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THE NEBRASKA JLKISLATURE
A Synopsis of Proceedings in Both Branches
of tho Twenty-Eighth General
Assembly.
HKNATi:.
In th rn.-it im cm- ?si h ihf following
t)IH T r-j,.,rtr. fa vv.r.it.l y ly I he rum.
milium nn l I.c,.. mi r;-ri-rttl lll-: t. K.
2U. fr th.- ii l nl Iriic f ;i ri Iiimiith rin
! puty. H. K. l. nlruc f. r l.. paid
t fort-lien orporatlon t. 1 Imlricm
In th lae. S. K. 84. a hill t.i rn. iii.,rl.i I
iz coriKrcsx l talllHh I In- ptatii of
tin- Klr.tt Nlr.i-k:i uilllfl.i. w.ii i i.rt
favorably rik'rn-.ri un.l lifer p.ismil. H.
'. t pr.)halt tin- employ m-nf f le
vator rtnlii'-tirs iin.P r l- r:irs t.f a;;
w.n r-rf-l pri'p-rly iir'J ami
paei , tnlt..ii w.in ;iir. l allow
nil senate ciiipl'iy .H pay hit ilavx a
week xe.j.r tli p--f n i-'ii r, rri.nl carrier
am: tu:, li.l!. m. win. art- allowed six ;inl
H half day. Watii'T' r M-iliil i.,i to Ii. na
il loriimlrie,. i.f U- appoint . I l. I n 1 1 -ralf
1 1 - il i fTi t-i j In r.ili s 1 1 . i k . I ly
li'lelihuti" -tii pit nU'M in iliflVri-i.t towns
rnrrl-l without l-lat ami th -halr rp-p-int-
V'arn-r of akota. Mr-Mh of
Sumi'liTD, )'N.-III of l.arii asl.-r. Iliffln of
Itiwsuii ami HruMii of Kiyu l'ata on the
ti.nimlt t--.
Th following hills kitc pta--1 on n"n
Atorlal fil on tin- .".i! fi : II. II. , appr--prlafln
$I.S() pay liiclilental rxpens;
nt thw h'Kislat lire. It whs am'-iih'l to
ril l.'S.fmo. S. F. SS. ntlll-.l nu (rllans
ami wanN. S. 117. In rcxnnl to th
l'it-trl'-h laml l-.-isinir hill. - The rul-s were
HtispTiil'i mid tin- lull was pl.'ii'cil at th-h-al
of the list. Th' follow iik hlll.4 wt-rtr
rcportt-il hack to tin- n natc with the !-ftnrn-nlatlon
that thi-y ! iassil: H. I-'.
27,, kIvIhk vIMas th H.'im rlnht to Is
niif Imui.Is for h-:itim ami HhtitiK pur
!. ns rith-s of the first a tut s( un.l
rlass-s. To rumpi'l tlx- placing of pi. inks
on hrl'!s" nml iilvTls h-for itossiiii;
wilti riKltn's. Ami'inli'il that om pTson
pi lHt y arils aha'l of nv;tii's on th- roaI
to previ-nf ii'i (-iits. Ant horlzltiK rounty
iMianls to nproprlat moiiiy for cotinty
fairs. T provhl for th appointment of
ii.l insurant deputy. Kixlnif fi's 'har;-l
Insiiram-f I'linpniiy ami oth-rs for tiling
papers. To appropriate $I.S)t for Inrl
iliiif.il pxpeiisi-; of the legislature was
nnii'ti'leil to read .".0nl. An act relatintc
to town-. hip organization was ri-ft-rrcd
hack to th committer. Hasty of Furnas
li'trmlui-eil a resolution to have a com
mittee of three appoint.', I to Investigate
tile reisi.t, ,,f the ililTcreme In lacs paid
I'V iti -oirum cnipatiies in Nehr.i.-k.i and
It. I'iw.i
than any other nlmllar hill. I.awyf-rs of
thr housi tak the pimitfon that it ton
tiiliiM more IkuI ipieslions than any other
hill yet Int r-xl'i'-e'l or likely to he in
Iii.iIiii 'l. and will affect the laws of N
hraka in the most vital maimer. It has
Lee n ref.-rred ha-k to the Judiciary com
mittee. Alilolu' new hills Introduced were:
ItclalinK to the contracts for repairing
hrl'ltfe-". culverts, rf. To -wiipel annual
statement of the condition of joint stock
hi;al reserve life insurance companies.
To prevent the orK;i nl'.liitc of credit vuar
antv lii-iirance companies. To p! l(!e
for t h- fuii'liriLC of county Indchtedm .-s.
lections ronie on oven yejf a or on presi
dential yearn it will riot, lu my opinion,
nerve the hest IntereHtn of the people.
In president lal years, ns n rule, county
and IochI affairs are lost siht of almost
completely, und persons who are entirely
ui. fitted for olllce could easily h run In
and elected."
II. I:. IS. I'V liiiiL;las of Itock. to entitle
Icf.untv treasurers to maintain oflicial
sials that would enahle lliein ti validate
tax titles occasioned a heated and pro
tracted il'-bate in tti.. house on the I";! h.
The hill was placed on Kelieral lile. II.
K PC!, hy Jones of to-, providing for the
election of county commissioners hy an
entire Vote of the county in counties not
uider township organization, was vigor
ously assailed as a political measure.
Ii use of Hall Insisted that it was an at
tempt on the part of cities of the class
of Nchraska. ity to ohtain control of
the county hoard. Kennedy of Douglas
said that from ohservation he was con
vinced that regardless of the purpose, the
practical effect of this sort of bill Is poli
tical, as siiKKesteil hy Iconse. The com
mittee on boundaries, county seat ami
township organization brought in an ad
verse report on the hill, which was voted
down, allowing the hill to go on Rem.-ral
file. II. It. 31', hy Koetter of Douglas,
compelling Omaha school board to buy
tf own hooks and II. It. I'-'. fixing salaries
of secretary of school boards were
passed. Kills introduced for first time
were: To establish it military code for
lh state of Nebraska, ami to provide for
the organization, government and com
pensation of the militia, and to provide
for the enrollment of t'.ie unorganized
militia, to conform wltii an act of the
I'nited States congress "To promote the
efficiency of the militia and for other
purposes." To punish the stealing of do
mestic fowls and to punish perons re
ceiving or buying stolen domestic fows,
making the offense felony.
In the senate on the .TOth Secretary
Alien to the governor announced that
lliinrnor Mickey h.i.I signed S. I'),
to legalize issue of bond hy cities of first
Mini second class. Lieutenant ;. . rnor
M.tlllton sI;mci S. V. i-. reducing s. hool
lll est lllellf S to 5".l ', to g!e school priv
ileges of norm. it schools. II. Ii. i;7. com
pelling the city council of Omaha to pur
chase Omaha water works, was r-a.l ,i
tilled time and passed. S. K. SI. entitled
'.n act f' create ,t food commission."
un.l S. !". V providing penalties for adiil-
l. were recommended to !
ncral tile. I tasting's resolu
.t committee appointed to
I isiirance companies' taxes
ip in. I adopted. Hill Were
'!'. establish a military code
Nebraska and to provide
or in '. if Ion. go ernrncnt ami
i i ii oi t lie mdltl i and to pro-
II .Moiimeii: n tfie ii-iotgan-
'ii to conform wlt'i an act of
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place I on
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In the house on tiie :!'ith Speaker Mock-
el t signed II. I:. 1.7. by tJilbert of Hong-
las, the Omaha waterworks hill, which
had passed both house and senate. The
S' liote at this time sent in a communica
tion that it had voted to adjourn to n xt
Thursday, the house concurring. The
house voted tn refuse to concur in the
senate's action. These resolutions were
introduced by fhristy of Nemaha:
We. the tin l- rsigned residents, voters,
citizens, taxpayers and merchants resid
ing ami doing business In Otoe county,
realizing that our present laws regard
ing exemptions ate unjust and detri
mental to the merchants' interests and
to the best Interests of society, aiding
and abetting dishonest debts, forcing
merchants into bankruptcy and causing
hardship to the people by an increa.se of
t In their supplies, petition your hon
orable body to aim
BicxKit hy tiik ;ovi:knok.
Governor Mickey signed house roll 67.
the CHhcrt or Howell bill on Monday.
The Gilbert bill is Identical In all its pro
visions with the Howell bill. It requires
the city of Omaha to acquire and erat
Its own water plant, and to I his end pro
vides that, within thirty days, the Kov
ernor shall appoint a water board. This
water hoard, in u general way, shall havt
charge of the acquiring of the plant, to
gether with the council, and shall have
control of the plant after It becomes the
properly of the city. The water works
bill has the emergency clause and It
therefore become a law as soon as the
g vernor gave his approval.
sti dknts oi'i'osi-: thk hii.t..
Student of the medical collegt s of the
state do not want the bill passed to com
pel th'-ii to appear before the State
Hoard if Health after graduating from
the college and stand an examination he
lore being allowed to practice medicine.
A majority of the stadenls entered school,
believing that after securing a diploma
they would he allowed to practice with
out more ado. The bill, however, pro
vides that they shall tread the wine press
before the State Hoard of Health, and
that for the privilege they shall each pay
Into the hands of the said board J27i. The
students believe that $!K would uo."
NEBRASKA BRIEFS.
Hasty of Furnas. Hastings of Hutler,
and Coffey of Hoyd were appointed 1$
ommlttee to Investigate the difference4
in taxes paid hy insurance companies in
Nebraska and Iowa, as stated in the
Hasty resolution passed yesterday. Hills
on first reading included the following)
To amend article ii. chapter xciiia. Com
piled Statutes, entith-d "Water Iiights Ir
rigation," by adding section CO. providing
for oflicial seal for the office of the State
Hoard of Irrigation; and section 70. pro-.
iding that fees be collected by the sec
retary of said board for tiling, examin-';
lug. issuing and making copies of water
right instruments; and section 71. provid-:
ing for the disposition of all such moneys'
by him so collected. S. K. HO. by Wall'
of Sherman (by request) To amend sec-i
Hon S.".. article 1. chapter lxxvii. Com-j
piled Statutes, entitled "Ilevenue." t4
strengthen present law regarding assess-1
rrent of railroad property by state board..
To amend section '.'8. chapter xiia. en-!
titled "Cities of the Metropolitan Clas.''j
and section 85. article 1. chapter lxxvii
entitled "rtevenue," Compiled Statutes.'
taxing everything at par cash value and
eliminating railroad taxation, as pre
scribed by this statute. ProTiding for the
appointment of a state surveyor and
draughtsman in the office of the commis
sioner of public- lands ami buildings.
A Cough Candy.
An pxffllcnt couf?h candy is made
of slippery elm. flaxseed and sugar.
Soak a gill of whole flaxseed in a eup
of boiling water. In another cup put
broken bits of slippery e" . bark until
it is full. Cover this also with half a
pint of boiling water, and let it stand
for two hours. Strain the flaxseed
and slippery elm both through a thin
muslin c loth and save the liquor. Add
a pound and a half of granulated sugar
to it. Boil the syrup for ten minutes.
Add the juiee of two lemons and boil
it to a candy. Test it from time to
time by dropping a little in cold water.
n l modify or repeal ! The moment it is done pour it out on
papers spreaa in uiscuii mis uuu if i ii
harden. As soon as it begins to cool,
before it hardens, crease it with a
knife, so that it may be easily broken
into lozenge shaped candies.
.1 Sl.l.'s congress -t. provid'
i f tin- miiitl.i and for o'her j
S I-'. I V.. by II I: litres To pr,.-
lllotc the il.dep' tl iellce of Voters at pub- i
lie !;. ti'.IM, to enforce tile M'crecy of i
the billot, to provide for th.- selecting'
and rtoii.in.it mg cf all i-.i ml ida t .-s for e!ec- !
live office. ex -c f candid. it s to ! chosen !
at anv special cl -ction. or township or j
precinct office or members ,,( school
boards not m--rubers of the boards of .l- j
tn-atioti. h f ;-ular vote at primarv dec-
lions, a 'id to provide for the manner of i
S' doing, to provide what qualifications!
lit; necessary to entitle a person to v-.te
lit siii'Ii primary elections, to provid. for
the placing of the name of car.didi'es I
for nomination upon the primary election j
ballot of their p"lili.al party and the t
manner of so doing, and to provide for!
the scolding and appointment of judges'
and cleiks to srrve at such primary dec- i
lion, to provide for the notification to
candidates at such primary elections of
their nomination, nnd to provide the man
ner ..f nominr ng candidates for offices
to be tilled at any special election and for
township and precinct offices, and To provid-
for the order of placing tickets of
ioIii:cil parties upon tile ballot for pub-
li
Ing and d.stribtition of ballots to be us.-.l
nt public election and primary elections
our exemtption laws to such an extent
at least that the merchants may have
e. pi. 1 1 protection under the laws to any
other this of citizens.
Vh rea. We have heard continued re-
I ports of extortionate t--lep!i -m- i ha: , -s.
an I as the senate has appointed a com-
i mitt t. iuvestigat - such charge and
complaint s.
Therefore. I move you that the speaker
of the Lous" appoint a committee of three
to investigate and report on s;:ch ciia:-: s
to this house.
I'ifty-tvvo members, barely a qt .irr.m.
..ri.svvere.l the roll call in the house on
the .tlst. A large number had bee.i ex
cused the day befoie. others had gone
In m- during the ni-ht or wen- otherwise
detained without excuse. A few member
came in after roll call. A resolution by
Thompson of Merrick was adopted plac
ing all house employes under charge of
the cheif clerk during the period of ad
journment next week and providing for
the employment and remuneration of
only a many employes as are actually
reeded. After the reading of committee
reports and bills on second reading the
house at lo:ta adjourned on motion of
Morsman of Houglas until Monday. Keb
ri.ary 9. at 2 p. m. Among new bills in
troduced were the following: To provide
for the incorporation of school districts
! in cities of the first class having less
j than l'."i and more than 2j.cO0 inhabit-
ants i South Omaha . anil regulating the
: duties. Dowers and government of said
1-ction. and to provide for the print- , ..,.,,, ,iis,ri,.ts. to nrovide for hoard of
education in said school districts, fixing
the terms, salaries, bonds and qualitica-
Imitating Bret Harte.
A Bret Harte story comes from Chi
cago, and concerns "Sam" Davis, a Ne
vada editor and ranchman. He was
a contemporary of Bret Harte and
Mark Twain on the Pacific coast, and
soon alter Harte's success made the
remark at a dinner that any modern
author could be successfully imitated.
Woodford Owens took him up and bet
an oyster and wine supper that Davia
could not imitate Bret Harte. Inside
of a week Davis had written and pub
lished a poem called "Binley and "4i."
which was said to have been found in
an old trunk which Bret Harte had left
behind him on departing from San
Francisco. The poem was copied all
over the country, and its authenticity
was not questioned, one New York pa
per going so far as to reproduce it with
illustrations. When that happened.
Owens paid his bet.
lor iiomin: i.rg candidates t r onic- n- . ,ns of th(. members of tho same and
be voted on at public election at public j regulating and defining the powers and
expenses; to regulate the formation of , duties of said boards of education; also
new i'.i.l.c, .,!. ..ir.i-ni .u .ui.in. i"i.u.- to provide for a treasurer, secretary nnd
attorney for said districts and for the i
tr primary elections, and to provide for
the punishment for the violation of the
r.i m
lontrol of the property, money and funds I
of sa!d district
Folklore in England.
Attention has been called to the sur
vival cf folklore in rural parts of Eng
land by evidence given in a stabbing
case tried at the Essex assizes. To
quicken the healing of the wounds, the
knife with which they were inflicted
was smeared with grass and laid on
the bed of the patient. The purpose
served by the application of grass or
oil to the knife, or to any steel instru
ment that has inflicted wounds, is to
prevent it from rusting. For if the
steel is allowed to become rusty the
wound is supposed to be affected, and
festering and mortification follow the
Almost the entire morning was spent In
thff senate on the list disccssing the bill
for Joint resolution to memorialize con
press to kill the land leasing bill of Sen
aror IMetrhh. Howell of Douglas moved
an amendment that the fences unlawfully
enclosing the public domain be removed.
This occasioned much debate, until the
senator changed his amendment so that
the fenrc must conn down by June 1.
Thi wa carried i:n iiiimoiisly. Sen
ator Howell Introduced the following:
"Whereas. Congress has pr'idcntlv
i nrnorivtcc f tho nicl Annltiar nualnt
so defining the duties , ' . . t. ,:..- , n
powers of the Board of Kducation i . , .. r , . ,
. . . . ed knife is a certain and quick rem-
tiie issuance of bonds and all matters
pertainig to the revenue and finances of
.-:l.l school districts; and for the repeal
o" all acts or parts of acts in conflict
therewith. This provides for a board of
five member at the annual city election
of i:. no election of schixd board mem
ber for term of office to be three
c.-ir: provides for secretary at t'2 per
annum, members to draw an annual sal
ary of IW and give surety bond of $:5.l"irt.
Aggregate school tax not to exceed II
edy for scalds and burns.
tthen the aritn- of mills. Honds may be ;ssued for not to
m increase in h- j exceed thirty years, drawing r.ot more
q-eclal or regular election,
emergency clause.
With the
taken steps to siren,
the t'nited States by
proposed appropriation for this branch I than per cent interest if authorized at
oT the service, therefore be It
Tjesolved. That In view of th- menacing
attitude of foreign power, the Interna
tional situation Justifies the gencr.il gov
rrrmrnt In making further preparation
to ecue a lasting peace by being pre
pared for war; therefore be -
Kesolved. That the State of Nebraska,
by It legislature, in session assembled.
rspetfully requests its representatives
In congress to support an appropriation
for a larger navy."
IIOVSK.
Th rrry resolution to exdud.? profes
sional lobbyists from the house wis alij
n the t.ible In the house on the 2Sth.
There bills were passed: S. V. t. by
Marshall, to legalize the issuance of
bord.4 for the establishment and main
tenance of heatln and lighting systems
by village and cities of less than 5.'H
inhabitants; If. It. 6T. by C Albert of Doug
la, the Omaha water works bill; II. II.
W, hy Douglas of Kock. fixing penalties
"sJIfor carrying concealed weapons. II.
I 4. Jjr Nelson of Doug!a. the measure
provMtaic for a new cod I. Teat ion of th
laws reiruUtlng negotiable instruments to
be uniform with the laws of other states,
has created more interest In the noils'
oppose rorxTV officers- bii.u
The bill introduced in the senate at the
request of the County Officers associa
tion is hung up in the committee, and
when It comes forth there will likely be
absent from it "that we recommend that
it b? passed." though the bill will be re
ported favorably. It is not the fact that
the committee does not favor a four-year
tetiure of office, for a majority of the
committee does. Hut the committee does
no Intend to recommend that a county
officer hold office for a time longer than
the time for which he was elected. An
other objection is that the committee
does not favor having every county elec
tion held on presidential year or even
year, as provided by the bill. Said one
of the committee:
"We are In favor of county officer
holding office for four years, but I for
one do not want to tell a community
that the man It has chosen for two years
should serve three. It Is the right of the
people to do that and not the legislature,
in my opinion. Anil if we make county
Mrs. Pat Campbell's "Makeup."
Mrs. Patrick Campell is said to
"make up" more rapidly than any
other woman on the stage. She usu
ally arrives at the theater a few min
utes before curtain time, enters her
dressing room like a cyclone and with
the aid of a nimble-fingered maid is
ready to go on before the average
actress would have her hat off. Fr
quently she stands in the wings watt
ing for her cue while putting up her
hair. By the way. she raised a tre
mendous row at seeing her self an
nounced on the bills as "Mrs. Pat
Campbell." A witty playgoer said on
hearing of this: "The is not like Mart
Hanna. She refuses to stand pat."
Dedicated After Fifty Years.
The cathedral of the Immaculate
Conception, in Albany, built In 1852.
was consecrated on Sunday, being jus
fre' from debt for It was erected In
the day of small things for the Roman
Catholic church. It is a noble Gothic
structure whose two spires form one
of the picturesque features of the hilly
city of Albany, as seen from the Hud
son or its esrn shores.
From the Chicago Journal: "Looli
here," said the reforming husband,
"we must have things arranged in
this house so that we shall know jusl
where everything Is kept."
"With all my heart." sweetly an
swered his wife, "and let us begin
with your late hours, my love. 1
should dearly like to know where they
are kept."
He let things nil on as usual."
It costs all the way from $1 to $10
lo spit on the sidewalk in Fremont.
The Zelier Stock Food company Is
i new Industry for Hooper.
Organized labor of Nebraska City
aas perfected the Central Labor union.
Pastor Jones of Nebraska City has
resigned and will remove to OUla
luma. Farm land in Saunders county Is
reaching the highest figure known for
years.
A telephone exchange has been es
tablished at Ord with about fifty cus
lomers.
An elevator with 100.000 bushels ea
pacity is being agitated at Ellis, Gage
jounty.
Callaway has effected a brass band
organization. New instruments have
been received.
The Central Nebraska Teachers' as
sociation will meet in Grand Island
April 1, 2 and 3.
Of two tramps arrested in Fairbury,
one of thorn proved to be a convict
from Kansas, to which state he was
returned.
The only hotel in the town of West
?rn was destroyed by fire a few days
ago. The owner will rebuild bigger
and better.
Mrs. Sarah Kerns of Pawnee county
relebrated her 88th birthday with
fifty-eight of her descendants seated
about the festive board.
Rudolph Wilke, aged about 2C years.
and single, was thrown from his horse
and fatally Injured whil3 returning
home from a neighbor's four miles
southeast of Crete.
The vast acreage, of wheat sown in
territory tributary to St. Edward the
last few years and the success in
growing this grain justifies the owner
of the flouring mill there in extend
ing the capacity of the mill.
A team of valuable saddle horses be
longing to B. F. Hefllefinger, who re
sides a few miles south of Beatrice,
was stolen. Two saddles were alsc
taken. The theft is believed to be
the work of local talent.
Food Commissioner Bassett has had
a test made of the brands of vanilla
sold by dealers generally throughout
the state and of the tests made he
has found that three of the brands la
belled vanilla were adulterated.
A new telephone line is being con
structed from Taylor to Brewster, the
county seat of Blaine county. In ad
dition to the Bell and Adamson com
panies at Taylor, there are five lines
operated by farmers and ranchmen
entering Taylor, thus giving the coun
ty seat of Loup county communication
with the farmer as well as the outside
world.
Senator Hasty of Furnas is very
anxious that Nebraska should get
more money out of the insurance com
panies doing business in the state, in
the nature of taxes, and to find out
the reason that Nebraska is not get
ting as much as its sister states he
introduced a resolution that a com
mittee of three be appointed to in
vestigate.
Captain F. M. Dorrington, register
of the United States land office at Al
liance, died last week, death being
caused by congestion, the small intes
tines becoming knotted. He was ill
only four days. Captain Dorrington
came to Nebraska in I860 and located
where Falls City now stands. He
owned and operated the first stage line
between Lincoln and Falls City and
prominently figured in the settling of
western Nebraska.
Farm land in Saunders county
north and west of Ashland is reach
ing the highest figures known in many
years. David Wilson has sold his
farm of 240 acres in Green precinct to
Joel Miller for $19,00, or about $79.17
per acre. S. L. Will purchased a farm
of 160 acres from E. D. Laughlin for
$63 per acre. Land that would not
command $30 per acre six years ago
now sells for not less than $50, and
one farm west of town recently
brought $100 per acre.
Warden Davis of the Nebraska state
penitentiary has filed his report with
the governor. From this it is gath
ered that there are eight females twd
white and six negro and 278 males iii
prison. The total negro population is
34. There are 24 life men in the pris
on. This state has one convict for
every 3,816 of its inhabitants, and if
is confidently believed that no other
commonwealth in the union can make
so geod a showing. Certainly, Nebras
ka sets its immediate next door neigh
bors too fast a moral pace. Iowa had
a convict to every 1,937 inhabitants;
South Dakota has one to every 2,769;
Kansas, one to every 1,556, while Colo
rado has one man in stripes to every
1,050 of its population.
George E. Haynes, a prominent far
mer in Butler county, dropped dead
from heart disease.
Fifty trade slot machines doing bus
iness in Nebraska City must here
after pay a tax or quit their opera
tions. Hon. John Barsby of Fairmont has
been granted a franchise by the city
of Geneva for an independent tele
phone exchange and a good subscrip
tion list has been secured. Work will
begin as soon as all preliminaries can
be fettled.
Mrs. W. C. Kidd, who has for sey
eral years been manager of the Mor
ton hotel in Nebraska City, will leave
for Excelsior Springs, Mo., to make
her home in a few days. She will be
tendered a farewell reception before
her departure.
News has been received in Platts
mouth of the death of George Stull,
a former Plattsmouth boy, which oo
curred recently in the state of Wash
ington Stull was killed by the fly
wheel of a gasoline engine which ha
was o pei a ting in a pumping tation,
ASENATEMUDDLE
INSISTENCE ON STATEHOOD BILL
MAKES PROGRAM DOUBTFUL.
SENATOR QUAY CHANCES TACTICS
A Move to Tack the Omnibus State
hood Bill Onto Another Measure
May Cause Trouble Senators
Ready to Appeal from the Chair.
WASHINGTON The omnibus state
hood bill will continue to hold Its place
for the present as the unfinished busi
ness on the senate calendar, but it
seems quite probable that the debate
v III be transferred to the appropria
tion bills. Senator Quay has entirely
changed his tactics during the hist
week and after trying in vain to se
cure a quorum for night sessious on
two different occasions, has abandoned
all efforts in that direction, leaving
the senators who oppose the state
hood bill to take the responsibility
for delay. He now apparently is the
least concerned of all to secure late
sessions.
He makes no confidants, but it is
evident that it is his purpose to make
his fight in connection with the ap
propriation bills and to secure prom
ises to vote for a statehood rider to one
or other of them.
Thus far there has not been delay
on any supply measure on account of
the statehood debates, but there will
be a decided effort to attach the state
hood amendment to the agricultural
appropriation bill. It is expected that
the amendment will be ruled out on
a point of order, in which event there
will" be an appeal from the decision of
the chair. It is quite possible, how
ever, that the question may be sub
mitted to the senate without a ruling
by the chair. This plan has been pur
sued in other cases and has been found
to work satisfactory.
Senator Cullom will atte iipt to se
cure consideration of the Cuban treaty,
but until the statehood bill is disposed
of all speculation as to what may be
done with other questions is idle.
The anti-trust bill which was sched
uled for early consideration in the
house this week, will not come up un
til late in the week, if at all. and
possibly may be postponed until next
week. The friends of the currency
bill are exceedingly anxious to get
consideration for it, and it may most
likely come in after the postofflce ap
propriation bill is disposed of, in which
case the anti-trust bill would be shut
out this week.
THE LAND LEASING BILL.
Why a Texas Congressman Is Opposed
to the Measure.
WASHINGTON Additional opposi
tion to the land leaning bill has arlmMi
in the house from some of the Hoiith-
ern member of c-ongrcHH. Represent
ative Burleson of Texan introduced a
resolution Ix the limine calling upon
the secretary of the Interior to fur
nish the house with full Information a
to what steps, if any, had been taken
to prevent the illegal fencing of the
WOMEN SUFFER.
Hard to uttend to dally
duties with a back that
aches like the toothache.
A woman's klilncyit give
her constant trouble.
Ilnckaclie Is tht first
warning of sick kidneys,
and should never h
neglected.
Urinary dlmirders an
noy, embarrass and worry
womankind.
Dangerous dia
betes, dropsy an
llrlght's discuss
are sure to follow
public domain in Nebraska, Wyoming
and New Mexico. He also desires to I If tho kidneys are neglected.
know the number of filings or appli
cations for part of the public domain
which have been made Jn the states
of Nebraska and Wyoming during tho
year 1901 and 19t2 under the home
stead and desert land acts, and bow
many persons who have made such
filing have been fraudulently used to
secure color of title to said lands for
the purpose of conveying or transfer
ring th same to others. The reHolii
tions also direc ts that upon report be
ing made tli attorney general Khali
immediately institute proceedings
against all persons who have Illegally
fenced in government lands and to
declare all fraudulent appropriation of
lands under the acts referred to, and
that in on event shall any money paid
for land be refunded, where It is shown
that the filing was fraudulent. When
inquiry was made as to his motive
for introducing the resolution and his
opposition to the bill, Mr. Burleson
stated that it would give the cattle:
growers of Wyoming and Nebraska an
undue advantage over the Texas cat
tlemen, for the reason that when Tex
as came into the union she retained all
ner public lands and the state had to
buy or lease their lands from private
individuals, and if the Nebraskans
were permitted to keep up their fances
wunouc paying rem or aiioweu to when a c bain of ev idene ha been
lease lands at a few cents per acre it forged by a peilice lynx would a pi In
Ilcnd how to cure the kidney and'
keep them we'll.
Mrs. Jauie Heck of 314 West
Whltesboro htreet. Koine. N. V., says:
'I was troubled with my kidneys for
eight er uIum y-arn; bail much, pain in
my back; as lime went ou L could
hardly endure it; I could not stand
exee pt for a few moments at a time; I
grew weuk nnd exhausted; L could not
even do light hoiiHewotk, let alono
washing and ironing; I could not ntoop
or bend; my head ached Heyerely; I
was In pain from my head down lo my
heels; cciltcM'ing iu the kidney It wu
a iieavy, steady, Hiekenin h he; i
could not rest nights, and got up morn
ings weak and tired. I thought I was
about done fur, when I saw Dunn's
Kidney Pills advertised for kidney
complaints, and got them at Hrotightem
& Graves' drug store. Within a week
after c ouimene ing the-ir use I began to
improve, and from that time on rapidly
grew better. I uaed five boxes In all
and was cured. I have recommended
Doan's Kidney PilLs to many others.
and my rb ought to convince lb
most skeptical sufferer to give them a
fair trial."
A FKKK TKIAI, of this great kidney
medicine, which cured Mrs. James
Heck, will le mallei on application to
any part of the United Stales. Ad
dress Foster-Mllburn Co., IIufTalo. N.
Y. For sale by all druggists. Price,
60 cents per box.
would continue to work an injustice
upon the people of Texas.
oner at the bar be justified! in hlrtntf
a haoksmith Instead of a lawyer"
COUNTRY'S MILITARY STRENGTH.
fritopx tlm tUmglt unit
Works (T tl "I1
Laxative Hromo Vuiiiiiio'l'fillnti. I'rh''5c
Omaha Child Saving Institute.
A remarkable incide.it occurred
some time past. A woman with a young
child was on the streets in a perfect
ly destitute and helpless condition.
She was without friends and without
means of support and had tried in
every way she knew to find employ
ment, with her little child, and failed.
In her desperation she appealed to a
children's society to take care of her
little one temporarily until she could
get in a better position. She was
told that she must sign papers of re
linquishment aud make absolute legal
surrender of her child and give it up,
with the assurance that she would
never see it again and would never
know where it was; or that she must
go out again upon the streets. She
clung to her child and went on her
journey, although it was cold and
dreary and she was hungry. Finally
the concluded there was nothing else
for her to do but to go back and sign
the papers and give up her child for
ever. On the day to do this, some one
seeing her distress and learning the
cause of her trouble, told her of the
Child Saving Institute and that it
would help her. She appealed to the
institute and her child was tenderly
cared for several weeks ind in the
meantime the mother met with good
fortune and reached a position where
she was abundantly able to provide
for her own child and to keep it permanently.
One Hundred and Nine Thousand Or
ganized Militia in Country.
WASHINGTON In view of tho
vague rumors of impending trouble
for the United States growing out of
the Venezuelan situation, the annual
returns of adjutant generals of the
several states regarding the strength
of the militia of the country, which
was transmitted to congress Monday
by Adjutant General Corbin, is of pe
culiar interest at this time. It shows
that the United States has a grand to
tal of 10,8.i3,3fG men available, for mil
itary duty. The total organized
strength of the militia of the country,
officers and men of all arms, is shown
to be 109,338. The strength of the
militia of Nebraska, Iowa, South Da
kota and Wyoming is as follows:
Nebraska General staff, 8; engi
neers, C3; cavalry, 101; light battery,
148; infantry, 1.489; total, 1,711. To
tal available men unorganized, 112,000.
Iowa General staff, 2C; engineers,
10; infantry, 2.450; signal corps, CO;
hospital ambulance corps, 58; total,
2,016. Total available men unorgan
ized, 310,008.
South Dakota General staff, 12;
cavalry, 127; light battery, 3" ; infan
try, 1,085; total, 1,255. Total availa
ble men unorganized, 55,tC8.
Wyoming General staff, 0; cavalry,
52; light battery, 42; infantry, 200;
total, 00. Total available men unor
ganized, 9.H00.
In this world a man gets what
takes, if it Is only a cold.
WMKN VIII i: lilll I NAT
lie Aorn not have Iiffliuiee Ktarrh, yon
miiy b biiio h Is afraid to keep It until
Ms xtoek of 12 ox. tiaekiu-iH itro Hold. Ii.--
flance march In not enlv IxMier tlmn unv
otht-r Cold Wafer Htanli, hut contains in
ox. to the iiai'kaiCH and !.-!) fur .ru
money as 12 oz. Iimnd.
There is nothing like leather not
even the paper imitations.
Plso'a Curn for ronnutiiptlon I an Infallible
tnc-diflne for couIih uud cold. N. W. bmuu.
Oteuu Ufuvc, N. J.. Fe b. 17. I'JdO.
Wet lioots and expected pleasure
are hard to put ejlf.
You never bear any one complain
about "Defiance Starch." There Is
none to equal it in quality and quan
tity. 16 ounces, 10 ents. Try it
now and save your money.
Matrimony can never be? wholly a
success until hubby forge-ts mother's
cooking.
SHORTHAND Vl.W"
I'KCjK. l.. I.. MAItTlN. e KIJAU KA IM Us. MV A
About the only natl:-ifactory substi
tute for wisdom i: sile nce.
Mr. VlllHlo,t"K iMilfiliiiF Nvrnn.
For rl:iilr'n tvciiilnir. Ni.fti'iin i hp ifuini. n-iinri fn-
UuuinjaLion.alliiyi pain, t urri mini i '.lie. ,c boltls.
You can't tip a waiter euougU ta
make him lejse his balance.
STATEHOOD BILL IS RIDER.
Must Not Offer a Pass.
ALBANY, N. Y. Attorney General
Conneen has written an opinion in
which he holds that the offering of a
transportation pass to a member of
the legislature would constitute a mis
demeanor and make him subject to
forfeiture of his office.
The giving of the attorney general's
opinion arose from the fact that the
Pullman Palace Car company sent to
Hon. Francis G. Landon, member of
assembly from Dutchess county, an an
nual pass, and Mr. Landon referred
the matter to Mr. Conneen.
Cattle Disease Disappears.
BOSTON, Mass. Within a short
time it is believed the cattle embargo
in force in several New England states
because of the foot and mouth dis
ease will be lifted. Dr. Salmon, chief
of the United States bureau of ani
mal industry, has returned to Wash
ington and will not come back to New
England unless there is a reappear
ance of the disease. There are no
known cases of the disease in New
England now.
Expect War in Honduras.
SAN FRANCISCO William David
eon, a mining man who arrived here
from the lower coast, reports that a
revolution was expected to break out
in Honduras at the time he left Tiur
galpa, a few days ago, as the result of
a disagreement over the returns of
the late presidential election. There
were three candidates for president,
and the judges had not been able to
decide which one was elected.
Committee Attaches it to the Agricul
tural Appropriation.
WASHINGTON. The senate com
mittee on agriculture Saturday agreed
to place the omnibus statehooel bill on
the agricultural appropriation bill as
a rider.
The proposition was strongly an
tagonistic, but it carried by a two
thirds vote. Senators Hansbrough,
Foster (Wash.), and Quay, republi
cans, and Bate, Ileitfeld and Simmons,
democrats, voting in lhe affirmative.
Senators Proctor, Dol liver and
Quarles, republicans, voted in the negative.
HAIIAMI ItAII.IIOAO
-SKLL -
MOniJ.K and r'-turn, tl St
NKW OKI.KAN aud return. ....
HAVANA. 1. 1; H A, and in u rn, - t'X'ii
The aliuve )-; ri'- nnd many othrri witr
lung limits aud f,-i ver ,a F.m,. mil t
Una Incluklve. All Information at WtaU ckj
office, ltJl t'urnam fat., or ulurrii,
jiARisv k. iiooi:i;s,
Ge. Agt. Ph. i.n-pt. ejuialia, Nebr.
Asks America to Aid Finns.
CHICAGO Appeals for aid for the
starving Finns are being made by Dr.
C. J. Sorrenson, surgeon-in-chief of the
Northern Michigan general hospital,
who is president of the Finnish cen
tral relief committee, with headquar
ters in Calumet. According to Dr.
Sorrenson. no less than 400.000 Finns
are starving, and not since the famine
of 1867, which caused the death of
100,001 persons, have the conditions
been so desperate. .
Younger Will Be Pardoned.
CHICAGO. III. A dispatch to the
Chronicle from St. Paul says: Cole
Younger, who was paroled from Still
water penitentiary two year3 ago,
with his brother Jim, will be given a
conditional pardon by the state par
don board, which will admit of the
ex-bandit returning to his former home
in Missouri. Warden Wolfer of Still
water prison has recommended a full
pardon.
Single Tax in Practice.
On the coast of Vancoiive-r inland
in British Columbia, the flouriHhlni
town of Naniamo, with Its 6,000 iu
habitants has no taxes fer munie-lpa;
purposes save one on land valuer, t.y
fed alike on occupied and iinocciipIrM?
land, according to the orthodox inter
pretatlon of the fingle; tax therory. Thi
town is a miners' town, where the doo
trine of "three acres and a cow" Is al
most universally realized, a.s well ai
that of "every man Ms own hou.st
owner." For this re-suit the e-as;
terms of tho London syndicate whicj
owns the coal and land In the ne-lgh
borhood are largely responnlble.
liW UNION MADK
Mutineers Make Confessio.u
LIVERPOOL- The four seamen oi
the British oark Vermonica, accused
of mutiny, were remanded. Two ol
the prisoners have made a statement
implicating themselves and the others
in the crime, but another of the ac
cused men, William Smith, an Amerl
can, declares their statements untrue
Many a woman puts a No. 6 foot it
a No. 2 shoe and goes to a meeting
where she may softly weep over tb
poor females of China.
L. Doumto
$25,000 REWARD
will he paid to an rrma who
Mo diaprov tbla statement.
Because W. L. Donglas
the largest manufacturer
he can buy cheaper and
Drolure hit rIiim-a at a
lower cost than other con- ,
cerns, which enahW him
83.00 eciual in every
way to those sold e-lw-
wbere for 54 and ?.V.
W. L. Douglas '
andS'islioeflare worn by thousands of men win
have besen paying S4 and SS.iiot liellevingthe"
could get a lirst-class Krioe for &I.W ur S3.(aj
He has convinced them that the Wyle, lit
and wear of his S3.50 and 83.00 shoes is jua
as good. Give them a trial and nave money
fi ntlrm llrmM fiHto Kalra: H,tOH,all,t
IiBmIwhi llvuiHa!: . 4 ,M ,
A k-amof .AS4.A.T0 in four Vcara.
W. L. DOUGLAS MO CILT COOK LINK,
Worth IUM Compared with Other Makoa.
The bett Imported and American Irathere. Heyt
Patent Calf. Enamel. Bom Calf, Calf. MM Kim", Coram
Colt, ami National Kangaroo. Fatt Color Ctfrletn.
Panfinti Th uin ut w. i douolaj
VOU UUIIa nam and prtca atampaxl on bottom
icl by matl .tie. estra. Illvt. I'a'alua frrr.
w. l- uuiuLaii, ukocktoavmail
nan
ESTY
in malum
our line
what w
patron agi
rely on to bring us your
and friendship.
will be paid for any Maple axle. Elm or pool
birch hub found in any " NEW TIFFIN '
wagon that has ever been 6ent from oii
factory. INSIST upon your deale
handling this great wagon. They run easier
and last the longest. If he will not handh
thera write to THE TIFFIN W AGO.
CO.. TIFFIN. OHIO, and they wil
refer vou to a dealer who will tell you one
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