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    1 THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE
t A Synopsis of Proceedings in Doth Branches of
the Twenty-Eighth GencreJ
Assembly.
HK.VATU.
In th nomil" on Iho I.'.th Il.ill of Hurt.
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wrr nptnfl a rommlft to lr.ift a
fill In :i'-"-ir. linen Willi tin- r?ilit lin
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protl.lhm- lh.it J. K. tfy ! -itittnr-f
t' - tri ( 1 1 urul liaw tta lll t tin-
farm.', .if whl.h Hi" Mar.- shall luy
Ta A at $! -r .-t. w.n t.ii--l. S. V.
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I'.itu i A r ! r.-.lui-.. th.. u ri r
of l omriil r t ! : r t--.-t if In lli"
Jiilrrti nf if th" court th- l'i -Itwm
KiiiiM Jii'tirv It. w;i t i k r i iij. 1 1 i"lv of
Knrna-i ini-l ! rn i k th i.i;ml'r of
( Otlltlll MHP-1 tlit' i llow I .f Ioiik-
!; nio.i a iilntlliit.- that l fotn-mltilnrn-ri
shall ! ;i i. .In t for !
yat ninl thr- for t v o yi-irs. making
filtif nirnl-ti.in r- for out y.r. !oth
fh- ariKiiilrii' tit ami tin- xuhst it ut f wrrf
lost. Tin- Mil w.ih or.. r'.l erii;ri-so.,l with
fh- I'oiiiinltli'i- aiii-tMlim-iit a.H follow:
Thrci- lornml -wloinrs an. I .Mti iiora hrH
hall l :iioliit.i for him- year ami x
for Inn ymrK front urul after April 1
J'.Hiri. unless th aono'.nt m.-nls ! witli
ilriiwn ly th- .xiiir-nn- jml'j. N w Mils
Int ro.lni i liu lu.li-.l th following: To
l.riivM for I Iw regulation ami win-lliiK
up of lh- IiiisIiu-hs of rertalti corpora
tion titai;-l In the Imsine.ss of raisInK
nion"y front inetiiSers or otlier.s by
rm.'in of state. I Installments or p:iy
nintn, to ! helil. Invested or distributed
In niiorilam-e with certain plans or
schemes; to designate such corporations
a Installment Investment companicx: to
Mtllijo't such companies to I he supervi
sion ami control of tlx auditor of pub
lic Accounts, state treasurer aru! attor
ney general; to designate the staitl au
ditor of public accounts, state treasurer
ami attorney K'iieral a the state bank
ing board. Prohibit Inn members of
school board front bcinK Interested in
any contract let by board, ami prohibit
anx any member front beln instrumental
In RettinK any relative a position in the
empioy of the school boar. I.
the establishment and regulation of tcle
j.hone rate ami service In cities of the
metropolitan class.
Jam.
The senate on the ?7th was ii against
parliamentary law. It all happened over I
the discission of th- amendment to
K. II. recommended by the judiciary com
mittee. The original bill provided that
the supreme court should reduce the
number of commissioners to six or less
If the business of the court justified it.
The amendment recommended by the ju
diciary committee pros i. lei lliat three
commissioners shall be appointed for
one year and six for two years. After
being recommit led at the morning ses
sion the bill was reported back to the
-committee of the whole at the afterniMin
session, with its former recommendation.
After much wrangling the committee of
the whole recommt-tblcil that the bill be
nmerideil that si commissioners shall
serve one year and three shall serve
two years. The report of the Torreos
iimmit-sinn, which has bee t in the hands
of th judiciary committee, was ordered
sent to the judiciary committee of the
house. This was done at the request of
the senate committee. A few rejMjrts f
stand ng committees recommending bills
for general lib- wen- received. New bills
were: Kit the relief of .1. 11. Kmmett for
money erroneously paid for rental of pub
I'c land .i in . ; i it 1 1 ii'-T to Repealing
the I.iw relating to writtc.i contrtits be
tween owners of land and brokers or
agents Selling same shall be avoided. To i
iior.si-:. ' "
fn the house on the 2.1th these bills
wrrn rend the third time and passed:
I'or a concurrent resolution memorlal
Iz ng congress to establish the true mil
itary status of the lirst Nebraska mil
itia. Making nherlffs' fees the same in
(iistl.-e, district and county court!. Km
powering mayor and council to extend
the coi pi. rate limits of mh-Ii city ho as to
Include additional territory and to de
crease tli- corporate limits by exclud
ing lands not laid off Into lots of live
aerc and l--;s. Requiring the plaintiff
In condemnation suits to procure right of
w;.y to dep istt the i o:t of suit with the
court. Heipitrlng all county superin
tendents to hold first class teachers' cer
tificates. Making the county surveyor of
I .a funster county ex-ofTlcio county engi
neer In addition to Tils powers and duties
as county surveyor. Regulating the vot
ing and amount of school bonds, chang
ing the latter In various districts. Pro
viding that road overseers shall open
ditches, drains and sluices during the
nt nths of April and October. To appro
priate, to the use of the State university
the money In the agricultural station,
the normal and the university cash
funds. Petitioning congress for a con
stitutional amendment for the popular
lection of t'nlted States senators. It be
ing a concurrent resolution. Providing a
health officer and board of plumbing In
spectors for the city of Lincoln. Re
ducing the Interest on the county money
from 3 to 2 per cent and enabling the
ccunty to place its money In outside
banks If those within that county re
fuse to comply with this interest provi
sion. Fixing the time and place of meet
ing of the State Horticultural society.
telephones or less, full metallic circuits,
one party Hue business telephone,
residence. $1; two party line business, $1;
resldem-e. i: three party line busi
ness, tl-j'; residence. four party
1 tie business, J!; residence, J2; flv party
I'ne business or resilience, $1.7; six party
line business or residence, $1.50; eight
party line business or residence. $1.25; for
extra service (two parties using samo
teciphonei. $1; for extra name In sub
scriber's list of party connected with
subscriber in business, 20 cents; for
grounded or common return circuits the
rates shall be 25 per cent less than those
fixed for full metallic circuits. A reduc
tion Is made when exchanges have more
than 7.50" subscribers.
NZDHASKA IN BRIEF.
This resolution was introduced In the
hc.use on the 27th:
Whereas, The committee on melical so
cieties and sundry laws has under con
sideration house roll 2H2, being a bill to
regulate fees of the State Hoard of Phar
macy; nnd
Whereas. Said committee has endeav
ored to ascertain the amount of fees col
lected by said board and paid by said
board into the state treasury at the end
of each year, as required by the law
governing: the State Hoard of Pharmacy;
and
Whereas. The members of said commit
tee have discovered that the State Hoard
of Pharmacy has for several years failed
to make an annual report and render an
account to the state auditor as required
by law; therefor be It
Resolved. That unless said board flies
Its report and render an account to the
state auditor within five days after the
adoption of this resolution that proceed
ings be commenced against the members
of said board for impeachment on the
ground of malfeasance and neglect of
duty.
Rills were Introduced as follows: Au
thorizing the Poard of Public Lands and
Ituildings to purchase and control a site
ami to erect a monument thereon with
pn.per inscriptions for the state of Xe
I raska, at or near Kort Calhoun In
vt asnmglon county, -Nebraska, commem
orative of the place where Captain Meri
wether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark's
expedition landed; where the council be
tween Icwis and Clark and the Indians
v. as held on August 4. lvl. and where
Kelt Atkinson was afterward located.
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! ;.i use thereof. To provide for the pay
ment of the? salaries of the ofTicers of
the state government. Authorizing the
preparation of an official statute, making
j it admissible. In eviiler.ee. and authoriz
Iu the senate on the 27th the Pr.nly e!e- , the purchase of a supply thereof by
vator bill, senate tile No. 1"2. v.;rs re- j the state. Authorizing corporations to
ported b.i. k to the senate by th railroad :,of as receiver, assignee, guardian, cur
committee with amen. Intents. Setiut; tilejator. executor. administrator. surety.
No. '.'.". prolding that insurance com- ' bondsman, trustee, agent and attorney-
panics organized uti.i. r the laws oi i i;,.fa. t and defining th.ir duties, privi
leges and powers. To regulate and re-
NKW Jl'IMCIAL DISTRICTS.
Representative Sweezy of Adams has
completed his bill for th reapportion
ment of the judicial districts in the state,
it makes some interesting changes. leav
ing the number of districts, fifteen, the
same, it cuts down the number of Judges
from twenty-eight to twenty-one. taking
one from the Tlhrd district and one from
tit.- I'ourth. The Third district is com-
os' 1 1 entirely of Lancaster county, with
I.oa-olti as Its center, having tUree Judges,
! the Fourth of Iouglas, Washington,
i'arpy and iJurt. with Omaha as its cen
ter ami a total of seven Judges. Thus
Uni'ili.iH' district would, under the Sweezy
bill, have six judges ami Lincoln two.
Kvery other district in tin; state is left
with one Judge each.
The bill contemplates a reduction of
the district court expenses. Including sal
aries, of course, of $.";. Ml, and is designed
to give each district, as near as possible,
5.0 inhabitants. Of course the Fourth
district exceeds this n umber very ma
terially. The districts under this bill
are:
First Richardson. Pawnee, Gage.
Second Otoe, Cass, Nemaha, Johnson.
Third Iancaster.
Fourth Douglas, Washington, Sarpy,
Fturt.
Fifth Seward, York, Polk, Hamilton.
Butler.
S'xlh Saunders, Dodge, Cuming, Col
fax Seventh Sail no, JefTtrson, Fillmore,
Thayer.
Klghth Thurston, Dakota, Dixon, Ce
dar, Wayne, Pierce, Knox.
Ninth Platte, Madison. Boone, Stan
ton, Antelope.
Tenth Nuckolls, Webster. Adams, Clay.
Kleventh Hall, Howard, Merrick,
Nance, Valley, Greeley.
Twelfth Dawson. Buffalo. Custer.
Blaine, Thomas. Hooker. Grant, Logan,
Mcpherson, Arthur and the unorganized
territory adjoining.
Thirteenth Lincoln. Perkins, Keith.
Deuel, Cheyenne, Kimball. Banner.
Scotts Bluff, Sioux, Dawes, Box Butte.
Fourteenth Kearney, Phelps, Gosper,
Frontier, Hayes, Chase, Dundy, Hitch
cock, K?d Willow, Furnas. Harlan.
Fifteenth Holt. Rock. Brown, Keya
Paha. Cherry. Sheridan. Boyd. Loup,
Garfield, Wheeler and the unorganized
territory adjoining.
This is the second judicial reapportion
mcnt bill before the legislature.
... .. .-i-i t , cert AtKinsnn was atterward oo;
require the strengthening ol bridges and
. . , ., . .. , . . . land appropriating f.".cix to defray th"
culver's of the Severn! counties of this ; -
M.lir, iiii.i to in,;iM'r lie- i ..iii ill j
them by sfe ira threshing maidi.im and j
fTasoline engines.
braska may transact a general In-urance
business, an ! house roll No. K. to pro
vide that school districts shall pay the
'Ost of th";r treasurer's bond, carne up
for final reading and were y issed. Sen
ate tile No. "1. providing that railroad
companies organized under the laws of
Nebraska shall not be subject I i the
limit of indebtedness which applies to
other corporations; senate file No. 4:i.
which provides that l.i milords shall have
a lien upon the crops an I all personal
property of their tenants, and s.nate tile
No. 12. providing for a soldiers an 1 sail
ors' rciicf commission. ware reported
b.:cl by committees, with th.
mcp.d.iticn th M thev be placed
trai me it passage, in committee o;
the whole, house roll No. 4'' providing
!hat a lease to take effect one year after
making mv:st be in writing, was consid
ered an. I recommended for passage. At
2 o'clock the senate adjourned to the
hou-v to take part in the services in
memory of J. Sterling Marfan. The fol
lcv.ing bi'il was introduced and read for
the tir.: time: S. F. by Senator
Hall of Douglas To legalize acknowl
rdgements and oaths heretofore taken
and administered by commissioners of
ccds.
11. II. providing that a lease to bo
.iie! must be made in writing, came up
on third reading in the senate on the
21 and failed to pass. This is the first
bill whiVn has failed of passage on the
t: r: ii I vote since the senate has been in
session. In committee of the whole II. R.
li . giving township officers authority to
provide n metcries. was r commended for
passage. S. F. Ht. memorializing congress
to establish trie true military status of
the First Nebraska militia, has been sign
ed by the ;;overnor. Sttiator O'Neill is in
receipt of a petition over fifty feet in
length r.nd carrying over 1.0 signatures,
asking for thJ passage of S. F. 52. t he
lien law. The petition is signed princi
pally by contractors and carpenters. It
has been circulated in the following cit
ies: Lincoln. Tecumseh. York. Craig. Os
Cfolu. Greeley, Plattsmouth and several
ethers. Senator Hall has a bill prepared
which provides that female laborers may
work more than sixty hours per week
if an agreement Is made with the em
ployer to that effect. As the law stands
sixty hours is the limft of time w hicji
can be put in by female laborer In one
week, and it Is claimed this works a
hardship In many cases. Where girls are
tmployed on piecework, and where they
can put In o-ertIme for pay. the law pre
vtntj them from doing so jnd thus re
duces their wages quite materially. Sen
ator Hall asks that laboring women cor
respond with him and express their opin
ion of such a revision of the law. The
following bills were introduced and rad
for the- first time: A memorial and Joint
resolution requesting that the federal for
est reserve be lncrcase-L To provide for
luiring the branding of all articles and
commodities made or manufactured in
the penitentiary In the state of Nebraska.
Authorizing the governor of the state of
Nebraska to appoint throe commissioners
to act with a like commission from the
state of South Dakota In agreeing upon
a boundary lino between the said states.
To amend sections 1. 2. 4. 10, tj and 20,
chapter xciiia. article iii. Compiled Stat
utes, and to add section 2"u to said arti
cle, providing for the disposition of
m-.nys paid under protest and providing
for the tiling in the office of the secretary
recom- I 0f the irrigation district of a copy of the
OH gell-ita-v- receinr rn,1 nfTi.bivif
1 he forenoon was spent by the house
op the 27th in discussing whether a Sat
urday session should be held. It was
finally decided that, when adjournment
b-? taken for the day. it be until 2:30
Monday afternoon. A half hour was
spent in committee of the whole. The
house and senate met jointly in repre
sentative hall at 2 o'clock to consider the
special order, resolutions of respect for
the memor- of the late J. Sterling Mor
ton, offered by Representative Cassell of
otoo. Governor Mickey occupied a chair
beside the speaker. Mr. Cassell spoke
briefly. He said he had been for forty
six years a neighbor and friend of Mr.
Morton and had learned to love him as
a remarkable man. a staunch friend, a
model husband, father and home-builder
a man of intense convictions, unswerv
ing loyalty, broad mind and unquestioned
rectitude. Mr. Jones of Otoe read an eul
ogy that exalted Mr. Morton as pioneer,
citizen, statesman, orator, philosopher
and nhilanthropist. Remarks were made
by Clay of Lancaster. Spurlock of Cass,
and others, after which the hou.se ad
journed until Monday.
LKGISLATIVK NOTKS.
II. R. by Bacon of Dawson, providing
for an aprpopriation of $50,000 for the
purpose of determining whether petrol
eum, coal or gas exists and can be ob
tained in paying quantities in Nebraska,
has been recommended for passage in
the house by the committee on internal
improvement. The plan of the bill Is to
sink six wells as a means of getting at
the desired Information.
In the house Weborg Introduced a bill
to provide that the Board of Equalization
shall consist of one member to be elected
from each congressional district of the
stati. to be elected at the November gen
eral election. Three members shall be
elected each alternate two years there
after. The first terms of those elected in
even numbered districts shall be two
years and those in odd numbered dis
tricts four years. Thereafter each term
shall be four years. The board shall
have power to raise or lower county
assessments.
Senate file 203, introduced in the senate
by Fries of Valley, Is a second edition
of the Tooley house bill, which was killed
in the house last week. It Is a bill for
the rearrangement of the apportionment
of school money. It provides that one
fourth of the money shall be given to
counties according to the number of
school district and the remaining three
fourths shall be divided pro rata accord
ing to the number of pupils. Senator
Fries said he believed the bill was not
thoroughly understood in the house,
hence he introduced it in the senate. It
seeks to take from the larger school
districts money that they now get under
the apportionment law and give it to the
smaller districts.
The revenue bill introduced in the
house on the 22d is entitled: "A bill for
an act to provide a system of revenue
and to repeal articles 1, 2, 3. 4 and 5 of
sections 4, 5, 6, 7. S, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of
articles vii of chapter lxxvli Compiled
Statutes of Nebraska for the year 1901."
It was introduced by J. A. Douglas.
George L. Loomis. W. T. Thompson, W.
G. Sears, F. A. Sweezy, C. J. Warner
and W. II. Wilson, the special house
committee appointed by Speaker Mockett
to net jointly with Senators Erown,
Pcmberton. Fries, Saunders, Day. Ander
sen and Reynolds in the framing of a
revenue bill. The committee has been
at work about a month.
The house entered upon the thirty
sixth legislative day on the 2d. The at
tendance was Irregular, some members
Wing excused for sickness, others be
cause of detention by the severe storm
in their part of the state. The entire
two hours was devoted to bills on sec
end reading. No other order of business
was reached.
MACHINES FOR THE VOTERS.
Senator Hall of Douglas has introduc
ed a bill In the senate to provide for the
owning and operating of voting ma.
chines to be used in all elections held in
the state. This bill is S. F. 225. The bill
provides that the governor shall appoint
a commission to three to be known as
the state board of voting machine com
missioners. A further provision is to the effect that
any person or company engaged in the
manufacture or sale of such machines
can deposit with the secretary of state
a sample machine together with $150. and
that the secretary shall immediately no
tify the commission that there Is a'ma
chine on hand ready for examination.
The commission shall then make a thor
ough examination of the sample machine
and file a report of their findings. Each
member of the commission is to receive
one-third of the amount deposited, or
$150. for his labor in making such examination.
HOWKLL'S TELEPHONE BILL.
S. F. 2Xi. Introduced by Senator Howell
of Douglas "by special request." Is a
bill prepared by C. C. Wright at the in
stance of the telephone committee of the
Omaha Commercial club. It provides for
compulsory interchangeable telephone
service in cities of the metropolitan
class and fixes a maximum rate for such
service, the rate to be based on the to
tal number of 'phones operated by all
the companies doing business In the
city.
The portion of the Mil establishing
maximum rates is as follow?
The monthly rental for each telephone
TO SETTLE BOUNDARIES.
Sears of Burt has Introduced H. R. 333,
providing for the appointment of a com
mission of three by the governor of the
state at a salary of $10 a day for not
to exceed twenty days to act jointly
with similar commissions from South Da
kota and Iowa In determining the bound
ary line between these states where there
are discrepancies caused by the chang
ing channel of the Missouri river. South
Daokta has already passed a bill pro
viding for the appointment of Its com
mission, and the legislature was apprised
of this fact today. It Is believed Iowa,
though failing last year to appoint a
commission, will do so at Its next legisla
ture In 1904. Sears was the author of
all three bills making this provision for
the three states named before.
i.i local telephone exchanges having 7.500 I effort.
Some few birds, notably tbe blue
throat, accomplish the wiole or their
migratory journey in one stupendous
An Omaha man ia a bo a' to drill for
coal in Cass county.
The retail hardware dealers will
hold their next annual convention In
Omaha.
An ordinance has been passed rais
ing the salaries of most of tba city
officers of Fremont.
At Nebraska City Lee Dolan at
tempted suicide by taking morphine,
lie was despondent from being out of
work.
Before the season closes it Is esti
mated that there will be over 75,000
uushels of corn cribbed at the thriving
little town of Filley.
Miss Peaker, employed in a steam
laundry at Kearney, was caught in
the machinery and so badly Injured
that she may los her arm.
While wandering: about the streets
of Wymore at 1 o'clock In the morn
ing in a semi-intoxicated condition
Lverett Ilanna or Table llock, was
held up by two unknown men an
robbed of $180.
Great anxiety is exnressod at the
home of Claus Egger.s, a farmer north
of Yutan, for the mental welfare of
his wife, Christine. Her condition is
such that she may have to be remov
ed to the asylum.
Uoaded to desperation by unre
quitted love, Jennie Thomas shot and
killed her former lover, Fritz Ilroder
son, in the latter's room in Lincoln
Broderson had seduced the girl and
then refused to marry her.
A quit claim deed was filed for rec
ord in the register of deed's office at
York, which conveyed 4,120 acres of
land In Baker, Brown and Hays town
ships from Wm. Otto to uis three sons.
The consideration named was $300.
The property is valued at $206,000.
By the accidental discharge of a
shotgun with which he was shooting
pigeons, Rudolph Cizek of Lincoln was
instantly killed. The charge struck
Cizek in the forehead and tore off the
entire top of his head, blowing por
tions of his skull a distance of thirty
feet.
The doctors of Dixon, Dakota and
Thurston counties met at Emerson
and organized a Iri-county medical
association. Dr. O'Connell of Ponca
was chosen president; Dr. Maxwell of
Dakota City, vice president, and Dr.
Rouse of Wakefield, secretary and
treasurer.
The National Reform association
will hold a conference to discuss the
Christian principles of civil govern
ment in St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal
church in Lincoln March 10 to 12.
Governor Mickey will preside at the
first meeting and deliver an address
of welcome.
H. R. 371, introduced in the legisla
ture by McAllister of Deuel, reappor
tions the state into senatorial and rep
resentative districts. It reduces the
number of senatorial districts from
thirty to twenty-eight and increases
the number of representative districts
from sixty-seven to seventy-four.
Smallpox has broken out among the
Indians of the Winnebago and Omaha
reservation, in spite of the most earn
est efforts to prevent the reappearance
of the disear-e this winter. Last win
ter the disease worked sad havoc
among the Indians, and all that could
be thought of was done to stamp out
the disease.
The following were the prize win
ners at the annual declamatory con
test of the school of expression of
the Nebraska Wesleyan university:
r irst nonors, aiiss Lmma smith oi
Cedar Bluffs; second honors, Miss Net
tie Steinmeyer of Clatonia, and. third,
Fred Winship of Grand Island. There
were eight contestants.
Ray Cook, living four miles south
west of Gibbon, has lost twenty head
of cattle and twelve more will die
with a disease claimed to come from
poison in the hay. It affects the rear
extremeties, sometimes at the root of
the tail, but generally in the hind legs.
It eats off all the flesh and cords to
the bone and some of them have
broken off at the knees, and the cattle
hobbled around on the bare bone joints
until killed to put them out of their
misery.
J. C. Stevens, draftsman in the office
of the state board of irrigation, has
compiled a table showing the amount
of water available for irrigation that
is not used. The statistics, which run
back to 1S95, give a mean annual aver
age of 6,854,000 acre feet. Measure
ments were made in each case in the
channel of the stream below the irri
gated region so that the amount of
water shown would be practically all
available for irrigation. Calculating
that the amount needed for each acre
would be two acre feet this water
would irrigate an area of of 3,457,000
acres.
A party of fifteen homeless waifs
from the east will arrive in Blair
March 5. They range in age from 2
to 14 years. The society which has
them in charge has requested that
homes be found for them where they
can grow up into lives of usefulness.
Considerable farm and city property
is changing hands at present in Gage
county. It is thought this is due to
the fact that quite a number of Gage
county people have gone to Oklahoma
and Indian Territory during the past
few months.
C. S. Barber, residing in Auburn,
while helping to run a power wood
'saw on the Penney farm, about four
miles southeast of the city, had the
misfortune to lose the second and
third fingers of the right hand.
John Gibson, living one mile north
of the Gibbon stock yards, was found
dead In the barn hanging by a leather
line down from a rod overhead by his
mother. She called a neighbor going
by, who ran in and cut him down. His '
legs were drawn cp and his knee3 al
most touched the floor.
IS URGED TO ACT
PRESIDENT SENDS A SPECIAL
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF BILL
Action is Asked in Behalf of Humanity
as Well as From the Standpoint of
Wise Government President Points
Out What Is Needed.
Child Saving Institute of Omaha.
TLe county commissioners of Oreo
ley county In tho month of January
of tho pH'Heut year, appealed to the
Child Saving Institute of Omaha to
look after the welfare of five llttlo
children which were found in a piti
able condition in that county. Prompt
attention was given to this mutter by
the management of the Institute and
plans have been formed for the fu
ture good of the children. A similar
appeal recently came from Custer
county and some children were taken
from a condition of destitution aad
neglect and good homes were provid
ed for them. Several other counties
have of late also appealed to this in
stitute because they believe in the
WASHINGTON. The president on principles controlling the manage-
Friday sent the following mesbage to nient aad aluo believe in the methods
which are employed in the work.
The 1st of February an urgent aj
peal came to the Institute from the
county officials of Schuyler to come
to that place at once, to take charge
of some little children requiring im
mediate care and attention, and this
appeal was promptly rcspoiidfd to, as
are all such appculs.
This institute is supported wholly
by voluntary Rifts from the people.
and since the work extends tliroug.li
out Nebraska and western Iowa it is
hoped that many good people will
count it a privilege to make a dona
tion to help in this important work
of providing for the helpless and do- per box
norwlon 111... s.nna
In many cases the parents or rela- a 1ker player likes to hear his oppo-
tlves are permitted to know the wher- tient say, "That's good."
ahouts of thfdr children who am nlae-
, , . . , i.i oupenor uuamr unu extra nusniur
MM
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STRIKES YOU ANY TIMiZ.
Never know when
or where backacha
palbs will trlkO
you.
Tho kidneys will
go wrong, and when
they do tho first
warning Is general
ly througa to back.
Do not fall to help
the kldn?yt 'hei.
they're sick. I
Neglect mean!
many serious Ills.
T!s only a short
step from common
backache to Hheu-
matlc pains. Urinary disorders. Drop
sy, Diabetes, Hrlght's Disease.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure all Ills of
the kldneyB and bladder. Read this
testimony; it tells of a cure that lasts.
Mr. A. W. Lutz, carrlaKo wood work
er, of 109 17th avenue, Sterling. III.,
says: "After procuring Doan's Kidney
Pills In the month of November, 1X97,
I took a course of the treatment which
cured mo of backache nnd other an
noyances due to overexcited or weak
ened kidneys. During the three years
which have elapsed, I have hud no
occasion to retract ono word of my
statement. I iinhctiitatliiKly and em
phatically relndorsu tho c laims mudo
for Doan's Kidney Pills.
A FREE TRIAL of this groat kid
ney medicine which cured Mr. Lttts
will bo mailed on appllcatloa to any
part of the United States. Address
Fostcr-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by all druggists, price f0 cents
the senate:
"I have just received a cable from
Governor Taft, which runs as follows:
' 'Necessity for the passage of tho
house bill is most urgent. The condi
tions of productive industry and busi
ness are considerably worse than in
November, the date of my last rejiort,
and are growing worse each month.
Some revival in sugar and tobacco
prices have been experienced, due to
the expectation of a tarifT law. The
interests of Filipinos in sugar nnd to
bacco are excessive and the failure of
the bill will be a blow in the face of
those interests. A number of tobacco
factories will have to close and many
sugar haciendas will be put up for sale
at a sacrifice if the bill should not
pass.
" 'Customs receipts have fallen off
11 m iS i i I
mis monm one-iuiru, u0.uB iu u- Th,8 ,a on,y done ,n cases where tho ,8 Ung the place of all others.
crease ui cue purcnaaius power. c. begt intercst8 of the children would
islands. General business is stagnant. not be ,n endangered .
. a i 1 ,. I
au parties, inciuaing moor union. The cost ()f maintainlng this work
most strenuously petition for the tariff ,s considerable and the society, has
Dili- I olurnva Knon trnvornnd lr ! nri nfl-
Vice Governor Luke right en- ,e neyer to ,Q debL It ,g earn.
uorses in tne strongest manner ai. egty hope(, tnat contr,butIons will DakoU when h(s arrlv,.d ,n w,'nnlpeif
u"c.ui soon be made by those who are inter- Manitoba, the capital of Western Can-
ne nas me gravest apprenensions as t d , thl work throUKhout the ada. a few days since. He was the ad
to the damage that may come to the countryt to enable the Institute to re- vance guard of a large body who are
islands It there is not a suostantiai spond to the many appeals which are following Mm, and ho has already In
THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS POR
WE8TERN CANADA.
"There will be thousands of Amer
icans coming up here la the spring,"
was the remark made by a fanner
from the vicinity of Langdon, North
reduction in the tariff levied against
Philippine goods coming into the
United States. I most earnestly ask
that this matter receive the immedi
ate attention of congress and that the
relief prayed for be granted.
As congress knows, a series of
calamities have befallen the Philip
pine people. Just as they were emerg
ing from nearly six years of devastat
ing warfare, with the accompanying
destruction of property and the break
ing up of the bonds of social order and
the habits of peaceful industry, there
occurred an epidemic of rinderpest
which destroyed 90 per cent of the
caribous, the Philippine cattle, leaving
he people without draught animals to
till the land or to aid in the ordinary
work of farm and village life. The
extent of the disaster can be seen from
coming.
BILL TO DIVIDE NEBRASKA.
It
vested in several farming sections for
himself and others and purposes to
take up his permanent abode In this
country. He went on to say: "Hun
dreds are coming from rny district
alone. I know this to be a fact for
many of them are neighbors of mine.
Tho chief topic of conversation with
tho farmers Is tho coming immigra
tion In the spring.
"Tho Impression general In the part
of Dakota where I live that farmer
can get from 10 to 15 cents more a
bushel for wheat on the American
is Dead for This Session of Con
gress, at Least.
WASHINGTON The bill to divide
Nebraska into two judicial districts
has gone glimmering. A prominent
member of tho sub-committee of the
house committee on judiciary stated
that the bill would be reported out side of tho line than on tho Canadian
of the committee. The members, he has not prevented people from turning
stated, did not think there was any their eyes to Canada as a place to
necessity for such a measure, the at- ve '"' iny Kno.w ncJ can ot ,anJ
i k.,i ,i m this country wuien is every bit as
, , s . I fertile as that In Dakota at about one
ins opinion was Known co a... io au- quarter the pr,ce. ,t , 8afo Bay that
dition to this several members of the the exodus from Dakota into Canada
Nebraska delegation had expressed this year will exceed tho expectations
fnnr cirtrlvlnir oarlhnita I uuacu
, , , , , of the state It is safe to nroKnosti- Tho government has established
have increased over ten fold in value. Ul " 18 bltl l" pruguoBu nf at ,,,, . r,maKo
At Mmo ima Q n0pna, cri-ntnl said the member, that the mean- affencies at St. I aul. Minn., Omaha,
At the same time a peculiar oriental ' . . . Kh Knnsn f!ltv Mo pm in
ure win not pass t
not at this session.
. ure will not nass the house, at least I
norse aisease Decame epiuemic, lurtuer Indianapolis, Ind.; Mlllwaukee, Wis.:'
crippling transportation. The rice crop
already reduced by various causes to
but a fourth of its ordinary size, has
een camaged by locusts so that the
price of rice has nearly doubled.
'Under these circumstances there is
mminent danger of a famine in the
slcnds. Congress is in course of gen
erously appropriating $3,000,000 to
r.-.eet the immediate needs, but the in
dispensable and pre-eminent need is
the resurrection of productive indus
try from the prostration into which it
has been thrown by the cause3 above
enumerated.
"1 ask action in the tariff matter not
merely from the standpoint of wise
governmental policy, but as a measure
of humanity in response to an appeal
to which this great people should not
close its ears. We have assumed re
sponsibility toward the Philippines
which we are in honor bound to ful
fill. We have the specific duty of tak
ing every measure in our power to
see to their prosperity. The first and
moss important step in this direction
has been accomplished by the joint
action of the military and civil au
thorities in securing peace and civil
government
CONSUL SAWTER IS AFRAID.
He Decides to Not Accept Post Be
cause of the Yellow Fever.
Wausau, Wis.; Detroit, Sault Ste. Ma
rie, and Marquette, Mich.; Toledo,
Ohio; Watertown, S. Dakota; Grand
Forks, N. Dakota, and Great Falls,
Mont., and the suggestion is made
that by addressing any of these, who
are the authorized agents of tho gov
ernment, it will be to the advantago
r.TTAVAOTTir. TTVundnr TTnito.l
States Consul General Sawter and f. the reader, who will be given tho
,, 0 . . , , , , fullest ana most authentic Information
ina. od v v iicj aunt'u licit: r u , .
. ... regarding the results of mixed farm
arv 2;. via Pavta. Peru, have started ,
- - ' ins. cajryinK. rancninc: ana crain-ra s
on their return to the United States. Jns and also BUpriy information as to
on the steamer which brought them freight and passenger rates, etc, etc
south. Mr. Sawter, it is alleged, be
came afraid of the yellow fever when
he saw the consulate where Thomas
Nast, the former consul general, died
December 7 of the fever.
Strong winds have caused an over
flow of the Allausi river. Some dam
ace has been done to the railroad line
When a man prays one day and
sttal3 six the Great Spirit thunders
and the Evil One laughs.
Try rac Just once and I am sure to
come again. Defiance Starch.
Taking Down Beerbohm Tree.
Beerbohm Tree, the Ixmdon actor.
to Quito, but traffic will be resumed ha! rather a pompous manner, which
is calcinated to ruiiio the temper or
other people at times. An actor from
the provinces called upon him recent
ly, hoping to get an opportunity to
show his worth on tho metropolitan
stage. "Oh, I could not possibly tiivo
in a few days.
ABSOLUTE RIGHT OF WAY.
It is Granted to Railroads and Water
Companies.
WASHINGTON The senate com
mittee on public lands favorably re-
The wisdom of congress ported the bill introduced by Senator
at the nresent session has provided warren, granting to railroads ana
for" them a stable currency, and its water companies the right of way
spirit of humane liberality and justice through public lands and reservations
will be shown in the appropriation for reservoirs and pipe lines. Under
now substantially agreed upon, but I the present law these companies do
there remains a vital need that one not acquire absolute right of way
thing further shall be done. The across public lands, and when any
calamities which have befallen them I portion of these lands, upon which
as above enumerated could have been these reservoir or pipe lines have
averted by no human wisdom. They been erected or laid, are sold to home-
cannot be completely repaired, but the stead settlers, the railroad companies
suffering can be greatly alleviated and are required to settle with them for
a permanent basis of future prosper- damages or take up their pipe lines
ity assured if the economic relations The proposed measure gives them an
of the islands with the United States absolute right of way, and tne pro
are put upon a satisfactory basis.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
British Ship Goes Down.
HAMBURG. The carpenter of the
British ship Cambrian Prince, Cap
tain Owens, from Coquimbo, for Mid
dlesborough, has been picked up in
the North sea. He reports that the
Cambrian Prince capsized and sank.
The Cambrian Prince was of 1,252
tons net burden. She was built in
1876, and was owned by the Cambrian
Prince company of Liverpool. She was
224 feet 7 inches long, had thirty-seven
feet beam.
Bubonic Plague Spreads.
LAREDO, Tex. Both the state and
federal quarantine officers have re
ceived Instructions to enforce a quar
antine against Torreon, Mex., where it
is thought the bubonic plague has
appeared. Dr. J. H. McKnight has re
ceived a dispatch instructing him to
establish quarantine at once and Dr.
lramilton of the marine corps has also
received similar instructions from the
department at Washington.
posed purchaser takes the land with
this understanding.
Presidential Nominations.
WASHINGTON The president on
Wednesday sent the following nomina.
tions to the senate:
Postmasters: Nebraska Dennis H.
Cronin, O'Neill.
South Dakota Evan J. Edwards,
Bowdle.
Frank L. Campbell, Ohio, assistant
attorney general.
Melville W. Miller, Indiana, assist
ant secretary of the interior.
Baldy Smith Passes Awjy.
PHILADELPHIA General William
Farrar Smith, better known as
"Ealdy" Smith, one of the prominent
figures of the civil war. is dead at his
heme in this city. He was in his SOth
year. He entered West Po'.ni at the
age of 17 and when the olil wnr
broke out was made commander of
the T.Vrd Vermont regiment. Vie
rose rapidly and became one ot the
leading figures in that strus&Ie.
you a part," said tho great manager,
"but I dare t-ay I could arrange to let
you walk on with tho crowd in tho
last act." The young aspirant flushed
with Indignation, but holding himself
well in hand replied pleasantly: "My
near Mr. Tree, I really don't think I
have heard anything quite ko funny
Irom you since your Hamlet."
Hadn't Time for Squirming.
Not long ago Sir Richard Powell, a
famous London physician, was called
to treat King Edward. The king's
regular physician, Sir Francis leak
ing, was pretnt. After examining
his asgust patient Sir Richard said in
his characteristically brusque way:
"You have eaten and drunk too much.
I will send you a prescription that will
put you right." Then he hurried out
to see other patients, when Sir Fran
els followed and protested against hi
abrupt way of treating the Icing. "My
clear Laking," said Powell, "if then
is any squirming to do you return and
attend ttr it. I really haven't th
time."
Through and Through.
New Bedford, Mass., March 2d. At
658 First street, this city, lives a very
happy man. His name Is UlrJc Levas
seur and he certainly has good reason
to feel glad and proud.
Mr. Levasseur baa been sick for a
long time with general weakness and
a sore pain In his back. At the last he
got so very bad that he could not
walk without great misery. Now he
Is well, and in speaking of this won
derful change in him he cays:
"I believe it to be my duty to tell
everybody how I was cured. I was so
weak that I could not stoop. In fact, I
was unable to walk without great pain.
I began taking Dodd's Kidney Pills
and after a two months' treatment I
am well and sound again.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills are a God-eent
remedy. I will always praise them for
their wonderful cure of my case. They
cured Tne through and through. ara
as strong and able a man now as I
ever was."
An Irish student defines nothing as
i bunghole without a barrel around
It.
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