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THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE
A Synopsis of Proceedings in Both Branches of
the Twenty- Ei ;hth General
Assembly.
HKNATK.
Most r thi day In th- cn;it- on th
llth w:i lakrn up as a committer; of
ths whole In dlsciisnlnK the hulk liiw;
tirovl.llntr I hut n retull merchant houlil
fori altowol to Hell hi stock, entire or
In part. oiitl.l of the remilar trade
routine, without flrnt having notified
his credltorH at..l flllnjc IHt or credit
or with the county It rk. Tin? hill was
Amended ami dlnciiyMcd no much that It
Wii Dually will back to tin committee,
vlilch was instructed to pa h on th
iiri-n.lTii nM and iiKaln hrlriK It forth.
K. I". III. calling tr a convention to
amend th constitution, after a IciiKlhy
Hcii.h.iIoii. wan recommended fir ;is
ace hy the commit ten of the whole.
Kh-Mon of Cass Introduced a resolution
nnthorizin the Judiciary committee to
Ket uj a lull imikiiiK Mich changes In
the hallot law fK rdiii constitutional
amendment as may ! deemed necpM
ary ami Kiihmit the same on or before
February IS. !.:. Hills on lirst rending
lii lu.l.-.l: Klxintf fees for county clerks
for Issuing Instruments. To provido for
thp Hale ty railroi.l companies of un
clalmeil k'om. A tit horlizrtK mutual fire
Insurance mmpaiiii'it to lo husinesjl uot
8ll of th stnte. To Mtcnil the Itound
rlen of all cities, villages, school dis
tricts nnl other municipal incortoratloni
lorerlni: upon n luahle streams which
ccnstltur state houmlaries. To define
the crime of desertion of minor child or
xhlldren. wife or husahm! or home, by
father, mother, putative father, husbanil
or wife, and to provide punishment
therefor.
After belnir In nesslon an hour on the
11th the senate adjourned for the day.
This was done In order to Rive the com
D'ittees time to Ret up a large Keneral
file. KtandiiiK committees reported as fol
lows: S. K. J. providing for the payment
of certain lines into the school fund, in
definitely postponed; S. K. !. providing for
a board of pardons, recommended for pas-i-aKe;
S. I'. 5. to prevent the mutilation
of horses, recommended for passage; S.
! Rf. relating to marks and brands, rec
ommended for passaKe: S. K. I":, fir is
suance of hoiuls for Irrigation purposes,
recommended for passage; S. K. HIS, in
rj?ard to water rights. reom.nfiided for
p;S3a;e; S. K. 1H, wafer rights. IrriKa
tion. reiomn'iided for pa-ssaKe; S. K. 131.
relatim; to the destruction of wild ani
mals, favorable; II. K. K. substituted for
H. V. 2. provliliinf for the division of
-('entities into districts; S. til. relating
to county treasurer's deposits, hub -finitely
postponed; H. K. 111. providing for tha
calling of a constitutional convention,
was passed. Hills on lirst reading were:
I'rovidins for general revision of elec
tion law; I'rovidinK for the appointment
o' a union soldier having served three
years a member of Hoard of Soldiers' and
Sailors', to serve three years, and the ap
pointment of one membf r-annually there
after. The serial" ,;M the 1.1th went into com
mit of I lie w hole to consider bills on
prnTiil tile, with II. woll of loulas in
the chair. . K. an act to provide for
the st .te iu-rintenilents making a uni
Iform course of study for district schools,
was iinli-ii'il eiiiosscd after It had Ik'cii
nmemled s tliit no change be made In
text Iww.ks. -5. I". 0. provdtng fir the ap
Iolntni' :ii (!' a bard cf pardons to con-
sl.-t of i!inv t.it '.ibers. one of whom shall
Ve a pr:(.'ti.'al attorney. After some Iis
cu.slo!i tit-- lull was iillowed t. r tain its
pIac- on th- general lib- nt!T no action
was taken. S. K. III. to np-al art pro
viding for bounty paid for killing wild
animals. O'Neill wanted to amend by at
taching the emeregncy clause. The fol
lowing bi'is were placed on g -neral tile:
To provide for school districts in metro
politan cities paying for cost of bond for
treasurer. I'roviding for making tive-year
contract for purchase of text books by
nchool districts. Kelatlng to qualifications
of teachers. Kelating to notice of annual
pchool meetings. Kelating to printing re
port of state superintendent. !: Kiting to
establishment of public School system.
I'roviding for payment of bond of treas
urers of school board by sehool district.
An act providing for compiling abstracts
of title bonds. I'roviding for the pub
lishing of statutes. Providing f r the pro
cedure against tenants holding on. pro
viding for appeals to supreme court. De
fining child dependency, ncfflect. cruelty,
etc., ami providing for protection.
The senate, with eighteen members la
right and twenty-seven marked present,
held a thirty-minute session on the llth.
beginning at 9 o'clock. This early was
chosen so that those who ha. I no: gone
heme would be at.le to get out of town
nnd the entire thirty-three memlx-rj
would draw pay for a full day. The read
ing of the J inrnal was cut short. The
committee on enrolled and engrossed bills
reported th.it II. R. No. t;o. appropriating
JJS.rtO for incidental ex;enses of the legis
lature, wa fiiken to the governor Thurs
day evening at I o'eh ek. Three bills were
Introduced and read by title, and two sen
ate bills and three house bills were read
a second time, and an adjournment was
taken until Monday ;it 2 o'clock. One of
the house bills advanced to second read
ing is to prevent the docking of horses
tails and the others were of little more
Importance. The following were the bills
Introduced: S. K. No. w;. by Hall of
Douglas, to legalize illegal special as
sessments levied in the city of Omaha.
S. V. No. 17. by Cox. by request, relat
ing to the removal of guardians.
y Jennings cf Thayer introduced In the
a enate on ir.e cm a resolution providing
f,df the appointment of a committee t,t
thr"ve to Investigate the management of
the Suffice of the commissioner of tabor
and tX report finding within ten days.
The resolution went over one day. S. K.
5. relating to marks and brands, ordered
engrossed. V S. F". 9S. to prevent mutiia
ti.n of horstes. recommended for passage.
R IS. to OrOVlde for Inwnshln i,r , ti.
iz.ition. recon, mltted. S. V. r. providing
for school districts in metrojMditan cities
paying for bond of treasurer. Committee
asked leave to sia again. S. F. 12". relat
ing to school landat an.l funds. 11. r. r.2.
to make five years" i-ontract for pun-hase
cf textbooks, reported progress and asked
leave to sit again.
HOUSE.
A petition from the Nebrt-sk.- Federa
tion of Woman iium. iur me
rusHas-e of a pure food law. wa intro
duced In the house on the llth by regg
of Warn and referred to the comn.utee
commerce. II. R. 1. r gg. re
quiring district school board to notify -,f.
fleers when reports are due. was read the
third time and passed. Anderson cf
z
Kearney, moved that tbe house ro Into
a mmlttee of the whole to consider II. R.
112, a bill introduced by Deles Dernier of
'iM to authorise and empower toards of
county commissioners or supervisor to
make contracts for the construction and
repair of bridges, to buy material and
employ the necessary help to construct
or repair the bridges. The matter was
discussed at much length, but definite
action was not taken. Hills weie intro
duced: To Hmend section SHa, article I,
chapter xvill. Compiled Statutes, by re-ii?c-hig
clerks of district courts to file
notice of foreclosure or payment of mort
Kiiges with both county treasu-er and
clerk. Kmergeney clauso To authorize
(ounly commissioners to appropriate un
expended balances credited to any pre
cinct to such precinct. To permit the
payment of money arising from the sale
or purchase of Irrigation bands or cou
pons at county treasurers' offices as wel
ns state. II. It. .101, by House, relating to
district court fees. A Joint resolution re
lating to the unexpended balance In the
hands of the Nebraska State Relief com
mission, created by an act of the legisla
ture at its twenty-fourth session, and to
provide for eonevrtlng tald balance of
$.tt6.9i Into the state treasury.
The house on the 12th concurred In the
senate's amendments to II. R. 60, reduc
ing the appropriation for legislators' ex
penses from $I8.00 to $2S.0O. It was
shown by a report by the house deficiency
ccmmlttee that the reduction was war
rented, as last session thousands of dol
lars were spent for furnishings and dec
orations, which are not required this
year. These bills were read the third time
;nd passed: II. R. SS, by Shelly of Doug
las, to prevent and punish the desecra
tion of the federal Hag; II. R. 166. by Kit
tel of Sherman, repealing the wolf bounty
lav; II. It. 175, by Burgess of Lancaster,
known as the anti-printing trust bill, was
recommended for passage. New bills In
troduced were: To establish an experi
mental station at or near Crawford, Neb.,
fixing the control find management of the
same and making an appropriation of $13,
(XI) therefor. I'roviding for holidays to bo
known as Lincoln and McKinley anni
versaries anil Flag day, February 12,
January 29 and June 14. respectively. To
ametid an act to give an award for the
discovery of coal, iron ore, gas j-.nd crudo
oil. and to provide an appropriation of
to pay the award. To provide for
the abandonment of operations by irriga
tion districts and for their disorganiza
tion. To provide for full width of public
roads of sixty-six feet and to keep them
unmolested.
This resolution by Cropsey of Jefferson
was adopted:
"Whereas. This, the 12th day of Febru
ary, being the annivers;ary of the birth
of Abraham Lincoln; and.
Whereas, His memory is revered by all
people, his ability and loynlty acknowl
edged and admired, his unbounded love
for humanity and devotion to principle.
marks him as an honorable example for
generations to come; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the flag of our country
for which he gave his services and his
life. Ie placed at full mast for today as
a token of respect to the memory of the
lamented saviour of our country.
In committee of the whole the house
on tlie l:tth considered the following bills
imong others: II. It. 1.",::. by f.regg To
repeal the law providing for rural high
sehools without requiring a consolidation
of districts. Recommended for indefinite
postponeni' nt. II. R. 112. by Deles Der
nier, to authorize county boards to con
struct bridges without letting contracts,
when st'ch boards deem it best to reject
all bl.ls for the contract. After a num
ber of futile atUmpts to amend the mo
tion for indefinite postponement was lost
by a vote cf 27 to 4.". An amendment
was offered by Kittell of Sherman re
quiring boards to advertise for contracts
by competitive bidding for bridge work
costing f:!'t) or more. The amendment was
adopted. An amendment by Rouse of Hall
to provide that the work done by the
county board shall not exceed the coFt
of the lowest bid rejected, was adopted.
McAllister offered an amendment striking
out all that portion of the bill which au
thorizes the board to build bridges with
out contract where the amount involved
Is $:!' or more. It was lost, and the bill
as amended was recommended for
passage. II. R. 1.12, by Gregg To provide
that in cities of over 1.50 and less than
lt.'W inhabitants school boards shall con
sist of live members, to hold for a five
year term, one members to be elected each
year. The committee voted against the
bill. Mockett of Iancaster then amended
the bill so as to make it apply only to the
city of Lincoln. The amendment was
adopted, anl the committee then decided
to report progress on the bill.
Thf houfe convened on the Hth with a
bare quorum present. Ilecause of the
small attendance. Spurlock of Cass mov
ed to adjourn when the order of bills on
thin! reading should be reached. This
prevailed. Rcv:se of Hall was very anx
ious to compel the members to labor
In committee of the whole, and though
many demurred, they were finally com
pelled to do a little work. 11. R. No. 132,
by Gregg, was lirst considered. The
measure was amended by Sneaker Mock
ett so it related only to Lincoln reducing
the number of members of the school
beuird. The bill was passed over till the
amendment might be printed. 11. R. No.
11.1. by Gregg, specifying qualifications for
county superintendents, was next on gen
eral Hie. The committee rose without
taking action on the bill. Mr. Gregg en
deavored to amend the report of the com
mittee by ordering H. R. No. 143 to a
third reading. A parliamentary struggl?
residted over the attempt to aJjourn with
out acting on Mr. Gregg's motion. A mo
tion to adjourn by Wilson of Fawnee
finally prevailed by a vote of 2tJ to 23.
The following bills were introduced in
the house on the llth: H. R. No. 31$. by
Koetter of Doug!as. to amend section 215
of chapter 21 of the criminal code. Re
lates to the statute concerning keeping
taming fixtures. II. R. No. 317, by Bacon
of Dawson, to amend section 59 of article
I. chapter IS. of the statutes of llKd. Re
lates to the duties of chairmen of board
of county commissioners. 11. R. No. 31S,
by Mockett of Lancaster, to provide for
th appointment of a board of commis
sioners to be known as "commissioners of
Inspection and weighing for the state of
Nebraska," and prescribing their compen
sation, duties and regulations pertaining
thereto. II. R. No. 319, by Jones of Otoe,
by request, to prevent shooting and In
Jury to plpcons and other birds.
The houss renewed consideration of II.
R. 143, by Gregg of Wayne, providing that
no one shall b eligible to hold the office
o' county superintendent of schools who
does not hold a first grade teacher's cer
tificate. Mr. Gregg moved that his bill
be engrossed for the? third reading. Doug
las of Hock opposed the bill, arguing that
many of the counties In the western part
of th state were without first grade cer
tificate teachers and therefore, if this bill
was passed. It would Impose the neces
sity of Importing persons for county su
perintendent. Rartow of Valley thought
this was an argument for the bill. Spur
lock of Cass made a forcible speech In
fuvor of the bill, urging the Importance
of raising the educational standard.
Gregg's motion finally carried by a vote
of 50 to 25. These bills were passed: Ap
propriating $10,000 from the unexpended
board and colthlng fund of the Norfolk
asylum to the maintenance of patients re
moved from that to the Lincoln asylum.
Permitting the small printer to bid on
any state work In separate Items he can
furnish. Instead of ns at present, letting
the printing out in bulk. This is the so
called anti-printing trust bill. Strength
ening the powers of county commission
er.'! and supervisors in the suppression of
contu;;loin and Infectious diseases. To
provide county treasurers with a seal.
Providing lh school teachers, principals
und KupeKtitendcnts shall not receive
their full term's pay until they shall
have made the full report required by
la w.
LKGISLATIVK NOTES.
R RAPPORT I ON M KNT OF JUDGES.
Warner of Dakota is out in a bill to
reapportion the state into judicial dis
tricts. According to the bill Introduced
the state will have four less judges than
at present, the Omaha district losing one
judge. The Lancasted district gains one
county. Following are the districts as
apportioned under the bill:
First Johnson, Richardson, NemaJia.
Second Otoe, Cass, Sarpy.
Third Douglas, Washington, Burt.
Fourth Jefferson, Gage.
Fifth Lancaster, Saunders.
Sixth Platte, Colfax. Dodge.
Seventh Roone, Madison. Stanton,
Cuming, Thurston. Dakota, Antelope,
Pierce, Knox, Cedar, Dixon. Wayne.
Eighth York. Seward, Polk, Butler.
Ninth Clay, Fillmore, Saline, Nuckolls,
Thayer.
Tenth Franklin, Webster, Phelps,
Kearney, Adams.
Eleventh Hamilton, Hall, Howard,
Merrick, Nance.
Twelfth Dawson, Buffalo, Sherman,
Custer.
Thirteenth Cherry, Brown. Rock, Holt.
Keya Paha. Boyd, Wheeelr, Garfield.
Dawes. Box Butte, Sheridan, Sioux.
Grant, Hooker, Thomas, Valley, Greeley,
Blaine, Loup.
Fourteenth Scotts Bluff, Banner, Kim
ball, Cheyenne. Deuel, Ixigan, McPher
son. Lincoln, Keith.
Fifteenth Chase. Hayes. Hitchcock,
Dundy, Red Willow, Furnas, Harlan,
Frontier, Gosper.
In the third district there shall be six
judges, in the fifth district three judges,
in the seventh and thirteenth districts
two judges each and in all other districts
one judge each.
, AFTER LABOR COMMISSIONER.
The request of the office of the labor
commissioner for an appropriation of $10,
430 with which to conduct the affairs of
the office for the next two years will
likely result in an effort to abolish the
office. While very little talk has been in
dulged in by the senators so far, the fol
lowing resolution, introdticed by Jen
nings of Thayer, is creating some discus
sion: Whereas: There is now, and has been
for sixteen years last past, what is known
as the oftice of commissioner of labor in
this state; and
Whereas, There is now on file with the
committee on finance, ways and means
of the senate, a request for an appropria
tion of $10,430 for the maintenance of said
office for the next biennium; and
Whereas, After a hastw- investigation by
some of the members of said committee
into the management of said office as to
the amount of money expended and re
sults derived therefrom, the information
obtained is far from satisfactory; and
Whereas, Doubt has been expressed by
senators and others of the expediency of
appropriating money for the further
maintenance of said office; therefore, be
it
Resolved, That a committee of three be
appointed to investigate the management
of the office of said commissioner of labor
and to report its findings to the senate
within ten days.
TELEPHONE INVESTIGATION.
The telephone investigation. Is is prom
ised, will be under day soon. The first
testimony the committee hears will prob
ably be that of C. II. Judson. general
manager of the Twin City Telephone
company of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Mr. Judson is in Lincoln, and it is an
nounced he will remain until he has had
a chance to appear before the commit
tee. It is expected to be shown by his
testimony that in Minneapolis and St.
Paul an independent company makes
rates little more than half as high as
they are in Omaha; that the company
has several thousand more subscribers
than has the Nebraska Bell company in
the Nebraska metropolis, and that It has
complete modern equipment, such as the
Nebraska company has for some time
been promising to put in, and which
gives it a much superior and more satis
factory service.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Major Buchanan, general passenger
agent of the Elkhorn road, appeared be
fore the house committee on agriculture
in the interests of H. R. 13S. by Jahnel
of Washington, providing for more ex
peditions methods of compiling and pub
lishing state statistics. Major Buchanan
said the railroads favored the bill as it
wculd facilitate the work of their adver
tising departments.
Since the Introduction of bills Into the
legislature providing for the killing of
prairie dogs, the legislature has attracted
attention outside the state. Governor
Mickey received a letter from a Hoosier
who has a remedy that he desires to be
tried in Nebraska that he guarantees will
bring about the desired results. The let
ter, dated "Clifty. Ind.." follows: "Your
honor. I have a device for the extermina
tion, for the destroying of the pests, the
piairie dogs, guaranteed to do the work.
If your stale will remunerate, I will send
you the device, I have applied for patent.
The device Is this: attach rubber hose
to steam engine. Insert the nozzle In the
holes occupied by the dogs. Let steam
on by proper attachments; will burn them
out in a few seconds. Will destroy badg
ers O'." anything that lives In the ground.
by this means you can destroy the dogs
on the prairie. Please give notice in some
paper that will extend over the state that
is infested with doe."
Belden of Richardson presented a bill
designed to impose greater restrictions on
the proprietors of barber colleges and
their students. It contemplates an an
nual license fee of $500. to be paid August
1 each year; provides not less than a two
years" course for every stunt. who in
additi in to this must possess a certificate
frcm ?he manager before he can work at
the barber's trade.
A vain woman is to be reared, for
she will sacrific all of her pride.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
A new bank will begin busincsc I
IiarneEton, March 1st.
The Nebraska Editorial assoclatfot
meeting at Hastings was uuusuall.
well attended.
The telephone rompany at Arlingto
will erect a suitable building for car
rying on its work.
York county farmers are organizing
to handle their own products by ele
vator and otherwise.
Fire destroyed four buildings in
Bartley and scorched another so badly
as to practically render it worthless.
The Y. M. C. A. board of Fremont,
has decided to build a two-story build
ing with basement, to cost about $25,-
000.
The Fremont public labrary build
ing, the cost of which, $15,000, was do
nated by Andrew Carnegie, has been
completed and accepted by the library
board.
Cyrus Kelley, a young man of Bur
well, was instantly killed by the ac
cidental discharge of a gun. The re
mains were taken to Tekamah for
burial.
The two children of Mrs. James
Lyons, Lincoln, were burned to death
while the mother was temporarily ab
sent. She had locked them in the
house while making a neighborly call.
While trying to start a fire in the
furnace at the home of Mrs. Wads
worth at Beatrice, Miss Bessie Mc
Kinney was badly burned about the
face and hands by the explosion of
gas.
Mrs. Nancy J. Taylor of Fremont,
has sued the Union Pacific Railroad
company in the district court for $20,-
000 damages, alleged to have been sus
tained at the passenger station in
Council Bluffs.
The Lange Canning & Preserving
company of Beatrice, which contem
plated moving its plant to Fremont,
has decided to remain in Beatrice and
will erect a new factory north of town
which will cost about $15,000.
Mrs. B. H. Begole, a prominent resi
dent of Beatrice, took a teaspoonful of
carbolic acid through mistake. When
she detected the mistake she spit it
out and, aside from a badly burned
mouth no serious results followed.
Fred Sibert, a young man living
fourteen miles southwest of Red
Cloud, was killed while chopping down
trees. A tree fell carrying him and
pinning him to the ground. His arms
and legs were broken and his body
horribly mangled.
H. C. Grese, representing the Ames
beet sugar people, has been at Tren
ton interesting the farmers in sugar
beets. He secured a number of con
tracts and a large acreage will be put
in. Culbertson has organized a sugar
beet association.
Otto L. Gibson, a former prominent
resident, met death in a peculiar man
ner near Blackfoot, Idaho, recently.
He ate from a raisin stew prepared in
a galvanized iron vessel. By some
chemical action a poison was formed,
causing death during the night.
Swen E. Benson, an Elkhorn section
man, was run over and killed in the
company's yards at Fremont. He was
clearing the ice from a switch and was
struck by some cars that were being
kicked back. The dead man was 35
years of age and leaves four small
children.
The general merchandise store of
Wash Reed of Bladen was broken into
by robbers and several pairs of shoea
stolen. The cash drawer was pried
open and a small amount of cash
taken. The robbers made their en
trance at the back door by breaking
the glass.
John Krema, a prominent Bohemian
and former business man of Schuyler,
shot himself fatally. He had been
brooding over financial matters for
some time and was, it is alleged, short
in his accounts as treasurer of the
Woodmen of the World. He leaves r
wife and three children.
At Anoka, during a quarrel between
Clarence Dutcher and F. L. Williams,
'bus drivers of Butte, as to the proper
places to have their buses at the de
pot, Dutcher drew a 45-caliber revolver
and shot at Williams but missed. He
was arrested, charged with shooting
with intent to kill and bound over
under bail of $800.
Albert Gerling, a farmer residing
twelve miles north of Humphrey, made
an attempt to commit suicide by tak
ing strychnine. It seems that an over
dose was taken and with medical as
sistance he was saved. Gerling has
been ailing for the past two years is
the only cause given for his attempt
ing to take his own life.
Raymond Brooks, carrier on rural
rural route No. 1, was killed by train
No. 6 at Glen Creek. He arrived in
town at 3:20 and was struck at the
crossing by the train, which was go
ing forty-five miles an hour. The en
gine struck the middle of the carriage,
demolishing it and carrying him
eTghty feet. He fell close to the track.
Sheriff Hodges took Joseph Robin
son to the penitentiary from Nelson,
to begin serving a sentence of seven
years at hard labor for setting fire
to a saloon bulding in Lawrence last
June which resulted in a property loss
to the extent of about $9,000. Robin
son made a confession in which he
stated that three saloonkeepers here
hired him to burn out their competitor.
While a train of the Union Pacific
was pulling along at the rate of forty
miles an hour in the vicinity of Lex
ington, in the baggage car there was
born to the happy parents, passengers
from the west to Fairfield, Cornish by
name, a bright, bouncing baby. When
the train arrived at Grand Island the
company physician was at the depot,
but his services were not needed and
all in the party were reported to be
doing finely.
SIGN A PROTOCOL
AMERICAN-VENEZUELAN AGREE
MENT APPROVED.
INCREASE OF CUSTOM DUTY
Claims to Be Adjusted by a Commis
sion Of Whom It Will Consist
Commissioners to Meet in Caracas
on the 1st of June Next.
WASHINGTON Secretary Hay, for
the United States, and Mr. Bowen, for
Venezuela, on Tuesday signed a pro
tocol providing for the adjustment of
United States claims against Venezu
ela by a commission to meet at Car
acas.
This commission will consist of two
members, a Venezuelan and an Ameri
can, to be appointed respectively by
Presidents Castro and Roosevelt, and
in the event of disagreement an um
pire to be appointed by the queen of
the Netherlands.
The commissioners are to meet in
Caracas on June 1 to make awards
which are to be paid out of 30 per
cent of tha customs receipts at Puerto
Cabello and La Guayra. The Hague
tribunal is to decide what proportion
of this 30 per cent comes to America
and what proportion goes to other
claimant nations.
It is expected that the minister for
foreign affairs will be appointed as
Venezuela's representative and that
either Mr. Bowen or Mr. Russell, the
United States charge, will be named
to represent the United States.
Baron Gevers, the minister for the
Netherlands, called at the state de
partment Tuesday and gave notice of
the acceptance by Queen Wilhelmina
of the task imposed upon her, her
consent having been previously sought
by both parties to the arbitration.
Some light is thrown upon the un
pleasant reference mad' by. Mr. Hag
gard, the British minister at Caracas,
to United States Charge Russell and
published in the British blue book
Monday by a naval officer now sta
tioned at Washington, who was in Ven
ezuelan waters and frequently at the
American legation during the, period
referred to by Mr. Haggard. Without
going into details it appears in this
officer's statement that by trying to
assist some British citizens in their
distress without first losing the time
necessary to hunt up and confer with
the minister, the American legation in
curred the iU will of Mr. Haggard, and
the difficulty got to be rather personal,
so that all the exchanges between the
two ministers have since been of a
most formal character.
The navy department Tuesday re
ceived the following cablegram from
Commander Diehl of the Marietta,
dated Willemstad, February 17:
"Raised blockade. War vessels with
drawn all "blockaded ports.'
NEW YORK The Associated Press
has received the following cable from
President Castro:
"CARACAS, Monday, Feb. 16. I
charge the Associated Press to trans
mit, together with my gratitude, my
sentiments of deference to the people
of the United States.
"PRESIDENT CIPRIANO CASTRO."
GETS THE AMERICAN MILLIONS.
Another English Earl Trades Title for
Good Dollars.
WASHINGTON, D. C Mrs. Wiiilam
Thaw, formerly of Pittsburg, but now
residing in Washington, on Tuesday
announced the engagement of her
daughter, Miss Alice Thaw, to the earl
of Yarmouth.
Miss Thaw inherited $1,000,000 in
her own right from her father, who
was an iron manufacturer, and will
succeed to another large fortune on the
death of her mother.
No date has been set for the wed
ding. She first met the earl of Yar
mouth, who is the eldest son of the
marquis aof Hertford; about th,ree
months ago.
MISSING MAIL CASH FOUND.
Fouch Containing $50,000 Turns Up
at Cincinnati Office.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. The missing
mail pouch containing $50,000 has been
found and is now safely housed in the
office of the superintendent of mails
here. The missing pouch arrived here
Tuesday from Cincinnati.
The theory is that the pouch in this
instance lost its destination tag, and
that the mail clerks mistook it for one
containing other empty pouches that
were being sent back to Cincinnati.
The pouch probably went to the Cin
cinnati pouch storage room and lay
there unopened.
EARTHQUAKES. IN MEXICO.
Houses Thrown Down in Several
Towns.
MEXICO CITY The state of Guer
rero continues to report many and
somewhat alarming earthquakes. Chil
pancingo, which two years ago was al
most destroyed by an earthquake, now
reports another, which threw down
houses, as also happened in the towns
of Chilapa, San Diego and Mezical.
ERIE CANAL MAY BE CEDED.
State
Constitution is
No
Bar to
Transfer.
ALBANY, N. Y. The attorney gen
eral has decided that it Is practical to
cede a small portion of the Erie canal
to the United States government for
Ehip building purposes, despite the
state constitution. The opinion is giv
en in a letter to Major T.omas W.
Symonds. head of the TJiiited Stales
engineering corps for the Buffalo district.
MAN TO FEED WYOMING ELK.
Jeton-Yellowstone Superintendent Has
Hay-Fed Wild Animals.
NEW YORK Steps were taken here
Tuesday to save JO.ooo RtarvliiR elk
on the Joton-Yellowstone k-mtvoh In
Wyoming. Seven feet of unow cov
ers their feeding ground and temper
atures as low as 40 degrees below
zero have added to their sufferings.
News of the critical condition of
the elk herds reached heie from the
chief of the United States rangers to
A. A. Anderson, a special superin
tendent of the Jeton-Yellowstone re
serve, who spedds his winters lu New
York.
Mr. Anderson at once ordered that
a temporary supply of wild hay, at his
own expense, be distributed as soon as
possible at convenient points by the
force of thirty rangers. He then pro
posed that $1,500 to $2,000 be raised
here by subsiVlptlon to purchase more
wild hay .and it is believed niat prom
inent persons will support the plan.
CATTLE AGAIN DISEASED.
Foot and Mouth Epidemic Takees
Fresh Start in Massachusetts.
WASHINGTON The loot and
mouth disease has become serious
again In Massachusetts and Dr. Sal
mon will return to Boston In a few
days to investigate the situation.
BOSTON, Mass. The recrudescence
of tbe cattle disease in Massachusetts
reported by the bureau of animal in
dustry at Washington is in the towns
of Needham and Medfleld in Norfolk
county, some twenty miles southwest
of Boston.
The cases were reported to the
state cattle bureau last week and a
herd of thirty-nine pure bred JerBeys
was slaughtered on Monday after con
demnation, by Drs. Thompson and
Durfee, representing the federal au
thorities, and Dr. Austin Peters, of
the state cattle commission.
SAYS THE MONEY HAS GONE.
Chairman of Montana House Com
mittee Makes Serious Charges.
HELENA, Mont Chairman Everitt
of the Montana house committee on
irrigation and water rights, to which
was referred resolutions calling for In
vestigation of the stale arid lands
committee, announced in the house
Tuesday that inquiry had developed
evidence of a shortage and that $30,
000 received by certain members of
the commission had not been applied
as the law directs. The charge was
made that the money had been mis
appropriated. On motion of Mr. Ev
eritt the committee was allowed $300
to employ counsel and a stenographer
with which to further prosecute an in
vestigation.
Senate Encourages Breeders.
WASHINGTON. D. C The senate
committee on finance on Tuesday
agreed to report favorably the bill
providing for free importation of thor
oughbred live stock for breeding pur
poses. The bill extends the privilege
to such live stock imported for sale.
Garfield Gets Good Place.
WASHINGTON, D. C. The presi
dent Tuesday sent to the senate the
nomination of Joraes Rudolph Gar
field of Ohio, to be commissioner of
corporations in the department of
commerce and labor.
Small Blr.ze in the House.
WASHINGTON, D. C Some little
excitement was create in the house
of representatives just before that
body convened Tuesday, by the discov
ery of a slight blaze in the flooring of
the east reserved gallery. The floor
ing had caught fire from a defective
flue in the democratic cloak room and
when discovered about fifteen feet of
the molding wasablaze. The blaze
was extinguished and the members
suffered no inconvenience when the
house met.
SEES SALVATION IN TRUSTS.
Holds Combines Alone Able to Meet
,..,.-, I
American competition. I
BERLIN. Minister O. Comerie Mel-
ler, in the course of an address in the
chamber of commerce, said:
The United States will be Ger
many's chief competitor in the world's
markets in the future. We must
therefore learn from the Americans
to adopt their business methods, the
salient feature of which is the concen
tration of capital and trade into
trusts.
The strong repugnance existing In
Germany against such combinations
will certainly be replaced in time by
a better view, especially after the
evils of the syndicates have been re
moved.
HOUSE WELL ADVANCED.
The Appropriation Bills are Nearly All
Through.
WASHINGTON. The appropriation
bills are well advanced in the house
for this stage of the session. With
nearly three weeks remaining only
three supply bills remain to be acted
on.
Two of these, the naval and fortifi
cation bills, are on the calendar and
will be passed this week. Delays of
these bills in the senate, however,
now promise to crowd things during
the final hours.
The Fowler currency bill, which has
been postponed from time to time, is
to have a special rule making it a con
tinuing order at the first opportunity
this week. But if it reaches the stage
of consideration it will be side tracked
whenever an appropriation bill or con
ference report is ready. r
WESTERN CANADA A710USINO
OREATJNTEaEST.
The Woiidrrfnl I IrliU of Wbwl Attract
liK Ttiouanmla.
Uijtll the lant Ave or six years but
little attention was given to that vast
area of grain producing land lying
north of the 4'Jth parallel, and Imme
diately adjoining the northern boun
daries of Minnesota and Dakota.
The Canadians themselves wers
aware of the wealth that Jay there,
but being unable to fully occupy 1L
they have asked the Americans U
assist them to converting the land
from its virgin state to one that will
largely supplement the grain producing
area of the North American continent
and the response has been most lib
eral. During the year 1901 upwards of
20,000 from the United Status went
over to Canada, being Induced to set
tle there by the reports that reached
them of the success of those who had
preceded them during the previous
years. This 20.000 was Increasod to
30,000 during the year 1102, and It Is
fully expected that there will be fully
50,000 during the present year. The
work of the immigration branch of tho
Canadian government la not now be
ing directed towards giving informa
tion as to the advantages of settle
ment In Canada bb It Is to extending
an Invitation to the Americans to fol
low those who have gone.
Those who have chargo of the work
point with considerable pride to tbe
success of those who have been in
duced to take advantage of the offer
of ICO acres of land free In Canada,
and have no cause to hesitate In con
tinuing the invitation. Many of those
interested say there are no more fre
homesteads to be had in Canada, but
the writer has mobt positive assurance
from the Canadian government that
there are thousands of such home
steads to be had, and in one of the dis
tricts now being opened up fully as
good as tbe best, and it Is probably
the best.
The Canadian gove.nment has es
tablished agencies at St. Paul, Minn.;
Omaha, Neb.; Kansas City, Mo.; Chi
cago, 111.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Milwau
kee, Wis.; Wausau, Wis.; Detroit,
Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette,
Mich.; Toledo, Ohio; Watertown, 8.
Dakota; Grand Forks, N. Dakota, and
C reat Falls, Mont., and the suggestion
Is made that by addressing any of
these, who are authorized agents of
the government, It will bo to tho ad
vantage of the reader, who will be
given the fullest and most authentic
information regarding the results of
mixed farming, dairying, ranching,
and grain raising, and also supply In
formation as to lrelght and passenger
rates, etc.
A man's heart Is bla.neT for a lot
of things that bin head Is ropoiihlblv
for.
Double Your Income.
sncuriri? agnncv in your city for the
Northwestern and Life HavingM Co., of Io
MoineH, Iowa, it in a btrotig company.
Write them to-day.
Upturned eyes are typical of devo
tion.
"The man who is idle w.M put the
cats on the fire."
Misery fcho likes eomp'ny, but d
wise man ain't sociable Wen kIio
eroun'.
When a woman keeps a soc-rcl sli
can't keep secret the fart that tilie is
keeping one.
By the timn a man gels old enougn
to talk well he has learne d lii: valti'j
of not talking at all.
The man who wouldn't be a fool
over the right woman doosn't des' tvo
to have the right woman to be a fool
over.
Says an Irishman: Every man is
so honest in this country that they
are compelled to offer rewards for
thieves.'
Tho daily task of the Ifebrideans
has a shrewd picturesquenoss. "Let
the loan go laughing home, they say.
That is, "Be careful of whatever you
have borrowed.'
Two noblemen in the reign of Max
imilian II one a German, the other a
Spaniard who had each rendered a
great service to the emperor, asked the
hand of his daughter In mamage. Max
imilian said that, as he esteemed them
both alike. It was impossible to choose
between them, and, therefore, their
own prowess must decide It; but, be
ing unwilling to risk the loss of either
by engaging them In deadly combat.
ordered a large sack to be brought
and declared that he who should put
his rival into Jt should should have the
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fair Helena. And this whimsical com-
bat was actually performed la the
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