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This Fiiontibr I’iiintino C!o,
O’NEII.L, NEBRASKA.
OVER THE STATE.
Huuiioi.nr reports a lively business
11k.no a has a new fire bell that weighs
SIX) pounds
Ladikh of Louisville have organized
for assistance to Nebraska's needy.
Thk only drug store at Steinauer has
been closed on a chattel mortgnge.
A start has boon made toward es
tablishing a public library at Syracuse.
Thk new Methodist church at Plum
tirove, Johnson county will be dedi
cated April T.
Tiik grain and seen bonds voted on
in Iloone county were snowed under
by a large majority.
Mks. Amok MAU.Al.iieu.wtfe of the su
perintendent of the industrial school
at Kearney, died last week after a
brief illness.
Somk Nebraskans who have been
looking over Texas have returned per
fectly satisfied to remain where they
are.
AcTKKa long wrangle the electric
plant at Pawnee City will soon bo pur
chased by the city from thq creditors of
tiie original company.
< At' Kkk, a Chinese laundryinan at
Fort Niobrara, died last week and was
buried at the post cemetery, lie was a
naturalized citizen of the United States
Harhy Hii.i., to be hanged at Platts
mouth, does not want his body to go
to the dissecting table, and has asked
the Nebraska humane society to carry
out his wishes
SrPKRton owns its own water works
system, and during the past year the
rentals received hove more than paid
all expenses of the plant and given the
city water free.
llt'Hoi.AKS entered tho tailoring es
tablishment of Kruhn Jk Kimovsky at
Norfolk and carried away cloths and
Suits to the amount of $350. There is
§§'. no clue to the robbers.
Thk project for u July race meeting
at Beatrice is progressing finely. A
number of good bicycle races will also
be insured by the offering of prizes ag
gregating 9100 in value.
Thk 3-year-old daughter of Oscar
Samson, west of Oakland, died last
week from diphtheria, despite the ef
forts of two physicians to save her.
Anti-toxine was used in the ease, but
without avail.
**»wi buu cicuiurn ui uosper
county voted on it proposition' to bond
the county for 940; 000 for the purchase
of seed end feed. The returns show
that the bonds were: defeated by a
small majority.
The case of Aaron Hansom against
Kauf & Hindorspacher, Hasting butch
ers, for selling diseased mpat; came up
.before Justice McKinney and was con
tinued. The case is provoking consid
erable attention.
Kirk broke out in C. J. Beckman &
Co.'a large general store at Pender and
the fire and water together almost
completely ruined a 910,000 stock, which
was Insured for 90,000. The origin of
the fire is unknown.
The ladies of Lyon Relief corps,
;vt Grand Island, Bon and Daughters of
Veterans, have pledged themselves tq
raise the debt on the Grand Army hall
and also lift all the floating debt of the
;■ > post, and are now hard at work.
^Conaway of York has introduced a
: , \ bid which is. intended to bold down the
creameries exactly as the anti-oleo bill
JoUle down the oleo-faotories. This
bill provides the same regulations for
•'mixed butter" and “refreshed butter"
oa are provided in the anti-olgo bill.
»> M. N. Conover, a Wayne county
“biRt had the little toe removed from
his right foot last week as the. result
of an accident that occurred sixteen
>,. < years ago, (Several times in the inter
vening years he has been forced to
have pieces of bone removed from his
foot
While Henry and John Baker were
driving across a bridge near Ewing
with a load of brush, the wind took an
under hold on the load and upset it into
the river. Rack and load struck on the
ice twelve feet down, but the two men
escaped without injury.
All the ioe dealers of Beatrice have
tncororated under the name of the
Blue River Ice company, articles being
filed with the county clerk. The capi
tal stock la 935.000. in ahinu nf ami
r
----- Thy-object Is to facilitate the
delivery of ice ti> city consumers and to
purchase and sell tea
^ ®L Phillips, a dairyman nsiding
near Tecumseh, was standingsIp in his
wagon driving- home the other'eveuing
when his horses became frightened and
gave a lunge forward. Mr. Phillips
was thrown out on the hard road bed,
lighting on his.head and shoulders.
Mo bones were broken, but he is be
lieved to be fatally hurt
Henry Hurkk, a German living eight
miles south of Swanton, was one of the
passengers on the steamer Kibe, re
cently wrecked near the British coast
He was returning from a visit to his
in Germany, and went down
with the other unfortunates on the ill
fated steamer, lie leaves a-wife and
seven children near Swauton.
A brutal assault was made at Lin
coln upon Florence Simons by C VV.
Haskins. He broke a broomstick in
three pieces across the girl's face, break
ing her no6e and otherwise wounding
her, until her features were bathed in
blood. Florence is a barber, who runs
» shop opposite the Burlington depot
tShe came to Lincoln from Chicago for
“« Purpose of getting rid of Haskins,
but he followed her and has continued
to abuse her at different times for sev
eral months. The assailant is under
arrest
Mrs, Petit, a prominent woman of
Crab Orchard, who was recently oper
ated on in Beatrice by Dr. Callimore for
an abce6s in the head, is now said to be
convalescing. The trouble originated
in an ear, caused a sudden loss of the
sight of one eye and was affecting the
lady's brain.
Ex-State Superintendent op Public
Instruction A. K. Goudy has been
looking np the records and believes that
the temporary school fund should be
Increased by a new appraisement of the
state school lands which are leased.
He has embodied his reasons for this in
an open letter addressed to the Nebras
ka legislature.
Id
HAiunnovK of Clay has introduced a
bill providing a new and novel punish
ment for the mar. who ia convicted of
rape. The bill provides that the phy
sician at tiic penitentiary shall offici
ate at the operation provided for by
this net. Mr. Ilairgrove says the bill
is introduced in all seriousness and he j
will urge its passage with all possible
vigor.
At a special meeting of the board of j
supervisors of Adams county, called to j
provide ways and means for furnishing i
seed and feed for needy fnrmers, a pro
position to issue county warrants
against the general fund was tabled.
County Attorney McCreary informed
the board that such warruuts could not
bo issued legally. This leaves the farm
ers needing assistance no alternative
but to borrow money upon the best
terms they can make.
8tkve MoC'Afl.EV, a farmer living
ten miles north of (lordon, near the
reservation line, was arrested on a com
plaint Aled by liia wife, charged with
selling whisky to an Indian, lie had a
preliminary examination and was
bound over to the district court in the
sum of John Jones, cashier of
the Rushville llanking company, signed
the bond, and he was releused. Mc
Cauley had just finished serving a term
in jail for stealing cattle.
Mh. Timmk, in house roll No. 030, has
a measure which provides that the
question of relocating the seat of state
government shall be submitted to a !
vote of the people at the general elec
tion in November, 1805. The governor
is to be notified by the mayors of cities
und towns competing for the location
of their action, so to do on or before
August, 1805, and in his proclamation
the governor shall include such express
ion.
A MKKTixn wns called at the town
hall in North Loup for the purpose of
considering a proposition purporting to
come from the Chicago Hoard of Trade
relative to furnishing the destitute
farmers of the county with seed grain.
Mo fnr as learned the proposed terms
are that the furmers are to give their
notes for such grain as is needed, the
validity and puymentof the same being
conditioned upon the production of a
crop the coming season.
It is not always that a committee
that waits on the legislature gets exact
ly what it comes for, but one Omaha
committee scored this point last week.
0. A. Starr, H. J. l’enfold, F. A. Ober,
Kev. A. F. Irvine and Kev. A. \V. Clark
of Omaha went before the Benute com
mittee in opposition to Senator Smith’s
pool selling bill. The committee
promptly agreed to everything asked
by the Omaha delegation and the bill
was thus reported to the senate.
rj.AKS ana specincauons ior a new
system of water works and an electric
light plant were submitted to the city
council of Nebraska City last week.
The plants are to be owned and oper
ated by the oity. The estimated cost
of the water works is $85,000, and for
the electric light plant, $18,200. The
plans were accepted and placed on file.
An ordinance submitting the. proposi
tion to vote $00,000 in bonds for the
erection of the water works was also
read for the first time, and will doubt
less gp through.
Tub sheriff and deputy, of Kearney,
have returned to Minden with fifteen
prisoners, who were arrested for break
ing into a II. & M. freight car. A num
ber of people conceived the idea that
they would break into provision cars
and depots and take all they could find
for the poor. Accordingly, some of
them hitched up their teams and went
to Axtell, the next station west of Min
den, and obtained a car of provisions
in a similar manner to the one robbed
at Kearney a while ago, and took the
oontents to their homes for distribu
tion. The defendants pleaded not guil
ty, and were held on their own recog
' nizance in the sum of $300 each.
Thebe is trouble in the Methodist
eliurch at Beaver City as the result of
revival meetings that have been in
progress there recently, and as a conse
quence the revivalist is now holding
his services in the court house instead
of the church. Outside reports are fly
ing thick and fast to the effect that Rev.
H. M. Manuel, the evangelist, was aim
ing his sermons too straight at the
proverbial rich man to suit all around
and that for this the support of the
church as an organization was with
drawn, in which event he took the
meetings to the court house, where he
is being assisted by the regular pastor.
Governor Holcomb has issued a
proclamation offering a reward of $300
lor the apprehension and conviction of
the murderer or murderers of Prank
Lander. The letters of the sheriff and
county attorney asking that the reward
be offered relate4he story. Lauder
wjae a uiiiu iw y cars ui wuu uveu
alohkin Sherman county. On the morn
ing of February 15 his dead body was
found within a few feet of the door of
of his house. An examination showed
that he had been shot in the back of
the head. None of his property,
either in the house or on his person,
had been disturbed. The county offi
cials declare that there is no clue that
would indicate who the guilty parties
are. or more about the occurrence than
isrelated.
H ali. county will not vote any bonds,
but influential citizens hare been sent
east among the farmers aVid will solicit
aid in the shape of seed, wheat, oats
and corn. The donors to be paid from
receipts of this year's crop. George L.
Vaughan, one of Hall county's most en
terprising citizens, is now in the vicinity
of liatavia. 111., his old home, and word
received from him brings the informa
tion that he is meeting with good suc
cess soliciting seed from farmers. He
attended a famers’ meeting and ex
plained the situation and pledges were
given that seed should be furnished Ne
braska’s destitute farmers, and they
would wait until crops were disposed
of, and should they then be unable to
pay, would extend without interest
another year.
Gkx. Church Howe a few days ago
made a personal appeal to a friend in
New York city for funds for the G. A.
R. boys in Nebraska. The gentleman
presented the matter .to the Union
League club and General Howe re
ceived a check for 8700 as the first con
tribution from the Union Leugue, with
more to follow.
The members or the Grand Army
post atOgalalla have decided to send a
representatives east for the purpose of
soliciting donations of seed grain for
the needy among the old soldiers. A.
Hult, post commander, has been se- !
lected to go and will leave for Chicago i
and from thence, to joints in Indiana. I
LAW MAKING AT HOME
WORK IN THE LEGISLATURE OF
NEBRASKA.
The Oleomargarine Bill Goes Through
and Now Only Awaits the Governor’s
Signature—The Measure Making Pro
vision for the Purchase of Seed Grain—
Constitutional Amendments Soon to Be
Considered In the Two Houses—Inves
tigation Made Into the Financial Stand
ing of Bondsmen.
The Nebraska Assembly*
Senate.—-In the senate on the 25th the
following new bills were Introduced and
read for the first time: To amend the stat
nte relating to the salary and expenses of
chief and deputy oil Inspectors, and provid
ing for monthly accountings by the chief.
For an act providing that when a widow
shall he entitled to dower out of any lauds
which shall have been alienated by the
husband In his life time, such lands shall
be estimated In setting out the widow's
dower according to their value at the time
when they wore aliened, and this law shall
apply to all sales under execution or order
of court heretofore or hereafter. Providing
for the payment of the money received III
redemption of real estate sold at tax sale to
the owner of the certificate. Providing for
the transferring of nil moneys paid Into the
state treasury by the general govern
ment for t he benefit of t he soldiers and sail
ors’ home to the general fund of said home,
and to repeal all laws in conflict wii h tills act..
The senate went into committee of the
whole to consider the bills on general file.
Senator Hahn’s bill relating to the Incorpo
ration of cities of the tirst class having
less Ilian $25,00> Inhabitants, wus recom
mended for passage. Senator l ope's uure
food hill was also recommended to pass.
The hill was amended so us to provide for
one secretary insteud of two as provided In
the original bill. The committee arose and
Hs report was adopted. The two bills were
ordeied engrossed for third reading. A
communication from the governor was re
ceived transmitting to tin* senate the report
of Henator Stewart and Representative Lam
born as delegates to the Russian thistle
convention. He recommended that the leg
Mature take such steps as seemed b.-stto
them to eradicate the thistles.
h or he.—On the 25th senato file 259 was
taken up for third reading. This Is Watson’s
bill permitting a change of venue to bo
taken by the state In criminal cases. This
bill hud been taken from its place on gen
eral tile and ordered to third reading with
out being considered In committee of the
wnole. Barry of Greeley moved that the
bill he recommitted to the committee of the
whole for the purpose of striking out the
enuctlng clause. Ho called for the yeas
and nays on his motion to recommit. Dur
ing the progress of the vote Haller culled
for the enforcement of the rule requiring
members to vote unless excused by vote or
the house. Before the result of the roll call
wus announced Barry moved a call of the
house. After the roll call, and noting
the absentees, Barry moved to suspend
proceedings under the cull of the house.
This being agreed to, the roll call on the
motion to recommit was verified, and the
vote announced as 53 against and 24 for.
Barry then moved that the bill be recom
mitted to the committee of the whole for
consideration and discussion. The speaker
ruled this out of order on the ground that
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dflc amendment, Harry offered a motion
to specific'ally amend. Miles of haline moved
the previous question. His motion prevailed
and debate was shut off. Harrison offered
an amendment to Harry’s motion, providing
that the bill take its place at the head of
the Keneral file. The speaker ruled the
amendment out of order. Barry called for
the yeas and nays on his motion, but the
speaker did not recognize the seconds to the
motion and declared the motion lost. After
some further discussion without any direct
results the house udjourned.
Senate.—In the senate on the 26th, the
proposed constitutional amendments came
up as a special order, ana the senate went
into committee of the whole, with Stewart
of Dawes in the chair. The first amend
ment taken up was the one Introduced early
In the session by Stewart, providing for the
election of a railroad commissiuti- This
amendment contained some errors in phra
seology, and the senate voted to substitute
for It senate tile No. 281, introduced by the
committee on constitutional amendments.
The amendment provides for the election of
three railroad commissioners, each to serve
three years. The senate voted unanimous
ly to recommend It for passage. Watson's
amendment providing for an increase In the
number of judges of the supreme court from
three to five was Indefinitely postponed.
A prolonged discussion ensued upon the
reading of the amendment relating to the
adoption of future amendments. In brief,
the proposition includes the following: That
either oranch of the legislature may pro
pose amendments to the constitution, and
such amendments can only be submitted to
the people when two-thirds of all the mem
bers elected to both houses agree to the
same. A majority of all the votes cast for
the proposition shall be necessary to ratify
the proposed amendment. The discussion
of the proposition took a wide range, and
nearly every senator had something to say
on the subject. The committee voted to in
definitely postpone the bill and rose. The
amendment presenting the new test of citi
zenship was agreed to, after a motion by
Akers to strike out the word “make" had
been voted down. There were ten votes In
favor of the motion and fourteen against.
House.—The last day for the Introduction
of new bills, Feb. 26, closed with a record
breaker, no less than seventy-four measures i
being read by the chief clerk. The general
appropriation bills came In two sections
from the committee on finance, ways and
means, sectional embruzlng the salary lists
of state officers, and No. 2 office expenses
and supplies There Is a general reduction
all along the line in. the salaries of clerks
and stenographers, as well as In the number
so employed. Harrison moved that house
roll No. 67 be made a special order for
Thursday at 2 p. m. This Ts the measure to
provide for the encouragement of the man
ufacture of beet sugar, hnd paying a bounty
of 1 cent a pound, provided at least 9* a Ton
uvtvj i ci nuaii uc yja IU tu IUC uiuuULtTv 1 lie
motion to make a special order prevailed.
The irenerul appropriation bills were intro
duced, in which were found an average
decrease in the total amounts of office
expenses, and quite a reduction in
some of the salary lists. The house then
went info committee of the whole ori'mtls
on general tile, and house roll No. 142, to
protect the health of employes in factories,
was considered. The bill contains provis
ions making it a misdemeanor for manufac
turers of clothing to fail to provide well
lighted and properly ventilated workshops
for their employes. The hill was finally re
committed to tiie committee, and house roll
No. 163, by Jenness. toprotectemployes from
being blacklisted through the machinations
of guarantee bond companies, was taken up.
An extended debate occurred onthe meas
ure. It was opposed by Munger on the
f;round that it was demanded by no class of
aboring men save the telegraphers. He
also said that it would drive the guarantee
companies out of the stale. Barry vigor
ously defended it. The hill was Indefinitely
postponed. House roil No. HO. Jenkins’ nnti
clgaratte bill, was recommended for pas
sage. Howard sent up an amendment stat
ing that the bill was in line with prohlhl
.tton, and he moved that whenthecommittee
rise they report the bill back for Indefinite
postponement, but It failed to prevail.
Skkatk.—The senate on the 27th having
received a sealed communication from the
governor, went into executive session for
Its consideration. After the doors were op
ened the senate took up bills on third read
ing and passed the following: Senate file
No. 42. providing for the admission to prac
tice of attorneys and counsellors-at-law by
the supreme court instead of by district 1
courts, as under the present law. Senate :
file No 67, by l’ope, amending the law relat- i
ing to fees allowed to county sheriffs. Sen
ate file No. 40, by Smith, prescribing the '
same penalites for daylight burglary that i
the present law prescribes for burglary !
committed. Senate file No. 47, by Dale, to !
authorize school districts with less than I
8.1,000 assessed valuation to levy a higher !
rats of tax for school purposes. The total i
levy, however, shall not in any case exceed
35 mills on the dollar in any one year, sen
ate file No. 163 by Graham, amending t e
law governing the admission or in
mates to the State Institution for
the Feeble Minded Youth at Beatrice.
Senate file No. 4S, by Tefft of Cass, for the
protection, preservation and propagation of
birds, fishes and wild animals in the state of
Nebraska, and to prevent the killing of the
same during certain seasons and by certain
means. Senate file No. 108, by Smith, to pro
vide for the governing of master plumbers
and the supervision of the business of
plumbing and bouse drainage. Senate file
No. 131, by Hahn, amending the charter of
cities of the second class having less than |
2.,0 0 and more than 8.0 a The senate then j
t*)ok up and passed the twelve constitution- |
nl amendments agreed to In the committee j
of the whole. The amendment providing j
that citizens of the metropolitan class may
frame their own charters, which was appa- j
vently killed In committee of the whole, was i
recusltated by McKeoby. who moved that
the vote by which it was Indefinitely post
i poiied be reconsidered and the amendment I
placed back with the Judiciary committee. ;
The motion was agreed to and the amend
ment will have another chance for life.
lIot*8K. Four bills were read In the house
ori the 27th for the first time, having been,
Introduced a few minutes before adjourn
ment the previous day. House roll No. H38,
by Fly, provides for the relief of Josephus
W. Bush: No. tVtO, by lain, provides fora
state board of immigration; No. tMt». by Klck
ets. proposes an amendment to the consti
tution relative to charters of cities, and No.
(Ml. by Ha ry, is one of the numerous bills to
repeal the act extending the contract for
the leasing of the penitentiary labor tor.
W. Mosher. The house went into com
mittee of the whole. The following were i
recommended for passage; House loll No.
117, providing that all warrants, state, conn- ;
ty and city, shall tie paid on pre entatlon,
and providing also that- treasurers shall ]
keep warrant registers. House roll No. 1 l, .
•by Crumb, providing that adopt ion proceed- \
tugs may be Instituted by county com
missioners for destitute orphan children.
House roll No. JH by Lamborn, providing j
for the service of summons on corporations, j
House roll No. 110, by Conway Originally ;
it provided that cities having over 7.000 and j
less than 25,000 inh aid tan s .shall be provid
ed with books of registry in the hands of the |
mayor at d council, which shall be kern open i
for three days prior to an election for the j
purpose of registry. It was amended to in
clude ull cities of the first and metropolitan
class. House roll No. 204, by Harrison, re
lating to claims against cities of less than ;
:5,00»and more t han 8,000. House roll No. I
14, by Alien, regulating primary elections In i
cities of the metropolitan class. House ]
rolls Nos. 2 ,100. -57. <:i, 115 and 200 were re
commended for Indefinite postponement.
Koblnsoti reported that he had Investigated
the matter of the purchase of copies of t he
“b.iie book” for the use of members, and
said that he could procure them for 81.4J
apiece. On motion of Haller the resolu Ion
pr -vldlug for the purchase of the “blue
book” was laid on the table.
Sknatk.—In the senate on the23th Senator
Sloan offered a resolution extending the re
grets and condolence of the senate to John
T. Mnllalieu on the death of Mrs. Mailalieu.
The resolution was adopted. Htandlngcom
mittees reported several bills with the re
commendation that they pass. Among these
was senate tile No. 1, Wilson bill relating to
cities of the first class. ’The amendment
permitting the city to take the census was
attached by the committee and made a part
ofthebll. The Irrigation bill came up for
discussion. A committee amendment strik
ing out the clause permitting corporations
| organized under the laws of Nebraska to ac- 1
pulre water rights was not agreed to, and t he
right us given to corporttons was rel allied in
the bill. The committee of the whole re
commended that the hill be engrossed for
third reading, and when the committee
arose the senate adopted the report. In the
committee of the whole senate file 181, the
Biessler canal and water power bill, was
taken up and the committee amendments
read. The committee recommended the bill
as umended to be engrossed for third read
ing, and the senate adopted the report when
the committee arose, btewart attempted to
have the senate strike out of the irrigation
bill the sections providing for the under,
secretaries, but the senate would not have
this done. After another batch of bills had
been introduced and read the senate ad
journed until tomorrow morning at 10
o’clock. A message from the governor wus
n-ttu, uuuuuuuiiK min iie.uuu irum
United Slates Senator W. V. Allen a notice
that there is in the national treasury f 19,
312, which was collected from citizens of
Nebraska by the federal government in di
rect taxes under the act of congress passed
in ISO 1, and that as this money has been by
an act of congress passed in 1891 ordered re
paid to the states from which collected, the
governor recommended that a joint resolu
tion be passed by the two houses of the leg
islature authorizing him to receive such
money. The communication was referred
to the finance committee.
House.—In the house on the 28th quite a
number of petitions for the passage of Ben
edict’s age of consent bill were read and re
ferred, and the next order of business was
reports of standing committees. During
the progress of the reading about thirty
minutes were consumed in adjusting a par
liamentary tangle. The following Dills
were recommended for passage. Author- !
lzlng the employment of balllTs in district i
courts' providing for the prevention of |
blindness; providing for sworn statements
to be furnished assessors by bank officials;
relating to the regulation of cuses of hog
cholera; providing for spring elections in
cities ana villages; relating to the appoint
ment of supreme court commissioners, and
house roll No. 3116* by Koblnson, appropriat
ing the matriculation fees of the Nebraska
State Normal school, were ordered en
grossed for a third reading. Cramb
secured unanimous consent to resurrect
house roll No. 150, which had been
indefinitely postponed, and place it on gen
eral file. It authorizes county boards to
bind out or apprentice miner children un
der the age of fourteen years who may have
become public charges. The bounty sugar
bill was discussed at considerable length
and finally recommended for passage. The
bill, as recommended for passage, provides,
mainly, that there shall be paid out of the
state treasury to the manufacturer of beet
sugar five-eighths of 4 cent per pound for
each pound of sugar manufactured under
the provisions of the act. Every firm or cor
poration which shall build additional or
new factories in the state three-eighths of 1
cent per pound shall be added, making the
total bounty 1 cent a pound. This was “nor
mal school day" In the house. Bills were
ordered to the general filer, on favorable re
ports from the committees, appropriating
money for normal schools at Uartlngton,
Wayne, Aurora and Kearney.
■ Senate.—In the senate on the 1st Crane
renewed his motion to not concur in the re
port of the committee Indefinitely postpon
ing senate files 17 and 16, regarding bonds of
register of deeds and county attorneys. The
motion was put on general file, and It pre
vailed. The report of the standing com
mittee, Indefinitely postponing Crawford’s
bill to reduce the legal rates for prlutlng
county delinquent tax lists, was taken up
and the bill was ordered placed on the gen
eral hie. House roll 8#, providing for an
amendment to the constitution, to the effect
that If, upon a submission of an amendment
to the voters, a majority of those voting on
theproposttlon favored it, then the amend
unsrot was to be declared adopted, was In
definitely postponed. Senate file 277, to pro
hibit minors from running passenger eleva
tors; recommended to pass. House roll list,
which provides for the investment of the
permanent school fund, was recommended
to be placed on general file. A number of
bills were read a second time and referred
to a committee, whereupon the senate ad
journed.
Hoosb.—The House on the 1st went Into
committee of the whole, with Harrison in
the chair, to consider house roll Nasffthe
new relief Misappropriating tlOO.OJ) In aid
of drouth sufferers. The bill, as reported
by the committee, provides for fuel, food
and clothing, In addition to money for feed
and seed. Speaker Richards moved an
amendment to strike out the woods "fuel,
food and clothing." Carried. 2» to 23 Beu
edict’s{5»,000 amendment was lost by a heavy
vote against it. The vote then recurred on
the amendment of the committee to increase
the amount to $2-0,000, It was carried.
Klchards moved an amendment looking to
the equable distribution of the relief amuug
the different counties, and providing that
at least $1,3 0 shall go to such counties as
have oiganlzed relief committers, should
they want It. The amendment was lost.
Chapman moved that the committee renort
house roll No. S2\ the relief bill, for Indefi
nite postponement. The amendment was
lose Bee then moved an amendment
dividing the relief pro rata among
■ he farmers needing relief, the pro
vision applying to counties having a
population of 2,00.1 or more. and
which have a recognized auxiliary re
lief commission. The amendment carried
and section 3 was next in line for consider
ation. Sections were adopted In succession
until soctlou 7 was reached, which provides
a commission of five per cent for expenses
for the relief commission. Halrgrove gave
notice that he should move to amend by
maxing the tiile of the bill read "Kor the
relief ol Mr. Ludden." and did at that time
move to amend by cutting the commission
to 2 per cent, which prevailed. When sec
tion 14 was reached, which provides that a
commission handling over $2110;two shall give
a bond In the sum of but $.0,0un, Halrgrave
moved that the bonds be fixed at$4U>,;00.
Hie amendment was lost, as was one also.
PJ«»'diug that the bonds shall be placed at
4. .'.'Sii-.»IV?n;i?ien,t8 ,were carried making
it unlawful to discriminate against soldiers
pensions and religious organlxa
orher amendments were adopted
nod th© bill wts recommended for pamge,
Tli© Appropriation Bills.
Tho appropriation bills were reported to
the house on the 36th from the committee
on ways and means. The bills could not
have been held much longer, for if they had
not been Introduced before midnight the
governor alone could have brought them
before the legislature.
The two bills appropriate a grand total of
12.049,753, as compared with $2,00*,940 by the
legislature two years ago. Of the totalsum
appropriated this year $752,880 is set aside
for tin? payment of the salaries of state offi
cers. judges of the supreme and district
courts, and officers of state institutions,
while$I,29G,»72 Is for the payment of the ex
penses of maintaining the state government
ami state institutions.
The salary appropriations are divided
amo'tgthe several departments as per the
following tabulated statement:
Governor's office.$ 13,000
Adjutant general . 2,000
Secretary of state. 15,40j
Auditor of public accounts. 28,400
Treasurer. 18,400
Superintendent public insiruction... 8,600
Atiorney general. 9,409
Commissioner public lands and build
ings.. 26,300
District, courts. 224,000
Supreme court. 61 2U0
State library. 4,600
Soldiers’ana Sailors’ home. 9,880
State banking department. 2,409
Kearney Industrial school. 19,300
Home for the friendless... 5,000
Institute for tiie Deaf. 26,590
Fish commission. 2,i00
Institute for the Blind. 36.800
State board of Transportation. 2,000
Peru Normal school. 32,8 0
Hospital for the Insane at Lincoln.... 8,000
Asylum for the Insane at Hastings... b,0OJ
Asylum for the Insane at Norfolk— 8,00)
Industrial school at Geneva. 6,000
Institute for Feeble-minded. 11,.00
Industrial borne at Milford. 5,900
State university. 190,000
Total.6752,889
The general appropriation bill foots up
$1,396,8*2, and is divided among the several
state departments as follows:
Governor’s office. .$ 3,100
Adjutant general's office, including
support for national guards. 3‘,509
Secretary of state. 3,300
Auditor of public accounts. 3,4(w
State treasurer. 3,650
Superintendent of public instruction 9,850
Attorney general. 1,600
i ommissioner of public lands and
buddings. 2,300
Board of nubile lauds and buildings 20,359
Board of Educational Lands and
Funds. G,000
Board of Purchase and Supplies.... 500
Supreme court. 14,910
Banking department. 1,500
State library. 2,009
-tato Board of Transportation. 625
Peru Norn al school.. 13,100
Lincoln hospital for the Insane_ 94.500
Milford Industrial Home. 20,500
Home of the Friendless. 2i,000
Hastings Asylum forihe Insane_ 145,300
Norfolk Asvlumforthe Insane. 75,950
Geneva Girls’Industrial School_ 20.090
Omaha Institute for the Deaf. 59,760
Kearney Boys’ Industrial School... 84,750
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home. 5 ,950
Institute for the Blind. 31,559
Institute for F'eeble Minded. 57,000
State tish commission. 9.800
State penitentiary. 103,820
Miscellaneous. 404,901
Total..$1,296,872
The Irrigation Bill.
Following are some of the details of Aker’s
new irrigation bill, favorably considered in
committee of the whole in the senate, and
which Is likely to become a Nebraska law:
Water division No. 1 shall consist of all
the irrigable lands of the state drained by
the Platte river, and their tributaries lying
west of the mouth of the Loup river, and
also all other lands lying south of the Platte
and £outh Platte rivers that may be watered
from other superficial or subterranean
streams not tributary to the Pbitte.
Water division No. 2 is to consist of all ir
rigable lands that may be watered from the
Loup, White, Niobrara and Elkhorn rivers
and their tributaries and all other Irrigable
1 nds of the state not included in any other
water division.
The bill creates a State Board of Irriga
tion, to be composed of the governor, attor
ney general and commissioner of public
lands and buildings, of whi h the governor
is to be ex-officio the president. The board
shall elect a secretary, who shall be a hy
uraulical engineer of theoretical knowledge
and practical skill and experience, and who
shall receive a salary of *2,0J0 per annum.
The board may also employ an assistant
secretary at a salary of f 1,300 per year.
There shall also be an under secretary for
each of the two water divisions, who shall
be paid ffi per day for the time they actually
serve.
The principal duty of the state board of
irrigation is to make proper arrangements
fortbe determination ol the priorities of
the right to use the public waters of the
state.
A cubic foot of water per second of time
shall be the legal standard of measurement,
both for the purpose of determlnln the flow
of water in the natural streams and for the
purpose of distributing therefrom, provid
ed, however, that water heretofore sold by
the miner's inch shall continue to be deliv
ered in that way;
The person entitled to the use of the water
from any ditch or canal must not under any
circumstances use more water than good
husbandry requires for the crop that he
cultivates, and any person using an excess
of water is liable to the owner of such ditch
or canal for the value of such excess, and in
addition thereto is liable for such damage
sustained by any other person who would
have been entitled to such excess of water.
Nothing In the act shall be so construed
as to interfere with or impair the rights of
water appropriated and required prior to
the passage of this act.
As to Oil Inspection.
Senator Dale has offered a bill in the sen
ate, having for Its object the correction of
many abuses that have grown up under the
inspection of oils. The present law is lame .
In that It gives the chief oil inspector au
thority to hold off his final settlement with
the state until the month of January each
year, henator Dale's bill provides as fol
lows: t
The state inspector of oils shall receive an
fees of his office. He shal» also be allowed
such further sum as he may actually :ind
necessarily expend, whether for traveling
expenses Incurred In the discharge of his
duties, or for the proper prosecution of any
case of offense arising under the provisions
of this act. Each deputy inspector shall be
entitled to a salary, payable monthly, of
not to exceed 8100 per month, payable from
the fees of said office, as herein provided.
Each deputv inspector shall be entitled to
and allowed all actual and steamboat fares,
together with .hotel Dills not exceeding $2
perday^ Incurred In the discharge of his
duties as such deputy inspector, and -for
such other sums of money as by the author
ity of the state inspector he may expend in
the prosecutions for offenses arising under
the provisions of the.
All salaries and expenses provided for in
this act shall he paid by the state inspector
out of the money received for the inspec
tion cf oils as provided herein;
Provided, That in case the amount of
money rece.ved for such inspectionsaccord
the provisions of this act shall not be
sufficient to nay the salaries und expenses
or the state Inspector and his deputies, as
provided herein, the amount of such defi
ciencies shall Le deducted from said sala
ries pro rat.i to each;
Provided, further, That in case . the
amount of money received for the inspec
tion of oils according to the provisions of
this act shall be In excess of the sum re
quired to pay the salaries and expenses of
18]^e Insect or and his deputies as pro
vided hereinbefore, the amount of such ex
cess shall be paid into the state treasury
benefit of the general fund. The
state inspector shall render to the auditor
of public accounts a detailed report and ac
count, fully itemized, of all the receipts and
disbursements of his office, showing the bal
ances. If any, on hand, on or before the 10th
day of each month, for the last calendar
month, and he shall nlse incorporate copies
of such accounts und reports in his annual
report to the governor.
Will Regulate the stock Yards.
It seems certain that the senate proposes
to vote to pass a bill to “regulate” theOma
ha Union Rock yards. The particular bill
which has been singled out is the one intro
duced by Senator hprecheron January 7
and reported for indefinite postponement by
the committee on miscellaneous corpora
tions yesterday. It Is the least radical of
the three stock yards bills offered in the
senate, and possesses some features not gen
erally contained in bills of this character.
It makes the. governor of the state a live
stock inspector and empowers him to ap
point a sufficient number of competent as
sistants, whose duty it shall be to deter
mine what live stuck la unlit for the market
which sh»U {L n*h“*e
weighing s.;ck as i®!1'"' jy
weighing cattle, 3u cenu' lo,!u
cents per head; sheep^LfT' N
It is made unlawful for?I >*'?
stock yards to charge a‘A °‘2
hav ana grain than gdot.hfri,|S
price of t he same on the a. ,he
ft unlawful to sellleSTthV
hay for a hundredweight ", *>'
six pounds of shell«dco,„ur le»i
of ear corn for a buidSi rset««i
selling cuttle, SO cents ethVolll>4
ceedjflO per ear; forsefim A""1' 'S
gle decked car, uncirA8
car; for selling sheen ftl*llUti>1
our, and »7 pePdoutde S&fM
Any person violating tRA*'
law prescribed by the hill Er?Vii
a misdemeunor, anduDoll T" ».
bo lined for the flrst .R‘""''ll
*100. for the sec-ond offend „C "A
nor more than 1500, and forSe"*S
fhMO.8® “0t 1CSS U,an
iieferrlng to this bill Senate,vTI
Lancaster said today thati,A?1
the senate showed that thehmW>*
with three votes to spare ” ”1"11
Changing the Banking |..|
The constitutionality of hou^l
is being discussed by member, ,!*!
ostly. This Is a bill Introduced?
by request, it provides In the t.,
section that the stockholder! h
bank organized under the nro, “'I
Btatutesof Nebraska shall be 3
considered us partners mid ii.aH
for all debisof' such biSk *
was recommended for indefinite AS
ment by the committee of the .ifl
ted it, and Anally ordered IttAA]
Ale. Parties arguing in farm, H
st 1 tut tonality point to seetion
Miscellaneous Corporations of th,T
tion, which provides as folios, ’
In all cases of claims a-ainsum,
mid joint stock associations $
amount justly due shall bo fir,t'a„J
and, afier thecorporuteprooortMj
been exhnusted, the original,HP
thereof shall be individual y i Kj
r,xAv,t.of,thcir ,,nPaiti IpS7
liability for the unpaid subs" X
follow the stock. p !
Tiiis section is supplemented hr J
Liability of stock holders limiu-jA
pi lance with the laws governing
rations. Smith against rtffikK*1'
Those who claim that, the bill hr,
tional point to the ruling of the ,
court.
Comparison of Number of E®,*
There are two bills pendinginthri
reduce the number of house and scud
employes. Comparison of the -aJ
Agures shows that only Wisconsin !
Nebraska in the number of eraplmsil
portion to the members of houseutii
l lie bills pending in the house nor ^
for n reduction of employes from smg
and Afty to Aftv and forty in the InJ
senate. The following table sliu»,ti*J
her of members and employes in ilJ
states:
STATE
i onnecf.lcut.
Colorado.
Kentucky,.......,.
Maryland.. I/.. ...
New Jersey.
Maine.
'ew York.._
Wisconsin.
Ohio......
Massachusetts....
Michigan .
Minne ota.
New Hampshire.
Vermont.
Tennessee..
Illinois .
Pennsylvania_
Nebraska.....
Missouri.
Indiana..
:51; bt 1
fSt 6-1
100i 12.i I
9i. 2; i
56-t 3|
m
1»! «!•
100 IS! a
107; }|
210 & kl
100 ® z|
U4 * m
333! 1!i> >1
241 l£i m
991 U i|
is) i ij; 4
24, Si, 4
10) to 1
mi
Protection from PmirleFim
Senator Stewart has offered a uuwti
and it will be recognized as peculiirlj)
portant to the citizens of the frontier^
ties of the state. Its somewhat In
title recites that it is the purposeoft#l
“to provide protection from prairied«I
compel county commissioners, wuji
pervisors, road overseers, railroad ow
les. property owners and oceupanfctoff
vide fireguards for the protection si
peo le and the county against darnel
prairie fires, to provide for the ewy
ment of prairie fires and to empower ™
commissioners or county supervisor^
vertise for and accept bids for the?*
and burning of fire guards.”
Nebraska Immigration.
The subject of immigration to theho^
ble confines of Nebraska is broitfh'iPj
two new bills, one offered by ^euatJrJV
and the other by Senator Pope The
are identical and Drovide that the
of the state, auditor of public
commissioner of public lands an'*
ings j-hall constitute what is kno
State Board of Immigration. j'
work of the board is to be perform 4
wurn vii iiit? uuuru w
inevitable secretary at an annual
82,0). The bills appropriate »>. JVJ
. xne dims appru|iiia«« t’
purpose of disseminating allurms.f ■ 1
Ing mutter throughout the east. ■ a
the six congressional districts ]
representative to advise the Boa J
needs of each district In the state,
tepresentatives are to receive no J FI
tion. ___
A Bill to Define Tr0,tt\ „
Senator Hltchcok has offered a >"
fine trusts and conspiracies aga a
It defines a trust asacombinatlonoi >
skill or acts, by two or more pets"”*',
corporations or association of perso .
two or more of them for either, »»J
of the following purposes:
nr rarrv nut. restrictions in trau ; (,4
limit or reduce the proaucwou.y..
reduce the price of merchH11 *•
modities; third, to prevent f
In manufacture, ranking, tr
haIa or tinirhftsA of mereh&n ■ ..id
)T^
manufacture, making, tr -h ^
_le or purchase of merchan any <
or commodities: fourth, to “nrtce to *
ard or figure whereby its ^
public shall be in j?ny_nna any
trolled or established up fonsurJpin
trolled or established
cie intended for sale, use or ■ jai
in this state; fifth to make'?,mrnt ■' ;
contract, obligation or agree ‘ ,, -V ■
they shall bind themselvesnot Wlllf,
article below a common st»|>®’^ , in „
.list price, or by which they p
manner establish or settle the P ,rI :ll :
article or commodity or tr comp*
preclude a free and unre®*T h.tj0ii •-»*3
805. ll^A^^JSSSSS^T
don in the sale or transpo'r..£|, ^
mch article, or by wV,lch„,i?v3rintei'"',"
pool, combine or unite .rn |llt. ,m
may have in connection :!»
transportation of any such effected
nricc mav in any manner be am
A New State
Senator Tefft has in,lrod“^t0 hvi^
calculated to relieve the ‘
Public ands and Building ° vj,!in.' (lj
^f its onerous burdens ' J^natfl K*
lew state official, to be Jfnire VI, ' '
__t .. t ml III
ew state official, to o*:This f H
utervisor of public . L 0f 51^
1 to be paid sin annual {UiUry ^. n
>“»de™?du.?i ifJdn .*repairs
eT,is duty ts visit a» w
ons, oversee all nccl?"j .C. over ,i"' »
Ise a general supervisio' “ 1)( •
,1 nniwlitimi of all bullions.
ise a general 5“*[?rI,1?,,.<Sinw
ll condition of aU buune repor.
16 slate. He is 'e,‘)u ,rp nature o< ,,j
"fly*fndettll «l , lats;-^
riv, giving m. “etail thOj ,#<| laho.-,^
ilrs, the cost of ”iat^hea Hoard ’f
ich other facts as the .r„
ich other facts as the re
mds and Buildings mayW^
rosTY-rwojnU^
orrlble Accident •>»
ACVI u*“*
Railway In *•* vr,-ro*.
V,A '■ .Ml*'
City of Mexico,
arch 2. An excursion ‘
to the city ...0“nthacc,dent
ilroad met 'vlth a.n ., f rolm
afternoon. While
1 »vr —- . j
*rdoom. *>—• -nrttint#1® ji
the side of »
ches jumped the^t E*^
''"^ tlir "^
and _tn*rt>.„id
injure
'u iu« oauyuu. •nr®op; #
e killed and thu-t> to^;
out forty kilome^^,
Wires have been MObt»*;
• ires have oeeu-rWOl)B
been impossible jjssstef
ila of the awful «•
details 1