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TMK I'RONTIKU I’llINTINIl CO.
O’NEILTi, NEBRASKA.
OVER THE STATE.
This new <1. A. It. hall in Nebraska
City wo* dedicated last week.
Tiik (lenoa State bank has been re
organized with u woraun as president.
Tiik Kree lloinestoud Colony associa
tion of UiblKin will hold its animal re
union April H.
In tho Davis case on trial at Lincoln
for two weeks, the jury disagreed and
was discharged.
In tho case of Davis, the ulleged train
wrecker, on trial in Lincoln, tho jury
disagreed and were discharged.
ttuv. A. W. Arm has accepted the
pastorship of tho Congregationalist
church at David City for another year.
Tiikric has been a Young Men's
Christian Association formed ut Chad
ron in which many are taking an active
park
Mtts. John Denson of Fairfield was
thrown from a buggy by a runaway
horse and received Injuries that may
provo fatal.
Lkiuii business men are making an
effort to raise enough funds to secure
the building of a titty-barrel flour mill
at that place.
Omaha has a nervy harness thief.
He took the harness from a horse
hitched in the street. He was over
hauled and is in jail now.
Tiik township assessors of (Jage
county decided to assess personal prop
erty at one-third and real estate at one
fourth of its actual value.
John Koi.okownki und C.eorge Work
man, two young lads, were arrested at
Beatrice charged with attempting to
set tiro to tlie Rock Island depot.
Already 810,000 worth of improve
ments are under way in Pawnee City
and before many months it is expected
that the amount will be doubled.
Scuvi.TZ and McCabe, proprietors of
an Omaha fur store, have been arrested
and are In jail charged with firing t heir
establishment to securo the insurauee.
Tiik four tramps whose arrest on sus
picion of being concerned in the Tsl
mage burglary were released last week,
there not being sufficient evidence to
hold them.
An infant was born to Mrs. Charles
Orr near Niobrara that weighed, when
fully dressed, less than three pounds.
A finger ring waa easily slipped over
ita foot and passed up as far as the
knee.
Beatrice had two business failures
last week, Smith Brothers' pharmacy
and Clarke Browning’s shoe store being
closed. The amount of liabilities in
either ease cannot be ascertained at
this time.
Mas. Martha A. Janney, one of the
pioneers of Nobraska, died at her home
near Beeraer, in the 83d year of her
age. She was the widow of Kev. Lewis
Janney, who came - to Nebraska from
Massachusetts in 1804.
Vanhai.h broke into the school house
at Holbrook, destroyed the furnituie,
tore up the school books an'd painted
the blaekboard and woodwork a brill
iant red. The direetora are muking a
vigorous search for the miscreants.
At present there are three crazy men
in the Otoe county jail. Clerk of the
Court Campbell has received letters
from the superintendent of the Lincoln
and Hastings asylums stating that
there is no room for them at those in
stitutions.
George Stroble, a saloon keeper of
Nebraska City, was arrested charged
with selling liquor to minors. Stroble
is a member of the city council and
candidate at the coming election for
re-election on the independent ticket
He pleaded guilty and was fined >35
and costa
Tim report that has reached South
Omaha to the effect that the time of
beginning the work on the South
Omaha postofllce building has been set
far back in the dim and mystic future
has caused tears of regret to spring to
the eyes of several patriots who have
land to sell.
As the result of a neighborhood quar
rel, George Wilcox, an Antelope coun
ty farmer, shot some horses belonging
to Coridine Taylor. A justice of the
peace fined him >5 for his fun, but
this was not satisfactory to Taylor,
and the same has been appealed to the
district court.
Collector North has received this
ruling about the income tax: That no
debts contracted prior to the year for
which return is made (in this instance,
1894) can be deducted from the income
where such debts have proven worth
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8hkriff Kyd of Gage county left last
week for Ft. Smith, Ark., to bring
back John Epp, a young cigar maker
who is wanted to answer the charge of
seduction preferred against him by
Mary Geispeck. The young man was
located by telegraph, lie is well known
in Beatrice.
At St. Mary's Catholics church. West
Point, just before tho commencement
of high mass, Mrs Robert Kube, the
wife of a farmer, entered the building
and immediately became ill. The suf
ferer was quickly removed to the par
ochial house, where she expired in a
few minutes of heart disease.
< For several months farmers in the
vicinity of Pender and others have
been missing their hogs. A load of
■wine was stolen from the Wheeler
ranch, just outside of Render. Wagon
tracks were traced to R. S. Donnelson's
residence at Pender, but there was no
trace of the hogs. Deputy Sheriff Tad
lock took up the trail and followed the
outfit to West Point, where he found the
hogs in a dealer's pen. The thieves
were arrested and are now in jail.
Mr. V. G. Lyman of Kearney hhs ac
cepted a position with the American
Bible society and in a few days will
leave with his wife for Shanghai,
China, and will act as agent for the so
ciety at that place. A farewell recep
tion was tendered them at the Method
ist church and a pleasant time had.
At Plattsmouth Judge Chapman last
week passed on the motion for a new
trial made by the defense in the case of
Pugilist James Lindsay, by denying
the same. The defense laid consider
able stress on an alleged state of fact
that the jury had been affected by out
side influences during the progress of
the trial The case will be taken to
the supreme court
In tho 1'nited States district court at I
Lincoln lust week, the last remaining
count in the indictment against cx
Congressman li. VV. K. Dorsey, charg
ing him with criminal acts In connec
tion with the National bank, with j
which he was connected, was dismissed
by District Attorney Sawyer.
Wiiii.k attempting to hold an unman- j
agcalde teum by tho bits llarvey Akins
of Teeutnseli was knocked down. |
trumped and run over. He was picked I
up in an unconscious condition and car
ried hum?- An examination revealed
that no nones were broken, but. he had
sustained severe Internal injuries.
I It A J. SiiAtu., an inmate of the Sol
diers' home at (irand Island, died last
week after being an invalid for years.
Mhaul was a member of company K,
Thirty-seventh Iowa infantry, known
as the “(iroybeards." He wasadinittcd
to tho homo from Kroken liow in IK'.r.’,
and has been a hospital patient ever
since admission. He was 75 years of
age.
It. A. McIIai.k of Milford has made a
proposition to those interested in start
ing a co-operative creamery at Wake
field, to take shares in it and run it for
the company for #05 a month. His
proposition has been conditionally ac
cepted by the committee and the work
of soliciting shares is now going on.
The plant is to cost <3,500 and handle
the milk of 400 cows to start with.
Mr. Lk.k, a lloston capitalist, is in
Ord In the Interest of an irrigating
ditch on the north side of the river.
The intention was to have it commence
some six miles below Ord and extend
down to Scotia. The plan now is to
start near llurwell. which would make
the ditch about forty miles long. Five
thousand dollars worth of stock was
subscribed in Scotia in less than two
hours for the project.
Uoiikut Fox hails from Ashland,
whore he puts in his spare time buying
live stock for the South Omaha market,
says a correspondent. He entne in
yesterday morning nnd after attending
to his business at the yards drew out
<350 and went out witli tho "boys'’ to
see how much i'ackingtown tanglefoot
he could got outsido of. He succeeded
fairly well, so much so that he was rob
bed of half of his wad.
O.nk of the signs of the times as re
gards the initiation of more diversified
agriculture in this portion of the state,
says a North Loup dispatch, is found
in the fact that one gentleman in the
community has undertaken to raise
several acres of vine seeds for a Sioux
City seed firm, and another has just
received a proposition from a promi
nent seed merchant of Rochester. N.
Y., relative to raising 225 pounds of to
mato seeds
horses was made up at Miller to be sent
to the northwestern part of the state
to be wintered, for which the sum of
91 per month was to be paid. The man
agreed to return them in good condi
tion, but now they are coming back
m ch reduced in flesh and some of
them scarcely able to stand. A num
ber of them died of starvation and ex
posure. Thero is talk of having the
feeder arrested for cruelty to animals.
Thk senate adopted the following
resolution presented by Senator Akers
at the request of the people of Sidney,
Neb.: Resolved, by the legislature of
the state of Nebraska, the senate and
house joining, that the honorable con
gress of the United States be and is
hereby requested to cede the tract of
land known as the Fort Sidney mili
tary reservation to tho city of Sidney,
adjoining said reservation, to be used
for pumic, school and military pur
poses.
Faumkhs of Mall county are planting
and making good headway for spring
work. Aid for the needy ones will be
provided for in some manner and Mall
county will cultivate every acre. A
variety of crops will be planted, so as
to counteract any dry weather that
might come, English peas will be
grown for hogs, as they mature early
and are equal to corn for fattening.
Flax will be sown, so that money will
come in before other crops can be har
vested.
Tuts published announcement of
Congressman Meiklejohn that he would
send into Colfax county a portion of
the seeds alloted to him for distribu
tion caused quite a flurry among many
who have not seed for spring sowing.
There was much disappointment when
it was learned that small packages of
flower and garden seeds only would be
sent, instead of trainloads of grain for
seed. In the absence of a relief com
mittee in tliiscounty, the county judge,
county clerk and county treasurer were
designated by Mr. Meiklejohn to dis
tribute the seeds.
Tukkk are two horse thieves now in
jail at Lincoln under 91,000- bonds.
Frank Jones, alias Fruzier and a few
other things, and Chris McUiff were
heard in Justice McCundless' court,
with the above result The men stole
a team of horses belonging to O. N.
Dunn of Emerald from the corner of
Ninth and O streets, Lincolu. Through
v•*». ubivvtu v uoauvumuii uic
men wore located, Jones at Columbus
and Met!if! at Kearney, where lie has a
sister living. Oflioer Pound went after
| them and brought them back.
Attormcv Uknf.rai. Cui’Rcitiix in an
interview with W. F. Wills, county at
torney of Boyd county, who returned
from Lincoln, states that in case the
legislature had succeeded in passing
the “Barrett Scott bill,” he would not
ask for a change of venue. Wills is au
thority for the statement that the at
torney general had arrived at the con
clusion that when the case was called
he would move to dismiss the action,
and then institute new proceedings in
Boyd county. The theory of the pros
ecution is that since the body was found
on the Boyd county side of the river,
the supposition is that the crime was
committed in Boyd county, and if tho
defense wants a trial in Bolt county,
they will have to show that the mur
der was actually committed in that
county.
I lx Franklin county a married woman
! and her married daughter each gave
birth to a baby the same day. Both
were boys, same complexion, size and
weight. When the neighbors came in
they of course took the babies, and in
some way got them mixed. Now neitli
or mother can tell which baby belougs
to her.
At the home of Herman Brigman. j
four miles south of Hartington, the'
fi-year-old daughter was playing ulone !
in a room in which was standing :v '
loaded shotgun. The little girl got 1
her mouth over the muzzle of t he gun j
and discharged it, her head being lit
erally torn to shreds. ,
THE END IS NEARING.
LEGISLATORS ARE THEREFORE
PUSHING THEIR WORK.
Many Meimri>a Being: Transformed Into
Law—Location of a Second Soldiers’!
Home—The Seed Grain Bill In the
Hands of the Governor for Signature—
Constitutional Amendment! Passed
Upon—Report on the Penitentiary—
Miscellaneous Matters of General In
terest.
The Nebraska Assemble.
Frnate.—In the senate on the ISt.h house
roll 287, Judd's bill to provide for a lien on
crops to secure purchase price of seeds sold
to drouth sufferers, was read the third time
and passed as amended by the senate. The
senate went into committee of the whole,
with Senator Pope In tin* chair, to consider
hills proposing amendments to the Austra
lian ballot law. 'these bills were ail read.
They were senate llle UKI. by renator Gra
ham; senate tile *31, by Gross; senate file 117,
by Jeffries, anti senate file lf> , by Watson,
hermtor Graham ad vocated the passage of
his bill, which provides for an emblem for
each pariy, opposite to which the voter can
make a murk indicating tbat he votes the
straight ticket. This hill was explained by
the author as being patterned after the
Iowa and Kansas laws. Senator McKesson
favored the adoption of the Graham bill
with some slight changes, as it would
permit the illiterate voter to vote
a straight ticket. Henator Crane
said that ho thought that the
voters at last fail’s election
showed that, they understood the manner
of using the present ballot, and he opposed
any change. The committee recommended
that senate files lOti and 1. 4, which both pro
vide for blanket ballots, be indefinitely
postponed, benutc fib? 321, by Cross, was
recontmended for passage. This provides 1
t hat candidates by petition shall not have |
their mimes followed by a party designa- ;
lion. Jeffries’ senate file 117, providing that
two Judges shall be present when the ballot
of an illiterate or blind voter is marked for {
iiim. was recommended to lie indefinitely
p< siponed. When the committee arose the
report as to^acii bill considered was adopt
ed. Senator Graham offered a resolution
instructing the hoard of public lands and
buildings to set apart a room for the use of
the Grand Army of the Republic officers
and a depository for war relics.
House.-—In the house on the 18tli Cole of
Hitchcock moved that a committee of five
bo appointed to confer with a like commit
tee from the senate to fix a time for ad
journment. Adopted. Senate tile 27, by
Graham, to amend the law regulating the
soldiers’ relief county funds and commis
sions, was recommended to pass as amend
ed. Senate Hie 13, the pure food bill, was
advanced to third reading, also senate file
173, by Watson, legalizing acts of cities of
the first class under the laws of 1891. House
roll 133, the Omaha charter, whs reported
with the recommendation that it pass as
amended, on a special order for Wednesday
afternoon. The report was adopted.
Howard that house roll 2 8, Monger s bill
for an appropriation for prosecuting the
maximum rate case through the federal
courts, be made a special order for 11 a. m.
tomorrow. Adopted. House*- bill, nruvld
ing ror a supervisor oi suite printing, was
amended with an appropriation provision
and recommended to pass. The bill of Mer
rick of tinge, providing for the location of a
brancli soldiers’ home at Milford, was con
sidered. After considerable discussion the
bill was recommended to pass, House roll
#12, providing for tin* payment of miscellan
eous Herns of indebtedness, was recom
mended to pass. The committee arose and
reported. Hi.ward of Harpy wanted to
amend the report, l y deducting the 15 per
cent from the allowances to the Lincoln
Journal company, but he was unsuccessful,
and the report of the committee of tho whole
was adopted.
Senate.—In the senate on the 19th irriga
tion bills were considered. The bill was
house roll No. 3J2. This was identical with
senate tile No. 50, already passed by the sen
ate, but the house hill was amended in sev
eral lmporiant particulars. Amendment
was in the shape of a proviso added to sec
tion 1. Tho first section of the bill provides:
Section 1. Whenever twenty or a majority
of freeholder^ owning lands susceptible of
one mode of irrigation from -a common
source and by the same system of works de
sire to provide for the irrigation of the
same, they may propose the organization of
an irrigation district under the provisions
of this act, and when so organized each dis
trict shall have the powers conferred or
that may hereafter bo conferred by law
upon such Irrigation district. The proviso
added to tills section by the house was as
follows: Provided, That where ditches or
canals have been constructed before the
passage of this act of sufficient capacity to
water tho land thereunder for which
the water taken In such ditches
1* appropriated, such ditches
and franchises and the land sub
ject to be watered thereby shall bo exempt
from opera ions of this law, except such
district shall be formed to make purchases
of such ditches, canals and franchises, and
that this law' shall bo construed to in any
way affect the right of ditches already con
structed. When tho senate bill was up for
consideration an attempt was made to add
this provision, but it failed. Akers asked
thutlho bill as it passed the house be placed
on its final passage by the senate. lie de
fended the hou»e amendment. He declared
that it would encourage the investmentof
capital in the state. He declared further
that the senator who undertook to delay
the passage of the bill would receive the se
vere condemnation of the people of the Irri
gation districts of the state. The house
amendments were agreed to and tho bill
was read tho third time and passed, and
awaits the governor’s pleasure, it provides
for the organization and control of local ir
rigation districts. Tho other irrigation bill
providing for the appropriation of all run
ning water of the state and for the organi
zation of a State Board of Irrigation, Is
still pen lug In the house, having already
passed the senate.
Hors*.—The house on the 19th refused to
concur In the senate’s substitute for the
$210,UX) relief bill, passed by the house with
out the emergency clause. The principal
objection urged against tho bill was that It
made no discrimination in the cultivated
area of the different counties when It came
toap propriating the |4,0U0 provided for each
county. It was this that was urged against
the measure by titggius of Cluster and .Miles
hors the discrepancies existing between
various eounties. Thomas county has
about 1 "50 acres undcrctiltivution, .VelMter
son 2,10 only, while l uster has not less than
210,00 > act os which must bo seeded. 1 o ap
propriate 54,0U> to Thoxuas and the same
amount to Custer county Miles held to be a
Stress injustice. The house agreed with
him. and a motion to sucuilt the hill to a
conference committee was carried. Thu
house went into committee of tlio whole to
c nslder house roll No. 20S. the spe
cial order, anti bills on general tile.
House roll No. 20S provides for the defense
of suits now pending in the federal court
known as the maximum rate cases.
The bill provides for an appropriation
of rl3.iKgl.2i for the purpose of paying
a number of items. The bill as recommend
ed for passage by the committee of the
whole carriesStf.eSisai, divided as follows:
Omaha I'rlntin; company, It,s. is.
Woodruff. #.11100; (Jeorge U. Hastings,
.lohn I,. \\ Ulster, ;IU> 0; W. A lill
worth, S4TE».t>7; L. 1\ Wakelield, S;«i; total.
50.li8s.02, I’he s m of flJ.Ptl ,7s was ppropri
ated for the following purposes: John L.
tvei ster. for services to bo rendered la the
appelate and supremo courts, #4.0 0: for the
payment of witness fees already incurred
and other expenses, ST.ntO. s. This effects a
redu tion of S3.443.i> from the bill as report
ed by the committee. The state university
bill was recommended for passage, -ome
amendments being added. House roll No.
•'>82. by Itr ckman. to compel railroad com
panies to furnish stockmen free trail.porta
lion from initial points to place of oestina
tion and return, was considered, and How
ard moved to strikeout the section contain
ing the gist of the entire bill. This amend
ment prevailed and the hill was intlebuitely
postponed on motion of lilckctts.
Sksatr.—In the senate on the 20th the
antl-rlgurette bill as It passed the house
was taken up. and after being amended out
of its original form was recommended for
passage. The bill as It passed the house ah
solutely prohibited the manufacture and
stile of cigarettes in the state of Nebraska.
The bill as amended by the senate permits
the sale of cigarettes to ull persons over 21
f ears of age. liraham, chairman of the sift
ne committee, reported live bills with the
recommendation that they be blared at the
bead of the general tile In accordance with
the new rule adopted by tbe senate last
Friday. The five bills recommended for
Immediate consideration were senate files
>oa. . 40, luo and 104. and house rolls Nos. 41
and 67. Senate file No. :*40 is by McKesson,
and is an act to facilitate the giving of
bonds, undertakings and recognizances, and
io authorize the acceptance of certain cor
porations as surety thereon It will enable
city, county and state officials to give a
bond purchased from a security company,
instead of being signed by private Individ
uals. Senate file No. 100 Is by £toufer, and
relates to decedents’ estates. It provides
that, the county judge, upon a proper show
ing by petition, grant authoiity to execu
tors or adrnlnistraiors of estates to mort
gage any real estate belonging to such es
tate whore mortgages existing on such reul
€»state are due or about to become due and
there is no money belonging to such estate
with which to pay or redeem such mortgage.
Senate tile No 104, by Hahn, provides for the
listing of whole sections, half or quarter
sections in one description when advertised
for delinquent tax sale House roll No. 41
provides for the pensioning of volunteer
firemen when Injured while In the line of
duty. House roll .no. or is the beet sugar
bounty bill.
House.—In the house on the 30th tho
Omaha charter was recommended for
passage by the committee of the whole, and
the hill to repeal the state depository law
was indefinitely postponed. Those two me js
ures comprise nearly the entire business
transacted by the house. Senate file No, 41,
by Wat on. was first reached in committee
of the whole. It provides for the better
protect Ion of prisoners confined in any jail
in any county having more than 25,04) in
habitants, by repairing or constructing
Jails, and authorizes the issue of bonds for
that purpose. The bill was recommended
to pass, in considering the depository law
a whirl of excitement was precipitated by
the sudden demand of Davies t hat a number
of lobliving bankers be excluded from the I
Moor of the house. <*iapman, In the chair,
replied that the point of order was well taken
and that the suggestion would be enforced.
Hurcii made a speech of protestation against
remarks which had been made by certain
speaker impugning his motives, lio could
cunsccutiously say that his vote was always
cast according to the dictates of his best
judgment and unintiuenced by lobbyists.
He admitted that the law was crude and
needed amendment. But for forty days
and forty nights prior to the expiration of
the limit for introducing bills no one of the
mem hers opposed to repeal had ottered to
amend the incongruities and objectionable
features of the present, deposhory law.
Howard’s motion to indefinitely postpone
the hill was carried by a vote of 48 to 311.
Senate file No. 11), by Franc, was up for con
sideration, and was the occasion of a hot
debate. It provides that county attorneys
shall without fee give opinions and advice
to the board of county commissioners, when
requested to do so by such board, upon all
matters in which the county is interested.
Tho bill further provides that in counties
whose population exceeds 70.00U tho county
attorney may employ additional counsel in
civil cases as the public Interest may re
quire. The bill was amended by the senate
to exclude the provision relating to comities
with more than 70 00j population, and it was
thus recommended f r passage.
Senate.—In tho senate on the 21st it was
agreed to pass the beet sugar bounty bill
already passed by the house, but with an
amendment providing for the payment of a
bounty, of five-eighths of a cent a pound
upon chicory manufactured in this state,
providing the manufacturers pay $10.50 per
ton for the chicory beets at the factory.
After the sugar bill had been disposed of
the sifting committee reported five more
bills for immediate consideration. The con- I
ference committee’s report on the $;00.000 I
uui was receivea ana agreea to. me
report, was quite lengthy, but in substance
it. provided that the money appropriated by
the state shall be distributed under the di
rection of the State Relief commission. The
house bill placed the entire amount at the
disposal of the Relief commission, while the
senate sut stitute apportioned the amount
directly to the counties, to l>»» used us each
county deemed best. The following bills
were read the third time and passed: House
roll No. 981, appropriating $40,000 for the
payment of the incidental expenses of the
present session of the legislature. The
bill as It passed the house only appropriated
225,000, but the senate believed that an ex
tra flM00 would be needed. Semite file No.
13.', by Wright of Lancaster, to regulate the
organization and operation of mutual bene
fit associations. Senate file No. >92, by
Wright, repealing the law creating sanitary
districts in the rity of Lincoln. .Senate file
No. 3l0, by McKesson, to permit guarantee
companies to furnish bonds for persons
holding public or private trusts. It was
ordered engrossed for third reading without
discussion. Senate file No. 100, by Steufer,
granting to administrators of estates power
to mortgage property belonging to such es
tate in order t» pay off mortgages falling
due. It received no opposition and was
recommended for passage, house roll No.
41, by Wait of Otoe, to pension members of
volunteer fire departments who are perma
nently injured while in discharge of their
duty. Like the others it met with no oppo
sition and was recommended for passage.
Senate file No. 104. by Hahn of Adams, pro
viding for the listing of whole, half or
qunrtor sections in one description when ad
vertised for delinquent tax sale. Recom
mended for passage.
House.—In the house on the 21st the
following were passed: Providing for an
appropriation of $8,000 for a branch of the
Soldiers’ homo at Milford. House roll No.
494, by Burch, appropriation for completion
of the University library building. Houso
roll No. 5 1, by Ashby, authroizlng the Hoard
of Supervisors of Clay conunty to compro
mise with the taxpayers the unpaid taxes
for the year 1S74 on certain lands in the
county. House roll No. 612, making appro
priations for the payment of miscellaneous
items of indebtedness owing by the state,
including the wolf bounties. House roll No.
848, Benedict’s age of consent bill, raising
the age of consent from 15 to 18 years, by fit
yeas to 3 nays. Senate file No. 1 0, by Hol
brook. providing for the creation of a board
of bank commissioners in cities of the sec
ond class having more than 5,000 and less
than 25,000 inhabitants. House roll No. 291,
by Hatrgrove, to prevent counterfeiting of
sterling and coined silver goods and wares.
House roll No. 208, by Munger, appropriating
money for the payment of expenses already
iucurred in the prosecution of the maxi
mum rate cases, ana for further expenses
likely to bo incurred. The bill, as amended
aud passed, strikes out the claim of E. S.
Dundy, jr., as master in chancery. $2,618 05.
and appropriates $6,000 to J. L. Webster for
services performed and 24,600 for contingent
services In carrying the case up to higher
courts. The bill passed by u vote of 84 to &
Cooley, Jenkins Roddy, Moehrman and
Walt voting in the negative. The house then
went into committee of the whole, i ouse
roll No. 443, by Schickedantz. the general
irrigation bill was considered for a few min
utes, and the repeal of section 2034 reconsid
ered, and the section left in the law as it
now stands. Seriate tile No. 274, constitu
iiiMKu uiuuiiuinuii nu. •*, uuiuuruiii^ ine
merging of county and city franchises, was
recommended for passage.
Senate.—In the senate on the 22d two bills
were taken up, read the third time and
passed. One of these is the now celebrated
anti-cigarette bill. It prohibits the sale of
cigarettes to all persons under 21 years of
age. The bill, as it came from the house,
absolutely prohibited the manufacture and
«alo of cigarettes in the state, but its oppo
nents succeeded In adding the amendment
limiting the sales to persons over21yenrs
old. The senate pas ed the bill providing
for a pension for volunteer firemen disabled
while I * i he performance of their duty, and
then took a recess till 2 o’clock. After con
curring in the conference report on the
MOO.OUU relief bill the senate went into com
mittee of the whole for the purpose of con
sideration of the bills recommended by
the sifting committee. Senate file No. 44, by
liraham. was recommended for passage. It
provides for the keeping of an incumbrance
book in tlie office of the clerk of the district
court and to require entry therein by the
sheriff of each levy of attachment or execu
tion, In order to bind subsequent vendees
or incumbrances. In the committeee of the
whole the senate spent some time in consid
eration of Hitchcock’s judicial re appor
tionment bill, but there were so many
[Amendments offered that the bill was un
completed The bill will come up next
week, t rane, chairman of the penitentiary
investigating committee, presented the re
port of that committee. The report was ac
cepted and ordered spread upon the jour
nal. The senate then again resolved itself
into committee of the whole to consider bills
recommended by the siftlug committee.
The first bill taken up was house roll No.
l;#. better known as the Omaha l ire and
1‘olice commission bill. After reading one
ur two sections the committee rose without
rurrher action. The senate theu adjourned
until Monday at lo o’clock.
House.—1 he house, in committee of the
whole on the 22d, recommended for passage
the following bills: Providing for regula
tions to prevent the introduction of eonta
zious diseases; providing for the disposal of
carcasses of dead animals; authorizing
toarfls to bind or apprentice minor
children under the age of 14 who may be
:ome public charges; providing for a uni
form system of Touchers for use in the dis
bursement of state funds: to levy a tax to
create a special fund for the erection of
court houses and other public buildings.
House roll No 420, by Fritz, to provide tor
the relief of Dakota county; to appropriate
the sum of fMKOfor thepurpose of furnish
ing additional shelving for tne state library;
appropriating 8,00 for a card catalogue In
the state library. The report of the confer
ence committee on house roll No. 5.5, the
1200,0 0 relief bill. was. on motion of Bee,
taken up and read. The conference com
mittee’s report was in the shape of an en
tirely new ill, with un emergency clause.
The speaker ruled that the report could not
be amended, hut must be adopted or rejec
ted as a whole, and also that it would re
el uiro sixty-seven votes to adopt it, in view
of the emergency clause attached. The re
port was adopted. G» to 2G. The house then
went into committee of the whole and con
tinued discussion of the banking bill, which
was recommended for passage. Rouses
bill, house roll No. 522. providing for the ap
Jiointment of county boards of depositories
orpunlic funds, was next considered. The
bill w as recommended for passage and the
committee rose.
Agreement on Seed aud Feed Bill.
Some time ago the house passed a bill ap
propriating f200,000 for seed grain for the
drouth stricken district. The senate amen
ded this hill, but the house refused to con
cur in the amendments. A conference com
mittee was appointed, and this committee
on the 21st presented to the house and sen
ate the following, which it recommended to
pass:
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
state of Nebraska:
section. 1. That there be and is hereby
appropriated the sum of 1200.000 for the pur
pose of procuring seed and feed f« r teams
for the destitute farmers of this stute dur
ing the spring of 1S05.
£cc. 2. It is hereby made the duty of the
auditor of public accounts to draw his war
rants on the state treasurer on the requisi
tion of the state relief commission, approved
by the president and secretary thereof, in
favor of the several county treasurers of
the counties entitled to receive aid under
the provisions of this act for such portion of
the amount herein appropriated as the stale
relief commission may determine necessary
in accordance with the provisions of this
act.
tec. 3, It shall be and is hereby made the
duty of the state relief commission to ap
point in each of the counties entitled to re
ceive aid under this act, where such ap
jv ’ ltinents havo not already been made, a
• nty central relief commission, and in
every county entitled to receive aid under
this act the county central relief commis
sion shall have charge of all seed and feed
procured from their respective counties,
aud said county central relief commission
shall appoint a sub-commission in each vot
ing precinct.
Two or more of the county commissioners
or supervisors, as the case may be, together
with the county cieru, shall be members of
the county central relief commission, and
such county central relief commission shall,
on its appointment, immediately organize
by the election of a president and secre
tary.
Sec. 4. The county clerk shall on requisi
tion of the county central relief commis
sion, signed by its president and secretary,
draw his warrant on the sum placed in the
county treasury by the provisions of this
act, in payment for such seed and feed as
may he procured by the county central re
lief commission and the expenses incurred
In procuring the same.
Sec. 5. The county central relief commis
sions of the several counties shall use the
sum placed in the county treasury by the
provisions of this act, or so much thereof
as may be required in the procuring of seed
ami i«eu ior teams, ana snail apportion tne
same pro rata to the several precincts in
proportion to the number of needy farmers
In such precinct. taid feed and seed, as ap
portioned by the county central relief com
mission, shall be delivered to the several
sub-relief commissions for distribution.
Sec. a It is hereby made the duty of the
state relief commission to aid the several
county central relief commissions in the
procuring of seed and feed when requested
by the said county central relief commis
sion to do so. and furnish to them upon ap
plication all information on this subject
which it. the state relief commission, may
bo possessed; provided, that where the
county central relief commissions may so
uesire, they may procure their supply of
feed and seed through the state relief com
mission.
Sec. 7. The sun-relief commissions of the
several counties shall report to thelrcounty
central relief commission the disposition of
all seed and feed passing through their
hands, giving the names of the persons re
ceiving the same, the amounts and kinds of
seed and feed each person received, and the
several county central relief commissions
shall compile the reports so received from
the sub-relief commissions into a statement
which shall give a complete accounting of
8-11 moneys received and paid out under
this act, which statement shall be submit
ted to the county board for its indorsement
ana approval at the nex* regblar meeting.
See. 8. That all moneys appropriated and
to be distributed under the provisions of
this act shall be divided amon_r the several
counties having relief commissions auxili
ary to the state relief commission pro rata,
according to the number of farmers requir
ing such seed and feed in said counties, the
same to be determined by the state relief
commission, based on knowledge now in
their possession, or upon information in
writing, signed by the president and secre
tary of the county central relief commis
sion of such county, showing the number of
farmers in need of such aidln their several
counties, and tiie state relief commission
shall receive the sum of for services,
properly rendered under this act, to be paid
out of the appropriation herein provided
for.
Sec. 9. Any member of the county central
relief commissions or of the sub-relief com
missions knowingly distributing seed or
feed 10 individuals who are able to procure
the same for themselves, or who shall show
favoritism in such distribution to a member
of any tooiety, political or religious organ
ization, or who shall improperly dispose of
any of such seed or feed, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic
tion shall be fined in any sum not exceeding
$100 or imprisonment in the county jail not
more than thirty days.
Sec. 10. In the distribution of seed and
feed, as provided for herein, no old soldiers
of tne union army shall be discriminated
against on account of his drawing a pension
of Srj or less per month.
free 11. No county shall receive aid which
does not furnish the information called for
m this act to the state relief commission on
or before April 1,1895, and the distribution
to the several counties shall be completed
onor. before April 1«', lhov, provided, that
nothing In tins act shall he so construed us
to interfere with donations solicited or
made to individuals, precincts or munici
palities.
frsec. IS. Whereas an emergency exists this
act shall be In force and take effect f» om
and after its passage.
vrgea to Act Quickly.
In accordance with adoption of the re
lief committee's conference report on house
roll No. 525, li.u State Relief commission has
forwarded to fifty-two counties, needing re
lief, the following circular:
The State Relief commission in compli
ance with the provisions of house roll No.
.)«>, a copy is herewith enclosed, do hereby
appoint the several persons comprising your
present County Cemral Relief committee
anu constituting your present organization
as a County Central Relief commission aux
iliary to the State Relief c mmission forthe
purpose of carrying out the provisions of
said house roll No. 525, the presiding officer
of which is hereafter to do known and
designated as president, instead of chair
, ?ny changes have taken place,
either in the membership or secretaryship
not of record at this office, such fact must
do communicated to us at once so that our
records will be full and complete.
\Ve would respectfully suggest that you
call a meeting of your organization at once
to reappoint vour precinct committee under
the name of a sub-commission, at which
time all arrangements should be consum
mated for carrying on the work of procur
ing and distributing grain for seed and feed,
as contemplated by the provisions of t e
act above referred to, and supmit state
ments or requests which you may deem nec
essary for our information and considera
tion, so that the business can proceed intel
ligently ami with the proxnpint-ss the exi
gencies of the situation demand.
1 csterday the t'tato l.eiief commission
placed orders for the shipment of eventeen
tons of flour, six tons of corn meal and sixty
packages and two boxes of garden seeds.
These packages each contain five pounds of
n sorted seeds, and the boxes are regular
soed cases.
The finance committee of the State Relief
commission yesterday ordered paid f6.2Htt.70
for supplies and transportation. Of this
amount, $1. ;^i.h5 was a bill for bacon, $4,100
for Hour and meal, and $.17,47 for hominy
and rice, the coal Dili amounting to$550.
MARVELS OF MEMORY.
“Blind Tom,” the idiot pianist, re
membered nearly 4,000 compositions.
_ **• Seed Oi»u,
The seed train bill lntr*„
Boone and which has
for his signature Is „
Bp It enacted b,““lo»*
state of Nebraska
lb a it 41n s mi
Section l. That anv i„j,
pany or corporationw^ .W1
Df “M-dfor seedinRor
of Nebraska during the' llaE»
Id DavmAnt./ne *», J*. 1110
IU«i,L
in payment/or the sa mele*r -
be denominated "i-pccTaTib"!e 'i
in form as follows: PC“ -etd lit,
SPECIAL SetD crai, ,0; I
On or before t he.‘
dayot;;
rateof... 'percentn»’?.l,h ln!lf
until due, aP„dC.Cnp?r".“"»S, '
paid; ' per CTnt thereof
For the consideration I
the undersigned he,e"v ^?Illl0«k|
and promises that this note^T
tho purchase of seed gram i beu*d
herein, which said .a
w"t* ® f°“OWinst desert
town"..raiige'SCCtlon- ■ * a
dounty Nebraska. .'»I
'*’ouriw**a.
1 his Instrument shall h* a , j
declared by the underii™‘I
thDe°5oa“ «.?!P *.«w «S 10
the year 188b he'»
wherever said grain may be l .' ?
and In whnsnAvor'c
be, and for the coSS,
tioned the undersigned here
conveys to the said e •
herein, all the above "seed
grain which shall or mayV,.fj
seed grain upon the land Iw'H
Upon the condition, bowX' f J
above note secured herebyshall
or before the maturity ihe.re.f a
fulf force 10 be V0W' othcr*i'twll
A?,I1,1!? amber »
In case of failure to pay tt' ?'
orwlieneverua
of this not^and root-gag" nmy'd™
Insecure, then he may by
mortgage take said seed graKl
grown fi om the same, in white1X1
the same may be, demand forti,e 23
lng hereby waived, and sell La
public or private sale as by u, *
The proceeds of said sale, aft,-t Hi
all expenses, to he applied on HrijSI
mortgage, and the residue, if
turned to tlie undersigned, am “ill
xKsr*-*
ticiency. .
This note is given In pursuamoiJ
of the legislatuie of the state u( Sa
entitled:
“An act to provide for the busU
seed grain on time In tho ,yeari*3
create a lien upon cropscrownfH
same, and for the disciiantcotsul
and also for the punishment of theSI
of this act and for the punishmeattol
sal to discharge such lien." *
Approved:
Witness:
And the same, when properly 1M 4
proper office In the county where lei]
grain Is to be sown, the owner tail f
thereof shall be thereby vested witil
rights, powers and benefits of the hi
a chattel mortgage upon the crop«J
grown fromsm h seed, whether the m
growing, matured or gathered uid
and shall at all times be alirstlitigj
product grown from such seed ««iL
note Is fully paid. Provided, hoietjl
act shall not be In force on ud 1
Sec. 2. A true copy of said note «L_
filed In the county clerk’s office of fol
ty where such crop is grown, andfcl
shall be when so filed treated inillrai
as a chattel mortgage duly tiled Id p
ance of thb statutes of the 91 ate of K
ka relative to the filing of chattel a
ges.
Provided that on presentation b?l
maker of the original noto canc-eki
clerk snail cancel said lien of recont J
Sec. 3. That any person or personiid
grain for seed to be used in plantinitfI
ing in aocrdance with this act, rioi
thereafter use the grain so purflaai
aforesaid, or the product thereoUtl
purpose other than designated inthi
herein provided for, shall be denned*
of a felony and sha 1 be punished aj
manner provided by law for feloaiousiyi
posing 01 mortgaged property, I
Sugar Beet Bounty Bill Safe.
The beet sugar bounty bills are not A
o be among those that will be suiscr
lispatched by the senate siftingcon®),
rhe bill which has already passedthe*
s almost certain of passing tho s “
-pite of the fact that strenuous e
jeing made to defeat it SenatorCna|
>ffered a substitute bill embodyingP
oiis which found much favor earlH
ession, but the senate is hard y ij
uidanger the success of the bill by ao
Lii entirely new measure so late m
ion and taking the risk ofdefejU
louse. If Senator Crane had ini*,
lis bill earlier in the session it
ecured more consideration, it Ml
he bounty to the producer of thej«j|
tead of to the manufacturer o'
he two vital sections of his bill rfs^
ollows: ,
Section t The state shall for eacHl
rears 18ik», 1SH6 and lvS«7 pay toan)
>erson, firm or corporation cn?a.eu 1
•aising of sugar beets the sura ol d a
dr all sugar beets raised in the-JJ j
)raska during said years; ProV1Sv
noney shall he paid to any niaBU
engaged in raising his own beets. |
Sec. 2. No money shall be F
tate for any sugar beets s0, Fa’fju,
he same shall be actually s0]^?lirjl2 al
>f to a factory for manufactu n
ugar, nor unless the person so
hall raise at least five tons of t
he year for which such WP1^ 3
-een made, nor unless said beets j
aln at least 10 per cent of saccua
Garden Seed I* Badly N"dfC J
Every mall Is bringing to the -
immisslon demands for garden _
Lincoln dispatch. Last week » j
icelved from Banner county, s f |
junty commissioners and attest ^
junty clerk, stating that there
0 farmers in need of garden ere .
le first demand made by ®a
and no provision had ™
' the commission for that ..
tlzeus recently iieid a- p>aa?r
lopted resolutions to th® °‘-e ntlIT!t ‘l
apted resolutions
mers of Bannercountj are< nI®i|
means to buy seed
tring crop the court ty coinnj,
■nin and feed for horses. .^i
with the demana uiu» «*•••'■ made m
county commissioners iiu'e
° The relief commission ha* rf,.l
The relief commissionrl|Cn -,v
neighborhood of Si.OJO f<lr ?‘rsaIiic H>!
the order for shipment of <1 o- „ni &
nlaced. This amount ‘u‘nd will1
placed. This amount wi}1 will
state appropriation of * in tnf
cause a corresponding dec t;e :
aud coal supply furnished l>J
slon.
The congressmen °(,* “
bo send the state relief i ^ ..nioua*"
bo send tbe state r®|Lelt, an>e«,,:t
packages of seed. Of ** abort,
nave been received to dat - '0„,aiii
lave been receiven ;u “ “ con>»
jackages. Some of the la value
_. .ruioli nf nn pracuea*
,eed. which is of no ,
armersof Nebraska. seed ctn
Proposals and sain,pJc,Si.Hf coim“K' li
low being received by 'he cspo'1'^*
then the bids are all In n gnancij!
he commission will be grain * •
ion to let contracts for seen s
Oss of time
at
The Depository l'a*’.)(|llS<
Rouse's bill, relating to depOny
ounty funds, provl-es (0 ttf^j
lank in the state may »Pp 1 5i,0rt. '
oara for appointment asnj,l»bah *
poo giving a suitable ™“ert,st paf*
portion of the flands..1' #as»prj•
ie rateof spereent. lne« f
The i»p»".
Rouse's bill, relating to T
he rate of Jpertenn n dm(,n., r .
ebate on Judds amt*'“(j.sivei.|’
hat. In addition tothil;<J“ .grid f
(fleers, there should bt « b.,nk. Kr,
irely disconnected with 1 Jmi,nttjil. ^,
Lancaster moved a
11 of the sureties
,-ith the hank "
jwn, ana j uuu ,
•iblic funds depositid. i
lie average of daily b?„,
I’e «pova i le'i-. . pippin1.
ith tlie bank, dui " t,.i
jwn, and Judd s PC® /JhallI"-"
.Min fnnHd rionoNitiU- ... ■ 1
•hall "l ’' j rr. .
niifC’. (..mi,
t* uvumsh "fiijable on
treasurer shall he 11 that he
oney deposited, pro> i nB dcpofi.o;j ■*
*3
oney uepusiiv... v-„ e uvpu'"j. CiJ
ive on deposit at any one, (or«h. Jlti
an one-half the u
unty board has anpm ftl„
e impa rmont of *thpri*eJ V.
nmy treasurer is autn ltank
iditional bonds J^om 1 ,y wimj»»
nasurers falling to boroV opj f J
ms of this aewarei to' «
sdemeanor. The act ow*
til the eapiratlon of thi u (the
e several county tieasun
a*
