Nebraska Newspapers

    THE FRONTIER.
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Tim I'liostmii PitiNTiNO Co.
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OVER THE STATE.
nruiioi.ur’i* water works sy stem is
About completed.
A CAT rrcently died ill ltlalr tiiut is
known to be t’.'i yruis old.
Tilt: residence of lid ward Frye, West.
Point, with its entire contents, was
destroyed by lire.
Hkai. estate transfers to the amount
of over S-1,OoO took place in Nance
county last week.
Itvi.ANli I’Altivin, a pioneer and thu
first county Judge of Holt county, died
lust week, aped HO years.
Tniiirv-riVK people are ready to join
the liaptist church at York as the re
sult of revivul meetings.
Jamhh Itmiuows of l’lntte Center
eoinpinins that Ills wife has deserted
him and he wants a divorce.
Fiiank IIkai'K, son of S. C. 11 race, a
prominent farmer of Vullev county,
died from an overdose of morphine.
Two Ht'si-u.'ioirs characters were taken
in by olilccrs at tlraml Island and sen
tenced to ten days in thu county juil,
TilKitfc liuvo been tlfty-three conver
sions at Aliia as the result of the re
vival meetings in the Methodist
church.
Wimi. k William Kclioomck, living
near Scribner, lay sick of typlioid fever
soma uriregenerule cuss stole a rick of
hay for him.
Tiik saloon of Cliristian Schoinerusnt
Nebraska City, wus closed on nn at
tachment sworn out by the Nebrasku
t ity National bank.
Tiik Fremont volunteer (ire depart
ment will give an entertainment soon
to raise a fund for the be no lit of sick
and disabled firemen.
Ukohcik Ai iiai i.ii, a negro, stole a
kuggy and two horses from a livery
stable in Oxford. A reward has been
offered for his apprehension.
Tiik general merchandise storo of J.
Ij. liarmau at West Point, was closed
by virtue of a chattel mortgage held by
the Frst National bank of that eitv.
A stock company is being organized
•t l)o Witt that proposes to build a *3,
000 opera bouse, witli a stago that will
accommodate the best shows on the
road.
Tiik pipe of a hired man started a
conflagration, which destroyed Mels
Anderson's born, near St. James. All
the horses wore rescued except one old
mare.
Kiev. Mil UicM.it of Alma has ac
cepted n enll to the pastorate of the
Chadron Congregational churoh and
will enter upon liis new duties Febru
ary 1.
It Is the same old story. A stranger
secured a team at the livery barn of
Cliarloy Cole in Arlington to ride out in
the country a few miles to see a friend
"And he never came bnclt."
Tiik board of commissioners of Lan
caster county have called a special
election for April s, at which the pro
position to vote SU0.000 in bouds to build
a new Jail will be Bubmlttod.
Hkitkmhkk 17, at the Nebrnska state
fair this year, will be called “Pioneer
Day.” All persons holding certificates
of membership to pioneer societies in
the atato will be admitted freo.
A suit for *3,000 was filed in the dis
trict court of York county, against the
Burlington company, by Anthony Yost,
for injuries while working as a section
hand on tho railroad in Illinois.
Tiik Christian Kndeavor society of
Fremont is preparing for a neighbor
hood convention, to be held February ”
and 3, to commemorate the fourteenth
anniversary of the endeavor movement.
Mlts. Mahitn hi Aim mhos of Sparta,
Knox county, dropped dead while en
gaged in her household duties. Three
little children were with her at the
time, but her husband was away from
home.
" I kxas Jack,” who has figured in
the Dodge county courts as a purloincr
of mortgaged goods, and who was
brought back from Kansas to answer
to these charges, has been acquitted by
a jury.
A cai.i. has been issued for a confer
ence to be held at ltrokcn How Febru
ary 5 for the purpose of forming a new
political party. The call suggests that
the new organization be designated
as the union party.
Tiik Indianola Courier savs that tho
old settlers of tho licaver valley have
great hopes of receiving money this
winter for their claims against the
Indians. There has been *130,000 ap
propriated for such claims,
W. K. Fowi.kk, one of the most
highly respected citizens of North Mend,
died the other morning suddenly of
heart failure, lie awoke, called his
daughter, saying he had such a good
sleep, aud was dead in five minutes
Anoint union Hknxkssky has caused
to be read in the churches of this arch
diocese, says a Dubuque (Iowa) dis
patch, a letter from the bishop of
Omaha detailing the suffering in Ne
braska and appealing for assistance.
HKvr.K iu me History of Nebraska
City, says the Press, lias the ice harvest
been so bountiful or the season so pro
pitious for putting1 it up as this season.
As a consequence there will be more ice
put up this year than ever before.
Mii/ion liitcKt.iN, the young man em
ployed as a news gatherer on the Col
umbus Telegram, is very versatile, lie
Bets type, gathers news, collects bills,
writes good poetry and occasionally ac
cepts an iuvitation to preach a sermon.
A bars on the premises of Mr. Estes
in lilenover, Cage county, was discov
ered on fire by a trio of school bovs.
The boys promptly went to work and
with a tub of water extinguished the
flames before much damage had re
sulted.
Hastings has secured asyrup factory.
The Smith Sorghum company of Fair
field accepted the proposition of the
Hastings citizens and will begin the 1st
of February to move their plaut and
erect buildings. They have leased
over 1.T00 acres of land aud employ
from ICO to 1 SO men.
Mr. Smith,, who resides north of
lloxelder postoflice in Frontier county,
died last week from what was supposed
to be' lung fever. Investigation re
vealed the fact that it was starvation.
When neighbors called they found no
provisions, nor scarcely any clothing.
A wife and two small children were
flound in a pitiful condition.
| A. C>. Cot.uss, the agent of the
i F.ipiitnblo insurance company of Kalla
t ity, who forced two notes for St'.m, la
now aaid to bo insane. Ono noto for
Si'll boar* tlio name of Jerome It.
j Wiltse, a well-to-do farmer in that vi
1 olnlty.
Kkv. K. M. Cahkv. atone time pas
tor of < I race I’.piscopal church in To
ciiinach, now of Nehruska City, ha*
written a hook on “Freemasonry in All
Ages," and sold the copyright to a
; ( lilraf-o publishing’ company for
! sir,,ooo.
Kuans WolisTitKim., a brewery
owner of Atkinson, aud Julius C. Lu
cas, the head brewer, indicted for sell
ing beer without stamps, will appear
before Judge Dundy at (1‘N’eill and
pioud that the revenue olllce was short
ut the time.
Tiik large livery burn of Young it
(irosbach, at imperial, was burned with
eleven hend of horses, one eow, all the
buggies anil harness and about live tons
of buy, nothing being saved. Loss is
about 8J,oo<), with 31 Oil insurance on
the building.
Jkhsk 1'i.ow melt ami Jesse Williams,
two colored soldiers stationed at Fort
Kobinson, got inton quarrel over Jessie
Harriett, a white prostitute of Crow
ford, and Williams drew a largo knife
and fatally stabbed l’lowder. lie died
almost instantly,
_ Last summer William Holden left
York for ,South Omaha to work in a
packing house. It was the time of the
strike. From that place he disappeared
and has been reported us having been
murdered, lie has now been located
at a littlo town in Iowa. Ills family is
still being eared for by the charity
board.
J. N. 11 KTZr.I, capitalist and owner of
the llct/.ol block at Auburn, dropped
dead last week in the store of Thurey,
front heart disease. He was about town
in the afternoon us jovial and happy as
ever, and went into the store and com
plained about being out of breath, sat
down in a chair and without another
Word fell over dead.
.1. It. Himkhon, a young man who
came to Schuyler from the llarbadocs,
West Indies, u iittlc over u year ago,
went out of town lust week leaving u
number of creditors to mourn Ins de
parture. 11. L. Fence, proprietor of
the Fogg house, attached his clothing
for a board bill of about SHU. Ilinkson
was known to have about $70 when ho
left.
Font! important criminal cases will
be tried in the district court of Keith
county, which convened last week.
They are the State of Nebraska vs.
John 1'itt for rape, state vs. Charles
McAvoy for rnpe, state vs. Warren
Items for perjury, state vs. John Wil
kins, charged witli stealing twenty
head of cuttle from Jesse Campbell last
November. There are sixty civil eases
on the docket
C. II. lliNCKl.F.Y, who is runing a saw
mill on J. A. Creighton’s farm, north
of Waterloo, met with a serious acci
dent which may end in the loss of his
loft arm. While attending to the mill
the wiud blew his overcout around so
that It caught on the saw, which pulled
him down, and in trying to save him
self ho threw his left arm across the
saw, which cut away a great portion of
the muscles, as well as some of the
bone.
Spit has been commenced by the ad
ministrators of the estate of Henry
Mansfield to secure possession of $25,
000 worth of stock in the Farmers and
Merchants’ Insurance company, which
was in the name of C. W. Mosher at the
time of the failure of the Capital Na
tional bank. Mansfield was the father
in-law of Mosher, and it is claimed that
the stock was pledged to him to secure
money loaned to Mosher.
1’lxiKl. W. llAKKit, aged 00, commit
ted suicide at Wymore by shooting
himself through the brain with a 44
caliber pistol. A week ago Itaker had
his wifo sent to tho asylum for the in
sane, and tho theory at Wymore then
was that tho woman had been driven
to insanity by brutal treatment and
overwork imposed upon her by her
husband. Considerable prejudice pre- I
vailed against Itaker in the community, I
and he professed to bo in fear of his :
life.
ftlil LAMnoUN has a bill printed, |
house roll No. 244, for the creation of a
state board of charities and corrections. I
The principal provision is that the gov- I
ernor shall be authorized to appoint
four commissioners, not more than two
representing- one political party, and
not more than one from uny one relig- |
ious denomination, two of which com
missioners shall be women, who, with
the governor and chancellor of the
stato university, shall be known as the
state board of charities and corrections. I
These commissioners are to receive no
compensation but expenses I
James Gariuty is a laboring man
who was tramping westward from Lin- '
eoln on the Burlington track the other
day. About a mile and a half west of
Hen ton he found a bridge on fire, and
almost consumed. It being impossible
to arrest the progress of the fire he ran
back to llentou, where he arrived just
in time to enable the operator to catch
the east-bound No. 2 ut Crete. A few
minutes more and the train loaded
with passengers would have been too
far to prevent a frightful wrock. Gar
rity was rewarded by the company by
being given the job he had been in
search of. |
The elevator belonging to the Omaha
Elevator company at liarneston, con
taining about 7,000 bushels of grain,
was burned the other day. The fire
started in a stable adjoining the build
ing belonging to the company, though
from what source is not known. The
fire had gained such headway when
discovered that the building could not
be saved. Two horses in the stable
were also consumed. j
Mr.s. John Boomer, a highly re
speeted lady of Beatrice, was found
dead in her bed one morning. The de
ceased was GO years old, and had been
in delicate health for some months past
but attended to her usual household
duties the day before she died.
Constable Hopkins arrested Abel
Nelson of Burt county Tuesday. Last
August a warrant was issued for young
Nelson, charging him with bastardy,
Esther Hill being the woman in the
case. Nelson, however, did not present
himself for arrest, and was not secured
until Tuesday, when he gave bonds in
the sum of §500 for his appearance for
trial nest Monday. i
The Commercial club of Omaha will
endeavor to convince the “powers that
be” that everything should be run
wide open in the metropolis this state
fair year. Gambling and prostituthn
cannot be suppressed, hence they are
to Lc regulated and given a wider field. |
LAW S FOR NEBRASKA
A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN
BOTH HOUSES.
ftynopsl* of Hom« Bill# Already Passed-—
Teat of Ollier* Under Consideration —
Beet Sugar Interest*—Reduction of In
terest on Mate Warrant*—Penitentiary
Medical Board—A Measure for Arbitra
tion of l,at>or Trouble*—Encourage
mcnt of ('nual Building — Miscellaneous
Note*.
The Nebraska Assembly.
Fenate.-- After r utlne business the sen- |
ate on 1 he ~7th wont. Into committee of the
whole to consider bills on general file, with
McKesson in the chair. 1 lie first bill taken
up was senate Hie No. fft, Introduce I by
I ale, providing that all state warrant-,shall
In future draw 5 per cent Interest. 'I he com
mittee on revenue and taxation recom
mended that-the rate be made ft per cent.
The chiilrmun held that the only • ill to he
considered by the committee was the hill as
It had been amended bv tin*committee, lie
based his ruling on trie ground that the
committee on revenue and tuxatlon h d
recommended the bill for passage with cer
tain amendinents. The senate had ndople l
thi» report of the committee, und thus
Hgre« d to the uroposed amendments. There
fore the only hill (hat could he considered
In committee of (he whole was the amended
Mil. The committee agreed to report the
bill hack to tin senate with the recommen
dation that It do pass.
two new bills were Introduced. Tltnme In
troduced un arbitration bill. It Is house
roll No 364. ami provides that whenever a
strike arises, or differences between cm
ploy era u nd employes, an appeal shall be
had to tins Judge of the nearest district
court. The Judge is authorized to empanel
seven lurors, who shall try the case as in
any otm r equity trial, ami render a verdict.
Any violation as to Him terms of this verdict
is to he construed us contempt of court, and
punished accordingly hy line or imprison
ment. A hill designed for the promotion of
irrigation is that of Allan, house roll No.
26.'>. It provides that counties can vote
bonds In an amount not less than $15,0 K) nor
more than $25,04) for tin* purpose of sinking
artesian wells. Hy a provision of the hill it
Is made lawful for the county commission
ers to lease the water so obtained, the pur
pose of tin* bill being to develop tic* water
supply of the count ry for the benefit of ag
riculture. Intheliueof educing fee officers
to salaried servants of the public Kicketts
has a 1*111 printed, house roil No. 275, which
prov des that every county Judge, clerk,
alterin'and treasurer whoso fees shall ex
ceed in the aggregate each for judge
and clerk and $2, MX) each for
sheriff and treasurer, per uitnum,
shall pay all excess into the treas
ury. There Is an exemption for counties
having over 25,CXX) inhabitants, tlm provis
ion being that the treasurer shall receive
$>,MO and shall he furnished county assist
ants hy the county commissioners. The
house went into the commit lee of the whole
to consider bills on general ille. The substi
tute for Brady's seed grain note hill had the
lirst. call, but there rapidly developed a
strong opposition to the substitute, and a,
friendliness for the original bill, as pre
pared by Brady. The latter provides that a
man borrowing mouev under Its provisions
mortgages the crop wnon it Is In the ground;
the substitute empowers him to execute a
mortgage on a crop not yet sown. The bill
was recommended for passage House roll
No. 1(55, by Burns of Lancaster, the next in
lino, provides that the Board of Fducatlon
al Lands and Funds shall cause all the pen
itentiary luu s to be offered for lease or
Bale. In speaking of the recommendation
of the committee to pass this hill, Mr. Burns
paid ihat the bill was Introduced a the re
quest of the B< urd of Public Lands and
Buildings. In committee of the whole it was
amended to pay all moneys received Into
the educational fund of the state, and the
amendment prevailed. The committee re
ported tho bill back with recommendation
that it pass.
HKNATK.—In the senato on the 29th senate
file No. 25, Dale's bill reducing the interest
on siato warrants, which hud yesterday
been agreed to In committee of the whole,
was recommended at tho request of Its au
thor. Reports from standing committees
were received and accepted as follows: Sen
ate file No, 130, u joint resolution and memo
rial requesting Nehraska’ssenators and rep
resentatives in congress to use all honorable
effort to secure the passage of tho bill now
pending in congress providing for tho ceding
tothostuteof Nebraska of the government
lands within the borders of this state, tin*
title to which still remains in tho United
states. The committee on constitutional
amendments and federal relations, recom
mended the passage of the bill, and It was
placed « n general tile. The same committee
recommended the passage of senate file*
127, 69 and 126. No. 127 was Introduced by
Stewart, and provides for tho submission
of a constitutional amendment authorizing
the election of a state board of transporta
tion. No. 69 submits a constitutional
amendment providing for five judges of the
supreme court. No. 126, tntroducecfby l*o e.
Is u joint resolution asking Nebraska’s
representatives in congress to work for the
passage of a bill providing for the payment
to all soldiers who served In rebel prisons
during the war of the robe lion of $2 per day
during the time so served and of $12 per
month for the remainder of their lives. The
committee on const! utionul amendment'
recommended that senate tile No. 89 he In
definitely postponed. This was a constitu
tional amendment proposed by Pone. In
creasing the nuim er or judges of the su
pretn- court to seven. The committee ex
plained its recommendation by citing t e
fact that another constitutional amend
ment covering practically the sumo ground
hud already been recommended for passage.
House. In the house on the 29th the fol
lowing bills passed; Bouse roll 81, by Rick
etts of Douglas. Making daylight house
breaking a felony; to continue supreme
court commission: to regulate the practice
of dentistry. House roll, 76, by Griffith of
Adams. It provides that the penitentiary
physician and two other physicians shall
constitute a penitentiary medical board to
pass upon the mental condition of convicts
who may becomo insane. Whenever the
penitentiary phy ician believes a convict
insane, he must certify to the governor,
who will cause an examination by the board,
and if the convici be found insane he will be
removed to the asylum. House roll 24. by
Harrison of Hull. It exempts from
the provision of chapter J6, of the
ifiupiu-u MiLuiics, any muiiia uen
etit association or corporation or
ganized upon the mutual assessment, coop
erative plan for furnishntg benefits to wid
ows, orphans or legatees of the deceased
members, or for paying endowments or ac
cident indemnity, the membership of which
shall l e confined to any class, profession,
oc upation. or sect, or the members of anv
secret society: house roll JW, by Davies of
Cass, providing for an amendment to the
constitution authorizing the sale of securi
ties held as a part of the permanent school
fund in securities bearing a higher rate of
interest, and to permit the payment of state
warrants with school moneys when the
funds upon which they are drawn have no
money therein, the warrants so purchased
to be held as an investment for the sehi»ol
fund. The bill passed Hills were intro
duced as follows: To p: ovide a water sup
ply for the State Normal school, located at
reru; tonroviue for tiie publication of the
general laws of the state of Nebr ska: to
amend section 1SK7, of the consolidated stat
ute* of Nebraska and to repeal said orig
inal section: to repeal sections 43. 44 and 4»
of chanter 41, of the complied statutes of
Nebraska: te provide for a place for the
payment of real estate mortgages within the
stave of Nebraska, and to regulate the same;
to amend sections Ms atid .4fl. of chapter 10.
of the couso idated statutes of Nebraska of
1MM, and to repo 1 said origiual sections.
Senate. In the senate on the 30th a large
number of new bills were introduced and j
read for the first time, while thoie intro
duced yesterday were read the second time *
and referred to the standing committees, j
Senate tile No. 2. introduced by Graham, and :
providing that the ownersof any real estate
against, which a decree of forelosure has
been rendered in any court of record, and
the ownersof any reai estate levied upon to \
satisfy a judgment or decree of any kind,
may tedt-em the same from the lieu of such 1
decree or levy at any time before the sale
of the same by paying intocourt the amount :
of such judgment together with all interest
and costs, was taken up and discussed at !
considerable length, amended and orde ed
to a t bird reading, renate tile No. 31, a bill
introduced by Bressler, providing that a
landlord shall have a lien for his rent upon
all crops grown upon the demised prem
ises and upon any other personal property
ol in* tenant and not exempt from exe
cution. which has been used upon the prem
ises during the term for the period of one
year after a year’* pent, or the rent of &
shorter period claimed, falls due, but such
Hon shall nut in any case continue more
than six mouths after the expiration of the j
term, was ordered engrossed for t hird read
ing. The next bill taken up by the commit
tee of the whole wag the arbitration bill in- I
trodneed by £inith. The labor committee
had*reported i* number of amendments very
materially altering some of the provisions
of the bill. 'I*ho amendments provide that
the arbitrators shall be appointed by the
d'strlet court, and that they shall receive
$10 per day for actum time served. The bill
was recommended to pass us amended. Mc
Keeby, from-the relief committee, present
ed a substitute bill for house roll No. 1,
authorizin' county boards to Issue bonds
with which to purchase seed for destitute
farmers. House roll No I was read the third
time last Saturday, but was recommitted at
the last moment in order that un amend
ment mi;thr Ih» added to enable renters, les
sees of school lands and farmers on govern
laudt to obtain the relief extended uy the
bill.
norsc. in tlie house on the 30th the
morning hour was consumed In defeatlng
the substitute for Brady’** need grain
note bill, house roll .'Hi. Brady’s original
bill provided that fanners could mortgage
the crop raised from the seed for which the
Boeurity was given. The committee’s sub
stitute, however, was an artfully drawn
measure by which the act became a perma- |
nent fraud on the farmers and could be |
rn de available by all kinds of patent right I
and lightning rod swindlers. The farmers j
saw the trap, voted against the hill, and
were sul>queiitly taunted by Burns of Lan
caster with not wanting any aid in the di
rection of securing seed. House roll No 84,
providing for the stamping of pcnltenitary
mude goods, passed by a vote of 83 to 9.
Burns of Lancaster voted against the bill.
He said that this legislature could not com
pel the branding of prison made goods from
other states. 1 he house then
went into committee of the whole,
iV%T MunKer in the chair. House
roll No. i;t, by Chaco, was reported by the
committee on roads and bridges for indefi
nite postponement. The report, of the com
mittee was adopted. House roil No. 77, by
button of Douglas, for the discontinuance
of tow nship organizations by u voto of elect
ors was passed. House roll No. 57, for the
destruction of the Bn i dan thistle, was re
commended for passage and the report
adopted. House roll No. 11M was favorably
reported by the judiciary committee and
the report adopted. House role No. 123, from
the committee on judiciary, was favorably
reported and the sumo adopted.
Senate.—Nearly an hour was consumed in
the reading of the Journal in the senate on
the «ilst. The usual batch of oleomargarine
petitions was handed up and referred to the
committee on agriculture without reading.
Snreoher of Colfax county sent up the fol
lowing resolution and moved its adoption.
’1 hat the following employes of the senate
be dismissed from service after this date,
January 31,1895: Two assistant custodians
of cloak rooms, five pages, one assistant
postmaster, one typewriter, one night
watchman, one janitor, one custodian of sec
retary’s room, one custodian of supplies,
one tt reman, one messenger to secretary, one
assistant hill clerk, six enrolling and engros
Ing clerks, one messenger for enrolling
and engrossing room, one custodi
an enrolling and engrossing room. That
where more than one person occupies these
designated places these dismissals be by lot.
The resolution was referred to the select
committee on employes. Senate Hies on
third reading were then taken up and
passed, r-cnato tilo • o. 1, by Watson, was
the first, bill to bo parsed. It is intended to
legulize all proclamations of the governor
creating cities of the first class having more
than 8,0 0 ami less than 25,0 0 Inhabitants,
ami to legalize all acts of city officers of
such cities. The senate passed senate file
No. 57, after which, on motion of lfahn, the
doors were closed, and the senate went into
executive session.
House—I n the house on the 31st the debate
of the day ensued over house roll No. 183,
the bill of Jenucss to protect employes and
guarantee their rights to belong to labor
organizations. The motion to Indefinitely
postpone the bill was lost by a close vote.
An attempt was then made Dy Burns, Rich
ards and McNitt to kill the bill by amend
ments and riders, but the small majority of
two stood firm and they were all voted
down The long fight was over, and on mo
tion the committee recommended that the
bill pass. Thomas moved that the bill be
recommitted. Barry added an amendment
that the bill do not lose its place on general
tilo, which was t arried. House roll No. 87,
to punish stock thieves, was the first bill on
thl d reading, and was passed, 79 to 6.
Kaup’s joint resolution with amendments,
house roll No. 89, to amend section 1, article
xvl, of the constitution was passed, 79 to l>;
house roll No. 161, by Chapman, to amend an
act providing for the payment of public
lands, was pas-ed unanimously; house roll
No. li>5, by Burns of Lancaster, providing
for the sale of a few small parcels of peni
tentiary lands for the benefit of the Board
of Educational Lands and Funds, was pa sed
63 to 8; a petition from John C. Thompson of
Douglas county, and several hundred oth
ers, was presented, asking the removal from
this country of all the Catholic prelates who
are en aged in stirring up dissention. The
petition, which comprised two solid columns
of small type, was referred to the commit
tee on miscellaneous subjects.
Senate.—The 1st day of February brought
w th it the twenty-fourth day of the legis
lative session. Up to and including today
238 bills have been introduced. Of this num
ber four or live have been passed, seven in
definitely postponed and the rest either in
the hanusofthe printer or with the standing
committee. McKesson, from the committee
on railroads, presented a favorable report
on senate tile No. 77, a measure Introduced
by 81oau, relating to contracts for the con
ditional sale, lease or hire of railroad and
street railway equipment and rolling stock.
A number of bills were introduced and read
the first time. Immediately after recess the
senate went Into committee of the whole
with Crane In the chair, for the considera
tion of senate file No. 25, the bill reducing
the interest on state warrants at 5 per cent
Instead of 7 per cent. The judiciary com
mittee in its report on the bill split
the difference between tho present and
the proposed law by fixing the rate at 6 per
cent. The whole bill was considered in com
mittee of the whole early in tlie week an
ordered engrossed for third reading, but be
fore a voto could be taken upon it. Dale
asked that it be recommitted to tho commit
tee of tho whole for amendment. Pope,
In committee of tho whoie, offered an
amendment to the bill reducing the rate to
i> per cent. The amendment provoked one
of the liveliest debates of the session.
Finally, on division, Senator Pope’s amend
ment reducing tho rate to 5 percent pre
vailed, and the coruinltt o rose. A resolu
tion providing for the appointment of a
committee of three to confer with a like
committee from the house with reference to
a temporary adjournment of the legislature
was read and passed. The lieutenant gov
ernor appointed as such committee lvath
bnn, Teilt and Sprecher. The senate then
adjourned.
house.—in the house on the 1st seventeen
bills were favorably reported by standing
committees and the reports adopted, while
sixteen were indefinitely postponed. The
house in the afternoon went into commit
tee of the whole, with Cole in the chair.
Tue first m nsure was the senate’s amend
ments to house roll No. 1, Lamborn's bill to
authorise counties to issue bonds lor the
purchuse of seed wheat. Harry opposed
consideration of the measure at tin time,
and the house took up house roll No 4t»|
Wait’s dog tax bill. One of the provisions
is that no man shall keep more than one
dog, but tue act applies only to incor
porated villages. The house then rose and
reported the bill for passage. Again the
senates amendments to Latnboi n s bid,
house roll No. 1, came up on special order,
lhe amendment w as 1 st, yeas 24, nays 65
The UU was then put upon its passage and
carried, the house concurring in ail the sen
ate's amendments, by a vote of 7c to s. Har
ry explained his vote by saying that while
the ..ill, as amended, would not benefit his
people, he would vote for it in behalf of
other coun ies which it would benefit.
Under the head of repo ts of standing com
mitiees, house roll No. 220 was unfavoratdy
reported by the committee on schools, and
the report was adopted. House roll No. is8
was favorably reported, as was No. 174. The
committee on public schools reported favor
ably bouse roil No. 2n», und tlie report was
adopted. Howard's bill, house roll No. =7.<,
was reported for indefinite postponement,
and report adonted. Hums of Dodge’s sugar
bill, house roll No. 67, was favorably report
IM| by the committee on manuf.-cturins and
comm rce, but Howard moved that it be in
detinitely postponed. This was voted down
and the report of the comnittee adopted.
House roll No. 54, favora ly reported by the
committee on judiciary, was adopted,
house roll No. 78 was reported favorably by
tne same committee, but Hairgrove, one of
the members of the committee, entered a
protest and the bill was recommitted to gen
eral file.
Guarding Against the Fraudulent.
The form which the applicant for relief
from the state commission U requested to
fill out und sign would seem to be a pretty
effectual safeguard against the danger of
furnishing relief to unworthy applicants.
The applicant Is requested to stato the
number in his family, what personal prop
erty he owns,specifying the number of cat
tle. horses, mules and hogs, the number of
acres of grain he had In 1KM, specifying the
corn, wheat, oats and barley as well as the
potatoes; the number of bushels of each
raised ami the amount now on hand. He
must make oa h that he is, and has been for
six months prior to January 1, 1 >9\ a resi
dent of the county wherein the application
is made, that he is without money or other
means of securing the art cles applied for;
ami that if seed is furnished him he will stay
In the county, sow the seed and use every
endeavor to raise a crop. In addition to
this the blank provides for tin* oath of two
freeholders of the county that they have
, known the applicant for the period of £ix
months previous to January I, 1*1*% and that
he has been a bona fide resident of the
coumy for more than that length of time.
The applicant must also receipt for all
goods he gets and the receipt is sent to the
state relief commission.
Text of Mr. Lamborn's Seed Bill.
House roll I, introduced by Mr. Lamborn
of Bed Willow, and amended by the senate,
which has gone to the governor for his sig
nature, is as follows.
A bill for an act to authorize county boards
to issue the bonds of their respective coun
ties for the purpose of procuring seed and
feed for the teams used in cultivating the
land on which the seed is planted; to pro
vide for the sale of the same, and to punish
the violation of the provisions of tills act..
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
state of Nebraska:
Section 1. That the county hoard of any
county of this state shall have the authority
to issue the bonds of such county, to any
amount not to exceed 5 per cent of tlie as
sessed valuation of the county, for tin* year
ism, but not to exceed the sum of £.>< ,orx>, for
the purpose of raising money to procure
seed to be planted and sown during the year
1811ft, and feed for the teams used in planting
and sowing said seed; provided a special
election shall be called at which the ques
tion of bonding the county shall be submit
ted to the people as provided herein.
Sec. 2 1 f the people of any county in the
state of Nebraska snail be in a destitute and
dependent condition on account of the fail
ure of crops from drouth or other causes
over which they have no control, a petition
setting forth the fact that the people of
such county, or a largo number of them, ru
account of failure of crops in said county
are in a destitute and dependent condition,
and stating ilie cause of the failure of crops
and the amount of funds which will be re
quired to supply such people with seed and
feed, signed i y at least one-fifth of the res
ident electors of such county, may be iiled
with the county clerk praying the county
board to call a special election to vote on
the question of issuing bonds of the county
to raise such funds. Whereupon said hoard
shall call an election as prayed for in said
petition, and the county clerk for such
county shall give notice of such election by
publication in the consecutive is ties of one
or more weekly papers published and of
general circulation in such county and by
posting a notice at the polling place in ^ach
precinct, and if a majority of the votes
legally cast at such election shall be in
favor of issuing such bonds, then the coun
ty board shall is-ue the bonds of the county
payable in ten years with the option of the
county to pay the whole or part thereof
after the expiration of tive years from date
thereof with interest at 7 per cent per an
num, which said interest shall bo payable
annually.
Hoc. 3. If any county of this state shall
issue its bonds under this act the board of
commissioners, provided for in section 1 of
article 8 of the constitution of the stato of
Nebraska, are hereby directed audit shall
be their duty to Invest any part of the per
manent school funds available, in said
county bonds at their par value, if offered
to them by the proper officers; provided,
i *v_ - trie
however, that the officers of the counties
issuing bonds under this act shall negotiate
said bonds at the highest obtainable price,
not less than par value.
Sec. 4. The county board shall invest the
proceeds of said bonds, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, in procuring seed and
feed for the teams, as provided in section 1
of this act, and shall sell the same to such
persons only as are engaged in agriculture
at the uniform price to each and every pur
chaser; and shall take therefor such form
of security for the payment of such pur
chase price as will, in their judgment, be
just, and best protect the intere ts of the
county; provided that the whole of said
purchase price shall be due and payable on
or before the lirst day of March, i«)6, with
interest theron at the rate of 10 per cent per
annum, until paid.
Sec. 5. No party shall be permitted to
purchase any of such feed or seed until he
shall have first made and filed with the
county board an affidavit showing that he
is actually engaged in farming; that he has
no seed or feed for his team, and is without
means to purchase the same, or, if ho has
any, stating the quantity thereof, the num
ber of acres he owns or has rented, and the
number of acres lie intends to put in crops
for the season, and that he will use said seed
and feed for no other purpose than that pro
vided for in this act. lie shall also furnish
the affidavits of two creditable residents of
said county and of his neighborhood to the
effect that he is a reputable citizen of said
co nty, that they verily believe that the
statements made in his affidavit are true;
c.ww. u|/im 11 (UllUilVIl UUUJg 110100 aiUl
tiled, the same to bo preserved in the office
of the county clerk, t lie county board ruay
sell to said party such amount*of seed or
feed, or both, as it, the said board, shall de m
just and proper.
Hec.ff. Any person, who after having ob
tained feed or seed as herein provided, shall
transferor in any manner dispose of such
seed or feed otherwise than is contemplated
be this act shall be deemed guilty of a mls
oemeanorand shall on convict ion thereof be
fined in any sum notex ceding*100or bo im
prisoned in the county jail not exceeding
three months. e
*ec.7. It. shall be lawful for the county
board to designate some person to sell said
bonds and, under their direction, to invest
the proceeds thereof In seed and feed and
sell the same as provided for in this act,
winch said party so designated shall give
bond for the faithful nerfurraence of his
duty, which bond shall not be le s than
double *u' -- - ' ’ • -
the par value of bonds to be nego
tluted, for the purchasing of seed and feed
and selling the same as herein provided, and
the nersnn vhn dxiii L.aii v._i j
"mu oiniu ncu aaiu Iionos HIKl
purchase and sell said seed and feed shall
make a full exhibit and settlement with the
county board on the loth day of June. lS!)o
hoc. 8. If any person entrusted with sell
ing of sajd bonds or the procuring and sell
ing of said seed and feed shall fail to ac
count for and settle in full for the money or
shalU-oin-ert any pan thereof to his own
use lie shall be deemed guilty of embezzle
ment and upon conviction thereof shall he
punished accordingly
Sec U. The county board of any county
Issuing bonds under the provisions of this !
?nttereaJ1o1n vftai \ux for tlll‘ payment of the
Interest on said bonds as it becomes due:
provided, that ait additional amount shall
IPXL0!1. “I”1 collected sufficient to pay the
principal of said bonds at maturlTr pro
vided further, that not more than 20 per 1
fc"t th,i- !ir,‘,nr|pni Of said bonds shad be I
le\ i d and collected in any one > ear.
t .1 any person shall swear falsely
Provided for in this act lie
shall be deemed guilty of peVjurv anti shall
lea'a'i penalty10" tllureof 1,0 subjected to the
,Jtec- II* ^hereas. an emergency exists.
’S ln ful1 for, e and take effect
from and after its passage.
Against Imitation Batter.
The Ftate Dairymen’s association Is del
uging the legislature with petitions asking
for the passage of pending bills designed to
further embarrass the manufacture of ole
omargarine and other imitation butter pro
ducts. 1 hese petitions are all in the same
form and are growing so numerous that
they may yet give tho senate an excuse
tomL?. aJ'I’0!ntment of a special custodian
' i,1* in question was introduced in the
StbLW11*tive Burch of Cl age
more*5 Th^'n'he senate y Sloan of Fill
and Vn o! ls lrVn'cli,<1 in ils provisions
?oi!-ed?idroitly Worded that, if strictly en
!'a *' ant* usc of ‘uiita ion butter
Tores?- 1 impossible. The manufac
th«rtt »-uli"U:e ed to oolor llls Product so
iSL 1 b, !lr uo resemblance to butter.
,^? ?rSKare Prohibited from selling any im
tlm realbart,C.m,h“t boars ?ny ‘emhlan’ce to
aniiSUi?. i ailro.ids are not allowed,
hmnrfrlpPn:,l,K‘s to haul the imitation
one pom in the state to an
other unless the same Is plainly tiesignated
as imitation butter. Hotel keepers usin'
“ utter are required to hang up a
card 10U4 Indies in size bearln the sign in
Eied here."* “ lnch hl«h’ “Citation bSuer j
More tlian 11ds the bill prov des that nnv
person who asks for, sends for or inotdres
for imitati n butter colored in semblance of
fine ar“Cle Shal1 be j
Nebraska ■harm. wut wT?
e sheriffs of this sts«. “"t
The sheriffs of this state are Ir®*
and combining In a body, they proj^J,1
tie legislation on their own neco.?"'
to the protection of their IntrrJv"' ,
they hare interested !|
Representative McNit,
direction
and
champion their cause before thJ .. -
bers of the legislature. «th«
These county officials ask for .v,
of but two hills, one of which u't*tv
the term to four years, while th„
do away wilh special master roh " '1’
who have heretofore been a»n?m, ic
court to make sales of real tSal/
where property is sold undeMm,:3
mortgage, Upon both propositi!!,
iffs are a unit, declaritlgtCthe
the future are wrapped upi„ ii,.!'1'
of tlicso proposed _ laws, in,"*:
art no.™ lUWS. In
the advantage to be derived ;
sate of the bill making the 1™!'"'
four rears, the ch«rls, .1 , ’< (
four years, the sheriff?
could render their respective “ou„
more effective service“us then "u'1'“
would correspondjwlth those of J
• voI'ouu n tin UU)sQ ()f <L
Judges and they would have dout,'.„
port unities to familiarize them.,.,,11*
4 i. as ts air WAn ..tanrl .. S at ... *“ ill
poiiuuiuvn vw luitlinm | /.o
the work required of them. 'The.
that It would relieve them of mu?b
political leg pulling thatlsnn!?
and to which they are compelled tP'w
Being judicial officers, they mlki ksul
that their term should expire with .
the Judges and clerks of court ] '1,1
to this they state that it takes o'”
years to make enough to square un'S
peases incurred in securing the
that if the term was lncrcSSrdt
rears, with a clause that they *<■» i„
from seeking a re-election, the L.
years of the term would net them
money.
The Sugar Beet Bln.
The champions of a sugar bourn, k,
had considerable difficulty In agreeln'-J
a measure, bo far there have been*
tions to every proposition. The l
already introduced provide for 1 <•«,
pound on sugar to be paid to the DIJ
turer. 11
It Is now generally conceded that „
thing must l>e done to get this su-ar J
sition In motion. It will not defur the,,
ent chaotic condition to
longor. It has practically been i*
that a now substi'u e shall l:o
This proposesi to give direct t'o'tfie
facturer cent per pound for seen* it
provided, however, that any new fa,.,
constructed aft<‘r the passage of t;
shall receive 1 cent per pound. TiV
friends of the bounty believe, will,,j|.r
necessary encouragement to existin’ f
tories and the requisite inducementfou
factories to bo established.
It will require some effort, to overcow
objections of certain members of the iiei
voting a bounty direct to the numufa-mr
It is true that the sugar bounty r.wi-i
weaker at this time than it lias cvir w
before during this session, and y tt!i(
safe prophecy at this time will be icKnt
the bounty will be placed onthesfw
book.
Regulating Foreign Corporation*
Senator Pope has introduced in the sen
a bill which will, if it is enacted into a !a
compel foreign corporations doing buss
in this state to submit themselves to t
Jurisdiction of the state courts iu'teai
leaving them the option of removin:
cases into the federel courts on the sr.m
that tlio corporation belongs in anml
state. The bill first provides that to
business in Nebraska a corporation fn
I another state or country must acuuLi
sett lement, as it were, in Nebraska dull
with the secretary of state its article#
, is required of a domestic cori.oration. Ti
there is to be some designat ed general a.t
who has authority to act for the corpi
t ion and be sued or sue if necessaiy, jin
the principal might.
it also provides that any corporation*?
or implicated in any of the courts ofii
state or any contract made or execute:
this state or for any a t or omission, pati
or private, arising, originating or hapw
! ing in this stale, or In any action gre»U
| out of any of the transactions of such
: poration In this state who shall remove*
cause from the state to the federal com
on the ground that such cornorationi*
non-resident of this state, shall forfeitd
pei mlt to do business in the state.
Landlord!' Prior Lien.
The bill of Senator Bressicr, reialis:
the lien of a landlord which passed thi-sti
ate, created considerable discussion.s il
committee of the whole and its frier. !>ei
as earnest in Its defense as were ite opp
nents in their arguments against it 3
bill g ves to t he landlord a lien for his*
on all the crops raised on the ground
and in addition to this a lien on all ok
personal property of the renter whichm
exempt from execution under the em
tii ii laws of this »tate, and which ha-to
used upon the farm in raising the cropK
The opponents urged that the landlord*
ready had a sufficient security in hishec
the crop. They argued that If there »es
failure of the crop the landlord show
willing to bear his share of the risk anti«
den of the failure from which the tun
and ho both suffered.
That the landlord would lose the M
from his property they contended wfcj
more grievous a misfortune than tht'
tenant should lose the result of his!a^
The author of the measure pointed nutb
the same law had been in force in ion
many years and had been found lobes:*
and fair law.
Insurance Competition.
A bill which in its title recites that j
intended to make Impossible agreement
tween insurance companies to prevent -
competition, has been introduced in these
ate by Watson. This bill provides tw^
ery company doing a fire insurance r»u».-;
in the state shall enter into an agrr*1^
and give a bond for its faithful pe'*j
ance, that they will not enter into a
nation which will prevent open
competition by fixing a scale of r»u*>; *■
agreement ana bond is to bo tiled in* ■
state auditor. The ureties on the
required to be residents of the state0'
braska. When the auditor finds tliat-l'j
pany has violated the agreement bv vu ■
ing into a combination, he is eipri^
proceed upon the bond to re ‘overt]11- \
alty, which is (ixed at a fine of
offense. Agents of any company *11' :
convicted of violation of the laware
to a fine of from $100 to 35-0.
Publication of General L®ff*- ?
Senator Cross has introduced a bill.
file No. 309. providing that ali jjenera* J
pushed by this and succeeding
the legislature shall be publi.-hou
not to exceed two newspaper*
county. In counties of less thau
lation the publication shall
paper, and laws applicable to HeG
specific localities shall only be Pu |j<
counties where such laws apply- /f.vt
are to be published whhin tw nty
the copy is furn shed by the &eCjt!.ao
state, and the state is~o pay tat v
cent per line therefor.
A Railroad Bill.
Mr. Cramb of Jefferson has intr<
od n •'
railroad bill. It provides that the at
general, secretary of state, audito •. s,
urer and commissioner of public |;v nj
build ngs shall constitute a state ^
transportation. The board is autrs
ap oint one clerk In dead of three .
who shall be a stenog apber an.u„iiV!i
ceive S1.800 per year and give bon.
A..A .... f title till 1' -
-- V. t.|"VU Ut l 1 till r- it
sum ofSIO.OOO. This board lias full ••
to establish railroad rates ana * r;
upon the Mipreme court to enforce •
ings by mandamus proceedings
WEAVER ISSUES A CAL'
The Populist Greenback Advocate
the People to ^
Denver, Col., Feb. . ^
Mountain News to-day pubii»a^
following dispatch from Genera
Weaver:
Council Bluffs. Iowa, Jan. 3'-^.
president has defiantly ignor
- • purpose to
and reiterated his
upon the people
the singlef
standard and has called f°r •.
struction of the greenbacks - .
issue of gold bonds and P*eai
congress to enlarge the po«'* ra
national banks. Now let tti
in all sections of the country J,\
to the
like men,
heartless
the isst‘‘
opposition
and meet,
sented, :
There can be no further ex
division among the people.