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THE FRONTIER.
PUBLISHED EVERY THUK8PAY By
Ta* l'HONTISR PHINTINO Co._
O’NEILL, ~ NEBRASKA.
OVER THE STATE.
A 1HCYCJ.K club is in process of being
organized at St. l’aul.
Tonus hns been undergoing a won
derful revival in the line of temper
ance.
Broken liow is to have a Bummer
achool. l’rof. Currie will have charge,
and it will open the second week in
June.
(loVERNOIl Hoi.coM!! hns signed the
bill appropriating 8200,000 to be used
in the purchase of seed and feed grain
for the drouth sufferers.
Mbs. Patrick Donnkm.y of South
Omaha tried to start up a smouldering
fire with kerosene oil. An explosion
resulted and Mrs Donnelly wus fatally
burned.
Mrs. CoitNKi.ii.ts Waugonkk died at
her home, about eight miles north of
Axtell, of heart disease. She was 34
years of age, and leaves a family of
nine children, ranging from 3 months
to 14 years of age.
A pain Fitl, accident happened to J.
T. Aug he of Ashland. Handling a
burrul of pork, it slipped and caught
his fingers under the chime of the bar
rel, and the first two fingers of his left
hand were severed at the first joint
At a meeting of the reunion commit
tee at Hastings the fair grounds wore
decided upon as the Bite for this year's
(). A. R. reunion. The use of the
grounds and all buildings, with consid
erable adjacent land, has been secured.
Okokoe D. Lawson, cashier of the
First National bank of Ashland, has
handed in his resignation, to take
effect April 1. ills successor will be F.
E. White of Creighton, formerly cash
ier of the First National bank of that
place.
Stock from the neighborhood of
Reaver City, that was wintered in Kan
sas, has been returned to the owners
nearly starved to death. Many of the
animals perished during the winter,
and those who had charge of them are
severely criticized.
Thf. city council of Hastings took up
t.Vl A nntlflmi m-esan 1 at t li n last innni.
in? calling upon the city authorities)
for a strict enforcement of the laws
against houses of prostitution. After
some consideration the matter was re
ferred to the mayor with instructions
to employ and station policemen at
such houses'to arrest all frequenters.
Mns. John Avi.on, sr., an old lady
about sixty years old, who lives five
miles north of Table Rock, fell from
the steps of her residence the other
evening and dislocated one ankle,
bruising the other severely, and was
unconsoious for some time, and it was
feared seriously injured, but she is now
improving and it is thought she will
recover.
J. C. Kkhtkhton'h sale of trotting
bred horses occurred last Wednesday,
says the Falrbury Gazette, as adver
tised. and the day was all that could be
desired for the occasion. The result
of the sale was a surprise to horsemen,
as the best animals went for compara
tively nothing, while tho cheaper ones
brought all they wore worth and in
many instances more.
Thk Greeley county commissioners
have been rustling with the relief ques
tion and find it one of the most per
plexing matters they have confronted
for a long time. They also in
structed the county attorney to take
the necessary steps to secure a settle
ment with ex-County Clerk Mavanaugh.
who. it appears from the books, is yet
•omewhat Indebted to the county.
Nkarly every man in Valentine bit
terly denounces the wild and fabulous
stories that were published in the east
ern papers from the pen of Nellie lily,
who was there recently.under the guise
of a missionary, about the wide-spread
destitution that she represented ex
isted in Cherry county. They all admit
that there are many in need of seed
grain, but veheihently deny that there
is, or has been any suffering by home
people.
Ed Whitcomb, lives on the Keene A
Golding ranch, about five miles north
west from Valley, and last spring he
planted 340 acres of corn. To prepare
for the spring plowing, he started
with his men to burn off the cornstalks
on his place, but a heavy wind blow
ing, the fire soon became beyond his
control and the grass of an adjoining
stretch of hay land caught fire from
the sparks A great deal of hay in
stock was destroyed.
Tub trial of Nathan T. Gadd for em
bezzling over >3,300 of government
money while a clerk in the Broken
Bow land office, came to a sudden eml
in the federal court by Gudd pleading
guilty as to the main charge—embez
zlement of the money. Gadd was at
s one time in the ministry. Later he
practiced law in Beatrice, where his
name was connected with dishonorable
transactions involving the misappro
,i. priation of from $5,000 to $15,000.
Hknry Stkkokr, a farmer one-half
mile east of Fairmont, lost his smohe
'§?. house and about 50o pounds of hams
s'- and shoulders by tire. A. M. Boston.
' living- five miles east of Fremont, had
his house burned with all its contents.
Loss $000; insurance, S30U Bichard
Aldrich, living seven miles southwest
©f Fairmont, lost his house and entire
£■, * contents by fire caused by a defective
flue. Loss, about $1,5000; insurance,
£550, in the Home Fire of Omaha.
Ox the 27th the state relief commis
sion disbursed $7,268.34, the same being
payment for supplies of flour, bacon
iV. and provisions On the same day Statu
0’$, Auditor Moore issued a $10,000 warrant
to the order of the oflioersof the state
ifj relief commission, who sold the same
a premium of $200. The total
amount was deposited to the credit of
the commission in the Columbia Na
tional bank. Only $10,000 remains to
drawn by the relief commission on the
y. ■ $50.00 > appropriation.
Thk Gering Homestead says that the
aheriff of Scotts lllutf county is trying
to find a man named Leecock. on whom
he has papers to serve. Leecock got
wind of the fact that the sheriff had a
summons to serve on him asking him
to appear and show cause why his Iowa
^ wife should not have a divorce, and as
he had lately married a little 14-year
old girl without going through the
little formality of getting a divorce j
from his Iowa wife, he made up his J
if'i* Btind that the better part of valor'
would be to scoot, and be did so. j
Wash Cltmkns, a farmer near Waua,
Knox county, waa found on hla farm
in an almoat nude condition, and It waa
discovered that he was insane. He has
been sent to Niobrara, where his fam
ily has been spending the winter.
The residence of Captain W. & Mnpcs
of Nebraska City was completely de
stroyed by fire. A lamp was left burn
ing in a room and ia thought to have
been knocked off the table by Mapes’
hunting dog. The animal, which was
a valuable one, perished tn the flames.
Loss on the house was91,000; insurance
9100; loss on furniture, #800, fully cov
ered by Insurance.
District court convened at Valentine
on the 'JOth witii seven criminal cases
and eighty civil cases on the docket.
Judge Alfred llartow presiding, with
lieporter John Maher. Several very
important cases are set for trial. The
most important uriminal case is that of
the state vs. Van Leer, charged with
shooting with intent to kill. County
Attorney Clark says he has a strong
case, but Allen 11. Fisher and W. H.
Westover of Chadron. who are Van
Leer’s counsel, insist that it will only
take the jury ten minutes to acquit
Postmaster Ork.nsdorf of Spring
Ranch, who got away with 91,014 of
the government's revenue, changed his
mind and pleaded guilty before Judge
Dundy in the federal court Ex-County
Attorney J. I* Epperson of Clay Cen
ter made an eloquent plea in behalf of
the defaulting postmaster, and pre
sented a request from the people of
bpring Ranch for clemency. Orensdorf
levanted to the Indian Territory when
his shortage was discovered, but re
turned without a requisition, his bonds
men paying the shortage in full. Sen
tence was deferred.
Captain William Mapes of company
C., N. N. O., had a narrow escape from
a horrible death at Nebraska City. He
retired with the intention of arising
early and starting on a hunting trip
with his brother. He awoke about 3
o'clock and found the room in flames
and his hair was burning. Ho hastily
arose, and breaking a window, threw
his brother, who was sleeping with
him, out, together with their clothing.
He was quite badly burned about the
face, and a moment’s delay would
doubtless have resulted fatally. The
house and contents were totally de
stroyed, together with a valuable hunt
ing dog.
Last week Deputy United States
Marshal Dave Robinson of South Da
kota drove to Chadron from Pine Ridge
agency, having in custoda Fast Thun
der on a warrant sworn out by the
agent charging him with having whis
ky on the reservation. He also had
Qhoat Bear, Bear Nose and Sam Rock,
who are witnesses against Fast Thun
der. It is said that Fast Thunder is
one of the worst Indians on the reser
vation, and has been at the bottom of
more deviltry than any Indian in the
agency. There is not much doubt but
that he will be convicted of murder in
the first degree, as it was a cold-blooded
and most brutal murder.
Tub attention of the Omaiha police
and the government secret service was
the other day called to the circulation
of bills in which the denomination had
been raised ten fold, and so skillfully
that they deceive any but the most ex
pert of money changers. It wiu the
paying teller of the First National
bank who first detected the spurious
money. He found a 91 coin certificate
that had been raised to 910. It was
brought to the bank by a local custom
er. Agents of the treasury department
will be at work on the matter soon and
will locate, if possible, the skillful ma
nipulators of pen and ink who have so
successfully worked the issues of the
government
Wright's Insurance BUL
Wright’s insurance bill was passed
by a vote of 19 to 8 in the senate. The
proposed law is very lengthy and some
what complicated. Under its provis
ions the auditor of public accounts is
required to appoint an insurance dep
uty, who is to have immediate charge
of all insurance matters, subject to the
direction of the auditor. The auditor
may also appoint an assistant to the
insurance deputy. The assistant must
be capable of examining insurance
companies and estimating their liabili
ties as required by the laws of the
state. The insurance deputy is enti
tled to a salary of 93,000 per annum
and the assistant 91,500. In addition
the assistant insurance deputy is en
titled to fees for examining insurance
companies and fees for actual work
that he may do for insurance compan
ies The state, however, is not held
liable for the salaries of the two
officers, as tho law provides that salar
ies shall be paid out of the fees re
ceived from insurance companies
The leading feature of the bill is the
one contained in the next to the last
section, which proposes a radical
change in the methods of tnvimr in.
surance companies. ' The provision is
as (oIIowb:
Sec. 54. That section 38 of chapter
lxxvii, of the. Compiled Statutes of 181)3,
being section 3934 of the Consolidated
Statutes of 1893, be amended to read as
follows: Each and every insurance
company transacting business in this
state, except companies organized un
der the laws of this state, shall be taxed
upon the excess of premiums received
over the losses and ordinary expenses
incurred within the state during the
year previous to the year listing in the
county where the agent conducts the
business properly proportioned by the
company at the same rate other per
sonal property is taxed, and ‘the agent
shall render the list and be personally
liable for the tax; and if he refuses to
render the list, or to make affidavit
that the same is correct, the amount
may be assessed according to the best
knowledge and discretion of the as
sessor; provided, that if the total tax
levied upon any company in the several
counties of the state, as herein pro
vided, shall not amount to the sum of 1
per cent of all the gross premiums re
ceived by such company from residents
or persons living in the state of Nebras
ka during the year next preceding the
first day of January each year, then
said company shall pay to the auditor
of public accounts during the said
month of January in each year a sum
to be determined by said auditor equal
to the difference between the amount
or amounts so levied and said 1 percent
of its gross premiums. Insurance com
panies shall be subject to no other tax.
fees or license under the laws of this
state, except taxes on real estate amt
the fees imposed by section 39 of an
act regulating insurance companies. .
passed February 25, 1893, and sections
18 and 20 of this act. ,
THE GRIND GOES ON
LEGISLATORS. HOWEVER. ARE
WORKING WITHOUT PAY,
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The tffflulfttlve Limit Hm Expired.
Bat There It Yet Much to lie Done
•nd the Date for Adjournment Hat
Hot Been Fixed—Illllt Fasted and Bills
Indefinitely Postponed—The Sugar
Beet and Chicory Measures—Mlseclla*
neout Matters In Both Branches of the
Legislature.
The Nebraska Assembly'
fr.ttATK.—1 he routine business of the sen
ate on the 25th was devoid of special Inci
dent until iate in the afternoon. At that
time bills on third reading were taken up
and a number were passed, including the
Wright Insurance law and the sugar and
chicory bounty bill. The sugar and chicory
bounty hill was passed by the following
vote: Yeas 23, nays 4. The Wright insur
ance bill was passed by nineteen votes, only
eight voting against it. one of the bills
passed wuk the one introduced by Senator
Meufer ameudiug the law relating to dece
dents'estates. 'I lie new law provides as
follows: The county judge may, upon a
proper showing by petition supported by
competent testimony, showing that the best
interests of the estate demand it. grunt au
thority to the executors or administrators
of estates and guardians of estates of
minors. Insane persons, feeble minded per
sons and spendthrifts, to mortgage any real
estate belonging to such estate w here mort
gages existing oil such real estate are due,
or about to become due, and there is no
money Delonging to such estate with which
to pay or roueetn such mortgage: provided,
that in no Instance shall authority be grant
ed by such county judge to such executors,
administrators or guardians to mortgage
such real estate for a gr» ater sum than the
amount secured t>y the original mortgage.
Another idll widen was read the third time
and given the requisite constitutional ma
jority was the one introduced early in the
session by lluiin, making au important
change In the methods of listing property
to be udvenised for delinquent tax sale.
The new law Is a short one and is contained
In the following paragraph: The county
clerk shall make up for the several town
ships or precincts in hi- county, In books to
l e provided for that purposo by the auditor
of public accounts, the list of lands and lots
to ue assessed for taxes, buch hooks shall
iiIno contain sufficient space for suitable
columns for tho names of persons and the
amounts, kinds and value of personal prop
erty lequired by law to be listed according
to the schedule set forth In section 24.
When a whole section, half section, quarter
section or half quarter section belongs to
one owner It shall be listed us one tract, un
less otherwl-e requested by the owner or
his agent, and when all lots In the same
block belong to one owner, they shall be
listed as a block, unless other wise requested
by the owner or his agent. Where several
adjoining lots In the same block belong to
the same owner they shall be Included In
ii|jiiuu, uiuvnn uuici wine it-quesiUU
by the owner or his ugent; provided, that
when any tractor purcel ox real estate la
situated In more than one township or pre
cinct, or In more thun one school, road or
other district, the portion thereof In each
shall be listed separately. Said clerk shall
enter in the proper column, opposite the
respective tracts or lots, the names of the
owner*} thereof, so far tfs he shall be able to
ascertain the same, raid boo us shall con
tain columns in which may be shown the
number of acres or lots Improved, and the
value thereof, the number of acres or lota
not improved, and the value thereof, the
total value, and such other columns as may
be required.
Housk.—For a short afternoon session the
house on the 25th accomplished considera
ble business. Seven of the constitutional
amendments, senate flies Nos. 281,283,2 4,
2fk, 287, 288 and 289 were recommended for
passage in committee of tho whole. House
roll No. 550, by Davies, prescribing the man
ner in which the proposed amendments shall
be submitted to the people, was also recom
mended. 'I hirty-flve bills were indefinitely
postponed and sixteen recommended for
passage. The senate amendment to Grif
fith’s bill, house roll No. 531, providing for
the payment of incidental expenses or this
Bession by appropriating $25,i00 tor this pur
pose. increased the amount to $40,000.
The amendment wus concurred in.
Considerable animation was mani
fested when house roll No. 67, as amended
by the senate, was announced. The amend
ment carries a bounty equal to the sugar
bounty for every pound of chicory
manufactured in the state. That
bounty Is five-eights of 1 cent a pound
for all factories now in operation and
an additional bounty of three-eights of
1 cent, or l cent total, for all new factories
that may be established In the state subse
quent to the passage of the Dill. There were
some changes in tho vote on the bill from
that It received before tho chicory amend
ment was tagged on. At that time the inde
pendents and democrats voted almost sol
idly against any bounty. Today they di
vided. The populists supporting the meas
ure were Caspar, Khodes. Robertson, Smith.
The measure passed by a vote of 5) to 18.
The conference committee's report on the
antt-clgarette bill was next presented. The
house voted to non-eoncur. Among the bills
rccotnmende i for passage were the follow
ing: senate file No 281, c’ons itutlonal
amendment No. 9. providing that each rail
road commissioner shall hold his office for
three years, beginning from the first Thurs
day after tho first Tuesday In January after
his election, and providing i hat the e ecu
tive department should include the railroad
commissioners. Senate file No. 42, making It
unlawful for any one to practice as an
attorney unless admitted to the bar by the
supreme court. Senate tile No. 130, by i. ahn,
memorial and joint resolut ion * instructing
representatives and senators In congress to
use all honorable means to hasten the pass
age of an act to cede government landto
the state of Nebraska. Senate tile No. 14, by
Watson, making it compulsory upon rail
roads to use a uniform system of automatic
coup ers. Senate file No 40, providing for
the punishment of daylight robbery. Sen
ate file No. 25, by Dale, providing that all
warrants shall draw Interest at the rate of
7 percent.
SrNATK.—in the senate on the 2Gth, when
the order of the business had been finished
up to bills on third reading, Caldwell moved
that th“ senate resolve Itself into commit
tee of tho whole to consider senutc tile No.
198. Senate file No. 198 is a bill introduced
by Caldwell to prohibit the gambling in
*»*"•***« jjiwt isiviiot niuv^nsi uuuun, clC< X lit)
Dill was favorably acted upon in committee
of the whole, and, on the tltty-tifth day of
the session, was read the third time and
placed upon Its final passage; but before
the roll call was commenced aldwell asked
that It lie recommitted for the purpose of
Inserting a word that had been omitted by
mistake. Senate Hie No. its. by Lehr of
Saunders county, relating to the letting of
contracts for the erection and reparation
of bridges, was passed. House roll No. 4114,
a bill appropriating *79.000 for the comple
tion of the unfinished library building at
the State unit erslty was also passed. This
bill Is the result of a compromise upon
the part of the delegation from Lincoln.
The senato then read the titl'd time and
passed the Omnltu Fire and Police commis
sion bill by a vote of 19 to 10. Paid
well renewed his motion to go Into commit
tee of tlto whole to consider the anti-grain
gambling bill, and, after some little discus
sion, his proposition was agreed to. There
was but one word to Insert in this bill In
order to correct the clerical error. The
necessary amendment was soon made and
Caldwell moved that the committee rise
with the recommendation that the bill do
pass as amended. Pope offered un amend
ment proposing to strike ou all of sen Ion
4 of the 1,111. The committee declined to
agree to the amendment and rose with the
recommendation that the bill pass. After
recess the senate at once went, into commit
tee of the whole to consider the bills recom
mended by tbc sifting committee. The first
bill taken on whs senate file No. 40 , Intro
duced by Stewart, and designed to encour
age the investment by farmers of money In
small irrig ting plants for raising water
from wells by pumps or windmills. Under
the provisions of the proposed law everv
farmer putting in such a plant would be en
titled to draw »3 per acre from the staic 1
treasury- 1 be law was to be In effect for i
tim e years. After an hour's discussion the 1
senate rejected the till. The bill permlttim- !
tl e licensing of saloons outside the limits of :
a oiiy. hut within two miles theieof was in- .
definitely postponed.
House.—In the house on the 26th the Irri
gation bill passed by a vole of 68 to 21. The
speaker announced the conference commit
tee on the cigarette bill: Jenkens, Miles and
1'asper. The house yesterday failed to con
cur in the senate amendment totheorigtnal
bill, bouse roll No. 60l A numerously signed
pet tion from residents of Keltli, ounty was
presented by Harris against location of the
state fair at Lincoln, or In anyway inter
fering with arrangements and contracts
already made with the Agricultural hoard.
The following bills were passe*!: Constitu
tional amendment No. 7, relating to number
of Judges of the supreme court and the ten
ure < f office; constitutional amendment No.
6, relating to the judicial powerof the state;
constitutional amendment No. 5, providing
that In civil actions two-thirds of a Jury
may render a verdict, and also authorizing
trial by n jury of a less number than twelve;
constitutional amendment No. 1. providing
for the Investment of the permanent educa
tional funds of the state; constitutional
amendment No. relating to compen
sation of officers of the executive de
partment. and providing that they
shall not receive interest upon pub
lic moneys, perquisites of office, or other
compensations, and that all fees shall i.e
paid in advance Into the public treasury;
a joint resolution authorizing the governor
to receipt for moneys duo the state from
the government on account of repayment
of the direct tax; legaiizl g acts, doings
and proceedings of the governor of Nebras
ka; providing that county attorneys in any
part of the state shall give opinions
without fee when so reouestd by
boards of commissioners, and also au
thorizing them to employ additional coun
sel in civil matte s as the public interest
I may require. Senate tile J2*», joint resolu
i tion urging congressmen and senators from
I Nebraska to push the bill now pending in
j congress providing for the payment of union
I soldiers who served lu rebel prisons $2 per
day for the time served, and a pension of
$12 a month for the remainder of tneir lives;
to create speciul funds by tax levies for the
nurnose of erecting court houses and other
public county buildings: to prevent the In
troduction or spread of contagious diseases
In cities.
Senate.—In the senate, on the 27th, the
committee reported the generul ap
propriation, which was read. Stewart of
fered an amendment reducing the amount
of the governor’s private secretary from
$2,000 to *1.500 per annum. A number of
amendments were offered, but few outside
of those made by the senate finance, ways
and means committee met with the favor of
the senate. The changes made to the house
bill were: liaising the salary of the attor
ney general’s stenographer from $1,000 to
$1,200; adding a line api ropriatlng $1,2 <0 a
year to the clerk of the board of public lauds
and buildings; making the salary of the
stenographer of the supreme court 11,200 in
stead of $!ki0 per annum; providing for a
third balin'of the supreme court at $8W)
per annum; increasing the salary of
.the deputy state librarian to $1.7-0,
and the salary of the clerk to the
librarian from $s )0 to$1,000 per annum; in
creasing the salary of the chaplain at the
Hoy’s Industrial school at Kearney from
$0 0 to ?8 •»•; cutting off the general clerk in
the auditor's office, and stenographer In the
office of commissioner of public lands and
buildings; rauklng the salary of the steno
grapher of the board of transDortatlon
$1,200; increasing the salary of the superin
tendent of the Girl's Industrial school at
Geneva from $1,800 to $2,(0); adding the pay
for an engineer at the deaf and dumb insti
tute: and providing for a steward at the
institute for the feeble minded, at a salary
of $1,200 per annum. The line providing for
a general clerk In the auditor's otthe was
stricken out. With these changes In the
house bill the committee recommended that
the bill be passed. When the committee
arose the report was adopted except that
the change in the salary of the chaplain at
the boys’ reform schoolw&smade on motion
of Senator Caldwell.
nuiihr.-in roe nouse on tne z»in tne 101
lowing bills were passed: Senate file81?, by
Stewart providing for the Investment of
. sinking fund moneys of counties and town
ships in grain for feed and seed for drouth
sufferers. Constitutional amendment No.
10. relating to compensation of supreme and
district judges. Constitutional amendment
No. 11, limiting the number of executive
I state officers. Constitutional amendment
No. 12. relating to Increase in number of
supreme and district judges. Constitutional
amendment No 14. prescribing the manner
1 n which votes shall be cast. The Important
feature is section 0, which, as amended, will
read: “All votes shall be by ballot, or such
other method as may be prescribed by law,
provided the seciecy of voting be pre
served.” This would admit of the voting
machines. Constitutional amendment No.
y. relating to the officers of the executive
department, and providing for three rail
way commissioners. Prescribing the man
ner in which proposed amendments to the
constitution are to be submitted to a vote
of the people at the general elotion in No
vember, 1897. and providing for the printing
and distribution of bullots containing pro
posed amendments. Memorial and joint
resolution to congress favoring
t lie passage of a bill now pend
i Jng ceding to the state of Ne
, braska all government land now within the
borders of the state. Smith, providing for
puhishment for daylight housebreaking and
robbery The chicory bounty rill was again
considered. The hill provides for voting
bonds to aid manufactories of beet and sor
ghum sugar. Huberts n of Holt wanted to
amend the bill by incorporating chicory,
chapman, In the chuir, ruled that the
amendment was out of order, and he was
supported by Harrison and McNitt. Barrry
appealed from the decision of the chair.
Kooertson’s amendment prevailed, and the
bill was recommended for passage by 4. to
30. House roll No. 60, providing for township
organization and to divide counties into
townships was recommended for passage,
as was house roll No. 246, by Brockman, to
authorize the formation or fire, lightning
and cyclone mutual insurance companies.
House roll 560, providing that a majority
vote can divide counties and locate county
seats, instead of three-fifths majority, was
recommended for passage.
Senate.—In the senate on the 28th five
bills were read the third time and passed.
Senate file No. 44, by Graham of Gage coun
ty, an act to provide for the keeping of an
Incumbrance took In the office of the clerk
of the district court and to require the en
try therein by the sheriff of each levy of
attachmentor execution, in order to bind
subsequent vendees or incumbrances. Sen
ate tile No. 131, by Sloan of Fillmore county.
Is a bill of considerable Importance to the
smaller towns and cities of the state, it ap
plies to cities of the second class having a
population of less than 5,000, and enables
tnem to make contracts for lighting plants,
renate file No. 3b, by Brissler, Senate file No.
58. by McKceby of Webster, for an act vali
dating certain defective conveyances of
real estate. The bill passed was senate file
No. 56. by Pone of Saline county, provid
ing for the education of children confined
in the poor houses and for the payment of
the expenses thereof. The bill is as follows:
Section L That where children of school
age and of sound mind shall he confined in
any poor house in this state, it shall be the
duty of the county board, where the sume
can be done, t<> make arrangements with
the officers of the school district wherein
said poor house is located or with some
uiaiiiti HUjttt eiH, W IIitVI! tH6 Cnil
drenso chargeable to tlio county attend
.school at such time and place and to have
uud receive such text books and Instruction
as shall be provided for other children at
tending in said school district. Sec. 2. It
shall i.e the duty of the county board upon
the report of the ofttcers of the school dis
trict, whorein arrangements have been
made for the education of the children con
fined in the poor house, to draw a warrant
on the general fund of the county, payable
to the treasurer of said school district; pro
vided. however, the county shall not be
liable for more than its proportionate share
of the expenses for text books, fuel and
teachers’ wages.
HousE.—In the house on the 28th house
roll No. 002, passed. It works for the bet
terment of Nebraska newspapers, and in
creases their value. It provides that no
newspaper shall be considered legal for the
publication of legal notices and other official
publications unless the same shall have a
bona fide circulation of at least 200 copies
weekly, and shall have been published
within the county for tifty-two consecutive
weeks prior to the publication of such no
tices. and be printed in whole or in part in
an office maintained at the place of publica
tion. These provisions do not apply, how
ever. in counties wherein but one paper Is
published, or in counties where no news
paper has been published for a period of
one year prior t - the publication of such
legal or other official notices, or in counties
where no newspaper is published having the
required 200 circulation The bill passed
with the emergency clause. The hoii-e
went into committee of the whole,
with Coie In the chair, on the report
of the sifting committee, which had recom
mended house rolls Nos. 490, 642, 3*?, 410 aud
. The first No. 490, was Lamborn’s bill to
permanently loc ate the state fair at Lin
coln. Before any consideration had been
given to the measure Van Housen moved
that the bil) be recommended for indefinite
postponement. The motion was defeated,
4S to 3j. Then a flood of other amendments
flowed in on the clerk to locate it at Long
1 ine. Valentine, Greeley Center iind Grand
Island. The Graud Island idea caught the
crowd. That proposition, in tlie shape of an
amendment by Harrison, carried by a vote
of 44 to U«. The house went wild and pande
monium enjoyed quite a successful inning.
Vn l.® e.u<* * motion to recommend the
Dili in this shape for passage failed by a tie
vote of 41 to it Then therT was
a motion for Indefinite postponement.
which prevailed, f« to 5. Tn the afternoon
house roll No. 60 came up on third reading
for passage. This Is the last bill considered
yesterday In committee of the whole and
recommended for passage. It provides for
division of counties and location of new
county seats bv a vote of a majority, In
stead of three-fit' hs of the voters, as is now
the law. The bla passed by a vote of 66 to 2,
House roll >o 0i2, the bill prepared accord
ing to the special message of Governor Hol
comb, returned with his signature attached
to the anti-oleomnrgarine bill, came up first.
It provides that Imitation butter may be
manufactured for export out of the state,
it was recommended for passage, and house
roll No. 3j3, bv McNltt, was next in line.
This bill enables officers and agents ol
municipalities to go upon public highways
and grade and ot herwise improve such high
ways. The bill was recommended to pass.
Senate.—The senate on the 29th did not
take up the bounty bill reported by the
house as having been passed over the veto
until nearly 5:30 o’clock. Senator Pope
called for the reading of the house report,
and then, after it had been read, moved that
the bill be placed on its passage over the
veto. Senator Dale asked that the veto
message be read, but was informed that the
message was not in the possession of the
senate. Senator Watson gave it as his opin
ion that the senate could not pass the bill
over the veto until the message had been
read and thus made a part of the records of
the senate. A messenger was dispatched to
the house for a copy of the message. As
soon as the message nad been read Senator
Pope renewed his motion to pass the bill
over the veto, and the roll call commenced.
All of the republican senators prv sent, to
the number of twenty-four, voted to pass
the bill, although Senator Cross announced
that he did so with extreme reluctance. He
was opposed to the bill, he said, but ho
felt like staying by his party. Senators
Crawford and Jeffries, both populists, voted
with the republicans. Senator Crawford
was the father of the chicory amendment,
and proved his sincerity of purpose by vot
ing to pass the bill against his governor's
veto. Senator JreflFries explained his vote by
saying: Mr. President: 1 am a populist.
The governor who vetoes this bill is a pop
ulist. Hut I do not believe that when the
governor signed that message he had for
gotten all about our irrigation ditch at
Scotia and the new normal school we are
going to have there. If he had remembered
he would have known that the students
going to the school could pay their way by
working in the beet fields. Believing he has
made a mistake, I vote yea. The vote stood:
Yeas 26, nays 5.
House.-*-In the house on the 29th Gov
ernor Holcomb returned to the house of
representatives house roll No. 67. with a
veto message. The governor bases his veto
upon the grounds that the proposed law Is
in the nature of class legislation, and of
doubtful constitutionality. As soon as the
clerk had finished reading the veto message
Representative Harrison of Hall, occupying
a prominent place in the center aisle, ob
tained recognition to make the motion
whi h every member of the house was ex
pecting. He said: “Mr, Speaker, 1 move
that house roll No. 67 become a law, the gov
ernor’s veto to the contrary notwithstand
ing.*' Sixty-eight vptes were record
ed in favor of overriding the gov
ernor’s veto, eight more than necessary.
House roll MO, by Cole, for the creation of
a board of immigration was recommended
to pas-. The bill provides that the board
WIIOIDH Ul Hit ICkUl / HE
state and commissioner of public land-.
They are empowered to appoint a secretary.
House roll ;6J, by Spencer, was recom
mended for passage. Ihis is the bill intro
duced early in the session for the repeal of
senate file 210 of two years ago, granting
existing -treet wail ways the exclusive right
to the streets of the cities where they are
operated. House roll 339 was recommended
to pass. This is Kickett’s bill to repeal the
present law prohibiting the marriage of a
white person with a negro. House roll268was
recommende to pass. This is by Hinds of Gage
and requires all ban ks to keep a list of share
holders. that shall be subject to the inspec
tion of any shareholder or creditor of the
bank. House roll 457 was recommended to
pass. This is Wait’s bill giving to boards of
health in villages jurisdiction within three
miles of the village limits. The bill to ap
propriate S10.0jc for the prosecution of the
Barrett Scott murderers’ case was. upon
motion of Richards of Thayer, indefinitely
postponed.
The State to Run Its Own Penitentiary.
The house in committee of the whole has
recommended passage of measure No. tf07,
by Judd, to annul the penitentiary contract
with W. H. Porgan. Following is a text of
the bill:
Whereas, By an act of the legislature of
the state of Nebraska, March 2,188., the con
tract leasing to W. H. B. Htout the peniten
tiary. penitentiary grounds and convict
labor or the state or Nebraska (which con
tract was afterward assigned to C. W.
Mosher) was extended for trie period of ten
years from the flrat day of October, 1889,
and
Whereas Said contract has since been as
signed to W. H. Porgan, who is now the
holder and owner thereof, and
Whereas, It Is desirable 1 hat said contract
should be annulled and set aside before the
same expires by limitation, therefore
Be it Lnactea by the Legislature of the
state of Nebraska:
Section 1. That the Board of Public Lands
aQd Buildings of the state of Nebraska
shall, within thirty days from the day this
act takes effect, select a competent person,
resident of this state, to act as an appraiser
for and on behalf of the state of Nebraska,
and within said thirty days W. H. Porgan,
the present alleged assignee of said con
tract, his heirs or assigns, shall select a
competent person, resident of this state, to
act as an appraiser for and on behalf of
said Porgan, his heirs or assigns. Within
thirty days from the time said appraisers
are chosen and they have accepted the
position of appraisers, the governor shall
select a competent person, likewise a resi
dent of this state, to act as umpire. Said
appraisers and umpire shall each take and
subscribe an oath to faithfully and impar
tially perform the duties devolving upon
them under this act. Immediately upon
said appraisers and umpire being selected
and sworn said appraisers shall make an ap
praisal of the cash value of said contract
for its unexplred term.and alsoan appraisal
the cash value of all property owned by
said Dorgan and located at said peniten
tiary and penitentiary grounds, and which
has been furnished while said contract has
been In force. In case said appraisers shall
fail to agree upon the value of said contract
or of any of said property, they shall sub
mit their matters of difference to said urn
p re. and his decision upon the matters
sul mitied to him shall be final and binding
upon both parties, if the said Dorgan does
not appoint an appraiser then the appraiser
appointed by the board nf mi hi in innds nnri
uuuuings anu the umpire appointed by the
governor shall appraise the in
terest of the said Dorgan and
thereupon shall tender to said
Dorgan the appraised value of his interest,
and upon the failure of the said Dorgan to
accept the amount tendered the governor
is hereby authorized and empowered to
tak** possesion of the state penitentiary and
eject said Dorgan, hereby being empowered
to emnlov tnn iio(>aut«xu ^i
- "* * * v^II v I C UJ . - | tt u-|
to employ the necessary counsel to carry
OU-H1.e. p,r?v,sion® of this act. When said
-ui uiim ucx. n nen saiu
appraisal Is completed it shall be signed by
said appraisers and umpire in duplicate,
one copy shall be tiled with the commission
er of Public Lands and Buildings and one
copy shall be filed with the auditorof public
accounts, tpon said appraisal being filed
with the auditor of public accounts he shall
draw his warrant on the state treasurer for
the amount of said award, after said claim
has been uudited and approved as required
by law, and the treasurer shall pay said
warrant out of the fund hereby appropri
ated after deducting the cash value of sup
plies turned over to \v. H. B. Stout as per
Inventory filed In the office of the secretary
of state, and the cost of constructing the
fifty cells.
Sec 2. All existing contracts for convict
labor made hy individuals, corporations or
copartnerships with the said D-.ruanorhls
assignor shall remain In full force and un
affected by this acts ive that the compensa
te?11 for such convict labor shall be paid to
the state after said award shall have been
paid instead of to the said Dorgan.
Sec. 3. For the purpose of carrying into
effect the provisions of this act there is
nereby appropriated out of any money or
runds in the state treasury not otherwise
appropriated the sum of fa»,0X), or so much
thereof as may he necessary.
* An act entitled “An Act to Extend
the Contract for Leasing the < enitentiary,
?ry Grounds and Convict Labor to
C. W. Mosher. Assignee of W. II. B. Stout/'
approved March 2, 1887, and all acts and
partsof acts in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed. J
.. fc®£. •*». That the board of public lands and
buildings shall have power und are herei y
directed to manage the state penitentiary,
and the said board is hereby authorized aiid
empowered to lease the labor of convicts to
responsible persons when la their judgment
the best interests of the state would be sub
served thereby; provided, no contract shall
extend beyond the last day of the .session of
the next session of the legislature.
See. 6. Whereas an emergency exists, this
actake effect and be in force from
ana after its passage.
Bailer*. !«,„
Mi, recommended tor ^ fc
committee of the houJ^T.^h
Inf & vnnH —_ ^ *® r«w
e food measure, ti,
bill are taken fromth. i w"
•fates where law's of . Vs01 >
been in existence,* *>»W
years, the best and str?.?t* >
those laws being embmh.rt"?*’' as
lack of state supervision ^
surance laws of this ki J",*'!
eliminated, and »hiSk.T.n(1. In
eliminated, and the bill wni
vision overall comnanlw
the law and further^nro,?H pw«3
cles of incorporation nn/s l^*7
business shall be sSbSti1*"'
and attorn?. ^ lo
auditor and attorneV"SL1"* io
must. If they And “hat'th"*1 >s
the provisions of this laVJ?1 ">3
prooosed comDany canbejil8'
Another stronjr featuiS # 01
It??.* ri" ? J*J! _™,m Pun ies* vltii'J
with the state auditor .C„M| -,
to be not less than thi
Of the company on anv
Pp*'c,yi end further that thl,* '
all other funds or assets S ,V“
all other funds or assets of tVu“
cumulated by the comn,nl hVr'»>
lted In trust with thestafJa.’S”11*
Other provisions of the g iito
those above given, aro eoo.ii1- »
make the bill a good and??.™,l"
under whlcn ft will S ,™e '
vast sums of money which ronni:
to enrich giant, corporations?,,. *
.The Plan of InsurancepropwsST
blH Is the same as that upon wffi J
gllsh companies operate, and it .ifl
tlced that many of those
centuries old, and have memS?
berlng hundreds of thousand?1?1
saying and thereby a reduction J
of the Insurance under this bin io?
pense of management. In its
“e“‘. pno of the great old line1
show that the amount rcyuirJ\
death, losses was *b.2J, while the,
amount collected hy this same
|1,0W Insurance wai$lUTgffiii
11,00' for expenses than wasreouirsS
all losses. It only remains for thf,
legislature to say whether or not t
sens of this state must ionew.
this extortion, and deprive NeliraLi
sens from protecting their familiar
liable Insurance at cost.
On Change of CaplisL
The committee on constitutional a
ments and federal relations, to ■)_
been referred the bill providing fiwt|
mission to the voters of the state an*
tlon to locate the state capital tt Ug
presented the following report:
"We recommend that senate i!t|
amended In the commltteo of the n
as to submit the proposition blent
moval to the vote of the state as Iota
“First—Shall the state capital I
moved?
"Second—Shall It be removed to Hu
Adams county; tiering, Scotts itlnfta
Geneva, Fillmore county: Wood torsi
county; rawnee t ity. rawntecounty
*" ilrf*- 1 ■*
ca, t ass countv; Fairbury, Jeffersoij
ty; Friend, Saline county? j
“It being: further provided thatiqa
place in this state may be suited J
eluded in the List by any senator prd
the adjournment of the present legkd
Provided that metropolitan and cii
the first-class having more than Sill
habitants shall be excluded from all
benefits of this act; and provided ft
that if no city shall receive a maji
all votes cast the capital shall be
to the city receiving the highestm
votes cast and there remain for apt
five years, at the expiration of *bid|
it shall be removed tor a similar pen
the city receiving the next highestdi
and so on through the list of c '
cities.
“It being further provided, that vl
shall, while in possession of said (a
barter, sell or transfer the sameorufl
tlon therof, except to points or partial
side of the state. I
“Provided further, that no city sWi
deemed competent to receive said or
that has not been incorporated forip
of eighteen years; provided further,
ii
no change of location of said cap toll
be removed, or change the course oli
creek or the Missouri river; and
further, that whereas, a peculiar
.Is bill shall taw i
cy seems to exist, this l—
Immediately upon its passage by the *
with or without the concurrence ol|
house of representatives.”
Redtstricting the State.
The senate has passed the bill redisi
ing the 6tate inte judicial districts uj
lows:
First—Richardson, Nemaha, Johasoa^
Pawnee counties.
Second—Otoe and Cass counties.
Third—Lancaster county
Fourth—Douglas, Sarpy, Washing*!
Burt counties. , _ „
Hfth—Saunders. Seward, Butler,«
Hamilton and Polk counties. -
Sixth—Dodge. Colfax, Platte,
Nance counties. M1 *
Seventh—Saline, Fillmore, Thayer.*
oils and Clay counties.
Eighth—Knox, Stanton, Dixon, i
Cedar, Thurston and Wayne count!*
Ninth—Cuming, Madison, Antelope^
Pierce counties. . f
Tenth—Adams, Webster, Kearney i
lln. and Phelps counties- ,
Eleventh—Boone, Hall, Wheeler
Garfield, Loup, Valley, Howard.!
Thomas, Hooker and GrantcounUei
Twelfth-Buffalo, Dawson,
Sherman counties. , nJ
Thirteenth—Lincoln, Bogan.
r nirteentn—ijincom, *'uc.“ i
enne, Deuel, ScoMB_Bluff
McPherson, Arthur and
Fourteen th—Gosper. Furnas, ,.{JJ
Red Willow, Hayes, Hitchcock,
Fro
Dundy counties. , _ __ r«*i(
Fifteenth—Holt, Rock, Brown. M'” .
Cherry, Sheridan, Dawes, - .
’■oyd and the unorganized ternt
sixteenth—Gape and Jefferson J
Sinus. Bos»
Bo;
,halU*’S
In the fourth district theres-- ,
idftes of the district court, .
Sixth, Eleventh and
two; In the Third district there
three Judges, and in each of in
triots there shall be one judge.
The Belief Bill
The relief hill passed in the hon-t
- No. 31£ makes It unlawful
IG no. dl2| Ulttllta ik u“ ,i gjgul
*eusurers to withdraw any ora
ind moneys which the treasur .f
n deposit in any bank and 10
same In grain for seeu «.»« ; i Coud.‘i
upon the farms of their se r*fl{
Withdrawal of this moneyjun {rea.j
a petition presented to t“®J?nt o?the
er. signed 6y at least,25J»r cent o.f|i
er, signed by at leasi ~o ^, s„eii
voters of the county '**!?*♦ nt he tr^1
drawal is made. Notice tJ,*tn'"lir*-tii
i* £5ttA»:f.0Ae?.°ttLaiP,S oflbe ne«!- -
the county. Applications “.^,^0,
under oath, supported by1 tirJ0Untr. >
well known residents of the , |,edr
given in exchange for seed rU,|
payable to the county tat-- than two
not less than twelve nor nn t|ic rlltj
f ur months, with interest, ^nall c°
«. m ....... . _ rest « .go
per cent, 6 per cent of which *oUUtv t
♦ ounty and 2 per cent to **1 i|iesS< M<
urer for transacting the t “ ‘n(1
belonging to any^s.nkjng^ woirftl)trifi#
, busii>esS‘
belonging to any or wairan
the redemption of bonds* o ' tsUbj«
the years of 189» or lWto are no*
provisions of this act
:t»‘
Peculiar „lljrb
McNItt’s bill, house roil I *
recommended to nass 1" , s:
peculiar measure. It is a re «l *
Be it enacted by the l^11',
state of Nebraska: he lawful fc
iate of ^eDrasKiii he la*IUi
Section L That it shajl ^unioiPal^
officers or «5?“ts of at X ,horlty
ffl“t I of iwfr
ry is iuc.ivu ■L'i.fyo full .P°!hrti
;he same, and shall h®i|iirc ainl cti
this state acting by tne » pU!, n
municipality to go up "t. saiunn1 ®
ways of the county in a na “ o( nnP; g,
ways of the county in *• e 0f wif*
lty is located for the P«rP? fullP°VfrS
the same, and shall *ja an(j oto
Huthority to grade, buns j,
Improve said highway actin- ^
See. 2. Any nt“"*c‘P“i| be liable <%*
authority °" thi* •f/’oin" (rtm) ,#■;
ages to persons result in- ,|ic > j/
jnder the same conditio"; ,1Sp.> „
*_j corns niil"11' . ... tii L' -a
under tne same »» *•’
tent and In the samei mann w p
bylaw for damages re>^fiVi,r of
fromth^0Brad1ng“aend irnprnjljfepi
,niiAva ta-ithin sin n niw IP**
rrom inu muni
lnsdeca“Tbrs1aclnshaU«^>-,ltCt
ifter its passage
Adjournment D»r ^ alle*
.nmmlttee on «»»' , tDat *T
The Joint committee on d tod
net and decided to rerom*
^niatureadlour.s'
ux)n on Friday, Apri^
lerance of sent ment
late.