendish mob, (lynching of Geo. Mnlth)
and also denounce as cowardly In the ex
treme tho conduct of the Dou.las county
officials whose duty It was to have meted
out just ice to the murderers, and the gover
nor Is hereby requested to offer a suitable
reward for the capture and conviction of
the murderers of the said George s*mith.
Tho judiciary committee reported on
house roll 145, recommending that the bill
be Indefinitely postponed. This bill pro
vides that any contract payable In gold may
be paid In legal tender money, notwith
standing the gold clause. The committee’s
report was adopted. The same commltiee
reported on house roll 24, s-utton’s bill, to
legalize Irregular probate records and re
commended that It go on general file.
Adopted. The same committee also re
ported favorably on Sutton’s bill to require
executors and administrators to deliver to
county courts personal property after final
settlement. Adopted. Davies of Cass moved
to have a standing committee, to which all
resolutions should be referred. Adopted.
Brady offered a motion proposing to ap
point a committee of five to investigate the
work of the relief commissioner. Cooley of
Cass moved to lay Brady’s motion on the
table, but tho motion wos lost and Brady’s
proposition prevailed.
Senate—In the senate on the 23d, Senator
Graham, from the special investigating
committee on the matter of senate em
ployes, reported the recommendation of
that committee that all employes be re
tained, but that no officer or employe be
permitted to * raw more than one day^s pay
for each twenty-four hours. The report was
ndupted. Senator Sloan, from the commit
tee on constutional amendments, presented
favorable reports on senate tiles Nos. 11, 68
and 7o. The first bill submits a proposition
for a constitutional convention; the second
submits an amendment fixing the s laries of
judges of the supreme court at *4,000 per
annum; the third submits an amendment
providing for a new method of submitting
constitutional amendments. Among bills on
first reading were: to amend sections 30, 32
and 70 of chapter ixxvii of the Com piled Stat
utes of the legislature, by Guy A. Brown
and Hiland II. wheeler. The bill provides
for the assessment of banks and bank prop
erty, and bridge, express, ferry, gas. manu
facturing savings banks, street railroad
transportation and other corporations; re
quiring registers of deeds and county clerks
who are ex-officio registers of deeds to keep
a mortgage indebtedness record and pre
scribing the form of the same; amending
the election laws. Also senate file No. 15%
amending the law relating to the selection
of judges and clerks of election.
House—In the house on the ,3d forty-five
new bills were Introduced. There are now
231 In all, and soven of them have been
passed. The one which received the most
extended consideration and debate was
Brady’s seed grain note bill, house roll No.
39. Notwithstanding the fact that similar
laws are in force In Iowa and the Dakotas,
there was found to be a vigorous opposition
to this measure in the house. House roll
No. 10. by Davies, was put upon its passage,
as reported by the committee on engrossed
and enrolled bills. The bill amends an act
authorizing the appointment of supreme
court commissioners and defines their
duties. The amendment provides that the
commissioners snail noia orace for a period
of three years, tiring which time they shall
not engage in the practice of law. The mat
ter went over one day. The secretary of
the senate appeared and announced that
the senate had passed house roll No. 71, to
provide for the payment of employes and
members of the two houses. The speaker
i announced that he was a out to sign the
measure providing for payment, and asked
if there were anv objections. There being
none visible, he signed the first bill
passed by both houses, and it went to the
governor to be completed into a law author
izing the payment of members and em
ployes. Brady’s seed grain note bill, house
roll No. 3U. was next in line. The bill makes
the note given for grain a first lien on the
growing crop. Rhodes said he believed tho
measure to he a vicious one, as it tied up
the grain raised so that the grower could not
sell a bushel of it until the note was paid,
lie -aid that a similar law in Arkansas had
resulted in sending a man to the peniten
tiary for five vears because • e sold some of
his cotton and bought medicine for his sIck
wife. The iud£e wno sentenced him and the
governor who pardoned him both advised
the repeal of the law. As amended, the bill
provides that the borrower of seed grain can
give a mortgage on only a portion of the
crop, and consequently the conditions in
this state would not he parallel with those
of the Arkansas illustration. The measure
was recommended to a third re ding. House
roil No s7. considered yesterday in commit
tee of tlie whole, was again brought up. It
provides for the punishment of cattle
thieves by imprisonment for not more than
ten nor less than one year, and was intro
duced bv Dempsey of the Fifty-third dis
trict. It was reported favorably, as amend
ed. and recommended for third reading.
Senate,—The first thing the senate did on
the 24th after the reading of the journal
was to make the relief bill a special order
for 3 o’clock. Then for forty minutes re
■SMitfiiiiHNttHh
ed to and a largo number of new bills were
introduced. Smith, chairman of the com
mittee on labor, reported back to the senate
the arbitration bill, senate tile No. 93, with
some amendments, and with the recommen
dation that It be passed. The bill Is an act
to provide for the amicable adjustment of
grievances and disputes that may arise be
tween employes and employers. The senate
passed Watson's bill, No. 9, extending the
life of the supreme court commission three
years. Senate tile No. 15, by Crane, provid
ing for the appointment of court bailiffs by
the year iu counties having more than 125,
000 inhabitants, and fixing their salaries at
f9 Hi per annum, was also passed. liecess was
then taken, after which the relief hill was
considered in committee of the whole. Sen
ator McKay reported from the relief com
mittee house roll 113,T. H.Conway’s bill, with
a majority report recommending amend
ments providing that the amount of appro
priation lie reduced from fl U,(Kh as in the
Dill as passed by the house to $i>0,000; other
amendments provided that the money is
to be used in procuring, transporting
and distributing supplies procured by the
commission, and allowing 10 per cent of the
appropriation for expenses. Senators Hath
burn and Akers offered a minority report
recommending the bill to pass as it came
from the house. The majority report was
adopted and on motion of senator McKeeby
the senate went into cominitteeof the whole
for consideration of the two house bills re
seed, and No. 113, appropriating $100,000. The
last named was first considered. The ques
tion being on Senator Snreeher’s motion to
adopt section 1 of the bill as it came from
the house, the vote stood: For H*. against
20. The amended sect ion was then adopted.
The section as reported by the committee
was adopted. McKeeby’s amendment al
lowing the r> per cent for appropriation for
expenses was adopted One amendment
proposed by Senator Kathbun provided
that the leclpient of relief should
have been a resident of the state six
months and an actual resident of the
county where be applies at the time when
he applies, was adopted. The committee
arose and reported to the senate its recom
mendation that the Conaway hill pass and
asking for leave to sit again for the consid
eration of the Lamborn seed supply bill,
was adopted, the motion by Senator Sprech
er to amend by substituting the bill as it
came from the house being voted down. The
vote on Hpreclier's amendment was 7 ayes
and 2 > nays. Belief bills were made a spe
cial order for 10:30 tomorrow.
IIOtKiE.— In the house on the 24th Harri
son’s bill to regulate the practice of den
tistry was recommended for passage. House
roll No. .»9, Brady’s seed grain note bill, was,
by unanimous consent, allowed to go over
until next week. House roll No. 24. by Sut
t n of Douglas, a bill to legalize probate
records and prescribe books for office use,
was wommeded for passage without
amendment. House roll No. 83, a substitute
for the punishment of persons burglariously
entering buildings witn imprisonment, from
one to seven years, was recommended to
pass House roll No. 1M, by Davies, provid
ing for the submission of an amendment to
section 3. article vlii, of the constitution,was
considered, and with two unimportant
amendments was recommended for passage.
The amendment to be submitted provides
that all funds belonging to the state for ed
ucational purposes, shall be deemed trust
funds held by the state. Bobin-on, of the
committee on universities and normal
schools, asked unanimous consent to report
horse roll > o. 92. The report to the effect
that the bill he placed on general file, was
unanimously adopted. Kic^etts sent up a
memorial asking Nebraska’s congressional
delegation to seek to have Fort Omaha do
nated to the s ate for a military academy.
It was referred to the committee on resolu
tions.
Senate.—Tn the senate on the 25th a num
ber of new bills wore introduced and read
for the first time, to be known as senate files
Nos. 175 to 1H2, inclusive. Five of these bills
were offered by MoKeeby, provide for the
regulation of telephone, l’ullinan, telegraph,
express and Insurance companies. House
roll No. 113, the relief bill, appropriating
was read the third time and placed on
its final passage. A delay of a quarter of an
hour was caused by the discovery that the
bill had not been correctly engrossed, and it
had to bo sent back to the engrossing i
Then Senator Tefffc dlscoveied that
i oom.
. -- - there
were not enough senators favoring the bill
present to pass it with the emergency
clause. He demanded a call of the house;
but his demand was not seconded by nine
senators as required by the new rules.
There was nothing to do but to wait until
the pages could hunt up the absent sena
tors and bring them back to the chamber.
Thejdll was finally passed and started to
the house for concurrence in the amend
ment. House roll No. 1, to enable counties to
vote bonds with which to buy seed grain for
drouth sufferers, was recommended for
passage. Stewart introduced a bill making
counties in the state the unit of taxation for
teachers wages. The bill makes a radical
change In the law now on the statute books.
Under the present law each school district
levys its own tax for teachers’ wages. Stew
art proposes that the levy for all the school
districts shall be made by the county.
House.—The relief bill, as amended by the
senate, appropriating $ 0,000, was passed
unanimously by the house on the 25th, and
adjournment at noon was delayed an hour
that the speaker might sign it and let It im
mediately become operative. The senate
amendment, raising the percent commis
sion allowed the relief commission to per
cent, created a short discussion, the general
trend of which was voiced by Barry, who
said he was opposed to it, but would not
further delay relief by objecting to this
hffien/i!?*im-nrwFhree PIV cent of ‘he house
bill, ror $100,000, gave the commission $3,000
2>n^bea^per,c,e,nt ®enate Proviso nets it but
$.,500. The following bills were favorably
reported: House roll No. 73, establishing a
state board of charities; liou>e roll No. 140,
relating to bribery of judges and officers:
house roll No. 130, of jurisdiction courts
or probate; bouse roll No, 121, provid
.,nJn.5>r ,aPPointment and pay of court
bailiffs, house roll No. 1.12, relating to meth
2 ii PT^l'zat on of assessments; liouso
foil? 0,10n. providing for general or special
verdicts of juries; house roll No. KG, relat
ing to the furnishing of ballots for elec
tions, house roll No. 2.i7, naming hospital
for Insane at Norfolk. The spe lal commit
tee toi investigate the house employes re
ported. recommending the dropping of
nineteen and the doubling up of others. A.
motion to table the report was last, 67 to 27.
,i.r„', . ,,on Pawnee moved a substitute
that t wo janitors and two engrossing clerks
be discharged, but it was ruled out of order,
™ hobinson moved that the matter be in
r,n"l iyi Pl,sH)“.m'.f A sharp discussion
followed in which Monger and Johnson of
llouglis led an attack all along the line on
Rhodes, one of the c ommittee of lnvestiga
Ji.n . t a h>r the yeas and nays, Da
vies, who demanded them, was ignored, and
decianre°dnca?Hed!n t0 lndefln‘t«ly postpone
Arkansas Wants to Help.
Governor Holcomb does not assume that
Nebraska Is entirely dependent on the char
ity of other states before the passage of
irVi6 iet bI1 u '!je housc an Interesting bit
of wire correspondence passed between him
and Governor Clark of Arkansas. The fol
*OWlo§ice'-eSrara Was recelv®d at’the execu
tive i
Little Kock Ark., Jan. 20.-To Hon. Silas
A. Holcomb. Governor of Nebraska: Our
legislature contemplates making an appro
priation for the relief of sufferers in your
state if the same is necessary. I ani di
rt (ted to Inquire if in your judgment, such
ai t ion on our part Is needed and will be ac
cepted. James 1*. Ci.ark,
Governor Holcomb replied as follows?10*
itepiying to your telegram rclatlie tocon
templatcd appropriation by Arkansas legis
r,eheve drouth sufferers in portions
of Nebraska, I heartily thank vou and your
generous people for your offer, hut beg leave
ln n|y judgment the appropria
tion Is not necessary, will write more fully
Silas A. Holcomb, Oove»nor- '
Salaries and Fees of Clerks.
One of the Interesting scraps of the ses
sion, says he Lincoln Journal, will enliven
the legislative halls when the bills come up
providing for the reduction of the salaries
and fees of the clerks of the distri t oou?t
It is popularly supposed that the office navs
»year in Lancaster eSun
jipub^le tliat in Douglas. W hile this
may not be excessive it would be interesting
— ~ foot'to J> ay^dIreetiy*t o'a u y
of froma"*lo,o‘orto iSum* In^laidTf'tho
fice of'tht,5 k5innil,;i.rUlly ,he will a6n oN
erful friend, of *itL . e !lre numerous pow
entls °f the incumbent at all times
and there are enough citizens whnhavo
!S^ti0r *ess secret ambition to occupy the
Pt£tVvf wmhtsT/'Y'LT' time- *° constitute a
Pr.YV xormiaahle lobby. < uneer has a h;ll
making!? °ff en,tirel* ’the fees* allowed for
a co.mPlete record. A ‘ complete
Jrjfi7i o consists,of a copy of every paper
S hnnri^Hase a^d li‘e cle™ receives 10 cents
InlUUi d Words for making It up. This
?ind dni1UPl0*ed to be wor h several ttaou
Ballot Reform bui.
Those who are not satisfied whon
the present law are represented b'
which has boed Introduced bv *
son. By this bill It Is proposed toad''’
form of ballot In use In several state ia
as well as the party designation u’’*
particular emblem or device in r'
each political party and used ,iWM
the party ticket. The party aLi?
particular emblem obtains the
to Its subsequent use, and this tii 1
would prevent some of the uni'
uses of party denominations
seen last fall can be made the mean”
arrj,
' li
ting on "by petition.”
The tnew bill provides that to
candidate or set of candidates
ensl*
emblem and accompanying nartv
tlon there be a certllf ate of „y0„T:
from the proper party officers.
There Is also a provision made fm
“the straight ticket” for the benefit ii*
who want to take theirs that w»V u
mnv 1m rlnno bv rnnUimr a _
may bo done by making a cross mark
site the party name and emblem. It 3
isadeslie to scratch those
there must be, after the group ufnXt
for office, blank lines equal
the officers to bo voted for so tHm
names entirely may be written Initial
All the marking of ballots must he »,[[
The arrangement of the head ot the
Is shown by a diagram, which Is madr.,
of the bill, and it explains how a vun,
vote Ills straight ticket with one crust i
Is the arrangement: “To vote » !rJ
arrangement: “To vote a stm
ticket place a cross mark (X)with Ink™
square opposite your party emblem
Democratic ticket... | Emblem! *
Kepubllcan ticket... | hmbiemT
Prohibition ticket.. | Emblem l~
People's ind. ticket | Emblem
“If you have not voted a straight it,
above place a cross with ink opwsitt
name you wish to vote for;1' then f0p~
form of ballot similar to theoucinia
present. _
n
Caring for the School Money.
In adopting a favorable report onfo|
sentative Davies’ bill, house roll So,
submitting to voters of the state forU
approval or rejection an amendmenttoi
constitution providing for the Invent#
of the permanent educational fundscfi
state, the house accepted thewell-kw
views of cx-Govcrnor Crounse, express^
! plainly in his retiring message to theiq
I lature.
I The bill which has received the ta-'in
proval of the house, seeks to clear ami
barriers to the prompt and legitimate
vestment of the permanent educate
funds. The constitutional amenta
which it is proposed to submit to the pq
provides for the investment of tlie>efm
in United States or state securities cm
istered county bonds or registered si
district bonds of this state. It proving
the Hoard of Educational Lanas amlfu
may sell from time to time any of thejm
ities belonging to the permanent id
funds and reinvest the proceeds in uj
the securities above enumerated, bran
higher rate of interest whenever an eg
tunity for better investment is present*
lti s further provided that whenanji
rant upon the state treasurer, reguj
Is*ucd in pursuance of an appropriate
the legislature and secured by thelevyi
taxforits payment, shall be pnsonw
the state treasurer, and if there shall
be anymi.ney in the prayer fund to pan
warrant, the board of educational landsi
funds may direct the state »re 'surertoi
the amount due from the permanent
fund, and hold the warrant as an ion
meat for that fund.
The adoption of the proposed time-da
would clear away many «.f the iepili
technical difficulties that now confront
board of educational lands and funds. i
der its operation the board could,taw
United States bonds any surplus mow?
longing to the permanent funds iyinri
in the hands or the treasurer, and ik
ever a more favorable opportunity for
vestment presented itself, sell the U
states securities and reinvest in ?ut«
county securities, naturally bear!g
higher rate of interest. By this means;
whole amount of idle funds might
continually invested.
—
Condition of State Bank*
The State Banking Board has coopX
its report of the condition of the banh
the state to December 29,1891. The rep<
as follows:
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in.
Surplus fund.
(Jndividrd profits.
Dividends unpaid.
General deposits.
Other liabilities..
Notes and nills rediscounted...
Bills payable.
Total.
..HMM
. 1.00SJ
. 1,514,3
! unis
. as
Si*
. .132,049,3
RESOURCES. ,
Loans and discounts.
Overdrafts. rj
Stock, securities, judgments,etc. ***
Due from banks.
Banking houses, furniture, fix
tures.
Checks ane cash items..
Current expenses and taxes paid
Premium on U. fc. bonds and
other bonds.
Cash.
Other assets.
Total.
The showing is quite favorable •
financial condition of the banks
unfavorable conditions which. M'1
vailed throughout the state. Tu«J,
increase in deposits and a decrease
payable and overdrafts.
The Sugar Beet Bill.
The champions of a beet sugar I
been "forced” to what they call a
mlse." The bill introduced in the
provides for a bounty of 1 cent per*1 j
the mannfacturer, provided the »• n
turcr shall pay not less thun*> Per
breta' theUj
Friends of the bill met at
hotel and drafted a substitute kijLJl
. . - - - MX.
provides that the raiser of beet
ccive tl per ton for heels, ' pro'1'
w
shall get from the manufacturer 1*1?,,
The bill also provides that any tu ((||
whic shall be construeteu ;‘!l‘
after this law shall go into effect
entitled to draw from the state trt .
of a cent per pound on all ;
tured. T is In addition to the fi Ptr
he allowed the raiser of beets.
w
Stock Yards Charge*.
A bill has teen introduced by ‘u *[’
roll No 10, to regulate the charges .
ing, yardage and inspection. 11 pri.
that all stock yards shall
lie markets and equal Prlvl .e,r1iurr^
accorded to all patrons withom ^
tion. It makes the governor 11; l6n
speetor for the state and pro' ■ k
shall appoint deputies at tn*iti
upon application of the author . ^
These deputies are to decide ' * si
unfit h;r market and to pass • (,2:
— ■ - - ins-i' Th,
piggy sows. The charge for
be not mor_ .
reduces the charge for
1 lit/ t-.M*1 Pv ,rt i
e not more than 10 cents r°ralld 9
- wenriiinf ;
in cattle from 25 cents pe» *■; -- hpt.D
hogs from 8 cents to 0 eent^ • .
cents to 4 cents. It also Pr9; foriii
greater charge shall be madi * ,fe
grain than double the wholc^aj
present charge is 120 a ton for
bushel for grain.
Of Interest to Sport.m
Two bills have been intr.xlucco ^ _
be of Interest to sportsmen. u® _....
120, introduced by Hairgrove. P i
the appointment of a game *a ^
fish commissioner of the state- (.r
in general are to prosecute an f tIll.
luting the fish ana game la,-# .ar:<
He is to maintain an office at aIui
to draw a salary of a jt;*
sary traveling expenses mu k
sary traveling expense l,,,‘T.-rk
a year. He shall have a ‘ Vi
have a salary of not over * ;!
The other bill is house roll * i,;;.
duced by Crow of Douglas. > g h,.«:
resident of any other state i -j |.v
iflcliimr In VnliPH .L'll UTllll ■** «in'
•fishingin Nebraska until
cured a license to do so j . u,^s
clerk This license shall m *•
tiers i ms infuse . :..• ti u1
payment of f'O. which goc» 0„ the *
fund, and the licence exp'j* - ^ ja%*.
of the December foliowin;
V 111 Kill SpecuI»t,on
Pittsburg, Jan. 25- The ^
Oil company has announce ^
move which more effect®-'^..
up the oil exchang-es
will issue no pipe l,ne
issue uu p.p^ - m,nV
and hence it will not ^ert!s’rs::
before there will be no
which to speculate